Active Topics - (replaces New Posts) Sorted By [x] Amount Of Time

This is something I never saw on any vbulletin sites before, and loved it when I used to be a member of a snitz forum. It is the 'Active Topics' feature...


What does it do?

It replaces your 'New Posts' link in your navbar with a drop down list of times to view posts, from all forums(depending on user permissions, which they can and cannot see).

What will it look like?


View live version, here.

How many templates do i have to edit?
You only have to edit your 'navbar' template. Very easy to do.

How many phrases do I have to add?
It depends on how specific you want your Active Topics bar to be.

How many .php files will I have to edit?
You only have to edit your search.php in one little area. Very simple.

Good luck with this hack, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Active Topics - compiled from multiple hacks(credit given at bottom) and tweaked by Trevelyn1015

This small template mod is for the vB 3.0.3 navbar template.
This mod replaces the Today's Posts/New Posts links with an 'Active Topics' dropdown menu.
It only works when vB dropdowns are allowed, otherwise the default vB link is displayed.

1) Go to the vB Phrase Manager and add the following Global phrases (see vB help for further directions). If you want different times, adjust accordingly:

$vbphrase[active_topics_nav] = "Active Topics";
$vbphrase[get_fifteen_minutes] = "Last 15 Minutes";
$vbphrase[get_thirty_minutes] = "Last 30 Minutes";
$vbphrase[get_fortyfive_minutes] = "Last 45 Minutes";
$vbphrase[get_one_hour] = "Last Hour";
$vbphrase[get_three_hours] = "Last 3 Hours";
$vbphrase[get_six_hours] = "Last 6 Hours";
$vbphrase[get_twelve_hours] = "Last 12 Hours";
$vbphrase[get_one_day] = "Last Day";
$vbphrase[get_three_days] = "Last 3 Days";
$vbphrase[get_one_week] = "Last Week";
$vbphrase[get_three_weeks] = "Last 3 Weeks";
$vbphrase[get_one_month] = "Last Month";

2) Go to the vB Phrase Manager and edit the following phrase:

'new_posts_nav' - edit the translation to be "Since Last Visit"


3) Make the following TWO edits to the vB 3.0.3 navbar template:

EDIT ONE: Find the following:

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
</if>

And REPLACE with the following:

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<td id="navbar_posts" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[active_topics_nav]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_posts"); </script></td>

EDIT TWO: Find the following:

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

And AFTERWARDS ADD the following:

<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
		<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_posts_menu" style="display:none">
			<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

			<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[active_topics_nav]</td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&minutes=15" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_fifteen_minutes]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&minutes=30" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_thirty_minutes]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&minutes=45" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_fortyfive_minutes]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&hours=1" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_one_hour]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&hours=3" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_three_hours]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&hours=6" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_six_hours]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&hours=12" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_twelve_hours]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=1" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_one_day]</a></td></tr>			
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=3" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_three_days]</a></td></tr>			
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=7" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_one_week]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=21" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_three_weeks]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&days=31=" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[get_one_month]</a></td></tr>

			</table>
		</div>
	</if>

4) In your search.php:

Find:

'days' => INT,

Below, add:

'hours' => INT, 
'minutes' => INT,
'seconds' => INT,

Then, find:

// get date:
	if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'getnew' AND $bbuserinfo['lastvisit'] != 0)
	{
		// if action = getnew and last visit date is set
		$datecut = $bbuserinfo['lastvisit'];
	}
	else
	{
		$_REQUEST['do'] = 'getdaily';
		if ($days < 1)
		{
			$days = 1;
		}
		$datecut = TIMENOW - (24 * 60 * 60 * $days);
	}

Replace with:

// get date: 
     if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'getnew' AND $bbuserinfo['lastvisit'] != 0) 
     { 
          // if action = getnew and last visit date is set 
          $datecut = $bbuserinfo['lastvisit']; 
     } 
    else
	{
		$_REQUEST['do'] = 'getdaily';
		if (($days < 1)AND(!$hours)AND(!$minutes)AND(!$seconds))
		{
			$days = 1;
                        $hours = 0;
                         $minutes = 0;
                         $seconds = 0;
			
		}
		elseif($days < 1) {
                       $days = 0;
                }
		$datecut = TIMENOW - (($days*24*60*60) + ($hours*60*60) + ($minutes*60) + $seconds);
		
	}

then upload your search.php back into your forum directory and "voila"... you are done.

If you have installed this hack, please click ==>
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Thanks to:
amykhar and sabret00the for helping me with the search.php editing.
waxed, from vbulletintemplates, for a hack released to create a "since [x] amount of days", which was the foundation of how i put this together.

[Max Power69]

UP /\ I want to know the same thing as wrang. (Does this work on 3.0.7?)

I tried it on my test install today (3.0.7) and I ended up getting major corrupted database. Perhaps I just made a mistake.

[sv1cec]

As far as I can tell it works OK in 3.0.7.

Rgds

[carvster]

Originally Posted by sv1cec

When you do a search for post since 6 hours or 3 days or whatever, when it shows the results, at the header of the table, it always says "Search : Posts From Last Day". I would like that to show the search that you performed actually, like if you searched for posts in the last 3 hours, to say "Search : Posts from the last 3 hours".

I tried adding some switch in the getdaily routine, which sets the value of a string to the proper contents, but the string value is lost somewhere between the getdaily and the template which shows the results.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks and regards

John, did you hear back about a fix for the "Search: Posts From Last Day" appearing for all searches?

[sv1cec]

I don't think I ever got an answer, sorry too long ago, I do not remember. Eventually, I fixed it up, to suite my needs. But I am not sure if my fix has anything to do with the code published here, as I said, I don't remember anymore. If you want me to send you the code, just let me know.

Rgds

[skokarl]

1) Go to the vB Phrase Manager and add the following Global phrases (see vB help for further directions). If you want different times, adjust accordingly:

Whats the name of the NEW Phrase ??

[amykhar]

The phrase name is in the brackets.

[RichieBoy67]

How can I stop certain forums from showing??

Thanks

[yoyoyoyo]

installed easily and works as advertised- thanks for sharing!

[VBUsers]

i added this link but on 2 of my templates when i click it it takes me to the search page and then i can click the get post link again and it gives me the drop down. how can i fix this?

[Pamela]

This is a great hack!

But could someone please let us know how to fix the "Search: Posts From Last Day" appearing for all searches (even the ones from 3 weeks or a month ago)?

Thank you!