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.

[Senza]

I am having difficulty locating this exact phrase in the 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>

I am currently running Vb v 3.0.6 with a extremepixies template. I searched in the default template with no luck either. Can anyone shed any light. Thank you.

-edit- My other administrator has already modified the template, hense I couldn't find it.

[Bulent Tekcan]

In 3.0.8 this error ocurred.But old search.php file is working (3.0.7)

Any idea ?

Thanks

 Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:
Invalid SQL: 
REPLACE INTO search (userid, showposts, ipaddress, personal, forumchoice, sortby, sortorder, searchtime, orderedids, dateline, displayterms, searchhash)
VALUES (1, , '81.215.68.108', 1, '81', 'lastpost', 'DESC', 0.024744033813477, '121392,121490,120766,121509,119274,121365,121523,121517,121522,121514,121521,121444,121094,121519,121380,121250,121426,121518,121516,121465,120785,119247,27698,51447,121507,120349,86338,114026,119490,121467,95997,87804,8270,79956,119699,121473,102902,121304,116133,121478,121513,121511,119243,83179,121377,119079,121315,118783,121512,121515,121437,121076,120824,121050,121502,11736,65554,121510,116545,120295,118620,99639,120188,66177,121423,75702,47761,121484,120779,120784,121416,121333,65445,120361,120194,121501,119919,121503,8449,121361,121370,121505,121508,121464,111804,121476,121204,120255,121275,121428,113993,121352,35223,79306,121466,120926,100813,121504,121459,120902,121369,65665,121472,115965,121506,2943,88462,120555,121500,121453,119416,121493,121112,121284,96507,96679,118694,101592,54962,121286,119549,121285,121287,19037,121458,114084,121495,121331,111796,120907,121485,121041,121299,121448,120893,121499,121497,12286', 1124040976, 'a:6:{s:5:\"words\";a:0:{}s:9:\"highlight\";a:0:{}s:6:\"common\";a:0:{}s:5:\"users\";a:0:{}s:6:\"forums\";N;s:7:\"options\";a:3:{s:11:\"starteronly\";i:0;s:11:\"childforums\";i:1;s:6:\"action\";s:8:\"getdaily\";}}', '6946790854e6d74826ce5e5a398e3d6c')
 
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' '81.215.68.108', 1, '81', 'lastpost', 'DESC', 0.02474403381347
mysql error number: 1064

[Chris@TSE]

Originally Posted by 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

Yes please.....

If anyone knows how to fix this issue please let me know!


Problem: No matter which search you use, be it since last visit, last hour, or last day. Any of them..... at the top of the seach results it states "Search: Posts From Last Day "

[amykhar]

Gang, the problem is the poster of this mod didn't write a single line of the code and is unable to support it. You are on your own.

[Lockout]

I would love to see this hack changed for VB 3.5 as this is one of my most used hacks any help

[amykhar]

I already ported my original hack to 3.5. It's been done for ages. (This release was merely a copy of my mod and somebody else's template mod)

[AL-min]

Originally Posted by amykhar

Gang, the problem is the poster of this mod didn't write a single line of the code and is unable to support it. You are on your own.

Is this hack still supported ? As I am looking to install this or simular hack to my forum.

I have had a search around this site for simular hack but not found any :disappointed: Any suggestions? I need to get this sorted soon as im getting grief from members ever since I moved over from Snitz :ermm:

Im using version 3.0.7 BTW

TIA

Al

[amykhar]

THIS hack is not supported. It was posted by somebody who swiped my code. My original mod is supported. If you check my profile, you will see the 3.0 version and the 3.5 version. I am not taking feature requests for either version though.

[cmiller1014]

Anyone recreate this for 3.5.3? I had it on 3.0 and wiped that board clean. It would be helpful to even have the search links to use.......

[DieselMinded]

Will this work on Ver 3.6.5 ???