Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts' (AJAX)

Info:
This hack will show how many new posts/threads have been posted in forums since 'last visit' time. "New Posts" in navbar menu will be replaced with "New Posts: x (In y Threads)" which is updated via AJAX - no page refresh. User can manually check for new posts, or you can enable auto-check which is executed in defined time interval. Optionally you can enable and configure Smart Search Menu to give users ability to search only selected forum sections. See screenshots...

Installation:
Import product XML: AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'

Versions:
v1.0 - Apr 29. 2006.
-First version
v1.5 - Jun 25. 2006.
-Added - advanced searching of new posts (see screenshots)
-Fixed known bugs, code optimized
v1.6 - Jun 26. 2006.
-Advanced searching of new posts splitted into two navbar items
v1.7 - Jun 28. 2006.
-Depending on number of new posts different phrase is used
-Added links to phrases to hack options page so you can easily find and change/translate them.
v1.8 - Aug 04. 2006.
-Release of this hack for vB v3.6
v1.9 - Sep 28. 2006.
-Added Product Version Checking
-Fixed links to phrases in ACP (used to easily customize phrases)
-Added option to change text color
-Fixed bug (unneeded extra space after "SSM" in navbar menu)
-Product name changed to "Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'"
NOTE: Before upgrading save somewhere content of "Menu Items" field to restore it after upgrade. It will be removed during upgrade process.
v2.0 - Jul 31. 2007.
-Added "No New Posts" to show when there is no new posts after user last visit
-Smart Search Menu (SSM) improved (no more need to write lines of code, just put forum IDs in setting field)
-SSM automatically hidden when there is no new posts
-A lot of improvements and optimization done, including:
*two templates removed
*improved integration with different styles (to avoid manual template edits)
v2.1 - May 03. 2008.
-Compatible with vBulletin 3.7
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.2 - Jan 14. 2009.
-New: New post check is now done via AJAX - no page refresh ;-)
-New: Auto-check for new posts every x seconds
-Ability to set order of items in Smart Search Menu
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.3 - Jan 15. 2009.
-New: Set how often user can manually check for new posts
-New: Option to colorize text only when there are new posts
-New: Option to disable product in selected styles
-Fixed some minor bugs
v2.4 - Jan 18. 2009.
-Added permissions check to fix problems where sometimes incorrect numbers are shown
-Fixed bug where unexpected content is shown on user session expiration

Mark as installed to get support and updates.

[Biker_GA]

For those of you that have it loaded, what is your server load now? Earlier versions produced an unacceptable load on our server.

[Kolbi]

Sorry, don´t know but i have a little problem:

There ist always standing 0 new posts, although there are new posts... ?!?
The new posts link is in the header templat, but i modified your addon...

[thcf]

How do i get this working in a custom style? thanks

[visitangeles]

it works just fine for me except on the vbadvanced home page. what is the issue there? it is in the menu bar.

also, how could you put New Posts (the number of new posts) next to each Forum Title in the list, not menu bar, but each Forum on the Forum Home page like they do in UBBthreads?

thanks in advance.

[flasher33]

many thanks to CYB for another fantastic hack
if I may, I have Translated the Hack to Arabic and here it is

[TPTP]

Originally Posted by Cybernetec

Is there someone who can create temp admin account for me so I can check why this does not work on some forums? Please send me a PM with account details if you want to help...

I have a new installation of 3.8.2 (testing before deploying my new Politics site) with vBa 3.1.0, and upon installing, found that it doesn't show new posts.

Cyb, I'd be happy to let you poke around on my test site. Shoot me a PM if you're still looking.

[monkeyboy1916]

I'm using the Security Token Notification mod to eliminate Security Token errors as they come, and it reports a security token error alot of the time when your mod updates..

I'm not sure if it's a problem with the actual notifier (since your mod still works perfectly fine and updates correctly) or with this mod, but I tried checking the Ajax and I don't see any mention of the security token, and I'm not sure how to/if to add it.

Any ideas?

[ragtek]

hmm

It's working for me, but when i read the posts, the number (novi postovi: 1) stays and don't reset to 0

[Valter]

You need to mark forums as read to have 0.

In next version I'll make it work with db-based thread/forum read marking. It currently works only with cookie-based marking type.

[SnowBot]

Originally Posted by Cybernetec

You need to mark forums as read to have 0.

In next version I'll make it work with db-based thread/forum read marking. It currently works only with cookie-based marking type.

Now that would be good, thx