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.

[thunderclap82]

After installing this mod I get an error when clicking on New Posts. It says it can't find the search.php?do=getnew file.

[Blue91]

Good hack! Installed.

Request for you...

Can it be made so the forums are listed in the order they are inserted into the "hack options" list? Right now, it orders them alphabetically.

Also, can it be made so that the forums listed are ONLY shown if they have new posts made in them? Otherwise, they aren't shown on the dropdown? This way I could add every forum and only the ones posted in latest would show!

Thanks!

[Blue91]

Also, it works 100% on my forums index (www.pomoforacing.com/forums). However, the "new posts" link does not work on my main page (vbAdvanced cmps).

On the forums index, the link goes to http://www.pomoforacing.com/forums/search.php?do=getnew

On the home page (vbadvanced cmps), the link goes to http://www.pomoforacing.com/search.php?do=getnew (note the absence of "forum"). As a result, I get a "can't be found". How can I fix this?

Thanks!

[thunderclap82]

Ah! That's the problem I'm having! It works in the main forum, but not vBadvanced. Good catch Blue91.

[Trek]

Funny, I was working on coding something like this today as my second mod ever... now I don't need to. Thanks again!

Although, I'm kinda pissed that I have to think of something new to mess around with!

[Trek]

Ok, I installed, but have some issues.

The issues are, I use a custom style. It changes the default style without a problem. The bigger issue is, if it's enable, it breaks my custom style display.

I know this isn't really a fault of the mod, but am looking for any help you can provide as I'd like to use this!

My custom style has the navbar info in the header template, not the navbar template (Don't ask me why, I didn't make it, I just bought it).

This mod will remove the "new Posts" in the header, but it's not replaced with anything. so it's basically gone.

Can you tell me what I would need to insert into my header section to display this correctly in my custom style?

[thunderclap82]

UPDATE: I've gotten the link working properly in vBadvanced, but it doesn't seem to be displaying the new message number correctly.

To fix the link search your style(s) for search.php

In the list select cyb_advancednewposts

Find the href="search.php?" and replace with href="/<forum dir>/search.php?"

This will get the links working properly under vBadvanced.

[Blue91]

That got me fixed thunderclap82. Good job. I just changed it so I haven't gotten enough posts yet since I did it to see if the message number is correct.

Hopefully Cyb can help me with the other inquiries that I had about this mod!

[Trek]

Cybernetec: Do you do any custom work? Meaning I could toss a couple bucks your way? There's no way to contact you privately so... I'm leaving this message.

Anyway, let me know. I just want this mod tweaked to work with my forum templates.