Forum Display Enhancements - Global Threads

Description
If your forums are split up in such a way where certain groups of users only visit a certain forum, then you know it's difficult to get all your users to read an announcement. This mod displays a certain amount of threads from a specified "source" forum, and places it on the Forum Display page right after the Stickied threads. These threads are labeled with a "Global: " tag.

This mod is in beta, so install at your own risk, but will be supported. Please let me know of any bugs, or suggestions that you may have!

Install / Upgrade
Download the attached XML file, and import it at
Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product

Remember to "Allow Overwrite" if you are upgrading.

Usage

1. Create a new forum that will be your "source" forum; that is, this forum will contain your global threads. Get the forumid of this forum.
   
2. In your AdminCP --> vBulletin Options --> Global Threads make sure you:
   • enable it
   • enter in the forumid of your source forum
   • set the number of threads from the source forum to display
3. Make a new thread in your "source" forum and it will be displayed globally in other forums.

Mod Info
1 - Query
1 - Phrase
1 - Template
3 - Plugins
0 - Template Edits


v1.0.1
Added the option to exclude certain forums.
v1.0.0b
Initial release.

Please click "Install" if you have installed this mod! Thanks!

[randominity]

GRRR Sorry, been _real_ busy lately, but I promise I haven't forgotten about this mod! Maybe an update soon if I'm lucky!

[RvG2]

this is another mod missed by vbulletin

works on 3.6.7 pl1

[Deety]

What a great idea this is...

The ability to include forums would be fantastic for our forum... excluding 150+ forums is a bit much. Looking forward to the update!

As it stands now, is exclusion available on a per-thread basis, or do the same exclusions apply to all the global threads? Our global threads would be of interest to 5-10 forums, but a different 5-10 forums each time.

[ldove]

This is exactly what I was looking for, but it doesn't appear to work in 3.6.5. Can it be updated to work with 3.6.5 or even better, the latest version 3.6.8.

Thanks!

[ldove]

*bump*

[adonfun]

This is a Great Mod! I really need it. Haven't tested it with 3.6.8 yet. First want to make sure if it does work with it. An upgrade would be wonderful

[ibuddy]

how do I change the "Global:" to something else?

[SBlueman]

Originally Posted by ibuddy

how do I change the "Global:" to something else?

Edit the phrase $vbphrase[gt_global] from "Global:" to whatever you want. You can add html code to style it as well.

Originally Posted by |oR|Greg

Actually I got it working exactly how I wanted it, check the attachment...

I followed your instructions step-by-step and the Global Announcements are not separating correctly. I have tried to fix this and make it so the table that separates global threads and normal sticky threads shows up but it's not working:

[SBlueman]

Another great feature would be if you could mark which thread(s) you want to have as Global Threads.

[SBlueman]

Um...anyone have any ideas on how I can fix the issues I am having?