Forum Home Enhancements - Latest Posts

Latest Posts
by: Michael Biddle

What this does?

This addon will add the latest posts of your forum to all pages.

What version does it work on?

This modification was written in vBulletin 3.8.7, however, it should work will most of the later 3.x series.

Features?

1. Enable/Disable - Master Switch to Turn Latest Posts on or off
2. Title - Change the title of the Site News
3. Posts to Show - Number of Last Posts to show
4. Cutoff Length - How many characters to show before the ... at the end
5. Exclude Forums - Choose what forums you do not want to be listed
6. Thread Title Width - Width of Title Table
7. User Title Width - Width of User Table
8. Forum Title Width - Width of Forum Table
9. Auto Location - Enable/Disable auto location
10. Location - Gives Options for Under navbar, above forum, or below forum
11. Date - Choose to include the date and time posted.

Installation?

1. Import Product

Due to popular demand, this product has now been updated to show globally.

[Michael Biddle]

I upgraded my board and it still works, so I will give it a yes, it is 3.8.x compatible.

[boandmichele]

michael, after upgrading to 3.8.0, i have a sudden problem. if i click on a recent post on my last 50 posts page, it does indeed take me to that post, but it logs all my users out in the process. any ideas?

[Michael Biddle]

It logs every single user out, or it logs the user out that clicks that link?

[Taragon]

After making some template modifications I seem to be having some custom rewrite difficulties for [minicode]$ppostid[/minicode] (go to last post).

http://die16-clan.com/forum/showthread.php?p=85186
http://die16-clan.com/forum/entertainment/4712-what-last-movie-you-saw-15.html#post85186

http://die16-clan.com/forum/showthread.php?p=85212
http://die16-clan.com/forum/entertainment/3433-what-you-listening-right-now-post85212.html

Can you perhaps tell if I might be overlooking something?
[s]Could it be because of the [minicode]?[/minicode] character at the end of "What are you listening to right now?" perhaps? (Other special characters does seem to get stripped)[/s]

forumhome_latest

<div class="cat-top_lft1"></div><div class="cat-top_rht1"></div><div class="cat-top_x1">
	<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latest')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latest" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latest].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
	$vboptions[latest_title_name]
</div>
<div id="collapseobj_forumhome_latest" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latest]">
	$latest_post_bits
</div>
<div class="cat-btm_x"><div class="cat-btm_lft"></div><div class="cat-btm_rht"></div></div>

forumhome_latest_bit

<div class="tborder" style="padding:0px 1px 1px 1px">
	<div class="alt2 smallfont" style="padding:5px">
		<h3><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$pthreadid" class="smallfont">$pthreadtitle</a></h3>
		<if condition="$vboptions['latest_cut'] != '0'"><p>$ppagetext</p></if>
		<div align="right">Posted by <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$puserid">$pusername</a>,</div>
		<div align="right"><if condition="$vboptions['latest_date']">$pdate $ptime</if> in <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$pforumid">$pforumtitle</a> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$ppostid"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/lastpost.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_last_post]" border="0" /></a></div>
	</div>
</div>

Edit:

Strange, it only seems to happen when hovering a thread. After submitting the link it automatically gets rewritten to #post85186

Could this still cause duplicate content you think?

[cooltechie]

Is there an option to only show this for members only and not for guests?

[itsbobtista]

The problem I have with 3.8 is...

Lets say I post in a thread. Then someone replies. It will show his reply in the latest posts, but not mine.

[Taragon]

Originally Posted by itsbobtista

The problem I have with 3.8 is...

Lets say I post in a thread. Then someone replies. It will show his reply in the latest posts, but not mine.

It always shows the latest post from a thread.

You could change

[minicode]$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$ppostid[/minicode]

to

[minicode]$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$pthreadid[/minicode]

in the Latest X Post on Forum Home > main code plugin, however the date and time shown will be from the latest post, not from the first post.

(Michael's Latest X Threads on Forumhome might be a better alternative for you. Or you can try both.)

[Taragon]

Originally Posted by cooltechie

Is there an option to only show this for members only and not for guests?

The easiest way would be to add this in your forumhome_latest template

<if condition="$show['member']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
	<thead>
        <tr>
            <td class="tcat" colspan="3">$vboptions[latest_title_name]</td>
        </tr>
    	<tr>
			<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_post_width]">
				<phrase 1="$vboptions[latest_number]">$vbphrase[latest_posts]</phrase>
			</td>
			<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_forum_width]">
				$vbphrase[latest_forum]
			</td>
			<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_user_width]">
				<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latest')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latest" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latest].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
				$vbphrase[latest_author]
			</td>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latest" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latest]">
		$latest_post_bits
	</tbody>
</table>
<br />
</if>

[tanha]

thanks............

[RedHacker]

This mod doing for 3.8.1 ??? Why put import and not see any Post in Forum..