Forum Display Enhancements - Make Prefixes Clickable to Filter Forumdisplay

This is another modification which should be standard vbulletin. I wrote a template modification, but have now written one that is just a plugin. This template modification will make your thread prefixes clickable. If you click on the prefix, then the forumdisplay will only show threads with that prefix in that forum. Then, if you click on the prefix again, it will show all the threads.

Click to Filter Forum by this Prefixid:


Click to Show All Threads:


Version History:
1.0 2009-12-22: - initial release by Lynne at vbulletin.org
1.1 2010-01-05 - fixed issue of bad link showing up in search results - clickable prefixes will only show on forumdisplay as they are supposed to now.

To Install:

1. Import product-lynne_click_prefix.xml

To Uninstall:

1. Uninstall "Make Prefixes Clickable to Filter Forumdisplay"

Translations:
Thank you to Luca_ITA for the Italian phrase translations.
Thank you to yjeanrenaud for the German phrase translations.
Thank you to eTiKeT? for the Turkish phrase translations.

[gorman]

CvP, what I ask is already working here on vbulletin.org. Would that be so hard to port to 4.x?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by gorman

CvP, what I ask is already working here on vbulletin.org. Would that be so hard to port to 4.x?

If you look at what they do here, these 'prefixes' are actually different forums. This 'prefix', Forum Enhancement forums, is forumid 245. So, they are just using the regular navbits to show the 'prefix'. This mod is using real prefixes, which do not link to a forum.

[CvP]

Originally Posted by gorman

CvP, what I ask is already working here on vbulletin.org. Would that be so hard to port to 4.x?

afaik, they are working on switching vb.org to 4.x.
when that is done, they might consider releasing some of the "in-house" addons.

[CvP]

Hey Lynne.
I like to have as few forums as possible. On the other hand, merging forums such as "Movies", "Musics" etc in to one "Entertainment" forum discourages some people from posting.

With the help of prefixes (and this mod of yours), this can be solved. I have just one problem.
When filtering a certain prefix, I want the "new thread" button to open a new thread form where the certain prefix is already selected. kinda like a pseudo forum.

so if you are viewing only movie prefix in a forum, clicking the new thread button will pre-select movie prefix.

Is there any easy way to accomplish this?

[Lynne]

I would guess you could pass the prefixid in the New Thread URL and then use it to set the prefixid for the thread. I can't test that our however since I'm stuck on dialup.

[CvP]

Originally Posted by Lynne

I would guess you could pass the prefixid in the New Thread URL and then use it to set the prefixid for the thread. I can't test that our however since I'm stuck on dialup.

Thanks for the suggestion Lynne.
I tried it (and some other var names). nothing works.

I took a look at the newthread.php and (to me) it seems there is no code to parse prefix from url.

Please check it out when you have a better net.

happy vacation

[CvP]

Hi Lynne. If you have some free time, please take a look now

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by CvP

Hi Lynne. If you have some free time, please take a look now

You're right. I just did a quick test and passed the prefixid and it didn't get picked up on the newthread page. So, it seems you may have to write a plugin to just grab the prefixid (probably newthread_form_start should be OK).

[Martini-man]

One of the most helpful mods around, and yet, simplest.

It never fails to amaze me how vB has such potential, but is wasted because the developers have such limited vision of whats useful in a forum (again, this is something that happens in all forums).

Thank you Lynne for this wonderful mod.

[pizad_sura]

Good Job !!

Thank you Lynne