End-User Options - Selective Forum Filter

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|| Selective Forum Filter
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Co-Author(s) : Andreas
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : May 31, 2009
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|| Time required to install: 30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

Ever came across large boards with a huge number of sub forums? Couldn't find your info? Wanted to run away from that huge load of stupid threads? This hack is intended to save your users from having such a horrible experience. It provides them with an opportunity to exclude any number of forums from the forums list (as well as from "get new"/"get daily" searches), which still letting them to access those forums directly and search within them, too.

STATISTICS

Products to Install: 1


INTRODUCTION

To enable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 1
To disable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 0
In both cases, PFX must be replaced with the actual table prefix that you have defined in config.php.
If you have not defined a prefix, remove PFX from the queries.
After you run either one of these queries, you must then open and save any one forum for the forum cache to be updated.

VERSION HISTORY

1.1.0
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Eliminated all template edits.

1.0.2
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.6.
[+] Corrected a couple of mistakes in the installation manual.

1.0.1
[+] Added option to set forums as excludable. By default, excludability of all forums is disabled.

1.0.0
First Public Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[Freesteyelz]

Cool mod, Psionic Vision and Andreas.

Originally Posted by Trek

Would it be possible to add a checkbox in the user CP for "Do not display forums in forum list"?

Basically, I'd like to still be able to see the forums in the forum list, but only report new posts in the forums I've selected. Would be nice if it was a global setting and then allowed users to change it to what they would like to see for each person.

I'd like to also be able to see the forums displayed without editing the product file. I was able to suppress New Posts searches and have the forums still display by removing roughly 13 lines of codes from the product XML:

  <plugin active="1" executionorder="5">
   <title>SFF: Suppress Display of Excluded Forums</title>
 
code bits...
 
  </plugin>

I can't say that it's efficient or if it's upsetting vBulletin protocol but the tests so far seem to work.

[paintballer.ie]

I am also using the 'unread post hacks'
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...t=unread+posts

Event though I have selected some forums to be excluded, this other hack still says I have x posts unread in those hidden forums.

Any work around for this, or will I just have to live with it?

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

Cool mod, Psionic Vision and Andreas.





I'd like to also be able to see the forums displayed without editing the product file. I was able to suppress New Posts searches and have the forums still display by removing roughly 13 lines of codes from the product XML:

  <plugin active="1" executionorder="5">
   <title>SFF: Suppress Display of Excluded Forums</title>
 
code bits...
 
  </plugin>

I can't say that it's efficient or if it's upsetting vBulletin protocol but the tests so far seem to work.

I have written plugin titles that are pretty much self explanatory. They do not perform any unexpected actions, as far as I am concerned... So if you disable the plugins that say that they disable display of excluded forums, that should do the trick for you.

Originally Posted by paintballer.ie

I am also using the 'unread post hacks'
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...t=unread+posts

Event though I have selected some forums to be excluded, this other hack still says I have x posts unread in those hidden forums.

Any work around for this, or will I just have to live with it?

The thread for that modification says "Version 3.8.001 adds support for forums excluded if you have the "Get New/Get Daily Opt Out Modification" installed (by Andreas).". Maybe Paul also supports this hack? Please ask him, it should be pretty much the same piece of code to support either hack.

[Freesteyelz]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

I have written plugin titles that are pretty much self explanatory. They do not perform any unexpected actions, as far as I am concerned... So if you disable the plugins that say that they disable display of excluded forums, that should do the trick for you.

I have no idea why I didn't think of disabling the plugin. That did the trick and is more practical than my work around. Thanks, Psionic!

[Saint_ago]

Originally Posted by Walter

Thank you for the hack!

A small bug occured: the settings in the user control panel work only in IE and Firefox, in Opera the list of the forums is scrollable but the forums actually don't scroll so the feature is not usable in Opera....

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

That's weird. Can you please link me to your site so that I can see what is going on?

Same here!

http://www.battlecentral.xpg.com.br/forum/

Works fine on IE and FF, but in Opera don't.. :/

[djvj]

Awesome, awesome! Thanks for this great hack, exactly what I needed.

[glennybee]

Originally Posted by woostar

This doesn't seem to work with vBSEO. Can anyone confirm this or is it just me?

When I install the product it says "Importing Product, Please Wait.." but it never installs.

I also have vBSEO installed and it would be great if this mod could be altered to work with vBSEO. I guess it has something to do with the urls.

[CristianoDiaz]

I am having a problem with this hack - it previously has worked fine, but now, the list of forums to filter in User CP is blank - it only has Reset Exclusions at the top. There are multiple forums set to be excludable, and it was fine in the past Any ideas what might be causing this to happen?

[guvner]

Excellent mod - many thanks!

Mike

[Crazy-Achmet]

Originally Posted by CristianoDiaz

I am having a problem with this hack - it previously has worked fine, but now, the list of forums to filter in User CP is blank - it only has Reset Exclusions at the top. There are multiple forums set to be excludable, and it was fine in the past Any ideas what might be causing this to happen?

I'm having the same problem!