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Latest X Threads on Forumhome · **Released**: 12-21-2007

Latest X Threads on Forum Index
by: whitemike
Demo: Here

What this does?

This will add the latest x posts onto your forum index

Features?

Enable/Disable - Master Switch to Turn Latest Posts on or off
Title - Change the title of the Site News
Posts to Show - Number of Last Posts to show
Cutoff Length - How many characters to show before the ... at the end
Exclude Forums - Choose what forums you do not want to be listed
Thread Title Width - Width of Title Table
User Title Width - Width of User Table
Forum Title Width - Width of Forum Table
Auto Location - Enable/Disable auto location
Location - Gives Options for Under navbar, above forum, or below forum
Date & Time - Enable/Disable the time and date from being shown

Added?

2 Template
3 Plugins
11 Settings
29 Phrases

Installation?

Import Product

Thats It!

Releases

1.0 - Initial release
Please Click Install if you use

For Latest X Posts on Forum Home CLICK HERE

fahl · #52 05-07-2008, 02:25 PM

Having problems with this,Shows up ok but when thread link is clicked it is showing

Code:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Thepage it is attempting to access is

Code:

http://www.goldies.us/forums/showthread.php?t=2720

The page it should go to is

Code:

http://goldiez.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2721

I have downloaded latest version & reinstalled it,but still the same

bigtime · #53 05-07-2008, 05:11 PM

How can this be used on a non-VB page?

shaynehammy · #54 05-08-2008, 05:19 AM

Is there any way we can just have the thread title and not part of the post underneath it? This virtually doubles the length of the hack on the forum home. Ie i want to disaply the last 30 threads but dont want the user to be scrolling down for ages just to look through it all.

Thanks mate.

vanbao · #55 05-10-2008, 03:41 AM

I am looking for ways to display the latest x posts on a non vb homepage. Like this one.
http://www.vietshowbiz.com

Can someone please help.

car20 · #56 05-10-2008, 05:23 AM

tanks a lot for this nice hack .
please tell me how do i can change Author , Forum And Latest 5 Threads words to other lang .
and how do i can changes dir to right to left .

shaynehammy · #57 05-11-2008, 11:14 PM

Is this mod still supported?

Anyone know how to get rid of the preview that is showing under the last updated post. I would also like to show thread view and replies to the thread that has been updated where the lastest post is.

If that makes sense.

orok · #58 05-13-2008, 03:44 AM

i did some changes to lock like this :

Demo

thank you for this Product

meolangthang · #59 05-20-2008, 03:17 PM

Thank you man

Zacarias · #60 06-07-2008, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ++++++

I just wish this thing could work on every page...it would be so much more useful. Great hack though!

I got it to work on every page by changing the hook location for 'Main Code' from "forumhome_start" to "global_start". One query is added per page.

Also, some variables need to be changed to do it... Hope I'm allowed to do this.
First open the "Main Code" plugin.

Find:

PHP Code:


			
// query to get the last posts
    $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
        SELECT
            thread.forumid as forumid, thread.visible, thread.title as thread_title, thread.threadid as threadid, thread.postusername as username, thread.postuserid as userid, thread.dateline as date,
            forum.title as forum_title,
            post.postid, post.pagetext as pagetext
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread as thread
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post as post on (thread.firstpostid = post.postid)
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as forum on (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
        WHERE thread.visible = 1 AND $latest_and AND $latest_and_1
        ORDER BY postid DESC
        LIMIT $limit"
    );

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
    // query to get the last posts
    $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
        SELECT
            thread.forumid as forumid1, thread.visible, thread.title as thread_title1, thread.threadid as threadid1, thread.postusername as username1, thread.postuserid as userid1, thread.dateline as date,
            forum.title as forum_title1,
            post.postid, post.pagetext as pagetext1
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread as thread
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post as post on (thread.firstpostid = post.postid)
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as forum on (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
        WHERE thread.visible = 1 AND $latest_and AND $latest_and_1
        ORDER BY postid DESC
        LIMIT $limit"
    );

Find:

PHP Code:


			
    // strips the bbcode out of the post
        $row['pagetext'] = strip_bbcode($row['pagetext'], $stripquotes = true, $fast_and_dirty = false, $showlinks = true);
        
        // adds the cutoff ... with substr
        $row['pagetext'] = substr($row['pagetext'], 0, $vbulletin->options['latest_thread_cut']) . '...';

        // convert pagetext to nice looking variable
        $pagetext = $row['pagetext'];
        $username = $row['username'];
        $userid = $row['userid'];
        $forumid = $row['forumid'];
        $threadid = $row['threadid'];
        $forumtitle = $row['forum_title'];
        $threadtitle = $row['thread_title'];

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
   // strips the bbcode out of the post
        $row['pagetext1'] = strip_bbcode($row['pagetext1'], $stripquotes = true, $fast_and_dirty = false, $showlinks = true);
        
        // adds the cutoff ... with substr
        $row['pagetext1'] = substr($row['pagetext1'], 0, $vbulletin->options['latest_thread_cut']) . '...';

        // convert pagetext to nice looking variable
        $pagetext1 = $row['pagetext1'];
        $username1 = $row['username1'];
        $userid1 = $row['userid1'];
        $forumid1 = $row['forumid1'];
        $threadid1 = $row['threadid1'];
        $forumtitle1 = $row['forum_title1'];
        $threadtitle1 = $row['thread_title1'];         // strips the bbcode out of the post
        $row['pagetext1'] = strip_bbcode($row['pagetext1'], $stripquotes = true, $fast_and_dirty = false, $showlinks = true);
        
        // adds the cutoff ... with substr
        $row['pagetext1'] = substr($row['pagetext1'], 0, $vbulletin->options['latest_thread_cut']) . '...';

        // convert pagetext to nice looking variable
        $pagetext1 = $row['pagetext1'];
        $username1 = $row['username1'];
        $userid1 = $row['userid1'];
        $forumid1 = $row['forumid1'];
        $threadid1 = $row['threadid1'];
        $forumtitle1 = $row['forum_title1'];
        $threadtitle1 = $row['thread_title1'];

Then open your "forumhome_latest_thread_bit" template and change the variables. Mine looks like this:

HTML Code:

<tr>
    <td class="$bgclass">
        <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid1" class="smallfont">$threadtitle1</a>
        <if condition="$vboptions['latest_thread_time']"><span class="smallfont">$date</span></if>
        <if condition="$vboptions['latest_thread_cut'] != '0'"><div class="smallfont">$pagetext1</div></if>
    </td>
    <td class="$bgclass">
       <span class="smallfont">in</span> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forumid1" class="smallfont">$forumtitle1</a>
    </td>
    <td class="$bgclass">
  <span class="smallfont">by</span>      <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$userid1" class="smallfont">$username1</a>
    </td>
</tr>

Make sure "Auto Location" is set to no.
Then put "$latest" wherever you want it in your templates. I have it in my navbar template.

DEMO (must be registered.. sorry can't have guests running up queries.. oh and the place is still under construction too... :P)

I guess my version is kind of a new hack. Or a mod to this one...
Great hack anyway, thank you!

am3rgin · #61 06-08-2008, 10:24 PM

Any idea how to set the limit to something like 50, then add the pagenav options? Just like the search results but limit whats shown to the latest 5 on forum home. The pagnav would provide the ability to goto to the next 5 latest threads or jump to any page within the list of 50 latest threads.

This same mod from another forum package has this ability. Users can hit the "Next 5" link until they scroll through a weeks worth of threads.

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