Miscellaneous Hacks - Forum-wide Search For Unanswered Threads

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This hack will not work (or install) with vBulletin versions below 4.0.4, see Frequently Asked Questions section below for more information.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]Silver[/hr]
This is an update to my 3.8.x version of this hack, designed to work with vBulletin 4.0.4 and above.

This is a hack adds a menu to the Forum tab on the navbar (and also optionally on the What's New tab), which allows you to search for unanswered threads forum-wide.

This hack was originally created as a result of a request from Boofo in 2008 - see here.

There are no file or template changes at all, and is fully phrased.


vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]Silver[/hr]
This hack can only be used with vBulletin 4.0.4 - 4.2.0, see Frequently Asked Questions section below for more information.

For the v3.8.x version of this hack, which will also work with v3.7.x and v3.6.x - check here.


Hack Support/Feature Requests[hr]Silver[/hr]
IMPORTANT: This hack is no longer supported.



Frequently Asked Questions[hr]Silver[/hr]
Question:

I get a "This product is not compatible with version 4.0.x of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.4)" message. WTF does that mean?

Answer:

It means that this hack will not work with vBulletin versions below 4.0.4, as Internet Brands had removed some search functionality when they released vBulletin 4.0.0 that caused this hack to not function, they added back most of the functionality in vBulletin 4.0.4, see this bug report for more information - http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3652. Do not ask for it to be made compatible, you will have to upgrade to vBulletin 4.0.4 for it to work.

Question:

I can not exclude forums. What can I do?

Answer:

Upgrade to vBulletin 4.0.8 (or above) and use the latest version of this hack

Question:

Why can I not select the location where I can add the menu on the What's New tab?

Answer:

Because there is only one template hook that allows you to auto-insert the menu

Translations[hr]Silver[/hr]
I would like to thank the following people for their translations:

• v4.0.001 Arabic translation by Dr.osamA (out of date)

Install/Upgrade/Uninstall Instructions[hr]Silver[/hr]
The readme.txt file is included in attached .zip file.


Version History[hr]Silver[/hr]
v4.3.0 - Wednesday 23rd May 2012
-- Changed: total rewrite of plugin to support vBulletin 4.2.0 and above
-- Added: 9 Navigation Manager links under one menu on Forum tab
-- Removed: "What's New" tab AdminCP Option
-- Removed: 2 x AdminCP options

v4.2.0 - Sunday 25th September 2011
-- Changed: total rewrite of plugin to change from a single link to a menu with options (time periods)
-- Changed: 1 phrase
-- Added: "What's New" tab AdminCP Option
-- Added: install code to detect if the xml file has been uploaded
-- Added: uninstall code to detect if the xml file has been deleted
-- Added: 7 phrases
-- Removed: AdminCP option to have link on "Community" drop-down menu, as it is now a menu itself
-- Removed: AdminCP option to have link on "Quick Links" drop-down menu, as it is now a menu itself

v4.0.2 - Saturday 27th November 2010 (first released to Wolfshead Solutions on Wednesday 27th October 2010)
-- Changed: Version number formatting (also technically can be called v4.1.0)
-- Added: AdminCP exclude forums option (IB added "exclude forums" option back in vBulletin 4.0.8)

v4.0.001 - Friday 18th June 2010
-- Initial v4.0.x Release
-- Changed: Screenshots
-- Added: InstallInstructions.txt file
-- Added: VersionHistory.txt file
-- Changed: 1 plugin (refactored to streamline code and make vB4.0.x compatible)
-- Removed: AdminCP exclude forums option (IB has still not added exclude forums back into search)
-- Removed: Some Install code


Show Your Appreciation [hr]Silver[/hr]
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[Mosh]

Hi all,

This hack has now been updated to v4.0.2, this version will be released unsupported here at vBulletin.org on Saturday 27th November 2010.

Regards,

[Dr.osamA]

hi Mosh,

when i uninstall it and need to make any change in usergroup i have an DB error

column ms_search_all_unanswered_permissions no exist

[Mosh]

Updated: v4.0.2
-- Changed: Version number formatting
-- Added: AdminCP exclude forums option (IB added "exclude forums" option back in vBulletin 4.0.8)

[Dr.osamA]

thank you for updating bro

testing

[Mosh]

Hi all,

Free support has now been moved back to vBulletin.org.

Please see the first post for more information (and also this thread at Wolfshead Solutions).

Enjoy

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar - Wolfshead Solutions.

[Conehead555]

Yes! 4.1.4

[tamsin]

This looks great. I have a biggish forum and it's easy for topics to drop out of sight quickly. I'm just waiting for my search index to rebuild after upgrading and then I'm going to install it.

Originally Posted by djbaxter

Does this add-on limit how far back it looks for unanswered threads? Like 24 hours or 3 days or a week? I can't see listing all for the past 6 years as helpful...

Thank would be a very handy feature! A limit on how far it goes back would prevent people bumping threads that are weeks/months old.

[cash7c3]

Originally Posted by Dr.osamA

hi Mosh,

when i uninstall it and need to make any change in usergroup i have an DB error

column ms_search_all_unanswered_permissions no exist

I have this same error. Any help for this?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by cash7c3

I have this same error. Any help for this?

You did not do step 2 of the uninstall instructions.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

Does this add-on limit how far back it looks for unanswered threads? Like 24 hours or 3 days or a week? I can't see listing all for the past 6 years as helpful...

Originally Posted by tamsin

This looks great. I have a biggish forum and it's easy for topics to drop out of sight quickly. I'm just waiting for my search index to rebuild after upgrading and then I'm going to install it.



Thank would be a very handy feature! A limit on how far it goes back would prevent people bumping threads that are weeks/months old.

Good idea..... will add it to the next version