End-User Options - vBFavorites

I no longer support my hacks. Please feel free to update them and release new versions elsewhere as long as I get the credit for the original modification.

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|| vBFavorites
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jun 03, 2009
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|| Time required to install: ~30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

This modification gives your users an opportunity to create their own personalized menus of favorite threads, posts and users within your bulletin board.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES

• Zero file or template edits.
• Favorite Threads, Posts & Users.
• Complete list of favorites is listed in the user cp.
• Last {x} favorites are listed in a navbar dropdown that is available from every page, where {x} is a number configurable via admin cp.
• Users can create their own titles for their favorite items.

VERSION HISTORY

2.1.1
[+] Made it so that the redirect screens no longer show up, for faster redirection.
[F] Fixed a bug which made favorites entries non-editable.
[F] Fixed a bug which made prevented anything from showing in favorites dropdown on standard error screens.
[F] Fixed a text wrapping bug in postbit_legacy.

2.1.0
[+] Eliminated all file and template edits.
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.

2.0.2
[F] Fixed a bug which made it impossible for multiple users to add the same favorites item.

2.0.1
[F] Corrected a minor template bug, which caused invalid links in navbar dropdown.

2.0.0
[+] The modification has been rewritten from scratch: the code has been optimized, and is now compatible with both vBulletin 3.5 and 3.6.
[+] Implemented "Smart Links": When an item is in one's favorites, the link "Add Item to Favorites" is replaced with "Remove Item from Favorites". This is achieved without any extra queries.
[+] Templates have been redesigned; they are now more stylish and fully compatible with vBulletin CSS Layout.
[+] Some templates have been removed, others have been added.
[+] Implemented the "Who's Online" information bit for users located at vbfavorites.php.
[+] User CP listings are now collapsible.

1.0.3
[+] It is now possible to enable or disable either of the three parts of the hack via vbulletin options.

1.0.2
[F] Corrected a minor sql problem.
[F] Corrected a minor template bug.

1.0.1
[+] Less file edits; more plugins.
[F] Corrected a couple of minor sql problems and a minor readme mistake.

1.0.0
Initial Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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Version History

v1.0
--● First Translation (Du-Version) [Works with 2.1.1]

[Trip]

Looks like a great modification.

[xug]

PV, outstanding job, jet simple, jet sooooooooo welcome, to me, mod of the month!

This is a mod that should become a standard option in vB

[Soliloquy]

I have a science forum with a ton of categories, and have always wished my members could move their favorite categories to the top or keep them together in a list. Please consider that for any future versions

[dartho]

Excellent - had this some time back, but had an issue (can't rememebr what now) after an upgrade.

Thanks!

[baghdad4ever]

thanks

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thanks for updating this. Literally last week I was looking at the old release and planning to run it on my test forum to see if it would work with 3.8x.

I haven't yet installed this, but I did once use your product so I did have one suggestion that I had from the last time I used it:

Allow for an option to display favorite threads/posts/users on a separate page from the user CP (like /forum/favorites.php) I feel like if a user used this hack fully, it can get pretty cluttered in the User CP main page, especially if a forum has another hack that uses that space.

Thanks again for bringing this back. I hope to have some feedback in the future when I do add this to my forum.

[akanevsky]

Released Version 2.1.1, which fixes the bugs that have been mentioned in 2.1.0.
To upgrade, overwrite the product and the files.

[Leo Brazil]

Looks a great idea. I'm tagging this for future use for sure.

Quick question: Threads, Posts and users can be added to favorites but how about forums ? This would be great as my board has tons of forums and subforums and my users always ask for a better way to jump to what they use most.

THX

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

Looks a great idea. I'm tagging this for future use for sure.

Quick question: Threads, Posts and users can be added to favorites but how about forums ? This would be great as my board has tons of forums and subforums and my users always ask for a better way to jump to what they use most.

THX

It's not a feature at this time. Might be implemented in the future.