vBulletin Blog - New Blogs/Comments in Forum Search Results

This add-on will include recent blogs and blog comments in your forums search results - This includes "New Posts" and "Today's Posts" results...

Options
Maximum number of search results to return
Maximum age of comments/blogs to be included in search results

Limitations
There is no tracking of if a blog has been read or not - if a blog/comment fits in with the above criteria it will be displayed in the search results whether it has been read or not. This can probably be coded in by a more experienced coder than myself - any assistance appreciated. Although I like the extra exposure the blogs get from this so it is not an issue for me.

Version History
0.0.1 - Initial release - marked beta until I get some feedback.
0.0.2 - added table prefixes to query
0.0.3 - added table prefixes to query - again :erm:
0.0.4 - fixed the query causing issues on DBs with table prefixes (Confirmed working now)
0.0.5 - removed title tags from listings till I get time to fix issue with title breaking display
0.0.6 - fixed links in results to link to blogs/blogs/comments in the same way search results link to forums/threads/posts
0.0.7 - fixed broken image link, removed errant "<"
0.0.8 - Added fix where blog drafts were showing up in searches as per this post by KrisP
0.0.9 - Now only shows the latest comment from each blog
0.0.9a - Fixed but in 0.0.9
0.0.9b - Fixed date time display to be consistent with rest of forum
0.0.10 - Fixed small bug which sjhows on some systems as per this post by entertain
0.0.11 - Fixed bug where pending blogs were being displayed as per this post by jibi
Dependencies
You must have vBulletin Blogs Installed

Installation Instructions
1. Install Product File
2. Add a single line to your search_results template as below:
Edit your "search_results" template
search for:

<tr>
	<td class="tfoot" colspan="$threadcolspan" align="$stylevar[right]">
		<if condition="$show['results']">
		<span class="smallfont"><phrase 1="$first" 2="$last" 3="$numitems">$vbphrase[showing_results_x_to_y_of_z]</phrase></span>
		<else />
		&nbsp;
		</if>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

add the following immediately below:

<br />$blogsinsrch

Other Modifications
There is another work around HERE which offers an alternative way to integrate blogs with Forum search results...

Extra Notes
To only show new blogs/comment since last visit (in much teh same way as "New Posts" works) see Post Number 41 of this thread

For a vBAdvanced module of this add-on, see Post Number 83

[kho91]

thank's so much, i love it!

install & nominate

[cad2go]

It shows titles of entries that are marked private in the results and titles of entries from private blogs.

Cheers - Super mod

[dartho]

Looks like you have installed version 0.0.10.

0.0.11 should fix this

[inciarco]

Optional Template Edits for Right/Left Column on vBAdvanced CMPS Main Page:

Template "adv_portal_recentblogs"

Code:

$newblogs

and

Template: "adv_portal_recentblogs_bits"

Code:

<tr>

<td style="cursor: default;" class="alt1">

	<div class="smallfont">

		<a href="blog.php?$session[sessionurl]b=$blogsrch[blogid]" style="font-weight: bold;">$blogsrch[title]</a>

<br>

		Author: <span style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="window.open('member.php?u=$blogsrch[authorid]', '_self')">$blogsrch[author]</span>

<br>

		$blogsrch[date] <span class="time">$blogsrch[time]</span><br>

<if condition="$blog_comment"><a href="blog.php?$session[sessionurl]b=$blogsrch[blogid]#comment$blogsrch[blogtextid]"><else /><a href="blog.php?$session[sessionurl]b=$blogsrch[blogid]"></if> <img title="Last Comment" class="inlineimg" src="images/buttons/lastpost.gif" alt="Last Comment" border="0"></a> post by <a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$blogsrch[userid]" rel="nofollow">$blogsrch[username]</a>

<br>

Views: $blogsrch[views]

	</div>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="cursor: default;" class="alt2">

	<div class="smallfont">

	<a href="blog.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$blogsrch[authorid]">$blogsrch[author]'s Blog</a>

	</div>

</td>

</tr>

My Best Regards.