Miscellaneous Hacks - Forum-wide Search For Unanswered Threads

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this hack.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]hr[/hr]
This is an update to my 3.7.x version of this hack, with the addition of navbar placement via AdminCP Options.

This is a hack adds an extra option to the Search drop down list on the navbar, or on the navbar itself (left hand side or ride hand side) which allows you to search for unanswered threads forum-wide, apart from the forums you choose to exclude from the search.

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.

AdminCP settings for this hack available in vBulletin Options > Forum-wide Search For Unanswered Threads.
Settings that can be changed are:

1. Exclude Forums - list of forums to exclude from the search for unanswered threads
2. Turn off cached results - enable/disable
3. Automatic Link Creation - location link will be added

vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]hr[/hr]
This hack can be used with vBulletin versions 3.6.0 - 3.8.8.

For the v4.0.4 version of this hack - check here.


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


Install Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]

1. Unzip ms_search_all_unanswered_38.zip
2. Upload bitfield_ms_search_all_unanswered.xml to your /includes/xml folder.If upgrading from an earlier version, then overwrite the previous copy.
3. Import the ms_search_all_unanswered_38.xml into vB using the AdminCP Product Manager. If upgrading from an earlier version, then set Allow Overwrite to Yes.
4. In the Usergroup Manager edit the usergroup(s) you want:
   • To see the Unanswered Threads link (disabled by default for all usergroups).

Uninstall Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]

1. Delete the bitfield_ms_search_all_unanswered.xml file from your /includes/xml folder.
2. Uninstall the product in vB using the AdminCP Product Manager.

Screenshots[hr]hr[/hr]
Shown in this order:

• Link on Search Forums Menu
• AdminCP Options
• Usergroup Permissions
• Link on navbar (left hand side)
• Link on navbar (right hand side)

Version History[hr]hr[/hr]
v3.8.002 - Tuesday 23rd June 2009
-- Final v3.8.x Release
-- Added: AdminCP Option to allow for Unanswered Threads link to be placed in different places on the navbar

v3.8.001 - Friday 9th January 2009
-- Initial v3.8.x Release


Thanks[hr]hr[/hr]
Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.


Show Your Appreciation[hr]hr[/hr]
Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.


Donations[hr]hr[/hr]
I would like to thank the following people for their kind donations:

• adwade

[bluej]

great mod, thank you

[Mosh]

Hi all,

It is with regret that after over 4 years (and thousands of hours) spent providing free support for my free hacks released here, as of today I will no longer be able to provide support for free.

This is due to being unemployed for a while, being strapped for cash and unable to rely on the virtually non-existant donations from here to help to pay the bills or put food on the table for my family. I am now providing all support for my free hacks released here over at Wolfshead Solutions via an annual support subscription (for a small fee).

It does not mean I will be no longer release free hacks, I will, but I will just no longer be supporting them for free.

My free hacks have and always will remain free to download and use. And so will updates/bug fixes.

I will be releasing more free hacks, but if you require any support at all for those free hacks, you will need to purchase an annual support subscription over at Wolfshead Solutions to receive support.

I am really sorry I have to do this, but revenue generated by my programming gigs are now my only source of income, and I can no longer afford the luxury of providing free support here, when that time can be spent creating new commerial products, doing paid work requests or providing paid support to pay the bills.

Thank you for the understanding.

Regards,

Mosh.

[Mosh]

I will not be able to update this hack to v4.0.x until vBulletin have fixed the following bug - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34686.

[Mosh]

UPDATE: I will not be able to update this hack to v4.0.x until vBulletin Solutions has released vBulletin 4.0.4 which, I can confirm, does fix the bug that will not allow this hack to work at then moment (Internet Brands have advised the release date for 4.0.4 should be before the end of June 2010, so this hack will be ported asap after the release). See this bug report for more information - http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-3652.

[Mosh]

UPDATE: I have now released the v4.0.4 version of this hack - check here.

[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.

[adwade]

Ref:

Originally Posted by jilly

well, I can put the code into the navbar myself, that's not an issue, just need to know what exactly to put in - like whatever the code is that makes the link.. for example...

Originally Posted by Mosh

OK, the below is tested and working, so for the last time, copy and paste the below

<!-- Forum-wide Search For Unanswered Threads (c) Mosh Shigdar 2008 --><td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="{$vbulletin->options['bburl']}/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=process&amp;replyless=1&amp;replylimit=0&amp;exclude={$vbulletin->options['fwsfut_exclude_forums']}&amp;nocache={$vbulletin->options['fwsfut_cache_enable']}">$vbphrase[forum_wide_unanswered]</a></td><!-- end of Forum-wide Search For Unanswered Threads -->

Bear with me, as I have a bit of a strange request. I have a NewsBot (i.e. user) that posts RRS feeds as threads throughout my forum, however I don't need/want the NewsBot's threads to be included in this UnAnswered Thread search.

So, is there any sort of CODE that could be added into that above somewhere that would 'skip' all of it's threads when performing the search? If so, that'd be just perfect for my purposes.

P.S. Install went perfectly and it's working great just as it's been created to.

[rrr]

I was running this for years, but now I'm starting to get a fatal memory error when I click on the link:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes) in /storage/sitename/public_html/search.php on line 2531

Any idea what could be causing this?

[xlguy]

That's a PHP memory issue, you need to report it to your host - they might be able to increase the allocated memory for you

Anyone using this on 3.8.x and having trouble getting the excluded forum feature to work? I have a short list: 8,21,12,10,4 but it still shows results from those areas - is it because I'm the admin or ?