Mini Mods - [OzzModz] Exclude Forums From Activity Stream

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Here is a small modification you can use to exclude forums from showing in the Activity Stream.

It is a simple installation, just import the product XML, product-ozzmodz_excl_activ_stream

You can edit the options under the settings, OzzModz: Exclude Forums From Activity Stream Settings

Complete Feature List

• Option to disable the mod completely.
• Option to select which forums, new threads / posts won't show in the activity stream.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Q. Why do I need such a thing, you ask?

A. You may have forums that have results from a sporting event, and some members may not have watched it yet. So if they were to view the Activity Stream, they might see the results that another user posted, spoiling their unknown outcome of the event.

Q. I installed this, selected the forums, but viewing the activity stream, they still show?

A. This only will work on newly posted threads / posts, not ones already posted.



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v1.0.0 Initial release.
v1.1.0 Changed the forum setting from entering ID's to a forum selector.
v1.1.1 Should have now fixed some users reporting that the mod was not working.

[Roman Osipov]

Ok. I understand.
Can you advise something to me?

[ozzy47]

There is no mod that I know of that does this in vB5

[sv1cec]

I installed it on vB 4.2.2, doesn't seem to work.

Let me clarify this: The hack works only for posts made after you install it, not for those made before.

[ozzy47]

From the first post.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Q. I installed this, selected the forums, but viewing the activity stream, they still show?

A. This only will work on newly posted threads / posts, not ones already posted.

Don't forget to mark as installed.

[sv1cec]

"RTFM Stupid" said the author!!!

Thanks!

[ozzy47]

It happens, I sometimes forget to read my own stuff. Thanks for marking as installed.

[sv1cec]

OK, I found an issue with this.

We have a forum in our site, in which we copy/mode posts or threads that violate our rules. A typical way of doing this is to select some posts from a thread, using the moderation tool and move them to a new thread in that forum, let's call it "The Laundry Room".

Well, I have excluded the Laundry Room from being reported in the Activity stream, and it works just fine, if you go and start a new thread or add a post in that forum, but threads created by the moderation tools, unfortunately get reported. Not good!

Any ideas?!?!

[ozzy47]

I'll see if I can replicate this scenario on my dev site.

[New Joe]

How difficult would it be to make it so:
1) Users can decided themselves in their settings which Forums they want excluding from the Activity Steam?

2) Could this also be done to exclude Forums from the 'NEw Posts' ?

[ozzy47]

1) I don't know, I think that would require a bit of coding.

2) I just coded a mod for that, will release it later today.