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

[entertain]

No, you have to change this in the plug-in which is called "Add Blogs to Search Page"

[dartho]

Thanks, entertain. Main product file updated. mooncreek, just re-install the latest version.

[mooncreek]

Thanks - I made entertain's edit and it is working sweetly.

[Hi5]

this is great

would love to see something like this for album comments!

[cad2go]

3.8.3 Works a treat! ty

[jibi]

Dartho, it appears that unpublished, pending blogs are also listed. Any way to fix this?

[dartho]

I'll look into it...

[jibi]

*EDIT: Disregard my previous response in case you received it via email notification.

In your Product XML file, find the following:
AND blogtitle.state = 'visible'

Add below it:
AND blogtitle.pending = '0'

This should take care of pending blog entries (that are likely currently scheduled but not published).

Also, be sure to update the version number in the XML. It appears the 0.0.10 version still reflects 0.0.9b.

[nascartr]

Originally Posted by dartho

I haven;t tested this, but you could edit the "Add Blogs to Search Page" plugin, search for

if ($datecut == "") {

and replace it with

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'] != 0) {
$datecut = $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'];
}
else {

This should then only show the new blogs/comments since the last visit - much the same way as a "New Posts" search does...

Let me know how it goes...

Would it be possible to get this added into the next release? I have to edit the plugin with each upgrade.

[Per1213]

Quick query.

New blogs/comments seem to disappear after a certain (and very short) period of time even if I haven't gone and seen the blog post/comment. It is almost as though if someone clicks the new blog then it disappears from the search results for the whole community and not just that one individual user.