Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts and New Reputation Comments

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

Note: The unread posts portion of this hack only works if you use the database thread marking system, also, this attaches itself to certain phrases in the "welcome" box and will not work if they are not present (or are modified by other code).

FYI, the Forum Marking Choices are located in vBulletin Options ;
vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

The Read Marking options were removed from vB 3.8.11, it defaults to database marking.


** For vBulletin 3.8.11 you will need to use the Unread-posts-3811.zip **

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search). It also displays the number of new reputation comments since you last checked your usercp.

There is the option to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the 'getnew' search display. There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display.

There is also the option to display the New Reputation Comments counter as a Welcome Box Notification.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts and Reputation.

Version 3.8.001 adds support for forums excluded if you have the "Get New/Get Daily Opt Out Modification" installed (by Andreas).
Version 3.8.004 adds support for forums excluded if you have the "Selective Forum Filter Modification" installed (by Psionic Vision).

To install this hack unzip the xml file and import it using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v3.8.001 : Initial vb 3.8 Release.
v3.8.002 : Fix forum exclusion bugs.
v3.8.003 : Fix spelling and phrase bug.
v3.8.004 : Added support for Psionic Visions Selective Forum Filter.
v3.8.005 : Updated version for vBulletin 3.8.11 (only).

[arena]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Sorry, but what help exactly do you want ?

I cannot just magically tell you what is wrong.

I assume you have read/followed all the notes ?

Unread post not to count

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Kolbi

I can?t find:
vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
Can you explain me what the "Thread/Forum Read Marking Type" includes? Because I have a German version...

I have no idea what the German translation would be, but its a standard vb setting, so it must be there.

[Kolbi]

What can you change in these settings?

[islamicvd]

Hi there...

Well, After I upgraded my forum version from 3.7 to 3.8, I've got problems with this feature. It wasn't showing the forum page properly.

Now I have installed the newest version of this hack for 3.8 VB release but I still have problem.
Namely, when I click the '#number unread posts/comments' I'm redirected to URL: http://myforum.org/forum/search.php?do=getnew[ARG:4%20UNDEFINED] - and it shows blank page.

So, I think I've missed something or... Can you please help me.

Thank you in Advance!

[Paul M]

You have customised the phrases at some point, you need to revert them.

[islamicvd]

Which phrases? Can you give me an example please.

Thanks

[gator777]

Originally Posted by jgommel

There seems to be some sorta conflict between Photopost vBGallery and this mod. With this mod enabled, my users can no longer use the Prev and Next image button/links within Photopost vBGallery. They keep getting this message, "No Image specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator". I disabled all my hook by placing the following code at the top of the vBulletin config.php file; define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

I confirmed that the issue was with one of my installed mods, so I systematically disabled one mod at a time until I found out that this mod is causing the Prev / Next image links to break.

Any ideas?

Nice find, as I am having the same problem as you.

[EagleNick]

Where can I modify the link that clicking "Unread Posts" takes you to, as when I am in my vBAdvanced Links Direcotry, the target of this link is http://www.adminaddict.com/directory/search.php?do=getnew instead of directory being replaced with forum.

[Paul M]

Set the "Links Prefix Path" .

[EagleNick]

This doesn't resolve my issue.

With the Links Prefix Path left blank, here is the scenario:
When viewing the forum, the Unread Posts link takes you to: http://www.adminaddict.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew - which is exactly what it should be.

When viewing the directory, the Unread Posts link takes you to: http://www.adminaddict.com/directory/search.php?do=getnew - which is not a valid URL.

I'm assuming the reason is because the Unread Posts link is coded as <a href="search.php?do=getnew"> rather than <a href="BBURL/search.php?do=getnew">. So I'd like to know how to fix this.

Thanks.