Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search).

There is also an option to put back the members last visit date, which was removed in vb4. There is the choice to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects where the divider in the 'getnew' search display used to be (apparently its no longer displayed).

There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display. New Reputation Comments are shown in the Notifications section.

This modifications settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts[/COLOR].

The unread posts functionality requires that database thread marking is active.
Please be aware that installing this will enable that system (with automatic forum marking).
Forum marking choices are located in vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

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


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase updates.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase and Install updates only.
v4.0.4 : 17-Feb-2010 : Updated release for vB 4.0.2 onwards (only).
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010: Installer & code updates.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010: Minor alignment change.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.
v4.2.5.0 : 09-Mar-2017 : Updated version for vBulletin 4.2.5 (only).

[Adam H]

I think it might be using the old mod too some how ?

[Adam H]

I have fixed it , for some reason it was showing the older mod i had installed on 3.8 even though it wasnt installed. I have no idea why but i just rebuilt the search index and its now working as it should

[Adam H]

Actually it didnt fix it its just come back, I thought it was to do with cache before but that isnt switched on . Any ideas ?

[Paul M]

There is no caching involved in this.

If you correctly perform the edit, and install the mod, then it will work. Every case so far where someone has siad it isnt has turned out to be an incorrect or missing template edit. I suggest you double check what you have done.

[Adam H]

Originally Posted by Paul M

There is no caching involved in this.

If you correctly perform the edit, and install the mod, then it will work. Every case so far where someone has siad it isnt has turned out to be an incorrect or missing template edit. I suggest you double check what you have done.

Ive deleted that part of the template (comments tag ) and uploaded the .xml file what else is there to do ? , the mod is working but its providing more info than it should. Ive attached a screen shot so you can see

[cagbaazee]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Read the instructions in the main post. There is a template edit.



You have it set to count the unread posts since your last visit, not all unread posts.

u mean this

Find ;

<vb:comment><p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p></vb:comment>

and remove the comment tags, i.e. as below ;

<p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p>



i hv done it.. but nothing has been working... please discuss what do to.

Thanks

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by riverwire

Ive deleted that part of the template (comments tag ) and uploaded the .xml file what else is there to do ? , the mod is working but its providing more info than it should. Ive attached a screen shot so you can see

You have an old customised version of the phrase dup_posts on your forum - you need to delete it.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by cagbaazee

u mean this

Find ;

<vb:comment><p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p></vb:comment>

and remove the comment tags, i.e. as below ;

<p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p>

Yes, I mean that.

There is nothing I can discuss. Without admin access i cannot tell you anything more.

[Trek]

Nevermind, realized it was a config setting that defaulted differently than I wanted it.

Thanks Paul!

[Charlie98902]

Paul is there a way to hook this mod and use the default New Posts in the navbar? That would be great if you can get it coded like that.

Just a thought/ideal.

Thanks