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Display count of unread posts in welcome box · **Released**: 09-17-2005

This modification is no longer available or supported.

* This hack only works if you use the new database thread marking system, if you don't, then you probably should be. *

With the new marking system I have found a simple count of the new posts since your last visit to be less informative and useful than it used to be - esp as the GetNew function now excludes threads you have read, but includes threads from before your last visit. Therefore I decided to try a new system that counts the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you, and will show up in a GetNew search.

In fact this hack gives you two options (with a new setting in the vBulletin Options > General Settings). If set to yes, it will only count the unread posts since your last visit, if set to no it will count all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the GetNew display.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then alter the ACP setting to your preferred option (the default is 'no' (i.e. all unread posts).

Note: This hack injects the result direct into the navbar template during page construction, thus avoiding the need for a template edit. This requires that a certain text combination exists in your template. This will be fine for most boards that use a navbar based on the vB default, but you should bear this in mind if you have a totally custom navbar.

History:

v1.01 : First Release.
v1.02 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

Tulsa · #**132** 03-30-2006, 09:58 PM

It works on my 3.5.3

Paul M · #**133** 03-30-2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by funarule

its not working on 3.5.3????

Yes it is/does.

Hell? · #**134** 04-02-2006, 07:49 PM

Great hack, is there a way to have it phrased?

Paul M · #**135** 04-02-2006, 07:51 PM

Good question.

I'm not sure why this one never got done when I phrased most of my hacks. I'll pop it on the todo list.

Hell? · #**136** 04-02-2006, 08:00 PM

Thanks. Also, the postcount ignores the selective forum filter hack but the search result doesn't. Not really that big of a problem but might confuse some of my users.

Paul M · #**137** 04-02-2006, 08:11 PM

Well that's nothing I can do about the later problem, it's not possible to take into account the effects of other hacks.

Hell? · #**138** 04-02-2006, 08:25 PM

Ok, thanks anyway. Also, I edited the plugin to input the absolut path to the search.php to make it work with the vbadvanced portal as well, is there a better way to do this or it's the only way?

Paul M · #**139** 04-02-2006, 08:28 PM

I don't know as I don't have VBA, but it won't break anything doing that.

Hell? · #**140** 04-02-2006, 08:36 PM

Ok, thanks for all your help. And many thanks for that future phrased version

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IrPr · #**141** 04-03-2006, 09:14 AM

Doesn't work with vBDrupal
any suggestion?

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