Display count of unread posts in welcome box

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.

[Eagle Creek]

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.

I have a customized navbar. Can you tell me what to edit cause the plugin didn't do it for me.

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek

I have a customized navbar. Can you tell me what to edit cause the plugin didn't do it for me.

See post #124...

[alfaowner]

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek

I have a customized navbar. Can you tell me what to edit cause the plugin didn't do it for me.

I am normally okay with most hacks, been doing for 5 years, but do you think I can get this to show up? I have a a customized site also and I cannot get it to show up. I am using Automatic forum marking with DB, and have edited the href to my full forum path but still a no go, just will not show up in the user front end. Did I miss something, I read this thread in full, it took ages.

Nice feature, really would like it.
www.alfaowner.com/forum

Regards,

AO

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by alfaowner

I am normally okay with most hacks, been doing for 5 years, but do you think I can get this to show up? I have a a customized site also and I cannot get it to show up. I am using Automatic forum marking with DB, and have edited the href to my full forum path but still a no go, just will not show up in the user front end. Did I miss something, I read this thread in full, it took ages.

Nice feature, really would like it.
www.alfaowner.com/forum

Regards,

AO

I too have a customized site. This hack didn't work for me until I added

"</strong><br />" to the end of the "Welcome, xxxxxx." message.

This is referenced in post #124.

Actually "<br />" was aready there so I replaced it with "<strong></strong><br />" and I was good to go.

[Paul M]

This is the appropiate line in the standard navbar ;

<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />

The bold bit being the important part, if that isn't there, this will fail to show.

[Eagle Creek]

Originally Posted by Tralala

See post #124...

Thank you! I will!

[sportsoutlaw]

I have run into a little problem with this plugin in firefox. Quite often when I click on the unread posts it gives me a "page not found" error. Hasn't happened in IE.

[phpdevrus]

Originally Posted by sportsoutlaw

I have run into a little problem with this plugin in firefox. Quite often when I click on the unread posts it gives me a "page not found" error. Hasn't happened in IE.

I installed it and it works perfectly.

I use ff too. You should check the link that it goes to. It shouldnt have an issue if you use ie or ff as the link is created by vb and has nothing to do with the browser ie. http://www.domain.com/search.php?do=getnew

good luck.

[utw-Mephisto]

Is there a way to exclude certain forumdis ?

[Dr.Viggy]

worked on the first try. took about 6 seconds to install but is very helpful. thanks

installed