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As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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).

[Paul M]

Not entirely following you, but have you set the links path option ?

[paintballer.ie]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not entirely following you, but have you set the links path option ?

Cool, that worked. I just added a '/' in the 'Links Prefix Path'. I dono why I never though of looking there.

Thanks again. Keep up the great work.

[cagbaazee]

why i cannot see unread message and where it is located at . please help me to resolve this
problem. Treat it most urgent

[MjrNuT]

Paul,

I scoured your thread all the way back to page 4. I probably still missed it if someone else asked it. Sorry if this might not make sense, but how about a UserCp control such that users may choose to Turn off the Display X Unread Posts at the upper right? Then their post/thread marking defaults to vB settings, which is

vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

.

Reasoning for this question, I think, is that I have set the mods cutoff to be 7 days and the vB setting to like 12 days. This still results in quite a few Unread for a user and I was just thinking of relieving them for a user's activity that is sparse.

Our board is by far not big, but even a couple days and ppl have like 100 unread.

If someone has a good mitigation to this, then please do share it. Whether it be using the provided setting options of Paul's mod or other.

Thanks in advance.

[Stormraven]

What I'm looking for is the whole code, or phrase to put the info ie, 'No Unread Posts since your last visit.' i need the code that generates that so I can past it somewhere else on my site because I would like it in another one of the boxes and I'm having trouble finding that part of the code of phrase, can someone help me please?

[Stormraven]

Anyone?

[Paul M]

Assuming i understand your question, there is nothing you can just put elsewhere.

[Stormraven]

But what is the code to place it elsewhere, there must be a phrase or soemthing.

[Osama11]

i have installed that product .. but its not working 4 me ..
do i have to add any codes ??

[Paul M]

What isnt working ?

Did you read all the notes ?