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[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

Step 1: Upload the .xml file to the Product Manager
Step 2: Modify the [high]FORUMHOME[/high] template
Find:

<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>

Add below:

<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[latest_threads]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->

Step 3: Click [high]INSTALL[/high]

[high]Credits[/high]
NTLDR - For allowing me to port his vB3 hack of this

[high]Updates[/high]
Version 1.1.0: Simple update to make this work with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 2 - If you are installing for the first time, follow the installation instructions - If you are upgrading, please delete the previous plugin, and upload the new one - This new plugin also has the uncached template fix

Version 1.1.1: Simple update to fix a permissions bug - Wasn't showing on my board because I had already fixed it and forgot about it lol - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Version 1.1.2: Simple update to fix a permissions bug again - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Chris

[Xplorer4x4]

@ Chris thanks for the effort.
@ Shardex thanks for the fix.
@ Nobita. Sorry my navbar template isn't really a good example as it is bassicly fully customized. Sorry..

[lairnoc]

this is more latest thread replies

Is there a hack about the latest threads posted.?

[akanevsky]

I'm not quite sure you need to globalize $vbulletin in forumhome_complete

Also, don't write

PHP Code:

$forumperms[$forum["forumid"]] 


... write

PHP Code:

$forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] 


Reason: the first one doesn't necessarily work on all the systems... Had troubles with that way of writing. The second way of writing works everywhere

[akanevsky]

In case you want it, here is an updated XML and an updated FORUMHOME html that needs to be inserted according to Chris M's instructions:

<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
<tr>
	<td class="thead" colspan="2">
		<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
		$vbphrase[latest_threads]
	</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><table width="100%">$threadbits</table></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->

I have changed the template, which is now perceived better (see screenshot), and I've changed a few things in the code, you might wanna compare Anyhow, this is a great hack, and I did click "Install".

[admiralapril]

Thank you Chris M and Dark Visor. I've installed this and it works perfectly.

[Xplorer4x4]

I could of sworn I replied to this thread about your version Dark Visor mentioning that the first new icon was showing up but not the default post icon. Either way it was because of the way i set the image directorey in vB options to work for my portal.

Dark Visor, may i suggest making note that people can edit the table pixels to control the size.

@Chris AND Shardex niether of your variables for forum names worked as far as the link goes. The forum names show up fine but they only link to www.yourstie.com/showthread and not www.youstie.com/forums/showthread.

Anyways this is defenitley on the top of my list for favorite hacks.

[joelc73]

This is a great hack - Thanks! How can I move it up higher on the page? Just below (or above possibly) the Nav bar?

Thanks,

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4

I could of sworn I replied to this thread about your version Dark Visor mentioning that the first new icon was showing up but not the default post icon. Either way it was because of the way i set the image directorey in vB options to work for my portal.

Dark Visor, may i suggest making note that people can edit the table pixels to control the size.

@Chris AND Shardex niether of your variables for forum names worked as far as the link goes. The forum names show up fine but they only link to www.yourstie.com/showthread and not www.youstie.com/forums/showthread.

Anyways this is defenitley on the top of my list for favorite hacks.

Change the link to:

<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?f=$thread[forumid]"> $forumdata[title] forum</a>.

Chris

[shardex]

Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4

@Chris AND Shardex niether of your variables for forum names worked as far as the link goes. The forum names show up fine but they only link to www.yourstie.com/showthread and not www.youstie.com/forums/showthread.

That's because my forum lives at the root level, and that was the example I was basing it off of. You would just need to modify the URL to match your own site but the concept should work OK.

I actually added two of these bad boys to my homepage so that one displays the latest posts from all the general forums and the other one displays the latest posts from my blog.

Check it out at: http://www.shardex.com

This is a great hack.

[Xplorer4x4]

As you can see I had already made the changes. Yeah I migh consider that if my members wouldn;t kill me. Then again I could proabbly do it at the bottom of my forum as i put this in my navbar.