Forum Home Enhancements - Latest X Posts on Forum Home

Latest X Posts on Forum Index
by: whitemike
Demo: Here

What this does?

This will add the latest x posts onto your forum index

What version does it work on?

This modification should work on any version 3.6.0 and up! Including the new 3.7

Features?

1. Enable/Disable - Master Switch to Turn Latest Posts on or off
2. Title - Change the title of the Site News
3. Posts to Show - Number of Last Posts to show
4. Cutoff Length - How many characters to show before the ... at the end
5. Exclude Forums - Choose what forums you do not want to be listed
6. Thread Title Width - Width of Title Table
7. User Title Width - Width of User Table
8. Forum Title Width - Width of Forum Table
9. Auto Location - Enable/Disable auto location
10. Location - Gives Options for Under navbar, above forum, or below forum

Added?

1. 2 Template
2. 3 Plugins
3. 10 Settings
4. 27 Phrases

Installation?

1. Import Product

Thats It!

Fixes?

2.3

1. Fixed the cutoff bug

2.2

1. Fixed Bug

2.1

1. Changed variables, so that you can see this, and latest X Threads on forumhome.

2.0

1. Feature Added: Time and Date
2. Added feature where if Cut Off is 0, then it will not display the row

1.9

1. XHTML and CSS Compliant

1.8

1. For some reason a phrase didn't save so I uploaded it with it.

1.7

1. Added option to enable/disable auto location
2. Added 3 automatic locations

1.6

1. Added Permissions based on forums

1.5

1. Fixed Look - Made Link Thread Title, with text under it

1.4

1. Fixed Bug - Was showing up hidden/moderated posts

1.3

1. Fixed Bug - Didn't display threads in excluded forums
2. Added Check Version

1.2

1. Cached Templates
2. Moved Plugin Location to allow global use of $latest

1.1

1. Added default value to excluded, which was causing an error if null
2. Made Collapsible

Please Click Install if you use

[Hannan]

Originally Posted by whitemike

@Hannan,

When you go into your vBulletin Options, did you enable the modification?

Yes, I can easily add other mods like: Thanks, Advanced statics but this one not showing on my board

[DieselMinded]

Can you Make this mod to not Phrase HTML please

[jbldesign]

Originally Posted by jbldesign

Hi.

How do I get "Latest post" to only show last latest post in same thread?

If 5 posts are made in the same thread, then all Latest 5 posts - is from same thread, as it is now!

I would love to have the 5 latest post, from 5 different threads...help :-)

Is there really nobody thats knows ? :-)

[Bikerwebbi]

Originally Posted by jbldesign

Hi.

How do I get "Latest post" to only show last latest post in same thread?

If 5 posts are made in the same thread, then all Latest 5 posts - is from same thread, as it is now!

I would love to have the 5 latest post, from 5 different threads...help :-)

I also search this solution. Please, around help. Thank you

[Michael Biddle]

I already said it, i fixed it. you can download the new one, and use the latest thread as well.

[jbldesign]

Sorry whitemike, I have missed that reply, thx alot

[susurrus]

I tried it but don't find it that useful tbh, I don't see the point in showing the author of the thread, would it not make more sense to show the last poster and possibly a link beside their name to bring you to the last post? as it is now it makes more sense to just use the "Todays posts" search function. Don't mean to insult you or anything and well done for being able to do something I wouldn't be able to do but I'm just trying to give some constructive feedback

[Michael Biddle]

Originally Posted by susurrus

I tried it but don't find it that useful tbh, I don't see the point in showing the author of the thread, would it not make more sense to show the last poster and possibly a link beside their name to bring you to the last post? as it is now it makes more sense to just use the "Todays posts" search function. Don't mean to insult you or anything and well done for being able to do something I wouldn't be able to do but I'm just trying to give some constructive feedback

And what happens when there are not many posts on a forum, and a user doesnt visit for a few days? Then todays posts would not work. I made this mod as a request from many others in my latest thread modification. Also, I believe that it shows the user that made the post, and not the origional author.

[sml]

upgraded to vb 3.6.8 and can't get it to show back up, i uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck. then i uninstalled, deleted the added templates, still no luck.

I am not using the auto template edit and have placed $latest in my forum home template where i prefer it. used to work great, no i cant get it to work at all!

[jbldesign]

Hmm, version 2.2 still shows multiple replys from same tread at my site.

CUT OFF only works with 0 all other values gives all text?