Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search).

There is also an option to put back the members last visit date, which was removed in vb4. There is the choice to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects where the divider in the 'getnew' search display used to be (apparently its no longer displayed).

There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display. New Reputation Comments are shown in the Notifications section.

This modifications settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts[/COLOR].

The unread posts functionality requires that database thread marking is active.
Please be aware that installing this will enable that system (with automatic forum marking).
Forum marking choices are located in vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

To install this hack unzip the xml file and import it using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase updates.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase and Install updates only.
v4.0.4 : 17-Feb-2010 : Updated release for vB 4.0.2 onwards (only).
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010: Installer & code updates.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010: Minor alignment change.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.
v4.2.5.0 : 09-Mar-2017 : Updated version for vBulletin 4.2.5 (only).

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Please read the modification, this is already answered ;

Thanks Paul
I appreciate your support

[crazyboy1661]

When I am uploading the XML file i am getting this error. 4.1.5pl1 is our board version.
XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 74

Pls guide me.

[behnam]

i've just installed & its working pretty fine but im going to make some changes to it

may you please help me to make some changes to way that it looks?

this is the example what im going to make it look like:

[dmandem]

My forum marking is active, however, the link doesn't work to show the new posts.

The link to new posts works on 'Home', just not on my actual forum. Using Seamus & Banner.

Disabled for now.

[vBTwist]

Using the 'reputation' portion of this in conjunction with the post thanks hack and created our "like" modification with notifications

Thanks :up:

[gezuvor]

Great mod Paul, been using it for quite a while. I just updated my site to new styles and the mod gets compressed by the navbar now. Is it possible to move this to after the tabs by just changing the template_hook in the XML?

[Paul M]

Updated: This is now available for the 4.1.x series of vBulletin only.

[imported_Vishalsachar]

Great, great work! Installed and nominated

[johon]

This is a great hack and I used it for years on my vB 3.x-Forum and installed it after upgrading to 4.1.x - but unfortunately it has 2 strange behaviors:

1. When there are no unread posts and you click on the link (even if makes no sense), a blank page appears instead a message or a forum page
2. The result from a click on the link is different fronm the result with a click on the menu item "New Posts" - shouldn't they be identical in a forum?

Can anyone confirm this behavior or is it a local problem of my forum? Any hints what to correct/ change?

Regards
Jo

[Paul M]

No, I cannot confirm either of those behaviors.