Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'

Info:
This hack will show how many new posts/threads have been posted in forums since 'last visit' time. "New Posts" in navbar menu will be replaced with "New Posts: x (In y Threads)" which is updated via AJAX - no page refresh. User can manually check for new posts, or you can enable auto-check which is executed in defined time interval. Optionally you can enable and configure Smart Search Menu to give users ability to search only selected forum sections. See screenshots...

Installation:
Import product XML: AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'

Versions:
v1.0 - Apr 29. 2006.
-First version
v1.5 - Jun 25. 2006.
-Added - advanced searching of new posts (see screenshots)
-Fixed known bugs, code optimized
v1.6 - Jun 26. 2006.
-Advanced searching of new posts splitted into two navbar items
v1.7 - Jun 28. 2006.
-Depending on number of new posts different phrase is used
-Added links to phrases to hack options page so you can easily find and change/translate them.
v1.8 - Aug 04. 2006.
-Release of this hack for vB v3.6
v1.9 - Sep 28. 2006.
-Added Product Version Checking
-Fixed links to phrases in ACP (used to easily customize phrases)
-Added option to change text color
-Fixed bug (unneeded extra space after "SSM" in navbar menu)
-Product name changed to "Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'"
NOTE: Before upgrading save somewhere content of "Menu Items" field to restore it after upgrade. It will be removed during upgrade process.
v2.0 - Jul 31. 2007.
-Added "No New Posts" to show when there is no new posts after user last visit
-Smart Search Menu (SSM) improved (no more need to write lines of code, just put forum IDs in setting field)
-SSM automatically hidden when there is no new posts
-A lot of improvements and optimization done, including:
*two templates removed
*improved integration with different styles (to avoid manual template edits)
v2.1 - May 03. 2008.
-Compatible with vBulletin 3.7
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.2 - Jan 14. 2009.
-New: New post check is now done via AJAX - no page refresh ;-)
-New: Auto-check for new posts every x seconds
-Ability to set order of items in Smart Search Menu
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.3 - Jan 15. 2009.
-New: Set how often user can manually check for new posts
-New: Option to colorize text only when there are new posts
-New: Option to disable product in selected styles
-Fixed some minor bugs
v2.4 - Jan 18. 2009.
-Added permissions check to fix problems where sometimes incorrect numbers are shown
-Fixed bug where unexpected content is shown on user session expiration

Mark as installed to get support and updates.

[cellarius]

Originally Posted by airborneCAL

I'm going to have to uninstall this unfortunately.

Same here. The number of unread posts does not decrease.

[GaiLoan]

All mods from Cyb, is excellent, thank you

[z0diac]

2 questions:

How do I get rid of that (in 1 thread, in 2 threads) bit in parenthesis? I can't afford the room in my navbar.

How do I get rid of the underlined text - all my other navbar items have no underline. Having New Posts underlined wrecks the uniformity of it.

???

[z0diac]

Oops nevermind, the hack doesn't work properly anyway. I read the new posts, click on the top banner to go to forumhome, and it keep saying that # of posts are new again.

Thanks anyway.

Your other hacks are usually good though.

[TrIn@dOr]

Here is the full translation to spanish.

But having the same error like others, i don't have unreaded posts and the menu show another thing... need we to update some counter or ???

Thanks in advance.

[TrIn@dOr]

Cyber?

[aramiK89]

Hey, just need to check - once this is added it won't give birth to the security token error?

Has the line of code been added so that it works with the security token feature?

Just been having a lot of issues with this + mods

Thanks!

[sickboy6ths]

Same problem here, on some pages the new posts is set to none, on others esp forum home it still displays there are new posts. While there aren't any.
However, for some reason clicking "Mark Forums Read" does clear the new posts and put it back to "No New Posts"

[trigatch4]

Amazing. 2 Questions:

1) Is there a way to use the "NEW POSTS IN" dropdown feature without using the "X new posts in Y new threads"?

2) When you choose what specific forums users can see "New Posts In" - is there a way to combine these and have it show new posts in ALL the forums you identify at once instead of 1 by 1?

[Sayrex]

How do I remove the extra space around the button?
next install plugin , create extra space with this link : http://forum/search.php?do=getnew