Show Thread Enhancements - Show latest threads on showthread

Do you ever wanted to show latest threads on showthread ? You can do that without products. All you need is to use build-in RSS feed. Here you will be presented all topics within actual forum and all subforums. It's working great!

1. admincp > vbulletin options > External Data Provider > set yes all
2. Place this code into template ad_showthread_beforeqr
   

   <!-- show latest active threads -->
   <br />
   <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" 
   align="center">
   <tbody><tr><td class="tcat">
   <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_external')"><img 
   id="collapseimg_forumhome_external" 
   src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_external].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
   <a href="forumdisplay.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]">New topics in $foruminfo[title]</a>
   </td></tr></tbody>
   
   <tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_external" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_external]">
   
   <tr><td class="alt1" width="100%" valign="top">
    
   <div class="smallfont">
   
   <script type="text/javascript" src="external.php?forumids=$foruminfo[childlist]&type=js"></script>
   <script language="" type="text/javascript">
   <!--
   for (var x in threads)
   {
   document.writeln("<a href=\"showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"&goto=newpost\"><img class=\"inlineimg\" src=\"$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></a> <a href=\"showthread.php?t="+threads[x].threadid+"\">"+threads[x].title+"</a> <br />");
   }
   //-->
   </script>
   
   </div>
    
   </td>
   
   </tr></tbody>
   </table>
   
   <!-- / show latest active threads -->

3. Done

Optional
If you want to change time frame of your refreshing threads, go to
AdminCP > vBulletin Settings > External Data Provider
Change the value of Cache Lifespan to for example "1 Minute"

Hope that works great for you, too. I'd be glad to hear from you via pm.


9.2.2008 Fixed an error. Upgrade instruction: Please just copy this new code here into the template. Done.

[apiasto]

good job,you know i put this hack on main forum and you can get more out of it.

1.it shows the new threads from different forums on the main forum

2.it shows new threads made in show threads of that forum.

hope its ok with you

[apiasto]

for some reason its not updating the info

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by apiasto

for some reason its not updating the info

Sorry I do not understand completely. Could you tell me which information are not updated? Thank you.

[punjabi.king]

threads are not being updated can u help???

[apiasto]

when user makes a thread,it does not show in the panel,even after refresh

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by punjabi.king

threads are not being updated can u help???

Please let me some time to answer within this thread. You wrote me a pm less than one hour after you wrote your post. It usually takes some days until I response.

This modification fetches vbulletin RSS for showing threads. RSS is updated every 15 minutes or every hour. This is built into vbulletin. It maybe possible to change that in vbulletin admincp > change schedules, but I do not know how to do this.

Originally Posted by apiasto

when user makes a thread,it does not show in the panel,even after refresh

This modification fetches vbulletin RSS for showing threads. RSS is updated every 15 minutes or every hour. This is built into vbulletin. It maybe possible to change that in vbulletin admincp > change schedules, but I do not know how to do this.

[punjabi.king]

^^ thanks for that bro and sorry for the pm, only reason i pm'ed you is because it was urgent!!
i first replied to the thread and then i thought that you could be busy so i sent you the pm...

anywayz here is the solution for you apiasto

AdminCP---->vBulletin Settings---->External Data Proider

Change the value of Cache Lifespan to 1

^ by doing this vBulletin will fetch the threads data in a minute and latest threads will be updated soon....

[ThorstenA]

Thanks, I will put these information in #1 post.

[apiasto]

Originally Posted by punjabi.king

^^ thanks for that bro and sorry for the pm, only reason i pm'ed you is because it was urgent!!
i first replied to the thread and then i thought that you could be busy so i sent you the pm...

anywayz here is the solution for you apiasto

AdminCP---->vBulletin Settings---->External Data Proider

Change the value of Cache Lifespan to 1

^ by doing this vBulletin will fetch the threads data in a minute and latest threads will be updated soon....

thnx punjabi i appreciate it.i will try later :up:

[molleeb]

Works really neatly, I have it here: http://www.pregnancy.org/bulletinboa...x_original.php check it out Now, is there a way to modify this so that it can be between the breadcrumb header and the listing of posts?