Shrink Old Posts in Thread

Hi all,

This is a brand new addition to my own BB, so I don't even know how my own users will react to it, let alone how you guys would

Hack Description:

• Posts you have already read in a thread, will show up with their header only (a row that includes the username, post subject and date only). New posts only will appear in full.
• This is user selectable via the 'Edit Options' page: each user can decide if he wants this option on or not. (By default all existing and new users will have this turned Off).
• A link at the top of the thread offers to "expand all" posts or "contact all" posts.
• by clicking on the + sign on a shruk post, it will expand without the page reloading. By clicking on the - sign on an expanded post, it will shrink without the page reloading.
• [high]this option is available for your IE users only! Netscape users will see no difference and will not be affected anyway at all by the change[/high]

How to install:

• Please download the attached zipfile.
• Upload plus.gif and minus.gif to your images directory
• Upload install_contractposts.php to your admin directory and run that script.

Note: there are quite a few changes to make (primarily additions, not replacements) to the vb scripts and templates. The process should take you several minutes, so I recommend you close your Bulletin Board while installing the hack.

Demo:

You are welcome to visit my Bulletin Board, at http://www.atlasf1.com , to see what the additions look like. To test it in full (ie, the option of old posts being shrunk by default), you will have to register and modify your options after you have received your password.

Cheers,

Bira

[bira]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baratator
greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat hack !!!!

jsut one thing... can you make it not srhink the fist post ?

I mean generally there is one post and a lot of replys and when you wiew it all the read replys are skunk but the riginal post too... the first one if you see what i mean...

thx this is a really useful hack !!

[YoMama]

Erm...

After installing this hack noone is able to register anymore. According to the vBulletin Database error email sent to me, the problem exists in register.php.

The email sez:

Database error in vBulletin 2.2.1:

Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO user (userid,username,password,email,styleid,parentemail,coppauser,homepage,icq,aim,yahoo,signature,adminemail,showemail,invisible,usertitle,joindate,cookieuser,daysprune,lastvisit,lastactivity,usergroupid,timezoneoffset,emailnotification,receivepm,emailonpm,options,birthday,maxposts,startofweek,ipaddress,pmpopup,referrerid,nosessionhash,avatarid) VALUES (NULL,'Spankmaster C','9b1dd17445f20c234b44bccb0c611848','someemail@somedomain.com','1','','0','http://','','','','','1','0','0','Junior Member','1008002875','1','-1','1008002875','1008002875','3','+1','1','1','0','15','0000--','-1','2','213.84.221.150','1','0','1','0','0')
mysql error: Column count doesn't match value count at row 1

mysql error number: 1136

Date: Monday 10th of December 2001 05:47:55 PM
Script: http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/forums/register.php
Referer: http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/register.php

I've added my register.php (zipped). I hope someone knows a quick fix for this, otherwise i'm... wel... in trouble ;-)

Regards,

Ronald

[bira]

hi Yomama,

Please don't post entire scripts.

I will post the correction for you, but I must know - what vBulletin version are you using?

Thanks.

[bira]

OK, open your register.php and go to line 444

Replace it with:

  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO user (userid,username,password,email,".$newstylefield."parentemail,coppauser,homepage,icq,aim,yahoo,signature,adminemail,showemail,invisible,usertitle,joindate,cookieuser,daysprune,lastvisit,lastactivity,usergroupid,timezoneoffset,emailnotification,receivepm,emailonpm,options,birthday,maxposts,startofweek,ipaddress,pmpopup,referrerid,nosessionhash,avatarid,[high]hideposts[/high]) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($username))."','".addslashes(md5($password))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',".$newstyleval."'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."','$coppauser','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."','".addslashes($signature)."','$adminemail','$showemail','$invisible','".addslashes($usertitle)."','".time()."','$cookieuser','".addslashes($prunedays)."','".time()."','".time()."','$newusergroupid','".addslashes($timezoneoffset)."','$emailnotification','$receivepm','$emailonpm','$options','".addslashes($birthday)."','".addslashes($umaxposts)."','".addslashes($startofweek)."','".addslashes($ipaddress)."','$pmpopup','".addslashes($testreferrerid['userid'])."','$nosessionhash','$avatarid','$hideposts')");

(I highlighted the bit that is missing).

Cheers,

Bira

[YoMama]

Bira,

Sorry for posting the entire script. I'm kind of a PHP newbie, and was unaware of forum rules.

Thanks a million for solving my problem... and thanks for the brilliant hack!

Regards,

Ronald

[bira]

YoMama, the problem was mine, not yours - it was a mistake in my installer

Anyways, glad it works for you and that you like it

[Baratator]

I've got te same problem with the new registrations...

and i added what you told me to add
but it always contract the fisrt post

[bira]

baratator,

Try adding, in admin/functions.php, the highlighted bit below:

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
	global $display, [high]$post[countpost],[/high] $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

	if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit] and $post[countpost]=="0") {

See if this works. (cos it might be that $post[countpost] needs to be declared as global first).

[Princeton]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bira
baratator,

Try adding, in admin/functions.php, the highlighted bit below:

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
	global $display, [high]$post[countpost],[/high] $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

	if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit] and $post[countpost]=="0") {

See if this works. (cos it might be that $post[countpost] needs to be declared as global first).

[Baratator]

same problem, same error message
juste on coma