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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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).

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

Is it possible to make the "You have X Unread posts" clickable? so that it shows you all your unread posts? If so , how?

Edit the template, create a link and point it to: http://www.yourdomain.com/search.php?do=getnew

[Bouncer222]

What exactly do I edit and how?

[Front Range 4x4]

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

Is it possible to make the "You have X Unread posts" clickable? so that it shows you all your unread posts? If so , how?

Did you try clicking on the x unread posts? It is clickable.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Front Range 4x4

Did you try clicking on the x unread posts? It is clickable.

There ya go! =) I only have the mod tagged currently as I haven't moved to VB4 yet, good to know.

So umm... do what this guy said. Although if there's no cursor change for the link that could be a problem as most users wouldn't know it's clickable.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Bouncer222

Is it possible to make the "You have X Unread posts" clickable? so that it shows you all your unread posts? If so , how?

The Unread Posts portion of the text *is* clickable.

[EcoCav]

Installed!

One of my favorite mods for VB.

[arena]

<font size="5">you are wonderful Installed.</font>

[linuxututs]

Hey Paul,

I been playing around with the </li>,<div>,<div class, tags etc... trying to get the text to show ( highlight ) like "Welcome, linuxadmin, Notifications, No new messages, Box's etc..".
And can't get it to work.

Could you provide me with a little hint of how to achieve this.

Thanks a million,

[Paul M]

Sorry, I dont understand what you're asking.

JFYI, My HTML and CSS knowledge is somewhat limited.

[linuxututs]

hahaha, Mine to, but I usually figure it out, but not this time.

Naw, you see how the "Welcome,YOUR_Name, Notifications, No new messages" Show when you run your mouse over them. ( At the very top )( Above your code/hack )

I think it'd be cool to have your code do the same, if it's possible that is.

Thanks,

I managed to get the text bigger and looks nice Paul, but still not what I was aiming for.
Maybe Lynn will see this and give me/us a helping hand..

Here's the tags used to get different font sizes if anyones intrested.

PHP Code:

<font size="+1"><p>{vb:rawphrase last_visited_x_at_y, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}, {vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}}</p></font> 


You can play with the size but I like that one.

Thanks Paul,