Miscellaneous Hacks - Exclude Forums from What's New & FORUMHOME

Exclude Forums from What's New & FORUMHOME

Description:
This Hack allows users to hide forums from What's New (Get New/Get Daily) & FORUMHOME

Installation:

1. Upload all files in folder upload to ther respective directories on your webserver.
2. Go to ACP / Plugins & Products / Manage Products and import product-exclude_whatsnew.xml

Where to set option:
Forums & Moderators-> Forum Permissions

Languages:
- English

History:
31-12-10: v4.0 First Release
23-06-11: v4.1 - Fixed Bug: Forums not being excluded from searches. Added Hide from FORUMHOME

This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.

[HolyKiller]

THANKS !!!!! Working like a charm on vB 4.1.4.

Just don't forget to enable one disabled plugin. Just go to ACP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin manager , and enable "Exclude Forums from What's New" (there are 4 , but one of them is disabled ... ENABLE it !)

Then simply edit permissions for forums ...

[ForumsMods]

v4.1
===
- Fixed Bug: Forums not being excluded from searches
- New Feature: Added Hide from FORUMHOME

[BadgerDog]

Ok, re-installed 4.1 for testing on 4.1.3 of vBulletin ....

I now see how individual users can exclude forums from being searched, but where does one do a setting that PREVENTS one (or more) specific forum(s) for ALL users to NOT be searched?

Regards,
Doug

[HolyKiller]

2 BadgerDog:

For specific usergroup:
ACP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissionst -> Edit permission for that usergroup in that forum where you want block search. And set: Can Search Forums - No

For specific sub-forum for all of the users
ACP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager -> Edit specific forum and set: Index New Posts in Search Engine - No
(Setting this to 'No' will prevent anyone from being able to search in this forum) and rebuild search indexes:

Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Search Index
This will take some time! Depending how big your forum is. And i recommand to CLOSE forum before you start this !!! And, ofcourse, make a DB backup

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by HolyKiller

2 BadgerDog:

For specific usergroup:
ACP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissionst -> Edit permission for that usergroup in that forum where you want block search. And set: Can Search Forums - No

For specific sub-forum for all of the users
ACP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager -> Edit specific forum and set: Index New Posts in Search Engine - No
(Setting this to 'No' will prevent anyone from being able to search in this forum) and rebuild search indexes:

Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Search Index
This will take some time! Depending how big your forum is. And i recommand to CLOSE forum before you start this !!! And, ofcourse, make a DB backup

Thank you ... :up:

Regards,
Doug

[HolyKiller]

Originally Posted by ForumsMods

New Feature: Added Hide from FORUMHOME

This is AMAZING! Users on my forum totally LOVE this feature. They finally can hide unneeded forums.

MOTM +1 :]

[BANDiT600]

Now it's working!

[rootsxrocks]

I thought this was working fine, however when I acually used it myself I discovered that when I go to the CMS Home tab it causes mass Chaos
using 4.18 with assorted new post widgets on the home page including most viewed post by friends and latest post.

PHP Code:

vB_Legacy_Forum does not have a field 'title' on line 40 in 

/home/host1/public_html/example/vb/legacy/dataobject.php
#0 /home/host1/public_html/example/vb/legacy/forum.php(60): 

vB_Legacy_Dataobject->get_field('title')
#1 /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbforum/search/result/post.php(157): 

vB_Legacy_Forum->get_field('title')
#2 /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbcms/widget/searchwidget.php(620): 

vBForum_Search_Result_Post->render(Object(vB_Legacy_CurrentUser), 

Object(vB_Search_Criteria), 'vbcms_searchres...')
#3 /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbcms/widget/searchwidget.php(356): 

vBCms_Widget_Searchwidget->renderResult(Array, Array)
#4 /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbcms/controller/content.php(230): 

vBCms_Widget_Searchwidget->getPageView()
#5 [internal function]: vBCms_Controller_Content->actionView()
#6 /home/host1/public_html/example/vb/controller.php(191): call_user_func_array(Array, 

Array)
#7 /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbcms/route/content.php(97): 

vB_Controller->getResponse()
#8 /home/host1/public_html/example/vb/router.php(251): 

vBCms_Route_Content->getResponse()
#9 /home/host1/public_html/example/vb/bootstrap.php(58): vB_Router::getResponse()
#10 /home/host1/public_html/example/content.php(30): require_once('/home/host1/pu...')
#11 /home/host1/public_html/example/index.php(56): require('/home/host1/pu...')
#12 {main}


Fatal error: vB_Legacy_Forum does not have a field 'title' on line 40 in 

[path]/vb/legacy/dataobject.php in [path]/vb/vb.php on line 287
#0 vb_error_handler(256, vB_Legacy_Forum does not have a field 'title' on line 40 in 

/home/host1/public_html/example/vb/legacy/dataobject.php , 

/home/host1/public_html/example/vb/vb.php, 287, Array ([exception] => Exception Object ([] => 

vB_Legacy_Forum does not have a field 'title',[] => ,[] => 0,[] => 

/home/host1/public_html/example/vb/legacy/dataobject.php,[] => 40,[] => Array ([0] => Array 

([file] => /home/host1/public_html/example/vb/legacy/forum.php,[line] => 60,[function] => 

get_field,[class] => vB_Legacy_Dataobject,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => title)),[1] => Array 

([file] => /home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbforum/search/result/post.php,[line] => 

157,[function] => get_field,[class] => vB_Legacy_Forum,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => title)),[2] 

=> Array ([file] => 

/home/host1/public_html/example/packages/vbcms/widget/searchwidget.php,[line] => 

620,[function] => render,[class] => vBForum_Search_Result_Post,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] 

=> vB_Legacy_CurrentUser Object ([] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => vB_Registry Object ([datastore] => 

vB_Datastore Object ([defaultitems] => Array ([0] => options,[1] => bitfields,[2] => 

attachmentcache,[3] => forumcache,[4] => usergroupcache,[5] => stylecache,[6] => 

languagecache,[7] => products,[8] => pluginlist,[9] => cron,[10] => profilefield,[11] => loadcache,[12] 

=> noticecache),[registry] => vB_Registry Object ( *RECURSION*,[dbobject] => vB_Database 

Object ([functions] => Array ([connect] => mysql_connect,[pconnect] => 

mysql_pconnect,[select_db] => mysql_select_db,[query] => mysql_query,[query_unbuffered] => 

mysql_unbuffered_query,[fetch_row] => mysql_fetch_row,[fetch_array] => 

mysql_fetch_array,[fetch_field] => mysql_fetch_field,[free_result] => mysql_free_result,[data_seek] 

=> mysql_data_seek,[error] => mysql_error,[errno] => mysql_errno,[affected_rows] => 

mysql_affected_rows,[num_rows] => mysql_num_rows,[num_fields] => 

mysql_num_fields,[field_name] => mysql_field_name,[insert_id] => 

mysql_insert_id,[escape_string] => mysql_escape_string,[real_escape_string] => 

mysql_real_escape_string,[close] => mysql_close,[client_encoding] => 

mysql_client_encoding,[ping] => mysql_ping),[registry] => vB_Registry Object ( 

*RECURSION*,[fetchtypes] => Array ([2] => 2,[1] => 1,[0] => 3),[appname] => 

vBulletin,[appshortname] => vBulletin,[database] => host1_firstforum,[connection_master] => 

Resource id #9,[connection_slave] => Resource id #9,[connection_recent] => Resource id 

#9,[multiserver] => ,[shutdownqueries] => Array ([lastvisit] => UPDATE user SET lastactivity = 

1322146912 WHERE userid = 1 ),[sql] => ,[reporterror] => 1,[error] => ,[errno] => 0,[maxpacket] => 

0,[locked] => ,[querycount] => 222),[prefix] => ,[checked_options] => 1),[input] => vB_Input_Cleaner 

Object ([shortvars] => Array ([f] => forumid,[t] => threadid,[p] => postid,[u] => userid,[a] => 

announcementid,[c] => calendarid,[e] => eventid,[q] => query,[pp] => perpage,[page] => 

pagenumber,[sort] => sortfield,[order] => sortorder),[superglobal_lookup] => Array ([g] => _GET,[p] 

=> _POST,[r] => _REQUEST,[c] => _COOKIE,[s] => _SERVER,[e] => _ENV,[f] => _FILES),[scriptpath] 

=> ,[reloadurl] => ,[wolpath] => ,[url] => ,[ipaddress] => ,[alt_ip] => ,[registry] => vB_Registry Object ( 

*RECURSION*,[cleaned_vars] => Array ([vbulletin_collapse] => 7,[CC_referrerid] => 3,[CC_userid] 

=> 3,[CC_password] => 7,[CC_lastvisit] => 3,[CC_lastactivity] => 3,[CC_threadedmode] => 

9,[CC_sessionhash] => 9,[CC_userstyleid] => 3,[CC_languageid] => 3,[CC_skipmobilestyle] => 

1,[s] => 9,[styleid] => 2,[langid] => 2,[api] => 0,[referrerid] => 3,[a] => 7,[nojs] => 1,[ajax] => 

1,[dofbredirect] => 1,[CC_cms_rate] => 7,[page] => 2,[pagenumber] => 3,[CC_thread_lastview] => 

7),[friendly_uri] => ),[db] => vB_Database Object ([functions] => Array ([connect] => 

mysql_connect,[pconnect] => mysql_pconnect,[select_db] => mysql_select_db,[query] => 

mysql_query,[query_unbuffered] => mysql_unbuffered_query,[fetch_row] => 

mysql_fetch_row,[fetch_array] => mysql_fetch_array,[fetch_field] => 

mysql_fetch_field,[free_result] => mysql_free_result,[data_seek] => mysql_data_seek,[error] => 

mysql_error,[errno] => mysql_errno,[affected_rows] => mysql_affected_rows,[num_rows] => 

mysql_num_rows,[num_fields] => mysql_num_fields,[field_name] => mysql_field_name,[insert_id] 

=> mysql_insert_id,[escape_string] => mysql_escape_string,[real_escape_string] => 

mysql_real_escape_string,[close] => mysql_close,[client_encoding] => 

mysql_client_encoding,[ping] => mysql_ping),[registry] => vB_Registry Object ( 

*RECURSION*,[fetchtypes] => Array ([2] => 2,[1] => 1,[0] => 3),[appname] => 

vBulletin,[appshortname] => vBulletin,[database] => host1_firstforum,[connection_master] => 

Resource id #9,[connection_slave] => Resource id #9,[connection_recent] => Resource id 

#9,[multiserver] => ,[shutdownqueries] => Array ([lastvisit] => UPDATE user SET lastactivity = 

1322146912 WHERE userid = 1 ),[sql] => ,[reporterror] => 1,[error] => ,[errno] => 0,[maxpacket] => 

0,[locked] => ,[querycount] => 222),[userinfo] => Array ([userid] => 1,[temp] => ,[field1] => I have 

done it all Humanitarian Architect Naturalist Sculptor, Oddities Collector Mathematician, Engineer 

Botanist, Inventor Geologist, Dork Idealist Chef Kind Artist Noeticist Docimologist Bacon lover 

Animal behaviorist, Lapidarist Libertarian Satyr,[field2] => Palm Coast, Florida, United 

States,[field3] => Community cooperation,[field4] => Artist,[field6] => Jamie Abbott,[field7] => 

4167538,[subfolders] => ,[pmfolders] => ,[buddylist] => 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 20 22 23 24 

25 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 40 44 45 46 49 53 54 57 60 63 71 74 75 80 84 92 94 95 96 97 106 110 111 113 

117 118 119 129 130 140 141 147 150 151 155 158 161 163 186 206 218 221 251 279 289 302 343 398 

414 517,[ignorelist] => ,[signature] => [CENTER]Get your facts first, then you can distort them as 

you please.[/CENTER],[searchprefs] => a:1:{s:20:"cmsadmin_showperpage";i:200;},[rank] => 

,[excludeforums] => 4,[excludeforumhome] => 1,[usergroupid] => 6,[membergroupids] => 

14,[displaygroupid] => 6,[username] => ROOT,[password] => 

542hfgf92c0dd4d27f283a7a5761db271,[passworddate] => 1250222424,[email] => 


[hjmaier]

Thank you for that great AddOn!

I would like to have a larger box in the user control panel (I have over 200 forums). How can I make that box bigger?

[nit233]

Originally Posted by HolyKiller

This is AMAZING! Users on my forum totally LOVE this feature. They finally can hide unneeded forums.

MOTM +1 :]

How can you hide the unneeded forums from ForumsHome