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

[LuBi]

Great hack, thanks!

[Frank]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LuBi
Great hack, thanks!

[LuBi]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Frank

Yeah fantastic hack, except I have had to disable registrations

[Frank]

Read further up the page, post 48 and 49

[LuBi]

Wow, well mine worked.. sorry guys.

[bira]

Frank,

You have an error in your SQL INSERT query syntax. But that query isn't altered in this hack, so I don't know what you did wrong.

If you like, you can e-mail me register.php to goren@atlasf1.com and I'll have a look.

Cheers,

Bira

[bira]

Frank,

I looked at your register.php file. You have an extra dot (period) on line 444:

'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',".$newstyleval."'".[high].[/high]addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."','$coppauser'

REMOVE the highlighted dot

[rawnet]

Hello Bira,

This hack is simply amazing - I saw it first on Atlas F1 forums. It's a great idea, but I've had problems installing it on my site. I'm sure I must have made a wrong step somewhere as everybody else is okay, but as I didn't test it until it was installed I'm not sure where the error is.

It's basically showing the title of the post as a row - eg. http://www.servicepals.com/forums/sh...=&threadid=181 (please ignore the content - long story!!)

I was just wondering if anyone could see where the problem is as, frankly, I haven't got a bloody clue. Would be really grateful for any help on the matter!!

All the best,

Ross

[bira]

Hi Ross,

I looked at the source code of that link you gave us. You simply don't have the display set (show/hide).

Looks to me like you skipped the part of editing admin/functions.php (or maybe forgot to upload it, or maybe uploaded it to the wrong dir?).

Open admin/functions.php and Find:

	if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {
		$post[foldericon]="<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/posticonnew.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"New Post\">";
	} else {
		$post[foldericon]="<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/posticon.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Old Post\">";
	}

REPLACE that with:

PHP Code:

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
    global $display, $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

    if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {
        $post[foldericon]="<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/posticonnew.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"New Post\">";
        if (!$display) {
            $pe = "show";
            $ph = "none";
        }
    } else {
        $post[foldericon]="<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/posticon.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Old Post\">";
        if (!$display) {
            if ($bbuserinfo[hideposts]=="1") {
                $pe = "none";
                $ph = "show";
            } else {
                $pe = "show";
                $ph = "none";
            }    
        }
    }
    
    if ($display=="none") {
        $pe = "none";
        $ph = "show";
    } elseif ($display=="show") {
        $pe = "show";
        $ph = "none";
    }
    
    if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,"MSIE")) {
        eval("\$plusimg = \"".gettemplate("postbit_plusimg")."\";");
        eval("\$minusimg = \"".gettemplate("postbit_minusimg")."\";"); 
    } else {
        $plusimg = "";
        $minusimg = "";
    }
// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0) 


Let us know if it worked out.

Cheers,

Bira

[rawnet]

Bira, that is truly fantastic!

Thankyou!!

Is all working okay now - don't know how that happened - must be getting sloppy in my old age.

Is there any way to implement a Collapse All / Expand All link at the top of the threads page as well? I'm probably being guilty, but it might be good.

Cheers for now,

Ross