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.

[craigvm]

how do i set it to exclude a forum from whats new for all users

[tehbasmentdwell]

Installed and working thanks

[HolyKiller]

I can confirm that the mod works fine on 4.2.2 PL1


Also following hack could be useful for someone who want to exclude some forums for new users by default :]

- If new registrations needs to be confirmed via email follow "A"
- If NO email confirmation is required to registration then follow "B"

A: Go to AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager and "[Add New Plugin]"
Product: vBulletin
Hook Location: register_addmember_complete
Title: <whatever you want>
Execution Order: 5
Plugin PHP Code:

1] For having the "Hide Forums from Forumhome" checked for all new registered users by default

PHP Code:

if (!empty($_POST)){
  if($vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
    $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforumhome = '1' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
  }
} 


2] For excluding some forums from what's new by default

PHP Code:

$forumhide = <list_of_the_forum_IDs>; //example: $forumhide = '487,496,503,504,647';
if (!empty($_POST)){
  if($vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
    $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'forumhide',TYPE_STR);
    if ($forumhide == !NULL){
      $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforums = '".$forumhide."' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
    }
  }
} 


3] For combination of BOTH of the things above (Exclude specific forums AND hide from forumhome by default)

PHP Code:

$forumhide = <list_of_the_forum_IDs>; //example: $forumhide = '487,496,503,504,647';
if (!empty($_POST)){
  if($vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
    $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'forumhide',TYPE_STR);
    if ($forumhide == !NULL){
      $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforums = '".$forumhide."', excludeforumhome = '1' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
    }
  }
} 


B: Go to AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager and "[Add New Plugin]"
Product: vBulletin
Hook Location: register_addmember_process
Title: <whatever you want>
Execution Order: 5
Plugin PHP Code:

1] For having the "Hide Forums from Forumhome" checked for all new registered users by default

PHP Code:

if (!empty($_POST)){
  if(!$vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
      $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforumhome = '1' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
  }
} 


2] For excluding some forums from what's new by default

PHP Code:

$forumhide = <list_of_the_forum_IDs>; //example: $forumhide = '487,496,503,504,647';
if (!empty($_POST)){
  if(!$vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
    $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'forumhide',TYPE_STR);
    if ($forumhide == !NULL){
      $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforums = '".$forumhide."' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
    }
  }
} 


3] For combination of BOTH of the things above (Exclude specific forums AND hide from forumhome by default)

PHP Code:

$forumhide = <list_of_the_forum_IDs>; //example: $forumhide = '487,496,503,504,647';
if (!empty($_POST)){
  if(!$vbulletin->options['verifyemail']){
    $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'forumhide',TYPE_STR);
    if ($forumhide == !NULL){
      $vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "usertextfield SET excludeforums = '".$forumhide."', excludeforumhome = '1' WHERE userid = '".$userid."' LIMIT 1 ");
    }
  }
}