Forum Home Enhancements - Personal Forums

Displays forums inluding their unread threads depending on users behavior:
reading, writing, subscribing, moderating posts. The product displays an interactive tab as you see in the screenshot. The tab has different categories:

• subscribed forums
• moderated forums
• forums where you read threads
• forums where you posted

This is done in real time for each user. It also displays unread threads if there are any. You choose in admincp, where the product is shown on FORUMHOME (Startpage):

• after all forums
• on top after navbar

Known bugs

Originally Posted by ctrlbrk

I have a particular forum where a user can post a new thread/topic, but cannot read any other threads/posts. However, this add-on will display the thread title for those threads in the same forum --- which the user is not supposed to see.

[lazydesis]

Great mod

My suggestion and hopefully what everyone would love to see is this block right after the first post.

My 2 cents

[ThorstenA]

Thanks for your feedback! I can make an admincp option with

• option to set maximum numbers of threads
• option to place the product on either ad_template[firstpost_start] or template_hook[showthread_after_active_users]

What do you think about showing the forumtitle? Do you think its useful?

If you like to be informed about updates, you can click INSTALL.

[erel34]

Thanks

[ThorstenA]

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Preview of upcoming options.
Please click install to be informed when the new update comes out. This update provides you with

• caching templates
• subforum icon displayed (new/old depending on forum status)
• control of the rss feed threads
• set the maximum number of threads shown
• set where you want to display the product:
  1. manually - anywhere on SHOWTHREAD
  2. after first post
  3. after users online

This product is part of a larger product that will also include displaying forums/threads on FORUMHOME.

[TheLastSuperman]

DDdddeeeemmmmooooo pretty please?

Screenshots ok but I want more lol

Also please do some style updates, I see you requested feedback so great.. I know you can make this look better so get to it rofl (j/k) it has potential but if it's just in showthread and you add tooo much styling it will just make showthread longer and longer and longer when with this is should be ease of use IMO.

S-MAN

[ThorstenA]

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Settings

• The current version supports manual and automatic placements.
• More placements (after first post) are coming in upcoming versions.
• Set maximum of threads that are displayed
• Technology behind the scene: Templates are cached.

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Unregistered users view
Unregistered users see only a link to the first topic. This view is also displayed to registered users if there are no unread threads. The design has changed and is ready to the upcoming multi-tab-view. Technology behind the scene: These threads are fetched from RSS.

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Registered users view
A link to the last unread post is provided. The subforum icon is activated.

Your suggestions
I am curious what you think of this product and am looking forward for your comments. I am thinking of implementing a 0-query solution, were you can opt-in on admincp for only showing threads fetched from the RSS-Feed. That improves speed.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

(...) it will just make showthread longer and longer and longer when with this is should be ease of use IMO.

It's meant to guide users after they read a thread to another topic from your forum, instead of leaving your page. The placement after all posts is therefore one of the best places this product has on SHOWTHREAD.

[ThorstenA]

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Technology mode

1. database mode to fetch all unread threads for registered users in real time which gives the registered users more comfort or
2. rss mode to fetch all theads from rss feed for every users which uses no database at all and is therefore faster

[VonDoom]

Im sure this is a great product unfortunatly i cant find it in options, was looking forward to giving it a test run. hmm will try reinstalling..

ETA: Went ahead and reinstalled, im assuming i should be looking for this product in vBulletin Options? either way i cant find it anywhere. Temporaraly uninstalled.