Forum Display Enhancements - Thread Thumbnail

This plugin is the newest version of the Thread Thumbnail plugin

This plugin will display the first attachment as a thumbnail on forumdisplay.php

New Features:

• If there are attachments that are not images, it will skip them and go to the first image attachment.
• Optional - you can now display thumbnails on search results.

Installation:

In your AdminCP, go to Plugin System, Download/Upload Plugins and import the xml document.

Be sure to change the forum ids in the $thumbsforums array to the forum ids you want to enable thumbnails in.

The plugin comes with the Search Thumbnails enabled. If you do not want to have thumbnails show up in the search results, make sure you deactivate it.

If you would like thumbnails to display in the search results, you will need to replace your search.php page with the one in the zip file. Unfortunately vBulletin forgot to include a hook variable where it is necessary for this to work. I have added 1 line to search.php with the hook variable. There is no way around this until vbulletin adds it themselves.

Next you will need to modify your threadbit template:

Find:

<if condition="$show['threadicons']">
	<td class="alt2">
		<if condition="$show['threadicon']">
			<img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" />
		<else />
			&nbsp;
		</if>
	</td>
</if>

Replace With:

<if condition="$show['threadicons']">
	<td class="alt2" align="center" valign="middle">
			<if condition="$tt_displaythumbs">
				<if condition="($thread['attachmentid']) AND ($thread['thumbsize'])">
			     	<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]">
			          	<img src="attachment.php?attachmentid=$thread[attachmentid]&stc=1&thumb=1" alt="" border="0" />
			        </a>
			     <else />
			        <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nothumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" />
			     </if>
			<else />
				<if condition="$show['threadicon']">
			     <img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" />
				 </if>
			</if>
	</td>
</if>

You will also need to upload an image to display if there are no image attachments here: $stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nothumb.jpg(ex: http://www.mysite.com/forums/images/misc/nothumb.jpg). I've made a simple one you can use or you can make your own. By default thumbnails are confined in a 100x100 px area, I found that it looks good to make the "no image" image about 100x83 px.

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Add-ons (Optional)

UserCP option to turn the thumbnails on/off on a per user basis

Go into your admincp and click User Profile Fields->Add New User Profile Field.

Select "single selection radio buttons", click continue.

For title put "Thread Thumbnails", for description put "This will allow you to turn the thumbnails of threads on and off."

For options, enter "On" and "Off".

Skip down to Display Page and choose "Options: Thread Viewing".

In your threadbit template(assuming you already applied the template changes above):

Find:

<if condition="$tt_displaythumbs">

Replace with:

<if condition="($tt_displaythumbs) AND ($bbuserinfo['field5'] <> 'Off' OR $show['guest'])">

You need to replace field5 with the field name of the profile field you created earlier.

[rolfw1]

Does anyone have this running where VBSEO is installed, works fine on my little forum, but when my colleague installed it on our bigger forum with VBSEO installed, it didn't work and I would like to install VBSEO in the near future.

Not sure whether it just didn't work, or it created errors, but will try and find out.

[Principe10]

Originally Posted by Defkalion

@lasto and @principe10: Can you guys please share how you accomplished this? I've been trying to do it myself, following principe10's instructions and screenshots but I haven't been able to get it to work.

Can you please assist?

What's your problem? Could U explaine please?

M.

[Principe10]

Originally Posted by rolfw1

Does anyone have this running where VBSEO is installed, works fine on my little forum, but when my colleague installed it on our bigger forum with VBSEO installed, it didn't work and I would like to install VBSEO in the near future.

Not sure whether it just didn't work, or it created errors, but will try and find out.

Sorry for the question, but what's VBSEO?

M.

[rapidphim]

Originally Posted by rolfw1

Thanks, just what I needed, really looks good on this section.

I've only set it up for one section at the moment, do I change the XML file and re-import it to add new sections, or is there another way?


Sorry scratch that, just edit it in the plugin manager.

Hello, how did you intergrate the highslide JS into the attachment thumbnail?

[Defkalion]

Originally Posted by Principe10

What's your problem? Could U explaine please?

M.

I want to be able to have the image thumbnail as the thread prefix, but the full size image inside the topic. I understand you guys managed that.

[rolfw1]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Hello, how did you intergrate the highslide JS into the attachment thumbnail?

It's a mod from here

[rolfw1]

Originally Posted by Principe10

Sorry for the question, but what's VBSEO?

M.

vBulletin Search Engine Optimisation, a paid package which helps to lift your search engine optimisation.

[delphi77]

Thank you ! nice work. Installed

[Trana]

Originally Posted by Defkalion

I want to be able to have the image thumbnail as the thread prefix, but the full size image inside the topic. I understand you guys managed that.

Yes, I have been looking to get this working as well. Can you explain what you did to fix it? I want to view the full size images within the threads but still use this mod (which requires the thumbnail function enabled in admincp).

Thanks!

[Principe10]

Originally Posted by rolfw1

vBulletin Search Engine Optimisation, a paid package which helps to lift your search engine optimisation.

Sorry, I dont' have it.

See U.

M.