ViewPosts -- View unanswered threads, threads you've started, you're own posts etc.

This is my first hack ever, I hope everything goes well. I called it ViewPosts.

Latest version: 1.0

What does it do?: It replaces the 'New Posts' button in the navigation bar with a popup menu (for those that have it enabled) containing extra functionality to search for threads or posts with one click of a button.

What are these new functions?:
- Your Posts -- This will return a list of all of your own posts, call it an ego search.
- Unanswered Threads -- This will give you a list of all those threads that have 0 replies. Could be useful for support forums.
- Threads you've started -- A list of threads you've created. Made a thread last night and it's all the way at page 6 at a fast moving forum? In that case, this would be really useful.

Install Instructions:
Installing is easy, it only takes a couple of template modifications and a few new phrases. There's also a file you need to upload in your forum root directory, it's called viewposts.php (attached).

Template modifications:
In template navbar find the first occurrence of:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>

Replace it with:

<td id="viewposts" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#viewposts">$vbphrase[view_posts_nav]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("viewposts"); </script></td>

In template navbar find the following:

</if>
<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
</if>

Add the following before:

  <!-- view posts menu -->
  <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="viewposts_menu" style="display:none">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
      <tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[view_posts_nav]</td></tr>
      <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td></tr>
      <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&userid=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[your_posts_nav]</a></td></tr>
      <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="viewposts.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getunanswered">$vbphrase[unanswered_posts_nav]</a></td></tr>
      <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="viewposts.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getownthreads">$vbphrase[own_threads_nav]</a></td></tr>
    </table>
  </div>

In template search_results find:

<if condition="$action == 'getnew'">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]<else />$vbphrase[posts_from_last_day]</if>

Replace it with:

<if condition="$action == 'getnew'">
		$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]
	<else />
		<if condition="$action == 'getunanswered'">
			$vbphrase[unanswered_posts_nav]
		<else />
			<if condition="$action == 'getownthreads'">
				$vbphrase[own_threads_nav]
			<else />
				$vbphrase[posts_from_last_day]
			</if>
		</if>
	</if>

Add the following phrases to the phrase group GLOBAL (phrase name: phrase):
your_posts_nav: Your Posts
view_posts_nav: View Posts

unanswered_posts_nav: Unanswered Threads
own_threads_nav: Threads you've started

Works like a charm on 3.0.1, I think it'll work on 3.0.0 too but haven't tested this myself.

[ragintajin]

Any chance you can make a "View New Posts from Subscribed Forums Only?"

[msimplay]

yeh view subscribed posts is a good one :P

[Merjawy]

Nice hack,, I will probably install it later

[Jordeh]

Originally Posted by ragintajin

Any chance you can make a "View New Posts from Subscribed Forums Only?"

I would, but that's already in the User CP right? That's where you see a list of new subscribed threads.

[ragintajin]

Originally Posted by Jordeh

I would, but that's already in the User CP right? That's where you see a list of new subscribed threads.

There's a slight difference...you're talking about subscribed threads (threads that you started / replied to / manually subscribed to). I'm talking about subscribing to a forum.

[zetetic]

This is a cool idea for a hack, Jordeh, but unless it does something I'm not aware of I think the viewposts.php is unnecessary. The search.php can be used to find your threads and unanswered threads like so:

Unanswered Threads:

search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit=0&dontcache=1

Threads you've started:

search.php?do=process&showposts=0&starteronly=1&exactname=1&searchuser=$bbuserinfo[username]

Unfortunately without the need for that file, this hack is really a template mod.

[Jordeh]

Wow you're absolutely right. I wonder why I didn't think of that haha. I'll fix this in the next version along with the subscribed forum thing.

[solinarius]

Hello, is this mod working fine with 3.6.4-5?

[HotRodGyrl]

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting ']' in /home/mikesper/public_html/forums/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3596) : eval()'d code on line 222

I NEED HELP

Someone help I was adding this

[beyondflassh]

does this work with 3.8.1?