Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts' (AJAX)

Info:
This hack will show how many new posts/threads have been posted in forums since 'last visit' time. "New Posts" in navbar menu will be replaced with "New Posts: x (In y Threads)" which is updated via AJAX - no page refresh. User can manually check for new posts, or you can enable auto-check which is executed in defined time interval. Optionally you can enable and configure Smart Search Menu to give users ability to search only selected forum sections. See screenshots...

Installation:
Import product XML: AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'

Versions:
v1.0 - Apr 29. 2006.
-First version
v1.5 - Jun 25. 2006.
-Added - advanced searching of new posts (see screenshots)
-Fixed known bugs, code optimized
v1.6 - Jun 26. 2006.
-Advanced searching of new posts splitted into two navbar items
v1.7 - Jun 28. 2006.
-Depending on number of new posts different phrase is used
-Added links to phrases to hack options page so you can easily find and change/translate them.
v1.8 - Aug 04. 2006.
-Release of this hack for vB v3.6
v1.9 - Sep 28. 2006.
-Added Product Version Checking
-Fixed links to phrases in ACP (used to easily customize phrases)
-Added option to change text color
-Fixed bug (unneeded extra space after "SSM" in navbar menu)
-Product name changed to "Cyb - Advanced 'New Posts'"
NOTE: Before upgrading save somewhere content of "Menu Items" field to restore it after upgrade. It will be removed during upgrade process.
v2.0 - Jul 31. 2007.
-Added "No New Posts" to show when there is no new posts after user last visit
-Smart Search Menu (SSM) improved (no more need to write lines of code, just put forum IDs in setting field)
-SSM automatically hidden when there is no new posts
-A lot of improvements and optimization done, including:
*two templates removed
*improved integration with different styles (to avoid manual template edits)
v2.1 - May 03. 2008.
-Compatible with vBulletin 3.7
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.2 - Jan 14. 2009.
-New: New post check is now done via AJAX - no page refresh ;-)
-New: Auto-check for new posts every x seconds
-Ability to set order of items in Smart Search Menu
-Minor bugs fixed
v2.3 - Jan 15. 2009.
-New: Set how often user can manually check for new posts
-New: Option to colorize text only when there are new posts
-New: Option to disable product in selected styles
-Fixed some minor bugs
v2.4 - Jan 18. 2009.
-Added permissions check to fix problems where sometimes incorrect numbers are shown
-Fixed bug where unexpected content is shown on user session expiration

Mark as installed to get support and updates.

[visitangeles]

Can u do "New Posts: x (In y Threads)" per forum? like they do in UBB Threads?

we just changed over and our members do u like the fact that they can go to the forum home and see all the unread posts and threads per line and if no unread posts or threads then they keep moving on.

is that possible?

any code for that? like adding a forum ID or something to the query?

[dmark101]

cyb, first, thanks for a great product.

i have a few of your mods on the board i help run but this one is creating something a bit odd. when a person clicks on the XX in XX threads portion, they're getting a peculiar search timeout message. it gives the default vB message for search, but then it says they can perform a search again not in the default 30 seconds, but in very large number, like 1600 seconds. it's happened to a few people, but i haven't been able to replicate this. some are using FF and others IE.

also, a couple of people have had to re-log in after clicking the "new posts" portion. again, i haven't been able to replicate this, so i'm not sure what might be causing it.

any help you could provide would be apprecaited.

[Selene]

<a href="http://pakstop.com/pmforums" target="_blank">http://pakstop.com/pmforums</a>

I dont see the "new post in " tab ....

what am I doing wrong

[adwolf1]

this mod is causing undue load on my server -- like from 1.10,0.60,0.50 to 5,6,6; mysql is returning slow queries like no ones business; i maybe run 20-30 concurrent users.

Any ideas on how to improve the speed of the queries this thing is performing? Is there an index that can be added?

otherwise, great mod. Thanks.

[ctrlbrk]

Originally Posted by Cybernetec

You need to mark forums as read to have 0.

In next version I'll make it work with db-based thread/forum read marking. It currently works only with cookie-based marking type.

Ok that explains what I was seeing. I've uninstalled for now, I look forward to the next version!

Mike
http://forum.bigmiketrading.com

[Xencored]

Edit Done it lolol!!!

Great mod mate thanks

[dinamik]

hello,
great plugin, but i have a problem with it. I installed it w/o any problem,seemed fine at begining,but then i realised that even if i read the post,the number wont go down

[willy888]

It does not count new posts although there are

[XShava]

I am using VBSEO and this works fine.


Only it used to show a list of "unread" threads... even if there were no "new" threads. Now it doesn't. But in Smart Search Menu "New Posts In" -> "View all new post" - show unread thread.

Can you Cyb add that feature some time

[Andyrew]

Not working for me, never shows any new posts.