vBulletin CMS Widgets - Central What's New Widget

Central What's New Widget 2.0
Tested with vBulletin Suite 4.0.0 up to 4.1.7


This modifications collects in one central widget all data relevant to your forum. You can select how many streams, how many days it should look back and the length of the preview text.

A version that displays streams in user profiles can be found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256071

With v2.0.2 there is support for collecting streams from this:
- Blog
- Blog comments
- CMS Articles
- CMS comments
- vBExperience achievements
- vBExperience awards
- Group discussions
- Group messages
- Album Pictures
- Album Pictures comments
- Threads
- Posts
- Visitor Message
- Project Tools Issues
- iTrader Feedbacks


It can be easily expanded to display also data from Post Thanks, vBookie, Downloads, etc...


/***** Demo: *****\
http://www.insidesupcom.de/?langid=1


/***** How to install this? *****\
- Upload the content of the folder "upload_via_ftp" to your server.
- Install the product xml

- Create a new Widget:
Type: PHP Direct Execution
Title: Central What's New

Save!

- Configure the new Widget:
PHP Code: require_once('./cwnw/cwnw.php');
Template name: cwnw_wrapper

Save!

You can now add this widget to your favourite location in your layout.



Comments, suggestions, translations, bugs, etc... are very welcome! Support is only given to people who have clicked "Mark as Installed".



History:
2.0.3, 10th Oct 2011:
- Fixed issues with wrong linked avatars. Just replace cwnw.php and clear CMS cache.


2.0.2, 23th Oct 2010:
- Fixed style issues that appeared with vBulletin 4.0.8 - Please remember to clear your CMS Cache after importing the product.


2.0.1, 18th Aug 2010:
- Fixed wrong date on vBExperience Achievements

- Support now streams from:
-- iTrader
-- vBExperience Awards
-- CMS Entries
-- Project Tools Issues


2.0.0, 07th Aug 2010:
- First public release

1.x:
- Releases used for own websites

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by janaf

Works great once I fund where to put the files

The only thing I miss; when clicking on a forum title it would be great if the link was to that actual post, not the first post in the thread.

A thought; does the script care about what the current user has rights to see? If I have restricted forums (logged-on members only) will postings show in the widget to non-logged on persons?

I really can not get into my head why there is no "show all" widget like this one included in vB4!

Many thanks for this widget!

Yes, the streams are checking for permissions, they are even obeying the ignore list.

Originally Posted by kho91

thank you

it would be good if you can also add download II and Media librairy

Downloads II is already beeing done, for Media Library I'm not sure as I'm not using it. I would require a forum where I can grab some data.

Originally Posted by Animemike

I tested this on the forum sidebar works great but only one problem the avatars are big very big

Uhm, screenshot?

Originally Posted by bferrell

Awesome!

Thanks

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

Uhm, screenshot?

Here you go

Attachment 121011

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Here you go

Edit cwnw.php and change this line:

$avatar = fetch_avatar_url($fetchuser['userid'], false);

to

$avatar = fetch_avatar_url($fetchuser['userid'], true);

Does it help?

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

Edit cwnw.php and change this line:

$avatar = fetch_avatar_url($fetchuser['userid'], false);

to

$avatar = fetch_avatar_url($fetchuser['userid'], true);

Does it help?

Thanks man some of them are still big tho (the default one)
also is there a way to get them Next to the info like the vbulletin ones do?

Mike

[Phalynx]

I'm not really sure if the currently used layout will be the final one. I'm still searching a way to show where an entry comes from. Maybe I will replace the avatar with the icon used by the stream.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

I'm not really sure if the currently used layout will be the final one. I'm still searching a way to show where an entry comes from. Maybe I will replace the avatar with the icon used by the stream.

Sounds great mate :up:
Thanks

Edit or a way to turn them off. even if it means //

[The Coon]

This will become an essential addon, thanks!
Suggestion:

I think, it would be better, if one thread is displayed only once (like in the original "What's new?"). Look at your own example.

Attachment 121017

In case of a "hot" discussion in the forum, it perhaps destroys a simple overview, that I would appreciate more.

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by The Coon

This will become an essential addon, thanks!
Suggestion:

I think, it would be better, if one thread is displayed only once (like in the original "What's new?"). Look at your own example.

Attachment 121017

In case of a "hot" discussion in the forum, it perhaps destroys a simple overview, that I would appreciate more.

That's not a thread, these are replies to a thread.

[The Coon]

Yes, of course ... But imagine, there is a thread with 15 replies, e.g.

They all would be displayed in the overview. Does that make sense?
As I said: Only a suggestion!

Thanks again for your work!

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by The Coon

Yes, of course ... But imagine, there is a thread with 15 replies, e.g.

They all would be displayed in the overview. Does that make sense?
As I said: Only a suggestion!

Thanks again for your work!

This should not happen. The balancer takes from every stream at least one entry before it takes the same stream again. Having the same thread multiple times in the widget means that there is no other activity in the timeframe. That happens with my demoforum as I did the screenshot.

I will think about an implementation to this.