Show Thread Enhancements - ThreadNav: scrolling New Posts navigation bar for Showthread

ThreadNav(2.1) puts almost all the information in New Posts or Today's Posts in a compact scrolling navigation bar in the thread display page (showthread). The location in showthread depends on the user's thread viewing settings. Buttons on either end scroll the list of new posts right or left and additional information is available in a drop down box when you hover over the lower portion of the post cell. The list automatically refreshes using AJAX once a minute (default).

In Version 2.1 you can now place ThreadNav in any vBulletin page. A simple setting will put it in Forum Home (index) and it can be added to other pages with a simple template edit (See instuctions in ThreadNav settings in your AdminCP for edits).

Updated Version 2.1
I've updated this recently to make it fully compatible with updates to Thread & Forum Ignore System, if it is installed. I also got rid of the text jiggle in some browsers when you hover over a cell to display the drop box.

Features:

General:

• Searches for New Posts or Today's Posts
• List scrolls right or left with buttons at ends
• Automatically refreshes once a minute (default setting)
• Cell width adjusts automatically to fit available space
• Hovering over lower portion of partially exposed cell
  snaps the cell into full view
• Automatically integrates with Thread & Forum Ignore System
  if installed

In the cell for each thread:

• Go to first unread post button (New Posts only)
• Thread link goes to either first or last post depending
  on user settings for viewing threads
• Name of last poster
• Last post button

In the drop down box:

• Date/time
• Forum
• Thread starter
• Peplies
• Views
• Links for previewing first and last posts

User settings:

• Turn ThreadNav off
• Get New Posts
• Get Today's Posts

Admin Control Panel:

• On/off
• Other pages to show ThreadNav
• Set refresh interval
• Maximum minutes ThreadNav will continue refreshing
• Allow or disallow guests to see ThreadNav
• Maximum number of posts to show
• Minimum width of each post cell.
• Excluded forums

Upgrading to version 2.0

• Upload the new product xml file in Plugins & Products and overwrite the old file.
• Be sure to revert all threadnav templates, including threadnav.css.
• Some pages will require simple template edits. See the ThreadNav setting sin the Admin CP for more information.

Bugs Fixed:

• Now compatible with vBSEO
• All text in phrases
• More tips on styling in threadnav.css
• Resolved major incompatibilities with some styles
• Miscellaneous aesthetic changes
• Resolved misalignment of borders of cell and drop box in some styles
• Improved closing of drop boxes when you mouse out
• Fixed more incompatibility issues with some some styles
• Fixed incompatibility issue with IE (GRRRRRRRRRR....)
• Overhauled system for opening and closing drop boxes

Style is based on borders, font-color and background-colors of postbits. For styles with darker colors a note at the top of threadnav.css gives helpful styling tips. If you need to add space above or below ThreadNav see top of threadnav.css. Don't use line breaks.

Installation is simple: upload the XML file to Products and you're ready to go -- no external files or edits.

Version 2.0 was developed in vB4.2.2 but should work in any vB4 version.

[rafiul]

How to show hand cursor instead of arrow cursor when mouse on the Title?

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

I'll keep trying. I've never been happy with that complicated method for setting the width. The problem is that for some reason I can't specify the width of table cells, perhaps because the table is about 10 000 px wide.

I do want this to work for everyone.

For now i turn it off till you can find a solution for other styles Thanks!:up:

[nerbert]

I have a new version operational in every browser except despicable IE. Working on it.

[nerbert]

Erica1977, See if this new file solves your problem. If it does I'll edit the opening post. I want to be sure this does it so I'm not changing the file a dozen times before getting it right.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

Erica1977, See if this new file solves your problem. If it does I'll edit the opening post. I want to be sure this does it so I'm not changing the file a dozen times before getting it right.

Sorry tryed it and still same issue see the first picture on btech see how it looks and see the second picture on seamus red looks correct on seamus red and in default style looks just like seamus red .

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[nerbert]

I checked and you still have the old file on btech red. You either didn't overwrite when you uploaded or you have to revert the templates for that style.

EDIT: seamus doesn't have the new file either.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

I checked and you still have the old file on btech red. You either didn't overwrite when you uploaded or you have to revert the templates for that style.

EDIT: seamus doesn't have the new file either.

i did override it and then i reinstall it over as well those pic is from that.

[nerbert]

Then you have to check that you reverted your templates. I looked at the page source code and the old templates were still there.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

Then you have to check that you reverted your templates. I looked at the page source code and the old templates were still there.

Ok check now.

[nerbert]

Still the old ones.

Go through your templates in all styles starting with default and check threadnav.css, threadnav and threadnav_bit. Any one that's red needs to be reverted