Persistent Mark Forum Read

Hack: Persistent Mark Forum Read
Version of VB: 2.2.5
Current version: 1.3
Description: This hack replaces the bahavior of vBulletin's "Mark Forum Read" and "Mark All Forums Read" with a system that uses a database to track when forums are set read. By eliminating the use of cookies for this feature, a user can come onto your boards, read a bit, mark forums read as they go through and logout. The next time they come into the forums, the status of which forums they've read and which they haven't, as well as new posts since the last time they read is preserved.

This functions a lot like EZBoard and Chatspace's Webboard.

Included in this hack are three search routines: searing the entire forum for new messages, an individual forum and a section of the hierarchy (parent + children)

Also: Mark All Forums Read, Mark Individual Forum Read and Mark Hierarchy Section (Parent + Children) Read

Note: The install is not all pretty yet and requires a degree of knowledge of MySQL (to add a table) and PHP (as it requires heavy modifications to core files). It is recommended that you backup everything before using this.

After installation, behavior might be a bit odd until a default "markread" record is created for users. This is created when they first login if one does not exist.

This hack has been tweaked to now not add more than two queries to your index page. It will add load on sub-forum pages currently if you have a lot of nested forums. This will be fixed in the next release.

Instructions:

Follow the instructions in the included text file TO THE LETTER. If you run into problems, post here so we can work through them and improve the instructions. Look for a better install utility soon.

I recommend doing the text editing using a DIFF utility to see where you made changes, it honestly helps.

Place the images in your vbulletin image folder. I included PSD files for them if you want to change colors.

[007]

Somebody should re-release this for the later 2.2.X vb versions...

[sip217]

I just installed it on 2.3.2 and it seems to be working fine.

[sip217]

I know people have asked this question before in this thread but it's never been answered.

I'd like users to be taken to the forums list, not the forum they just marked as read. Prior to this hack I made the modification in the following post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....67&postcount=2

This hack (god bless it.. wonderful!!) has not negated that change, yet the redirection now goes to the forum they were just in, instead of the forums list.

Anyone have ideas?

[zsmom]

Originally Posted by Erwin

And ethank deliberately left out the automatic mark thread read - it's easy to put in though.

If you see this, could you post how to do this? And I'm assuming that I would have to install this hack first, right?
Thanks!