Display count of unread posts in welcome box

This modification is no longer available or supported.

* This hack only works if you use the new database thread marking system, if you don't, then you probably should be. *

With the new marking system I have found a simple count of the new posts since your last visit to be less informative and useful than it used to be - esp as the GetNew function now excludes threads you have read, but includes threads from before your last visit. Therefore I decided to try a new system that counts the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you, and will show up in a GetNew search.

In fact this hack gives you two options (with a new setting in the vBulletin Options > General Settings). If set to yes, it will only count the unread posts since your last visit, if set to no it will count all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the GetNew display.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then alter the ACP setting to your preferred option (the default is 'no' (i.e. all unread posts).

Note: This hack injects the result direct into the navbar template during page construction, thus avoiding the need for a template edit. This requires that a certain text combination exists in your template. This will be fine for most boards that use a navbar based on the vB default, but you should bear this in mind if you have a totally custom navbar.



History:

v1.01 : First Release.
v1.02 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

[mkdevo]

wow.. i didn't even know about the db-based newposts until i came across this hack! very cool.

[SCRIPT3R]

ugh... would like to use, but i'm trying to reduce processor activity and don't use the database marking system.

[ChErAbOo]

Nice addon Thanks worked perfect even with my custom templates

*clicks Install

[docvader]

Paul
I need to change the code on this, to "hardwire it", because it won't link to the new posts area when I'm in certain pages (ie, in some of my vbadvanced pages, which, by default, include my header. (eg: http://www.russbo.org/index.php?page=staff& )

I've looked in navbar, and header, but I can't find where you coded this.

rich

EDIT: fixed it. Found it in the plug ins, and just modified the call to search.php

[Paul M]

Yeah, just change the href in the code.

[ryuji]

if your other hack works fine, is there any reason to run this one instead?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by ryuji

if your other hack works fine, is there any reason to run this one instead?

That rather depends on what the "other one" is

[ryuji]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91146" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91146</a>

[mkdevo]

Originally Posted by jmacieira

Hi Paul

All is OK

But only in forum

I have installade Photopost, and when I move to /forum/photopost this hack dont work for me :disappointed:

this was actually just answered...

AdminCP > Plugin System > Plugin Manager > Display Unread Posts > Edit:

Find (2x):

<a href='search.php?do=getnew'>

Replace with:

<a href='http://www.YOURSITENAME.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew'>

^^ if your forum dir isn't /forum, make sure you change that to whatever it is...

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by ryuji

if your other hack works fine, is there any reason to run this one instead?

This one shows unread posts (only), the other one shows new posts (read or unread) and also new reputation comments. It's up to you which you want, there is no reason to change unless you (a) want unread posts and (b) don't want new rep comments.