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[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

Step 1: Upload the .xml file to the Product Manager
Step 2: Modify the [high]FORUMHOME[/high] template
Find:

<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>

Add below:

<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[latest_threads]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->

Step 3: Click [high]INSTALL[/high]

[high]Credits[/high]
NTLDR - For allowing me to port his vB3 hack of this

[high]Updates[/high]
Version 1.1.0: Simple update to make this work with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 2 - If you are installing for the first time, follow the installation instructions - If you are upgrading, please delete the previous plugin, and upload the new one - This new plugin also has the uncached template fix

Version 1.1.1: Simple update to fix a permissions bug - Wasn't showing on my board because I had already fixed it and forgot about it lol - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Version 1.1.2: Simple update to fix a permissions bug again - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Chris

[Bytecon]

Thank you

*installed*

[ScooterQ]

Is anyone else seeing a problem with new post icons? I'm seeing posts marked as new in the latest threads display, but if I click on "new posts" it says "Sorry, there are no new threads to view." That is correct - the new post icon in latest threads is wrong for me. Thus far the only way I've found to clear the new posts icon is to mark my forums read.

For example, I can log in as a test user and see 10 threads as unread using "new posts". If I click on a thread title it takes me to the thread. If I click on "new posts" again the thread is no longer listed, but if I go to my forum home the thread is still showing up as unread in the latest threads block. I'm using the database with automatic thread marking to track unread items.

I'm guessing that I need to modify the SQL to look at the threadread table for each post and add it to the show goto new post section (listed below).

	// show goto new post
	$show['firstnew'] = false;
	$bbforumview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('forum_view', $thread['forumid']);

	if ($bbforumview > $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit']) {
		$lastread = $bbforumview;
	} else {
		$lastread = $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'];
	}

	if ($thread['lastpost'] > $lastread) {

		$threadview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('thread_lastview', $thread['threadid']);

		if ($thread['lastpost'] > $threadview) {
			$show['firstnew'] = true;
			$show['icon'] = false;
		}
	}

Am I alone here? If so, I'll just quietly go fix my problem on my forum, but if not I'd like to solve this for all of us, not just me.

[ScooterQ]

I've pretty much figured out that the problem I'm seeing has to do with the forum_view cookie not being set, thus causing my unread status to fall back to using lastvisit instead. The forum_view cookie is only set in two places in all of the VB3.5 code and in both cases it's only set if you **are not** using threadmarking.

function_bigthree.php

	if ($vbulletin->options['threadmarking'] AND $userid)
	{
		$db->query_write("
			REPLACE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forumread
				(forumid, userid, readtime)
			VALUES
				($foruminfo[forumid], $userid, $time)
		");

		if (!$check_parents)
		{
			return;
		}

		// check to see if any parent forums should be marked as read as well
		$parents = array();
		$parents_sql = $db->query_read("
			SELECT forum.forumid
			FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum AS forum
			LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forumread AS forumread ON (forum.forumid = forumread.forumid AND forumread.userid = $userid)
			WHERE forum.forumid IN ($foruminfo[parentlist])
				AND forum.forumid NOT IN ($foruminfo[forumid], -1)
				AND (forum.lastpost = 0 OR
					IF(forumread.readtime IS NULL, " . (TIMENOW - ($vbulletin->options['markinglimit'] * 86400)) . ", forumread.readtime) > forum.lastpost
				)
		");
		while ($parent = $db->fetch_array($parents_sql))
		{
			$parents[] = "($parent[forumid], $userid, $time)";
		}

		if ($parents)
		{
			$db->query_write("
				REPLACE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forumread
					(forumid, userid, readtime)
				VALUES
					" . implode(', ', $parents)
			);
		}
	}
	else
	{
		set_bbarray_cookie('forum_view', $foruminfo['forumid'], $time);
	}

So it looks like I may just have to modify the getthreads query for this plugin.

[Basit]

Does this work with 3.5.0 Gold ?

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by Basit

Does this work with 3.5.0 Gold ?

doesnt look like it.

[Chris M]

It should do, but it's untested on my end - I haven't had time to install 3.5 Gold yet

Chris

[albarq]

ya it does work

[thetoolman]

will this hack work if i put it in the header or footer?

[Chris M]

You will need to make it a global plugin location not a forumhome location

Chris

[Vierie]

And how would I do that?