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Time travel to past discussions · **Released**: 12-30-2006

To see a live demo of this, go here and scroll to the bottom:
http://intpcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7

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Description in a nutshell:
Filtering the existing threads by a specific date to give the illusion that you are going back in time.

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Install instructions

1. Download product-timetravel.xml

2. Import product-timetravel.xml into your forum

3. Edit forumdisplay.php

The purpose of this is to make sure the timetravel GET variable is passed around when clicking on different page numbers.

At around line 933 of forumdisplay.php change this (or do a search for $pagenav to find it):

Code:

$pagenav = construct_page_nav($pagenumber, $perpage, $totalthreads, 'forumdisplay.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "f=$forumid", ""

to this:

Code:

$pagenav = construct_page_nav($pagenumber, $perpage, $totalthreads, 'forumdisplay.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "f=$forumid$hook_pagenav", ""

4. Go to vBulletin Options -> Time Travel Settings

5. Adjust the settings to suit your forum

6. Test the mod on your forum

7. Report back here with any comments/feedback

8. Finished

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changelog:
0.1
- initial release

0.1.1
- bug fix

0.2
- filter out stickies
- use vBulletin Options area to enable/disable mod, set start month, choice between filtering by last post or thread creation date, set default to filter by last post

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Ntfu2 · #12 01-01-2007, 10:06 PM

either your dates are messed up, or it simply doesnt work.

You pick.

fci · #13 01-01-2007, 10:41 PM

Ntfu2, install the new version which is more feature complete. It also defaults to a more 'time traveler' friendly version and uses the last reply date instead of thread creation date. Let me know if you have any more issues, thanks.

Smoothie · #14 01-01-2007, 11:00 PM

I just went to the site and checked it out and it seems to work fine.

Barakat · #15 01-03-2007, 01:08 AM

works good install.

Hornstar · #16 01-04-2007, 01:22 AM

I didnt see what i was meant to be looking for at first, but now I do, and it works good. Nice work.

AyeCapn · #17 01-12-2007, 05:39 PM

Now THAT is cool...

Just not sure if I need it on my site

keth · #18 03-08-2007, 01:33 PM

Unfortunately, it doesn't work if you try to navigate through the forum pages, i.e. if you click on page 2, you'll return to the present.

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