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About Developer · **Released**: 10-10-2001

New Threads Today

Summary of Hack
A simple little hack that is very interesting to have on your forums. If installed correctly, it will show how many threads were started that present day, and reset at midnight. If a thread is deleted, it will be taken off the thread count.

Demo
http://www.soaped-up.com/bbs

Installation

Very simple installation. Download, and open index.php from your forums directory. Find a nice spot anywhere in the file, (maybe under // get total posts) and copy + paste the following:

PHP Code:


			
// number of threads today

$datecut = mktime(0,0,0,date("m"), date("d"), date("y"));

$getthreadstoday=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS count FROM thread WHERE dateline>='$datecut'");

$threadstoday=$getthreadstoday[count];

Close the file, and re-upload it to your server.

Go into your Admin Control Panel, open the template "Forum Home" and find the following:

Code:

Total Posts: <b>$totalposts</b>

Immediately following that, paste the following..

Code:

| New Threads Today: <b>$threadstoday</b>

Go to your forum main, and you'll see it in action! If it's not working, please reply to this stating what's wrong.

Enjoy.

Lucky · #12 01-03-2002, 08:04 AM

I'm liking this.

Thanx.

Okiewan · #13 01-03-2002, 07:34 PM

I'd LOVE to have this counting posts rather than threads

TaP · #14 01-07-2002, 08:10 PM

I have the same problem here...

New Threads Today: 7163

And I only get like a few hundred views a day...heh

Shenlong · #15 01-20-2002, 03:39 AM

great hack, the more informitive the better

Lucky · #16 01-21-2002, 09:52 AM

Having a little problem here.

The new posts and threads today are the same as the total posts and total threads.

They are not resetting everyday like they should, I think this is the problem.

Any ideas?

Lucky · #17 02-23-2002, 11:27 AM

Works great on 2.2.2

Webmasta XT · #18 07-21-2002, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lucky
Having a little problem here.

The new posts and threads today are the same as the total posts and total threads.

They are not resetting everyday like they should, I think this is the problem.

Any ideas?

I have the exact same problem on vb 2.2.6

Destee · #19 08-09-2002, 11:49 PM

Thanks Bad Meets Evil!

Destee

Exo · #20 09-10-2002, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Palmer ofShinra
It's copy/pasted verbatim from your post.

And I know it's counting threads... I did a comparison of Total Posts, Total Threads and "New Threads Today"

I posted a new thread, and then a normal reply.

Went back and checked the numbers.

Total Threads and New Threads Today both went up the exact same number.
Total Posts went up about 15 more than the others.

It IS counting threads.

What it is NOT doing is resetting at midnight.

Right now it says we have 6689 total threads... and 900 new today.

The only problem is... It's 4am server time. (Central Standard)

We don't get 900 threads a day in any day, even if we get attacked by a flooder. And this stretch of time is our slowest by far.

50 new threads a day is impressive. We normally get between 150-200 visitors a day. They do not start many new threads, as a rule.

Basically, something's wrong with the date cutoff...

same problem here, what can we do??

Exo · #21 09-14-2002, 12:38 AM

hello please help!!

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