New Posting Features - [Ajax] Check for similar thread before posting a new one

Hi there!

I decided to give my old Add-on a little update.

You love the 'similar threads' function and you are sick of duplicate threads just because your users don't use the search function?

Why not just combine them?

This Add-on will grab the thread title the user typed in and it will load a small box (using Ajax magic ) with 5 similar threads just like the 'similar threads' function that you can normally find under an already posted thread.

The box also tells the user to search through the similar threads first BEFORE starting a new one.


Features:
- indicated if you already subscribed to one or more similar threads
- hover over the title and it gives a little preview of the thread's content
- no edits whatsoever needed, just import the product file, enable the Add-on and it works (well, it should )
- you can turn it off for certain forums or
- you can turn it off completely without leaving any code that messes your templates/files
- it can be translated
- don't like it anymore? Remove the product and you'll never see that Add-on again


Known issues:
- none


Things to consider:
It uses jQuery to get the information from ajax.php. jQuery is great and you can do many great things with it and unlike the vBulletin method it's quite easy to understand.
Here's the version I use: http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/do...s&downloadBtn=

Just download the file from the location and put it into the 'clientscript' folder on your server without renaming the file.

jQuery 1.3 is out, read this if you would like to update: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....1&postcount=27



Installation:

1. Download jQuery as described above.
2. Import the attached file using the Product Manager. Go to your vBulletin settings and search for 'Check for similar threads?'.
3. Enable it.

Important:
It adds 2 new templates, it changes 1 template and it edits 2 files. I highly doubt that it will break you vBulletin but do a back-up and be on the safe side.



Version history:
2.0 -> this release
1.0 -> outdated (made for vB 3.6.*)

[phonexpo]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Admincp>Your Style>mrnasesimilarthreadcheck_main i think!

Yes, thank you. But the table is aligning to the right.

I've put this code in;

<center>
        <br>
 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="150%">
 <tr>
  <td id="similarthreadcheckcontent">$vbphrase[similarthreadchecknotice]</td> 
 </tr>
 </table>
        </br>
        </center>

But it still aligns to the right, what code could I use to center it?

-Patrick

[Simon Lloyd]

im no coder but try this:

PHP Code:

      <br />
 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="150%" align="center">
 <tr>
  <td id="similarthreadcheckcontent" align="center">$vbphrase[similarthreadchecknotice]</td> 
 </tr>
 </table> 


as far as i know you have to center the table and the container within the table.

[phonexpo]

Thanks for that, but it still aligns to the right. I'll play around with it myself and see if I get it sorted.

-Patrick

[user02934123123]

Hi all,

I'd been running this on 3.8.3 without any problems; but on upgrade to 3.8.4 yesterday, it has ceased to function. It still inserts the notice in to the new thread screen; but doesn't actually call the AJAX scripts and present a table -- it just does, well, nothing.

I've tested this both in my forum's customised style, as well as in the VB standard style, and it doesn't work in either; so it doesn't appear to be an issue with style customisations.

Any guidance? We quite liked the hack, and would like to have it work again!

Thanks.

[Simon Lloyd]

You might have to reinstall it as i have been running it ok on 3.8.4 (installed on) i have since added the security patch and it still works fine.

[user02934123123]

I re-installed today, as well as re-downloaded JQuery; but still a no-go.

[Simon Lloyd]

You don't need to download jquery, its served from google, did you change the line of code for the one that should read jquery?

[Black Tiger]

I marked installed, but disabled the mod instantly again because unfortunately it misses an essential feature.

I like the mod very much, but I don't want my moderators and good users (who do use the search function) to get annoyed about this.
So what this mod really needs to prevent annoyances is an "exclude usergroup" option. Is that going to be build in any time soon?

Next to that I would use the standard way and put the product in it's own name in the vbulletin options list, and not under vBulletings standard "posting and editting options".

[squishi]

How do I use this?

-> I imported the product.
-> I see it's active.
-> I had a look through all the vbulletin options, but cannot find options for this mod.
-> I went to the forum manager, and there is no setting to enable it per forum, either.

Running the patched vb 3.8.3.

[squishi]

Gee! You need to tell people where they can find the setting.

It's under "Message Posting and Editing Options" in the vbulletin options.