Forum Home Enhancements - Latest X Posts on Forum Home

Latest X Posts on Forum Index
by: whitemike
Demo: Here

What this does?

This will add the latest x posts onto your forum index

What version does it work on?

This modification should work on any version 3.6.0 and up! Including the new 3.7

Features?

1. Enable/Disable - Master Switch to Turn Latest Posts on or off
2. Title - Change the title of the Site News
3. Posts to Show - Number of Last Posts to show
4. Cutoff Length - How many characters to show before the ... at the end
5. Exclude Forums - Choose what forums you do not want to be listed
6. Thread Title Width - Width of Title Table
7. User Title Width - Width of User Table
8. Forum Title Width - Width of Forum Table
9. Auto Location - Enable/Disable auto location
10. Location - Gives Options for Under navbar, above forum, or below forum

Added?

1. 2 Template
2. 3 Plugins
3. 10 Settings
4. 27 Phrases

Installation?

1. Import Product

Thats It!

Fixes?

2.3

1. Fixed the cutoff bug

2.2

1. Fixed Bug

2.1

1. Changed variables, so that you can see this, and latest X Threads on forumhome.

2.0

1. Feature Added: Time and Date
2. Added feature where if Cut Off is 0, then it will not display the row

1.9

1. XHTML and CSS Compliant

1.8

1. For some reason a phrase didn't save so I uploaded it with it.

1.7

1. Added option to enable/disable auto location
2. Added 3 automatic locations

1.6

1. Added Permissions based on forums

1.5

1. Fixed Look - Made Link Thread Title, with text under it

1.4

1. Fixed Bug - Was showing up hidden/moderated posts

1.3

1. Fixed Bug - Didn't display threads in excluded forums
2. Added Check Version

1.2

1. Cached Templates
2. Moved Plugin Location to allow global use of $latest

1.1

1. Added default value to excluded, which was causing an error if null
2. Made Collapsible

Please Click Install if you use

[Piratos]

sorry i selected the [Auto Location] Yes & it work!

heheh:P

[Michael Biddle]

Please click install if you use.

[jbldesign]

Is it possible to make one particular post always on top like a sticky post?

I have a post every month I would like to be on top for 10 days, maybe like announcements always on top of the "Latest post" is that possible ?

Something like:

1. announcement post
2. announcement post
3. latest post
4. latest post
5. latest post
5. etc

[deta]

Hello!
Great...

Please see the Picture!

If it was not better if per Thread always only the last entry is indicated and not, as well as now it is which was written if 3 times in the same Thread, three times one after the other it is indicated.

Only the last entry per Thread should be indicated!

cu Deta

[jbldesign]

Originally Posted by deta

Hello!
Great...

Please see the Picture!

If it was not better if per Thread always only the last entry is indicated and not, as well as now it is which was written if 3 times in the same Thread, three times one after the other it is indicated.

Only the last entry per Thread should be indicated!

cu Deta

I would love that as an option too :-)

[carteretpeople]

Hi i installed this add on and when ever ther is a video posted from youtube it screws up the latest threads in my forum

It makes the size of the complete forum crazy. After i remove that post everything goes back to normal.

This only happens when a video post is in the latest post.

vb 3.7

[Michael Biddle]

How is it posted in the post? Does it use youttube code, or bbcode or what?

[slinky]

Weird - even if I paste $latest into a template it doesn't appear but if I use the autoplacement options like under navbar it works.

[Shawn385]

I don't know...I can't get this thing to show up anywhere...It's says just import product and that's all....I didn't know you had to be a coder to make it work

[Shawn385]

Hey nevermind...I got it to work and you really don't have to be a coder =]