Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search).

There is also an option to put back the members last visit date, which was removed in vb4. There is the choice to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects where the divider in the 'getnew' search display used to be (apparently its no longer displayed).

There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display. New Reputation Comments are shown in the Notifications section.

This modifications settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts[/COLOR].

The unread posts functionality requires that database thread marking is active.
Please be aware that installing this will enable that system (with automatic forum marking).
Forum marking choices are located in vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

To install this hack unzip the xml file and import it using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase updates.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase and Install updates only.
v4.0.4 : 17-Feb-2010 : Updated release for vB 4.0.2 onwards (only).
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010: Installer & code updates.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010: Minor alignment change.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.
v4.2.5.0 : 09-Mar-2017 : Updated version for vBulletin 4.2.5 (only).

[Mellow]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Phrases ? Not really sure what you mean.

In the parse_templates plug in, there's 3 phrases, one is dup_x_unread_posts and if you look at the contents of that phrase, it's

You Have {1} <a href="{3}search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_ Post">Unread {2}</u></a>

Trek's changes work well to get the correct count of unread posts w/filtered forums however the search string needs to contain the &exclude={vb:raw bbuserinfo.excludeforumids} for it to work with the modifications others that noted in that thread.

I'm not sure any of those changes align with typical coding standards but it sure seems like they are close to getting the two products to work together.

[Paul M]

No phrases should need to be changed. The filtering modification should already be excluding its selected forums, thats its purpose.

[Rikzg]

Hey Paul,

thanks for develop this for 4.1.

But now I need your help.
I want to translate the Phrase into german and also I don´t need the "Your last vistit"

Please tell me header_userinfo template needs to be edit.

Regards
Frederik

[Swordman844555]

Old articles from the CMS will reappear as new?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Swordman844555

Old articles from the CMS will reappear as new?

I dont understand the question.

[Swordman844555]

Older articles (posts) from the CMS will suddenly appear as new even though they were already read.

Please excuse my bad English.

[Paul M]

Are you allowing CMS articles to have comments ?

[Swordman844555]

Yes.

But there were no new comments!

[Super Cat]

I'm getting the wrong day, how do I correct this?

[hugh_]

I installed this on a newly upgraded forum using vbulletin 4.1.3 but I get the following garbled text with a broken link on the second line:

You last visited: Today at 09:34 PM : You Have 4,779 Unread
You have %1$s unread %2$s

^ points to: %3$ssearch.php?do=getnew%4$s

How can I fix this?

Thanks...