Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts and New Reputation Comments

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: The unread posts portion of this hack only works if you use the database thread marking system, also, this attaches itself to certain phrases in the "welcome" box and will not work if they are not present (or are modified by other code).

FYI, the Forum Marking Choices are located in vBulletin Options ;
vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search). It also displays the number of new reputation comments since you last checked your usercp.

There is the option to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the 'getnew' search display. There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display.

There is also the option to display the New Reputation Comments counter as a Welcome Box Notification.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts and Reputation.

Version 3.7.004 adds the following ;

A forum exclusion list - requested a number of times, an option is provided to exclude forums from the unread count & display.

A time limit on unread posts count - if a member has not visited for more than x days then a simple unread posts link will be displayed, not an actual count, this stops potential large sql queries if you have a busy forum. The option can be disabled.



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


History:

v3.7.001 : First Release for vb 3.7.
v3.7.002 : Added Notification Display Option for Reputation Comments.
v3.7.003 : Internal version, not released.
v3.7.004 : Added time limit and forum exclusion list.
v3.7.005 : Fixed path bug in welcome box notification.
v3.7.006 : Slight change to accomodate customised navbars still using vb 3.6 code.
v3.7.007 : Fix potential database error if lastrepcheck is blank, rare, but it can happen it seems.

[Paul M]

Looks like it was working to me - you did read this in the main post ?

.. if a member has not visited for more than x days then a simple unread posts link will be displayed, not an actual count ..

[Charlie98902]

No I didn't see that post but like I said After I click mark posts as read it was fix as it sould of said this:

Welcome, Charlie.
No Unread Posts since your last visit.
You last visited: 10-16-2008 at 05:04 AM
Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 0.

Notice it now says No instead of display.

[Paul M]

It should not have said that at all, notice the LV date in your previous post ;

You last visited: 09-15-2008 at 09:44 PM

That date was more than the X days limit, therefore it defaulted to the simple unread posts link, irrespective of how many you actually had. It worked as expected/designed.

[Daky]

Hi
great mod, very nice..

is it possible to display unread posts from specific category or forum only?

tnx

[Paul M]

No, there is no such facility.

[struff]

How long should this take to import? It's been on Adding Index for about 30 minutes so far.
Thanks.

[struff]

Originally Posted by struff

How long should this take to import? It's been on Adding Index for about 30 minutes so far.
Thanks.

I gave up after an hour.

How long should it take?

[Paul M]

Depends on how big your posts table is, but sounds to me like it hung, just try again.

[struff]

Originally Posted by struff

I gave up after an hour.

How long should it take?

Originally Posted by Paul M

Depends on how big your posts table is, but sounds to me like it hung, just try again.

1,015,857 posts. I tried it twice and it was the same both times. I'll try again. Does the board have to be off for the whole time?

[Paul M]

I suggest you add the index manually via phpmyadmin. Mysql is taking so long to add the index that php is timing out.