vB3 Unanswered Threads Hack v1.3

vB3 Unanswered Threads Hack
Version 1.3
(By Boofo and Kirby)

What does this hack do?
This hack will provide you with a link that will pull up all unanswered threads on your forums and also unanswered threads on a forum by forum basis. Unanswered threads are threads that have no replies to them. This is great for forums that do any kind of tech support so you can find the posts that have not been answered and respond to them.

Version information:
Version 1.0 --Initial Release
Version 1.1 --Updated to allow Admins, Super Moderators and Moderators to see the link.
Version 1.2 --Added code for Forum Tools Menu links and Navbar Quick Links.
Version 1.3 --Fixed nasty bug with the semi-colon showing up by itself for unanswered threads. Now "Unanswered Threads --" (sans quotes) will show up in place of the semi-colon if the search is for unanswered threads.

Installation overview:
Files to edit: (1)
--search.php
Templates to edit: (6)
--search_results
--forumdisplay
--forumhome
--forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
--forumhome_forumbit_level2_post
--navbar

[gldtn]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Right now it is set up for Admins, Super Mods and Mods to see the link. But you can add whatever usergroups you want to see it very easily.

I'm very dumb when it comes to hacking, could you show me an example on how to add other usergroups to the list?

Thanks in advance

[Boofo]

Find this:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">

and add what usergroups you want to the 5,6,7 part of it.

[msimplay]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Find this:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">

and add what usergroups you want to the 5,6,7 part of it.

for my forums i removed the if condition because i want people to answer the 0 replies and it bumps old threads that should have got a look

[Slave]

Nice hack .. .. installed

[welo]

Just installed and works great. You know what would be nice though? If we could find some way to add this to the "Forum Tools" dropdown for individual forums rather than having to edit a link in somewhere. That'd sure be a nice, convenient place to have it.

[edit]
You know something though? The more I look at it the less I'm finding a viable place to add a link to the forumhome_forumbit_levelx templates. Where is everyone else putting it? I added it to FORUMDISPLAY and everything seems to work fine.
[/edit]

[welo]

Here's something minor I just noticed: The search results for VB3 have a title bar that reads:

Search: Key Word(s): [blah] ; Forum: [this forum] and child forums

...where [blah] = whatever search words you used. In the case of this hack however, no keywords are used and you see:

Search: ; Forum: [this forum]

...instead. Took me a couple of tries to figure out where that stray semicolon was coming from. Is there any way to insert something before the semicolon when links for this hack are clicked, like "Unanswered Posts" or something? The way it currently renders makes it look like a bug. Obviously nothing major but it is kind of annoying.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by welo

Here's something minor I just noticed: The search results for VB3 have a title bar that reads:



...where [blah] = whatever search words you used. In the case of this hack however, no keywords are used and you see:



...instead. Took me a couple of tries to figure out where that stray semicolon was coming from. Is there any way to insert something before the semicolon when links for this hack are clicked, like "Unanswered Posts" or something? The way it currently renders makes it look like a bug. Obviously nothing major but it is kind of annoying.

I'm not sure why that semi-colon is there, but I have not found a way to get rid of it as yet. That has been there since the beginning of this hack. If you come up with a way to get rid of it, I'm all ears.

The install file tells you where to add the link in these 2 templates:

forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

[welo]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I'm not sure why that semi-colon is there, but I have not found a way to get rid of it as yet. That has been there since the beginning of this hack. If you come up with a way to get rid of it, I'm all ears.

The semicolon is supposed to be there. The thing about this hack is it feeds no keywords to place before it, so the semicolon just hangs there by itself once the query is run. I'm looking into it.

Originally Posted by Boofo

The install file tells you where to add the link in these 2 templates:

forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Sorry bud; nope, it doesn't. What it says is:

For each forum individually, add the following code to the templates below wherever you want it to show. (A good place is right after the forum title, if you are using an image).

My point is, I dont think right after the forum title is appropriate, I'm not using an image, and I don't see anywhere else in these templates to add it as a link. All they do is overview the content and stats for each forum without providing any real additional navigation. FORUMDISPLAY gives a better set of options, and is one template to edit rather than two. I even looked on your board to see where you put it and curiously can't find it anywhere.

[Boofo]

Ok, I fixed the semi-colon cosmetic problem. Try the following code and let me know if this works for you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the search_results template

Find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

; $vbphrase[forum]: $displayForums <if condition="$childforums">$vbphrase[and_child_forums]</if>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
REPLACE it with
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<if condition="$dontcache=1">
Unanswered Threads --
<else />
;
</if>
$vbphrase[forum]: $displayForums <if condition="$childforums">$vbphrase[and_child_forums]</if>

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by welo

The semicolon is supposed to be there. The thing about this hack is it feeds no keywords to place before it, so the semicolon just hangs there by itself once the query is run. I'm looking into it.


Sorry bud; nope, it doesn't. What it says is:


My point is, I dont think right after the forum title is appropriate, I'm not using an image, and I don't see anywhere else in these templates to add it as a link. All they do is overview the content and stats for each forum without providing any real additional navigation. FORUMDISPLAY gives a better set of options, and is one template to edit rather than two. I even looked on your board to see where you put it and curiously can't find it anywhere.

You won't find it on my board unless you are an Admin or Moderator. I don't have it available to registered users. I use the question_mark image right after the forum title. I had it as a link under the forum description (where Moderated By is now on my site) but I like the image better. I also have a link for Unanswered Threads fior the whole site next to View Forum Leaders and Mark Forum Read links, but again, only for staff.

[Boofo]

From the install file in this thread:

For each forum individually, add the following code to the templates below wherever you want it to show. (A good place is right after the forum title, if you are using an image).

forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post


With an image:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">
<a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/unanswered_threads.gif" border="0" alt="View Unanswered Threads"></a>
</if>


As a link:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">
<div class="smallfont">
<a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid">View Unanswered Threads</a>
</div>
</if>

And here is your Forum Tools link, since you really can't live without it.

Forum Tools Menu (for each forum individually)

In the forumdisplay template, find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[parentid]">$vbphrase[view_parent_forum]</a></td></tr>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BELOW that ADD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid">View Unanswered Threads</a></td></tr></if>

[welo]

Wow man. I was in the middle of tracking all this down and you beat me to it . Everything works like a charm. The only thing I did differently was remove all the

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">

...stuff because I wanted this available to everyone (one of the first things I do when surfing other boards is look for zero-reply topics in hopes of finding a way to jump in; I'm probably not the only one).

Anyway, thanks a lot. Nice little hack indeed.

[Boofo]

Did the semi-colon fix do what you wanted?

[welo]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Did the semi-colon fix do what you wanted?

lol, yep, it worked. Sorry to sound nitpicky on that. Like I said, it was trivial yet annoying. I'm just not quite familiar enough with the different templates yet to have tracked that down efficiently.

Thanks again.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by welo

lol, yep, it worked. Sorry to sound nitpicky on that. Like I said, it was trivial yet annoying. I'm just not quite familiar enough with the different templates yet to have tracked that down efficiently.

Thanks again.

All I did was do a template search for Key Word(s) and found it in one of the search templates and went from there.