Forum Home Enhancements - FA Latest News

Hello,

***** This HACK is brought to you by Betlik.com *****

* Description:
Show latest news on FORUMHOME.

* Features:
- Whole Hack Enable/Disable
- Allow separate usergroups.
- Expand/Collapse Table
.....more features coming soon in next versions.

* How to install?

Download the version you like. Goto your VBulletin AdminCp > Plugins & Products > Add/Import Product and upload the XML you downloaded.

Now Open Template: "navbar", at the bottom add:-

$latest_news

And you are done

Version History:
1.0 - Initial release.
1.1 - New Feature: Collapse / Expand Table
1.2 - News title is now in a "thead" td.

***** Please click to Install if you like this hack *****

Thanks

[farooqaaa]

if the usergoup its for example 25 doesnt appeard

I remove from template this code

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{0} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{2} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{4} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{6} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{8} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{10}">

And now works with all usergroups byt i cannot restrict

Strainge error

Don't remove that code. Re-install the product, and don't edit that template (latest_news).

Hope that helps.

Thanks

[farooqaaa]

Ah, yes. I was wondering about that. Didn't quite mind the bold text as a header and didn't really feel the need to add a thead on a box with only one short blurb in it... Still I'll install the update. Thanks!

If you don't want the THEAD to be there, install version 1.1

[rmxs]

Originally Posted by farooqaaa

Don't remove that code. Re-install the product, and don't edit that template (latest_news).

Hope that helps.

Thanks

if i dont remove this code your hack doesnt appeard to groups with 2 digits exapmle group 25,26,11,.....

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by rmxs

if the usergoup its for example 25 doesnt appeard

I remove from template this code

Considering this hack doesn't use bitfields for Usergroup Permissions, you should do the following.

Create a new plugin.
Product: Latest News
Hook Location: parse_templates
Title: Latest News Usergroup Perms
Execution Order: 5
Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

if ((THIS_SCRIPT == 'index') AND $vbulletin->options['enable_ltnews'])
{
    $augs = explode(',', $vbulletin->options['ugroups_lt']);

    $mgs = explode(',', $vbulletin->userinfo['membergroupids']);

    if (is_array($augs))
    {
        foreach ($augs AS $aug)
        {
            if (is_array($mgs))
            {
                foreach ($mgs AS $mg)
                {
                    $news_allow = (trim($aug) == $mg) ? true : $news_allow;
                }
                unset($mg, $mgs);
            }

            $news_allow = (trim($aug) == $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid']) ? true : $news_allow;
        }
        unset($aug);
    }
    unset($augs);
} 


Then edit your template latest_news.

Find:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{0} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{2} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{4} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{6} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{8} OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== $vboptions['ugroups_lt']{10}"> 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$news_allow"> 


[Glynn58]

yep thats true, i have had to remove the code,

oops cross posted lol

[SidelineSports]

Sorry for the foolish question all. I uploaded the XML file, and inserted the $latest_news at the bottom of the navbar template as instructed. I see nothing, get nothing. Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to 'turn on this feature'? Change any settings? I am very new at all of this. Any help would be appreciated.

[Nathan2006]

Originally Posted by rmxs

if i dont remove this code your hack doesnt appeard to groups with 2 digits exapmle group 25,26,11,.....

Yeah I know what its doing:

Usergroup 11 would allow Usergroup 1 to view the news

Even if you added 11,12,2,4,5,6

Usergroup 1 would still be able to view it fully.

I tried the same thing by looking on my laptop and using my PC in the admincp.

As soon as I removed my usergroup 11 I could then view the news as a guest on my laptop.


So all 2 digit numbers are not working

Will there be any fix to this soon?

I really like this mod

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by Nathan2006

Will there be any fix to this soon?

I really like this mod

It seems you guys have ignored my previous post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....9&postcount=24

[MarcG]

Originally Posted by SidelineSports

Sorry for the foolish question all. I uploaded the XML file, and inserted the $latest_news at the bottom of the navbar template as instructed. I see nothing, get nothing. Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to 'turn on this feature'? Change any settings? I am very new at all of this. Any help would be appreciated.

In your Admin CP...go to your "vBulletin Options" and scroll down down to "Latest News by Betlik.com"

[dizzy100]

Doesn't seem to work for Mod ID numbers. I.e. i have a mod that is assigned to the mod group (7 i think) and cannot see the news. All other groups 1 - 6 including me the admin can however and i have checked and she's right, nothing shows. Any ideas ?