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Version: 1.00, by MrEyes MrEyes is offline
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Category: Mini Mods - Version: 4.x.x Rating:
Released: 12-07-2010 Last Update: Never Installs: 27
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Random Thread
v1.0 BETA


This mod is in BETA

Description

This mod will place a phrased 'Random Thread' link under the Forum section of the navbar. If the user clicks this link they will be taken to a random thread on your forum.

This modifications respects user forum permissions therefore a user will not be taken to a thread they are not allowed to see.

You can also:
  • Configure forums to be excluded from Random Thread (CMS comments forum is auto excluded)
  • Globally enabled/disable the modification
  • Set a maximum thread age (in days) - setting this means that only thread newer than the configured age will be selected.
  • Set a minimum reply count - setting this means that only threads with more (or equal to) the configured value will be randomly selected.

Installation

Installation is simple, just download the attached product XML file and import as normal.

Why BETA? (Tech Alert!)

While developing this modification it became obvious that the MySQL rand function simply did not perform well enough to make this usuable on larger forums. As such the mod selects out all thread identifiers that the user can see and then PHP does the random selection.

Although the functionality is useful, my concerns with rand etc are the reason for the modification having options to restrict by reply count and thread age.

I have run this on my forum for a few days and not seen any real impact, however it seems sensible to get feedback from other admins before committing this modification to gold.

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File Type: xml product-random_thread.xml (7.2 KB, 221 views)

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Old 12-07-2012, 08:15 PM
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No link in the navbar on 4.2.0 PL3
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No link in Nav Bar for me either vb4.2.2
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Old 09-29-2015, 07:21 PM
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Quote:
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Does anyone know what the link should be link so I can set it manually? Otherwise, a fix would be nice.
Here is the link: /forum/misc.php?do=randomthread
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Not working; 4.2.3
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can we have this for vbulletin 5
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works fine on 4.2.3, make sure you use the right link in the navigation manager!

/misc.php?do=randomthread or whatever depending on your installation.
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Old 04-07-2018, 06:40 AM
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its not working with Version 4.2.3
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not working Version 4.2.5
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not working Version 4.2.5
not even with the manual link? pretty cool idea really, nice to see that work
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This just imports an xml into the manage product area.

How does one do any of these ?
Configure forums to be excluded from Random Thread (CMS comments forum is auto excluded)
Globally enabled/disable the modification
Set a maximum thread age (in days) - setting this means that only thread newer than the configured age will be selected.
Set a minimum reply count - setting this means that only threads with more (or equal to) the configured value will be randomly selected.

I have the Tab showing, and the link is working. Can anyone who has it working, add a little more info to the setup instructions, especially the ability to pick relevant Forums - please ..

Geoff
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