Some code help (Latest Posts Script)

For the script of the Last Posts here
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...5&pagenumber=1

anyone know how i might have it so instead of showing smileys by the latest post, i could show the on/off.gif depending on if its new post or not

thanks

[Neo]

ohh great now VB goes and changes the code on me in 2.2.0

[MrLister]

[MrLister]

i don't quite understand..... the code already does make it on or off.

if user is unregistered all are on

if user is registered and last visited 2 days ago it will light up all the ones after those 2 days and light off for all before that.

[Christy]

Nope, it stays off even if your logged out

heres my questions from earlier

Ok, this is the main part i needed

// do light bulb 
if ($bbuserinfo['lastvisitdate']=='Never') { 
$forum['onoff']='on'; 
} else { 
if ($bbuserinfo['lastvisit']<$forum['lastpost']) { 
$forum['onoff']='on'; 
} else { 
$forum['onoff']='off'; 
} 
}

Now wouldnt this be something else like thread instead of forum, since i want to see if the thread has been updated, not the forum

$forum['lastpost'])

Also shoudnt

$bbuserinfo

Have to be recognized as something

Im not a wiz at this, so thanks for going through it with me

[MrLister]

Now wouldnt this be something else like thread instead of forum, since i want to see if the thread has been updated, not the forum

$forum['lastpost'])

i understand what you're talking about but it's a beginner mistake. $forum is not an actual forum, it's a array (name for a query).

also

Also shoudnt

$bbuserinfo

$bbuserinfo is defined in global.php and can be used in any file. $bbuserinfo stands for your own info.. so if you put down $bbuserinfo[userid] it will show your userid or $bbuserinfo[username] is your username and $bbuserinfo[posts] is the amount of polls you have. basicaly you can do $bbuserinfo[something] anywhere and that "something" is any column from the user table.


I hope this helps you out a bit.

[Christy]

Ok, that helps me alot, I tested it by doing

if ($bbuserinfo['username']=='Lt.Christy') { 
$forum['onoff']='on';

and it worked, the images where the on.,gif

so now ain thing is, what do i use to have it check latest thread instead of

$forum['lastpost'])

[MrLister]

go find a query that uses forums and then check your results

[Christy]

Wouldnt this work

if ($bbuserinfo['lastvisit'] < $fd) { 
$forum['onoff']='on'; 
} else { 
$forum['onoff']='off'; 
}

Because of this

	$fd = date($fdt,$threads[lastpost]);

it doesnt seem to work, does it not work how i have it?

[MrLister]

i'm really sleepy... here i'll tell you what... tomorrow i'll rewrite the whole thing into a neater script using arrays and simplify it down and get it to work.

[Christy]

Wow, really appreciate it..my bedtime too

thanks again!