Virgin topics "hackette"

01-16-02: Updated description and hack. There's no need to fix it if you've already installed it, but I realized that I had placed a couple of mySQL queries in the wrong order which might or mightn't have influence over search performance.

I've been searching through the forum but I haven't found any released version of this hack so far so I thought I'd give it a shot.

What this hack does is that it searches for posts that haven't been answered yet, something which may be very useful for those who run help forums. I've reused quite a lot of code from other vB search features, so you can maintain flood control and prevent forums being displayed to users who have no right to view them. Another pro is the fact that you get the results displayed with the same templates as the other, custom, searches.

Just download the attached file and follow the instructions and you'll have it running in notime.

If you feel like it you can change the $days variable. I have it set to thirty days by default because it felt good. Decrease it if you have busy forums and increase it if only the cat pops in for a visit every now and then.

Fully functional (so far so good) version can be found here. I'll try to provide as much support as my schedule allows, but please don't count on it since I forget easily.

Good luck! (Oh, and if you've installed please give me a thumbs down/thumbs up so that I can know if it works or not. Someday I'd like to release it in the "real" hack forum, you know. )

[Reverend]

Working fine on 2.3.3.

Thanks elin.

[Thomas P]

Originally Posted by Reverend

Working fine on 2.3.3.

Thanks elin.

Great stuff, anyone has this on a large forum and can tell me something about the load this hackette generates?

Thanks a bunch,
-Tom