Last post on forum home, working version

I had tried a version suggested by someone else instead of my own and well, all it did was send the load average up by about 10 times what it was.

This version inserts the last title into the forum database when it is updating the last post name and time. There is no difference in loading time as everything is called normally by vBulletin.

This works on 2.0.x and 2.2.x

Updated at 11:34 GMT on 28th September 2002

Thanks to floren for the latest update.

[XP Kid 86]

hmm odd no matter where i put the

<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&goto=lastpost&forumid=$forum[forumid]">$forum[lastthread]</a>

i cant get it to work .. can you help me out maybe by takin a look at my forum or something .. the hacking went smoothly enough .. im runnin' 2.3.0 .. so can someone please help me this is like a must for a vB


- Speedy

[Holidazed]

I am getting a parse error when trying to delete in posts.

It says:
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Parse error: parse error in /home2/webbhelp/webbhelper-www/mb/postings.php on line 837
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It does not give any more information. When deleting a post from within the "Edit Post" section, all is cool, but after viewing the thread (showthread.php) and choosing "Delete Thread / Post" from the " Admin Options" menu, it give me the error above.

See for yourself

http://www.dungeonkeepersdomain.com/mb/postings.php

Help

[Alien]

Just installed this on 2.3.0, and it worked flawlessly SO FAR.

Tested deleting threads (using edit post AS WELL AS deleting directly from the admin options menu inside showthread), moving threads, etc. So far so good...

I'll keep poking around and see if I crash it, heh.

-Jason

[Emrys]

Installed this and everything seems to work fine. Although I cannot figure out how to get a last post with the 25 characters to be even with a last post with say 15 characters.

In other words, everytime that the script adds the "..."s the title is out of line with the non "..."s posts. Example at : http://www.mac-forums.com.

I have tried to edit the template and changing the length of the string. Nothing has an effect on the alignment. Also tried it with bold and not bold. This one is just messing with me.

Any ideas?

I've noticed some boards don't have this issue, so I know it can be fixed. I just can't remember which ones, and I'm not gonna re-read a 25 page thread. I've already read it twice

Added an example for quick reference



See how the top post is a little left of the red line and the other 2 are right on the redline?

It is easier to see when you are looking at whole page.

[Alien]

I'd recommend going over the steps again, as that issue does NOT happen on my side of things...?

Anyone else get this problem?

[Alien]

Wow, I have one site that doesn't have it happen but on my other it certainly does! Hmmmmmmm...

-Jason

[Emrys]

I've seen the problem on other boards.

I have already installed this hack 3 different times. Still no change.

I am thinking it is the way that it would be placed in the template, but everything I've tried that has anything to do with the template does nothing for me.

Thanks though...

[Alien]

Okay, I'll see if I spot something that causes this in the code instead...

-Jason

[subu1]

fine Hack it works on my 2.2.8, but who can i make it, i want to go to the last Posting not to the first Posting in the thread.

thxxx

[Austin Dea]

05-07-03 at 12:49 PM Emrys said this in Post #347
I've seen the problem on other boards.

I have already installed this hack 3 different times. Still no change.

I am thinking it is the way that it would be placed in the template, but everything I've tried that has anything to do with the template does nothing for me.

Thanks though...

Try messing with your td widths. If it's a little too small, it'll smush the content into the sides.

I know that seems obvious, but that was my problem. More specifically, my lastpost template width was bigger than the td in forum_level2_post, so it was getting smushed. Make sure everything;s the same and see if it fixes it.