Find Topic: Existing Topics Check

A permitted port of https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59940

Originally Posted by Velocd

This hack will allow you and your members to check for existing topics, or similar ones, of the thread you plan to create when at newthread.php. This should help to prevent double topics that often appear from newbish members who neglect to use the search feature. It uses the exact functions as the "similar threads" feature, therefore has the same accuracy.

Screenshot: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=15629

Thanks to Velocd for permitting the port. :up:

Velocd's Signature (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=9503):

My OpenSource (as in do with them what you want no need to ask for permission) Scripts: 7/25/04 ? Article Bot 1.1, vB3 Member Album 2.0, BB Code Functions, Advanced Search w/Member Conditions, Eggdrop IRC Manager, IRC Manager for mIRC, Existing Topics Check

02 Feb 2006: fixed to prevent Array bit from showing atop the popup display results page
29 Jan 2006: some JavaScript tweaks to get this to work for Turkish and other languages
28 Jan 2006: fixed duplicate JavaScript function name causing Manage Attachments issue
28 Jan 2006: initial release of port

[Tulsa]

Wonderful hack! Thanks.

Now I am a bit code challenged. I found where you suggest to add the text but I'm not at all sure how to go about doing it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

To be more precise, I'm wanting the text to sit next to the icon so they don't have to mouse over to see it. At attention getter as it were.

[calorie]

After you install go to vB ACP -> Plugin System -> Plugin Manager -> look for Find Topic -> click Edit -> find the following:

<td><img name=\"findicon\" src=\"" . $stylevar['imgdir_button'] . "/findicon_off.gif\" alt=\"" . $vbphrase['ft_search_for_existing_topics'] . "\" onClick=\"ft_popWindow()\" /></td>

Replace with the following:

<td><img name=\"findicon\" src=\"" . $stylevar['imgdir_button'] . "/findicon_off.gif\" alt=\"" . $vbphrase['ft_search_for_existing_topics'] . "\" onClick=\"ft_popWindow()\" />" . $vbphrase['ft_search_for_existing_topics'] . "</td>

[Tulsa]

Thank you very much. Worked like a charm. I also got to learn something new today about phrases since I wanted the text to be different. You provided me with what I needed to learn it though.

[Mastar]

Hey Calorie the hack I love and is enterferring wid the attachment upload in vb? When manage attachment is clicked it starts searching for similar topics.

Any suggestions?

[bashy]

The fix is in the thread,.... #16

[KOKS@LN]

Originally Posted by calorie

FYI: some JavaScript tweaks to get this to work for Turkish and other languages

Re-install the XML product, allowing overwrite, and if you're using 'thread prefixes' reapply the change.

Already done, even tried uninstalling and reinstalling. It still gives an HTTP 406 error when we type Turkish characters :ermm:

BTW, Thread prefix isn't installed.

[Lizard King]

Originally Posted by KOKS@LN

Already done, even tried uninstalling and reinstalling. It still gives an HTTP 406 error when we type Turkish characters :ermm:

BTW, Thread prefix isn't installed.

It works for me with Turkish characters since the beginning Maybe there is a problem with your character set.

[calorie]

The JavaScript escape() was replaced with the vB JavaScript PHP.urlencode() in case that was an issue, but a 406 error is a client-side thing, meaning basically that the server cannot send the requested page back to the browser because the browser thinks the page is not acceptable.

See http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E406.html and http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html for more details.

[IrPr]

installed and works fine !
but see included screenshot,
whats ARRAY at the top?

[calorie]

FYI: fixed to prevent Array bit from showing atop the popup display results page

FTP the findtopic.php file, overwriting the old file, to upgrade