You love the 'similar threads' function and you are sick of duplicate threads just because your users don't use the search function?
Why not just combine them?
This Add-on will grab the thread title the user typed in and it will load a small box (using Ajax magic ) with 5 similar threads just like the 'similar threads' function that you can normally find under an already posted thread.
The box also tells the user to search through the similar threads first BEFORE starting a new one.
Features:
- indicated if you already subscribed to one or more similar threads
- hover over the title and it gives a little preview of the thread's content
- no edits whatsoever needed, just import the product file, enable the Add-on and it works (well, it should )
- you can turn it off for certain forums or
- you can turn it off completely without leaving any code that messes your templates/files
- it can be translated
- don't like it anymore? Remove the product and you'll never see that Add-on again
Known issues:
- none
Things to consider:
It uses jQuery to get the information from ajax.php. jQuery is great and you can do many great things with it and unlike the vBulletin method it's quite easy to understand.
Here's the version I use: http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/do...s&downloadBtn=
Just download the file from the location and put it into the 'clientscript' folder on your server without renaming the file.
Import the attached file using the Product Manager. Go to your vBulletin settings and search for 'Check for similar threads?'.
Enable it.
Important:
It adds 2 new templates, it changes 1 template and it edits 2 files. I highly doubt that it will break you vBulletin but do a back-up and be on the safe side.
Version history:
2.0 -> this release
1.0 -> outdated (made for vB 3.6.*)
What are you talking about? They don't get more information about you as anyone else with an own website can get?
I am talking about not to load this file from a Google server. Everytime your script is loaded, it will call the jquery lib from Google. This means Google logs everything into their server logfiles. They know how many visitors you have, where they came from, when they visit your server, which contries they came from and so on.
In my eyes this is not recommended. I think the better solution is to include everything into a zip file, which many other developers do.
Work to fine for me.
I deactivated AJAX in Automatic thread tagger.
I install in translate spanish (in attach)
I change in code jquery-1.2.6-min.js to jquery and use jquery.js (in attach)
Sorry my bad english (i'm spanish)
Trabaja perfecto.
He deshabilitado AJAX en Automatic Thread Tagger.
He instalado la versión traducida al español por mi (la adjunto)
He cambiado el código de jquery-1.26-min.js a la versión completa de jquery.js (lo adjunto)
Perdón por mi mal ingles (soy español)
I am talking about not to load this file from a Google server. Everytime your script is loaded, it will call the jquery lib from Google. This means Google logs everything into their server logfiles. They know how many visitors you have, where they came from, when they visit your server, which contries they came from and so on.
In my eyes this is not recommended. I think the better solution is to include everything into a zip file, which many other developers do.
Akonze... they also know what your users are typing in the subject line (since the subject line is relayed for the similar threads search)... But as I said, this helps YOU! It helps Google place your website in more valid topics. As I said before, Google hasn't done anything clandestine that you should be fearing them... YET.
The solution is to do it the same way vBulletin does their Server Optimization with the Yahoo! User Interface Library. You can chose to use the files on your server, or chose to use the ones on Yahoo's server.
I have restrickted in the settings to search some of the forums. Yet it still shows the results from those unwanted forums. Any idea why that might be happening?
I have restrickted in the settings to search some of the forums. Yet it still shows the results from those unwanted forums. Any idea why that might be happening?
I guess this because of a misleading text in the AdminCP. The input field allows you to specify where you want this add-on to be shown. It DOES NOT control what forums are searched.
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) with 5 similar threads just like the 'similar threads' function that you can normally find under an already posted thread.
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01-15-2009, 08:46 PM
