End-User Options - Selective Forum Filter

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|| Selective Forum Filter
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Co-Author(s) : Andreas
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : May 31, 2009
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|| Time required to install: 30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

Ever came across large boards with a huge number of sub forums? Couldn't find your info? Wanted to run away from that huge load of stupid threads? This hack is intended to save your users from having such a horrible experience. It provides them with an opportunity to exclude any number of forums from the forums list (as well as from "get new"/"get daily" searches), which still letting them to access those forums directly and search within them, too.

STATISTICS

Products to Install: 1


INTRODUCTION

To enable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 1
To disable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 0
In both cases, PFX must be replaced with the actual table prefix that you have defined in config.php.
If you have not defined a prefix, remove PFX from the queries.
After you run either one of these queries, you must then open and save any one forum for the forum cache to be updated.

VERSION HISTORY

1.1.0
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Eliminated all template edits.

1.0.2
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.6.
[+] Corrected a couple of mistakes in the installation manual.

1.0.1
[+] Added option to set forums as excludable. By default, excludability of all forums is disabled.

1.0.0
First Public Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[Merjawy]

Is there a limit to how many forums you can exclude?.. I marked alot and when I go back to the forum some are not excluded..

otherwise its a great mod.. thanks... installin

EDIT: Nevermind,, I was marking subforums main forums.. I don't see them now.. its new test board so I don't know about the posts ... Thanks

[Keesa]

Originally Posted by Robbed

Psionic is it possible to add an option in the usercp to check off if they want to exclude the forums or just from new posts and search.

Right now i have this disabled cache_ordered_forums

I would like to know this as well. I only want to use this for "new posts"

@ Robbed... what does this mean you have cache_ordered_forums disabled?

[Sal Collaziano]

For some reason I cannot get this file to unarchive on my desktop. Is there another way to download it?

[Hostboard]

I only use WinRAR and just waws able to unarchive it. If you PM me your email address I'll send you the XML and TXT file.

[akanevsky]

You should try to unpack the file using WinRar or WinZip on Windows, or 7-Zip if you are running linux.

[Robbed]

Originally Posted by Schnee

I would like to know this as well. I only want to use this for "new posts"

@ Robbed... what does this mean you have cache_ordered_forums disabled?

under the pluggins in admincp you can disable this and it will still show the forums but will exclude them from search and new posts.

It would be nice to have the user choose which option they like.

[MacHack]

Originally Posted by Trek

I'd been tossing around this idea in my head for a while now and just happened upon this today. Excellent work, installed and rated!

One thing that I'd like to see is support for VBA on this. The Recent Threads module that I use on my front page still shows all threads that are new (of course). I'd like to make it so that this module also used the settings the users have selected using your mod. Probably not very hard if I pick apart your mod and grab the correct SQL query, but... you probably know how to best go about it. Any chance you'd modify the VBA recent threads module to support this?

I agree great mod!

I am wondering the same thing about the "Recent Threads" option as well, any way of doing this myself??

[Ov3rrun]

What to fix to work with vbadvanced last posts module????

[DC Staff]

Great mod.

Only thing would be nice to have can be excluded and can not be excluded in the admincp.

[nascartr]

Originally Posted by DC Staff

Great mod.

Only thing would be nice to have can be excluded and can not be excluded in the admincp.

In each forum in the forum manager via your admincp there is the option Yes/No for "Can Be Excluded"