Miscellaneous Hacks - Display Unread Posts

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This displays the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search).

There is also an option to put back the members last visit date, which was removed in vb4. There is the choice to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects where the divider in the 'getnew' search display used to be (apparently its no longer displayed).

There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display. New Reputation Comments are shown in the Notifications section.

This modifications settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts[/COLOR].

The unread posts functionality requires that database thread marking is active.
Please be aware that installing this will enable that system (with automatic forum marking).
Forum marking choices are located in vBulletin Options > General Settings > Thread/Forum Read Marking Type

To install this hack unzip the xml file and import it using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase updates.
v4.0.3 : 27-Dec-2009 : Phrase and Install updates only.
v4.0.4 : 17-Feb-2010 : Updated release for vB 4.0.2 onwards (only).
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010: Installer & code updates.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010: Minor alignment change.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.
v4.2.5.0 : 09-Mar-2017 : Updated version for vBulletin 4.2.5 (only).

[CAG CheechDogg]

Paul, any idea why it always says You last visited: 4 Weeks Ago at (what ever time, this time at 04:00 AM)?

But no matter what Paul it always says 4 weeks ago unless I click on "Mark forums read" , the times are correct just not the "4 weeks ago" which when I hit "mark forums read" it will say 30 minutes ago , or 3 hours ....

[Paul M]

Nope, that really makes no sense at all.
Marking the forums read should change it to the current time.
Perhaps you have something installed that is inteferring with it.

[mattcaswell]

Paul.. thanks for keeping the mods updated. This one was the first one my users said "HEY WHERE DID THE STUFF IN NOTIFICATIONS GO?"... you rock!

[Caddyman]

Paul M, this is the only mod I run on every single install, awesome work man.

For those asking about why the unread post link, it not linked, on a template with a custom header...well...IDK why.

BUT, this is the fix I used, specifically on the Seasmus template. I turned the last visit date off in the acp>options>unread posts options

Float your toplinks to the left in vbulletin-chrome.css

.toplinks {
position: absolute;
left: 80px;
top: 0;
color: #ffffff;
font: normal normal normal 11px Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
text-align: right;
background: none;

search for dup_out in language and phrases, and edit it to this....play around with the positioning

<div style="position: relative; top: -17px; left: 400px;height:10px;width:200px">{1}</div>

So now your unread post display is above the banner and clickable.

[VBUsers]

Are we pretty secure using this mod? Im trying to go over all the products that might be letting hackers into my forum. I like this mod so I don't want to lose it. Just want to hear its up to date

[ozzy47]

There is well over 1000 sites running this mod, and have had no security issues with it.

[Reece^B]

Installed but don't show on custom skin, what code do I need to call it?

Thanks

[Paul M]

You custom skin is probably missing some template hooks.

@vbusers, this is just display modification, it has no user input, so there isnt really anything about it that could be insecure.

[Reece^B]

Is there code I could insert?

[Paul M]

You are probably missing the template_hook "header_userinfo".

Find that in your default header, and copy it to your custom header in the same location (or as close as you can).