Forum Display Enhancements - Filter Threads By Post Icon

The 3.5.x version of this hack can be found here.

This hack allows you to click on a post icon, and it will show only the threads with this particular post icon. Once this happens an unfilter button will appear, allowing the user to once again view all threads.

As for WHY someone would want this, here's an answer to that question:

Some forums use the forum icons to convey if a thread has been sufficiently answered or not, or to convey some other meaning. If a poster wants to look for unanswered threads, they could sort by the icon used for the thread.

Think of this as a poor man's thread prefix hack

# of php page edits: 1
# of template edits: 2

Should take less than 5 min to install.

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

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9-27-06: updated version number, clarified instructions, no actual code change

[Wired1]

Tried over the holidays, can't get it to work, dunno why.

[SBlueman]

Any chance this can work once again?

[Caerydd]

I might be interested in this ^^

[Wired1]

I'll try to take a look at it again this weekend.

[sub_ubi]

This mod combined with Post Icons Forum Permissions would be incredible - no more need for subforums. If only this mod worked with 3.6.8!

[SBlueman]

Originally Posted by Wired1

I'll try to take a look at it again this weekend.

Any luck on seeing if this can work again?

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by rokked

is there a way to display the post icons in a list on the forumdisplay?

PHP Code:

$icons = $vbulletin->db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT iconid, iconpath, title, imagecategoryid
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "icon AS icon
        WHERE imagecategoryid NOT IN (0$badcategories)
        ORDER BY title
    ");

    if (!$vbulletin->db->num_rows($icons))
    {
        return false;
    }

$show['posticons'] = false;

    while ($icon = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($icons))
    {
    $show['posticons'] = true;
    eval('$posticonbits .="' . fetch_template('topicbits') . '";');        
    } 


That's how I did it with a plugin on forumdisplay_start

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by SBlueman

Question....is there a way to ignore sticky threads when you sort?

This would be extremely helpful, I have looked at forumdisplay.php - and can't quite figure out how to get it to ignore stickies when sorted.

Any help?

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by noonespecial

This would be extremely helpful, I have looked at forumdisplay.php - and can't quite figure out how to get it to ignore stickies when sorted.

Any help?

Add $datecut to $stickies

[SBlueman]

Any luck on getting this to work? Right now you click on the post icons and get nothing....