vBulletin Blog - New Blogs/Comments in Forum Search Results

This add-on will include recent blogs and blog comments in your forums search results - This includes "New Posts" and "Today's Posts" results...

Options
Maximum number of search results to return
Maximum age of comments/blogs to be included in search results

Limitations
There is no tracking of if a blog has been read or not - if a blog/comment fits in with the above criteria it will be displayed in the search results whether it has been read or not. This can probably be coded in by a more experienced coder than myself - any assistance appreciated. Although I like the extra exposure the blogs get from this so it is not an issue for me.

Version History
0.0.1 - Initial release - marked beta until I get some feedback.
0.0.2 - added table prefixes to query
0.0.3 - added table prefixes to query - again :erm:
0.0.4 - fixed the query causing issues on DBs with table prefixes (Confirmed working now)
0.0.5 - removed title tags from listings till I get time to fix issue with title breaking display
0.0.6 - fixed links in results to link to blogs/blogs/comments in the same way search results link to forums/threads/posts
0.0.7 - fixed broken image link, removed errant "<"
0.0.8 - Added fix where blog drafts were showing up in searches as per this post by KrisP
0.0.9 - Now only shows the latest comment from each blog
0.0.9a - Fixed but in 0.0.9
0.0.9b - Fixed date time display to be consistent with rest of forum
0.0.10 - Fixed small bug which sjhows on some systems as per this post by entertain
0.0.11 - Fixed bug where pending blogs were being displayed as per this post by jibi
Dependencies
You must have vBulletin Blogs Installed

Installation Instructions
1. Install Product File
2. Add a single line to your search_results template as below:
Edit your "search_results" template
search for:

<tr>
	<td class="tfoot" colspan="$threadcolspan" align="$stylevar[right]">
		<if condition="$show['results']">
		<span class="smallfont"><phrase 1="$first" 2="$last" 3="$numitems">$vbphrase[showing_results_x_to_y_of_z]</phrase></span>
		<else />
		&nbsp;
		</if>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

add the following immediately below:

<br />$blogsinsrch

Other Modifications
There is another work around HERE which offers an alternative way to integrate blogs with Forum search results...

Extra Notes
To only show new blogs/comment since last visit (in much teh same way as "New Posts" works) see Post Number 41 of this thread

For a vBAdvanced module of this add-on, see Post Number 83

[dartho]

I haven;t tested this, but you could edit the "Add Blogs to Search Page" plugin, search for

if ($datecut == "") {

and replace it with

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'] != 0) {
$datecut = $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'];
}
else {

This should then only show the new blogs/comments since the last visit - much the same way as a "New Posts" search does...

Let me know how it goes...

[Dabbi]

Thank you so much, that looks like it did the trick.

[dartho]

No worries, Dabbi :up:

Originally Posted by Zweeper

when i use the [font] bb code, then somethin goes wrong with the indexing?!
for example, post a blog like this:
[ FONT="Fixedsys"]
bla bla bla
[ /FONT]

BTW - I just tested this Zweeper - didn't see anything unusual?

[Zweeper]

hm you are right, i had this error only once... so it's ok. sorry

[Zweeper]

post a blog like this and look in your search:

Jetzt ist der Angelurlaub also vorbei. 



Nach einer kaffeelastigen Gewaltaktion gestern Nacht, 
w?hrend der wir den Fischen nur 2,5 Stunden Ruhe geg?nnt hatten, steht die Bilanz:
10 Schleien, 
1 Rotauge (oder halt ein Fisch mit roten Augen und gr?nem Fell) und
4 m?chtige Karpfen.
 
Die Karpfen haben wir auch direkt vor Ort geschlachtet und gegessen. 
Ger?uchert und gegrillt, wobei mir gegrillt besser geschmeckt hatte.
 
Die anderen Fische wurden in einen anderen Weiher gebracht, damit sie sich dort einmal umschauen konnten.
 
Abgesehn von dem wahnsinnig entspannendem Ausblick dem man auf dem Steg, beim angeln hat, gab es auch sehr viele andere sch?ne Momente mit 9 jungen Enten, einem Eisvogelp?rchen, jungen Rotkehlchen und nem kleinem Hecht mit Fisch im Maul *orange*
 
 
 
Bin trotzdem froh dass es jetzt vorbei ist, ich muss unbedingt mal wieder l?nger schlafen.
W?re mir die Katze heute Morgen nicht unsanft ins Gesicht gesprungen w?re ich vermutlich immer noch schlafen... >:(
 


Meine Hoffnung ist, dass, wenn meine H?nde nicht mehr nach Fisch riechen auch die Hunde und Katzen aufh?ren an mir herum zu lecken und sich daf?r meine Freundin mal wieder Blicken l?sst *orange*

[dartho]

oops... I think if you edit the blogsinsrch template and remove the 2 occurrences of title="$blogsrch[pagetext]" that should fix it until a new release is done.

[Zweeper]

no, this dont works

[dartho]

sorry - the blogsinsrch_bit template ...

I probably won't have time to have a good look till Friday

[carrlos]

I've been waiting on this since......FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

INSTALLED!!!!!

[EvilJohn]

Thank you. Sharing FTW.