vB3 Unanswered Threads Hack v1.3

vB3 Unanswered Threads Hack
Version 1.3
(By Boofo and Kirby)

What does this hack do?
This hack will provide you with a link that will pull up all unanswered threads on your forums and also unanswered threads on a forum by forum basis. Unanswered threads are threads that have no replies to them. This is great for forums that do any kind of tech support so you can find the posts that have not been answered and respond to them.

Version information:
Version 1.0 --Initial Release
Version 1.1 --Updated to allow Admins, Super Moderators and Moderators to see the link.
Version 1.2 --Added code for Forum Tools Menu links and Navbar Quick Links.
Version 1.3 --Fixed nasty bug with the semi-colon showing up by itself for unanswered threads. Now "Unanswered Threads --" (sans quotes) will show up in place of the semi-colon if the search is for unanswered threads.

Installation overview:
Files to edit: (1)
--search.php
Templates to edit: (6)
--search_results
--forumdisplay
--forumhome
--forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
--forumhome_forumbit_level2_post
--navbar

[Boofo]

From the install file in this thread:

For each forum individually, add the following code to the templates below wherever you want it to show. (A good place is right after the forum title, if you are using an image).

forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post


With an image:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">
<a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/unanswered_threads.gif" border="0" alt="View Unanswered Threads"></a>
</if>


As a link:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">
<div class="smallfont">
<a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid">View Unanswered Threads</a>
</div>
</if>

And here is your Forum Tools link, since you really can't live without it.

Forum Tools Menu (for each forum individually)

In the forumdisplay template, find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[parentid]">$vbphrase[view_parent_forum]</a></td></tr>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BELOW that ADD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit =0&dontcache=1&forumchoice[]=$forumid">View Unanswered Threads</a></td></tr></if>

[welo]

Wow man. I was in the middle of tracking all this down and you beat me to it . Everything works like a charm. The only thing I did differently was remove all the

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">

...stuff because I wanted this available to everyone (one of the first things I do when surfing other boards is look for zero-reply topics in hopes of finding a way to jump in; I'm probably not the only one).

Anyway, thanks a lot. Nice little hack indeed.

[Boofo]

Did the semi-colon fix do what you wanted?

[welo]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Did the semi-colon fix do what you wanted?

lol, yep, it worked. Sorry to sound nitpicky on that. Like I said, it was trivial yet annoying. I'm just not quite familiar enough with the different templates yet to have tracked that down efficiently.

Thanks again.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by welo

lol, yep, it worked. Sorry to sound nitpicky on that. Like I said, it was trivial yet annoying. I'm just not quite familiar enough with the different templates yet to have tracked that down efficiently.

Thanks again.

All I did was do a template search for Key Word(s) and found it in one of the search templates and went from there.

[Oblivion Knight]

Thanks for the semi-colon fix Boofo..

[Boofo]

You're very welcome, sir.

[SHalliday]

Guys, a hand here, i need some help to filter out some forums from the query, i want to open the search to all users but dont want them to see some admin/moderator specific posts.

Help appreciated
www.AllfordMustangs.com

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by SHalliday

Guys, a hand here, i need some help to filter out some forums from the query, i want to open the search to all users but dont want them to see some admin/moderator specific posts.

Help appreciated
www.AllfordMustangs.com

The install file tells you how to have just certain forums selected.

You might want to click the install button in case there are ever any updates to this hack.

[tamarian]

Boofo, I just clicked install, but I've only used template changes, and did not change the search.php file. Are there any advantages to editing search.php?