[RELEASE vB2.0] quick 'who posted'

This is a fairly simple hack, but my users wanted it, so here it is.



What it does is to add a link to the number of replies for a thread, which allows users to quickly see who has posted in a thread without opening the showthread.php page. The results are shown in a small popup window.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.

[edit: this hack is now included in vBulletin 2.0.3 and above]

[version2]

I am trying to get this to work. I dont know exactly what went wrong, but when you click on the thread[replycount] link it pops up a box with template info. Its not parsing it.

Trying to figure it out..any ideas?

Here is a link:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/whoposted.php?threadid=2937

[c-pr0mpt]

On yours how did you get it to change cell color for each post. Or, I should say using 2 colors that alternate. The script as written only uses 1 color for both cells.

Thanks

[TWTCommish]

It requires some mild hacking. Find the while() loop used to display the threads in forumdisplay.php, and add this before it:

$alt_num = 1;

Then, right inside the loop, add something like this:

$alt_color = ($alt_num % 2 == 0) ? "#FFFFFF" : "#E9E9E9";
$alt_num++;

Then just reference $alt_color instead of "{firstaltcolor}", etc, in your forumdisplay_bit template. I did it with my forums here: http://forums.thestands.com

[mister]

easy install, awesome feature.

5-star.

thanks kier.

[version2]

Originally posted by version2
I am trying to get this to work. I dont know exactly what went wrong, but when you click on the thread[replycount] link it pops up a box with template info. Its not parsing it.

Trying to figure it out..any ideas?

Here is a link:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/whoposted.php?threadid=2937

Anyone?

[RobAC]

If you do a view source on this page, these are the warning messages you find embedded near the top:

<b>Warning</b>: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/version2/public_html/whoposted.php:4) in <b>/home/version2/public_html/admin/functions.php</b> on line <b>1187</b><br>
<br>
<b>Warning</b>: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/version2/public_html/whoposted.php:4) in <b>/home/version2/public_html/admin/functions.php</b> on line <b>1187</b><br>

[webhost]

This is a great hack. Is there a way to add this to a forum on the total post column?

Joey

[heynurse]

kier.... u da man!

great hack! Very useful. 5 - *****'s

[MarkB]

I installed this but had to remove it as whoposted.php, when opened from the thread list, showed nothing but the source code - and I am sure I've followed every step of the installation correctly. Does anyone have any ideas?

[version2]

Originally posted by MarkB
I installed this but had to remove it as whoposted.php, when opened from the thread list, showed nothing but the source code - and I am sure I've followed every step of the installation correctly. Does anyone have any ideas?

I have the same problem...and I still never figured it out.