vBulletin CMS Widgets - Central What's New Widget

Central What's New Widget 2.0
Tested with vBulletin Suite 4.0.0 up to 4.1.7


This modifications collects in one central widget all data relevant to your forum. You can select how many streams, how many days it should look back and the length of the preview text.

A version that displays streams in user profiles can be found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=256071

With v2.0.2 there is support for collecting streams from this:
- Blog
- Blog comments
- CMS Articles
- CMS comments
- vBExperience achievements
- vBExperience awards
- Group discussions
- Group messages
- Album Pictures
- Album Pictures comments
- Threads
- Posts
- Visitor Message
- Project Tools Issues
- iTrader Feedbacks


It can be easily expanded to display also data from Post Thanks, vBookie, Downloads, etc...


/***** Demo: *****\
http://www.insidesupcom.de/?langid=1


/***** How to install this? *****\
- Upload the content of the folder "upload_via_ftp" to your server.
- Install the product xml

- Create a new Widget:
Type: PHP Direct Execution
Title: Central What's New

Save!

- Configure the new Widget:
PHP Code: require_once('./cwnw/cwnw.php');
Template name: cwnw_wrapper

Save!

You can now add this widget to your favourite location in your layout.



Comments, suggestions, translations, bugs, etc... are very welcome! Support is only given to people who have clicked "Mark as Installed".



History:
2.0.3, 10th Oct 2011:
- Fixed issues with wrong linked avatars. Just replace cwnw.php and clear CMS cache.


2.0.2, 23th Oct 2010:
- Fixed style issues that appeared with vBulletin 4.0.8 - Please remember to clear your CMS Cache after importing the product.


2.0.1, 18th Aug 2010:
- Fixed wrong date on vBExperience Achievements

- Support now streams from:
-- iTrader
-- vBExperience Awards
-- CMS Entries
-- Project Tools Issues


2.0.0, 07th Aug 2010:
- First public release

1.x:
- Releases used for own websites

[The Coon]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

This should not happen. The balancer takes from every stream at least one entry before it takes the same stream again. Having the same thread multiple times in the widget means that there is no other activity in the timeframe. That happens with my demoforum as I did the screenshot.

I will think about an implementation to this.

Ah, now I understand! THX!

[janaf]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

Yes, the streams are checking for permissions, they are even obeying the ignore list.

Rated 5* and voted MOTM even if it is still slightly crude in intstallation and administration for us newbies. But functionality and value for my site is no doubt 5+ !

Now if not asking too much: Linking to the actual / latest post in a forum thread instead of the first posting in the thread? Feasable?

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by janaf

Rated 5* and voted MOTM even if it is still slightly crude in intstallation and administration for us newbies. But functionality and value for my site is no doubt 5+ !

Now if not asking too much: Linking to the actual / latest post in a forum thread instead of the first posting in the thread? Feasable?

Thanks! As vBulletin does not offer an easier way to include a new widget, there is no way around this.

Yes, I will integrate this in next version.

[Xencored]

I realy want this is work in the forums /sidebar just like it does in the CMS
Think the next version will fix this Phalynx? <3

[Phalynx]

Originally Posted by Animemike

I realy want this is work in the forums /sidebar just like it does in the CMS
Think the next version will fix this Phalynx? <3

A fix is good for something that is broken. But this sounds to me like a feature request

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Phalynx

A fix is good for something that is broken. But this sounds to me like a feature request

hope so than i can get rid of all the others and just have this one

[Lqd]

This is an exellent replacement for the What's new feature in VB; and this is exactly what I am going to use it for!! thanks mate! Now to figure out how to get this on a single page!

[bferrell]

Any chance you could add an option to sort the results by type (article, forum, etc.)?

[Lqd]

Originally Posted by bferrell

Any chance you could add an option to sort the results by type (article, forum, etc.)?

I definitly second that idea!

[Lqd]

I've had no luck setting this up as a single page, so a page dedicated to this widget, any suggestions how to put this in standalone mode?