Show Thread Enhancements - ThreadNav: scrolling New Posts navigation bar for Showthread

ThreadNav(2.1) puts almost all the information in New Posts or Today's Posts in a compact scrolling navigation bar in the thread display page (showthread). The location in showthread depends on the user's thread viewing settings. Buttons on either end scroll the list of new posts right or left and additional information is available in a drop down box when you hover over the lower portion of the post cell. The list automatically refreshes using AJAX once a minute (default).

In Version 2.1 you can now place ThreadNav in any vBulletin page. A simple setting will put it in Forum Home (index) and it can be added to other pages with a simple template edit (See instuctions in ThreadNav settings in your AdminCP for edits).

Updated Version 2.1
I've updated this recently to make it fully compatible with updates to Thread & Forum Ignore System, if it is installed. I also got rid of the text jiggle in some browsers when you hover over a cell to display the drop box.

Features:

General:

• Searches for New Posts or Today's Posts
• List scrolls right or left with buttons at ends
• Automatically refreshes once a minute (default setting)
• Cell width adjusts automatically to fit available space
• Hovering over lower portion of partially exposed cell
  snaps the cell into full view
• Automatically integrates with Thread & Forum Ignore System
  if installed

In the cell for each thread:

• Go to first unread post button (New Posts only)
• Thread link goes to either first or last post depending
  on user settings for viewing threads
• Name of last poster
• Last post button

In the drop down box:

• Date/time
• Forum
• Thread starter
• Peplies
• Views
• Links for previewing first and last posts

User settings:

• Turn ThreadNav off
• Get New Posts
• Get Today's Posts

Admin Control Panel:

• On/off
• Other pages to show ThreadNav
• Set refresh interval
• Maximum minutes ThreadNav will continue refreshing
• Allow or disallow guests to see ThreadNav
• Maximum number of posts to show
• Minimum width of each post cell.
• Excluded forums

Upgrading to version 2.0

• Upload the new product xml file in Plugins & Products and overwrite the old file.
• Be sure to revert all threadnav templates, including threadnav.css.
• Some pages will require simple template edits. See the ThreadNav setting sin the Admin CP for more information.

Bugs Fixed:

• Now compatible with vBSEO
• All text in phrases
• More tips on styling in threadnav.css
• Resolved major incompatibilities with some styles
• Miscellaneous aesthetic changes
• Resolved misalignment of borders of cell and drop box in some styles
• Improved closing of drop boxes when you mouse out
• Fixed more incompatibility issues with some some styles
• Fixed incompatibility issue with IE (GRRRRRRRRRR....)
• Overhauled system for opening and closing drop boxes

Style is based on borders, font-color and background-colors of postbits. For styles with darker colors a note at the top of threadnav.css gives helpful styling tips. If you need to add space above or below ThreadNav see top of threadnav.css. Don't use line breaks.

Installation is simple: upload the XML file to Products and you're ready to go -- no external files or edits.

Version 2.0 was developed in vB4.2.2 but should work in any vB4 version.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

Still the old ones.

Go through your templates in all styles starting with default and check threadnav.css, threadnav and threadnav_bit. Any one that's red needs to be reverted

Ok this is what i did i unstalled your product now theres no templates of your product then i installed the one you just made for me so there really aint no templates to revert see where i am getting at.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by Erica1977

Ok this is what i did i unstalled your product now theres no templates of your product then i installed the one you just made for me so there really aint no templates to revert see where i am getting at.

Sorry that your going threw this trouble just for me and i do thank you for still trying to get it to work for those other styles.:up:

[nerbert]

You have it off now so I can't check but after you uploaded the new file I checked and seamus had the unedited old file and btech had the edited version. I don't know what happens to templates when you uninstall -- whether they are actually deleted or just de-listed from the adminCP. Anyway right after you installed the new file the old templates were still there.

When you update you don't need to uninstall the old version just click the button to overwrite files in the upload box and everything should update. Then check templates afterwards and they should all have black titles

[nerbert]

In threadnav template, function setWidth() should look like this in all styles

	function setWidth() {
		var n=list.innerHTML.match(/<td>|<td class="blank">/gi).length;
		var tableWidth=(width)*n;
		fetch_object('table').style.width=''+tableWidth+'px';
		for(i=0; i<cells.length; i++) {
			cells[i].style.width=''+(width)+'px'
		}
	}

But there are various other differences as well.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by nerbert

In threadnav template, function setWidth() should look like this in all styles

	function setWidth() {
		var n=list.innerHTML.match(/<td>|<td class="blank">/gi).length;
		var tableWidth=(width)*n;
		fetch_object('table').style.width=''+tableWidth+'px';
		for(i=0; i<cells.length; i++) {
			cells[i].style.width=''+(width)+'px'
		}
	}

But there are various other differences as well.

turn it on and override it.

[Erica1977]

with the one you made for me all templates show this code.

function setWidth() {
		for(i=0; i<cells.length; i++) {
			if(cells[i].childNodes.length<5) {
				cells[i].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].style.width=''+width+'px';
				cells[i].childNodes[0].childNodes[1].style.width=''+width+'px';
				cells[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[1].style.width=''+width+'px'
				cells[i].childNodes[2].style.width=''+(width+47)+'px';
			}
			else {
				cells[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[1].style.width=''+width+'px';
				cells[i].childNodes[1].childNodes[3].style.width=''+width+'px';
				cells[i].childNodes[3].childNodes[1].style.width=''+width+'px'
				cells[i].childNodes[5].style.width=''+(width+47)+'px';
			}
		}
	}

and i overrided it

[nerbert]

You must have gotten that from the opening post. The one I wanted you to test was in the latter post (#54, I think)

But never mind, here's a version with a few nit-picking details changed.

[Erica1977]

lol ok overrided with this one and all templates have diff codes i think you need to go to my site and please look at each style and watch what happens.

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by Erica1977

lol ok overrided with this one and all templates have diff codes i think you need to go to my site and please look at each style and watch what happens.

ok sorry ill turn back on

[Erica1977]

Originally Posted by Erica1977

ok sorry ill turn back on

ok i turn it on go look at all the styles please.