Thread Creation Date - Enhanced Version

Thread Creation Date - Enhanced Version v1.3.5


Version: 1.3.5
vB Version: 3.0.4
Developer: Ocean
Install Difficulty: Moderate


Description:

This hack will add a new sortable column to your ForumDisplay, as well as the UserCP for Subscribed Threads, that will show the Date of Creation of each of your threads. In addition, you can also sort by Creation Date via the Display Options of ForumDisplay.



Release History:


Version 1.3.5 Notes:

Fixed the column span issue for Searches


Version 1.3.4 Notes:

Fixed the column span issue for Thread Redirects


Version 1.3.3 Notes:

Fixed the column span issue for Announcements and Soft Deleted Threads


Version 1.32 Notes:

Minor changes to code being searched for (Updating for most recent version of vB). If you successfully installed 1.31, you don't need to worry about 1.32.


Version 1.31 Notes:

I have added the sort by Creation Date option for the Display Options of ForumDisplay


Version 1.3 Notes:

I have added the ability to sort by Creation Date for both ForumDisplay, as well as Subscribed Threads. (Thanks, KirbyDE for your help with this!)


Version 1.2 Notes:

This hack was originally released by VBDev. There were a number of issues, however, that needed to be dealt with. As VBDev was no longer responding to his Thread on vBulletin.org, nor was he responding on his home forum, I updated this hack to correct the following issues:


1. The "Threadbit" template had changed between 3.0.0 and 3.0.3.

2. The original version of this hack did not support the Subscribed Threads section in your UserCP.

3. The original version of this hack caused problems with the Subscribed Threads section of the UserCP. An additional empty column was created, where the Thread Creation Date should have been - but that threw the synchronization off between column headers and data.

[gigaenvy]

Originally Posted by yellowbird

I'm looking to get rid of the column from all the pages. I would rather add the date after their username within the cell that contains the title of the thread on the index pages.

Sorry I didn't read this post before making my reply. Looks like there's two of us that want this feature

[yellowbird]

So... anyone?

[snake-boy]

I have installed this in 3.0.7 and it does work, but I need a way to set this as the default sort method. I've tried a few things on my own, but as I know practically nothing about PHP, they did not work.

If you select to sort by creation date and then enter another forum, the setting just changes right back to sort by replied to date.

Since Ocean seems to have abandoned this thread, could ANYONE with some PHP skills please tell me how to force this to be the default option? I assume it's a change in forumdisplay.php and possibly the template as well? But where?

-snake

[MustangLisa]

It worked great, but all my dates are December 31, 1969 . . . how do I fix this??

[MustangLisa]

Everything looks good (thanks, btw) but all my dates show as December 31, 1969 -- HELP!

(Here's the forum: http://www.blackmustangclub.com/foru...isplay.php?f=2)

Thanks,
Lisa.

[chikkoo]

This is what exactly I have been searching...

Can I use this in VB 3.5.0??

Or it need to be converted?

[Bates]

i have the same question:
Can I use this in VB 3.5.0??

[Mark.B]

There is *definitely* a problem with a blank column in the subscribed threads block in the user cp.

I have worked round it by putting a blank column in the top bit as well to match it up, make this narrow and it at least looks tidy, even if sloppy.

The solutions posted are barking up the wrong tree...the subscription.php edits are fine, these affect the 'subscibed threads' LINK from the usercp, but the issue is with the subscribed threads BLOCK. The problem is that similar file edits need to be made in the file usercp.php as well, so that the variable $thread_dateline is available in that file. It currently is not, hence the blank column.

I don't know how to make the edits myself, but that is *definitely* the problem, so if anyone fancies having a go at fixing, several people would be grateful methinks.

[Lynne]

I think this should do it:

38.  Open the "usercp.php" file and Find:

**********


					$thread = process_thread_array($thread, $lastread["$thread[forumid]"]);
			$show['unsubscribe'] = true;


********************************

39.  Below, Add:

**********

$thread_dateline = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $thread['dateline']);

********************************

40.  In the "USERCP" template Find:

			<td class="thead" width="150" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
			
********************************

41.  Below, Add:

			<td class="thead" width="150" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">$vbphrase[date_creation]</td>

[madkeen]

Can this be used in 3.6?