Display count of unread posts in welcome box

This modification is no longer available or supported.

* This hack only works if you use the new database thread marking system, if you don't, then you probably should be. *

With the new marking system I have found a simple count of the new posts since your last visit to be less informative and useful than it used to be - esp as the GetNew function now excludes threads you have read, but includes threads from before your last visit. Therefore I decided to try a new system that counts the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you, and will show up in a GetNew search.

In fact this hack gives you two options (with a new setting in the vBulletin Options > General Settings). If set to yes, it will only count the unread posts since your last visit, if set to no it will count all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the GetNew display.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then alter the ACP setting to your preferred option (the default is 'no' (i.e. all unread posts).

Note: This hack injects the result direct into the navbar template during page construction, thus avoiding the need for a template edit. This requires that a certain text combination exists in your template. This will be fine for most boards that use a navbar based on the vB default, but you should bear this in mind if you have a totally custom navbar.



History:

v1.01 : First Release.
v1.02 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

[Rickie3]

clicks *install* yet another great hack Paul M thankyou

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by vtx1800

I installed in my board, 3.5.1, nothing showed.

Tried both settings of yes and no in the ACP, nothing.

Do you have database thread marking turned on.

[Arios]

Kewl, works exactily how you say Paul

*installed*

[Dennis B]

Paul,

Thanks for another great hack.

If I may just comment on a more philosophical point, while I understand this might cut off a lot of questions, I believe leaving the positioning of the hack results up to the final admin is a better idea than integrating everything in the xml. Just my humble opinion. And thanks again.

[tamborinegal]

Thanks Paul, just what I was looking for. Installed.

Clancy

[RaceJunkie]

Originally Posted by Huijting

Fixed it , hope U don't mind , made a minor change :

Changed
<a href='search.php?do=getnew'>
to
<a href='http://www.huijting.nl/vbul/search.php?do=getnew'>

Rob

I have replaced all search.php with

http://www.localracechat.com/forums/search.php? in the navbar. and still can't get my portal to point to it. where exactly did you make this edit?

[Paul M]

He edited the plugin code.

[RaceJunkie]

Originally Posted by Paul M

He edited the plugin code.

Oh, ok thanks

Working now..

[Mastar]

where is the setting in the ACP?

[RaceJunkie]

Originally Posted by Mastar

where is the setting in the ACP?

Read Pauls post again..

In fact this hack gives you two options (with a new setting in the vBulletin Options > General Settings). If set to yes, it will only count the unread posts since your last visit, if set to no it will count all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the GetNew display.