New Post Status Icon links to Getnew for that forum.

In order to simplify searching, I wanted to make the New Post status icon link to the search engine and retrieve only the new posts for that forum. If there are no new posts, the icon links to the forum itself.

Open forumhome_forumbit_levelX_post. In my example, I am using forumhome_forumbit_level2_post.

Find:

	  <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

Replace with:

	<if condition="$forum[statusicon]=='new'">
	  <a href="search.php?do=getnew&include=$forum[forumid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
	<else />
	  <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
	</if>  

You can apply similar modifications to any forumbit at any level.

A demo can be found at: http://www.dovguild.net/

Distibuted under the "Wayne License". You may modify to suit your needs, No Attribution Necessary, Redistribution allowed on sites which can verify legitimate vBulletin License Holders only.

[YLP1]

Works great on vb 3.5.3

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

A demo can be found at: http://www.dovguild.com/

Are you sure that's vBulletin?

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by Daniel

Are you sure that's vBulletin?

oops.. sorry.. should proofread more. It is a .net.

www.dovguild.net

[Bad Bunny]

Clever. I really like this mod.

[HaYLaZ]

nice work :nervous:

[agiacosa]

What's the difference between level 1 and level 2?

[lazyseller]

Im a bit confused on where to look ... kinda difficult to see with the very nice custom template.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by agiacosa

What's the difference between level 1 and level 2?

Level 1 is usually reserved for categories in most forums. Level 2 is the actual forums.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by lazyseller

Im a bit confused on where to look ... kinda difficult to see with the very nice custom template.

This modification doesn't really change the look of a forum. It changes behavior. In the default style, the status icons do not do anything except show whether there are new posts or not. With my modification, the status icon becomes a link that shows all the new posts in that forum or loads the entire forum if there are no new posts.