[New Posts | New Thread | Search] on Index page

This adds forum section-specific New Posts, New Thread and Search links to the index page.

New Posts will only appear when there are new posts in that section and will only list new posts from the section.
New Thread will start a new thread in that section.
Search will start a search for only that section.

A search did bring up something similar but it was neither as complete nor as aesthetically pleasing (to me). I apologise if this is duplicated.

Open your forumhome_forumbit_level1/2_post template.



FIND:

<if condition="$show['forumdescription']">
<div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div>
</if>

AFTER, ADD:

<if condition="$forum[statusicon]=='new' OR $forum[statusicon]=='old'">
     <div class="smallfont">
          <if condition="$forum[statusicon]=='new'"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&amp;include=$forum[forumid]">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a> | </if>
          <a href="newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newthread&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">New Thread</a>
          <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">| <a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a></if>
     </div>
</if>

Optional extras:
- Subscription code for each feed type, all conditionals so they'll only appear if you've turned that type on.
- Unsubscribe moved to the linkfest since it seems to fit better there. Be sure to delete the very similar code which appears immediately below where this code is inserted, everything between <if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"> and </if>.

<if condition="$forum[statusicon]=='new' OR $forum[statusicon]=='old'">
     <div class="smallfont">
          <if condition="$forum[statusicon]=='new'"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&amp;include=$forum[forumid]">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a> | </if>
          <a href="newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newthread&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">New Thread</a>
          <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">| <a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a></if>
          <if condition="$vbulletin->options['externalrss']">| <a href="external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$forum[forumid]">RSS Feed</a></if>
          <if condition="$vbulletin->options['externalxml']">| <a href="external.php?type=xml&forumids=$forum[forumid]">XML Feed</a></if>
          <if condition="$vbulletin->options['externaljs']">| <a href="external.php?type=js&forumids=$forum[forumid]">JS Feed</a></if>
          <if condition="$show['forumsubscription']">| <a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></if>
</if>

Update:
- The conditional should now be correct so the links will only appear for open forums. It's up to you if you want to change that.
- The search link is now wrapped in a conditional so it doesn't appear when it's not wanted, most likely for Guests, New Thread is also now controlled as far as is possible by the statusicon conditional. Permission to start a new thread is only checked after clicking the link as far as I can tell, so it can't be done perfectly.
- Not a big deal, but added rel="nofollow" in a couple of places where the links aren't any use to search engines.


Known Issues:
- If there is no permission to start a new thread or search and there are no new posts to view but the unsubscribe link or a feed link appears then the line will begin with a |. It could be solved with a loooooooot of conditionals but it's not worth it. Change the formatting (use of |) if it bothers you.

[Shazz]

Very Creative , I will be using this
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[A_N_K_A_R_A]

very nice thanks

[Snake]

Lovely it could be much better if they were using images.

[h_kakashi]

Installed Nice touch

[tpzone]

piece of cake.. thank you for the mod, very nice!

[TygerTyger]

Originally Posted by Dark Blade

Lovely it could be much better if they were using images.

Personal taste. I like quick and clean myself.

[netwiz]

Seems to be nice. But in my installation i couldnot locate the forumhome_forumbit_level1/2_post template :-(
pls do update your steps keeping newbies also in mind:-(

[ForumDog]

AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Search in Templates > Search for forumbit

In the results, forumhome_forumbit_level1 and 2 will appear, you want the post versions of each and not the nopost versions.

Level 1 is the forum sections that show up on the index page, Level 2 is for subforums that show up on forum listing pages.

[bada_bing]

I have installed this but had to remove because its not displaying correctly when using subforums... If my subforum structure is setup like this

-Forum Name
--Forum (Locked)
---Child Forum1
---Child Forum2
---Child Forum3

Then locked forum show the New Thread- Search and when you click you get dont have access...