Forum Display Enhancements - Filter Threads By Post Icon

The 3.5.x version of this hack can be found here.

This hack allows you to click on a post icon, and it will show only the threads with this particular post icon. Once this happens an unfilter button will appear, allowing the user to once again view all threads.

As for WHY someone would want this, here's an answer to that question:

Some forums use the forum icons to convey if a thread has been sufficiently answered or not, or to convey some other meaning. If a poster wants to look for unanswered threads, they could sort by the icon used for the thread.

Think of this as a poor man's thread prefix hack

# of php page edits: 1
# of template edits: 2

Should take less than 5 min to install.

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

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9-27-06: updated version number, clarified instructions, no actual code change

[Benj]

thanks alot for this will be using

[Wired1]

No problemo.

[Benj]

anyway of having a vba block that only shows new threads with a certain post icon .... just a thought

[ragintajin]

How server intensive is this?

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Benj

anyway of having a vba block that only shows new threads with a certain post icon .... just a thought

That'd be a different hack, as it wouldn't be a filter, nor would it be in the main thread view of a forum. It's certainly doable though, I'd post it in the request area.

Originally Posted by ragintajin

How server intensive is this?

Damned if I know lol! Can't see it as being that intensive, I'd guess less than a search, as the basic idea is something like IF ICON THEN SHOW ELSE HIDE

[Stoebi]

Hi, nice hack, but i would like to sort "picon = 0" too, please.

Regards, Stoebi

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Stoebi

Hi, nice hack, but i would like to sort "picon = 0" too, please.

Regards, Stoebi

For whatever reason, picon 0 and 1 are the same thing, works on 1 just fine. This may take a bit to figure out. If anyone has an idea, feel free to chime in.

[oz_moses]

nice work, I really like this.

I did find step 2 slightly different from your instructions when using VB 3.6.1 - here's what I did instead

After:

	if ($daysprune != -1)
	{
		if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] AND in_coventry($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], true))
		{
			$tachyjoin = "LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "tachythreadpost AS tachythreadpost ON " .
				"(tachythreadpost.threadid = thread.threadid AND tachythreadpost.userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . ")";
			$datecut = " AND (thread.lastpost >= " . (TIMENOW - ($daysprune * 86400)) . " OR tachythreadpost.lastpost >= " . (TIMENOW - ($daysprune * 86400)) . ")";
		}
		else
		{
			$datecut = "AND lastpost >= " . (TIMENOW - ($daysprune * 86400));
			$tachyjoin = "";
		}
		$show['noposts'] = false;
	}
	else
	{
		$tachyjoin = "";
		$datecut = "";
		$show['noposts'] = true;
	}

Add:

 // Start Filter Threads By Post Icon Code Snippet

    if ($picon > 0 && is_numeric($picon) && $picon < 5000) { //who knows if all this is necessary - better safe than sorry 
      $pqr = " AND thread.iconid = '$picon' "; 
      $datecut .= $pqr; 
      } else 
        $picon = ""; 

 // End Filter Threads By Post Icon Code Snippet

Demo at http://www.gothetahs.com/forum/index.php if anyone's interested.

[Wired1]

thanks. Clarified the instructions to be more vague