Miscellaneous Hacks - Exclude forum from New Posts and Today's Posts

Here is an easy way to exclude forums from New Posts and Today's Posts.

Edit the search.php file.

PHP Code:

function set_newitem_forums($criteria)
{
    global $vbulletin;

    //figure out forums
    //This follows the logic of the original search.  If a forum is specified then use it and its
    //children.  If an include list is specified, then use it without its children.
    //Do not honor the exclude list if we are using the provided forumid
    if ($vbulletin->GPC['f'])
    {
        $criteria->add_forumid_filter($vbulletin->GPC['f'], true);
    }
    else
    {
        if ($vbulletin->GPC['include'])
        {
            $list = explode(',', $vbulletin->GPC['include']);

            if (is_array($list))
            {
                $list = array_map('intval', $list);
                $criteria->add_forumid_filter($list, false);
            }
        }
        
        // start hack
        $vbulletin->GPC['exclude'] .= ',1,2,3,4';
        // end hack
        
        if ($vbulletin->GPC['exclude'])
        {
            $list = explode(',', $vbulletin->GPC['exclude']);

            if (is_array($list))
            {
                $list = array_map('intval', $list);
                $criteria->add_excludeforumid_filter($list);
            }
        }
    }
} 

Replace the numbers 1,2,4, and 4 with the forum numbers you want to exclude.

[beduino]

Hi Andy
I suppose works to 4.0.1 too?
Tks in advance

[GHC Webmaster]

Originally Posted by beduino

Hi Andy
I suppose works to 4.0.1 too?
Tks in advance

I tried and yes it does. Now I can at last remove the vBCMSComments thread from these searches.

So thanks indeed.

[gsmph]

i'll try this one out

thanks
tag

br
gsmph

[akvaryumforum]

Is there a way do this just for todays and new messages. When this hack installed that forums are all exculded from searchs.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by akvaryumforum

Is there a way do this just for todays and new messages. When this hack installed that forums are all exculded from searchs.

Try this code instead. I haven't tested it but it should work. It would only exclude forums in the New Posts search.

$foo = $_GET['do'];
if ($foo == 'getnew' OR $foo == 'getdaily') {
  $vbulletin->GPC['exclude'] .= ',1,2,3,4';
}

[wolfyman]

is there a hack that allows members to choose which forums to exclude for themselves?

[Paul M]

Add-ons must be provided as a downloadable file - in this case a text file with the instructions, thanks.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by wolfyman

is there a hack that allows members to choose which forums to exclude for themselves?

That's easy enough with the default search by adding &exclude=forumnumber1, forumnumber2 . Include works the same way. Of course, they'll probably want to save this search to their browser bar.

[wolfyman]

so... is there a hack that makes it easy for the normal user to do it?

I'm not going to try to explain that to 8000 people lol