Active Topics Search Results

One of the biggest complaints I'm getting since I cut over is that the Active Topics list is grouped by "newness" of the latest topics, instead of by Forum order. With 400 active topics a day, my users feel lost in the sea of topics.

Is there a quick fix that can make this group by forum instead of by last posted?

yes i would love to have this too... is it possible to have a drop down option on the search results so to order by date or order by forum ?

Just open up search.php, and look for:

  $searchresults=$DB_site->query("SELECT DISTINCT
    threadid,
    lastpost
    FROM thread
    WHERE visible=1 $checkforum $subjectonly $checkuser $checkdate $combinedwords
    ORDER BY lastpost DESC");

Add a forumid to the last line, and you're good to go:

  $searchresults=$DB_site->query("SELECT DISTINCT
    threadid,
    lastpost
    FROM thread
    WHERE visible=1 $checkforum $subjectonly $checkuser $checkdate $combinedwords
    ORDER BY forumid, lastpost DESC");

Try that with UBB!

eva, its possible -- but at bit too much for my concentration level at 3 AM. ;-)

well it works thanks ... but i reverted back to the origal method as it seems to be better for me...

how do i increase the number of threads displayed on the search results ?

It looks like its a CP-selectable option, which defaults to 20 if its not set. Look for something along the lines of "perpage"...

thanks i have v1.1.3 beta 3 and it ain't in the Control panel... so i did a search for "20" in the search.php and changed it to 30 and it works