The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Latest announcement on forum home · **Released**: 10-01-2005

This is my first hack which I created out of necessity. It's is so simple, it adds "Last Announcement" in the forums home. This is done by selecting the latest thread created in a given forum to be displayed.

See the screenshot attached.

1.2 Update:
- The hack now uses the plugin system, no more code changes

.

1.1 Update:
- Code is now more optimized, compatible with non-cookied and clustered boards. (Thanks for KirbyDE)

1.01 Update:
- Now it works if you use prefix in database.

Enjoy

FleaBag · #2 10-02-2005, 08:52 PM

Nice work, I shall most certainly use it.

illusions · #3 10-02-2005, 10:03 PM

I get this error when I made the changes...any1 know what the problem is?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_WHILE in /home/illusion/public_html/forums/index.php on line 101

thedvs · #4 10-02-2005, 10:42 PM

Works great thanks. *installed*

tantawi · #5 10-03-2005, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by illusions

I get this error when I made the changes...any1 know what the problem is?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_WHILE in /home/illusion/public_html/forums/index.php on line 101

Are you sure you have vB 3.5 Final installed? I never tested this code on any Betas or RCs. And try the updated hack, as your problem may be with table prefix?

Welcome FleaBag & thedvs

swantonio · #6 10-03-2005, 11:15 AM

and possible to have it of different color more and than an announcement

:squareeyed:

Snake · #7 10-03-2005, 01:14 PM

Nice hack. Installed!

Andreas · #8 10-03-2005, 07:34 PM

Some suggestions
- Use Hook forumhome_complete to avoid file edits
- Use query_read instead of just query to avoid overhead and make the hack compatible with splitted (master/slave) mySQL servers
- Use $db->fetch_array instead of mysql_fetch_array() to make the hack compatible with vBulletins Database Abstraction Layer
- The generated link is missing the Session ID ($vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl']), so it might not work for non-cookied users
- ++$lnsnbsp; seems to be unnecessary

Furthermore, if you just want 1 record, it's easier to use $db->query_first()

Last but not least: A setting to select the Forum ID (rather than having the User edit the Plugin) would be perfect

tantawi · #9 10-03-2005, 08:04 PM

Thanks a lot KirbyDE!

I have updated the hack following your suggestions, but I really don't know how to make a plugin and I don't really have time to

, I'm not considering myself a pro vb coder or something

just created this little hack out of necessity and liked to share it. Anyone is welcome to port this hack into a plugin without crediting me even

Thank you again for your valuable tips.

csidlernet · #10 10-05-2005, 03:13 AM

Thankyou i've been looking for something like this!
/me installs

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.04459 seconds Memory Usage 2,287KB Queries Executed 23 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (10)post_thanks_box (10)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (10)post_thanks_postbit_info (9)postbit (10)postbit_onlinestatus (10)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!