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Latest X Threads on Forumhome: Advanced! v1.1.1
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This an advanced version of Niels' hack. All credit for the idea and template code goes to him! All I've done is make it admincp configurable, phrased (1 phrase :p) and show the forums of the threads without an additional query per thread displayed.

Having said that, here's a howto on installing:

1. Unzip the .zip.
2. Import the Product in your Admincp.
3. Go into Style Manager, Edit Templates and edit the template FORUMHOME.
4. Add "$latest_x_threads" (without quotes) somewhere in the template. I decided to add it bellow "$navbar", but its your choice ;).
5. Save the template. You're done!

Important: v1.1.1 released.
To upgrade, please download the latest .zip (1.1.1), and run it in your admincp.

Changelog:
v1.1.1: Permission check typo fixed.
v1.1.0: Permission checks added.
v1.0.0: Initial release.


That's it, enjoy!

[dobberman]

Wow that's great !
Would it be possible to get that little blue gif as well, that points to the "Goto last post" thingy perhaps....

[dobberman]

Ok, I added it myself + a few more changes.
1. Added the little blue gif file that's clickable to the "last post" under
"Last poster"
2. Changed the data retrieval so that replies also show up as "last post".
3. Made the hack collapsable.

(ATTACHED)

[Arnoud]

If you want you can release that as an addon .

[dobberman]

Ok, yes why not
I'm still not 100% satisfied with how it works though...
After plowing my head thru the code I notice a few things that doesn't work
properly.
Among them are:

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The status icon (all the way to the left) is static.
With other words it doesn't change if a topic changes to "hot" for example ?

Another one is the multipage stuff (also with a little gif):

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This doesn't work either ?
And lastly also the "thread rating" thingy isn't functional...(doesn't show)

These "if" statements is beyond my knowledge, cause every time I try to use it ,(copied and pasted from VB itself) it rarely works have i noticed.
What is this stuff !
I can't figure out how it works.
Looks like html but reminds me more of php of some kind :p
I assume for a "if" statement to work, that particular template has to be somehow connected to a particular php page in some fashion,(where the
statement is declared), hence using it
anywhere isn't possible.
I'd love to see this hack fully functional one day so it looks somewhat similar
to when you do a search ;)

(PS. I made a small change to the "latest_x_threads_bits" template today
(posted above)
as the background color of some of the cells were wrong).

[cyberman]

Arnoud !!, is it possible to have top poster and new member column !!! ??

[Arnoud]

Well, that'd be possible.. but why would you want that in a top x threads hack :p?

With other words it doesn't change if a topic changes to "hot" for example ?

Yeah I noticed but I havent found a workaround for that one.

The if conditional is actually PHP. The "<if condition=" part looks like HTML just for the looks of it, when the template gets parsed that part gets changed to PHP code ("if (" ) ;)

[cyberman]

Originally Posted by Arnoud

Well, that'd be possible.. but why would you want that in a top x threads hack :p?

First, I'm running a small forum so that won't hurt me if I have those options.
Second, I want to encourage people to post and I want to see some new members so we can post welcome topics to them, maybe it's not neccessary to other forums, but it would be great if you can make it optional !!

[dobberman]

Originally Posted by Arnoud

Yeah I noticed but I havent found a workaround for that one.

The if conditional is actually PHP. The "<if condition=" part looks like HTML just for the looks of it, when the template gets parsed that part gets changed to PHP code ("if (" )

Ok, ya I suspected something like that.
I guess the code is a "missmash" of stuff taken from different php pages such as "search.php" and who knows for the permission stuff.
I'm gonna replace my post above with a downloadable xml install file instead (if somebody wants it).
I noticed that the word "last poster" isn't in the original "phrase library".
So incorporating it into the xml is easier.
I hope i can do that ?, I haven't removed or changed any of the credits.

[dobberman]

Originally Posted by cyberman

First, I'm running a small forum so that won't hurt me if I have those options.
Second, I want to encourage people to post and I want to see some new members so we can post welcome topics to them, maybe it's not neccessary to other forums, but it would be great if you can make it optional !!

If you want a "New members" column i'd suggest you d/l the "TOP 'X' STATS BY INFINITEWEBBY v1.2.1" from the vbulletin.org site.
It's similar to this hack, but with a new members and top posters column as well.
I don't think it's a good idea to incorporate it into this hack here, as it get's to crowded. especially if we get it to work 100% one day.
There would then also be pagenav icon and thread rating icons added + even perhaps a posticon.

If you wanna send a welcome pm to new members, there's a hack for that to (forgot it's name).

[Arnoud]

Originally Posted by dobberman

Ok, ya I suspected something like that.
I guess the code is a "missmash" of stuff taken from different php pages such as "search.php" and who knows for the permission stuff.
I'm gonna replace my post above with a downloadable xml install file instead (if somebody wants it).
I noticed that the word "last poster" isn't in the original "phrase library".
So incorporating it into the xml is easier.
I hope i can do that ?, I haven't removed or changed any of the credits.

Go ahead, I don't mind ;).