[Forum] How to exclude forums from the "WHAT'S NEW" link in the nav bar

[simon templar]

Hi ,

Anyone know how to do that ?

i tried to follow http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...From-New-Posts with no success..

Thanks

[vivamexico55]

Hi ,

Anyone know how to do that ?

i tried to follow http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...From-New-Posts with no success..

Thanks

Well, that's a post from 2006, so it probably shouldn't be followed...

Sorry, I don't know the answer, but I wanted to tell you that you shouldn't follow the advice in that post.

[Lynne]

That thread is still valid in that you just add "&exclude=X,Y,Z" to the end of the search link in the template (if you are going to try it in the browser, remember to change & to just &).

[struff]

That thread is still valid in that you just add "&exclude=X,Y,Z" to the end of the search link in the template (if you are going to try it in the browser, remember to change & to just &).

I looked at that but I don't find the exact wording in my template. Does it matter?

Thanks.

[struff]

I have 7 instances of "getnew" (rather than 2 that are in the old thread). Should I edit all 7?

[Lynne]

If you want to exclude the forums in all 7 of those getnew searches, then yes, you should add it to all 7.

[struff]

I'm sorry to ask so many questions about this but I want to be sure that I am not breaking anything. In my template I have things like this, which is a little different from what's in the old instructions:

<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'search'">
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
<li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
<ul class="floatcontainer">
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post">{vb:rawphrase new_posts_nav}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_SocialGroupMessage">{vb:rawphrase new_group_messages_nav}</a></li>
<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Event">{vb:rawphrase new_events_nav}</a></li>
{vb:raw template_hook.navbar_getnew_menu}
<li><a href="forumdisplay.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=markread">{vb:rawphrase mark_forums_read}</a></li>
</ul>

So is it safe to add the exclude after all of those getnew's?

[Lynne]

Try it and see. Save a copy and then change it. Or try it on your test site first.

[Martyn_s30v]

This does work, I use it myself.

As an example from your navbar template, look for examples of "contenttype=vBFor um_Post" and change this...

<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBFor um_Post">{vb:rawphrase new_posts_nav}</a></li>

To this...

<li><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBFor um_Post&amp;exclude=X,Y,Z">{vb:rawphrase new_posts_nav}</a></li>

...where X,Y,Z are the forum numbers you want to exclude.

FYI...

&amp;include=X,Y,Z

...also works, obviously anything not included is excluded.

There are lots of instances (10?) of "getnew" and "getdaily" in the navbar template. This is because the submenus change depending on what parent tab you are viewing. So if you want to exclude some forums from a getnew search, you have to exclude them in all instances of the search for each tab/section.

If you ONLY want to change the "What's New" search, then I think it's this bit near the end of the navbar template....

<vb:elseif condition="$show['member']" />
<li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post&amp;exclude=X,Y,Z">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
<vb:else />
<li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post&amp;exclude=X,Y,Z">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.navtab_end}

Changing "getnew" will exclude the specified forums for logged in users.
Changing "getdaily" will exclude the specified forums for logged out & unregistered users.


You can probably also put the exclude/include before the contentype, I've no idea if that makes any difference or not.

HTH

[Sfitzgerald]

They as in VB just need to add this is a feature - when you create a forum or edit a forum you should have a yes or no check off box - I am not a coder and I have never got this right since VB3.0 seems like a simple thing to do just make a feature for it

[kofoid]

THANK YOU!!!!!!! Works on www.myoasis.net.

There is a mod on vb.org and I am going to link to this. Much easier!

[vauge]

How does one remove the "type" under the search breadcrumb?

"Type: Posts; Excluded Forums: abc, def, ghi etc..."

Thanks!

[Dirt Bike Addict]

How does one remove the "type" under the search breadcrumb?

"Type: Posts; Excluded Forums: abc, def, ghi etc..."

Thanks!

I'd like to know this myself.

[Lynne]

You can remove that from the search_resultlist template:

        <p class="description">
            {vb:raw criteriaDisplay}        
        </p>

(Or write a plugin to set $criteriaDisplay to '' (null) just before spitting out the template? Not sure if that would work though. It's something you can try and if you don't know how to do it, you should ask over on vbulletin.org, the modification site. )

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Thanks Lynne, that worked.