[Forum] How to Show Tagged Threads From Certain Category Only?

[Loudbox]

Let's say I have two tags
=> apples
=> oranges

Then let's say I have 2 categories:
=> recipes
=> groceries

Both categories would have threads tagged "apples" and "oranges".

I now want to create a thread that has:
=> a link to threads tagged "apples" within the recipe category
=> a link to threads tagged "apples" within the grocery category

What's best way to go about this?

Thanks!

[Steve Machol]

Sorry, there is no function to do this. This requires modifying the code. We cannot officially support code modifications or forums running modified code, however you can try searching or asking for help with this over at www.vbulletin.org.

[Loudbox]

Hey thanks for your reply Steve. So you're saying this can't be done using a simple search?

[Steve Machol]

Not that I'm aware of.

[Wayne Luke]

You can build a command line query to do this.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/search.php?do=process&contenttypeid=1&forumchoice[]=153&tag=apple

The above string should only return this thread since I added the tag of apple to it. It has three variables:

contenttypeid - 1 which means forum posts in default installations.
forumchoice[] - comma separated list of forums to search by ID. In this case, forumID 153.
tag - the tag you are looking for.

You can also make these restrictions manually in the advanced search tab by click on the "Search Single Content Type" tab.

For something automatic, you would probably need to have custom templates at the least and probably a custom plugin created.

[Loudbox]

You can build a command line query to do this.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/search.php?do=process&contenttypeid=1&forumchoice[]=153&tag=apple

The above string should only return this thread since I added the tag of apple to it. It has three variables:

contenttypeid - 1 which means forum posts in default installations.
forumchoice[] - comma separated list of forums to search by ID. In this case, forumID 153.
tag - the tag you are looking for.

You can also make these restrictions manually in the advanced search tab by click on the "Search Single Content Type" tab.

For something automatic, you would probably need to have custom templates at the least and probably a custom plugin created.

This is just what I needed, and it works, thanks a lot.

Just one problem when I do this: test

On my install the forum turns the link above into this:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/search.php?do=process&contenttypeid=1&forumchoice#91;]=153&tag=apple

Why does vbulletin change the [ to #91; ? How do I prevent/fix this? I want to be able to put links that search specific tagged threads

[Loudbox]

Solved it with url encoding

[Loudbox]

You can build a command line query to do this.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/search.php?do=process&contenttypeid=1&forumchoice[]=153&tag=apple

The above string should only return this thread since I added the tag of apple to it. It has three variables:

contenttypeid - 1 which means forum posts in default installations.
forumchoice[] - comma separated list of forums to search by ID. In this case, forumID 153.
tag - the tag you are looking for.

You can also make these restrictions manually in the advanced search tab by click on the "Search Single Content Type" tab.

For something automatic, you would probably need to have custom templates at the least and probably a custom plugin created.

How can I search for multiple tags? For example: show all threads tagged apple & ipod, but not the ones tagged ipad. How would you go about that?