Can 'first new thread' be added to the sidebar?

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  • Kirkus
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 192
    • 3.6.x

    [Forum] Can 'first new thread' be added to the sidebar?

    This seems like a pretty easy modification, but I'm just not figuring it out. I'd like for the link to an updated thread in the Sidebar to link to the 'first new (unread) post' like it does when clicking the thread link on forum home in the Last Post column.

    There's nothing on vbulletin.org.
  • Merjawy
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2002
    • 2613

    #2


    Just choose different options other than in screenshots
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    • Kirkus
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2007
      • 192
      • 3.6.x

      #3
      Hi Merjawy. Thanks for the reply.

      None of the built in options do what it is I'm looking for. If you look at the screenshot, "TV Schedule...", "Coverage: Family Circle Cup", and "Your swing", all link to the "First UNREAD post". Meaning they will go to the newest post that I've not read yet. Every thread title in that "last post" column of the forum home page does that.

      I simply want that same functionality in the sidebar.

      I assumed it might be a matte of just using the same code from the forumhome template and placing it in the sidebar/block template. Boy, was I wrong!
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      • Merjawy
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2002
        • 2613

        #4
        I hope this is what you're asking

        Forums & Moderators
        >> Forum Blocks Manager >> Add Block

        Select Block Type: New Forum Posts >> click Continue

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        • Abdulla Ashoor
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2005
          • 628
          • 5.6.4

          #5
          there's a hard and simple way you can achieve this by, the simple way is by updating the 'block_threads' template. Find this:

          HTML Code:
          {vb:raw thread.url}
          Change it to this:

          HTML Code:
          {vb:raw thread.url}&goto=newpost
          This applid only for a thread type of forum blocks, if you need it for another type you have to find out the template then apply the change. All of them start with 'block_'.
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          • Kirkus
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 192
            • 3.6.x

            #6
            Thank you both so much for taking the time to help me with this. @Merjawy, the built in blocks just don't do what it is I'm looking for. @al3bd, thanks for that! Unfortunately that didn't work for me. The link still goes to the very first post.

            I didn't want to, but I'm going to use vBadvanced CMPS for the time being. That's what I've been using for years now on my vB 3.8 Forum. I was just hoping to find a built in replacement for this feature. I wanted a completely mod-free upgrade to 4.2

            Seriously, though, thank you both so much for your suggestions.

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            • Matthew Gordon
              Senior Member
              • May 2002
              • 3243
              • 1.1.x

              #7
              Which sidebar block are you using that you want to modify?

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              • Kirkus
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 192
                • 3.6.x

                #8
                Hi Matthew, I assumed the Forum Threads block would be the one to modify. To have the thread title go to the first unread post rather than the beginning of the thread. The mod I mentioned above does a good job of it, but it's not as good looking as the vB Sidebar, and it's not vB core (I've had it with mods -- too much trouble and instability).

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                • Matthew Gordon
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2002
                  • 3243
                  • 1.1.x

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Kirkus
                  Hi Matthew, I assumed the Forum Threads block would be the one to modify.
                  I figured, I just wanted to be sure before I started looking through the code and such.

                  Revert the changes you made before to the block_threads template and change:
                  Code:
                  {vb:raw thread.url}
                  to this:
                  Code:
                  {vb:raw thread.newposturl}

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                  • Kirkus
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 192
                    • 3.6.x

                    #10
                    Matthew! Thank you so much. That's exactly what I was looking for.

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