posts since last visit

[kisby]

On vB 2, whenever you came onto the board there was text that told you how many posts there were since your last visit. It was with the welcome message at the top. I don't see that now. How do I get that back?

[Jake Bunce]

There was a "View New Posts" link, but I don't remember there being the actual number. However, this can be added with a little custom code in your phpinclude_start template.

Go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> PHP Include Code Templates -> phpinclude_start

Add this code:

// GET NUMBER OF NEW POSTS
$newposts = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS count FROM post WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");

// DETERMINE IF "POSTS" IS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
if ($newposts[count] == 1)
{
    $newposts[plural] = "";
}
else
{
    $newposts[plural] = "s";
} 

Then go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> FORUMHOME

Add this code where ever you want the message to show up:

<a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$newposts[count] new post$newposts[plural]</a>

[Problemsolver]

There was a "View New Posts" link, but I don't remember there being the actual number. However, this can be added with a little custom code in your phpinclude_start template.

Go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> PHP Include Code Templates -> phpinclude_start

Add this code:

// GET NUMBER OF NEW POSTS
$newposts = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS count FROM post WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");

// DETERMINE IF "POSTS" IS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
if ($newposts[count] == 1)
{
    $newposts[plural] = "";
}
else
{
    $newposts[plural] = "s";
} 

Then go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> FORUMHOME

Add this code where ever you want the message to show up:

<a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$newposts[count] new post$newposts[plural]</a>

I have vBulletin 3.7.4 and I do this but cannot find any php_include or anything with php really.

[peterska2]

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