[Forum] Navigation Manager-My Threads/My Posts code problems

[AliasV.2]

I am using the Navigation Manager to add a menu with links for My Threads and My Posts. This is only in the forum section; we have not activated the CMS section yet, but we intend to in the future. I have added this code, which is the code formerly used by a plugin that I've removed after updating to Version 4.2.0:

search.php?{session.sessionurl}do=finduser&userid={userinfo.userid}&starteronly=1& amp;contenttype=vBForum_Thread
search.php?{session.sessionurl}do=finduser&userid={userinfo.userid}&contenttype=vB Forum_Post&showposts=1

They work correctly on all screens except the pm_messagelist screen. On that screen, the searches pull up a different member's threads and posts.

For example:
On the live forum:
member number 7391 gets the threads and posts made by member number 3718
member number 4284 gets the threads and posts made by member number 4828

On the test forum:
member number 7391 gets the threads and posts made by member number 5819

I also tried using the bolded code found in this forum post:

All Forums:

You would link to the following URLs.
1) search.php?do=process&type[]=1&replyless=1&replylimit=0
2) search.php?do=finduser&userid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}&starteronly=1&contenttype=vBForum_Thread
3) search.php?do=finduser&userid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}&contenttype=vBForum_Post&showposts=1

Specific Forum (forumdisplay)
1) search.php?do=process&type[]=1&forumid={vb:raw foruminfo.forumid}&replyless=1&replylimit=0
2) search.php?do=finduser&forumid={vb:raw foruminfo.forumid}&userid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}&starteronly=1&contenttype=vBForum_Thread
3) search.php?do=finduser&forumid={vb:raw foruminfo.forumid}&userid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}&contenttype=vBForum_Post&showposts=1

but using it, I get this error message:
"Error: Please add more constraints to your search. Searches that return all or most of the database are a bad idea."

And I am quite sure that my posts don't occupy most or all of the database.

I have tried disabling all plugins. I have also uninstalled the former "My Threads and My Posts" plugin.

Is there something different I need to be using instead of either of these codes? Is this a bug? If this is a bug and there's no immediate fix, is there a way I can show these links on all pages except the PM List page using the Navigation Manager?

If any more info is needed, I'll be happy to provide it.

[Lynne]

I just used the code you posted for My Threads on my test site and it is working just fine. It looks fine to me also. Perhaps you need to clear your browser history? Did you make sure to enter a different cookie prefix into your config.php file for your test site so it is different than for your live site?

[AliasV.2]

I just used the code you posted for My Threads on my test site and it is working just fine. It looks fine to me also. Perhaps you need to clear your browser history? Did you make sure to enter a different cookie prefix into your config.php file for your test site so it is different than for your live site?

Thank you, Lynne, for your fast response. I did not set a different cookie for the test forum, but I have now. The problem is still the same. I also want to make clear that the problem is not that the test and the live forums are behaving differently, but that the code pulls up a different member's posts when run from the PM List screen.

It was a member who pointed this out to me after we had upgraded, so I don't think it is a browser history/cache issue, but I just used a computer that has not accessed the site until now, and I still get the same problem.

Did you try your test from the PM list screen? Because that is the only place I see this problem.

I should also probably say that the test forum is on a completely different domain name than the live forum.

Thanks for your help.

[Lynne]

You are talking about the PM list screen at private.php?folderid=0 ? I am having no problems there. Do you have any modifications? Try disabling them and seeing if you still have the same problem.

[AliasV.2]

You are talking about the PM list screen at private.php?folderid=0 ? I am having no problems there. Do you have any modifications? Try disabling them and seeing if you still have the same problem.

Yes, at private.php.
I have tried disabling all the modifications using the global setting here: admincp/index.php?loc=plugin.php%3Fdo%3Dproduct
and also using:
define("DISABLE_HOOKS", true);
in the config.php.

Edit: I have another clue.
When viewing the Forum Index page, the link is to:
search.php?do=finduser&userid=7391&starteronly=1&%20amp;contenttype=vBForum_Thread

When viewing the PM List page, the link is to:
search.php?do=finduser&userid=5819&starteronly=1&%20amp;contenttype=vBForum_Thread

7391 is my user number. So somehow when the software goes to the PM List page, it seems to think the userid is or becomes someone else's, and the problem occurs at that point, rather than in the search link parsing. However, the correct PMs are shown, and new ones sent are sent from 7391 (my user id). Thank goodness!

[Lynne]

Do you know where the userid 5819 comes from? And is it always that id that shows on that page?

[AliasV.2]

Do you know where the userid 5819 comes from? And is it always that id that shows on that page?

Yes, userid 5819 is one of our members. On the test forum, that is always the id that shows on that page for me, but the test forum is kind of in a state of suspended animation. I've discovered it is changing on the live forum, and I wonder if it may be related to the total number of members.

I just left the member's names out for privacy. I can PM them to you, if you think they're relevant.

On the live forum, on Dec. 27, I was getting userid 3718, and it was the same while I was testing it, but now it is another userid's posts/threads that comes up. Between the 27th and now, we have gained 3 members. Now I am getting userid 3717.

The test forum was created with a database backup taken on Dec. 14.
Members on the test forum: 3,838
Members as of Dec. 27 on the live: 3872
Members today on the live: 3,875

I've registered a couple of test members on the test forum and am running some experiments. I'll add the new information to this post when I get it.

- - - Updated - - -

I've registered a couple of test members on the test forum and am running some experiments. I'll add the new information to this post when I get it.

I can say for certain that the link is picking up the userid of the person whose message is listed at the bottom of the page. This is true in both the Inbox and the Sent Box. If the last name listed is different in the two boxes, the link will show the different names, depending on which box (in or sent) you're in.

For instance:
Inbox contains:
User 1
User 2
User 3

The link from the Inbox will show User 3's posts.

Sent box contains:
User 3
User 2
User 1

The link from the Sent Box will show User 1's posts.

[Lynne]

Ah, good sleuthing! (not sure if that's a work, but...)

Use {session.userid} instead of {userinfo.userid} and it should work.

[AliasV.2]

Ah, good sleuthing! (not sure if that's a work, but...)

Use {session.userid} instead of {userinfo.userid} and it should work.

That does work, absolutely. Thank you, Lynne! You've been a great help - thanks for sticking with it!

To summarize for people who may be searching in the future:

My Posts:
search.php?{session.sessionurl}do=finduser&userid={session.userid}&contenttype=vB Forum_Post&showposts=1

My Threads:
search.php?{session.sessionurl}do=finduser&userid={session.userid}&starteronly=1& amp;contenttype=vBForum_Thread

[lille L]

Thank you so much! This solved my problem!

Im just wondering... in my list I got all my threads or posts
But some users says they just get ne threads and posts - that have been activity in, since last reload?

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
I just used the above code to add links in my 4.2.3 forum.
Seems to work perfectly but have asked members to test it for me.
Thanks for posting the code.