Recently Updated Threads Sidebar (0.4.6)

[davidk]

Can this plugin be set so that it scrolls the recently updated threads across the page like this forum is doing?  I think that they are using the plugin to do this:

purplepainforums.com/

I just don't understand how to configure the plugin to do that.  Can you help me?  Thanks either way.

[Todge]

Aug 29, 2022 15:06:04 GMT -8 davidk said:

Can this plugin be set so that it scrolls the recently updated threads across the page like this forum is doing?  I think that they are using the plugin to do this:

purplepainforums.com/

I just don't understand how to configure the plugin to do that.  Can you help me?  Thanks either way.

Yes, you can..

Step 1:
In your Admin Area, go to the Layout Templates and choose Forum Wrapper.
Now add <marquee id="ruts_here"></marquee> just below the line that says $[header]. Around line 60.

Step 2:
In the plugin settings put ruts_here in the Container ID option.

Step 3:
Add this to the Cell Styling option in the plugin settings..

#recent-threads-cell > div
{
    float: left;
    padding-right: 50px;
    font-size: 20px;
}

#extra-title, #extra-cell, #recent-threads-title 
{ 
    display: none; 
}

#recent-threads-cell
{ 
    height: auto; 
    border: 0px;
}

[adminabp]

Aug 28, 2022 7:13:59 GMT -8 Todge said:

Aug 28, 2022 5:54:26 GMT -8 adminabp said:

Todge , We are at 99% Greatness!

But, weird issue. Bumping now works great from inside a thread, but the option to bump on the threadlist is now totally gone from the action drop down when RUTS is enabled.

without RUTS enabled

recycle

bump

enable falling

with RUTS enabled

recycle
enable falling

Yes, that is by design.

If you were to select several threads across several pages, the bump function would fail in the RUTs plugin, so to stop that happening, the bump function is removed in the board listing page.

I can re-enable it if you like, but I'd only be able to add threads on the current page that you bump to the RUTs list.

Hmm, I've been debating the merits of having/not having and I would have to go with preferring to have that bump function enabled. There are some seasonal/holiday themed threads I usually bump in bunches and having to go into each thread to do that or disable/enable the plugin and reload the page just to get to that option would be a PITA.

Since the plugin only draws its data from the current page I never expected it to work across multiple pages anyway.

Thanks for your efforts, Todge , and for such and awesome plugin.

[Todge]

Sept 1, 2022 23:48:46 GMT -8 adminabp said:

Aug 28, 2022 7:13:59 GMT -8 Todge said:

Yes, that is by design.

If you were to select several threads across several pages, the bump function would fail in the RUTs plugin, so to stop that happening, the bump function is removed in the board listing page.

I can re-enable it if you like, but I'd only be able to add threads on the current page that you bump to the RUTs list.

Hmm, I've been debating the merits of having/not having and I would have to go with preferring to have that bump function enabled. There are some seasonal/holiday themed threads I usually bump in bunches and having to go into each thread to do that or disable/enable the plugin and reload the page just to get to that option would be a PITA.

Since the plugin only draws its data from the current page I never expected it to work across multiple pages anyway.

Thanks for your efforts, Todge , and for such and awesome plugin.

Here ya go.. v0.4.8.

[adminabp]

Sept 2, 2022 13:10:12 GMT -8 Todge said:

Sept 1, 2022 23:48:46 GMT -8 adminabp said:

Hmm, I've been debating the merits of having/not having and I would have to go with preferring to have that bump function enabled. There are some seasonal/holiday themed threads I usually bump in bunches and having to go into each thread to do that or disable/enable the plugin and reload the page just to get to that option would be a PITA.

Since the plugin only draws its data from the current page I never expected it to work across multiple pages anyway.

Thanks for your efforts, Todge , and for such and awesome plugin.

Here ya go.. v0.4.8.

Thanks Todge !

I hadn't had a chance to test it out until now(busy!) and the only issue I see is when I bump a thread from the thread list that has Images in Thread Titles via Wormopolis's plugin of the same name, it replaces the image in the RUTS with the text for the link to the image, and it stays that way until a new post is made to that thread or it is bumped from inside the thread.

I don't think that's something I need fixed as I don't see a need for mass-bumping those threads that use that plugin, and I feel I have generated more than enough work for you already.


Thank you again so much!!!

[davidk]

Aug 29, 2022 18:17:10 GMT -8 Todge said:

Aug 29, 2022 15:06:04 GMT -8 davidk said:

Can this plugin be set so that it scrolls the recently updated threads across the page like this forum is doing?  I think that they are using the plugin to do this:

purplepainforums.com/

I just don't understand how to configure the plugin to do that.  Can you help me?  Thanks either way.

Yes, you can..

Step 1:
In your Admin Area, go to the Layout Templates and choose Forum Wrapper.
Now add <marquee id="ruts_here"></marquee> just below the line that says $[header]. Around line 60.

Step 2:
In the plugin settings put ruts_here in the Container ID option.

Step 3:
Add this to the Cell Styling option in the plugin settings..

#recent-threads-cell > div
{
    float: left;
    padding-right: 50px;
    font-size: 20px;
}

#extra-title, #extra-cell, #recent-threads-title 
{ 
    display: none; 
}

#recent-threads-cell
{ 
    height: auto; 
    border: 0px;
}

That worked great!!! Thank you.  Is there a way to have this displayed simply as a cell instead of moving across the screen?  On the settings page I chose the "static" option (Would you like the Recent Threads to scroll with the forum, or remain static. Scroll or Static?) but that did not affect the movement of the threads across the screen.  Here is our homepage in case that helps:
chitown-bears.com/

[Todge]

Sept 8, 2022 4:21:41 GMT -8 davidk said:

Aug 29, 2022 18:17:10 GMT -8 Todge said:

Yes, you can..

Step 1:
In your Admin Area, go to the Layout Templates and choose Forum Wrapper.
Now add <marquee id="ruts_here"></marquee> just below the line that says $[header]. Around line 60.

Step 2:
In the plugin settings put ruts_here in the Container ID option.

Step 3:
Add this to the Cell Styling option in the plugin settings..

#recent-threads-cell > div
{
 float: left;
 padding-right: 50px;
 font-size: 20px;
}

#extra-title, #extra-cell, #recent-threads-title 
{ 
 display: none; 
}

#recent-threads-cell
{ 
 height: auto; 
 border: 0px;
}

That worked great!!! Thank you.  Is there a way to have this displayed simply as a cell instead of moving across the screen?  On the settings page I chose the "static" option (Would you like the Recent Threads to scroll with the forum, or remain static. Scroll or Static?) but that did not affect the movement of the threads across the screen.  Here is our homepage in case that helps:
chitown-bears.com/

Yes, simply change the <marquee id="ruts_here"></marquee> in yout forum warpper to <div id="ruts_here"></div>

[Zofrost]

Hi, I'm sorry if this is a repeat question (I'm non native speaker and this thread is huge), but: When the same thread are being answered by different people it appears in the box for every time answered and not just once with a new username. Is there anyway to make it so the thread is only shown once with the latest post/username?
My code goblin has downtime at the moment, I and don't see this as an option in the plugin manager?



Happy holidays and happy New Year

[Todge]

Dec 29, 2022 4:27:45 GMT -8 Zofrost said:

Hi, I'm sorry if this is a repeat question (I'm non native speaker and this thread is huge), but: When the same thread are being answered by different people it appears in the box for every time answered and not just once with a new username. Is there anyway to make it so the thread is only shown once with the latest post/username?
My code goblin has downtime at the moment, I and don't see this as an option in the plugin manager?



Happy holidays and happy New Year

In the plugin settings, under the 'Recent Threads' tab, you'll find the option asking..

 'Would you like to display recently updated threads, or only recently CREATED threads?' option.


Make sure that 'All Posts' is NOT selected.

The duplicates will then start to disappear as more posts are made.

[Zofrost]

Dec 29, 2022 7:37:06 GMT -8 Todge said:

Dec 29, 2022 4:27:45 GMT -8 Zofrost said:

Hi, I'm sorry if this is a repeat question (I'm non native speaker and this thread is huge), but: When the same thread are being answered by different people it appears in the box for every time answered and not just once with a new username. Is there anyway to make it so the thread is only shown once with the latest post/username?
My code goblin has downtime at the moment, I and don't see this as an option in the plugin manager?



Happy holidays and happy New Year

In the plugin settings, under the 'Recent Threads' tab, you'll find the option asking..

 'Would you like to display recently updated threads, or only recently CREATED threads?' option.


Make sure that 'All Posts' is NOT selected.

The duplicates will then start to disappear as more posts are made.

But will the new posts in old threads then be shown in the list? Or only newly created threads? Because I understand the written as if only newly created threads will be shown, not old threads updated with new posts.

[Todge]

Dec 29, 2022 10:01:29 GMT -8 Zofrost said:

Dec 29, 2022 7:37:06 GMT -8 Todge said:

In the plugin settings, under the 'Recent Threads' tab, you'll find the option asking..

 'Would you like to display recently updated threads, or only recently CREATED threads?' option.


Make sure that 'All Posts' is NOT selected.

The duplicates will then start to disappear as more posts are made.

But will the new posts in old threads then be shown in the list? Or only newly created threads? Because I understand the written as if only newly created threads will be shown, not old threads updated with new posts.

Selecting All Updated Threads means that any thread that receives a new post will be included in the RUTs list.

Selecting Created Threads means that any NEW thread will be included in the RUTs list.

So, selecting both means that newly CREATED threads AND newly posted threads will be included.

Selecting All Posts will stop duplicated threads from being removed from the list, so that every post, regardless of where it is located, will be listed.

[Zofrost]

Dec 29, 2022 19:16:11 GMT -8 Todge said:

Dec 29, 2022 10:01:29 GMT -8 Zofrost said:

But will the new posts in old threads then be shown in the list? Or only newly created threads? Because I understand the written as if only newly created threads will be shown, not old threads updated with new posts.

Selecting All Updated Threads means that any thread that receives a new post will be included in the RUTs list.

Selecting Created Threads means that any NEW thread will be included in the RUTs list.

So, selecting both means that newly CREATED threads AND newly posted threads will be included.

Selecting All Posts will stop duplicated threads from being removed from the list, so that every post, regardless of where it is located, will be listed.

Thank you! I got it now. Thank you for your help. Happy New year!

[Todge]

Jan 2, 2023 5:47:01 GMT -8 Zofrost said:

Thank you! I got it now. Thank you for your help. Happy New year!

No worries.

Thank you, and a Happy New Year to you too.

[JD]

Hey Todge!

I was seeking help in the support boards for a different error and someone pointed out the following issue with this plugin being raised on my site...

The only thing that jumps out at me is that your Recently Updated sidebar coding has a command to parse.icons and the console is throwing an error that it's undefined...

This is my site: aeipathyrp.com/

It doesn't seem to be impacting on the function of the plugin or the site in general, but I'm not particularly savvy on this kind of code so before it does create an issue, or in case you needed to know about it, I thought I'd post the issue here... ?

[Todge]

Mar 20, 2023 16:51:53 GMT -8 JD said:

Hey Todge!

I was seeking help in the support boards for a different error and someone pointed out the following issue with this plugin being raised on my site...

The only thing that jumps out at me is that your Recently Updated sidebar coding has a command to parse.icons and the console is throwing an error that it's undefined...

This is my site: aeipathyrp.com/

It doesn't seem to be impacting on the function of the plugin or the site in general, but I'm not particularly savvy on this kind of code so before it does create an issue, or in case you needed to know about it, I thought I'd post the issue here... ?

Ahh, thank you.

It was a relic from a previous version, the plugin was trying to call up a function that no longer exists.

Can you please try version 0.4.8