XThreads

My Spiel
XThreads is one of my larger plugins which I have been working on for a while.  Originally planned to release it inline with MyBB 1.6, but who knows when that'll be out.  It perhaps doesn't include everything I wanted it to, but does have most of the things (plus I want to move onto other projects).

What does it do?
Take a look at RateU's forum for some nice ideas of what it can do.  I also have some more basic examples here of what can be done with XThreads.  I'm pretty sure there are many other applications of this plugin, but those examples just give you some simple ideas.

The basic idea is giving you the ability to define custom fields for your threads, and providing methods to give you a lot of flexibility with customising forums.

Warning: I'm not going to bother with "beta" labels and so on.  I've done some testing on this myself, but it's by no means extensive.  Use this at your own risk.

Installation Instructions: standard installation procedures apply - you can find them in the announcement here.
You may need to CHMOD the uploads/xthreads_ul/ folder to 0777 after uploading the files (probably won't though).

Upgrade Instructions: unless stated otherwise, the general procedure for upgrades is to simply upload the new files, then visit your AdminCP.  In there, you'll be presented with a notice to run the upgrade - just follow what it says from there on.

Usage Instructions: this is a complex plugin, and unfortunately, you're probably going to have to figure this out yourself, depending on what you want to achieve with this plugin.  HTML and CSS knowledge is strongly recommended; you should also be familiar with MyBB's template system.  Some demonstrations can be found here - hopefully these will give you a good idea of how things work.  I suggest looking at the thread descriptions example, as this is fairly easy to understand (IMO).  If you can understand how everything works, there, perhaps try out the gallery example.

Known conflicting plugins
- MyPlaza Turbo -
If you are using MyPlaza Turbo, note that the author decided to use a particularly odd method to implement certain functionality, practically destroying compatibility with any plugin which hooks into the forum add/edit routines.  I've included a patch to address this issue - you need to replace inc/myplaza/myplaza_admin_plugin.php with the following file (it's unlikely that this will be committed as the author has decided to discontinue development)

  myplaza_admin_plugin.php (Size: 56.27 KB / Downloads: 2410)

- PL9 Forum Icons -
Affects certain functionality.  See here for a solution.

- PHP in Templates, v1.4 or older -
Similar to PL9 Forum Icons - solution is just to update to the latest version.

- MyAdvertisements - (update: older versions only, later versions may not conflict)
Affects some thread functionality, see here for a solution.

- Group Post CSS -
See here http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthre...http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=378&pid=59

All bug reports, suggestions, criticisms are appreciated (though I may not always implement suggestions) so please feel free to post them.
If you find this plugin useful, I would be grateful if you could give some token of appreciation for the work that has gone into this, and perhaps post some example usages you've come up with in the XThreads forum to help others get an idea of what can be achieve with this plugin (and for my own interest's sake ).


Github: https://github.com/zingaburga/XThreads-MyBB-Plugin
Note: do NOT use the Github version, unless you know what you're doing
Changelogs: v1.10, v1.20, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25, v1.26, v1.27, v1.30, v1.31, v1.32, v1.337, v1.40, v1.41, v1.42, v1.43, v1.44, v1.45, v1.46, v1.47, v1.50, v1.51, v1.52, v1.53, v1.60, v1.61, v1.62, v1.63, v1.64, v1.65, v1.66, v1.67, v1.68

[leefish]

Hi Zinga, I am having a problem with some of the custom threads not showing correctly - I am seeing the {VALUE} tag instaed of the thread field content - can you advise how I can fix it?

Here is a link to my forum to show what I mean

http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/forumdisplay.php?fid=30

If you would like an admin link to my forum to see how I have the custom thread fields set up I will PM you one.

It looks like its textboxes and checkboxes that are affected.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Grr, I must be doofy today.

v1.22 up.  Didn't fix the thing properly in my last version.

[leefish]

*Lee trots off to get it. Thanks Zinga.

EDIT  Yup that fixed it. Thank you.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Sweet, glad that worked, and sorry for all the trouble.

[leefish]

Awesomesauce! The filter now works with the pagination. That makes it officially better than core mybb pagination. Yay.

[RateU]

A huge changes list and new features! Thank you very much, Yumi! I really really love the "Hide Forum" feature. I don't need to use my crap plugin any more to hide specified forum id(s) from index I will edit my sample.

[leefish]

Possible problem: I tried to rebuild thumbnails from the ACP and got this error

Code:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function xthreads_get_attach_path() in /customers/leefish.nl/leefish.nl/httpd.www/mybb/inc/xthreads/xt_admin.php on line 692

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[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Psh, another bug?  I really didn't do too well did I?

Thanks leefish.  Updated to v1.23.

[leefish]

Aww, Zinga don't be too hard on yourself. I read in your blog that you are not gonna have a lot of time free for a while having two jobs an' all, so I think its great that you have worked to get this updated rather than abandoning us...

[RateU]

(07-04-2010 11:00 AM)leefish Wrote:  Awesomesauce! The filter now works with the pagination. That makes it officially better than core mybb pagination. Yay.

I've just realized it Even now we can combine the XThreads filtering system with MyBB sorter system. Another Yumi's magic