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: 2400)

- 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

[kitten]

Probably you were already a programmer, i just finished to read the php manual with variables and couple of functions I find xtreads not like something fancy but something very useful for my needs this is why i need to understand it , soon or later .

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

I've thought about whether I should automatically display thread fields somewhere so that, for basic applications, it automatically shows up.
Right now, XThreads is pretty useless without any template modifications whatsoever.

[RateU]

In postbit_first, Yumi?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

It would probably be in showthread due to the fact that XThreads does not create a postbit_first template.  Also possibly in the forumdisplay threadlist.
Just wondering whether I should really do it though... >_>

(thanks for suggestion )

[leefish]

Is an idea in the activation routine to create a settings group? In that settings group you could have the option show XThreads default threadfields settings in

New Thread
Showthread
Forum display threadlist

That way less experienced users could choose.

[kitten]

I started from yesterday to work for a classified applications with xthreads I guess it will look very rude regarding listed ads on threads.

[RateU]

(02-28-2011 06:26 AM)kitten Wrote:  I started from yesterday to work for a classified applications with xthreads

Great

(02-28-2011 06:26 AM)kitten Wrote:  I guess it will look very rude regarding listed ads on threads.

I'm not quite sure what you mean?

[kitten]

Well rateu , after the members submission , i think the ads should be publish in the thread with :
ad1
ad2
ad3
ad4
Or should i make categories for each ad.
I was talking about the rude way for displaying ads into thread without any template modification, nothing good-looking. (yet)

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(02-27-2011 07:15 PM)leefish Wrote:  Is an idea in the activation routine to create a settings group? In that settings group you could have the option show XThreads default threadfields settings in

New Thread
Showthread
Forum display threadlist

That way less experienced users could choose.

I'm somewhat avoiding a settings group with this plugin for unknown reasons.
But it'll most likely be an expansion of the "Hide Input Row" option, which will probably change to a "Hide on" setting where you choose where it's hidden by default (showthread, forumdislplay, newthread, editpost, forumdisplay sorter listbox).

[RateU]

Yumi, I want to ask something.
Is there any reason why XThreads not enabling conditional globally (in template) if a user install XThreads but doesn't have Template Conditional or PHP In Template plugin installed?
I think (my personal opinion), XThreads and conditional is an amazing combo
But I don't know much about performance if this is the reason.

@ Kitten: Do you mean by the Thread is showthread or forumdisplay_thread?
I'm really sorry, I can't give much opinion about the categories, because I don't know the system of your classified applications