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: 2414)

- 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

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

1.
Just make a non-editable field and create a custom moderator tool.  Get the moderator tool to set the value to what you need, eg:

Code:

blah blah. Last edited by {$mybb->user['username']}

---

2.
Make a text field (datatype=integer), only editable by moderator and hide the input field.  Let's say the key is "last_edited_by".  In editpost template, stick code such as

HTML Code

<input type="hidden" name="xthreads_last_edited_by" value="{$mybb->user['uid']}" />

---

Now when a moderator edits the thread, his/her user ID will be saved to the field.

[jim7777]

ahh I get it now thanks! but hmm.. i'll just try to customize the xthread plugin, wherein if the hidden field is different from the one in the database, then clear the message

[RateU]

@ Yumi: Personally, I'm very glad with XThreads performance. I've got the exact number:
181 custom thread fields
The cache used for this is 157.98 KB (based on MyBB datacache).
Row size: 1,072 B.
Almost all filterable fields use Listbox.

Well, it seems that I'm too far from the limit, Yumi

[MasterZuFu]

Any chance I can get someone to upload this in .zip format? I'm not able to convert it from .7z and can't install any new software. Thanks!

[RateU]

I think you can download it from the github (I think it is in .zip format).
Choose 1.42 version (not the dev version).

[MasterZuFu]

thank you!

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(04-10-2011 05:08 AM)MasterZuFu Wrote:  Any chance I can get someone to upload this in .zip format? I'm not able to convert it from .7z and can't install any new software. Thanks!

There's also 7-Zip Portable if you can't install, for whatever reason.

[MasterZuFu]

The problem is I can't execute any unauthorized exacutable files. But I got it now

[jim7777]

I got a problem with Forum Default sort options again

When a guest is viewing the forum with a different sort options (e.g. File Upload: Update Date, blah blah), it will not be applied to the guest users until they log in. So, guest users wouldn't experience how the threads should be sorted properly (in this case, by Update Date, blah blah) and i think this bug doesn't apply all the time since the thread being replied was about december last year, but logged in users doesn't experience this problem

and note:: only old threads, i guess

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(04-10-2011 10:31 AM)MasterZuFu Wrote:  The problem is I can't execute any unauthorized exacutable files. But I got it now

One would wonder how you'd upload files in that environment (authorised FTP app?, Windows built-in FTP (eww)? or fancy web interface which can auto unzip?)...

(04-10-2011 12:34 PM)jim7777 Wrote:  I got a problem with Forum Default sort options again

When a guest is viewing the forum with a different sort options (e.g. File Upload: Update Date, blah blah), it will not be applied to the guest users until they log in. So, guest users wouldn't experience how the threads should be sorted properly (in this case, by Update Date, blah blah) and i think this bug doesn't apply all the time since the thread being replied was about december last year, but logged in users doesn't experience this problem

and note:: only old threads, i guess

Have you set the Hide Input Field of the file thread field for guests?  Sorting is disabled if that's set.  If so, you may wish to consider not hiding for guests and use a conditional to hide what you want from guests.