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

[jim7777]

yes just pulling it from another thread which is the thread the user specified

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Well yeah, you're going to need some plugin/code modification for that unfortunately...

[jim7777]

does xthread have hooks? maybe i can do one plugin perhaps
and the specific hook for getting the xthreadfield posted/included in the thred?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Doesn't have hooks, but doesn't really need any.  Just hook into showthread, read the value from $threadfields and query for the field.  Once you have that, you just need to display it - there's some code snippets you can look at for this:
http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthre...http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=869&pid=78
http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=738

[jim7777]

oh currently i can't understand the query part...

yeah i get the query part but how to get the threadfields ?? are they in the GLOBAL var??
i don't get it, prefixes with atf. D:

[Erain]

Hi Zinga,

Great plugin! I have 2 questions:

- I read in the description "Although not an added template, you can also customise the various postbit* templates through postbit_first*, which will only apply to the first post." Call me stupid, but I have no idea where to find this postbit_first template. It is not listed in the postbit section?

- Is it also possible to add custom fields to posts? I added some fields to the threads but I would also like to have some of those added to the posts.

Thank you!
Irene

[RateU]

(06-01-2011 11:28 PM)Erain Wrote:  I have no idea where to find this postbit_first template. It is not listed in the postbit section?

You need to create it.

(06-01-2011 11:28 PM)Erain Wrote:  - Is it also possible to add custom fields to posts? I added some fields to the threads but I would also like to have some of those added to the posts.

Do you mean by "posts" is the replies? The custom fields in newreply page like in the newthread page?

[Erain]

Yes I mean the replies. Is it possible to add custom fields for those as well?

Thanks!

[RateU]

(06-02-2011 02:02 AM)Erain Wrote:  Yes I mean the replies. Is it possible to add custom fields for those as well?

Unfortunately, not.

[Mike]

Hi,

I installed XThreads and it seemed to go ok until I noticed most of my admin menu was missing.
All I had was "Home" and "Configuration"
"Forums & Posts" "Users & Groups" "Templates & Style" and "Tools & Maintenance" were just not there.

I deactivated it and then uninstalled it but they were still missing.

I then restored files and database from a backup I had taken just before installing and everything was back to normal.

My forum has been customised by the previous owner and runs a custom theme.

I exported this theme and did a fresh install of mybb elsewhere on my server.
I imported the customised theme
I installed XThreads
It looked fine. No missing menu items.
I added all my plugins back in 1 at a time.
Everything works and looks fine.

Any ideas

It was 1.42 in a 1.63 forum
PHP 5.2.9
mySQL 5.0.92

Plugins
installed and active:
Signature Control (1.1_03)
Akismet (1.2.1)
Bad Behavior (1.0.0)
Board Messages (2.0.1)
Spider Bots (1.1)
User IP Log (1.1)
Multiple Registrations Detector (1.1)
Recent Topics Index Page (1.0.2)
Spoiler BBCode (1.6)
Stop forum spam (1.2)

not activated:
Hello World! (1.0)
Login Password Conversion (1.0)
Nofollow Signatures & Member Websites (1.1)
WoW Item Links (1.0.2)

not installed but in the list:
myxbl (3.1)