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: 2307)

- 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

[Patrick_]

Request:
When copying a forum, XThreads settings are copied, but Custom Fields are not. I would like them to be copied as well.

p.d. Is XThreads compatible with MyBB 1.6.5?

[RateU]

(12-01-2011 04:51 AM)Patrick_ Wrote:  p.d. Is XThreads compatible with MyBB 1.6.5?

I don't upgrade to 1.6.5 yet. So, I don't know much about it.
But, although not all XThreads example applications added, I've tried to upgrade this demo to MyBB 1.6.5:
http://xtest.byethost7.com/index.php
Only Trading forum, Garage, Link Dir, Usermap and YouTube Video Gallery example application added there.
From my side, I don't have any problem with it.
It runs PHP 5.2.17 and MySQLi 5.5.16

[RocketFoot]

I'm on 1.6.5 and I have no issues with XThreads so far!

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(12-01-2011 04:51 AM)Patrick_ Wrote:  Request:
When copying a forum, XThreads settings are copied, but Custom Fields are not. I would like them to be copied as well.

Thread fields cannot be copied, but it's theoretically possible to make them apply to the copied forum.
However MyBB doesn't do this for thread prefixes, moderator tools etc, so I'm not sure whether I should to stay consistent...

[Patrick_]

I said copied, but wanted to say apply them to the copied form.
I didn't know that MyBB doesn't copy thread prefixes, and mod tools. Seems weird..... Maybe you can add an option box when copying forms to select if you want to copy (apply) threadfield settings?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Possibly, though I doubt I'll do it due to the amount of work required vs the benefit (which is practically nothing, I mean, it just takes you an extra minute to assign everything).

[haytoch]

(11-29-2011 09:04 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  It really doesn't take up that much space, and it's at the bottom of the page...

Yes i know , why i sad that because My second Admin don't know annything about Xthread (Annything about coding and in english too, our forum is in french) that's why !! it's strange , he is the creator of forum i'm juste helping hem , every thime he creat a forum , he asked me what i can put on this "Xthread Option" ....

So if it's ON/OFF , i'll juste say make it OFF every time when you creat a new forum.
Hopp you undersand my english

Thanks for your support
Haytoch

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Just tell him to ignore it then, as the defaults are fine.
Alternatively, you can make a French translation of the options.

[Sama34]

Now the forums are showing up even when the option to don't show them is active:
http://pokecosmo.com.ar/foros/foros.php

('PokeTube' and 'Contactacnos')

I noticed this after deactivating 'PHP In Templates and Template Conditionals' and activate 'Template Conditionals'.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Reproduction steps from a clean board?