Recent Forum Topics on Board Index For 2.1.x

[Pipke]

Link to the mod

Recent Forum Topics on Board Index

For SMF 2.1.x
Tested only with the SMF default theme!

This mod will add Recent Forum Topics on the Boardindex, it has some options:

• Change on wich side you want it to display
• Filtering the forum topics by selecting categories or boards
• Display posters avatars (Note: this only works if you have the Avatars Display Integration mod installed)
• More...

License
* This SMF modification is subject to the BSD 2-Clause License

User options
- Options are available through icons (some are only available when you are logged in!)

Languages
- English

Version 1.2 - Mar 15, 2023
- Fixed the constructpages

Version 1.1 - Feb 11, 2023
- Fixed undefined array key due php > 8.0
- Added language Spanish/Latin by Rock Lee

Version 1.0 - Jan 17, 2023
- Initial Release

[TwitchisMental]

Nice work !

[-Rock Lee-]

Good job and I'll leave you the translation by the way


Regards!

[Matias-]

Hello, thanks for the mod. One question, if I only want to use the recent topic, how can I do it?



It happens that I would like to use only that part, but when I urge it, it modifies my entire menu of categories and others... Thanks!

[Pipke]

@Matias- The mod is not intended to function that it only shows the recent topics on the boardindex, that's why its called recent topics on the boardindex , however it should be possible, ill take a look when i have time how it can be easy achieved.

[Matias-]

@Matias- The mod is not intended to function that it only shows the recent topics on the boardindex, that's why its called recent topics on the boardindex , however it should be possible, ill take a look when i have time how it can be easy achieved.

It would be nice since there is no day of date a "recent topics" that can be put in the boardindex.

I add: It would also be very useful to have compatibility with the prefix mod: https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=4038

Thank you!

[Gryzor]

Looks nice! Any idea why I'm getting "file not found" in the two "extract tree" steps for ./Themes and ./Sources? Naturally, these paths are there, above the Packages dir.

[Pipke]

Looks nice! Any idea why I'm getting "file not found" in the two "extract tree" steps for ./Themes and ./Sources? Naturally, these paths are there, above the Packages dir.

I dont know what you mean, can you explain better?

[Pipke]

@Matias- I'm not going to implement the option to hide the board structure/categories so that it shows only the recent topics in the mod, if I did... the way to use the filter options will lose its function and that is not the purpose for which I built the mod.

I'll just explain how you can achieve this with these edits, but it's not recommended to do so... it's entirely up to you. First you should set the user options like you want it, you'and other users can't change it later anymore trough the menu after the edits, because it gets removed!

in Sources/RecentTopicsBoardIndex.php

Code (find) Select Expand

// Fire it up ;)
loadTemplate('RecentTopicsBoardIndex', 'RecentTopicsBoardIndex'); #template, css


Code ("add after") Select Expand

$rtbi['options']['align'] = 'top';
$rtbi['quickbuttons'] = array(); 
unset($context['rtbi_buttons']['applyfilter']);

in {your_theme}/RecentTopicsBoardIndex.template.php

Code (find) Select Expand

// Disable smf default mark read button
$context['mark_read_button'] = array();


Code ("add after") Select Expand

$context['categories'] = array();


[Gryzor]

Looks nice! Any idea why I'm getting "file not found" in the two "extract tree" steps for ./Themes and ./Sources? Naturally, these paths are there, above the Packages dir.

I dont know what you mean, can you explain better?

Not much to explain unfortunately, these errors just come up and reported by smf when trying to install the mod. Installation stops with those 2 errors... 😐

[Pipke]

Looks nice! Any idea why I'm getting "file not found" in the two "extract tree" steps for ./Themes and ./Sources? Naturally, these paths are there, above the Packages dir.

I dont know what you mean, can you explain better?

Not much to explain unfortunately, these errors just come up and reported by smf when trying to install the mod. Installation stops with those 2 errors... 😐

Can you install other mods without errors, if so it looks like the file you downloaded as the mod is fault, try to download a new one, and see how that goes.

[Matias-]

@Matias- I'm not going to implement the option to hide the board structure/categories so that it shows only the recent topics in the mod, if I did... the way to use the filter options will lose its function and that is not the purpose for which I built the mod.

I'll just explain how you can achieve this with these edits, but it's not recommended to do so... it's entirely up to you. First you should set the user options like you want it, you'and other users can't change it later anymore trough the menu after the edits, because it gets removed!

in Sources/RecentTopicsBoardIndex.php

Code (find) Select Expand

// Fire it up ;)
loadTemplate('RecentTopicsBoardIndex', 'RecentTopicsBoardIndex'); #template, css


Code ("add after") Select Expand

$rtbi['options']['align'] = 'top';
$rtbi['quickbuttons'] = array(); 
unset($context['rtbi_buttons']['applyfilter']);

in {your_theme}/RecentTopicsBoardIndex.template.php

Code (find) Select Expand

// Disable smf default mark read button
$context['mark_read_button'] = array();


Code ("add after") Select Expand

$context['categories'] = array();


Thanks for your answer, I was able to do it but now my categories are not visible... What could it be?

[Pipke]

Thanks for your answer, I was able to do it but now my categories are not visible... What could it be?

Hello, thanks for the mod. One question, if I only want to use the recent topic, how can I do it?

that is why?

[Matias-]

Thanks for your answer, I was able to do it but now my categories are not visible... What could it be?

Hello, thanks for the mod. One question, if I only want to use the recent topic, how can I do it?

that is why?

Maybe because of my bad English it was misunderstood.

What I want is to use the "recent topics" part and for everything else to be seen by default.

For example:

-Box Shoutbox
-Box Recent Topics
- Categories
- Etc...

All by default.

[Pipke]

@Matias- I'll put it in ideas for the next update to add that option.

[Matias-]

@Matias- I'll put it in ideas for the next update to add that option.

Excellent, a mod to see recent topics would be nice.

I would add the option to view the prefixes of the mod that already exists.

https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=4038

Example:

https://prnt.sc/LFYrSxnB3Opk

[Pipke]

@Matias- I'll put it in ideas for the next update to add that option.

I thought about it for a while, you can keep the boards hidden by clicking on the arrow up/down behind the category name, this way the boards are also hidden much easier.

[Pipke]

updated mod to v1.1

- Fixed undefined array key due php > 8.0
- Added language Spanish_Latin by Rock Lee

[EthanR]

Can you make it like the 2.0 version with the round poster avatars next to the topic?

[Pipke]

Can you make it like the 2.0 version with the round poster avatars next to the topic?

What do you mean exaclty, as it is now the mod does that... or do i don't understand you correctly?