Show new topics/comments on categories

florenzo

Is there a way to show on categories page that there are new topics or comments in a category. Not how much, just a little "new" or something that i can see that in this category is a new topic or comment. Like it is in "normal" forums.

Mark

Sounds like a nice add-on to me...

florenzo

For me too :-) But i don´t know how to do it

florenzo

Any hint for me how i can do this. I am not a PHP programmer, but maybe i can try it. Please help me

jimw

You should look at the categories.php file to see how it works.

florenzo

Sure thank you, i know this, but i don´t know how i can show new topics/comments in the categories.php file.

jimw

I'll look at it later when I get home.

florenzo

Thank you, i hope you can help me :-)

jimw

There is an extension called LatestDiscussionPrime which does what you want, but adds it to the side panel. Take a look at that extension.

florenzo

Thank you for your help. The Latest Discussion Prime extension shows only the latest discussions. I like to show the unread discussions/comments for members who are loged in the forum like the small "New xx" in every discussion in the "Discussions" page. Is there only one unread discussion/comment for a member in a category so it should show a small "new" in the categorie on "Categrories" page.

jimw

That extension does show a New and the number of new comments in the discussion.

florenzo

Okay, but how can i show a "new" on every category when there is a new discussion or comment in it for the member? This extension shows it in the sidebar like it is in "Diskussions" page. Not very usefull for me. I need it directly in the "Categories" page. It is like i said, i am not a PHP freak, so please can somebody help me.

Here the first category from this forum and the "new" i would like to have it:

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  Category Random
  
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  Category description Don't know where to post your comments? Do it here.
  
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  Discussions 1548    Options Block category    new

jimw

I'm looking into how to do that. I just wanted you to see something that (I think) meets your needs but should be in the actual Category list.

florenzo

The reason for this is my visitors likes the categories page as starting page in the forum. So they should see in which category are new discussion/comment since last visit. Like it is in other forums. Some visitors are interessted only in one or some category, so they don´t like to search in the discussions page for topics with the right category.

With the Latest Discussion Prime extension they only see a part of it.

jimw

I have used the Latest Discussion Prime extension as a guide to make one that shows by the same information by Category. I can't figure out how to add this information to the Category list. If someone else could advise me, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I will upload this shortly.

Edit: I have a version of the Category list working now on my forum. If you would like to check it out, I would appreciate any feedback.

florenzo

Where can i see your forum?

jimw

I am having bandwidth problems on my site and it is unavailable at the moment. Sorry.

florenzo

I take a look on it, but it is not the right one for me.


Is there no why to look in the database and check if there is a unread comment in a category and display beside the category-name a little "new" in that case?

Please help me, i will switch from my SMF to Vanilla. I searched the last days for alternativ forums, but there are only overloaded monsters with horrible code :-(

Vanilla is the best, but my visitors require the categories view as startpage - with "new" display besite the category.

Please, please, please

jimw

I am working on this and almost have a solution.

Edit: I have a solution in which I modified the categories.php file.

florenzo

Thank you Jim, a modified categories.php is no problem for me :-)

Can you please send it to me.

Neverender

so whatever happened with this? i'd like something like this as well.