Off-Topic Idea/solution

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61

haha i dont even know why you’re on this forum, it sucks remember? :lol:

also, your saying that the automotive enthusiast should be inconvienced rather then the OT users…makes sense :tdown:

this is the best option for making the most people happy :tup:

62

im going to have to agree that we need mroe automotive forums to gather more people. instead of just techincal maybe somethign like suspension, performance, nos, F/I, brakes wheels and tires, etc etc

63

Oh no. SRT forums has that going on. It’s like somebody with an OCD set up the forums.

64

setup an OT forum and link it to this site. You can see this done at www.tamparacing.com, seems to work well.

65

Exclude forums

Edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Find this code and add the red code (two instances, scroll right):


<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&exclude=X,Y,Z" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
				<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&exclude=X,Y,Z" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">			
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>

Where X,Y,Z are forum numbers

Code might be slightly different in 3.0 as this is for 3.5.x

66

3.5 code is a bit different that 3.0

67

should be near the same functions, and I think the additional code is actually what you really need.

68

uggg here:

in:
/modules/welcomeback.php

find:

$getnewposts = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . “post WHERE dateline >= ‘$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]’”);

replace with:

$getnewposts = $DB_site->query_first("
SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread ON (thread.threadid=post.threadid)
WHERE post.dateline >= ‘$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]’ AND thread.forumid NOT IN (1,2,3)
");

This will exlude posts in forums 1,2 and 3 replace numbers as needed

fin.

69

the code I posted eariler should work…just look in the navbar template…