This is something really simple... Somebody asked for a "Goto First Unread Message" like vBulletin has.

The board apparently has this ability but I don't see it in use anywhere. I've noticed when I get notifications from threads it will take me to the new messages when using that link provided. That's the only place I've seen it used.

Since it isn't in active use by the board, I'm wondering if there are some issues with it and if it was intentionally left off? I put this on my board and it appears to be working fine, so I really don't know why it isn't available -- maybe just an oversight?

Super easy to do if you want to try it out.

In MessageIndex.php search for: $new = "<img src=\"$imagesdir/new.gif\" alt=$txt[302]\">";

That is line 275 if you haven't made any changes to this file before.

Change the line to: $new = "<a href=\"$cgi;action=display;threadid=$mnum;start=new\"><img src=\"$imagesdir/new.gif\" alt=\"$txt[302]\" border=\"0\"></a>";

The "new" image is now a link to the first unread message in that topic.

This doesn't provide exactly what that guy/gal was asking for but it gives the same type of functionality with very little changes to the source.

Even if you don't want the mod, there is a bug/typo in that line that could use some fixins. The alt=$txt[302]\" is missing the starting quote and should look like: alt=\"$txt[302]\". You can see the problem this causes by hovering your mouse over the "new" image in the topic index -- you get new" as the tooltip.

it didnt work for me. i got this message when clicking on any topic (not the "new" icon)

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `'$'' in /home/www/wootlands/b0r3d/Sources/MessageIndex.php on line 275
 
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: messageindex() in /home/www/wootlands/b0r3d/index.php on line 298

Are both of you getting the same error? I have this installed on two live boards and it's working... Unless something didn't copy correct for you out of the post? Both of the boards I used it on are 1.3 with the bug pack applied.

Is this happening to you when you are viewing the list of topics in a board or only when you click a topic link? If it's when you are clicking a topic link look at the address it is displaying in the browser before clicking, does it look normal? Normal being compare it to a link here on this board.

That path you mentioned was just PHP telling you which file the error was in. The actual error was the: "Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `'$'"

This could happen possibly if any of the quotes were not matched up or maybe even the semicolon missing at the end. It's a syntax error which makes me think something didn't copy correctly, but it looks right to me in the post....

Two boards you can play around with it on:

http://www.mud-master.com/forum/

and

http://www.mud-master.com/soh/

There's not real "general" area on either of those boards but if you want to play around just toss the messages in the first board and I'll get around to remove them later -- no biggie. You'll have to be a member to see the "new" links. The first link is the far more generalized of the boards, maybe that one would be better for testing, but it works on either one, feel free to play.

i have the bug pack installed... i'll try the code again in a minute

and since i copied/pasted your code, nothing was missing. any other ideas as to what it could have been?

Quote from: myk on May 09, 2002, 09:58:31 AMand since i copied/pasted your code, nothing was missing. any other ideas as to what it could have been?

I really don't know. You got everything up to and including the semicolon? And all of that old line was replaced? I'll paste it again in this message just to be sure.

      if (!$new || $username=='Guest')
         $new = '';
      else
         $new = "<a href=\"$cgi;action=display;threadid=$mnum;start=new\"><img src=\"$imagesdir/new.gif\" alt=\"$txt[302]\" border=\"0\"></a>";

That's pasted right from the files I have live on those sites I listed. Little more than I listed before, just wanted to give a reference to the code. It's that last line (obviously) that is the replaced line.

That last line is ONE long line if it's not apparent -- the board is splitting it. Make sure it comes out on one line in the source.

*turns on twilight zone music*

worked this time. there's no difference from last time either....

Didn't upgrade and now it works O_o really strange