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I haven’t seen them (doesn’t mean it doesnt exist) but I’ve figured out the framework on how to build and attach a view if you’d like to copy my homework

This is the code I whipped up for “most-views” and “least-views” (which requires the view count plugin to be installed (and inserting the views column in view.php)

function most_views_views( $views ) {

global $views;

$views['most-views'] = 'Topics with the most views';

return $views;

}

add_filter('bb_views', 'most_views_views');



function least_views_views( $views ) {

global $views;

$views['least-views'] = 'Topics with the least views';

return $views;

}

add_filter('bb_views', 'least_views_views');



function most_views( $view ) {

global $bbdb, $topics, $view_count;

if ($view=='most-views')  {$sort="DESC";}

if ($view=='least-views')  {$sort="ASC";}

if ($view=='least-views' || $view=='most-views')  {

$limit = bb_get_option('page_topics');

$where = apply_filters('get_latest_topics_where','');

$most_views = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT topic_id FROM $bbdb->topicmeta WHERE meta_key='views' ORDER BY cast(meta_value as UNSIGNED) $sort LIMIT $limit");

foreach (array_keys($most_views) as $i) {$trans[$most_views[$i]->topic_id] =& $most_views[$i];} $ids = join(',', array_keys($trans));

$topics ="SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE topic_status=0 AND topic_id IN ($ids) $where ORDER BY FIELD(topic_id, $ids)";

$topics = $bbdb->get_results($topics);

$view_count  = count($topics);

$topics = bb_append_meta( $topics, 'topic' );

}

else {do_action( 'bb_custom_view', $view );}

}

add_action( 'bb_custom_view', 'most_views' );

As you can see a new view requires both 1. an action 2. a filter

Easy once you’ve seen it, but try figuring it out from scratch!

This bit adds the title to view pages (missing by default in bbpress)

function bb_get_view_title($title) {

if (is_view()) {$title =  get_view_name(). ' « ' . bb_get_option( 'name' ); }

return $title;

}

add_filter( 'bb_get_title', 'bb_get_view_title' );

Wow I was making it too complicated! Try this…

I managed to use internal functions but there’s a catch with get_recent_user_replies in that all topic data is not attached properly so I have to run through get_topic to pull all the cache data out again (the only proper way to do it without peeking in the cache directly)

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: my views

Description:  views for a user's topics started and other participated topics

Plugin URI:

Author:

Version: 0.01

*/



function my_views_filter( $views ) {

global $views;

$views['my-topics'] = "Topics I've Started";

$views['my-posts'] = "Topics I've Participated In";

return $views;

}

add_filter('bb_views', 'my_views_filter');



function my_views_action( $view ) {

global $bbdb, $topics, $view_count; $user_id=bb_get_current_user_info( 'id' );

if ($view=='my-topics')  {$topics=get_recent_user_threads($user_id); $view_count  = count($topics);}

if ($view=='my-posts')   {

$posts=get_recent_user_replies($user_id);   $topics="";

foreach ($posts as $post) {$topics[]=get_topic($post->topic_id );}

$topics=bb_append_meta( $topics, 'topic' );

$view_count  = count($topics);}

}

add_action( 'bb_custom_view', 'my_views_action' );



if (!function_exists(bb_get_view_title)) {

function bb_get_view_title($title) {

if (is_view()) {$title =  get_view_name(). ' &laquo; ' . bb_get_option( 'name' ); }

return $title;

}

add_filter( 'bb_get_title', 'bb_get_view_title' );

}



?>

Ugh. So that breaks a view things I’ve done.

I’m waiting for an addition to the plugin svn and I’ll just update there at this point. I also missed checking if the user is logged in, now fixed.

I don’t run the newest trunk so I don’t have a way to test. Looks like I’ll have to setup a test account and install it again.

and I just put the finishes on a nice dropdown view box too…

function views_dropdown() {

$views_dropdown='<form name="views_dropdown" id="views_dropdown">

<select  size=1  name="views_dropdown_select" onchange="if (this.selectedIndex != 0) {location=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;}}">

<option value="#">SHOW ME

> </option>';

$views=get_views(); foreach ($views as $view => $title ) {

$views_dropdown.='<option value="'.get_view_link($view).'">'.$views[$view].'</option>';

}

$views_dropdown.='</select></form>'; echo $views_dropdown;

}

> is there a method way to delete a view

In current trunk…

bb_deregister_view( $view )

mdawaffe has committed to try and bring the point releases closer together. I believe there are no hard targets set, but it should be better than last time. I would estimate that 0.8.3 will be out within a month, but that is just an estimate. mdawaffe gets pulled from bbPress all the time to do other things.

I can’t talk with authority about the XML-RPC features being added, but they will potentially open up a whole heap of options for people wanting to connect their forums with other forums and blogs. You should enquire about the development priorities and directions on the bbPress dev list though, you may get more joy there.

I usually fix the bugs I find and then the trunk catches up with me a day or two later after I submit a patch…. ; )

Er, wait a minute. This new view registation method takes away massive potential from views.

For example you can’t manipulate the data before and/or after the BB_QUERY.

Here’s how I find “most viewed” and “least viewed” topics and create new views for them. How the heck is this even remotely possible with the new method? The new method also takes away all natural mysql query methods, making things much more complicated and easier to make mistakes on query configuration.

function most_views( $view ) {

global $bbdb, $topics, $view_count;

if ($view=='most-views')  {$sort="DESC";}

if ($view=='least-views')  {$sort="ASC";}

if ($view=='least-views' || $view=='most-views')  {

$limit = bb_get_option('page_topics');

$where = apply_filters('get_latest_topics_where','');

$most_views = $bbdb->get_results("SELECT topic_id FROM $bbdb->topicmeta WHERE meta_key='views' ORDER BY cast(meta_value as UNSIGNED) $sort LIMIT $limit");

foreach (array_keys($most_views) as $i) {$trans[$most_views[$i]->topic_id] =& $most_views[$i];} $ids = join(',', array_keys($trans));

$topics ="SELECT * FROM $bbdb->topics WHERE topic_status=0 AND topic_id IN ($ids) $where ORDER BY FIELD(topic_id, $ids)";

$topics = $bbdb->get_results($topics);

$view_count  = count($topics);

$topics = bb_append_meta( $topics, 'topic' );

}}

.

Absolutely no way to do that purely though BB_QUERY, at least to my limited knowledge. You’d have to hook BB_QUERY and check for what it’s doing on every call and that’s nasty.

great job