gbrian Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Guys, I'm new to ipb. Just wondering is there any 'Similar Threads' recommendation block as what vbulletin is offering in their board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zocker-foren Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 you can make this with a little hook. Here in the ressource area. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbrian Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 you can make this with a little hook. Here in the ressource area. :-) Thanks dude! Now I know where to go from here. Sorry for my ignorance. New guy tends to ask silly question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 IPB doesn't have any stand alone similar topics hook or mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ian Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 No, but there is a third party mod in the resources area.[url=" for version 3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Your link links to a random topic modification, which is not what anyone in this thread wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ian Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Maybe you have a problem with reading English - but the title says similar threads. I did not link to a mod that says'random topic modification'. No need to highlight words not used in the mod in red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Despair Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Your link links to a random topic modification, which is not what anyone in this thread wants. Maybe you have a problem with reading English - but the title says similar threads. I did not link to a mod that says'random topic modification'. No need to highlight words not used in the mod in red. Hmm, I think what Jura is trying to say is that the modification displays random topics rather than similar topics. Whether it displays random topics or a truly similar topic depends on the word it matches. The problem seems to be that as long two topics have one word in common it'll be seen as a similar topic. For example, "Tom and Jane" and "Do you like food and drink?" would count as a similar topic since they both contain the word "and." You can set a list of exclude words and if you include "and" in the list, these two will not match anymore. However, despite filling up your exclude list with all the stop words, matching one word only still doesn't equal a similar topic. "I believe it will rain today" and "Do you believe in miracles?" will match. Sometimes it will deliver a similar topic, but sometimes it won't. Needless to say, the algorithm, if you can consider it to be one, isn't that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ian Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I wasn't saying it is prefect - but why ask for a mod if it exists? Isn't it better to ask the mod author if he can solve any issues? it is called similar topics, so doubt it displays random topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Despair Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I wasn't saying it is prefect - but why ask for a mod if it exists? Isn't it better to ask the mod author if he can solve any issues? it is called similar topics, so doubt it displays random topics. Apparently (or my guess) because the mod author hasn't responded to the support topic since the end of January. :P Depending on what word it matches it can display random topics as stated in my other post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ian Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 fair comment then :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier Turbis Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 IPB should definitely have this feature built-in. It's very useful. Even more useful than social groups. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 SIMILAR TOPICS and AJAX REPLY = fight of the century with IPS! Forget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Foundry Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 SIMILAR TOPICS and AJAX REPLY = fight of the century with IPS! Forget! Both of these are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieTang Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 On forums that have it "similar topics" rarely seems to display topics that are actually similar to the topic you're in. So really, I don't think this should be built in, at least not if it's done the same way that other forums do it. There has been the idea of "similarly tagged topics" being added once IPB has a tagging system, that's something that I think would be a lot more useful and reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Doing a search against the database on EVERY topic view page (which is effectively what you would have to do to find similar topics) seems like a bad idea to me resource-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNYC Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 What about if it were strictly limited to topics in that particular forum section within the last 6 months? If topics could be tagged, a 'similar threads' display could make much more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Doing a search against the database on EVERY topic view page (which is effectively what you would have to do to find similar topics) seems like a bad idea to me resource-wise. As always, in the end, this should be an admin's decision. He will see if it's good or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 As always, in the end, this should be an admin's decision. He will see if it's good or not. I understand the sentiment, but how many admins are going to consider such a feature bad? They will want to use it, and expect no resources issue, full stop. It's not realistic to explain "you shouldn't use this feature that WE built and included with the software because it's too resource intensive". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ian Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 It is the same with new posts in the sidebar - we used that mod and it almost brought our site down as it was too resource hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanax Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I understand the sentiment, but how many admins are going to consider such a feature bad? They will want to use it, and expect no resources issue, full stop. It's not realistic to explain "you shouldn't use this feature that WE built and included with the software because it's too resource intensive". So.. how come vB has it? I mean, I doubt they would implement a feature that would essentially crash the server if too many users tried to view a thread at the same time.. or perhaps vB have gone mad since I last checked them out :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervosa Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Maybe with a tagging system added, it would be easier to pull relevant topics (maybe even gallery/blogs/content posts) that wouldn't be to stressful on the site. I currently use the one [url=" before in this topic. While most of the topics it shows are not similar, it gives your users other things to read (that they probably wouldn't find on there own) and keeps them on your site longer. Saying software x has this so we should to isn't always the best reason to add something, but in this case, having a feature like this would only help communities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmike Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Doing a search against the database on EVERY topic view page (which is effectively what you would have to do to find similar topics) seems like a bad idea to me resource-wise. How it works in vB: a search only runs once at the thread post time, and later only if the thread title is edited. So the similar threads block generally lists only the threads posted before the currently viewed thread post time. By the way, using Sphinx for similar thread search greatly enhances the relevancy of the found similar threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glumbo Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 IPB really needs this feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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