[Forum] random thread in sidebar

[zascok]

Any tutorial please? HowTo or something to show random threads in sidebar. vB.org = none, nothing. So I decided to ask here.

[Abdulla Ashoor]

There is no option for forum threads block to show random threads, currently you have:

- New Started - Newly started threads will display first
- New Replied - Newly replied threads will displayed first
- Most Replied - Threads with most replies will display first
- Most Viewed - Threads with most views will display first

You can create a forum block by going to your 'Forums & Moderators' section in admincp:
Forum Blocks Manage -> [Add Block] -> (forum threads)


There are lots of tutorial and articles here, you may want to surf:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/content.php

[zascok]

I know I don't have an options. But I have possibility to add. As far as I remember anything about pure randomisation it has to be a couple of lines of code. This is why I'm asking. Let's say in wp, the one of the first thinks blogger does, it's adding a random posts into sidebar, there are dozens of code for that. it's Good for SEO. I'm surprised how little code was written for sidebar's block

[Abdulla Ashoor]

Well, you may create your own code but you need to take care of the efficiency of fetching random rows of MySQL.
If you want also you can post this as a suggestion in JIRA tracker.