A Similar Topics Extension for phpBB
This is an extension for phpBB that will find and display a list of similar (related) topics at the bottom of the current topic's page.
- Displays a list of the most similar/relevant topics at the bottom of the current topic page.
- Similar topics are sorted by their relevance.
- Adjust how many Similar Topics to display per page.
- Adjust the age-span of topics to display (i.e.: display similar topics from the past year only).
- Enable or disable similar topics in each forum.
- Exclude specific forums from being searched for similar topics.
- Specify which forums can share similar topics with other forums.
- A query caching option reduces SQL overhead on large boards.
- Permission settings for users and groups determine who can view similar topics (i.e.: don't show similar topics to guests).
- Multilingual support for stop-words (common words that are ignored).
- Multiple languages are supported. View the pre-installed localizations.
- Compatible with most styles, more added with every release.
- Built-in compatibility with my "Topic Preview" extension.
- Overall winner of the 2010 "Summer of MODs" competition at phpBB.com.
- Featured MOD of the Week in the phpBB Weekly Podcast, episode #161.
- phpBB 3.2.1 up to the most current version (3.3.x).
- PHP 5.4
- MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL database (SQLite, Oracle and MS SQL Server not supported)
- Download the latest validated release.
- Unzip the downloaded release and copy it to the
extdirectory of your phpBB board. - Navigate in the ACP to
Customise -> Manage extensions. - Look for
Precise Similar Topicsunder the Disabled Extensions list and click itsEnablelink.
- Navigate in the ACP to
Customise -> Manage extensions. - Click the
Disablelink for Precise Similar Topics. - To permanently uninstall, click
Delete Data, then delete thesimilartopicsfolder fromphpBB/ext/vse/.
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