Advanced Plugin Manager

[akanevsky]

I no longer support my hacks. Please feel free to update them and release new versions elsewhere as long as I get the credit for the original modification.

/*===================================*\
|| Advanced Plugin Manager
||
|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Co-Author(s) : Andreas
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jul 02, 2009
||
|| Time required to install: ~5 minutes
|| Difficulty: easy
\*===================================*/

DESCRIPTION

This product makes it somewhat easier to use the plugin system when you have a lot of products installed. The original version (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=95738) of this hack has been written by Andreas. This is a new release that serves the same purpose but has more features and less bugs.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
File Changes: 2
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES


Combined product / plugin page with plugins arranged in collapsible product groups(as per the screenshot).
"Save and reload" plugin feature for vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.7.x (disabled for vBulletin 3.8.x because it has native support for this function).


VERSION HISTORY

2.1.0
[+] Compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Added the "expand / collapse all products" feature.
[+] Collapse status is now saved properly between page reloads.

2.0.2
[+] Added support for the new vBulletin 3.6 features.
[+] Product version is now displayed in the product list.

2.0.1
[+] Product descriptions are now displayed in the list.
[F] Corrected a bug with purple box around collapse buttons in internet explorer.

2.0.0
[F] Save & Reload is now Working Properly
[F] Save Active State is now Working Properly
[F] No more purposeless control buttons on vbulletin product.
[F] Products with no plugins are now shown by the hack.

1.0.0
Original Version by Andreas

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

IF YOU LIKE MY HACK, PLEASE CLICK INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=217729)

[akanevsky]

First Post Reserved!

[Developer]

& screenshots plz :)
..
looks good & simple

[akanevsky]

Ya, I posted one.

[peterska2]

Does it upgrade from v1 easily, or do you need to uninstall v1 to install v2?

[akanevsky]

To upgrade from v1, you need to:

1. Uninstall and reinstall the plugin.
2. Overwrite advplugins.php.
3. Do the file modification.

So yes, technically you need to uninstall v1 before you install v2 :)

[peterska2]

ok. thanks.

I dont suppose it will work without the file edit will it?

(I always forget about the file mods since vB went to 3.5.x)

Plus, any suggestions on how to uninstall v1 as it doesn't show in the plugin/product manager?

[akanevsky]

The reason for the file edit is that plugin.php contains no hooks.
If you don't do the file edit, the following functions will not work:

Save & Reload
Save State

Because there will be buffer output before these functions are even activated.

To uninstall v1, you need to delete the Plugin System Adjustments plugin.

[uae]

I like :)
Keep up the good work

[Gizmo5h1t3]

installed...nice work.

[Mastar]

Gladly clicked 'install'...

[BlackScorpion3]

Thanks, that is a tight hack. Much easier to manage plugins having them seperated for you.

--Black Scorpion

[DementedMindz]

nice Psionic working great... thanks

[Snake]

This is sick! Thanks man!

[toolblast]

Psionic you've done it again! Another great script :)

I also like that you've launched a website to showcase all your paid scripts. Great work.

PM me when you get a chance :classic:

[SaN-DeeP]

this shall be a handy addon.
thanks

[Dennis B]

Shouldn't we remove the file cpnav_adv_product_management.xml as well?
Otherwise the old navigation link remains there, useless...

[akanevsky]

You are talking about a different hack than the one by Andreas. So, the answer is, I don't know.

[Dennis B]

Damn! You're right, I was talking about the Adv Product Mgr!
Sorry. :)

[rareclownfish]

installed

[Tralala]

Installed! Me likey!

[Tralala]

I've noticed two strange things once I enabled this:

Dynamically Create Amazon links (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=951459) doesn't show up in my list of products/plug-ins. It also seems to disable? As I turned the APM on and off I found that I had to re-enable the Amazon hack. Odd.

Currently Active Users' Avatar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110058) also disabled itself.

[akanevsky]

I've noticed two strange things once I enabled this:

Dynamically Create Amazon links (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=951459) doesn't show up in my list of products/plug-ins. It also seems to disable? As I turned the APM on and off I found that I had to re-enable the Amazon hack. Odd.

Currently Active Users' Avatar (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761128182/ref=pd_cpt_gw_1/102-0904450-6148904?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155) also disabled itself.

That's not likely.

[Tralala]

That's not likely.

Agreed... the "disabling part" I'm now finding is not reproducible, so perhaps that was fat-fingering on my part. :surprised:

However, the Dynamically Create Amazon (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=951459) hack does not show up in my list of products/plug-ins when APM is enabled. That's completely reproducible and happening right now. The only way I can disable/enable that particular hack is to disable APM first.

[Tralala]

Currently Active Users' Avatar (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761128182/ref=pd_cpt_gw_1/102-0904450-6148904?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155) also disabled itself.

That's not likely.

Okay, I got this to reproduce consistently. When I disable APM (in order to check the status of the Amazon hack, as mentioned above)... the "Currently Active Users' Avatar" hack gets disabled too. Every time.

I have to re-enable it in the standard Plugin Manager.

[akanevsky]

Does the problematic hack contain any special characters in its title or anywhere?

[Tralala]

Does the problematic hack contain any special characters in its title or anywhere?

Not that I can see, no.

[akanevsky]

Ok, I think I know what the problem is.. please stay tuned.

[kurtbarker]

hey mate, in plugin.php, i've got

if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'download' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'productexport')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}

should I replace it completely so I end up with if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'updateactive' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'update')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}

or should I only replace the line that is in the readme so I end up with if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'download' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'productexport')
{
if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'updateactive' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'update')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}
}

coz that last one doesn't look right, but it's what the instructions say, so I just want to confirm

[Boofo]

hey mate, in plugin.php, i've got

if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'download' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'productexport')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}

should I replace it completely so I end up with if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'updateactive' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'update')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}

or should I only replace the line that is in the readme so I end up with if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'download' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'productexport')
{
if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'updateactive' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'update')
{
print_cp_header($vbphrase['plugin_system']);
}
}

coz that last one doesn't look right, but it's what the instructions say, so I just want to confirm

I would say the last one is correct. Tony usually doesn't miss something like that. ;)

[kurtbarker]

thanks Boofo, i'll let you know how it's goes :D

[ndahiya]

while the mod appears to work ok, i get this error when i click on the "add new plugin" link...


Fatal error: Cannot redeclare plugin_edit_handler() (previously declared in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forums/admincp/global.php(194) : eval()'d code:38) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/forums/admincp/global.php(194) : eval()'d code on line 76

[akanevsky]

That is not something that could be caused by this hack UNLESS you have Andreas's version of this hack installed.

[Tralala]

Ok, I think I know what the problem is.. please stay tuned.

Any update on this, Psionic?

[akanevsky]

No, haven't had time to update yet.

[Valter]

Works fine, thanks.

Installed.

[antialiasis]

When I try to edit a plugin, I'm getting a blank page... =/

[akanevsky]

Did you modify the file and uninstall any other similar hacks?

[ndahiya]

while the mod appears to work ok, i get this error when i click on the "add new plugin" link...

also get an error if i try and edit the text... Please, any update patch ???

[akanevsky]

Please, any update patch ???

No patch necessary, this hack has been verified and is working on an unhacked 3.5.4.

[yj_enquirer]

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /home/XXXXX/public_html/forums/admincp/global.php(185) : eval()'d code on line 1


I get the above error....at the bottom of the global.php file the line that is included is :

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('admin_global')) ? eval($hook) : false;

If I comment out this line, no issues, however the hack ofcourse is not seen as installed..

Any suggestions?

[akanevsky]

It looks like you have a bad plugin on the admin_global hook. I wouldn't say that it has anything to do with this hack.

[utw-Mephisto]

Psionic, do you know how i can uninstall Anreas' plugin ? It does not show up on the plugin page and since it removes the product management I cannot import new products

[akanevsky]

1. Disable hooks by placing the following code in config.php.
2. Go to admincp and remove the plugin.
3. Remove the following code from config.php.

defined('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[antialiasis]

Did you modify the file and uninstall any other similar hacks?
I did modify the file, and had no similar hacks installed at the time...

[akanevsky]

Released version 2.0.1.

[Valter]

Upgrade info?

Upload/replace files only?

[Tralala]

Does the new update (2.0.1) address the issues discussed in posts 22-28 here in this thread?

[akanevsky]

Yes, only replace the file, and no - the issues in those posts do not exist.

[Tralala]

and no - the issues in those posts do not exist.

Um, okay.

"This is not the bug you are looking for."

/jedi wave

[akanevsky]

Um, okay.

"This is not the bug you are looking for."

/jedi wave

I have used this hack with no problems on about 6 different sites... So please don't tell me that there are problems, cause there aren't...

[Tralala]

I have used this hack with no problems on about 6 different sites... So please don't tell me that there are problems, cause there aren't...

Okay, but can I ask you this: did you actually try it with the two hacks I mentioned above? Because it's completely reproducible here.

[akanevsky]

No, this hack is not intended for use with any similar hacks...

[Tralala]

No, this hack is not intended for use with any similar hacks...

I don't understand what you mean by this. I don't have any similar hacks installed.

The hacks I referenced in my bug report are Dynamically Create Amazon links (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=951459) and Currently Active Users' Avatar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110058).

Are those considered "similar?"

[akanevsky]

No. But since these hacks have nothing to do with plugin display, they cannot create problems.

[Tralala]

No. But since these hacks have nothing to do with plugin display, they cannot create problems.



Okay, let me rephrase.

Without your hack installed, "Convert Amazon Links (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=951459)" appears in my standard plugin manager. I can turn it off and on again, as usual.

With your hack installed, "Convert Amazon Links" disappears from my list of plugins. So I can't toggle it on or off.

So it's not that these hacks are "creating problems" but rather there's something different about them that causes them to not be recognized by APM.

I'm not sure if there are other hacks that are affected this way, as I run extremely few on my site.

[akanevsky]

Do you have the last version of this hack installed?

[Tralala]

Yes, I just tried it again this morning.

[akanevsky]

Ok... The reason is a malformed plugin XML of those plugins. It's fixed now, however. Update the php file.
(idk, who writes plugin xml by hand? seems like the authors of those hacks did).

[fly]

1. Disable hooks by placing the following code in config.php.
2. Go to admincp and remove the plugin.
3. Remove the following code from config.php.

defined('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
How in the hell do I uninstall yours? I tried the above and it didn't work.

[fly]

n/m i got it. o.O

[akanevsky]

Should this be ported to 3.6? Althogh 3.6 does sort by products, it still has products on a separate page, and no "save and reload" button.

[akanevsky]

Released version 2.0.2, compatible with 3.6.

[MDK-Indy]

Works fine on vBulletin 3.6.7 PL1

but on changes in your Install Manual:

In file(s) ./admincp/plugin.php (vBulletin 3.6.7 PL1)

find:


if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'productexport')



the following code is not in vBulletin 3.6.7 PL1


if ($_REQUEST['do'] != 'download' AND $_REQUEST['do'] != 'productexport')



greeting Indy