GRPS: Groups Commune 2.0.x

[Cocko]

thanx so fast ;)

[sabret00the]

What about the user's group memberships showing in their profile?

Can admins see hidden groups?
that wasn't a feature i added.

can admins see hidden groups. only admins can hide groups as is, but no, hidden groups don't appear in public listings (browse.php) even for admins. if you're referring to private groups (as opposed to hidden) yes admins can override the privacy options and thus see posts and threads.

[sabret00the]

UPDATED ZIP/RELEASE:
Groups v2.0.5b.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.

PLEASE NOTE: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM 2.0.5.ZIP IS THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS (INSTALL.TXT) WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO UPGRADE FROM 2.0.4 => 2.05 I APOLOGISE FOR THIS OVERSIGHT IN REGARDS TO THE LAST UPLOAD.

[Cocko]

regarding this hack for weeks
til now its only in test at my forum.

hm.. i would hope that this hack with hours of coding is running
but after update 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 i got blank page groups/index.php

[gyankow]

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 31 appears to be missing its end tag (</if>). The template will not function properly unless this is fixed.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

[Exitilus]

Having a couple issues.

1.) I've given permission for users to Edit / Delete their posts. But the Edit button doesn't show up all the way.

2.) The new [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] button's don't work :(

3.) Total Posts under Groups Info is blank :(

So far everything else is working great and i'm liking the changes :)

[sabret00the]

Having a couple issues.

1.) I've given permission for users to Edit / Delete their posts. But the Edit button doesn't show up all the way.

2.) The new [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] button's don't work :(

3.) Total Posts under Groups Info is blank :(

So far everything else is working great and i'm liking the changes :)
1/ all the way?

2/ define don't work

3/ Fixed, hoping to release 2.0.6 today

[Exitilus]

1/ all the way?

2/ define don't work

3/ Fixed, hoping to release 2.0.6 today

1.) I've given all the Primary Usergroups I use the ability to Edit / Delete their own posts. Just no button :(

2.) I click them and it says i'm viewing the topic. But no posts show up at all. (I could attach a image if needed)

:)

[sabret00the]

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 31 appears to be missing its end tag (</if>). The template will not function properly unless this is fixed.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.
fixed for 2.0.6

and to piggy-bank this post

can i take this moment to state that if anyone would like to remove the branding, then contact me, this is not a free option you're able to remove on a whim. please either donate or display the branding as a show of appreciation.

[sabret00the]

1.) I've given all the Primary Usergroups I use the ability to Edit / Delete their own posts. Just no button :(

2.) I click them and it says i'm viewing the topic. But no posts show up at all. (I could attach a image if needed)

:)
are you using a custom style? if so can you check it using the default style please.

[Exitilus]

are you using a custom style? if so can you check it using the default style please.

Same issue for both :) Tried Default VB Style Uneditted :)

Now Administrators CAN see the edit button.

[sabret00the]

Same issue for both :) Tried Default VB Style Uneditted :)

Now Administrators CAN see the edit button.
:ermm: all group members should be able to see the button, even before being moderated in fact.

you're sure the usergroup has the option to be able to edit their own posts?

can you please complete this form for said usergroup (bold the answer which has yes set):
Can View Groups?
Can Create Groups?
Can Join Groups?
Can Post Messages In Groups?
Can Edit Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Can Delete Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Number Of Groups Usergroup Can Join Limited?
Can Moderate Groups?
Can View IP Addresses?

[Exitilus]

:ermm: all group members should be able to see the button, even before being moderated in fact.

you're sure the usergroup has the option to be able to edit their own posts?

can you please complete this form for said usergroup (bold the answer which has yes set):
Can View Groups?
Can Create Groups?
Can Join Groups?
Can Post Messages In Groups?
Can Edit Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Can Delete Own Messages Posted In Groups?
Number Of Groups Usergroup Can Join Limited?
Can Moderate Groups?
Can View IP Addresses?

Yup. Tripple verified. Anyways Bolded it above ;)

[sabret00the]

sorry it took so long, i never got the email to say you posted a response, back in three secs, gonna duplicate your usergroup settings.

[sabret00the]

ok, i've just replicated those usergroup settings and i still have the edit button.

while this shouldn't effect it. what are your "Post / Thread Permissions" please bold which applies:

Can Post Threads
Can Reply to Own Threads
Can Reply to Others' Threads
Can Edit Own Posts
Can Delete Own Posts
Can Delete Own Threads
Can Open / Close Own Threads
Can Move Own Threads
Can Rate Threads
Follow Forum Moderation Rules

[Insert Username]

sabret00the, I've got a weird one for you. Not even sure how to troubleshoot it. I've got at least a couple users telling me that a couple user's posts are being ignored in groups. Mine in particular. If they remove a couple unrelated users from their ignore list, we all show up.

My initial thought is that groups isn't playing nice with the vBulletin userID numbers, but I'm not sure how that could be the case.

I have no idea if I explained that well. Here's another shot:

User A has M and N on ignore.
In Groups, User A can't see B and C's posts.
User A removes M and N from their ignore list.
User A can now see B and C's posts.

Let me know if there's something I can check to help solve this. It really has me puzzled.

[nix]

it is not! (i say whip one up, you'll get to it before i can)

i would suggest editing the viewgroups.php if the issue is still there with 2.0.5

how do you mean?

I was talking about SEO urls. I think I read it doesn't work with this? Is that correct? If so is there anyway for it to work? I haven't looked through it yet.

[Insert Username]

ok, i've just replicated those usergroup settings and i still have the edit button.

while this shouldn't effect it. what are your "Post / Thread Permissions" please bold which applies:

Can Post Threads
Can Reply to Own Threads
Can Reply to Others' Threads
Can Edit Own Posts
Can Delete Own Posts
Can Delete Own Threads
Can Open / Close Own Threads
Can Move Own Threads
Can Rate Threads
Follow Forum Moderation Rules
For the record, my users can't see the edit button either. Never have been able to. Admins can, though. Both have the same permissions.

[Exitilus]

ok, i've just replicated those usergroup settings and i still have the edit button.

while this shouldn't effect it. what are your "Post / Thread Permissions" please bold which applies:

Can Post Threads
Can Reply to Own Threads
Can Reply to Others' Threads
Can Edit Own Posts
Can Delete Own Posts
Can Delete Own Threads
Can Open / Close Own Threads
Can Move Own Threads
Can Rate Threads
Follow Forum Moderation Rules

Here ya go. also I just realized. I am turning Re-Write off! I have to do that because the links are manually re-written ...

[Exitilus]

Found a couple things I thought I would tell ya about. First one isn't really much but thought I'd atleast report it.

1.) When you create a new thread there is a link in the top right that isn't valid (obviously due to no post being created) but still a invalid link nonetheless. I've attached a image. (Group.jpg)

2.) In AdminCP, Group Settings. Few extra lines in there. (Groups2.jpg)

Also Sabre. I'm wondering if there can be some sort of plan in the future to use Custom Templates for the Postbit & Editor. Mine are customized extensively and because of that not all items work. I know its a hard thing to even consider but thought I might try.

[010081]

just visit my site
http://www.zonemedicine.com/groups
it says you don't have permission why

my forum is is
www.zonemedicine.com/forums
and groups in
www.zonemedicine.com/groups

and in config file
chdir("../forums/");

did i do sth wrong please help me.

[Morrus]

ok, i've just replicated those usergroup settings and i still have the edit button.

while this shouldn't effect it. what are your "Post / Thread Permissions" please bold which applies:

Can Post Threads
Can Reply to Own Threads
Can Reply to Others' Threads
Can Edit Own Posts
Can Delete Own Posts
Can Delete Own Threads
Can Open / Close Own Threads
Can Move Own Threads
Can Rate Threads
Follow Forum Moderation Rules

Problem still here, as well. Users can't edit their own posts. Admins can just fine.

[Exitilus]

just visit my site
http://www.zonemedicine.com/groups
it says you don't have permission why

my forum is is
www.zonemedicine.com/forums
and groups in
www.zonemedicine.com/groups

and in config file
chdir("../forums/");

did i do sth wrong please help me.

you need to set the usergroup permissions.

[Exitilus]

Sabretooth I think I fixed the issue with the View Last Reply, View New Posts etc.... IT wasn't working prior to a change I made and started working after I made the change. Though I have 1 user saying it still doesn't work (they have a MAC so who knows) ..

Anyways you may know better but in Navbar Template it calls for vbulletin_md5.js

I added the full entire URL to that file vs. the /clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js and started working O.o

[Insert Username]

Sabretooth I think I fixed the issue with the View Last Reply, View New Posts etc.... IT wasn't working prior to a change I made and started working after I made the change. Though I have 1 user saying it still doesn't work (they have a MAC so who knows) ..

Anyways you may know better but in Navbar Template it calls for vbulletin_md5.js

I added the full entire URL to that file vs. the /clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js and started working O.o
Exitilus, are you talking about the groups_navbar template? I don't see any reference to that file at all. Maybe that's why those features don't work for me.

[Exitilus]

No the Navbar Template itself.

[Insert Username]

No the Navbar Template itself.
Thanks! Not sure it's fixing anything, but it's still a good catch.

[Exitilus]

Well like I said mine worked after I made that small change O.o

I can see when I get "file not found" errors ... and everytime someone would browse the groups it would give that error in my log files. So .. fixed it and poofers O.o

[Exitilus]

Found another small lil Bug.

Template: groups_memberinfo_groups


<td class="tcat"> <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('groups_usersgroups')"><img id="collapseimg_groups_usersgroups" src="$vboptions[bburl]/$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_groups_usersgroups].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

Above, the IMG SRC. Basically you have a redundant pointer. Your pointing to the BBURL and Stylevar URL. This is the only page I've seen this happen on so :)

[Trana]

I can't seem to find the answer to this one, sorry if it is a duplicate.

How do I set the header image per group?

[Trana]

I've been testing this on a development machine and noticed this problem in the admincp. Not all of the options have descriptions.

May be a bug, just thought I would post it as an FYI.

[Exitilus]

I can't seem to find the answer to this one, sorry if it is a duplicate.

How do I set the header image per group?

you can't set any specific header image (except to use the IMG tags). You can turn it off so the group leader can post a image.


I've been testing this on a development machine and noticed this problem in the admincp. Not all of the options have descriptions.

May be a bug, just thought I would post it as an FYI.

yah i posted about that one earlier

[Morrus]

Looking much better, sabretooth - thanks!

1) One bug I noticed before, and can't beleive I forgot to point out - the number of replies on the groups thread listing page (http://www.yoursite.com/groups/groups.php?g=xxxx) is totally screwed up. It shows something like 2, 3, 6 or something replies, when in actuality there are 40+. This is happening on all groups and all threads.

2) Switching between regular and legacy postbits in the AdminCP doesn't work.

Also - not a bug, just a request - any chance of getting pagination on the thread listing display like on the forums proper? (So on the same page as I mentioned above)?

Merry Xmas, BTW!

[010081]

you need to set the usergroup permissions.


that was great thankx a lot.:cool:

[jilly]

I have extra images in my postbits, beyond avatars and such, that denote usergroups, but they aren't showing up in the groups area. Where do I need to code the full url to get these extra images to show up?

[jilly]

i had a group leader who kicked herself out.. is this a bug?

Also, suggestion that there be a 'resign' option, for if a group leader wants to resign, and hand the group controls over to someone else.

[Exitilus]

Sabretooth I think I fixed the issue with the View Last Reply, View New Posts etc.... IT wasn't working prior to a change I made and started working after I made the change. Though I have 1 user saying it still doesn't work (they have a MAC so who knows) ..

Anyways you may know better but in Navbar Template it calls for vbulletin_md5.js

I added the full entire URL to that file vs. the /clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js and started working O.o

Well apparently it didn't fix it .. No idea what's going on .. Stopped working for myself and all other users again :|

[Insert Username]

i had a group leader who kicked herself out.. is this a bug?

Also, suggestion that there be a 'resign' option, for if a group leader wants to resign, and hand the group controls over to someone else.
A workaround is to just have the admin change the group leader ID in the admin panel. But you probably thought of that. Would be a nice addition.

[dcasux]

OIY..the installation instructions are abisimal for non-PHP coders.

"now go to your "groups/include/config_grps.php" and edit it accordingly. if you are having problems using your relative path, then please try your full path."

Edit it accordingly.......to what? To my forums folder? To config.php? to config_grps.php?

In my config_grps.php I have chdir("../");

This appears to be ok, as when I run grps_installer, I only get 3 errors.

Oh, then I see there's a chdir command in the grps_installer.php. I did seem to figure out that I need to edit this as well. Change to chdir("../"); on line 16. Ok...down to 2 errors now.

Now my errors are on line 36 of grps_installer.php. "require_once("./global.php");".

Is this line failing because it cannot find global.php?

Here's the error:

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

I'm running IIS and the forum and groups folders are in the root of the web server.

Any ideas here would be great. Please be as EXPLICIT as possible in your instructions. Calling most errors PLBCAK is very humorous if, in fact, you gave instructions in more detail than "to get to my house, drive there".

thanx...and I am truely looking forward to trying the mod out..as it does look awesome..it's just frustrating not having enough information to get it to work in the first place.

[jilly]

In Admin CP it would be good to have a category that says 'view all groups', that would give you a list of the groups, with a button beside it to edit it.

[jilly]

A workaround is to just have the admin change the group leader ID in the admin panel. But you probably thought of that. Would be a nice addition.


that's how we fixed it :) but I always like it set up so users can do as much as possible by themselves, and bother the admins as little as possible :)

[jilly]

you can't set any specific header image (except to use the IMG tags). You can turn it off so the group leader can post a image.


How do you do that?

[jilly]

As it stands now, when you are looking at the breadcrumbs above the navbar in the groups home, you can't get back to the main forum home page from there, only the groups home page. I'd like for the left-most link to be back to the main home page..

[Trana]

Two questions...

How can I set it to send notifications to more than the admin? I'd like to send it to all moderators.

Also, how can I disable the bbcode parsing for the invite emails. Whose email client supports bbcode? The invites don't look very good if you don't let the client decide how to display their own URLs from the email text.

Thanks!

[jilly]

I made a group, then went to edit the group description from the back end. It changed in the admin cp group, but even though I refreshed it several times, it didn’t change on the front end.

When I went into moderation tools from the front end, then it worked

[jilly]

Suggestion - allow more characters for group description.

Suggestion - only show group description on group home page. Don't show it when reading posts

[jilly]

right now when you look at a group, you have to click the group management drop down list to find the join group link. I'd like to see a 'join this group' link right next to the group name or group description, for easier joining, esp. for newbies that look around and then pm me that they dont know how to join a group...

[bada_bing]

sabret00the

Just wondering if you remembered to update the 3.5.x plugin with all the update ypu have made to the 3.6 version.. Also can you past the link to that 3.5 pliugin?

Thank You

[cfspinner]

I installed it, and found that it works well. I hope you don't mind, but I made several modifications to the layout, and also tied in a couple of the other features of my site, like vBlogetin and Photopost. Take a look and let me know what you think.

http://www.karaokestories.com

[Insert Username]

I like the layout change, cfspinner. I was looking at doing something similar, but so far, I've been too lazy to figure out how.

[cfspinner]

right now when you look at a group, you have to click the group management drop down list to find the join group link. I'd like to see a 'join this group' link right next to the group name or group description, for easier joining, esp. for newbies that look around and then pm me that they dont know how to join a group...

I thought the same....this little chuck of code will let you put a link to Join, or Leave the group wherever you want on the page.

In template: groups_display_main

<a href="membership.php?$session[sessionurl]g=$groupid" accesskey="p"><if condition="!$show[grps_wordjoin]">$vbphrase[grps_join]<else />$vbphrase[grps_leave]</if> $grps_showgroup[title]</a>

I've heavily modified my tempates so I can't give you what to look for in your template and where to insert it. But here is a screenshot of where I put mine, just below the Group Tools link in the blue header.

Gee...I guess this is my first official hack :)

[cfspinner]

I like the layout change, cfspinner. I was looking at doing something similar, but so far, I've been too lazy to figure out how.

Thanks. Not hard really. Just have to figure out what you want your layout like. Really just took parts from other templates that I liked and added things that i felt were missing. I added the owners avatar and linked the username to the users vb profile and added links to the owners photo gallery and blog.

Things tie in better that way and it feels more tightly integrated with vbulletin and other plugins.

Just need to figure out how to keep the member list from displaying more than 4 members in each row.

[Insert Username]

Thanks. Not hard really. Just have to figure out what you want your layout like. Really just took parts from other templates that I liked and added things that i felt were missing. I added the owners avatar and linked the username to the users vb profile and added links to the owners photo gallery and blog.

Any chance I could convince you to post your template? I'm assuming it's the groups_main_display, right?

[cfspinner]

Any chance I could convince you to post your template? I'm assuming it's the groups_main_display, right?

If sabret00the doesn't have an issue with it, I can post it. sabret00the?

[bada_bing]

sabret00the

Just wondering if you remembered to update the 3.5.x plugin with all the update ypu have made to the 3.6 version.. Also can you past the link to that 3.5 pliugin?

Thank You
aww never mind noticed you updated the 3.5.x plugin for 2.0.5 THANK YOU..

[Exitilus]

Well I've been spending several hours trying to set the Groups to use a Custom Postbit template with no success :( Anyone have any idea? Main reason I want to do this is my Postbits for the forums are heavily customized .. and unfortunately there are several things that are "broken" when used by the Groups.

[cfspinner]

Well I've been spending several hours trying to set the Groups to use a Custom Postbit template with no success :( Anyone have any idea? Main reason I want to do this is my Postbits for the forums are heavily customized .. and unfortunately there are several things that are "broken" when used by the Groups.

What is broken when used by groups? Mine is customized also and it has no problems when used in groups.

[Exitilus]

I use some Scripts I have purchased. I actually just want a plain postbit for the groups anyways.

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know if posts make withing the groups get added to the post count for VB? I would hate to have two seperate post counts.

[Exitilus]

I don't think they do ...

[bada_bing]

I don't think they do ...
Crap that stinks! sabret00the can you confirm this? If not can you have it so that it does or else lots of features will break like subscriptions.

[Trana]

What about search indexing? Do posts in group areas show up in search results (and do they adhere to the permissions on the site)?

[Exitilus]

No it doesn't belong to the vbulletin search at all.

[Trana]

No it doesn't belong to the vbulletin search at all.

Wow. This hack looks really promising, but this basically means no integration with the rest of the site. Unless users are proactively checking the groups area, there doesn't seem to be any prebuilt way for displaying the data in the rest of the site.

Is anyone using this successfully on a site with more than 5k users?

[ChurchMedia]

Hey, buddy! I've been with your project for a long time and have donated 100 to it already. I'm willing to do another 100 if you could add attachments to it. That would make it absolutely perfect for me! What do you think? Is it possible?

:)

Oh -- and I'd love to see it post a simple "There's been a post to the X group" in a specified thread in the main VB forum.

[cfspinner]

Really like the product. But a couple of suggestions:

In the group category list. Should have the ability to list the number of groups in each category. For example:

Entertainment (13)

In the listing of groups, should have some stats there..number of members, number of posts, last activity date, group owners avatar or photo, owners name linked to profile, group creation date.

In the postdisplay...would be nice if users could subscribe to threads.

From the Site Admin side, would be awesome if the admin could check a box and it would automatically create a Forum for groups, with the group categories as sub-forums and the groups listings within each category would link out to the group itself. That would make it tightly integrated into vb and allow group info to be included in search results.

[romanticyao]

get erro here

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `grpspermissions` INT(10) UNSIGNED DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;
MySQL : Duplicate column name 'grpspermissions'

[Diana Notacat]

Members can't seem to edit their posts in groups! (I don't know if this was a mistake or not! I checked the forum permissions and everything seems to be square.) It would be nice if group leaders could choose whether or not to allow their members to edit posts - otherwise leave the default permissions based on the vbusergroups.

[sabret00the]

I've been incredibly and unavoidably busy, Christmas, New Years and other stuff. i'm going to try and work on this, this week sometime. Apologies everyone. i do know where i left the thread last time and will answre all questions since then.

[Exitilus]

No problem Sabre :)

[Merriweather]

I upgraded from 2.0.3 to 2.0.5 but seem to have lost some of the option language. Under "If you would like to use the vertical postbit as opposed to the default horizontal one, then set this option to yes", the next three are blank, though there is a Yes/No option, then a text box with 50 in it and a text box with 100 in it. Can someon tell me how to get those back? :)

[Exitilus]

It's like that for everyone I believe Merriweather :)

[Merriweather]

My apologies, I didn't read back far enough.

[DJ XtAzY]

Im just wondering... before i even knew this hack exist, i already have my forums with multiple subforums which act like groups. It has many threads in it. I was wondering for the next version, if it's possible to make a function that lets you move or dump existing thread on the forum to the groups created by this hack?

[Mum]

I was wondering the same thing :)

[Trana]

I would say that is unlikely since this hack doesn't use any of the VB datastore or prebuilt storage/search systems. It looks a LOT like VB, but in reality it is an island within your site. No search, no extensible permissions, extremely limited administrator functions.

This looks like a great hack, and I know it would be popular on my site, but I can't turn the water on without knowing that I have the ability to turn it off. It would quickly overgrow itself and our ability to manage it.

[DJ XtAzY]

That's why i wish there was some sort of an importer that let's you read vb threads and dump it into this hack. I should be possible.

[nul7]

I've installed this, but have not done any template edits until I can confirm that it's working (maybe that's my problem?). Everything seems to be ok except for a couple little things:

1. Breadcrumb: It displays "mysite.com Groups" but when clicked, it takes me back to my homepage, not the groups home. I would like to have it as "Mysite.com" > "Groups". Where is it even setting the breadcrumb? I can't find this anywhere.

2. Footer: It's replacing the link to "Mysite.com" in the footer with "Mysite.com Groups", but once again, it goes to the home page, not the groups home. I would like 2 separate links here, one for the home page, one for the groups page. I can do this with a template edit, but I'll need to disable this automatic link replacement. Where is this??

Info on my install:

Forums are in ./forum
Groups are in ./groups
I am using vbadvanced

EDIT: Also, I noticed that when someone is viewing groups, it shows they are on the homepage in WOL. Thought that might help...

[Mr Pink]

Trying in local, it give me this error:


Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in c:\programmi\easyphp1-8\www\groups\includes\config_grps.php on line 15

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\programmi\easyphp1-8\www\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;C:/Programmi/EasyPHP1-8\php\pear\') in c:\programmi\easyphp1-8\www\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

[nul7]

Ok, well I figured out the renaming problem, but still would like assistance with the breadcrumb. I still have no link back to the groups home in the breadcrumb links.

[sabret00the]

People please forgive my neglect, i haven't abandoned this, in fact it's been very much in my thoughts across the whole week and a bit. I am however unfortunately very ill, though getting better and thus haven't touched the code while moaning to any female that would listen about the fact i'm on death door. I hope to resume coding next week. Again apologies.

If any of you have feature requests, please feel free to post them and align them to the right of the page so as they stand out. bug reports will be picked up on too. depending on how expensive the bugs along with what priority i place on the feature suggestions i consider viable, i'm also looking to fold in the gallery very soon.

Anyway i'll try and formulate a road map when i'm back to coding again, hopefully monday. I'm sorry i never alerted you all sooner.

[nul7]

Sooo... anyone have an idea on how to add an entry to the breadcrumb (navbits) to the groups home? I checked out some of the sites people have posted in this thread and it seems like it's a problem on all installations. This is the only thing holding us back from going live with the mod.

[sabret00the]

regarding this hack for weeks
til now its only in test at my forum.

hm.. i would hope that this hack with hours of coding is running
but after update 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 i got blank page groups/index.php

remove the plugin completely and then install from scratch, it would appear the templates didn't upload.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the, I've got a weird one for you. Not even sure how to troubleshoot it. I've got at least a couple users telling me that a couple user's posts are being ignored in groups. Mine in particular. If they remove a couple unrelated users from their ignore list, we all show up.

My initial thought is that groups isn't playing nice with the vBulletin userID numbers, but I'm not sure how that could be the case.

I have no idea if I explained that well. Here's another shot:

User A has M and N on ignore.
In Groups, User A can't see B and C's posts.
User A removes M and N from their ignore list.
User A can now see B and C's posts.

Let me know if there's something I can check to help solve this. It really has me puzzled.Do you have any plugins running in the postbit factory?

[sabret00the]

Also Sabre. I'm wondering if there can be some sort of plan in the future to use Custom Templates for the Postbit & Editor. Mine are customized extensively and because of that not all items work. I know its a hard thing to even consider but thought I might try.

i would suggest using a conditional for that in the template or use the postbit_factory plugin to define the template i.e.

$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'customtemplatename';


The reason i don't want to use custom profiles is probably the reason you want to use custom templates. i want to enable people have a seamless experience in regards to reading threads and reading group-threads.

[sabret00the]

Sabretooth I think I fixed the issue with the View Last Reply, View New Posts etc.... IT wasn't working prior to a change I made and started working after I made the change. Though I have 1 user saying it still doesn't work (they have a MAC so who knows) ..

Anyways you may know better but in Navbar Template it calls for vbulletin_md5.js

I added the full entire URL to that file vs. the /clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js and started working O.othat only appears for guests and thus those options don't show by design.

[sabret00the]

Found another small lil Bug.

Template: groups_memberinfo_groups


<td class="tcat"> <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('groups_usersgroups')"><img id="collapseimg_groups_usersgroups" src="$vboptions[bburl]/$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_groups_usersgroups].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

Above, the IMG SRC. Basically you have a redundant pointer. Your pointing to the BBURL and Stylevar URL. This is the only page I've seen this happen on so :)fixed.

[sabret00the]

I can't seem to find the answer to this one, sorry if it is a duplicate.

How do I set the header image per group?
custom header image? that isn't within the scope of the product as it stands.

[sabret00the]

I've been testing this on a development machine and noticed this problem in the admincp. Not all of the options have descriptions.

May be a bug, just thought I would post it as an FYI.remove the hack then reinstall the hack. i'll see about adding something to remove it as standard in the upgrade without the hassle.

[sabret00the]

Looking much better, sabretooth - thanks!

1) One bug I noticed before, and can't beleive I forgot to point out - the number of replies on the groups thread listing page (http://www.yoursite.com/groups/groups.php?g=xxxx) is totally screwed up. It shows something like 2, 3, 6 or something replies, when in actuality there are 40+. This is happening on all groups and all threads.

2) Switching between regular and legacy postbits in the AdminCP doesn't work.

Also - not a bug, just a request - any chance of getting pagination on the thread listing display like on the forums proper? (So on the same page as I mentioned above)?

Merry Xmas, BTW!
1/ Basically it's counting threads not posts. for some reason i didn't include the phrase or update the template. it seems to be something i forgot to complete. it's now been sorted.

2/ i still have this working on my testboard (3.5.2) and live board (3.6.4).

3/ i don't get how you mean, can you elaborate?

[sabret00the]

I have extra images in my postbits, beyond avatars and such, that denote usergroups, but they aren't showing up in the groups area. Where do I need to code the full url to get these extra images to show up?

Take a look at Strings To Find In "viewthread.php" and Strings To Replace In "viewthread.php"

Those were designed specifically for this purpose.

[sabret00the]

i had a group leader who kicked herself out.. is this a bug?

Also, suggestion that there be a 'resign' option, for if a group leader wants to resign, and hand the group controls over to someone else.indeed it's a bug. and it's now been fixed.

suggestion noted.

[sabret00the]

OIY..the installation instructions are abisimal for non-PHP coders.

"now go to your "groups/include/config_grps.php" and edit it accordingly. if you are having problems using your relative path, then please try your full path."

Edit it accordingly.......to what? To my forums folder? To config.php? to config_grps.php?it says edit it, not rename it.

In my config_grps.php I have chdir("../");

This appears to be ok, as when I run grps_installer, I only get 3 errors.

Oh, then I see there's a chdir command in the grps_installer.php. I did seem to figure out that I need to edit this as well. Change to chdir("../"); on line 16. Ok...down to 2 errors now.

Now my errors are on line 36 of grps_installer.php. "require_once("./global.php");".

Is this line failing because it cannot find global.php?

Here's the error:

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36please not that the errors denote you haven't successfully edited your configuration file.

I'm running IIS and the forum and groups folders are in the root of the web server.Please note that your config should read chdir("../forum/");

there is no need to edit any other php file.

[sabret00the]

As it stands now, when you are looking at the breadcrumbs above the navbar in the groups home, you can't get back to the main forum home page from there, only the groups home page. I'd like for the left-most link to be back to the main home page..please note that the groups were designed to run adjacent to the forums and not below the forums hence why the breadcrumb doesn't show the forums in the navbar.

[sabret00the]

Two questions...

How can I set it to send notifications to more than the admin? I'd like to send it to all moderators.that would require hacking.

Also, how can I disable the bbcode parsing for the invite emails. Whose email client supports bbcode? The invites don't look very good if you don't let the client decide how to display their own URLs from the email text.

Thanks!
what emails are those?

[sabret00the]

I made a group, then went to edit the group description from the back end. It changed in the admin cp group, but even though I refreshed it several times, it didn?t change on the front end.

When I went into moderation tools from the front end, then it workedthe backend was actually designed for moderation and the obsolete automatic thread. i'll edit and change it to the other text.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the

Just wondering if you remembered to update the 3.5.x plugin with all the update ypu have made to the 3.6 version.. Also can you past the link to that 3.5 pliugin?

Thank Youif you haven't done so i suggest pressing install on that thread, email notifications are sent out with each update.

[sabret00the]

I installed it, and found that it works well. I hope you don't mind, but I made several modifications to the layout, and also tied in a couple of the other features of my site, like vBlogetin and Photopost. Take a look and let me know what you think.

http://www.karaokestories.comglad you got the look and feel you're after :)

[sabret00the]

If sabret00the doesn't have an issue with it, I can post it. sabret00the?

feel free to post, feel free to start a release thread and release it as it's own template modification if you'd like modification and customisation are very welcome.

[sabret00the]

Crap that stinks! sabret00the can you confirm this? If not can you have it so that it does or else lots of features will break like subscriptions.i confirm this. plugins such as grps_newreply_successful were added specifically for this.

[sabret00the]

Hey, buddy! I've been with your project for a long time and have donated 100 to it already. I'm willing to do another 100 if you could add attachments to it. That would make it absolutely perfect for me! What do you think? Is it possible?

:)

Oh -- and I'd love to see it post a simple "There's been a post to the X group" in a specified thread in the main VB forum.

i'll see about navbar integration.

also the attachments thing, you're ot the first person to request it. i'm planning to integrate the gallery soon, so once that's in and bug free i'll look into attachments. at this moment in time, it's simply looking into it.

[sabret00the]

get erro here

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `grpspermissions` INT(10) UNSIGNED DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;
MySQL : Duplicate column name 'grpspermissions'

run the uninstaller before trying to run the installer again.

[sabret00the]

No search, no extensible permissions, extremely limited administrator functions.Please elaborate? that's like saying that the default search should vBGallery for posts and then throwing your toys out of your pram because it doesn't.

[sabret00the]

Im just wondering... before i even knew this hack exist, i already have my forums with multiple subforums which act like groups. It has many threads in it. I was wondering for the next version, if it's possible to make a function that lets you move or dump existing thread on the forum to the groups created by this hack?

interesting idea.

[sabret00the]

Sooo... anyone have an idea on how to add an entry to the breadcrumb (navbits) to the groups home? I checked out some of the sites people have posted in this thread and it seems like it's a problem on all installations. This is the only thing holding us back from going live with the mod.

it would require editing practically all of the files.

[sabret00the]

Trying in local, it give me this error:

your config_grps.php is incorrect.

[sabret00the]

I've installed this, but have not done any template edits until I can confirm that it's working (maybe that's my problem?). Everything seems to be ok except for a couple little things:

1. Breadcrumb: It displays "mysite.com Groups" but when clicked, it takes me back to my homepage, not the groups home. I would like to have it as "Mysite.com" > "Groups". Where is it even setting the breadcrumb? I can't find this anywhere.

2. Footer: It's replacing the link to "Mysite.com" in the footer with "Mysite.com Groups", but once again, it goes to the home page, not the groups home. I would like 2 separate links here, one for the home page, one for the groups page. I can do this with a template edit, but I'll need to disable this automatic link replacement. Where is this??


Info on my install:

Forums are in ./forum
Groups are in ./groups
I am using vbadvanced

EDIT: Also, I noticed that when someone is viewing groups, it shows they are on the homepage in WOL. Thought that might help...
in one of your proceeding posts you mention that the problem is common (Navbar linking to forums directory), can you please show me examples.

[Exitilus]

1.) Edit Button not displaying for users
2.) View Last Post, View Last Reply Buttons not working

I was also mentioning how I'd like it if the Groups had the option for a Custom Template instead of using either Postbit or Legacy. My problem is I have a customized template with things that aren't working and cause errors. I spent hours trying to recode the system to use a custom template but I couldn't figure it out :(

[Exitilus]

i would suggest using a conditional for that in the template or use the postbit_factory plugin to define the template i.e.

$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'customtemplatename';


The reason i don't want to use custom profiles is probably the reason you want to use custom templates. i want to enable people have a seamless experience in regards to reading threads and reading group-threads.

oops. Didn't see you responded to this so ignore my message above.

For the Custom Template code you posted above would that work in the template? I spent several hours trying to use the Postbit Factory to get this done but couldn't figure it out *cry*

[sabret00the]

oops. Didn't see you responded to this so ignore my message above.

For the Custom Template code you posted above would that work in the template? I spent several hours trying to use the Postbit Factory to get this done but couldn't figure it out *cry*
basically create a new template called 'exitilus_postbit' which should be a stripped down, vanilla version of your current postbit, or even just the original postbit that comes with vBulletin. and then create the plugin, the plugin hook is: 'postbit factory' with the contents from above.
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'exitilus_postbit';
} and then all should work.

[Insert Username]

1.) Edit Button not displaying for users

I'm having this problem, too.

[mwsforums]

I just installed this, and when I go to mysite.com/groups/ I'm getting a vbulletin message that I don't have permission to access the page, and can't for the life of me figure out where to adjust permissions.

[nul7]

I just installed this, and when I go to mysite.com/groups/ I'm getting a vbulletin message that I don't have permission to access the page, and can't for the life of me figure out where to adjust permissions.

Edit each of your usergroups.... at the very bottom is the section regarding GRPS.

[nul7]

in one of your proceeding posts you mention that the problem is common (Navbar linking to forums directory), can you please show me examples.

I meant that it was common that there is no breadcrumb for the groups home.

I'm not at home right now so I don't know the exact edit I made, but for the renaming thing I had to do a file edit and comment out one of the find/replace items. For some reason it was changing all instances of links on the screen that were just my site name and adding "groups" after it. But then it would link back to the homepage and not to the groups page.

For example, if I had a link labled "MySite.com" and it linked to www.mysite.com (e.g. - in the navbits and footer), it would replace the label to "MySite.com Groups" but not update the actual link to www.mysite.com/groups, instead it left the link pointing to the homepage.

JOOC, why are you renaming all links to the homepage and adding "Groups"? lol Just wondering if there was a purpose to that and I'm just not understanding.

[Exitilus]

basically create a new template called 'exitilus_postbit' which should be a stripped down, vanilla version of your current postbit, or even just the original postbit that comes with vBulletin. and then create the plugin, the plugin hook is: 'postbit factory' with the contents from above.
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'exitilus_postbit';
} and then all should work.

I do appreciate the help you've given me. I've been playing around for a while with what you put and getting a couple of errors on line 328 of viewthread.php. Also I figured that I should also cache the template so I added it with the rest of them in viewthread.php.

Anyways if I use

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'postbit_groups';
}

I get Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in viewthread.php on line 327

If I use

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = true;
$out->templatename = 'postbit_groups';
}


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: construct_postbit() in viewthread.php on line 328

[Spin Doctor]

i have tried and tried, cant get rid of this error on the installer

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/hiphopsp/public_html/forum/groups/includes/config_grps.php on line 15

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/hiphopsp/public_html/forum/groups/tools/grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/hiphopsp/public_html/forum/groups/tools/grps_installer.php on line 36

[Exitilus]

did you configure config_grps.php ?

[pkallberg21]

Hey!

I am having trouble installing this mod. I have done everything correctly, and then when I get to the install.php part I only get a blank page when I go to the url. What could the problem be?

Thanks, and great mod btw.

[Exitilus]

I think that is what it is suppose to do :)

[aacircle]

I would like to know what tables are altered and created please. Is all data related to this addon in their own tables or do they manipulate vbulletin tables?

If I don't like this product, what steps are required to uninstall it totally? I hope you can continue to support this product for years to come and even perhaps get a team to take it under their wings should you not have the time.

Thank you.

[Exitilus]

Look at the install file :) It shows what tables it creates. But for the most part ... it has it's own tables.

[pkallberg21]

I think that is what it is suppose to do :)

I dont think so, because when I go to the groups/index.php file, I only get a white page there too :( I also got this problem when I tried installing vbStatistic preview...:(

[Exitilus]

Hm..... Do you happen to have a Template Caching Product installed ?

[pkallberg21]

Not that I know of. Here is a list of all the plugins I have installed just to be sure:
Bills PayPal Donate
Cyb - Prevent Newbies from Posting to Wrong Forum
DownloadsII
GRPS: Groups Commune
IpInfo
psiStats 2006
vB Ad Management
vBadvanced CMPS
Weekly Stats
Zoints SEO

Thanks a lot for your help:)!

[Exitilus]

If I remember the Groups isn't compatible with Zoints SEO. It is compatible with vbSEO though.

[pkallberg21]

Ok :( I tried disabling Zoints SEO, but still the same white page :( What could I do to further troubleshoot?

[Exitilus]

Well don't you have to also add some .htaccess lines as well for Zoints SEO ?

[pkallberg21]

Yes but I had not done that at the time. Now I have. I checked Zoints SEO mod site and it doesn't list GRPS as being problematic with it.

[nlarnold]

I'm getting really confused about the navigation links. I've scoured this thread and still don't understand how to fix this problem. Here we go:

vbulletin is in "forum" directory
groups is in "groups directory

When navigating the site I always end up back in the forum directory. The usercp is in forum, the faq is in forum, all the nav bar links go to forum, so once your there there is no way to go back to groups. How do I keep a visitor in the groups where they're supposed to be. If they end up on the forums index page, they will be totally lost.

It's my understanding that the groups runs as a separate little world using parts of the "forum" where necessary. The more I read the more confused I'm getting.

I have a couple of other minor issues, but I really need to get a handle on this navigation thing. Any help and explanations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Nicole
VB newbie

[nul7]

^^ same problem we're having. There's no breadcrumb back to the groups home. We just have to tell people to hit the groups link in the navbar until there is a solution.

EDIT: One more thing, is it not possible to allow Super Moderators to moderate the groups? I've set it in their permissions to allow moderation, but they cannot access it.

[aacircle]

I'm just curious is there a way that groups can be awarded points based on the actions of group members. Such good deeds as good posting etc., helpful advisce and so on.

[FleaBag]

Just tried the latest version and it appears it is missing some phrases in the ACP. I completely uninstalled and then re-installed to no avail.

Screenshot it attached.

[Exitilus]

Yup. That is a known issue as well :)

[FleaBag]

Ah sorry, I couldn't face reading every post lol! :)

[Exitilus]

No problem. I thought I would reply so you didn't feel alone :D

[mescalin]

i am looking for posts but i coulndt find the answer, its more than 70pages, sorry if asked before..

vbulletin in /forum
groups /group directories in the root..

In usercp etc , there is no link anywhere from forum to groups, i did the template edits but i dont know why its not working.. its working if i enter from /groups directly..

If yu have a group or you are a member, it still says is not a memeber of any group in orum profiles..

[Exitilus]

No Idea O.o Try Re-Installing the XML I guess

[aacircle]

Look at the install file It shows what tables it creates. But for the most part ... it has it's own tables.
The install file doesn't show what tables are created. How would one go about uninstalling this product?

It would be so much better if this product didn't touch the vbulletin tables. I'm assuming from your above comments it does.

Does this product insert a copyright footer and if so, can it be removed?

[mescalin]

logout does not work in groups view, because there is no login.php in the groups folder.. also same for usercp.php

[Exitilus]

In your navbar template you have to specify the exact location of these URL's. GRPS does try to rewrite the URL's I believe and there is a setting to disable it (In the config_grps.php file) make sure it's set to true .. that doesn't work. just rewrite them manually :)

[RobParker]

Installed this and it looks good so far.

One problem that's probably been answered but I can't find it in this huge thread...

When I go into a group and "post new thread" at the top of the new thread text box it says what Group I am in but when clicking on the link it just links to /groups/forumdisplay.php?f= which obviously doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[RobParker]

Hm..... Do you happen to have a Template Caching Product installed ?

Does it work ok with the template cache system available on here?

[Exitilus]

Dunno :D I don't use that ... heh

[Merriweather]

If yu have a group or you are a member, it still says is not a memeber of any group in orum profiles..I've asked about this too but no answers. :(

[sabret00the]

Just for the record i'm not ignoring anyone, just not working on this at all this week. I had planned to at the start of last week but the lack of feedback lead me to kill time on other projects that have spilled over.

on the above issue, if you mean by forum profile www.yoursite.com/forums/member.php?u=10 then of course groups wouldn't show there. that listing is for user groups and not GRPS groups. if you would like it to show other information such as GRPS groups then feel free to Request it in it's own thread.

[Merriweather]

That makes sense. I would love to see it show the GRPS groups a member is a part of in the profile.

My biggest needed request is to be able to set group moderators -- users who can see private groups. Right now, only Admins can do that and I don't have the time to monitor all of my groups, I need to be able to assign more people. :)

[Merriweather]

Ok, this is driving me mad! I was having issues with missing images, so I edited in my template to use the full image url instead of the relative path. That fixes the images like folder, etc, but then it breaks my smilies! If I put the images back to relative paths, the smilies work again. I can't figure out how to have both working.

[Merriweather]

Ok, it looks like I would have to go into my smilies and edit their filespaths one by one. I've got over 100 smilies -- it would be good to offer some option when installing GRPS to update all smilies paths to absolute to save the trouble after the fact.

[Merriweather]

Another glitch. I have Quick reply turned off in my forum, but it's still active in GRPS. Needs to be the same as the forum settings.

Also, if I click "Advanced" instead of using the Quick Reply, it shows a preview at the top that looks like this:

Preview
Default
<br>

Seems even without using it, the QR box gets a hard return entered causing that to happen.

[Merriweather]

Another area that could be improved. When viewing a thread within a group, the breadcrumbs show:

Groups Home > Group Category > Group Name > Thread Title

But when you are posting a reply, the breadcrumbs are just

Groups Home > Thread Title

Breadcrumbs should keep the heirarchy even when posting, same as in the forums.

[Merriweather]

I just found what I believe is a somewhat serious bug... if on the groups page while logged in, the navbar links work fine (i.e. User CP, Memberlist, etc). However, if you are logged out and on the groups page, the navbar links are all directing to groups/page.php instead of forums/page.php and the login at the top right does not work from that page at all!

My groups are set to be not accessible if you are not logged in, so you get the vBulletin "Not logged i" error when you try to view the page as expected, but no links work properly. the main login on the page (in the center) works fine, but at the top, it does not.

[Merriweather]

Sabret00the ~ Will you be doing any more development of this mod?

[sabret00the]

Sabret00the ~ Will you be doing any more development of this mod?
I am indeed, just still not finished my other project. it is indeed earmarked as next on the agenda.

[Exitilus]

Did you happen to see my post about trying what you said for customizing the postbit btw Sabre?

[Merriweather]

Seems that the reporting feature does not work within Groups -- I tried to report a post and once I hit "Send Report" it just refreshed the page and no report was sent. :(

[Merriweather]

This is quickly becoming a nightmare, I'm afraid. :( Due to the mod being outside the forums directory, I am having issues with links, forms, etc not working. For instance, if a user is not logged in, the login form and navbar links on the groups page weren't working. I had to go into the templates and manually add in absolute URLs (i.e. put $vboptions[bburl]/ in front of all links) so it would link through the forums directory and not the groups directory.

I thought I was making progress, but then there is the same issue with forms, such as the report post form. I fixed one issue I found which was the link that is supposed to take you to the thread you are reporting was not working (I added &t=$reportinfo[threadid] to the URL so it would go back to the correect thread). I cannot, however, get it to do anything but refresh the page when the report is submitted. I notice also that it's (for some strange reason) posting the description of the private forum where reports are supposed to be sent at the top of the report page. Also, I had to edit newpost_usernamecode to fix the "Logged in as" link as it was again trying to pull a page from the groups directory.

The deeper I get into all these additional edits needed to make it work, the more I fear I should just be uninstalling it. Am I just missing something totally simple, or have others not tested it as much as I have been and that's why all of this stuff hasn't been mentioned yet? I feel like I'm losing my mind!

I LOVE the idea of this mod, but the implementation is difficult at best and I'm nowhere near working out all of these bugs I've found. No one has really posted to this thread in a week -- has everyone given up or are they just busy? Are these issues all just related to my template or is this how it is for everyone??

sabret00the, where are you? :(

[ChurchMedia]

I'm sorry -- I'm going to have to agree. I've tried to do some mods that would make this integrate better with VB to give it more presence (either an RSS feed or update post to the main forums), but it's just not happening. It's a wonderful concept, but without more attention from the programmer, I can't have a dead section in my community. They would love to do something like this, but at this point I may just have to set up regular forums for them.

And I invested $100US into this hack. :( I may come back to it when it's fully developed. I'm disappointed.

[sabret00the]

I can see that everyone is getting impatient and for that i apologise. I have no abandoned this project, this is something i assure you of.

As stated previously, when i was just about to go crazy putting in work, there was a lack of feedback in regards to some issues raised, that left me in no man's land in regards to what to do. That together with the fact my enthusiasm seriously wavered for the project. I just decided to put in some hard graft on another project (my peer review system) which as a result, has been largely overhauled.

I do realise that i have a couple PM's that went un-replied to. The reason being that once i started the project, i wanted to finish it before i committed to time-scales or deadlines. After all a lot of people are feeling quite disappointed by this at the moment.

I am committed to this project, after all it's my baby. however sadly i can only go as far as the slowest person in the chain and developing something like this requires a lot of time. At times i have had to dedicate whole weeks to this. Time is really an issue when you're unable to move forward due to wanting to legitimately improve this in a direction the community wants.

I have said, that i will improve this product and as such i've publicly committed to folding in the gallery add-on i've been playing with. However given that there were bugs i wanted to deal with first, it's not happened yet. We're approaching 1200 posts and i've tried to stay on top of every single one of them. The same can't be said for everyone and it's not expected to, so requests for feedback go missing and people (namely me) get frustrated. The break i've had, seems like it's been a good one, it's given me a chance to just have fun with my coding and that's important to any one putting into a community project like this.

Please note, that sometimes things are just super difficult for me to sort out. If i can't replicate a problem on the two systems i've got running; my development board and my live board. then i'm really unable to fix it adequately if at all.

I really do, really do apologise the people who have followed this thread diligently and have been slowed down or felt neglected. That has not my intention, however please understand releasing releasing potentially three releases a week is something very few can manage or sustain without going crazy.

I have an email with outstanding issues raised in this thread from Merriweather of which i'm unbelievably grateful for. It helped me immensely and as such i will repay that hard work by trying to release this in the best fashion possible.

I've had a lot of ideas on how to improve this and mod and get the best out of it. Some things are really quite exciting. As for an RSS feed as i can see is requested in the post above this. I made one up a while ago and so will be sure to include it in the next release. some of the other stuff that i'm hoping to put in here are; Subscriptions (not sure if pm based or email based yet), Favourite threads, Favourite photos and some other stuff i've forgotten. Oh and of course some AJAX here and there.

Please note however that vBulletin 3.6.4 was released towards the end of November and despite numerous bug fixes that has gone into 3.6.5 a new release has not been seen as of yet. Please use that to gauge some perspective, especially given that there's a team of developers doing a job there and i'm just one man trying to keep over 150 people happy in as much time as i can dedicate while trying to maintain an existence elsewhere.

I am personally a BIG, HUGE fan of GRPS, even when my enthusiasm is wavering, i do personally love to use it, especially as an end-user. As such, i will not allow it to fall by the waste side. I am hoping to to be finished with PRS this week and thus resume work GRPS the following day, or in the following days. Hopefully then, this project will redeem itself in everyone who's gotten very disappointed eyes. Of that i can only hope.

I do humbly apologise for the long delay in status reports or indeed updates and hope that by 2.1 you'll all be extremely happy or at least on your way to happiness.

[Exitilus]

there is some easy template edits I can suggest for those links that don't work. Just lemme know which ones and I can tell you guys what to do. I have a variety of things outside of the forums directory so I've learned how to adjust :)

[Merriweather]

sabret00the ~ My offer of cold, hard cash still stands (check your PMs) if it's the motivation you need to get some of the bugs out so it's public release worthy. ;) As I've said, I do love the idea and am jumping at the chance to implement it, but there are some major bugs in the functionality that do need addressed. I think as soon as you get those out of the way, it will be fun for you again and you can play with all of the cool additions you have in mind. :) I'm sure it's not easy to keep up with all of the comments here, and hard to sort out what's a bug and what's a user error, so kudos to you as well for your dedication.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the ~ My offer of cold, hard cash still stands (check your PMs) if it's the motivation you need to get some of the bugs out so it's public release worthy. ;) As I've said, I do love the idea and am jumping at the chance to implement it, but there are some major bugs in the functionality that do need addressed. I think as soon as you get those out of the way, it will be fun for you again and you can play with all of the cool additions you have in mind. :) I'm sure it's not easy to keep up with all of the comments here, and hard to sort out what's a bug and what's a user error, so kudos to you as well for your dedication.
I saw the pm in my email. i haven't opened it here yet because i wanted to give it a proper reply. i'm basically spending today and tomorrow finishing up the PRS changes and then i'll be able to get back to this. Unfortunately cold hard cash is a motivation but not an enthusiasm. As soon as i've finished with PRS i'll respond to your PM as i'll have some idea over whether or not i can meet that deadline you mentioned.

As long as any bugs discovered are mentioned in here, i'll be sure to squash them.

[bada_bing]

sabret00the

As you know I have also donated towards this hack when it came out and was using it on my test forum which I no longer run because I decided to start a completly different forum. I do though still run my current production site that I am not running this sweet add on but would love too, but as the last poster stated I will wait till some of the bugs get worked out. I would also like to see the post counts add up in vb when posting in the groups, this is very important to me. I al also willing to donate more money if this mode improves and there are some fixes to the know bugs and hope that others will donate also.

[RvG2]

very good mod. Installed :)

[pcoskat]

I al also willing to donate more money if this mode improves and there are some fixes to the know bugs and hope that others will donate also.
I would be willing to donate heavily if it expidites getting the bugs worked out.

[Merriweather]

Perhaps the best approach is to compile a list of bug fixes (NOT requests for script changes) so that sabret00the can just look at one post and have them all? I will post mine, and if you have something to add, please copy my list and then add yours to the end. :)

Fix report post feature
Do something so that postbit items added by other mods will work
Fix the Quick Reply
Make it so if the forums are not using Quick Reply, the Groups aren't either
Fix all of the problems related to templates not working as a result of the group residing outside the forums (I've had to change all navbar, etc links to be absolute URLs instead of relative)
Add "Post Reply" link to thread view (necessary fix if Quick Reply is able to be removed)
Fix or remove the expand/collapse on the Group info sidebar (it doesn't do anything) and fix the group post count

[sabret00the]

Work has resumed on this.

[hitboy]

Wow this looks very interesting I am guessing i shoudl wait until the patch comes right anyway I have installed just read through half this thread omg 78 pages lol i read through nearly 40 of them haha...

Good job on this idea. It completely changes the perspective of vbulletin itself. VB should be buying this modification from you lol

[Merriweather]

Sabret00the ~ I am so glad you are back -- I was about to start having panic attacks! ;)

[sabret00the]

I do appreciate the help you've given me. I've been playing around for a while with what you put and getting a couple of errors on line 328 of viewthread.php. Also I figured that I should also cache the template so I added it with the rest of them in viewthread.php.

Anyways if I use

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = TRUE;
$out = 'postbit_groups';
}

I get Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in viewthread.php on line 327

If I use

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = true;
$out->templatename = 'postbit_groups';
}


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: construct_postbit() in viewthread.php on line 328

try this if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'groupsdiscussion')
{
$handled_type = TRUE;
$out =& new vB_Postbit_Post();
$out->templatename = 'postbit_groups';

$out->registry =& $this->registry;
$out->forum =& $this->forum;
$out->thread =& $this->thread;
$out->cache =& $this->cache;
$out->bbcode_parser =& $this->bbcode_parser;

return $out;
}

[sabret00the]

Hey!

I am having trouble installing this mod. I have done everything correctly, and then when I get to the install.php part I only get a blank page when I go to the url. What could the problem be?

Thanks, and great mod btw.do you not even get it saying done?

[sabret00the]

I would like to know what tables are altered and created please. Is all data related to this addon in their own tables or do they manipulate vbulletin tables?

If I don't like this product, what steps are required to uninstall it totally? I hope you can continue to support this product for years to come and even perhaps get a team to take it under their wings should you not have the time.

Thank you.
to uninstall completely remove the plugin and run the un-installation script as provided.

[sabret00the]

I'm getting really confused about the navigation links. I've scoured this thread and still don't understand how to fix this problem. Here we go:

vbulletin is in "forum" directory
groups is in "groups directory

When navigating the site I always end up back in the forum directory. The usercp is in forum, the faq is in forum, all the nav bar links go to forum, so once your there there is no way to go back to groups. How do I keep a visitor in the groups where they're supposed to be. If they end up on the forums index page, they will be totally lost.

It's my understanding that the groups runs as a separate little world using parts of the "forum" where necessary. The more I read the more confused I'm getting.

I have a couple of other minor issues, but I really need to get a handle on this navigation thing. Any help and explanations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Nicole
VB newbie

^^ same problem we're having. There's no breadcrumb back to the groups home. We just have to tell people to hit the groups link in the navbar until there is a solution.

EDIT: One more thing, is it not possible to allow Super Moderators to moderate the groups? I've set it in their permissions to allow moderation, but they cannot access it.
i'm curious, do you both have vBaCMS installed?

[sabret00the]

I'm just curious is there a way that groups can be awarded points based on the actions of group members. Such good deeds as good posting etc., helpful advisce and so on.

there is no inclusive points system. though hooks are in place to integrate with another points system

[sabret00the]

i am looking for posts but i coulndt find the answer, its more than 70pages, sorry if asked before..

vbulletin in /forum
groups /group directories in the root..


In usercp etc , there is no link anywhere from forum to groups, i did the template edits but i dont know why its not working.. its working if i enter from /groups directly..

If yu have a group or you are a member, it still says is not a memeber of any group in orum profiles..

that's a strange one i'm stomped.

[sabret00the]

The install file doesn't show what tables are created. How would one go about uninstalling this product?

It would be so much better if this product didn't touch the vbulletin tables. I'm assuming from your above comments it does.

straight from the install file:
$db->query_write("
ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup` ADD `grpspermissions` INT(10) UNSIGNED DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
");

$db->query_write("
ALTER TABLE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "user` ADD `grps` MEDIUMTEXT NULL
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps` (
`groupid` mediumint(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`title` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`description` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`catid` smallint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`approved` enum('0','1') default NULL,
`create_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`replycount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`lastpost` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`membercount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`leaderid` int(10) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`groupid`)
)
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_categories` (
`catid` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`title` varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
`description` varchar(250) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`catid`)
)
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_grouptext` (
`groupid` mediumint(9) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`pagetext` mediumtext NOT NULL,
`allowsmilie` enum('1','0') default '1',
`parseurl` enum('1','0') default '1',
`edit_reason` varchar(200) default NULL,
`edit_dateline` int(10) unsigned default NULL,
`edit_userid` tinyint(4) default NULL,
`edit_username` varchar(50) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`groupid`)
)
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_post` (
`postid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`threadid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`groupid` mediumint(9) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`parentid` int(10) unsigned default NULL,
`username` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`title` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`dateline` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`pagetext` mediumtext NOT NULL,
`ipaddress` varchar(16) NOT NULL default '',
`iconid` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`visible` smallint(6) NOT NULL default '0',
`attach` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`allowsmilie` enum('1','0') default NULL,
`showsignature` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
`edit_username` varchar(50) default NULL,
`edit_userid` int(10) default NULL,
`edit_reason` varchar(200) default NULL,
`edit_dateline` int(10) unsigned default NULL,
`delete_username` varchar(50) default NULL,
`delete_userid` int(10) default NULL,
`delete_reason` varchar(200) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`postid`),
KEY `threadid` (`threadid`),
FULLTEXT KEY `title` (`title`,`pagetext`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (1, 'Automotive', 'For groups pertaining to cars, bikes or such')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (2, 'Computers', 'For groups referring to computers, whether hardware, software or modding')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (3, 'Education', 'For groups regarding learning, whether it be help studying or school activities')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (4, 'Entertainment', 'For groups surrounding anything entertaining, visual or audio')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (5, 'Games', 'For groups surrounding games you love, digital, card or board')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (6, 'Health & Fitness', 'For groups pertaining to well-being')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (7, 'Home & Families', 'For groups regarding the home life')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (8, 'Lifestyles', 'For groups surrounding lifestyles whether it be goths, hippies, etc')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (9, 'Places & Travel', 'For groups referring to towns, cities and holidays')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (10, 'Religion & Belief', 'For groups surrounding christianity, islam, buddism, etc')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (11, 'Sports & Recreation', 'For groups referring to sports, whether it be Football, Cricket or Baseball teams')
");

$db->query_write("
INSERT INTO `grps_categories` VALUES (12, 'Others', 'For everything else')
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_setting` (
`groupid` mediumint(9) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`image_name` varchar(50) default NULL,
`private_posts` enum('0','1') default '0',
`moderate_members` enum('0','1') default '0',
`hidden_group` enum('0','1') default '0',
`hide_image` enum('0','1') default '0',
`edit_details` enum('1','0') default '1',
`leaderonly_threads` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`groupid`)
)
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_user` (
`recordid` mediumint(9) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`groupid` mediumint(9) NOT NULL default '0',
`userid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`in_mod_queue` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
`join_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`recordid`)
)
");

$db->query_write("
CREATE TABLE `grps_thread` (
`threadid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`groupid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`userid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`username` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`title` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`dateline` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '',
`iconid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`lastposterid` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`lastpostdateline` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`replies` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`firstpostid` int(10) default NULL,
`closed` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
`stuck` enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`threadid`),
KEY `groupid` (`groupid`,`lastposterid`)
)
");



Does this product insert a copyright footer and if so, can it be removed?
with donation.

[sabret00the]

logout does not work in groups view, because there is no login.php in the groups folder.. also same for usercp.php

can you try disabling all mods and checking the status over whether or not logging out works in groups on the default skin please.

[sabret00the]

Installed this and it looks good so far.

One problem that's probably been answered but I can't find it in this huge thread...

When I go into a group and "post new thread" at the top of the new thread text box it says what Group I am in but when clicking on the link it just links to /groups/forumdisplay.php?f= which obviously doesn't work.

Any ideas?

fixed in 2.0.6

[sabret00the]

That makes sense. I would love to see it show the GRPS groups a member is a part of in the profile.

My biggest needed request is to be able to set group moderators -- users who can see private groups. Right now, only Admins can do that and I don't have the time to monitor all of my groups, I need to be able to assign more people. :)
private or hidden?

[sabret00the]

Another glitch. I have Quick reply turned off in my forum, but it's still active in GRPS. Needs to be the same as the forum settings.

Also, if I click "Advanced" instead of using the Quick Reply, it shows a preview at the top that looks like this:



Seems even without using it, the QR box gets a hard return entered causing that to happen.

oooh, can't replicate the <br /> one but fixed the other thing.

[sabret00the]

Another area that could be improved. When viewing a thread within a group, the breadcrumbs show:

Groups Home > Group Category > Group Name > Thread Title

But when you are posting a reply, the breadcrumbs are just

Groups Home > Thread Title

Breadcrumbs should keep the heirarchy even when posting, same as in the forums.fixed

[Trana]

I really like what you have done here, but this project will not go anywhere unless posts are indexed on the main site. Otherwise you are just building an island and no one will ever see the activity in each group. If you can get the search working then I imagine RSS and subscriptions will follow very quickly. Don't reinvent the wheel.

You have to get this more integrated with the VB core or it won't take off.

Thanks again.

[sabret00the]

Seems that the reporting feature does not work within Groups -- I tried to report a post and once I hit "Send Report" it just refreshed the page and no report was sent. :(

fixed.

[sabret00the]

I just found what I believe is a somewhat serious bug... if on the groups page while logged in, the navbar links work fine (i.e. User CP, Memberlist, etc). However, if you are logged out and on the groups page, the navbar links are all directing to groups/page.php instead of forums/page.php and the login at the top right does not work from that page at all!

My groups are set to be not accessible if you are not logged in, so you get the vBulletin "Not logged i" error when you try to view the page as expected, but no links work properly. the main login on the page (in the center) works fine, but at the top, it does not.

fixed.

[sabret00the]

This is quickly becoming a nightmare, I'm afraid. :( Due to the mod being outside the forums directory, I am having issues with links, forms, etc not working. For instance, if a user is not logged in, the login form and navbar links on the groups page weren't working. I had to go into the templates and manually add in absolute URLs (i.e. put $vboptions[bburl]/ in front of all links) so it would link through the forums directory and not the groups directory.as stated in the previous post, fixed.

I thought I was making progress, but then there is the same issue with forms, such as the report post form. I fixed one issue I found which was the link that is supposed to take you to the thread you are reporting was not working (I added &t=$reportinfo[threadid] to the URL so it would go back to the correect thread).not quite sure what you're on about there but the breadcrumb has been fixed on the report page.

I cannot, however, get it to do anything but refresh the page when the report is submitted. bug that's been fixed.

I notice also that it's (for some strange reason) posting the description of the private forum where reports are supposed to be sent at the top of the report page.i couldn't even replicate that before i fixed the report bug.

Also, I had to edit newpost_usernamecode to fix the "Logged in as" link as it was again trying to pull a page from the groups directory.fixed.

The deeper I get into all these additional edits needed to make it work, the more I fear I should just be uninstalling it. Am I just missing something totally simple, or have others not tested it as much as I have been and that's why all of this stuff hasn't been mentioned yet? I feel like I'm losing my mind!it seems your extensive testing uncovered unreported bugs. all of the above has been fixed bar the one i didn't understand/couldn't replicate. i apologise for making you do all those additional edits. they weren't necessary and were indeed a lapse in concentration on my part.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the

As you know I have also donated towards this hack when it came out and was using it on my test forum which I no longer run because I decided to start a completly different forum. I do though still run my current production site that I am not running this sweet add on but would love too, but as the last poster stated I will wait till some of the bugs get worked out. I would also like to see the post counts add up in vb when posting in the groups, this is very important to me. I al also willing to donate more money if this mode improves and there are some fixes to the know bugs and hope that others will donate also.
the hooks are in place in order to make this a reality.

[Carly]

Great idea. But needs so much work and is more of a headache than I'd thought it would be.

Problems:

1. Group Leaders are NOT, in affect, the moderators of the Group. The only way to allow them to edit posts is to give them Super Moderator status (scary - they can then edit every post on every board!). Checking "Can Moderate Groups" still does not give them that permission.

2. Members cannot edit their own posts, even though "Can Edit Own Messages Posted In Groups?" is set to yes.

3. Group Info (with the collapse button that doesn't function) and Newest Members sidebars should be on main Group page only - they overlap with posts within the threads, making some of them unreadable (depends on the size of the member's signature).

[sabret00the]

Perhaps the best approach is to compile a list of bug fixes (NOT requests for script changes) so that sabret00the can just look at one post and have them all? I will post mine, and if you have something to add, please copy my list and then add yours to the end. :)

Fix report post feature
Do something so that postbit items added by other mods will work
Fix the Quick Reply
Make it so if the forums are not using Quick Reply, the Groups aren't either
Fix all of the problems related to templates not working as a result of the group residing outside the forums (I've had to change all navbar, etc links to be absolute URLs instead of relative)
Add "Post Reply" link to thread view (necessary fix if Quick Reply is able to be removed)
Fix or remove the expand/collapse on the Group info sidebar (it doesn't do anything) and fix the group post count
all fixed.

[Exitilus]

*yawn* It's 5:34 am here so Forgive me if I missed it in an earlier thread. But the Edit button still doesn't show up when the permissions is given via Usergroups :)

[sabret00the]

Wow this looks very interesting I am guessing i shoudl wait until the patch comes right anyway I have installed just read through half this thread omg 78 pages lol i read through nearly 40 of them haha...

Good job on this idea. It completely changes the perspective of vbulletin itself. VB should be buying this modification from you lol
i wish someone would buy this and some of my other add-on's off me, but alas :(

the update should be out by midnight my time, i just have to do one or two more things now that i've actually fixed all outstanding bugs.

[sabret00the]

*yawn* It's 5:34 am here so Forgive me if I missed it in an earlier thread. But the Edit button still doesn't show up when the permissions is given via Usergroups :)gahhhhhhhhh, i have no idea what to do about this one. i'll try and figure something out but will make the release scheduled for tonight with or without this one being fixed.

you should go to sleep though, it's not healthy to be up at this hour.

[Exitilus]

If you need access to a site to look into this problem just lemme know ...

I'd go to sleep but my son isn't feeling well :(

[sabret00the]

Great idea. But needs so much work and is more of a headache than I'd thought it would be.

Problems:

1. Group Leaders are NOT, in affect, the moderators of the Group. The only way to allow them to edit posts is to give them Super Moderator status (scary - they can then edit every post on every board!). Checking "Can Moderate Groups" still does not give them that permission. incorrect as far as design and practice on my forums and test board.

2. Members cannot edit their own posts, even though "Can Edit Own Messages Posted In Groups?" is set to yes. ahhh, the recurring problem i can't replicate; given the url edit a post, that what would be behind a button i.e. http://yoursite.com/groups/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=198 do they get a no permission screen?

3. Group Info (with the collapse button that doesn't function) and Newest Members sidebars should be on main Group page only - they overlap with posts within the threads, making some of them unreadable (depends on the size of the member's signature).i have no idea what to say to this one, bar telling you that the collapse button has just been fixed.

[sabret00the]

If you need access to a site to look into this problem just lemme know ...

I'd go to sleep but my son isn't feeling well :(
sorry to hear about your son, hope it's not too serious.

i'll take you up on that offer of access to your site. but give me a few hours, i have to go out and then work on a feature that's been requested for an eternity (i.e. resign group to a new group leader).

[Exitilus]

[QUOTE=Carly;1188215]Great idea. But needs so much work and is more of a headache than I'd thought it would be.

Problems:

1. Group Leaders are NOT, in affect, the moderators of the Group. The only way to allow them to edit posts is to give them Super Moderator status (scary - they can then edit every post on every board!). Checking "Can Moderate Groups" still does not give them that permission. QUOTE]

Group Leaders on my site are Moderators of their group :)

[Exitilus]

sorry to hear about your son, hope it's not too serious.

i'll take you up on that offer of access to your site. but give me a few hours, i have to go out and then work on a feature that's been requested for an eternity (i.e. resign group to a new group leader).

Just a cold .. :)

I'll PM you the information here in a bit. So whenever you want go for it. :)

[Carly]

incorrect as far as design and practice on my forums and test board.
Ah, I think I figured this one out - but it's still a bug that should be fixed. The Group Leader is the moderator of the Group as long as he/she created the group. I don't let members create their own groups, rather I'm using this as a controlled section where I assign leaders to groups that I have created - once I change the Group Leader from the back end, they don't assume those permissions unfortunately, it seems. They can't edit unless they've created the group themselves.


ahhh, the recurring problem i can't replicate; given the url edit a post, that what would be behind a button i.e. http://yoursite.com/groups/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=198 do they get a no permission screen?
I get the "you do not have permission" message when trying to follow that link:

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Exitilus]

Ah, I think I figured this one out - but it's still a bug that should be fixed. The Group Leader is the moderator of the Group as long as he/she created the group. I don't let members create their own groups, rather I'm using this as a controlled section where I assign leaders to groups that I have created - once I change the Group Leader from the back end, they don't assume those permissions unfortunately, it seems. They can't edit unless they've created the group themselves.

I do the same thing and it works fine for me O.o

[sabret00the]

Good news: i've located the edit button problem.

Bad news: as a result, i now won't the release until after i've fixed it.

[Exitilus]

YAY .. What was it? *lol*

[Insert Username]

sabret00the, what are the chances of tying this in with the subscription system, so I can subscribe to a groups thread and have it show up in my usercp under the thread subscription section? That might be much more work that it's worth, though.

[sabret00the]

YAY .. What was it? *lol*
It was an oversight by me. basically i had to extend the vB_Postbit_Post class and then put in my own values in one of the methods.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the, what are the chances of tying this in with the subscription system, so I can subscribe to a groups thread and have it show up in my usercp under the thread subscription section? That might be much more work that it's worth, though.
right now incredibly thin. however as stated somewhere up above i do want to add it's own subscription system in so we'll see about the best way of presenting that.

[abramelin]

i am waiting sabret to fix all the bugs for this mod. and then i am going to install this, thanks :)

[Merriweather]

private or hidden?Private. I want to remove hidden groups all together.

[sabret00the]

--- Never mind, i'm just gonna amend the existing vB option i set up. ---

[sabret00the]

Private. I want to remove hidden groups all together.

yup, got that bit. hidden groups, or the ability to make such groups is now a vBulletin option.

[sabret00the]

Ok i think i got everything that makes a release now. i'm going to package it and leave it. any more problem or any problems as a result, post and i'll go nuts trying to fix tomorrow.

[Merriweather]

Very exciting -- I will be updating and testing again tonight!!!

[Merriweather]

I have an urgent question for the people that want certain usergroups to see private content. would you like a separate usergroup permission or would you just like for all group moderators (not to be confused with group leaders) to be able to see private content?RE: This -- I'd like it to be based on a usergroup and not all moderators.

[sabret00the]

New Zip/Release:
Groups v2.0.6.zip: bug fix including report, missing edit button and other misc small bugs, new features such as disable hidden groups, allow mods to see private groups, and resign from group handing off to another user.

[Exitilus]

Updating now :D

[sabret00the]

RE: This -- I'd like it to be based on a usergroup and not all moderators.
oops never saw that. :(

[hitboy]

sabret00the I like person that keeps their word thats what we only have to go by nowadays lol... Hey bender let us know how the updated version goes thanks!

[Exitilus]

Couple things. First really minor still says it is 2.0.5 version *laugh* ...

Also the: [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] buttons still don't work for me :(

[Insert Username]

right now incredibly thin. however as stated somewhere up above i do want to add it's own subscription system in so we'll see about the best way of presenting that.

That would be great, too! I would just love to see the subscribed threads in my user CP, even if they're separate from the regular forum subscriptions. I just don't think to check the groups all that often, so I miss a lot.

[sabret00the]

Couple things. First really minor still says it is 2.0.5 version *laugh* ...

Also the: [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] buttons still don't work for me :(
can i log into your site either later or tomorrow in a bid to try and sort that one out?

i also forgot to include the feed.php so it's a good excuse for 2.0.7

unless any bugs pop up and delay the release.

[sabret00the]

btw am i the only one that haves the "[View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply]" as text, i need to think of suitable images as replacements.

[sabret00the]

sabret00the I like person that keeps their word thats what we only have to go by nowadays lol... Hey bender let us know how the updated version goes thanks!
"all i got in this world is my word and my balls and i never break em for anyone" ;)

[Exitilus]

can i log into your site either later or tomorrow in a bid to try and sort that one out?

i also forgot to include the feed.php so it's a good excuse for 2.0.7

unless any bugs pop up and delay the release.

Sure go ahead :)

[Exitilus]

Just realized no one can post anything. Getting the following error

Fatal error: Class vb_postbit_post_grps: Cannot inherit from undefined class vb_postbit_post in /includes/class_grps.php on line 664

[Merriweather]

Reporting does not appear to be working. I report the post and it bounces me back to the group but no report post is made in the forums and no report post email is received. it's like nothing happens at all...

[Merriweather]

Just realized no one can post anything. Getting the following error

Fatal error: Class vb_postbit_post_grps: Cannot inherit from undefined class vb_postbit_post in /includes/class_grps.php on line 664
Same here.

[Merriweather]

If you check "Only the Group Leader (You) can Start Threads" in the group management, it doesn't save the option -- it's always unchecked.

It appears that the little right hand info bar still doesn't tell you how many posts are in the group.

[Merriweather]

Also, am I missing it, or can admin/mod access the Buddy Group edit screen like any group leader? Would be good for when users need help or we need to get in there for some reason, as I don't think all of those options are accessible via the back end.

[Merriweather]

Not a bug, but on the message that a group leader gets when they get a member join request, my users are requesting there be a link to the group so they don't have to log in an click through to get where they need to be.

[RvG2]

Same here.

2.0.6b? :) :up:

[Merriweather]

2.0.6b? :) :up:
Yup.

Oh, I must say that the resign from group is awesome :up: and I haven't found the option to turn of hidden groups yet, but will go look....

The only thing I am seeing re: hidden groups is this -- "Allow Groups To Be Hidden By Admins (Allow admins to hide groups from group listings?)". Is that what turns off hidden groups? Maybe I misunderstood hidden groups from the start... I thought they were groups that the group leader chose to hide from everyone and could only be accessed by invite -- is that not correct?

[Merriweather]

Still no red/yellow cards viewable for admins in the group posts.

[sabret00the]

If you check "Only the Group Leader (You) can Start Threads" in the group management, it doesn't save the option -- it's always unchecked.

It appears that the little right hand info bar still doesn't tell you how many posts are in the group.can you give me a screenshot of your info bar because if you check any of the groups on my site it appears to be working perfectly unless i'm misunderstanding you. are you sure you've not made changed to the template? never mind, it was giving a global post count in threads. fixed.

Also, am I missing it, or can admin/mod access the Buddy Group edit screen like any group leader? Would be good for when users need help or we need to get in there for some reason, as I don't think all of those options are accessible via the back end.buddy group? anyhoo, i'll see about adding this for the next release, it's wayyyyyyy to early for me to start coding now.

Yup.

Oh, I must say that the resign from group is awesome :up: and I haven't found the option to turn of hidden groups yet, but will go look....

The only thing I am seeing re: hidden groups is this -- "Allow Groups To Be Hidden By Admins (Allow admins to hide groups from group listings?)". Is that what turns off hidden groups? Maybe I misunderstood hidden groups from the start... I thought they were groups that the group leader chose to hide from everyone and could only be accessed by invite -- is that not correct?The hidden groups functionality right from the start was always the ability to hide groups from group listings i.e. (browse.php) and the listings on (index.php).

Still no red/yellow cards viewable for admins in the group posts.the infraction system is native to the vBulletin forums. just like the reputation only displays what you got but doesn't allow for users to actually add reputation based on group posts, the infraction system isn't integrated into groups either.

[sabret00the]

Reporting does not appear to be working. I report the post and it bounces me back to the group but no report post is made in the forums and no report post email is received. it's like nothing happens at all...
please reupload the files and revert the template. i've just re-tested this and it worked as intended; a pm is sent to the group leader and the user is redirected to the group.

[Souli]

nice hack but i have an error:

- "Create new Thread" doesn?t work

Fatal error: Class vb_postbit_post_grps: Cannot inherit from undefined class vb_postbit_post in /var/www/virtual/XXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/includes/class_grps.php on line 664


[UPDATE]
File: newthread.php
add:
require_once(DIR . '/includes/class_postbit.php');


one more:
- Uncached templates: groups_usercp_groupsbits

some images are missing:
grps_noimage_7.gif
grps_noimage_8.gif
grps_noimage_9.gif

- where can i change the group logo?
- whereis the random picture function?

[Merriweather]

buddy group? anyhoo, i'll see about adding this for the next release, it's wayyyyyyy to early for me to start coding now.Sorry, my site calls them Buddy Groups and I forgot to take the "Buddy" out that time.

The hidden groups functionality right from the start was always the ability to hide groups from group listings i.e. (browse.php) and the listings on (index.php).I get that, but I guess it's that the wording is awkward and unclear. SO if the option is checked, groups can be hidden, but only by admin?

the infraction system is native to the vBulletin forums. just like the reputation only displays what you got but doesn't allow for users to actually add reputation based on group posts, the infraction system isn't integrated into groups either.It should be (IMO). Just because a user is posting in a Group doesn't make them immune to the forum rules, at least not on my site.

[Merriweather]

please reupload the files and revert the template. i've just re-tested this and it worked as intended; a pm is sent to the group leader and the user is redirected to the group.
Still no love. I have my reports set to post to a forum, not to PM, so perhaps that's the issue. And when I reverted the template, I lost my change that made the link back to what you were reporting correct (see PM about that -- yours just links back to the group, not the actual post being reported). And reverting the template did not fix the issue of the report page showing the description of one of my forums vs. the group I am reporting in (also sent a screenshot of that).

[Souli]

i have found some "ugly" code :p in functions_grps.php

function grps_rewrite_links($template)
.....
.............
................

$vbulletin->options['hometitle'] . ' ' . $vbphrase['grps_groups'],

i see 3 errors in the above code

- $vbulletin->options['hometitle']
My hometitle is only "MYDOMAINNAME" - so the url is only "www.MYDOMAINNAME/..."


- there is an whitespace between the 2 ' '

- why is there a $vbphrase['grps_groups'] ?

[Merriweather]

Is it possible for kicked members to get a notification that they were kicked?

[Exitilus]

Any fix for the includes/class_grps.php on line 664 error ?

Also I have a thread that shows 0 Replies even though it has many.

[RvG2]

nice hack but i have an error:

- "Create new Thread" doesn?t work



[UPDATE]
File: newthread.php
add:



one more:
- Uncached templates: groups_usercp_groupsbits

some images are missing:
grps_noimage_7.gif
grps_noimage_8.gif
grps_noimage_9.gif

- where can i change the group logo?
- whereis the random picture function?

I returned back using 2.0.5b coz it did not fixed this error... :rolleyes:

Hope you can fix this soon :up:

[nul7]

i'm curious, do you both have vBaCMS installed?

I do.

It seems I've been lucky on my install as I do not have most of the errors as others have reported. So far the only things that I would like "fixed"/updated/whatever you want to call it are:

1. Allow Super Moderators access to the groups moderation panel. I would like to assign a SM to handle GRPS activity, but I don't want to make them an admin.

2. Fix the breadcrumbs.

3. I have only set up a few groups, and all of them seem to be fine, except one has a small issue: None of the avatars for the members of that group show up on any of the sidebars. It just shows a text link for all the members, and a no avatar image for the group leader, even though he has an avatar on the forum.

Is there a minimum donation required to remove the copyright links?

[BVC]

I love the functionality of the plugin but I cannot make it work. It gives me "<User>, you have no permission ..." error on every page in the /groups/ folder. Can anyone help me with this? I really need this to work...

Nevertheless thanks for your work, sabret00the!

[Simasher]

thanks...

[nul7]

I love the functionality of the plugin but I cannot make it work. It gives me "<User>, you have no permission ..." error on every page in the /groups/ folder. Can anyone help me with this? I really need this to work...

Nevertheless thanks for your work, sabret00the!

Did you change the usergroup permission relating to GRPS??

[nul7]

The donation button in your mod description just links to the donate button image. I used the "Support Developer" link on the right sidebar and that worked.

[sabret00the]

Thanks nul7.

In regards to the next update, i would've liked to get it out today, but sadly i've not had any time to sit down. i'm dedicated tomorrow evening to coding unless anything goes wrong, i'll get the next version out then.

[BVC]

Did you change the usergroup permission relating to GRPS??
Of course this was the problem. Argh. Sorry, I'm quite new to vBulletin. Now everything is working fine. Thanks a lot!

[tanyeri24]

same error here:
Fatal error: Class vb_postbit_post_grps: Cannot inherit from undefined class vb_postbit_post in /usr/www/censored/includes/class_grps.php on line 664

[Trana]

I really like what you have done here, but this project will not go anywhere unless posts are indexed on the main site. Otherwise you are just building an island and no one will ever see the activity in each group. If you can get the search working then I imagine RSS and subscriptions will follow very quickly. Don't reinvent the wheel.

You have to get this more integrated with the VB core or it won't take off.

Thanks again.

Maybe I missed it, but everyone who posted recently received a response except me.

Are you planning on addressing any of the issues I have raised?

Thanks.

[Peter_Rosado]

same error here:
Fatal error: Class vb_postbit_post_grps: Cannot inherit from undefined class vb_postbit_post in /usr/www/censored/includes/class_grps.php on line 664

same trouble here :(

[akulion]

hi
i would love to use this mod but reading all the errors people are getting - im a lil scared to try it out

would u guys recommend using it? or are there too many bugs in the current release and I should wait for an update?

aku

[Merriweather]

hi
i would love to use this mod but reading all the errors people are getting - im a lil scared to try it out

would u guys recommend using it? or are there too many bugs in the current release and I should wait for an update?

aku
If you're expected to plug it in and go, then I'd say wait. It's not ready for public use, IMO.

[sabret00the]

Sorry folks saturday night was wayyyyyy huger than i thought. creating now.