vBonjour - Portal System

[peterska2]

vBonjour

Easy Customizable Portal System

Brought to you by www.peterska2.co.uk (http://www.peterska2.co.uk)

Welcome to the launch of vBonjour. This is the base package which is required for all installations of this system.

What is vBonjour?
vBonjour is an alternative to vBAdvanced. It is an easy to install, modular portal system designed as a gateway to your site.

Why vBonjour?
This is pretty simple really. As the front page is the first thing that your visitors see, it is a welcome page. The first few names that were thought of were either very boring, or far too long winded and not at all catchy.

This is a base package. What is included?
The base package includes a news feature from up to two forums. The news from the first forum will be displayed first, followed by the news from the second forum. It also includes the left and right columns which can be activated or deactivated via some simple settings in the ACP. These columns can be customised without using any of the Add On Modules, or Add On Modules can be installed to expand on the functionality.

Why is it so modular?
vBonjour is extremely modular to allow for maximum customization of the page. The idea is to make it as easy as possible to install the items that you want to have included, and not have anything which you would be simply turning off. By using a modular method it means that every site can easily achieve their own custom portal without having to know any coding.

I want to add something that isn't already included. How do I go about this?
vBonjour makes use of the plugin system and includes it's own hooks. This allows easy devlopment of additional Add Ons and maximum flexability.

What about the ACP? Is it really complicated?
Unlike other systems, almost all the settings for vBonjour are collected in one setting group in the vBOptions. Because you only install what you want to use, you don't need to have lots of settings. Anything which does not use settings in the Portal settings group is highlighted in the documentation for that Add On.

Ok, so where are the screen shots?
Why have screen shots when you can have a live demo?
The demo is available at www.peterska2.co.uk (http://www.peterska2.co.uk)

What versions of vBulletin does vBonjour work with?
vBonjour will work with vBulletin 3.6.0 and above. Support for sites running versions earlier than 3.6.0 will not be given.



Contributers to the base system: christianb


I hope that you like this system. Please remember to mark it as installed to recieve notification of updates and support. Support will only be provided to those who have clicked install.

[Allan]

H?h?, good title ;)

Click Install ^^

[Shana]

Installed, AGAIN. This is pretty cool, did you do this at the same time or over a period of time and then release it at once?

[Murty]

hmm, this looks very good, but it looks exactly like vbadvanced, what are the differences?

[peterska2]

***** Zip Updated ******

Error in instructions

[peterska2]

hmm, this looks very good, but it looks exactly like vbadvanced, what are the differences?

It's completely modular and so you don't have all the hassle with complicated settings and trying to figure out what you want to use because you just install the add ons that you want and not the ones that you don't.

[Shana]

What was the error? Just so I don't have to re-download.

[peterska2]

Just a minor typing one in some comments. It doesn't actually affect anything.

[peterska2]

Installed, AGAIN. This is pretty cool, did you do this at the same time or over a period of time and then release it at once?

I've been working on it for a few months but it was just a static package with no flexability at all. I thought about it on Friday and decided that it could be done as a modular system, so I've spent most of the weekend and all day today coding it.

[libertate]

Can you make vBonjour be part of vB pages (or vB part of vBonjour)?

[Shana]

Ah, cool. Well, I installed it, but in the modules it says:


In your portal_left_column or portal_right_column template add $stats where
you wish to have your Statistics blocks appear. Unfortunatley these cannot be
separated in this release.

However, I cannot find the vBOptions -> Portal Settings page. Do you mean under Style Manager -> SKIN -> Portal Templates?

[peterska2]

Can you make vBonjour be part of vB pages (or vB part of vBonjour)?

I have absolutely no idea what vB Pages is, but I'll look into it later in the week and see what I can come up with.

[peterska2]

Ah, cool. Well, I installed it, but in the modules it says:



However, I cannot find the vBOptions -> Portal Settings page. Do you mean under Style Manager -> SKIN -> Portal Templates?


It's one of the setting groups in the main settings area. It should be right at the bottom of the list (or close to it).

To make the change identified though, you need the style manager.

[Oddjob]

It's one of the setting groups in the main settings area. It should be right at the bottom of the list (or close to it).

To make the change identified though, you need the style manager.

Where exactly would you put the $navigation in

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


to make it be an actual left column?

[peterska2]

put it here

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>

[Snake]

Not bad. I kinda like it. :D

[Oddjob]

put it here

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


Yea, tried that....doesnt show up.

[peterska2]

hmmmmm

/me goes back to the product xml to find out why

[projectego]

Totally installed! :)

[peterska2]

*******Updated to version 1.0.1*******

Missing settings in product XML file.

To upgrade, import xml overwriting existing product.

[Lionel]

advantages of screenshots, when your site is down like now, we still can see what this is all about.

[Oddjob]

hmmmmm

* peterska2 goes back to the product xml to find out why

The update corrected it, works fine now.

Thanks.

[peterska2]

advantages of screenshots, when your site is down like now, we still can see what this is all about.
It's back up again now. It's been a bit tempremental all day.

[peterska2]

The update corrected it, works fine now.

Thanks.

Phew! No idea how I managed to miss that, but at least we spotted it.

[davidw]

Nice work KA!

[peterska2]

Thanks David, I told you it would be worth the wait didn't I?

[davidw]

:P - looks like you're onto something big here :)

[peterska2]

It's amazing what we can do when we put our mind to it. I'm still in shock that it actually works! It's a bit of a change from my normal little tiny plugins. ;)

[akanevsky]

How is this better than vBAdvanced?

[peterska2]

How is this better than vBAdvanced?

It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.

If you don't want to show WOL, then you don't have to try and find a setting or 6 buried deep somewhere, you just don't install that bit.

This easy install the bits you want and not the bits you don't makes it a simple to use system and highly customizable for each individual site.

The only default installation is the basic news module. After that everything else is at the discretion of the site admin and what is best suited for their site as well as displayed exactly how you want it.

[TTG]

It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.



Easier to turn things OFF than install loads and loads of products !?

[Barakat]

Merci Kerry-Anne .

will test it now

[akanevsky]

It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.

If you don't want to show WOL, then you don't have to try and find a setting or 6 buried deep somewhere, you just don't install that bit.

This easy install the bits you want and not the bits you don't makes it a simple to use system and highly customizable for each individual site.

The only default installation is the basic news module. After that everything else is at the discretion of the site admin and what is best suited for their site as well as displayed exactly how you want it.

Ok. Does this allow creation of custom modules?

Easier to turn things OFF than install loads and loads of products !?

That be a matter of preference.

[peterska2]

Yes, it allows easy creation of custom modules as it uses the Plugin and Product system.

[Barakat]

what about the bbcodes ? its not included in this system i think til now !!

[lolo?]

great job click install :)

[evenmonkeys]

Very nice. If I didn't have my own already, I'd install this in a heartbeat. This is easily the best portal I've seen. I like simple and to the point; this meets that critique.

[peterska2]

what about the bbcodes ? its not included in this system i think til now !!

This allows BB Codes.

The items on the live portal all include BB Code in one form or another. HTML Username Markup is also fully operational, although this is not included on the demo version.

[peterska2]

great job click install :)

Very nice. If I didn't have my own already, I'd install this in a heartbeat. This is easily the best portal I've seen. I like simple and to the point; this meets that critique.

Thanks for the great feedback guys. :D

[iran.gs]

I am going to install this now, if everything goes smooth l will send lots of ppl ur way.

Thanks,

Gilani

[Cyricx]

My one question..

Does it allow for more then one page with each page using different news forums?

That's the big bonus of vbadvanced to me, and if your product could do similiar I would definately give it a go :)

[peterska2]

My one question..

Does it allow for more then one page with each page using different news forums?

That's the big bonus of vbadvanced to me, and if your product could do similiar I would definately give it a go :)

At the moment it doesn't, but this is something that I am looking into.

[iran.gs]

Installed just few minutes ago humm real nice but don't think this can handle
big news and big post forums news, and thats is our biggest viewed and this does not handle that :(

[Smoothie]

Can this be installed in /root or does it need to go in the root/forum directory?

[TheBlackPoet]

man!! thank you very much!!! for whatever reason, i could not install the other cmps.. but this one came through like a champ!! now i dont have to install a seperate portal system..
your hack has helped me tremendously...

[redlabour]

1. Really need the possibility to enter different Boxes (more then in your Addon for 2 custom Contents) with own HTML Content from the AdminCP like it is possible at vBa.

2. Sure a RSS Feedsystem for external Feeds is a must have. Look here for a Example : Customizable RSS feed module (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13489&highlight=rss+feeds)

3. And can i move the Boxes from AdminCp wherever i like (left, center, right)?

[TheBlackPoet]

someone asked me if i could help them understand how to install this portal... i am no coder... and peterska2 is best to ask for assistance, but... i did supply some instructions for the person who asked... and thought i would share them....



Step #1 - edit your portal.php file it should look something like this.....

/home/this is your root folder name/public_html/'

Step#2 change the name of the portal.php to index.php

Step#3 change the name of your index.php (on the server-side) (your forum index.php, to forum.php)

step#4 go to forum home options in your admincp and change the index to forum

step#5 go to your admincp plugins and products /manage products and upload your xml file that is in your portal directory

after you do this... your hack is installed...

refresh your screen and look under your VBulletin Options for portal. set up which forum will be your news for the portal.... and the other stuff...


the work starts now.......

in your styles and templates look for the portal templates you primarily want to work with the left and right columns.... in the addons that come with portal hack are instructions.. read them...

you are looking for code snippets that have $who_has_posted this code in it... each addon will have an instructions document.. and in that document you will find the code to paste.... either in your left or right column..
i suggest as you are pasting the snippets... dont try to put a <br> after a snippet
just...
$who_has_posted
$who_has_posted
$who_has_posted

stack the different snippets this way and all will be well...

good luck.. im going to bed!!

[TheBlackPoet]

my members are having a problem with the arcade.. when it tries to record scores, it goes to the index (portal)... i tried to look for the line in arcade.php where i could change it to forum.php.. no good... i looked at the xml... for the arcade.... struck out...

any ideas on how i can get the arcade back on track???

[davidw]

There should be something in the arcade installation instructions that for adding to the portal. Offhand I'm not sure what it is.

[davidw]

According to the instructions, this code needs to be put in the index.php page right after the <?php
// ibProArcade modification
if($_POST['module'] == "pnFlashGames"){
$_GET[act] = "Arcade";
$_GET['module'] = "arcade";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "storeScore"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFStoreScore";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "saveGame"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFSaveGame";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "loadGame"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFLoadGame";
}
$act = $_GET[act];
$showuser= $_GET[showuser];
if($act == "Arcade") {
include "arcade.php";
exit();
}
if(!empty($showuser) && $showuser >= 1) {
$u = $showuser;
$_GET[u] = $showuser;
include "member.php";
exit();
}
// end of ibProArcade modification

[TheBlackPoet]

yeah... that did it bro! thanks a lot...

[asj]

Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable.?

[peterska2]

Installed just few minutes ago humm real nice but don't think this can handle
big news and big post forums news, and thats is our biggest viewed and this does not handle that :(

Yes, change the character setting in the options from 250 to what ever you want. I have mine set to 25000 and it displays the full post. You may need to experiement with this setting until you find one that works best for you.

Can this be installed in /root or does it need to go in the root/forum directory?

Yes, it can be installed in root or in the forum directory. Instructions for both are in the instructions.txt file included in the zip.

man!! thank you very much!!! for whatever reason, i could not install the other cmps.. but this one came through like a champ!! now i dont have to install a seperate portal system..
your hack has helped me tremendously...

Thanks a lot :) Glad it works for you :)

1. Really need the possibility to enter different Boxes (more then in your Addon for 2 custom Contents) with own HTML Content from the AdminCP like it is possible at vBa.

2. Sure a RSS Feedsystem for external Feeds is a must have. Look here for a Example : Customizable RSS feed module (http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13489&highlight=rss+feeds)

3. And can i move the Boxes from AdminCp wherever i like (left, center, right)?

1. How many boxes are we talking about? I can do some additional boxes in another plugin if required.

2. This is currently in an early development stage.

3. All movement is done via the style manager. This may change in future editions, but at the moment the style manager is the most efficient way of doing it hence that method.

my members are having a problem with the arcade.. when it tries to record scores, it goes to the index (portal)... i tried to look for the line in arcade.php where i could change it to forum.php.. no good... i looked at the xml... for the arcade.... struck out...

any ideas on how i can get the arcade back on track???

Is this IBProArcade? If so, I'll rumble up a fix for it shortly.

[peterska2]

Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable.?

Check the instructions and edit the portal.php file accordingly. There are comments in the php file for where to edit (you aren't running in the same place as my test board so it won't find it ;)) and instructions in the txt file on an easy way to get your forum path from the ACP

[davidw]

my members are having a problem with the arcade.. when it tries to record scores, it goes to the index (portal)... i tried to look for the line in arcade.php where i could change it to forum.php.. no good... i looked at the xml... for the arcade.... struck out...

any ideas on how i can get the arcade back on track???

According to the instructions, this code needs to be put in the index.php page right after the <?php
// ibProArcade modification
if($_POST['module'] == "pnFlashGames"){
$_GET[act] = "Arcade";
$_GET['module'] = "arcade";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "storeScore"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFStoreScore";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "saveGame"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFSaveGame";
}
if($_POST['func'] == "loadGame"){
$_GET['do'] = "pnFLoadGame";
}
$act = $_GET[act];
$showuser= $_GET[showuser];
if($act == "Arcade") {
include "arcade.php";
exit();
}
if(!empty($showuser) && $showuser >= 1) {
$u = $showuser;
$_GET[u] = $showuser;
include "member.php";
exit();
}
// end of ibProArcade modification

Is this IBProArcade? If so, I'll rumble up a fix for it shortly.Fixed (above) :)

[peterska2]

I know, but I've also done a proper fix using the plugin system. :)

[davidw]

I just now saw that. :P - A plugin works better. :)

[HMBeaty]

/me installed. Going to uninstall vBadvanced before I upgrade to 3.6.4 and try this out.

Thanks

[ManagerJosh]

Kerry,

Does this support multiple domain installations?

For example, I'm trying to install vBadvanced CMPS over at http://beta.simgames.net but there's an indirect installation of vBulletin which is tied in over at http://forums.worldsims.org :)

[peterska2]

Not the faintest idea to be honest as I don't have any complex setups to test on.

PM me full details of exactly how your setup works and I'll see if I can figure anything out for it.

[Allan]

Kerry-Anne, it's no possible to create one product with all addon ? (not more simple ?) :p

[peterska2]

It would lose the main feature of flexability if it was done that way Allan. The original alpha version was all in one file and making any changes to it was a complete nightmare. Using Add Ons makes it a lot easier to manage and for each site to setup easily to their requirements.

[CoreIssue]

I am intrigued. But, as not a coder, let me as a dumb question or two.

For my site they like the Top 10 stats and ShoutBox together.

Can I do that? And not squeezed left or right column, but middle or whole page?

[peterska2]

Yes, you can display anything where ever you want. Adding things to the center column is a little tricky at the moment, but the next release will have some changes to make this easier.

[CoreIssue]

Thanks.

I will set up a test board and check this out.
:knockedout:

[wes_517]

this is sounding really interesting...

can you tell me more about the permission settings? is it as granular as vbadvanced?

more specifically do you have the option to pick a group, and then say what pages that group can see, in addition to picking a page and seeing what groups have permission to it?

also any idea when the rss feeds will come into play? that's something i've really been looking to add to my site...

[peterska2]

At the moment, it is a case of apart from the guest message and member message (for obvious reasons included in their titles) everything is visible to everyone. There is also only one page involved at the moment.

The first of the RSS Add Ons has just been released, and more are in development. Once this week is out of the way then development will be back to being full steam ahead and more Add Ons will become available as quickly as I can get them coded.

[CoreIssue]

I was able to install the shout on the forum fully and get the it partially installed, 100% width, on the Portal.

But, it would require recoding to get the smilies, Archive and font color and face showing and working correctly.

Great idea, but I will wait until this gets a bit more advanced, or has some more blocks developed for it.

Just too much work for the return on needs for my site.

But great idea and coming along very nicely.

For info, to get the ShoutBox Templates at 100% I copied them all over onto the Portal Template, not the left or right.

I will be watching this one!

[peterska2]

I'm going to be doing some research into some items such as the shoutbox to see how they would integrate into vBonjour over the next week or so, so keep watching out, because as soon as I crack it, something will be released.

[Murty]

Ok, so where are the screen shots?
Why have screen shots when you can have a live demo?
The demo is available at www.peterska2.co.uk (http://www.peterska2.co.uk/)

Cos some people done have uberly fast internet ;)

[Lionel]

I had never been able to open that demo page, and I have been trying for days now.

[calorie]

IMO all the add-ons should be in the same product. They can easily be turned on/off by going to the Plugin Manager. Also the main portal.php file has some issues:

define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1); // this is no longer used
there is no portal_articlelist template
if (forumid1) { // this is missing the $ on the variable
if (forumid2) { // this is missing the $ on the variable
$news['pagetext'] = $parser->do_parse($news['pagetext'], 1, 1, 1, 1); // this is set to parse HTML
these should be initialized: $currentsection, $portal_articlebit, $portal_left_column, $portal_right_column
$getnews1 and $getnews2 are basically the same query so try WHERE t.forumid IN ($forumid1,$forumid2)
vB doesn't store slashes so stripslashes is not needed
look into strip_tags, htmlspecialchars_uni, or use title_clean if available instead of the preg_replace regexp
is there a need to GLOBAL $parser; for something
what setting is this: $vbulletin->options['vbcms_totalrows']
$rownum serves no point as the query already has a limit
use $navbits[''] = 'Portal'; not with $parent and phrase the word Portal
eval('$portal_articlelist .= "' . fetch_template('PORTAL') . '";'); // this serves no purpose

The attached is an untested revision of the portal.php file, though it may need tweaks or fixes as well because it's untested, so it's up to you to test. Hope it helps. :)

[peterska2]

Cheers for that Calorie. :)

It needs some issues fixing, and is not recommended for use at the moment.

* peterska2 adds it to the top of the to-do list

[YeşiLMeN]

Nice, Peter ;)

[flyingmongoose]

Is there a way to make it so that the news functions can pull from more than just 2 forums? (I have a category with 4 forums but I want to display all 4 of them as news posts, don't ask me why)

And is there anyway to get the combination to alternate back and forth? Not just, first forum news posts then second forums news posts, I'm talking first forum news post, then second, then first, or if more are involved (up to for, first forum news post, second forum news post, third forum news post, fourth forum news post, first forum news posts, etc.)

Any info or help on this would be great :).

[peterska2]

This is something I am looking into for the next build.

[goga123]

Can Anyone Help Me To Install Tht

Plz And Thanxs

[peterska2]

Can Anyone Help Me To Install Tht

Plz And Thanxs

Contact me via PM please

[Quantnet]

Peter,
I'm looking forward to installing this on my live site in a week or so. I've been looking at VB CMPS for a while but never installed it or know what VBadvanced offers that you do not.

1) I assume your mod will use the default skin of the forum ? Will the header banner from the forum be on the front page ? I'm looking for something like we have here on Vb.org

2)Do you have mini calendar modules ? Current poll ? Today birthday ?

3) I mostly need latest 10 thread modules, mini-calendar, news, events, etc

thanks

[TheBlackPoet]

this portal is working great for me... i would like to know if a poll and small calendar could be developed... peterska2., you did a damn good job with this hack!

[Quantnet]

this portal is working great for me...
Can we see a demo of your site ?:classic: :)

[flyingmongoose]

This is something I am looking into for the next build.

Thanks a lot, it'll be great :).

[peterska2]

Peter,
I'm looking forward to installing this on my live site in a week or so. I've been looking at VB CMPS for a while but never installed it or know what VBadvanced offers that you do not.

1) I assume your mod will use the default skin of the forum ? Will the header banner from the forum be on the front page ? I'm looking for something like we have here on Vb.org

2)Do you have mini calendar modules ? Current poll ? Today birthday ?

3) I mostly need latest 10 thread modules, mini-calendar, news, events, etc

thanks

this portal is working great for me... i would like to know if a poll and small calendar could be developed... peterska2., you did a damn good job with this hack!

These are on the list of items to be developed.

[flyingmongoose]

I don't know if you have a "module request" thread or something anywhere, in fact I should probably search from it, but at the moment don't have time. But I'm sure a plethora of people here would love to see a Paypal module. Including a donate page (and maybe even a goal system, where you set a goal and it displays amount until goal met with a bar or something). Just something to think about, but I don't expect it, at least not until you've worked out the bugs and whatnot that are of more pressing issues ;).

[napukjon]

Is there anyway to get the blocks to show up on the forum pages? ie index, view forum, view topic?

Thanks

Jon

[Datenpapst]

found the mistake

[Deimos]

I like it, looks alot cleaner to
Good job :)

[Datenpapst]

how about a calendar addon as well as a random v3arcade game addon, a quick moderation addon? :)

and also an avatar of the user who posted news would be nice, just like in the vbadvanced.

[peterska2]

Please use the thread in the Modification Questions forum for feature requests, and also please be aware that I am not doing any development work until January now due to Christmas commitments.

[Ziki]

This is very good peterska but I think you could made the add on modules a part of this not extra :)

[flyingmongoose]

the add-on modules allow for external simple development.

[JamieLee2k]

I got it installed but getting this issues

http://www.xleagues.net/index.php

[mjname]

I have installed the portal.php file in the root of my site and the forum of course is in the forum folder. During setup it was sort of implied to do this... Now I'm having issues getting the navigation links to work.

They're missing the /forum/ in the code. I figured out how to update the image links by just putting the /forum/ infront of the image url's. but can't seem to figure out where the Nav bar information is stored?

Any clues for a newbie?

Thanks
Matthew

[JamieLee2k]

mjname is right, my links in the navbar arn't working either, I also installed a few plugin's and the stats one is giving me a database error, not sure why.

Think I am going to look at this at the weekend

[JamieLee2k]

I have this installed outside of the forums, in the root dir

[mjname]

IF YOU'RE INSTALLING OUTSIDE OF THE FORUM DIRECTORY?

You may have to edit these files in Templates. Header, Navbar, footer and if your forum is in a directory called forum then you need to put this into the code, '/forum/'. Don't put in the 'quote'. I did a search .php through out these pages here are some examples.

First I went to Styles & Templates>Styles Manager>Edit Templates

I edited these files Footer, Header, & Navigation & Breadcrumb Templates> Navbar

In these files I did a search for .php and found code that looked like this
<a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]">
and I added the '/forum/' to it so it looked like this.
a href="/forum/$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]">

I also found code that looked like this:
<form action="login.php?do=login" and changed it to
<form action="/forum/login.php?do=login"

The beginning slash lets the server know that / is the reference to the root directory of the site regardless of the domain name. I'm hosted on NT I think so don't knwo if this is the case with Unix or Linux but can't image it not being.

I've clicked around a bit and it seems to have corrected my proplems.

I hope this helps, and I think this needs to be edited to some degree and included in the install file. I'm new to vBulletin and didn't even know what editing a template from the admincp was possible. I just bought it because it was pretty. I like pretty. :)

Also there needs to includded in the directions on how to edit the nav and block template modules, too. It might be obvious to the people who actually read the manual for vBulletin but it's really long and I haven't gotten to it yet.

Thanks
Matthew


/forum/

[peterska2]

The best way to get navbar links working all the way though is to add$vboptions[bburl]/to the start of all the links in there, including the forms for the login box and search box.

This is only needed if you have installed outseid the forum directory.

[JamieLee2k]

So what you are saying is it is easier to install if within the forums? Since there is no messing about

[mjname]

Thanks PetreSKa2
thats a better hack.

[JamieLee2k]

Found an issue, I have selected a forum in which I want the news to be displayed on my front page, but it is showing threads that are moderated (invisable to users) but they are showing up, even when I logged out they are still showing up, so that needs looking at.

[peterska2]

I'll have a look into this and see why this is happening.

[JamieLee2k]

Any updates as of yet?

[peterska2]

Not yet, but I'm going to be looking at it this weekend.

[captainslater]

Sorry for the delay on german translations. We renovated our kitchen and today we've got terrible power problems...

[dsotmoon]

Not yet, but I'm going to be looking at it this weekend.

looking forward to any updates, would love to see a custom center add on, one already configured to use the sites colors/etc (tcat/tborder/etc) so all we would have to do is enter our text/content

great job on it by the way

[BigJimTheLug]

Hello, I have the following error.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '/' in /home/puremark/public_html/index.php on line 14

[BigJimTheLug]

I can't seem to find my forum's file path.

Ok, now I get this error:
Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable

But when I attempt to look at the forum's file path in the "path_translated" is shows up as no value on my end.

what do I do now?

[BigJimTheLug]

*Uninstalled*


Peace!:D

[peterska2]

I can't seem to find my forum's file path.

Ok, now I get this error:
Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable

But when I attempt to look at the forum's file path in the "path_translated" is shows up as no value on my end.

what do I do now?
Your site path is /home/puremark/public_html

If your forums are in the site root then use that as your forum root, otherwise you need to add the directory in which they are located onto the end of there.

[JamieLee2k]

Still no update then

[peterska2]

Updated to version 1.0.2

This update fixes the moderated posts issue.

To upgrade, upload portal.php overwriting your existing portal.php file (probably renamed to index.php on your site) making sure you edit the forumpath in the file again. The reimport the product.

[Bounce]

BD error here

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column: 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous:eek:

now my install varies a bit different in the fact that I want to use this as a site map would you believe ...lol...

I already have phpportal installed in the rootand and am happy with it ...

I need a site map for my forum so was thinkin of using this to add info etc to any new sections we might have on our site and explain to user what's what :)

I renamed it to sitemap.php and get that error

Does this NEED to be a portal install in the root then ?

* Bounce is confused and goes to study instructions lol

[bigr5026]

im havingthe same issue as the person above

[Pierre-Yves]

For this problem, replace line 62 and 116 in portal.php


Line 62
if (forumid1) {
replace by
if ($forumid1) {

Line 116
if (forumid2) {
replace by
if ($forumid2) {

[bigr5026]

still wont work

[Bounce]

Sort off worked lol

As soon as I change the forum ID and have a forum ID in the " Forum ID
Specify the second (optional) forumid where you want your news to come from. " section I get the error again...

Working just now thou so thanks :D :up:

[LePaul]

Im lost...granted Im new

How to I "Import" the XML file??

[JamieLee2k]

I am getting the same database error as hIBEES

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous

[JamieLee2k]

So I used the fix from Pierre Yves and a few things need sorting, Since it's took the header from the forums things have changed, the header now doesn't show the images and the shoutbox isn't working properly, it just says loading all the time.

[Glynn58]

Im lost...granted Im new

How to I "Import" the XML file??

to be honest m8 if you dont know how to do that i'd leave this mod alone until you've found your way around a bit, you'll get there and happens i'll get there the same time as you lol

[peterska2]

I've put version 1.0.1 back up.

Those who are having problems with 1.0.2 - is your vBonjour in your forum directory or are your forums located in a directory and the vBonjour file in the site root?

Also, everyone who is getting any errors, please confirm if you are using PHP & MySQL 4 or 5 along with full details of all errors being received.

[LePaul]

to be honest m8 if you dont know how to do that i'd leave this mod alone until you've found your way around a bit, you'll get there and happens i'll get there the same time as you lol

Rather than slam a newbie, you could've either said nothing, or said something that might've helped a bit.

Its ok. Someday you'll need help with something. And I hope you get this sort of snotty response.

[peterska2]

BD error here

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column: 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous:eek:


now my install varies a bit different in the fact that I want to use this as a site map would you believe ...lol...

I already have phpportal installed in the rootand and am happy with it ...

I need a site map for my forum so was thinkin of using this to add info etc to any new sections we might have on our site and explain to user what's what :)

I renamed it to sitemap.php and get that error

Does this NEED to be a portal install in the root then ?

* hIBEES is confused and goes to study instructions lol

You haven't put a forumid in the vBOptions for it.

It can be installed in either the root or the forums directory, but you still need to follow the entire instructions.

im havingthe same issue as the person above

See solution above.

For this problem, replace line 62 and 116 in portal.php


Line 62


Line 116

The code has not changed since the earlier versions. The only change is to the queries to fix the problem with moderated threads being displayed.

still wont work

No, it won't because the fix posted by Pierre-Yves isn't needed.

I am getting the same database error as hIBEES

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous


Check your vBOptions are set right for it.

Sort off worked lol

As soon as I change the forum ID and have a forum ID in the " Forum ID
Specify the second (optional) forumid where you want your news to come from. " section I get the error again...

Working just now thou so thanks :D :up:

Make sure that your forumid numbers are correct.

So I used the fix from Pierre Yves and a few things need sorting, Since it's took the header from the forums things have changed, the header now doesn't show the images and the shoutbox isn't working properly, it just says loading all the time.

This is because the fix posted is not required. Please replace your file with the copy attached.

[Lionel]

I had never been able to see the demo on your site from day one. I get a page can't be found error.

[peterska2]

Im lost...granted Im new

How to I "Import" the XML file??
Go to Plugins & Products > Manager Products > Add/Import Product

The use the top part of the page to locate the xml file on your system and click import (like uploading an avatar).

[peterska2]

I had never been able to see the demo on your site from day one. I get a page can't be found error.
Are you trying the right page?

www.peterska2.co.uk/index.php or just www.peterska2.co.uk

[Lionel]

I just posted a screen shot above. It has been going on since you first put up the hack. I clicked on the link you provided.

If that helps, I am in Miami
I can't ping it either

[peterska2]

I just posted a screen shot above. It has been going on since you first put up the hack. I clicked on the link you provided.There must be a problem between you and my site as it works fine for everyone else. There is a very limited version, available at (secret location) None of the links there are active (well they are but you can't use them) and the images are not working, but it gives you an idea.

[Lionel]

same thing. no luck for me. I can't ping it either

[peterska2]

It's a problem with your isp and my hosting provider then. There isn't anything else that I can do about that at the moment. You will need to try someone else who has it installed.

[Lionel]

I know of some ISP in the US blocking entire countries like India, but I would never thought of England blocking the US. Specially that my provider is one of the top in Miami.

Maybe someone else could provide me a link??

[ryansmith]

Does this work with the default styles I already have set, or does it install its own style like vBPortal? I purchased vBPortal but then realized I had to use their default styles and templates, so my theme (TvB Curves) wouldn't work with it.

I'm looking for a way to add navigation modules and such to my site without having to try and edit too many templates and such.

Ryan

[Zowners]

i installed it but iam getting this
I already played around with the forum id, but still no luck
iam using the 1.0.2

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 1 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052

[Glynn58]

Rather than slam a newbie, you could've either said nothing, or said something that might've helped a bit.

Its ok. Someday you'll need help with something. And I hope you get this sort of snotty response.

sorry you took this the wrong way it was never intended as a snotty remark , i am a newbie and that was the point i was trying to make, before jump in the deep end try out a few of the easier mods and learn a bit about the system thats what i'm doing, i'd love this mod and i'm following its progress but until i'm confident i can install it without destroying my board i'll watch and learn

[almac]

i installed it but iam getting this
I already played around with the forum id, but still no luck
iam using the 1.0.2

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 1 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052



I get the same problem.

[peterska2]

i installed it but iam getting this
I already played around with the forum id, but still no luck
iam using the 1.0.2

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 1 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052

I get the same problem.

I've put version 1.0.1 back up.

Those who are having problems with 1.0.2 - is your vBonjour in your forum directory or are your forums located in a directory and the vBonjour file in the site root?

Also, everyone who is getting any errors, please confirm if you are using PHP & MySQL 4 or 5 along with full details of all errors being received.

Please see this post and provide the information requested

[peterska2]

Does this work with the default styles I already have set, or does it install its own style like vBPortal? I purchased vBPortal but then realized I had to use their default styles and templates, so my theme (TvB Curves) wouldn't work with it.

I'm looking for a way to add navigation modules and such to my site without having to try and edit too many templates and such.

Ryan

This works with your normal styles and does not need anything special, apart from maybe a couple of minor tweaks.

[almac]

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 82 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 10;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052
Date : Monday, January 22nd 2007 @ 01:10:59 AM
Referrer :
IP Address : 72.234.55.40
Username : Jesse
Classname : vb_database



Running on:
PHP version 4.4.3
MySQL 4.1.21-standard


And its in my root.
MySQL version 4.1.21-standard

[peterska2]

Thank you. When I get home from college later I'll run a test install onto a different setup on one of my test boards and see what is going on.

[Zowners]

I have everything in the forum directory
iam using php 5.1.2 and mysql 5.0.24a-standard-log

[Glynn58]

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 82 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 10;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052
Date : Monday, January 22nd 2007 @ 01:10:59 AM
Referrer :
IP Address : 72.234.55.40
Username : Jesse
Classname : vb_database



Running on:
PHP version 4.4.3
MySQL 4.1.21-standard


And its in my root.
MySQL version 4.1.21-standard

I installed today and got the same error.

Looking at portal.php I could see a difference from Getnews 1 & Getnews 2

Get News 2 looks like this
if (forumid2) {
$getnews2 = $db->query_read("
SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum f
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = " . $forumid2 . " AND visible = 1




the very last bit is the problem
change it to t.visible = 1

That cured this error for me.

However I now have the left sidebox displaying full page width. Then the news items and then the right side box all full width.
Any ideas?

[Glynn58]

In the news posts the formatting tags are showing in the posts on the portal page.

http://www.touring-camping.co.uk/forum/portal.php

index.php is still the forum home page at the moment as we don't want it going live until we fix these issues.

[Forza]

I have my forum in a subdomain and I want to use this portal for my main root. But i keep getting the 'Invalid forum path specified' error.

This is the line i used in the index.php:


$forumpath = '/var/www/vhosts/musicinjection.net/subdomains/forum/httpdocs';



any suggestions?

[osso12]

Sort off worked lol

As soon as I change the forum ID and have a forum ID in the " Forum ID
Specify the second (optional) forum id where you want your news to come from. " section I get the error again...

Working just now thou so thanks :D :up:
I am having this same exact problem.
Every time I add a forum to the second forum ID I get the SQL error.
If I remove the second forum ID, the problem goes away...
I did the fix on line 62 and 116 that was recommended, but that still did not solve the issue.
Anyone?
Thanks!
Great Mod BTW!

[captainslater]

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 5 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL-Fehler : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Fehler-Nr. : 1052

OS: Linux
PHP: 5.0.4
MySQL 4.1.4

Installed in forum root

[Glynn58]

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 5 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL-Fehler : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Fehler-Nr. : 1052
OS: Linux
PHP: 5.0.4
MySQL 4.1.4

Installed in forum root

Change the bit in red to t.visible = 1 in portal.php

Worked for us

[goodguy]

Fist time trying to install anything like this so I might just be missing something out, I'm gretting this error.

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM forum f
INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052

Can anyone help me? T.I.A.

[peterska2]

I'm releasing an update later today which will address the database error (and maybe a couple of other minor things if I get time to code them in).

[goodguy]

I'm releasing an update later today which will address the database error (and maybe a couple of other minor things if I get time to code them in).

Thanks, I thought I had broke it. :eek:

[peterska2]

Update

vBonjour version 1.0.3 has been released which fixes the bugs in 1.0.2 which were causing database errors.

[captainslater]

Still getting the error message from above. Strange?

edit: works now, mistake in path

May someone delete this message.

[goodguy]

The new file solved the database problems but now the portal homepage looks weird, probably me being dumb but any advice gratefully received.
Here is the portal Link (http://www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums/)

[Wayne Luke]

Did you customize the PORTAL template in any way? Try reverting it.

I'm using this system on a site without problems.

http://www.ridersofconquest.org/

[goodguy]

Did you customize the PORTAL template in any way? Try reverting it.

I'm using this system on a site without problems.

http://www.ridersofconquest.org/

The only ones I edited were the right and left columns kinda like this?


<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>
$navigation
$who_has_posted

[mxdan]

For some reason I get:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM exeforum f
INNER JOIN exethread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN exepost AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

Referrer :

(The reason it doesn't say index.php were it says portal is because I renamed it to figure out the problem and bring back the boards.)

[mxdan]

Sorry, please disregard that post, I got your new version =D.

[peterska2]

The only ones I edited were the right and left columns kinda like this?


<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


Your edits to your columns are in the wrong place.

It needs to be

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
$who_has_posted
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


Check your right column template too, as its probably the same thing.

[goodguy]

Your edits to your columns are in the wrong place.

It needs to be

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
$who_has_posted
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


Check your right column template too, as its probably the same thing.

Magic, thanks a million, it looks great now.
Is it possible to display arcade scores in a custom block, can I find instructions somewhere?

Thanks for your help. :)

[osso12]

Before I mess my site up all over again, if we are upgrading from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3
what are the only changes need to be made?
I am assuming just reload the new product file, or do we need to upload all the php files as well?

[captainslater]

You need to update the php-file also.

Because there was the one mistake ;)

[Smoothie]

Is there a screenshot of the admin cp for this?

[osso12]

You need to update the php-file also.

Because there was the one mistake ;)

Worked great, and took care of that SQL issue we are having if we add a second forum ID.
Thanks much! :up:

[peterska2]

Is there a screenshot of the admin cp for this?

There isn't, but I'll get one taken later tonight when I'm on the other computer. In the meantime, to put it simply, have a look at, lets say, forum display options found in the vB options. Thats just one picked at random, but the entire minimalistic ACP is set in the vBOptions so it gives you an idea. The base system (ie the main portal with no add-on's) is a mere 6 settings in vBOptions, and once they are set you should never have any need to change them.

[osso12]

Is there a screenshot of the admin cp for this?

:D
try this..

http://www.smokinchevy.com/files/screen1.bmp

http://www.smokinchevy.com/files/screen2.bmp

[peterska2]

Cheers osso :D That's saved me a job :up:

[osso12]

The portal and all the add on features are excellent. Easy to install, and your help has been fantastic. Time to vote for mod of the month people.

[adhari_com]

Yeah the portal deserves all appreciation .. great Job.

Only one issue this and all past portals have, can't optimize the portal page outside the forums folder, it's annoying to change all images in templates that might be used in the portal, or to have the CSS embed instead of linked, or even putting full URL of CSS images.

What's the solution to have the portal page outside the forum's folder, without doing those modifications?

[Wayne Luke]

What's the solution to have the portal page outside the forum's folder, without doing those modifications?

No matter what you do it will require some sort of modification to a template somewhere. You could try just using a <base> (http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_base.asp) directive in your headinclude. Not sure what the overall effect would be but I really can't foresee any problems. It simply makes relative links into absolute links.

[Smoothie]

Thank you for the screenshots. Very helpful!

[adhari_com]

Thanx alot Wayne that was slick! I'll give it a try.

[masterme]

I sure would like your mod, but I want to know something before I screw up my board.
At this moment I have my board in a subdirectory say '/forum'. On the main index is a page, but I do not want to use it anymore and want to use the portal instead.

Is that possible and if so, how? (yes I read the part above, but I do not realy understand it)

[adhari_com]

It's working guys, to actually make the portal work without so many mods on the template is using the <base> directive as suggested earlier.

Insert right below the <head> in PORTAL template:
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" target="_self" />

* But a question goes to the coder, are these 2 lines at the end of portal.php correct?

eval('$portal_articlelist .= "' . fetch_template('PORTAL') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('PORTAL') . '");');
I think the first is useless?

[adhari_com]

And I'm also suggesting using this code, instead of the current one and the reason is BBCode gets choped off creating an ugly view of the previewed latest topics, qouting the preview of the Tooltip of Forum Display, to display a stripped simple preview of the post:

$news['pagetext'] = strip_quotes($news['preview']);
$news['pagetext'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_censored_text(fetch_tri mmed_title(
strip_bbcode($news['preview'], false, true),
$charlimit
)));
$news['pagetext'] = nl2br($news['pagetext']);

[Wayne Luke]

I sure would like your mod, but I want to know something before I screw up my board.
At this moment I have my board in a subdirectory say '/forum'. On the main index is a page, but I do not want to use it anymore and want to use the portal instead.

Is that possible and if so, how? (yes I read the part above, but I do not realy understand it)
There are instructions for installing outside the forum folder in the download. Not very difficult really. I have it outside the forum directory on my site. Follow them and you shouldn't have any problems.

[abramelin]

How can i make a link that shows the forum link when the user on portal page and show the portal link when the user on the forum page ?

[Wayne Luke]

How can i make a link that shows the forum link when the user on portal page and show the portal link when the user on the forum page ?
This should work:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'portal'">
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]">Forum</a>
<else />
<a href="$vboptions[homeurl]">Portal</a>
</if>


I haven't tested it though. I have a tab system on my site that always shows a link to the home page and one to the forums.

[masterme]

I have the mod installed. But because I use an style which is completely different from an defaullt style, it does not function complete. Only the news is working, no sidebars.

Is it possible to ad an basic template and assign only the portal to it?

[goodguy]

I had the portal working fine, but for some reason now I can't link to it from our main site.
If I use the path www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums I get a white page but the page is named correctly as using the full path it is fine www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums/index.php? www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums/forum.php takes me to the forums?
I'm sure it's something simple, probably me, but can anyone advise?
(I can't use the second path above as the links are hard coded into an Actinic site)

T.I.A.

[goodguy]

I managed to get it working by editing the links in Actinic but users are still having problems, any idea why I'm having to use the full path? I tried reverting the forums.php back to index.php but still the white page?

[Jorrit787]

I added two plugins to fix the Online Location showing up as Unknown:

online_location_process:
if($filename=='index.php')
{
$userinfo['activity'] = 'portal';
}online_location_unknown:
if($userinfo['activity']=='portal')
{
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing Portal';
$handled = true;
}

[peterska2]

I managed to get it working by editing the links in Actinic but users are still having problems, any idea why I'm having to use the full path? I tried reverting the forums.php back to index.php but still the white page?

Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you.

I've just been over to your site and your forums are showing at www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums (http://www.hairdivision.co.uk/forums) just fine for me.

[peterska2]

@ adhari and Jorrit

I'm going to be taking your changes into consideration in the next build.

Thanks.

Keep the improvements coming.

[blogtorank]

Great Job KA and I think I'm going to convert now to the vBonjour since you said "simplicity" ;) Gotta love it. I did note all of your add-ons........... You been pretty busy I see. Will be installing on a new board here this next week.

Hope to see soon a all-in-one simplicity vBonjour with every add-on already installed and ready to go, in lieu of the singles. However with your hard work involved I wouldn't put it past you not doing it that way :D

All the best!

[Thermit]

And I'm also suggesting using this code, instead of the current one...

This is an improvement.

Although I'm still getting one post that has a title when shown on the portal page, but doesn't have any content on the portal page. Looks weird. This is the post (http://www.talkarcades.com/promotional-tools/841-get-paid-join-new-toplist.html) for debugging referrence.

If this could be fixed, that would be great.

[masterme]

I will repeat my question:
Is it somehow possible to give the portal another template than the forum?
I use a design which does not work fine with this portal, the sidebars do'nt show etc.
So if it would be possible that I can add another design which I share with only the portal, that would be neat.

[Lee 2007]

Can anybody make an add on that will let me a poll on the front page?

[John1uk]

*Installed* i'm having big problems here.......the portal doesn't seem to be working, i would appreciate any help. i have followed the instructions as requested in notepad......i am sure i have done something wrong...could you plz help.

plz click on web address.... http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/forum.php

before i made changed it was http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/index.php

[Jorrit787]

You didn't set the forum path correctly in the portal.php file.

[John1uk]

hi.

the forum path that was described after the /admincp......is index.php

so it looks like this....../admincp/index.php

i am new to this, so trying to hard i think to get it right.....i new i made a mistake but not sure what to put in forum path, in portal.php.

your help would be gratefull

[John1uk]

this is what i see in Path_Translated.....

kunden/homepages/xx/xxxxxxxxx/htdocs/mm/forum/admincp/index.php

[Jorrit787]

this is what i see in Path_Translated.....

kunden/homepages/xx/xxxxxxxxx/htdocs/mm/forum/admincp/index.phpTry 'C:/kunden/homepages/xx/xxxxxxxxx/htdocs/mm/forum/'

[John1uk]

thanx for that i have just sussed it.......but now something looks weared! if you go here (http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/index.php) i get this.

if you go to our main forum homepage (http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/forum.php) you see this......the columns down the left and right are another mod that i am in the middle of installing from marie....plz any advice would be greatfull.

[Jorrit787]

thanx for that i have just sussed it.......but now something looks weared! if you go here (http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/index.php) i get this.

if you go to our main forum homepage (http://www.motormeet.co.uk/forum/forum.php) you see this......the columns down the left and right are another mod that i am in the middle of installing from marie....plz any advice would be greatfull.So what exactly is the problem?

And just a word of advice: It's usually not a good idea to try installing two mods at the same time.

[John1uk]

Thanx for the advice mate :D i have removed the left and right column mods.....back to how the forum looked in the first place.

the problem is, excuse my ignorance, i thought this mod would add colums down my main forum homepage, like marie's. with navagation etc....but i don't see anything?????

[John1uk]

like i said im such a noob....i have just twigged on whats going on.......i haven't install the
vbonjour column addon........... so sorry to waste everyones time. thanx for all your help.....:D

[Jorrit787]

Thanx for the advice mate :D i have removed the left and right column mods.....back to how the forum looked in the first place.

the problem is, excuse my ignorance, i thought this mod would add colums down my main forum homepage, like marie's. with navagation etc....but i don't see anything?????It will add columns to your new Portal page, not your forum's main page. And yes, you need to have something IN the columns before they show up on the Portal page.

[Jorrit787]

If one of the threads in the forums you are pulling threads from is a redirect, it comes up as this... (in other words: no message text.)

[Mythotical]

Just a bit of info, if you wish to have your navbits reflect your vB title instead of vB title > Portal.

Open portal.php:
Find
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Portal';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);

Remove it completely, save and upload.

This will add a breadcrumb when viewing your forum.

Next open index.php (if you renamed opened the renamed file)
Find:
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

Above add:
$navbits = array();
$navbits[$parent] = 'Forum';

$navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);

Edit 'Forum' to whatever you wish.

Cheers
Steve

[TruthElixirX]

I tried installing this, but I'm having a problem getting the index.php to show up. I jsut get a nice white blank page.

I edited the portal.php to reflect the forum path (/home/cporg/public_html/forums), but it doesn't change anything.

http://www.computerproblems.org/index.php
http://www.computerproblems.org/forums

Any idea?

[Wayne Luke]

Toss:

ini_set('display_errors',1);

Into your config.php under the <?php and paste the actual error here.

[TruthElixirX]

Toss:

ini_set('display_errors',1);

Into your config.php under the <?php and paste the actual error here.


Eh, I got it sorted out now I think.

Thanks though!

[TigerWare]

It's working guys, to actually make the portal work without so many mods on the template is using the <base> directive as suggested earlier.

Insert right below the <head> in PORTAL template:
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" target="_self" />

Thank you so much!

This one line instruction has saved much head scratching. Having installed, I was a little miffed that the layout and links were incorrect. But reading the thread from top to bottom has proved very worthwhile.

@ Kerry-Anne, is it too presumptious of me to ask that this single instruction be included in your installation notes? I am sure it would help quite a few people who run the portal outside the forum folder.

Great portal, I am looking forward to reviewing and installing other modules for this.

:up:

I have included 2 attachments to show what a huge difference this one modification makes.

Cheers!

** Edit To Add **
When I log off, the portal looks like the first screenshot, so I guess I missed a modification out.

[wpeloquin]

I just read through all 14 pages thus far, and unfortunatly have a unique problem.

i installed the portal outside of the forums (http://rkccs.com), and i have the forums set as a subdirectory (http://forums.rkccs.com). they are linked, as you can see, through the header links at the top.

however, on the portal, the navbar paths are showing (http://rkccs.com/register.php) instead of (http://forums.rkccs.com/register.php)

do i have to edit the navbar template to show the full URL path? or is there another way?

[masterme]

Uninstalled...

:( Have asked 2 times a simple question but no answer. Shame, really would loved it to use it...

[peterska2]

I will repeat my question:
Is it somehow possible to give the portal another template than the forum?
I use a design which does not work fine with this portal, the sidebars do'nt show etc.
So if it would be possible that I can add another design which I share with only the portal, that would be neat.

The templates are written to use the vBulletin style, however you can change this through extensive modification of the templates used. This will be done at your own risk.

[peterska2]

If one of the threads in the forums you are pulling threads from is a redirect, it comes up as this... (in other words: no message text.)That is correct and I am aware of this. There will be a fix for this in the next version, but that is not expected for a while yet.

The only way around this for now is to not use redirects in the forum that you are taking the news from.

[peterska2]

Thank you so much!

This one line instruction has saved much head scratching. Having installed, I was a little miffed that the layout and links were incorrect. But reading the thread from top to bottom has proved very worthwhile.

@ Kerry-Anne, is it too presumptious of me to ask that this single instruction be included in your installation notes? I am sure it would help quite a few people who run the portal outside the forum folder.

Great portal, I am looking forward to reviewing and installing other modules for this.

:up:

I have included 2 attachments to show what a huge difference this one modification makes.

Cheers!

** Edit To Add **
When I log off, the portal looks like the first screenshot, so I guess I missed a modification out.

The base instruction will be added to the instructions in the next release. The issue with the logging out is not one that I have come across before.

[peterska2]

I just read through all 14 pages thus far, and unfortunatly have a unique problem.

i installed the portal outside of the forums (http://rkccs.com), and i have the forums set as a subdirectory (http://forums.rkccs.com). they are linked, as you can see, through the header links at the top.

however, on the portal, the navbar paths are showing (http://rkccs.com/register.php) instead of (http://forums.rkccs.com/register.php)

do i have to edit the navbar template to show the full URL path? or is there another way?

Try this.


Insert right below the <head> in PORTAL template:
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" target="_self" />If it doesn't work you will need to edit the navbar to use the full URL.

[peterska2]

I managed to get it working by editing the links in Actinic but users are still having problems, any idea why I'm having to use the full path? I tried reverting the forums.php back to index.php but still the white page?
Can you confirm where your vBonjour is installed and where your forums are?

[wpeloquin]

that last worked, thank you.

however, i noticed that when browsing it via IE7, it doesn't line up properly on the right side. i attached a picture for you. I'm not sure if this is just something with IE7 or not, but thought you might be interested in it nonetheless.

i have not tested it in IE6, only firefox and IE7. it works perfectly fine in firefox.

[Thermit]

Love this hack. (Have marked it as installed, too.)

I've been occasionally having some problems with portal posts. This only happens with posts that include special formatting, so possibly it's just an issue with the code properly dealing with all possible cases. When this problem occurs the post body fragment is fine, but the post title includes text that should not be there.

Here is an example...

The title should read simply:


What Features Do You Like in banner exchanges?



However, it's reading as...


[/PHP] That is just an Example of Code so :-) Yeah, I still am working on it it's going to be very secure, which Is taking me the longest to fix for the password enc and dec type... Well just leave suggestions :-)" target="_blank">What Features Do You Like in banner exchanges?



For reference, the post causing this problem is...


Hello Everyone!!!


As some of you know I am currently working on a banner exchange script which is going good but had to scrap half of it, it wasn't loading fast enough. Just to let you know I have the total 5 Beta testers so far. Needing 5 More! For once i release the script, but anyways what I came here to post is what do you like or what do you think should be in a banner exchange, like special features, like


Paid Services -
Intergrated Support
3D Stats - Maybe in Flash or Something.
Live Stats,
Etc...

Please Post any Ideas as I am still working on this and would like to know what to create in this Script so I can rearange or reconfigure the MySql Database

But the Features are Including and Soon will include for all of the Script ownerz and Beta testers.


1.) Very Secure Script, For Example:



<?php

if( $_GET['ref'] != "$url"){
die("SORRY!!! Accessing the Page is Restricted only to $url");
}
else
{
include "./index.php?page=member_stats";
}

?>

That is just an Example of Code so :-)
Yeah, I still am working on it it's going to be
very secure, which Is taking me the longest to fix for the password
enc and dec type... Well just leave suggestions :-)



(Very minor addtional point, but just in case it matters, I should note that here at vbulletin.org, in the example post body above, the PHP Code block should be displaying "?>" at the very end, but it doesn't, although this works correctly on my forum. )

[ComputerForumz]

need desperate help on this:
check out my site: www.computerforumz.com
it seems to continue loading index.php even though i have already changed the default page to forum.php.

help!

[subzero06]

go to admin cp>>>vbulletin options>>forum home page options> and change the script name to forum instead of index.

Note: dont put forum.php, only forum without "php" at the end.

[ComputerForumz]

already did that.... this is what u get in the link above
actually, wasn't sure what i'm supposed to get, so i modified the .htaccess file to point to forum.php
but i guess that's not the point rite?

anyway, to see my problem now... goto www.computerforumz.com/index.php

i will modify the .htaccess file back once i get this problem sorted out.

[ComputerForumz]

it just does not display anything else below the horizontal menus... help???

[newhere]

This is a pretty nice mod. Thanks. A decent alternative to paying for vBadvanced just for a little homepage.

One question I have though, I notice in my news articles, someone posted a thread with a youtube clip, (we don't use the youtube vB plugin / tag, it's just the default embed html tag) but the video does not show up in the article on the portal page. Anyone know why this is?

[newhere]

Oh I see, you are doing a regex replace to remove the tags from the preview.. why is that?

My solution is to only remove tags if the preview is larger than the allowed number of characters. Then alter the template to change it so that the "preview" when you mouse over the thread title is not the full html. (Just remove this, or change it to $news['title'] ) Now youtube posts show correctly. (though who knows what other kidns of bugs allowing this html could introduce. hmm.)

Awesome mod. Thanks again! Clicked install...

[almightyone]

how hard is it to get vbshout integrated into this system? i read the htread and didnt really see an answer just that it will work with it

[BACANERIA]

This is a wonderful hack will nominate for hack of the month but an having a serous problem $who_has_posted and $wol are bigger in width and it looks ugly and olso $wol and $member_message are stuck together what can i do about this. thank you in advance..

How can you center the content in the body?

[Malach]

bookmarked to install after my site comes back up from being moved to a new server.

[BBI-Ross]

Hi,

I have noticed that when members login through the portal, it doesn't seem to work.

You type in your login details then it gives you the "thanks for logging in confirmation" then it goes back to the portal and shows that they have not logged in :( All the other login areas are fine on my site, it's just the portal thats affected.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Cheers.

[giovannicosta]

What does this error mean: on portal.php?

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM vb_forum f
INNER JOIN vb_thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN vb_post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052
Date : Wednesday, May 9th 2007 @ 03:11:51 PM
Script : http://www.computerforumz.org/portal.php
Referrer :
IP Address : 172.203.63.30
Username : giovanni
Classname : vb_database

[peterska2]

Hi,

I have noticed that when members login through the portal, it doesn't seem to work.

You type in your login details then it gives you the "thanks for logging in confirmation" then it goes back to the portal and shows that they have not logged in :( All the other login areas are fine on my site, it's just the portal thats affected.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Cheers.

This is due to your cookie settings. Try .domain.ext

What does this error mean: on portal.php?

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
FROM vb_forum f
INNER JOIN vb_thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
LEFT OUTER JOIN vb_post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052
Date : Wednesday, May 9th 2007 @ 03:11:51 PM
Script : http://www.computerforumz.org/portal.php
Referrer :
IP Address : 172.203.63.30
Username : giovanni
Classname : vb_database

Probably a deleted or moderated thread or a redirect in the forum used for the news.

[Necrosaro420]

demo?

[subzero06]

anyone knows if its working in vb 3.6.7 ??????????

[subzero06]

It doesnt work in 3.6.7
someone make it compatible !!!!

[peterska2]

It does work on 3.6.7

[subzero06]

i installed it and the portal is blank
look here
http://subzero06.com/foro/index.php

[peterska2]

Have you gone through the settings in the vBOptions?

[subzero06]

LOL it works now, i forgot to change the forum ID for news

thank you

[helix76]

Newbie here. Everything installed fine but I can't get my forum to display in the front page of my portal. I'm assuming it's something to do with adding code to the portal template. The nav item comes up fine but I can't find anything on displaying the forum 'wrapped' inside the portal.

If you click here you get my portal www.helixpedia.com (http://www.helixpedia.com) and here for my forum www.helixpedia.com/forum (http://www.helixpedia.com/forum)

It's a fresh vB install so the forum has only one test post.

Oh, I also have a wiki installed that I'd like the portal to wrap (www.helixpedia.com/wiki (http://www.helixpedia.com/wiki)) - is this possible with vBonjour

Any takers?

Cheers

[x YNWA x]

Help! Ive messed up! Ive installed it but now the whole thing is blank, where it asks for forum ID it is default to 10 but Im not sure what to put for the forum Id, where do I get that from? Thanks

[x YNWA x]

Ive installed it outside of the forum directory, but when someone tries to login or click on any of the links it says file not found, because its not going through to the forum. Please look to see what I mean, how do I change this? http://www.pesforum.co.uk/

[Tulsa]

Help! Ive messed up! Ive installed it but now the whole thing is blank, where it asks for forum ID it is default to 10 but Im not sure what to put for the forum Id, where do I get that from? Thanks

Admin Control Panel > Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager - select the forum you wish to know the ID for, then look at the top of the window.

[x YNWA x]

Ok got that bit working thanks, but it doesnt keep formatting, a post is here: http://pesforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=1473#post1473

But looks like this on the portal! Why would this be? Thanks

Division 1PlayedWonDrawLostForAgainstGDPtsEngland - x YNWA x 16140273205342France - cracker jack 9921109454Real Madrid - xhCfMx Whippy21017613Valencia - JohnnyTightLips210146-23Barca -Dannythomas894013820-121Sweden - lee180400000000Man Utd - Brani9900000000Brazil - leeroy0100000000Holland - matt301100000000Inter - SeeSoSeeSo00000000Spain - grant boii36000000000Italy - scott1199000000000Czech Republic - Salford Gamer200226-40Chelsea - xhCfMx James200218-70ac millan - Magic Mike200218-70Arsenal - jay192882002011-110Roma - GunitG2002117-160

[eNforce]

I have an issue with the left column showing above the center news column, and the title area of a news post is stretched vertically with the collapse button above views and replies.

http://www.seriosuploader.com/files/1/problem.jpg

[SocialNetworkBuzz]

Could you please make a module for latest poll. Great portal system!

[2ndGenScionxB]

i see the coders page is gone. anyone have a woking demo? screenshots? does it work for 3.6.8?

[pcoskat]

i see the coders page is gone. anyone have a woking demo? screenshots? does it work for 3.6.8?
I'd like to see a demo, too.

[captainslater]

I did a quick and dirty installation.
So I've attached you two screenshots.
I hope this will help you :)

[vspro]

Invalid forum path specified! Please edit this file and be sure to include the correct path for your $forumpath variable.

You can help fix it

[djdonx]

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /mounted-storage/home51c/sub009/sc35296-LGXB/www/forum/portal.php on line 43

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php/') in /mounted-storage/home51c/sub009/sc35296-LGXB/www/forum/portal.php on line 43

[djdonx]

Bump?

[Ranger375]

will the new blog addon work with this? Also, the demo page is just showing me the plesk screen...

[djdonx]

Any help then?...

[djdonx]

Hmm, still have the problem? :S

[wsdeluxe]

demo is down....screenshots please :)

[neopet001]

Any working demo please :)

[Shanj]

The demo is down.
Does vb blog integrate?

[Keesa]

Dang!!!!!!!! This looks so good, but it is scary that the developer's site is down.