SocialForums 1.4

[Ice794]

Looks fantastic and is everything I've been looking for!

Can't wait until Private Groups Forums' are protected. Will install after that ;) :up:

[mokonzi]

Thanks for the update Phalynx. It's what I'm looking for, for sure.

[tei727]

has anyone experienced a thread deleting itself? threads that were created in a forum created by one of our groups is gone and no one deleted it. i check the mod logs too.

[Baldilocks]

Haven't yet, but will keep an eye out for that.

[queengoc]

has anyone experienced a thread deleting itself? threads that were created in a forum created by one of our groups is gone and no one deleted it. i check the mod logs too.

I had the same problem. Go into forum manager and click on the forum that is connected to your social group and look at the default view age. You need to set that to what you want.

[tei727]

I had the same problem. Go into forum manager and click on the forum that is connected to your social group and look at the default view age. You need to set that to what you want.thanks!!!!!!!!!

[droid101]

Everyone can see the forum.



So, everyone can see the forum regardless of the selection for this option?

What does this option do, then?

[Phalynx]

It just hides the forum from beeing displayed in forumslist. But who knows the Forum ID can still access it.

[Phalynx]

A new version has been released. It introduces the long awaited permissions for moderated/invite only socialgroups.

Changelog 1.3.0:
- Added: Private groups: Link to forum only shown to members of group
- Added: Permissions are now active. This includes read/write public and private (moderated/invite only) socialforums and creation of forum. Please check permissions for every usergroup! As this needs two additional queries on every page you can disable this.
- Added: Checks for permission before a creation link will be displayed
- Changed: Default View Age set to "Show all Threads"

How to upgrade:
1. Upload bitfield_socialforums.xml to existing folder /includes/xml/
2. Upgrade: Uninstall existing version, import the product. No forums get lost!
3. Check settings, especially for parent forum

[Galeon]

Thank you!

[uae-style]

thank you..

why admins can NOT post in groups forums?

[Phalynx]

You will have to set corresponding permission for the admin group.

[Baldilocks]

This added all kinda of errors. Uninstalled.

[uae-style]

installed the update..can post now..
thank you :D

[mokonzi]

Does this mean that now the forum isn't viewable to the general public in a 'private' group setting?

[Baldilocks]

It's still viewable and postable. Didn't change anything.

[Shill360]

I had a lot of cookie errors after installing the update. Not good i'm afraid. I have reverted back to the old one now.

[Shill360]

This is the errors I am getting when now logged out of the forum

Warning: array_diff() [function.array-diff]: Argument #2 is not an array in [path]/global.php(365) : eval()'d code on line 247

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/global.php(365) : eval()'d code on line 247

[Shill360]

As soon as I uninstall and revert back to the old social forums the errors dissapear. It has something to do with cookies as that is the vbulletin message I am getting when trying to log in. I have to refresh the page when trying to log in to actually log me in.

Hope that helps for troubleshooting this great product.

[intekhosting]

I get a similar error but it only affects users of Internet Explorer. Firefox seems to be fine.
Have reverted back to previous version and will watch for updates.
Really nice feature!!

[i156]

I've installed it but don't see any links to create a forum.

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/groups/glock-owners.html

[civil78]

If you get this message “Unable to add cookies, header already sent.” and you can log in the admin panel you can add this code into config.php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

And go to make the changes or uninstall.

With a little research, it looks like a problem in the 2nd plug in with name (it have 2 plugins with the same name)

SocialForums (cache_templates) (the one is with 7 line code and the other is bigger)

So in the bigger with the same name of smaller, it has a loop.

foreach(array_diff($agetforumids, $agetuserforumids) AS $sf_forumid)
{
...
...
}

This looks affect in this problem.

I don’t know how important is this plugin but if you disable it there no problem appears.

We have to wait until Phalynx correct this little problem ;)

[Jase2]

Hmm, won't this make the admin see a lot of forums on forumhome? It would get very big, I guess.

[Nadiar]

What happens if a social group isn't used very often anymore and you want to delete it (clean it up) or if you want to take one of the social group forums and make it into a full forum?

[Phalynx]

I just uploaded a corrected 1.3.1
The version number didn't changed, I just reuploaded all files and named the ZIP 131.

Please import the product, overwrite existing.

Sorry for this confusing error.

[psypix]

Thank you!! :D

[Jase2]

So, won't there will be a lot of forums if it's used a lot ? The admin would get confused from his actual forums.

[trackpads]

I just uploaded a corrected 1.3.1
The version number didn't changed, I just reuploaded all files and named the ZIP 131.

Please import the product, overwrite existing.

Sorry for this confusing error.
You the man!! Thanks!!!

[crkgb]

Great job, Phalynx!

I have noticed some unexpected behavior (may be a feature, not a bug):

At http://www.example.com/forum/group.php, if I click on "Go to the last posted message" icon for the invite-only social forum I'm not a member of, I get to the group description page. Shouldn't I get to the "Access not allowed" page instead?

[Phalynx]

I've installed it but don't see any links to create a forum.

http://www.usacarry.com/forums/groups/glock-owners.html
Check if your usergroup is allowed to create a forum.

Hmm, won't this make the admin see a lot of forums on forumhome? It would get very big, I guess.
The forums are created as subforums. Additionally you can set their visibility to 0.

What happens if a social group isn't used very often anymore and you want to delete it (clean it up) or if you want to take one of the social group forums and make it into a full forum?
The forum is not touched by deleting a group. It's just a simple vBulletin forum, nothing special.

I have noticed some unexpected behavior (may be a feature, not a bug):

At http://www.example.com/forum/group.php, if I click on "Go to the last posted message" icon for the invite-only social forum I'm not a member of, I get to the group description page. Shouldn't I get to the "Access not allowed" page instead?
This is not a "feature" or bug of SocialForums. vBulletin does not check the permission for that. It's like someone protects his forum with display=0...

[Mark.B]

Additionally you can set their visibility to 0.


How do you actually do that, out of interest?

[redlabour]

How to prevent User from reading/writing to a Forum of a Groups he is not a Member off?

[Phalynx]

How do you actually do that, out of interest?
What do you mean exactly? I set just the displayorder to 0.

How to prevent User from reading/writing to a Forum of a Groups he is not a Member off?
Which version are you running? If 1.3, just check permissions for his usergroup.

[redlabour]

Which version are you running? If 1.3, just check permissions for his usergroup.

Sorry, then i don?t understand your Descriptions in the AdminCP for the Permissions:

There are only the Options to read or write in public or non-public Forums.
There is no Option to access/show only Socialforums of Groups where the Member is subscribed to.

So what did i have to allow/deny for this?

And at least a Featurerequest:

Option to delete all old Messages of a Group if a Socialforum is created from Database

[Phalynx]

You asked in your first post for "Groups he is not a Member off", now for "where the Member is subscribed to"...

If you are asking for showing the forum, it's included in the read-permission. If the user can read in the forum he can also see the forum.

[Baldilocks]

Awesome!! Now this add-on is perfect!!

Nominating you for mod of the month!

[Baldilocks]

Here is the best way to make this look/feel the best:

1. In the Socialforums settings "Visibility"- Set to NO.

2. Make a Forum Category Called "Social Forums" (Set Active Status- NO) It will be hidden.

3. Make a Forum Called "Social Forums Home" (Set Active Status-NO) It will be hidden. This is the Forum where the Social Forums get "subbed" to. (This is the Forum ID number you will need to set in the Socialforum settings.) They will all be hidden from view from EVERYONE, you included.

This makes Social Groups more private and doesn't clutter up the Forum Home.

[Mum]

Will they show in new posts still with your settings Baldilocks, or only if they have read/write permissions?

[Phalynx]

You can set this behaviour via usergroup permissions. Set to No for all Groups would only members allow to see the forum, it's posts, etc...

[Baldilocks]

They will only show if they have read/write permissions.
For added bonus set the Main Forum (the ID number for socialforums add-on) to not be indexed in searches either.

Even I as Super Admin can't get into the "Ladies Only" social forum--I already tried, nor do their messages show up on a New Posts/Today's Posts search.

[Mum]

For added bonus set the Main Forum (the ID number for socialforums add-on) to not be indexed in searches either.How do you do this bit?

[Mum]

Seems to be a problem? I have created a group, moderated. and set the forum member level at 2 (ie 2 members to make a forum) - there are 2 members in teh group, but there is no 'create forum' link - how do you make a forum now?

[Phalynx]

Do the usergroup the user is in have the permission to create a forum?

[Mark.B]

After today's update I have finally installed this, after watching for weeks, as it now does most things it needs to do to work well on my site.

I have thrown caution to the wind and opened it right up to my members, I predict chaos but I'm sure it'll settle down.

I firmly believe the next step for forums is giving users more control. This effectively allows them to create and, up to a point, manage their own forums.

My next addon will be the user smilies hack so that people can then also have their own smilies.

Having everything pre-ordained for you is SOOOO 2005! :D

[Mark.B]

Seems to be a problem? I have created a group, moderated. and set the forum member level at 2 (ie 2 members to make a forum) - there are 2 members in teh group, but there is no 'create forum' link - how do you make a forum now?
Have you enabled it in the usergroup permissions?

[Baldilocks]

How do you do this bit?

It the last selection in the same area as "Act as Forum, etc..." Last Choice is "Should Posts in this forum be indexed?" Set to NO.

[tei727]

They will only show if they have read/write permissions.
For added bonus set the Main Forum (the ID number for socialforums add-on) to not be indexed in searches either.

Even I as Super Admin can't get into the "Ladies Only" social forum--I already tried, nor do their messages show up on a New Posts/Today's Posts search.

i appreciate the idea but this makes me a bit nervous. i think the super admin needs to have, at least, viewing permissions if for no other reason but to ensure there is no illegal content. anyway to override this? thanks!! :)

[Baldilocks]

Yes, you can set it up in the Admininstrator Usergroup Permissions under Social Forums.

Set Can View Private Forums: YES

[AWS]

Permissions don't seem to work correctly.

I have unregistered/not logged in set to view public social forums and the rest as no. Unregistered can not view the forum. Even if I enable all permissions they still can't view them. The only way to make them visible is to turn off permissions system. The problem with this is private group forums are also visible. I want public group forums viewable by all and private groups forums viewable by only members that are invited.

Second problem is the write permissions seem to be backwards. If I disable posting to public forums for Users Awaiting Email Confirmation, Banned Users and 2 custom groups they can still post. If I set permission to enable posting they get no permission error. This one can create big problems. If you want to test the posting bug register an account. After you get the message to verify the account, don't verify it, go to the forum home and enter one of the social forums. Create a new thread.

For the record I have the newest version installed.

[Baldilocks]

In the SocialForums settings in vBulletin Options, do you have it set to "Check For Permissions" ??

Just wondering.

[SpankMe]

Excellent mod :)

A suggestion for future release. The ability for social group owners to create their own private calendar. Would be very useful for my NZ biker (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz) forums.

[Phalynx]

I have unregistered/not logged in set to view public social forums and the rest as no. Unregistered can not view the forum. Even if I enable all permissions they still can't view them. The only way to make them visible is to turn off permissions system. The problem with this is private group forums are also visible. I want public group forums viewable by all and private groups forums viewable by only members that are invited.
Unregistered users are currently disabled to view because of the bug that appeared after the release of 1.3.0

Second problem is the write permissions seem to be backwards. If I disable posting to public forums for Users Awaiting Email Confirmation, Banned Users and 2 custom groups they can still post. If I set permission to enable posting they get no permission error. This one can create big problems. If you want to test the posting bug register an account. After you get the message to verify the account, don't verify it, go to the forum home and enter one of the social forums. Create a new thread.
I will check this on monday.

[VargTimmen]

After updating to v1.31 I'm no longer able to create forums.
All settings are correct, als rights where given. Please help me.

[hoof]

Nice work! Very useful mod no issues on installation or creating forums :)

[Shill360]

Thanks for your mini update Phalynx, works great now.

Nominated your mod for MOM :)

[crkgb]

Would be nice to have recent messages displayed in profile. A tab or something of that nature.

[irishblue]

thanks for the latest update! I have it installed now! :D
works great!

is it possible for the forum to appear underneath the Groups page where social messaging is (if now deactivated)?

[Rob Hephner]

Since there does not seem to be any installation directions...

There are two zip, do I use just the latest and then what do I do, just import the one file and upload the other?

Also, does this mod have a control panel section and is it possible to only allow private social groups, not public?

[Rob Hephner]

Yes, you can set it up in the Admininstrator Usergroup Permissions under Social Forums.

Set Can View Private Forums: YES

I don't see this as an option anywhere.

It would be helpful if you listed a tree acces.

ADMIN CP> vBulletin Options > ect.

[JadedSouls]

Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > Administrators > SocialForums > Can View Private Forums

[Rob Hephner]

Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > Administrators > SocialForums > Can View Private Forums

Thanks!

Now, where can I set it up so that the forum only shows to a person when they are a member of that group?

(Oh, and Admin)

I set up the system, I can set up a social group and it creates a forum, but I can only get the forums to be unseen by all or seen by all.

I have Admin permissions set to see and search the forum so i can see it, but I have a test user and on that account I can see the social group and join, but cannot see or search the forum....

[Phalynx]

After updating to v1.31 I'm no longer able to create forums.
All settings are correct, als rights where given. Please help me.
Seems your settings are not correct, as the link would appear. Please describe what you did so far.

Since there does not seem to be any installation directions...
Uhm, maybe you should read the readme again. I'm pretty sure there is a part called "Installation".

Now, where can I set it up so that the forum only shows to a person when they are a member of that group?

(Oh, and Admin)
Set all permission to no on every usergroup except the Administratorsgroup.

[Rob Hephner]

Uhm, maybe you should read the readme again. I'm pretty sure there is a part called "Installation".

Yes, I see that. I just meant as far as options.


Set all permission to no on every usergroup except the Administratorsgroup.

I did that and I have setup a group as invite only and invited my test account, I also setup a forum.

The test account cannot see the forum at all. Are there other settings that should be addressed?

[Phalynx]

Go to AdminCP/Forums and check the display order of the forum. If you know the ForumID, try to visit it manually (forumdisplay.php?f=x)

[Rob Hephner]

OK, the test user gets this.

[Phalynx]

I assume the invitation was accepted by the testuser?

[Rob Hephner]

I assume the invitation was accepted by the testuser?

Yes, I am the test user.

I also have another user elsewhere who has accepted and he gets the same message.

(At first I set his usergroup permission as yes to view and search and he could see, but not post.)

I have a parent Which is Clubs (everyone can see) and the private forums get created under a forum titled Private in that area.

[redlabour]

Set all 4 Options to "No" and you get what you want.

I have the same Problem before - nobody understands really what Phalynx really means in the AdminCP.

@Phalynx - please rename the Options. ;)

[Phalynx]

@Rob
Did you changed the permissions of the forums for yourself? Also keep in mind that the permissions for usergroups only affects non-members of a group.

@redlabour
Rename to what?

[Rob Hephner]

Set all 4 Options to "No" and you get what you want.

I have the same Problem before - nobody understands really what Phalynx really means in the AdminCP.

@Phalynx - please rename the Options. ;)

That still did not work. :(

Phalynx, I understand that my Admin account can see the forum because it is allowed through permissions. The issue is that a user invited to the group and the forum cannot see the forum, nor can they post or access that forum.

[Phalynx]

Please create a temporary account on your board an tell me the details via PN so I can have a look.

[Phalynx]

Rob, two points:
1. You didn't enabled the "Restriction mode", so permissions are not checked.
2. You set forum permissions manually to "Deny All", except for the Admins.

Reset the forum permissions and enable restriction mode. The restriction mode does set the permissions based on users memberstatus and usergroup permission.

[Rob Hephner]

Thanks Dude, it all works. Not exactly as I might like but I am sure you can get there! ;)

Still have to manually remove forum if a group is deleted.
Only way to see forums is by looking in the Admin CP.

Now, does anyone know how to change the profile template to not show user created social groups?

[compfix]

how would I go about 'deleting' a social group forum and then recreate it? I've got one social group, that for some reason is pointing to a wrong forum ID and won't work. I'd like to delete it and redo it

Thanks

[irishblue]

how would I go about 'deleting' a social group forum and then recreate it? I've got one social group, that for some reason is pointing to a wrong forum ID and won't work. I'd like to delete it and redo it


Thanks
u can just delete it from the AdminCP under Forums & Moderators. Then refresh the Group page, the "Create Forum" link should reappear :)

[redlabour]

@redlabour
Rename to what?

1. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to read open Forums?
2. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to write open Forums?
3. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to read private Forums?
4. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to write private Forums?

[Mum]

Yes, what redlabour has suggested would be a lot easier to understand :)

[cd1986]

I just came from vbulletin.com, having had my first look at vB 3.7, and was disappointed with their half-hearted attempt at social groups. This mod might just have convinced me to renew my old vB licence. ;)

One quick question - is it possible to require users to subscribe (pay) to join a social forum? If not, would I be able to help by funding the development of that particular feature for this mod?

[aidler]

What can I do to link a already existing forum (a forum that I had before this mod came out) to a social group.

[Mark.B]

1. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to read open Forums?
2. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to write open Forums?
3. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to read private Forums?
4. Should Users that are not a Member of this Group allowed to write private Forums?
Be careful even with that..."group" could mean "Social group" or "User group". Given that you're in the user group manager, some people may get confused.

Wording that is not going to be easy.

[Phalynx]

Maybe
Should Users that are not a Member of the social group allowed to read in the social forum?

I just came from vbulletin.com, having had my first look at vB 3.7, and was disappointed with their half-hearted attempt at social groups. This mod might just have convinced me to renew my old vB licence. ;)

One quick question - is it possible to require users to subscribe (pay) to join a social forum? If not, would I be able to help by funding the development of that particular feature for this mod?
Setup a subsription with usergroups and allow only this usergroup to join a social group.

What can I do to link a already existing forum (a forum that I had before this mod came out) to a social group.
Run a query (don't forget a prefix):
UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=YOURFORUMID WHERE groupid=YOURSOCIALGROUPID

[Mum]

Is there any way i can hide just ONE social group - ie no one can see it.

[Phalynx]

This mod does not hide groups, it hides forums of the groups.

[Mum]

Yeah, i was just wondering if there was a way :) Thanks.

[almera]

Will the forum section of a social group be more visible too? As it is now it's easy to miss out the feature. I think the best would be if the forum either was integrated in the group page, or if there was a feed consisting of the latest posts on the group page.

No one else agrees on this, or maybe it is easy for anyone to change the layout for the group pages?

[Mum]

Ok, there appears to be an issue.

Under the social group it is set as Group Type: Public, and i've got it ticked that you must be a member to view.

Then under usergroup permissions it's got Can read messages in public socialforum NO Can write messages in public socialforum NO.

Yet they can still see the forum, and see the messages inside it. Why?

[Phalynx]

No one else agrees on this, or maybe it is easy for anyone to change the layout for the group pages?
I already confirmed multiple times that the group homepage will have threads from the forum.

Ok, there appears to be an issue.

Under the social group it is set as Group Type: Public, and i've got it ticked that you must be a member to view.

Then under usergroup permissions it's got Can read messages in public socialforum NO Can write messages in public socialforum NO.

Yet they can still see the forum, and see the messages inside it. Why?
Did you enabled Restriction Mode?

[Mum]

Yes.

[Phalynx]

Please PN me with details of a temporary admin account to your forum.

[Phalynx]

Everyone who is asking why invite only groups (not forums!!!) are still visible, can read this thread on vbulletin.com:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265487

Programmers of vBulletin are argumenting why they did not implemented a hidden group.

[Mark.B]

Phalynx this is one of the best modifications of recent times so very well done.

It adds a functionality to Social groups which really, really needed to be available by default. I know the reasons the developers gave for not including it but they are wrong. It should have bee there as an option, that is certain.

Social Groups are totally pointless without the ability to add a forum. Nobody reads or uses them otherwise.

[Varsh]

Well I've installed the update as of yesterday, given it a full on testing permissions wise and all I can say is now that you've done a fantastic job on that one and I can finally use it on my forums.

[Nadiar]

This was working fine on my test server with 1.2, but I installed 1.3.1 on live after it came out, and I'm not seeing the link to create a forum. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to make sure all of the options were defaulted (except the forum ID), but it doesn't seem to have fixed it.

[Phalynx]

Check permissions if your usergroup is allowed to create forum.

[ahmadatom]

thanks a lot, i'm click install :)

[Nadiar]

Check permissions if your usergroup is allowed to create forum.

I feel retarded now, thanks.

I forgot I'm in my own usergroup (other than Administrators) and forgot to fix permissions for that group.

[AWS]

Unregistered users are currently disabled to view because of the bug that appeared after the release of 1.3.0


I will check this on monday.
Are you planning on adding the feature to allow unregistered to view the forums? I would like unregistered to see these forums because the topics vary from the site theme and some visitors that wouldn't normally register might if one of the member forums peaks their interest.

[Mum]

Please PN me with details of a temporary admin account to your forum.I have Pmd you :)

[DieselTruck]

Anyway to add a link into the postbit_legacy saying the social group that the user is a part of?

[Phalynx]

Ok, there appears to be an issue.

Under the social group it is set as Group Type: Public, and i've got it ticked that you must be a member to view.

Then under usergroup permissions it's got Can read messages in public socialforum NO Can write messages in public socialforum NO.

Yet they can still see the forum, and see the messages inside it. Why?
Issue fixed. Some usergroups were defined to have read access to socialforums.

Are you planning on adding the feature to allow unregistered to view the forums? I would like unregistered to see these forums because the topics vary from the site theme and some visitors that wouldn't normally register might if one of the member forums peaks their interest.
Already included in 1.4 (will be released today)

Anyway to add a link into the postbit_legacy saying the social group that the user is a part of?
This hack creates only forums and checks for permissions to that forums. It does not extend social group feature on whole forum.

[Phr34q]

History
1.3.1
- Fixed an Error with not exististent array / cookies already sent.

hmmmm weird, cuz im getting:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/********/public_html/board/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3237


Warning: array_diff() [function.array-diff]: Argument #2 is not an array in [path]/global.php(365) : eval()'d code on line 190

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/global.php(365) : eval()'d code on line 190
sl24

It kinda broke my board *LOL* I can't even log in to the ACP so I can disable it and downgrade it again:p I'm in good spirit though, I just backed up my sqldb an hour ago, so worst case scenario would be me having to use a 3 weeks old backup of the board itself.

awaiting so help while I feed my son and drink some coffee :)

thumbs up for a great mod btw!

[Phalynx]

I bet you don't have installed 1.3.1

Recover forum:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1529154&postcount=272

[MrEyes]

This looks like a great mod, before diving in I have a couple of questions:

On big boards with hundreds of social groups this mod can really impact the performance because of the mass of new created forums. If you still want to use this mod use the "Minimum Members" feature with a higher value. Using the permission check there are additional two queries on every page.

When you say "every page" do you mean "every page" or just those pages that relate to social groups and forum lists? It seems a bit odd that if, for example, a user is viewing the FAQ pages an additional 2 queries are required.

TODO : By deleting a group the forum should also be deleted/archived. Currently this has to be done manually.

When/If this is added will this be optional, it could be extremely nasty if a social group owner gets annoyed over something and without thought kills the group and therefore kills a forum that might have some great content in it.

[Phalynx]

When you say "every page" do you mean "every page" or just those pages that relate to social groups and forum lists? It seems a bit odd that if, for example, a user is viewing the FAQ pages an additional 2 queries are required.
I mean every page. This forum permission check is necessary because users will protect the content of the forums. vBulletin offers possibility on many places to "view" content of a forum. Statistics in profile, RSS Feeds, other hacks, etc...
If you don't need the forum permissions, you can disabled it via options. vBulletin does not offer Hooks in a location where I could "hang in". It has been requested, but it seems that Jelsoft don't see the benefit from it.

There is no possibility to check if a user is a member of a social group, so I have to use a query to gather this information.

When/If this is added will this be optional, it could be extremely nasty if a social group owner gets annoyed over something and without thought kills the group and therefore kills a forum that might have some great content in it.
I wrote also that such a forum would get deleted OR archived.

[Phr34q]

I bet you don't have installed 1.3.1

Recover forum:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1529154&postcount=272

Well guess you were right on that part, hmmm must have clicked the wrong folder when I thought I was updating it, anyways, superfast reply, it all worked out, things are back to status quo :)

Cheers, thumbsupx2:up::eek:

[Phalynx]

SocialForums has been updated to v1.4.

Changes:
1.4.0, 27th May 2008
- Added: If a group has a linked forum the grouplisting has the last post date and count of postings (with permission check).
- Added: Recent threads in linked forum on group home
- Added: Private groups: Link to forum only shown to members of group
- Changed: Enabled permissions for unregistered usergroup. Unregistered Users are not more explicit denied without a check of it's usergroup

Upgrade
1. Uninstall existing version, import the product. No forums get lost!
2. Check settings, especially for parent forum. Don't forget to set permissions via usergroups!

[droid101]

Okay, so the "recent activity" when viewing the Social Group can now show the latest posts in the social forum. However, the avatars are broken in this view.

[VargTimmen]

Very, very nice update!
But is it possible, that just the Topics and not the Posts are shown?

Kind regards
Benny

[Phalynx]

Okay, so the "recent activity" when viewing the Social Group can now show the latest posts in the social forum. However, the avatars are broken in this view.
The lovely avatarrevision. Please download 1.4.1 and update product.

But is it possible, that just the Topics and not the Posts are shown?
Maybe I will implement such a setting in one of the next version.

[VargTimmen]

Glad to hear that :)
And another request:
I just saw, that User, who are moderator of a SocialForum, appears in the Forum Group Overview. Could you give us an option, that handle this?

Kind regards
Benny

[djilou]

I have a problem with the 1.4.1 version
Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT
t.postusername, t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.lastpostid, t.replycount, t.views, p.pagetext, p.dateline, p.userid, u.username,
IF(displaygroupid=0, u.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
, user.avatarrevision, avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width as avwidth, customavatar.height as avheight, customavatar.filedata_thumb
FROM thread AS t
INNER JOIN post AS p ON t.lastpostid=p.postid
INNER JOIN user AS u ON p.userid=u.userid
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = u.avatarid) LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = u.userid)
WHERE t.forumid=86 AND t.visible=1
ORDER BY t.lastpost
LIMIT 10;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'user.avatarrevision' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[almera]

When trying to import 1.4.1 I get this error:

Importing Product, Please Wait...

[:]

vBulletin Message
Invalid File Specified

I have uploaded bitfield_vbblog.xml to ./includes/xml and checked that the path is correct.

[ecihanuysal]

After just i have updated it

i got a db error..

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT
t.postusername, t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.lastpostid, t.replycount, t.views, p.pagetext, p.dateline, p.userid, u.username,
IF(displaygroupid=0, u.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
, user.avatarrevision, avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline, customavatar.width_thumb AS avwidth_thumb, customavatar.height_thumb AS avheight_thumb, customavatar.width as avwidth, customavatar.height as avheight, customavatar.filedata_thumb
FROM db_thread AS t
INNER JOIN db_post AS p ON t.lastpostid=p.postid
INNER JOIN db_user AS u ON p.userid=u.userid
LEFT JOIN db_avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = u.avatarid) LEFT JOIN db_customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = u.userid)
WHERE t.forumid=187 AND t.visible=1
ORDER BY t.lastpost
LIMIT 10;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'user.avatarrevision' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Tuesday, May 27th 2008 @ 04:02:23 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, May 27th 2008 @ 04:02:23 PM
Script : http://faz.la/group.php?groupid=7
Referrer : http://faz.la/group.php?do=createforum&groupid=7

[Phalynx]

It must be the heat today in germany - fixed and reuploaded. Sorry!

[VargTimmen]

I think, I have found another Bug:
The overview from the Forum is ascending in Date. The oldest Posts are the first, which are shown, seen, as here:
http://forum.gcult.de/group.php?groupid=5

Kind regards,
Benny

[almera]

It must be the heat today in germany - fixed and reuploaded. Sorry!
N/p. You do an awesome job man! I think you should go commercial and extend the community features.

I'll try the new version now, thanks!

[Phalynx]

Which file are your trying to upload?

[almera]

Which file are your trying to upload?

Sorry, my bad!

[Phalynx]

Ok... the fix was for the avatarrevision :)

[djilou]

I think, I have found another Bug:
The overview from the Forum is ascending in Date. The oldest Posts are the first, which are shown, seen, as here:
http://forum.gcult.de/group.php?groupid=5

Kind regards,
Benny
yep same here,
and the "Last Post" column show never for old forum's group

[djilou]

another thing, I have some word in french like : m'active
after update I see : m\'active
how can I remove the \ ?

[almera]

I have another issue. The "Add new thread" button on a group page is a non-clickable image. The link, saying "Add new thread", is side by side with the pic.

[Varsh]

another thing, I have some word in french like : m'active
after update I see : m\'active
how can I remove the \ ?
That's an issue with PHP, check whether magicquotes is turned on or off on your server.

[Phalynx]

yep same here,
and the "Last Post" column show never for old forum's group
What do you mean exactly with "old forum's group"?

another thing, I have some word in french like : m'active
after update I see : m\'active
how can I remove the \ ?

I have another issue. The "Add new thread" button on a group page is a non-clickable image. The link, saying "Add new thread", is side by side with the pic.

Fixed in 1.4.2

[djilou]

magic_quotes_gpc On On
magic_quotes_runtime Off Off
magic_quotes_sybase Off Off

[Phalynx]

This is a bug in 1.4.x prior to 1.4.2, not a behaviour of PHP.

[djilou]

What do you mean exactly with "old forum's group"?


I have a forum A with threads, I create a new group A
I assign the old forum A as a forum for the group A from Phpmyadmin, instead create a new forum for this group :D

[Phalynx]

If you linked it via table "socialgroup" in the column "forumid" than this hack should accept it without problems.

[djilou]

Yes this is what I did

[Phalynx]

And what exactly does not work?

[Phalynx]

Update to 1.4.2 has been released. It fixes the slashes, last post info and it has a changed layout regarding new thread button.

[djilou]

And what exactly does not work?

On groups home page, "Last Post" column show never for old forum's group

[MaxiMal]

in 142:
Группу создал [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] (http://infofree.ru/forum/member.php?member.php?u=3688u=%CA%EE%ED%E0%ED)

http://infofree.ru/forum/group.php?groupid=44

[pkallberg21]

Great idea for a mod! Thanks a lot!

I have a few remarks though:
Why are group starters with forums appearing in my showgroups.php page as moderators? This feels pretty weird, having normal users there.

Also, since I use vBSEO to rewrite all my URL's, when one "url" is the same as another "url", it redirects to the first page available with that name. For example, if a user were to start a group called "Cats" with a forum, its URL would become http://www.x.com/forum/cats. If I someday would like to start a forum regarding cats on my board, it would receive the same URL from the rewrite. Is there any way of distinguishing group forum URL's, so that they do not interfere with ones of the "normal" forums?

Thanks again! Good job.

[Mark.B]

On groups home page, "Last Post" column show never for old forum's group
I *think* I'm getting the same thing.

The last post column is showing "never" on group.php for the bottom group in the list, even though its forum has had posts.

Also, is it possible to query the last poster details as well, so that the display is consistent with groups that DON'T have fourms, and still use the default messaging system?

[Mark.B]

Why are group starters with forums appearing in my showgroups.php page as moderators? This feels pretty weird, having normal users there.

That isn't happening for me....have you got the setting enabled that makes group owners into moderators for the forums they create? I have that set to no, and I don't get the problem you're describing.

[DieselTruck]

Great idea for a mod! Thanks a lot!

I have a few remarks though:
Why are group starters with forums appearing in my showgroups.php page as moderators? This feels pretty weird, having normal users there.


Thanks again! Good job.

X2..

I'm having that problem also, Can't figure out how to remove them..

[Mark.B]

X2..

I'm having that problem also, Can't figure out how to remove them..
Check in your forum manager and see if they are actually set as moderators. If so, remove them. And change the setting in the social forums options so that group owners do not become moderators of forums they create.

[DieselTruck]

Check in your forum manager and see if they are actually set as moderators. If so, remove them. And change the setting in the social forums options so that group owners do not become moderators of forums they create.

Ok, That fixes that problem. But, how do I add moderators to each social forum?

[Mark.B]

Well, by default you can only add either the group owner or nobody automatically.

However, if you assign your desired moderators to the "parent" forum, these will cascade down and give the same moderators permissions in any social group forums that are created.

[mikeylikesitz]

you can take care of this by changing the settings in General Settings > Enable Forum Leaders to "Yes, but disable moderators", that will leave them as moderators of the group forums and not show them on the Forum Leaders page.

[DieselTruck]

you can take care of this by changing the settings in General Settings > Enable Forum Leaders to "Yes, but disable moderators", that will leave them as moderators of the group forums and not show them on the Forum Leaders page.

Yes, But, Personally I like the idea of a moderator's list on the showgroup.php page. Helps members locate staff if needing help, etc.

[mikeylikesitz]

it wont disable the moderators group listing on the forums, just the individual moderators per forum listed

[Phalynx]

Why are group starters with forums appearing in my showgroups.php page as moderators? This feels pretty weird, having normal users there.
There is no other way giving the leader moderation abilities. Disable this behaviour via settings (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1533412&postcount=391), remove existing moderators from the forums.

Also, since I use vBSEO to rewrite all my URL's, when one "url" is the same as another "url", it redirects to the first page available with that name. For example, if a user were to start a group called "Cats" with a forum, its URL would become http://www.x.com/forum/cats. If I someday would like to start a forum regarding cats on my board, it would receive the same URL from the rewrite. Is there any way of distinguishing group forum URL's, so that they do not interfere with ones of the "normal" forums?
That's not a problem with this hack. Same thing would be if you would have multiple troubleshooting forums for different topics, e.g. mobiles.

[edenx]

There is no other way giving the leader moderation abilities. Disable this behaviour via settings (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1533412&postcount=391), remove existing moderators from the forums.


That's not a problem with this hack. Same thing would be if you would have multiple troubleshooting forums for different topics, e.g. mobiles.

Phalynx, maybe this hack should check group name v/s forum existing names, as an admin configurable option. (allow or not allow group names with same name as forum OR add created forum a prefix: Group-CAT)

I also use vBSEO, like many big-boards and this could be a potential problem.
Thanks

[MrEyes]

Another vote the the vbSeo compatibility, not an issue right now but it could become one in the future.

Also a quick question relating to Restriction mode...

If I set this to "no" does it remove the additional 2 SQL calls? And if set to "no" what permissions are assumed?

[Phalynx]

No means there is no check for permissions. The forums permissions are untouched. You can pre-define the permission on the parent forum, all subforums inherite that permissions.

[pkallberg21]

Check in your forum manager and see if they are actually set as moderators. If so, remove them. And change the setting in the social forums options so that group owners do not become moderators of forums they create.

I disabled it despite the fact that I would like group owners to become moderators of their forums. This is however the best solution as I do not want my showgroups.php filled with random users.

Regarding the vBSEO problem though, is there any solution to this? The quicker we can find a solution to this the better, imho.

Thanks.

[VargTimmen]

Hi,

I upgraded to the new Version (1.4.2) and it works well.
But, and this is, in my opinion, an important function:
Could you build in, that Admins and Supermods always can see the groupforumlink (and the forum of course) and keep their rights.

Kind regards
Benny

[abrecher]

The "Visit the forum of this group." should be MUCH more noticeable.

[Phalynx]

Regarding the vBSEO problem though, is there any solution to this? The quicker we can find a solution to this the better, imho.
I think a prefixes for the forum title will be a good solution, like f.e. "SG: My Group"

I upgraded to the new Version (1.4.2) and it works well.
But, and this is, in my opinion, an important function:
Could you build in, that Admins and Supermods always can see the groupforumlink (and the forum of course) and keep their rights.
Why don't you just give them read permission?

The "Visit the forum of this group." should be MUCH more noticeable.
There is a link and there is a second link with an icon. No, I don't want to pave the whole page with "visit" links. Feel free to edit your templates...

[Mark.B]

I *think* I'm getting the same thing.

The last post column is showing "never" on group.php for the bottom group in the list, even though its forum has had posts.

Also, is it possible to query the last poster details as well, so that the display is consistent with groups that DON'T have fourms, and still use the default messaging system?
Phalynx, if you get chance could you have a look at the above stuff?

[Phalynx]

As for the last posts - I cannot confirm that.

Showing last poster is very difficult as the link would lead to a group message. I had to rede all message templates to get this work.

[abrecher]

There is a link and there is a second link with an icon. No, I don't want to pave the whole page with "visit" links. Feel free to edit your templates...

I don't see the second link with an icon ? Which template would I edit ?

[Mark.B]

As for the last posts - I cannot confirm that.

Showing last poster is very difficult as the link would lead to a group message. I had to rede all message templates to get this work.
It certainly happens on mine, and I think another poster mentioned it a couple of pages back.

[djilou]

It certainly happens on mine, and I think another poster mentioned it a couple of pages back.

yes me too :D

[Alfa1]

Thanks for a great product!

[VargTimmen]

Why don't you just give them read permission?
Where can I change this option? I tried to set this via Forumpermissions, but it won't go anyway.

[SpankMe]

Still getting "Invalid Title Specified" when trying to edit SG using 1.4.2. Was this supossed to be fixed in this version?

[Phalynx]

Where can I change this option? I tried to set this via Forumpermissions, but it won't go anyway.
Check usergroup permissions.

Still getting "Invalid Title Specified" when trying to edit SG using 1.4.2. Was this supossed to be fixed in this version?
Hmmm, I thought the error occurs because of missing permissions. Seems I have to take a closer look.

[flOid]

Is the "Users must join to view the content" option applied at all for private groups/forums, or am I missing something? Users of my board are complaining that despite of the setting, other users who are not member of the group can't view the forum link/content.

[Phalynx]

Once again: Check usergroup permissions and also if you enabled restriction mode.

[flOid]

Restriction mode is enabbled.

I don't see any option in usergroup permission which sets the permissions for private groups/forms with "Users must join to view the content" enabled. There are only general permissions for read/write access for public and private forums, but not for private forums that have "Users must join to view the content".

I'm quiet sure that this option isn't applied at all for moderated groups/forums.

[Phalynx]

Read = View

[flOid]

I'm aware of that.

But I just realized that I did put myself wrong: What I'm speaking about are private forums which have not "Users must join to view the content" enabled. So for example new members are moderated, but all groups can view the content of the forums.

Right now, this doesn't seem to be possible.

[Phalynx]

Usergroup permission is independent of "Users must join to view the content"

[flOid]

So what does that mean? The "Users must join to view the content" function is completely ignored for private groups/forums? It's not possible to make contents of moderated groups/forums available to other groups?

Please be finally clear on this!

[Phalynx]

As I already said, forums are using permissions that are set via usergroup. If you want to share private forums content, set it via usergroup manager.

[flOid]

Sigh. I only want to share private forum contents of groups that have "Users must join to view the content" disabled, but I don't want to make forum contents of private forums generally available for any specific usergroup.

I don't understand, why isn't the "Users must join to view the content" function being ignored for moderated/invite only forums? Why is it there at all, if it isn't applied? Does it only apply for pictures and group messages, but not for forums? Please be finally a bit more specific on this, and explain this with more than a one line reply!

All I want is a link for a group forum in the forum index and group home page for a moderated group with "Users must join to view the content" disabled, and the possibility to actually view forum contents for non-members of a moderated group.

Please let me know if that is possible at all, and how to do that.

If that is not posible, I think it would be a good idea to change that with the next update, as this is VERY confusing, especially for users.

[Phalynx]

"Users must join to view the content" does not come with my modification, it is included by Jelsoft. Please ask them about this as I'm also not sure why it is there.

[flOid]

Finally the answer that I was looking for from the beginning. Thank you very much.

Still, you should consider to include this option into your great mod and apply it for forum contents, it would make it almost perfect! And I guess I'm not the only one who is thinking that...

in any case you should explain that in the mod manual, as I already said, this is very confusing for both admins and users.

[MrEyes]

Well I have been running and fiddling with this mod for a few days now, and I can say with absolute certainty that my members love it. The social group members get their own "off topic domain" to play in, and those who have no interest in the social groups subject can no longer whinge about seeing threads they have no interest in.

Anyway, enough praise ;)

A couple of suggestions, feel free to ignore these:

1) I currently have set the "Minimum Members" option set to 10, which is a good amount for the size of the site. However the site is growing and as it grows I intend to increase this limit. It would be great if I good set a percentage of active users. This would effectively allow the mod to auto manage which from an admin point of view is useful.

2) My "social forum" structure is as follows:

- Category : Off Topic & Social Forums
- - Forum : Off Topic 1
- - Forum : Off Topic 2
- - Forum : Social Forums (closed to new threads)
- - - Forum : Social Group 1 Forum
- - - Forum : Social Group 2 Forum
- - - .....
- - - Forum : Social Group X Forum

This all works great, however if a user is in one of the "Social Group X Forum" areas the Forum Jump drop down is sort of broken. By broken I mean that normally the current forum is the selected item, however as the "Social Group X Forum" is too deep in the hierarchy so the jump menu defaults to the first item in the list (typically the User Control Panel). It would be great if the default could be set to the Parent forum id defined in configuration.

Its no great hassle, just as I said be nice for quick navigation.

[Phalynx]

1) I currently have set the "Minimum Members" option set to 10, which is a good amount for the size of the site. However the site is growing and as it grows I intend to increase this limit. It would be great if I good set a percentage of active users. This would effectively allow the mod to auto manage which from an admin point of view is useful.
Uhm, would be difficult to get the percentage of active users in a specific forum. You can try to get this with a query.

Its no great hassle, just as I said be nice for quick navigation.
showonforumjump is set to 0, that means social forums are never shown on forum jump menue. You can change this for existing forums via AdminCP.

[lovevn]

Hello
Can we have an option to choose any forum to set it as "SCG forum"?
Thanks

[Alfa1]

^I thought that was possible. How do I select an existing forum as the group forum?

[Phalynx]

Currently only via SQL query:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1487284#post1487284

[tei727]

Count in weeks, not days. I have currently a lot to do.


You will have to put a query and assign the existing Forum ID to the Group.
UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=YOURFORUMID WHERE groupid=YOURSOCIALGROUPID
Don't forget your DB-prefix.
when i added the DB prefix it didn't work. when i didn't it worked. the prefix was being added automatically for me...fyi

[jilly]

I agree with a previous poster on the need for supermods and admins to be able to see link and be able to read content of the private forums by default. Yes, I can go in and edit permissions individually, but whenever a staff memebr changes I'd have to remember to change their permissions, and also as the site grows bigger and the amount of groups grow bigger it gets more time consuming. It could at least be an option from the admincp for admins/supers view to be turned on or off with a switch. With mine, even though we allow private groups, I still need my admins and supers to be able to randomly monitor the groups for overall content appropriateness, or easy access in case abuse is reported.

[Julie]

If anyone has asked/said something about this before, I'm sorry... (Long thread to go through!)

About the If a group has a linked forum the grouplisting has the last post date and count of postings (with permission check). option...

Would it be possible to make this optional? I would prefer the message count and last post to stick to the social group messages and postdates :)


Also noticed that, if I post a message in a group, it appears under the Activity in forum, and not under the Showing Social Group Messages. It doesn't add anything in the forum though. As soon as I hit refresh, it moves the posted message to the right place...

Thanks :)

[Watson]

I agree with a previous poster on the need for supermods and admins to be able to see link and be able to read content of the private forums by default. Yes, I can go in and edit permissions individually, but whenever a staff memebr changes I'd have to remember to change their permissions, and also as the site grows bigger and the amount of groups grow bigger it gets more time consuming. It could at least be an option from the admincp for admins/supers view to be turned on or off with a switch. With mine, even though we allow private groups, I still need my admins and supers to be able to randomly monitor the groups for overall content appropriateness, or easy access in case abuse is reported.

I Like this idea, because if the forum becomes very popular then I will just make it a public forum (unless its a private social group)

[Rob Hephner]

I Like this idea, because if the forum becomes very popular then I will just make it a public forum (unless its a private social group)


You figured out a way to make a private social group?

[Blackhat]

How can I get the last x threads to appear and where ?

[redlabour]

Problem:

If the Founder of the Group is deleted the Group will be deleted by vBulletin. But the Forum and the link to the Group is still there.

[Julie]

I've also noticed that, if I manually connect a social group to an already existing forum (via PHPmyAdmin), the permissions changes so that to be able to post in that forum, you HAVE to be a member of the social group, even though it's a public group...

And this is something I want to be able to turn off... As I might create groups on existing forums, but I don't want the permissions to change to only members of the groups can post in the forums...

[fly]

Okay, so I read the first couple pages and the last couple. As an administrator, I cannot make a forum out of a group. The permissions are obviously correct for the admin group, the group has enough members. I turned off restricted mode as a test. No matter what I do, 'Create Forum' does not show up for the group.

Does it not work for groups that were created prior to installing the hack?

edit: n/m got it

[sross]

Check if your usergroup is allowed to create a forum.



This is really doing my head in. Where exactly is this setting? I see no option to create a forum, as far as i can see everything is set. I see no option in my usergroups for "can create forums" or some such setting. I see social group setting and all mine are set to yes. How do I set my usergroup to be allowed to create a forum then? Thanks! :up:

[mokonzi]

I'd think it'd be in the usergroup permissions

[sross]

yeah i don't see it there, what does it say exactly? thanks

[mokonzi]

As I've not yet got this installed (working on doing so far my test site soon) I'm guessing it will be in the:

Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > Choose Usergroup > Edit Usergroup

Most products set the permissions in that section somewhere, where on the Edit Usergroup page, I'm not sure.

Should be easy enough to find I'd think.

[crkgb]

Guys, I just updated to 1.4.2 version and see there's this Display Options module below social group forum. How do I change its defaults? There seems to be nothing about it in SocialForums options.

[Phalynx]

Would it be possible to make this optional? I would prefer the message count and last post to stick to the social group messages and postdates :)


Also noticed that, if I post a message in a group, it appears under the Activity in forum, and not under the Showing Social Group Messages. It doesn't add anything in the forum though. As soon as I hit refresh, it moves the posted message to the right place...

How can I get the last x threads to appear and where ?

If the Founder of the Group is deleted the Group will be deleted by vBulletin. But the Forum and the link to the Group is still there.
That's already known as an "issue". I don't think this mod should delete a forum. Sometimes there are hundreds of postings in it...

I've also noticed that, if I manually connect a social group to an already existing forum (via PHPmyAdmin), the permissions changes so that to be able to post in that forum, you HAVE to be a member of the social group, even though it's a public group...

And this is something I want to be able to turn off... As I might create groups on existing forums, but I don't want the permissions to change to only members of the groups can post in the forums...
Change the permission for all usergroups so they can read in public socialgroup forums.

[Phalynx]

This is really doing my head in. Where exactly is this setting? I see no option to create a forum, as far as i can see everything is set. I see no option in my usergroups for "can create forums" or some such setting. I see social group setting and all mine are set to yes. How do I set my usergroup to be allowed to create a forum then? Thanks! :up:
Support is only given to people who clicked Mark as Installed

Guys, I just updated to 1.4.2 version and see there's this Display Options module below social group forum. How do I change its defaults? There seems to be nothing about it in SocialForums options.
This cannot be changed for new created social forums via option. you will have to change the Product XML instead.
Existing forums you can change in forum manager.

[Baldilocks]

Love all the updates you have been doing!!

[Jon4444]

Hi Phalynx,

Love all your hacks and your inside sup com web site. I've installed a few other of your hacks, can this one be used as a sort of clan management thing?

Jon

[Phalynx]

If you expand it a little bit, f.e. rename social group to clan :)

[ShiZoPhreN]

*Installed + Rating 5 + Nominated*

Big thanks for this nice Hack Phalynx

German:
(Wieder mal ein spitzen Addon von Dir)

[sross]

I may have a bug, when running this mod and the group has a forum, and a group message is posted you do not see the group message until you refresh the page. Without the mod it appears instantly. Any ideas? Thanks

[skariko]

Hello, i've installed this great mod.
I have create a Forum from a Club.. after i delete the forum and..... now on that clubs the messages are all hide.
How can i show them?

[djilou]

When I connect manually a social group to an already existing forum via PHPmyAdmin, members can read and post messages to this forum even if they are not a member of this forum's group.

How can I fix this?

[S7rik3R]

Woo very nice ~ have been waiting for something like this very long and I will start getting it installed.

Thank You so Much ~

[Mark.B]

When I connect manually a social group to an already existing forum via PHPmyAdmin, members can read and post messages to this forum even if they are not a member of this forum's group.

How can I fix this?
It actually *does* appear straight away, but in the wrong place...it appears at the top of the forum activity section.

[djilou]

Any idea to fix this please?

[Phalynx]

In next version.

[djilou]

Thanks you :D

[Captain Tycoon]

Does anyone have a live demo?

[Captain Tycoon]

Is it possible to make it so that the social forums don't appear on the index/forum page?

[Smiry Kin's]

put them in a catagory that you have hidden imo have a link at the top "Group Forums"

[Phalynx]

Is it possible to make it so that the social forums don't appear on the index/forum page?

Set display order to 0

[Captain Tycoon]

Strange, I keep getting this error now...(I uninstalled and installed it again)Invalid parent forum specifiedAny idea why this is coming up?

Note: The parent forum does exist...

[Phalynx]

That error means vBulletin does not know the (parent-)forum.

[BigDog56]

Really starting to like this hack, Thank You very much! Just wanted to double check something When a forum is created, those posts will also appear in the social group, but if someone posts in the social group and not the forum, it will only appear in the social group, correct?

[BigDog56]

Strange, I keep getting this error now...(I uninstalled and installed it again)Any idea why this is coming up?

Note: The parent forum does exist...

Make sure in your vb options you have the correct parent forum selected. What I did was create a new forum, put the settings to 'Act as a forum' to no, in other words it's a category, then used that forum id in the vb options under social forums of where the forums were to be created.

[Captain Tycoon]

thanks!

[punchbowl]

Great mod.

[tanujdude91]

This should be made like MySpace where it doesn't create a forum on the actual board but creates a posting area in the group section.

Rick

I agree...It should be like orkut where you make threads on the group but it doesn't really shows the forum on the board.....
Just an advice :)

[Sakai Ray]

Looks like a good mod

I was wondering does it matter where you post at and does it show like a normal post or like a visitor message?

[Phalynx]

I was wondering does it matter where you post at and does it show like a normal post or like a visitor message?

That mod creates standard forums. A group has it's own assigned forum.

[Animecraving]

hm... i found a little bug maybe
after you enter social group message the message appear in forum activity instead of Social Group Messages
but after refresh the browser is fine
hoep that this will be fixed next version release

[Phalynx]

Already reported a few posts above you, anyway thanks. Yes, it will be addressed in next version.

[Captain Tycoon]

I dont know if this has been reported already or not but when someone makes a post in the social forum, it does not show who has made the "last post" in group.php. It only shows the time the last post was made.

[Phalynx]

Already known, cannot be changed atm.

[ZiG]

also, i set up subforums within the social forum and it does not display latest posts from the subforums, only the initial forum that was created with the social forum. would be nice to be able to pull threads from the sub forums as well...

[Kaelon]

Already known, cannot be changed atm.
That's too bad. I think showing who submitted the last post would be worth the extra JOIN or outright query, if necessary.

On a related question, I'd be great if "Last Post" showed the latest forum post or group post. Can that be done?

[Phalynx]

forum post or group post dependable on what?

[Kaelon]

forum post or group post dependable on what?
Dependable on whichever came most recently. For example, if you have a Forum Post that happened 2 hours ago, and a Group Post that happened 1 hour ago, the Group Post details would show (including last poster, time posted, etc.).

[Phalynx]

Let's see what I can do for next version.

[globofan]

I have VbSEO so when someone makes a forum the same name as a board, it takes them to my board instead, can someone tell me how to aviod this? Like some how adding the prefix groups? PM me if you can. thanks

[Phalynx]

To get support, you will need to click "Mark as Installed".

This is already on my todo-list for the next version. It will prefix the forums with a phrase like "SG: "

[Alfa1]

One of my groups has reached the required amount of members to create a forum. But no 'create forum' link shows up. Do you have any idea what could be the problem?

[Phalynx]

Do the creator has permission to create a forum? Check his usergroup.

[Alfa1]

No, I need to correct that. however, when I update the settings, I get this error:
Database error in vBulletin 3.7.1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb_usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`title` = 'Gold member',
`description` = '',
`usertitle` = '',
`opentag` = '',
`closetag` = '<img src=\"/forum/images/icons/goldmem.gif\" style=\"border:none;\" alt=\"Gold member\" />',
`passwordexpires` = '150',
`passwordhistory` = '150',
`ispublicgroup` = '0',
`canoverride` = '0',
`pm_search` = '0',
`nuwiki_permissions` = '771',
`fcpermissions` = '0',
`moderatepm_permissions` = '2',
`pmquota` = '30',
`pmpermissions` = '1',
`pmsendmax` = '0',
`vbblog_general_permissions` = '126',
`vbblog_entry_permissions` = '7804',
`vbblog_comment_permissions` = '974',
`forumpermissions` = '3928319',
`genericpermissions` = '1479022275',
`attachlimit` = '0',
`calendarpermissions` = '55',
`wolpermissions` = '1',
`adminpermissions` = '0',
`genericpermissions2` = '1',
`genericoptions` = '62',
`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
`profilepicmaxsize` = '20000',
`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
`signaturepermissions` = '136223',
`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
`sigpicmaxsize` = '20000',
`sigmaxrawchars` = '500',
`sigmaxchars` = '500',
`sigmaxlines` = '0',
`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
`sigmaximages` = '30',
`albumpermissions` = '239',
`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
`albumpicmaxsize` = '100000',
`albummaxpics` = '100',
`albummaxsize` = '0',
`usercsspermissions` = '31',
`visitormessagepermissions` = '55',
`socialgrouppermissions` = '371',
`sf_permissions` = '7'
WHERE usergroupid=14;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'fcpermissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Saturday, June 28th 2008 @ 02:16:55 AM
Error Date : Saturday, June 28th 2008 @ 02:16:55 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=14
IP Address : xxx
Username : Alfa1
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.45

[YuOr]

Great product! Installed!
Although i am having a problem - i am trying to change group options to Users must join to view the content
And i get this message
Invalid Title Specified
I am not sure if it's connected to this mod or it was there before, but can you please help me???

[Phalynx]

No, I need to correct that. however, when I update the settings, I get this error:
Database error in vBulletin 3.7.1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb_usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`title` = 'Gold member',
`description` = '',
`usertitle` = '',
`opentag` = '',
`closetag` = '<img src=\"/forum/images/icons/goldmem.gif\" style=\"border:none;\" alt=\"Gold member\" />',
`passwordexpires` = '150',
`passwordhistory` = '150',
`ispublicgroup` = '0',
`canoverride` = '0',
`pm_search` = '0',
`nuwiki_permissions` = '771',
`fcpermissions` = '0',
`moderatepm_permissions` = '2',
`pmquota` = '30',
`pmpermissions` = '1',
`pmsendmax` = '0',
`vbblog_general_permissions` = '126',
`vbblog_entry_permissions` = '7804',
`vbblog_comment_permissions` = '974',
`forumpermissions` = '3928319',
`genericpermissions` = '1479022275',
`attachlimit` = '0',
`calendarpermissions` = '55',
`wolpermissions` = '1',
`adminpermissions` = '0',
`genericpermissions2` = '1',
`genericoptions` = '62',
`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
`profilepicmaxsize` = '20000',
`avatarmaxwidth` = '80',
`avatarmaxheight` = '80',
`avatarmaxsize` = '20000',
`signaturepermissions` = '136223',
`sigpicmaxwidth` = '500',
`sigpicmaxheight` = '100',
`sigpicmaxsize` = '20000',
`sigmaxrawchars` = '500',
`sigmaxchars` = '500',
`sigmaxlines` = '0',
`sigmaxsizebbcode` = '7',
`sigmaximages` = '30',
`albumpermissions` = '239',
`albumpicmaxwidth` = '600',
`albumpicmaxheight` = '600',
`albumpicmaxsize` = '100000',
`albummaxpics` = '100',
`albummaxsize` = '0',
`usercsspermissions` = '31',
`visitormessagepermissions` = '55',
`socialgrouppermissions` = '371',
`sf_permissions` = '7'
WHERE usergroupid=14;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'fcpermissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Saturday, June 28th 2008 @ 02:16:55 AM
Error Date : Saturday, June 28th 2008 @ 02:16:55 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=update
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php?do=edit&usergroupid=14
IP Address : xxx
Username : Alfa1
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.45
That does not come from SocialForums. Did you had a mod installed that is using "fcpermissions"?


Great product! Installed!
Although i am having a problem - i am trying to change group options to Users must join to view the content
And i get this message
Invalid Title Specified
I am not sure if it's connected to this mod or it was there before, but can you please help me???
Check the title of the group.

[Alfa1]

Ah, I know what it is. It's that damn FlashChat again.

[Smiry Kin's]

I have VbSEO so when someone makes a forum the same name as a board, it takes them to my board instead, can someone tell me how to aviod this? Like some how adding the prefix groups? PM me if you can. thankssimply put all the forums in a catagory..

e.g make a category "Social Forums" - much easier.

[RvG2]

dear marius, I would like to truncate the messages from the forum board so it will cut long messages and keep the social page tidy... :)

is this possible?

[YuOr]

Check the title of the group.
What do you mean? Is there any restrictions? I login, go to User CP > Social Groups> "my group">edit group


Thank you!

[Phalynx]

dear marius, I would like to truncate the messages from the forum board so it will cut long messages and keep the social page tidy... :)

is this possible?
That is already on my todo list.

What do you mean? Is there any restrictions? I login, go to User CP > Social Groups> "my group">edit group
The sg's name is beeing synced with the forums's name. Sometimes you cannot use sg's title as a name for the forum. I don't know exactly why.

[YuOr]

The sg's name is beeing synced with the forums's name. Sometimes you cannot use sg's title as a name for the forum. I don't know exactly why.
ok, i created another group and was able to change the settings to private invitation only group.

BUT when i logout and login using other user's name - i can see the group's name and message 'You need to be a member of this group to view its contents'. I also see a link to this group's forum, and when i go there i can see all threads and also can start threads :(
Please help

[Phalynx]

Check usergroup permissions.

[YuOr]

Check usergroup permissions.
you mean this:
Can write messages in private socialforumShould Users that are not a Member of a invite only/moderated social group be allowed to write in its social forum? Valid only if "can read" is enabled.
I have it set to "no"

[Phalynx]

Restriction mode enabled?

[YuOr]

Restriction mode enabled?

where can i find it?

ps
sorry to be such a pain, it's all so new to me! Thank you for your help!
NEVER MIND FOUND IT! NOW IT WORKS! THANK U!

[RvG2]

That is already on my todo list.


Thank you so much sir... :)

[RvG2]

and one more thing is that hope you can reduce the queries it adds to the group.php page. (more or less 70 queries) :)

[Phalynx]

and one more thing is that hope you can reduce the queries it adds to the group.php page. (more or less 70 queries) :)

Uhm, this does not come from my mod... I have it running on different sites with around 20 queries. Disable the mod and check the queries again.

[Mark.B]

Uhm, this does not come from my mod... I have it running on different sites with around 20 queries. Disable the mod and check the queries again.
Hmm...now you mention it Phalynx, it shows 58 on mine...which I hadn't noticed before. I've nothing else installed that could be causing that.

[Mark.B]

Ok it seems to be doing this for *every* social group that has a forum:


SELECT
t.lastpost
FROM thread AS t
WHERE forumid=xxx
ORDER BY lastpost desc
LIMIT 1


And also:

SELECT
SUM(replycount) AS replies,
COUNT(threadid) AS threads
FROM thread AS t
WHERE forumid=xxx
GROUP BY forumid


So it adds two queries per social group forum.

[RvG2]

Before:

Page generated in 0.12401 seconds with 80 queries

After disabling:

Page generated in 0.05893 seconds with 12 queries

I have 17 groups created so far...

[Mark.B]

Before:

Page generated in 0.12401 seconds with 80 queries

After disabling:

Page generated in 0.05893 seconds with 12 queries

I have 17 groups created so far...
Yes, this is definitely a problem. From my limited investigations, there are at least two queries added for each social group forum that is created. There may be more, it sounds like it from your figures. I have 58 queries out of 12 social group forums.

Although the queries are not taking long to run, this is probably because none of my social group forums have more than about 6 posts as yet.

On a really large site where the social group forums get loads of posts, this is likely to cause issues.

I may try and disable that aspect of the product for the time being until this can be fixed.