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psylenced
06-18-2008, 10:00 PM
This is a pre-pre-release beta version. I'm only releasing this for people to use as a starter for their page. This may contain bugs, and may not work correctly.

Unfortunately I don't have enough spare time to support this, so please only install this if you're confident changing things. Any ideas or suggestions please let me know.

What does this do?
This will change your profile page to have a myspace/facebook style layout.

This creates new templates so should not alter anything.

This also uses standard css classes so should fit into any skin.

It should squeeze down to 800x600 (just) and stops expanding around 1000 wide so it doesn't look too warped.

Version History
0.1 - Initial test/pre-release version

Product Details
4 plugins
5 templates (all new)

Installation instructions
1 - Install product
2 - Create profile fields - gender, country.
3 - Edit template: memberinfo_block_mainprofile
3a - Change references of field21 to gender field
3b - Change references of field2 to location field
3c - Change references of field 22 to country field

Additional (optional) instructions
4 - Create 3 categories (as shown in attached photo)
4a Set "blurbs" location in category to: Main Column, First Tab
4b Set the other 2 categories location to: Blocks Column, After Ministats
4c Set Display Order as shown in attached photo
5 - Create profile fields for these categories (as shown in attached photo). You can use your own ones for these. Use myspace or facebook to get the list of values for each field.
6 - Modify MEMBERINFO_new and memberinfo_css_new to suit.

Please remember I'm unable to support this so please understand that installing this under the expectation of changing things yourself.

Also i've only been programming/using vBulletin for a month so there may be some obvious errors - please let me know if there are. I'm not usually a php coder.

psylenced
06-19-2008, 12:34 PM
First post reserved.

RLShare
06-19-2008, 12:37 PM
Thanks alot, I was hoping you would release this soon.

desibw
06-19-2008, 01:11 PM
Awesome Rls

callumbush
06-19-2008, 01:59 PM
woo! :)
sooo......who's going to support this? ;)

tpearl5
06-19-2008, 02:29 PM
neat! saving this for later

Lea Verou
06-19-2008, 02:52 PM
A facebook-style mini-feed would be great (I know its not easy...)

malluroses
06-19-2008, 07:05 PM
this is not working for 3.6.7 please do release one for 3.6

CrashPush
06-19-2008, 07:26 PM
This is great. :up: I don't know why Jelsoft didn't do this already.

Greek76
06-19-2008, 07:47 PM
This looks real good but Im giong to wait until someone supports it..

Baldilocks
06-19-2008, 08:13 PM
I think I like the tabs better.. saves space but very nice idea!

Hex_legend
06-19-2008, 08:44 PM
I can help with this.
I've coded a few profile layout designs for 3.7.

If the coder who released would like help supporting this, then feel free to message me.

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 12:41 AM
Ok,

I have been playing about with this and I have added / changed a few things.

www.thesocialmeet.com/leigh

If the coder allows for me to use his code, I will release my version and I will support it :)

whitetigergrowl
06-20-2008, 12:48 AM
this is not working for 3.6.7 please do release one for 3.6

Better yet update to 3.7. This will not work with anything less as this uses the enhanced profile system your version does not.

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 12:51 AM
Better yet update to 3.7. This will not work with anything less as this uses the enhanced profile system your version does not.

The version I updated is 3.7 compatible.

As you can see from my site above, it is fully functional on 3.7

Zweeper
06-20-2008, 03:07 AM
a cool thing is, when every user can decide if the old or this profile style will be show

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 03:40 AM
I am going to try a test install right now on the test board. I will post up the results in a little bit. Hopefully all turns out ok.

iBlazee
06-20-2008, 04:15 AM
Can you make it so that the user can move the info/album blocks around just like on Facebook and also make it so that only their friends can view their profiles, like make an "Add as friend" button just like on Facebook. That would see so cool!

Koushukei
06-20-2008, 04:19 AM
Thanks alot. I didn't think requesting this would actually work. :)

Koushukei
06-20-2008, 04:29 AM
Suggestions:
Remove the top online thing next to the username, since it already shows if its online or not to the right of the location the avatar should be
Also, it doesn't seem to show the avatars at all in the profiles

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 05:48 AM
Well the test install has went pretty well for this. It is looking pretty good. I just have a question real quick.

How can we include the Blogs, and friends list like the old hack. Here is a pic below.

What I am saying is I would like to have the friends list to look like the myspace one. With 8 members showing. As well as showing the pic. When you install this mod it lists them downward and does not look like it does on myspace.

The other is the blog links for each member. This is a key feature. It really gives people a reason to go to some ones profile. How would we add it to the profile so that is shows there blogs, also like the pic below. And yes i do understand we need the blog hack installed.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=43609&d=1141119331

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 06:45 AM
Ok,

I have been playing about with this and I have added / changed a few things.

www.thesocialmeet.com/leigh

If the coder allows for me to use his code, I will release my version and I will support it :)

How did you get your URL box to show the special link? Like myspace.com/username? I have the username hack installed. I just need to know how to get it to show up in the profile now instead of the long link.

psylenced
06-20-2008, 06:52 AM
With blogs, i'm not sure how that currently works. I don't currently have that so unsure how to test it exactly. You should be able to get it to hook as a content tab in the old system and have it come up in this system. All the existing hooks for profiles should still be there. I was definitely going to have it in there once i got to that part.

With the friends list - that was the stage i was up to. Finding a nice way to get this part to work and display. Currently there isn't a dedicated "list user's friends" page in vbulletin which needs to be created first before i can iconise the lists. I also had the idea of adding a "top friends" list so a user can select which friends appear on their front page, but haven't planned the exact details of that part as yet.

This is a very early pre-release so doesn't have any finishing touches at all.

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 08:44 AM
With blogs, i'm not sure how that currently works. I don't currently have that so unsure how to test it exactly. You should be able to get it to hook as a content tab in the old system and have it come up in this system. All the existing hooks for profiles should still be there. I was definitely going to have it in there once i got to that part.

With the friends list - that was the stage i was up to. Finding a nice way to get this part to work and display. Currently there isn't a dedicated "list user's friends" page in vbulletin which needs to be created first before i can iconise the lists. I also had the idea of adding a "top friends" list so a user can select which friends appear on their front page, but haven't planned the exact details of that part as yet.

This is a very early pre-release so doesn't have any finishing touches at all.

I have been messing with it here for about an hour now. Check out what I have thus far. I still have some editing to do to get to where I want it. But you will get the general idea.

I still need some one to tell me how to make the short profile url show up instead of the long one. Any ideas?

Here is a link to the way I have the user friends list set up. I also have the profile pic linked to the albums just like myspace. So what do you think? If you need a login use the following.

username: sofly
password: test

http://calistyle101.com/forums/member.php?u=1

A top friends list would be really great.

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 09:11 AM
I now have the short profile link showing up in the profiles. Check it out guys!

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 09:20 AM
I now have permission from Psylenced to release my own version, so I will be updating this xml file asap and releasing it with new features installed :)

Keep an eye out. And yes, I will be supporting it :)

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 10:10 AM
I now have permission from Psylenced to release my own version, so I will be updating this xml file asap and releasing it with new features installed :)

Keep an eye out. And yes, I will be supporting it :)

Hey,

I do not know how hard this would be to implement but I thought I would ask anyways. How much work would it be to create a bulletins like on myspace? Between your friends? That would be the ultimate mod to go along with this install. I honestly think that is why people love myspace so much in the first place.

Its just a thought. I do not know what it would take to make it happen, but it would be a great addition. Mod of the Month type of addition for this new myspace hack, for sure!

iBlazee
06-20-2008, 02:01 PM
Did anyone try with a "FIXED" skin? the fluid skins makes the profile page seems big, like it has extra empty spots on the side.

ghostiya
06-20-2008, 03:07 PM
does any1 know how to add like vb code to this so they can add image to like the about me part?

Boosted Panda
06-20-2008, 03:19 PM
I would love this to look like myspace too where the friends are just icons etc and blog blurbs!

Cerbero1000
06-20-2008, 05:34 PM
Uhm, good!!! Is there a way to have html in bbcode to put images or slideshow or video in about me or other section?
Thanks guys!

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 08:46 PM
I've just got in from work so I can now spend time adding to this :)

I will attempt to put in a bulletin section and I will see what else I can implement :)

Any other features you would like to see?

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 09:23 PM
Here is a list of four main things that I think would really set this mod off. Let me know what you can do with it. It would be great if we could keep each other updated as frequently as possible on this mod. So we know how you are doing. And we can keep suggesting things to you and beta testing them.

Here is the list.

1. Bulletin shared amongst friends.
2. Top Friends list.
3. And buttons where the contact info is. Like the real myspace. Add Buddy, Pm, etc.
4. And of course the better friends list. Mine is just temporary until you come up with a better way.

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 09:30 PM
Well if you look at my demo, I have the MySpace buttons in there already.

I am working on the Bulletin now :)

www.thesocialmeet.com/leigh


Feel free to add me on msn - ukwam@live.com


Leigh

Megatr0n
06-20-2008, 09:36 PM
Hex_legend - are you working on BOTH profiles? Facebook and MySpace?

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 09:38 PM
Oh yeah I see it now. You have to register to see it. HAHA. I was wondering what you were talking about.

I actually do not have msn. If you have AIM or Yahoo here are my names.

AIM - OsideRida06
Yahoo - hellafine_guy2780

Hit me up if you have either of the two.

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 09:40 PM
Hex_legend - are you working on BOTH profiles? Facebook and MySpace?
I am basing it more on MySpace as I don't have facebook, but when I have finished with this one, I may create another one for facebook :)

Megatr0n
06-20-2008, 09:44 PM
The one released by psylenced is more of a facebook clone?

Hex_legend
06-20-2008, 09:50 PM
Like I said, I will release another version after this one :)

OsideRida06
06-20-2008, 11:37 PM
Hex and I are going back and forth with ideas here. You guys are going to love what we come up with.

arcadian_girl
06-21-2008, 04:56 AM
any idea when your version would be ready? As for features, I'd really like, like someone else mentioned, to be able to put video or at least pictures into the "about me" section :)

Hex_legend
06-21-2008, 10:31 AM
It should be ready within the next few days. I'm working on html in profile fields at the moment

Megatr0n
06-21-2008, 11:05 AM
Just an idea. When you have completed both templates. Maybe you can present an option for users to choose between the 2?

Not sure if it'd be possible.

logicuk
06-21-2008, 11:45 AM
It should be ready within the next few days. I'm working on html in profile fields at the moment

thats not good ppl can exploit your forum if html is allowed

ghostiya
06-21-2008, 12:16 PM
thats not good ppl can exploit your forum if html is allowed

yeah as he said just allow BBcode and you can add in images and basicaly the same stuff.

Hex_legend
06-21-2008, 07:07 PM
it will be a usergroup setting, so you can choose whether a usergroup can use HTML or BBCode

bvbuk
06-22-2008, 12:57 PM
I am looking forward to your release of this Hex,

for the time being, is it easy to install this one, and then uninstall it when yours is released?

Hex_legend
06-22-2008, 11:21 PM
It would be harder doing it this way as I will be calling different templates and there MAY be some template edits.

Captain Tycoon
06-23-2008, 09:28 AM
How would i delete some of the blocks which i dont need? such as the "URL" block.

Hex_legend
06-23-2008, 09:40 AM
Simply remove the table from memberinfo_new.

All tables are assigned numbers, just delete the reference :)

OsideRida06
06-24-2008, 07:46 AM
Development for this mod has moved to the following thread.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183320&highlight=myspace+profile

Chance4Today
06-24-2008, 08:04 PM
I just wish I was a little more techy :D

TheInsaneManiac
01-03-2009, 09:31 AM
Does anyone have the manual template edits for it? I tried multiple ways and none are working. I only need the rewrite for one style so that's why I ask.

stonner
02-15-2009, 07:19 PM
Hi

Thanks, installed.

How/where can I translate the phrases like "contact", "views", "random friends"..?

Thank you

stuckmic
03-06-2009, 03:13 PM
just thought I would post my version of the myspace rewrite: www.stuckmic.com/lawngnome

what do you think?

hod
04-02-2009, 02:43 AM
wow, stuckmic can you post your code for that?

The Big Three
04-02-2009, 03:16 AM
Stuckmic, release that!