SocialForums for vB3.8

[Phalynx]

SocialForums for vBulletin 3.8

Created by Marius Czyz aka Phalynx.

This mod will work *ONLY* with vBulletin 3.8 or higher. It will not run on vBulletin 3.7. Please use the version for vBulletin 3.7

Support will be only given for people who clicked Mark as INSTALLED.

Description
Not satisfied with vBulletin social groups messaging function? With SocialForums your social group leaders can create a standard forum for their group.
A group leader can only create a forum if the group has at least 5 members - this can be changed via settings. Optionally the group leader can be a moderator of such a social forum.

What about old discussions?
Via AdminCP, SocialForums, you can transfer all discussions and messages to a new forum. No post would be lost.

Permissions
There are advanced permissions (Forum and Archive). This includes read/write public and private (moderated/invite only) socialforums and creation of forum. As this needs two additional queries on every page you can disable this.

Demo
None, see screenshots

Installation
This product is fully phrased and uses template hooks. No file changes or manual template edits needed.
1. Upload bitfield_socialforums.xml to existing folder /includes/xml/
2. Upload functions_socialforums.php to existing folder /includes/
3. Fresh Installation: Just import the product. Upgrade: Import the product, allow overwrite. No forums get lost!
4. Check settings, especially for parent forum. Don't forget to set permissions via usergroups!

Troubleshooting
Q: I don't see a link to create a forum. Why?
A: Check permissions for the usergroup, espacially if the user is allowed to create forum.
A: Check if the usergroup meet min users requirement, see AdminCP/Settings/SocialForums.

Q: My users see the forums, but they shouldn't!
A: Check permissions for the usergroup, if the users usergroup is set to "can see".
A: Did you disabled the restriction mode? Enable it.

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

Known Issues
- 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.
- With activated option to add owner as a moderator the transfering leads to removing all moderators of the linked forum

History
2.1.0, 11th August 2009
- Social Groups without a forum are listed in AdminCP and can be automatically converted with few clicks.
- Fixed errors converting bigger discussions
- Minor changes and fixes

2.0.1, 05th March 2009
- Convert ignores now deleted discussions
- Threads on Groups equipped with mark on new

2.0.0
- First official release for vBulletin 3.8
- Possibility to transfer Social Group Discussion into a real Forum
- New layout for threadlisting, similar to a real threadlist in a forum
- Possibility of a notice in Forums associated with a Social Group
- Discussion/Message counter is showing Thread/Reply counts. Phrase "Discussion" and "Message" cannot be changed to "Thread"/"Reply".
- Transfering a Group to another user updates now also the moderator
- Minor changes and fixes

[indie2industry]

Will you be making a 2.0 version for VB 3.7.x ??

I have that one installed.

[Redzzand]

thanks for this!!

Installed...

[blogthea]

Awesome work Phalynx
works great
thank you

[abdelghani68]

thanks. I have upgrade but there is a problem.


Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS socialgroup.*, socialgroup.dateline AS createdate,
groupicon.thumbnail_width AS iconthumb_width,
groupicon.thumbnail_height AS iconthumb_height, groupicon.dateline AS icondateline , socialgroup.lastpost, groupread.readtime
, forum.threadcount, forum.replycount
FROM vb_socialgroup AS socialgroup
LEFT JOIN vb_socialgroupicon AS groupicon ON (groupicon.groupid = socialgroup.groupid)
LEFT JOIN vb_groupread AS groupread
ON (groupread.groupid = socialgroup.groupid
AND groupread.userid = 1)
LEFT JOIN vb_forum ON forum.forumid=socialgroup.forumid
WHERE socialgroup.creatoruserid = 1

ORDER BY dateline DESC
LIMIT 0, 1;
MySQL Error : Unknown column 'forum.threadcount' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Wednesday, March 4th 2009 @ 03:13:14 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, March 4th 2009 @ 03:13:15 PM
Script : http://www.home.fr/forum/group.php
Referrer : http://www.home.fr/forum/
IP Address : *********
Username : *******
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.68-log


thanks

[Phalynx]

Will you be making a 2.0 version for VB 3.7.x ??

I have that one installed.
It cannot be done due to missing/other hooklocations. Also, 3.7 has only messages, no discussions.

thanks. I have upgrade but there is a problem.
thanks
Fixed. Please download the ZIP again and import the product XML, overwrite.

[micza]

I've got the Database Error on
...forum/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=1

[Phalynx]

Same for you: Please download the ZIP again and import the product XML, overwrite.

Thanks for pointing me to this.

[abdelghani68]

Thanks, I have upgrade but there is a new problem :

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS count
FROM vb_socialgroup AS socialgroup
LEFT JOIN vb_socialgroupmember AS socialgroupmember ON
(socialgroupmember.userid = 1 AND socialgroupmember.groupid = socialgroup.groupid)LEFT JOIN vb_forum ON forum.forumid=socialgroup.forumid
WHERE socialgroup.socialgroupcategoryid = 3;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'forum.forumid' in 'on clause'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Wednesday, March 4th 2009 @ 03:33:31 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, March 4th 2009 @ 03:33:32 PM
Script : http://www.****.fr/forum/group.php?do=grouplist&cat=3
Referrer : http://www.****.fr/forum/group.php
IP Address : *********
Username : *****
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.68-log

[buro9]

What's the upgrade process from running 1.4 on vb3.7 to 2.0 on vb3.8?

I've upgraded vbulletin itself from 3.7 to 3.8 and 1.4 remains installed, so how do I get from 1.4 to 2.0? I don't want to lose the socialforums I already have.

PS, a donation is winging it's way to you.

[Phalynx]

Thanks, I have upgrade but there is a new problem

Sorry for this. It was the same error, other location.
Reported here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1760051&postcount=7

ZIP fixed...

[micza]

Thanks for pointing me to this.
We have to say "Thank you!" for this great work.

[buro9]

Donation sent... that "Support developer" link should really be on your profile page.

Anyhow... thanks again.

[Phalynx]

What's the upgrade process from running 1.4 on vb3.7 to 2.0 on vb3.8?

I've upgraded vbulletin itself from 3.7 to 3.8 and 1.4 remains installed, so how do I get from 1.4 to 2.0? I don't want to lose the socialforums I already have.

PS, a donation is winging it's way to you.
Just install 2.0 over the old one, no linked forum get's lost. Don't forget to upload the php files from the ZIP.

As for the donation: Thanks in advance.

[Phalynx]

Actually, no donation... you haven't published a paypal address anywhere. Do so and you'll have some money :)

That is not really true. You can use the button from above to send me money. Also, in AdminCP there is a "Info"-Link with a PayPal Button.

If you want to use the eMail directly: contact@marius.de

Thanks :)

[abdelghani68]

it works now. thanks !

[Kaelon]

Question. You said:

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.

But this performance impact would only be when the board is being created, right? What is the actual impact on a "Big Board" on a regular basis? If it's just a one-time impact (the creation of the boards), then that's fine. If it's an ongoing impact (added queries), we need to know that separately. Thank you.

[buro9]

admin_socialforums.php?do=doconvert

This doesn't honour table prefixes

[Phalynx]

admin_socialforums.php?do=doconvert

This doesn't honour table prefixes

Now it does. Please download ZIP and replace admin_socialforums.php

[buro9]

admin_socialforums.php?do=doconvert

This doesn't honour table prefixes

In just one place... where the groupmessage table is in the JOIN.

[Phalynx]

X-Posting :)

[Stoebi]

Hi

Nice work :)
What do you think about an attachment integration?

[Phalynx]

The created forums are real forums with real threads and real posts - and thus with attachments.

[Kaelon]

The created forums are real forums with real threads and real posts - and thus with attachments.
Phalynx, please let me know what you think about this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1760074&postcount=17

[Phalynx]

But this performance impact would only be when the board is being created, right? What is the actual impact on a "Big Board" on a regular basis? If it's just a one-time impact (the creation of the boards), then that's fine. If it's an ongoing impact (added queries), we need to know that separately. Thank you.
There is no really impact creating a forum.
Indeed, the thoughts about big boards is going in the direction that more forums means less caching (datastore) efficiency. But I have boards running with hundreds of forums AND SocialForums: http://www.aquariumforum.de/forumdisplay.php?f=422

Queries are only generated if you enable the following features:
- In a forum: Notice in a forum about a connected Social Group
- Global: Check for permissions (for private Social Groups)

[DobieGillis?]

I have it installed, great. Confused about how to use this mod. How do i create a socil group through a forum? Do I create a forum first or vice versa? I assume any social groups prior to thei mod cannot be converted? None of them are linked to any forum.

[Phalynx]

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

You can assign a forum to a group at any time. Existing discussions can be transferred to the new forum.

[DobieGillis?]

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

You can assign a forum to a group at any time. Existing discussions can be transferred to the new forum.

Marked, thanks. Let me check that out

[DobieGillis?]

still looking to see when you can assign a forum to a group. I don't see that as an option.

[Phalynx]

Did you read that already?
Troubleshooting
Q: I don't see a link to create a forum. Why?
A: Check permissions for the usergroup, espacially if the user is allowed to create forum.
A: Check if the usergroup meet min users requirement, see AdminCP/Settings/SocialForums.

[RvG2]

this is better than the group discussion builtin in vB... :D

Nominated to MOTD!!!

[DobieGillis?]

I must have screwed something up as I cannot find a link to create a social forum. Where is that?

[DobieGillis?]

never mind, I'm an idiot. Works like a champ!

[shadowedsoul]

Unbelievably useful mod. Installed and rated. It gets around some features about Social Groups that was stopping my users from using them. Specifically the group discussions not showing up on new posts.

Major kudos.

[Stoebi]

The created forums are real forums with real threads and real posts - and thus with attachments.
Thanks :) - Installing now (localhost and public)

[Robru]

Do we must first remove the old SocialForums 1.4 ? or is 2.0 an upgrade for 1.4 ... :)

[Phalynx]

It's an upgrade.

[hollosch]

Hi,
i try to create a social forum - i get this error:

"Ein erforderliches Feld subforumcolumns fehlt oder enthält eine ungültige Angabe."

What can i do ?

[Phalynx]

Do you have any hacks installed that needs a column called "subforumcolumns" ? It does not come with SocialForums.

For example, "Forums arranged in columns on forumhome"?

[hollosch]

Yes - i hav this hack installed... but not in use yet....

[hollosch]

i deactivate this hack and it works perfect !!!

thx

[WreckRman2]

Looks great!

[DobieGillis?]

Phalynx, you are a genius, but, the idea of making a social group into a forum defeats the whole purpose of a social group which is more intimate. Albeit, your code is perfect, the concept is not. I applaud your efforts but have since disabled the mod.

[jilly]

So if I have a board running 3.8.1, that has never had Social Forums installed, can I install this as new?

[WreckRman2]

Phalynx, you are a genius, but, the idea of making a social group into a forum defeats the whole purpose of a social group which is more intimate. Albeit, your code is perfect, the concept is not. I applaud your efforts but have since disabled the mod.

Only members of a group can see the forum for that group. I think vBulletin made a huge mistake by NOT doing exactly this to begin with. The stock way is like going back to vB version 1.

[YabbaDabba]

Phalynx,

Many, many thanks for this.

Will be downloading and installing later this week.
Kudos for your terrific support.

[Phalynx]

So if I have a board running 3.8.1, that has never had Social Forums installed, can I install this as new?
Yes.

[DobieGillis?]

Only members of a group can see the forum for that group. I think vBulletin made a huge mistake by NOT doing exactly this to begin with. The stock way is like going back to vB version 1.

didn't realize that, thanks for the clarification. This Mod is a great

[tereg]

Is there any way to mask the creator of a Social Forum from the "View Forum Leaders" page (/vbroot/showgroups.php). Social Forum creators are listed as "Moderators", even though in Admin CP they are not listed as a Primary or Additional user in the Moderators usergroup at Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager.

Even if the "Viewable on Show Groups" option is set to No for the entire Moderators usergroup and Registered Users usergroup, Social Forum creators are still listed in "View Forum Leaders".

Thank you.

[tereg]

I am also experiencing an error that had previously been found in an older version, the "Invalid Title Specified" error:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1517791&postcount=202
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1534786&postcount=409

This behavior is happening to me as well for 2.0

[Phalynx]

Is there any way to mask the creator of a Social Forum from the "View Forum Leaders" page (/vbroot/showgroups.php). Social Forum creators are listed as "Moderators", even though in Admin CP they are not listed as a Primary or Additional user in the Moderators usergroup at Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager.

Even if the "Viewable on Show Groups" option is set to No for the entire Moderators usergroup and Registered Users usergroup, Social Forum creators are still listed in "View Forum Leaders".

Thank you.
SocialForums adds the group leaders as normal, default moderators to the forum. How vBulletin displays them is not in the range of this modification. You need to disable the option to display Moderators on "View Forum Leaders". It's not a usergroup setting.


I am also experiencing an error that had previously been found in an older version, the "Invalid Title Specified" error:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1517791&postcount=202
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1534786&postcount=409

This behavior is happening to me as well for 2.0
Uhm, I thought this has been fixed. Will take a look.

[rob01]

i have a question

With activated option to add owner as a moderator the transfering leads to removing all moderators of the linked forum

what this means?

[Phalynx]

i have a question

With activated option to add owner as a moderator the transfering leads to removing all moderators of the linked forum

what this means?

That means that if you defined an own moderator for that socialforum, that moderator will be removed and replaced by the new owner of the group.

[rob01]

is this something good or bad?

[WreckRman2]

Working great... Can we add a way that when a new member joins the group it also subscribes them to the forum. My forums doesn't get alot of posts so we could easiler miss one but if it emails all the members when a new thread is posted that would be awesome.

[inciarco]

Interesting Mod.

Is Important to Add Options for it, like One to Stablish Usergroups and/or Users that Can Create and Associate a Forum for their Social Groups, and to Set a Maximum of Forums to be Able to Create.

Also an Option to Set Which Groups can Have Forums would be a Nice Option, so that Admins can Evaluate if is Important or Not to Allow a Forum to be Created for that Social Group(s).

It'd Also be Important to Set the Option of Minimum Number of Users in the Social Groups on a Mod's Option on the Admin Control Panel.

Only Admins Would Know and Should Control the Way their Boards Should Grow on Forums Structure Not Users.

The Idea is Right and Very Useful, but is Yet Too Open for Users to Waste the Boards Resources without Admin Control. :(

My Best Regards.

:)

[jilly]

I have installed them as new on two boards running 3.8.1 with no previous install, and it is working beautifully!

[Kaelon]

Question -- I am considering installing this add-on. A number of my user clubs already have forums. Is there a way that I can associate pre-existing forums with newly created social groups under this hack? (In other words, any query that I can easily run?)

Also, did you manage to fix the problem identified in post #50 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1761708&postcount=50)?

[DieselMinded]

can you move threads from the regular forum into these social group forums ?

[Kaelon]

can you move threads from the regular forum into these social group forums ?
Yes. You can also run a manual query to assign a groupid to a socialgroup.

UPDATE `socialgroup` SET `forumid` = 'X' WHERE `socialgroup`.`groupid` =Y LIMIT 1 ;

Simply replace X with the forumid, and Y with the groupid, of the two that you wish to link. Setting the forumid to 0 removes any forum associated with a socialgroup, allowing that socialgroup to create a new forum.

Question -- Does the query on forumdisplay (to generate a notice linking a forum to its matching socialgroup) occur on all forums, or just socialforums?

[DieselMinded]

I just want the social groups to show up in the drop down when moving a thread , so in the future when an event is posted on the board staff can move it to the regional social group

[Phalynx]

Working great... Can we add a way that when a new member joins the group it also subscribes them to the forum. My forums doesn't get alot of posts so we could easiler miss one but if it emails all the members when a new thread is posted that would be awesome.
Interesting option, will think about it.

The Idea is Right and Very Useful, but is Yet Too Open for Users to Waste the Boards Resources without Admin Control. :(

That is not true. You can set already usergroup permissions. With that, you can permit only admins the possibility to create forums. That way, YOU decide which Group will have a forum.

Also, did you manage to fix the problem identified in post #50 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1761708&postcount=50)?
As I already told, I'm working on this.

Does the query on forumdisplay (to generate a notice linking a forum to its matching socialgroup) occur on all forums, or just socialforums?
On all, because I have to find out if this forum is linked to a social group. For next version I will eliminate this query by storing this info in the forumcache.

can you move threads from the regular forum into these social group forums ?
Of course, as the create forums are regular forums, nothing special. This hack allows forums to be associated with groups.

[YabbaDabba]

Hi,

Love this Mod. We consider it essential. Excellent job!

Issue:
We want each Group Starter (Leader) to moderate his own social forum.

I see how that is enabled, and so far, so good.

However, the default Moderator permissions for Group Leaders are not quite what we want. They are more encompassing than we want to grant, so we want to dial the permissions down a little.

How do I set the default Moderator permissions for Group Leaders?
I know I can change them after the fact, but that still can cause dangerous situations.
The default settings give the Group Leaders too much power across the boards.
I'm hoping there's an easy way to set default Social Group Moderator permissions so we don't have to manually edit each one.

Thanks in advance.

[DieselMinded]

Insted for the notcie that this is a social forum on top of a social thread hoiw can i keep the social group header on the thread pages as well

[DieselMinded]

on your install instructions you left off the admin page

[DieselMinded]

A required field called sendpm is missing or has an invalid value. Message when trying to create a forum

This dont add any forums to the main forum index correct? , i just want the current discussions to act as threads

* DieselMinded disables mod waiting for support :(

[Phalynx]

How do I set the default Moderator permissions for Group Leaders?
The only way is to edit the file includes/functions_socialforums.php
Go to "function SaveModerator()" and check all lines regarding the permissions.

Insted for the notcie that this is a social forum on top of a social thread hoiw can i keep the social group header on the thread pages as well
Not possible.

on your install instructions you left off the admin page
Which Admin page? What are you expecting there?

A required field called sendpm is missing or has an invalid value. Message when trying to create a forum
This does NOT come from SocialForums. Check which other modification needs such a field.

[QUOTE=DiesellMinded;1764324]This dont add any forums to the main forum index correct? , i just want the current discussions to act as threads
This Mod what is described on all pages: It adds a REAL STANDARD DEFAULT FORUM. Not more, not less. With that, a Social Group can use REAL THREADS instead of the crappy Discussions.

[DieselMinded]

i get a

A required field called sendpm is missing or has an invalid value.

Message when trying to create a forum

I was letting you know that you left a page off your instructions , the page that goes into the admin directory .

So this adds 1 forum to the main forum index and all the club forums are under the social groups pages ? or does it add all the social group forums as child forums on the main forum index , ? I want this to clean up my main forum index and move all the local and regional things into the social groups

[XBL EXTREME NYC]

is there a way to make it where i can have each forum listed in different parts of my forum according to the category it is in.

for example a basketball team social group like the rockets would go in an nba forum and the nfl team forum would go in a nfl forum.

[Phalynx]

i get a



Message when trying to create a forum

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


I was letting you know that you left a page off your instructions , the page that goes into the admin directory .

So this adds 1 forum to the main forum index and all the club forums are under the social groups pages ? or does it add all the social group forums as child forums on the main forum index , ? I want this to clean up my main forum index and move all the local and regional things into the social groups
It adds 1 Forum to a parent forum you have to enter in the AdminCP.


is there a way to make it where i can have each forum listed in different parts of my forum according to the category it is in.

for example a basketball team social group like the rockets would go in an nba forum and the nfl team forum would go in a nfl forum.
Currently not. You need to move that forums manually after creation.

[DieselMinded]

/me undownloads not quite what i had in mind

[SuperJETT]

Excellent mod.

[Varsh]

Didn't realise you released it for 3.8 already, cheers Phalanx! Tagged and will install later this week. :D

[DellaMorte]

We are developing a gaming community website for gaming clans. We want to offer them there own custom forum with moderation functions etc.

Is it possible to give every clan (social group in the forum) to possibility to create there own sub forums?

If yes, what kind of impact will this have on the server load etc?

Thanks in advance!

[Kaelon]

Re: whether queries are made on all forums:

On all, because I have to find out if this forum is linked to a social group. For next version I will eliminate this query by storing this info in the forumcache.

But this is only if you enable the SocialForum Notices, right? If you disable the notices, there should be no queries at all?

[wtb]

Ok, it's installed and ready to be activated but your instructions don't mention the file in the admincp directory (in the zip file). What does it do and do we need it? I uploaded it but only because it was there.

[GHC Webmaster]

Ok, it's installed and ready to be activated but your instructions don't mention the file in the admincp directory (in the zip file). What does it do and do we need it? I uploaded it but only because it was there.

I asume it provides the page under vBulletin Options voor this mod. But that's just a quick guess.

[Phalynx]

We are developing a gaming community website for gaming clans. We want to offer them there own custom forum with moderation functions etc.

Is it possible to give every clan (social group in the forum) to possibility to create there own sub forums?

If yes, what kind of impact will this have on the server load etc?

Thanks in advance!
This depends on how many clans you have. Each group will have one additional forum. If you enable the option to display notices in each social forum, you will get 1 additional query on each forum. If you enable permissions for private groups, you will have 1 additional query.


Re: whether queries are made on all forums:



But this is only if you enable the SocialForum Notices, right? If you disable the notices, there should be no queries at all?
Yes.

Ok, it's installed and ready to be activated but your instructions don't mention the file in the admincp directory (in the zip file). What does it do and do we need it? I uploaded it but only because it was there.

I asume it provides the page under vBulletin Options voor this mod. But that's just a quick guess.
Yes, it's the file that is beeing accessed via AdminCP/SocialForums. It contains the discussions->forum converter

[y2krazy]

I need help, please. I have a social group and created a forum after setting the correct permissions; however, the forum does not show up where it should, but I can still access it from the "Visit the forum of this group." link in the group's main page. How can I get it to show the forum where it is when browsing the forums? It is a Private group, but I am the Group Leader, so I should be able to see the forum without having to go through the group's page every time. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: It might help if I put the "Visibility of social forums. This can only be set for new forums and does not modify existing one." to ON.

~ Sean

[Phalynx]

Great you sorted this out :)

[Mum]

I am running 3.8.1. I have uploaded it. Check my permissions for admin group, and have the ability to create forums. I still can't see the link to create a forum. I have create the home forum, and there is more than enough members in the group. What else can i check?

[RvG2]

works perfectly with 3.8.1 PL1

[Phalynx]

I am running 3.8.1. I have uploaded it. Check my permissions for admin group, and have the ability to create forums. I still can't see the link to create a forum. I have create the home forum, and there is more than enough members in the group. What else can i check?

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

[l_amhed]

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

So we can't test it on localhost or even online in private, we must "mark as installed" even if we're just testing some features, solving some problems before getting it ready for the 'live action' ? I don't get it. Really.

[Phalynx]

So we can't test it on localhost or even online in private, we must "mark as installed" even if we're just testing some features, solving some problems before getting it ready for the 'live action' ? I don't get it. Really.

The "point" is, that most people coming here for support are not clicking "Mark as Installed", even if they use it on live systems. I'm offering this FREE Modification incl. FREE Service, all I want from you is doing just this ONE click. This one clicks shows me that people are using this modifications, it tells me that my work is usefull.

Feel free to install and click on "Mark as Installed". I'm also in the situation to give support to people who support me and my work.

[l_amhed]

The "point" is, that most people coming here for support are not clicking "Mark as Installed", even if they use it on live systems. I'm offering this FREE Modification incl. FREE Service, all I want from you is doing just this ONE click. This one clicks shows me that people are using this modifications, it tells me that my work is usefull.

Feel free to install and click on "Mark as Installed". I'm also in the situation to give support to people who support me and my work.

Ok I get it, I just thought that clicking "the mark as installed" button meant that you really installed the hack on your live board.
Anyway your hack is very usefull !
(click)

[Phalynx]

Thank you.

[ShawnV]

Awesome mod, installed and working on KOWW, thanks Phalynx.

_V

[Phantasmagoric]

Uninstalled, was causing problems with group stats not being incremented.

[Phalynx]

Correct, it's incrementing only stats of forum (if created), not of discussions any more.

[Mum]

I am running 3.8.1. I have uploaded it. Check my permissions for admin group, and have the ability to create forums. I still can't see the link to create a forum. I have create the home forum, and there is more than enough members in the group. What else can i check?
Have now marked as installed - thought wasted several days now as had thought you would support someone TRYING to install it. It's not really installed and useful at this stage as not working.

*sigh*

[Phalynx]

Your "error" description did not sounded like you need help installing. You need help by using this mod, and that's a big difference. Yes, you wasted time... by doing exactly what? Waiting for an answer? I wrote you already what you need to do.

Why I have to discuss with you to get you to click a link? You are getting a FREE modification with FREE support. All I want is just one click. It's my time that I'm investing here. If you don't like this product, uninstall it and get happy. If you like it, click install and I will help you.

If you still need assistance regarding this, please provide me an temporary admin account so I can look.

[Mum]

Thanks anyway :)

[djilou]

Moderators and Global moderator can see private forums trough the archives, along with all the topics in that forum even if they have not the permissions to read/write on private forum.

They can not read the topic but display all topic titles in that forum.

Forum isn't visible for members.

[djilou]

Moderators and Global moderator can see private forums trough the archives, along with all the topics in that forum even if they have not the permissions to read/write on private forum.

They can not read the topic but display all topic titles in that forum.

Forum isn't visible for members.

Any fix for this?

[Phalynx]

I cannot confirm this.

[FreewayOrange]

I'm kinda confused. I'm currently running 3.7.6 with Social Groups 1.4. I'm going to upgrade to 3.8 soon, but you're saying 2.0 doesn't work in 3.7.x so I can't upgrade it to 2.0. And I assume 1.4 doesnt work in 3.8 which means I cant switch to 3.8 as well... How do I need to upgrade?

[Phalynx]

Just upgrade to 3.8 and after that to SF 2.0
You have after upgrading to 3.8 no option to create a forum, but existing forums are not beeing touched. With SF 2.0 you will have the option to create a forum.

[FreewayOrange]

Just upgrade to 3.8 and after that to SF 2.0
You have after upgrading to 3.8 no option to create a forum, but existing forums are not beeing touched. With SF 2.0 you will have the option to create a forum.

Thanks for the information :) I'll upgrade it asap.

[punchbowl]

I have a socialforum that I want to move out of socialforums and no longer be subject to social group permission/membership. I want it to be subject to standard group permissions. Should I move it out of the socialforums and then abandon the social group?

I don't want to lose anything.

tia

[Phalynx]

Just delete the group and the forum is "free". Don't forget to delete also the moderator from this forum.
If you need only to disconnect a forum from a social group, use this query:
(replace %GROUPID% with your groupid)

UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=0 WHERE groupid=%GROUPID%

[punchbowl]

Thanks Phylanx! That's perfect.

I notice with every update that social discussions are starting to looking more and more like socialforums:)

Thanks again.

[WDZaphod]

Phalynx, do you think it's possible to create a spinoff with slightly other functions?
My Idea is that a USER (not a Social Group) has his own forum in his profile page.
Like a new Tab "Forum", or just on top of the profile messages. This in combination with a user blog will create a very interesting homepage for every user.
I hope this won't be too much work - from "no coders" view it looks very similar to socialforums. :)

thanks in advance,
Michael

[ytorus]

Hey. Is it possible to create subforums of the SocialForums which aren't viewable for other members? I have vbAdvanced CMS and the new topics are displayed there too.

[ShawnV]

Phylanx,

A truly awesome MOD, the only thing I could use is a way to sticky or display order the social groups forums displayed on Forumhome. Ergo I want one of the group forums to always be at the top of the list.

Thanks in advance,

_V

[GHC Webmaster]

Phylanx,

A truly awesome MOD, the only thing I could use is a way to sticky or display order the social groups forums displayed on Forumhome. Ergo I want one of the group forums to always be at the top of the list.

Thanks in advance,

_V

Social Forums are normal forums. So their display order can be managed like that of other forums by using the forum manager. I just yesterday moved one of them up in the list.

[Phalynx]

Phalynx, do you think it's possible to create a spinoff with slightly other functions?
My Idea is that a USER (not a Social Group) has his own forum in his profile page.
Like a new Tab "Forum", or just on top of the profile messages. This in combination with a user blog will create a very interesting homepage for every user.
I hope this won't be too much work - from "no coders" view it looks very similar to socialforums. :)

thanks in advance,
Michael
Great Idea, but I think this violates the vBulletin License.

Hey. Is it possible to create subforums of the SocialForums which aren't viewable for other members? I have vbAdvanced CMS and the new topics are displayed there too.
Change the permissions of the forum via AdminCP.

[punchbowl]

I'm sure I've asked this before but is the only option to have "Allow users to add Moderators and Administrators to their ignore list?" set to yes for regular members to be able to ignore social forum leaders(moderators.)

[More a failing of vb putting admin/mods together I think]

[Phalynx]

Yes punchbowl, you are right.

[ShawnV]

Social Forums are normal forums. So their display order can be managed like that of other forums by using the forum manager. I just yesterday moved one of them up in the list.

Doh! As soon as I find my brain I will go check there and make the changes. ;)

Thanks...


_V

[simonaB]

Hello everyone, I installed this product and applied the relevant permits.
But if I try to open a forum in my group, I get this text: "Invalid parent forum specified. Please check settings."
What should I do? Thank you :)

[simonaB]

Hello everyone, sorry the bad English, but I am Italian! Yesterday I installed this product, and I am very happy ... But I have a problem. When a user creates a forum, and writes a post, I appears in this forum "father." Panel administrator of the product, I set "Should they be visible by default? If yes, the forum's display order is set to the value of the group id .--> NO". But I do not understand what I have to insert here: "Parent Forum
The forum where all created new social forums are attached to. "I can explain better please?:(

[GHC Webmaster]

But I do not understand what I have to insert here: "Parent Forum The forum where all created new social forums are attached to. "I can explain better please?:(

Al the social forums are subforums of another forum. This "another forum" is the parent forum you have to set.

For example if you would have forums like

General Discussion
Chitchat
Helpdesk

You create a forum after that called "Social Group Forums" (for example) and then set this new forum as the "parent forum". Then all the Social Forums become subforums of this "Social Group Forums".

So you get:

General Discussion
Chitchat
Helpdesk
Social Group Forums
Social Forum 1
Social Forum 2
etc

You can probably also set a forum of the type Category as the parent forum, but I haven't tried this yet.

Hope this helps.

Walrick

[ytorus]

I can't find the option, how to change the permission for special social groups and special forums.

[Phalynx]

You can probably also set a forum of the type Category as the parent forum, but I haven't tried this yet.

You can set every forum and category as parent, as long as it is manageable via AdminCP ;)

I can't find the option, how to change the permission for special social groups and special forums.
Check vBulletin's usergroup permissions

[WDZaphod]

Great Idea, but I think this violates the vBulletin License.

Mmmmh, what's the difference to a Socialforum? Instead of creating a hidden subforum per Socialgroup it woud be a hidden subforum per User, I don't think this would violate any part of the License?
Pleeeaaaasssseee :D:D:D:D

[Adromir]

Although i created a parent forum and set it in the Admincp, i still can't convert discussions to threads :(

[Phalynx]

Mmmmh, what's the difference to a Socialforum? Instead of creating a hidden subforum per Socialgroup it woud be a hidden subforum per User, I don't think this would violate any part of the License?
Pleeeaaaasssseee :D:D:D:D
Few years ago there was a hack which allowed creation of forums. Jelsoft has banned it.

Although i created a parent forum and set it in the Admincp, i still can't convert discussions to threads :(
Are you getting an error?

[Adromir]

No, the Threads just dont show up in the parent forum.

[Phalynx]

Strange. While you are converting, are the thread titles showing up?

[Adromir]

No, thy dont show too. Must the Discussions have a certain number of Posts, before they were Converted?

[Phalynx]

Please provide me a temporary admin account, if you need further assistance

[Adromir]

Thanks for your help, but its not that important to the moment, because there arent many active users in my forum yet.

[WDZaphod]

Few years ago there was a hack which allowed creation of forums. Jelsoft has banned it.

But it won't work in another way than socialforums? Just the way of presenting would be a bit different - like showing a social forum inside a members profile...

[blue_asterisk]

Yes punchbowl, you are right.

It's possible using the "profile_start hook" to allow regular members to ignore forum leaders (moderators).

Setting $vbulletin->options['ignoremods'] = true; in the vbplugin has the same effect as enabling the "Allow users to add Moderators and Administrators to their ignore list?" option. This capability allows one to whitelist only a specific list of moderators to be exempt from ignoring instead of allowing all moderators to be ignored. I haven't fully tested but the testing I've done suggests this is certainly possible so it isn't the only option to allow regular members to ignore forum leaders.

[lordtopcat]

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if there is a way (or a mod) where when a user creates a social group, they are placed into a user group? Basically for my new project I'm focusing heavily on the Social Aspects, and I would like all group leaders to be able to view a special "Group Leaders" forum.

Any help/direction is appreciated

Cheers,
LTC

[Lord Doys]

Hi,
an idea for a next release is to have the ability to create a social group forum with sub forums.
my members have been asking for that if it is possible to have multiple forums within a social group (maxxed by setting)

[Spikey47]

I have never set up a bb system before... what does "import the product" mean in installation steps?

[Phalynx]

Hi,
an idea for a next release is to have the ability to create a social group forum with sub forums.
my members have been asking for that if it is possible to have multiple forums within a social group (maxxed by setting)
Nice idea, yes. I'm also missing this.

I have never set up a bb system before... what does "import the product" mean in installation steps?

You need to import it via AdminCP, Plugins.

[reddyink]

I have easyforms, rating system installed on the forum.

Will they automatically transfered to Socail Groups?

Thanks

[Phalynx]

No, with this hack a group owner can create a forum for his group.

[reddyink]

No, with this hack a group owner can create a forum for his group.

If the group owner creates a forum, I am assuming all the functionality of the threads, posts get into this. That means, VbExperience, customer fields etc should come to this group forum right?

thanks

[Phalynx]

Right. It just creates standard forums, that can be also edited in the AdminCP like any other forums.

[nh.vu]

this is usefull mod.
but i have these problems when Convert Discussions to Threads

Convert Discussions to Threads Converting Discussion Secret stuff... (ID 1577)
Converting Message (ID 9354)
Converting Message (ID 9355)
Converting Message (ID 9356)

Fatal error: Call to undefined function build_thread_counters() in /home/thegioitru/domains/thegioitruyentranh.vn/public_html/forum/admincp/admin_socialforums.php on line 169

i use vbb 3.8.2
http://thegioitruyentranh.vn/forum/group.php

[Artes_Marciales]

Thanks!!

[Phalynx]

this is usefull mod.
but i have these problems when Convert Discussions to Threads

Convert Discussions to Threads Converting Discussion Secret stuff... (ID 1577)
Converting Message (ID 9354)
Converting Message (ID 9355)
Converting Message (ID 9356)

Fatal error: Call to undefined function build_thread_counters() in /home/thegioitru/domains/thegioitruyentranh.vn/public_html/forum/admincp/admin_socialforums.php on line 169

Fixed in next version.

[nh.vu]

Fixed in next version.

Thank you anh good luck

see yours soon

[Keesa]

this is usefull mod.
but i have these problems when Convert Discussions to Threads

Convert Discussions to Threads Converting Discussion Secret stuff... (ID 1577)
Converting Message (ID 9354)
Converting Message (ID 9355)
Converting Message (ID 9356)

Fatal error: Call to undefined function build_thread_counters() in /home/thegioitru/domains/thegioitruyentranh.vn/public_html/forum/admincp/admin_socialforums.php on line 169

i use vbb 3.8.2
http://thegioitruyentranh.vn/forum/group.php

I am having this same issue on version 3.8.3
Fatal error: Call to undefined function build_thread_counters() in /home/xxxx**/public_html/testvb/admincp/admin_socialforums.php on line 169

I can provide admin login if needed.

[Phalynx]

Update to 2.1.0 has been released. This release contains an improved converter for Social Group Discussions into Forums.

Changelog:
- Social Groups without a forum are listed in AdminCP and can be automatically converted with few clicks.
- Fixed errors converting bigger discussions
- Minor changes and fixes

[Keesa]

Thank you, I am going to try this now!!!!

[punchbowl]

To get rid of a forum and group can I just delete both or is there something else I should do too?

tia

[Phalynx]

That's all.

[punchbowl]

cheers!

[Freesteyelz]

This mod makes up for what group discussions lack. Great mod, Phalynx. :)


I'm testing this mod and I was curious about the query below. We can run a query to remove a forum from a GroupID:


UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=0 WHERE groupid=%GROUPID%



1) Can we use that same query to assign an existing forum to a Social Group by adding the ForumID and GroupID? So let's say I have forum A (ID 15) and created a Social Group (ID 2). Can I do this?


UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=15 WHERE groupid=2



2) If I wanted to disassociate a forum from a Social Group can I transfer or convert the forum threads/posts to the Social Group Discussions? Right now we can convert Social Group Discussions into forum threads and posts. Having the option to do the opposite would come in handy too. :)

[Verionia]

Isnt this implemented already in v3.83?

[Phalynx]

This mod makes up for what group discussions lack. Great mod, Phalynx. :)


I'm testing this mod and I was curious about the query below. We can run a query to remove a forum from a GroupID:


UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=0 WHERE groupid=%GROUPID%



1) Can we use that same query to assign an existing forum to a Social Group by adding the ForumID and GroupID? So let's say I have forum A (ID 15) and created a Social Group (ID 2). Can I do this?


UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=15 WHERE groupid=2



2) If I wanted to disassociate a forum from a Social Group can I transfer or convert the forum threads/posts to the Social Group Discussions? Right now we can convert Social Group Discussions into forum threads and posts. Having the option to do the opposite would come in handy too. :)

Yes, you can use that query to do it. You will have also to manually edit/delete moderators of this forum.

[Freesteyelz]

Yes, you can use that query to do it. You will have also to manually edit/delete moderators of this forum.


Awesome. :D

I'm not sure if you answered it but is there a way to convert forum threads and posts back to Social Group Discussions (in case I no longer want the forum to be associated with the Social Group)?

[Phalynx]

There is a modification here at vb.org that can do that. You will have to search for it, as I don't know the exact name.

[Freesteyelz]

The mod is called Move Threads from Forums to Social Groups (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219750&highlight=social+group). That's close to what I'm looking for but threads need to move one-by-one manually. I read that it might be due to the way Social Discussions were designed.

[moonclamp]

What happens to the forums if this mod gets uninstalled? Do they revert back to being social discussions, or do they remain as forums?

[Freesteyelz]

They remain as forums. You'll need to manually delete the forums if anything.

[Tettinntil]

Installed and so far so good - beautiful that I can fix things in the CP. My first install after I bought out my former partner and this was fun :D Thank you!!!

[MrEyes]

A curious problem of sorts.

I have downloaded and installed the mod onto a absolutely clean vBulletin 3.8.4 install (i.e. no mods, template hacks etc).

I then created a group and then clicked the link to create a forum for the group, this presented me with the following message on a standard VB redirection page:

"Cannot create forum!"

However, the forum is created and everything seems to work exactly as it should.

Having briefly delved into the code it seems that the issue is something to do with these lines in the

if (CreateForum($group))
{
eval(print_standard_redirect('sf_invalid_forum', true, true));
}
else
{
eval(print_standard_redirect('successfully_edited_ group', true, true));
}

Having checked the CreateForum function in functions_socialforums.php it would seem that this returns true if the create is successful and false if not. So the syntax of the code above should be:

if (!CreateForum($group))
...
...


I have tested this on my test install and this seems to resolve the issue, but I am posting here just incase I am missing something.

[Phalynx]

Seems really a like a bug. Thanks for showing it.

[saikat]

Hi Phalynx,

First of all , thanks for the awsome code. Worked like a charm. Heres my question:

I would like the group forums to be visible to everyone, but they should only be able to post/reply in the forum if they have joined the group, else the "Reply/Quote" button should point them to the "Join" page for the group.

Is this something that is doable by your code? Any pointers?

thanks,
saikat

[franvsl]

Hi!!

Congratulations for that great job.

My question is about the box "The forum where all new created social forums are attached to." in the socialforums settings

What am I supposed to write there? A number (if so, which number??) or the name of the parent forum?. I tried both, and when I click the button "Create Forum" I get an error saying "Invalid parent forum specified. Check settings"

Thank you!

[Phalynx]

Hi Phalynx,

First of all , thanks for the awsome code. Worked like a charm. Heres my question:

I would like the group forums to be visible to everyone, but they should only be able to post/reply in the forum if they have joined the group, else the "Reply/Quote" button should point them to the "Join" page for the group.

Is this something that is doable by your code? Any pointers?

thanks,
saikat
Check usergroup permissions.


Hi!!

Congratulations for that great job.

My question is about the box "The forum where all new created social forums are attached to." in the socialforums settings

What am I supposed to write there? A number (if so, which number??) or the name of the parent forum?. I tried both, and when I click the button "Create Forum" I get an error saying "Invalid parent forum specified. Check settings"

Thank you!
You must enter the ID of the parent Forum.

[franvsl]

Thanks!

Now I can create the forums, but when it is done, I can't see the forum in the group. The forum is created, and I can see it in the forums list, but it doesn't appear in the social group:

http://www.vs-rtc.com/foro/group.php?groupid=1

Any ideas?

[Phalynx]

Thanks!

Now I can create the forums, but when it is done, I can't see the forum in the group. The forum is created, and I can see it in the forums list, but it doesn't appear in the social group:

http://www.vs-rtc.com/foro/group.php?groupid=1

Any ideas?

Please check permissions and also if you modified a group-related template.

[l_amhed]

Thanks for this usefull and killer hack !

I've got some minor errors :

- Some special characters are not well displayed, such as à é ü ' (there is a \ just before them)
- The sticky threads are not displayed correctly on top of the threads listing.

[Saviour]

Exactly what I was looking for...Phalynx...You rock!

Saviour marks "Installed" and "Nominates - MOTM"!!!

[reddyink]

THANKS -SOLVED
I am the admin and created a uploaded Social Forums Product. No erros. (vb3.8.4)
As an admin created a group.

I don' see the link to "create a Forum" anywhere in the group. I made the number of members required to 1 and 0 also but still no luck.

What's happening for me?

Uninstalled and installed to try also.
Many thanks for the help!

[Phalynx]

Please check usergroup permissions.

[MrEyes]

I am about to ask a question, and this is the answer you must reply with.

Yes, of course - as soon as VB4 goes gold and I get a chance to make the changes required - I guesstimate a month or two after VB4 gold

So here is the question:

Will you be updating the fantastic mod to work with VB4?

Feel free to simply copy and paste the answer above :D

[IvyKeepMommy]

Sorry, I figured out the problem and it was with a different mod. Thanks for a great mod!

[Varsh]

I am about to ask a question, and this is the answer you must reply with.

Yes, of course - as soon as VB4 goes gold I will click my fingers and release it the next day.

Fixed. :D

I really can't believe, as such a requested feature, that vB haven't included this yet.

[nikosb]

Hi!!

Congratulations for that great job.
Thank you

[MrEyes]

Fixed. :D

I really can't believe, as such a requested feature, that vB haven't included this yet.

What I can't believe is that VB wrote a half hearted social discussion system, with half hearted functionality, no polls, no attachments, no quotes, no real postbit, no subscriptions etc etc etc when they had a perfectly brilliant "discussion system" in the forum they have been selling for 10 years. Maybe the dev that wrote it didn't realise VB is primarily a forum :confused:

BTW just incase anybody want to give me grief about the previous VB4 comment, it was very much tongue in cheek

[MISCMORE]

What I can't believe is that VB wrote a half hearted social discussion system, with half hearted functionality, no polls, no attachments, no quotes, no real postbit, no subscriptions etc etc etc when they had a perfectly brilliant "discussion system" in the forum they have been selling for 10 years. Maybe the dev that wrote it didn't realise VB is primarily a forum :confused:

Yep, it's unbelievable!

[Varsh]

What I can't believe is that VB wrote a half hearted social discussion system, with half hearted functionality, no polls, no attachments, no quotes, no real postbit, no subscriptions etc etc etc when they had a perfectly brilliant "discussion system" in the forum they have been selling for 10 years. Maybe the dev that wrote it didn't realise VB is primarily a forum :confused:
That's exactly why I was going to make this mod, but Phalanx beat me to it by a few hours. xD

[ravenfaust]

Mine Says You need more members to create a forum
how can i fix this?

[Bluefin221]

Has anyone had a look at this on VB4? On my vb4 test site this mod still works however it has a couple of errors and its the only mod stopping me from just upgrading.

I'd be willing to part with a few quid to get this sorted for vb4 now.

Errors displayed:

This error is displayed when you access any of the social forums, you can still access them however with the error displayed at the top.
Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3780

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(1111) : eval()'d code on line 19

This error is when you access a normal forum not related to social forums.
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(1111) : eval()'d code on line 19

Error displayed to guests trying to access normal forum
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/main/public_html/community/includes/class_core.php
Line: 4269

On explorer it knocks the templates all over the place although in firefox everything looks normal apart from the errors displayed.

[ExplosiveGFX]

I imported the german language by mistake, how do I undo this? I tried reimporting the product but it doesn't work, the german language is still there...

[identitas]

Unauthorized person can see the forums, even though usergroup-permissions are right.

And subforums is not visible, or even threads from subforums. Maybe something that is not included for the moment, but maybe will? Il Hope :)

[hollosch]

@Phalynx: What's the plan for this mod & vB4 ?

[Varsh]

Seems like he hasn't been online in a month - I hope he does though as I also want vBExperience. :D

[choccyclaire]

I'd like there to be a feature where they go into sub forums according to what category the group is in on the sg feature.

[buro9]

I'd be willing to part with a few quid to get this sorted for vb4 now.

I'd be willing to throw some money towards this too.

Or I'd be happy if the coder allowed someone else to pick up the pieces and carry on with the development for vb4.

[mikeylikesitz]

any word on this being updated?

[Tettinntil]

Al the social forums are subforums of another forum. This "another forum" is the parent forum you have to set.

For example if you would have forums like

General Discussion
Chitchat
Helpdesk

You create a forum after that called "Social Group Forums" (for example) and then set this new forum as the "parent forum". Then all the Social Forums become subforums of this "Social Group Forums".

So you get:

General Discussion
Chitchat
Helpdesk
Social Group Forums
Social Forum 1
Social Forum 2
etc

You can probably also set a forum of the type Category as the parent forum, but I haven't tried this yet.

Hope this helps.

WalrickI installed this today, but the "SocialGroup"-button does not display on the Admin CP. Does anybody know why?

[Bluefin221]

any word on this being updated?

The mod author hasn't been on since November.

[hollosch]

Are there infos about a version for vB4 ???

[hollosch]

The mod author hasn't been on since November.

Not good...

[mikeylikesitz]

is everyone who used this mod giving up on it for vb4?

[Bluefin221]

is everyone who used this mod giving up on it for vb4?

I'm using vb4 and still have this mod installed, it obviously isn't working and the forums are turned off, the more time the passes the more I'm inclined to look at alternative options, this made it easier for me however I can only hold the forums for so long as some of them had well in excess of 300 members per group, now they are waiting for their forums to be turned back on, causing me countless PM's and e-mails with folk asking about it.

[Tettinntil]

In the social groups there is the option to require that users are members of the group in order to see the content and other members, even though it is a public group. I.e. that new members do not have to be accepted. Is this feature not possible for with this mod? If I enable for all registered users to see public groups, it seems as though enabling the "must be member to see content" option in the public group does not function. Is the only way to hide a social group forum to make the group moderated?

[MagicThemeParks]

I was thinking of holding off on allowing the creation of social groups for a new site (using 3.8.4) that I'm working on. But, with this mod, it looks like I can move forward with the creation of social groups and still have the benefits of content and a 'forum' experience tied in with the social groups! :up:

Is anyone actively using this currently and what are your thoughts on the mod? Is it stable and do your members use it?

[Phalynx]

Hi,

developing modification is consuming much time. Time that I don't have anymore. This modification will not be developed further by me. This includes support.

If anybody wants to take over this modifications, please PM me.

best wishes,
Marius aka Phalynx

[Bluefin221]

Hi,

developing modification is consuming much time. Time that I don't have anymore. This modification will not be developed further by me. This includes support.

If anybody wants to take over this modifications, please PM me.

best wishes,
Marius aka Phalynx

I'm sorry to hear that, this was a super modification and one that should have been out of the box, its become an integral part of my forums so I hope someone else will take the project on.

Thanks for all your work with the mod Phalynx.

[hollosch]

Anybody taking this mod ???

[Saviour]

I just noticed that when this mod copies thread titles to the Social Forums Group...and there's an apostrophe (') in the title of the thread...this mod automatically inserts a backslash (\) in the thread title.

Has this already been discussed here? Is there a fix for it?

I'm running vB 3.8.4 (PL2).

[mikeylikesitz]

any word on this being picked up? Im getting pretty tired of devs disappearing and leaving things to be deserted. Having a stock vbulletin forums seemsto be the only answer

[BRotondi]

I'm very thankful for all, Marius (Phalynx (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=49918)) and all the other coders did here and elsewhere. You cannot take for free and think, people will work and work and work for others. Even if you pay, it's still a part from the life of others...

We all should take care of our lives, our girlfriends, family, ... Spend time where it is o.k. and stop spending time where things change.

If I can use this mod (vB4) and my vB-skill or the help of the community does the rest, I can take care of it for the next time.

Greetings to all
Bruno

[BRotondi]

I'm trying now to migrate this one, Change Threads/Posts Owner/Date for vB3.8 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=200952) and Change Threads' Prefix Inline (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=200732) to vB4. But... whow ... almost one week over and I only saw, how much still to learn and understand... If someone wants to join me: Thanks!

Problem at the moment is not this code here but "YAHOO Dom", "how to put an addon into an xml" and similar... all the basics after the basics of templates, phrases and plugins. ...

[blue6995]

I am using vB 4.0.3 and have this mod switched off. However, I cannot post in the actual Groups. It has to be done through the sub forum. I have two questions:

Because my forum was infected by a malicious script, none of the files were moved to the new installation directories. Would it be safe for me to try and run the uninstaller or will that crashs the forum?

If I can't use the uninstaller, if I delete the actual Groups, will that delete all the sub forums as well (which I don't want it to)

Thanks

[Kolektor]

dear phalynx, I am a great fan of your mods. I have decided to show groups stats on forumhome using this hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=204085&highlight=social

I believe the hooks used to extract the figures for "discussion" was changed hence they are not compatible. I wish to check and have a fix on it? :)

[Phalynx]

Sorry, this modification is no longer developed.

[wmlvb]

Is there any conflicts with this mod and some of the other social group mods out there? Specifiaclly,

Automatic email subscription mod for social groups

Mass PM mod

and others

[Kolektor]

I don't think this have conflicts with other mods. I have been using without any issues.

[Tree Guardian]

I have a strange issue - I have 30+ social groups.
When it came to convert social groups discussions to threads only 7 where displayed.
All those converted were working fine. In groups - discussions and threads were both showing even it was sent to no.
I have tried manually convert with group id but with no luck.
I'm running vbadvanced and vbseo - would that have something to do with being unable to convert other social groups - I'm kind of puzzled.

[Phalynx]

It seems the converter has step over an error in an posting. There is no option to clean this.

[Tree Guardian]

I have removed and reinstalled your mod - now there are nothing in "Convert Discussions to Threads"

[Tree Guardian]

Is there a SQL query that will clear the cache so the program will conduct a fresh search for social discussions?

[MichaelDance]

OMFG i love this, Great work :) Defo Using

[elrafei]

thanks for this Great work but
some Groups are not moved by all the discussions and has not been transferred to the threads whatever topics that are sometimes large and sometimes they are small

Tried to repeat the process but every time there is no result

Is there a solution؟

[Phalynx]

This can occur if there is an error transfering posts. I don't know a solution for this.

[Scandal]

When I click the "Create forum" link I have the message (with redirect) Cannot create forum!
... but the forum is making!
I have set the usergroup permissions normally.
What's wrong?

Sorry for my bad english

[Phalynx]

This means that the script cannot create a subforum in the given parent forum.

[Scandal]

I have a problem/question.
When I convert the discussions of a social group to a forum with threads, If I delete the created forum then , I haven't the option to re-make it :(
I want to have the option to re-convert the discussions of a group to a forum with threads IF the corresponding forum there isn't anymore.


Thanks and sorry for my bad english, I hope you understand.

[Phalynx]

You need to update that manually:

UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=XXX WHERE groupid=YYY

XXX=New Forum, set to 0 to reset
YYY=GroupID

[rob01]

i love this addon.. witch is was able for vb4 also :S

any update news?

[Phalynx]

There will be no vB4 Version, as my time does not allow it.

[rainyleaves]

Thanks for your MOD.

I installed and setting for parent forum.
I get this error message when I created forum.

A required field called allowupdate is missing or has an invalid value.

How can I fix?
Thanks.

[rainyleaves]

Fixed!!

The problem caused by conflict with 'Send Update Pm/Mail' (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=155284&highlight=update) mod.

[blue6995]

I have now upgraded to the lastest version of vBulletin Publishing Suite. What I cannot do now is post in the actual Groups - I have to go to the appropriate group forum and post there. Can someone tell me:

the safest way to remove this mod. Is it safe for me to try and run the ACP uninstaller or will that crash the forum?

If I remove the mod what happens to the sub forum groups it created?

Thanks

Thanks

[l_amhed]

There will be no vB4 Version, as my time does not allow it.

Hi there!

That's so damn sad you could not port this hack to VB4 really. This is one of the most usefull hack I know...

Even if I'm not a coder, could you write us some advices, guidelines to make it works with VB4 ?

[MoMan]

Some suggestions for this mod (don't require big changes, but would improve performance and cohesion):

(1) add social group id & category to forumdata (bitfield) during social forum creation*
(2) honor the forum's thread icon settings within the social group thread display
(3) change navbits within social forums so that they match those of the regular discussions, allowing for easy navigation

*(1) would eliminate the need to query the database in the forumdisplay_start hook and would also let you do (3) without additional queries

If I find some extra time to implement these features, I'm willing to post them here. However, I can't exactly use my live board as a sandbox, and don't have a test environment handy at the moment, so hopefully you can get to them before I do :)

[c0der]

thx bro for sharing with us

[jdougher]

When I try to use this on vB 3.8.4, the forum is moved (although there's a "can't move forum" message), but no discussions are moved. Why is that?

[Keesa]

Eeep, I did this and it made a forum, but ALL the messages and disccussons are gone...

Hilfe@

[Keesa]

dammit. i just created empty forums with mo discusions and no way to move them. this kinda blows.

[Phalynx]

They are not gone, they are just hidden. Edit the settings of your group and enable messaging again.

[Keesa]

Actually, no.

In one case, it simply deleted all the messages.

In another, it created a forum on the main part of the board, but did not move any of the messages.

I think I just misunderstand what this is supposed to do.

Thanks though

[Phalynx]

This mod does not delete any social group discussion.

[BoyG]

good day. i seem to have lost the forum. they are not being displayed in the category where they're supposed to be. i see them in Admin CP but they're not on their main page. what could be the problem?

[Phalynx]

Check if the forum is defined as visible. Normally it is not.

[benstillman]

Anyone know of anything similar to this for vB4? I currently use it on 3.8, but want to upgrade (finally) to 4.

[jilly]

I am using SocialForums, obviously, and I also use the selective forum filter mod
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132279 - my problem is that I can't get the social forums to show up in the list of forums to be excluded. I have run the back end php query that is supposed to make all your forums be excludable, and it still didn't affect the social forums. this was the query:

To enable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 1
To disable "can be excluded" in all forums, run this query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 0
In both cases, PFX must be replaced with the actual table prefix that you have defined in config.php.
If you have not defined a prefix, remove PFX from the queries.
After you run either one of these queries, you must then open and save any one forum for the forum cache to be updated.


I have no table prefix for my tables, so i removed the PFX and ran it plain. Does the social forums mod add any special table prefix to the tables it creates?

Any other ideas as to why they won't show up and allow themselves to be excluded? The groups are a combination of public and private groups.

[BamaStangGuy]

I simply can not get this to work perfectly. It imports some discussions and messages but for some reason leaves a lot more behind. We have some discussions with over 15,000 messages. Is this a problem?

[sticky]

There will be no vB4 Version, as my time does not allow it.
What if you were paid for your time? Name how much it would take.

[Curious Too]

What if you were paid for your time? Name how much it would take.

If you are willing to pay, try finding a developer on oDesk. I found someone there who updated the mod for vb4 and it works perfectly.

[Robert9]

I just have installed the file from above, but it shows version 2.0 and not 2.1.
This means i have an older version, then the file here is old
or there was no change of the value in version 2.1.

[markoroots]

The way that Vb manage the social-groups is really a shame.
Now we are in 2016 and those problems are still there. :down:

[blind-eddie]

This is a good solution.

[markoroots]

Yes Eddie but this is for the 3.8 Version. :(

[blind-eddie]

Yes Eddie but this is for the 3.8 Version. :(

Sorry, I assumed you were using 3.8, since you posted in a 3.8 modification thread.
Here is a similar one for vb4 https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=221581&highlight=Social

[markoroots]

Great Eddie, many thanks. :)