djbaxter
01-26-2010, 10:00 PM
This is an update for nevetS' mod for 3.5 at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91781 and gotlinks' update for 3.6 at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163718 to make it work in 4.x.
If you already have Carp Free or Carp LE or Carp Evolution, great. If not, you'll have to download a copy from http://carp.docs.geckotribe.com/download.php (Carp Free is now renamed Carp LE). If you need to install Carp first, golinks has some instructions at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163718 and there are of course more detailed instructions at http://carp.docs.geckotribe.com/
Now, modify your vBulletin installation.
1. Add three custom profile fields - in my setup, they are as follows, but make a note of the field# for later in case yours are different:
Name = Blog RSS Feed (RSS Only!)
Single-Line Text Box Editable, Searchable, Members field6
The member enters his blog feed here.
Latest Blog Title
Single-Line Text Box Searchable, Members field7
This is filled automatically by Carp with the latest blog post at that feed.
Blog URL
Single-Line Text Box Searchable, Members field8
This is the URL to the blog, filled by Carp and used in postbit to make the blog title a live URL.
2. Create a new plugin called Carp Configuration and attach it to hook location: global_bootstrap_init_start
global $vbulletin;
require_once './carp/carp.php';
CarpConf('carperrors',0);
CarpConf('cacheinterval',3);
CarpConf('cborder','');
CarpConf('poweredby','');
CarpConf('maxitems',1);
CarpConf('iorder','link');
CarpConf('linktarget',1);
3. Create another plugin called Get Users Blog Entry and attach this to hook location: postbit_display_start
global $vbulletin;
ob_start();
CarpCacheShow($post[field6]);
$blogentry = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit',array('blogentr y' => $blogentry));
4. Edit postbit (and/or legacy):
Find:
<vb:if condition="$post['rank']">
<span class="rank">{vb:raw post.rank}</span>
</vb:if>
Add after:
<!-- latest blog hack -->
<vb:if condition="$post['field6']">
<span class="smallfont">Recent Blog: <a href="{vb:raw post.field8}" target="_blank">{vb:raw blogentry}</a></span>
</vb:if>
<!-- end latest blog hack -->
Remember to change field6 and field8 to correspond to the numbers of the custom fields for your forum.
For postbit_legacy, use this code instead (thanks to 993ti (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=120684) who posted this here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1969237&postcount=3):
ob_start();
CarpCacheShow($post[field6]);
$blogentry = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('b logentry' => $blogentry));
If you already have Carp Free or Carp LE or Carp Evolution, great. If not, you'll have to download a copy from http://carp.docs.geckotribe.com/download.php (Carp Free is now renamed Carp LE). If you need to install Carp first, golinks has some instructions at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163718 and there are of course more detailed instructions at http://carp.docs.geckotribe.com/
Now, modify your vBulletin installation.
1. Add three custom profile fields - in my setup, they are as follows, but make a note of the field# for later in case yours are different:
Name = Blog RSS Feed (RSS Only!)
Single-Line Text Box Editable, Searchable, Members field6
The member enters his blog feed here.
Latest Blog Title
Single-Line Text Box Searchable, Members field7
This is filled automatically by Carp with the latest blog post at that feed.
Blog URL
Single-Line Text Box Searchable, Members field8
This is the URL to the blog, filled by Carp and used in postbit to make the blog title a live URL.
2. Create a new plugin called Carp Configuration and attach it to hook location: global_bootstrap_init_start
global $vbulletin;
require_once './carp/carp.php';
CarpConf('carperrors',0);
CarpConf('cacheinterval',3);
CarpConf('cborder','');
CarpConf('poweredby','');
CarpConf('maxitems',1);
CarpConf('iorder','link');
CarpConf('linktarget',1);
3. Create another plugin called Get Users Blog Entry and attach this to hook location: postbit_display_start
global $vbulletin;
ob_start();
CarpCacheShow($post[field6]);
$blogentry = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit',array('blogentr y' => $blogentry));
4. Edit postbit (and/or legacy):
Find:
<vb:if condition="$post['rank']">
<span class="rank">{vb:raw post.rank}</span>
</vb:if>
Add after:
<!-- latest blog hack -->
<vb:if condition="$post['field6']">
<span class="smallfont">Recent Blog: <a href="{vb:raw post.field8}" target="_blank">{vb:raw blogentry}</a></span>
</vb:if>
<!-- end latest blog hack -->
Remember to change field6 and field8 to correspond to the numbers of the custom fields for your forum.
For postbit_legacy, use this code instead (thanks to 993ti (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=120684) who posted this here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1969237&postcount=3):
ob_start();
CarpCacheShow($post[field6]);
$blogentry = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('postbit_legacy',array('b logentry' => $blogentry));