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CMSTemplateZ
08-25-2010, 10:00 PM
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Add-on Name: Open Inviter (vBulletin 4x implementation)
Add-on Demo: Click Here (http://battlefield3forums.com/invite/) (Please Test & Invite your contacts to view my site in return for me sharing this guide)
Add-on Description: Basically this is your All-in-One email client / social networking contact inviter. Using this script on your website will enhance your traffic & sign up's, ive used other scripts like "Open Inviter" in the past and this is by far the most "User Friendly" version i have come across and best of all it's Free!! openinviter.com does have a vBulletin package for this however it does not work as it's not been updated / their package updates / general support is well very slack to say the least.
Let's get this baby installed:
What you will need: (to implement this the way i have on Battlefield 3 (http://battlefield3forums.com))
- Open Inviter (http://openinviter.com/download.php) (General Package, not the vBulletin version as it DOES NOT WORK) [NOTE: you need to register an account / domain to be used with them 110% Free, no email confirmation required ;) ]
Install open inviter to this path EXAMPLE.COM/OpenInviter/ <--- notice the caps !!, the folder in the download is already like this, just be sure to upload the folder to your domain root.
- vBulletin 4 Tab Mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233629&highlight=vbSoporte) (or you can make your own tabs using this guide: HERE (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=226914))
Now Install the above requirements, you can find the OpenInviter installation guide within the download package, it's very simple to install.
STEP: #1
Add the below code to the END of your "HEADERINCLUDE" template. (this is a dynamic iframe script, this enables clean iframes for scripts like this that have several pages / steps within the process in which may use different sized pages.)
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* IFrame SSI script II- ? Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* Visit DynamicDrive.com for hundreds of original DHTML scripts
* This notice must stay intact for legal use
***********************************************/
//Input the IDs of the IFRAMES you wish to dynamically resize to match its content height:
//Separate each ID with a comma. Examples: ["myframe1", "myframe2"] or ["myframe"] or [] for none:
var iframeids=["myframe"]
//Should script hide iframe from browsers that don't support this script (non IE5+/NS6+ browsers. Recommended):
var iframehide="yes"
var getFFVersion=navigator.userAgent.substring(navigat or.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")).split("/")[1]
var FFextraHeight=parseFloat(getFFVersion)>=0.1? 16 : 0 //extra height in px to add to iframe in FireFox 1.0+ browsers
function resizeCaller() {
var dyniframe=new Array()
for (i=0; i<iframeids.length; i++){
if (document.getElementById)
resizeIframe(iframeids[i])
//reveal iframe for lower end browsers? (see var above):
if ((document.all || document.getElementById) && iframehide=="no"){
var tempobj=document.all? document.all[iframeids[i]] : document.getElementById(iframeids[i])
tempobj.style.display="block"
}
}
}
function resizeIframe(frameid){
var currentfr=document.getElementById(frameid)
if (currentfr && !window.opera){
currentfr.style.display="block"
if (currentfr.contentDocument && currentfr.contentDocument.body.offsetHeight) //ns6 syntax
currentfr.height = currentfr.contentDocument.body.offsetHeight+FFextr aHeight;
else if (currentfr.Document && currentfr.Document.body.scrollHeight) //ie5+ syntax
currentfr.height = currentfr.Document.body.scrollHeight;
if (currentfr.addEventListener)
currentfr.addEventListener("load", readjustIframe, false)
else if (currentfr.attachEvent){
currentfr.detachEvent("onload", readjustIframe) // Bug fix line
currentfr.attachEvent("onload", readjustIframe)
}
}
}
function readjustIframe(loadevt) {
var crossevt=(window.event)? event : loadevt
var iframeroot=(crossevt.currentTarget)? crossevt.currentTarget : crossevt.srcElement
if (iframeroot)
resizeIframe(iframeroot.id);
}
function loadintoIframe(iframeid, url){
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById(iframeid).src=url
}
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", resizeCaller, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", resizeCaller)
else
window.onload=resizeCaller
</script>
STEP: #2
Create a New "TEMPLATE" with your Style or Master Style we are going to call this Template "inviter" <--- NO CAPS !!
HERE IS THE CODE FOR THE TEMPLATE: (be sure to change EXAMPLE.COM to your domain)
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} - {vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
{vb:raw headinclude}
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
</head>
<body>
{vb:raw header}
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle">
<h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1>
</div>
<h2 class="blockhead">Contact Inviter</h2>
<div class="blockbody">
<div class="blockrow"><p><center><b>Invite your contacts using our new Contact Invite</b> PLEASE NOTE!! We do not see or store your username or password</center></p><br>
<center><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/9i9zwl.png"/></center><br>
<iframe id="myframe" src="http://EXAMPLE.COM/OpenInviter/invite.php" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" style="overflow:visible; width:98%; display:none"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>
STEP: #3
Download the attachment: "invite.php" you need to upload this to the OpenInviter Folder: EXAMPLE.COM/OpenInviter/ This is a modified version of the original / main OpenInviter trigger file (just a better layout then the default one).
STEP: #4
Download the attachment: "inviter.php" <-- INVITER.PHP not INVITE.PHP..... Upload this to your Domain Root Directory: EXAMPLE.COM
Now you should be able to visit: EXAMPLE.COM/invite.php and have a fully working version of OpenInviter within a vBulletin 4 page.
STEP: #5
All that is left to do now is simply create a new tab in your vbulletin installation (you don't have to, but the more people who see the tab the more people who will use this feature). You can use the vBulletin 4 tab mod posted above to create a new tab.
This tab should point to EXAMPLE.COM/inviter.php
NOTE: Replace EXAMPLE.COM with your own domain.
TEXT COLOR WITH THE IFRAME:
To change the text color:
Open "INVITE.php" you will see the following script at the very top of the page:
<style type="text/css">body {color: #ffffff;
}</style>
Change #FFF to the color you needs
I am awaiting confirmation from OpenInviter.com to package this as a .XML install, this will be updated shorlty once i hear back from them.
ENJOY (don't forget to say thanks, and mark as installed for support).
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 08:04 PM
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ozzy47
08-26-2010, 08:28 PM
Looks Good tagged for later!!
Kraxell
08-26-2010, 08:34 PM
Looks very nice. wait for some feedbacks.
COL NIL SATIS
08-26-2010, 08:36 PM
Sounds awesome this ...tagged for tomorrow !! great work mate
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 08:37 PM
Your welcome to test on my site.... There is no way to view anyone's details... Usernames and Passwords are in no way seen / stored / accessible by forum owners / admin / or anyone else.
Very handy script tho, i used on a old call of duty site, the extra traffic was very handy :)
Kraxell
08-26-2010, 08:46 PM
Iam a owner of a german website and there are only some german-social-sites in this hack but i installed it the next days and test it.
gurler
08-26-2010, 08:54 PM
i've installed this mod. thank you it works.
very good mod. marked as installed but i have a problem;
the imported email's list is not on my web site charset. so the names which are different characters are not shown.
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 08:59 PM
the imported email's list is not on my web site charset. so the names which are different characters are not shown.
May be sever related, this add-on does require "cURL" to be enabled by your hosting company, there is a setting in the "Config" file to switch between "cURL" or "wget" this may help you i am unsure...
EXAMPLE.COM/OpenInviter/config.php <---- Maybe try changing to "wget" method.
I have tested my own implementation of this, and will support my above tutorial / guide / add-on.. but can not provide support for OpenInviter they do have forums you may use tho (support is slow however).
Hope that helps
gurler
08-26-2010, 09:05 PM
thank you for your quick reply.
but it not works.
is there any option to add a code to iframe page ?
puertoblack2003
08-26-2010, 09:09 PM
nice mod :) i'm looking for the file to change font color i'm using default skin.
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 09:10 PM
Well i used the Dynamic Iframe script to help.
Under a normal frame, you would need set the height... not the problem here is... height="100px" or height="auto" does not work.. and should one of your visitors or members have say 500+ contacts not all could show... so by using the dynamic iframe script the frame will re-size depending on the needs of the end user.
I don't suggest using in a standard iframe, the above method works fine, i will take note of comments on this thread and implement some new methods / ideas as i update this but as it stands it's working fine and doing what it says it does :)
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 09:12 PM
To change the text color:
Open "INVITE.php" you will see the following script at the very top of the page:
<style type="text/css">body {color: #ffffff;
}</style>
Change #FFF to the color you needs.. editing the first post now.
gurler
08-26-2010, 09:19 PM
Well i used the Dynamic Iframe script to help.
Under a normal frame, you would need set the height... not the problem here is... height="100px" or height="auto" does not work.. and should one of your visitors or members have say 500+ contacts not all could show... so by using the dynamic iframe script the frame will re-size depending on the needs of the end user.
I don't suggest using in a standard iframe, the above method works fine, i will take note of comments on this thread and implement some new methods / ideas as i update this but as it stands it's working fine and doing what it says it does :)
no i am not talking about the height issue..
any meta code to change charset can be added to the invite.php ?
so the cURL or wget is not affected the charset.
puertoblack2003
08-26-2010, 09:19 PM
To change the text color:
Open "INVITE.php" you will see the following script at the very top of the page:
<style type="text/css">body {color: #ffffff;
}</style>
Change #FFF to the color you needs.. editing the first post now.
thank you very much works like a charm :up:
betts02
08-26-2010, 09:21 PM
Tagged it for now, Just need to find someone to install it,lol
Too much for me,lol
gurler
08-26-2010, 10:27 PM
i found the string in invite.php : $name
how can i convert it to UTF-8 or anyting else?
Blooded
08-26-2010, 10:34 PM
tagged for now. thanks a lot
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 11:02 PM
The script is that of OpenInviter... i can not distribute re-written code without permission, maybe you are best posting on their forums. I will contact them and see if i am allowed to clean some of that code up.
Overall it is a very solid product considering it's free and can basically turn 10k uniques into 100k uniques we should be thankful it's free, it's a very powerful tool.
I will keep the thread updated and see what i can do.
PS... the demo site is up for BOTM (wink wink nudge nudge)
Manoel J?nior
08-26-2010, 11:24 PM
On the site, is not being sent to the Orkut invitations.
CMSTemplateZ
08-26-2010, 11:34 PM
Hmm i tested most of the services before and just about all of them went through fine.. You can find further / specific support on the OpenInviter.com forums
Lone Gunman
08-27-2010, 05:31 AM
if you want it at the bottom of your forum main page like here (http://lawnprosite.com) then open the FORUMHOME template and add this code under <!-- end what's going on box -->
<div class="blockbody">
<div class="blockrow"><p><center><b>Invite your contacts using our new Contact Invite</b> PLEASE NOTE!! We do not see or store your username or password</center></p><br>
<center><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/9i9zwl.png"/></center><br>
<iframe id="myframe" src="http://YOUR_SITE.com/OpenInviter/invite.php" scrolling="yes" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" style="overflow:visible; width:98%; display:none"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
dont forget to edit your site directory
giorgino
08-27-2010, 05:56 AM
Your welcome to test on my site.... There is no way to view anyone's details... Usernames and Passwords are in no way seen / stored / accessible by forum owners / admin / or anyone else.
Very handy script tho, i used on a old call of duty site, the extra traffic was very handy :)
thank you great trick! :D
Can you also share with us how you made this awensome ticker? (See attachment)
raiderlax
08-27-2010, 06:08 AM
Wow this is a great mod! Although I wish the actually look of it was a bit better. The drop down seems tedious to find a site, can you make it a bit more like this mod where the images are shown - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233618 ?
The_____KinG
08-27-2010, 11:35 AM
thanks a lot marked for install this is really helpful
if you dont mind can u plese tell me where i can get the twitter widget thats on u r site at the left and also the latest messages ticker at the top
thanks a lot again
Alucard^
08-27-2010, 01:13 PM
Nice Job ;)
OpenInviter link doesn't work for me... its only me?
thank you great trick! :D
Can you also share with us how you made this awensome ticker? (See attachment)
Well, i asked this to him too... and in Google you can get a lot of information and public scripts about this... see this links:
http://www.texotela.co.uk/code/jquery/newsticker/
http://www.websitebabble.com/html-php-css-javascript-coding-programming-topics/11219-how-script-customized-weight-loss-ticker.html
http://medienfreunde.com/lab/innerfade/
http://www.jquerynewsticker.com/
I am using the one of http://medienfreunde.com and work perfect.
giorgino
08-27-2010, 04:45 PM
Thank you Alucard :D
I've resolved!!!
Dr.osamA
08-27-2010, 07:36 PM
Excellent = 5 stars
installed
got error
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 504 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 261
Warning: fopen(/tmp/oi.1282938333.9026.cookie) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 261
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 262
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 504 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 515
Warning: fopen(/tmp/log_error.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenIn
thank you great trick! :D
Can you also share with us how you made this awensome ticker? (See attachment)
i need it too
Waiting . . . . .
Lone Gunman
08-27-2010, 11:22 PM
Excellent = 5 stars
installed
got error
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 504 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 261
Warning: fopen(/tmp/oi.1282938333.9026.cookie) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 261
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 262
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 504 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 515
Warning: fopen(/tmp/log_error.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenIn
i need it too
Waiting . . . . .
im not an expert at this but make sure curl is enabled on your server and check /tmp folder permissions (755).
thats my guess anyways. :confused:
stator
08-28-2010, 11:37 AM
Thank you man.
But, when using facebook, it says that the login details is incorrect. (I am sure it is correct).
Update, when i go to my facebook account it said:
our account was recently accessed from a location we're not familiar with. For your protection, please review your recent activity to make sure no one is using your Facebook account without permission.
Reviewing your activity takes just a few moments. We'll start by asking you a couple of questions to confirm that this is your account. (If we recognize your computer, you'll be able to skip this step.)
Also I wish :
- The message automatically contains the registeration link + the refferal ID without any interference from users.
- The message to be cuztomized to be containing some graphics as forum logo.
BlueCheri
08-28-2010, 12:02 PM
Interesting, tagged.
CMSTemplateZ
08-28-2010, 12:23 PM
I want to know what the different between your mod and the original mod provided by OpenInviter (Here (http://openinviter.com/download_package.php?package=vbulletin)) .
Thnx in Advance.
Well firstly... the OpenInviter vBulletin simply DOES NOT WORK (their forums are full of threads complaining about this).. it worked for 4.0.1 but was never updated after this.
Also ive modified the layout of the Openinviter Looks much better compared with the default layout, also added options to edit text colors.
I am still waiting on a reply from openinviter so that i can modify this and produce a .xml plugin.
New features i will be adding:
- Option to select what email / social networks can be used.
- Profile modification (so people can use this from within their USERCP)
- Implementing other ideas from vb.org members
- More features / options etc
Again i need permission from OpenInviter dev's in order to modify this.. but as it is now it works 100% does what it says it does and works within a vBulletin page.
I also appreciate the positive feedback :)
stator
08-28-2010, 12:43 PM
Thank you man, I realized that after the post i had made.
Now, please reply me for what I had modify Here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2090672&postcount=30)
Also, I want to know how to make "Latest Messages" like that on your forum. Awesome :)
CMSTemplateZ
08-28-2010, 01:32 PM
Also, I want to know how to make "Latest Messages" like that on your forum. Awesome
Firstly, it's just a "Ajax Ticker" <-- google it ... Ive modded this for my own personal use (also hard coded, nothing to do with vBulletin), i will not be releasing this, this thread should be kept on track for the OpenInviter vBulletin 4x integration.
As for Facebook, i am not sure, it's working fine for me and others.
- The message automatically contains the registeration link + the refferal ID without any interference from users.
- The message to be cuztomized to be containing some graphics as forum logo.
I will implement this is a later release, as for the logo idea this will be included in the next release possible as a transparent background overlay / underlay.
Dr.osamA
08-28-2010, 03:57 PM
im not an expert at this but make sure curl is enabled on your server and check /tmp folder permissions (755).
thats my guess anyways. :confused:
thanxx man
i have installed curl + tmp is ok
this i have when i run postinstall.php
Warning: set_time_limit() [function.set-time-limit]: Cannot set time limit in safe mode in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/postinstall.php on line 2
Checking username and private key... *OK*
Checking PHP version... *OK*
Checking DOMDocument support... *OK*
Checking transport method... libcurl is installed. Using cURL to handle requests
SQLite is installed. Stats enabled. Please define a stats username and password in config.php
Checking write permisions... The /tmp folder is not writable. You will have to manually define a location for logs and temporary files in config.php
:confused:
CMSTemplateZ
08-28-2010, 04:24 PM
thanxx man
i have installed curl + tmp is ok
this i have when i run postinstall.php
Warning: set_time_limit() [function.set-time-limit]: Cannot set time limit in safe mode in /home/alra7bax/public_html/vb/OpenInviter/postinstall.php on line 2
Checking username and private key... *OK*
Checking PHP version... *OK*
Checking DOMDocument support... *OK*
Checking transport method... libcurl is installed. Using cURL to handle requests
SQLite is installed. Stats enabled. Please define a stats username and password in config.php
Checking write permisions... The /tmp folder is not writable. You will have to manually define a location for logs and temporary files in config.php
:confused:
Hmmm this looks to be a server side issue.. open the config file and check that your user & pass are ok. (you need to create a folder also "tmp" (OpenInviter/tpm)... ive not seen this issue before, maybe try the suggestion below "wget" and if that doesn't work try asking on the OpenInviter forums (don't expect a fast response lol... as it is free their support sucks)
You can also try using the "wget" instead of "cURL" you can set this in the config file, I am on a Ubuntu install atm and am configuring a few things so i can't see the config file right now.. i will check for you soon when i boot back up from my main HDD.
Alucard^
08-28-2010, 06:08 PM
Its me or the OpenInvitir link doesn't work? i tried with Google Chrome, Firefox and IE without results.
raiderlax
08-28-2010, 08:55 PM
This mod has a lot of potential. Thank you for working on making this mod better and adding new features. You could really make this mod amazing and charge a small fee for it like 10 bucks. I feel that a lot of people would buy it :)
nomoreturn
08-29-2010, 01:02 PM
Installed but got Internal Server Error
CMSTemplateZ
08-30-2010, 02:37 AM
Installed but got Internal Server Error
Does your server support "cURL" ? if not you can try changing to "wget" this can be done in the config.php <---- search for "cURL"
Keep me updated and i will see what i can do.
sbsforum.us
08-30-2010, 08:54 PM
Tagged for later use!! This looks very good. Will wait to see if you are able to create a .xml plugin
Blooded
08-31-2010, 03:07 AM
got this error
sh: line 1: uptime: command not found
:S
jskoh
08-31-2010, 11:05 AM
hi, i have this error
"Unable to create the stats database."
Devanand
09-01-2010, 03:30 AM
Installed and when I submit email and pass, I am getting message Unable to write stats. [path]/OpenInviter is not writable
It is 755 right now. If I change it to 777 I am getting Page not found
CMSTemplateZ
09-01-2010, 06:30 AM
Hmm set to 755 on mine, this is all you need... you do need to make a directory OpenInviter/tmp/ <---- "TMP" needs to be 777 try that and see how you go
Devanand
09-01-2010, 09:36 AM
I already have that but I still get that message.
onehost
09-02-2010, 05:27 AM
Can someone please do a test. I have members saying they can not
see the page. I can see it just fine, and this shows up on who's online:
Unknown Location
/inviter.php
http://seoscripts.com/inviter.php
Thanks
I do not understand how i can see this and others get a blank page.
CMSTemplateZ
09-02-2010, 01:07 PM
Can someone please do a test. I have members saying they can not
see the page. I can see it just fine, and this shows up on who's online:
Unknown Location
/inviter.php
http://seoscripts.com/inviter.php
Thanks
I do not understand how i can see this and others get a blank page.
Working for me fine, emails received also
jskoh
09-03-2010, 11:57 AM
hi. have this error
"Unable to create the stats database."
herkulest
09-03-2010, 06:24 PM
Installed.
I have tried with couple of accounts and this always shows:
Login failed. Please check the email and password you have provided and try again later !
but I am sure that email and password are correct
Alucard^
09-07-2010, 10:49 AM
I have this error in the installation of OpenInviter:
Checking write permisions... The /tmp folder is not writable. You will have to manually define a location for logs and temporary files in config.php
But i have the tmp folder with 777... Also tried with: /www/docs/myweb/public_html/tmp but same result.
Apart of that, the Open Inviter seems to work but, i have this problem too:
http://www.webpagescreenshot.info/img/181355-97201024834pm.png
CMSTemplateZ
09-11-2010, 08:51 AM
But i have the tmp folder with 777... Also tried with: /www/docs/myweb/public_html/tmp but same result.
Apart of that, the Open Inviter seems to work but, i have this problem too:
Hmmm i don't understand this, ive installed for several clients and on several of my own sites and it's working flawlessly as per the instructions provided in the opening post, wish i could be of more help for you.
Try installing from the start again, following the instructions as listed in the opening thread has worked on 10+ clients sites and several of my own.
Good luck
jskoh
09-13-2010, 02:31 PM
seem like every of my question have been skip!!!
CMSTemplateZ
09-15-2010, 11:52 AM
seem like every of my question have been skip!!!
Sorry i did overlook your question... I do try to offer the best support i can, i do have a life away from the PC so i can not be online 24/7 to serve others for free...
I have no idea why you have a database error ? considering this does not use a DB.. as for the stats these are hosted by OpenInviter.org i think you should read the official documentation regarding the stats as they need to be enabled in the config file and you must also enable them via the Official website.
Hope that helps
Alfa1
09-15-2010, 01:10 PM
CMSTemplateZ,
How well could this work on adult sites? I mean that on such sites not all contacts would be interested in receiving invites. It could actually cause quite a riot if an inviter would just invite all contacts over. Can members select who they invite and who they do not invite?
techdoctor
09-15-2010, 08:40 PM
Hello,
When the results show up my screen does not expand. Can you please help me solve this problem. Thanks,
Jabong82
09-16-2010, 09:18 AM
Hello great mod installed and nominated!
I think I may have the same problem as techdoctor.
After I type in my login and password, the contacts are imported but then the window doesn't expand but rather I have to scroll within the frame. Thus as I scroll down I can no longer see the message I typed and only a handful of contacts at a time.
I noticed on your site that after I login when the results show there is minimal/no scrolling. Do you know how we can fix this? Thank you in advance for this great mod.
billrini
09-17-2010, 10:23 AM
CMSTemplateZ,
I'm having a problem I haven't seen here but I've seen in several threads on the OI website (with no response at all from anybody at OI or anybody who seems to have an answer).
I follow the instructions exactly as you've laid them out. The problem seems to be in the installation of OI. I run postinstall.php and it gets this far:
Checking username and private key... *OK*
Checking PHP version... *OK*
Checking DOMDocument support... *OK*
Checking transport method... libcurl is installed. Using cURL to handle requests
SQLite is installed. Stats enabled. Please define a stats username and password in config.php
Checking write permisions... /tmp is writable. Using /tmp to store cookie files and logs
And then it just stops. I put in my own debugging statements into the code and basically I can get as far as here:
include('openinviter.php');
A debug statement following that appears.
But when it gets to the next line
$inviter=new OpenInviter();
the debugging statement won't appear. That pretty much correlates with where the postinstall.php quits as well.
example.php is just a blank page. Likewise with continuing on with your mod. I get the image banner in the iframe but nothing under it.
I've downloaded the general version 1.9.3.
Any ideas? I know you can't really support their product but maybe you've seen something like this in your installs. Could it be the newer version has problems? Any way to get an earlier version?
billrini
09-17-2010, 10:37 AM
Okay, figured it out.
If you follow the instructions as written in the OI installation guide it doesn't set the directory permissions correctly so you need to chmod everything. I had to turn php errors to on to see what the problem was because it wasn't writing them to the error file.
CMSTemplateZ
09-19-2010, 02:48 PM
CMSTemplateZ,
I'm having a problem I haven't seen here but I've seen in several threads on the OI website (with no response at all from anybody at OI or anybody who seems to have an answer).
I follow the instructions exactly as you've laid them out. The problem seems to be in the installation of OI. I run postinstall.php and it gets this far:
Basically all this "postinstall.php" script does is check to see what services will work on your server twitter, fb, gmail etc.. So if you want i can give you a DB dump of mine.. all but one service worked on my HostGator server..
Wish i could be more helpful.. but as i mentioned in the opening post.. the support on OI is shocking.. takes weeks to get a decent reply..
Also i don't think this is a version thing as i am running the latest version on several other sites.. I can't say ive seen the error you are experiencing so im not going to be much help sadly.. maybe run it by your hosting company as it seems very strange that even the postinstall.php script is timing out.. ive installed for several clients / friends sites and am yet to see a problem, this has been done on 5+ different web hosts and im still yet to see any issues.. so i am at a loss as to why so many people are having trouble with this.
Okay, figured it out.
If you follow the instructions as written in the OI installation guide it doesn't set the directory permissions correctly so you need to chmod everything. I had to turn php errors to on to see what the problem was because it wasn't writing them to the error file.
This is incorrect !!
Following my instructions correctly will see this mod WORKING FINE !! ive installed on 20+ sites now using my own reference in the Opening post.
billrini
09-20-2010, 01:24 AM
It is correct. But just because it works for you doesn't mean it will work for everyone else.
Your instructions say this:
Install open inviter to this path EXAMPLE.COM/OpenInviter/ <--- notice the caps !!, the folder in the download is already like this, just be sure to upload the folder to your domain root.
You don't mention removing postinstall.php which means that we somewhat have to rely on the OI installation instructions since the thing won't even function without removing that file. And if you simply download, unzip, and run (then delete) postinstall.php per the OI installation instructions you CAN still have problems.
In my particular case, the OpenInviter/conf folder was set to not allow read access to anyone but the directory owner. And since I didn't install it as user apache it couldn't read that folder. That was why it hung. As soon as I changed the directory perms everything worked just as you said they would.
Who knows . . . since each download is generated dynamically (your config file is already personalized to your OI account settings) perhaps they had some glitch in the file permissions or something. I'm just telling you what I experienced and what I did to correct it.
And as for Alucard^'s issue with the file-function-put-contents output, the problem is:
1. The text is white. There's actually warning messages on that page but since the text color is set to white you can't see it on a white background. Links obviously don't follow the same style which is why you see the links.
2. The warnings are from using the E_ALL settings in your php.ini configuration and setting output to display to the user.
Example:
display_errors = On
error_reporting = E_ALL
Setting display_errors to Off is recommended because the warnings and errors CAN contain information which hackers can use to exploit your system. What the On/Off toggles is whether or not it gets displayed to the user in the browser.
That can make debugging a bit of a pain but maybe you can set it On while developing and then turn it off when all the kinks have been worked out. <-- Remember you have to restart apache after making php.ini changes for them to take effect.
Also, E_ALL reports both serious errors as well as warnings about everything from poor coding practices to other fairly harmless warnings. It is probably better to set it to
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
Which means, E_ALL but minus the notices of things that aren't that serious.
Dr.osamA
10-02-2010, 07:07 AM
not support Arabic ????
messege too coms like pic in attashment ...bad encloding
Any H E l P plzzzz
hosam119
10-18-2010, 03:04 AM
i see
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2958/99536227.png
Unable to write stats. /home/sheltban/public_html/vb/OpenInviter is not writable
http://vb.sheltbanat.com/inviter.php
i try mack OpenInviter 777
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1943/99645957.png
i show page not found
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/32/70657049.png
help me
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hosam119
10-18-2010, 08:51 AM
thanks i fix it
hosam119
10-22-2010, 01:12 AM
not support Arabic ????
messege too coms like pic in attashment ...bad encloding
Any H E l P plzzzz
نوع الترميز المستخدم
انا شغال معايا تمام
http://vb.sheltbanat.com/forum.php
MrBig
10-23-2010, 09:52 PM
ill tag this.. looks cool
MrBig
10-27-2010, 02:07 AM
i tride this /OpenInviter/postinstall.php
and got this
Warning: file_put_contents(config.php) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/website/public_html/OpenInviter/postinstall.php on line 133
Checking for new versions of OpenInviter...
Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/website/public_html/OpenInviter/plugins/_base.php on line 266
any help? :(
Kraxell
11-07-2010, 09:40 AM
Which file must be translated?
If i change some words, the hole hack dont work....
any new updates coming for this?
like
:intergration into registration steps
:option to auto invite all instead of having the checkbox option
Last response from the developer was more than 3 months ago.
Can the developer please confirm that he is continuing to support this mod? It would be a shame if its no longer supported…
Is anyone using this successfully with the latest vBulletin (4.1.0)?
Works like a charm in vB4.1.0 PL1 with some minor tweeks.
Mind you I downloaded the latest Open Inviter (1.9.4) for vBulletin, not the General version recommended by the developer. I did need to use the files and templates provided by the developer in this thread.
I created a new image with Facebook, Gmail and Myspace etc buttons, put it in the OpenInviter/images folder and changed the link in 'inviter' template to point to the new image.
In the same template (inviter) I changed the Iframe instructions from scrolling=no to yes.
Then went to invite.php and changed the css in the first line so that the text showed on the page. (Changed #ffffff to #000000)
That's it. I tested in Gmail and Facebook and it works fine. At no time did I get any errors.
Blacura
01-12-2011, 05:33 AM
Facebook does not work. Neither does Myspace. whats up with that?
I just upgraded my vB to vB4.1.0 PL2 and tried Facebook again and it worked ok. I'm no coder so I'm afraid I cant help you with this...
The_Big_K
01-17-2011, 05:22 AM
Just wondering whether anyone's seen any improvement in forum traffic after installing this mod.
Popa Andrei
03-21-2011, 11:46 AM
supports yahoo?
Wordplay
03-21-2011, 09:50 PM
for me it says facebook and msn does not work, did you guys get the same errors? i get a lot more not working but those 2 gmail and myspace are the main reason i'm installing this.
if anybody knows how i can fix those 2 please let me know! otherwise there really isn't much of a point to installing this, rather than looking for another option.
QuickQuestion
03-22-2011, 02:49 AM
I'm still a bit confused as to what exactly this mod does. Do you need some type of facebook add-on in order for it to work?
Thanks.
Wordplay
03-22-2011, 07:09 AM
i wrote an email to the open inviter, apparently facebook does not work anymore with their software.
but basically this software allows users to import their contacts from their email services (if they are in their working list).
@cmstemplates, the tinypic image in your template is dead, would have been great if you had uploaded it here.
Wordplay
03-22-2011, 07:59 AM
what makes it worse, is the emails land in the spam i tried importing yahoo and gmail email addresses, send them to 15 people in total and everything i could check landed in the spam.
i'm pretty disappointed with this, because it took me quite a bit to install (trying to get the template to look somewhat decent mostly), and then finding out that the mails land in the spam.
thanks a lot for creating this mod, and i am sure it is helpful to a lot of users, but i hope another friend inviter option will come some time soon.
marcolav
08-27-2011, 10:53 AM
Does this work with 4.1.5 CMS?
dallibose
09-05-2011, 11:47 PM
any idea if it works for vb 4.0.3 ???
donholloway
06-15-2012, 11:24 AM
I am using AdInviter with 4.2, working great. Hit a few snags, but they gave me great support.
RichieBoy67
10-26-2012, 04:42 PM
What kind of snags? I am thinking about using this fort a client. The other one has a lite version that only allows yahoo and gmail.. I do not need anything complex with tons of features. I just need something that covers more bases and this looks like it could fit the bill.. Don't like the sound of "snags" though.. haha
Thanks,
Richie
kartheekb
11-10-2012, 08:27 AM
does this makes of sending bulk mails.. as i am using shared hosting.. does it couses problems?
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