[OzzModz] Advanced Footer

[ozzy47]

Another mod brought to you by,
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/01/1.png

This is a pretty cool mod that completely redesigns your forums footer. It adds everything into a block, and has four columns to display different info in them.
Inspiration came from Advanced Footer Rework (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=282099&highlight=footer) coded by The Rocketeer (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=387348) and Awesome footer with Social Icons (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=286140&highlight=footer) coded by socialteenz (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=435567). Problem with those two mods that I had is it was all template editing, and I really don't like template edit mods on sites, I prefer it is all done automatically.

Another feature of this mod, is there is settings for the mod, that you can enter any custom code that any other mods have told you to add to the beginning or end of your footer. Again, this is designed so you do not have to do template editing. :)

It is a simple installation, upload the contents of the UPLOAD folder then import the product XML, ozzmodz_advanced_footer

You can edit the options under the settings, [OzzModz] Advanced Footer Settings
There is three ACP interface pages to add/edit the recommended links, quick links and the social media links.

Below is what the mod looks like running on the site.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/11/8.png

Major Features

No Additional Queries: The awesome part of this mod is it uses the datastore, so it adds no additional queries to the site.

Disable On Styles: You can disable this mod on any style, in case it breaks the style.

Interactive Main ACP Pages: When viewing the links you added, you can set the display order, toggle the active status, toggle the _nofollow and toggle if the site opens in a new tab or same tab, all without editing each entry individually.

Unlimited Links: You can have as many links in each column as you want, there is no limits..

Usergroup Permissions: When adding or editing a link, you can select which usergroups can see the link.

Complete Feature List

General Settings
Option to disable the mod completely.
Option to disable the mod on certain styles, in case it breaks the style.
Option set which way you want the About column to show the text from.
Setting to enter the text for the About column, if you don't want to use the meta description.
Setting to enter any code another mod may have told you to add in the beginning of your footer.
Setting to enter any code another mod may have told you to add in the end of your footer.
Setting to enter any additional links you want displayed in the footer links area ( where the contact us admin mod etc. links are ).
Setting to set the image width of the social media images.
Setting to set the image height of the social media images.
Option to enable/disable the About column.
Option to enable/disable the Recommended Links column.
Option to enable/disable the Quick Access Links column.
Option to enable/disable the Social Media Links column.
Option to enable/disable the Archive Links.
Option to set which usergroups can view the Archive Links.
Option to enable/disable the RSS Links.
Option to set which usergroups can view the RSS Links.

Adding/Editing Recommended Links
Setting to enter the links title.
Setting to enter the link URL.
Setting to enter the link description.
Setting to enter the display order for the link in the column.
Option to set if the link is active or not.
Option to set if the link is a _nofollow link.
Option to choose if the link should open in a new tab or not.
Setting to choose which usergroups can see the link in the column.

Adding/Editing Quick Links
Setting to enter the links title.
Setting to enter the link URL.
Setting to enter the link description.
Setting to enter the display order for the link in the column.
Option to set if the link is active or not.
Option to set if the link is a _nofollow link.
Option to choose if the link should open in a new tab or not.
Setting to choose which usergroups can see the link in the column.

Adding/Editing Social Media Links Settings
Setting to enter the links title.
Setting to enter the link URL.
Setting to enter the social media's image name.
Setting to enter the link description.
Setting to enter the display order for the link in the column.
Option to set if the link is active or not.
Option to set if the link is a _nofollow link.
Option to choose if the link should open in a new tab or not.
Setting to choose which usergroups can see the link in the column.


There is 31 social media icons in the images folder for you to use, or you can upload your own.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Q. Why do I need such a thing, you ask?

A. Maybe you are like me and are tired of the same old footer layout.

Q. I want the text aligned to the left, not centered, how do I change it?

A. Edit the stylevar, ozzmodz_advanced_footer_alignment, found under the group OzzModz.


I would like to thank, kh99 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?find=lastposter&t=314653), nerbert (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?find=lastposter&t=315422) and Scandal (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=122644), for giving me some help solving some issues I was having while developing this mod. :)

Members that donated towards this mod.
Max Taxable (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=421531)


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Please remember to click the, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/08/2.png button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps me know how many people are using my work, giving me extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

I appreciate the support!
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* History (Changelog) *
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v1.0.0 (November 24, 2014)
- Initial public release.

[ozzy47]

Reserved.

[ku-med]

Nice efforts .. I was waiting for such thing for a long time! Installed & nominated. Thanks for the great mod! :)

[ozzy47]

Glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[jjohns12]

WOW! what a great mod love it! Works like a charm. :) I had a custom footer in place and left the modified templates in place and no issues at all. I have this mod working on 2 of my 4 styles by on purpose I may add.

Thanks for this one!

[ozzy47]

Excellent, glad you like the mod, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[Max Taxable]

WOW! what a great mod love it! Works like a charm. :) I had a custom footer in place and left the modified templates in place and no issues at all. I have this mod working on 2 of my 4 styles by on purpose I may add.

Thanks for this one!It inherits the properties of all styles smoothly, from what I've seen.

[gsmlover4u]

sir chris will you please upload flipboard logo

[ozzy47]

It inherits the properties of all styles smoothly, from what I've seen.

Yeah it will inherit the style, but it may break some custom styles that don't use the traditional footer coding. :)

[Max Taxable]

For upgrade, just upload the new XML and set to overwrite?

[ozzy47]

sir chris will you please upload flipboard logo

Sure, I attached it to this post.

[ozzy47]

For upgrade, just upload the new XML and set to overwrite?

As well as revert any changes you made to the templates. :)

[Max Taxable]

No need for uploading any of the files?

[ozzy47]

I don't believe there were any changes in the files from beta 4 to now, but it don't hurt to upload them. :)

[gsmlover4u]

when i click on sicial Quick links,media links,Recomended links its give me page not found

[ozzy47]

Then you did not load the files to the proper place. :)

[gsmlover4u]

yese you right sir sorry

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, it happens to all of us. :)

[gsmlover4u]

sir chris there is no option to open ASR Search Engine in new tab

[ozzy47]

Where did you add that link?

[TheLastSuperman]

I dideth tryeth!

You must 'Like' someone else's post before liking any more by ozzy47.

[ozzy47]

Yeah Mike, I get that quite often. :)

[TheLastSuperman]

Yeah Mike, I get that quite often. :)

I don't always say so, therefor its way more often than you think :p.

[Toorak Times]

Just uploaded this Mod, working great thanks. In the other footer I was using I was able to put my logo in the footer also. Is this possible with this Mod?

[ozzy47]

Not at this time, but perhaps in a future update. Glad you like it and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[Max Taxable]

Just uploaded this Mod, working great thanks. In the other footer I was using I was able to put my logo in the footer also. Is this possible with this Mod?You should be able to put in a background image. I originally thought I would do that, but decided it was all good like it was.

Here's mine:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/11/7.jpg

[Toorak Times]

Thanks for the quick replies, But it appears this mod conflicts with the vBSocial Ultimate Notifications header, so I am going to have to disable for the moment...any quick fix?

[ozzy47]

Link to the mod, and I can look into it tomorrow.

[Toorak Times]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=266972&highlight=Notifications" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...=Notifications</a>

I am using the pro version,

Cheers

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ozzy,

I spoke to Dave from vBSocial and he is aware of the problem and recommends me moving the notifications variable out of the footer and into the header.

This mod has an area for other mods code, should I put it there mate?

[ozzy47]

Is it code he has you add to the footer, or is this through a plugin that does this automatically?

If it is code he has you add, yes add it either in the beginning code or end code setting in this mod. :)

[Nirjonadda]

Installed and Nominated ! How to Disable the Text Show "Click for more copyright info" ?

Feature Requests, Please can you add Donation Buttons ?

[gsmlover4u]

sir chris there is no option to open ASR Search Engine in new tab

Where did you add that link?

sir i put on default place where you sugest in the mod

[Max Taxable]

Text aligned right looks spiffy on mine:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/11/6.jpg

[Phillip]

Awesome mod. ozzy47. I might install this in a second or in a bit.

[ozzy47]

Installed and Nominated ! How to Disable the Text Show "Click for more copyright info" ?

Feature Requests, Please can you add Donation Buttons ?

It would be to much to add a space for a donation button, but you can do this. In the Genera settings, set the option About Column to No then in the setting About Text add what you want to say in that column.

Then you would add something like this.

<br /><br /><a id="donate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" alt="donate" title="donate" href="https://payal.com">
<img id="donate" alt="donate" title="donate" src="ozzmodz_mods/advanced_footer/images/paypal1.png">
</a>Set the href="https://payal.com" to your paypal link, and set the image, ozzmodz_mods/advanced_footer/images/paypal1.png

[ozzy47]

sir i put on default place where you sugest in the mod

Then you would want it something like this.

<li><a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ASR Search Engine</a></li>

[ozzy47]

Awesome mod. ozzy47. I might install this in a second or in a bit.

Ok cool, don't forget to mark as installed if you do decide to use it. :)

[gsmlover4u]

sir in my other forum Search Engine Friendly Archives not showing in the footer
plz see the link
www.pak-gsm.com

[Toorak Times]

Is it code he has you add to the footer, or is this through a plugin that does this automatically?

If it is code he has you add, yes add it either in the beginning code or end code setting in this mod. :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/11/4.jpg

I added it to both and it just added the code to the screen. I took it out of the footer and placed it in the box required in the admincp.

[megabink]

Installed and nominated...working like a charm!
Thanks for the hard work Ozzy!

[ozzy47]

sir in my other forum Search Engine Friendly Archives not showing in the footer
plz see the link
www.pak-gsm.com (http://www.pak-gsm.com)

So, you installed this on two sites, but on one of them it is not showing the archive links in the footer? Are the sites on the same server or different servers?

[ozzy47]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/11/4.jpg

I added it to both and it just added the code to the screen. I took it out of the footer and placed it in the box required in the admincp.

So it is working with his mod then?

[ozzy47]

Installed and nominated...working like a charm!
Thanks for the hard work Ozzy!

Glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[gsmlover4u]

So, you installed this on two sites, but on one of them it is not showing the archive links in the footer? Are the sites on the same server or different servers?
i installed on 3 sites and these are on same server on 2 sites working fine but on one site not working

[Nirjonadda]

Please can you add option for Disable the Text Show "Click for more Copyright Info" ?

I like have a option Donation Buttons !

EX:

151042

[ozzy47]

I can see about adding a option to disable the mode copyrite at some point.

Well if that is where you want the donate button, then add it to the Social Media column, and change the phrases. :)

[Skyrider]

Great system! Love the "Click for more copyright info" and other additional possible functions. <3 installed.

[Max Taxable]

Great system! Though is it a good idea to leave out the default copy-right code by vBulletin? As it appears having this system on (per default) has no footer info at all, including default cron/copyright.Incorrect. It does have the default copyright.

[ozzy47]

It most certainly does have the default copy-right code by vBulletin included. As well as the cronimage.

What makes you think it don't?

[Max Taxable]

It most certainly does have the default copy-right code by vBulletin included. As well as the cronimage.

What makes you think it don't?"Must install the mod to see what's in it.":D

[ozzy47]

I guess, I am just confused as to why he/she thought I would make a mod, that 1, violates your license agreement, and 2, stops your scheduled tasks from running. :)

[Max Taxable]

I guess, I am just confused as to why he/she thought I would make a mod, that 1, violates your license agreement, and 2, stops your scheduled tasks from running. :)And 3, lies about all this in the first post.

[Max Taxable]

Take heart Skyrider, (great Nick by the way) we're just having a little fun, Ozz was at least three weeks developing this and myself and a couple of others spent about that same amount of time Beta testing it. Pretty sure one of us would have caught that issue right away had it existed.:D

[ozzy47]

And 3, lies about all this in the first post.

Well lies is a bit strong, maybe mis-informed or un-knowledgeable about the mod is a better choice.

[Max Taxable]

Well lies is a bit strong, maybe mis-informed or un-knowledgeable about the mod is a better choice.No I was saying 3, Ozzy was lying about all this in the first post.

"thought I would make a mod, that 1, violates your license agreement, and 2, stops your scheduled tasks from running and 3, that i would lie about this in the first post.".

[ozzy47]

Ahhh, gotcha. :)

[ozzy47]

Just uploaded this Mod, working great thanks. In the other footer I was using I was able to put my logo in the footer also. Is this possible with this Mod?

Where should the logo show? What mod were you using before?

[RichieBoy67]

Great Work Ozzy! I will be trying this at some point!

I missed the drama in this thread!

[ozzy47]

Thanks for marking as installed. :) What drama was that?

[RichieBoy67]

Drama may have been a bit strong for a description. :)

[ozzy47]

I guess you mean the bit where Skyrider thought that there was stuff missing, I just think he/she posted a bit to fast before testing the mod, it was no biggie. :)

[Nirjonadda]

Link Title not working if Long with UTF-8 , Please fix on this bug issue.

[ozzy47]

Ummm, need more of a explanation than that, what is it exactly you are trying to add?

[Nirjonadda]

If i want Link Title is "আসুন নির্জনে আড্ডা মারি" then Save, Now only show me Link Title "আসুন নির্জনে আড্"

[ozzy47]

Well that is strange, google translate says those two are not even close to saying the same thing.

[Nirjonadda]

Then my bad luck , I can not use any mod from your released !

[ozzy47]

I just added, আসুন নির্জনে আড্ডা মারি as a link title, and it shows correctly on my site.

In phpmyadmin, in the table ozzmodz_advanced_footer_quick, what is the collation of the link_title?

[Nirjonadda]

Collation is latin1_swedish_ci

[ozzy47]

Hmmm, as well as mine, not entirely sure what would cause it to change like that.

[LLent]

Ozzy just a quick question now i am in 4.1.11 when i put mod in i lost the ability to change my skins when i disabled the mod it was back to normal how might i fix this to have the ability to choose

[ozzy47]

Well first off I would upgrade to 4.2.2 pl2, as the version you are running has many unpatched security issues.

But it should be using the correct style changer, if you really insist on staying with a unsecured version of vBulletin, PM me a admin account and I can take a look on your site tomorrow.

[LLent]

Well first off I would upgrade to 4.2.2 pl2, as the version you are running has many unpatched security issues.

But it should be using the correct style changer, if you really insist on staying with a unsecured version of vBulletin, PM me a admin account and I can take a look on your site tomorrow.


i will upgrade soon just going to be a lot of work with the other mods i have lol

will do that and report back if i need further assistance thanks

[ozzy47]

Yeah, but it is far less work, updating mods, than trying to recover from a hack. :)

[gnrx]

Hello
Recently, I installed this mod, all ok, but I have two doubts:

In the footer appears this test/link:
Click for more copyright info.

This link, if I click, not have any link and I don't view how configure this.

The other doubt, I have configurate for Show RSS Links In Footer, and I configure for show to all usergroups, but not show any RSS Link.

Regards!

[ozzy47]

Well the first thing with the click for more copyright will be changed in the next version, there will be a setting to disable it.

As for the RSS, I am not sure why they would not be showing up. Perhaps set the Archive and RSS settings to NO, save, then set the RSS to YES and save, and see if they show up then.

[gnrx]

Hello.
For the click for more copyright, ok.

About for the RSS, I made this, set to no, save, and then, set to Yes and save, but con tinue with not show RSS.

I think, about RSS, I need config some field in admincp?

Like always, thank you very much!

[ozzy47]

No it should show no matter what. If you want me to take a look on your site, PM me a full admin account and I can see if I can figure out what the issue is.

[gnrx]

Thank you very much for your attention and help :)

I view now that, now, yes, appears this:

Our RSS Feeds
RSS RSS 2.0 XML MAP HTML

XML and MAP not work and I don't want appears this 2, only rss, rss 2.0 and html.

After a some minutes, and I dont made any change, appears RSS.

If you want, PM to you with full admin account.

For this, I don't know how thank to yo, sincery, thanks!

[ozzy47]

Well if they are appearing now, then that is good.

To remove the XML and MAP open the template, ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss and change it to this.

<div class="footer_archives_title">
{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss_title}
</div>
<div class="footer_rss" align="center">
<span class="footer_rss_links">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss_rss}" href="external.php?type=rss">{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss_rss}</a>
</span>
<span class="footer_rss_links">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss_rss2}" href="external.php?type=rss2">{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_rss_rss2}</a>
</span>
<vb:comment><span class="footer_rss_links">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_xml}" href="external.php?type=xml">{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_xml}</a>
</span>
<span class="footer_rss_links">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_map}" href="archive/index.php/">{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_map}</a>
</span></vb:comment>
<span class="footer_rss_links">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_html}" href="external.php?type=html">{vb:rawphrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_html}</a>
</span>
</div>

[gnrx]

Thank you very much!

If at you like, a beer for you :)

PD: I can't click in Like, before need click in other user... :(

[ozzy47]

Yes this happens quite often to me. :)

[goxy63]

It most certainly does have the default copy-right code by vBulletin included. As well as the cronimage.


will install this nice mod these days, just to ask
I have brand free version of VB, I dont even remember when and how I removed it in VB
what will happen in this case for me ?

:)

Thanks

[ozzy47]

If the branding does show, pm me and once I can verify you do have branding free, I can tell you how to remove it. :)

[dhonchik]

Very nice, but how to change "About" in About Column?

[ozzy47]

What is it you want to change? If it is the title it's the phrase ozzmodz_advanced_footer_about

[Mariner1]

Great mod,thank you.Marked as installed :)

[ozzy47]

Glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[john7911]

Thank you ozzy47 ;)
How can I hide "Click for more copyright info" ?
For the social media I can't see the icon!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/12/22.jpg
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/12/23.jpg

The picture are in this folder:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/12/24.jpg

[ozzy47]

As of now the click for more copyright can not be hidden.

For the images, they need to be in the ozzmodz_mods/advanced_footer/images folder.

[john7911]

OK thank you very much :)

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help. :)

[khalled]

i install it but Archive Links. and RSS Links. not appear in footer , i try to disable it and enable it again also not work , my forum is vb 4.2.2

[ozzy47]

Turn off/on the settings in the mod for the RSS and Archive a couple of times, they should show. Some sites it takes awhile, and I don't know why.

[Vintum]

Installed. Much better looking than the default footer!

[ozzy47]

Glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[Max Taxable]

Installed. Much better looking than the default footer!It's far more advanced.:D

[Vintum]

It's far more advanced.:D

True. I like the fact that I can add whatever I want to it quite easily. And it hides my long ugly list of credits/trademarks/linkbacks from plugin authors... ;)

[ozzy47]

Yeah I tried to make it as easy as possible to add links and such to it for the admins. :)

[Max Taxable]

True. I like the fact that I can add whatever I want to it quite easily. And it hides my long ugly list of credits/trademarks/linkbacks from plugin authors... ;)Plus, those all are still there, in the source code for search engines to still pick up. Therefore you're not (really) violating the "agreements" to not remove branding. It isn't removed.

[Talk-Pets]

I like this mod :)

But I do wonder why it adds copyright as follows:
"Powered by vBulletin™ Version 4.2.2
Copyright ? 2015 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved."

When mod is disabled, the copyright doesnt show and I yes, I paid for branding free vbulletin :)

[Max Taxable]

I like this mod :)

But I do wonder why it adds copyright as follows:
"Powered by vBulletin™ Version 4.2.2
Copyright ? 2015 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved."

When mod is disabled, the copyright doesnt show and I yes, I paid for branding free vbulletin :)Can't speak 100 percent for Ozzy, but I am pretty sure he did that just to be compliant with his Mod, on non-branding free installations of vBulletin. I am pretty sure you can just edit it out of the Ozzmodz Advanced Footer template. In fact I am very sure you can.

[ozzy47]

Yeah edit the template ozzmodz_advanced_footer_footer and comment out the copyright line, that is probably what you did in your other footer.

[Talk-Pets]

Thank you :) I didnt want to remove anything before cleared it.

Theres still this line: Click for more copyright info. But the link is invalid?

[ozzy47]

That is for additional stuff, I am working on a newer version, should be ready soon.