vbHome (lite) - your vBulletin(powered) main homepage

[Xyphen]

Ok, all the errors fixed, very nice hack man!

Visit my forums for a demo: http://www.ooforums.net

[TECK]

Indeed, it looks nice, the colors are well chosen. :)
I would change the avatars to make them all uniform... that's the mistake everyone makes so the page looks all unbalanced... look at my dsite how nice it looks with uniform avatars...

[TECK]

Another cool thing... I will release soon on the support forums a backend.php file that will allow users to syndicate news (or the hole forum threads) to people. It can be used in Trillian, KlipFolio or just a plain page. It uses XML code technology. I will also develop a script for WAP devices so you get your news or articles on your cell phone... I will see.

[Roody]

I am following a link in order to request access to the restricted access forums at teckwizards. Thanks

[Roody]

ok here is my situation. im guessing i did something wrong. i went through the install procedures. i got the vbhome page under "VBulletin Options". Here is my issue though. I cant see what my new home page looks like. I uploaded all the necessary files and edited them, but I didnt create a vbhome directory because i didnt see where i was told to do so? instead i put the index.php and global.php in the root directory on my server, and uploaded all the other necessary files according to their instructions into the proper place.

at this point I have no idea what to do. when I attempted to access the index.php page it is all white with nothing in it.

any help would be appreciated. thx

[calldaffer]

requesting access to restricted forums at techwizards

[TECK]

Originally posted by Roody
I didnt create a vbhome directory because i didnt see where i was told to do so?Read the readme file, it will show you a diagram how to upload the files.
Originally posted by Roody
i put the index.php and global.php in the root directory on my serverIf you did this you messed your forums, because the vbHome global.php overwritten the forums global.php one.
Use this schema (this was explained in this thread and the readme file about 285 times, is the last time I post it):
[root] < your vbHome index.php and global.php files
---[forum] < printarticle.php file
------[admin] < vbhlinstall.php and vbhlindex.php files

If you want to keep the vbHL files in the same folder as the forum ones, you will have to rename vbHL index.php to home.php and vbHL global.php to homeglobal.php then to change inside both files and related templates the old file names with the new ones.

Originally posted by Roody
at this point I have no idea what to doAs I said many times, all those errors were done due to lack of patience on reading in detail the well explained readme file.
And please use the Search Tool in this thread, that's why Firefly took some of his precious time to install it, so people like you in need could use it.

[Roody]

well im sorry I apparently frustrated you Teck. I read your readme file thoroughly, and even got the assistance of someone else (calldeffer) and we went through the install together for our respective sites at the same time, and the same issue occured for both of us.

a 3rd look at the readme file has told me nothing new. let me break down where I put everything in case there is some confusion. here is what I did. When I first sign into my ftp server I have to go into a folder called htdocs. Inside there is where I would put the index.htm file that would allow people to see my website at www.gamegeneration.net.

it is in there that I put the index.php and global.php file. I am assuming this is in fact my root directory since everything feeds off that area. Next I put the vbhomelite printarticle.php and the vbulletin newthread.php into my forums directory. then i put the vbhlinstall.php, vbhlindex.php and the template.php file into the admin directory.

lastly, i put the respective images mentioned in your readme file into the my server.

I apologize if for some reason you think i'm like so many apparent others, but I assure you that if I some how read it wrong it wasnt due to lack of time spent. It was just me missing something that was apparently obvious to you and not myself. Regardless I could use your help if that is at all possible.

thanks

[TECK]

You did not frustrated me. And I will help you. Feel free to ask away...
Upload the files like that:
[root] http://www.gamegeneration.net
---[forums]
------[admin]

That will solve your problems. Also, you can tempararly rename the vbHL index.php to home.php so you set it properly. Once done, rename it back to index.php and voila, your users will have the front page online.

Cheers.

EDIT: In the readme file is explained like that:
Upload all files onto your folder. The following order is recommended:

[ROOT FOLDER] - upload here your vbHome (lite) index.php and global.php files
---[FORUM] - upload here your vbHome (lite) printarticle.php and vBulletin newthread.php files
------[ADMIN] - upload here your vbHome (lite) vbhlinstall.php, vbhlindex.php (if needed) and vBulletin template.php files
------[IMAGES] - upload here your arrow.gif, articleemail.gif and articleprint.gif files
---------[POLLS] - upload here your bar.gif, bar-bk.gif, bar-l.gif and bar-r.gif files

[Roody]

man, now im starting to get frustrated. I uploaded the files exactly how you mentioned it, and I am still dealing with the same problem. I will PM you over at the other site with what it is I see.

[TECK]

Please do not PM me anymore, that's why we have forums here. Thank you.
Now, about the script, did you ran the installer AFTER you uploaded the EDITED files?
What is the setting for $adminpath variable in vbHL file?

[Roody]

my apologies for that. yes, I ran the installer and received successful messages across the board. I have the vbhome page info listed in my VBulletin Options now. I suppose its possible that the first time i did it that I messed up with things I uploaded. Should I run it again?

Second, this is what I have for my adminpath:

$adminpath = 'http://www.gamegeneration.net/forums/admin';

[TECK]

Aha, that's your mistake, heh. Is easier then you think to fix it. Use:
$adminpath = 'forums/admin';

No need to reinstall, it will work now. Have fun with your new front page. ;)

[Roody]

oh dear god. man, im an idiot. I totally misread what your instructions said believe it or not. well it is working now when i actually enter in the index.php file, but here is another newb question. Obviously i want it to load when i enter www.gamegeneration.net instead of adding index.php to the end of it.

how do i do that?

[TECK]

Remove the index.htm or whatever extention have the file and leave only index.php file. You should have only one index file there.

[Roody]

so could i rename the index.php file something else while im building it or can i leave the index.htm file up on my server then remove it once im ready?

thanks again for all the help :)

[TECK]

Remove the index.php to home.php until you are done. That will also help you gain access to the restricted forums, since you have to enter your vbHome URL in order to be accepted.
Once your frontpage is done, delete the index.htm file and rename home.php to index.php.

PS. Don't forget to update your URL also in the profile or else you lose access to the restricted forums in the same day. Our staff check periodically users for their URL to be updated or if they removed the copyright and the user in violation get banned from the site.

[Roody]

ok thanks again for your help. I updated the URL at the teckforums. :)

[TECK]

Ok, you still have to update the copyright color, since you are in violation with Jelsoft and TeckWizards.
Edit the home_footer template to make it readable.

[afroggy]

I just installed vbhomelite at my website. Would it be possible to be granted access to the bulk of the site?

Thanks!
afroggy

[afroggy]

I'm not terribly sure why the automated system has taken me here to make a request for access to the restricted areas of the board, but so be it. Hopefully, this will find its way to the proper individual, though I'm not smart enough to figure out why a simple email wouldn't suffice for a request that doesn't require it being public. No problem doing it this way, but I just don't get it.

Afroggy

[Roody]

Originally posted by TECK
Ok, you still have to update the copyright color, since you are in violation with Jelsoft and TeckWizards.
Edit the home_footer template to make it readable.

I'm trying my best man. If you can tell me exactly how to get to that then I will make the changes. I'm sorry man for my tone, but i'm not used to people speaking so harshly at me for an honest mistake. Remarks about banning and other posts tonight have really kinda wore on me because I feel like I'm being treated as if i'm maliciously doing this stuff.

Anyway, walk me through how to do this, because I honestly dont see how too. I went into my forum admins, but couldnt find the line to make the change in footer and I didnt see anything under the vbhomepage.

Let me know and Ill do it.

btw if you can tell me where in the home_footer and what exactly I need to put that will speed this process up. Thx

[TECK]

Originally posted by afroggy
I'm not terribly sure why the automated system has taken me here to make a request for access to the restricted areas of the board, but so be it. Hopefully, this will find its way to the proper individual, though I'm not smart enough to figure out why a simple email wouldn't suffice for a request that doesn't require it being public. No problem doing it this way, but I just don't get it.

Afroggy Is supposed to be this way. Unlicensed users cannot post to this thread, so is our way to make sure you paid money for your vBulletin license. ;)

[TECK]

Originally posted by Roody
If you can tell me exactly how to get to that then I will make the changes. I'm sorry man for my tone, but i'm not used to people speaking so harshly at me for an honest mistake. Remarks about banning and other posts tonight have really kinda wore on me because I feel like I'm being treated as if i'm maliciously doing this stuff.

Anyway, walk me through how to do this, because I honestly dont see how too. I went into my forum admins, but couldnt find the line to make the change in footer and I didnt see anything under the vbhomepage.

Let me know and Ill do it.
You have no idea how many users did this to us. Please don't take it personally.
Some of the users are plain crooks and you are not one of them, but an honest guy who want to learn more related to this script. That's the only reason I help you, because most of the time I only offer support to licensed members onto our forums.

About the template, let's do it toghether. :)
1. Open the home_footer template:
Admin CP > Templates > Modify > [expand list]
Home Page Templates [expand] > home_footer [change original]

2. Find this code:
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice or edit the links -->
Powered by: <a href="http://www.teckwizards.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none">vbHome (lite) v$vbhlversion</a> and <a href="http://www.vbulletin.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none">vBulletin v$versionnumber</a><br>
Copyright &copy;2000 - 2002, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited<br>
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice or edit the links -->
Replace it with:
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice or edit the links -->
<font color="{pagebgcolor}">Powered by: <a href="http://www.teckwizards.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: {pagebgcolor}">vbHome (lite) v$vbhlversion</a> and <a href="http://www.vbulletin.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: {pagebgcolor}">vBulletin v$versionnumber</a><br>
Copyright &copy;2000 - 2002, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited</font><br>
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice or edit the links -->
That should make it visible. Please post here when fixed so I can grant you access to the forums.

Cheers.

[Roody]

Thanks for understanding Teck. I can only imagine how often you guys are taken advantage of regarding this stuff. Thank you for getting me that code. I have made the change, and it is now showing. :)

[limey]

requesting access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

[TECK]

Originally posted by Roody
Thanks for understanding Teck. I can only imagine how often you guys are taken advantage of regarding this stuff. Thank you for getting me that code. I have made the change, and it is now showing. :)
I upgraded your member status. Welcome to our community Roody.
I saw one little thing, maybe you should also make visible your own copyright? Is black now, you can only see the vbHome one but not yours.
Cheers.

[cobradude]

<a href="http://www.clubhotrod.com/index2.php" target="_blank">http://www.clubhotrod.com/index2.php</a>

Temporary while I get this thing totally set up, but it's looking good already. Saw a thread for missing article body, but still can't see that and would like the archive mod too.

Thanks for the hard work Teck!

[Merjawy]

Just a quick question.. Is there a vBhome as suposed to vBhome Lite?

if so whats the difference tween the two?

Thanks

[Roody]

Originally posted by TECK

I upgraded your member status. Welcome to our community Roody.
I saw one little thing, maybe you should also make visible your own copyright? Is black now, you can only see the vbHome one but not yours.
Cheers.

whoa thanks for catching that. i didnt even realize. where do I go to make that change also?

[limey]

It seems you can only install this on the root folder and not on a testsite?

Which files need to be updated so I can fully test this on a testsite instead of the main site?

[TECK]

Rename the vbHL index.php to home.php to test it, is the easiest way. :)
You can also test it onto a test forum, but you have to edit some variables inside the files.

[TECK]

You have to update your URL in your profile (at TW.com), then a team member will grant you access.

[limey]

done

[limey]

Ok I think I might have nailed the problem...

The message boards MUST be in this format??

www.foo.com homepage
www.foo.com/forums for the forums

this may be the problem with my header/footer...

[base]

ok here's what we've done with ours so far, the board has just been through a makeover and re-opened, so it's still going through some fine tuning.

http://baseboard.net/

request for access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

usernmae = base

[limey]

Problem solved...

You must have your forums structured as such:

homepage:
www.foo.com

forums:
www.foo.com/forums

I think that should be one of the very first lines in the readme.

rerequest access.

[TECK]

base, very nice site... all users complying with the rules and regulations were granted access to the restricted forums.
limey, you need to follow the steps in order, then it will be ok. When you arrive at the upload part it explains to you how to upload it...
Normally the best way is to read first the hole instructions page so you get a grasp of the procedure...

[ethics]

Add me to the restricted area, please. Thank you.

[Dennis Bailey]

I've installed VH Lite but am told that I have sql errors, as in:

---

Database error in vbHome 2.2.5:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1041948188 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 07th of January 2003 07:55:23 AM
Script: http://www.subspacebbs.com/forums/index.php
Referer:

----

What version of vBulletin must I be running for the current version of Lite to work?

[TECK]

Did you search the thread related to this error? More exacly, you searched for:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total ?
vbHL will work in any 2.2.x version, as stated in the thread title.

[Dennis Bailey]

I haven't tried to do any programming/debugging on the thing yet, as I'm not a php programmer. This is simply the message that comes up immediately when, having installed Home Lite according to the readme.html, I load up the index.php file in my browser.

[TECK]

Dennis, try searching for the highlighted text, in this thread.
It will display you the same question you asked several times. :)

The answer is there, I think I posted the solution about a dozen of times...

[Dennis Bailey]

Ah, okay. I thought you meant to search the thread indicated in the sql statement, not this thread.

Problem resolved. Thanks.

Now, though, while the News articles are displaying fine in descending order by date the Latest Forum Discussions don't show anything newer than two years ago(!). I've run the indexing, etc. Has this one been covered hereabouts, and what terms should I search for?

[Xyphen]

request for access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

My Username on TeckWizard: avio07

My Homepage Url: www.ooforums.net

[TECK]

I released a cute hack: Article Source
For a demo check my front page. If you are a licensed member, grab it here (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=599).

[TECK]

Originally posted by AViO 07
request for access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

My Username on TeckWizard: avio07

My Homepage Url: www.ooforums.net
I looked at your profile and you are already upgraded as licensed member. :)
Go ahead and use the restricted areas.

[ranger2kxlt]

request for access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

My Username on TeckWizard: Ranger2kxlt

My Homepage Url: www.thunderbirdnest.com

Also does anyone know why the news wont display properly...

[CompiledMonkey]

Requesting acccess. :D

[Birdie501]

Hi,
i get this error:
Warning: Failed opening 'vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /homepages/44/e2342341519/htdocs/mysite/global.php(337) : eval()'d code on line 17

does anybody know how to solve it?

And is there somebody out there who already translated the vbhome templates into german language? Would be nice. Thanks!

[TECK]

Please search the thread for the 'vbs_counter.php' error.

[sunrunner_pei]

request for access to restricted forums at TeckWizards

My Username on TeckWizard: sunrunner_pei

My Homepage Url: www.gaownersclub.com

vBHome Lite 3.8 is installed, but not live as of yet (vBulletin is installed and ready to go, just doing some final configuration before the new forums go live. Temporarily, vBHome Lite is installed to http://www.gaownersclub.com/1index.php

Install went smooth!!!! :banana:

[Guidster]

Requesting access to the resticted forums, Teck!

[gameplanetz]

arghh...could anybody pls help me.everything is worked fine but the message won`t show up

look at my screenie

[TECK]

<a href="http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=408" target="_blank">http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/sho...p?threadid=408</a>

[TECK]

Search Engine Indexer Add-On Released!

This is the first official add-on for vbHome (lite).
While searching for a solution to index all my threads onto any search engine, I came across this (http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/143/1) great tutorial.
That's how the Search Engine Indexer Add-On idea was born.
After 5 hours of hard coding and testing onto my site, the script was finalized and considered as bug free.
The script uses only 7-12 queries, depending on what page you view.

Some of it's cool features are:
- forums architecture followed
- navigation bar
- multiple pages, so you will not display 4859 threads in one page
- template based, so you can edit it's look easy
- installer included

You will ask: So what the script does?
It makes all your forum URL's as search engine friendly, so they can be easy indexed by all search engines.
For a live demo, click here (http://www.teckwizards.com/archives.php).

If you are a licensed member, grab your copy here (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=617).
I also posted a good tutorial with tips and tricks on how to add properly your link to any major search engine.
Read more here (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=620).

[Dean C]

Sounds nice Floren - but does it add 7-12 queries on every page?

[TECK]

Did you looked at the demo? At the bottom you will see the queries usage...

[Dean C]

Oh so the archive is the search indexer - this is an excellent add-on buddy :)

Does it need vbhome_lite to work?

[TECK]

Yes.

[gameplanetz]

Originally posted by TECK
http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=408

great,thanks TECK
i`ll give it a try soon :D

[TheComputerGuy]

asking for permission to vBH

[X-Fan]

So TECK, what's necessary to upgrade from v3.6 to v3.8? I really want to check out this search engine archiver!

[TECK]

You can get those answers on the support forums, especially that you are a licensed member there. :)
Check the Announcements forum, it tells you exacly what to do to upgrade.

[gameplanetz]

request to restricted area at http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/
username: gameplanetz

thanks

[Hazzz-E]

requesting xs

user: Hazzz-E

[GameZilla]

access
can i get some =P

user Stanislav

[alibaba]

request to restricted area at http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/
username: alibaba

thanks

mail to: quanthung@yahoo.com

[Mone']

Hi Teck,
I'd like to get access to your private area

My website is www.vbulletinstyles.com

Username at your site is MIko

Thankyou

[Brad]

TECK, i would like access to the Restricted Area forums.

www.kousetsu.net

Currently running vBhome 1.0, want to look at the code hacks for the lastest version before i decide to upgrade or not.

[PSI|Dr-X]

Would wanna have the acces to the Restricted Area

Username : PSI|Dr-X

Thnx

[hankster]

Guess I need to post something here just so I can get some questions answered about vBhome. So I posted.

[BaBa2002]

can i have acces to the restricted area

[macbug]

Would wanna have the acces to the Restricted Area ?

Username : macbug
:bunny:

Thanks...

[GOD-Dblade]

id like to have access to private section

User name: Dblade

Website: gods-network.com

[Iceman128]

Requesting access to Restricted area...

username: Jordan
http://www.nintendoinformer.com

[SB2002]

Just requesting my restricted access to the vbhome forums at the teckwizard forums

Username: SB2K3

thanks in advance.

[Deviant_Mind]

<a href="http://www.nbdclan.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nbdclan.com/</a>

The board works. The admin controls work. It's just the index page that gives me this error. I'm Confuzzed. Help the n00b please.

I know i screwed something up. But i don't have a clue as to what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

Oh...and nonoe of the images show up. That being due tho the fact that i didn't understand the explanation of step 4 in the read me (yes i read it, and followed it to the best of my ability)

[TECK]

I don't think you screwed something... :)
Simply set once the vbHome options, it will fix it... also could you post the database error email you received? thanks.

[Deviant_Mind]

Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1042585670 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 14th of January 2003 07:42:23 PM
Script: http://www.nbdclan.com/forums/
Referer:

__________________________________________

That is the e-mail.

And as far as step 4 goes. I just don't understand.

Open vBulletin Admin Control Panel and a new {imageshome} replacement variable to your full website URL, like that:

If someone could break that one down into retard for me i would appreciate it.

Thanks again.

[TECK]

I was expecting this. :)
Change at least one option in vbHome Page (vBulletin options) and save your changes.
I think this was answered at least 587 times, heh. Have fun. ;)

[scotty]

requesting access to restricted area! :)

page/forum: http://www.ioff.de
home page: same - the filename will change, when going live...
usrename: same, as here

[Birdie501]

Hi,

i have just a little problem. I have my forum in url/forums,
my website in url. When i call the vbhome.php it knows me as registered member, but before I logged out!?

Where is the problem?
Thanks.

[Deviant_Mind]

Thanks for the help Teck.

This is my first time installing VB much less a hack for it. (I'm a flash developer, not a coder) So thank you for your patience with the n00b questions and your quick response.

[Deviant_Mind]

EDITED By Me.......Nevermind i figured it out. :)

[JBMoney]

I still haven't used vbHome, but I do have a test page that works perfect. I was wondering...

Would it be easy to make a revision so that, instead of having a dedicated forum for articles, there was a way an admin could designate a specific thread from anywhere on the forum as something that would appear on the home page.

For example, an admin could edit a thread and 'enable' it to appear on the VBHome page, regardless of what Forum it might be in.

I could accomplish this by using a special post icon, but everyone would be able to see the icon, and then I'd have to disable the post icon display on VBHome page (because they'd all be the same).

My guess is I would need a new edit thread template, a new field in the thread table, and a modified query in VBHome index. I'm just not PHP sophisticated enough to do it myself.

Just a thought.

[BigJohnson]

this is working great for me but one problem. On the left side of the page on the very bottom it shows

Latest Forum Discussions

and under that it shows

Recent Articles.

Now up at top it says there is 1 new article but on the bottom it doesn't show the article. Is it supose to? It doesn't work for me. Can u check that out? I don't know the problem.

[dynamite]

I would like to request access to the restricted area of TeckWizards.com

Website: http://www.videogamingforums.com

[akur]

I need to access the restricted area of TeckWizards.com. Can you give me a permission

[Catholic Sin]

I would like to request restricted access to Teckwizards.com

the url for my site is

http://lochlain.protgp.com

I will eventually get a domain name for it when I have figured out what I am doing :)

[TECK]

Originally posted by BigJohnson
this is working great for me but one problem. On the left side of the page on the very bottom it shows

Latest Forum Discussions

and under that it shows

Recent Articles.

Now up at top it says there is 1 new article but on the bottom it doesn't show the article. Is it supose to? It doesn't work for me. Can u check that out? I don't know the problem.
http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=3056#post3056

[Parker Clack]

I would like to request restricted access to Teckwizards.com

the url for my site is

http://www.hometheaterforum.com

[rjpa]

My site: gameforums.org

Cheers
rjpa - Rasmus Allenheim

[sptechzone]

I would like to request access to the restricted area of TeckWizards.com

[trainer]

can i get into your restricted area?

username on your site: trainer

just wanted to read up on some of the options offered with your vbHome package

thanks

[Geographic]

I am requesting access. Thank you.

Geographic

[roninuta]

my site is www.d20conversions.com/forums

[Sebastian]

hey TECK.

is it possible to do this:

New for January 18th

ALL ARTICLES POSTED ON Jan 18th HERE

New for January 17th

ALL ARTICLES POSTED ON Jan 17th HERE

have all articles posted on the sameday under one date?

[TECK]

Sure, go ahead and write that up. :)

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by TECK
Sure, go ahead and write that up. :)

thought you might do it, i dunno how ;) :laugh:

[gabs]

Excelent hack, installed.

Can I please have access to the restricted forums?

My board is currently here : http://www.makeme.com/paintballforum

I'm currently upgrading (by code merge) to 2.2.9 and adding vbHome. Contact me if you need to see the development website.

cheers,

[JBMoney]

May I have access to restricted area. Username: JBMoney

http://bushwhacked.net

[sabret00the]

i was wondering basically i want this hack but;

I want to be able to define different forums for it to present threads from, each forum having it's own page

so if i had a forum called news, that would be the index, then if i clicked on music i would get lets say the 5 newest threads from the forum called 'music' on a page of it's own and if i clicked sports i would get the 5 newest threads from the 'sports' forum.

**5 being an admin definable number

[errodr]

Sorry to bother, but I cannot seem to get the message text to show up on the main page. Everything else seems to work, except the message text.

http://www.dom-vs-import.com/

Any ideas?

Thanks...

[TECK]

Did you searched the support forums? :)
Or here in this thread?

[errodr]

My Mistake...

Answer Found!

[Intex]

I've installed this recently, but am having problems with it.

I have two forums, my live forum and a test forum. My live forum sits on the website root / and has all the usual files, e.g. index.php etc. The admin folder sites off the root in /admin as you would expect. Then I have a test directory, e.g. /test where I locate my test board. This is the one that I've loaded up vBHome on. The Admin folder is located in /test/admin.

I followed all the instructions and amended all the files with no problems. When I came to upload them, I understood where they should all go with the exception of the new index.php and global.php. Are these to fully replace the old index.php and global.php residing in /test or should these appear on the root of the website as they are the now default for the website? At the moment I've not overwritten them.

I then ran the installation script (vbhlinstall.php) which went all the way through without any errors. However, it mentions that I should have a new group in Admin CP, but I don't see it.

[TLucent]

installed 3.8

Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1043120806 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

any ideas

[TECK]

Ya, search the thread. :)

[TECK]

Originally posted by Intex
I've installed this recently, but am having problems with it.

I have two forums, my live forum and a test forum. My live forum sits on the website root / and has all the usual files, e.g. index.php etc. The admin folder sites off the root in /admin as you would expect. Then I have a test directory, e.g. /test where I locate my test board. This is the one that I've loaded up vBHome on. The Admin folder is located in /test/admin.

I followed all the instructions and amended all the files with no problems. When I came to upload them, I understood where they should all go with the exception of the new index.php and global.php. Are these to fully replace the old index.php and global.php residing in /test or should these appear on the root of the website as they are the now default for the website? At the moment I've not overwritten them.

I then ran the installation script (vbhlinstall.php) which went all the way through without any errors. However, it mentions that I should have a new group in Admin CP, but I don't see it.
There is a solution posted already here in this thread. You simply have to rename the vbHL files.
Please search the thread or the support forums. :)

[TLucent]

Thank you again!

[Intex]

OK thanks. So once I've renamed these files, the AdminCP groups will show? Sorry for the newbie question, but it doesn't seem to make sense that if you rename the vbHL files it will make the Admin CP group show when these are non-related?


Originally posted by TECK

There is a solution posted already here in this thread. You simply have to rename the vbHL files.
Please search the thread or the support forums. :)

[Freezerator]

Originally posted by TLucent
installed 3.8



any ideas

wrong bburl filled in admin cp, anyweej, that is how i solved the same problem

[sabret00the]

Originally posted by TECK
is related to vbStats, remove it from your phpinclude template and hack it directly onto the /forum global.php.
I authorized you on the restricted forums. Welcome to our community. tried that got a million and one errors, i think i maybe putting in, in the wrong place or something 0_o

[dlutey]

Just installed the hack. Excellent!

I still have some work to do but it installed with no problems.


Check it out here: http://www.ktmzone.com

Thank You

[sabret00the]

i joined the support forums as "houston, we've got a problem"

[glenvw]

Just installed.

link: http://www.yes-its-free.com/index.php

Getting this error:

Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1043510533 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Saturday 25th of January 2003 01:15:00 PM
Script: http://www.yes-its-free.com/vbbs/index.php
Referer:

[leviw]

I installed today as well and am getting the exact same error.

I see its been asked before but considering there are almost 200 pages and the search option doesnt seem to want to find older posts, I'd really appreciate a recap.

In the meantime I'll keep looking and recap it myself if I find it, but cmon.. 176 pages on this thread so please point out at least where it was previously discussed to save us all some pain. :rolleyes:

Have a dancing, scary banana. Go ahead, you've earned it. :banana:

[glenvw]

Thank you, If you find an answer please post here to let me know. I had previously installed Teck's search/archive hack but I don't think that has anything to do with it:

http://www.yes-its-free.com/vbbs/archive/

[leviw]

Found a reminder by Baptizer (post #2447) that says:
I had that exact same error a bit up from when you posted. Please take a look at what TECK told me. Your almost done, so do not panic!
As TECK said above(CUT AND PASTING TECK's REPLY):

add this line:
$articleforum = '15, 32, 48';

right after:
include_once( './global.php' );

in your index.php file (TECK, p. 163).

Instead of putting 15, 32, 48....put hte forum number that is your 'news' page.

I made the change and that fixed it.. not sure why it wouldnt explain that in the help file. ::shrugs::

All in all, looks good. *clicks install*

[glenvw]

Thank you, yes I think you saved me from getting my arse chewed out for not looking through almost 200 threads. :-)

So if I am correct, you are saying the line I add should look like this:

$articleforum = '272';

?

[TECK]

Originally posted by glenvw
Just installed.

link: http://www.yes-its-free.com/index.php

Getting this error:

Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1043510533 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Saturday 25th of January 2003 01:15:00 PM
Script: http://www.yes-its-free.com/vbbs/index.php
Referer: Simply change at least one setting in the vbHome Page options and save the changes.
That will cache the new options so vBulletin will detect them.
This was answered several times.
Please search the thread, is really easy to find your answers to any problem.

[leviw]

Its working fine but I noticed any time a link from the forum/ area is used it shows up as a double / mark, example if you hover over a link it shows:

http://www.blahblahblah.org/forum//member.php?action=getinfo&userid=5

It works, but looks funny.. did I set something up incorrectly or is this intentional?

[TECK]

Your bburl have a slash at the end, in vBulletin options. Remove that shash.

[dlutey]

I installed the hack at: www.ktmzone.com and I have a prblem with the latest forum discussions section. They say they were posted in 2004, but when I got to them the correct date is there

What could cause this?

Thanks

[Rufus69]

hm...

is there a way to make it so there are 2 news things on the index so one can point to news and another point to announcments?

[Dominick]

is there anyway that I can set it up to post images in vbhome displayed articles?

[Floris]

Hi,

One of my clients requested me to install this feature on their forums, and so I did.

http://www.steroidology.com/

Feel free to use it as an example or whatever.

[matthew tucker]

Hi Teck

I installed vbhome(lite) and had a few initial problems so I throught I had better reinstall it to recreate the proper sql tables.

As the install sript wouldn't install over the existing installation I ran the uninstall script, then re-ran the install script. All went fine, I sorted out my problem (was filepath related, not a problem with the hack) ... but now I have two entries for each vbhome(lite) template in admincp.

How can I get rid of the duplicates?

thanks in advance.

[Floris]

176 pages long this thread, oh boy ..

You probably had this question already, but here goes:

'The threads from the private forums are listed in the 'latest x threads from the forum' box on the frontpage from vbhomelite. When a user clicks on it, they get permission denied, but we don't to have those threads listed anyway. What to do to remove those from being listed? Hope you can help.'

[SaintDog]

For some reasons the permissions are not working as they should, threads from my private forums are being displayed in the latest threads table.

Also, my announcements are not being displayed on the main page as they should.

Anyone know a reason for this? I would appreciate any help I could get!

:)

[Floris]

The box with 'recent articles' is always empty too - i just disabled it so users don't ask questions about it :)

[SaintDog]

Thanks Teck, I checked your forums regarding issue #1, all fixed thanks to you :).

The issue of the "Latest Forum Discussions" still pulling from my private forums....Any idea why?

(yes, I know the last posted was Xiphoid ;))

[TECK]

Is due to access masks settings, search the thread. :)
Btw, this issue is addressed in vbHL 4.

You can see it running on my site.. I think it was tested enough by our users to release it out of beta.

[SaintDog]

TECK, I have looked through this thread and have the permissions set accordingly via vBulletin, yet the threads still show when they should not. I even deleted the threads, logged out/logged back in, then reposted them and they still show.

Any idea why? I would appreciate any help :)

[TECK]

I explained to you in the previous post.
You need to set your forum perms individually, not by using access masks.

If you can wait until vbHL 4, this issue is solved there.

[SaintDog]

ah, I was not sure if that was what you meant or not :) - I will take the access masks off and just use the normal setup.

Thanks!

[SaintDog]

I guess I will wait for v4 :) - I turned access masks off and set them individually yet it still shows the posts when it should not. You have done a great job so far, I cannot wait to see what v4 holds :)

[Floris]

v4 will r0xx0r our s0xx0r :)

[TECK]

Almost done guys... we have few beta testers who are willing to share their experiences.
So far there are no current bugs, we are running vbHL 4 since a week, without any problems.

Here it is what you will see new in vbHL 4:
1. new permission set (inherited perms from parent forum)
2. latest threads fixed for some databases who upgraded from another BB
3. comments will redirect you to last comment if there are any comments, else it will let you post a new comment
4. site stats
5. article image in the right corner added (for blind people, heh)
6. true XHTML compliant code
7. CSS code generator on the fly for multiple skins
8. new options to disable certain options that were before set as default, for example latest threads
9. poll bar variable floored

The stats will add 2 extra queries, but as I said before, you can disable any page component.
At a minimum, the page load only 9 queries. With all options enabled, it will perform 23 queries, if you want to have it fully loaded.
The average no. of queries used is 15-18.

Check our web site to see how it looks. :)

[TECK]

Just in case you don't have it, I'm going to upload the old vbHome (lite) version 3.8 for you. ;)

[TECK]

vbHL 4 released to vBulletin users. :)
Enjoy.

[forumsinfo]

Teck, as always - you post the old file, but we allready have it and don't post the new one. If it's not here and not at your site - than where is it?

[TECK]

Patience... I only have 2 hands...
I had to delete the old file, upload it onto a new post so you guys have it, then I uploaded the new v.4 file...

What do you mean "as always"? Can't you just wait few minutes?
Do you have a plane to catch?

[Smoothie]

Originally posted by forumsinfo
Teck, as always - you post the old file, but we allready have it and don't post the new one. If it's not here and not at your site - than where is it? Its in the first post of this thread, bud.

[Smoothie]

haha, posted at the same time.

[TECK]

:)

[corsacrazy]

:( problem ! i have banes vbstats installed now when i load the vbhome page it says

Warning: Failed opening 'vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/php/includes:/usr/share/php') in
/home/virtual/site52/fst/var/www/html/global.php(747) : eval()'d code on line 6



line 747 in global is what includes the phpinclude template into the vbhomepage

[Rufus69]

Originally posted by Rufus69
hm...

is there a way to make it so there are 2 news things on the index so one can point to news and another point to announcments?

[Dominick]

as asked before. with the current stable version can I inline images. (not that important)
more important. I created a custom profile field for the users full name, how can I include that into the articlebit as a replacement for the posting username?

[TECK]

Look at the "article" query, and change the username with your field

[TECK]

Originally posted by corsacrazy
:( problem ! i have banes vbstats installed now when i load the vbhome page it says

Warning: Failed opening 'vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/php/includes:/usr/share/php') in
/home/virtual/site52/fst/var/www/html/global.php(747) : eval()'d code on line 6

line 747 in global is what includes the phpinclude template into the vbhomepage
Can you guys search the thread or the support forums before you post please?

[corsacrazy]

im sorry ! but i did try ! i tried the search this thread option and typed vbs_counter.php and it returened no results !!!! so i assumed this hadnt beed discussed

[corsacrazy]

ok i can honestly say i cant find how to resolve the 'vbs_counter.php' error ! sorry 2 b a pain but please can u point me in to the direction of it

[Martin64]

TECK: I've always loved your hacks, so I'm trusting you on this hack as well, and I hope you can answer some of my questions. I have searched the thread and haven't found satisfying questions and answers. :)

I have a site and a message board that are both popular, with 70-100 users online most of the time. The main site and message board are on two seperate dedicated servers. The main site is www.emulation64.com, and is using a heavy design, which brings me to the first question:

Can I setup vBHome (lite) easily to make it look like what it looks like now? I'd like to keep the current design, of course, but I'd like to offer less dense versions that's easier on the visitors who're using a modem. I'm using different post icons (N64, GBA, PS2 etc) for each news post, is that possible as well? Right now I'm using Coranto to post news, and are using vBComments for comments.

[TECK]

Yes you can make it look the same. And yes you can use post icons.
However, to make it work with post icons you will need to hack several files into vBulletin. You follow the steps for current icons in vBulletin.

I will not add this feature because of the reason above. I don't want people to hack 285 files. vbHL is designed to install in a snap, not to sweat forever.

Feel free to edit your code the way you like.

[Martin64]

Thanks TECK, I'll get started. :D

[corsacrazy]

Originally posted by corsacrazy
ok i can honestly say i cant find how to resolve the 'vbs_counter.php' error ! sorry 2 b a pain but please can u point me in to the direction of it

[Dominick]

Originally posted by TECK
Look at the "article" query, and change the username with your field
I think I see what you are saying, if I understand correctly. here is the problem...


// | Articles
// +--------------------------------------------------------------

$articlebits = '';
$articlemaxnumber = iif ( $articlemax!=0 , 'LIMIT ' . $articlemax , '' );
$articles = $DB_site->query("
SELECT thread.threadid,thread.title,thread.lastpost,threa d.replycount,threa\d.postusername,thread.postuseri d,
thread.lastposter,thread.dateline,thread.views,pos t.pagetext as pagetext
" . iif ( $articleicon , ',thread.iconid' , '' ) . "
" . iif ( $articleavatar , ',avatar.avatarid,avatar.avatarpath,NOT ISNULL(c\ustomavatar.avatardata) AS hascustomavatar,customavatar.dateline AS avatardat\eline' , '' ) . "
FROM thread
LEFT JOIN post ON( post.postid=thread.articleid )
" . iif ( $articleavatar , 'LEFT JOIN user ON( user.userid=thread.postuseri\d )
LEFT JOIN avatar ON( avatar.avatarid=user.avatarid )
LEFT JOIN customavatar ON( customavatar.userid=thread.postuserid )' , '' )
. "
WHERE thread.forumid IN( $articleforum ) AND thread.visible=1 AND thread.op\en<>10
ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC $articlemaxnumber
");
while ( $article = $DB_site->fetch_array( $articles ) )

the thread table in my forums dbase doesnt have an entry for a custom field that I set up for full name. If i follow the process properly, the right way to do it would have to be something like this.

new thread or post, push custom field entry from userfield to a new column in the thread table. So that vbhome lite can pull the data that it has. Seems easisest like that but frankly I dont feel experienced enough to do that, and I have a feeling there migth be an easier way.

-Dom

[X-Fan]

Teck, what's required to upgrade from 3.6 to 4.0?

[TECK]

Is listed in the first post.

[X-Fan]

Do NOT start adding crazy stuff from old vBulletin header, footer, etc. It will not work. Instead check the code changes and edit them accordingly.

Eep.

So does this mean any custom mods etc done to previous versions of vBHome will no longer work with v4.0 and have to be completely redone?

I noticed that everything that used to be in index.php is now split between index and global, leaving me scratching my head wondering which file to add my custom mods into for starters...

Sigh... I think I'll stick with 3.6; I'm just not good enough with PHP and all this XML stuff...

Anyway, all I really want extra in my vBHome is a topics option like what vbPortal has...

[TECK]

Upgrading from any lower version to vbHL 4 is the same thing like upgrading from VB 2.2.x to VB 3.
Nothing will work from old templates. Guys get used to this, it will happen, so better be prepared.

vBulletin 3 uses also XHTML code.

[X-Fan]

Well I honestly don't have the time to uninstall the version I'm using, install the new version, then have to screw around trying to work out how to get it back to what I had before because everything's changed and I've no clue what goes where...

[TECK]

I understand your point.
Unfortunatelly you cannot add new stuff to an old version, that is already replaced in .php code by 40% and in HTML code by 100%.

[fuelcbx]

Upgrading from any lower version to vbHL 4 is the same thing like upgrading from VB 2.2.x to VB 3.
Nothing will work from old templates. Guys get used to this, it will happen, so better be prepared.

vBulletin 3 uses also XHTML code.

Gee... I hope you right... Cuz when I installed vbhome 4.0 and it doesn't look same between vbulletion and vbhome 4.0 on NS 4.7... So I stick with 3.8 for now.. Since you mention that vbulletion 3 will use xhtml so that should be good for vhome 4+ then I will install it again. I always prefer IE 5+, NS 6+ for my target audience. I have no idea what's survey/statistic abt which web browsers people tends to use it mostly out there? (hopefully NS 4 should be almost completely out of picture) :)

[TECK]

In vbHL 4 we used CSS 2, a standard to all new browsers.

[kuska]

I read in othe forums that a deep crawl of google bot ended 31st of January :( Is that true? If it is im not indexed...
Teck is there anything wrong with my archive?
http://www.NaKazdyTemat.com/archive

[TECK]

This is the vbHome (lite) official thread, it has nothing to do with your archive.
If you want answers, you can always get them on the support forums since they are explained there several times.

[fuelcbx]

I been looking on different web browsers and compare to vbulletin.com/forum which use beta vbulletin 3.0. Everything looks good on vbhome 4.0 expect NS 4.7 which is not matter to me.

But on NS 4.7, I notice there are border on all ur images/buttons on vbhome 4.0 but not vbulletin.com/forum so is that possible to remove images' border so that way it more consistent with vbulletin 3.0?

[TECK]

VB3 did not upgraded yet fully to XHTML, it still uses deprecated tags from old templates:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vbulletin.com%2Fforum%2 F

They will be fixed once the code is out of beta, so it will look the same in Netscrape 4.7.

[fuelcbx]

Ah, got it!

Thanks!

[leviw]

I like the printer friendly ability vbhome lite offers, I know its barely related to your hack and if you dont want to support it thats fine, but heres my question:

How can I use the printarticle feature to make printer friendly versions of articles in my normal forum?

I have it all set up to use the printarticle.php page, but apparently the current code can only read the first article from the thread and I need to be able to pull up any individual article instead.

Here is the original code:

<a href="$bburl/printarticle.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&amp;threadid=$article[threadid]" target="_blank"><img src="{imageshome}/articleprint.gif" alt="Printer Friendly version" class="imgbordermiddle" /></a>

That can be found in "home_articlebit"

That works fine, the problem being if you use that same code on the normal page it just pulls the first article from that thread. I tried tinkering with it, substituting postid for threadid, etc, but I think the actual printarticle.php file needs a tweak to allow it to work and I just dont know enough php yet to make that tweak.

Any suggestions? :rolleyes:

[TECK]

FILE: printthread.php
FIND: ORDER BY dateline $postorder
LIMIT $startat,$perpage
REPLACE WITH: ORDER BY dateline ASC
LIMIT 1

[sylem]

got a screenshot???

1

[leviw]

So far as I can tell that didnt make any change.

Maybe I can rephrase this to make more sense:

I'd like to be able to make any single post printer friendly.

Currently both vbhome lite and the normal vbulletin support this using either printarticle.php or printthread.php, but both work off a thread ID which means it just pulls the top post.

Is there an alteration I can make that would allow me to use a link like this:

printarticle.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&amp;postid=$post[postid]

to pull ONLY the one post I want into a printer friendly format? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

If this is off topic to the vbhome lite support please let me know I'd be glad to take the question someplace more appropriate.

-Just call me young grasshoppa and gimmie the turtle wax. :rambo:

[Dan_UPC]

I've just installed vbhome lite on my test board and I get the following error when trying to view the vbhome lite homepage:

Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>0 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks,
Daniel.

[TECK]

Search the thread. :)

[TECK]

Originally posted by leviw
So far as I can tell that didnt make any change.

Maybe I can rephrase this to make more sense:

I'd like to be able to make any single post printer friendly.

Currently both vbhome lite and the normal vbulletin support this using either printarticle.php or printthread.php, but both work off a thread ID which means it just pulls the top post.

Is there an alteration I can make that would allow me to use a link like this:

printarticle.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&amp;postid=$post[postid]

to pull ONLY the one post I want into a printer friendly format? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

If this is off topic to the vbhome lite support please let me know I'd be glad to take the question someplace more appropriate.

-Just call me young grasshoppa and gimmie the turtle wax. :rambo:
Ask your questions to the support forums, we have there several people that are familiar with vbHL and VB. :)

[corsacrazy]

how wood i go about showing the [img] tag in the article ! my pics just appear as links ! and yes i did search thru 179 pages but i found nutin ! and yes

Enable BB Code in article? is ON

[TECK]

Set your forum options properly. There is an option there where you set the [img] tag On (vBulletin forum options, not vbHL).
Admin CP > Forums & Moderators > Modify > [select a forum] > [edit] > Allow BB IMG Code in post: Yes

[corsacrazy]

the image shows up im the article on the forums but not on the vbh page !

[TECK]

You broke it again Bob? :D

[corsacrazy]

i even tried it via html by settin the html code to ON but it just displayed txt ! does your vbh display the [img] code ?

[corsacrazy]

^ n e soloutions ! has n e one else used [img] tags in there articles?

[Floris]

vB Home 4.0 is installed on fitnessgeared.com
and the vB Archive 1.3 addon for vB Home 4.0 also.

http://www.fitnessgeared.com/ frontpage
http://www.fitnessgeared.com/archive/ archive
http://www.fitnessgeared.com/forum/ forum


Ofcourse, I removed your affiliate links from the templates.

[TECK]

You should mention in your forum that:
"Only Admins can start new threads", not "Only Admins can post"... unless you don't want registered members to post any comments. :p
Also, you don't have the "latest" vbHL, check to see if you have the xhtml_clean() function in your global.php and let me know please.

[Floris]

I used the .zip file from this thread. So assuming that is the latest. It works now, so I am not going to upgrade anything unless it takes me 12 seconds, including downloading the files and uploading them again. hehe.

Yeah, you are right, i will update that sentence.

[TECK]

It deals only with the .php files, is not involved to the templates.
So all you have to do is clean your temp files, re-download the package and upload all .php files (except the installation ones).

[PixelFx]

sounds great, thanks for updating everything :) going to install it in a few moments :)

[TECK]

Version 4.1 released. Follow the upgrade instructions in the first post.

[Taco John]

Wouldn't you know I just installed 4.0 last night... ;)

[TECK]

Wait a little guys, going to upload it again the files... 5 min.. adding the XHTML compliant logo...
So you can check it in one shot. ;)

[TECK]

Ok guys, go ahead and redownload the package.
Feel proud to show the XHTML logo... :D

Go to my site and click at the bottom on the logo to see that is 100% compliant.

[Dean C]

100% compliant.. All this XHTML is complicated. Is it worth learning it? What are the benefits?

- miSt

[bitstreak]

Don't beat me up for being a SQL amateur, but I get this error.

--------------
Database error in vbHome 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE dateline>1041634314 AND forumid IN( )

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064
--------------

I've searched for this all over this forum and just found the same unanswered question, or was put at the beginning of this 2600 post thread (which is of no help ;) ). I've very sure I followed installation procedures correctly as I double checked them numerous times.

TIA for the help!

[TECK]

I just did a "Search this Thread" for fun and it shows that I answered to the same question over 40 times.
Search this thread for "Database error" and let me know how many times you found the solution to your question. :)

[bitstreak]

Update my title to SQL/Search Amateur. "Search this thread", What a handy tool! ok i'm embarrassed now...

:)

[Dominick]

I used the vbhome lite templates over a few pages...

http://www.tech-lounge.com
http://about.tech-lounge.com
http://beta.tech-lounge.com
http://headlines.tech-lounge.com

I will be adding a page for the TL reference section and one for switchgirl...

heres the kicker.
all subdomains will have one forum that posts news to it
the www subdomain will have all those forums.

using the conditional hack that was created by Logician (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43325&highlight=conditional) , I plan on changing the post bit to reflect each forum that news was posted.

IE

From About Tech Lounge (http://about.tech-lounge.com) Posted by Dominck on 02-13-2003 06:00 PM - no comments


now I just need to master the use of conditionals in vbhome lite. that is if they werk...

-Dom
:banana:

[TECK]

Any hack that works in VB will also work in vbHL. ;)

[TECK]

If you want to display nice locations in your online.php file, like for example TeckWizards.com Main Index and Teckwizards.com Forum Main Index, read more here (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=949).

[maxxxxxx]

Hello...

I want the icon that shows the user if he read this thread or not (new or old) in the last threads table.... how ich can do this.
And i want also put to every Threadlink the button wich jumps you to the last post of this thread...

can somebody help me???

I am a newbee at vb i am still wbb user and wonna change my system...

my oldone you see hier www.phonecity.de
and my newone you see on http://phonecity.de

cu
maxxxxxx

[TECK]

Guys, I developed a script (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=962) that will allow you to use your news to be listed in Trillian and KlipFolio.
Go ahead and post feedback.

[Jakor Sevel]

rather than looking through 181 pages of info, i'll just ask (please don't tell me to search the thread). How do you change the templates and colors? It's really just that background color and the header that bugs me, since it's like the vb default. Thanks.

[fuelcbx]

I got parse error when I click new thread. so there is error on line 281 on newthread.php that where vbhome instruction to add some code. Any idea?

[maxxxxxx]

I have a Problem with the polls in vbhome lite. i have enabled "0" in admin and it only showa one poll, specialy the poll with the id 3...
i dont know why... and i have created a new forum for the polls. the i selected this forum id in admin but nothing is show...

i have the last version if vbhomelite and the 2.3.0. of vbulletin

cu
maxxxxxx

[yxboom]

I did a search on this thread for the database error I am recieving installing the vbhome lite portal. I am running vbulletin 2.2.9 and after installing all the vbhome files and doing as instructed to the letter but when I pull up the page, I get this error:

There seems to have been a slight problem with the TheologyWeb Campus database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.
An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

My forum works fine, and it appears that the portal is finding the database just fine (it has my board name in the error). I fully went through the set up process, and it says it installed just fine. I also uninstalled it, and reinstalled it. Nothing seems to work. The admin path variable is set correctly.

The error can be found at http://205.214.93.163/

Any help you can provide would be appreciated!

[TECK]

In Admin CP, set your vbHome options and save them.

[Oxygen]

I love you hack...
I also love the Style Drop down hack..
and modified your global.php just slightly to use both.

I am not sure if this will benefit anyone else..
But I have placed the directions here:

Click Here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&postid=355753#post355753)

[TECK]

Oxygen, simply enable the Multiple Styles option.

4.2 will kick arse guys, that's all I can tell you, starting from the installer... plus the new features added.
It requires 60% less table scanning also. ;)

Take a look what the new backend option let you do. :)
Read more (http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/misc.php) on how to setup your channel in Trillian and KlipFolio.

Your front page sites will never be the same. :)

[Shadow_NL]

I did everything said in the readmefirst.html file and ran the install file after that, but my index page is all messed up (I attached an image of it). Please let me know what I did wrong, I can't wait to use your awesome hack.

By the way I used version 4.1 (the newest version at this moment). I got Vbulletin version 2.2.8.

Thanks in advance.

[Xer]

Thx TECK Great HACK. Working on my 2.2.9 Really THX!!

[Jakor Sevel]

care to help me out teck? *points at post above*

[Jakor Sevel]

care to help me out teck? *points at post above*

[Jakor Sevel]

care to help me out teck? *points at post above*

[TECK]

Triple post, wheeee. :)
Lord Xain, simply edit the .CSS code the way you like.
Btw, you are in violation with your signature...

I just tested the new 4.2 onto VB 2.3.0. it's working with no hiccups. ;)

[fuelcbx]

Hey, Shadow_NL and Lord Xain,

Don't forgot to go to template for home_headinclude to remove "<!-- " and "-->" for css (it gives u two choices so pick one :P )

Also if u like to change header for vbhome, go to template for home_header just like you do on header for vb.

Hope it helps and good luck!

BTW, I check Lord Xain website and seem it came up wrong one... And Shadow_NL, i suggest you to post ur test link so teck or other can check it out live one to find out what's wrong.

[Xer]

Is it possible to show the announcment on vBhome ?

[Shadow_NL]

BTW, I check Lord Xain website and seem it came up wrong one... And Shadow_NL, i suggest you to post ur test link so teck or other can check it out live one to find out what's wrong.Alright here you go:

*Removed - Still in beta.*

And I tried removing those "<!-- " and "-->" but that didn't change anything. I even changed the css in that template to the style's css but then the background was black (as it should be) but all the text is in times new roman and big. Anyway I don't get why there aren't any tables around the blocks on the left and around the news. I also don't get why the news is in the middle and not in top. Any help would be appruciated.

Oh and I don't know if this is of any help, but I used to run an older version of this hack on my forum but then it worked fine. Maybe I made some template changes which ++++ed it up this time though.

[fuelcbx]

Ah.. Yea it happened to me few days ago... So what I did is to use "<link href="name.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />" on template (home_headinclude), then create new file "name.css" and copy from "body {...... " all the stylesheet list u saw from home_headinclude and paste it on "name.css".

Then put it on ur web server and test it. You should see that box, outline, etc like TeckWizards (http://www.teckwizards.com)'s looks. If it's working, then modiy on name.css from there.

[TECK]

<a href="http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=814" target="_blank">http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/sho...p?threadid=814</a>

[Shadow_NL]

Thanks fuelcbx and TECK, it looks a lot better already! The tables still don't show for me, but that's probably because I still have to edit some things in the style file. I'm going to mess with that now. By the way I'm going to remove my forum URL again because it's still in beta and I don't want that people see it already.

Once again thanks a lot!

[Jakor Sevel]

yea i figured it out, thanks anyway. Ummmmm....I do have a problem though. dunno if it's been answered or not....

Warning: Failed opening './vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/emxxnet/public_html/global.php(758) : eval()'d code on line 6

that shows up on the top of the page. And this is what i'm talking about....http://www.emxx.net/index.php

[yxboom]

I got it working....thanks a lot Teck.

[TECK]

Version 4.2 released.

[fuelcbx]

Yes! Perfect time. I just starting to redesign and updating my whole website.

[fuelcbx]

Ok. I still have plm w/ newthread.php if I click "new thread" on message board and it said:
Parse error: parse error in /home/snowcraze.com/board/newthread.php on line 282

the code that I added from readmefirst.html on step 2.

I have same plm w/ vbhome 4.1 before but the plm appear when i started updated vb2.3.0

I wonder is newthread.php could be bug?

[Oxygen]

WONDERFUL!!!!
GREAT...
cannot say it enough..
this is truly the portal solution for vb!

[TECK]

Originally posted by fuelcbx
I have same plm w/ vbhome 4.1 before but the plm appear when i started updated vb2.3.0

I wonder is newthread.php could be bug?
Is the way you added the code in there. Btw, 4.2 was tested on 2.3.0, it's working with no problems...

[iblis]

teck, is there any difference between 4.2 RC and 4.2 STABLE ?

[fuelcbx]

Oh god... I check again and again and i know it was working and i check newthread.php between vb2.2.9 and vb2.3.0 and only different is mail thing but i just finally caught that typo finally appear weird so I knew it must be copy and paste can cause it sometimes. So I cleaned up and my advice is use typing, not copy and paste if any of this file cause u plm. I think Teck did warning us before?

Oh well it's working now. Im relieved now.

[Bat21]

Please excuse my daftness here but, can someone explain step 4 of the instalation.... I must be missing the obvious :D

[Seby]

I have a little problem with VbHome lite. Everything is working fine, my newsfed doesnt seem to work though.

As you can see it is uploaded (www.cscentral.com/backend.php) but when I add it in trillian it doesn't work. I tried the newsfed from teckwizards.com, it worked fine for me so I guess it must be a problem on my end. Anybody know what could be wrong?

[Craigr]

Originally posted by Lord Xain
yea i figured it out, thanks anyway. Ummmmm....I do have a problem though. dunno if it's been answered or not....

Warning: Failed opening './vbs_counter.php' for inclusion (include_path='') in /home/emxxnet/public_html/global.php(758) : eval()'d code on line 6

that shows up on the top of the page. And this is what i'm talking about....http://www.emxx.net/index.php

This worked for me:
http://www.teckwizards.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=484&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

Check out the very bottom post by Richard.

Craig

[Duke Of Lion]

Can anybody tell me why the text is not showing up in the articles? http://www.somesite.com/

[TECK]

Is because you had old articles posted before you installed VbHL.
Set your Front Page options and run the articles indexer option, in your installer.

[Seby]

what about me teck, have any solution to my problem?

[TECK]

Seby... For sure it would not work... turn the template titles off, so you save some huge html code and also fix your problem. :p

[Seby]

Cheers Teck, works now ;)

[TECK]

Guys, get a habit to use the vbHL forums (http://www.teckwizards.com/), that's I made them... I'm not going to post anymore here.
So if you need answers, either search this thread or ask your questions in the forum.

[Corbu]

EDIT : sorry, I made an error by posting here.

Please delete my post.

[PSI|Dr-X]

I have an major error with vbhome

see attachment


I have one style, style number 2 < the first one i deleted
En the replacement of {imageshome} isint working either

I don't know what happend

*the post does come but in the middle of the page *

please help :(

[Seby]

YOu have to select teh TEMPLATE id, not STYLE id.
In your admin menu have a look at the template and when you click on one template's [expand list] you should get something like: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/admin/template.php?action=modify&expandset=30
The 30 would be your template id. No enter that as your style id, hope this works ;)

[insanctus]

I want to know if there is a shout box hack for vbhome and a quote of day for it.... Those are only 2 things I can see I would like added

[PSI|Dr-X]

Thnx seby..

[TECK]

Originally posted by Corbu
EDIT : sorry, I made an error by posting here.

Please delete my post.
Corbu, restore the copyright as you are supposed to have it.
You will have to uninstall the script if you do not comply.
http://www.vbulletingraphics.org/

Thanks for the PM, (you know who). ;)
There is no need to PM me, simply post here the offender URL so everyone will see it.
Thanks.

[Drowned]

Originally posted by yxboom
I did a search on this thread for the database error I am recieving installing the vbhome lite portal. I am running vbulletin 2.2.9 and after installing all the vbhome files and doing as instructed to the letter but when I pull up the page, I get this error:



My forum works fine, and it appears that the portal is finding the database just fine (it has my board name in the error). I fully went through the set up process, and it says it installed just fine. I also uninstalled it, and reinstalled it. Nothing seems to work. The admin path variable is set correctly.

The error can be found at http://205.214.93.163/

Any help you can provide would be appreciated!

I'm getting this exact same error... can somebody please tell me what am I doing wrong? :eek:

[Drowned]

Anybody? :(

[Skyrender]

Great hack good job keep up the good work ;)

[TECK]

Originally posted by Drowned
Anybody? :( Did you searched the thread? I think the question was answered about 285 times...