vBindex v3.0.0 RC5

[chas_h]

It means if you use this hack, click the install button you'll see at the top of the page :)

?? I still don't get it, I clicked the install button at your original post and it brought me to the 'smilies' page (?) Anyway, thanks again for the hack. Liking it so far.

Chas...

[NTLDR]

Odd, it should have sent you back to the thread :s Thanks for clicking it none the less :D

[Nmidia]

Odd, it should have sent you back to the thread :s Thanks for clicking it none the less :D
Http://legionsofloki.com/vbindex.php

Is there any way of aligning the boxes on the right and making them all the same width?

Thanks

[NTLDR]

The sidebars dynamicly adjust in RC3, however you can edit the template to make it wider:

In the vbindex_side template, find:

<td width="150"

Replace with:

<td width="<if condition="($vbindex['options'] & VBI_SHOWCALENDAR) && $currentside == 'right'">170<else />150</if>"

This will make the right side wider iff you have the calendar enabled.

[CdaKnight]

Hi, I have a question about your hack. Is there any way I can add my own, custom box to it? I run an online comic, and if I put this up on my front page I'd like to be able to link to my comic script, and put a thumb nail in with a title. is that possible? (I'm currently using RC2, and will be installing RC3 shortly)

[NTLDR]

If by comic script you mean PHP code then you would have to do some alterations as you can't use PHP code in the vBindex templates. If however its plain HTML you need to add then its just a matter or pasting it in one of the vbindex_customblock_ templates.

[CdaKnight]

Thanks a lot!

[bob46802]

I have a dumb question. I just downloaded vb3 release canidate 2. so i downloaded the rc2 version of vbindex
in the upload text file in the zipped folder it just says "File list and upload locations:
vbindex.php"

so what folders do i install the files under?

[paratek]

RC3 install went great. The only problem i have is a broken image in my post icons. When i right click on the broken_image to find the link, it is doubling the path..like this

www.dmaclan.com/forums/images/icons/http://www.dmaclan.com/forums/images/icons/icon_4.gif[/url]

I upgraded from RC2, and i had no image problems under that. This is only in the latest threads bar.

[RapCheck]

I still can't log in through the nav bar. The cookie path has always been set to /, and I just went through the template again. Still sends me straight to the forum index with no 'thanks for logging in page'. Can login through any other login forms in vbulletin.

[Rushty]

im Running RC3 and when I enable the Calendar it displays o.k but only has a link for the 1st event in the calendar (01.01.04) none of the other dates that have levents have any links.

[deathemperor]

NTLDR, could you make the calendar display all days of a week in the final version ? And I think we would want to have more features in the final too ^ ^
sorry for trobling the days before, I get over all of them.
this is a great hack.

[corsacrazy]

NTLDR, could you make the calendar display all days of a week in the final version ? And I think we would want to have more features in the final too ^ ^
sorry for trobling the days before, I get over all of them.
this is a great hack.
there is an option in vbioptions to do this

[deathemperor]

for a 7 days week ? I am using RC2 of VBindex, I didn't see that option, is it in RC3 ? if yes I would like to wait for the final version, installing vbindex mean I have to edit many things for my templates of 4 styles, that's not very easy.

[NTLDR]

www.dmaclan.com/forums/images/icons/http://www.dmaclan.com/forums/images/icons/icon_4.gif[/url]

I upgraded from RC2, and i had no image problems under that. This is only in the latest threads bar.

I've not changed anything regarding the latest threads in RC2. Id check that you have the path set correctly for the default icon in the vB Options if its enabled and that your icons follow the format of images/icons/icon_x.gif.

deathemperor1st: RC3 has the option for a full 7 day calendar to be shown :)

bob46802: All the install intructions are in the first post, if you want more detailed instructions go for RC3 :)

Rushty: I can't confirm this. Note that the events only appear after the cron job has run, so if its recently been added that will be why

[corsacrazy]

whens rc3 NOT TESTING version out ?

[NTLDR]

The non-testing version is likly to be the same as whats here already. I just wanted to offer both for a while to make sure that there were no major bugs in RC3, which there doesn't seem to be. That was the only reason for marking it as 'Testing' :)

[CoolLion]

I'm running RC2 on VB3.0.0 RC2 do i need to remove the vBindex table modifications in MySQL also? apart from deleting the RC2 templates.

The RC2 install was realy picky on existing tables and keys.

BTW It's the first hack I ever put on my forums and it's great.

[NTLDR]

If you want to upgrade to vBindex RC3 then all you need to do is delete the templates as recomended and then follow the included upgrade instructions.

[DanGarion]

I'm getting two little errors after a clean install of rc3 build 6

http://www.dangarion.com/vb/vbindex.php

Parse error: parse error in /homepages/26/d93153274/htdocs/vb/vbiconfig.php on line 29

Warning: ChDir: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /homepages/26/d93153274/htdocs/vb/vbindex.php on line 126

This is just a test board I play with before i make major changes to my site I use. I looked at those lines and couldn't really figure out exactly why I'm getting them, but then I'm still learning this stuff.

[NTLDR]

Did you change vbiconfig.php as per the details on the first page of the install?

[DanGarion]

Yeah changed it to note the location of my forum.

Of course I was able to see index a couple minutes ago. Now there is some weird cookie error.


Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: N/A
Line: 0

Of course that looks like just a logging in error on my part, once I login I can view the vbindex again

[NTLDR]

It looks like you've made a mistake in the vbiconfig.php file. Make sure there is no whitespace after the ?> and that the edit was exactly as shown on screen. If you copied and pasted the edit it may have pasted the text wrong.

[DanGarion]

Ok looks like there was an extra ' in the config I could have sworn it was there before I edited because I thougth it looked weird. I looked the code over and saw two apostrophes. Oh well :) fixed now.

[RapCheck]

I still can't log in through the nav bar. The cookie path has always been set to /, and I just went through the template again. Still sends me straight to the forum index with no 'thanks for logging in page'. Can login through any other login forms in vbulletin.
Any ideas why? Login doesnt work on vbindex page or any forums page through the nav bar.

[NTLDR]

I've been thinking but I can't come up with any logical reason why. I looked at your site and the navbar HTML looks correct. I will continue to look into this though :)

[Harlequin]

I surely hope this hasn't been posted. ;)

I'm playing with and getting a rather wicked display problem on vB3 RC2 [upgrade from a vB2 new install/DB import] while using vBindex 3.

I've imported the existing db from another site so users maintain their information and the threads are still alive, and I've verified the threads work and avatars are still visible.

However, when viewing under vBindex, the newsbit topic displays, the posting time displays.. everything.. except the avatar and the actual post.

And to make my head scratch a little more, the logged in user's avatar doesn't display for them in the information bit.


Am I totally missing something here? ;)


** EDIT: Okay, I partially have fixed my own problem. The avatars were still pulling off the existing site, which I've fixed with a data dump into a directory. However vBindex is still reporting [ hover over X'd avatar -> properties -> look at the link it shows ] they're located in the db. <scratchscratch>

But the threads still remain a problem. Strangely enough, on the previous test board I had with vBIndex 2 [fresh install, no db added], the threads didn't display there either.. and they were being called correctly in the templates.

Strange, strange.

[mas404]

Hi

I really like it

Thank you for what you did

Is it possible to make the news with limit characters thin it will fallow with the link of the thread.

Like this way

vBindex 3.0.0 Release Candidate 3 has been released, the new version contains all the bug fixes from RC2 as well as a few new features which I'll be doing instructions for in the future
….> more

[vfxtalk]

Fantastic Script :)

Quick question...

How do I make the news posts on the index page 100% ...it seems to be just under 100%

Thanks

Paul

[AshAbed]

is it possible to put content other than the news post in that section? and to make multiple pages?
if it is Ill probably switch over to this

[Mr. Brian]

I... 'clicked', Install..

[Meltingfire]

Hi guys!
Yesterday i installed vBindex 3 RC 3 and its real sweet.

There is only one thing im missing ;) It doesnt seam to show my additional posticons?

Btw, you wrote in the installer that you have to use full path to smilies (http://domain/etc), is it the same thing with posticons?

EDIT: That was my bad, i updated the post-icon but not the thread-icon ;) stupid me.

Another question: Is it possible to parse the poll text for smileys? and other bbcode? Because the smileys show up in the forumpoll but not at the first page.

[ceech]

I having the same problem as Harlequin. The avatar will display in the memberlist; howver, in vbindex, when members with avatar logs in, his/her actual avatar image is missing.

any ideas as to why the actual avatar is not showing ?

[Harlequin]

Check my edit to that note -- see if that helps you a little. Make sure to double check the little things. :)

[ceech]

here is what i noticed

on vbindex, when it calls for the avatar image
http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/image.php?userid=X&dateline=DDDDDDDDD

on the memberlist page, it calls
http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/image.php?u=X&dateline=DDDDDDDDD

guess we have to use "u" instead of "userid"

[Harlequin]

Holy crap, that worked excellent with the avatars.

Further detail --

In vbindex.php, find:



$news['avatarurl'] = "$vboptions[bburl]/image".SCRIPT_EXTENSION."?user=$news[postuserid]&amp;dateline=$news[customdateline]";



Replace with:



$news['avatarurl'] = "$vboptions[bburl]/image".SCRIPT_EXTENSION."?u=$news[postuserid]&amp;dateline=$news[customdateline]";



Worked for me like a charm and now everything is displaying AOK .. or appears to be anyway.

Ty Ceech.


But strangely, I'm still having the noshow of the news threads problem..

[kcradio]

I have the same issue as mentioned earlier in this thread.

My post icons are directed to:
http://www.kctalk.com/forums/http://www.kctalk.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif
instead of just once where it should work.

I checked my admincp for the path of the icon there, and it is just showing images/icons/icon1.gif and not that long string that is up there.

Anyone that has had this problem or if anyone knows what it is to correct it, please let me know!

[NTLDR]

However, when viewing under vBindex, the newsbit topic displays, the posting time displays.. everything.. except the avatar and the actual post.

Update the thread counters in the Admin CP, there seems to be issues regarding old posts from vB2 moved to vB3.

Avatar issues: u is the same as userid in the URL they both mean the same thing and should both work.

is it possible to put content other than the news post in that section? and to make multiple pages?
if it is Ill probably switch over to this

Yes and yes. To change the middle content just edit the VBINDEX template and add your HTML. To create extra pages add a template called vbindex_extra_PAGENAME and view it via vbindex.php?page=PAGENAME (replacing PAGENAME with the name of your page).

[NTLDR]

Is it possible to make the news with limit characters thin it will fallow with the link of the thread.

Like this way

vBindex 3.0.0 Release Candidate 3 has been released, the new version contains all the bug fixes from RC2 as well as a few new features which I'll be doing instructions for in the future
?.> more

Details of howto do this are avalible at Core Forums (http://www.coreforums.net/?coreid=2) to members who've been marked as licenced as per the first post in this thread. Its not included as it has issues if the break is in the middle of some vBcode, however its generally pretty usable.

[Harlequin]

I've no clue why the change worked with u if that's the case, but it appears to be working with no errors now. ;)

And the update thread counters worked! :) Thank you, NTLDR. :) Excellent work.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

How Do I Add Custom Blocks? and by the way great job and making vbindex.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

nevermind about that question, i figured it out. lol now i feel dumb...

[Davey-UK]

I think i have the answer to your post icons not showing.

Look for this line in your vbindex_latestthreadbit template created by vbindex in your style manager.

Look for this line of text:

<img src="$vboptions[bburl]/$thread[threadiconpath]"

Remove this bit $vboptions[bburl]/

That cures the problem, as long as you have already changes your image paths as it says in the readme file.

Hope this helps

[Morgalis]

You'll need to reverse all the queries found in the install files.

there are many people that do not understand what they are looking for

is it possible for you to list the queries need to remove vBindex?

edit: Big thanks to NTLDR for pointing me in the correct direction.. i am posting them here so if anyone else searches for the same help, it is right here


DELETE FROM template WHERE title like LCASE('vbindex%') AND title not like LCASE('vbindex_extra%');

DELETE FROM datastore WHERE title IN ('vbindex_setting', 'vbindex_version', 'vbindex_tdate', 'vbi_eventcache');

DROP TABLE vbindex_shoutbox;


thanks so much for your help NTLDR

[NTLDR]

there are many people that do not understand what they are looking for

is it possible for you to list the queries need to remove vBindex?

Please don't double post problems here and at Core Forums.

[marcjd]

Is it necessary to update the templates in all of the styles before this works? I wouldn't think so, but it isn't working for me. All I get is a blank page. The vbidex.php page at my site, uspoliticsonline.com (http://www.USPoliticsOnline.com/vbindex.php)

The install seemed to go okay after I realized why it wasn't working at first. Forget to upload the upgraded.php file. After doing that it went fine and took me to the vbioptions page. I filled in the page and clicked save. It reloaded with the new settings. Thank you for making the hack, I am anxious to see it in action. :)

[NTLDR]

The templates should go into each parent style and all of its children should inherit the templates. Can you see them in the style manager in the ACP?

Also make sure you edited vbiconfig.php as per the first page in the install process.

[marcjd]

I wanted to try it out first so I only added the template mods to the main default style. I need to make all of my styles the child of a main style because doing these little mods seem to take forever when I have several styles. Anyway, I did double-checkthe config file and it seems correct per the instructions.


// enter the path to your forums here that you were given during the
// first step of the install process
define('CHDIR_PATH', '/home/politics/public_html/forums');

// enter the extension you use with your vBulletin files
// this is most likly the default .php entered
define('SCRIPT_EXTENSION', '.php');

?>

Thanks again.

[marcjd]

I don't imagine the upgrade files need to be deleted or anything for it to work? I could try the upgrade script again and re-install it. Thanks.

[marcjd]

I re-ran the install script and I get the index page now. Time to play with it. :) Thanks.

[noonespecial]

I am having a problem:

Every 4th or so time the index news page is pulled up in an iframe on my main page, it just plain doesn't load. 404.

Is there a reason you can think it is doing this? I think I am using RC2 of vbindex, I may upgrade to rc3 tonight

www.absolutepunk.net

[Mr. HillBilly]

Hm, is there a way to add a "Forum" link to the portal page? Because theres NO way for a user to get to the forum index.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Just add a custom block with links to your pages.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

By the way... great job on vBindex NTLDR, It works great. I was curious if you were gonna be adding a download page feature like vbportal did.

[NTLDR]

Every 4th or so time the index news page is pulled up in an iframe on my main page, it just plain doesn't load. 404.

It seems to work fine for me. Are you giving it time to load? The how page seems a tad slow at loading for me.


By the way... great job on vBindex NTLDR, It works great. I was curious if you were gonna be adding a download page feature like vbportal did.

I've not planned to so far but I will consider it. Its posible for you to create your own with the extra pages feature of vBindex.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Didn't know about the extra pages feature, how would i go about doing that?

[NTLDR]

For non-dynamic pages add a template called vbindex_extra_PAGENAME and the visit it via vbindex.php?page=PAGENAME replacing PAGENAME with the name of the page. The template should only contain the content that you are replacing the news with.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

heh I'm sorta confused, could you write some more extensive instructions? :)

[NTLDR]

How To Add Extra (Non-Dynamic) Pages With vBindex 3.0.0

Lets use the example of a copyright page. In the Style Manager create a template called vbindex_extra_copyright and add the following HTML too it:


<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">
<div>$vboptions[bbtitle] Copyright Statement</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<div>
Replace this with your copyright statement text.
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />


Then visit vbindex.php?page=copyright and you should see you copyright statement you have justed added :)

[NTLDR]

How To Add Extra (Non-Dynamic) Pages With vBindex 3.0.0 RC3 or above.

This feature that allows you to easily add your own PHP to the extra pages (not custom blocks at present).

Lets say you wanted a top ten posters page:

Add a template called vbindex_extra_top10 with the folloing HTML:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">
<div>Top 10 Core Forums Posters - PHP Driven vBindex Extra Pages Example</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<div>
$php_output
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

This is the main HTML for the content area on the page. Now create a template called vbindex_extra_php_top10 this will contain the raw PHP code, just as if it was a PHP file. (NOTE: Upon saving this template you WILL get an error, ignore it and press continue. RC4 will contain instructions to prevent this). Add the following code to it:

$users = $DB_site->query("SELECT username, userid, posts FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."user ORDER BY posts DESC LIMIT 10");

while($user = $DB_site->fetch_array($users)) {
echo '<div><a href="'.$vboptions['bburl'].'/member.php?userid='.$user['userid'].'">'.$user['username'].'</a> ('.$user['posts'].')</div>';
}

Note that you need to echo the content out.

Then visit vbindex.php?section=top10 and you should see a list of the top 10 posters on your forum. Take alook at our demo here: http://www.coreforums.net/index.core?section=top10

[???`S?LV?R???`]

thanks alot, i appreciate it

[Kars10]

Hello Ntldr,
this is a fantastic hack, thanks. :)
But i get a 404 error by step=7 in the installer. How can i fix this?

Thanks in advance
Kars

[NTLDR]

What page is it trying to goto? IE whats the URL of the 404 page?

[Kars10]

/forum/install/vbiupgraded.php?step=7

[NTLDR]

Are you sure you uploaded the file? The path/filename/step are all correct.

[Kars10]

@ NTLDR, your right. I have forgot to upload a file. :(
Thanks... ;)

[RapCheck]

adding new pages doesn't seem to work for me. I followed your copywrite page example and the page is just like the index page, http://www.rapcheck.com/index.php?page=copyright

Also, I registered at the Core forums but never recieved an email to activate my account. Same name, 'RapCheck'.

[NTLDR]

Try the vbindex.php from the latest zip file, just upload and replace your existing one. I've also re-sent you activation email.

[Mr. HillBilly]

What bugs are fixed in build-7?

[NTLDR]

There are only two changes. The first is a fix for using CSS Stylesheets in post Gamma versions of vB3, the second is a small edit which should allow the extra pages to work if they stoped working with RC3.

[RapCheck]

Try the vbindex.php from the latest zip file, just upload and replace your existing one. I've also re-sent you activation email.
done and still showing the regular index page.

[NTLDR]

Did you definatly add the template to the right style and with the correct title? I know its not working for you but I've tried it on my site and it works fine. Do you know what PHP version you have?

[RapCheck]

Only have one style thats active. I've double triple :D checked its in the right style and spelling.

PHP version is 4.0.6

[NTLDR]

Do you know if they worked with an older version of vBindex if you tried and used a Pre-RC3 version?

If you could add a couple of lines to the top of vbindex.php after:

require_once('./includes/functions_user'.SCRIPT_EXTENSION);

Add:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == X) {
echo '<pre>';
print_r($_REQUEST);
echo '</pre>';
}

Replacing X with your userid and look for the following output at the very top (you'll only see it with your account):

Array
(
[page] => copyright
[bblastvisit] => 1071666760
[bblastactivity] => 1071666772
[bbuserid] => 2


You should see aload of stuff similar to that, in particular in whats listed to you see a [page] => copyright line?

[RapCheck]

I've only used RC3 build 5, and now the build 7 index page

heres what it says

[Removed sensitive info - NTLDR]

[NTLDR]

I removed the code as it contained some sensitive information, like your password hash :)

However I know what the problem is now, I just need to figure out howto solve it. Ive a feeling its something to do with your PHP Version, in fact thinking about it, it is your PHP version. *goes off to fix problem*

[NTLDR]

OK :)

Find:


// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
// link the page we're requesting to the do var so that vB3 will
// pre-cache the template and save 1 query


Add after:


// old php versions
if (PHP_VERSION < '4.1.0') {
$_REQUEST['page'] = &$HTTP_GET_VARS['page'];
$_REQUEST['section'] = &$HTTP_GET_VARS['section'];
}


That should fix the problems on PHP versions older than 4.1.0 :)

[RapCheck]

:( still don't work

[NTLDR]

Sorry, I missed an _ it should have been PHP_VERSION and not PHPVERSION. I've edited the code above.

[RapCheck]

:)

thank you

BTW, still no email from core forums. Email should be RapCheck00@aol.com incase I messed that up somehow

[NTLDR]

Good to see another bug squashed :D

I've marked you as licenced on Core Forums as I know your a real person ;) No idea why the emails arn't getting through.

[Oxygen]

All seems to go well, until I get to step 7.
and all is blank, exacept the button.
vb 3 RC 2
and your latest code.

any ideas?

Regards,
Sean

[???`S?LV?R???`]

NTLDR can you mark me as licensed also on coreforums.

[NTLDR]

All seems to go well, until I get to step 7.
and all is blank, exacept the button.
vb 3 RC 2
and your latest code.

Make sure you have uploaded all the files into the correct directorys.

@???`S?LV?R???`: done :)

[???`S?LV?R???`]

thanks :)

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Thanks for explaining how to add extra pages, that was definitly useful. How would i set certain ones to only be allowed to be viewed by logged in members?

[NTLDR]

Either use a conditional in the template:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6">SHow the content<else />don't show it

Or use the dynamic pages version and have similar code but in PHP. IMO the template conditional is simplest.

[Anarchy]

the ability to show the first post of the news articles on the front page would be good.

Basically the content of the news post on the front page, not the replies.

Or is this by default and my script has a bug

http://207.44.184.29/~ttctest.com/vbindex.php

[Oxygen]

100% user error.. Did not see the file vbiupgraded.php.

Thanks

Regards,
Sean

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Could you explain that in more detail like you did with the extra pages feature @ NTLDR. :)

[NTLDR]

the ability to show the first post of the news articles on the front page would be good.

Basically the content of the news post on the front page, not the replies.

Or is this by default and my script has a bug[/url]

It is default, I'd assume you have upgraded from vB2. Just goto the Update Counters page in the vB ACP and update the thread ones and the posts should appear. It seems to be a common problem with the vB upgrade/install scripts.

[NTLDR]

Could you explain that in more detail like you did with the extra pages feature @ NTLDR. :)

If you want a page with content only for default admin users:


<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6">
place the HTML from the turtorial here
<else />
Sorry, you don't have permission to view this page.
</if>

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Thanks, I'll Test It Out Right Now :)

[???`S?LV?R???`]

I Tried That And All It'd Say When I Try To Go To The Page Is "Sorry, You Must Register First To View This Page."

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[6] == 6">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat">
<div><p align="center"><b>TEST</b></p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<div>
TEST
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<else />
Sorry, You Must Register First To View This Page.
</if>

[NTLDR]

You need to replace 6 with the usergroupid and not 'usergroupid' :)

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6">

and NOT:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[6] == 6">

[???`S?LV?R???`]

thanks :) lol

[???`S?LV?R???`]

by the way... how would i set it to multiple usergroups?

[NTLDR]

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == X || $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == Y || $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == Z">

Basicly add || $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == W onto the end :) Obviously changing the letters to the user group number :)

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Thanks Alot... Works Great :)

[???`S?LV?R???`]

adding that after the code didn't work

[???`S?LV?R???`]

nevermind, got it to work... lol accidently had another character in there.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Btw.. Thanks For All Your Help So Far NTLDR, I Appreciate It Alot. I Got Another Question... How Could I Make The Downloads On That Page Only Work For Them? Cause I Don't Want To Just Post Links In There That Anyone Could Give Out To Other People That Arn't In That Usergroup.

[paulomt1]

I can´t install due this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0 Release Candidate 2:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE vbindex_shoutbox (
shoutid int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
userid int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
shout text NOT NULL,
dateline int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (shoutid)
) TYPE=MyISAM

mysql error: Table 'vbindex_shoutbox' already exists

mysql error number: 1050

any help?

[NTLDR]

You've either failed to install this properly in a previously or for some reason the step hasn't changed, visit vbiupgrade1.php?step=3 to continue the installation.

[NTLDR]

Btw.. Thanks For All Your Help So Far NTLDR, I Appreciate It Alot. I Got Another Question... How Could I Make The Downloads On That Page Only Work For Them? Cause I Don't Want To Just Post Links In There That Anyone Could Give Out To Other People That Arn't In That Usergroup.

You'd need a seperate page to get the files and "pass" them to the users who are valid, just like the attachments. A quick way to do this would be to create a downloads forum that is not show but contains posts with attachments that could be linked to via the vBindex page.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

alright then my 2nd question would have to be... how do i get past that 2mb file size limit?

[NTLDR]

The attachment limit is based on the vB option, or your PHP configuration. (If your PHP confiured limit is lower than the vB one, thats the limit that counts).

[???`S?LV?R???`]

how would i go about changing the php limit?

[NTLDR]

You'll need a dedicated server with access to php.ini or httpd.conf. Its the upload_max_filesize setting you'd need to edit which defaults to 2M.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Thanks, I'll Talk To My Host About It Right Now.

[trekwarfare]

just upgraded from previous version, upgrade went smoothly. Thanks for your hard work!!

[???`S?LV?R???`]

:) i got it raised to 20mb instead of 2 lol

[???`S?LV?R???`]

trying to add an mp3 as an attachment and i keep getting database errors... under extensions/mime type i put in "Content-type: audio/mpeg". Is that right?

[???`S?LV?R???`]

actually i got the database errors when i tried "Content-type: audio/mp3" but then i try "Content-type: audio/mpeg" the popup box thats uploading the mp3 just freezes & stops responding after a few seconds.

[weirdpixels]

great hack
*clicks install*

[NTLDR]

trying to add an mp3 as an attachment and i keep getting database errors... under extensions/mime type i put in "Content-type: audio/mpeg". Is that right?

No idea, but content types are only used for downloading. Note that MySQL also has a limit (MySQL Maximum Packet Size) which will prevent you adding anything over that limit into the DB.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

thanks for letting me know, lol looks like i'll be talking to my hosting again about that

[Sebastian]

new threads since last visit is pretty pointless since everytime a user makes a post in a different thread that was already started it counts it as a new thread.

so if make a post in a thread that was 2 days old

it will show

new post: 1
new threads: 1

instead of:

new post: 1
new threads: 0

i see you are using one query, but i think its almost impossible unless you run two queries, one to get the count of new posts, and another for new threads.

[NTLDR]

Hence why the default phrase says "New & Updated Threads" ;)

I've a plan to make the new threads/posts report a true value all the time, so if you read a post the new post count decreases, however I'm not sure how efficient it will be.

[Mr. HillBilly]

How would I uninstall this?

[InstaNet]

Cool hack ! thanks

[RapCheck]

alright... new problem :D

Polls arent working for me. I have it set to random, and they come up fine, but when you press the button to vote it says no thread specified.

[Anarchy]

It didn't let me change the image URL's how do i do this in the admincp, i've been searching everywhere.

[NTLDR]

It didn't let me change the image URL's how do i do this in the admincp, i've been searching everywhere.

Admin CP -> Style Manager -> All Options (For each style) -> Image Paths

[NTLDR]

alright... new problem :D

Polls arent working for me. I have it set to random, and they come up fine, but when you press the button to vote it says no thread specified.

Starnge, they work for me with vB3 Gamma and vBi RC3. Try the following change to your vbindex_poll template:

Find:

<input type="hidden" name="pollid" value="$pollinfo[pollid]" />


Add after:

<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$pollinfo[threadid]" />

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Alright I gotta question about the extra pages feature, I took some screen shots of how It looks then edited them to how I want them to look. Basically when someone goes to one of the extra pages I want it to not show the two blocks "shoutbox" & "what do you think of the site?" so that the extra page can expand more without making the rest of the blocks bigger. (I know my cut & paste job wasn't that great but that's basically how I want it to look)

[RapCheck]

Starnge, they work for me with vB3 Gamma and vBi RC3. Try the following change to your vbindex_poll template:

still doesn't work.

[NTLDR]

You needed to add the code not replace it which you seem to have done :)

[RapCheck]

oops, wasn't even paying attention. I did however try it added and it still didn't work. I added it again, and still.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

What do you think NTLDR? :)

[NTLDR]

oops, wasn't even paying attention. I did however try it added and it still didn't work. I added it again, and still.

From what I can see looking at the HTML and what happens is that the form points to http://rapcheck.com/b/poll.php but I get redirected to http://www.rapcheck.com/b/poll.php as thats what you have set the URL to in the ACP.

[NTLDR]

What do you think NTLDR? :)

If the browser shows the page correctly then it won't work, which is the correct behaviour. You can try putting the followinf conditional around the vbindex_shoutbox and vbindex_poll:

<if condition="!EXTRA_PAGE">
the html in the template here
</if>

[???`S?LV?R???`]

:( didn't work

[???`S?LV?R???`]

any other suggestions?

[NTLDR]

If the boxes didn't show, which they shouldn't have you'd need to disable both, or one of the side columns for extra pages.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

how would i do that? you got me a little confused now.

[NTLDR]

In vbindex.php find:

// ####################### GENERATE SIDE BAR ##########################

Add after:


if (EXTRA_PAGE) {
$vbindex['options'] = $vbindex['options'] - VBI_BOTH_COLS;
}

That will disable the side bars on extra pages.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

That worked good, thanks :). Still no way to make only certain blocks showup on the extra pages though?

[RapCheck]

From what I can see looking at the HTML and what happens is that the form points to http://rapcheck.com/b/poll.php but I get redirected to http://www.rapcheck.com/b/poll.php as thats what you have set the URL to in the ACP.
Alright, I changed the url to the board to include the www. in the url which it didn't before, and now the polls work. Thanks


Heres a new one for you though lol... I have 2 forums sending news to vbindex... Forum 1 and forum 67. All is fine. I excluded a forum (29) and this stopped the news from forum 1 from showing up. I tried to exclude a different forum number and same thing. I switched the order of the news forums from 1,67 to 67,1 and forum 1 still didnt show up, forum 67 did. Both forums show up fine as long as no forums are excluded. Strange. This one for me isn't a big deal as I don't use the latest threads so I really don't even need to exclude a forum, just noticed it today and figured I'd post about it cuz it seems weird to me.

[NTLDR]

Someone else reported this but I can't find it now. Anyway its fixed, in vbindex.php find:


$limitfids = array(explode(',', $vbindex['limitfids']));

Replace with:

$limitfids = array();
$limitfids = explode(',', $vbindex['limitfids']);

And it should work as expected :)

[NTLDR]

That worked good, thanks :). Still no way to make only certain blocks showup on the extra pages though?

Not currently, however it maybe easy enough to do it. However it won't be untill a future version.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

lol ill take that as a no about the being able to make only certain blocks showup on extra pages :(

[RapCheck]

you could do it through editing the VBINDEX_SHELL template. and taking out the code that inputs the left and right blocks and just putting in the html manually. a tad more work but would probably get you to were you want...

NTLDR, you had $linitfids as what to replace with, you have a n instead of a m in limit. Excluding forums works now.

[NTLDR]

Thanks :) Glad its all working smoothly now :)

[ScripToR]

I am having one small problem with vbindex. In the news posts on the main page there is not text in the actual box. It shows the title, the date it was posted, the replies, but right under that where it should show the contents of the post, it is empty:( Can someone please tell me why. I thought it was the font color.

I have included a screenshot to see what I mean. Please tell me how to fix it. Thank you.

[NTLDR]

Run the two options on the Upgrade Counters page in the admin cp that rebuild threads.

[ScripToR]

Oh you are a saint and a scholar:)

Thank you so much, you are now my hero:)

[chas_h]

Hi,
In your instructions for RC-3 you say;

"Find:

construct_nav_option(construct_phrase($vbphrase['x_options'], 'vBulletin'), 'options.php?null=0', '<br />');

Add after it:

construct_nav_option(construct_phrase($vbphrase['x_options'], 'vBindex'), 'vbioptions.php?', '<br />'); "

I have looked everywhere in that file and can't find that exact phrase, are you sure that you have the syntax correct? I don't want to add a line if it's not correct.

Thanks for any help.

Chas.

[Dark Shogun]

Usually if you don't find something that matches exactly you see if anything matches and if it is close enough pop the code in and see if it works.

Dark Shogun

[Anarchy]

I'm so happy with this script and i love it.

Is there any way i can give something back to you.

Maybe in the way of paypal or something?

[???`S?LV?R???`]

By the way... How would i remove the "All times are GMT. The time now is" from the vbindex home page?

[Anarchy]

Is it possible to make some of the menu's Non minimisable?

[corsacrazy]

yeah just take out the code from the template

[???`S?LV?R???`]

which template would i edit to take out the time on the vbindex homepage

[corsacrazy]

which template would i edit to take out the time on the vbindex homepage
edit the vbindex_footer template and delte this from it


<div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</div>
<br />

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Thanks :)

[NTLDR]

Hi,
In your instructions for RC-3 you say;



That code is only in vB3 Gamma, find:

construct_nav_option($vbphrase['vbulletin_options'], 'options.php?null=0', '<br />');

Add after:

construct_nav_option('vBindex Options', 'vbioptions.php?', '<br />');

This will be fixed and phrased in the next release.

[NTLDR]

I'm so happy with this script and i love it.

Is there any way i can give something back to you.

Maybe in the way of paypal or something?

Donations can be made to eldorado @ coreforums.net (PayPal) and will be much appreciated :)

Is it possible to make some of the menu's Non minimisable?

Do you mean the blocks on the side with the latest threads etc? If so remove this HTML from the blocks template (note XYZ means a keyword relating to the block, like onlineusers):

<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('vbindex_XYZ')"><img id="collapseimg_vbindex_XYZ" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_vbindex_XYZ].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Also about the footer, how would i get the bottom blue bar to size up automatically like the other tables instead of being wider.

[corsacrazy]

that screen shot is nothing to do with vbindex

[???`S?LV?R???`]

vbindex's homepage has pretty much the same footer as the one im talking about, I wanted to change both

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Nevermind I got It how I want It Now, :) I think I did a nice job. Check it out...

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Lol I just found a problem with mine, now when anyone goes to the vbindex homepage it still shows the same buttons as the admin would see. can someone send me the original footer code so i can revert mine back & fix this.

[NTLDR]

Just copy the conditionals from the footer template :) (Or click show default in the footer template if you wiped them there too).

[???`S?LV?R???`]

theres nothing in the show default box

[???`S?LV?R???`]

I just need a copy of the template so i can enter it again

[???`S?LV?R???`]

nevermind i got it how i want it lol :)

[gmarik]

NTLDR (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=10435)Could your hack have an:
Encyclopedia,
Store add-ons as well ever?

Would be cool ...

[NTLDR]

An Encyclopedia could be done just by adding some HTML for the extra pages. I'm sure the store hacks when release could be easily integrated onto the page too.

[chas_h]

That code is only in vB3 Gamma, find:

construct_nav_option($vbphrase['vbulletin_options'], 'options.php?null=0', '<br />');

Add after:

construct_nav_option('vBindex Options', 'vbioptions.php?', '<br />');

This will be fixed and phrased in the next release.


Thanks, that did the trick!

Chas.

[gmarik]

Something like this for your great hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60135 ?

[zenmasteril]

I get an error when i try to go to the next step - "Adding vBindex event-Cache", and can't finish the installation:

--------------

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0 Release Candidate 2:

Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO datastore (title) VALUES ('vbi_eventcache')
mysql error: Duplicate entry 'vbi_eventcache' for key 1

mysql error number: 1062

Date: Saturday 17th of January 2004 05:52:15 AM
Script: http://****/install/vbiupgrade3.php?step=6

---------------

This is the second hack i install and dunno PHP..
What should i do ? Please Help...

[NTLDR]

Something like this for your great hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60135 ?

Thats a simple template mod :) No file edits needed.

[NTLDR]

[QUOTE=zenmasteril]I get an error when i try to go to the next step - "Adding vBindex event-Cache", and can't finish the installation:QUOTE]

Seems you have tried to do that step twice, point your browser to install/vbiugraded.php?step=7 to continue the installation.

[Gary King]

When I install and run the installer and everything, the phrases and templates don't get installed. All steps from step 7+ don't have any text to notify me that something has happened (such as Installing phrasetype etc.)

Any fix? :)

[NTLDR]

Odd, the same text should appear that comes up when doing it in the ACP/during the vB install. Do the templates appear in the ACP?

You should see: Importing Templates For Style: ..... (for each style you have), Importing vBindex Phrases (for the phrases, after the templates/image paths and style rebuild) then the final step.

Do you get any text on the next step button at the bottom?

[Gary King]

Odd, the same text should appear that comes up when doing it in the ACP/during the vB install. Do the templates appear in the ACP?

You should see: Importing Templates For Style: ..... (for each style you have), Importing vBindex Phrases (for the phrases, after the templates/image paths and style rebuild) then the final step.

Do you get any text on the next step button at the bottom?

I don't see the Importing Templates For Style: ...

Also, I do still get the text on the next step button at the bottom, I guess because those are already basically pre-set.

[NTLDR]

Is the next step on the button 'Edit Image Paths'? And the URL install/vbiupgraded.php?step=7

[Gary King]

Is the next step on the button 'Edit Image Paths'? And the URL install/vbiupgraded.php?step=7
Yeah, button text is correct, and vbiupgrade.php?step=7 is the URL when I see the button say 'Edit Image Paths'.

[NTLDR]

I can't think why nothing at all shows, there are only so many reasons why that could occur, 1) there isn't a step 7 in that file, well there is by default, 2) its somehow 'died' before getting to the xml_import_templates function, 3) it 'dies' at the very start of that function. All three of which I don't think are very likly.

I'd recomend clicking next and continuing, at the end see if they are in the ACP, and if the other steps execute correctly. It won't do any harm continuing if it hasn't imported the templates correctly.

[Gary King]

Yeah I know, that's what I did, I went all the way thinking that there shouldn't be any text anyways. But alas, no vBIndex templates or phrases (although all steps before step 7, I believe, imported correctly.)

[NTLDR]

There is only one real difference with how the steps are done in vbiupgraded.php so its worth a shot, find and replace all instances of (in vbiupgraded.php and re-run vbiupgraded.php?step=7):

IMPORT_TEMPLATES_STEP with 7
IMGDIR_EDIT_STEP with 8
REBUILD_STYLES_STEP with 9
IMPORT_PHRASES_STEP with 10
FINAL_STEP with 11

Thats all I can think of right now, although I will investigate further.

[chas_h]

Thats a simple template mod :) No file edits needed.

What exactly do you mean 'a simple template mod'? I would like to add this feature in one of the custom side blocks in Vbindex, but the instructions are written for a different setup.
I know it's not your hack, but if you have some experience installing this I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks,
Chas.

[Gary King]

There is only one real difference with how the steps are done in vbiupgraded.php so its worth a shot, find and replace all instances of (in vbiupgraded.php and re-run vbiupgraded.php?step=7):

IMPORT_TEMPLATES_STEP with 7
IMGDIR_EDIT_STEP with 8
REBUILD_STYLES_STEP with 9
IMPORT_PHRASES_STEP with 10
FINAL_STEP with 11

Thats all I can think of right now, although I will investigate further.
Thanks problem solved :)
I guess there are still some bugs to fix in the installer, but I mean, props to you for building such a good product/hack still ;) :D

[Mukashi]

That same error happened to me yesterday, but my install worked perfectly after I tinkered around in phpmyadmin. Turned out that a mysql entry already existed for something at step 6 (I believe I may have clicked the button twice for that step, so I probably sent the queries through twice), and every step after that didn't do anything until I went back and corrected it. It was rather a pain in the neck, but with the hack working now, I couldn't be happier.

One thing I wish were possible however. On our index page, when I enable the calender showing weekends, only it gets wider. It'd be helpful if all the boxes on the side it's on were widened when that option was selected. As it stands now, we're going to have to do it through template altering.

[Anarchy]

Is it possible to place PHP code within the vbindex_header template?

If yes, then how?

thanks...

[zenmasteril]

[QUOTE=zenmasteril]I get an error when i try to go to the next step - "Adding vBindex event-Cache", and can't finish the installation:QUOTE]

Seems you have tried to do that step twice, point your browser to install/vbiugraded.php?step=7 to continue the installation.

Ok.. Thanks.

[NTLDR]

Thanks problem solved :)
I guess there are still some bugs to fix in the installer, but I mean, props to you for building such a good product/hack still ;) :D

Now thats real odd indeed, all those contstants are definded well before they are used, do you have old version of PHP or PHP 5 beta which you tried to install on? I know there has been another report of this happening.

Thanks for the feedback too :)

[NTLDR]

[QUOTE=Anarchy]Is it possible to place PHP code within the vbindex_header template?QUOTE]

Only phpinclude_start and phpinclude_end can contain PHP. In vBindex RC3 you can add templates for PHP code for the extra pages (vbindex_extra_php_X) however no other templates can contain raw PHP (excluding the <if> conditionals).

[NTLDR]

What exactly do you mean 'a simple template mod'? I would like to add this feature in one of the custom side blocks in Vbindex, but the instructions are written for a different setup.
I know it's not your hack, but if you have some experience installing this I would appreciate any suggestions.

I've not installed it, but you pretty much just add the HTML to the custom block along with your scrolling content by the looks of it.

[Gary King]

Now thats real odd indeed, all those contstants are definded well before they are used, do you have old version of PHP or PHP 5 beta which you tried to install on? I know there has been another report of this happening.

Thanks for the feedback too :)
PHP 4.2.3

[NTLDR]

One thing I wish were possible however. On our index page, when I enable the calender showing weekends, only it gets wider. It'd be helpful if all the boxes on the side it's on were widened when that option was selected. As it stands now, we're going to have to do it through template altering.

It should do this already in vBindex RC3, if the calendar is enabled it should make it wider and if the weekends are on it should get wider again.

[chas_h]

I've not installed it, but you pretty much just add the HTML to the custom block along with your scrolling content by the looks of it.

Ok thanks, I'll give a try and let you guys know what happens.

Chas.

[Gary King]

How can I make it so that if a usergroup is not allowed to view forums, they can still view the vBindex as if they had regular permissions? (So then news would be available, etc. because if I deny permission to all my forums to Guests, then they can't see news articles on vBIndex as well.)

[NTLDR]

I assume you have it set so guests can view the board, but not view threads, if so find:

AND forumid NOT IN (".implode(',', $limitfids).")

And remove that line, this will remove all permissions for the news posts, so anyone will see any posts within the news forums.

[Gary King]

Okay thanks, you got me on the right track anyways, I'll have to modify a few things to make it work to my liking :)

[RapCheck]

is there any way to quickly update the smilie paths? if no what about disabling smilies in the shoutbox... I have almost 100 smilies and dont think I have the patience to go through and edit each one! Wonder why they didn't make it editable in the style section.

[Anarchy]

How do i include these within another template for example vbindex_header?

[QUOTE=Anarchy]Is it possible to place PHP code within the vbindex_header template?QUOTE]

Only phpinclude_start and phpinclude_end can contain PHP. In vBindex RC3 you can add templates for PHP code for the extra pages (vbindex_extra_php_X) however no other templates can contain raw PHP (excluding the <if> conditionals).

[mitomcua]

How do i install this hack to get rid of all the vbindex templates ?

Thanks
M

[gmarik]

It would be good to have raw php in every template, because only the admin can access them - would it not be so?

[NTLDR]

is there any way to quickly update the smilie paths? if no what about disabling smilies in the shoutbox... I have almost 100 smilies and dont think I have the patience to go through and edit each one! Wonder why they didn't make it editable in the style section.

You can do it with a query, however I'm not sure what it is. If they are all in a common folder then I'd just add a new replacement for each style to replace images/smilies with /forums/images/smilies for example.

Alternativly you can find in vbindex.php:

$shout['shout'] = fetch_censored_text(parse_bbcode($shout['shout']));

And replace with:

$shout['shout'] = parse_bbcode($shout['shout'], 0, 0);

[NTLDR]

How do i include these within another template for example vbindex_header?

You have to buffer the output and then add the variable to the template, IIRC the $php_output variable is already in the header template and there is an example of what to do in the phpinclude_start template.

[Martin]

I just installed it, and I was planning breaking the virginity of the How Do I forum, but it appears I'm not cleared to post.

I've been part of the vBulletin Team since we were begging John and James to rewrite it and release it as it's own program so we could get off UBB, so I would certainly hope I'm licensed... ;)

[NTLDR]

I've been part of the vBulletin Team since we were begging John and James to rewrite it and release it as it's own program so we could get off UBB, so I would certainly hope I'm licensed... ;)

:D You now have full access to all the vBindex forums.

[Martin]

you're gonna regret that ;)

[Mukashi]

It should do this already in vBindex RC3, if the calendar is enabled it should make it wider and if the weekends are on it should get wider again.
Odd. I'm using RC3 Build 7, but it doesn't widen when the calender is enabled with weekends. It is widened when the calender is enabled though. What might be causing the glitch?

[NTLDR]

It seems to work fine on my site, I'd check your vbindex_side template and make sure it has the following in it:

<!-- start side ($currentside) -->
<td width="<if condition="$vbindex['options'] & VBI_SHOWCALENDAR"><if condition="$vbindex['options'] & VBI_SHOWWEEKENDS">230"<else />170"</if><else />150"</if> style="vertical-align: top">
<if condition="$currentside == 'left'">
$home[leftblocks]
</if>

<if condition="$currentside == 'right'">
$home[rightblocks]
</if>
</td>
<!-- end side ($currentside) -->

The $vbindex['options'] <if> blocks are the important parts that adjust the width.

[coolva]

Whats the easiest way to un-install this mod?

[Wolfy.2k]

hey ndtlr, great mod, i have one question, when i upgraded my forums from vb2, i installed the forums in a new forum directory, i didnt at the time update in my general settings the new url, but when i got vbindex, the old url came up on the navbar alot, so i changed it to the new directory name hoping that wud fix the problem, unfourtunately that didnt help, and next to all of the calender etc, it has the url, which kinda screws up the whole page.

please help!!!

ty.

[NTLDR]

All the URLs in the templates are controled by the value you have entered in Help Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details -> Board URL. Check this value is correct, if the URLs are still wrong delete your browsers cache to make sure you get a fresh page.

[Wolfy.2k]

yeah i kno the value is correct and i have done what u said but still the same, next to user cp, calender, new posts, search and quick links my forum url is put jus after it ?

and also before the Forums text jus above the nav bar

not sure what to do lol

cheers for ur help

[NTLDR]

It seems you have problems with the navbar template, I think I must have mis-understood the question.

Replace your current navbar template with the one included in the zip file :)

[Wolfy.2k]

lol i think i caught u at a good time, will try now !

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where do i upload it to lol sorry

[Wolfy.2k]

fixed thanks for ur help!!


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is there anyway to keep some blocks up on all pages, even when browsing the forums, like how dark wizard has his site: http://www.dpclan.us/forums/, when i go on my forums the left hand sidebars disappear

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i signed up to ur forums wit username: Wolf.2k plz make me licensed!

[NTLDR]

is there anyway to keep some blocks up on all pages, even when browsing the forums?

Not currently, I may look into this in the future.

[Wolfy.2k]

how did Dark Wizard do it on his site, did he modify the code? shall i ask him?

[chas_h]

I am having trouble getting the .gif images that define the forum seperators to appear in my Vbindex homepage (the ones that have the gradient etc), all I see is the background colors. I notice that you were able to get yours to work at your Core forum homepage, is there some trick to changing the image paths or something? Or do I need to edit some templates?

TIA
Chas.

[NTLDR]

You need to edit the table header and category CSS definitions in the style manager.

[Gary King]

For smilies path, maybe have something in the next release, where it will find out the /forum/ folder (I believe the user has to input his/her forum folder or something?) and then just append that to the beginning of the smilies path? :)

[Chris M]

you're gonna regret that ;)
I'm sorry - Who are you? Can you prove your licenced status?;):p

Satan

[s10owners]

All I'm seeing is a blank page when I go to my index...All of the settings are done, it was installed correctly, but I just see a blank page...anyone?

[NTLDR]

The installation didn't finish, goto vbiupgraded.php?step=7

[chas_h]

You need to edit the table header and category CSS definitions in the style manager.

If I go to the Style manager and bring up the 'Main CSS' the correct paths are already in there for the table header and category strips, and it works fine in the Forum pages. That is why I was asking if there is another place to edit these for the Vbindex page? Please excuse me if I'm missing something here.

Chas.

[NTLDR]

There should only be the one place where they are defined, see the attached screenshot, I'm not sure if you edited the right part or not. The bit highlighted in the red block need the URL to be changed to http://www.mydomain.com/forum/images or /forum/images for example.

[wolfe]

vBindex v3.0.0 RC3

I happy to announce the third release of vBindex for vBulletin 3 here at vBulletin.org and also the first Offical vB3 Hack here :D. This is the 7th release of vBindex for vB3 and there are few known problems currently. This release should work with both vB3 Gamma and vB3 RC1 & RC2.

Features

The following are the features that are presently avalible in vBindex, those marked *NEW* have been updated since vBindex 2.1 and those marked *NEW* have been updated since Pre-RC2 was released and those marked *NEW* have been added since RC2.


News:

News (taken from a specified news forum), with vBcode, Smilies and optional news posters avatar;
*NEW* Improved avatar system for news posts;
*NEW* Option to have sticky threads in the news forum sticky on vBindex;


Side Blocks:

Easy Administration:

*NEW* All side blocks can be moved from within the ACP, no template edits needed!;
*NEW* Custom blocks, add unlimited custom side blocks and control them all from the ACP;
*NEW* Support for right, left and dual side blocks;
*NEW* Each side block can be expanded/contracted just like the forums, QRB, post rules etc on the forum;


Latest Threads:

*NEW* More functional and faster new threads and posts;
*NEW* Link to first unread post if the user has not read the thread yet;


*NEW* Online user list, with buddies and invisible users marked:

*NEW* Option to show users online in the past 24 hours;
*NEW* Online users block can be switched off;


Integrated Welcome Panel:

*NEW* Option for detault avatar in the Welcome Box for members without an avatar and Guests;


Fully integrated Shoutbox:

*NEW* Scrolling shoutbox option;
*NEW* Allow users to delete own shouts if option is turned on;
*NEW* Select which usergroups can delete any users shouts;
*NEW* View all shouts, a full page shoutbox built it;
*NEW* Option to show disabled postshout area to unregistred users;
*NEW* Order shouts in either direction;


Poll, with the option to select a random poll from a given set of forums;
*NEW* Calendar:

*NEW* Links to events;
*NEW* Option to show weekends and dynmically adjust the side bars to the correct size;


*NEW* Todays birthdays;


Templates & Phrases:

*NEW* Fully phrased, both the vBindex Options and the front end are 100% phrased;
*NEW* 100% Valid XHTML 1.0 Templates.
*NEW* Templates/Phrases installed during install/upgrade;


General:

*NEW* Thread subscription icons for news and latest threads;
*NEW* Global and user specific ignore list throughout all items;
Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
Capable of operating a multi-paged site; (Extra Page Tutorial (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=461243&postcount=309))
*NEW* Dynamic PHP Driven Extra Pages via Templates; (Extra Dynamic Page Tutorial (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=461245&postcount=310))
*NEW* Optimised code;
*NEW* Use date/time option (Today/Yesterday and Detailed) specified in vB Options;
Only 5 queries with everything switched off, and still only 13 with all options turned on, thats 5 queries less than our nearest competitor!
*NEW* Improved install, easy onscreen instructions that even new hacks should be able to follow and have vBindex working quicky;
*NEW* Compatible with vBwar for vB3 when its released.



Installation/Upgrade

See the READ_ME_1ST.txt file include in the zip for more detailed install instructions and details of where to upload the files. Then point your browser at http://www.mydomain.com/forums/install/vbiupgrade.php.

If UPGRADING I recommend deleting all your old vBindex templates before upgrading as I've made changes to ensure you won't lose templates with future upgrades. The query bellow will delete all templates starting with vbindex.

DELETE FROM template WHERE title like ('vbindex%');

Support

The offical place for support is at Core Forums (http://www.coreforums.net/?coreid=2), please PM myself or hellsatan with your Core Forums username to become a licenced member with access to a wider range of information, addons and early released. Support will also be given in this thread.

vBindex is Copyright MMII - MMIV Winter Systems, you may not distribute in part or whole any portion of the source code (apart from in this thread or at Core Forums) or any file included in the zip (Unless you are posting a language translation of vbindex_phrases.xml in this thread or at Core Forums). Portions Copyright MM - MMIV Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Both the Jelsoft vBulletin and the Winter Systems vBindex Copyright notice in the footer must stay in place for any page powered by vBindex.

vBindex is *FREE*, please have the courtesy click install if you use this hack, thank you :)
NTLDR i messed up when i installed it how would i completely uninstall it to reinstall it ??? is there an uninstall script ?

[NTLDR]

You'll need to reverse all the queries found in the install files. I doubt you have messed it up enough to need to uninstall to re-install though. An uninstaller is planned for the final version.

[wolfe]

which upgrade files the install file it uses loads doen't it ?

[NTLDR]

vbiupgrade1.php, vbiupgrade2.php, vbiupgrade3.php and vbiupgraded.php and the files which perform all the changes.

[wolfe]

ok thanx alot i will change the quierys and reinstall also on a personal note this is an awesome portal but what new changes will be in the final release or future upgrades ?

[chas_h]

There should only be the one place where they are defined, see the attached screenshot, I'm not sure if you edited the right part or not. The bit highlighted in the red block need the URL to be changed to http://www.mydomain.com/forum/images or /forum/images for example.

That's what I had edited when trying some different gradient .gif files, and they did appear properly at the Forum page but have never made it to the Vbindex page.
But just now I added the complete url (http://mydomain.com/forum/images/gradients/etc' and it is working fine. I was using the default 'images/gradients/__.gif'
Thanks for the help.

Chas.

[NTLDR]

also on a personal note this is an awesome portal but what new changes will be in the final release or future upgrades ?

Still to come in the future is Dynamic PHP powered custom blocks, full admin help, better options and configuration section in the ACP, shoutbox permissions, custom center blocks, and probably other stuff that will be suggested ;)

[Gary King]

Still to come in the future is Dynamic PHP powered custom blocks, full admin help, better options and configuration section in the ACP, shoutbox permissions, custom center blocks, and probably other stuff that will be suggested ;)
Sounds great I can't wait to see it ;), but anyways, this is great for a first release as well :)

Keep up the great work :D

[n00belit3]

Newbish question here, now that i installed vbindex how do i get it to be on my main page for my website?

[WAR]

Title hopefully describes it...

I would like to display the latest threads from the vbindex portal page on my forumhome page as well but could not figure out how to do it (i tried copy/pasting the code from the latest threads block but it didn't work...

I tried Chroders latest threads hack but his hack ignores forum permissions when choosing what threads to display for the user.

Thanks

Would it also be possible to get recognized as licensed on the Core Forums?

My username is the same over there...

Thanks again!

[RapCheck]

Newbish question here, now that i installed vbindex how do i get it to be on my main page for my website?
just point your browser to vbindex.php

or rename it index.php and it'll be your index page for whatever directory its in (yourdomain.com)

[n00belit3]

how do i point it to vbindex.php

[RapCheck]

http://www.yourdomain.com/vbindex.php ;)

[NTLDR]

I would like to display the latest threads from the vbindex portal page on my forumhome page as well but could not figure out how to do it (i tried copy/pasting the code from the latest threads block but it didn't work...

I'll try and create and release this one today :)

I've marked you as licenced at Core Forums too.

[Marulatree]

Does anyone have some example sites out there that are using this for me to look at?

[Asendin]

Nice work Lee,, for some reason when i installed, it didnt write my full URL path to my smiles, i guess i could do a replacement set for images/smiles ,

All other images show up fine.. strange..

[Asendin]

Does anyone have some example sites out there that are using this for me to look at?

http://www.asendtechnologies.com/ (http://www.asendtechnologies.com/)

Still working on it,, just installed late lastnight...

[NTLDR]

Does anyone have some example sites out there that are using this for me to look at?

http://www.coreforums.net/ (the offical site)
http://www.artorg.co.uk
http://www.dcevoclub.com/
http://www.hr3rdgen.org/

To name just a few of the sites using it.

@Asendin: The smilie paths wern't supposed to get updated, although I will be looking into that for a future version.

[Cyricx]

Okay, NTLDR,

I got a doozy for you...

I have a test site up. And 3 styles. I edited 1 style (to ensure it works fine) according to the 3 html files that was in the the .zip file I downloaded.

Then I changed to the style I edited.

There's a PM loop going on.

Saying, "You have a private message..." while there is no private messages, old or new.

thoughts??

Cyricx

[NTLDR]

The PM popup should only appear when you actually have new PM's, thats the only time the template is added to the footer.

[Cyricx]

I know.

That's what's wrong, lol.

It's looping...

Also, I think there's a smalllllllllllllllllll bug, not sure, but it might be me. The link on the vbindex.php for Usercp doesn't redirect to the usercp.php inside /forums/

I'm still trying to figure out why it is looping.

Cyricx

[Cyricx]

Never mind, figured it out.

You should put the text that is in the html files into a .txt file.

Cyricx

[RapCheck]

Does anyone have some example sites out there that are using this for me to look at?
http://www.rapcheck.com :)

just put up the new style for my site. not completely finished but close

[jaliam]

I followed all instructions but this is what I got when I ran the install...

[Big Jim]

Great hack. Really great.

I really enjoy the 'random' poll feature. However, is their someway to limit the date as to how far it goes back on the poll? I'm getting posts pulled up from ages ago. Also, being able to highlight the title of the poll and have a 'thread preview' would be pretty nifty as well (for the polls that don't make a tonne of sense without some information).

[NTLDR]

I followed all instructions but this is what I got when I ran the install...

Make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct directories and that you have the right value entered for $admincpdir in includes/config.php