vBindex v3.0.0 RC5

[NTLDR]

"You need to edit your CSS for each style as per the install intructions." how would i go about doing that?

Admin CP -> Style Manager -> All Options (foreach style)

[NTLDR]

will this work with php4 vb? if not, do i only have to change all the php extensions to php4?

Should be 100% compatible with the different extensions, in vbiconfig.php find:

define('SCRIPT_EXTENSION', '.php');

Replace with:

define('SCRIPT_EXTENSION', '.php4');

Then rename the .php files to .php4 WITH THE EXCEPTION of vbiconfig.php WHICH MUST have a .php extension, and will work with .php regardless of what your server is set to use for PHP.

[NTLDR]

Is there any way to ged rid of that error, what to change in the functions.php file maybe?

Somewhere in adminfunctions_template.php lists the two phpinclude templates to ignore that error. Full details of this optional edit will be with vBindex 3.0.0 (Final) which will be the next release assuming no major bugs are found.

[Brahm]

I know you have heard this before, but AWESOME HACK!!! Thanks for all the work you put into this. It installed EASY and QUICK. Thanks Again...

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

hmm im somewhat confused exactly what id have to do, i know what your talking about just still confused, can you give an exact example?

[tobkat]

hmm im somewhat confused exactly what id have to do, i know what your talking about just still confused, can you give an exact example?
uhm.... answer ?

[redlabour]

Very nice project - but not very useful if you can´t create unlimited sites and boxes from the AdminCP. That´s a MUST HAVE FEATURE ! Why does this one didn´t have it ? Ok - you can do it manually - but who whant´s that ?

[Dsmed]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,
avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(avatardata) AS customavatar, user.avatarrevision, customavatar.dateline AS customdateline,
NOT ISNULL(subscribethread.subscribethreadid) AS issubscribed,
IF(user.displaygroupid = 0, user.usergroupid, user.displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN user AS user ON (thread.postuserid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid)
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')

LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid)

LEFT JOIN subscribethread AS subscribethread ON(subscribethread.threadid = thread.threadid AND subscribethread.userid = 1)
WHERE forumid IN (http://www.highertuning.com/forums/forumdisplay.php4?f=2)
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'


ORDER BY thread.sticky DESC, thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 4
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '://www.highertuning.com/forums/forumdisplay.php4?f=2)
AND de

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Sunday 11th of April 2004 02:17:13 PM
Script: http://www.highertuning.com/
Referer:
Username: Dsmed
IP Address: 68.97.154.219



i keep getting this error when i enable the news groups...any idea on what im doing wrong?

thanks
-Brian

[Tradjick]

After I install vbIndex and export the style I get the error:
XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line X
when reimporting it.
Do you have any idea why this is happening?

[Pseudomizer]

i keep getting this error when i enable the news groups...any idea on what im doing wrong?

thanks
-Brian

Hmm. As it looks like your problem is here:

WHERE forumid IN (http://www.highertuning.com/forums/...isplay.php4?f=2)
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'

The yellow words should be your forum number and not your link. I would assume that you have an error in your ACP. Where it says put in your forumID you put in the complete link to your specific forum. But this is wrong. Just type in the number "2" and nothing else and it should work.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer

[NTLDR]

Very nice project - but not very useful if you can?t create unlimited sites and boxes from the AdminCP. That?s a MUST HAVE FEATURE ! Why does this one didn?t have it ? Ok - you can do it manually - but who whant?s that ?

You can create unlimited boxes from that ACP, thats been built-in for ages. As the name suggests vBindex provides an index page for your forum, its not designed to be a muti-site system, although I do plan to make that posible in the future.

[NTLDR]

After I install vbIndex and export the style I get the error:

when reimporting it.
Do you have any idea why this is happening?

No, whats on the line it says there is an error on?

[Tradjick]

I just installed a test board, without having vBIndex installed. I import a style including vbIndex templates. When exporting the style and reimporting it it gives me the error.

The lines differ from time to time.

The corrupt xml files either contain something like that: "", replacing a hand of caracters, or something like that:

 ?  ?   ?? ? ???
?? ??w\ ?  *  


_


including the names of current systray processes.

here is another example:

<br /> `i?hrase[updated_subscribed_threads]: <strong>$home[subscribedthreads]</strong>


environment:
(win xp)
Apache *.49
PHP Version 4.3.4
mysql 3.23.49
hacks: vbindex
vB Gold (reinstalled and database cleared everytime before trying to find an other solution with the XML thing)

[NTLDR]

I've no idea where thats comming from, those characters arn't used in vBindex anywhere. Its possibly a bug with vB's import/export system or with your configuration.

[Dsmed]

Hmm. As it looks like your problem is here:

WHERE forumid IN (http://www.highertuning.com/forums/...isplay.php4?f=2)
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'

The yellow words should be your forum number and not your link. I would assume that you have an error in your ACP. Where it says put in your forumID you put in the complete link to your specific forum. But this is wrong. Just type in the number "2" and nothing else and it should work.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer



ok, i feel stupid for doing that, i'm gonna blame it on lack of sleep lol, but i no longer have the error, yet the news portion does not show

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

lol errr i still dont know exactly what to do to make the vbindex page show my category strips as images..

[Ghostspy]

Well i got it all installed but can anyone help me fix this problem


http://sxsecurity.org/http://sxsecurity.org/images/mac/icons/icon1.gif


my images are coming up like that take a look for yourself

http://sxsecurity.org/vbindex.php

does anyone know where i can fix that at to make it better b.c in the image icons they dont give u the option for icons. but they do everything else.

[NTLDR]

Icon images should be in the format images/icon.gif if you have the full URL, which it seems you do you need to edit the vbindex_newsbit template and remove the $vboptions[bburl]/ from the icon <img /> tag.

[Tradjick]

I've no idea where thats comming from, those characters arn't used in vBindex anywhere. Its possibly a bug with vB's import/export system or with your configuration.

Ok, thanks. Great hack btw :)

[Zachariah]

its not designed to be a muti-site system, although I do plan to make that posible in the future.

I will bend down and kiss your feet. :D I have been workin on trying to do this with VBadvanced, VBindex, and a few others .... @ snail speeds. :nervous:

Ideas:
** A person can use the same templates for all portal pages with "multi" setting installs.

** portal.php?=subject or each subject has a folder */subject/vbindex.php

[tobkat]

NTLDR, could you please answer my question: Is it possible that the board is closed an the portal is still working normally ?

[NTLDR]

Not without hacking your forums global.php.

[Reeve of shinra]

Quick Question for anyone:

Is it easy to get rid of the Nav Bar? I am interested in making the front page for a new site of mine somewhat flashier than the normal 'nuke block' look but I would really like to run something like VbIndex under the hood so to speak to make my life easier when it comes to updating the news, or links and such.

[NTLDR]

Just remove $navbar from the VBINDEX and VBINDEX_SHELL templates :)

[tobkat]

Not without hacking your forums global.php.
Difficult ?
Would be a great feature.

[Ghostspy]

Icon images should be in the format images/icon.gif if you have the full URL, which it seems you do you need to edit the vbindex_newsbit template and remove the $vboptions[bburl]/ from the icon <img /> tag.


Thanks i did what u said
www.sxsecurity.org
but now next to the news it says default. wtf. how do i get rid of that more make it say News:

[Ghostspy]

O yea how do I make another Box. I wanted to make a Link box so it could have links to other sites. Sorry I keep asking questions i only been using this for a while. i been away for some pretty good time in the navy.

[Pseudomizer]

Hi Ghostspy,

please open one of the customer templates and edit them accordingly. After that go to the vbindex options in the ACP and enable it either on the left or right side. That's it.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer

[MiLynne]

Hi Ghostspy,

please open one of the customer templates and edit them accordingly. After that go to the vbindex options in the ACP and enable it either on the left or right side. That's it.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer
Heya :)

can someone point me in the direction of a thread (or offer their own advice) that will show me how to add a paypal link to a custom block? I just want the paypal button the members click to show up in the custom block, but I don't know what code to add to do this.

Many thanks!! :D

[Herman-]

I got this error

Fatal error: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:') in /home/sasa/client/warcraft/www/vbindex.php on line 145

how do i fix it?

[lolly]

According to Kier the only template thats changed in vB 3.0.0 (that vBindex uses) is the headinclude template, the following is an edited vB 3.0.0 one incase anyone has problems:


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $versionnumber" />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />

<!-- CSS Stylesheet -->
$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser(....


Not sure if this is my problem but from a fresh install of VB Gold and VBIndex RC5, I cnfigure for blocks on left and/or right and see absoutely nothing....
How *DO* you get the columns to show. Do I need a special CSS or header include code or something?

I have Vbulletin gold, fresh install to http://localhost/forum as the root
I install vbIndex RC5 fresh install and configure vbiconfig.php to this:
define('CHDIR_PATH', '');
as specified from my install.

I surely MUST be missing something here...?
I see no nchanges in my layout, no blocks or anything. Its as if I've install vbindex and nothing has changed...

I had NO errors installing either..

Any help ...please....
TIA

[NTLDR]

Thanks i did what u said
www.sxsecurity.org
but now next to the news it says default. wtf. how do i get rid of that more make it say News:
It days default because the icon is called default, if you choose a different icon when posting it will say that icons name instead.

[NTLDR]

Not sure if this is my problem but from a fresh install of VB Gold and VBIndex RC5, I cnfigure for blocks on left and/or right and see absoutely nothing....


The define in vbiconfig.php should point to your forms directory, for example:

define('CHDIR_PATH', '/home/site/www/forums');

[lolly]

So it should in my case say:

define('CHDIR_PATH', '/forum');

or

define('CHDIR_PATH', '/localhost/forum');

This is a local test installation before I change my real site.
(http://peburi.ebario.com -in case you doubt me...)

-OR- since I am using IIS, should it really be the full local path:

I have the forum installed at d:\inetpub\vbulletin as the root.
In which case would the above be:

define('CHDIR_PATH', '/inetpub/vbulletin');

or
define('CHDIR_PATH', '/inetpub/vbulletin/');

--
Incidentally - do I need to code the blocks in separate files or will the vbindex installation handle creating all of this for me?

[NTLDR]

The installation does everything except what you are explicity instructed to do by the installer/install ibstructions.

Your path should be:

define('CHDIR_PATH', 'd:/inetpub/vbulletin');

[lolly]

Sorry,

No go. I changed it as you said and nothing. I get no errors, no messages, but also nothing changes on my layout. I'm using the single default style installed with Gold, no modifications. Everything is freshly installed.

Do I have to make any changes elsewhere?

Do you know of any other users installing on IIS 5 who have installed it OK?
I'm really loathe to install on my live site, although I may give it a go as its reasonably lite on the changes, except on the database...?

Any way I can turn on debugging to see where its going wrong?

Thanks again for your help.

Incidentally, perhaps including a mention about "full local path" with the example you provide in the documentation (and for me) with would alleviate the confusion?

Now, all I have to do is get it to work...

[NTLDR]

People have got it to work on Win32, not sure if its with Apache or IIS. The only issue is setting that path correctly or if it is set correctly then check you have the vbindex_* templates listed in the style manager, if they are not there then thats the problem.

[NTLDR]

Only threads which members have permission to view and shown thus only previews to threads they can view and shown.

[Dsmed]

oh well...anyone have suggestions on how to un-install this?

[MiLynne]

code for a paypal link in a custom box? :( anyone? pwease? ;)

[Ghostspy]

Can anyone give me a idea on how to make a new box and put links in it???????? the links will link to other sites.

[Reeve of shinra]

The image thing threw me off for a good hour. Apparently I had to add in the http:// before the www. to get the image path right. Otherwise it was smooth sailing and works great so far. Great job!

[Reeve of shinra]

Ghostspy - check the add-on forum, I thought I saw a hack for it there.

[neocorteqz]

Can anyone give me a idea on how to make a new box and put links in it???????? the links will link to other sites.


in any one of the custom blocks not being used By you.

To change the title

change this line to whatever you want.


<strong>Custom Block $box</strong>


and to add the links

Where this line is in the custom template

<div class="smallfont">Block $box Content</div>


Change inside the tags this "Block $box Content", to whatever you want in there

Ex.


<div class="smallfont"><a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a></div>


As far as I know, you don't need the tags, but it's not going to hurt anything.


code for a paypal link in a custom box? :( anyone? pwease? ;)

same procedure as above.
Just copy the code provided by Paypal(on their site).

[chet]

Hi all, first of all I would like to thank you for this hack, without it I would not have changed from phpbb and mx-system portal as our users like the portal look
Ok now on to my questions: -

Will there be any kind of "FAQ" or "How To" be written to go alongside this excellent portal, I need to know a few things like : -
Can the custom boxes use html
How to I get RSS feeds in a custom block
How do I get google ads in a custom block

Thanks for taking time out to read this post and take care

Chet

[lolly]

People have got it to work on Win32, not sure if its with Apache or IIS. The only issue is setting that path correctly or if it is set correctly then check you have the vbindex_* templates listed in the style manager, if they are not there then thats the problem.
I have vbindex templates installed. Incidentally - do they need to be master or as a sub style of the default style?
I tried both but now I'm not sure how to turn them on.

I imported them using style manager.

No when I select the style on the main forum page - its still the same ???? No changes.
What should I check next?

-- UPDATE

I totally replaced the default style with the one imported from vbindex_templates.xml which was in the admincp directory. I imported it using Style Manager

No change...

Any links or contacts to anyone running IIS who HAS got this to work?

Now I have my custom templates imported , how can I invoke them?

See attached snapshot of where they lie under the Default Style in the Style manager..

[MiLynne]

Thank you very much! I now realize what I was missing. :D you all rock.

[NTLDR]

Can the custom boxes use html
How to I get RSS feeds in a custom block
How do I get google ads in a custom block

Yes custom blocks can use HTML, just add it in the template. More details can be found in the ACP by clicking the (?) help icon. A FAQ is being worked on for vBindex. To add RSS/google ads you just have to place the relevent HTML in the custom blocks template.

[NTLDR]

Any links or contacts to anyone running IIS who HAS got this to work?

I don't know of anyone off hand. If your path is set right and you still get a white page then I assume its a problem with IIS.

[Sam FT]

The new vb 3.0.1 has no affect on vBindex right? From the looks of it I don't think it does, but I just want to make sure before upgrading.

[Anarchy]

Why is my site like this? when my forums look fine, all i did was update from vb RC4 to 3.0.1 and vbinex to the latest one
http://www.toontowncentral.com/

[NTLDR]

The new vb 3.0.1 has no affect on vBindex right? From the looks of it I don't think it does, but I just want to make sure before upgrading.

I very much doubt any changes in vB 3.0.1 will cause any problems.

[edeab220]

I'm sorry but I don't have the time to even think of reading through 88 pages...so maybe you can direct me to a specific post which may answer my question. I've already read the last three pages.

How can I set it so that when I go to www.palmforums.org I can see vBIndex? Right now I have to go to www.palmforums.org/vbindex.php, and I don't think my guests want to do that ;).

[Sam FT]

I'm sorry but I don't have the time to even think of reading through 88 pages...so maybe you can direct me to a specific post which may answer my question. I've already read the last three pages.

How can I set it so that when I go to www.palmforums.org I can see vBIndex? Right now I have to go to www.palmforums.org/vbindex.php, and I don't think my guests want to do that ;).
Rename vbindex.php to index.php.

[edeab220]

Rename vbindex.php to index.php.
heh...now why can't I figure that out? Thanks for your help.

[DaPro]

I updated and I have no problems, but I do see a problem in the Latest Centered Block. All of the showthread.php links say showthread.core. Here is a link, can anyone help me fix.

http://www.animena.com/

Thanks in advanced...

[d3nnis]

nice hack, i install it again (previously used once and switch to vbadvanced), this time round, its easier to install then last versions.

However i notice something it wrong... I already saved the option :
Under News
Show Subscribed Icon
(Show the subscribed icon if a user has subscribed to the thread. This can have an effect on performance.) - Unchecked

Though I unchecked the above options seems like it wasn't updated and the subscription icons still appears.

my site can be found here : http://www.keeptouch.net/vbindex.php

Anyway i also manage to integrate my Photopost featured photos into vbindex.

I also make some amendments to the copyright notice (current one too lengthy), can NTLDR advise if its ok?

Also i notice the total number of posts and threads(under welcome template) are not working too.

[NTLDR]

Though I unchecked the above options seems like it wasn't updated and the subscription icons still appears.

It should save correctly unless your settings are corupt somehow, you can run:

UPDATE datastore SET data = '' WHERE title='vbindex_setting'

This WILL DELETE YOUR vBINDEX SETTINGS and you'll be able to reconfigure them again.

Anyway i also manage to integrate my Photopost featured photos into vbindex.

Someone posted some for of PhotoPost block at Core Forums (http://www.coreforums.net/?coreid=2), but as I don't have photopost I can't provide any code to do this.

I also make some amendments to the copyright notice (current one too lengthy), can NTLDR advise if its ok?

Provided it says 'vBindex Copyright ? MMII - MMIV Winter Systems.' the other text other than the Jelsoft copyright (if you don't have a branding free licence) can be removed.

Also i notice the total number of posts and threads(under welcome template) are not working too.

If you mean the number of new posts/threads then make sure that Enable New Posts is checked in the options.

[NTLDR]

I updated and I have no problems, but I do see a problem in the Latest Centered Block. All of the showthread.php links say showthread.core. Here is a link, can anyone help me fix.

Use the template search and replace function to search for .core and replace with .php (there should be two instances of it, one in vbindex_centerthreadbit and one in calendar_smallmonth_day).

[d3nnis]

It should save correctly unless your settings are corupt somehow, you can run:

UPDATE datastore SET data = '' WHERE title='vbindex_setting'

This WILL DELETE YOUR vBINDEX SETTINGS and you'll be able to reconfigure them again.


Ok i will try that :)


Someone posted some for of PhotoPost block at Core Forums (http://www.coreforums.net/?coreid=2), but as I don't have photopost I can't provide any code to do this.

You do not need the whole photopost script right? If so i can just send you the file for the integration and the database structure for reference (provided i dun run into copyright issues...)



Provided it says 'vBindex Copyright ? MMII - MMIV Winter Systems.' the other text other than the Jelsoft copyright (if you don't have a branding free licence) can be removed.

Can u take a look at my site and see if its ok? http://www.keeptouch.net/vbindex.php (if u cannot find this page, probably i would have rename it to index.php so the url is http://www.keeptouch.net/)




If you mean the number of new posts/threads then make sure that Enable New Posts is checked in the options.
Ok i will try that :)

Thanks for your replies NTLDR! By the way what does NTLDR means?

[d3nnis]

It should save correctly unless your settings are corupt somehow, you can run:

UPDATE datastore SET data = '' WHERE title='vbindex_setting'

This WILL DELETE YOUR vBINDEX SETTINGS and you'll be able to reconfigure them again.

I tried this already but under newsbit, those icons (print, reply to thread, subscribe to thread, email this thread) still appears even though i uncheck this options :

Show Subscribed Icon
(Show the subscribed icon if a user has subscribed to the thread. This can have an effect on performance.)


If you mean the number of new posts/threads then make sure that Enable New Posts is checked in the options.

Still did not work, for this two value :

$home[totalthreads]
$home[totalposts]

i notice you commented it in the template... I uncomment it and it did not show... however New & Updated Threads & New posts did appear.

[NTLDR]

I tried this already but under newsbit, those icons (print, reply to thread, subscribe to thread, email this thread) still appears even though i uncheck this options :

This is reffering to the subscribed icon that appears at the top with the posters details to indicate if a user is subscribed to that thread, and not the print, subscribe, sendto friend options at the bottom, they can be edited out of the vbindex_newsbit template if you don't want them.

i notice you commented it in the template... I uncomment it and it did not show... however New & Updated Threads & New posts did appear.

The total number of posts threads for the forum isn't functional in vBindex as it adds an extra query.

[NTLDR]

You do not need the whole photopost script right? If so i can just send you the file for the integration and the database structure for reference (provided i dun run into copyright issues...)

If it is posible to give me a copy I can try, I can't make any promises as to wether I'll be able to do it or when, but I can add it to the todo list :)

Can u take a look at my site and see if its ok? http://www.keeptouch.net/vbindex.php (if u cannot find this page, probably i would have rename it to index.php so the url is http://www.keeptouch.net/)

Thats fine :)

Thanks for your replies NTLDR! By the way what does NTLDR means?

Its the bootloader for Windows NT (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/NTLDR.html) based versions of Windows (NT, 2000, XP, 2003 Server), not overly exciting but I couldn't think of anything better at the time :p

[d3nnis]

ok, i written a How-To Photopost integration (different from the one posted earlier in the CORE forum)


Read it here :

http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=457

[d3nnis]

If it is posible to give me a copy I can try, I can't make any promises as to wether I'll be able to do it or when, but I can add it to the todo list :)

Can you pm me your email addy?


Anyway I written a How-To here already, maybe u can refine it after I send you the relevant files.

Photopost Integration How-To :
http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=457




Its the bootloader for Windows NT (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/NTLDR.html) based versions of Windows (NT, 2000, XP, 2003 Server), not overly exciting but I couldn't think of anything better at the time :p

OIC!

[KTBleeding]

Anyone care to help me display the latest images from 4images on my vBindex page? ;)

[Sam FT]

I submitted a bug report at Core Forums if you like to look at it NTLDR. Has to do with the vBindex's navbar template, since it is using an older template. vBulletin navbar template has changed somewhat. So now when you log out from vBindex front page you get an error, "An error occurred while attempting to log you out. Click here to log out."

[NTLDR]

If you haven't fixed it already see the bug report for the fix :)

[Sam FT]

Just read the vbulletin bug list and added the extra code manually....

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

Hay NTLDR... remember how i asked you on the extra pages how to make it not show the extra blocks on the extra pages so there would be more space, well when i go to any of the extra pages inside the welcome block the avatar won't show up there, it'll only show on the regular vbindex home page, how do I make it show read their avatar in the welcome block just like it does on the vbindex home page

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

Wait nevermind about that, how do i make it not show the Welcome block on the extra pages, just like you showed how to remove the custom blocks on extra pages?

[KTBleeding]

Anyone care to help me display the latest images from 4images on my vBindex page? ;)
Pleeeeeease? :ninja:

[apokphp]

has a centerblock been created yet, that will display the latest threads? sideblock doing that looks too funky for me.

[NTLDR]

Wait nevermind about that, how do i make it not show the Welcome block on the extra pages, just like you showed how to remove the custom blocks on extra pages?
Remove the welcome block HTML code from the VBINDEX_SHELL template.

[NTLDR]

has a centerblock been created yet, that will display the latest threads? sideblock doing that looks too funky for me.

vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 (which is the release in this thread) constains the latest threads as a center block option, see the screenshots in post 1 for details.

[d3nnis]

vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 (which is the release in this thread) constains the latest threads as a center block option, see the screenshots in post 1 for details.


NTLDR whats your email addy? can pm me so i can email u the info u need for photopost :)

[NTLDR]

NTLDR whats your email addy? can pm me so i can email u the info u need for photopost :)

I PM'ed you a few mins ago :)

[d3nnis]

I PM'ed you a few mins ago :)


thanks! email sent :)

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

thanks it worked fine

[Sam FT]

Hey NTLDR any word when vBindex goes final? Didn't know if you where waiting to work out all the bugs with vBulletin 3.0.1 before releasing the final version.

[NTLDR]

I'll be making the changes for vB 3.0.1 and making sure all parts work 100% with it and then it will probably be final. There won't be many changes between vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 and 3.0.0, just bug fixes on the whole.

[d3nnis]

I'll be making the changes for vB 3.0.1 and making sure all parts work 100% with it and then it will probably be final. There won't be many changes between vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 and 3.0.0, just bug fixes on the whole.


hey dats good... hope u have enough time to add in the photopost integration as an option :)

[Zachariah]

There won't be many changes between vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 and 3.0.0, just bug fixes on the whole.

So no multi-install options eh ? (ie: http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=418)

:ermm:

[lasto]

installs and works fine just one problem though

polls show up but if a poll shows up i aint voted on and i click an option on the poll from the vbindex page i always get an invalid thread box.

Aint sure how to fix it either cause the hack was a self installer so never needed to do anything meself.

[SVTBlackLight01]

hey dats good... hope u have enough time to add in the photopost integration as an option :)

What kind of integration do you have in mind adding the thumbs isn't hard if you already have one of the PhotoPost thumbnail scripts.

[NTLDR]

So no multi-install options eh ? (ie: http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=418)

:ermm:
That will either be in vBindex 3.1.0, as a totaly seperate version or made as an addon as I've not had time to do it yet.

[NTLDR]

polls show up but if a poll shows up i aint voted on and i click an option on the poll from the vbindex page i always get an invalid thread box.

Make sure you have something similar to:

<input type="hidden" name="pollid" value="2" />

in the source of the page will an unvoted poll on (2 will be the number of the poll). If you haven't changed the templates there shouldn't be any reason for it not to appear.

[lasto]

aint changed no files at all except the one to do the full path.Polls show up fine like i say but i have to vote on em from the board and not from the vbindex page or i always get invalid thread found

[d3nnis]

What kind of integration do you have in mind adding the thumbs isn't hard if you already have one of the PhotoPost thumbnail scripts.


i hope NTLDR can optimise the one i modified here :
http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=457

cos i notice that now even i use vbindex (previously i used vbadvanced), the main cause of my frequent server crash is due to this addon :speechless:

[d3nnis]

just curious, what is the diff btw these two templates?

VBINDEX

VBINDEX_SHELL

[Pseudomizer]

Hello,

i don't know if someone is interested in but i wrote a very small implementation how to get a random picture from the VB3 member album hack on my VBindex page. :surprised:

I just posted the modifications into this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=503591#post503591

So if you have also installed this hack and you would like to add a random pic on your portal please feel free to use my small modifications. Any comments are welcome. :nervous:

Enjoy it.

Cheers,

[JaNa]

This looks like a really good portal!

- Ok here's a problem i'm having. I install the portal, set up the options, go to my forum home page, but where's the portal? I don't get where the portal actually comes from....

[d3nnis]

Hello,

i don't know if someone is interested in but i wrote a very small implementation how to get a random picture from the VB3 member album hack on my VBindex page. :surprised:

I just posted the modifications into this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=503591#post503591

So if you have also installed this hack and you would like to add a random pic on your portal please feel free to use my small modifications. Any comments are welcome. :nervous:

Enjoy it.

Cheers,

thats nice... i like the way VeloCD uses the profile pic to show them as a gallery. I always feel that profile pic is underused... and i got members asking me whats the diff btw profile pic and avatar.

anyway i already ask VeloCD if he is interested to mod this hack into a personals page (matching making), but seems like he isn't interested.

maybe you or someone else wants to do it?

[d3nnis]

This looks like a really good portal!

- Ok here's a problem i'm having. I install the portal, set up the options, go to my forum home page, but where's the portal? I don't get where the portal actually comes from....


there is a vbindex.php you remember? You are suppose to install it in your site root folder, not your forums root folder.

then type http://www.yourdomain.com/vbindex.php

after u are satisfied with everything, rename the file to index.php so next time u dun have to type the full url with filename.

if you are installing your forum in your site root folder. then you have to rename your vbulletin index.php to something else, then go admin panel under vbulletin options -> Forum Home Page Options -> under :
Script Name for Forum Home Page, change index (without .php) to the name that u rename for vbulletin index.php

[NTLDR]

just curious, what is the diff btw these two templates?

VBINDEX

VBINDEX_SHELL

VBINDEX is used for the main vBindex Page, while VBINDEX_SHELL is used for additional/dynamic pages and the full page shoutbox.

[JaNa]

there is a vbindex.php you remember? You are suppose to install it in your site root folder, not your forums root folder.

then type http://www.yourdomain.com/vbindex.php

after u are satisfied with everything, rename the file to index.php so next time u dun have to type the full url with filename.

if you are installing your forum in your site root folder. then you have to rename your vbulletin index.php to something else, then go admin panel under vbulletin options -> Forum Home Page Options -> under :
Script Name for Forum Home Page, change index (without .php) to the name that u rename for vbulletin index.php


It's working, great portal! Thanks :D

[deano1]

what ya think about my double logo deal on my portal ?

http://www.deanosworld.net/

[d3nnis]

what ya think about my double logo deal on my portal ?

http://www.deanosworld.net/


it looks ugly... and very confusing...

why not play with the navbar?

[d3nnis]

VBINDEX is used for the main vBindex Page, while VBINDEX_SHELL is used for additional/dynamic pages and the full page shoutbox.


thanks for the explaination :)

[deano1]

looks fine to me
ya can't please everyone i guess

[Meltingfire]

Been using vB Index for some time now and decided today to upgrade both forum to 3.0.1 (from RC 4) and vB Index to 3.0.0 RC 5 (from RC 3).

Everything went smoothly as usual (thanks to the nice installer). I copied my forum header and footer from the forum to vB Index as usual and everything worked fine... almoust.. :P

IE says that there are 2 Invalid chars and only at the vB Index (not in forum). I have tried to find them but cant... can you take a look? i dont know whats causing it and i feel very frustrated :ermm:

Then i wonder about something completely diffrent. Last time i installed vB Index i had to change some paths in templates and javascripts as i dont run the vb index and forum in the same url. This time i couldnt find instructions on where to do these changes and in which files. Do i have to change paths or has vbulletin taken care of the paths from the beginning?

Please take a look at http://www.directconnect.se/ if you have the time, im really stuck on the invalid chars

[d3nnis]

Been using vB Index for some time now and decided today to upgrade both forum to 3.0.1 (from RC 4) and vB Index to 3.0.0 RC 5 (from RC 3).

Everything went smoothly as usual (thanks to the nice installer). I copied my forum header and footer from the forum to vB Index as usual and everything worked fine... almoust.. :P

IE says that there are 2 Invalid chars and only at the vB Index (not in forum). I have tried to find them but cant... can you take a look? i dont know whats causing it and i feel very frustrated :ermm:

Then i wonder about something completely diffrent. Last time i installed vB Index i had to change some paths in templates and javascripts as i dont run the vb index and forum in the same url. This time i couldnt find instructions on where to do these changes and in which files. Do i have to change paths or has vbulletin taken care of the paths from the beginning?

Please take a look at http://www.directconnect.se/ if you have the time, im really stuck on the invalid chars

this is the line that have problem :


<a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse(\'vbindex_customblock2\')"><img id="collapseimg_vbindex_customblock2" src="http://forum.directconnect.se/images/buttons/collapse_tcat.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>


looks like its a javascript error?

[chet]

Still using vBindex and still loving it, I would like to make a change though but do not have a clue how to do it hence me posting this, I still want three columns but in the middle column I just want the forums listed, please look here (http://www.nvqweb.com/avcare/index.php?page=2) at their forums list in the right column, can this be done on vBindex at all?

Regards and thanks for reading

Chet

[Meltingfire]

this is the line that have problem :


<a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse(\'vbindex_customblock2\')"><img id="collapseimg_vbindex_customblock2" src="http://forum.directconnect.se/images/buttons/collapse_tcat.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>


looks like its a javascript error?
Thanks, that was it... dont know how i could miss that :P

[lalotte]

I'm new to this game. I have just 1 month vb/php experience.
So my question is:
Can I us vBindex 3.0?

My site is:
csvdg.org

Ive been translating the templates for about a month, from English to Spanish.
I wish I would have found the spanish.style before I started my custom header.

What I like about the vbindex is the shoutbox and some of the other cute little toys it has.

If I install tha 3.0, will it jackup the work I've already done?

You know the old saying "dont fix waht aint broke", well my site is going well and I dont want to "unwell it".


Can you help NTLDR, or anyone.
email: reyn66@msn.com

thanks,

Lalo

[NTLDR]

vBindex 3 only works with vBulletin 3, this means you would need to upgrade vBulletin to use it and would loose all your language and template changes.

There are a number of portals for vBulletin 2 in the vB2 section here, vBindex included.

[jaliam]

This portal is so wonderful and very easy to install. Thanks, Lee!

[d3nnis]

vBindex 3 only works with vBulletin 3, this means you would need to upgrade vBulletin to use it and would loose all your language and template changes.

There are a number of portals for vBulletin 2 in the vB2 section here, vBindex included.


for vb 2. Use TECK's portal, its wonderful! :) But unfortunately, hes going to charge for his portal for vb 3...

[AN-net]

i am having alot of problems!!!

look at my portal: http://www.animationation.net

why is some of stuff not showing up and why does it not display the footer?

[NTLDR]

Your vBindex footer template (vbindex_footer) seems to have no content. Make sure you are using the origional vBindex templates from the latest release.

[triage]

Absolutely fantastic hack.
however i have messed up
only people who add custom avatars can view their avatar in the welcome box on the front page.
i have sussed out what i have done (all be it too late now that most of the users have selected their avatars)

the code refers to the $avatarurl
however i had already had 2000 avatars added in different sub directories to make it easier to have categories
e.g. avatarurl/anime or avatarurl/matrix
you get the idea
so know i have the issue where people with non custom avatars can not see their avatar in the welcome box
is there a way i can get around this without removing everybodies avatars again
any help would be most appreciated
thank you in advance
triage

[Dark s.s. Trunk]

I have a few problems with it... I have noticed....

When I go to login it takes me to the forums/index.php part of the board and I have to log in again. another is that the ^ Collapse's dont work and I am getting java errors...... ( version, The one I downloaded last night )

[Diva]

I have a few problems with it... I have noticed....

When I go to login it takes me to the forums/index.php part of the board and I have to log in again. another is that the ^ Collapse's dont work and I am getting java errors...... ( version, The one I downloaded last night )


As for the signing in part: Make sure that your URLs either all use WWW or dont. I had problems when mine werent uniform.

[rave42]

my vbindex.php page is using the default vb style for some reason instead of my custom style. The back ground is correct but nothing else is. The custom skin is the default for my board. any sugestions on how i can make the skin work.

[waterfall]

help me plz , I installed vbindex but get some erros :

There seems to have been a slight problem with the Forums 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.


http://caoboimientay.net/diendan/vbindex.php

thnks in adv

[d3nnis]

help me plz , I installed vbindex but get some erros :

There seems to have been a slight problem with the Forums 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.


http://caoboimientay.net/diendan/vbindex.php

thnks in adv


have u even run the installer for vbindex? If I am not mistaken, vbindex database hasn't been installed.

[waterfall]

sure, I have run vbiupgrade.php and finish all, but doesn't work

[draculanowaday]

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/forum/vbiconfig.php
Line: 34

I've got this problem while viewing vbindex page as Guest. Viewing as user is ok, no problem.
Anyone please help me to fix this problem.
Thanks so much

[Pseudomizer]

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/forum/vbiconfig.php
Line: 34

I've got this problem while viewing vbindex page as Guest. Viewing as user is ok, no problem.
Anyone please help me to fix this problem.
Thanks so much

Hi,

queck your PHP file. Most of the time these are errors in the first lines. You start with <?php and then the header comes again.

My suggestion: Take the original vbiconfig.php and try it again. Something went wrong during your modification.

Cheers,

[NTLDR]

sure, I have run vbiupgrade.php and finish all, but doesn't work

You haven't setup the vBindex options as per the install instructions.

[NTLDR]

my vbindex.php page is using the default vb style for some reason instead of my custom style. The back ground is correct but nothing else is. The custom skin is the default for my board. any sugestions on how i can make the skin work.

vBindex will use whatever style your profile is set to use. Make sure the paths for the images and the images within the CSS are correct.

[ethics]

Here's something I just noticed, and wondering if you can give me an explanation why it's like this... But the online users on the vbindex page is different than the forum home page for guests.

I'm logged out and the vbindex page shows 16 online, 3 members 13 guests. I load up the forum homepage at the same time, 21 online, 10 members 11 guests. If you're logged in it shows the same on both.


Any word on this? Getting exact same thing. Except mine shows up online AS if you were a guest although a member is logged in.

It seems like certain members see the same number of users online as guests (usually 0 or 1) in vbindex?

[mattyk72]

two quick questions, how do I get my logo at the top of my page to be centered, and two, how do I get my google ad to appear at the top of my new portal page like it is on the forums page?

http://www.thewarpath.net/vbindex.php

[NTLDR]

two quick questions, how do I get my logo at the top of my page to be centered, and two, how do I get my google ad to appear at the top of my new portal page like it is on the forums page?

http://www.thewarpath.net/vbindex.php

Edit the vbindex_header template.

[mattyk72]

thanks

[mattyk72]

I want the latest threads box to say 'News Wire' instead, I've tried editing the latestthreads template to no avail. Also, is it possible to have the title of the post in the latest threads box be a little bit longer?

Also my calendar isn't working from the portal page. Any ideas? Thanks

http://www.thewarpath.net

[triage]

anyone have any ideas on my issue https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=505210&postcount=1367
as i have asked both here and core forums and nobody has any ideas......surely there is some php i can add so it will look at the subfolders.....pleeeeeease

[Sam FT]

I am currently using vBulletin 3.0.1 and vBindex 3.0 RC5. I have a problem with the Welcome Panel and the avatars that are to show up in it. My problem is that the guest and custom avatars show up in the Welcome Panel correctly. And the members who don't use an avatar and members who use pre-defined avatars these don't show up in the Welcome Panel at all. The template where the Welcome Panel is hasn't been edited or touch. I have reinstall the vbindex template file but with no luck. Please could someone help me with this problem. Thanks

[Sam FT]

I also want to added that the pre-defined avatars are in sub directories under images folder. That also maybe have been the same with no avatar members when I was testing it out.

[draculanowaday]

Hi,

queck your PHP file. Most of the time these are errors in the first lines. You start with <?php and then the header comes again.

My suggestion: Take the original vbiconfig.php and try it again. Something went wrong during your modification.

Cheers,
but when I login Admincp or ModCP, then type URL of vbindex in address bar, my Vbindex view ok.
So that whenever I want to view vbindex.php, I must go to AdminCP or ModCP first :(
Anyone have this problem?

[triage]

sam ft that sounds exactly the same as the issue i am having

[NTLDR]

I want the latest threads box to say 'News Wire' instead, I've tried editing the latestthreads template to no avail.

Edit the vBindex Phrases.


Also, is it possible to have the title of the post in the latest threads box be a little bit longer?

In vbindex.php find and change 22 to the number of characters you want:

$thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspec ialchars($thread['title']), 22));

Also my calendar isn't working from the portal page. Any ideas? Thanks

Make sure the usergroups have access to view it, that its enabled and assigned to a side block.

[NTLDR]

sam ft that sounds exactly the same as the issue i am having

Its being looked into :)

[Sam FT]

Its being looked into :)
Well if anybody can fix this you can NTLDR...I just hope that u can correct it soon. But it is very useful to have subdirectories under image/avatar folder...just better organization for files. :)

[JaNa]

What the helll? I've had this installed for a couple of days, and it's been working fine. Now, suddenly i've been getting this error.


Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0 Release Candidate 4:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,
avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(avatardata) AS customavatar, user.avatarrevision, customavatar.dateline AS customdateline,

IF(user.displaygroupid = 0, user.usergroupid, user.displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN user AS user ON (thread.postuserid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid)
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')

LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid)

WHERE forumid IN (http://www.*.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2)
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'


ORDER BY thread.sticky DESC, thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 5
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '://www.*.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2)
AN

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 27th of April 2004 04:39:08 PM
Script: http://www.*.com/forums/vbindex.php
Referer:
Username: *
IP Address: *

[NTLDR]

What the helll? I've had this installed for a couple of days, and it's been working fine. Now, suddenly i've been getting this error.

The news forum id is a number, 2, and not a URL.

[JaNa]

I wonder how that was changed. And why I didn't check it! Well thanks it's working again ^.^

[vBFreak]

No Buddylist and Search included? Or comes that with the first full-release?

Nya whatever... nice Hack, I'll install it after upgrading to vB 3 :nervous:

[NTLDR]

If your buddies are online they are indicated as buddies on the online list (if enabled) and a search box is included by default in the navbar :)

[Sam FT]

Ok here is what I have found out with the welcome panel and the avatars that show up in them.

Custom and guest avatars work when welcome panel avatar is enabled.

No avatar members and pre-defined avatars don't work when welcome panel avatar is enabled.

No avatar members and pre-defined avatars work when both welcome panel avatar is enabed and news posters avatar is enable.

Also I tried the avatars both ways under a subdirectory and without and the same thing happen on both.

[mattyk72]

Originally Posted by mattyk72
I want the latest threads box to say 'News Wire' instead, I've tried editing the latestthreads template to no avail.


Edit the vBindex Phrases.

Still no luck, I edited the vbindexphrases.xml, is that right?

[NTLDR]

Still no luck, I edited the vbindexphrases.xml, is that right?

Edit the phrases via the ACP -> Phrase Manager

[rave42]

vBindex will use whatever style your profile is set to use. Make sure the paths for the images and the images within the CSS are correct.

Originally Posted by rave42
my vbindex.php page is using the default vb style for some reason instead of my custom style. The back ground is correct but nothing else is. The custom skin is the default for my board. any sugestions on how i can make the skin work.

The paths for my images are are all full urls is there any way my skink could possibly be having issues that would prevent it from being used?

[NTLDR]

If your using the full URL then you should have no problems.

[rave42]

Somthing is very strange with this skin hopfully i can figure it out...

[rave42]

i have installed EvB liteStats and that uses my custom skin just fine. vbindex wont for some reason

[mattyk72]

Edit the phrases via the ACP -> Phrase Manager

I figured it out, much thanks!

Still having a problem with the calendar though. When you click on a day you get a 404 error message. The permissions are set properly, not sure what's wrong.

http://www.thewarpath.net

[Sam FT]

NTLDR I wanted to point out another problem. Html doesn't work for the News blocks/threads on the front page. Yes I do have it HTML enable for that news forum id. I can use BB Code on the problem which is no problem. But I would like to use HTML instead. So I have found at least two bugs...this one and the avatars/welcome panel bug, Welcome Panel (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=506253&postcount=1396)

[Lostnode]

I have a question... how easy is it to implement custome styles? One of the things I like abiout vbAdvanced is the fact the only template I had to change was the header, it ook everything else from my custome style.

If its that easy for vbIndex, I will install it (the featured of vbInder are more robust.)

[Sam FT]

I have a question... how easy is it to implement custome styles? One of the things I like abiout vbAdvanced is the fact the only template I had to change was the header, it ook everything else from my custome style.

If its that easy for vbIndex, I will install it (the featured of vbInder are more robust.)Yes vBindex works very good with custom designs. I just had a design created for me which is opening up today. The only things need to be edited in the vbindex templates were the header and footer.

[NTLDR]

NTLDR I wanted to point out another problem. Html doesn't work for the News blocks/threads on the front page. Yes I do have it HTML enable for that news forum id. I can use BB Code on the problem which is no problem. But I would like to use HTML instead.

I can't confirm this. I've just tested it in a forum with HTML enabled and it works correctly both on vB's showthread and on vBindex.

[Sam FT]

I can't confirm this. I've just tested it in a forum with HTML enabled and it works correctly both on vB's showthread and on vBindex.
Ok I think it has to do with the editor. I ran some test with both Standard and Enhanced. Standard correctly displayed HTML and Enhanced didn't. So it is something that has to do with the Enhanced editor..maybe.

[NTLDR]

I've tried all 3 editiors on my test board and they all work correctly both on vBindex and showthread using vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 and vB 3.0.0.

[Sam FT]

Ok what I am doing is post news with source and author like this

Source: HTML link
Author: John Smith

Body of Story

And it is only seems to happen to the source link...

[GoTTi]

well some kiddies came on the board and flamed the shoutbox...so here is my issue:

i have new registrations set to verfiy email and they wait in the "wait for email verify" usergroup. those users arent allowed to post threads and so on till verified. i want the users to be verified to be able to use the shoutbox also, how can i go about this happening?

also, since they posted useless junk in the shoutbox, how can i do a mass delete of postings in it? a DB querie or something to empty?

[Pseudomizer]

well some kiddies came on the board and flamed the shoutbox...so here is my issue:

i have new registrations set to verfiy email and they wait in the "wait for email verify" usergroup. those users arent allowed to post threads and so on till verified. i want the users to be verified to be able to use the shoutbox also, how can i go about this happening?

also, since they posted useless junk in the shoutbox, how can i do a mass delete of postings in it? a DB querie or something to empty?

You want users with the status "Awaiting email confirmation" to be able to shout ? Sorry, but this will not solve your problem. The kiddies will register with a fake emailadress and do it again.

And for the deletion in your database what do you need ? To empty up the whole shoutbox or just some entries ?

Cheers,

[GoTTi]

pseud i think u need to read my post again.

[Pseudomizer]

pseud i think u need to read my post again.

DaG ? If you want only registered users to shout then please read the vbindex options in your admincp.

And if you want to delete the shoutbox issue the following command:

DROP table vbindex_shoutbox;

And after this recreate the shoutbox table with:

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

Cheers,

[GoTTi]

what am i lookin for in vbindex options?

[NTLDR]

And it is only seems to happen to the source link...

I've tried using HTML to create a link, clicking the URL button in the WYSIWYG toolbar and via [url] BB Code and all three methods work correctly.

[redlabour]

It isn´t work - it still stands still at : Importing vBindex Phrases, and all other steps. Firewall is deactived and chmod at 755 ! What is wrong there ?

This is typical Hack Stuff vor VB - only one language and a unprofessional and uncompletely Installinstruction. Thanx for another lost hour of my life. :tired:

[Dio Br@ndo]

i intall it butwith vb3.0.0 gold doesnt work (i dont show nothing collums :\ :/ )

why?

the installation was perfect..

[NTLDR]

You haven't configured the options as per the install instructions.

[Dio Br@ndo]

the only thing i need to do was to put in vbiconfig.php the root that the installation show me to write, and i do it. i save....after i press always NEXT and i write FULL Path for images, i save and on next step the process go in loop (set images path -> next -> set images path -> next -> ....) so i press the botton for overpass that step (the instruction says to do that if process go in loop)......i add in index.php of admin cp the line for add in admin cp the page for setting the forum....

that's all.....i miss something??

[NTLDR]

As the final setp states:

Please configure the vBindex Options (http://www.mydomain.com/forum/admin/vbioptions.php) via the vBulletin Admin Control Panel

[Dio Br@ndo]

hehehehe i set up that. i chose Both side columns and i set 2 left:
? Latest 10 thread
?Calendar
right columns:
? Birthday
? Pool

below i activate all...i save....and.....NOTHIG!! i try 4 times....

i also try to re installa and nothing.....

i dont know what i must to do!! :(

[GoTTi]

NTLDR - how can i make only registered users who verify there email address allowed to post in the shoutbox?

[NTLDR]

Find:

if (!$bbuserinfo['userid'])

Replace with:

if (!$bbuserinfo['userid'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3))

This will be fixed in the next version.

[draculanowaday]

Still can't fix my problem. Please help me
please read 2 post under and tell me how to fix this problem
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=505558&postcount=1374
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=505930&postcount=1386

[draculanowaday]

after uninstall and reinstall still got problem :(

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/forum/vbiconfig.php
Line: 34

[Pseudomizer]

after uninstall and reinstall still got problem :(

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/forum/vbiconfig.php
Line: 34

Try uploading the original file vbiconfig.php.

Cheers,

[NTLDR]

after uninstall and reinstall still got problem :(

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/forum/vbiconfig.php
Line: 34

Make sure you edit the file *EXACTLY* how the instructions say and that you have no whitespace before <?php or after ?> in either vbiconfig.php, vbindex.php, includes/functions.php, includes/functions_user.php, includes/config.php, includes/init.php.

[deano1]

hello
i have a strange problom that was just brought to my attention

none of the links in the navbar work on the portal
the /VB is missing in the link , all of them

but it does work on the forum page
i have tried everything to fix this
but can't
need help

see, links no works , missing /VB in the link
http://www.deanosworld.net/

help

[NTLDR]

Make sure your board URL is set correctly in the admin cp and if you have edited the vbindex_navbar template that you have prefixed any additions with $vboptions[bburl]

[deano1]

Make sure your board URL is set correctly in the admin cp and if you have edited the vbindex_navbar template that you have prefixed any additions with $vboptions[bburl]
the board url is correct

can you look at the code in the template
i reverted it back to what is should be
but still have the problom

[deano1]

i just noticed too
that i can't log in from the portal

page not found

[Paraone]

I tried getting some help at coreforums.net but I can't post or do anything, says I don't have permission, but anyway I installed vBindex 3.0.0 RC5 and I run vBulletin 3.0.1...the install went fine...but then when I go to


http://clan-tu.com/vbindex.php i get this error

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/clan-tuc/public_html/vbindex.php on line 144

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/clan-tuc/public_html/vbindex.php on line 145

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='') in /home/clan-tuc/public_html/vbindex.php on line 145


any idears?

[GoTTi]

Find:

if (!$bbuserinfo['userid'])

Replace with:

if (!$bbuserinfo['userid'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3))

This will be fixed in the next version.


do i do this in vbindex.php??

[NTLDR]

the board url is correct

can you look at the code in the template
i reverted it back to what is should be
but still have the problom
Your board URL must be wrong.

[NTLDR]

any idears?

You haven't edit vbiconfig.php as per step one of the install instructions.

[NTLDR]

do i do this in vbindex.php??
Yes.

[Paraone]

You haven't edit vbiconfig.php as per step one of the install instructions.



thats odd, i did, could it be the path is wrong the /home/blahblahblah path? maybe i made a typo..i will check again thanks..

[deano1]

Your board URL must be wrong.
was the code OK ?

here is the board url stuff
it looks right to me

please help
thanks

[U-Dox]

In your includes/adminfunctions_template.php file:

Find:'forumhome' => $vbphrase['forum_home'],

Below that Add:'index' => 'Index',


i have vb3 and its not showing that in my adminfunctions_template.php

what should i go?

[selectah]

Hello, i've read through the thread but cant find a solution to this error that i am getting...

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,
avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(avatardata) AS customavatar, user.avatarrevision, customavatar.dateline AS customdateline,

IF(user.displaygroupid = 0, user.usergroupid, user.displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN user AS user ON (thread.postuserid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid)
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')

LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON (customavatar.userid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON (avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid)

WHERE forumid IN ()
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0,32)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'


ORDER BY thread.sticky DESC, thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 10
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0,32)
AND threa' at line 16

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 04th of May 2004 11:55:15 PM
Script: x
Referer: x
Username: x
IP Address: x

Hope you can help.

[selectah]

i solved this myself :) its cos i didnt specify source forum ids for the news and poll blocks :)

[Pseudomizer]

i solved this myself :) its cos i didnt specify source forum ids for the news and poll blocks :)

You are right. forum in () should not be blank.

Cheers,

[U-Dox]

please excuse that last message i sent...

im getting this when i try to go to tha vbindex

"Warning: main(./vbiconfig.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php on line 137

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './vbiconfig.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php on line 137;"

i dont know what to do... i followed ALL the steps correctly. and i even went to line 137 to see what i could do.. no luck

Please Help...

[Pseudomizer]

You did not copy the file vbiconfig.php into the folder of the vbindex.php.

P.S.: Did you edit vbiconfig.php for the settings ?

Cheers,

[NTLDR]

i have vb3 and its not showing that in my adminfunctions_template.php

what should i go?

Thats got nothing to do with this hack.

[NeonXS]

thanx alot it seems to work great good job people im new to this fourm and vb in general but i have to say vbulletin is wicked and to think i was running phpbb lol

[U-Dox]

aight i did what u said and this is what i got

"Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php on line 144

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php
Line: 144"

what is that about?

[Pseudomizer]

aight i did what u said and this is what i got

"Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php on line 144



Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/streeti/public_html/street/vbindex.php
Line: 144"


what is that about?

Read this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=508450&postcount=1428) please.

Cheers,

[U-Dox]

im not trying to be a pest but that did not work at all.

i read that and i checked everything... still no luck

what is wrong with line 144... what should i change?

[CrankN]

Hi,

I have added the vBindex RC5 to a site of mine but I keep getting the error when I go to the install set up.
http://www.web site in question.com/forum/admincp/vbiupgrade.php.

This is a brand new install, never having vBindex installed on it before. Is there a install of an original vBindex I have to do before I can do this vbiupgrade?

Fatal error: Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/website in question.com/httpdocs/forum/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57.

I cant seem to even get it to install.
I have edited the server path in the vbconfig file and followed all the directions to a T. I am lost.

Pre-Thanks for any help

[NTLDR]

You haven't uploaded functions_vbiupgrade.php as per the install instructions.

[deano1]

was the code OK ?

here is the board url stuff
it looks right to me

please help
thanks
can you help with this NTLDR

[Starshift]

After install, try going to http://www.mirageuniverse.com/forums/vbindex.php

That error is all I get.

[NTLDR]

can you help with this NTLDR
Something isn't right with your board, there is no reason for it not to work.

[NTLDR]

After install, try going to http://www.mirageuniverse.com/forums/vbindex.php

That error is all I get.

Make sure you have edited vbiconfig.php correctly.

[Starshift]

Only one thing was changed, and that was the CHDIR_PATH value. That was changed to the value the script told me to change it for. The funny thing is the script places a double \ between each folder name...

[deano1]

Something isn't right with your board, there is no reason for it not to work.
ok
i'll see what i can do

[GoTTi]

when i did this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=508508&postcount=1434

to make it where users in waiting for email verify cant post in the shoutbox, now when i login to board, and goto the main index page, i dont have the shoutbox option, its grayed out and im not logged in the index side of the site.

[Imprezer]

I got a question about Welcome box.

I have nothing between <!-- welcome box --> and <!-- /welcome box --> in the VBINDEX template but the welcome box is still showing up?

Thanks!

[NTLDR]

Make sure you have removed it in every style.

[Imprezer]

I only have 1 style.

[NTLDR]

You either haven't removed it all or have something seriously wrong with your vB installation.

[GoTTi]

NTLDR, my post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=510663&postcount=1459 was for u.

[NTLDR]

There should be no reason for it not to work. You'll have to wait for the next version where its implemented.

[d3nnis]

Hi,

I have added the vBindex RC5 to a site of mine but I keep getting the error when I go to the install set up.
http://www.web site in question.com/forum/admincp/vbiupgrade.php.

This is a brand new install, never having vBindex installed on it before. Is there a install of an original vBindex I have to do before I can do this vbiupgrade?

Fatal error: Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/website in question.com/httpdocs/forum/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57.

I cant seem to even get it to install.
I have edited the server path in the vbconfig file and followed all the directions to a T. I am lost.

Pre-Thanks for any help


are u using plesk hosting panel?

If so, most probably due to open_basedir problem...

you see, for plesk users.... subdomains are created outside httpdocs folder


httpdocs (main public_html)
subdomains
--forums (sub folder)
--gallery (sub folder)

You will have to ask your webhost to enable this restriction for you by editing your /path/to/home/vhosts/yourdomain/conf/httpd.include

and then restart the webserver thereafter. :)

[Phooey]

I just installed it and have everything working except a few icons which give broken image links. I've double checked all of the image paths and don't see the problem, but it seems to be inserting "http://www.digitallywise.com/forums/" before the acutal link so that it appears as "http://www.digitallywise.com/forums/http://www...."

Anyone know how to fix this? You can see it at www.digitallywise.com

[NTLDR]

Edit the vbindex_newsbit/vbindex_centerthreadbits templates and edit the <img> tag or change the icon urls.

[Phooey]

Edit the vbindex_newsbit/vbindex_centerthreadbits templates and edit the <img> tag or change the icon urls.I'm rather new to this and I looked in the vbindex_newsbit/vbindex_centerthreadbits templates, but I couldn't find anything that related to the icons i'm having trouble with. It's only in the latest threads box that I have a problem...

btw, everything else is great! Installation was a snap and the customization is pretty smooth going.

Edit: apparently it's doing it for some of the post icons and not others, and still only in the latest threads box. so confused... :ermm:

[NTLDR]

Make sure all your icons have a path in the format images/icons/icon.gif

[Phooey]

Make sure all your icons have a path in the format images/icons/icon.gif
in those two templates or in post icon manager?

Edit: all of the icons in the post icon manager already have the path images/icons/iconX.gif

[NTLDR]

If they are all in that format, your board URL is set correctly, and your using the default templates then there is no reason they shouldn't work.

[Phooey]

Can you take a look at the site? www.digitallywise.com

I'm pretty sure I've got everything set up correctly and I haven't edited the templates at all, but some (not all) of the post icons don't display correctly and show the link to the image as http://www.digitallywise.com/forums/http://www.digitallywise.com/forums/images/icons/iconX.gif

[NTLDR]

Seems to be the default icon not working, make sure its path is images/icons/icon1.gif in the vBulletin Options where you can specify to use a default post icon if one isn't selected.

[Phooey]

Got it working, thanks for all the help!

P.S. I'm a big charmed fan, too. I'm watching it on TV as I type this. ;)

[NTLDR]

Glad to hear it, on both counts :D

[Big Daddy]

I have downloaded the latest vbindex (5). Unzipped it, uploaded the two files to root directory, and the other 6 to forums/admincp directory, as instructed. Added the html code to the admincp/index.php as instructed. Followed all the directions to set up vbindex (left box 1, right boxes, etc, etc, etc.) The vbindex admin panel shows up on my vbulletin admin panel, etc.....

Now, what else do i need to do to have this page be my index page??? Do I still need to download any hack or anything??? I am lost. I can't even pull up this new "vbindex" index page. How do I pull it up, how do I edit it, etc???

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Big Daddy]

Here is the error I get when i try to pull up http://www.mydomain.com/vbindex.php

"Warning: ChDir: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/vbindex.php on line 144

Fatal error: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:') in /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/vbindex.php on line 145"

I did open vbiconfig, and edited the line 25 from saying
"define('CHDIR_PATH', 'path/to/forums/');

to where it now shows
"define('CHDIR_PATH', 'http://www.mydomain.com/forums/');

I still get that error. I can't figure out what it's asking me to edit on lines 144 and 145 of vbindex.php

Tose two lines read like this:

144 chdir(CHDIR_PATH);
145 require_once('./global'.SCRIPT_EXTENSION);

Please help... Thanks

[NTLDR]

You need to edit it with what the installer told you to edit it with (it gave you the exact instructions on what to do), the path to your forums, not the URL.

[Big Daddy]

I could have sworn I did everything by the book...... So, ok..... I changed it to "web/forums/"

Now what about this line 144 and line 145 deal???

Thanks again

[ImportPassion]

how can i add the templates easily on new skins?

[Big Daddy]

You need to edit it with what the installer told you to edit it with (it gave you the exact instructions on what to do), the path to your forums, not the URL.

I went back into the install page through my admincp. It has an option to:

"To view the changes that you need to make that were listed in the first step of the install process, click here."

So I did.... It brought me to the part you mentioned about editing the vbiconfig. I am supossed to find "this text", and replace it with "this text"...

Problem is, both lines are solid white bars, can't see any text. Tried to highlight, and still nothing. So, I can't see what i am supossed to take out or what I am supossed to replace it with.....

At any rate, i replaced the "path/to/forums/" with "web/forums" where "web" is my root folder. Is this correct?? Do I need a "/" in front of "web" (or anything).

Now what??? Thank you so much for your help....

Still haven't figured out my line 144 and 145 issue from vbindex.php mentioned above....

[neocorteqz]

been a while since I installed this.

require_once('./global'.SCRIPT_EXTENSION);

should that not be
require_once('./global.php');

?

[NTLDR]

IAt any rate, i replaced the "path/to/forums/" with "web/forums" where "web" is my root folder. Is this correct?? Do I need a "/" in front of "web" (or anything).

It needs to be the FULL path, for example /home/lee/public_html

[NTLDR]

how can i add the templates easily on new skins?

Re-run the installer and it will re-import the templates to each parent style, or just used the Upload style option in the ACP to overwrite the new style (it will only add the vBindex templates, not remove custoimisations) with the vbindex_templates.xml file.

[Big Daddy]

It needs to be the FULL path, for example /home/lee/public_html

Well, "web" is my root folder, so I assume that comes first. Within the "web directory is the "forums" directory, so I assume that comes next... Then the forums index page is "index.php"....

So, how should it look (exactly)???

"/web/forums/index.php"

"web/forums/index_html"

Sorry for the amateur questions, but I really am trying to get this right. Thanks.

Also, with the problems mentioned earlier for lines 144 and 145 of my vbindex.php, what do you make of that??? Do I need to change where it says "SCRIPT_EXTENSION" to "php" or anything..... I can't figure out the lines 144 and 145 issue either.

Thanks again,
Rob

[xTerMn8R]

Hello all. I'm very new to all this and have just purchased the new Version of Vbulletin (3.0.1) and have a few questions...

1) What is a Portal? is this a way of running a web site and having the forums as a subsite?

2) I currently have my vbulletin running on the root of my web server... www.byte-psyche.com is this something I would have to change to use the vbIndex?

3) if the answer to my question in #2 is yes do I just move all the files from the root to a Directory below the root called forums and point my IIS to it for the Home page?

What I'd like to accomplish is to be able to use a web site as the Home page with a Store in it and have the Discussion forums as a link from web site with web site also containing the usernames and permissions from the forums. Am I looking at the right stuff here for this? Is this what vbindex is designed for.

Thank you for your help and patience with my nieveness...

Peace...
PS... I have seen NTLDR's stuff all over the sites here and guess he's one of the top coders here so I trust the Hack just want to be sure I'm looking at the right thing here for my needs...

[NTLDR]

Well, "web" is my root folder, so I assume that comes first. Within the "web directory is the "forums" directory, so I assume that comes next... Then the forums index page is "index.php"....

So, how should it look (exactly)???

"/web/forums/index.php"

I would doubt that web is the real root folder, and looking at the error message I would assume its /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/forums

[NTLDR]

1) What is a Portal? is this a way of running a web site and having the forums as a subsite?

Its basicly a front page to your forum, take alook at Core Forums (http://www.coreforums.net/?coreid=2) for a live example.

2) I currently have my vbulletin running on the root of my web server... www.byte-psyche.com is this something I would have to change to use the vbIndex?[/quote]

No, vBindex will work either in the root, or the same directory as vBulletin.

What I'd like to accomplish is to be able to use a web site as the Home page with a Store in it and have the Discussion forums as a link from web site with web site also containing the usernames and permissions from the forums. Am I looking at the right stuff here for this? Is this what vbindex is designed for.

You'd have to add the extra code for the store in, however its fully integrated with vB and its permissions system.

[Big Daddy]

Well, that did something...... at least it is pulling up a page now. Some errors on page (red x's) but at least we have something... Thank you soooo much.

I assume the red x's are because my image paths have not been edited, but when i try to do that, it gives me some error with mysql..... suggestions?

[NTLDR]

If the style manager doesn't work then its a problem with vBulletin.

[Big Kahuna]

I installed this last night at www.moparstyle.com

After reading this thread -- I was quite honestly scared -- but it went well.

It did hiccup at the point where I had to use the full path for graphics and did a tilt/game over. I restarted the install and skipped the section where I had to put the full path in. I have 13 templates -- and that might be beyond what the install could handle. Each style had the banner graphic of the next style. I manually fixed and all was well.

I very much appreciate the time you took to make this Portal -- and I would like to tell others who may been as scared as I -- to take their time, follow the instructions, and don't panic.

I did notice that the Portal "Who was online today" and the hack in the forum home template don't appear to like each other. I just removed that hack from each style's forum home template and all is well.

I am far from a programmer -- and I was able to follow the destructions. Don't be scared -- just jump in.

It might help give you an idea of how I implimented it with many styles. www.moparstyle.com

[Big Daddy]

Nice site!!! Wish mine was half that complete.

Well, this really is getting fairly aggravating..... I am almost to the pointing of trashing it all, and starting over.

Perhaps the average person on here is WAY more advanced than me in terms of their knowledge. I sometimes find it hard to understand the extremely brief answers I get. I need details..... ARGHH

I know that it isn't really possible for the big guys on here to spend alot of time responding to each question, so I guess I will have to just be patient, and keep asking the same questions.....

I am gonna keep trying, but if I don't get some specific answers to specific questions soon, I am gonna ditch it all, and start all over....

[Big Daddy]

Case in point..... ugh!!!

I just "uninstalled" vbindex, and then pointed my browser back to "www.mydomain.com/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php" so I could go through the installation process again.

The very first screen says:

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

This script will install vBindex version 3.0.0 RC5

Before preceding, please follow and make note of the following changes you need to make, to both vbiconfig.php and your vBulletin settings to ensure correct operation with vBindex. The settings edits can be performed after the installation, however vBindex won't function properly untill they are done. After this step there is only one more step that requires user input, the rest of the install is automatic.

Please edit vbiconfig.php and find and replace the following code:

***(NOTICE THERE IS NO TEXT OR CODE HERE, IT'S JUST A SOLID WHITE BAR. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO "FIND & REPLACE"???)***

with:

***(YOU GOT IT, NO TEXT OR CODE HERE EITHER, IT'S JUST A SOLID WHITE BAR. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO "FIND & REPLACE"???)***

In order for smilies to work on vBindex you will need to go into the Smilie Manager in the vBulletin Admin Control Panel and edit the smilies to use a full URL.



Press the 'Next Step' button to proceed.

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

***HELP*** Any suggestions???? I can't even get past the first step right....... Also, when i install vbindex, do i still need to install a "hack", or is it all included in the vbindex files???

[NTLDR]

If you see no text I would assume there is a problem with your browser, there should allways be some text in the white boxes. Use the path I provided earlier in vbiconfig.php and continue with the installation. Anything you need to change with either be listed in the read me or detailed in the install routine.

[xTerMn8R]

And thanks for your fast Reply NTLDR, if ya dont mind I have a couple other questions now that I got it up and working...

1) 1st problem I see is that in my forum I'm using shoutbox 1.03d hack on site and the shout in the portal doesnt sync with it, Should it?

2) How do make custom stuff to add to the "Home Page" in the blocks(left , right, and center)... I'm not sure what those 6 custom templates are and what they're for? How do ya get one to appear on the page? Is that where I would code custom stuff. They seem to have code in them already that looks like it's to expand and collapts them is that correct? and if so, should my code go after the builtin code?

I'd like to get my page looking a lot in style and with different content of course like the Big Kahuna's Mopar site...

Thanks again NTLDR, very nice work you do... and thanks for sharing ur site Big Kahuna, you've also done a nice job...

Peace Y'all

[NTLDR]

1) 1st problem I see is that in my forum I'm using shoutbox 1.03d hack on site and the shout in the portal doesnt sync with it, Should it?

You'd need to hack that in, vBindex uses its own shoutbox.

2) How do make custom stuff to add to the "Home Page" in the blocks(left , right, and center)... I'm not sure what those 6 custom templates are and what they're for? How do ya get one to appear on the page? Is that where I would code custom stuff. They seem to have code in them already that looks like it's to expand and collapts them is that correct? and if so, should my code go after the builtin code?

See the first post for details of tutorials to add extra pages via vBindex, if you want to add extra blocks follow the instructions in the Options page to select the number of blocks you want (and where you want them), then edit the vbindex_customblock_X template (X being the number of the block) and replace the sample text with your own content. For stuff in the center just edit the VBINDEX template.

[Big Daddy]

ok, did that NTLDR....... now, in going through the steps, I came to "edit image paths". It says they need to point to full url's.

So, I inserted "http://www.mydomain.com" in front of the default folders already showing in the fields.....

I click "save" at the bottom, and it brings me right back to that page..... If I click "skip this step" it still brings me back to it.

If I click "If you are not redirected, bla, bla, bla click here" it takes me to the "Installation Complete" page, but my image paths are still wrong.

What do I do???

Before you say "do it in the style manager", i tried that before, but didn't see anywhere in Style Manager to do that.

[NTLDR]

If they don't save for whatever reason goto ACP -> Style Manager -> All Options (for each style) and edit the paths from there.

[Big Daddy]

Well, I am shutting this all down for now, before I throw my computer out the window. I went into the style manager, and saw this big list of stuff.

vbindex
vbindexthis
vbindexthat
vbindexetc

I click on them and a window opens with code...... what am i supposed to edit??? I thought it was image paths??? there was not one single item on the list called "image" anything.... Good night!!!!

Please respond to this with some helpful info, and when i log on tomorrow, I will check again..

Thanks alot!!

[xTerMn8R]

NTLDR, you have done a great job with this and your support has been stellar... I really like this hack ...

Thank you mate...

Peace..

[NTLDR]

You really should check out the vBulletin manual which explains howto use all the built in functions: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/stylemanager

The first screenshot there shows where "All Options" is that I said to select to give you the place to edit the image paths.

[NTLDR]

NTLDR, you have done a great job with this and your support has been stellar... I really like this hack ...

No problem and good luck with your site :)

[Big Daddy]

Any chance of you (or a trustworthy good samaritan) logging in to my site, to see what's going on????

[Big Daddy]

I want my end result to be like this page

http://www.riderinfo.com

[NTLDR]

PM me with your board URL, the details of an admin account (preferably one with query running permissions) and FTP login details if you want me to check and edit vbiconfig.php and I'll take a look tonight.