vBindex v3.0.0 RC5

[Big Daddy]

NTLDR, you are nothing short of a god in my book!!! If you only knew how aggravated I was gettting. Thank you so much!!!

As I was changed around some options, I ran into an error when I tried to enable "news". Here is the error message I got, what do you make of it??

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Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,


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')


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


ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 4
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open' at line 14

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 12th of May 2004 04:19:03 PM
Script: http://www.my domain.com/vbindex.php
Referer:
Username: (edited)
IP Address: (edited)
-----------------------------------------------

What do I need to do???

Thanks again,
Rob

[CrankN]

I have never installed vBindex before this is a brand new board. I keep getting this error.

Fatal error: Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.net/httpdocs/14words/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57

Is there an initial install I have to do? This is an upgrade but I havent had the pre - grade yet. Please help

[Mobo]

Well I have a noob question I'm sure. What does the CR mean in the version number? I'm running vB 3.0.1 and would like to make sure this will work on my board before installing it. From what I've seen, it looks great!

[neocorteqz]

Well I have a noob question I'm sure. What does the CR mean in the version number? I'm running vB 3.0.1 and would like to make sure this will work on my board before installing it. From what I've seen, it looks great!

if you are refering to 'RC'

That stands for Release Candidate


and yes it will work with the version of vBulletin you have installed.

If i recall it should work with vBulletin v3.0.0 RC4 and Above.

[NTLDR]

As I was changed around some options, I ran into an error when I tried to enable "news". Here is the error message I got, what do you make of it??

You need to add the forumid that you wish to pull the news from in the options. See the admin help by clicking the (?) icon next to that option.

[NTLDR]

I have never installed vBindex before this is a brand new board. I keep getting this error.

Make sure you upload all the files to the correct place as detailed by the readme file.

[redlabour]

At the next Final Release there will be a complete "new" German Translation for all german Users.

It will be in the next Final *.zip too !

[Big Daddy]

ok, stupid question, but how do i get my browser to point to vbindex.php as my index page for the site?

[NTLDR]

Rename it index.php.

[d3nnis]

I have never installed vBindex before this is a brand new board. I keep getting this error.

Fatal error: Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.net/httpdocs/14words/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57


Is there an initial install I have to do? This is an upgrade but I havent had the pre - grade yet. Please help


i already replied to your post :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=510893&postcount=1466

didn't u go back a few pages and see?

[paratek]

Can anyone tell me if the custom box (event countdown) shown in the attached pic is a released hack for vbindex, or someones custom private work?

Anyone have anything like this they would share?

Paratek

[Big Daddy]

How do I put more "customboxes" down the center of my page????

[Mobo]

Okay, I just installed this and every thing went pretty smooth. Easy to do and follow. How ever, I did run into a prblem after the install was finished. It gives me this like it should...

Installation of vBindex Version 3.0.0 RC5 Finished!

Please configure the vBindex Options via the vBulletin Admin Control Panel


I log in and it says welcome mobo but then goes right back to the login screen.

Any thoughts?


Thanks!

[Mobo]

Okay, i just tried re-installing it and I got it to wrk after the 2nd attempt. Now I'm just having probs with my images showing up in my forums. I've tried both of these in teh setup...

http://www.minirealms.com/forums/images/xxxx

and

/forums/images/xxxxx

Neither seem to work.

[Maikeru]

I'm about to install it. It's a good hack. This will be good, because I plan on having more than just a forum for my site.

[SEShady]

Hmm. I run this:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/admin/vbiupgrade.php

Then I get this error:


Warning: main(.//functions_vbiupgrade.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: No such file or directory in /usr/home/sites/www.thegamers-syndicate.com/web/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57

Fatal error: main() [function.main]: Failed opening required './/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /usr/home/sites/www.thegamers-syndicate.com/web/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57

[paratek]

Check your paths in your configuration. You have relative and URL path types mixed together.

/usr/home/sites/www.thegamers-syndicate.com/web/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php

[NTLDR]

Hmm. I run this:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/admin/vbiupgrade.php


Make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct directorys and that your vBulletin configuration (ie $admincpdir in config.php) is set correctly.

[NTLDR]

How do I put more "customboxes" down the center of my page????

Edit the VBINDEX template.

[NTLDR]

Okay, i just tried re-installing it and I got it to wrk after the 2nd attempt. Now I'm just having probs with my images showing up in my forums. I've tried both of these in teh setup...

You have entered forum in the images paths and not forums.

[Mobo]

Oppsss, sorry about being a tard on the URLs...I should have caught that . I know I saw an email addy some were to send you a donation, I'd like to send one if I can find the addy again.

Also, one of my users asked if it was possible to have new PMs show up on the front page. Maybe some thing under where it show what subscribes threads have been updated. Like this...

Welcome Back mobo!

New & Updated Threads: 40 | New posts: 111
Updated Susbscribed Threads: 12
New Private Messages: 3
View New Posts | Today's Posts

Is that possible?

[NTLDR]

Just edit the VBINDEX template.

[Mobo]

I opened up that template and I think I figured out where to edit it, but I'm not sure what to put in there to make the new PMs show up. I'm way new at this code/hack stuff.

Thanks for your help.

[NTLDR]

The HTML/variables can be found in the navbar and global.php.

[Mobo]

So, is this the bit of coade that I need to insert?

$pmunread_html = iif($bbuserinfo['pmunread'], "<strong>$bbuserinfo[pmunread]</strong>", $bbuserinfo['pmunread']);
$vbphrase['unread_x_nav_compiled'] = construct_phrase($vbphrase['unread_x_nav'], $pmunread_html);
$vbphrase['total_x_nav_compiled'] = construct_phrase($vbphrase['total_x_nav'], $bbuserinfo['pmtotal']);

[Qualia]

Hi,

I'm helping CrankN while he's at work. I downloaded a fresh copy, removed and replaced all the files. I went to the admin cp, pasted http://www.ourdomain.net/folder/admincp/vbiupgrade.php and hit Enter. It started to load, "Processing complete...proceed" flashed at the top of the page, then the page went blank. The side menu of the admin cp shows but the main right side is plain white. It looks like a path problem to me. We don't have /forum/ and I'm wondering if the install is looking for that or not. If not, have you got any ideas what might be causing this and what I can do to complete it?

Thanks,
Janice

[Maikeru]

Is there anyway to make this appear when you go to http://www.lvlzero.uni.cc?

Also could I make the news go in decending order?

[Mobo]

Never mind on the PM thing. It's already show at the top of the page :o

My users have found a problem though. If you click on the "go to last post" icon, it brings up a Page can not be displayed error. It's been verified on diferent computers and networks.

Any thoughts?

[ImportPassion]

I am a little concerned about at least 2 of the queries.

In the GET NEWS query I see this...

WHERE forumid IN ($vbindex[newsfid])
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (".implode(',', $limitfids).")
now, if you are already doing and IN clause, there is no need to do a NOT IN clause. It's more overhead for absolutely nothing.

Now in the GET LATEST THREADS there is a similar issue..

WHERE open = '1'
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.forumid NOT IN (".iif(is_numeric($vbindex['newsfid']), "$vbindex[newsfid],").implode(',', $limitfids).")

Here we see open=1 and open <> 10. You don't use both. You are already looking for 1, so <>10 will again be useless overhead.

For this NOT IN, I had more NOT IN id's than I would have IN id's, so I changed this to an IN statement and hardcoded my id's. I think only 5 instead of 30 or so I want to exclude. I think this could be made an option.

One last thing, I added indexes on dateline for post and thread and it made a significant increase in speed for my db with 100,000+ threads and over 1.5million posts.

Went from the vbIndex loading in 30s to about 3s with all these changes.

Your milage may vary, but I think it's worth a shot.

[Big Daddy]

When I try to enable news on my vbindex, it gives me this error:

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Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,


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')


WHERE forumid IN (http://www.my domain.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?t=15)
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'


ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 4
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '://www.my domain.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?t=15)
AND deletionlog.primar' at line 14

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

What do I do??????
Thanks in advance for your help!!!

[ImportPassion]

cause u put an actual url instead of the id 15 for your news forums.

[Big Daddy]

So what do I change it too??? How would an "id" look???

[Big Daddy]

ok, never mind...... I got it to work. Thanks for your help

[Big Daddy]

Can anyone tell me if the custom box (event countdown) shown in the attached pic is a released hack for vbindex, or someones custom private work?

Anyone have anything like this they would share?

Paratek

Ever get an answer on this???? I would like to know too!

[NTLDR]

For this NOT IN, I had more NOT IN id's than I would have IN id's, so I changed this to an IN statement and hardcoded my id's. I think only 5 instead of 30 or so I want to exclude. I think this could be made an option.

If you want permissions ignored then feel free to remove them, otherwise they are needed to prevent threads in forums the browser doesn't have access to view.

One last thing, I added indexes on dateline for post and thread and it made a significant increase in speed for my db with 100,000+ threads and over 1.5million posts.

They aren't added by default as not everyone may want them, but it is indeed a good move to index them as they are used in a number of places. I might look into making this default/optional.

[NTLDR]

Is there anyway to make this appear when you go to http://www.lvlzero.uni.cc?

Rename vbindex.php index.php.

[SEShady]

NTLDR,

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.

Thanks,
Shady

[d3nnis]

NTLDR,

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.

Thanks,
Shady


it should works cos vbindex will use the css from the original vbulletin css

[xHollywoodx]

I'm getting these errors =[

On my index page Parse error: parse error in /home/cosclan/public_html/vbiconfig.php on line 29

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

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/cosclan/public_html/includes/config.php on line 194

In my admin menu

Parse error: parse error in /home/cosclan/public_html/vbiconfig.php on line 29

Some one please help, i think this would make my site rox =P

[chet]

Hi All, I'm looking to change the look of the portal, what I'm after is instead of showing the latest threads on the portal in the centre block, I want it to list all the forums as it does on the vbulliten home page, could somebody explain how I go about this please, I have also posted Here (http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=493) as I think this user is after the same as me

Regards and thanks for reading

Chet

[NTLDR]

I'm getting these errors =[

You haven't edited vbiconfig.php correctly as per the install instructions.

[NTLDR]

Hi All, I'm looking to change the look of the portal, what I'm after is instead of showing the latest threads on the portal in the centre block, I want it to list all the forums as it does on the vbulliten home page

I might make this an option in a future version. All the code you need can be found within vBulletin's index.php.

[NTLDR]

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.


You'll probably have to edit the vBindex header/footer to match the skin and import the templates into that style other then that it will work fine.

[chet]

Sorry to be a pain in the rear but do you have any guides I can follow as I'm a total noob

Thanks

Chet

[xHollywoodx]

You haven't edited vbiconfig.php correctly as per the install instructions.

what did i do wrong =[ ??

[NTLDR]

what did i do wrong =[ ??

You haven't edited it correctly. The installer gives you exact instructions on what to change, make sure you follow it to the letter.

[NTLDR]

Sorry to be a pain in the rear but do you have any guides I can follow as I'm a total noob

The parts that refer to cache_ordered_forums() and construct_forumbit() is the areas you need to look at.

[xHollywoodx]

Ahh! i got it :) thx

Now how would i go about making it match my style ?

www.TeamSiK.net

Any where i should start first?

[NTLDR]

Edit the templates juts like you would for vB.

[xHollywoodx]

Ok a few problems.

How do i go in and change some of my links, when i was installing it i didnt set them right =[ Cause i try to click a event on a calendar, and it takes me to blank page

... http://www.teamsik.net/calendar.core?do=getinfo&day=2004-5-17&c=1

And forums/ should be in there, so how do i go in a edit my links ?!

Next Question

I took my old footer and pasted in the vbfooter and the footer didnt show up right on the vbindex part, do i need to edit another file to make it match the site?

Thanks

[tobkat]

NTLDR, when will the next version be out and ... will there be any new features ?

[ImportPassion]

If you want permissions ignored then feel free to remove them, otherwise they are needed to prevent threads in forums the browser doesn't have access to view.

I think u are missing what I am saying.
by default it is NOT IN
say i have 25 forums and i don't want 1-20 showing posts then i would do,so it NOT IN (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2 0)
etc. for the forums I don't want listed. which is correct. (but i think i have even more than that.)
so now mysql just takes 21-25 after an exhaustive search to exclude all those forums.

what I did was the reverse
I did
IN (21,22,23,24,25)
which is alot easier on mysql

it may not work for all, but for ppl with more NOT IN then IN, it is a better solution IMO.

D

[xHollywoodx]

Ok, i almost have my site fully done, but i still have one problem that i cant get to work =[ The calendar links in the block, when i click them they take me to a Page Not Found.

[chet]

The parts that refer to cache_ordered_forums() and construct_forumbit() is the areas you need to look at.

I have found that part but do not know what to change, can you/anybody help me out please

Thanks

Chet

[proxyMX]

I have found that part but do not know what to change, can you/anybody help me out please

Thanks

Chet
why am i getting the same error in all areas of my shop: "No Actions Found?"

[Scuttle]

Howdy, i've installed the hack on my forum. I was wondering how i go about editing the top toolbar, with

Forums User CP FAQ Members List Calendar New posts Search Quick Links Log Out

On it. My use for it is pretty specialised (for a local band), and i need to change all the links to point to different paths with different link names. I've checked the templates that were installed, and can't see the ability to?

Also possibly covered: I get errors when using the calendar, when i click an event the following happens:

The requested URL /lastrites/calendar.core was not found on this server

So far everything else is working perfectly. Thanks for any help you can provide me with. :)

[chet]

The parts that refer to cache_ordered_forums() and construct_forumbit() is the areas you need to look at.


I thought I had found the this part in the vbindex, I can not find it, can anybody help me out here please

Chet

[NTLDR]

Edit the vbindex_navbar template to change the links in the header. The fix for the calendar can be found earlier in the thread.

[Suzie]

I have a problem with my image path it in the vbindex. It reads double http://www.discussionforums.us/forum/http://www.discussionforums.us/forum/images/icons/icon5.gif

Where do I fix this? What file or data field? :ermm:

[Scuttle]

Thanks amigo, mostly done now... EXCEPT (hah, bet you saw that coming ;)) i still don't see how to change the text for the new links. If i change the phrase it dissapears (understand why, just testing the possibilities), but now i've run out of ideas for bits to change to try and get the text in?

Great hack, btw. Other than these two problems for me i've not got a single complaint. *thumbs up* :)

[chet]

No complaints here either, I just need to know how to list all forums and not just the latest threads

Chet

[NTLDR]

Thanks amigo, mostly done now... EXCEPT (hah, bet you saw that coming ;)) i still don't see how to change the text for the new links. If i change the phrase it dissapears (understand why, just testing the possibilities), but now i've run out of ideas for bits to change to try and get the text in?

See the vBulletin manual for how to create the dropdown menus.

[NTLDR]

I have a problem with my image path it in the vbindex. It reads double

Where do I fix this? What file or data field? :ermm:

Read through the thread, you'll see many ways to do this.

[chet]

NTLDR, can you offer anymore help please on this one, I'm no expert in php at all so would need it in plain if you could, IE find this code and replace with this code

Thanks

Chet

Hi All, I'm looking to change the look of the portal, what I'm after is instead of showing the latest threads on the portal in the centre block, I want it to list all the forums as it does on the vbulliten home page, could somebody explain how I go about this please, I have also posted Here (http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?threadid=493) as I think this user is after the same as me

Regards and thanks for reading

Chet

[JTMON]

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.


First let me thank you for this hack and for releasing it free. Everything seems to work perfectly. My only question is what/where to edit so the thread titles in the latest threads block in the center show more letters as they are cut off at about 17 I believe followed by ...

TIA!

[Odoin]

This is not a problem with vbindex... I don't think anyway...

When I go to my main page http://www.domain.com/vbindex.php or index.php I am logged in just fine auto I guess.

However when I go to my forum http://www.domain.com/forum I am not logged in nor can I log in.

Now if I go from my vbindex page to the forum I stay logged in.

I have changed vbindex to use the same navbar as the forum and changed links in the nav bar to be based on the domain name.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you for your time.

Mark Laudenbach

[JTMON]

In your admin control panel under vboption-->cookies what is your cookie path? Have you tried setting it to .domain.com ??

That's the only thing I can think of but then again I've been out of vbulletin since 2.2.3.

[Odoin]

Okay I have figured out it is a cookie/domain issue. When I enter www.domain.com/forum it takes me to http://domain.com/forum rather then keeping me at www. I check all settings and everything points to www. If I go to a post number with www it keeps it... its strange...

[JTMON]

change your cookie path to .domain.com without the www and make sure you have the period before the name of the domain like above?

[triage]

is there anyone who can tell me how to stop the latest threads displaying, and instead display the forum index in its place (so that on the front page of the portal down the centre of the page all the forums are shown instead of the latest threads)

[Qualia]

From #1532

Hi,

I'm helping CrankN while he's at work. I downloaded a fresh copy, removed and replaced all the files. I went to the admin cp, pasted http://www.ourdomain.net/folder/admincp/vbiupgrade.php and hit Enter. It started to load, "Processing complete...proceed" flashed at the top of the page, then the page went blank. The side menu of the admin cp shows but the main right side is plain white. It looks like a path problem to me. We don't have /forum/ and I'm wondering if the install is looking for that or not. If not, have you got any ideas what might be causing this and what I can do to complete it?

Thanks,
Janice

No ideas?

[Diva]

is there anyone who can tell me how to stop the latest threads displaying, and instead display the forum index in its place (so that on the front page of the portal down the centre of the page all the forums are shown instead of the latest threads)

The center or the side of the page? Can you show me an example? Can't you make a custom box and list the forums there?

[NTLDR]

From #1532

No ideas?

There is no reason for that to ever happen.

[Exero]

vBindex v3.0.0 RC5
*NEW* Dynamic side blocks via a special PHP Include type system (vbindex_customblock_php);
[/list]

does this mean u can include a php file ?

[triage]

if you look at the forum http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal you will see that i have the last ten threads however what i would like is the foum list such as http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/forum/index.php? (only condensed) so people can access the forums easier rather than just seeing the new posts

[triage]

I don't want to use vbadvanced as i really like vbindex, however due to my lack of php writing abilities there does not appear to be a way of getting the forums on the portal without going to vbadvanced or paying someone via pm's $100. Has anyone got any ideas apart from vbadvanced or offers of paying them lots of money?

[Cold Steel]

Is there anyway to put the shoutbox on another page?

Like the arcade?

[Code Monkey]

How do I get the header logo to link back to the front page and not the forums as is default in vBulletin?

[Diva]

if you look at the forum http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal you will see that i have the last ten threads however what i would like is the foum list such as http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/forum/index.php? (only condensed) so people can access the forums easier rather than just seeing the new posts

I am still working on mine, so this is my test site (http://www.nochicktrix.org/)... But I think I have what you want or close to it. I have it listed on my left side.

[Diva]

How do I get the header logo to link back to the front page and not the forums as is default in vBulletin?

Did you look in your VBIndex_header? That's the only place I could think of that you would have it linked like that.

[Code Monkey]

Did you look in your VBIndex_header? That's the only place I could think of that you would have it linked like that.

Yeah, this is what's in the header. I am just not that familiar with VB yet to really know what variables do what


href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome]$ext?$session[sessionurl]"

[Diva]

Change:

href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome]$ext?$session[sessionurl]"

to

href="http://www.joystickrequired.com"

[Code Monkey]

Change:

href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome]$ext?$session[sessionurl]"

to

href="http://www.joystickrequired.com"
LOL, yeah, of course it's that easy.

[Code Monkey]

Another thing I notice is that when replying to a news post from the from page it quotes the article. Is there an easy fix for that. Just add the noquote=1 to the url?

[triage]

I am still working on mine, so this is my test site (http://www.nochicktrix.org/)... But I think I have what you want or close to it. I have it listed on my left side.

thats sort of it, however i would like it listed in the middle, with icons to say there are new posts since your last visit.....so basically instead of having the latest threads have the list of the forums but with new post icons for those forums that have new posts.

[ImportPassion]

function log_out() is getting inluded twice. to remove open vbindex_header and remove the whole js logout script

[NTLDR]

does this mean u can include a php file ?

Yes.

[NTLDR]

Is there anyway to put the shoutbox on another page?

Like the arcade?
vbindex.php?action=shoutbox

[Cold Steel]

Can I include JUST the shoutbox in another page?

I'd like to add the shoutbox to http://forums.asiansinc.com/arcade.php

[ernestdefoe]

I have a question. I am not using the default style which is what vBindex is using. I am using the Oivar style from extremepixels.com. How do I get the vBindex to match that? Thanks for any help that can be given. The Oivar style is the only one I have installed.

[stangcentral]

Guys I have a question. I am just starting www.stangcentral.com/forums and i have designed a header its on the site now. My question is how do i make this portal kind of match up with my header? would anyone be interested in installing it and make it work for me if I pay?
let me know
thanks!

[Diva]

I have a question. I am not using the default style which is what vBindex is using. I am using the Oivar style from extremepixels.com. How do I get the vBindex to match that? Thanks for any help that can be given. The Oivar style is the only one I have installed.

Hi. VBIndex is fully customizable. You can use the same header, gradients, etc... I havent gone live with mine quite yet... But here is my tester site (http://www.nochicktrix.org/).

[ernestdefoe]

Nevermind...I got it. Just needed to copy some info from my header template to the vbindex_header template. Plus took out the additional navbar stuff as well.

[Exero]

Yes.
Can you tell me how please?

[NTLDR]

Can I include JUST the shoutbox in another page?

I'd like to add the shoutbox to http://forums.asiansinc.com/arcade.php

No, you can't unless you hack it in.

[Code Monkey]

For the first time, someone other than me wrote a test news article. He had no avatar yet. When his test article was on the front page. My welcome avatar became the noavatar pic. As well as the avatar for all my news posts. I can not tell if it is only happening without an avatar choice. Once he designs one I will know if it overides mine. This is a definate problem as we launch our site.

VB 3.0.1
vbindex 3.0.0 RC5

Also, this is with no default avatar set. Just a link to unregistered icon in vbindex control panel.

[forumuser]

none of the images work for me, the icons are all broken, where can I edit where they are looking? Thanks

[Diva]

none of the images work for me, the icons are all broken, where can I edit where they are looking? Thanks

Hi. Go to Styles & Templates > Styles Manager > Choose the style > Click GO.

Scroll down to Image Paths and make sure you have the FULL path listed to all the images....

EX: http://www.YOUR DOMAIN.com/forums/images/statusicon

I hope this helped. :)

[Imprezer]

I want to make a custom block which will show latest X threads for a particular forum. How can I do that?

Thanks!

[Imprezer]

Ok, I looked it over, maybe it would be easier to modify vbindex_latestthreadbit to show latest threads from a particular forum.

Is this possible?

[moley]

is it possible to add smilies into the shoutbox? typing the code for them seems to be to much effort for some of my member :p

[Bounce]

newbie,no got a clue alert :disappointed:

followed instruction,well i know i haven't coz its not working...lol,

get a sql error when i put turn the news system on


Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,


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')


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


ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 0
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open' at line 14

mysql error number: 1064



everything else when installin was fine,althou do you need to change the Image Paths: vBulletin 3 (id: 2) :ermm:

[NTLDR]

You haven't edited the vBindex Options as per the install instructions.

[Bounce]

You haven't edited the vBindex Options as per the install instructions.

only easy when you know how, thanks,workin perfectly now :squareeyed:

[Bounce]

Very Very Very impressive may i say,

got a small problem thou :ermm:

I have set up a news forum on my forum just so admins can load up stories to be viewed on vbindex now,

I have set the permissions so that only admins can see (on the forum)

IF a non-admin goes to vbindex he/she will see the story but since I have the "readmore" on when they click on it they then get

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

because they are not permissioned on the forums :disappointed:

is there a way round this at all ?

[Imprezer]

Why did my question got ignored?

[ImportPassion]

how do I not show the welcome box if it's an extra page?

[Reeve of shinra]

Very Very Very impressive may i say,

got a small problem thou :ermm:

I have set up a news forum on my forum just so admins can load up stories to be viewed on vbindex now,

I have set the permissions so that only admins can see (on the forum)

IF a non-admin goes to vbindex he/she will see the story but since I have the "readmore" on when they click on it they then get



because they are not permissioned on the forums :disappointed:

is there a way round this at all ?
In the VBindex portion of the admincp - there is an option that lets you specificy how much of the news post will be shown... choose the option that lets them see the whole story.

Alternately... Try setting the parent forum as hidden but open in the admincp ... that should keep the 'news' subforum off the main page view but let your members see the full article.

Hope this helps in some way.

[Bounce]

In the VBindex portion of the admincp - there is an option that lets you specificy how much of the news post will be shown... choose the option that lets them see the whole story.

Alternately... Try setting the parent forum as hidden but open in the admincp ... that should keep the 'news' subforum off the main page view but let your members see the full article.

Hope this helps in some way.



dont want to post all the news as stories are quite long

cant seem to manage the second bit :disappointed:

how do you "hide" a page

been tryin

Act as Forum
(Will act as category if no) Yes No

Forum is Active
(Will Not Appear if No) Yes No

Forum is Open
(Set this to 'No' to prevent any new posts being made in this forum) Yes No

Index New Posts in Search Engine
(Setting this to 'No' will prevent anyone from being able to search in this forum) Yes No
cant seem to work it out :tired:

[Imprezer]

My question... Still up there... Please help...

[Reeve of shinra]

Hi Bee's... sorry, now that I think about it, I think you need to mess with the access masks.... You need to deny the parent forum but allow the child (news) forum.

[D|ver]

is it possible to show the thread ratings in the centerbox of the latest threads?

i tried to include the code from the showthread.php but without success

can anybody help?

[RichieBoy67]

I installed it last night--Everything looks fine exept this one error on the top of the page:

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/talkandm/talkandmore-www/vbindex.php on line 144

I have this in my editor right now but I have no idea what I am supposed to do with it...

Rich

Great Hack by the way!!

[Reeve of shinra]

Can you edit out that quote in your post?

As for the error - check your absolute path in the vbiconfig file. You need to make sure you have the correct path entered. It should be the place you have the global.php file. Mine is under 'board', the default is 'forum' but you may it named something else.


define('CHDIR_PATH', '/home/nytalk/domains/nytalk.net/public_html/board');


Edit: your forum appears to be in your main directory which is cool but instead of the absolute path, try ../ or ./ instead. I'm not 100% sure about that.

[waterfall]

plz help me, how to change the banner of vbindex, I can't change it, I don't know. I replaced the "misc/vbulletin_logo_white.gif(jpg)"..........with my banner but still is default of VB ? :(
thanks

[Imprezer]

waterfall, are you running a default style?

[waterfall]

and where can I insert a script to type vietnamese in shoutbox (vbindex)? I want type vietnamese in shoutbox area
thank you .

[waterfall]

no I running other style, please visit http://12chvt.com
thanks

I changed in images/misc(default) and in my style call tinhxuan (tinhxuan/misc/) but still default banner of Vb :(

[waterfall]

and where can I insert a script to type vietnamese in shoutbox (vbindex)? I want type vietnamese in shoutbox area
thank you .


noone help me :(

[Freezerator]

Hi,

how can i change the color of links on the homepage? It seems he discards my style options that i have specified for my forums. Or am i overlooking an option?

[r6xual]

**clicks install**

Does anyone know why I am not able to access the vbindex options via the vbulletin admincp? I have to manually type in the vbioptions.php path to get to them?

**edit**

Come to think of it, i cant seem to find any where to edit any custom blocks either.

[r6xual]

Does anyone happen to know an answer to my above post??

[Odoin]

You have to add the link to the admin CP....



This step is optional, but it makes it easier to edit the vBindex Options by adding a menu item for it.

Open admin/index.php (Where admin is your admin folder) and find:
PHP Code: construct_nav_option($vbphrase['vbulletin_options'], 'options.php?null=0', '<br />');


And add after:
PHP Code: construct_nav_option($vbphrase['vbindex_options'], 'vbioptions.php?', '<br />');

[r6xual]

Awesome, Thanks for the reply. I guess i missed that somewhere? Anyways, while we are at it, any idea on how to edit the custom boxes?? So i can get some boxes on the main page other than the default ones??

[Odoin]

There are pre made template for each box. Do a search for vbindex and it will come up with a template like "vbindex_customblock_1" edit this inside. Once you do this then you need to setup the vbindex config to display the block.

P.S Where in MN are you from? I am from Bloomington :).

[r6xual]

Where would i search for vbindex?? Im sorry i guess im lost.

BTW im from Rochester

[Odoin]

In the admin section... under Styles & Templates > Search in Templates... :)

[r6xual]

Gotcha, awesome. Cant thank you enough for helping me out. Now if i could just find something respectable to put in there. Wouldnt happen to have anything would you??

[Odoin]

What type of site? Google Ad Words are allways a good thing... Some link exchange or top site lists vote buttons?!

[r6xual]

Automotive site, i guess anything would be cool to add to the site. Lookin kinda bare right now. Ill take whatever i can get!!.

[Odoin]

Send me a link... I just put this site up a month ago... http://www.sseriesowners.com

[r6xual]

Send me a link... I just put this site up a month ago... http://www.sseriesowners.com

http://www.gpfanatix.com

And feel free to give me your suggestions. And we shoudl probably do this via IM's so we dont flood the thread. So send me a PM and hopefully i can learn something from ya.

[chet]

I am still working on mine, so this is my test site (http://www.nochicktrix.org/)... But I think I have what you want or close to it. I have it listed on my left side.

Thanks for trying to help Diva but what we are looking for is the following: -

If you look at www.chetnet.co.uk/portal we want to keep the left and right columns, or maybe get rid of one of the columns, then look at www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/forum we want all the forums listed as you see them there, although in a more condensed version

I will try and make a photoshop pic of it if you may think this will help

Thanks

Chet

[chet]

Hi, if you look at This site (http://www.mx-system.com/index.php?page=2) you will see that they have side blocks on both sides and then all the forums listed down the centre, this is what we are looking to do on our site, can it be done at all.

Regards

Chet

[ImportPassion]

that has nothing really to do with this portal.

they are using their forum index as the sites main page and just added 2 columns.
look for a hack here that adds a left column to all forum pages then you can go off that.

[ThaEbilSlaya]

Hello im new to using vbulletin and i had already installed vbportal to run with my vbulletin but then i started looking at the vbindex and i want to use it instead but i have no clue how to uninstall the vbportal without it messing anyhting else up or lossing any data i already have on the forums if anyone could help me plz let me know.

Thank You

[zephy]

Cheers gonna give this a go on my site tomorrow :)

[chet]

that has nothing really to do with this portal.

they are using their forum index as the sites main page and just added 2 columns.
look for a hack here that adds a left column to all forum pages then you can go off that.

I do not want to change the main forums, just want to get the portal to show all forums down the centre, if someone says it can not be done that I will be happy with that, I will just look for another portal that will do it

Regards

Chet

[Pseudomizer]

I do not want to change the main forums, just want to get the portal to show all forums down the centre, if someone says it can not be done that I will be happy with that, I will just look for another portal that will do it

Regards

Chet

With all respect chet, but this is not the intention of this hack. This hack is to pull out the latest information out of your forums and show them in an optical nice way to the end users.

What you are requesting is another column on the left and on the right side. This is something totally different.

This hack is not written for something like that. Your ForumHome templates are based on SQL queries which are done from your /forum/index.php. The vbindex.php does not have these queries to show all your forums.

And to be constructive at the end: The easiest would be for your to take your /forum/index.php and copy it into your webroot and call new templates ( which you have to create ) and in these templates add a new table which separates your site into 3 columns.

But if you need additional features like these one that are used in this hack then you have to add them manually to your new index.php ...

OR

use another hack. This hack will not be able to provide what you are looking for.

Hope this helps to make your decision.

Cheers,

[AviationForum]

Why should I get this over vBHome?

[Pirate Radio]

Would their be a way I could display PHP Nuke blocks into this?

[redlabour]

Sure -

every Block based uppon default HTML Blocks. You can insert anything your browser is compatible to.

But remember - VBIndex isn?t Mozilla Firefox optimized !
http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showpost.core?postid=2626&postcount=39


BTW :

Hi, if you look at This site (http://www.mx-system.com/index.php?page=2) you will see that they have side blocks on both sides and then all the forums listed down the centre, this is what we are looking to do on our site, can it be done at all.

Regards

Chet

So better use vbadvanced (http://www.vbadvanced.com/) it?s standard there !
And the rest is excactly as VBI - but VBA is Mozilla Firefox compatible.

[NTLDR]

But remember - VBIndex isn?t Mozilla Firefox optimized !
http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showpost.core?postid=2626&postcount=39

As I have pointed out to you more times then I can remember, vBindex is (if the templates remain 100% unchanged) 100% valid XHTML. This means that any browser which supports XHTML properly vBindex will work in properly.

[NTLDR]

Why should I get this over vBHome?

vBHome is for vB2, vBindex 3.0.0 is for vBulletin 3, thus the scripts arn't compareable.

[AviationForum]

I'm sorry, I meant vBAdvanced... :?:

[AviationForum]

What if, on the home page, I wanted to put the actual forums in the middle between the dynamic boxes instead of news. Could I do that -- and then throughout the forums the boxes would stay there?

[NTLDR]

It will work for the main forum home page easily enough (however not every forum page) and this is something I plan to add in the future.

I've not use any of the alternatives and have no need to, however a comprehensive list of features is in the first post to compare with any alternative.

[AviationForum]

Okay.

When you do you expect to have functionality with every forum page, and how can I now make it work with the main forum page?

[Pirate Radio]

I can't seem to get the code to work, I get errors that I can't call to the nuke box directly. Can someone help me? my e-mail is admin@pirate-radio.us I would even be willing to pay ya a little something to make this work... If you go to http://www.pirate-radio.us/nuke/index.php I'm currently using it as the center block.

[ImportPassion]

for the life of me i can't get a dynamic php page to work. not even the top 10 like the instructions. It just shows the template but not the php output. wtf am i doing wrong?

[ImportPassion]

forget it, i was passing page instead of section. should prooly make that stand out a little better.

[Pirate Radio]

t think it has to do with...

if (eregi("block-Now_Playing.php",$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}

global $db,$bgcolor2;

but I don't know what to remove to got get errors

[noppid]

Sure -

But remember - VBIndex isn?t Mozilla Firefox optimized !
http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showpost.core?postid=2626&postcount=39


I use FireFox and vBindex both and they both work excellent together.

[GoTTi]

having a problem...

when people login on the index page, it takes them to the forum, but when you go back to the main page, it still says guest....

has this been addressed already and if so can you let me know what the prob is or point me to the thread.

[r6xual]

I get somewhat the same problem, except someone can login on the index page, and the page will refresh however it will still show them as guest until you go to the forums, then it shows you as logged in. If you go back to the index page, you are now shown as logged in. Seems like there is some problems with logging out also.

[therisen]

I get somewhat the same problem, except someone can login on the index page, and the page will refresh however it will still show them as guest until you go to the forums, then it shows you as logged in. If you go back to the index page, you are now shown as logged in. Seems like there is some problems with logging out also.
I have this issue also but I can just refresh the index page then it will show me as logged in.

[NTLDR]

Edit your cookie settings, this has been detailed numerous times already within this thread.

[NTLDR]

When you do you expect to have functionality with every forum page,

Never, its way beyond the scope of this hack and would generally make your board rather inefficient.

and how can I now make it work with the main forum page?

There are a few details posted a while back, however you'll need to wait for it to built in if those details arn't enough.

[Sirius Black]

Ok - I installed this and it works great except for one slight problem - None of the Post Icons are showing up on the homepage. I changed them all to use a full url to them instead of just a /forum/images/. . . - They work in the actual forum but not on the vBIndex. I'm running vB 3.0.1 - Any ideas ?

[konstance]

Am I right to assume that this hack doesn't work with the newest verstion 3.0.1? It sure is pretty cool.

[Romeos Tune]

Of course it opens the portal this way, however what do you have to edit to get the forums link to work as it's supposed to. Ok, I guess you rename it also i,e, index1.php or whatever so I just need to figure out how to edit that part of the code that adds that link in the portal page. Anyone know how to do this offhand before I start doing it? Thanks!

rename vbindex.php to index.php and it should automatically open the portal when you type in http://www.synergyforums.com/

[Romeos Tune]

Yes Konstance, it does work. I'm running 3.01 and it's working just fine.

[Romeos Tune]

Ok, please disregard my post asking about how to get this to work. It wasn't difficult at all..... :)

[Freezerator]

Hi,

how can i change the color of links on the homepage? It seems he discards my style options that i have specified for my forums. Or am i overlooking an option?

No one? It is only the url color, and i can't find where to change it. :(

http://forum.scooterforum.net

[Romeos Tune]

Hiya,

That should be the same as your forum. Make sure that you have all your paths defined like in the instructions. That could have something to do with it. I'm still brand new too though. But mine are the exact same color as defined in the styles in VB.....Good luck!

[Freezerator]

The strange thing is, it is only the links, the rest of the style worked flawlessly

[Amzadi]

Ah finally! Goodbye VBAdvanced, Helloooooo VBindex!!!

[KingAdora]

Can someone tell me what I have to change in order to get the
## Alert: The forums are currently turned off! ##
message back at the bottom of vBindex?

It appears on all my other pages, but this one. I'm not sure *where* exactly it's called from, because I can't find any reference to it in the footer template.


Any help would be great :)
Thanks.

[ZaGooL]

Hello! :)

I'm going to install vBulletin 3.0.1 soon, vBIndex work with that version without any problems? :speechless:

[Amzadi]

It works on mine.

http://www.sizefetish.com

[NTLDR]

I'm going to install vBulletin 3.0.1 soon, vBIndex work with that version without any problems? :speechless:

Yes, it will work fine with 3.0.1.

[Vic123]

hi guys,

nearly everything is working fine at my portal and i think vbindex is the greatest free portal software for vb3.

I use a vb 3.0.1 with the vbindex v3.0.0 RC5 and have a problem that was mentioned some posts before:

The useronline block at the vbindex shows a different count compared to the forumhome. At the forumhome (index.php) everything is shown alright (e.g. 70 user online with names). At the same time the vbindex shows a wrong number of online users (e.g. 10 user online with names).

The strange thing is: This problem only accures for registered users and guests. As an administrator both data are shown correctly. That has nothing to do with invisible users because in the above example (70 users online) only 5 are invisible.

Can anyone please help me with this? Some more ppl seem to have this prob and some perhabs haven't recognized it, because -as i said- with admin account everything is shown normal.

bye
Vic

[NTLDR]

Have you any other details? Are there any invisible users online at the time? Is it just the total count thats out, or the guest count, member count or all three?

[Vic123]

Have you any other details? Are there any invisible users online at the time? Is it just the total count thats out, or the guest count, member count or all three?

here's some actual figures:

admin-account:
vbindex.php: 35 users, 5 guests (total: 4 invisible)
index.php: 35 users, 5 guests (total: 4 invisible)

registered user account:
vbindex.php: 4 users, 5 guests (no invisibles shown)
index.php: 35 users, 5 guests (no invisibles shown)

hopes that'll help troubleshooting :nervous:

btw: in isn't just the countnumber. it's also the list of usernames shown in the "users online"

[Chris Blount]

I want to make a custom block which will show latest X threads for a particular forum. How can I do that?

Thanks!

I would also like to know this.

[Titus]

Hey, great addition! I have a small problem, hopefully you can help me out. Users are logged out of the Portal when they go from the Forums to the Portal, and occasionally they are logged out of the Forums. I tried the cookie fixes posted here (edting the path), but they caused major problems, resulting in me being essentially locked out. I would enter my username and password, be taken to the confirm page, and then be bounced back to an unlogged in state. I used a fix posted at vB.com to return the cookie settings to normal.

Cookie settings are currently at the vB default, being a / and a blank. You can find my forums at http://www.therebelfaction.com/

Thanks much, it's probably just me being dumb like usual. :)

[waterfall]

I get two erros :
Can't see poll on portal " t=5", and can't login on portal , when I login: " please wait...." but It's come back as guest,
Can someone help me
sorry about my poor english

[Pirate Radio]

can someone please help me with a side hack for this? With php nuke I have a radio interface that takes the stream info. It sends this info to MySQL, which then puts into a block showing the artist, song, album name and cd cover art based on what I tel the data base this info equals based on the info it retreives from the shoutcast stream.

[Titus]

Hey, great addition! I have a small problem, hopefully you can help me out. Users are logged out of the Portal when they go from the Forums to the Portal, and occasionally they are logged out of the Forums. I tried the cookie fixes posted here (edting the path), but they caused major problems, resulting in me being essentially locked out. I would enter my username and password, be taken to the confirm page, and then be bounced back to an unlogged in state. I used a fix posted at vB.com to return the cookie settings to normal.

Cookie settings are currently at the vB default, being a / and a blank. You can find my forums at http://www.therebelfaction.com/

Thanks much, it's probably just me being dumb like usual. :)

Never mind this, I think I fixed it. The navbar was linking to 'www.therebelfaction.com', but several members had bookmarked and were using the URL without the WWW. I've tweaked it a bit, so it shouldn't matter if you use WWW or not.

[kcradio]

having a issue with the polls going out to 10,000% on the front page causing the poll to be very wide. I was able to correct it with the code that was listed here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106892&highlight=poll+problem) for the general forums, but it did not fix the front page for vbindex.

Anyone have the cure for this problem?

[Battle_Ring]

how do i get this to show up on my main site www.hip-hop-streets.com

the fiel that was put there by my host was index.html

[Battle_Ring]

never mind i got it but my images aree all messed up check it out www.hip-hop-streets.com

and it logs meout everytiem i log in

can someoen go over this for me and fix it

[Slapyo]

i haven't installed this yet, but i have looked around at all the portal software and i like this one the best. my question is ... how hard is it to upgrade vBulletin when a new version of vB comes out, if i have vBindex installed?

[Sam FT]

I am currently trying to code a marquee in a custom block in vbindex. Here is the code I am using so far.


<script language="javascript" src="buttonfader.js"></script>
<a name= "scrollingCode"></a>
<marquee behavior="scroll" loop="-1" height="300" direction="up"
scrollamount= "2" hspace="0" vspace="0" scrolldelay= "60"
onmouseover='this.stop()' onmouseout='this.start()'>
<center>
<a href="http://www.test.net" target="_blank">
<img src="images/affiliates/test.png" height="31" width="88"
border="0" vspace="3" alt="Test"
onMouseOver="this.filters.alpha.opacity='100'"
onMouseOut="this.filters.alpha.opacity='40'"
style="filter:alpha(opacity=40);-moz-opacity:40%;"></a>
</center>
</marquee>

In IE is looks fine no problem, but in firefox it won't work. So I try to taking out code the first two lines. Still in firefox it won't scroll, until I take out the height part then it works somewhat. But now my block in height is small. Can anybody give me some tips or tell me what I am doing wrong here.

[chet]

It will work for the main forum home page easily enough (however not every forum page) and this is something I plan to add in the future.

I've not use any of the alternatives and have no need to, however a comprehensive list of features is in the first post to compare with any alternative.

Hi NTLDR, do you have any vision as to when this will be incorporated in to vbindex, how much would you charge me to change the code so I can have this function on my site

Look forward to your response

Chet

[Serph_kun]

I have a problem :S

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/myweb/htdocs/foros/vbindex.php on line 144




Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/myweb/htdocs/foros/vbindex.php
Line: 144

[NTLDR]

my question is ... how hard is it to upgrade vBulletin when a new version of vB comes out, if i have vBindex installed?

vBindex doesn't change any vBulletin files, thus when it comes to upgrading having this hack installed won't slow the process down.

[NTLDR]

Hi NTLDR, do you have any vision as to when this will be incorporated in to vbindex, how much would you charge me to change the code so I can have this function on my site

All I can say is that I will be adding it in the future, as for when that depends when I've got time to do it.

[todd.o.callen]

Help NTLDR!
New vB3.01 install (working fine)

I uploaded the files as directed, but the vbiupgrade.php yields:



Warning: main(./admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\HostedWebSites\faithcomm\forums\admincp \vbiupgrade.php on line 57

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Inetpub\HostedWebSites\faithcomm\forums\admincp \vbiupgrade.php on line 57

I searched but couldn't find a similar problem.
Sorry if this is a stupid error... you are my hero, after all! :)

[marc_t]

Hi,

I installed this hack. But somehow I have to do every change in the options twice to have it. First time the options load again without any change :(

Any idea what this could be? Maybe problems with Safari?

Thanks,
marc

[NTLDR]

Help NTLDR!
New vB3.01 install (working fine)

I uploaded the files as directed, but the vbiupgrade.php yields:



Warning: main(./admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\HostedWebSites\faithcomm\forums\admincp \vbiupgrade.php on line 57

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Inetpub\HostedWebSites\faithcomm\forums\admincp \vbiupgrade.php on line 57

I searched but couldn't find a similar problem.
Sorry if this is a stupid error... you are my hero, after all! :)

Make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct directories and that the Admin CP directory name in vBulletin's config.php is set correctly.

[marc_t]

How can I speed up the hack a bit. It takes about 5 Sekonds until it loads without alot of queries... (If you wanna check: plopp (http://www.flashforum.de/vbindex.php) )

Thanks for any help,
marc

[barks]

thx, installed and now gotta suss it out

steve

[MetalMilitia]

Sorry if this has been asked, but I did glance some of the posts....

The install was a breeze, and the main page looks great! It lists the latest posts, who's online etc...

The poll comes up, However, when I goto vote in a poll it redirects me to the "invalid thread" message. Did I miss something?

Thanks in advance, this is a great h4X0r. :D

-MM-

[shacky01]

Wonderful Portal!
I'm going to install this on my site tomorrow when I should be working, at the office :rolleyes:

I'll give feedback once it's up and running.
Thanks for the great work you are doing with this code.


Shacky

[Bulent Tekcan]

Is this portal includes 'notes' column in database ?

[KingAdora]

Question re: the copyright in the footer..

I don't like this bit: MMII - MMIV
Can I change it to numbers, like my copyright and vB's? To make things look the same.

If so, where do I go to change this,
Thanks,
KA

[noppid]

Question re: the copyright in the footer..


I don't like this bit: MMII - MMIV
Can I change it to numbers, like my copyright and vB's? To make things look the same.

If so, where do I go to change this,
Thanks,
KA

It's in the phrase vbi_copyright .

[shacky01]

Greetings,
I'm getting a parse error when I add the line of code to allow edits from the admincp... When I load the admincp index.php I get this msg:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/jmikes-w/public_html/board/admincp/index.php on line 660

Can anyone paste a section of code from their admincp index where they added the cp code, before and after it? I think I'm adding it correctly, but ya never know :)


Thanks,
Shacky

[shacky01]

Ok, forget last post...

Of all things, my ftp program messed up the downloaded file... Redid, all is well :)

[KingAdora]

It's in the phrase vbi_copyright .


Well I just changed that, and it still says MM MMIV
Is that the correct phase to edit?

[marc_t]

Still have got this "speed" problem. Any suggestions what i can do to speed it up a little bit?

Thanks,
marc

[Pseudomizer]

Still have got this "speed" problem. Any suggestions what i can do to speed it up a little bit?

Thanks,
marc

Hi do you have the php/queries hack installed to show you how many queries you are running ? If not then i would highly recommend that you install this hack to find it out. I would assume that you run some queries which are taking a loooong time.

Cheers,

[marc_t]

But I have got no Problems with the forum itself. So the certain queries could only run in the vbindex, or am i wrong?

Thanks,
marc

[Pseudomizer]

But I have got no Problems with the forum itself. So the certain queries could only run in the vbindex, or am i wrong?

Thanks,
marc

I do not talk about your forum. You can place the variable to show your performance queries on the index portal as well. And yes, there are some queries which are not on the forum home.

Cheers,

[alapo]

Does vBindex work with 3.0.2? I am waiting to upgrade until I know. I would suggest you all apply the patch for the minor security update until we know.

[LordSoth]

Hi this is probably a real newbie problem but here I go:

When I go to www.mydomain.com it takes me to a login page with this message
vBulletin Message

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1) You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and try again.
2)You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
3)If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

If I login i get a wrong page message, which I assume is something on my server. What did I do wrong?

Thank-you for the help
Joe.

[NTLDR]

Still have got this "speed" problem. Any suggestions what i can do to speed it up a little bit?

Thanks,
marc

Without seeing the debug output to see where the time is being spent its not easy to say what the problem is.

[NTLDR]

Does vBindex work with 3.0.2? I am waiting to upgrade until I know. I would suggest you all apply the patch for the minor security update until we know.

There is no reason it shouldn't wotk with 3.0.2/3.

[NTLDR]

Hi this is probably a real newbie problem but here I go:

When I go to www.mydomain.com it takes me to a login page with this message
vBulletin Message

Because you don't allow guest viewing you need to edit the STANDARD_ERROR template I think to edit the path to login.php to point to $vboptions[bburl]/login.php

[ImportPassion]

some ppl just made me aware that the center threads are using a .core extension instead of .php. I did a search and it comes up it other areas like calendar as well.

good thing for the search and replace.

[NTLDR]

There were two links (IIRC) that didn't had .core and not $ext/.php which were detailed quite a few pages back.

[ImportPassion]

Is it possible to have includes in dynamic php pages?

[Limpkinw]

I like this Index however the main reason im not wanting to install is because I desire a right side bar that is constant, like vbportal offers....is this possible?

[NTLDR]

Is it possible to have includes in dynamic php pages?

Yes, the the dynamic page tutorial linked on the first post for details on howto use dynamic pages.

[NTLDR]

I like this Index however the main reason im not wanting to install is because I desire a right side bar that is constant, like vbportal offers....is this possible?

No, it would add too much strain on the server performing extra queries on every vB page to get the contents for the side blocks.

[ImportPassion]

ya, i followed that. it is very general that tutorial tho. i got the includes working tho. but I can't post to it, so I don't know if that is a limitation with this or not?


Yes, the the dynamic page tutorial linked on the first post for details on howto use dynamic pages.

[NTLDR]

What do you mean by "post to it"?

[ImportPassion]

i have a form that needs to send values to that dynamic page.

[NTLDR]

I can't see why it wouldn't work provided A) your HTML is correct, B) your accessing the $_POST variables correctly and C) your not using any variables that maybe overwritten by vBindex.

[ImportPassion]

ok, thats good to know.
i will keep chugging away.

[zenmasteril]

Just upgraded to RC5.. 2 questions please.
Can banned users still shout in the shoutbox ? or was it fixed ?
I had v3arcade news custom box that doesn't work now. :ermm: Can anyone please help with that ? need the code to a v3arcade news custom block for vbindex.

Thanks.

[NTLDR]

All registered users other than those pending email activation can shout.

[zenmasteril]

All registered users other than those pending email activation can shout.

What do you mean ? "registered members" usergroup only ? or including the banned users ?
Because if a banned user can shout it's a big deal :ermm: that i think should be changed.

[NTLDR]

Anyone that isn't in the awaiting email confirmation usergroup and is logged in.

[D|ver]

Hello,
i want to include the thread ratings into the latest threads centerbox

does anybody know how to include them?

i tried to include the code from the forumdisplay.php but without success

thanks for helping in advance :)

Regards,
Diver

[Burgy]

hi

i want to change the
default style of vbindex.php (style for guests f.e...)
it is always using the main default style - but i want vbindex.php to appear in a special style always. i am NOT allowed to change the main default of the forums.

any ideas?

[Martyjp]

This has been mentioned a few times before but the install messes up your styles if you have several installed, when you need to change the image paths it displays the wrong paths for the style

[gmarik]

What's the code for having shoutbox on the first page on FORUMHOME?

[HaloImpulse]

I have a problem. Here is the senario.

I have vbulletin and vbindex installed in my root directory. However, whenever i go to www.haloimpulse.com it brings up the forums (index.php). I would like it to bring up vbindex.php instead. Its running on a linux server with apache installed. I think i might need a vbindex hack that will make the forum homepage different and the vbindex homepage index.php. If theres a way i can just make vbindex.php the defualt page, or make www.haloimpulse.com redirect to the vbindex.php page, that would be great

[Ming Keong]

I have a problem. Here is the senario.

I have vbulletin and vbindex installed in my root directory. However, whenever i go to www.haloimpulse.com it brings up the forums (index.php). I would like it to bring up vbindex.php instead. Its running on a linux server with apache installed. I think i might need a vbindex hack that will make the forum homepage different and the vbindex homepage index.php. If theres a way i can just make vbindex.php the defualt page, or make www.haloimpulse.com redirect to the vbindex.php page, that would be great

Rename your index.php to forums.php and your vbindex.php to index.php. :)

[HaloImpulse]

Rename your index.php to forums.php and your vbindex.php to index.php. :)
I did that, and now all the images on my forums dont work

http://haloimpulse.com/forum.php

[Barrikin]

Is there going be a vBindex for Vbulletin 3.0.3

[Stan Melony]

I tried to install this vBindex in my 3.0.3 and i had problems. Can i use it, or will there be an update for 3.0.3 like Barrikin asked?

[Mr. Brian]

Is there any way that I could reinstall this hack (If possible, the template will do)? Just like what ushop provided, with a reinstall scrip.

Many thanks in advance.. :)

[NTLDR]

Just re-run the installer, its possible you'll loose the settings however the templates will be re-added to all parent styles.

[NTLDR]

I tried to install this vBindex in my 3.0.3 and i had problems. Can i use it, or will there be an update for 3.0.3 like Barrikin asked?

What problems? I can see no reason for this not to be 3.0.3 compatible.

[Stan Melony]

What problems? I can see no reason for this not to be 3.0.3 compatible.

I have different problems.
After step three, when i am asked to edit the vBindex options, the vbioptions.php can not be found in my admincp, but when i put in the url manually the vbioptions.php is found! After editing something there comes an error message: "Could not find phrase - vbindex_settings_saved"

Please see my screenshots, can anyone help me? Thank you!


EDIT:

I found the first mistake! The link is set to my real Forum not to my Testforum! But why can?t the changes be saved?

EDIT II:

Now i changed the standard URL in my Testforum, now the vbioptions.php is found, but i get the same mistake with the settings saved... damn :)

Need help, thank you!

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

What would I Have to do if I wanted to rename vbindex.php and still get it to work?

[G3MM4]

When I installed this hack (I followed the instructions to the letter...), and I pointed my browser (IE6) to the correct URL, all I get is a blank page!

What do I do? This is my first time installing a portal/hack, and I'm no good with actual code.

[Allen Mead]

I give it a go on a fresh install on 3.0.3 - and it didn't work.

Error came straight up saying it couldn't connect to the database.. sorry i didn't note
down the exact error :(

[NTLDR]

After editing something there comes an error message: "Could not find phrase - vbindex_settings_saved"

That "error" can be ignored, the settings are saved however you don't seem to have the phrase to say they have been saved.

[NTLDR]

Error came straight up saying it couldn't connect to the database..

If it was an error connecting to the database then its a problem with vB and not vBindex. Also make sure you have setup the options correctly.

[NTLDR]

When I installed this hack (I followed the instructions to the letter...), and I pointed my browser (IE6) to the correct URL, all I get is a blank page!

What do I do? This is my first time installing a portal/hack, and I'm no good with actual code.

Make sure you have completed all the steps done by the automated installer and edited vbioptions.php as directed by the first step. You can re-run the installer again to make sure you have done the process correctly.

[NTLDR]

What would I Have to do if I wanted to rename vbindex.php and still get it to work?

Nothing other than renaming the file.

[Mr. Brian]

Just re-run the installer, its possible you'll loose the settings however the templates will be re-added to all parent styles.
Thanks a lot. :)

[G3MM4]

Make sure you have completed all the steps done by the automated installer and edited vbioptions.php as directed by the first step. You can re-run the installer again to make sure you have done the process correctly.
Sorry I didn't make myself very clear. I can't even get the first step of the installer to run. I posted the problem over at Core Forums. (http://www.coreforums.net/forums/showthread.core?postid=2741#post2741)

[NTLDR]

The URL posted was correct, if for some reason it doesn't load point it directly to domain.com/forum/admin/vbiupgrade.php?step=welcome instead.

[ZGeek]

I want to use vbindex on my site, but i've only just renewed my license and I have the latest version (vBulletin_3-0-3_L9092a50.zip). Has anyone sucessfully installed it on this? or should I wait for an update?

[Hippycrack]

I want to use vbindex on my site, but i've only just renewed my license and I have the latest version (vBulletin_3-0-3_L9092a50.zip). Has anyone sucessfully installed it on this? or should I wait for an update?
Works great on vBulletin 3.0.3


Hippycrack