vBadvanced Homepage

[Tigga]

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vBadvanced Homepage v1.1 Released! (01.27.04)

vBadvanced Homepage is an advanced homepage / portal that will allow you to include different options from your vBulletin message board on your site's homepage. It also allows you to easily create and manage new pages which are completely powered by vBulletin and vBadvanced. There are over 40 options where you can enable/disable the features, plus everything is template based so it is very easy to customize and change everything through your Admin CP.



Features:

Login box for members to log in to your site on the homepage.
Post News in a forum you specify and have it appear on your homepage.
Create new pages in which the content will replace the news section of your homepage.
Show the latest threads started in your forum on your homepage.
Show a poll and allow users to vote and see the results on your homepage.
Shows users avatar, new private messages, and buddy list for members who are logged in.
Shows a list of active users.
Shows statistics such as total members, threads, posts, top poster, newest member, and today's birthday's.
Shows a mini calendar with links to days with scheduled events, and a box with today's scheduled events.
Search box to allow users to quickly search your forums.
Set and change all options via the Admin CP.
Ability to easily switch on/off the polls, users avatar, buddy list, online users, search box, calendar, custom templates, news icons, news comments, smilies, set the maximum number of news posts, and many other options via the Admin CP.
Everything is completely template based so it is very easy to customize.
Install file that will make all database queries and templates for you in seconds.
Uninstalls in seconds.
Tested and stable with vBulletin 3.0 RC.
100% validated XHTML 1.0 compliance
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/10/30.jpg
A nice feature of vBadvanced Homepage is that it is optimized and designed for large web sites. vBadvanced Homepage performs only 5 queries with all the options turned off. Some options will cause the script to perform extra queries, but even with all the options turned on it still performs only 17 queries at max.

Here is a list of each extra function that will cause extra queries:

News - 1 query
Latest Threads - 1 query
Poll - 1 query (2 if the user has voted)
User's Avatar - 1 query
Buddy List and/or Online Users - 1 query
Mini Calendar - 3 queries (none for the simple calendar)
Stats - 2 queries
New Posts - 1 query
Screen Shots:
Admin Homepage (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=15541)
Guest Homepage (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=15542)
Admin CP Options (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=15543)

Example Sites:
http://vbadvanced.com (http://vbadvanced.com/)
http://plurplanet.com (http://plurplanet.com/)
http://digitalkore.net (http://digitalkore.net/)
http://differentdawn.com (http://differentdawn.com/)

Updates From v1.01 to v1.1

News Archive where you can display links and info about older news posts.
Online usere & buddylist now show "Username HTML Markup".
Shows subscribed threads in news, news archive, and latest threads.
Preivew on Latest threads and news archive (similar to the preview on forumdisplay).
Option to display what forum(s) the latest threads were posted in.
Poll icon in the latest threads section for threads which contain polls.
New option to change the date/time format for news posts.
Support for left/right text direction and languages.
All known bugs from v1.01 have been fixed.
There are 7 new options in your Admin CP which include:

News Date & Time Format (Allows you to change the date/time format for news posts)
Show News Subscribed Threads (Shows the "subscribed" icon in the news posts if a user is subscribed to that post)
Number of Archived News Posts to Display (Allows you to set the number of archived news posts you would like to display)
Show Preview in Archive? (Similar to the thread preview, shows a preview of the threads in the News Arcive section)
Show Subscribed Icon? (Shows the "subscribed" icon in the latest threads section for users that are subscribed to that thread)
Show Preview of New Threads? (Similar to the thread preview option for the forumdisplay page, it shows you a preview of the thread)
Show Latest Threads Forum? (Shows a link to, and the name of the forum the thread is in)
Most every template has changed as well, so it may be necessary to revert your templates and re-apply any chnages you have made.


Help & Support:
Before asking for support, Please read the F.A.Q in the readme file! If you have any problems or questions that are not covered in the F.A.Q. please here, or please check out vBadvanced.com (http://vbadvanced.com/) for priority support. I will be more than happy to help in any way I can if the request for help is made there. Anyone trying to contact me via email, private message, or any other means will be ignored.

Copyright:
This script is ? 2003 - 2004 vBadvanced.com and PlurPlanet, LLC.
This hack is NOT to be re-distributed in any way or placed on a website for download without permission.
All copyright notes in the script itself must remain unchanged.


Thanks To:
Faranth & Littlebit for helping test the beta versions and hopefully squashing most of the bugs. :)

[Tigga]

Attaching new screenshots...

[Koutaru]

:) Glad you decided to share it here! I'll definately check it out!

[MindTrix]

Nice one Tigga glad to see you released it here :)

Thanks!

[Zachery]

Hey Tigga i left you a message on the other board about CSS as files, unless

[Tigga]

You sure about that Zak? Go ahead and test it out. ;)

[Zachery]

with RC2 ;D i hadda bug a dev to help me fix id :D but ill test it out in a moment

[Zachery]

well it seems to be working >.< i wonder why i had to make another file change to get mine to work >.<


hehe now i see how you got it to work :D

i was originaly thinking this, however its only a fix for the hack, not for the entire board ;D

[Tigga]

Probably because the new version uses a string replace function to replace paths in a few different places. ;)

And to be honest, I didn't even know that there was an issue with the CSS files... It just happens I was using the string replace for something else, and it also affects the stylesheets. ;)

[Zachery]

right, in RC2 they got rid of abpath and mess with some other things in the ACP, and i thought about doing a replace but id rather fix it for everything else im doing, so its a file edit in my up comming version of vBXirc :)

[NuclioN]

This is simply one of the best vb portals ever! :) see it in black on www.cyberty.nl

[Zachery]

mine will be up later tonight :)

* Faranth still has mYvBindex for vB3 templates

lol

[Tigga]

Nuclion - Very nice site. :D

Faranth - Oh God... Burn them... Or at least try to. :p

[Zachery]

did i mention somehwere im borrowing your installer for vBXirc? (i think i emailed you about it) you never said anything back ( an older version, not the RCX one)

[Dark_Wizard]

Very nice...one quick question...why don't you add as a comment how many queries each setting would add. Also how about making it so more custom blocks can be added.

Great job!

[Zachery]

if im not mistaken

Here is a list of each extra function that will cause extra queries:

News - 1 query
Latest Threads - 1 query
Poll - 1 query (2 if the user has voted)
User's Avatar - 1 query
Buddy List and/or Online Users - 1 query
Mini Calendar - 3 queries (none for the simple calendar)
Stats - 2 queries
New Posts - 1 query

[Dark_Wizard]

I saw that in the instructions but was wondering wouldn't it go better in the vbAdvanced admin piece with each setting?

[Zachery]

ill poke him abit and see if he will be willing to add it to future versions :)

[Dark_Wizard]

Poking around adv_index.php I found an error....I PMed him asking him about something else and will let him know the error I found when he replies...

Edit...found more errors....

[Xanthine]

I keep on getting:
Parse error: parse error in /home/blackassassins.org/public_html/adv_index.php on line 15

I dont know why, the installation went smooth but it just wont let me open the web page up.

[Dark_Wizard]

I keep on getting:
Parse error: parse error in /home/blackassassins.org/public_html/adv_index.php on line 15

I dont know why, the installation went smooth but it just wont let me open the web page up.

Thats one of the errors I found...

Attachment removed at Tigga's request.

[Tigga]

I thought about adding the number of queries that each option will generate, but ended up deciding just to list them in the readme & here in the post. I may add that to future versions though.
As far as adding more custom templates, there's really not much of a point... The code from the custom templates can easily be copied and added into the index template. If someone really needed options to turn them on/off, then the settings could be added, and a conditional thrown around the code in the index template. The only reason the 2 custom templates are still there now is for people that have one or two blocks where the content might change often. The info being in seperate templates obviously makes it a little easier to find and modify the content quickly. ;)

Xanthine - The error you are getting is probably caused by entering the path to your forums incorrectly. Can you post the entire chdir line here?

[Xanthine]

Yep working fine now, thanks a million Dark Wizard.

[Dark_Wizard]

Yep working fine now, thanks a million Dark Wizard.

No problem...enjoy!

[Dark_Wizard]

One more thing, I know this sounds stupid but I am having a hard time finding where to edit all the different things... anyone? I thought the install script installed it into my admin cp so if it did where exactly is it installed?

You have to add it to your admincp/index.php...check the readme.html file

[Xanthine]

Nevermind I just didnt see they were on the bottom of all the vBulletin options

[Tigga]

You have to add it to your admincp/index.php...check the readme.html file
Add what? There aren't any modifications to that file... To change the options and such you go to your Admin CP => vBulletin Options => vBadvanced Homepage Settings (should be the last set). The templates are with the rest of the vBulletin templates, listed under Index. ;)

[Dark_Wizard]

Add what? There aren't any modifications to that file... To change the options and such you go to your Admin CP => vBulletin Options => vBadvanced Homepage Settings (should be the last set). The templates are with the rest of the vBulletin templates, listed under Index. ;)

I threw that off the cuff...anyway the fixed version of your adv_index.php file is attached above...the one in the zip has errors

[Tigga]

Like what exactly? I tried taking a look at your file, but the spacing is all screwed up and it's next to impossible to use a compare program to see the differences.
I would also appreciate it if you would remove that attachment from your post as you're not allowed to re-post something like that.

[ForKmaN]

I get this when I try to go to theindex file for it!

Everything installed fine

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/gbadmin/public_html/adv_index.php on line 13

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/gbadmin/public_html/adv_index.php on line 74

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/gbadmin/public_html/adv_index.php on line 74

[Tigga]

What did you enter in the chdir line in your adv_index.php file?

[ForKmaN]

Never mind, Fixed it. there was a stupid . in front of it.

[ForKmaN]

ok another problem. The Calander seems to be wider then everything else, making it look all uneaven and crap. How do I fix this?

I've attatched a screeny of what I mean.

[Tigga]

Did you make the changes to your functions_calendar.php file and the calendar templates as instructed in the readme file?

[Dark_Wizard]

Like what exactly? I tried taking a look at your file, but the spacing is all screwed up and it's next to impossible to use a compare program to see the differences.
I would also appreciate it if you would remove that attachment from your post as you're not allowed to re-post something like that.

Attachment removed...

[ForKmaN]

Did you make the changes to your functions_calendar.php file and the calendar templates as instructed in the readme file?
Sure did

I might redo it, see what happens.

[tgmorris]

ok another problem. The Calander seems to be wider then everything else, making it look all uneaven and crap. How do I fix this?

I've attatched a screeny of what I mean.

As I recall, in the Mini Calendar section of the index template, changing the cellpadding for the table from a 4 to a 2 resolved the problem in the earlier release.

[SnowBot]

GREAT hack, i have one problem, the letters for the days of the week on the calender are not showing, any ideas why?

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

[ForKmaN]

As I recall, in the Mini Calendar section of the index template, changing the cellpadding for the table from a 4 to a 2 resolved the problem in the earlier release.
that dont make much sence :p

where exactly?

[ForKmaN]

Also, I was just thinking, when I was reading the instructions, it sais in there:

If you plan to use the mini-calendar option, you should make the following change to your includes/functions_calendar.php:
Find:
function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar;


Replace it with:
function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '', $dontshowweek = '0')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $vboptions;
But I cant actuly find that exact wording. I did find:

function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show, $offset, $colspan, $days, $months, $show;

Is it the same thing? Just maybe instruction from an older version or somthing? It kinda confused me :p

[Blue Storm]

Everytime I try to log in on the page, using the nav bar log in it tell me Im logged in and then returns me to the main page still not logged in. If I use the block's log in bit I just get taken back to the main page not logged in.

Any ideas why I can't log in?

[Tigga]

Snowbot - What version of vBulletin are you running? The names of the days are not showing on your regular calendar either, so my guess would be that you're missing some calendar phrases...

Forkman - Yes, that was the correct place to modify the functions_calendar.php file. Apparently they added some new global variables to that function... Thanks for pointing that out - I just updated the zip. ;)

Blue Storm - Try changing your cookie domain under the main vBulletin options section to ".yoursite.com" (without the quotes). The default setting seems to work for most people, but that seems to be necessary for some (which is why it's covered in the FAQ section in the readme ;)).

[Blue Storm]

Ah, good-o it worked. I take it you wont be wanting your account there?

Just another thing, any chance of adding some stuff to a later version such as the ability to have all blocks to one side, a forum link somewhere on the main page, explanation on how to make and use the new template stuff it keeps refering too?

[Tigga]

Glad that worked. And no, I probably won't be needed the account there. ;)
As far as moving the blocks to one side, that should be fairly easy to do by modifying the index template. Everything in that template is commented, so it shouldn't be too hard to move things around. Adding a forum link somewhere can be done by modifying the templates as well... I'm not sure if that will ever be something standard since everyone has a different style and would most likely want the link in a different place.

explanation on how to make and use the new template stuff it keeps refering too?
Are you talking about the feature that allows you to replace the news posts with other content? If so, there's a small section in the readme file (under the "Setting the Options" section) that covers that. If it doesn't make sense or you're having problems figuring that out let me know... Or if I'm just missing your point completely and you're talking about something else let me know as well. ;)

[paratek]

Hey Tigga, just a couple of things. I didn't see it in the instructions, but you need to modify the links in index_footer for admincp and modcp or they won't work.

Second, I think the latest threads are displaying posts for an admin group that regular users are able to see and respond to. I only noticed, because i received a few responses to a post i sent to other admins. I have disables the group from displaying, but i did like the fact you are only supposed to see what your permissions allow.

Any one else have this problem?

[Blue Storm]

I've been dedicated to doing C++ and thus know little to no HTML or PHP so muddling though fairly complex code is a bit daunting. Ill get there though. Cheers.

[Tigga]

paratek - Thanks for pointing out the incorrect links in the footer. I'll be sure to fix that in the next version. ;)
I'm not sure I follow you about the permissions thing... You said that regular users are able to see and respond to the posts, so what would be the problem with them being displayed on the homepage?

[tgmorris]

that dont make much sence :p

where exactly?

In the ACP open up the vbadvanced index template. Do a search for mini calendar. A bit further down is a table declaration with a cellpadding=4. Change the 4 to a 2.

[SnowBot]

Snowbot - What version of vBulletin are you running? The names of the days are not showing on your regular calendar either, so my guess would be that you're missing some calendar phrases...
.
Im using RC2

[The Quibbler]

Installed it; everything's working wonderfully, although I did have a question: how would I make more than one custom side block? It's probably really obvious, but I didn't see it in the Read Me file.

Also, I was just thinking, when I was reading the instructions, it sais in there:


But I cant actuly find that exact wording. I did find:

function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show, $offset, $colspan, $days, $months, $show;

Is it the same thing? Just maybe instruction from an older version or somthing? It kinda confused me :p

I saw the same thing with mine, so what what I did is look closely at the changes between the two and add whatever's new. So I'd add $dontshowweek = '0' on the first line and $vboptions on the second, making sure it's in the same style as the rest of the stuff. Worked for me.

[Tigga]

Snowbot - Try uploading an un-hacked version of functions_calendar.php into your forum/includes folder and see if that makes a difference. That will add the arrows back and make the calendar slightly wider than the rest of the blocks, but you should try that to test and see if it's a problem with the file, or if you are somehow missing the calendar phrases.

The Quibbler - To add more custom blocks, just copy the content from one of the other custom blocks and then paste it into your index template where you would like it to appear. ;)

[The Quibbler]

I guess I do have one other problem with it that I just discovered. I made a new template called 'index_links', to try making a page for the site; when I go to adv_index.php?page=links, I get this error:


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_bbcode() in /home/quibbler/public_html/adv_index.php on line 553

[Tigga]

Ahh, good find... If you'll look in your adv_index.php file for this line of code:

include('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');

Remove that and paste it right below this line instead:

require_once('./global.php');

That should fix the problem. :)

[The Quibbler]

Ah, that fixed it :)

One last question: if I was going to link to a page of content in a side block, what would I link to? Just "?page=links"? That's what I do for my current non-vbulletin home page; it's got a similar content system. But with vB, if someone came to adv_index.php?referrerid=1, wouldn't going to ?page=links and taking off the ?referrerid=1 cause the referrer to not get the credit if they register later?

Or is that not how it works?

[SnowBot]

Snowbot - Try uploading an un-hacked version of functions_calendar.php into your forum/includes folder and see if that makes a difference. That will add the arrows back and make the calendar slightly wider than the rest of the blocks, but you should try that to test and see if it's a problem with the file, or if you are somehow missing the calendar phrases.

That fixed it :) but like you say its abit wide now, wonder what i did wrong ?

[SnowBot]

In the install file it says


Find:
function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar;

Replace it with:
function construct_calendar_output($today, $usertoday, $calendarinfo, $fullcalendar = 0, $weekrange = '', $dontshowweek = '0')
{
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $vboptions;

But that code isnt there, its now changed to
global $birthdaycache, $eventcache, $bbuserinfo, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show, $offset, $colspan, $days, $months, $show, $vboptions;

so what do i change the file to now? Can you update the install instructions also so other know? :)

[SnowBot]

Forkman - Yes, that was the correct place to modify the functions_calendar.php file. Apparently they added some new global variables to that function... Thanks for pointing that out - I just updated the zip. ;)
.
nevermind :) THANKS

[Tigga]

Quibbler - I'm not quite sure what you mean by the content in side blocks... Could you maybe give me an example of what you're talking about?
I'm honestly not too familiar with the way the referrer system works since that's not something I use. I'm pretty sure though that as long as the visitor uses the link containing "referrerid=X" when they first visit your site that everything will still work. I know a visitor can visit the site, browse threads, and then sign up, so it shouldn't be a problem if they visit other parts as well. It may not hurt to test it out though. ;)

SnowBot - Ok, I figured that was it. I assume you saw that the zip file was updated earlier today, so if you download that and re-apply the file change to functions_calendar.php it should fix the problem.

[Hotte]

great hack,
but i?ve a problem with the calendar :/
as you can see on the attached screenshot, my calendar has 8 columns :(
I?ve set "Monday" as start of week in vb-options and profile

[The Quibbler]

Tigga - I was talking about using a sideblock to have links to the pages of content, but never mind. It works fine, so I'm not going to make things more complicated by bothering with the "correct" way to do it, as long as it works.

[Tigga]

Apparently I missed a small part in one of the temlate modifications. I know I had it fixed and working before, but I guess I forgot to update the template.txt file, included the wrong one with the zip, or something... Either way, if you'll change your calendar_smallmonth_header template to the following it will fix the problem.

<if condition="$dontshowweek">
<td class="tcat" colspan="$colspan" align="left"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vboptions[blockbullet]
<else />
<td class="tcat" colspan="$colspan" align="center"><b>
</if><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]month=$month&amp;year=$year&amp;c=$calendarid&amp;do=displaymo nth">$monthname $year</a></td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<if condition="!$dontshowweek"><td class="thead">&nbsp;</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day1']"><td class="thead">$day1</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day2']"><td class="thead">$day2</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day3']"><td class="thead">$day3</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day4']"><td class="thead">$day4</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day5']"><td class="thead">$day5</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day6']"><td class="thead">$day6</td></if>
<if condition="$show['day7']"><td class="thead">$day7</td></if>
</tr>
$calendarrowbits

[sarge0087]

I'm having a problem also on my site.

http://www.nextdictator.com/

For some reason, all the links are pointing to my cgi-bin and I'm not sure why. How can I change the directories of where the links are pointing?

[Tigga]

Um... What do you have set for your "Homepage URL" in your main vBulletin options section?

[Hotte]

Thx Tigga,
looks good now :)

[sarge0087]

God, I'm such an idiot. I'm a little inexperienced with VBB I guess. Thanks Tigga.

[sarge0087]

Damn, now when I change it to the right directory I get this:

"Warning: offset not contained in string in /www.nextdictator.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 561

vBulletin Options"

[Tigga]

I actually posted the wrong setting anyways (sorry, trying to do too many things at once ;)). You should make sure that your "Homepage URL" is set to "http://www.nextdictator.com/" and your "Forum URL" is set to "http://www.nextdictator.com/forums/". As long as those settings are correct you shouldn't have any problems.

[sarge0087]

Now when I try and access my website, I get this:

"Warning: offset not contained in string in /www.nextdictator.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 561


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

[Zachery]

you have extra space somewhere after ?> or before <?php

[paratek]

I'm not sure I follow you about the permissions thing... You said that regular users are able to see and respond to the posts, so what would be the problem with them being displayed on the homepage?

Because regular users don't have access to those forums so they should not be able to see those posts on the latest post page.

Also, when i click on the calendar it is pointing to the wrong url. where would i change that?

and lastly, how would i go about putting php code in the custom box? Something like a server status block for a gaming server etc.

Great program

[Zachery]

Because regular users don't have access to those forums so they should not be able to see those posts on the latest post page.

Also, when i click on the calendar it is pointing to the wrong url. where would i change that?

and lastly, how would i go about putting php code in the custom box? Something like a server status block for a gaming server etc.

Great program
have you logged out to check to see if there generating posts from a pirvet forum to regular / unregistered members?

if it is you havent setup your permissions correctly

[paratek]

All permissions set correctly. they do not have access to these forums. I just excluded the forums i don't want to be seen....i'll have to live with that for now.

[Zachery]

if permissions are set correctly via the forum manager no user that cant see it would see it. YOU can see it because your permissions to see it

[Tigga]

Sarge - I have no idea how that could have happened... All you did was modify the URL's in the vB options section? About the best thing I could suggest would be to upload the original, unhacked files to your site and see if that makes a difference. If not, the only other thing I could think of is something you put in one of those fields is causing it. If that's the case, about the only way to fix it would be to manually edit those things in the datastore table in your database.

paratek - I'm about to send you a PM regarding the permissions...
The calendar URL can be fixed by looking in your calendar_smallmonth_header template, finding calendar.php, and adding $vboptions[bburl]/ in front of it.
You can't put php code in any of the custom templates... You can put the code in the adv_index.php file and use the variables in the custom templates though, or you can use vBulletin's conditionals.

[sarge0087]

you have extra space somewhere after ?> or before <?php

The first line in the file says: "<?php"

Without the quotes of course.

[Zachery]

what about at the end of the file is there anywhite space after ?>

[Tigga]

It's affecting his entire forum, so it wouldn't have anything to do with an error in the index.php file... I would almost put money on my guess that he entered something into the value for those settings and that's what's causing the problem... Either that, or another file had to have been changed.

[sarge0087]

It started to happen after I changed the homepage URL for my site. Now I can't get back to my admincp

[sarge0087]

Nope, no space at the end of that.

[sarge0087]

What file could I go into to manually change the homepage settings?

[Tigga]

It would have to be done through the database... Have you checked your PMs on here? I sent you one regarding this...

[sarge0087]

Yes, I checked my PMs. I have to leave right now, but when I get back, I'll try and straighten this out. Thanks for your help.

[paratek]

if permissions are set correctly via the forum manager no user that cant see it would see it. YOU can see it because your permissions to see it

Faranth.....I understand that. I am trying to figure out how he RESPONDED to a post... That he should not have been able to. He told me he responded to it through the "Latest Threads Block" . Once he posted his reply, he was not allowed to view the forum, but it still appeared on the "Latest Threads block"

My permissions are set correctly. I checked within minutes of him making the post.

[Tigga]

If your permissions are set correctly, then there's no way he could have made the post. The latest threads section of this script has nothing to do with someone's ability to reply to a post - only view it. You should double check that the "Use Custom Permissions" radio button at the top of the permissions page is checked as that seems to be a very common mistake. Something HAS to be set incorrectly if that person was able to respond to a thread like that.

[mknott]

Hi,

im new to all this portal stuff so excuse me if i ask silly questions.

I have installed this portal with out a problem however when i goto http://www.vendetta-council.co.uk/adv_index.php i dont see where i click to get to the forums.

Please help me

[Zachery]

you can add a link to it in the navbar or whereever else you like by modifying the templates :)

[SnowBot]

Hi,

im new to all this portal stuff so excuse me if i ask silly questions.

I have installed this portal with out a problem however when i goto http://www.vendetta-council.co.uk/adv_index.php i dont see where i click to get to the forums.

Please help me
.

you can add a link to it in the navbar or whereever else you like by modifying the templates :)
:) Hes new like me Can you show him and me? :)

[TexasOutdoors]

.


:) Hes new like me Can you show him and me? :)

Open the index_navbar template and search for the link that you want to put your new link next to. I think the Home links is commented out with <-- so you can remove that comment, or copy that and create a new one with the link of your desire.

[SnowBot]

Open the index_navbar template and search for the link that you want to put your new link next to. I think the Home links is commented out with <-- so you can remove that comment, or copy that and create a new one with the link of your desire.
there isnt a index_navbar template

[Zachery]

there isnt a index_navbar template
my localhost isnt running ATM and i havent had time to install it on my site (tomorow ;D)

im guessing its either in the header or the main index template

[Blackbeard]

This is a great hack, thanks alot, was just woundering if you could sort me out, iam missing a few images and as far as i know they are all in the correct place, can someone take a quick look at my page then point out what i must do.

http://learnall-forum.com

[Blackbeard]

When i change the image folder to forums/images i nolonger get images on my forum but ok on portal page

[Rids]

Installed and working nicely although it took longer than anticipated due to me leaving a dot in the path (instructions are not idiot proof :D ) - very nice hack!

[danbc]

I have a problem, dunno what I did wrong...

When I run the adv_index.php file, the different boxes seem to work, but the middlesection is not there...


Here?s a sg...

http://www.supportalen.dk/vb_sg.gif

Anyone got an idea what I did wrong, or am missing to do?


Thanks,

Dan

[jeff225]

Rids, I did the same thing. I left the period in the forums direct path in the config.php file and it took me about an hour to find the proplem.

Dan,
Make sure you set up a forum called news and a forum called polls and place a test thread in each one. Also make sure that the news and poll forum ID number is placed in your advanced home options page.

I also have one question, when you install the hack it gives you the option to set the correct URL to your image folders. I need to change the url path again because my news icons(icons.icon1.gif) are not displaying correctly. Where do I change this path at?

**Update - Thanks Tigga, I changed the path on options>thread display options and it works.

[Symbian.info]

How can I change it so that people can see the attached pictures on the news o the portal? So not a link but seen on the news complete!?

[Tigga]

Texas & Snowbot - The script uses vBulletin's default navbar, so if you wanted to add a link to the forums there it would need to be added to your navbar template. If you only wanted the link to be displayed on your homepage you could add an if condition like this around the code for the link.
<if condition="$index_header">
(Kind of a cheap way to do it, but it works :p)

Blackbeard - You have to change the image paths to /forums/images

Dan - As Jeff said, you have to create a news forum and make a post in there before the newsbits will work.

Jeff - If you're talking about the default icon that is displayed if no icon is selected, that's listed in your main vBulletin options => Thread Display Options => Show Default Post Icon. Did you change the path at all during that part of the install? The script *should* be able to determine the correct path and update that for you in most cases, so I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a problem with that part. ;)

Symbian - Currently it will display the thumbnail of an image if you have image resizing turned on. Otherwise it displays a link to the file/image. If you wanted to change that you would need to modify the file and remove all of the code for the attachments except for the part that actually displays the images. If that was done though, you wouldn't be able to attach files other than image files in your news posts.

[danbc]

Stupid me, wrote the wrong ID number for the news forum, everything is working like a charm now :)

Thanks for the help guys!

[NuclioN]

A request. How about a custom block to your newsforum as links and when you click on them they not only display the news but under that a react system where reply's kan be added so...you have a newsitem and under it a display of instant reactions.

[Tigga]

Dan - Glad you got it figured out. Hope you enjoy the script. :)

Nuclion - I'm not sure I completely follow you here... Are you basically saying you want to display the replies to a news post under that post on the homepage?

[NuclioN]

Yes but not as the reply's in the forum itself, more a very simple reply system maybe even a reply mini bbs as a third party addon that displays short instant reactions on the mainpage. They are only visible when you click a newslink and then a visitor has the option to reply on that specific newsitem. :)

(seen on fok.nl) www.fok.nl

[jeff225]

Thanks Tigga for the help. It worked fine after I updated the URL on the thread display options.

Does anyone have a procedure for adding more custom blocks? I realize you must update the adv_index.php file but how do you add the custom 3 block to the index_tempates catagory and have it recognize it. Thanks, jeff

[Tigga]

Nuclion - Something like that would be possible, but I don't think it will be a default feature anytime soon.

Jeff - Why not just copy one of the custom templates and then add the code in the index template where you'd like it to appear? ;)

[jeff225]

I can do it that way Tigga but I wanted to keep it organized. I'm integrating your program with other custom databases and I wanted to keep it as organized as possible.

[Tigga]

Ahhh, ok. Well the easiest way to do that would be to look in your adv_index.php file for this code:
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('index') . '");');
Right above that add:
eval('$custom3 = "' . fetch_template('index_custom3') . '";');
Then create a new template called "index_custom3" and just add $custom3 in your index template. And of course if you need more, you would just change the two places you see the number 3 in that code to 4, 5, and so on.
If you need to add options to turn them on/off, the easiest way would be to put your forum in debug mode for a minute by adding $debug = 1; in your config.php file. Then go to the vBadvanced Homepage settings and add the new settings. If you do that, don't forget to take your board out of debug mode afterwards. ;)

[jeff225]

I'm new to VBulletin so bare with me Tigga but when I select add templates to add the custom 3 template in the admincp it adds it to the custom templates catagory and not under your index templates catagory.

[Tigga]

Yea, it adds them there because they're not "default" templates. It will work just fine from there though... Or if you really need them to be displayed with the others then you can go to your templates table in the database, find that template, and change it's styleid to "-1".

[jeff225]

Awesome, thanks for your help today.

[TECK]

<a href="http://www.plurplanet.com" target="_blank">www.plurplanet.com</a>
You are breaking the vBulletin copyright, simply because you do not display the "vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited" required, on your front page.
Your script uses the vB functions, so is a vBulletin product/hack.

[Tigga]

Jeff - No problem. Hope you enjoy the script. :)

TECK - I have spoken with a member of the Jelsoft team before and they said it was not necessary to display the copyright message on the homepage, nor any of my other pages, since it is not a vBulletin file. If it was necessary, or a violation of the vBulletin license agreement, then it would be there. [Edited by assassingod - Unnecessary]

[gmarik]

How is this better then the other portal softs?

[Tigga]

Well I'm not aware of any other portals that work with vB3 other than vBindex... If there are any others feel free to point them out to me and I will explain the differences. As far as vBadvanced Homepage vs vBindex, it's really all about which one you like better. The last time I looked at it the coding and such seemed to be very well done, so I wouldn't necessarily say one is better than the other. The only way to determine which one is better *for you* is to compare them and see which one fits your needs the best. ;)

[Dark_Wizard]

How is this better then the other portal softs?

Every portal has it's place depending on what a person may need. Both Tigga and NTLDR have written excellent hacks and both have cleanly written & optimized code. The choice is basically yours to the features you want and ease of use. My opinion is you can't go wrong with either hack and I have both installed (different sites of course).

[Dark_Wizard]

LOL...that wasn't there when I started typing.... :rolleyes:

[Tigga]

I've just updated the first post and released v1.01. Thanks to Dark_Wizard, I realized that my text editor was somehow messing up the spacing and returns in the file which caused problems for some users. That has been fixed, along with a couple of small code changes to further optimize the script. Upgrade instructions can be found in the first post. :)

[Zachery]

I've just updated the first post and released v1.01. Thanks to Dark_Wizard, I realized that my text editor was somehow messing up the spacing and returns in the file which caused problems for some users. That has been fixed, along with a couple of small code changes to further optimize the script. Upgrade instructions can be found in the first post. :)
* Faranth goes off to install this time

tigga have you recived any of my emaila s of late?

[Tigga]

I don't believe so... When's the last time you tried to send me one? I know my server was having some problems over the last couple of days, but I *thought* that all my mail had been delivered after it was fixed...

[Zachery]

I don't believe so... When's the last time you tried to send me one? I know my server was having some problems over the last couple of days, but I *thought* that all my mail had been delivered after it was fixed...
12/04/03 and 1/06/04

didnt get a reponse from either

[Tigga]

Ok, found the one from 12/4 still in my inbox (along with 215 other emails I need to sort through) and I'm about to reply to that one... Nuttin from 1/6 though...

[Zachery]

well i was just sending an email to see if you ere alive

[Ogmuk]

Nice to see your hack here after helping squashing a few bugs with the earlier versions on vbulletin.nl, Tigga ;)

The older version was working for me but I keep getting empty pages, when loading adv_index.php, with this newer one (after changing the chdir line). It could be caused because I clicked on upgrade since I was stupid enough not to read your very clear guide here which says that this is not necessary, but I'm not 100% sure if that's causing the problem.

[Nmidia]

Hi there - totaly new to this lark, so please bear with me.

I have installed the front end, which by the way looks damn fine. However, I am totally unsure how to edit the custom blocks. I have manged to set some up in VBindex because they add templates to the style menu. How do I go about doing this in vBadvanced? A quick guide would be really welcome for me and i'm sure other novice users (try and keep it basic!!).

Also, when I click on my header image it forwards me to http://legionsofloki.com/index.php. However, my forum is located at http://legionsofloki.com/Forum/index.php. The link in the navbar seems to work ok. The calander also seems to be pointing to the wrong path for me, when I click on the month header.

Also, how do I change the page positioning of the boxs? For instance, if I set up a Custom Block with site links in it, how do I get it to be distplayed as the top left box?

Thanks in advance, and again, great bit of coding!

[Tigga]

Ogmuk - Can you give me a link to the page? What version were you running before? Also, did the upgrade actually go all the way through, or did it give you an SQL error?

Nmidia - All the templates are with the regular vB templates, listed under "Index". That's where you can modify your custom templates, and you can modify your index template to move the blocks around. Everything in that template is well commented, so it should be easy to figure it out. To change the URL the header image points to you would need to modify the index_header template. I just checked the calendar, but it seems to be pointing to the right place...

[Gio Takahashi]

hmmm..I got this.


mysql error: Unknown column 'type' in 'field list'
mysql error number: 1054
Date: Thursday 08th of January 2004 05:16:03 PM
Script: http://www.unitedempire.net/forum/admincp/advindex_install.php?step=3
Referer: http://www.unitedempire.net/forum/admincp/advindex_install.php?step=2



While installing

[Tigga]

Looks like you're trying to install one of the old versions made for vB3 Beta. Download the current version from the first post. ;)

[Ogmuk]

When I got the SQL error I stopped the upgrade. I'll PM you the URL.

[Gio Takahashi]

I did use the one from the attachment.

[Tigga]

You couldn't have... The 'type' field was from an old version, plus I can tell from the URL in that error that it was from an old version because I changed the steps from numbers to phrases. Download the zip from the first post and it will work.

[Nmidia]

Nmidia - All the templates are with the regular vB templates, listed under "Index". That's where you can modify your custom templates, and you can modify your index template to move the blocks around. Everything in that template is well commented, so it should be easy to figure it out. To change the URL the header image points to you would need to modify the index_header template. I just checked the calendar, but it seems to be pointing to the right place...


Thanks Tigga, Worked! Managed to sort the links out by simply adding /Forum/ before the page name. I needed to update the calander link as well as the header.

[Gio Takahashi]

okay, I fixed that and got the right installer. No error in this installation, and did everything. and now I get a blank white page. see for yourself. http://www.unitedempire.net/index.php

[Tigga]

Are your index templates listed with the others?

[Gio Takahashi]

yes it is.

I figured out the problem, and it was the server thats being a dumbass. Its all fixed. No wI have to determine WHICH portal to use >.>

[Tigga]

What exactly was the problem? One other person so far has said that they had the same problem with the page being blank... They uploaded the older version of the script and it worked just fine, so I'm wondering if there's something in there that certain server configurations don't like...

[Nmidia]

What exactly was the problem? One other person so far has said that they had the same problem with the page being blank... They uploaded the older version of the script and it worked just fine, so I'm wondering if there's something in there that certain server configurations don't like...
Hi there - still loving your portal!! However, I would like to use the Shout bar from vbindex on this as well.

Fisrtly, would that be a problem for you? I mean, would you be offended if we mixed and matched? Secondly, how the hell would I do that?:)

[Casparian]

Love it! It's perfect. Though there are a few small things....
The who's online list has a space after names and before the comments which looks a bit messy? Can that be sorted? It also doesn't display users custom colours - for example, our Admin group members should be in red, and Paid Members should be in Green...
Listing Who's Online as one person per row would be great, like how it's done in most of the Nuke system modules? Then you could have a PM link beside each name?

On the Whos Online page, those on the portal index are displayed as being at "Unknown Location", any way to sort that out?

It also doesn't use the selected theme for header and footer? How do I add this manually, or make it work?
(For example, see http://forums.wiccauk.com/ for how it should look, at http://forums.wiccauk.com/adv_index.php for how it's displayed).

Finally - better instructions (or admin options!) to move the blocks about would be great. I'd like everything on the left except Recent topics on the right.... can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Nmidia]

how do I make the News boxes recognise html code?

[Casparian]

how do I make the News boxes recognise html code?
That's in the admin options.

[Jean147]

very very good work mate. Works like a sharm.

[Rids]

Only problem I seem to have is that the news and latest topic icons only show up if no icon is selected and the default icon is automatically inserted.

Default: http://www.technonuts.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif
Selected: http://www.technonuts.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Jean147]

Only problem I seem to have is that the news and latest topic icons only show up if no icon is selected and the default icon is automatically inserted.

Default: http://www.technonuts.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif
Selected: http://www.technonuts.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Go to your Admin Panel and click on Post Icon Manager

You have to give your icons the complete path

now you have: 'icons/'

but you need to put in: 'http://www.technonuts.com/forums/images/icons/iconXYZ.gif'

It is the same with smilies in your NEWSbits. If you want to show them up you need to edit their path.

Then it will work for sure. :)

[Rids]

in my post icon manager the path to the example smiley that's not showing up is:

http://www.technonuts.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

So the path within vB is already correct. They work fine from within vBulletin but not on the front page.

[Nmidia]

in my post icon manager the path to the example smiley that's not showing up is:

http://www.technonuts.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

So the path within vB is already correct. They work fine from within vBulletin but not on the front page.
Just bumping my question.

Hi there - still loving your portal!! However, I would like to use the Shout bar from vbindex on this as well.

Fisrtly, would that be a problem for you? I mean, would you be offended if we mixed and matched? Secondly, how the hell would I do that?

[Tigga]

Nmidia - If you can figure out how to port the shoutbox from vBindex, then there's no problem here. You may want to check with them though as they may require a copyright notice or something like that since you're using their script. I will be making a shoutbox as an add-on for this soon... I'm working on getting vbadvanced.com up (hopefully by next week) where we will provide support for this scripts, hacks, and other stuff.

Casparian - I'm not quite sure I know what you mean by the spaces and comments in the who's online list... As far as the colors, I'm assuming that you're acomplishing that through the "Username HTML Markup" option, right? I'll be sure that's added in the next version. I don't think listing the online users in rows will ever be the default way it's done since that could cause that box to become huge, but I could probably release a hack for it once vbadvanced.com is up and running.
As for the "Unknown Location" on the Who's Online page, there is a fairly easy way to fix that. I'll have to find the code and post it when I have more time... Just an FYI though, only admin's will see the "Unknown Location" text - regular members will just see that they are on the forum's index page. ;)
To make your header look like your forum header, you will need to modify your index_header and index_footer templates to match your forum ones.
As for moving the blocks around, those can all be modified in the index template. Everything is well commented, so as long as you know at least a little HTML then it shouldn't be hard at all to move them where you wish.

Rids - I think the problem with the icons is that it's pulling them from the icon cache rather than the actual path that's in the database... At least that's the only thing I can figure since everything else does seem to be correct. Try modifying your thumbsup icon, just save it in the icon manager without making any changes, and let me know if that makes a difference.
I may need to throw some code in there to update the icon cache after the image paths are modified...

[Rids]

Yep, that worked, as soon as I saved the icon and refreshed it was there

[Tigga]

Glad that worked. I figured that had to be it. I'll be sure to add some code in to update the icon cache for the next version... Damn Jelsoft and all their new caching and other optimizations. :p

[Rids]

Thanks Tigga, I must say I'm loving this addon (it a lot more than a hack) :)

[Nmidia]

Nmidia - If you can figure out how to port the shoutbox from vBindex, then there's no problem here. You may want to check with them though as they may require a copyright notice or something like that since you're using their script. I will be making a shoutbox as an add-on for this soon... I'm working on getting vbadvanced.com up (hopefully by next week) where we will provide support for this scripts, hacks, and other stuff.




Thats great new mate. I think I will be waiting for you then.

[Meta]

Hello Tigga,

i like vBadvanced very much! Well done.

I've had a small problem with too much cells in the minicalendar. But after reading this thread and doing what i was told now it works very nice.

Thank you for your work!

[Zachery]

glad you like it :)

[scottct1]

Ok, for my users who are not logged in / not registered I would like to display a box ie "custom 1" which will display ads from google.

However if they are registered and logged in I do not want them to see these ads.

I know VB has usergroup options, how do I setit up so if the usergroup is the unregistered/not logged in to show custom1 but for any other usergroup to not display it?

Any TECHNICAL detail on how to do this would be great. (like actual code) :)

Thanks in advance.

[Zachery]

Ok, for my users who are not logged in / not registered I would like to display a box ie "custom 1" which will display ads from google.

However if they are registered and logged in I do not want them to see these ads.

I know VB has usergroup options, how do I setit up so if the usergroup is the unregistered/not logged in to show custom1 but for any other usergroup to not display it?

Any TECHNICAL detail on how to do this would be great. (like actual code) :)

Thanks in advance.just to unregistered users?

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 0"> $custom1</if>

just find $custom1 in the main index template and replace it with that :)

(site note 1,000th post :) )

[Blackbeard]

iam having a small problem at moment, i use custome box 1 for a site nav box and now things are not playing, it is more than likely me, so i will post what i did and attach a screenie.

<table cellpadding="$stylevar[outerborderwidth]" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vboptions[blockbullet] Site Navigation</b></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><span class="smallfont">

<li><a href="http://Myweb site/index.php">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/forums/index.php">Forum Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/chat.html">Chatroom</a></li>

</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

could someone help please

[Acido]

Can you tell me how avoid that the unknow Location legend apears in Online Users when a visitor is looking at index.php ?

Thanx in advance ;)

[Dark Jim]

Nice hack but I'm having a problem. I created a template index_project_Oz. But when I go to index.php?page=project_Oz I get the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_bbcode() in /home/thegamin/public_html/beta/index.php on line 555 Also the news avatar is not working. I have a custom avatar (custom avatars are stored as files, not in the database) and it's not showing because the url is http://beta.thegaminguniverse.com/forums/image.php?userid=1&dateline=1070663498. In the welcome box the url is correct (http://beta.thegaminguniverse.com/forums/customavatars/avatar1_0.gif).

What did I do wrong?

[Dark_Wizard]

Nice hack but I'm having a problem. I created a template index_project_Oz. But when I go to index.php?page=project_Oz I get the error:
Also the news avatar is not working. I have a custom avatar (custom avatars are stored as files, not in the database) and it's not showing because the url is http://beta.thegaminguniverse.com/forums/image.php?userid=1&dateline=1070663498. In the welcome box the url is correct (http://beta.thegaminguniverse.com/forums/customavatars/avatar1_0.gif).

What did I do wrong?


Check all the threads prior to posting...this answers your error --> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=458124&postcount=53

[gc1]

is there anyway to insert your whole index.php where the news section is supposed to go?
Great hack BTW, I love it
TIA

gc

[kneesparx]

will this work with gamma?

[Zachery]

will this work with gamma?
it should, but you need to upgrade as vB.com no longer supports previous beta version

[Zachery]

iam having a small problem at moment, i use custome box 1 for a site nav box and now things are not playing, it is more than likely me, so i will post what i did and attach a screenie.

<table cellpadding="$stylevar[outerborderwidth]" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vboptions[blockbullet] Site Navigation</b></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><span class="smallfont">

<li><a href="http://Myweb site/index.php">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/forums/index.php">Forum Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/chat.html">Chatroom</a></li>


</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

could someone help please
remove <table cellpadding="$stylevar[outerborderwidth]" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
see if it works after that

[restless]

crap... i got this:Invalid SQL:
SELECT
userfield.*, usertextfield.*, user.*, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(passworddate) AS passworddate,
IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid,
language.phrasegroup_calendar AS phrasegroup_calendar,
language.phrasegroup_advindex AS phrasegroup_advindex,
language.phrasegroup_postbit AS phrasegroup_postbit,
language.phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
language.options AS lang_options,
language.languagecode AS lang_code,
language.charset AS lang_charset,
language.locale AS lang_locale,
language.imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
language.dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
language.timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
language.decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
language.registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
language.calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
language.calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
language.logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
language.thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep
FROM user AS user
INNER JOIN userfield AS userfield ON (user.userid = userfield.userid)
INNER JOIN usertextfield AS usertextfield ON (usertextfield.userid = user.userid) INNER JOIN language AS language ON (language.languageid = IF(user.languageid = 0, 1, user.languageid))
WHERE user.userid = 1

mysql error: Unknown column 'language.phrasegroup_advindex' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

[Tigga]

Did you run the install file?

[restless]

yes.. and i just uninstalled it and re-installed about 30 seconds ago. same error.

[Tigga]

And you didn't get any database errors from the installer? Try re-downloading the hack from the first post and running the installer. The error you posted says a column isn't there that the installer adds. If you didn't get an error from the installer, then there shouldn't be any reason why that column wasn't added.

[restless]

hmm... i just unistalled again, re-downloaded the hack, uploaded the files, and installed. same problem.

one weird thing is that the error email says this: Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0 Release Candidate 1:

i have RC 2. that's maybe just a bug in the email, but anyway...

[restless]

can i manually enter this column?

[restless]

hmmm... after 2 error messages on the adv_index.php page, it just decided to work. http://www.vagrantcafe.com/forums/adv_index.php

i have to adjust the title image i see... but anyway, i have no idea why it just decided to start working.

[kneesparx]

it should, but you need to upgrade as vB.com no longer supports previous beta version


im guessing maybe it doesnt work with gamma, i get this error:

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/databasename/public_html/adv_index.php on line 13

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/databasename/public_html/adv_index.php on line 74

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/databasename/public_html/adv_index.php on line 74


i guess i need to upgrade to CANDIDATE 2 finally huh?

[kneesparx]

hmmm... after 2 error messages on the adv_index.php page, it just decided to work. http://www.vagrantcafe.com/forums/adv_index.php

i have to adjust the title image i see... but anyway, i have no idea why it just decided to start working.


looks good restless :)

[gc1]

Man if I could get index.php in the news section I would be a happy man... anybody know how?

Thanks
GC

[Lacrosse Boy]

Ok, I am having a problem with my installation. The page renders really goofy. What can I do to fix this?

Take a look: http://www.todaysmusicforum.com/adv_index.php

[Tigga]

restless - Strange that it was doing that, but glad you got it to work. :)

kneesparx - That error means you didn't enter the correct path in your adv_index file. If you're having problems figuring out what the path is, see the FAQ section of the readme file.

gc1 - What exactly do you mean by "get index.php in the news section"?

Lacrosse Boy - That's being caused by the quotes in your news posts. I would set the "News Maximum Characters" to a higher number so the posts will be able to read the entire quote.

[kneesparx]

thanks Tigga, its pretty damn cool of you aswering all our questions like this! much respect!!

[gc1]

Tigga i would like to have the borders where they are and the index.php listing all my boards in the news section in the middle..

I have read you here and you are a great asset to this forum, if this cant be done thats cool I was just wondering, I have a big site with a bunch of truckdrivers and we aren't too smart :)

GC

[FleaBag]

Tigga, is there any way without using an external php file I can show all of the news within an iframe?

[jeff225]

Can someone inform me on how to change default text on the index page. I would like to change the 'Welcome Back' text on the login block to just 'Welcome'. This way users with longer usernames will not have the intro text folding into 2 lines. Thanks, Jeff

[SnowBot]

Just to help some ppl out, and thanks to Apoco for pointing me to the right place.

As theres no link back to the forums you may want to add one on the navbar. Heres how

navbar Template

Find:
<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr align="center">

BELOW Add:
<!-- extra link -->
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]">Forums</a></td>
<!-- extra link -->


Hope this helps

[Zachery]

Can someone inform me on how to change default text on the index page. I would like to change the 'Welcome Back' text on the login block to just 'Welcome'. This way users with longer usernames will not have the intro text folding into 2 lines. Thanks, Jeff
open the index template and change it id assume ;D

[jeff225]

The pointer on the index template for the welcome message is '$vbphrase[a_welcome_back]'. Is this the part I change?

[Zachery]

The pointer on the index template for the welcome message is '$vbphrase[a_welcome_back]'. Is this the part I change?
ah if its a phrase you could remove it and just hard code it

[jeff225]

Cool, just wanted to make sure their wasn't an easy way to change the phrase it points to before I replace it. That will work. Thanks, Faranth

[kneesparx]

i got it working, its a great hack :)

thanks Tigga!

[AshAbed]

im having problems creating new pages
http://forums.rebelliongfx.com/adv_index.php?page=actors
in the templates area i made "index_actors" but when i go there^ all i get is
"Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_bbcode() in /home2/ashraf/public_html/forums/adv_index.php on line 555"
any help would be appreciated, and btw other than that little thing this is a great hack ;) nice work

[Ogmuk]

What's the easiest way to get the top bits (nav bar, logo, etc) on the index page to work? I believe pasting "$vboptions[abspath]" before URL's in the templates will get you there but which templates will require editing?

[scottct1]

just to unregistered users?

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 0"> $custom1</if>

That worked GREAT!

Thank you!

No I just need how to add a $custom3 and $custom4 etc and I will be all set. This is a great hack!

[Dark_Wizard]

im having problems creating new pages
http://forums.rebelliongfx.com/adv_index.php?page=actors
in the templates area i made "index_actors" but when i go there^ all i get is
"Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_bbcode() in /home2/ashraf/public_html/forums/adv_index.php on line 555"
any help would be appreciated, and btw other than that little thing this is a great hack ;) nice work

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=458124&postcount=53

[Nmidia]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=458124&postcount=53
This really is a nice hack:)


I want now to set up the forum so that everyone has to go through the portal. The portal sits at http://legionsofloki.com/adv_index.php. If someone were to go to http://legionsofloki.com/Forum they get to the forum main page. Is it possible for that link to resolve down to the adv_index to make them use the portal?

[scottct1]

Ok here's another one...

I want to put in a forum jump on the index page, under the navbar.

I tried inserting $forumjump under $navbar but it does not do anything.

Any ideas?

[Jean147]

Does anyone know where I will find my vbadvance templates? I really really can't find them.

[scottct1]

Ahh one I can answer!

Under Index_ (Just scroll down and you will see them) :)

[Nmidia]

Does anyone know where I will find my vbadvance templates? I really really can't find them.
under index

[Zachery]

Ok here's another one...

I want to put in a forum jump on the index page, under the navbar.

I tried inserting $forumjump under $navbar but it does not do anything.

Any ideas?
Scott it would need to be evaled, plus youd need to do abit of work to the forumjump template to make it work correctly ;D

forumjump is a worthless ammount of bandwith

[TexasOutdoors]

This really is a nice hack:)


I want now to set up the forum so that everyone has to go through the portal. The portal sits at http://legionsofloki.com/adv_index.php. If someone were to go to http://legionsofloki.com/Forum they get to the forum main page. Is it possible for that link to resolve down to the adv_index to make them use the portal?

VB3.0 allows you to change the name of index.php page of the forum. Try re-naming it to forum.php and change the setting in the Admincp to reflect that change. Then create a blank index.php page in the /forum directory and re-direct that to http://yourdomain.com/ via Cpanel or whatever.

Hell, that's the only way I know to do it, but I'm sure there's tons of ways like .htaccess.

[TexasOutdoors]

What's the easiest way to get the top bits (nav bar, logo, etc) on the index page to work? I believe pasting "$vboptions[abspath]" before URL's in the templates will get you there but which templates will require editing?

The new version of Vbadvanced uses VB's $navbar. I just copied my forums $header into my index_header template for the header.

[Nmidia]

VB3.0 allows you to change the name of index.php page of the forum. Try re-naming it to forum.php and change the setting in the Admincp to reflect that change. Then create a blank index.php page in the /forum directory and re-direct that to http://yourdomain.com/ via Cpanel or whatever.

Hell, that's the only way I know to do it, but I'm sure there's tons of ways like .htaccess.


would that involve rejigging all of my hacks etc that refer to the forum index.php

[Briboy923]

how do i find out my chdir?

[kneesparx]

Create a file called info.php with the following content:

<? phpinfo(); ?>
Then upload that file to your server and go to it in your browser. You will see a list of options that were set by your host. One of them is called:

_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]

Copy that path, paste it over what you currently have for your path in the adv_index.php file, and reupload your adv_index.php file.

[Zachery]

how do i find out my chdir?
you can also upload the file and get an error ;D lol

[AshAbed]

<a href="http://forums.rebelliongfx.com/adv_index.php" target="_blank">http://forums.rebelliongfx.com/adv_index.php</a>
i tried to add the shoutbox on another page... the phrases dont show up and the scroll-section where the shouts should be dont show up
if it doesnt take a lot of your time could you possibly tell me how i could fix it
Thanks alot
*EDIT* my mistake, meant to put this in the shoutbox thread, not the portal

[Zachery]

http://forums.rebelliongfx.com/adv_index.php
i tried to add the shoutbox on another page... the phrases dont show up and the scroll-section where the shouts should be dont show up
if it doesnt take a lot of your time could you possibly tell me how i could fix it
Thanks alot
*EDIT* my mistake, meant to put this in the shoutbox thread, not the portal
LOL if the phrases dont show up its because you didnt include a ceratin file id image or preform somthing that makes them requred

[charlyc]

Nice hack!

Is there a way to include photopost or other php pages in the center blocks?

[Zachery]

Nice hack!

Is there a way to include photopost or other php pages in the center blocks?
youd have to manually edit the php functions to gather the required files

[Blackbeard]

remove <table cellpadding="$stylevar[outerborderwidth]" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
see if it works after that

that didnt work m8 just made it worst, just trying to insert a nav bar in the custome1 but dont seen to work

[Blackbeard]

iam having a small problem at moment, i use custome box 1 for a site nav box and now things are not playing, it is more than likely me, so i will post what i did and attach a screenie.

<table cellpadding="$stylevar[outerborderwidth]" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vboptions[blockbullet] Site Navigation</b></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><span class="smallfont">

<li><a href="http://Myweb site/index.php">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/forums/index.php">Forum Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://Myweb site/chat.html">Chatroom</a></li>


</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

could someone help please

here was my post so you all understand what last post was about

[Blackbeard]

The changes i have done dont seem to be the problem as i have reverted all them plates.

can some have a look at my homepage, also can i just run the install script again and over write it all???

http://learnall-forum.com

[Abbas]

I installed this and its working great. However, what I want to do is include the output produced by this page into a part of my home page. I tried two things

1) include the file with the

<?php
$included_file = "$page.txt";
?>

2) Cutting'n'Pasting the contents of adv_index.php into my current home page where I need the output.

Unfortunately, both of these results in the following error:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/tbreak/public_html/index1.php
Line: 16

If I access the adv_index.php by itself- it shows up just fine. I tried removing all the meta tags from the templates for adv_index, but still get the cookie error. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Abbas

[The Dude]

What happens to the main page when the forums are turned off for maintenance?

[charlyc]

youd have to manually edit the php functions to gather the required files

Can you be more specific?

Thanks

[The Dude]

Well if the board is down can you still login on the vbadvanced main page or be seen by the system as 'logged in'.

Thanks

[Zachery]

Well if the board is down can you still login on the vbadvanced main page or be seen by the system as 'logged in'.

Thanks
I installed this and its working great. However, what I want to do is include the output produced by this page into a part of my home page. I tried two things



1) include the file with the



<?php

$included_file = "$page.txt";

?>





2) Cutting'n'Pasting the contents of adv_index.php into my current home page where I need the output.



Unfortunately, both of these results in the following error:



Unable to add cookies, header already sent.

File: /home/tbreak/public_html/index1.php

Line: 16





If I access the adv_index.php by itself- it shows up just fine. I tried removing all the meta tags from the templates for adv_index, but still get the cookie error. Any help would be appreciated.



Thanks

Abbas

i dont belive you can correctly include your page.txt that way



if you get that its beclause there is somthing happening after ?> or before <?php


What happens to the main page when the forums are turned off for maintenance?the front page will be down as well, if your the admin you will see it as online


Can you be more specific?



Thanksnot really i dont use photopost so i wouldnt know where to start, sorry

[Abbas]

i dont belive you can correctly include your page.txt that way

if you get that its beclause there is somthing happening after ?> or before <?php

Well, the funny thing is that the output produced by the script works great at times and not at others. I mean, you see the output on my home page and then do a refresh and that cookie thing appears and then again a couple of rerfeshes later, I can see the output.

Really weird!

-Abbas

[Tigga]

Blackbeard - Try removing that quote from your first news post, or changing the Max News Characters to a higher number so that the closing quote tag will be included. That error is being caused because the quote table is never closed. It's strange that this seems to be such an issue with this script, but I can't think of one complaint with the vB2 version (myvbindex). I may have to add some code that will close the quote since this seems to be an issue affecting so many people now.

Abbas - Can you show me the file that you're trying to include this script with?

[Blackbeard]

Thanks removing the quote worked.

[Abbas]

Abbas - Can you show me the file that you're trying to include this script with?

Sure- Let me see if I can attach files in a PM and I'll send it across

Thanks!
-Abbas

[trinitym]

Just a tiny tidbit, not important really, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Heh. I spent an hour puzzling over why the gradients weren't working, on the pkg default theme and that was because you need to go through the css and full path the background image attributes.

Love the hack, btw - fab job. :)

[NuclioN]

Tigga i realy would like you to look at this: http://cutephp.com/ :)

It's a fantastic free news script with a lot of options such as xml/rss feeds. It can display 5 headlines in a sideblock and when you click on it (i haven't figured out how they do that) the news can be displayed in a centerblock above the forum newsitems for example. What's great is the quick comment system beneath the newsitems. Visitors can read the news and react. I hope someone can let this work togheter with this portal. You can share the news with other sites trough rss.

[Zachery]

Tigga i realy would like you to look at this: http://cutephp.com/ :)

It's a fantastic free news script with a lot of options such as xml/rss feeds. It can display 5 headlines in a sideblock and when you click on it (i haven't figured out how they do that) the news can be displayed in a centerblock above the forum newsitems for example. What's great is the quick comment system beneath the newsitems. Visitors can read the news and react. I hope someone can let this work togheter with this portal. You can share the news with other sites trough rss.
vB has built in RSS feed :) you can use that

[NuclioN]

Are you serious Faranth :D I will study it. I've looked quite some time for a way to catch headlines in a sideblock to display the content in a centerblock. :(

[Zachery]

Are you serious Faranth :D I will study it. I've looked quite some time for a way to catch headlines in a sideblock to display the content in a centerblock. :(
you need to enable it in vBulletin ACP options but yes, RSS JS and somthing else if memory serves

[13th_Disciple]

so far i have looked into both vbindex and vbadvanced homepage.. i am leaning towards this one a bit more than the other as it looks like it gives a bit more functionality with minimal queries..

right now i run vb2.3.3 with the calendar patch for 2.3.4 and a vbportal front-end.. they have no estimated time for release yet for vbportal for vb3 and i am not sure if i want to stick with it anymore.. but it does offer a more thorough solution to what i need right now.. but in the way of a portal solution, here is what i would like to see, and i am not sure if these things will be added, have been thought of, or are even considered an option at a later date:

a seperate admin section for the portal aside from it being within the adminCP..

a reviews section to rate certain things that pertain to what is relative on the site itself with user submitted reviews that have to be approved by a mod, smod or admin..

an uploads/downloads section.. the uploads use pfp ftp instead of relying on the php.ini.. once a user/member uploads a file, a mod, smod or admin approves the upload and then creates a link for it, moves it to a proper DL file location via a file manager based system, and the link is then posted in a DL section only registered users and higher being allowed to DL.. (there is a secure downloads deal, but the guy is so slow in updating anything with it that many of us from vbportal are tired of asking, although he says his new version will do most of what i ask, if it is ever released).. as well as a rating system for the downloads..

a links section to allow for member based link submission and a rating system is allowed for the links as they relate to the relevance of the site the links reside on..

the ability to easily create sideblocks, centerblocks and additional content for the sites front end.. almost a nuke style blocks system.. although i am not too keen on the nuke style, you can't really beat it in its ease of use..

that's all i can think of for now.. i would say a gallery, but i already have a license for photopost.. and i would by a license for reviewpost for the review section.. but i just can't bring myself to purchasing something like that right now since i am so short of bread the way it is..

now i know that's a lot.. and i am by no means a vbulletin hacker/guru/know-it-all.. but i am very interested in a more robust DL section for sites such as mine that offer DL's to their members.. something like i mentioned above for the upload bit and working similar to paFileDB for the download bit.. but i am very willing to offer help in anyway necessary.. i have looked for solutions and studies on some stuff Dark_Wizard has done as well as Erwin and several others.. will do whatever it takes to make a really good DL hack/add-on.. but would like to see it integrated with a nice portal system, and vbadvanced homepage looks like a very good portal based front end for such a DL type add-on.. if anyone is interested in such a deal and would like to help me do such a task, please contact me.. but bare in mind, i am a beginner.. if you are doing something like thisTigga or are interested, let me know.. be glad to do whatever i can..

i also think i saw wayne luke mention vbulletin was working on a cms.. anyone know much about that? nd sorry for asking that in this thread..

Tigga, very quality work.. i believe faranth helped as well.. nice job.. well done..

[Tigga]

13th_Disciple - I'm actually working on scripts for most everything you mentioned. Though they won't be free, they will be relatively inexpensive. Hopefully some of them will be available on vbadvanced.com shortly after I get that site launched. ;)

[ConqSoft]

Just installed this. Looks great!

I did have one question though, the post icons are showing up as broken links, even though they do have the full, correct paths shown in the AdminCP (and they showed correctly during the install of this mod, where it changes the paths for you.)

In AdminCP, on the Post Icon manager, the path to each image is:

For example: http://www.fireblades.org/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif

But on the home page, the broken image properties shows:

http://www.fireblades.org/images/icons/icon1.gif

(I did hard-code /forums/image/etc in my Style too, btw.)

Any ideas of what I may have missed?

[Tigga]

Try modifying one of your icons in the Admin CP. You don't have to actually change anything, just save it. The icon cache needs to be updated which is something I missed when writing the install file. ;)

[ConqSoft]

Yep, that fixed it. But, I decided I liked the way it looked without them turned on anyway. :D

[ConqSoft]

I found a bug, I think.

I have vb set to notify me of a new PM with a pop-up. If I'm on the vBadvanced page and get the pop-up, it tries to send me to private.php in the root of my site instead of in the /forums directory.

[13th_Disciple]

13th_Disciple - I'm actually working on scripts for most everything you mentioned. Though they won't be free, they will be relatively inexpensive. Hopefully some of them will be available on vbadvanced.com shortly after I get that site launched. ;)

good to hear that Tigga.. I am actually not too far away from you.. i live in Georgia as well.. anyway.. would be good to know a bit more info as i have to make a decision soon.. my vbportal subscription runs out the end of this month and i need to make a decision to renew that subscription or move on to something that will give me as much if not more site based and admin based functionality..

if you could maybe tell me how to speak to you outside of the forums.. i am an IRC regular, and i have ICQ.. i am by no means asking for support or for my requests to be talked about, i am just wanting to know a bit more about what you are thinking as it pertains to what i have mentioned and what your response was.. also, if you are going to charge for anything, i would like to speak to you about that as well..

if you have a few minutes, let me know how best to reach you outside of the vb.org forums.. thanks..

[AshAbed]

Im going to run my whole website(50+ pages) through your portal (adv_index.php?page=xxx) and was wondering if i should start adding pages now or if the next time you upgrade the portal i would have to re-start the pages.... in other words should i start building my site through the portal or should i wait for the "gold" version to be released?
thanks

[Zachery]

good to hear that Tigga.. I am actually not too far away from you.. i live in Georgia as well.. anyway.. would be good to know a bit more info as i have to make a decision soon.. my vbportal subscription runs out the end of this month and i need to make a decision to renew that subscription or move on to something that will give me as much if not more site based and admin based functionality..

if you could maybe tell me how to speak to you outside of the forums.. i am an IRC regular, and i have ICQ.. i am by no means asking for support or for my requests to be talked about, i am just wanting to know a bit more about what you are thinking as it pertains to what i have mentioned and what your response was.. also, if you are going to charge for anything, i would like to speak to you about that as well..

if you have a few minutes, let me know how best to reach you outside of the vb.org forums.. thanks..
i can tell you from persoanl and friends expirence that vBportal is one of the worst addons to vBulletin there is, it can seen querry loads sky high >.<

[Tigga]

ConqSoft - Are you running the most receint version of the script? There's some code in the file that should add your forum's URL in front of private.php. Have you modified your "pm_popup_script" template at all?

13th_Disciple - I'm hoping to have vBadvanced.com up within the next couple of days to start providing better support, add-ons, and etc for this script. Then I'm hoping to have the links directory up within a week or two, and the other scripts to follow... I can't really give any estimate on time for the others right now, and I'm not sure what order they will be available in. I don't really use IRC or ICQ, so the best way to contact me would be through email. If you'd like to email me at brian@plurplanet.com I'll gladly try to answer any questions you have.

AshAbed - You can go ahead and start making as many pages as you'd like - None of them will be lost in any upgrades. ;)

[Zachery]

ConqSoft - Are you running the most receint version of the script? There's some code in the file that should add your forum's URL in front of private.php. Have you modified your "pm_popup_script" template at all?

13th_Disciple - I'm hoping to have vBadvanced.com up within the next couple of days to start providing better support, add-ons, and etc for this script. Then I'm hoping to have the links directory up within a week or two, and the other scripts to follow... I can't really give any estimate on time for the others right now, and I'm not sure what order they will be available in. I don't really use IRC or ICQ, so the best way to contact me would be through email. If you'd like to email me at brian@plurplanet.com I'll gladly try to answer any questions you have.

AshAbed - You can go ahead and start making as many pages as you'd like - None of them will be lost in any upgrades. ;)
* Faranth pokes tigga
Tigga check your email

[rinkrat]

I'm trying to build custom templates named index_template or whatever and when I try to load them with the ?page=template I get:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_bbcode() in /www/htdocs/index.php on line 555

[EDIT]

Never mind, a little searching and I found the answer here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=458124&postcount=53

[ConqSoft]

ConqSoft - Are you running the most receint version of the script? There's some code in the file that should add your forum's URL in front of private.php. Have you modified your "pm_popup_script" template at all?


I just downloaded your script yesterday from this thread, so I assume it's the most recent?

No modifications to pm_popup_script that I'm aware of.

Can you tell me the changes that are made so I can make them manually?

Thanks

[Tigga]

Faranth - You're going to kill me, but can you resend that email? I was messing with some stuff on my server yesterday and accidentally set my quota for plurplanet way too low, so I think I missed a few emails that were sent then. I received a few that were sent durning that time, but nothing from you...

ConqSoft - That's odd... I double checked and it works fine on my localhost, but not on your site... Did you maybe replace $index_footer with $footer in your index template?

[ConqSoft]

ConqSoft - That's odd... I double checked and it works fine on my localhost, but not on your site... Did you maybe replace $index_footer with $footer in your index template?

Yep, I did. $header and $footer since I'm sharing those throughout the site.

[Tigga]

Then that would be your problem. Try putting $index_footer back in there and just modify that template to your needs. ;)

[ConqSoft]

No other way around it? I don't like having multiple versions of the same stuff spread everywhere. :(

[Zachery]

No other way around it? I don't like having multiple versions of the same stuff spread everywhere. :(
its not that big of a deal just copy your header template into index header :) its done so you dont have to have a bloated version of one :)

yes ill resend the email :)

[Tigga]

Open adv_index.php and find:

$index_footer .= str_replace

Replace that with:

$footer .= str_replace

And that should fix it. :)

[13th_Disciple]

and i can tell you faranth that you and your friends are correct.. my index page hase over 80 queries alone.. and that's with me backing off on a few things.. i received the email notification of my premium membership expiring there, and i believe i am going to let it go..

tigga, will email you shortly.. and thanks for the email info..

[Zachery]

for anyone who cares my site's vBadvanced has returned :)

[EVO VIII Chris]

Just installed this hack and it installed without any errors or anything. Now here is my question. My mainpage is at www.vorspann.net, my forums are at http://forums.vorspann.net now I am wondering how I get this content to show on my main page? Everything seems to be working now I just need to know how I implement this content to work with my main standard HTML page?

Chris

[EVO VIII Chris]

Ok nevermind I got it working. Now my question is this. Are there any templates to edit for this thing so I can modify the look of my main page a little? I can't seem to find the templates. Im not sure what they are called.

Chris

[Zachery]

try templates under Index :)

[ConqSoft]

Open adv_index.php and find:

$index_footer .= str_replace

Replace that with:

$footer .= str_replace

And that should fix it. :)

Thanks!

[scottct1]

Ok question on the Latest Forums post functions.

How do I go about setting it up so that instead of showing the topic starter it shows who last replied or posted to the thread?

Thanks!

[Tigga]

Modify your index_threadbits template and move the code from the "title" part in the link to whereever you would like that displayed. ;)

[scottct1]

I don't know if I was clear

But at the moment on the Latest Forum Posts it shows the name of the person who started the thread.

What I want it to display instead is not who started the thread, but who replied to the thread.

Thanks for your help.

[Tigga]

Uh huh... And when you hold your mouse over the thread, what do you see? If you modify that template then you can move that to be displayed under the thread instead of when you hold your mouse over the thread title. ;)

[Zachery]

I don't know if I was clear

But at the moment on the Latest Forum Posts it shows the name of the person who started the thread.

What I want it to display instead is not who started the thread, but who replied to the thread.


Thanks for your help.
you still just need to edit the template for it :)

[kneesparx]

Blackbeard - You have to change the image paths to /forums/images


where can i set this path at? i was looking in admin/vbulletinoptions/vbadvancedsettings, but no love, do i have to change tha paths in the templates themselves? thanks in advanced

[kneesparx]

where can i set this path at? i was looking in admin/vbulletinoptions/vbadvancedsettings, but no love, do i have to change tha paths in the templates themselves? thanks in advanced

oops nevermind, i found it, just incase anyone else is a retard like myself, change the paths at admin/Styles & Templates/Style Manager/allstyleoptions/Image Paths

:)