Add Custom WOL Locations from ACP

[Andreas]

<font color="red">Add Custom WOL Locations from ACP</font>

Description
This Hack allows you to easily Add/Modify Custom WOL Locations from your Admin Control Panel.
It is based on Trigunflames Version for vBulletin 3.0.x, who gave me the kind permission to use his Code.
Thanks a lot.

Details
1 Script
1 ACP Navigation XML File
No file edits!

History
1.0.0
Initial Version for vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 1

1.0.1
Updated for Beta 3: Link will now appear in Maintenance section instead of creating a new Navgroup

1.0.2
Fully revised and updated for RC3.
Important: If you are updating from a previous Version please remove the old Plugins/Files first!

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall when you don't use it any longer!

[mholtum]

Nice

[tamarian]

Very useful :up: /installs

[Princeton]

excellent mod!

[Link14716]

If it takes no file mods, why is it in the forum for file mods? ;)

[Azhrialilu]

If it takes no file mods, why is it in the forum for file mods? ;)

I said the same thing as I read it LOL

Nice one tho.. will definitely use it!

[Andreas]

If it takes no file mods, why is it in the forum for file mods? ;)
We are currently discussing what actually classifies as a Plugin and havn't decided a clear definition yet, therefore this Hack isn't classified as a Plugin at the moment.

[StarBuG]

Hi Kirby

Your instructions are a little rare ;)
To simply call your php file via the browser bar is not the optimal solution.
Could you either make instructions how to implement it into the navigation frame or make the xml file work as plugin (once the acp got hooked ;))

But thx for this nice feature.

StarBuG

[Andreas]

Hmm ... what instructions do you need/want?
There is a XML File for the AdminCP Nav - just upload it as stated in the Readme and there will be a new entry.

[StarBuG]

Oh sorry I missed that.
Forgot to login again ;)

Nice one Thx

StarBuG

[Andreas]

@Tamarian
Erm ... I created the ZIP on Windows.
Wonder how there could any permissions at all ...

[tamarian]

@Tamarian
Erm ... I created the ZIP on Windows.
Wonder how there could any permissions at all ...

I have no idea. If no one else encounters it, that's a good thing :)

[Christine]

Perfect for the Gallery hack. Thank you!!

/me installs

[Andreas]

Update for Beta 3
The link now does appear in Navgroup Maintenance instead of creating another Navgroup.
Tu update, delete cpnav_customonline.xml and upload cpnav_customonline_b3.xml instead.

[FleaBag]

Working with RC1 Kirby. :) You might want to add to the instructions where you'll find the entry in the AdminCP, as I was baffled for ages before I scrolled down and saw your above post! ;) Good job using the same database fields as the previous version... It picked up all my old files. :)

[Neal-UK]

Working with RC1 Kirby. :) You might want to add to the instructions where you'll find the entry in the AdminCP, as I was baffled for ages before I scrolled down and saw your above post! ;) Good job using the same database fields as the previous version... It picked up all my old files. :)

sorry, i'm lost. Where does this link appear?

[Boofo]

Maintenace section in the admin cp. Where do you the db backup and the queries. ;)

[Neal-UK]

Maintenace section in the admin cp. Where do you the db backup and the queries. ;)

of course, thanks very much

[ConqSoft]

Am I doing something wrong, or does this not support full paths for the filename?

(ie, /index.php is my Portal, but other index.php's aren't, so I need to specify.)

[EasyTarget]

noob question, what does WOL mean? (who's online? can't thing of anything else)

[FleaBag]

That's the one.

[FleaBag]

Am I doing something wrong, or does this not support full paths for the filename?

(ie, /index.php is my Portal, but other index.php's aren't, so I need to specify.)

The 3.0.X version didn't so if this is a port I'd assume this one doesn't either.

[Sovereign]

YAY! Been looking for something like this! [INSTALL]
EDIT: One more thing, can this be made to accept something like "userpage.php?do=list"? Show this as "Viewing Userpage List" but show "userpage.php?do=edit" as "Editing Userpage" and all else with userpage.php as Viewing Userpage?

[FleaBag]

Not as far as I'm aware, I think you can only use the physical file name.

[Sovereign]

Then how does vB do it? I thought vB had something with threads that had multiple instances of the same file. Can this be replicated?

[Boofo]

I just tried adding userpage.php to this and it still shows up as an Unknown Location. Any ideas why that might be happening? ;)

[Sovereign]

Well, I added just userpage.php and the location "Viewing Userpage" which works. However, "userpage.php?do=edit" -> Editing Userpage does not work.

[Boofo]

Well, I added just userpage.php and the location "Viewing Userpage" which works. However, "userpage.php?do=edit" -> Editing Userpage does not work.

I also just added userpage.php. Can you pm me your EXACT setting for that?

[Bad Bunny]

Have it working. Nice work. And yeah, it had my old locations from before, which is great!

[dookie]

Nothing appears in Maintenace section, using RC3.

[dookie]

Works after editing cpnav_customonline_b3.xml.
But Links are not shown as links. Any support?

[Andreas]

Documentation Issue ;)
I'll update this as soon as possible.
If it's not up to date until monday, please bump the Thread.

[Boofo]

How would we add a link (for chat.php) like this?

http://www.yoursite.com/forums/chat/chat.php

[Kirk Y]

In RC3:

<navgroups product="vBulletin">

Needs to be:

<navgroups product="vbulletin">

Or the link will not show in the Maintenance group. (In the cpnav_customonline_b3.xml file.)

[EasyTarget]

does this work on rc3?

[Kirk Y]

Yeah... just have to fix the link. (In my above post.)

[glorify]

Like the hack, wish it had portal support i/e index and custom pages. Will keep it for my galleries.

[EasyTarget]

is there a way to make it so the link showing the page they're on is an active link so people can click on it, or a page description that links to the page on the wol box like the thread description links?

[Andreas]

Updated.
This is a fully phrased Product now.

[dookie]

Little DB-Problem in RC3:
There is no column for "showlink" in the table.

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0 Release Candidate 3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO customwol
(filename, location, showlink, linkname)
VALUES (
'rules.php',
'Betrachtet die Nutzungsbestimmungen',
'Nutzungsbestimmungen'
);

MySQL Error : Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
Error Number : 1136
Date : Friday, September 23rd 2005 @ 03:10:57 PM
Script : http://www.devinity.de/admincp/custom_online.php
Referrer : http://www.devinity.de/admincp/custom_online.php

[Andreas]

Whoops :)
That column isn't necessary, but seems like I forgot to remove some references ... ZIP updated.

[dookie]

Testing ... works!
Thank you. ;)

[Boofo]

Kirby, is there a way to make the file line length longer? I want to add my chat room to it but it is a java script showwin string and it cuts it off about 2/3 of the way through.

[Andreas]

What's the filename you want to add?

[Boofo]

This:

javascript:showwin('http://www.bearfacts2.com/boards/chat/chat.php', 'width=700,height=600, top=50, left=50')

[Andreas]

You want to add chat.php :)
As that it the filename of the script.

[Boofo]

I know. I had that but I had to add chat/chat.php to make it work. And it worked but it won't open in a window. It goes fullscreen. :(

[Andreas]

I C. So you want this URL to be the URL that is show on WOL, right?
That's not possible with this Hack.

But you can code a Plugin for that.

[Boofo]

I C. So you want this URL to be the URL that is show on WOL, right?
That's not possible with this Hack.

But you can code a Plugin for that.

No, I want that as the file and the URL that shows would be RealChat Rooms.

And by the way, this upgraded version is great! It works like a charm. Good job! ;)

[Andreas]

You can't have this as the filename, as it is not the filename.
However you can code a Plugin that uses this as the URL on WOL.

Take a look at the Plugins this Hack creates to get the idea how to do that.

[Boofo]

You can't have this as the filename, as it is not the filename.
However you can code a Plugin that uses this as the URL on WOL.

Take a look at the Plugins this Hack creates to get the idea how to do that.

Would I have to do a separate plugin for each time I wanted to do that or could I just keep adding links like this to it? That might actually work out better as a plugin.

[Andreas]

This Hack is designed to handle simple Things like page1.php - Viewing Page 1 etc.

For more complicated stuff, as said, you have to make your own Plugins :)

[Boofo]

This Hack is designed to handle simple Things like page1.php - Viewing Page 1 etc.

For more complicated stuff, as said, you have to make your own Plugins :)

The question I asked above was about plug-ins. I understand what you mean about the hack. I'm asking if I can add more links like this to a plg-in or would I have to do a separate plug-in for each link? ;)

[Andreas]

You can do it in 1 Plugin and i'd recommend to make only 1 Plugin.

[Boofo]

You can do it in 1 Plugin and i'd recommend to make only 1 Plugin.

One plug-in for multiple links or one plug-in for this one link? I just want to make sure I get it right is all.

[Andreas]

1 Plugin

[Zelda-King]

Working like a charm. I would say the README needs to state where to find the options (which are under Maintenance).

[Andreas]

Added that to the readme :)

[jribz]

Kirby, is there any way to make this recognize urls in a subfolder within the forums? For example, I have PhotoPost installed and would like to simply have everything in the folder forumroot/gallery/ to show up as In the Gallery.

Is this possible with this?

[Andreas]

Depends.
AFAIK the existing Hooks only handle Filenames. So if the Filenames are unique it should work, otherwise I think it will not.

[jribz]

Depends.
AFAIK the existing Hooks only handle Filenames. So if the Filenames are unique it should work, otherwise I think it will not.Yeah that seems to be the problem, as well as photopost using their spider friendly urls with '/' and categories after the filename. Thanks though, still keeping the plugin. :)

[dfinkle]

I try to import the style and it tells me "Invalid or empty style file specified"... what does this mean? I am importing it through ACP/Download Upload Styles, tried it a bunch of ways. Am I in the wrong spot?

[dfinkle]

Ahh, after re-reading everything here, I now realize that this hack will not work for vb 3.0.7. My apologies!

[Dave-ahfb]

Is this compatible with gold?

Dave

[Nullifi3d]

Yes it is.

[Dave-ahfb]

3.5 gold

I am probably doing something stupid but I cannot get the link to go to a page outside the forum directory.

[Nullifi3d]

3.5 gold

I am probably doing something stupid but I cannot get the link to go to a page outside the forum directory.
Can you please be more specific?

[Dave-ahfb]

When I go to WOL the page I added to the custom WOL give the link as 404 removed
instead of
www.ahfb2000.com/html.php

[Nullifi3d]

That's got to be an error on your part. The mod wouldn't just add a directory to the link all by itself. Check the info in your admincp.

[Andreas]

This Hack is not designed to work with files outside Forum root.

[Dave-ahfb]

thanks, I will uninstall

[dilbert]

I have vBa links installed in a directory in the same root as the forum, but not in the forum directory. So this will not work? :tired: That's too bad, it looks terrific. Do you know of a mod that will work?

Thanks, Cliff

This Hack is not designed to work with files outside Forum root.

[Lea Verou]

I have vBa links installed in a directory in the same root as the forum, but not in the forum directory. So this will not work? :tired: That's too bad, it looks terrific. Do you know of a mod that will work?

Thanks, Cliff

Same problem here but with vba gallery, vba links and vbadvanced portal...

I was able to make the link go outside the forum dir by adding 2 dots in front (eg "../gallery/" for "www.e-steki.com/gallery/") and it's displayed correctly in the settings but it sadly doesn't work in the whoisonline... :(

[pirotess]

Rats I should have read the entire thread before installing. :) I have photopost in /gallery and have spider friendly URLs up as well and it looks like this cant fix the unknown location problem for them in Whosonline. :(

[akanevsky]

Screenshots plz ffs tyvm :P

[silurius]

Rats I should have read the entire thread before installing. :) I have photopost in /gallery and have spider friendly URLs up as well and it looks like this cant fix the unknown location problem for them in Whosonline. :(

This would probably apply to me as well, as I am strongly considering PhotoPost. Any possible workaround in the future?

[COBRAws]

This Hack is not designed to work with files outside Forum root.

This doesnt work for me either, i wanted to specify portal and Gallery WOL additions.


uninstalling. But its an awesome hack! Ill wait for a modification or something.

[Andreas]

Well, I could add an input for a path. Buth still then, for more complex WOL stuff (eg. IDs invloved, etc.) you will have to code your own Plugins.

[Omranic]

thankx Andreas
Installed & Runed succsefully

But I have a question
it says : can I run it over an external file ( outside forums directory ) ? If yes thats will be great If No so Is there any way to do this ?

[Andreas]

Not possible - yet.
But you can take a look at the Plugins this Hack creates/updates to understand how WOL worksm and then make your own Plugins.
Or take a look at the How-To section.

[Guest190829]

This works Great, just installed.

/me also clicks install.

[Omranic]

thanks Andreas i'll do

[Lyricsmama]

Clicking Install...
THANK YOU

[StarBuG]

/me clicks install

thank you

[Zachariah]

Andreas, can we get this default in VB 3.5.2 :) ?

:rambo:

[moonclamp]

I reckon it could be funny if there was a way to move users to a random location when they are lurking for long periods ...

eg

picking a zit
waiting for a bus
hiding in the toilet etc. etc.

:D

[quasan]

thx thx for this hack.

phrases would be cool because of multilang. sites :)

[Andreas]

You can use phrases.

[yessir]

Is this 3.5.1 compatible?

[Ville]

Is this 3.5.1 compatible?Seems to work. I just installed it on 3.5.1.

[dilbert]

Guess it's me, I can't figure out how this is supposed to work.
I installed the few files, and when I go to my admin pages Maintenance all I see is:
Database Backup
Repair / Optimize Tables
Update Counters
Diagnostics
Execute SQL Query
View PHP info.

[Andreas]

Did you reload the navigation frame?

[dilbert]

I just opened it today, a full day later and it's still the same.

[Christine]

Where did you put the cpnav XML file?

[dilbert]

It's in Includes, XML. Where should it be?

[EasyTarget]

I'm using this hack with your advanced plugin system hack but this one doesn't work in it very well.

the gray bar doesn't have a name, its just blank and when I try to close the category below (vbulletin) the advanced plugin system category it ends up closing the plugin category instead.

does this happen to you too? I have other plugins that work fine in it.

[EasyTarget]

*bump*

[Andreas]

If you mean my Advanced Plugin Manager Hack:
That's a known bug of it (which won't be fixed as I don't care for it too much)

[cbr929rrerion]

ok.. I have it installed now what do I do with it..

Can some one give an example of what we enter if we wanted the wol on the profile pic gallery.. which is picgallery.php

what do I put for

file name

location

and url

Thanks...

[Andreas]

Filename: picgallery.php
Location: Viewing Picture Gallery
URL Display: Picture Gallery

Which would generate

Viewing Picture Gallery
Picture Gallery (http://www.yoursite.com/forums/picgallery.php)

[cbr929rrerion]

any chance I can get screen shots of what this does.. I guess I am confused, what does it add, where does it show, what does it show?

[Andreas]

Take this as a screenshot:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/online.php

[cbr929rrerion]

where does it show or display this or whats it do? please explain...

[Andreas]

Explanation = See Post #102

[Snake]

Screenshots?

[Andreas]

Screenshot = See Post #102

[NEXCS-Greg]

upon trying to import the .xml into the admin panel I got this:

Invalid File Specified

ideas?

[Andreas]

Yes, you are trying to do smth. wrong.

[NEXCS-Greg]

please explain in stupid dummy terms :D what's smth?

[NEXCS-Greg]

Found it. Thanks.

[NEXCS-Greg]

I moved the classifiedads folder (which contains the photopost script) into the mb folder (which contains my vbulletin), and I tried adding a WOL as showcat.php and classifiedads/showcat.php

But when someone is on the showcat.php page, it shows them as being on the forum index in the Who's Online. Am I doing something wrong?

[Rickie3]

*installed* thankyou

[bkaul]

Nice, useful hack. Might be nice to also add a field to modify the page title in the browser window/tab, as is done with threads, so that rather than "Boards Title - " it has "Boards Title - Page Title"

[Rich]

Hello,

Is it possible to expand on this modification so you can also add "WOL" locations for specific users?

I want my users to have the ability to see where other users are as it may promote activity such as additional subscriptions and donors, but I would like to have the ability to hide my staffs actual location on the site. If I could enter a location similar to that for custom pages, that would be great.

(I am sure other users could use this feature as well.)

[Masiello]

This hack work with vbulletin 3.5.3?

[PixelFx]

This hack work with vbulletin 3.5.3?

does this work with v3.5.3? :P

[theFAILURE]

I am now

" Searching Forums "

Great work!

[agiacosa]

Not working on a 3.5.1 patched. I uploaded the two files and the imported the product.

The Add section was missing text. When I clicked on modify I got a database error.

Any thoughts?

[alluidh]

The Hack works with 3.5.4
And for the germans, a little translation

[Andreas]

Thanks for the translation, but I don't appreciate translated product XMLs ... deleted.

[Gizmo999]

Thanks, great hack and really useful, no more broken tables with long unknown locations :D

[sigh]

I'm curious about using this with Photopost Pro. All the URLs start with /photopost/ but each photo has it's own URL

Ex: /photopost/showphoto.php/photo/46/limit/recent

Is there a way I can set this plugin to display one message for all users who are in the /photopost/ directory? Otherwise, it will be impossible to keep this up to date.

Thanks!

[ryancooper]

I have a question. Can I make a test.php file and put it in the forums directory and have this tell me I am looking at test.php in the WOL?

Does anything need to be in the test.php file?

I ask because I plan to call the test.php in a iframe so i can use this in folders NOT in the forums.

[Smiry Kin's]

well nice very handy saves file editing.

[JohnBee]

Nice job! installed

[Dr.Viggy]

this is exactly what i needed. perfect hack. thank you so much.

*installed

[redlabour]

Works great with 3.6.3 !!! :D

[ExtremePhysique]

Can someone please explain HOW to use this? The instructions are not very clear if you don't know what you're doing, lol.

I've installed it and I do see custom WOL in the maintenance section...however, I have no idea how to set which usergroups can use it or not? Where is that? What is the filename that is required? All I want is one location, viewing the index.

Can anyone help?

[dodgeboard.com]

Works great on my 3.6.4

Thanks a bunch for this!!

[KSE]

Works great on my 3.6.4

Thanks a bunch for this!!
I just uploaded the files and imported the .xml but there is no link in the Maintainance section??? I'm on 3.6.4 too.

[KSE]

ok, so I got it working now. I had to log out and log back in :shrugs:

Thanks for the hack.

[navjotjsingh]

Here is my problem...my forum page is forum.php and vb CMPS index is index.php

I tried adding index.php as custom location but it shows as Viewing Index http://domain.com/forum.php and when I remove the custom url it again shows

Unknown Location /index.php

Any Idea what needs to be done?
I am on 3.6.4!

[peterska2]

Here is my problem...my forum page is forum.php and vb CMPS index is index.php

I tried adding index.php as custom location but it shows as Viewing Index http://domain.com/forum.php and when I remove the custom url it again shows

Unknown Location /index.php

Any Idea what needs to be done?
I am on 3.6.4!
It does exactly the same on mine too.

[sduckie2k5]

How do I remove this, I don't see it in the product manager section? Thanks

[Moon!]

very nice, I was just doing it by hand when I found this.

[gct13]

For users with Photopost, the way to use this plugin is to turn off search-engine friendly urls in photopost. Then add the photopost-specific urls in the WOL plugin: "showalbums.php", "showphoto.php", etc...

[MDK-Indy]

Works great with 3.6.8...

greeting Indy

[yoyoyoyo]

works great in 3.6.8

[agitated]

working fine in 3.7.0 Beta 3

[redspider]

working fine with 3.7.2

[PyroMarkus]

Yes working fine with 3.7.2.
But did you manage to have the correct URL linked in WOL when beeing in PhotoPost? Of course it is listing "viewing photo" or "viewing gallery". No problem. But it is linking (of course) just to showgallery.php and showphoto.php.
It is possible to link somehow to the full URL path, eg. "showgallery.php?cat=1792" and "showphoto.php?photo=33156"?!

Thanks a lot!

[jazde86]

If this is enabled on vB 3.8 the forum can't be set offline anymore and is still online for all users.

[yotsume]

I don't see it working at all for vb3.8x!

My forum is forum.php and my vba homepage is index.php

When I add index.pho and make a title of Viewing Homepage nothing happens!

Can you please update this mod! Its way outdated!

THANKS!

[Chy]

I'd like to use this to if Coder still available to update for 3.8.x

[chick]

Works perfect in 3.8.5