Wanted: Testers for vBJournal for vBulletin 3.5

[Andreas]

Ladies and Gentlemen ... blah blah and so on.

For those who want the Jounal now (until 1.5 is ready), An-Net kindly gave me the Permission to port over vBJournal 1 for vBulletin 3.5 :)
And here we go:
http://kirbydemos.ath.cx/forum/journal.php

Roadmap
Alpha 1: Initial public Test
Alpha 2: Fully phrased, compatibility Code removed
Alpha 3-Beta 1: Bugfixes, Code optimization, fully XHTML 1.0 compliant
Beta 1: By now all Code should be "3.5 native" and following vBulletin Code Standards
Beta 2: Datamanager Classes for Journal, Entries, Comments
Beta 3: Adding Currently Listening/Watching
Beta X-RC X: Bugfixes, Code Optimization
1.0.2 Gold

Planned Features after that

Name Change => Kirblog
TrackBack/PingBack
Standard/WYSIWYG Editors
AJAX QuickEdit
User-Selectable Style for Journal
Subscribe to Journal/UserCP integration
Full WOL Support
[Your suggestions]


Please submit Bugs to http://bugs.kirbydemos.ath.cx
(I am sorry that it requires a spearate Registration. If I ever find Time i'll write a vBulletin Authentication Module)

[vBintense]

I would be willing to test it on my community, I like to be a lab rat.

[BigIke]

As would I. Dang Kirby you are pumping out ports and hacks left and right. Awesome job dude. PM me or I'll PM me if you need me to test (I'd be more than willing ;) )

[vBintense]

This the same one as kirby is talking about?

Would hate to have 2 dif port overs to play with.

[amykhar]

It wasn't there for you ;) I just couldn't email it to Kirby from work. It's one I've been running on my own site for a week or so.

Amy

[vBintense]

Ahh, so if I use it then I did not use it right ? :) And I never seen anything lol

[WhatChaMissin]

WOW, I've been looking for this. I love this site!

[vBintense]

I love the zip I dl by mistake , but ..... I see nothing in it , no no (I see nothing)

Actually I have yet to try it, due to once amy said it was not for me, I am awaiting permission to try it, if not I will delete it .....

* vBintense begs amy to allow me to try it :)

[amykhar]

I am supporting nothing that was downloaded by mistake. ;) And, the install directions and file changes weren't in the zip cause I figured Kirby didn't need em. :D

[vBintense]

Now that is very very evil of you amy :)

* vBintense goes off to cry I do not know the file changes (unless amy shares)

The contents I can figure out where they all go though lol :ermm:

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

<<<<< oOOOooo OOOOOO me guinea pig want to be!!!

definitely willing to beta test this. :D er...what exactly to have to do? register on you site? users would love a blogish system. :)

[Mr Chad]

<<<<< oOOOooo OOOOOO me guinea pig want to be!!!

definitely willing to beta test this. :D er...what exactly to have to do? register on you site? users would love a blogish system. :)

yep im willing to test it 2.

[sensimilla]

great I really need this hack :)

its working fine for me :) why not realese it ?

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

ahh I get it. ok...registered and already reported on bug. :D woot!! (woot! now I feeeel like I contributed SOMEthing. :p)

don't worry...I'll do my best to try break it. heehee. :D

[AN-net]

i signed up to test it and it loads terribly slow. i dont know if its the server or the code...

[Andreas]

It's the Server which is goddamn slow.
(You get what you pay for ^.^)

[AN-net]

It's the Server which is goddamn slow.
(You get what you pay for ^.^)
lol what are you hosted on 1.5 ghz?

[Andreas]

Dual Xeon 2.4 Ghz.
But it's VPS with approx. 100 Clients, so mathematically I got like 48 Mhz :)

[AN-net]

Dual Xeon 2.4 Ghz.
But it's VPS with approx. 100 Clients, so mathematically I got like 48 Mhz :)
thats terrible...

[Andreas]

Yeah, that's why I said: You get what you pay for :D

[Oblivion Knight]

I will gladly give your beta a whirl on my forums.

The sooner I get a journal system compatible with the old version of vBJournal installed on my 3.5.0, the better. Many of my users preferred using their forum blogs over LiveJournal. Also, if you wish I will gladly re-add the changes I made with vBlog (another customisation of vBJournal) and share them with you.. :)

[Mayers]

I would love to help test this on my forums :).

[Andreas]

*bump*
I fixed all Bugs reported so far, as well as a whole bunch of issues releated to Private Journals/Entries (hopefully ...):
- Guests cannot view private Journals/Entries
- Private Journals/Entries do not show up in Top Stats
- Private Journals do not screw up Index Display/Pagination
- Private Entries do not screw up Journal Display/Pagination
- Latest private Entries/Journals do show up if the User has Permission
- If a public (or Private Journal where the User has Permission) is being shown on Index, and it's latest Entry is Private (eg. User does not have Permission) it will show "Private" instead of a Link

Other Changes
- Fixed Journal Rating (should work now)
- Fixed a lot of Redirection URLs
- Added some checks for Invalid IDs
- Settings saved in Datastore => 1 Query less for every Page generated by journal.php

Please test and report Bugs :)
If everything goes well, Alpha 1 should be ready within a few Days.

[WhatChaMissin]

any chance their might be a rating system, like on the invision blog system?

[Guest190829]

Is this only a port of vbjournal? Or are you going to develop your own hack once you get a stable version released?

[Paul M]

Maybe I missed the obvious, but where do we download this beta from ?

[AN-net]

Maybe I missed the obvious, but where do we download this beta from ?
i believe you have to request it from him via pm/email

[Biker_GA]

Nope. Go to his site to test..

http://kirbydemos.ath.cx/forum/journal.php

[Andreas]

i believe you have to request it from him via pm/email
As stated in the first Post, it's not yet available for installing it yourself, just for testing on my Site.

[Osterling]

Any idea when a release will be made public?

[Andreas]

When there are no Bugs found in the current Version for some days.

[Osterling]

Well if that is your answer, may I ask how many bugs are left and how many are coming in? A little idea would be nice, I am not asking for a dead line, just a little insight on how it's coming along.

[Andreas]

There are currently none that I am aware of.

[Biker_GA]

Kirby, I'm not getting any images. (Opera 8.02/Linux)

[Andreas]

Erm ... which Images?

[Biker_GA]

Interesting. Just fired up XP and it shows as text. I'll post a screen shot from the Linux side shortly.

[Andreas]

I'd more be interested where there are missing images ...

[Biker_GA]

Posted a screenshot.

[Andreas]

I see ^.^
The Stylevars for Image Paths were set to localhost - LOL.
Didn't notice that as they are valid on my System ;)

Should show up now.

[Biker_GA]

Yep! :)

Mood drop down shows only "none". As designed? Or should there be other options?

[Andreas]

I did not enter any moods, but I'll do so now for testing purposes.

Edit: Done. Not many and kinda lame as they are standard Smilies ;)

[WhatChaMissin]

Now that the images are fixed, I can see the rating system and mood smilies.
Nice!

[john1744]

Very Nice Kirby, I signed up as HAL-9000. I find this hack to be most excellent, it seems pretty functional right now even. Hopefully we see a release in the coming weeks. :D

The only thing I could think of wanting perhaps, would have the comments featured underneath the entry when you click on the individual entry. Not sure how possible this would be, but it'd be cool to see them underneath my entry.

[royouth]

Why is the default journal display option set to

sort By: Journal Start Date
sort order: Ascending

How about changing the default display options to

sort By: Last Entry's Date
sord order: Descending

that way when members visit the journals they see active journals on the first page and not a bunch of journals started long ago and not necessarily with any entries in them.

[House_of_Crazed]

Just checking :) lol

If I already have vbjournal for 3.0, I don't need to do anything to make them work for the 3.5 version??

[uae]

Hey Kirby,

I was just starting building my own Blog system hack for vb, but something came up and I'll be busy with some other projects, and since you are porting an existing one and adding new features to it, which should be better having one official Journal's system for all of us to use.

Here is a list of stuff I got in mind so far:

Journal

Journal display options (Journal Index Page) - sort by, sort order, from date
Journal and Entry subscription (Notification on new comment or entry by email optional)
Active Users viewing Journal / Entry
Who viewed my Journal / entry
Journal status icons: New Entry Indicator
Weekly / Monthly calendar with highlighted days and navigation for Archive
Journal Sidebar: Stats, favorite links, Polls, Flickr Photo stream, etc
Printer Friendly versions on Journal Entries
Admin tools for Journal - edit/delete/lock/Make sticky/ etc
Email page to a friend option
Top Journal page: most commented, visited, rated, favorite
Journal, Entries and Comments Moderation
Standards Compliant. should supports XHTML 1.1, CSS 2.0, RSS 0.93, 1.0, and 2.0, Atom 0.3. Supports conditional GET for caching RSS feeds on the client-side
Search Engine
Rating System
Lock System
What's New: Link for recent Journal, Entries and Comments

Entries

Linear, Threaded, Hybrid display views available
Links to next/previous entry: Allows viewing the next/previous entry when viewing a single entry
Supports BB Code in entries (Optional)
Supports HTML in entries (Optional)
Smilies
Avatars
Moods: Allows members to add their current mood or moods to entries
Photoblog Entries: Adds a single image to an entry (Optional)
Define Entries BgColor: Member can specify bgcolor to an entry (Optional)
Members can choose to post drafts, not publish to the front page
Optional WYSIWYG or standard editors for entries and comments
Entry Types (Optional)
Quick comment box (with optional "forced" click on comment to quote)
Preview entry option
Entry rating
Polls
Entry Reporting - report entries to moderators
User post count
View Single Entry
Admin tools for Entries and Comments - moderation/edit/delete/ etc
Quick delete/edit Link: Adds a edit/delete links to the footer of each entry and comment
IP Logging
Export entries in TXT or XML format
Flood System for entries and comments

[AN-net]

Hey Kirby,

I was just starting building my own Blog system hack for vb, but something came up and I'll be busy with some other projects, and since you are porting an existing one and adding new features to it, which should be better having one official Journal's system for all of us to use.

Here is a list of stuff I got in mind so far:

Journal

Journal display options (Journal Index Page) - sort by, sort order, from date
Journal and Entry subscription (Notification on new comment or entry by email optional)
Active Users viewing Journal / Entry
Who viewed my Journal / entry
Journal status icons: New Entry Indicator
Weekly / Monthly calendar with highlighted days and navigation for Archive
Journal Sidebar: Stats, favorite links, Polls, Flickr Photo stream, etc
Printer Friendly versions on Journal Entries
Admin tools for Journal - edit/delete/lock/Make sticky/ etc
Email page to a friend option
Top Journal page: most commented, visited, rated, favorite
Journal, Entries and Comments Moderation
Standards Compliant. should supports XHTML 1.1, CSS 2.0, RSS 0.93, 1.0, and 2.0, Atom 0.3. Supports conditional GET for caching RSS feeds on the client-side
Search Engine
Rating System
Lock System
What's New: Link for recent Journal, Entries and Comments

Entries

Linear, Threaded, Hybrid display views available
Links to next/previous entry: Allows viewing the next/previous entry when viewing a single entry
Supports BB Code in entries (Optional)
Supports HTML in entries (Optional)
Smilies
Avatars
Moods: Allows members to add their current mood or moods to entries
Photoblog Entries: Adds a single image to an entry (Optional)
Define Entries BgColor: Member can specify bgcolor to an entry (Optional)
Members can choose to post drafts, not publish to the front page
Optional WYSIWYG or standard editors for entries and comments
Entry Types (Optional)
Quick comment box (with optional "forced" click on comment to quote)
Preview entry option
Entry rating
Polls
Entry Reporting - report entries to moderators
User post count
View Single Entry
Admin tools for Entries and Comments - moderation/edit/delete/ etc
Quick delete/edit Link: Adds a edit/delete links to the footer of each entry and comment
IP Logging
Export entries in TXT or XML format
Flood System for entries and comments

Have a look at the attachments, you may find it intersting :)
most of these features already exist in my hack(the hack being ported). the list of the features is in my signature.

[uae]

most of these features already exist in my hack(the hack being ported). the list of the features is in my signature.

AN-net, sure, I just gathered some information from here and there and wanted to have everything in one place, I know most of the features are already there, I wouldn't think of something new, it's a Journal system!
Did not mean to credite my self, and never said so, atleast I wouldn't post it here!
I was just trying to help and participate with you all!

[AN-net]

AN-net, sure, I just gathered some information from here and there and wanted to have everything in one place, I know most of the features are already there, I wouldn't think of something new, it's a Journal system!
Did not mean to credite my self, and never said so, atleast I wouldn't post it here!
I was just trying to help and participate with you all!
oh i didnt mean to accuse u of anything, i thought you did not realize this was based upon my hack with included these already. i am sorry if it did not come across that way.

[john1744]

Any recent updates Kirby? This is my most anticipated hack. :)

[kylek]

I would also like to know how it is going, any time frame of when it will be done? Hate to be a pest but members are requesting a blog.

[Paul M]

Will this fix some of the basic privacy errors in the original ? (like comments on private entries not being private, or being able to download private entries via XML/Text). Also does it still have the comma seperated "who can view" system (I removed this, as it had big security holes in it, and no one used it).

[AN-net]

Will this fix some of the basic privacy errors in the original ? (like comments on private entries not being private, or being able to download private entries via XML/Text). Also does it still have the comma seperated "who can view" system (I removed this, as it had big security holes in it, and no one used it).
not to hijack this thread or anything but 1.5 fixes the privacy issues but the who can view is still there.

[Andreas]

@kylek
Well, I opened this Thread as I needed Users to test it and report Bugs.
But there are (almost) no tests taking place ... and without Tests there won't be a Release.

@Paul M
As stated some Posts before, those issues should be fixed - although WCV is still there as it was.
You can/should test that. If there are still issues that I am not aware of, please let me know :)

[john1744]

Some ideas:

When you click the show entry button on the showjournal page. http://kirbydemos.ath.cx/forum/journal.php?do=showjournal&j=12 (A link to my journal)

Where it says the name of the entry, and you click on it, it brings up a single view of that entry. It would be cool if when you click that you could see the comments displayed underneath it.

Maybe place the make a comment box underneath the recent comments. That way someone is forced to read the comments before they post in case someone has already posted that.

Perhaps you could have an option for users to show comments on the main journal page underneat their entries. Like this:

Entry - Blagh Blagh
Comment 1,2,3 ....

Entry - Blagh 2
Comment 2, 4, 5,

Need some more moods of course, and perhaps instead of a userid for who can view a private entry you could just have where you enter the username.

Private seems to work fine. I logged out and was unable to see the post I just made that was private. However I did notice when I was logged out and viewing my profile, I could see in the Journal block of the profile my latest entry, Busy, Busy, even though it was supposed to be private. You could only see the name, you could not access it.

Also I noticed when I was logged out and viewing my journal, it did not say any guests were viewing the journal it said, 0 registered users, 0 guests.

[Xia]

Hey cool hack couple of suggestions;

I didn't see the WYSIWYG editor, instead a normal textarea is used, could you change that?

Also, when viewing comments, it would be best if you showed the original blog post as well.

Then when clicking on the link view comments, you use a #anchor to display the first comment. Have the add comment below all comments.

Thanks!

[Andreas]

However I did notice when I was logged out and viewing my profile, I could see in the Journal block of the profile my latest entry, Busy, Busy, even though it was supposed to be private.

Fixed. The Journal Info should now only show up if you hav permission to view it.
If you have Permission to view the Journal but not the last Entry it will show Private.


Also I noticed when I was logged out and viewing my journal, it did not say any guests were viewing the journal it said, 0 registered users, 0 guests.

Right, changed so it says 0 Registered, 1 Guest. Depending on the reply of the Bugreport I made (@ vbulletin.com) I might change this to not show up at all if the viewing Usere is Guest and the only one viewing it.

Currently, I am not going to add any new Features - just bugfixing to get this stable ASAP.

[Paul M]

Had a quick look.

If I try and view the comments on my own private entry, I get a no permission error.

The WCV box still accepts any text (more than one bright spark on our forum put usernames in it, one person put 'anyone').

[Andreas]

Hmm, I can view Comments on my Private entries.

Yes, the WCV Box still accepts anything - but that should not cause Problems except that it does not work.

[Paul M]

Hmm, I can view Comments on my Private entries.Well I can't. :)

Yes, the WCV Box still accepts anything - but that should not cause Problems except that it does not work.It used to cause SQL errors, is this fixed now ?

[Andreas]

*eek*
I guess I could just see my private Entry cause I am Admin :D
Should work now.

Should not cause mySQL Errors - but feel trying to create mySQL errors.

[Xia]

One of the first features after gold if possible should be full editor support + attachments. Lots of users want to share pictures and what not so it's sort of a standard blog feature :)

You could look at how an-net is handling it so that it isn't causing problems when people try to upgrade to an-net's official version.

thans much :)

[AN-net]

*eek*
I guess I could just see my private Entry cause I am Admin :D

lol that has happened to me so many times when developing>_<

[Xia]

Btw, at what stage are you now;

Alpha 1: Initial public Test
Alpha 2: Fully phrased, compatibility Code removed
Alpha 3-Beta 1: Bugfixes, Code optimization, fully XHTML 1.0 compliant
Beta 1: By now all Code should be "3.5 native" and following vBulletin Code Standards
Beta 2: Datamanager Classes for Journal, Entries, Comments
Beta 3: Adding Currently Listening/Watching
Beta X-RC X: Bugfixes, Code Optimization
1.0.2 Gold

[Andreas]

Pre-Alpha 1

[Xia]

Oh and one more question; I noticed that you intend to change the name to kirblog in the future, does that mean that this will not be a 'straight' port but that you will add enhancements/features not available in an-nets 1.0 or 1.5 journal system?

[Paul M]

*eek*
I guess I could just see my private Entry cause I am Admin :D
Should work now.You don't test as a user ?

**SLAP**

[Andreas]

I tested if I could see others entries, but not my own.

[Omega Prime]

I'm hoping to switch to 3.5 soon, but one of the things holding me back is the journal. Several users at my forum use it daily, so while I could perhaps figure out some workaround eventually, having it ported over by a more skilled coder would help immensely :)

[Xia]

is it possible to convert a forum category where members are assigned one thread they can post in (and no one else can reply) to this journal system after release?

[Omega Prime]

A question for Kirby:

An admin at my site was somewhat able to convert the journal to 3.5, but the thing we both noticed was that while the journal index looked fine, browsing entries wouldn't show the right ones, nor did it show all entries. Perhaps it's something easy which is being overlooked, so if you know what I'm talking about, it'd be appreciated if you know a fix for this (if need be, I can send you the altered journal.php via PM). Thanks in advance :)

[Zelda-King]

So how do I get to be a tester? I have a thing for finding bugs. Actually registered here: http://kirbydemos.ath.cx/forum/journal.php but I don't have permissions to see the journal page.

[bleodler]

How is this going? For some reason I'm now getting a no permission error when I try to view the journals after I've registered.

[Omega Prime]

I'm really hoping to test this soon, as the other admin at my site decided to wait for Kirby's port and some of my members are getting a bit restless with having no journal. As it stands, I don't mind testing an alpha if it means members can access their journals again. Hopefully, Kirby will be offering this soon (new features or not) ;)

[Andreas]

Well ... it's lying around here completely packaged since days.
Hmm.

[Omega Prime]

Well ... it's lying around here completely packaged since days.
Hmm.

So it's ready to be tested by everyone else here? :surprised:

[Rukas]

*Ignore*