Has there been any thought of integrating this into the Google Desktop sidebar?

Possibly in the future, but it will not be a primary focus as supporting a 3rd party product is not really something im looking forward 2.

Not only will it require a seperate codebase, i would have to learn how to use the google desktop api.. I just dont have time to expand into new areas right now.

Thanks for the response. It really is a great "hack" you've got. I'd love to see it integrated with Google, so I'm subscribing to this thread for updates.

Does this app affects the "las time online" date? I mean, if i dont enter X forum within 2 days but the program is running, when I go back to the forum it says "Your last visit was 1 minute ago".

You have to be logged in to check new messages, which is why it uses the cookie bbuserid/bbpassword.

If there was an API developed by vbulletin or possibly myself in the future; we could handle plaintext username/password logins and retrieval of personalized forum info without the need to route through the vbulletin session system.

In short; currently yes you will be shown as logged in as long as its checking your private messages.

Update: Mirror added

http://mirrors.vclubbing.com/trigun/vbnotify_b1_3_1.zip

will definately check this out. Looks interesting :)

i assume all the right click stuff doesn't work yet?

I was working on a system like this, but used a java server to communicate to the apps. But it was site dependent. Imma look at the source, wish it was .NEt tho.

Menu Configuration is in process, should be available soon; manual editing of the configuration file is to be a thing of the past very soon.

As for .NET sorry; I dont code in any Microsoft derived languages or libraries for a reason. :)

ps. With exception of the Greta Open Source Library created by one of Microsofts Devs.

I haven't installed it, yet, as I am on a Mac. But once your Mac version comes out I would be delighted to help with the testing process.

I have clicked install so that I can get updates as to latest releases.

Many thanks for building and sharing this amazing application, I look forward to your future work on this project.

but it's funny, you code for Microsoft systems. ;) You should be doing Java. :rolleyes:

Think you misread, I "dont" code in microsoft languages. Ive coded java for going on almost 5 years now :)

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I was dreaming in such a thing.
it becomes truth.

thank you. :)

Can you make the notification like windows notifications?

You mean balloon tooltip? I plan on making it a feature in later versions..

Ha I installed it but not working for me !! I will double check the instructions

Ouch, so a user will be shown as logged in and new message pointers will not be correct as long as the user is running the program. :(

Sure wish Jelsoft would offer a hook for programs like these to check for new PM's and such without having to use a session variable that resets the new message pointers.(Hint, Hint to any Jelsoft dev reading this) ;)

That is where you are wrong; new messages are handled by seperate cookies and this should not interefere with that system.

How to find your BBPASSWORD & USERID

Mozilla Firefox Users

Open Firefox and click on the tools menu at the top, then select options. A options menu should pop up with some tabs. The tabs should show

General - Privacy - Content - Tabs - Downloads - Advanced.

Click on the tab that says Privacy. On the bottom left you will see a button that says View Cookies go ahead and click on that button.

Search for cookies...
Now you will see a search box. Lets say you would like to add this for the vBulletin.org forums. You would simply type in vBulletin.org and press enter.

Your search results should show the following information: (You might have to scroll down the search results some)

Site and Cookie Name. Look for vBulletin.org as the site and bbpassword as the cookie name. Once you find that, click on it. Some information will be shown just under it.

• Name: bbpassword
• Content: (32 alphanumeric characters)
• Domain: .vbulletin.org
• Path: /
• ...ect

All you want is the content value. Those 32 alphanumeric characters should be pasted into the XML file as the bbpassword.

Internet Explorer Users

Open your favorite text-editing program. Then open c:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Cookies\

At this point you will need to search that directory for a file that will be named something like this: Assuming you are using this for vBulletin.org. *username*@vbulletin[1].txt.

Once you find that file, open it up in the text editor and search for bbpassword. Just under that or next to it you will see 32 alphanumeric characters. Those 32 alphanumeric characters should be pasted into the XML file as the bbpassword.

*username* = The name you use to log into your computer. Example: Owner, home, ect..

Whats My Userid?
To get your userid, just view your profile... the url will look like member.php?u=123. Where 123 is will be your userid.

vbnotify.config.xml File
So now your XML file should look like so...

The bbpassword shown there was random to show you what it should look like. Hope this helps answer questions before they are needed to be posted. :)

I misunderstood your post I quoted then. If the new posts pointers still work correctly with this installed great!

nah i mean e.g make it hav a logo of your forums default banner some where?..

any update on how to make it work for your site only?

I found something similer on another site I bought a hack from, it's filburt1's site http://www.webdesignforums.net/wdf_notifs_about.php

Wow this is great!

It only works on his forums, and u have to be premium subscriber to use it. In other words, its useless.

Updated: Receive Buffer Size
Added: New COOKIES.txt file; this should really help the average user in how to find the appropriate cookie data.

Updated both mirrors and vb.org with vbnotify_b2.zip

How To Make This Application Run On Startup
For Windows Users

1. Download the zip.
2. Extract the zip to [high]C:\Program Files\vbnotify[/high]
3. Download the shortcut file.
4. Paste the shortcut file in C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Start Menu\Programs

Note: Change USER to the name of your user account.


[high]And you're done[/high]

Updated main post with how-to run program automatically at startup until installer is completed as well as configuration option to enable/disable this feature.

once out of alpha this will be a fantastic app, well done

Hopefully I can get a new version out today sometime, im working on the configuration editor right now actually.

New Changes:

Updated: Page Retrieval; now pre-matches resulting in less resources and a faster notification.

New: Now displays how many PM's are Unread at X forum.

Progress: Still building Configuration Menus, and working on XML Saving.

When would you expect a mac version up?

After i get the windows versions built up to release quality.

Hmm should i put my value from the forum and write it doen in the file called vbnotify.config

I haved don this and it doesent came up some new mess

Read the Readme plz. Its a very simple process.

Update: Will hopefully have a new version by tomorrow; ive been workin on several different projects so stuff is progressing slowly.

Latest version looks good, keep it up. :)

slowly but surely.. got another small hack prob gonna release today; then hopefully get back to finishing up some stuff on this.

Upwards babe

Looks good!! Keep up the good work!!

Has the Latest version been released? Looks like you said new version possibly tomorrow which was March 5th?