Hmm...in the previous version..one could add the initial chapter easily. In this current version (3.1)...is the only way to do that, is by using mysql?

www.ez-company.net/forums/vbstory.php

Check it out to see what I mean. Is it a template issue? I edited your mysql insert for the Romance story. However, after reading that chapter, test options come up.

I like the ability for members to create their own starting stories. If not that, at least admins/mods should be able to create stories w/o going into myphpadmin (like you had it in v2.5 and earlier). I'm assuming this is a template mixup. But I've not edited any of your templates, they are installed correctly I believe, and there is no option to add a new story.

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I reread your post way at the top at this page. :) I know you are working on this.

However, new question...If I am going to add a story into myphpadmin...how do I add the 2 choices in the beginning, so that they are not "test" and "test"?

This version is more powerful...but obviously not complete. I know you are working hard on it. I'm just anxious as this truly has the potential to make communities much more interactive, which is something I avidly promote. :)

Keep up the good work man. Also, I've removed the public link from my site w/ this version. hehe I'll wait until it's more complete.

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Also...I was rofl when I saw your "Please don't kill the main character" statement! It's true....but funny. :)

Apok2002 - as I said before, this is still only in BETA, and is a work in progress. The next release is going to support full admin controls (adding and editing genres, adding and editing stories, editing chapters for original chapter poster and mods/admin, etc...)

The current release (beta3.1) was done just to give you an idea of how the diffrent genres and stories work, and to let people with MySQL esperiance a headstart LOL :)

beta 4 is on it's way :)

I have installed it anyway and its working fine apart from one user saying there getting a database error but when i test it it works fine so i think its just them.

Ps thanx for thinking about it maybe it can be mind so its a add on that can be turned off and in in admin cp.

my boards at http://www.ultimate-forums.co.uk/ if anyone want to view this hack in action.

If one user is getting errors, then more can.

would you get them to give you the mysql error (all of it), so that you can post it here for me, it's obviously going to be a problem, and I wanna fix it :)

Looking good, i've seen it running on 4 sites with diffrent designs now, and each one looks good, I'm glad about that :)

I've started a thread in the "Help Me Finish" forum because i'm having some trouble getting to grips with how to code the admin sections of the hack.

If you have some experiance coding admin features, can pop over to the thread and gimme some support please?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=42488

Thanx :D

I have asked that user to copy the database error if it happens again and if it does i post it here.

for anyone that wants to know why the story only supports one character, read below:

it only has one Character because the idea is that you take on the role of that person in the story.

the stories will be written as if you was telling a story to your grandchildren from a first person perspective, but in a past tense.

For example:
I sat in the park and waited for my friends.
instead of:
He sat in the park and waited for his friends.

The story can have more than one character, but you will only have control of one :)

I hope that makes sense?

thanx :)

Any and all feedback/error/etc... that you can inform me of will be gladly accepted :D

About more than one character....

I sat down in the park and saw a nice girl...

path... become the nice girl (from the nice girl point of view)
path... keep on telling story on the self perspective.

Now when you add a new character (the girl, in that case), it will add it also in the character list... this way the story will be truly interactive with members taking on roles of different personnages...

And limit the amount of possible characters

This is a possable add-on, it would require an extra table in the database, and a whole load of extra coding, but once I finish it to the standard that I want, i'll look into adding that as an extra feature. (nice idea)

For anyone that wants to know my progress, I've added the ability for admins, mods, and the chapters author to edit chapters via the main vbstory.php.

I've also started working on the admin functions of the hack, at present you are able to add stories to the database, and list stories currently available.

My next step is to add the ability to edit stories, and add/edit chapters.

I'm also going to work on deleting stories, but i'm leaving that till last :)

Kewl. Is that in a version available now? Or a later version? Your making fast progress btw. :)

Not yet, it will be in Beta 4 - once i've finished testing and tweaking it.

<font size="4">vBstory Beta4 has been released</font>
Please goto the first post to download it.

CHANGES:
- added full admin control. you can now add and edit genres & stories via the admin panel.
- added edit chapter feature. admins, mods & chapter authors can now edit chapters.
- tweeked templates.

Enjoy!!!! :bunny:

I've just uploaded beta 4.1, the only change is that I've added some instructions on how to add vBstory to your who's online page.

Your progessive amazing me, this hack is getting better and better.

Excellent job

Great googly-moogly!

lol

Damn! I wish all hack authors were as fast as you. :)

gj bro! Will install in a few. :)

Installed just perfectly. Admin CP looks great! Added the genres just fine. But when I try to add the first story...here is the sql error I get:

OK, I know how to fix this, give me about 30 mins and i'll get right to it.

and the best part is that the fix will only need you to replace the two .php files, nothing more than that :)

nvm, I took out the apostraphe in Diamond's and it worked.

No, I mean the automatic censoring of swear words etc. :)

And great progress btw. I am waiting for a stable version before installing. My members will love this.

Apok2002 - 0.4.2 will allow you to use quotes ("), apostraphes (') and slashes (/) in your messages, etc...

Erwin - at the moment censoring is not supported because I do not know how to do it, I believe that it's an automatic part of bbcode, but i'll look into it for you.

<font size="4">I've just uploaded beta 0.4.2 - please read the IMPORTANT text in the first post and upgrade.</font>

Installed it - works well. Letting my staff play with it before I release it to the members.

Another question - are you planning to make it so that members (eg. with certain post levels) can start stories too?

Man, just picking up on this as I don't wander into Beta often. But, what an idea! We have a thread on our forum with thousands of posts by members doing this by themselves in a really limited way. They are going to love this!

Add [img] tag to the forum, let users upload graphics etc, this will rock! Let me get a few quizzes down first and I'll install this right away.

Awesome work, man!

Erwin - I'm glad you liked it, do you have a url so that I can have a little lookie? as for the members starting stories, while I might be able to do this, I personally feel that it could be insecure (this is my first hack after all, i'm only just fumbling this all togther).

The final release however will have full mod control, and should a member want to add a story, he can just PM a mod to add it for him/her :)

Maybe I could add some type of "suggest a story" form that PM's the id's requested.

NexDog - Thanx :) regarding the [img] tag thing, I feel that it might be best for the chapters to support bbcode (but not advertise the fact with the bbcode buttons) - this way, people in-the-know will be able to add all the funky extra's, etc... (which I feel would reduce the ammount of tidying up needed to be done.)

Everyone - from my very first release, the support and encouragement I have received has been fantastic - and while some of the extras you have requested are going to be a pain-in-the-arse for me to add, i'll totally do my best for you :D

<font size="4">AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!</font>

This bbcode thing is giving me a major headache, I can't work out what i need to do to text before adding it to the database, or what I need to do once I've pulled it out of the databse.

Can anyone maybe save me from this major headache and give me the code that would be needed?

cheers. :bunny: <-- look, a cute bunny!!!!

It's a private forum, and I've set it up so that only members can see it anyway (for the moment). With the security issue, this is why I say let only members with over a certain amount of posts start stories eg. 200 or 500 posts.

It's an idea, but for the moment i'd like to keep it a bit simpler. It works like vBquiz where the author get's all the credit for the story, but it needs an admin/mod to add it.

But like i said, it's an idea that I can look into for future releases after 1.0.0 (i'm curretly working on beta 0.4.2, and have a lot more features to install and stuff).

Oh, i've just installed censoring using vB's censorship database and (almost) full bbcode

<font size="4">I've just uploaded vBstory (beta 0.5.1) - please update)</font>

See the first post to download it.

This version add's some new templates, add's bbcode support, censoring "naughty" words using vB's censorship table and puts a limit on the number of chapters via anyone path.

Please upgrade to this verson and let me know if it works. I'm also eager to see what the new install features are like.

You will need to remove all the "vbstory" templates from the Admin CP before you can run the installer file or it will not work correctly.

I don't know why this is, but you might find that the template "vbstory" does not work correctly using the installer.

If you find this to be the case, please replace it with the html below:

I upgraded using your installer. You're right - the vbstory template is not good. :) Basically it's got the \ before each " like it was in a PHP file.

It's all working pretty well... you can almost move it out of the Beta forums really.

I could remove it from beta, but i've still got a few more tricks up my sleve that I want to code into it and get tested.

I m going to install your hack and test it to help you progess more quickly, I like this and my members would love to have this. I have one cousin who love the interactive stories just like this. :thumbup:

Hi, thank you for the help, another verson of vBstory will be released soon, with many more features than this one has.

I'll keep you posted.

danielhollands, i want to install this but i see that a new update is coming soon. Will this force us to uninstall and upgrade or can we just make changes in the templates etc.?

I'd recomend that you wait until the new one comes out, it won't be long and has a lot of really cool speed enhancing features, the ability to delete genres and stories, the ability to set max chapter's (i'll explain this feature when it's installed, etc..) and much more.

I don't want to provide upgrade instruction at the moment because there are so many changes, so I'd suggest you wait a few hours and install the new one (which, BTW, is going to be a release candicate)

Sounds great! We'll wait. :)