i have an idea. i already send an email to all vbHL users. i was wondering if any of you could post your add-ons? it will be a great help for everyone who is new here at vB.org.
thanks alot for your help. i would do it myself, but i'm overloaded in my schedule.

an example on how to do it without infringing the jelsoft copyright is listed here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...&postid=236179

all the best,
nakkid.

I'm still working on the formatting, and I changed it quite a bit from what it looks like if you just install it, but you can look here:

http://www.after-darkness.com/main.php

or also

http://www.britpack.com/main.php

This second ones is more what it looks like when you first install, but I haven't upgraded that one to v 2.0 yet

MomofThree -

What helps me is to look at the directions for the hacks I want to add and then add the code I would add to index.php or whatever to the vbhome index.php page. Hope that helps a little.

sadie, one thing i want you to make sure:
check to see if all your new templates that you created are also added to the:
[high]templatesused = '...';[/high]
line. for every template you forget, you add an extra query.

so, if you created [high]home_pmloggedin[/high], you should also have it listed in templatesused.
let me know if you found any forgotten ones.. i'm sure you will get your page under 20queries. good luck.

floren.

Well, a little better - it's down to 33 after adding:

forumhome_welcometext,topref,forumhome_pmloggedin, forumhome_logoutcode,forumhome_newposts,calendar_s howbirthdays

Thanks for the help Floren - I didn't even know main.php?explain=1 existed :) Or anything about the number of queries.

good job isabel. well 'explain' will be gone on 2.2.6
but i plan on adding it into my vbMicrostats hack.

Then I will be doing your microstats hack :D

well vbMicrostats already show you the queries on the page.
take a look here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35811

So what is your opinion on Vbportal? Just curious...since it looks very similar also, but does it create many queries like Vbindex?

i cannot pronounce myself on this. it depends how you use it. vbIndex also doesnt have alot of queries if you want it basic... around 20.
vbHL 2.0 have 6, when used basic. so you have alot more room for your addons.

about phpportals, i never use it, so i cannot tell you if is good or bad. i know from other users (firefly for example) that it ads alot of queries and also there are only few options that people use from it.

however, wajones did an amasing job on it. is up to you what you use, as long as you achieve your desired result.
vbHL 2.0 was built for low query usage. that's all.

nakkid,

go ahead and send me the info through PM. I'm frustrated here and really, really, really want your hack on my site. :(