Hello all. I'm very new to all this and have just purchased the new Version of Vbulletin (3.0.1) and have a few questions...

1) What is a Portal? is this a way of running a web site and having the forums as a subsite?

2) I currently have my vbulletin running on the root of my web server... www.byte-psyche.com is this something I would have to change to use the vbIndex?

3) if the answer to my question in #2 is yes do I just move all the files from the root to a Directory below the root called forums and point my IIS to it for the Home page?

What I'd like to accomplish is to be able to use a web site as the Home page with a Store in it and have the Discussion forums as a link from web site with web site also containing the usernames and permissions from the forums. Am I looking at the right stuff here for this? Is this what vbindex is designed for.

Thank you for your help and patience with my nieveness...

Peace...
PS... I have seen NTLDR's stuff all over the sites here and guess he's one of the top coders here so I trust the Hack just want to be sure I'm looking at the right thing here for my needs...

I would doubt that web is the real root folder, and looking at the error message I would assume its /nfs/cust/8/31/29/492138/web/forums

Its basicly a front page to your forum, take alook at Core Forums for a live example.

2) I currently have my vbulletin running on the root of my web server... www.byte-psyche.com is this something I would have to change to use the vbIndex?[/quote]

No, vBindex will work either in the root, or the same directory as vBulletin.

You'd have to add the extra code for the store in, however its fully integrated with vB and its permissions system.

Well, that did something...... at least it is pulling up a page now. Some errors on page (red x's) but at least we have something... Thank you soooo much.

I assume the red x's are because my image paths have not been edited, but when i try to do that, it gives me some error with mysql..... suggestions?

If the style manager doesn't work then its a problem with vBulletin.

I installed this last night at www.moparstyle.com

After reading this thread -- I was quite honestly scared -- but it went well.

It did hiccup at the point where I had to use the full path for graphics and did a tilt/game over. I restarted the install and skipped the section where I had to put the full path in. I have 13 templates -- and that might be beyond what the install could handle. Each style had the banner graphic of the next style. I manually fixed and all was well.

I very much appreciate the time you took to make this Portal -- and I would like to tell others who may been as scared as I -- to take their time, follow the instructions, and don't panic.

I did notice that the Portal "Who was online today" and the hack in the forum home template don't appear to like each other. I just removed that hack from each style's forum home template and all is well.

I am far from a programmer -- and I was able to follow the destructions. Don't be scared -- just jump in.

It might help give you an idea of how I implimented it with many styles. www.moparstyle.com

Nice site!!! Wish mine was half that complete.

Well, this really is getting fairly aggravating..... I am almost to the pointing of trashing it all, and starting over.

Perhaps the average person on here is WAY more advanced than me in terms of their knowledge. I sometimes find it hard to understand the extremely brief answers I get. I need details..... ARGHH

I know that it isn't really possible for the big guys on here to spend alot of time responding to each question, so I guess I will have to just be patient, and keep asking the same questions.....

I am gonna keep trying, but if I don't get some specific answers to specific questions soon, I am gonna ditch it all, and start all over....

Case in point..... ugh!!!

I just "uninstalled" vbindex, and then pointed my browser back to "www.mydomain.com/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php" so I could go through the installation process again.

The very first screen says:

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This script will install vBindex version 3.0.0 RC5

Before preceding, please follow and make note of the following changes you need to make, to both vbiconfig.php and your vBulletin settings to ensure correct operation with vBindex. The settings edits can be performed after the installation, however vBindex won't function properly untill they are done. After this step there is only one more step that requires user input, the rest of the install is automatic.

Please edit vbiconfig.php and find and replace the following code:

***(NOTICE THERE IS NO TEXT OR CODE HERE, IT'S JUST A SOLID WHITE BAR. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO "FIND & REPLACE"???)***

with:

***(YOU GOT IT, NO TEXT OR CODE HERE EITHER, IT'S JUST A SOLID WHITE BAR. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO "FIND & REPLACE"???)***

In order for smilies to work on vBindex you will need to go into the Smilie Manager in the vBulletin Admin Control Panel and edit the smilies to use a full URL.



Press the 'Next Step' button to proceed.

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***HELP*** Any suggestions???? I can't even get past the first step right....... Also, when i install vbindex, do i still need to install a "hack", or is it all included in the vbindex files???

If you see no text I would assume there is a problem with your browser, there should allways be some text in the white boxes. Use the path I provided earlier in vbiconfig.php and continue with the installation. Anything you need to change with either be listed in the read me or detailed in the install routine.

And thanks for your fast Reply NTLDR, if ya dont mind I have a couple other questions now that I got it up and working...

1) 1st problem I see is that in my forum I'm using shoutbox 1.03d hack on site and the shout in the portal doesnt sync with it, Should it?

2) How do make custom stuff to add to the "Home Page" in the blocks(left , right, and center)... I'm not sure what those 6 custom templates are and what they're for? How do ya get one to appear on the page? Is that where I would code custom stuff. They seem to have code in them already that looks like it's to expand and collapts them is that correct? and if so, should my code go after the builtin code?

I'd like to get my page looking a lot in style and with different content of course like the Big Kahuna's Mopar site...

Thanks again NTLDR, very nice work you do... and thanks for sharing ur site Big Kahuna, you've also done a nice job...

Peace Y'all

You'd need to hack that in, vBindex uses its own shoutbox.

See the first post for details of tutorials to add extra pages via vBindex, if you want to add extra blocks follow the instructions in the Options page to select the number of blocks you want (and where you want them), then edit the vbindex_customblock_X template (X being the number of the block) and replace the sample text with your own content. For stuff in the center just edit the VBINDEX template.

ok, did that NTLDR....... now, in going through the steps, I came to "edit image paths". It says they need to point to full url's.

So, I inserted "http://www.mydomain.com" in front of the default folders already showing in the fields.....

I click "save" at the bottom, and it brings me right back to that page..... If I click "skip this step" it still brings me back to it.

If I click "If you are not redirected, bla, bla, bla click here" it takes me to the "Installation Complete" page, but my image paths are still wrong.

What do I do???

Before you say "do it in the style manager", i tried that before, but didn't see anywhere in Style Manager to do that.

If they don't save for whatever reason goto ACP -> Style Manager -> All Options (for each style) and edit the paths from there.

Well, I am shutting this all down for now, before I throw my computer out the window. I went into the style manager, and saw this big list of stuff.

vbindex
vbindexthis
vbindexthat
vbindexetc

I click on them and a window opens with code...... what am i supposed to edit??? I thought it was image paths??? there was not one single item on the list called "image" anything.... Good night!!!!

Please respond to this with some helpful info, and when i log on tomorrow, I will check again..

Thanks alot!!

NTLDR, you have done a great job with this and your support has been stellar... I really like this hack ...

Thank you mate...

Peace..

You really should check out the vBulletin manual which explains howto use all the built in functions: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/stylemanager

The first screenshot there shows where "All Options" is that I said to select to give you the place to edit the image paths.

No problem and good luck with your site :)

Any chance of you (or a trustworthy good samaritan) logging in to my site, to see what's going on????

I want my end result to be like this page

http://www.riderinfo.com

PM me with your board URL, the details of an admin account (preferably one with query running permissions) and FTP login details if you want me to check and edit vbiconfig.php and I'll take a look tonight.

NTLDR, you are nothing short of a god in my book!!! If you only knew how aggravated I was gettting. Thank you so much!!!

As I was changed around some options, I ran into an error when I tried to enable "news". Here is the error message I got, what do you make of it??

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Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL:
## GET NEWS ##
SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext,
threadpost.attach AS attachcount,


IF(user.displaygroupid = 0, user.usergroupid, user.displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN user AS user ON (thread.postuserid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid)
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')


WHERE forumid IN ()
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open <> 10
AND thread.visible = '1'


ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC
LIMIT 4
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
AND forumid NOT IN (0)
AND thread.open' at line 14

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 12th of May 2004 04:19:03 PM
Script: http://www.my domain.com/vbindex.php
Referer:
Username: (edited)
IP Address: (edited)
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What do I need to do???

Thanks again,
Rob

I have never installed vBindex before this is a brand new board. I keep getting this error.

Fatal error: Failed opening required './admincp/functions_vbiupgrade.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.net/httpdocs/14words/admincp/vbiupgrade.php on line 57

Is there an initial install I have to do? This is an upgrade but I havent had the pre - grade yet. Please help

Well I have a noob question I'm sure. What does the CR mean in the version number? I'm running vB 3.0.1 and would like to make sure this will work on my board before installing it. From what I've seen, it looks great!

if you are refering to 'RC'

That stands for Release Candidate


and yes it will work with the version of vBulletin you have installed.

If i recall it should work with vBulletin v3.0.0 RC4 and Above.

You need to add the forumid that you wish to pull the news from in the options. See the admin help by clicking the (?) icon next to that option.

Make sure you upload all the files to the correct place as detailed by the readme file.

At the next Final Release there will be a complete "new" German Translation for all german Users.

It will be in the next Final *.zip too !

ok, stupid question, but how do i get my browser to point to vbindex.php as my index page for the site?

Rename it index.php.

i already replied to your post :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1466

didn't u go back a few pages and see?

Can anyone tell me if the custom box (event countdown) shown in the attached pic is a released hack for vbindex, or someones custom private work?

Anyone have anything like this they would share?

Paratek

How do I put more "customboxes" down the center of my page????

Okay, I just installed this and every thing went pretty smooth. Easy to do and follow. How ever, I did run into a prblem after the install was finished. It gives me this like it should...

Installation of vBindex Version 3.0.0 RC5 Finished!

Please configure the vBindex Options via the vBulletin Admin Control Panel


I log in and it says welcome mobo but then goes right back to the login screen.

Any thoughts?


Thanks!

Okay, i just tried re-installing it and I got it to wrk after the 2nd attempt. Now I'm just having probs with my images showing up in my forums. I've tried both of these in teh setup...

http://www.minirealms.com/forums/images/xxxx

and

/forums/images/xxxxx

Neither seem to work.

I'm about to install it. It's a good hack. This will be good, because I plan on having more than just a forum for my site.

Hmm. I run this:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/admin/vbiupgrade.php

Then I get this error:

Check your paths in your configuration. You have relative and URL path types mixed together.

/usr/home/sites/www.thegamers-syndicate.com/web/forums/admincp/vbiupgrade.php

Make sure you have uploaded all the files to the correct directorys and that your vBulletin configuration (ie $admincpdir in config.php) is set correctly.

Edit the VBINDEX template.

You have entered forum in the images paths and not forums.