Great thread - I also look forward to this new version for VB 3.6.7 :D

no updates =/ sorry guys.. vacation was actually a vacation and i didnt get on my laptop except to check emails. im gonna get started on working more on it tonight.. figured id chime to let you know whats up

excellent, keep us posted, i for 1 cant wait to try out your version of vbgarage :)

Yeah, thanks for the update, I check it everyday hoping for some news.

Glad to hear you enjoyed your self and refreshed your battery's Now Get back to Work ..LOL I have 1200 Diesel Heads Wanting Some Dyno/Time Clips And there own garage

lol

DM

Just checking in :)

any updates?

I'm still feeling my way around vb. Installed the garage (I have vb 3.6.7). My only problem is that I'd like the description "car" changed to "motorcycle". Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

search in phrases "car" and replace it with "motorcycle".

its going slowly.. longer hours at work leave me less time, plus finally putting my new motor together so im a bit busy. but im still working on it. infact im finishing up the timeslips userside right now. dont worry im not gonna just drop the project, but give me time, dont worry it will be worth the wait. ill try and pop in atleast once a week and give an update, even if there isnt anything to update on.

also all the source is now on a SVN so code wont be lost if say my laptop decides to take a dump.

Ok, I'll try that. I believe I did, but didn't have any luck. I know it's there. Thanks.

I tried that, and found the following:
<td class="thead" align="center">$vbphrase[vbgarage_car]</td>
changing this reference to motorcycle didn't work.
I know this can be changed, but having a heck of a time finding it. Probably in plain view...

In the AdminCP find languages and then phrases. Then search in the phrases, don't actually search in the templates :p

Yeah, search in phrases for vbgarage_car, but make sure you check phrase name and variable search option.

Also, if you switch $vbphrase[vbgarage_car] to whatever you want in template that should work too.

Just like that: <td class="thead" align="center">Motorcycle</td>
If it still does not work then you are editing the wrong template. :)

Hi,
Thanks for the responses. I searched phrases and found what I had previously seen:
$vbphrase[vbgarage_car]
I've tried changing car to motorcycle before, and it didn't work, and my searches in templates and phrases pulls up the same result. Thanks.

Ok...
changed align="center">$vbphrase[vbgarage_car]</td> to
<td class="thead" align="center">Motorcycle</td> and that did it. Not being very familiar with the scripting, I thought the $vbphrase was required.
Again, thanks! I learned something.

all you did was remove the phrased variable form the template. everyone has told you the proper way to make changes to phrases but editing the template will work, it just prevent anyone using another language to read it in that language, thats the whole point of phrases and languages, to make it easier to translate everything.

maybe they didnt explain it on a level you could understand

goto phrases, and find vbgarage_car

leave the phrase name (vbgarage_car) alone and change the translated text in the bigger text boxes from car to motorcycle. what you probably did the first few times was change the variable name as well as the translated text which the template looks up vbgarage_car not vbgarage_motorcycle

vbgarage_car is the pointer and wherever $vbphrase[vbgarage_car] is it will spit out the content (which is car), so you need to leave the name of the phrase alone and change the content.

default it goes like this
vbgarage_car = car
you want it to be
vbgarage_car = motorcycle

so hows goes the project daw?

Aweseome, cant wait til this is released. Seems pretty cool and ideal for automotive/motorcycle forums etc.

titter, started working on the image functions after i finished up the timeslip section, slowly but surely its all starting to come together. i was stuck for a bit cause uploading wasnt working on my dev setup, apparently you cant nest a mutlipart form inside a normal form. all sorted out and working just gotta get the order and mechanics of everything working in easy to use interface

very good to hear.

Great news, and keep us updated as you are!

I can't wait for this to come out!

I just upgraded from phpBB to vB, and I was hoping to find something to replace my old garage in phpBB, can't wait for this!

got images working the way i like them to, no fancy ajax tho, but URL linking and upload to database is working wonderfully.

also added some more permissions/checks you can now setup users/usergroups to:
allow/disallow use of the comment system
allow/disallow use of the garage (members cant put their cars in the garage)
allow/disallow use of the garage entirely (if user is disallowed they cant access any garage features, even viewing other garages)
allow/disallow use of images (global disable of images, URL and uploaded)
allow/disallow image upload to database (URL linking is allowed)
allow/disallow use of images on vehicles, modifications, timeslips and dynocharts

thumbnail creation is working for the database stored images, remote linked images are just resized via html (width=100) dont want to put any extra strain on the server by fetching and reprocessing linked image files, should i add another field so you can link to a thumbnail? or just keep it with the HTML resize (this will suck for large remote linked images if user isnt on broadband as the full image gets downloaded even tho it looks small)

Perhaps another field, give the 56krs an option.

But great job, cant wait for this, something im waiting on for.

Any word on release?

I believe he's just working on it as he gets time, so it would be hard to say when. But don't worry, we're all waiting :p

heh ill use the good ole phrase 'it will be done when its done' yeah im working on it when i get a chance, it sucks but when i dont have time i dont have time. but dont worry it will be released, just no set deadline

ok, ive been messing with vB's builtin uploader/image classes and ive got a custom class all setup and working, and currently how this way of doing it, it creates thumbnails based on the attachment thumbnail settings and stores the thumbnail and uploaded image in the database. and for remote linked images, it stores a thumbnail only and the url to the image that way we avoid confusing people with an additional inputbox for a url thumbnail image.

any opinions?

man using vB's uploader/image class took a bit to figure out seeing as its another horribly/un-documented feature, but it works pretty smoothly and has a ton of built in error handling and checks that i dont have to worry about writing myself.

---7/17
revamped the permissions a bit, here are the following per usergroup options:

Sounds good so far. Glad this is moving along so well.

vBGarage work with 3.6.7 yet?

SVT

I'd read the thread, chances are that can answer your question.

Seems pretty good, I'll refer this hack to a friend of mines, who runs a car forum. Good hack ;)

sounds very promising .. looking forward to it.

Gonna watch this one, would work well on my vectra forum.

Subscribed & Interested! :D