I wanted to type something in response to some recent remarks that were made. There are alot of us folks that know just enough about this stuff to be able to make a few edits and get things working. We look to a 'community' like this to be able to make changes to our sites without having to learn all the coding necessary. If we all knew how to do it, sites like this would be non-existent. No offence to this site, but if everyone knew how to do it, they would be doing it, not looking for add-on, hacks, etc.

I think one of the things you see on boards like this is that back in the day, when things were new and exciting, everyone liked helping each other out. Now that things have been around and vbulletin is gaining popularity, you have people that have grown tired of helping others and hang out just to pounce on any opportuntiy to let you know just how much you do not know.

I came over to vbulletin from postnuke for the very reason I am speaking about here. While I know there are lots of good people involved, they just cant help everyone.

Maybe I jumped the gun upgrading to 3.5.1, but it seemed the right thing to do.

I know there are individuals out there that know what I am talking about. I also know there are people that have found out a way to use this 'mod' without any errors. Heck, most of the errors that people post on here are basic php/sql errors that alot of folks on here can pinpoint the cause. It would be nice if anyone out there that has had problems and finally got it working could share their experiences.

sorry for the rant.

:)

i agree... and as i've said before, i'm more then willing to help as much as i can. just ask. but may i also suggest reading through the thread a few times to make sure your question hasn't already been answered... even i made that mistake. i've alredy been able to install this on several forums for other people, so it's a very usuable hack. and feel free to check it out fully-functional at my forum.

Hello,

That means that DURING DEVELOPMENT of this modification, those users helped out with the core code of the modifications and reported errors that had been corrected for the version of VB that the mod was written for.

This is NOT confusding. BETA is NOT checked because this modification was not a beta WHEN IT WAS RELEASED! When this modification was released, it worked fine. The only thing you needed to change was the vBulletin to read vbulletin in the xml. When this modification was released, it was for vB Version: 3.5.0 Beta 4 and it wasn't a beta. Everything worked for that version!

It doesn't matter how many coders actually click the supported box. If it is not checked, they have stated that they do not intend on supporting the modification. If they have time, and they do still support the mod, that is a bonus. If life happens, and they walk away from the mod leaving it unsupported, they are not doing anything they didn't already say they would do.

I don't know cloudrunner, so I am not trying to defend his actions on a personal level. I am however pretty tired of coming to vb.org and seeing people talk trash when the version of vb they are running is not the version the mod was written for and the mod is listed as unsupported.

Look under my name, I am a member. I am not a coder on the level that a lot of these people are. I myself have helped in this thread several times. I would love to see this mod updated to 3.5.2 but I am not expecting it to be because it is listed as unsupported.

Helping in the thread as members is great, but leave the trash talk about the author out. Its old and tiring to read people saying someone abandoned a mod when it is clearly listed as unsupported and was written for a version that is several versions old now.

Before anyone comments on a mod, they need to read and see what version of VB the mod is for and if it is listed as supported. If it is for a different version of Vb and is listed as "unsupported", there is nothing to complain about. This mod WASN"T abandoned. It is several versions old and listed as unsupported.

and it doesnt say that its supported

i would agree with all of that as well. the biggest problem was that everyone kept asking the same question regarding the xml file when vBulletin just needed to be changed to vbulletin.

i just cant seem to find any info on how to fix my user cp page. whenever you click on 'edit options' i get my header, the left navigation and blank page in the main area with this eror on the top:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/httpd/vhosts/syde-sho.com/httpdocs/forums/profile.php(2702) : eval()'d code on line 56

i have even uninstalled the mod, but dont know enough about php to know what this is telling me, or how to fix it.

THe Author replied to that before....search within the thread :p

i am pretty sure i checked that thread out and it was just needed if the checkbox wasnt showing up. in my case, none of my edit options are showing. so, i figured i woud uninstall, then reinstall. now i am getting an error when installing that seems to have something to do with the the phrases:

[QUOTE]Database error in vBulletin 3.5.1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE zvb3_language SET title = title, phrasegroup_ppdonations = 'a:45:{s:19:\"a_special_*****i removed alot of text from the error message to make it fit******$s\";}' WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasegroup_ppdonations' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Saturday, December 10th 2005 @ 12:18:58 PM

well, i found the mistake. apparently in the install, it double up a script. when looking closely at my modify options, under the code i was supposed to fix i saw this:

notice the reputationlevel if statement in there twice. geez. im guessing this is why i was getting errors trying to reinstall as well. two days of grief over something i either did when modifying that file, or it could have happened on the install.

\tips hat to misskalunji

maybe i should be asking you my questions regarding the profile page customization?

one last question. i tried using that fix for the postbit / postbit_legacy, but forums dont show the 'donor' button to siginify that particular member did donate. was that fix for this particular issue? or just for layout issues? ive put this code in several places tyring to get it to display the donor status of members with no luck:

last question as its the only thing left for me to fix

When I click on a blank donate button, I get the error from Paypal stating "Please enter an amount greater than zero." If I assign the button a dollar amount, it works fine.... anyone?