Got it working by adding the recent threads widget and also the articles widget. Any way to make it work, without a vb widget?

Yesterday we installed the mod and the Home Page crashed. Good thanks, we got the Home Page working again but the widget interface in vB CMS is completely screwed up and out of order. We've running 4.1

There is a load of errors like this after installing this widget:

Got it to work just like you said, all I had to do was place that vb widget, and it worked from then on, however if I make changes in the settings, I have to do the same thing over again, and I also have to clear the cms cache.

Thanks, you've confirmed my suspicion about what was going wrong. I've got a fix; will release once I've tested it some more. For now, if you try going into packages/topposters/widget/topposters.php and add the following:

require_once DIR . "/includes/functions_user.php";
require_once DIR . '/includes/functions.php';

after:

if($cachedata)
{
$view->class = $cachedata['class'];
$view->title = $view->widget_title = $cachedata['title'];
$view->description = $cachedata['description'];
$view->users = $cachedata['users'];
$view->type = $cachedata['type'];
$view->user = $cachedata['user'];
$view->useravatar = $cachedata['useravatar'];
return;
}

it should fix the issue.

Where abouts is that error appearing? admincp or front page?

Admin CP, Widget manager.
When I click on the widget manager it shows a long list of errors.
and I can no longer us the widget manager.
I deleted the folders I uploaded and took out the xml but the whole load of errors are still there.

If I sent you log in details to my Admin CP do you think you could have a look and try to help to fix this problem?

i've got the same problem when i installed it... even if i uninstall it... i cannot fix the error.

please tell me the complete step by step UNINSTALLATION procedure.

below is the error: AdminCP --> vBulletin CMS -->. Widgets

Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23' on line 270 in /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/types.php
#0 /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php(230): vBCms_Types->getWidgetTypeClass('23')
#1 /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php(448): vBCms_Collection_Widget->createItem(Array, 1)
#2 /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php(162): vB_Collection->applyLoad(Resource id #82, 1)
#3 /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php(348): vBCms_Collection_Widget->applyLoad(Resource id #82, 1)
#4 /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php(302): vB_Model->loadInfo()
#5 /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php(408): vB_Model->Load(false)
#6 /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php(843): vB_Collection->Load()
#7 /home/pinoypot/public_html/admincp/cms_admin.php(1837): vB_Collection->valid()
#8 {main}

Fatal error: Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23' on line 270 in [path]/packages/vbcms/types.php in [path]/vb/vb.php on line 287
#0 vb_error_handler(256, Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23' on line 270 in /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/types.php , /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/vb.php, 287, Array ([exception] => vB_Exception_Warning Object ([] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23',[] => ,[] => 0,[] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/types.php,[] => 270,[] => Array ([0] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php,[line] => 230,[function] => getWidgetTypeClass,[class] => vBCms_Types,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => 23)),[1] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 448,[function] => createItem,[class] => vBCms_Collection_Widget,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Array ([itemid] => 41,[title] => Top Poster,[description] => Last week's top poster.,[widgettypeid] => 23),[1] => 1)),[2] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php,[line] => 162,[function] => applyLoad,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Resource id #82,[1] => 1)),[3] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php,[line] => 348,[function] => applyLoad,[class] => vBCms_Collection_Widget,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Resource id #82,[1] => 1)),[4] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php,[line] => 302,[function] => loadInfo,[class] => vB_Model,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ()),[5] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 408,[function] => Load,[class] => vB_Model,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => )),[6] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 843,[function] => Load,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ()),[7] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/admincp/cms_admin.php,[line] => 1837,[function] => valid,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ()))),[code] => 256)) called at [(null):0] #1 trigger_error(Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23' on line 270 in /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/types.php , 256) called at [/home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/vb.php:287] #2 vB::handleException(vB_Exception_Warning Object ([] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => ,[] => Trying to get widgettype class from invalid widgettype '23',[] => ,[] => 0,[] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/types.php,[] => 270,[] => Array ([0] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php,[line] => 230,[function] => getWidgetTypeClass,[class] => vBCms_Types,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => 23)),[1] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 448,[function] => createItem,[class] => vBCms_Collection_Widget,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Array ([itemid] => 41,[title] => Top Poster,[description] => Last week's top poster.,[widgettypeid] => 23),[1] => 1)),[2] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/packages/vbcms/collection/widget.php,[line] => 162,[function] => applyLoad,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Resource id #82,[1] => 1)),[3] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php,[line] => 348,[function] => applyLoad,[class] => vBCms_Collection_Widget,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => Resource id #82,[1] => 1)),[4] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/model.php,[line] => 302,[function] => loadInfo,[class] => vB_Model,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ()),[5] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 408,[function] => Load,[class] => vB_Model,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ([0] => )),[6] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/vb/collection.php,[line] => 843,[function] => Load,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ()),[7] => Array ([file] => /home/pinoypot/public_html/admincp/cms_admin.php,[line] => 1837,[function] => valid,[class] => vB_Collection,[type] => ->,[args] => Array ())))) called at [(null):0]

Nice addition. Thanks :)