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peterska2 12-10-2006 10:00 PM

vBonjour - Portal System
 
vBonjour

Easy Customizable Portal System

Brought to you by www.peterska2.co.uk

Welcome to the launch of vBonjour. This is the base package which is required for all installations of this system.

What is vBonjour?
vBonjour is an alternative to vBAdvanced. It is an easy to install, modular portal system designed as a gateway to your site.

Why vBonjour?
This is pretty simple really. As the front page is the first thing that your visitors see, it is a welcome page. The first few names that were thought of were either very boring, or far too long winded and not at all catchy.

This is a base package. What is included?
The base package includes a news feature from up to two forums. The news from the first forum will be displayed first, followed by the news from the second forum. It also includes the left and right columns which can be activated or deactivated via some simple settings in the ACP. These columns can be customised without using any of the Add On Modules, or Add On Modules can be installed to expand on the functionality.

Why is it so modular?
vBonjour is extremely modular to allow for maximum customization of the page. The idea is to make it as easy as possible to install the items that you want to have included, and not have anything which you would be simply turning off. By using a modular method it means that every site can easily achieve their own custom portal without having to know any coding.

I want to add something that isn't already included. How do I go about this?
vBonjour makes use of the plugin system and includes it's own hooks. This allows easy devlopment of additional Add Ons and maximum flexability.

What about the ACP? Is it really complicated?
Unlike other systems, almost all the settings for vBonjour are collected in one setting group in the vBOptions. Because you only install what you want to use, you don't need to have lots of settings. Anything which does not use settings in the Portal settings group is highlighted in the documentation for that Add On.

Ok, so where are the screen shots?
Why have screen shots when you can have a live demo?
The demo is available at www.peterska2.co.uk

What versions of vBulletin does vBonjour work with?
vBonjour will work with vBulletin 3.6.0 and above. Support for sites running versions earlier than 3.6.0 will not be given.



Contributers to the base system: [name]christianb[/name]


I hope that you like this system. Please remember to mark it as installed to recieve notification of updates and support. Support will only be provided to those who have clicked install.



Allan 12-11-2006 09:21 PM

H?h?, good title ;)

Click Install ^^

Shana 12-11-2006 09:31 PM

Installed, AGAIN. This is pretty cool, did you do this at the same time or over a period of time and then release it at once?

Murty 12-11-2006 09:54 PM

hmm, this looks very good, but it looks exactly like vbadvanced, what are the differences?

peterska2 12-11-2006 09:59 PM

***** Zip Updated ******

Error in instructions

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murty (Post 1136644)
hmm, this looks very good, but it looks exactly like vbadvanced, what are the differences?

It's completely modular and so you don't have all the hassle with complicated settings and trying to figure out what you want to use because you just install the add ons that you want and not the ones that you don't.

Shana 12-11-2006 10:01 PM

What was the error? Just so I don't have to re-download.

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:04 PM

Just a minor typing one in some comments. It doesn't actually affect anything.

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shana (Post 1136629)
Installed, AGAIN. This is pretty cool, did you do this at the same time or over a period of time and then release it at once?

I've been working on it for a few months but it was just a static package with no flexability at all. I thought about it on Friday and decided that it could be done as a modular system, so I've spent most of the weekend and all day today coding it.

libertate 12-11-2006 10:15 PM

Can you make vBonjour be part of vB pages (or vB part of vBonjour)?

Shana 12-11-2006 10:16 PM

Ah, cool. Well, I installed it, but in the modules it says:

Quote:

In your portal_left_column or portal_right_column template add $stats where
you wish to have your Statistics blocks appear. Unfortunatley these cannot be
separated in this release.
However, I cannot find the vBOptions -> Portal Settings page. Do you mean under Style Manager -> SKIN -> Portal Templates?

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by libertate (Post 1136661)
Can you make vBonjour be part of vB pages (or vB part of vBonjour)?

I have absolutely no idea what vB Pages is, but I'll look into it later in the week and see what I can come up with.

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shana (Post 1136666)
Ah, cool. Well, I installed it, but in the modules it says:



However, I cannot find the vBOptions -> Portal Settings page. Do you mean under Style Manager -> SKIN -> Portal Templates?


It's one of the setting groups in the main settings area. It should be right at the bottom of the list (or close to it).

To make the change identified though, you need the style manager.

Oddjob 12-11-2006 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterska2 (Post 1136669)
It's one of the setting groups in the main settings area. It should be right at the bottom of the list (or close to it).

To make the change identified though, you need the style manager.

Where exactly would you put the
Code:

$navigation
in

Code:

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>

to make it be an actual left column?

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:36 PM

put it here

Code:

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>


Snake 12-11-2006 10:47 PM

Not bad. I kinda like it. :D

Oddjob 12-11-2006 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterska2 (Post 1136681)
put it here

Code:

<if condition="$vboptions[portal_left_column]">
<td width="160" valign="top">
$navigation
</td>
<td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
</if>



Yea, tried that....doesnt show up.

peterska2 12-11-2006 10:59 PM

hmmmmm

/me goes back to the product xml to find out why

projectego 12-11-2006 11:01 PM

Totally installed! :)

peterska2 12-11-2006 11:05 PM

*******Updated to version 1.0.1*******

Missing settings in product XML file.

To upgrade, import xml overwriting existing product.

Lionel 12-11-2006 11:06 PM

advantages of screenshots, when your site is down like now, we still can see what this is all about.

Oddjob 12-11-2006 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterska2 (Post 1136694)
hmmmmm

[high]* peterska2 goes back to the product xml to find out why[/high]

The update corrected it, works fine now.

Thanks.

peterska2 12-11-2006 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionel (Post 1136703)
advantages of screenshots, when your site is down like now, we still can see what this is all about.

It's back up again now. It's been a bit tempremental all day.

peterska2 12-11-2006 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddjob (Post 1136714)
The update corrected it, works fine now.

Thanks.

Phew! No idea how I managed to miss that, but at least we spotted it.

davidw 12-11-2006 11:31 PM

Nice work KA!

peterska2 12-11-2006 11:35 PM

Thanks David, I told you it would be worth the wait didn't I?

davidw 12-11-2006 11:39 PM

:P - looks like you're onto something big here :)

peterska2 12-11-2006 11:40 PM

It's amazing what we can do when we put our mind to it. I'm still in shock that it actually works! It's a bit of a change from my normal little tiny plugins. ;)

akanevsky 12-12-2006 12:02 AM

How is this better than vBAdvanced?

peterska2 12-12-2006 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision (Post 1136738)
How is this better than vBAdvanced?

It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.

If you don't want to show WOL, then you don't have to try and find a setting or 6 buried deep somewhere, you just don't install that bit.

This easy install the bits you want and not the bits you don't makes it a simple to use system and highly customizable for each individual site.

The only default installation is the basic news module. After that everything else is at the discretion of the site admin and what is best suited for their site as well as displayed exactly how you want it.

TTG 12-12-2006 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterska2 (Post 1136743)
It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.

Easier to turn things OFF than install loads and loads of products !?

Barakat 12-12-2006 12:31 AM

Merci Kerry-Anne .

will test it now

akanevsky 12-12-2006 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterska2 (Post 1136743)
It is built with simplicity in mind. Where vBAdvanced has pages and pages of settings and most people go through and turn a lot of things off, this has just one place for settings because you only install what you want to use.

If you don't want to show WOL, then you don't have to try and find a setting or 6 buried deep somewhere, you just don't install that bit.

This easy install the bits you want and not the bits you don't makes it a simple to use system and highly customizable for each individual site.

The only default installation is the basic news module. After that everything else is at the discretion of the site admin and what is best suited for their site as well as displayed exactly how you want it.

Ok. Does this allow creation of custom modules?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TTG (Post 1136756)
Easier to turn things OFF than install loads and loads of products !?

That be a matter of preference.

peterska2 12-12-2006 01:02 AM

Yes, it allows easy creation of custom modules as it uses the Plugin and Product system.

Barakat 12-12-2006 01:59 AM

what about the bbcodes ? its not included in this system i think til now !!

lolo? 12-12-2006 02:42 AM

great job click install :)

evenmonkeys 12-12-2006 07:03 AM

Very nice. If I didn't have my own already, I'd install this in a heartbeat. This is easily the best portal I've seen. I like simple and to the point; this meets that critique.

peterska2 12-12-2006 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barakat (Post 1136797)
what about the bbcodes ? its not included in this system i think til now !!

This allows BB Codes.

The items on the live portal all include BB Code in one form or another. HTML Username Markup is also fully operational, although this is not included on the demo version.

peterska2 12-12-2006 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolo? (Post 1136814)
great job click install :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yarub (Post 1136889)
Very nice. If I didn't have my own already, I'd install this in a heartbeat. This is easily the best portal I've seen. I like simple and to the point; this meets that critique.

Thanks for the great feedback guys. :D

iran.gs 12-12-2006 11:37 AM

I am going to install this now, if everything goes smooth l will send lots of ppl ur way.

Thanks,

Gilani


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