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Due to the pricing and yearly fee of vBulletin I am no longer creating mods for vBulletin, instead I have stepped out of the shadow of vBulletin to create my own stand alone mods. I wish to thank everyone who downloaded and installed my mods but as of now with not being able to afford hosting and vBulletin, I decided to drop vBulletin so hopes of me returning would only happen if my newest venture brings me a nice profit.

Thank you all again
Steve

Fixes made for Database Error Recieved.

Suggestions/Comments/Questions? Don't hesitate to ask!

Added ACP menu screenshot.

Nice work :)

Installs*

installed.....nice work.

Been asking around and waiting for this. Thanksssssssss

thanks for a great hack! :D

Teehee, glad I actually released something that would get used. Just remember to click Install so that when I update you will know.

Should we install now or wait for the update version if it's coming out very shortly ?

Reserved until the update comes out.

Thanks :D

I don't have any plans for the update to come out for a bit longer as I gotta concentrate on my job this week so time will be minimum for doing mods but I will try to get an update to this with a few other features added.

If you want to see a feature, suggest it, lets see if I can get it done.

thx steve for this great mod reserved untill the update coems out :p

oh can u add a feature to change the place of showing the mod like to put it above the forums or the navbar also if u can add a feature to hide this mod from guest that would be awesome thx alot dude ^^

Now thats better, I will accept those feature requests as they make sense. I will just end up adding vB Settings for that type of stuff. w00t

I installed and got this database error

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT sid,title,url,image,image_type,description FROM `tfw_sponsors` ORDER BY `sid` ASC;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'image_type' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Saturday, July 21st 2007 @ 12:17:12 AM
Script : http://www.xxx.xxx/forum/index.php
Referrer : http://www.xxx.xxx/forum/online.php?...e&pp=25&page=1
IP Address : xxx.zxxx.xxxx.xxx
Username : xxxx
Classname : vB_Database

Fixed, redownload the zip file and you only have to reimport the xml file with overwrite enabled.

Edited the template and the Sponsor table is 100% width while my forum is adjustable width just like vb.org

Also, where do i add pictures, banner ? I didn't see any options anywhere.

For now you'll have to upload the banner images to a folder called /sponsors/ in your site root directory. Then enter just the name and extension of the image when adding the new sponsor. I plan to have the new upload option added in next release.

The width issue I will have fixed hopefully soon.

Right now I'm having an issue with a 13 yr old who keeps DDoSing my site so I can't access any of my stuff. We are currently switching hosts because our current host won't do anything to prevent this so I'm going back to HostGator. Hopefully this will be done in the comings hours so I can fixed the issue.

Try changing the code you added in FORUMHOME to this:

HTML Code:

<tr>

<td class="tcat" colspan="6" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

Sponsors

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="6" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

   <table width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

    <tr>

$sponsor_bits

    </tr>

   </table>

</td>

</tr>

Look at the bottom of my forum on my signature. The table is still 100%

Where do i add new sponsor ? VB Options ?

Quantnet: Move the code above the </table> right above it.

You add sponsors through the ACP, you will see a navigation drop down to the left called TFW Sponsor, click the arrow to expand then click Add Sponsor

I have not included any vB Options with this mod, which I will to add the new features mentioned.

I don't see any drop down menu. I uploaded 2 files as directed.

Here is my FORUMHOME template

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

        <!-- no cache headers -->

        <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />

        <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />

        <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

        <!-- end no cache headers -->

        $headinclude

        <title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>

</head>

<body>

$header

$navbar

 



$forumbits

<tr>

<td class="tcat" colspan="6" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

Quant Network Sponsors

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="6" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

   <table width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]">

    <tr>

$sponsor_bits

    </tr>

   </table>

</td>

</tr>





<div style="padding:3px"></div>



<!--- start insert $photopostfeature below -->

<!--- $photopostfeature --->

<!--- end insert $photopostfeature -->



<!-- what's going on box -->

<!-- top -->

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

 <tr>

        <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/_cat-top_x.gif" alt="" /></td>

        <td width="100%" class="cat-top_x">

$vbphrase[whats_going_on]

</td>

        <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/_cat-top_x.gif" alt="" /></td>

 </tr></table>



<!-- /top -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">







<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">

<!-- logged-in users -->

<tbody>

        <tr>

                <td class="thead" colspan="2">

                        <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                        <a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest" 3="$numberspiders">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)

                </td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">

        <tr>

                <td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>

                <td class="alt1" width="100%">

                        <div class="smallfont">

                                <div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>

                                <div>$activeusers</div>

                        </div>

                </td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<!-- end logged-in users -->

</if>

<tbody>

        <tr>

                <td class="thead" colspan="2">

                        <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                        <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>

                </td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">

        <tr>

                <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>



$chatbox_forumhome 

                <td class="alt1" width="100%">

                <div class="smallfont">

                        <div>

                                $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,

                                $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,

                                $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,

                                        <span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>

                                </if>

                        </div>

                        <div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>

                </div>

                </td>



        </tr>

</tbody>

<if condition="$show['birthdays']">

<!-- today's birthdays -->

<tbody>

        <tr>

                <td class="thead" colspan="2">

                        <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                        $vbphrase[todays_birthdays]

                </td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">

        <tr>

                <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>

                <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<!-- end today's birthdays -->

</if>







<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">

<tbody>

        <tr>

                <td class="thead" colspan="2">

                        <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                        <if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>

                </td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">

        <tr>

                <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>

                <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>

        </tr>

</tbody>

</if>

</table><div class="cat-btm_x"><div class="cat-btm_lft"></div><div class="cat-btm_rht"></div></div>

<br />

<!-- end what's going on box -->



<table align="center" class="tborder" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

 <tr>

                <td class="alt1" align="center"><div class="smallfont"><strong>

                        <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

                        <if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;

                        <a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>

&nbsp;

        <if condition="!$show['guest']">

                <!-- member logout -->

                <a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a> 

                <!-- end member logout -->

        </if>

                </strong></div></td>

        </tr>

 <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /> <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</span>  &nbsp;

        <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /> <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</span>  &nbsp; 

        <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /> <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</span></td>

 </tr></table>

$forumhome_markread_script

$chatbox_forumhome



$footer

</body>

</html>

Great idea. Just the kind of hack I have been waiting for. Cheers!

Really stupid question, but where do I alter the settings in the ACP?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve M (Post 1297147)

Im in the same boat. Installed this on two different VB boards and theres no option in the ACP. :confused:

Quantnet.org: There is no drop down. The images will be displayed once you first upload them to your sponsors folder then go to ACP and add sponsor. From there it will start displaying.

powerful_rogue: Make sure you uploaded cpnav_tfw.xml to your includes/xml directory otherwise the menu will not appear. If you did that, refresh your ACP which will cause it to look for cpnav files from there it will display.

Also, give me a link to your site so that I can view your site and the source code to determine where your problem lies with the display.

Ive checked and double checked. Alll files uploaded correctly, however there is nothing in the ACP.

This is my test site

powerful_rogue: you need to create the /sponsors/ directory in your root forum directory and chmod it to 0777. Set me up a test account on your site and PM me the details so that I can look to make sure the xml file appeared on your site.

Can this be used with OpenAds (phpAdNew) ?

Quantnet.org: Did you get your issues worked out?

How do you mean to use it? Such as if they sponsor your site then they will not be able to see ads or what?

I still have problem with the template. And I still don't see the Add Sponsor anywhere. Refresh the AdminCP, log in and out, no luck.

The OpenAds can give you ad zone where you know put it anywhere...and see how many view/clicks, etc

I PM you an account on my site so you can take a look at my template.
Thanks

KK, I will take a look right quick.

If you could assign that account admin permissions so that I can look at your admin area for the xml stuff.

I make that account Admin with permission to access to styles. I think it should be good ? If you need other access, let me know.
Thanks

Ok got the display issue fixed.

Now I need you to grant me full access to ACP, just need it for about 15 mins so I can check to see if the xml file shows for me.

Done. I saw the table fixed.
Permission granted.
When i go to /admincp/tfw.php I can see the file is there and it shows a table with columns
URL Image Image Type Title

But nothing else

Ok I think I know the problem. Gonna do a fix and reupload.

Ok updated to 1.2.1

Download and upload only the files, don't worry about the product xml file.

Quantnet.org: Ok I refreshed and now the TFW Sponsor menu is there. Enjoy.

Everyone: Installation instructions have been updated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve M (Post 1297938)

Quantnet.org: Ok I refreshed and now the TFW Sponsor menu is there. Enjoy.

Everyone: Installation instructions have been updated.

Thanks.
You should be more specific on how to add new Sponsor. What format is the URL use for ? http://... ?

Image ? is it full path to the image in sponsors folder ?
Why the image type for ? .gif ? or gif ?

I added one sponsor and when i click on Edit that sponsor, it goes no where....jus empty there.

In the instruction, you should mention that to add /sponsors/ folder under forum and upload the images there. I still have problem adding/edit/delete sponsors...Can you take a look ?

Phrase Groups Available:

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