The above mentioned hacks, are already completed, implemented, and tested, so basically why i post this, is to get a general idea of interest towards these hacks, so we have a general idea of what to set up when we release them.

all of the hacks, have been run through 2.0, and 2.03, however, since vb has strongly urged all users to upgrade to 2.03, the hacks will only be supported for 2.03.

There are a few people involved with these hacks other than myself, so i would like to mention these guys so that no credit is left undue.

The buddy list pop up hack was a little tinkering project i started with awhile back when it was requested, and I had most of it complete during testing, when it was noticed the pop up itself was a bit annoying. Snyx enabled a real nice java script, which not only centers the buddy list on open up, but also is enacted when the pop up buddy list link is clicked.
I can say there are very few parts to this script, and is a nice easy one to add. (screen shot 1)

The mood hack I started a week ago, and beat my head against the wall constantly to try and come up with something that was not only easy, but functional. Added to the mess was how and where to display the results. With a little tinkering, it was solved, and currently, the results show up in the post bit section, and also the userprofile hack.
I think it came out great, however, there are still a few things that i would like to add in time. (screen shot 2)

Next is the user profile hack. I have a screen shot of it, and I optimized it the best i could get it, but it is still a pretty big pic. Those on a slow modem may want to skip it...(supposedly 3.4 seconds to download the pic after optimizing..so ...its up to you..)
Most of what has been added to it, is in the screen shot.
Take a look at it when you have time, because most of the hacks , will include a default template such as the one in the picture. We are working on several different styles, so if this one doesnt fit your fancy, there will be others.
Credit for some of the goods found in this hack, goes to BradC for his picture uploader, which displays the pic in the user profile, and my el cheapo java resize thumbnailer...lol...
It works, so what the hell....
After a few failed attempts by myself at implementing a counter to work on the profile pages, fmoise99 came along, and whipped up a nice little hack, that allows one to see how many times a users profile page has been viewed.
I would like to thank one person in particular for being patient with my questions, and basic annoyance. Without his help, there would not of been lastonline, useronline/offline, display bb code in the getinfo area. My highest compliments go out to Mike.
(screen shot 3)

And finally, the big one. BradC's picture upload script. I cannot speak for Brad, however, i can say this is probably going to go down as one of the highest downloaded hacks here.
Fine detail and work has been put into this hack, with a ungodly amount of time. Brad has not overlooked anything, as the file includes one of the most comprehensive installation guides, documentation, notes on testing, self included photo upload html help guide, self included html quick script rip set, and a few other things that will make adding this hack newbie easy and friendly.
we have tested this hack at least through 6 different versions, with each new one recieving the highest attention to the little things.
For a look at its peliminary run, check out (screen shot 4)

Well, that should just about do it. The thread is a basic interest thread, so that we can either bundle these up in one package, or seperate based on the amount of interest for specific areas. Also suggestions, or some added input wouldnt hurt either.:)

Added to this thread, is screen shot one.




**********UPDATE********

if you do not wish to drudge through the miles of updates, here is the current mood hack pics which can be seen by clicking on one of the below links.

Added was a date/time stamp, comments area, and a added java pop up for the mood comments inside the postbit area.

1)Mood Form

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/attac...&postid=165366

2)Mood in Post Bit Area
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/attac...&postid=165367

3)Mood Comments area, after clicking on the Mood button found in the postbit area
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/attac...&postid=165368

Screen shot 2

Screen Shot 3 (this is a big one....)

Screen Shot 4

plz release these hacks they look kool.

on a couple of notes... the reason for the announcement... is so that you are aware that these are done.. and BY US!.

So if you have an interest in some of these please reply.. or shoot us an email.

As for my vb Photo Upload script.. I have not released it yet, due in fact there is a couple of things I am working on.

Since this has been announced.. lol.. I might as well get a little bit of feedback on my last steps before release.

First off.. it is not template driven, it is just one file with it all inside.

1. Should I make it where, whatever the image is that is uploaded is renamed to like "username.jpg" instead of whatever the current file name would be. I say this for the fact that you do not want pictures uploaded by different people with the same name and value, cause one of them will be overwritten. This could be a no brainer... I guess

Without seeing it.. there is not many more suggestions or feature requests that can be added.. and I don't want to keep adding features, cause I kind of just one this to be released once.

I will give support to it, but if the question is included in one of the help files... I might reply saying refer to the help.

As for the other hacks... we are in the process of making a lot of things, I am almost done with my major project, so that I can work on others. One of them that I am going to wrap up on here in a few weeks is my multiple profile page hack. It is all custom.. and template driven. But this may not be released, cause of all of the extra stuff that I am going to add to make my site unique. But I will help others if they want this done too.

Screen shot 5

(this screen shot shows the mood info with the rest of the userinfo, contained inside the showthread area)

These hacks look AWESOME-nice work guys!:):)
I would be VERY INTERESTED!!!!
;)

If you are storing the image on the server you should name it based on the userid, not the username.

correct oh mundo.. while I was driving home from work.. I thought about have it put the userid infront of it.. like

was : pikachuandme.jpg

and rename it to maybe : 1_pikachuandme.jpg

I have a personal script right now for 3 or more images, so using either the userid or name will work for me.. just add the userid and an underscore infront or behind it..

now.. just gotta add the code, and test it.. Tora... we will have fun doing this.. oh and you can get my lastest changes lol.. forgot to email it to ya.

thanks for the reply Freddie much appreciated

------ also.

The image is not really stored as a blob in the database if anyone was wondering..

What it does is it uploads the image to a selected folder, and the picture name is put in the database, for easy calling from anywhere at anytime kind of thing :)

Why not just name it only userid.gif , why even bother with filenames and such as that is where you start to get into security issues.

so basically, instead of having something along this path..

pikachusucks.jpg

it would be...

$userid.jpg

The folder that the images are uploaded into is chmoded, so would that cause any conflicts in pulling the code from the folder, or is it suggested that instead of having the folder, one could make a new table in the user db, and than just have it stored there?

well that will work for the most part.. just have the userid, jpg..

but I will have to have it where there is more than one picture for my site.. hehe :)

that and I am not really and totally for sure how to code this..

cause right now I have it as $picture_name... so I would have to have it I guess something like ...

rename("$picturename", "$bbuserinfo[userid] + _ + $picturename")

that might work... dunno.. any suggestions from the C background.. or php background :)

i think you have it figured out, post the results to fred and see what he thinks. It looked like it should do the trick. :)

lol to simple... :)

question freddie.. why don't ya like the username as a value..

like here is my dilema..

user :

$id + _ + picture_name

or

$id + _ + photo

or

$id + _ + username


no those are not how it looks in the script.. just should I use the pictures name, or should I just add a text name like photo.. or should I go ahead and add their username? I know I can do this on my own.. but what was would be proficient :)

I think I am going to name it like this

userid+_+photo

that way it will look like this :

1_photo

or in my case

1_photo1
1_photo2
1_photo3

etc..

I know at least one of these I've been waiting for for a while Brad ;) Glad its coming up!

I like the buddy list and user profile hacks a lot. The user profile one I was thinking about doing...anyhow, my vote goes in for those two. I wish I had time to sit down and do really good documentation for the Mark Read hack...maybe this next week...

GReat Looking hacks Guys. You have done a bangup job.

Joey

Thanks guys, its appreciated. :)

Bane, I am just a little slow... or I have to much to do and so little time to do it.. :)

I got it all done, now I just have to add the changes to my zipped up copy. Then will send it to ToraTora to play with, and if all goes well I could be releasing it.. sometime next week :)

Just turned 21 today.. so.. this weekend is full of ummm stuff.. besides the computer :)

Just a update on the above hacks.

The mood hack has been sent over to Brad C, to do a fresh install of it on his server, to see if there are any complications or anything i may of missed. If all goes well, it could be possibly be released by the end of next week.
Secondly, with the mood hack, there will be a offline status choice for people, who want to leave a somewhat "note" (symbol) to other users on why they are not online. (sort of a yahoo messenger, aol messenger type deal)

Also, there is a member rate hack that is almost completed, that will go with the user profile hack...(not sure on this as of yet...)

Also in the works, is a user bookmark system where users can add bookmarks to thier profile, recommend, or save them for personal use, a admin notepad for possibly the mods as well (which is just about complete...) and a user comments section, that may or may not go with the rate a player hack. (if people want to have just a annoymous rate, or both, this will cover those bases)

anyways, the buddy list will get a workover to make sure everything is covered, and the user profile will be brought down in size, with just a few minor changes to the over-all layout.

The upload, as brad has stated, will be sent off to me, so we can do a fresh install and run it one more time with the new changes recommended by Freddie.

If all goes well, expect the first crop either by Friday, or in two weeks. we want to make sure everything is properly documented, tested and user approved before we dish it out to anybody. :)

Again, thanks for the interest.

Just one thought to all of this...i was curious on whether or not there would be interest for a admin panel member warning system.
The reason i bring this up, is that sometimes members really do not know where they sit with the admin, or mods when it concerns some of thier posts, and the thin ice that they scate on.
Of course, they are warned by the admin or mods in posts, but sometimes (supposedly) they never see these warnings.
There are two drawbacks to it that i can see of. One, is the obvious patronizing fact of having a warning system for all to view, and secondly, there is the problems of when is enough enough...lol..(warnings to give)
Of course there could be the possibility of having the results hidden to all except for the mods and admin, but that defeats the whole purpose of it really. This would not be a automatic delete system either. It would just be the markings, and than it would be up to the admin to decide when the amount = the termination of the account.


It would not consist of a whole lot really other than the admin could warn a memeber from the admin panel with sort of a "x" or "check" setup, that would represent admin, or even possibly mod warnings.
Kind of a three strikes and your out type of deal for the admin or mods to give to members.

I just thought i would bring it up, because there are a ton of ideas we have been throwing around, and it sounded good at the time...lol.. :)

The multipage user profile system, is that kind of like bolt.com? Or what kind of featureset are you working on? I'm getting set to add stuff to the control panel and public profile display.

EThan

Ethank,

I personally have never been to bolt.com but after going there, I don't think so... they have a lot of stuff going on over there, I am just making pages full of information on the user to make it more of a personal site, where everyone can get to know each other... so they know who they are posting and interacting with.

So kind of like, for my purposes a tab for REM Top 10 lists, a tab for messages they have posted, a tab for say, bookmarks, etc?

EThan

the user area would be a basic pit stop for everything that we add extra.
I like tucking the things in the usercp area, due to the security of protecting it from non members. We also have them set that if a person does lets say...bookmark the addy, it will still call for the permissions..so its a double safe valve.

All of the above mentioned ideas, minus the admin notes, or warning would be found inside the usercp area, so it is highly possible of creating a tab system for just that sort of thing, however, Brad has done a multi-page user area that really looks nice, so there are all sorts of options to this i guess. :)
We will see how everything tests out, and go from there.

Is that multi-page user area online anywhere to see? Or screen shots?

I was thinking of improving the display of the users profile when you click their username. Right now it doesn't tell you much.

EThan

I had previously two different styles for it, that were in a two page length, that were tabled out. One was a "staircase" design, and the other was a layout style.
That was scrapped in favor of the one i have now displayed in here as a screen shot demo in the beginning of this thread (screen shot 4 i think..not sure...), but i am going to go back to the multi-page layout.
Rite now, the only multipage display that exits, is Brads, and it is unclear whether he plans on including that or not, or linking a somewhat demo of what we will be offering of that style..

Rest assured, there will be other styles with these hacks throughout the span of the hack, and most of them will be a multipage, or tab setup that info can be dropped in or out with little or no problems.

Anything public for demo yet?

Ethan

there is no demo's online for the public... yet.. there can be screenshots.. but that is it for now.

Screenshots would rule if you've got them.

EThan

I will try to make some screen shots soon... I am working on another design for my site..

and as of right now, it is uncertain if I even release this... I can add the basic instructions of how to.. but to just copy what I have and post it here with instructions... would be a lot.. that and I want to keep my sites unique.. to a point.

I can probably figure a large chunk of it out :)

I'm just trying to get some ideas for improving my profile and CP area.

Ethan

by the lack luster amount of interest so far, we may just go with another route for people to aquire the hacks...there really hasnt been a whole lot of concern to the release of the hacks except for a few members, and we can accomplish that by having them either dowload it from Brads site, or via email.
Rather than clutter up the forums here with sizeable templates, i think this would be the better route.

IM still interested!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am also still interested, no action until people see the end result. You guys post it they will come!

The reason that ToraTora! made this post was to get some feedback of interest of some of the things that we have completed or are working on. There is 6 unique replies to this post of interest. We were kind of hoping for more feedback and ideas or features to add... if we are going to release the things that we create it would be nice to make them beneficial for anyone that installs it.

That was the main focus of this thread as Brad stated.
We will prioritize those who replied, and sort of leave it at that.


With overgrows latest addtion to the Karma hack area, we wont need to worry about the member rate hack, which is good. We can focus a little more attention to the ones that we are using, and than go forward with some of the other little ideas that are still floating around such as the bookmarks page, and the admin note page...however, the admin note page is one that i feel, we may not release period. Mostly because of the security issues of now having a private notepad, that maybe some persistant hack user could stumble across. (IE hack the admin panel login area...)

We will have to see what comes out of the testing and some of the other ideas before we work on the notes idea. :)

I have decided to keep my upload script off the board for now... there is a couple of people that have had an interest in this for awhile and we have shared emails throughout my development of it, I will contact them so they can get it when and if they want it. I will also probably go back through all the posts that deals with this request and pm all of the people that wanted this in the past, other than that.. it will probably go on a request basis. I know of a couple people that will want a tailored one to fit their needs, like 3 or more photo upload.. which I have. But I just wanted to post this so you don't think we became lazy or anything.. I am trying to concentrate on a few other things first.. then might come back and share with everyone.. and have the time to support also. :)