microTRAVEL: a Tripadvisor like Travel Portal
 

Removed by the Author because:

• For 7 mods, there are 1905 downloads but only 577 clicked installed.
• For these 577 installs I got 4 donations for Brand Free. Make a simple search on the net using the product name and you'll find that 50% have illegally removed my copyright.
• I found 3 vb.org style sites, offering for download my mods but after PAID SUBSCRIPTION, or DONATION

After all, I'll stop be the idiot on this market.

Maria

• Don't underestimate it's value because it's Free. The only reason that I'm posting it for Free download is the lack of free time to support it commercially.
• Even if it works fine as module, I strongly recommend to use a dedicated vBulletin installation for it. It comes with a unique template to use with.

2.- Popular Features

• Powerfull Tours Search Form: Let your visitors search by Date period, City of Origin, Destination, Transfer type, Tour type, Accommodation, Max Price, Duration. They can also search for Featured, Editor choice, Popular or Tours in promotion!
• Unlimited Depth of Categories: You can add as many levels of categories (destinations) as you like. Sophisticated 2 part menu. Upper block contains menu options for the active destination, while the other block contains links to subdestinations.
• A Dozen of menu options per Destination: Overview (showing latests information from all other menu options). Browse Tours, Articles, Photos, Videos, Forums, Classifieds, Events, and finally Travelmates (a unique feature). Classifieds and Articles, list all related categories.
• Add special usergroups (eg Touroperators, Hoteliers) and then setup paid subscriptions for upgrading to these usergroups to be able to post in Market place.

The installation is pretty easy, has been checked many times for installing and uninstalling the product. Just follow these steps below:

• Download and unzip the file microTRAVEL.zip
• Open the folder vbulletin and select all files and subfolders inside it
• Connect to your website and open the directory where is your vBulletin installation (usally forum, forums, portal etc).
• Upload the selected files to your site. If you fellow the right way then the file travel.php must be on the same level as the index.php file of vBulletin.
• Before any new installation is good to backup your database before, even if nobody is doing it (including me). At lease turn your site off
• Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system is enabled.
• From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product-microrequests.xml
• microTRAVEL has it's own style (template). From Styles&Templates-> Download/Upload styles import the file: microtravel-style.xml Please check to ignore template version.

As every vBulletin product, you need to make some initial configuration before it goes live.

• Start with microTRAVEL Options and give special attention to choose microTRAVEL style (last option).
• Go throught and setup ALL tables (eg Destinations, Origin etc).
• Setup usergroup permissions.

6.- Copyright

Wow, very interesting. This could have some 'business' potential. Thanks for sharing! :up:

no kidding thanks for this.

Trying to install it.....
But when it comes to the styles/templates import I am getting the message that the mod has been developed for vb 3.8.1 and I am running 3.8.2

How to resolve this issue?
Thanks

It's working fine with 3.8.2. Import the style with options:
- New Style
- Ignore version
- Empty name

Maria

This looks great Maria and as mention seems to have a great potential!

Having read the docs to it you say it has it's own style, would it still work if you did not install this style and would it adopt the current style you're using?

See the attachment and you'll understand why it needs this template. There is a left column which holds the active destination and all related menu option, as a way to keep the user in the right place for discussion.

I spent lot of time to build this template to avoid placing in troubles those who will use it for modifying templates. Sure you can use your own (or default) template especially if you don't plan to use the forums (I mean the travel forums).

If you want to use the forums and still using your own template (the mod will continue working find), then is better to open functions.php (microtravel/includes) and find at line 1902:
and replace it with:
This way the forum will open in a new window, so the users can return where they're before just by closing the forum window.

Hope that it helps
Maria

Installed on 3.8.2 and working great thanks for such a nice mod .

Would be nice to see it sell anything ;)

At least for me is selling like crazy... and I don't mean as script. If you've experiance about Tourist Business, you can make money in a snap. Otherwise is useless.

Maria