Forum Home Enhancements - [AJAX] SmnLikQuick v2.0 - Advanced Announcements Block

Description:
SmnLikQuick v2.0 adds an advanced announcement block (Title and Content) to your vBulletin powered pages that is easily managed via AdminCP. This new version (based on the AJAX Tabs Content Script (v 2.0) written by Dynamic Drive), utilizes Ajax to display multiple announcements in one container when the title (tab) is clicked on. It also has the ability (and utilizes this ability upon install) to rotate between tabs (announcements) in a "slideshow" type manner until a user explicitly clicks on a tab (see screenshots provided).

See Post #02 for log.
See Post #98 for Upgrade Instructions.
See Post #99 for Multiple Styles Fix

DEMO: SmnLikDat.com Community

Co-Owner/Co-Authors:

• Bobster65
  (who brought you the CMPS Module: "AJAX Tabbed Content")
• King Kovifor
  (who added BB Code Parsing! Thanks so much King!)

Please Note that there is a new setting that allows Admins to choose whether to parse BB Code or HTML (not both). It is reccomended that you parse BB for security reasons, however the choice is yours.

SmnLikQuick Addons:

• SmnLikQuick CMPS Module - This turns your SmnLikQuick v2.0.x Announcements Block into a CMPS Module. You MUST have BOTH SmnLikQuick v2.0 AND vBAdvanced CMPS installed. Demo: SmnLikDat.com

Future Features:

• Usergroup permissions per Announcement.
• Slideshow timing controlled via AdminCP (Control Speed or Disable this feature)
• Display certain Announcements to certain users via their UserCP

INSTALL:

1. Upload the files within the UPLOAD folder (in this package) to the corrosponding forum directories on your server making sure to keep the filetree intact.
2. Import Product: SmnLikQuick.xml via AdminCP>Plugins & Products>Manage Products>Add/Import Product
3. Refresh AdminCP (ie: Ctrl-F5)
4. Complete Template Edits (2 Edits) - Instructions provided in .zip file.
5. (Optional) Edit includes/smnlikquick_css.css to match your style.
6. Add Announcements & Enable the SmnLikQuick Mod via AdminCP>SmnLikQuick

Don't forget to mark as installed! Support will be given in this thread. Comments appreciated and feature requests welcomed! Thank you and Enjoy! -Bree

[tazzarkin]

It seems to still work. However, when I select Manage Announcements, I get the following errors:

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 36

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 36

Warning: mysql_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 37

Any ideas why I would get this?

[anestetic]

Doesn't work this hac my forum vb 3.7.0.4

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by anestetic

Doesn't work this hac my forum vb 3.7.0.4

The most common problem when it shows up as a "list" instead of Tabs is that the path to the .css for the Tabs is not correct.

[tazzarkin]

Originally Posted by tazzarkin

It seems to still work. However, when I select Manage Announcements, I get the following errors:

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 36

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 36

Warning: mysql_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 37

Any ideas why I would get this?

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Anyone have an idea why this would work, but still get the errors listed above?

[Mythotical]

Tazzarkin: Seems there might be an error of how its gathering the info from the database. I'll have a look and let Bree know.

[Revpolar]

Nice hack.
How can I let my moderators use this in the mod cp?

[Bree]

Originally Posted by Revpolar

Nice hack.
How can I let my moderators use this in the mod cp?

At this time there is no permissions for the ModCP... I've added that to the future features list and will be workin' on that...

Originally Posted by rolandogomez

Cool, let me know. Also, do you do custom work, these other "guys" are all ugly looking I'd rather have a beautiful programmer (grins)...on kids, know that one well, I have five (grins). Regardless, you're always going to be "12" plus whatever you want to add to it, I'm 24 plus 21. Hey, you programmers and coders, how many bytes is that? or is it bits? Don't know, I'm only a webmaster of sorts... Thanks, rg sends!

I sent you an email through vBulletin.org =0)

Originally Posted by beduino

excelent
tks a lot
beduino
** a question [or suggestion ...] how we display in vbadanced?
tks again

Added to Future Features list -- Gonna be working on making this happen today cause I really need it too LOL

Originally Posted by tazzarkin

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Anyone have an idea why this would work, but still get the errors listed above?

I can not reproduce this error on any of my vBulletins (I am running several different versions) but am looking into it...

[slmoney]

<marks UNINSTALL> The tabs will not work...

I'm having the same issue as post #32

If you notice the bottom of his screen shot...Error on Page

It is looking for a Java Script called AJAXTABS, which I downloaded, and installed..BUT tab are still not working.

[Bree]

View the source on the page once the mod is installed... between the head tags you should find coding like below:

<!-- SmnLikQuick -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/clientscript/smnlikquick_ajax.js">
/***********************************************
* Ajax Tabs Content script- ? Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
</script>
<!-- / SmnLikQuick -->

which was completed in Template Edit One... Does this show up? If not, then the templates were not edited correctly (or the correct templates were not edited).. This is why links are useful... so that I can view and pinpoint the problem easier... Just saying "it doesn't work" doesn't help us much in determining the issue... And I see the error but have no way of reading it from the screenshot.... I've installed this hack, per instructions, 30+ times on several different versions of vB and have run into no problems... All my boards are ran with php4 however, so have someone testing on php5 tomorrow... I'm working hard to get this matter fixed for you... Please have patience.

Always, Bree

[slmoney]

yes template edits were done...Thank you for looking into this. I really want to use this modification on my forum.