Profile Enhancements - vBStatus - Facebook Style Status Display (v4)

vBStatus has been released for vB 4.x.x

vBStatus v5 for vB 3.8 has been released.

This modification thread will not be upgraded, since it is possible that some users may prefer v4.

Compatible with 3.6.x and 3.5.x

vBStatus allows your users to update their status to tell other members what they are doing/thinking at any given time. A user's status is displayed under their names in their postbit, in their User Profile, and anywhere else you choose!

User's can edit their status quickly and easily via AJAX.

Administrative options include:

• Banning a list of usergroups from using the hack.
• Allowing a list of usergroups to change other users' status.
• Limit the # of characters used in Status Messages
• Word wrap status messages to prevent broken templates.
• Turning the hack on/off.
• Option of In-Line editting or a popup. (Defined in the admincp)
• Default status for users with a blank status. (Defined in the admincp)
• Status prefix to append an admin-customizable forum standard. (Attilitus is doing something)

There are 3 template edits for this hack. The installation readme file will guide you through the entire process.
Update 2.0:
Please reinstall the product xml file, and re-edit your templates following the new instructions in the readme file. This is to correct a small cosmetic bug that displays non-functional links to guests and non-admins.

Update 3.0:
A number of bugs were fixed, and a few new admin options were added. Please uninstall the previous product and reinstall this one. Please re-edit your templates and reupload all files. Sorry for the inconvenience (but at least we are getting this handled in the first 12 hours of release.)

Update 4.0:
This is a fairly comprehensive update. You must remove all previous template edits and add the new template code. You must also "Allow Overwrite" when importing the new product. The DB structure hasn't changed.

New features include:

• In-Line Editting (This is on by default, but you can return to the previous popup style by changing an option in the admincp)
• Default Status: If a user doesn't have any status message it will be set to a default status which you can define in the admincp
• Visual improvements: Various small visual improvements were made, including a change in the location of the small "edit" link.

Update 4.01
I added status prefixes. If your updating from version 4 just reimport the product (with overwrite set to yes), and reupload all the files. No template edits necessary when upgrading from v4 to v4.01. (And I'm not going to change the file version because this update came so quickly on the heals of v4.)


Please do not forget to click INSTALL

[karnevil]

Well as usual when I post I work it out...you have to click edit again once you have entered text. How would i change the Edit bit in the pop up to Enter ?

[g0dfather1984]

Originally Posted by Attilitus

Make sure that you set the permissions for the vbstatus folder so that it is web-accessible. There is javascript in that folder which is loaded by the browser in that folder, and if it can't be assessed then the javascript won't work. Chmod the vbstatus folder to 777 to see if that is the problem.

Thank you, I did try that and still no luck.

[UltraFanatics]

Does anyone know the following?

The mod works but when you change the status in your profile it changes but gives an error on the page.

I changed the chmod to 777 to as it wasn't set as that on default it was 755

As users said earlier it would be awesome to link it to the homepage etc

[Alfa1]

What is the difference between vbNow and this?

[Julrou]

Thanks a lot for this great mod ! :up:

I just made a modification in your template's edition, because i didn't want the username appear twice :

<!--BEGIN VB STATUS-->
<if condition="$vbulletin->options['vbstatus_active']">

	<div class=smallfont> 
	// no username here
	<em id="vbstatus_$post[postid]">
	$post[vbstatus_status]
	<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']==$post['userid'] OR $vbstatus_isadmin==1">
		<if condition="$vbulletin->options['vbstatus_inline']">
			<a href="javascript:Att_AjaxDiv('inline=1&userid=$post[userid]&postid=$post[postid]','vbstatus/vbstatus_ajax.php','vbstatus_$post[postid]')">Edit</a>

		<else />
			<a href="javascript:Att_Ajax('userid=$post[userid]&postid=$post[postid]','vbstatus/vbstatus_ajax.php')">Edit</a>
		</if>
	
	</if>	
	</em>
	</div>


</if>
<!--END VB STATUS-->

AND

<!--BEGIN VB STATUS-->
<if condition="$vbulletin->options['vbstatus_active']">

	<div class=smallfont> 
// no username here
	<em id="vbstatus_$userinfo[userid]">
	$userinfo[vbstatus_status]
	<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']==$userinfo['userid'] OR $vbstatus_isadmin==1">
		<if condition="$vbulletin->options['vbstatus_inline']">
			<a href="javascript:Att_AjaxDiv('inline=1&userid=$userinfo[userid]&postid=$userinfo[userid]','vbstatus/vbstatus_ajax.php','vbstatus_$userinfo[userid]')">Edit</a>

		<else />
			<a href="javascript:Att_Ajax('userid=$userinfo[userid]&postid=$userinfo[userid]','vbstatus/vbstatus_ajax.php')">Edit</a>
		</if>
	
	</if>	
	</em>
	</div>


</if>
<!--END VB STATUS-->

Now i've just
"Julien (UserName by default)
is bla bla bla...(from your hack)"

and i'm happy with this !

:up::up:

[Attilitus]

What is the difference between vbNow and this?

They really are nothing alike... vBStatus mimics the status update feature on facebook. If your members use facebook they ought to appreciate the feature.

[Konstantinos]

it doesnt work for non english characters it messes up the encoding

[psylenced]

Originally Posted by Attilitus

Possible, but unlikely. The next thing that will likely be added is a module displaying recent updates for the whole board.

The friend version would just be a variation of this screen.

1 has an sql to join to friends list, one doesnt. The rest should be exactly the same.

[aceofspades]

thank you

[nnkjsc]

I used vietnamese (unicode utf-8) in my board and it doesn't work clearly
:-(