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

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

I have installed this but when I click the edit nothing happens. I tried both inline and popup and in both IE and Firefox. Whats going on?

You're not exactly alone. Read the rest of the thread. On every page of this thread there are people asking the same question.

[ShadowOne]

try these instructions...
no different really except that template edit 2 was not bolded...
i was copy n pasting 2 diff edits at once....
try those text instructions and see if anyone else had the same problem...
it works fine for me after i noticed it and fixed...
and the reason you can see everyones edit is because your admin or have permissions..
it is permission based...
im posting this because i dont see the creator..

[ShadowOne]

anyone test it?

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

You're not exactly alone. Read the rest of the thread. On every page of this thread there are people asking the same question.

If the coder of this mod does not assist very soon I will uninstall this thing and I suggest everyone else does too...

[ShadowOne]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

If the coder of this mod does not assist very soon I will uninstall this thing and I suggest everyone else does too...

did u even test what i said?

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by ShadowOne

did u even test what i said?

Which part of the template code do I need to change, your attachment has all the template changes included in the original install instructions but which portion did you change ?

[ShadowOne]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Which part of the template code do I need to change, your attachment has all the template changes included in the original install instructions but which portion did you change ?

as i explained.... the second mod template changed wasent bolded... so i was copy n pasting 2 diff codes at once... after i fixed that it was working properly and fine... check back over the edits... and it should work...

[Alfa1]

That does not make a difference for me. When I edit my status and hit enter, I get this message:

You did not select any posts to which the action you picked can be applied.

[ShadowOne]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

That does not make a difference for me. When I edit my status and hit enter, I get this message:

if youd like to give me access, i would look at it for u...

[aspen1018]

works great for me

Thanks