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

[Attilitus]

Change the following bit of code to fix the problem with unclickable header links:

headinclude

<div id='mypopup' name='mypopup' style='position: absolute; width: 250px; height: 200px; background: none; border: none;'></div>

change to:

<div id='mypopup' name='mypopup' style='position: absolute; background: none; border: none;'></div>

This will be fixed in the instructions in v3 once I finish adding a few features.

[BlakeMichael]

Hey, I followed the instructions exactly and ended up with this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT vbstatus_status FROM userfield WHERE userid = '2';

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'vbstatus_status' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Monday, June 2nd 2008 @ 11:06:41 AM
Error Date : Monday, June 2nd 2008 @ 11:06:41 AM
Script : http://desertcalling.com/vbstatus/vb...=2&postid=4528
Referrer : http://desertcalling.com/showthread.php?t=351
IP Address : 76.122.236.213
Username : Isaac
Classname : vb_database
MySQL Version : 4.1.22-standard

Can you help?

[kambiz]

Originally Posted by Attilitus

Change the following bit of code to fix the problem with unclickable header links:

headinclude

<div id='mypopup' name='mypopup' style='position: absolute; width: 250px; height: 200px; background: none; border: none;'></div>

change to:

<div id='mypopup' name='mypopup' style='position: absolute; background: none; border: none;'></div>

This will be fixed in the instructions in v3 once I finish adding a few features.

thanks a lot.

[MindTrix]

Can this be changed so that people can change their status in the top right corner of each page? Same as you can with the Vmoods Manager hack?

[Attilitus]

Wow. I'm sorry. I left a line of uninstallation code at the bottom of one of the files.

If you are encountering this DB error please do the following:

1) Go into the product manager.
2) Edit product vBStatus.
3) Delete everything inside the uninstallation code box.
4) Go back to the product maanger.
5) Uninstall the product vBStatus.
6) Reinstall version 3.0 fresh.

[Zweeper]

Originally Posted by BlakeMichael

Hey, I followed the instructions exactly and ended up with this:


Can you help?

i got the same problem

[Attilitus]

Yea, that most recent update had a mistaken line of code in it. If you are getting that DB error follow my previous instructions to uninstall the product.

Version 3 is released now. Do a fresh reinstall of that version and everything ought to be fine.

[Attilitus]

Can this be changed so that people can change their status in the top right corner of each page? Same as you can with the Vmoods Manager hack?

It can be changed, but I think that the intrusiveness of having a floating link on every page outweighs the benefits for the majority of the users.

[tei727]

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.1:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT vbstatus_status FROM userfield WHERE userid = '1';

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'vbstatus_status' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054

help

[Attilitus]

help

Sorry you were one of the unlucky ones to download the package with the mistaken uninstall plugin code included. Follow the instructions in this post and then reinstall version 3.0. Do a totally fresh install (redo the template edits, reupload the product, and reuplod the files).

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....9&postcount=36