Major Additions - GRPS: Groups Commune 2.0.x

Welcome ladies and gentleman, this is the release thread for GRPS, an interactive groups commune. I hope you enjoy this release and i sincerely hope it provides everything to your community in which you're looking for.

What is it?
It's a groups commune. The original idea is that forums with lots and lots of forums on the front-page suck, as a result i thought most of the conversation was rather obscure in regards to what the forums were trying to achieve, so it'd be nice to have that all going on elsewhere, not detracting away from the content and stopping your front-page from looking like a car crash.

Features?

• Groups Home
  
  • Groups Activity List
    
    • Newest Groups
      
    • Most Popular Groups
      
    • Largest Groups
      
  • Category List
    
  • Group Search by Title
    
  • Group Sort by Alphabetical Title, Categories, Member Count
    
    
  • Users can create groups
    
  • Admin switch to moderate groups or not
    
    • Admin CP access to moderation panel
      
• Groups Page
  
  • Posts since last visit notification
    
  • Group Info
    
    • Group Leader shown with avatar
      
    • Category
      
    • Type
      
      • Groups can be listed as public, private or hidden
        
    • Start Date
      
    • Member count
      
    • Post count
      
  • Group Desciption
    
    • Shows group title
      
    • Shows random image
      
    • Shows group information set by group leader
      
  • Groups Thread List (Forum)
    
    • Status Icon
      
    • Title
      
      • Threads use postbit as per the forums
        
    • Thread Author with avatar and time that the thread was started
      
    • Last reply with avatar, username and time that the last reply was posted
      
    • Post New Thread Button
      
      • Groups Members can create threads
        
  • Newest Members
    
    • Shows five newest members
      
    • Link to view all members
      
      • Shows all members of the group
        
  • Group Options
    
    • Users can join/leave groups
      
      • PM Notification for group leaders upon join requests (when moderation enabled).
        
      • PM Notification for of acceptance or refusal.
        
    • Users can send invites to other users via PM
      
• Groups Thread
  
  • Groups Info Box (see above for more info)
    
  • Group Description box (see above for more info)
    
  • Newest Members List (see above for more info)
    
  • List of groups posts using forums postbit
    
  • Pagination using native vBulletin pagination
    
  • Group Leader/Moderation Options
    
    • Open/Close Thread
      
    • Stick Thread
      
    • Delete Thread
      
  • Users have the ability to report posts
    
  • Moderators have the ability to view IP and host.
    
• Group Leader Options
  
  • Groups Management
    
    • WYSIWYG Editor
      
    • Reason for editing box
      
    • Group Options
      
      • Private Posts
        
      • Only group leader can make threads
        
      • Moderate Members
        
      • Show group text edit details
        
      • Hide group image on group pages
        
      • Hidden Group
        
        • This option is only available to admins
          
  • Group Members Moderation
    
    • Ability to accept or deny new members
      
• Postbit Integration
  
  • View Users Groups
    
• User Control Panel (Integration)
  
  • List of groups appears in usercp in order of the last post
    
• Administrator Options
  
  • vBulletin Options
    
    • Turn groups on or off
      
    • Groups Limit Per User
      
    • Posts Per Page (threads)
      
    • Check Forum Activity Posts
      
    • Check Forum Activity Time
      
    • Number of Random Images
      
    • Turn email notification of new groups on/off
      
  • Usergroup Options
    
    • Can view groups
      
    • Can create groups
      
    • Can join groups
      
    • Can post messages in groups
      
    • Can edit messages in groups
      
    • Can delete messages posted in groups
      
    • Numbers of groups usergroup can join limited
      
    • Can moderate groups
      
      • See above for more info
        
    • Can view IP Addresses
      
  • Category Editor
    
    • Edit
      
      • Edit cat id (please not this can ef up your show)
        
      • Edit cat title
        
      • Edit cat description
        
    • Add
      
      • New Cat Title And Description
        
  • Groups Editor
    
    • Search for group by id
      
      • Edit
        
        • Title
          
        • Desciption
          
        • Categoryid
          
        • Group leader id
          
        • Private Posts
          
        • Moderate Members
          
        • Hidden group
          

Special Thanks to harry1951, without his help testing and his recommendations, this would've never ended up the way it did.

Honestly, i can't think of anything else, if you appreciate the work gone into this mod, please donate (in GBP) (right click open in new window)

Hopefully you all appreciate that i just relaunched my site and rather than soak up the atmosphere there or go out drinking i came to release this tonight.

Screens below, rest to your right

Please note this mod does work with 3.5.x

PLEASE DO NOT JOIN MY SITE IN A BID TO PLAY WITH IT OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT FURTHER, MY SITE IS SOMETHING I VALUE FOR BEING SOMEWHERE I CAN CHILL AT, IT'S NOT A TEST SUITE OR DEMO!

Bug Fixes

• Groups v2.0.0 RC1b.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in index.php and editpost.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC2.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in functions_grps.php and class_grps.php. also fix regarding installation instructions.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC3.zip: fix regarding inability to get to create groups page. updated simplified instructions, sadly still not cool html ones and also added ability to delete groups, delete categories and of course the menu options to get to these.
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3b.zip: fix regarding joining and leaving group depreciated function error added uninstaller to the zip at http://www.yoursite.com/groups/tools...p?do=uninstall
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3c.zip: fix regarding edit being stated as 70's on group stages, requires re-installtion of the plugin only.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC4.zip: various bug fixes and new general setting, please reupload all files and then reinstall the product.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC5.zip: bug fixes regarding fixing links to forums being broken and forcing redirects for create group outcomes.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC6.zip: various bug fixes including table prefixes in admincp, invitations system now features in-line erroneous username fall-back and clean up regarding broken images in viewthread.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC7.zip: bug fixes including missing phrases and missing 'noavatar.gif for group leader on groups info.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC8.zip: various bug fixes including missing phrases, smilies not working. new function to turn of new group moderation. form now working on print_no_permission page (thanks Adrian) and something else i forgot.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC9.zip: fixes two spelling mistakes, moves viewthread.php string_replacements to admincp and simplifies the installer experience. (yeah i thought there'd be more to it too).
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC9b.zip: re-fixes two spelling mistakes, fixes a viewthread.php string_replacement via the admincp and turns the default random image count down to that of which is provided.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC10.zip: optimises some of the code, cuts down on queries in exchange for additional joins and now forces compatibility in groups/viewthread.php with vBulletin options. also adds new option in admincp in order to make usercp listing work better out of the box.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC11.zip: fixes a problem with avatars not displaying correctly in thread listing and also optimises the code in membership.php
• Groups v2.0.0.zip: adds and array_merge to the code and smilie popup fixed. now features hooks for plug-in 'easability'. uCS integration moved to external plugin too.
• Groups v2.0.1.zip: removes one hook, fixes problem with membership.php, fixes problem editgroup.php not remembering options and fixes avatar problem.
• Groups v2.0.2.zip: various bug fixes (like missing pagenavs, more elegant removal of reputation button and infraction button and php notices), one or two new features (like intuitive page titles) and now fully phrased.
• Groups v2.0.3.zip: bug fix regarding now being able to select categories. includes a new feature which is basically pagination for the thread listings.
• Groups v2.0.4.zip: bug fix regarding not being able to moderate group memberships.
• Groups v2.0.5.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.
• Groups v2.0.6.zip: bug fix including report, missing edit button and other misc small bugs, new features such as disable hidden groups, allow mods to see private groups, and resign from group handing off to another user.
• Groups v2.0.7.zip: bug fix including fixing post counts, thread goto's and fatal php errors.
• Groups v2.0.8.zip: bug fix regarding inability to delete posts, problem with editing posts and other misc errors.
• Groups v2.0.9.zip: various bug fixes including wywiwyg error, admin cp error and redirect/goto errors.
  • Groups v2.0.9b.zip: fixes problem with upgrade4.php
• Groups v2.0.10.zip: various bug fixes including acknowledging renamed modcp and admincp dir's also adds option regarding removing of posts at group exit/kick.
• Groups v2.0.11.zip: various bug fixes including security/privacy fixes.
• Groups v2.0.12.zip: permission bug fixed.
• Groups v2.0.13.zip: various bug fixes including ability to ignore members in groups and newreply bug.

[silverleaf]

This is the main GROUPS template. I assume this is the template in which the css needs to be made absolute. What code needs to be changed to make it absolute?

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[hometitle] $vbphrase[grps_groups]</title>
<if condition="!empty($bbuserinfo[grps])">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[hometitle] Groups RSS Feed" href="feed.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
</if>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<h2>$grps_pagetitle</h2>
<br />
$grps_navbar
<br />
$grps_main

<!-- do not edit this please -->
<div align="center"><br />
  GRPS $grps_version by sabret00the for <a href="http://www.ebslive.com">EBS:L!VE</a></div>
<!-- /do not edit this please -->
<!-- latest -->
$footer
</body>
</html>

[Exitilus]

Not that.

go to Styles and Templates. Look at the CSS for all the templates. The images and stuff are setup there. All you need to do is add the exact URL to them.

[silverleaf]

Thanks you for your help. That did the trick. For those who are having the following problem here's how to fix it.

Problem: My header and footer css styles are not showing properly.

Solution: Go to your VB admin--->styles & templates--->main css--->scroll all the way down to "additional css definitions"---> the second box will have the image paths you need to change and make absolute. There are 4 paths to change. That should do the trick.

Thanks everyone

[abramelin]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

your problem is due to this line

<div style="margin:auto; padding:0; width: 698px; height: 36px;background: #f40000 url(images/style92/main/footer_bg.jpg) no-repeat;">

so what i am going to do? pff

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Merriweather

It's almost perfect for me at this point. I am still having issues with the reporting feature. You have it sending a PM to the group owner, and I wnated it to run like regular reporting -- the specified moderator gets the notice, or it gets posted to the specified forum just like any other reported message. When I did a post report, the group owner got this:

Which is pretty much useless to her -- how does she know what post is #61?? Is it possible, or desirable to others to have the reporting work the same way as within the forums? I understand groups are a parallel feature to the forums, but I still want the administrators and moderators to maintain the final control, and therefore, want reports to go to them.

Also, this is small but irritating me to no end... on the group thread view, the spot where the post icon is supposed to show is still trying to post from the groups directory, even though I made all of my post icons defined with the full site URL.

I don't understand why she can't click the link to post #61? But i guess i get where you're coming from. What i'll do is in the next (major) version, i'll include the actual post along with the report and i'll add a hook so as that if people want to modify the report system and the way it acts then they can without modifying the original code. I must confess though, that wanting reports to go to admins is mind boggling. surely group owners are there to manage groups? but as i said, i'll add the hook.

for your last problem. can you post a snippet of the html source code please?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by abramelin

so what i am going to do? pff

you're having the same problem as silverleaf, basically:

<div style="margin:auto; padding:0; width: 698px; height: 36px;background: #f40000 url(images/style92/main/footer_bg.jpg) no-repeat;">

should be

<div style="margin:auto; padding:0; width: 698px; height: 36px;background: #f40000 url(_____http://yoursite.com/forums/_____images/style92/main/footer_bg.jpg) no-repeat;">

[abramelin]

i have similar css stylings for table header but they are working so why?

[Merriweather]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

I don't understand why she can't click the link to post #61? But i guess i get where you're coming from. What i'll do is in the next (major) version, i'll include the actual post along with the report and i'll add a hook so as that if people want to modify the report system and the way it acts then they can without modifying the original code. I must confess though, that wanting reports to go to admins is mind boggling. surely group owners are there to manage groups? but as i said, i'll add the hook.

It's not mind boggling, it's that not all groups are as trustworthy as yours, I suppose. I have had issues where users set up groups for the purpose of harassing others on the site and a group owner in such a group isn't going to give a crap if people are breaking forum rules, in which case the site management needs to step in. Also, if the post being reported is the group owner's, and they get the report, again, they aren't going to do anything about it. This is why reports need to go to admin -- at least for me, but I am guessing others would like to be able to have control over their groups as well, and not just let them do as they please. If you can give me a little direction, I can just tweak the code to not pull the userid of the group owner and instead PM it to my userid for now.

[Merriweather]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

for your last problem. can you post a snippet of the html source code please?

Here's the snippet of HTML it's using on the thread view page:

<td class="alt1" id="td_post_59">
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
	
		
			<!-- icon and title -->
			<div class="smallfont">
				<img class="inlineimg" src="images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="Default" border="0" />
				
			</div>
			<hr size="1" style="color:#E8D9EC" />

			<!-- / icon and title -->
		
		
		<!-- message -->

The "inlineimg" should be pulling from http://www.mysite.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif" but I can't seem to get it to do so. It appears where the post icon is supposed to.

Also, in testing again and getting the HTML for you, I have noticed that entering a post subject serves no purpose if you're replying to a group thread, as it doesn't appear anywhere and selecting a post icon does nothing as well, it's always just "Default" and no title.

Let me know if you need a better explanation than that.

[Merriweather]

I've just found that clicking "edit" and then selecting "Delete Message" also does nothing -- the message is still there.