Mini Mods - G.1404 : News and Announcements v1.0.6 Beta 2 - Notifications Popup & Text Variables

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About this add-on :

G.1404: News and Announcements is a simple add-on that helps you manage information for the forum: news, announcements. System operation is simple and capable of highly customized, particularly flexible in the use, additional, ads and notifications popup feature alongside content information and notification.
This add-on is developed in three directions: Basic, Standard and Advanced. This is the Basic version.

Feature :

• News and Announcements Basic : with some text variables following :
  1. {bbtitle} : Forum Name (in option : Site Name / URL / Contact Details) ; (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
  2. {bburl} : Forum URL (in option : Site Name / URL / Contact Details) ; (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
  3. {username} : User Name (non-markup with HTML) ; (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
  4. {musername} : User Name (markup with HTML) ; (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
  5. {userid} : User ID ; (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
  6. {sessionurl}, {sessionurl_q} : Replace for this session variable : {vb:raw session.sessionurl} and {vb:raw session.sessionurl_q} in URLs. (new in v1.0.6 Beta 2)
• News and Announcements Advanced : with some effects following :
  1. SlideUp : news and announcements are displayed in turn in a line, scroll to the bottom-up.
  2. Scroll : news and announcements are displayed in turn in a line, scroll from right to left.
  3. Lined : news and announcements are displayed in turn in a line, change one like slide. (new in v1.0.5)
  4. Fade : news and announcements are displayed in turn in a line, change one like fade. (new in v1.0.5)
• Additional and integrate feature :
  1. [Additional] Advertiment : displaying small ads box next to news and announcements main box, especially can be customized to show what you want.
  2. [Integrated] Notifications Popup : change the default method of the vBulletin to display notifications with popup window by a small message box, friendly interface. (new in v1.0.6 Beta 1)

Install :

1. Download attachment file : G.1404.News.and.Announcements.v1.0.6.Beta.2.zip.
2. Unzip and upload 2 folders : clientscript and images in upload folder to forum root.
3. Import file product-news_announcements.xml in xml folder.
   AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Product -> [Add/Import Product].
4. Optional - Reset default setting.
   AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> G.1404 : News and Announcements.

Upgrade :

1. Step 1 and 2 in Install process.
2. Import file product-news_announcements.xml in xml folder.
   AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Product -> [Add/Import Product].
   Make sure Allow Overwrite set Yes.
3. Check all settings again.

Change log :

- Version 1.00 Beta to 1.0.33 : for ITVNN : News Mod.
- Version 1.0.5 Beta 1 (06/08/2011) : Beta version.
- Version 1.0.5 Beta 2 (11/08/2011) : Beta version.
- Version 1.0.5 Beta 3 (20/08/2011) : Beta version (not released).
- Version 1.0.5 (05/09/2011) : Official version.
- Version 1.0.5 Patch Level 1 (10/09/2011) : Patch version (not released).
- Version 1.0.6 Beta 1 (21/09/2011) : Beta version.
- Version 1.0.6 Beta 2 (27/09/2011) : Beta version.

• Updated : JavaScript file (jquery.news-announcements.js), remove Notifications Popup function and turn in CSS, optimize code.
• Updated : Rebuilt HTML templates with major changes.
• Added : Add new PHP plugin code for text variables.

Demo :
Screenshot :

- Front-end :
- AdminCP :

Additional info : use for Notifications Popup

This notice effect to who use Notifications Popup. In forum that Administrator enable Pop up a Notification Box When a Private Message is Received for all users and now use the integrated features to replace it, there is a troubling is that both systems work together.
I have a solution to help you overcome this problem, see the instructions below and perform :

1. Open config.php file, go to the location (usually line 126) :
   
   PHP Code:

   $config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = ''; 

   Enter in '' your administrator id (usually you), eg :
   
   PHP Code:

   $config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '1'; 

2. Save and update to old file.
3. In AdminCP, go to : Maintenance -> Execute SQL Query.
   At Automatic Query select : No - Pop up a Notification Box When a Private Message is Received and click Continue.
4. Continue with : Confirm Query Execution click Continue.
5. When successful, you will see : Affected Rows: XX (XXXs), click Restart to complete.

Good luck !

[neya]

It actually quite saddens me that this has such few installs, it is a great feature in many ways.

[deltahawk5]

Well, the fact that the screenshots posted were made for ants doesn't exactly help

[deltahawk5]

Here is a link to the full-size album: http://s1103.beta.photobucket.com/us...ntend.png.html

[fernas]

It works on 4.2.0?

Thanks!!

[RFViet]

I'm using vB4.2 p3, and having problem with IE (IE9). Some reasons the status icon was stuck on the header when I enabled this mod. You can see it in the attachment .
Any idea how to fix this problem ?
Thanks,

[SlompOchomp]

Wish this had an option to Allow Mods to change the News and Announcements

[SlompOchomp]

Originally Posted by fernas

It works on 4.2.0?

Thanks!!

Working on 4.2.1

[BCP Hung]

Hello everyone!

For long I've waited for some new huge changes in build-in Announcements of core vB, still no luck, so I decide to myself power it up. More details would be here soon.

Just let me say thanks to all your support

[Zoul]

Very nice job !

up-to-date soon, or resumed by someone pure hack it forward?

I avatar that does not appear in the notifications.