vBindex v2.1

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1[/HIGH]

This hack is **NOT** to be re-distributed or placed on website for download unless I give express permission.

Please read this post and the thread before asking questions. You may find that you question has already been answered. I will ignore posts which ask questions that have been asked several times already.

[HIGH]Latest Stable Version: 2.1[/HIGH]

Latest Avalible Version: 2.1 Final

[high]Using vB3?[/high]

Get vBindex 3.0.0 for vB3 Gamma/RC1 and above!


Version 1.x of this hack was done by el3m3nt, since then there have been many updates and fixes and as e3l3mnt is no longer updating this hack he has given me permission to re-release it (see Permisson.txt in the zip).

[HIGH]Features[/HIGH]

• Latest Threads;
• News & Polls (taken from a specified news and a poll forum), with vBcode, Smilies and news posters avatar;
• Quick User CP Links in the menu when logged in;
• Shows online and offline buddies when logged in;
• Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
• Intergtared Welcome Panel;
• Capable of operating a multi-paged site;
• Usergroup based viewing permissions;
• Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated Shoutbox (this hack is a prerequsit);
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Limit the length of news posts;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Reduced queries and cleaner code;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Switch vBindex on and off via the CP.

[HIGH]Demo Site[/HIGH]

A standard demo of vBindex can be found here:

Currently Offline.

A customised demo of vBindex can also be found here:

Currently Offline.

[HIGH]Screenshots From v2.1[/HIGH]

vBindex Home Page
vBindex ACP Options
vBindex Usergroup Options
vBindex Update Counters

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1 Information[/HIGH]

[HIGH]Installation/Upgrade[/HIGH]

Upload vbi_install.php and select the relevent options.
If you wish to use the shoutbox then this hack is a prerequsit, and needs to be installed first, however if you do not require the shoutbox option disable it in the ACP, otherwise you will get DB errors.

[HIGH]Latest Bug Fixes[/HIGH]

None.

[HIGH]Download[/HIGH]

See the attachment on this post.

[HIGH]Credits[/HIGH]

vBindex 1.x by el3m3nt
Shoutbox by TWTCommish
Welcome Panel by trilOByte
News Code based on code by TECK
Poll PHP from vBPortal by wajones

[HIGH]Feature Requests[/HIGH]

If you have any requests for new features please post them in this thread and I will consider integrating them / creating an addon.

[HIGH]Addons[/HIGH]

I will support all addons for vBindex v2 that are either posted by myself or are included in the distribution zip file unless otherwise stated. I cannot guarentee that I can provide support on any other addons.

[HIGH]Support/Feekback[/HIGH]

Please provide me with any feekback you have on this hack, I will be continuing to support this hack here only, unless otherwise arranged. Should you have a question about this hack, please post it in this thread. Support will not be given via PM, Email or IM unless arranged, you will just be ignored.

Please click on the [HIGH]install[/HIGH] button if you use this hack.

French templates have been made for v2.0.1 (Note: vBindex 2.0.1 is no longer avalible), see this post for details.

[Mr_P]

yeah have to agree with you Carlos if someone can tinker with code and keep menu to left with same options etc and sort board out then they onto a winner

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by DWZ
And that was set as the default, i.e. it hadn't been changed, which makes me think there is something wrong with the installer?

Thanks for letting me know DWZ, I'll update the installer.

Thanks for the login and poll code, both work great I hope this isn't too much to ask, but would it be possible to do the same thing with logout? So if they hit the logout link on the vbindex page, it takes then back there. If it's too much trouble, don't worry about it

What happens when users logout currently? Are they automaticly redircted or do they have to click to get to the forums index?

Next thing, just a general comment, with the installer, it would be nice if you got a warning message before you install it.

For the next release I will try and make an all-in-one installer that will perform fresh installs and upgrades and give warning prior to making changes.

The last thing I can think off, when a person is logged out or not registered, it shows the poll with the options, and when the select one it gives the "no permission" error. It would be cool if you could make it so if they were logged out or not registered, it would just display the results of the poll as if they had already voted in it, you know what I mean?

See PM with updated attachment

This will redirect all users who vote on the poll on the home page that have $bbuserinfo['userid'] set to 0, ie guests and users not logged in will be redirected to the results of the poll when they vote. Just overwrite your existing vbipoll.php with this one and replace" VBINDEX FILE NAME" with the name of the file before the .php

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by CarlosC
The Hack is running perfectly in my web site...
But I really want to make the board look in the same way in all the sections... For example the forumdisplay, search, shothread, everything... with the same exactly look (menu in the left and right and the welcome message in the top) the only thing that changes is the information in the middle. Instead of showing the news, I want to place the threads or the FAQ or the search template, etc...

As requested by Mr_P I will be looking into doing this in a future version

Its just a case of of adding the statment to eval the template in the relevent php files and editing the templates.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by hankster
I am playing with vBindex. I ran the installer and then looked for the templates. I see I have a vBindex Templates within each of my other Templates. Is this the way it is suppose to be? If so, which one do I change to actually get the vBindex page to change?

If you have complated the installation you should have a set of templates called vBindex Templates which have a number of home and home_ templates within it, these are the templates that need to be edited.

Also, it is taking a loooong time to display the vbindex.php page, something like 15 seconds. The server is not over loaded as the load is less then one. Not sure why it is taking so long. Once it displays everything looks fine.

I guess the server can't handle the number of queries for the page or that you have a slow connection.

[ipscone]

Before I try this (vBIndex), I'd like to know if it is possible to uninstall, with ease.

What is changed, in my original, vBulletin forums, by running the vbi_install.php script?

Thanks,

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by ipscone
Before I try this (vBIndex), I'd like to know if it is possible to uninstall, with ease.

What is changed, in my original, vBulletin forums, by running the vbi_install.php script?

Only two things are changed, a field is added to the usergroup table for usergroup permissions and the templates are also automatically installed into your templates table.

In order to uninstall it requires you to run two sql statements to undo the changeds made by vbi_install.php

[ipscone]

I probably won't have to uninstall it but just in case I do, where do I find those two SQL statements?

Thanks,

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by ipscone
I probably won't have to uninstall it but just in case I do, where do I find those two SQL statements?

The first one is:

DELETE from template WHERE title like 'home%'

This will delete *all* templates starting home, the second is:

ALTER TABLE usergroup DROP canviewvbindex

This will remove the permissions field from the usergroup table.

An uninstaller will be included in the next version to do this

[ipscone]

Ok, it seemed to install ok. It can be seen at: vBIndex on my forums

Now a question. When a person goes to a forum, what is the proper way to get back to this index? Should the HOME button get you back to the index?

I guess I can make it whatever I like but I was looking for the proper way.

Also, I notice that when I LOG IN or LOG OUT, I'm taken to my forums rather than the index.

Have I missed something?

Or, should I be renaming vbindex.php to index.php?

[NTLDR]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ipscone

Now a question. When a person goes to a forum, what is the proper way to get back to this index? Should the HOME button get you back to the index?

I personally have two buttons at the top, home (vBindex) and forums

Also, I notice that when I LOG IN or LOG OUT, I'm taken to my forums rather than the index.

This is where vBulletin logs you into by default, check the last page with the details I gave DWZ on how to correct this and I will PM you the file you need as I can't post it here.