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.

[Twin-x]

Have you tried to edit the templates in both skins then?

[Buddha]

i've been editing templates (for both skins) with vbindex for months now... literally.
works like a charm.

[NTLDR]

The home_ templates will apear in each Template Set, make sure you are copying the correct header template to the correct home_header one.

[Twin-x]

I am sure that i am doing that.
I try to reinstall the template sets and reapply vbindex

[Buddha]

there's absolutely nothing wrong with the script. i can tell you that. i'm working on it right now, applying changes to the header templates as we speak.
hell, one of my skins has three headers that i apply to various pages using vbindex.

it works buddy.

[Twin-x]

Originally posted by Buddha
there's absolutely nothing wrong with the script. i can tell you that. i'm working on it right now, applying changes to the header templates as we speak.
hell, one of my skins has three headers that i apply to various pages using vbindex.

it works buddy.

I reinstalled everything on another site all works well thx.

[Buddha]

good to hear.

[Buddha]

hey ntldr, this may be completely unrelated, but when i updated the counters, it seemed to screw up the polls.
don't ask me how that makes sense, but i swear i hadn't touched anything else.

so i updated this

Update postid's For Threads - adds the postid of the first post in a thread in the thread table

and

Update Thread Info - update thread post counts, original posters, last post date, attachment totals

and then (i swear to god here) the template for the polls was reset to its default (i had changed it some), and i can no longer post urls in the poll options, as it displays the html on vbindex.
very freakin' bizarre.

i fixed up the template... took a while to figure out what had been changed before... but i've tried several tests, and it just will not let me put html in there. i've switched the allow html in polls forum in the admin cp, and it made no difference.
i know it works, cause my first poll that i had had html links for each option.

any clue what's going on here?
thanks buddy.

[NTLDR]

Have you installed any other hacks recently? All the vBindex part of the updates does is select all the threads and the postid of the first post in them and updates the tpostid column in the thread table.

Take a look through admin/misc.php and see if there are any queries which relate to the template table.

[Buddha]

nothing in there that would do this.
like i said, makes no sense. only change i've made is the always allow html for admin which you posted here.

can you do the same for the polls section... i wonder if that would work.

thanks.