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.

[jazza]

lol, im so dumb, anyway, i couldnt find all the files, altho its roly just me bein thik, so im givin up, cheers for the help anyway

[NTLDR]

Every file thats required is in the Zip along with step by step instructions. All anyone has to do is read them to be able to install this hack.

[kreftt]

the installer did something really weird:

i had it update my 2.01 installation.
it added the new database field fine, but when it came to the templates, it did the following:

it added my modified templates again. every template doubled, with even the same templatesetid.

i had to do a
delete from template where title like 'home_%'
and reinstall the default templates with your installer...

just fyi

kreftt

edit: and btw, its the best portal solution ive seen so far, and as firefly doesnt answer emails on how to pay for his vportal, it will most likely stay the best

edit2: is there any chance you could attach the 2.01 templates again to have araxis merge tell me the changes? i have heavily modified my templates (and translated) and wouldnt really like to do everything again.

tia

kreftt

[NTLDR]

Strange, it should delete all your templates first.

Thanks for the comments, its nice to know that the work thats gone in has been apriciated.

I've attached a copy of the only set of v2.0.1 templates that I have in a zip (Note, they all start vbidemo_ but they are the same as the home_ ones were )

[kreftt]

it cant delete the old ones:

your file says:

PHP Code:

if ($step==install or $step==upgrade201) {

[unneccessary for the explanation]

$step=templates;

} 


while its should say

PHP Code:

if ($step==install) {

[unneccessary for the explanation]

$step=templates;

} 


AND

PHP Code:

if ($step==upgrade201) {

[unneccessary for the explanation]

$step=cleantemplates;

} 


at least as i understand it...

thanks for the templates

[lemarsu]

NTLDR

I would like to say thank you for all you help and sorry for all the stupid questions I have posted up in the last few months as I was learning about php and Vbulletin.
The users of the forum love your vbindex and the integration of the shoutbox. (why don’t you do a similar addition with the weather?)
I would really like to thank you for the addition of being able control vbindex via the Admin CP.

I would like to add this is a great hack!.

Got to go and pretend I am working while I trying to add one more piece of functionality.

Thanks

LeMarsu

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by lemarsu
NTLDR
(why don?t you do a similar addition with the weather?)

I may post up some tutorials on how to add some other popular things to vBindex. The problem with adding them in by default is that I don't want to bundle up a set of hacks and then make it look like they are mine.

Thanks for the comments and feedback

[Buddha]

fyi ntldr, the same thing happened with me when i tried to upgrade from 2.01 wherein it just doubled all the home_ templates. i just deleted them all with your installer and reinstalled them and it was fine.
i just thought that was a step in the instructions that must have been missing.

btw, the new theme's going great. you designed vbindex in such a way that moving things around is a breeze.
thanks bud.

[NTLDR]

I shall look into that for v2.2 if I ever do it

I'm looking forward to seeing your site Buddha, it sounds impressive

[kreftt]

for those who have the problem with their bbcodes breaking in pieces when characterlimit is reached:

i think i found a solution, which allows the following things:

-have admins post html
-have the "read more" whether the post is over the limit or not
-have the post cut itself in front of a bbcode that would be cut in half by the character limit
-have the post cut itself in front of a html tag that would be cut in half by the character limit
-have the news post follow the "use smilies" option that you set when you post the news

YOU MUST NOT

- use [ tags in your news posts except in bbcode

- use slashes inside html arguments. means you can do

<a href="http://ww.vbulletin.org/forum">vb.org</a>

but you cannot use

<a href="http://ww.vbulletin.org/forum">http://ww.vbulletin.org/forum</a>

you can use slashes in the rest of the post

what you need to do is to is to

1) backup your vbindex.php

2) replace the whole news section
(starting with:

// news (based on code by TECK)

and ending with

// end news

)

with the code below
from how i understand it there are no additional queries, and from how i understand it it was the first time i used all these functions so there might be errors. it works for me though.

PHP Code:

// news (based on code by TECK)
// has pieces of entourage's admin html allow hack
// -------------------------
if ($newsonoff!=0) {
// $newsquery=$newsquery=$DB_site->query("SELECT thread.*,threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext FROM thread LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid) WHERE forumid = '$newsforum' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC LIMIT $newsposts");
$newsquery=$newsquery=$DB_site->query("SELECT thread.*, user.usergroupid AS usergroupid, threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext, threadpost.allowsmilie AS allowsmilie FROM thread LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.firstpostid = threadpost.postid) LEFT JOIN user ON (thread.postuserid = user.userid) WHERE forumid = '$newsforum' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC LIMIT $newsposts");
while ($news=$DB_site->fetch_array($newsquery)) {
  $newsthreadid=$news[threadid];
  $newstitle=$news[title];
  $newstime=vbdate($timeformat,$news[dateline]);
  $newsdate=vbdate($dateformat,$news[dateline]);
  $newsusername=$news[postusername];
  $newsusergroupid=$news[usergroupid];
  $newsallowsmilie=$news[allowsmilie];
  $newsuserid=$news[postuserid];
  $comments=$news[replycount];
  $icon=$news[iconid];
  // uncomment out next line to remove line breaks in the news
  //$newstext=str_replace("<br />","",$newstext);

$pagetext=$news['pagetext'];

// max news chars
if (strlen($pagetext) >= $maxnewschars) { 
                $pagetext=substr($pagetext,0,$maxnewschars); 
    $pagetext=substr($pagetext,0,strrpos($pagetext," ")); 
    // does this post have bbcode?
    $pos=strrpos($pagetext,"[");
        if ($pos === false) {
            // if no, then do nothing
        } else {
            // check the distance between the last / and the last [ of the post.
            // if its +1 we are outside bbcode and safe
            $needle1="/";
            $pos1=strlen($pagetext) - (strpos(strrev($pagetext), strrev($needle1)) + strlen($needle1));
            $needle2="[";
            $pos2=strlen($pagetext) - (strpos(strrev($pagetext), strrev($needle2)) + strlen($needle2));
            $pos3 = $pos1 - $pos2;
                if ($pos3 >= 1) {
                    // we are outside bbcode
                } else {
                    // we are in bbcode, so we have cut it away
                    $pagetext=substr($pagetext,0,strrpos($pagetext,"[")); 
                }
        }
    //does this post have html ?
    $posh=strrpos($pagetext,"<");
        if ($posh === false) {
            // if no, then do nothing
        } else {
            // check the distance between the last / and the last < of the post.
            // if its +1 we are outside html and safe
            $needleh1="/";
            $posh1=strlen($pagetext) - (strpos(strrev($pagetext), strrev($needleh1)) + strlen($needleh1));
            $needleh2="<";
            $posh2=strlen($pagetext) - (strpos(strrev($pagetext), strrev($needleh2)) + strlen($needleh2));
            $needleh3=">";
            $posh3=strlen($pagetext) - (strpos(strrev($pagetext), strrev($needleh3)) + strlen($needleh3));
            $posh4 = $posh1 - $posh2;
            $posh5 = $posh1 - $posh3;
                if ($posh4 == 1) {
                    // we are outside html
                } elseif ($posh4 < 1) {
                    // we are inside a html-tag, so we cut it away
                    $pagetext=substr($pagetext,0,strrpos($pagetext,"<")); 
                } elseif ($posh4 > 1) {
                        // we could be everywhere if there are slashes in the post
                        if ($posh5 > $posh4) {
                            // we are inside a tag as the way from the last / to the last <
                            // is shorter than the way to the last >, so we cut
                            $pagetext=substr($pagetext,0,strrpos($pagetext,"<")); 
                        } else { 
                            // we are right after a html tag as someone uses slashes in posts
                            // < is farer than > away, no need to do sth
                        }
                }
        }

    $pagetext=$pagetext." ..."; 
    $readmore="<a href="$bburl/showthread.php?threadid=$newsthreadid">Read full post</a> - ";
} else {
    $readmore="";
}
// end max newschars

if ($newsusergroupid == 6) {
$newstext=bbcodeparse2($pagetext,1,1,$newsallowsmilie,1);
} else {
$newstext=bbcodeparse($pagetext,$newsforum,$newsallowsmilie,1);
}


// get users avatar to display with news
if ($shownewsavatar!=0) {
$newsavatarurl2=getavatarurl($newsuserid);
  if ($newsavatarurl2=='') {
    $newsavatarurl="$bburl/https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/clear.gif";
  } else {
  $newsavatarurl=''.$bburl.'/'.$newsavatarurl2.'';
  }
  eval("\$newsavatar = "".gettemplate('home_avatar')."";");
}
// end avatar
  eval("\$newsbits .= "".gettemplate('home_newsbit')."";");
}
eval("\$news = "".gettemplate('home_news')."";");
}
// -------------------------
// end news 


and as this board here parses bbcode even in php-tags, you will need to replace the link $newsavatarurl with your own clear.gif, as it now leads to vbulletin.orgs clear.gif

feedback appreciated

kreftt