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.

[todd.o.callen]

In installation step #9, I am instructed to find :

doformfooter("Update");

and add a large code snippet after it.

That code line is repeated several times in the misc.php file. Do I insert the new snippet after each original occurence?

[NTLDR]

Add it after one of them, it doesn't matter which, I should have put a larger chunk of code to look for in the instructions

[todd.o.callen]

Originally posted by NTLDR
Add it after one of them, it doesn't matter which, I should have put a larger chunk of code to look for in the instructions

WOW! I landed a not-so-dumb question on page 81!

BTW, is this what you mean in step 11?

<a href="$bburl member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&userid=$userid">$username</a>$invisibleuser


Also: There is no <A in the head_newpm template. What am I missing here?

[NTLDR]

It should be:

<a href="$bburl/member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&userid=$userid">$username</a>$invisibleuser

And there isn't a <a href in head_newpm but there are references to private.php which need to be $bburl/private.php

[todd.o.callen]

3 more observations/problems:

1) My news titles show, but no characters from the post do, regardless of how I set the options.

2) My news forum is moderated, but unvalidated posts are not filtered out of the vBindex news view.

3) Are you planning to support vB3.0 when available? (I can't imagine you won't.)

PS. You are amazingly responsive as a developer, even to "stoopid" questions. We really appreciate it!!

[NTLDR]

1) Update the counters in the ACP (ACP -> Update Counters and the one with that says add postids)

2) Check back a page or too, you need to add AND thread.visible=1 to the WHERE clause of the news query

3) More than likley vB3 will be supported.

[todd.o.callen]

Originally posted by NTLDR
1) Update the counters in the ACP (ACP -> Update Counters and the one with that says add postids)

2) Check back a page or too, you need to add AND thread.visible=1 to the WHERE clause of the news query

3) More than likley vB3 will be supported.

1) Done. Some of the posts showed content characters. The ones that don't show content are actually moved/redirects. Any ideas?

2) Done. Appears to resolve issue !!
3) Good !! :nervous:

New 4) I happened to notice that "My Subscriptions" only displays subscribed threads, not both threads and forums. Was this intentional?

New 5) Can I remove the option counts (not the %) from the poll results for the vBindex page only (not from the rest of the boards)?



PS. I think that your support thread needs to be a subforum. It's getting way too long, and you are having to answer too many questions over and over again. When a thread has over 1K posts, it's time to re-evaluate. Think the board-keepers might consider it??

[flup]

Sorry, maybe this question is already asked, but i wont go look true 81 pages for the question.

But can any1 explain me how to make the templates.
So please Quote them and make yellow where the code is.

Thx in advance,

[kreftt]

the installer makes the templates automagically. after you have run the installer, you have th etemplates.

kreftt

[flup]

Also the editted ones?