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.

[Rodney]

Nice.... it worked..

i changed to " date "

[Buddha]

Originally posted by NTLDR
I've just tested it and it works fine for me, is the content of the post correct, ie when editing the post the code is [color=blue ]Text[ /color] (without the spaces)?

you tested it with the exact same code as i posted? that's bizarre, cause it still isn't working, and i've tried several other things, and nothing seems to work. no vbcode works (including smilies) for users other than myself (user 1). i assumed it was because of this chunk of change here...

PHP Code:

if ($news[postuserid]==1) {

  $newstext=bbcodeparse2($news[pagetext],1,1,1,1);

  } else {

  $newstext=bbcodeparse($news[pagetext],0,1);

} 


any help (as always) is greatly appreciated.

thanks.

[NTLDR]

Yep, exactly the same, try using bbcodeparse2 for the other members too:

PHP Code:

$newstext=bbcodeparse2($news[pagetext],0,1,1,1); 


That assumes that you wish to parse vBcode, [IMG] code and smilies. (Change the first 1 to 0 if you want to disable [IMG] code).

[Buddha]

once again, you've come through for me. thank you very much.

i had tried changing the bbcodeparse in the else tag and adding the 2, but it had given me an error, probably cause i hadn't changed the 0s and 1s like you did.

thanks buddy.

[Danny]

I'm getting some missing pictures on my homepage can you have a look please ?

the url of the test site is http://www.4size.co.uk

pictures on the forum are fine pictures on the home page of vbindex aren't

[Rodney]

Hi again...

how can you get Private messages to show right under your buddy list ? ( or under the poll )

I tryed to put pminfo under buddy but it didn?t work ( in home_left template )

also missing a href in head_newpm ( my vbindex is not in the same dir as my forum )

PHP Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function confirm_newpm() {
    input_box=confirm("You have a new private message. Click OK to view it, or cancel to hide this prompt.");
    if (input_box==true) { // Output when OK is clicked
        second_box=confirm("Open in new window?\n\n(Press cancel to open your $inboxname in the current window.)");
        if (second_box==true) {
            window.open('private.php?s=$session[sessionhash]','pmnew','width=600,height=500,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,location=yes,directories=yes,resizable=yes,top=50,left=50'); 
        } else {
            window.location="private.php?s=$session[sessionhash]";
        }
    } else {
    // Output when Cancel is clicked
    }
}
// -->
</script> 


[Rodney]

Originally posted by Danny
I'm getting some missing pictures on my homepage can you have a look please ?

the url of the test site is http://www.4size.co.uk

pictures on the forum are fine pictures on the home page of vbindex aren't

I changed my images path to
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cancan/forum/images
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cancan/forum/images/test.gif
and so on........

[Rose]

That's because your images folder is within your forums folder (where it should be). In the admin CP go to styles - modify - fonts/colors/etc. Make sure the "image folder path" points to "/forum/images" and that should fix your problems.

If not you might try changing the image locations (in the templates or via replacements) to "$bburl/images/picture.jpg" etc. But make sure your $bburl points to the forums (Admin CP > vBulletin Options > General Settings > URL).

Good luck!

[xevious]

Ok, I dont know if this was covered earlier or not, too many pages . But I am building a gaming site and im using vbindex to do it. Is it possible to run mulitple copies of vbindex but use the same forum? Lets say i am gonna cover 4 games, I want one main index then an index for each game and seperate news for each game, but they all use the same forum. Is this possible? If so, how?

[xevious]

Nm, i figured out how to do it. Thnx anyways...