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.

[SatMan2028]

I don't want the shout feature on my vbindex! The code already had this included, so I deleted it and now its fine!

[Huron]

Hey NTLDR-
This is the best hack I have installed and I want to thank you for your hard work and time you put forth not only in putting everything together (coding, instructions, revisions, etc.) but also providing such great support (90 pages of it even) for your hack for those who have problems.

I had no issues whatsoever during installation and it is running great and loads just as fast as any of the other pages on my site. Out of all the hacks on my board my members like this one the best...Thanks again!

/me installs

[NTLDR]

Thanks Huron, its good to know people are still installing the hack

[Rufus69]

hmmm I don't real like reading ALL of these posts...

so here is my question...

I'm trying to make it so that I can have a news forum AND a "Article" forum and have the article thing just like the news thing but on the main page too? is that possible?

(if you don't get what I mean... I just want 2 news things at the main page but one pointing to a different forum)

[todd.o.callen]

I have been really playing around with your layout to make it work for me, and, well, I torched the left column. I had what I wanted until I logged out and saw that I had moved some of the "logged in" content into templates that are displayed to both users and guests.

OOOPS. I really don't want to revert back to your original for the left family of templates, so maybe you can help me muddle through?

Left column:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" bordercolor="990000" align="center">
<tr>
<td>
$login
$logout
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>$xxxlinks</td>
</tr>
</table>

$login has the stuff you should see if you need to login.
$logout has the stuff you should see if you are logged in.
$xxxlinks (not porn, just easy to spot) is a custom template that has some jump menus that should be displayed to all users.

Am I calling the in/out templates incorrectly? The xxxlinks is all that displays right now. I can even make that disappear if I mess with the order of the evaluate statements in the vbindex.php file.

... from vbindex.php...

// left & right templates
// -------------------------
eval("\$xxxlinks = \"".gettemplate('home_xxxlinks')."\";");
eval("\$myforumbit = \"".gettemplate('usercp_forumbit')."\";");
eval("\$myforums = \"".gettemplate('usercp_forums')."\";");
eval("\$left = \"".gettemplate('home_left')."\";");
eval("\$right = \"".gettemplate('home_right')."\";");

Also, I tried to call in the avatar template to the login and logout templates, but nothing would ever display. Again, it is just my simple ignorance I'm afraid.

HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP!

[NTLDR]

Look at how $logincode is assigned and that will show you how to do $login and $logout correctly.

[todd.o.callen]

I added "$logincode" into the left template and almost everything is displaying again. Why is that?

All that still doesn't work is the following code that I put into the logout template:

$avatarimage

I tried calling the $avatar, but that didn't help.


Here's what is in the avatar template:

<table border=1 width=100% bordercolor="990000" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="$bburl/member.php?s=&action=editavatar" img src="$bburl/$newsavatarurl" border="0"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by NTLDR
Look at how $logincode is assigned and that will show you how to do $login and $logout correctly.

You need to look and see how its done and duplicate it, not add it again in the template.

[todd.o.callen]

Man, I am trying to understand... but I don't.

Some strange stuff is going on now.
I inserted some garbage "tracers" into the home_left to get to the bottom of it, and the following stuff:

aaa
$logincode
bbb
$login
ccc
$logout
ddd

yielded the following to a logged int user:

aaa
==============
(content of home_logout)
==============
bbb ccc ddd

Is this normal? I expected the bbb and ccc to be above the home_logout content. Even more surprising to me was that I still got content when I removed the $login and $logout. Apparently, the $logincode actually displays either $login OR $logout. Right?
So, all I should have to do is get the dynamic avatar for the user and insert it into home_logout. I've scrounged around, but can't seem to get that part right. I did get the avatar to show up in the home_left template again, but for formatting reasons, I really need it inside the table that's in home_logout. What's the secret?


Sorry for the hassle. Officially above and beyond the call of duty.

[NTLDR]

$login and $logout IIRC don't even exist, hence they don't display anything.

I'm a little confused here, do you just want to include the avatar in the home_logout (and/or home_login) template?

For reference, home_logout shows the code for users who are logged in and home_login shows the code for users who are logged out.