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.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by mbaskett
you'll see that the news segments don't parse all the vb code (look at the LIST tags)... is there a fix for this? It picked up the IMG tags alright, but not some of the others...

This isn't a bug that I am aware of, if you look at this screenshot that I posted at the start it shows all the vBcode being parsed correctly. Perhaps you should try uploading v2 and just testing that to see if the code parses correctly or not.

On a side note I'd like to say that you have done a great job with the page

[Erwin]

I only installed the "Poll" part of the vbindex.php file so that I can post the latest polls in my forumhome. Works well. I even managed to reinstall the poll results bars. Looks nicer with the image bars. Thanks.

[RenzukenX]

This is killing me, I've been working to try and fix this hack for 3 days on my test board and yet no luck and it is probably a simple little mistake.

Well my test forum is based at www.f-fantasy.com/forums and the vbindex is at www.f-fantasy.com and no matter how much I edit, I keep running back into this problem.

Help!

(I apologise if this topic has been covered before but I really am in "ugh" mode)

[NTLDR]

Have you set the path and uncommented the chdir() statement?

It should look like:

PHP Code:

chdir('./forums'); 


[RenzukenX]

It currently looks like this:

//chdir('./forums');
require('./forums/global.php');

And I get the :

Warning: Unable to access ./admin/config.php in /home/virtual/site57/fst/var/www/html/forums/global.php on line 118

When I edit it as so:

//chdir('./forums/global.php');
require('./global.php');

I get the:

Warning: Unable to access ./global.php in /home/virtual/site57/fst/var/www/html/index.php on line 26

It is killing me, almost literally!

[NTLDR]

It **MUST** be:

PHP Code:

chdir('./forums');
require('./global.php'); 


Not:

PHP Code:

//chdir('./forums');
require('./forums/global.php'); 


Note the removed //, the other error was on my part in my last post. My applogies.

[RenzukenX]

Thank you, that seems to have solved that but as my luck dictates, yet another error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/virtual/site57/fst/var/www/html/index.php on line 26

[NTLDR]

Line 26 should be:

PHP Code:

require('./global.php'); 


If not what have you got?

[RenzukenX]

That is exactly what is there, and yet that error still rears its ugly head.

[NTLDR]

Grrr, I missed a vital ' in the above code.

Make sure its:

PHP Code:

chdir('./forums'); 


Sorry, its been a long day