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.

[Mr_P]

LOL scrap last 2 posts

it all works reason i asked last question was

They all show on same line

Latest threads does not show to the right of the boxes and it threw me a bit

Latest threads is at top of page and the boxes appear underneath them - can u tell me how to fix this prob please.

[Mr_P]

hope this shows what i mean

I thought latest threads went down the right hand side and the box ones went in middle as on mine they dont.

[Mr_P]

mods can u delete my last 3 posts

i forgot to update templates

excellant hack and something i did`nt even know it had to just now is the welcome panel

[jbear6]

Can someone recommend a good web site to learn how to use tables? This is an excellent hack, but I have problems making new boxes (tables), and even just making a small table above the News that says: "Latest News". Any decent table tutorials greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jbear6

[clangrounds.com]

I personally think vbportal is a lot easier to install considering the directions are a lot more detailed and easier to follow. Just my 2 cents..

[proxyMX]

I found that if your forum is hacked, that there is some probelmatic code, so it took me a LONG time to install this :|

[proxyMX]

having this error
"Warning: ChDir: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /locationofmywebsite/forums.proxymx.com/index.php on line 25"

[Mr_P]

okay gonna stick me head out here and go for it

not knocking the vbindex at all but is it possible to keep the side menu but in middle have the actual board and not the replies etc .
As i would prefer it this way as i can easy edit the sidebar to display links to specific forums.

I know some say its easy to do - but its only easy if you know how! and personaly i only know from what ive been picking up on here.

[NTLDR]

First off, may I say great hack

Thank you DWZ, much aprichiated, now lets sort out those problems

But yeah, as I said a few things, if you look at the left hand side, down to the online users bit, it lists the online users, but their profile is all linked....[/quote]

To fix this change your forumhome_loggedinuser to:

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

I.E, add $bburl/ before member.php

This will be fixed in v2.0.2 when I will add a home_loggedinuser template.

Next small problem, the poll, I can't get it to work. I put in the right forum ID in the file, and made a new thread with a poll in it, but it wont come up on the vbindex page?

Make sure that you have the following template:

home_poll:

<form action="$bburl/poll.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[dbsessionhash]">	
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="pollvote">
	<input type="hidden" name="pollid" value="$pollinfo[pollid]">
	<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" {tableouterextra} width="140" align="center"><tr><td>
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
	<tr>
	<td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" align="center" colspan="4"><smallfont><b>$pollinfo[question]</b></smallfont></td>
	</tr>
	$pollbits
	</table>
	</td></tr></table>
	<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="140" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">
	<tr>
	<td style="font-size: 8pt" align=center><smallfont><br><input type="submit" class="bginput" value="Vote!" style="font-size: 8pt"><br><br>
    <a href="$bburl/poll.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=showresults&pollid=$pollinfo[pollid]">Result</a>
	</smallfont></td></tr>
	</table>
	</form>

Does the poll appear when you have voted on it? Amity also has this problem, if this doesn't fix it perhaps you could give me some info about your setup PHP, MySQL and vB version so I can look into this.

Last thing, when you login, it takes you to the forum home page, is it possible for it to take you back to the news page (i.e. vbindex?)

Check your PM for the login.php file (I can't post it as it is basicly a large chunk of unmodified source code.)

Firstly edit the URL to your vbindex.php in the last line of code )where it says: PATH TO VBINDEX) and upload to your forums directory.

Edit the home_welcomelogin template:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<form action="$bburl/login.php" method="post">
<tr>
	<td nowrap><smallfont><b>Not cookied?</b><br>Login with username and password:</smallfont></td>
</tr><tr>
	<td nowrap><input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="login">
	<input type="text" class="bginput" name="username" size="7">
	<input type="password" class="bginput" name="password" size="7">
	<input type="submit" class="bginput" value="Login!"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
</center>

The forum action has changed to login.php not member.php

Let me know if it all works

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Mr_P
mods can u delete my last 3 posts

i forgot to update templates

excellant hack and something i did`nt even know it had to just now is the welcome panel

So is everything sorted and working fine now?