Major Additions - QuoteIt! - Quote Database

QuoteIt! version 3.1

I'm no longer able to put very much time into this mod, so I've set up a Subversion repository at http://www.vbulletinprogramming.com/projects/quoteit/ to allow others to help out. You can use the login "vbuser" with the password "vbulletin" to edit files. If someone would like to completely take over the mod, please contact me.

QuoteIt! allows you to have a database of quotes integrated with your forum. Users submit quotes that can then be voted on by the other users, using your choice of two rating systems. The average installation will show a random quote on the forum home page, but you can include it on any vBulletin page or on your portal home page.

If you'd like to see a demo, go to forums.monkeycrap.com.

Features:

Random Quote
- a random quote can be shown on any vBulletin powered page
- the administrator can set a default rating threshold that quotes must meet before showing up as the random quote
- a new random quote can be chosen at a specific interval of time, to reduce server load

Quote Database
- quotes can be searched, filtered, and sorted by many different criteria
- quotes have a "context" field that can be turned on or off to include more information about the quote
- quotes can be embedded in posts with bbcode
- each post and private message now has a "Submit to Quotes" link that allows users to quote things said on your forum more easily

Quote Ratings System
- quotes can be rated either plus/minus or on a scale from 1 to 5
- quotes below a certain total score or average score can be filtered out

Quote Management
- quotes can either be automatically approved or moderated
- the quote moderation que is like the que for posts, enabling the moderation of several quotes at once
- usergroup permissions are used for adding, editing, deleting, rating and viewing quotes
- most actions use AJAX to avoid page reloads

Don't forget to click install!

Currently known problems are listed here.

The files needed to edit the included images are attached to this post.

This hack is based on QuoteIt! 1.2, originally by magnus. The "submit post" feature was inspired by an addon by CtrlAltDel.

Older versions (no longer in development): QuoteIt! 3 for vBulletin 3.5.x | QuoteIt! 2.03 for vBulletin 3.0.x

[Chadi]

Just curious Steve if you have found a workaround for the headinclude problem.

Thanks.

[Cap'n Steve]

Nope, I'm sorry, but I've just been busy with other things and this has to take a backseat.

[iBaker]

Hi
Firstly, Cap't thanks for this mod - I have been wanting to include Quotes in my forum for a long time.

I was hoping that someone could be able to offer some suggestions on how I could change a couple of things to suit my forum:

1. Change the Categories list box on the quote_filterbit template to just be a drop down box rather then a list box?

2. When you click Edit in a quote the layout is all disjointed - see attached image (not sure if I did this or it is the default) but I want to put say a couple of br's into it to clean it up but I can't seem to find where.

3. I think this may be a bug but when I edit a quote and just use the in-line edit (not the advanced edit when I save it the quote is shown without the Author until I refresh the screen - is this something that I have done or is it a bug?

Thanks again Cap't for a well needed mod :up:

[Cap'n Steve]

1. In quotes.php, find this (it should be in there twice):

PHP Code:

fetch_quote_categories(); 


and replace both with this:

PHP Code:

fetch_quote_categories(false); 


2. The HTML for that is generated in clientscript/quoteit_moderation.js, starting at line 320.

3. Probably a bug. The AJAX editing is not exactly great.

[iBaker]

Thanks Cap't - worked exactly as I needed it to. It seems that No3 as listed is a bug as it also doesn't when you save it show the edited quote until you refresh the page also.

Thanks again for your great help!

[Ingmar]

Very nice work Steve! Thank you!

[idnpros]

Hi, i am having a problem
I am installing hack, all goes good, made all style modifications as readme.html file explains, but when I enable the hack my main index.php do not display.
A bit BLANK page its displayed, no error nor any information.

Any idea? When i disable the plugin, board works again.

Thanks

[Cap'n Steve]

Try reinstalling and then post as much information about your setup as you can. Can you still get to the admincp? What's you're vBulletin version and PHP version?

[BaconDelight]

Hey Cap'n, do you have a change history for this mod? I'm running and older version (3.07). It's fairly stable and unless the current version has some significant improvements, I'm not sure I want to tempt fate by upgrading.

[Cap'n Steve]

Heh, no I'm definitely not that organized. There haven't been any security fixes for a long time, so you can stay on that version if you want to. There are quite a few bug fixes though, so I'd recommend you make a backup and do the upgrade. The install code is probably one of the safest parts of the mod, but if anything goes wrong you can just restore the backup.