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

[Deyth]

Edit: Have something showing in header but it's not what I wanted to see.

[Deyth]

Originally Posted by chadi

Strange problem in 3.8.1

It seems the Show Random Quote option gets turned off automatically by itself for some reason. Not sure what is causing it.

This might actually be my problem. I'm on 3.8.0 and the random quote isn't working anywhere. Even though I have two quotes submitted all I get is "No quotes matched your search."

[Cap'n Steve]

Sorry guys, I haven't upgraded to 3.8.1 yet. I'll do that soon, and hopefully figure out your problems.

[Cap'n Steve]

Have you tried saving the QuoteIt! Options? That worked for me. Chadi, I'm not sure what you mean. Does it only screw up the listing of threads that have been deleted?

[Chadi]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Steve

Have you tried saving the QuoteIt! Options? That worked for me. Chadi, I'm not sure what you mean. Does it only screw up the listing of threads that have been deleted?

Yes, just the soft-deleted threads (and this is obviously admin/mod view in that screenshot).

[Chadi]

Hey Steve, would appreciate any help on this please.

Still facing both problems:

- mod disables itself automatically (turns off) every now and then out of the blue for some reason
- the thread listing issue still there when viewing soft deleted threads and mod enabled

[Cap'n Steve]

Sorry, I forgot to check this thread recently. Are you rebuilding languages or bitfields or anything like that when it turns off the random quote? Could you post the HTML source of the page where the layout is messed up?

[Neutral Singh]

will you ever get time to support this plugin... what a waste of an idea...

[Cap'n Steve]

What support do you need? If you mean updating it, I'm currently talking with someone about possibly taking over the mod, so keep your fingers crossed. Free time is somewhat of a moot point now, since I'm not planning on using vB4 because of the pricing changes.

[AfterWorldForum]

I coudln't get this to work on my frontpage.

I run vb 3.8.4, and vbAdvanced 3.2.1. Using the extra xml file, nor the modules did the trick for me. I tried using the global variable, but that did not do it. I tried creating a new template with that in it, but that also did nothing to show up on the frontsite.

However, I could see it work when looking at the Preview button.

Not sure what I did wrong... Any ideas?