Major Additions - [AJAX] vB Pager 3.0.4

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[AJAX] vB Pager 3.0.4

Hack Version: 3.0.4
vB-version: 3.5.x
Developer: WwW.UAEWEB.CoM
Install-difficulty: Few minutes!

Introduction:
vB Pager is a text-based instant messaging system over your community between members. Users can exchange short & quick messages amongst each other. Unlike the regular private messaging system, the paged user is guaranteed to read your message & reply to it (if you choose this option) instantly & easily.

• Features:
  • Uses AJAX Technology to Send pager messages / Get pager messages / Add & Remove a member to buddy list / Add & Remove a member from Ignore list. (No Refresh Required)
• Main Features:
  • vB Pager Buddy List ?pop-up? window is used to keep track of the friends you wish to interact with. By going to your "vB Pager Buddies", you'll be able to see which of your friends are currently online and offline, and be able to send them a pager message. Adding people to your buddy list also allow you to send pager messages to multiple forum members at the same time. You may add any member of the forums to your buddy list by clicking the icon next to their names in the vB Pager Online Members Page or Clicking the Manage Buddies Link to add/remove members into your list.
  • vB Pager Ignore List ?pop-up? window lists are used for those people who's messages you wish not recieve from.
  • Received Pager Messages are Draggable Inline Popups.
  • Sending a message opens up a small window where you can type in message to be sent.
  • Optional Anonymity: you can choose to hide your username when paging another user on the forum, & define which Usergroup can utilize this option.
  • The window comes in with a built-in character counter to enable the user to keep track of the characters typed.
  • Logs of all incoming and outgoing pager messages ?Inbox/Sent Items? member has, can be viewed and deleted.
  • Download Stored Messages as XML, CSV, TXT.
  • Members can turn the vB Pager Off anytime they wish not to receive pager messages, and they can select the option to receive pager messages from those who are in their Pager Buddy List only.
• Admin CP Features:
  • vB Pager Options
    • Switch the paging system on or off anytime you wish!
    • vB Pager AJAX Check Period control.
    • Set to mark all read messages as deleted messages after being read by end users and prune them automaticly every one hour with cron job.(v3.0.4)
    • vB Pager Display Window Refresh Period control .
    • Set Floodcheck - Minimum Time Between Pager Messages.
    • Set Maximum Pager Messages Per-Page in inbox/sent items.
    • Allow vB Code in Pager Messages control.
    • Set the Sizes of Width and Height of the vB Pager Buddy List Window.
    • Set the Width Size of the Received Pager Message Box.(v3.0.1)
    • Enable Notification Sound on New Received Pager Message.(v3.0.1)
    • Enable/Disable the display of Avatar.(v3.0.2)
    • Banned Users.
  • Pager Message Statistics
    • Mass prune stored pager messages (All, Unread, and Deleted Messages).
    • search for users with X number of pager messages.
    • Delete pager messages for user x.
• Usergroup based Permissions:
  • Can Send Pager Messages. (Yes/No)
  • Maximum Stored Pager Messages.
  • Minimum Number of Posts Required Before Can Send Pager Messages.
  • Minimum Number of Posts Required (Per Day) Before Can Send Pager Messages.
  • Maximum Number of Pager Messages Can Send Per Day.
  • Maximum Recipients to Send Pagers at a time.
  • Maximum Characters Per Pager Message.
  • Can Hide Their Username When Paging Another User. (Yes/No)
  • Can Use Allow Reply Option When Sending Pager. (Yes/No)
  • Can Send Pager Message to All Users. (Yes/No)
• Other Features:
  • XML Product.
  • Fully Phrased.
  • No file edits.
• Screenshots, Updates, FAQs & Add-Ons:
  • See second & third post.
• Contents of vbpager.zip:
  • README.txt
  • Uploads
    • pager.php
    • pager_sound.wav (v3.0.1)
    • admincp
      • pageradmin.php
    • includes
      • xml
        • bitfield_pager.xml
        • cpnav_pager.xm
    • images
      • statusicon
        • vbpager.gif
        • vbpager_icon.gif
        • vbpager_user_buddylist_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_buddylist_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_ignorelist_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_ignorelist_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_offline.gif
        • vbpager_user_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_remove.gif
• Contents of xml Product:
  • vB Pager Templates
    • PAGER
    • PAGERBUDDYLIST
    • pagerbuddylistbit
    • pager_messagelist
    • pager_messagelistbit
    • pager_multipager
    • pager_newpager
  • vB Pager plugins
  • • vB Pager (cache_temlates)
    • vB Pager (parse_templates)
    • vB Pager (profile_updateoptions)
    • vB Pager (template_groups)
    • vB Pager (userdata_doset)
    • vB Pager (userdata_start)
    • vB Pager (cron_script_cleanup)
  • vB Pager phrases
    • Many of 'em
  • vB Pager Database Modifications
    • New Tables (pagerreceipt, pagertext)
    • Alterd Tables (user, usergroup, usertextfield)

How to Install:

• Simply download the zip file, Unzip it to a directory on your computer and follow the steps from the README.txt
• Remember to Change vB Pager Pemrissions from the Usergroup Manager.
• Make sure that you got your forum url filled in the Help Site Name / URL / Contact Details under your vBulletin Options. See this post
• Make sure that you got your forum directory name filled in the Forum Directory Name under your vB Pager Options.
• Please Read This Post befor asking for help.

How to Uninstall:

• Simply remove all uploaded files, revert your edited templates, and uninstall vB Pager Product from the Manage Products under the Plugin System in your ADMINCP.

Known Issues:

• Permissions are not being inherited from secondary usergroups.

Thanks to aberg for the Dutch translation.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
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[cOuNtErFiET]

you need to go to your Usergroup Manager and set the permissions there for all your usergroups
(i.e. Administrators, Super Moderators, Moderators)

[cOuNtErFiET]

ok now the problem that i have is that it says there is pages unread but when you go there, there isn't any there says No messages to display, also how do you make it so once you send a messge its pops up right away most ppl on my board say they don't get them for like 20 - 30 mins later if they get them at all? any suggestions on how to make this faster for me?

[bashy]

Have you set it so that its on manual refresh?
If so then they will only get the popup when they are activley browsing
I also have the unread message issue as well lol

Originally Posted by cOuNtErFiET

ok now the problem that i have is that it says there is pages unread but when you go there, there isn't any there says No messages to display, also how do you make it so once you send a messge its pops up right away most ppl on my board say they don't get them for like 20 - 30 mins later if they get them at all? any suggestions on how to make this faster for me?

[kenanulas]

thank you very much
i resolved problem

[cOuNtErFiET]

where do i set the manual refresh i have entered like 10 seconds and all that in the options so should do that every 10 seconds but i think it is set on active browsing

[Throtex]

This is a great hack, and my users have been enjoying it without too many problems for several weeks now! Great job!

I don't have a lot of resources on my server, so I have to be careful with things like this, but even with only 256M of RAM and ~30 users at a time (peak) everything seems to run ok.

I did however notice a gradual slowdown over the past few days. After having no luck with any mySQL settings (memory use is already well under control) I remembered to purge the deleted messages. That seems to have sped everything back up, though it could have been a coincidence.

Since I haven't had a chance to explore how this script works, I'm not even sure if deleting messages should really have an impact on server loads. Could anyone shed some light on this? I'm guessing the reason there are message limits in the usergroup settings isn't because a few text messages take up a lot of disk space.

If so, it may be useful to introduce an option where messages are purged automatically when read, and perhaps not saved to the sent items list. My users don't like having to delete their messages when they hit the cap, but if storing a lot of messages does nothing to performance I might as well just take the cap off ... no?

[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by Throtex

If so, it may be useful to introduce an option where messages are purged automatically when read, and perhaps not saved to the sent items list. My users don't like having to delete their messages when they hit the cap, but if storing a lot of messages does nothing to performance I might as well just take the cap off ... no?

agreed, I would like to know this also.

[maroceve]

Hey guys i get this error when i update my usergroups ...i guess i badly uninstalled vbpager ?

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:


Invalid SQL:
UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`title` = 'Administrators',
`description` = '',
`usertitle` = 'Administrator',
`opentag` = '<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">',
`closetag` = '</span>',
`passwordexpires` = '180',
`passwordhistory` = '360',
`vbpunch` = '1',
`arcadepermissions` = '255',
`forumpermissions` = '1048575',
`attachlimit` = '0',
`pmquota` = '1000',
`pmpermissions` = '3',
`pmsendmax` = '100',
`calendarpermissions` = '63',
`wolpermissions` = '31',
`adminpermissions` = '3',
`genericpermissions` = '205520831',
`genericoptions` = '31',
`profilepicmaxwidth` = '100',
`profilepicmaxheight` = '100',
`profilepicmaxsize` = '65535',
`avatarmaxwidth` = '200',
`avatarmaxheight` = '200',
`avatarmaxsize` = '65535',
`userpagepermissions` = '0',
`pagerpermissions` = '0',
`ecdownloadpermissions` = '0'
WHERE usergroupid=6;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'pagerpermissions' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Thursday, February 16th 2006 @ 06:52:58 PM
Script : http://www.maroceve.com/forums/admincp/usergroup.php
Referrer : http://www.maroceve.com/forums/admin...&usergroupid=6
IP Address : 196.217.224.19
Username : Ez
Classname : vb_database

[bashy]

3rd option down in the admincp vbpager settings

Time period in seconds to refresh AJAX befor new received pager pops up.
A value of 0 disables the auto-check and only manual refresh will pop up the new received message.

Originally Posted by cOuNtErFiET

where do i set the manual refresh i have entered like 10 seconds and all that in the options so should do that every 10 seconds but i think it is set on active browsing

[bashy]

Hi uae

Any chance on looking over my issues in this post please