Major Additions - [ITech] vBExternal Lite

PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING THREAD FOR HELP/SUPPORT: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=166791

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[ITech] vBExternal Lite
Created By Inferno Technologies (http://www.infernotechnologies.net)
Copyright 2004-2007
All rights reserved
Project Development Team: Zero Tolerance, Acid Burn
Project Lead: Iain "Decado" Kidd
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Ported from vBExternal 1.6 created by Zero Tolerance to work with vBulletin 3.6.x

Features:

• Easy integration with your existing php scripts
• No coding experiance needed to make it work
• Full parsing for bbtags and emoticons/smilies + auto URL correction (no red-x's)
• Lets you put forum information on your homepage/webpage
• Users online
• Latest Threads w/preview
• More Information *Here*

Installation Information:

• Template modifications: 0
• Database changes: 0
• Files added: 5
• Files modified: 1 (website page)
• Installation difficulty: 2/5

Installation Instructions:
1) Unzip the folder and upload the contents of UPLOAD into your root directory
2) Read Useage instructions.txt and then you are done

Version History:
None so far.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: So does this able you to put like phrases and stuff in external sites?
A: At the moment it allows you to Display Newest Members, Top Posters, Newest Threads, Newest Replies, News and Users Online onto a page outside of your vbulletin directory.

Q: I have a problem. My page is located at root/cms and my forum at root/forum. It's isn't possible for me to locate the forum in a subfolder of /cms.
Is there any solution for this problem?

A:Yes there is a solution try this piece of code instead of the one that the instructions says to use:

<?php
chdir('../VB');
require_once('vBExternal.php');
?>

Q: How would i do this if theres 2 different domains involved
A: If the two domains are on both the same server and the same domain account then call you need to do is chdir out of your current account folder (www/public_html/testsite/) to the other domain folder (www/public_html/site2/)

Screenshot:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...4&d=1118677511
(Thanks to C.Birch)


Acid Burn - Inferno Technologies Developer

[Inferno Tech]

Originally Posted by toonysnn

Awesome! I used this to make a new homepage for my website, very easy. Are we able to use <if condition="$..."> and stuff like that?
[high]* toonysnn clicks install[/high]

Yes you can

Originally Posted by carwash

I am getting the same error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class vbulletinhook in /home/user/public_html/forum/vBExternal.php on line 121

Someone else had this problem with 1.6 and said they fixed it by resolving some conflict. What conflict would be causing this?

Give me a day or so to do a lil research into the problems from the old product andf i will get back to you

Acid Burn - Inferno Technologies Developer

[harry_5]

Great Hack!

One question: I want to display just a certain number of characters from the post on my news page... how?

[Apfelfrucht]

To Inferno Tech,

Installed and could you integrate the Search Form too ? like this one :

<form action="forum/search.php" method="post">
        <input type="hidden" name="forumchoice[]" value="23" />
        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
	<input type="hidden" name="showposts" value="0" />
	<input type="hidden" name="quicksearch" value="1" />
	<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
	<input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="20"/>&nbsp;$gobutton<br />
</form>

* <input type="hidden" name="forumchoice[]" value="23" /> = Forum ID.

[Inferno Tech]

I will look at doing this for the pro version or maybe the lite, it depends on a few things.

@Harry 5: within vBExternal.php it is referenced all over in each function.

Acid Burn - Inferno Technologies Developer

[harry_5]

Originally Posted by Inferno Tech

@Harry 5: within vBExternal.php it is referenced all over in each function.

Sorry, can?t find it...

[Apfelfrucht]

Originally Posted by Inferno Tech

I will look at doing this for the pro version or maybe the lite, it depends on a few things.

@Harry 5: within vBExternal.php it is referenced all over in each function.

Acid Burn - Inferno Technologies Developer

Thanks in advance

[Hornstar]

Thinking about buying pro version, just hope there will be a discount for people who have rpg and shoutbox and for it to be a bargain ^^

however, im having problems using it right now.

this is the error that is coming up on my homepage which im trying to put the users online on.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/*******/public_html/right.php on line 176

on line 176 i have this
<?php
output_UsersOnline();
?>


I have included

<?php
chdir('./forums');
require_once('./vBExternal.php');
?>

at the top of the php file as well.

Any ideas what is wrong?



Edit again: i removed the users online, and checked to see if the code at the top was working, it was not,
I changed the code at the top of the page to:

<?php
require_once('http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/vBExternal.php');
?>

, now that works.

then put the code back in for online users to show up, and get this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: output_usersonline() in /home/******/public_html/right.php on line 174

line 174 is: output_UsersOnline();

Any ideas whats wrong?



Edit again:
decided to keep trying to modify it, to see if i could get it working, and came up with a different error this time

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/***********/public_html/right.php on line 2

Warning: main(./vBExternal.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/*****/public_html/right.php on line 3

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './vBExternal.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*******/public_html/right.php on line 3

I changed the code at the top of the page to:

<?php
chdir('http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums');
require_once('./vBExternal.php');
?>

Edit again:
Changed the top to:

<?php
chdir('forums/');
require_once('vBExternal.php');
chdir('../');
?>

and im now getting this error:

There was an error while processing vBExternal:
System was unable to find the template 'vBExternal/users_online.html'

I edited vbexternal.php and changed where the template is found to:
$template = "http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/vBExternal/{$template}";

I then get this error:

There was an error while processing vBExternal:
System was unable to find the template 'http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/vBExternal/users_online.html'

I then go to http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/vB...rs_online.html to check it is a page, and it is, so whats wrong, it should be able to find it.

I have tried everything i can think of, will have to put back my old code, until you can help me solve this.

Thanks.




Final Edit:

I finally had the idea to do this and change the code to:

<?php
chdir('./forums');
output_UsersOnline();
chdir('../');
?>

and now everything works.

I just now need to work out how to display it, so it looks nicer, more integrated into my homepage, and more like a vbulletin way of displaying it, if anyone could help, id like to display it in my footer here www.gamerzneeds.net

I would also like to have the links vbseo links otherwise i will have duplicate content.

Thanks.

[Hornstar]

Ive also got it working on a different domain, but now ive been trying to get it to use vbseo url's ive included

## VBSEO SETTINGS  #####################################################
include_once "forums/includes/functions_vbseo.php"; // change this path to reflect where your forum is
vbseo_startup(); // if you have a vbSEO version under 3, comment this line and uncomment the next three
// vbseo_get_options();
// vbseo_prepare_seo_replace();
// get_forum_info();

not sure which files it should be included in, but i tried them all.

I then tried editing the threadid part, and got lost again lol.

anyway, i know its simple, and ill most likely get it when im not so tired.

I just now need to learn how to make it look good and fit the layout better, because i appear to be hopeless at design. any tips would be appreciated.

thanks.

[gforce75]

Great idea. I've been looking for something like this. I'll give it a crack.

[Inferno Tech]

vBEXternal was never intended to be used with vbSEO but i may and try to add it in for the Pro release, but there are no promises.

Acid Burn - Inferno Technologies Developer