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.

[lemarsu]

Originally posted by lemarsu
but now the Avatar is showing.. I have disabled it in vBulletin Options.

I Can alway change the Template (quick fix) but is there an other way ?

Hey don't worry about that fixed it!

[sHORTYWZ]

They cannot see them at all (except for forumhome - which is required for vbindex to allow them to get to my homepage) - check out http://hweeboard.xwarzone.com to see what I mean.. http://www.xwarzone.com is my vbindex.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Buddha
hey ntldr, i've installed the "allow admins to use HTML always" hack, but it still shows up as text html in vbindex unless html is allowed via admin cp.
is there a way to code it so that if the post is made by admin usergroup, it will allow html regardless of whether it's allowed in the admin cp.

Should be a minor mod, can you point me in the direction of the hack/mods you have installed? Its probably just a small change to the bbcodeparse line in the news section.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by haste
I'm having a problem: only the newest news item shows a message icon, even though all of them have icons assigned. Any ideas?

Are the icons assigned to just the post/thread or both? If the icon is only set for the post (I think) then it will not display.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by sHORTYWZ
ntldr - still having problems with posts showing up in the "latest threads" that the user doesn't have access to.. everything on my board is set to require login except for viewing of forum home yet you can see posts from all of my boards in the box..

You need to explicity set the permissions for each forum, any private forums that use inherited permissions will appear. I will try and make it so these work in v2.2. Check back in the thread, there are details on how to manually exclude private/certain forums.

[Buddha]

Originally posted by NTLDR


Should be a minor mod, can you point me in the direction of the hack/mods you have installed? Its probably just a small change to the bbcodeparse line in the news section.

sorry buddy... i was going to post that info but then forgot..

PHP Code:

Always allow HTML for Super Mods, Admins and other usergroups of choice. [mini-hack vB 2.0.3]

In admin/functions.php

Find:
====================
$post[message]=bbcodeparse($post[pagetext],$forum[forumid],$post[allowsmilie]);

//highlight words for search engine
====================

Replace with

if ($post[usergroupid]==6 OR $post[usergroupid]==5) {
  $post[message]=bbcodeparse2($post[pagetext],1,1,1,1);
  } else {
  $post[message]=bbcodeparse($post[pagetext],$forum[forumid],$post[allowsmilie]);
}

//highlight words for search engine
===================

Just add more OR $post[usergroupid]==X to the IF statement for whatever usergroups you want to allow.

5 is Super Mod and 6 is Admin. 


[NTLDR]

Find in vbindex.php:

PHP Code:

$newstext=censortext(bbcodeparse($news[pagetext],0,1)); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if ($news[postuserid]==YOUR_ID) {
  $newstext=bbcodeparse2($news[pagetext],1,1,1,1);
  } else {
  $newstext=bbcodeparse($news[pagetext],0,1);
} 


Untested, but no reason it shouldn't work, replace YOUR_ID with your id, as this is no low load way of geting usergroupids for posts here, but you can use the standard OR $news[postuserid]==ID to add extra users to it. You may also want to check the queries used and alter the 1's in this line and see what happens: $newstext=bbcodeparse2($news[pagetext],1,1,1,1);

[Buddha]

sorry.
get a parse error with that.

i don't have the code you posted.
mine is this.

PHP Code:

  $newstext=censortext(bbcodeparse($news[pagetext],$newsforum,1)); 


[NTLDR]

Weird, thats not the error I would have expected. Which of the lines is causing the error?

[Buddha]

sorry buddy.
i had obviously missed a ) in the script.
entered it and it seems to be working now. i'll test on other pages to see if in fact that is what i missed.
sorry for the trouble.

thanks again for the help.