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.

[NTLDR]

Do what kreft said above and all will work well

[jmd]

Thanks Kreftt

But I did what you said and all I get is a blank white page.

I have tried every possibility but it still doesn?t work.

I put this in the vbindex code chdir('./vb'); renamed it to index.php

Moved the vbindex out of the vb directory and all I get is a blank page, no error just a blank white page at www.jmdsforum.com


Right now I have a redirect page set up. www.jmdsforum.com

My portal page is at http://www.jmdsforum.com/vb/

My forum is at http://www.jmdsforum.com/vb/index.php?s=

I?m totally puzzled by this and so if a friend of mine who knows his stuff.
I would love to get rid of the redirect page so any ideas would be great.
Thanks Joe

[NTLDR]

There is no reason it shouldn't work if you have followed the instructions. You may wish to use the full path instead of just ./vb in the chdir(); statement.

[jmd]

I deleated this post, I think I figured the problem out

I

[jmd]

Ok It’s all figured out and running great.

I have a request of sorts.

I’m posting news stories on my portal page but would also like to be able to put forum announcements up there and sticky them so they stay at the top and all following news stories continue to post underneath them in the same fashion they do now.

I have tried to sticky a post to see if it works but the sticky feature won’t work on the portal page it just gets moved down the page like all the other posts.

If there is a hack for this already could someone post it here with instructions, if not is it possible for someone to come up with this hack, I think it would be very usefull.

Thanks in advance

Joe

PS This is a great portal you designed.
:classic:

[NTLDR]

The only easy way I can see right now is to duplicate the entire news block (and add 1 query) to get the stickys and then get the news.

Copy the news block of code and paste above the existing news code and change in the new block:

PHP Code:

WHERE forumid = '$newsforum' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC LIMIT $newsposts 


To:

PHP Code:

WHERE forumid = '$newsforum' AND thread.sticky='1' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC 


Untested but should work, note you will get the number of news posts defined plus the number of sticky's in that forum.

[jmd]

Thanks NTLDR

I did what you said but I get this error

Parse error: parse error in /home/sites/site90/web/vb/vbindex.php on line 210

[NTLDR]

Whats on line 210?

[jmd]

//$newstext=str_replace("<br />","",$newstext);

[NTLDR]

If you have copied the code correctly then the line above should be commented out with // too. Make sure you copied the whole block from // news to // end news it shouldn't give any Parse Errors.