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.

[TECK]

no.

[glo]

what is the difference between vBindex v2 and vBhome (lite) 3.0???

I am looking for the most suitable hack that will allow me to do the following:

1. place the login/password feature on the home (non vB) page.
2. place polls on non vB pages.
3. calculate the users online on the entire site, not just the vB forum pages.
4. have some member only pages (non vB), protected by the username and password access from vB!

I am using vB 2.2.7. (brand new forum!)

I guess this is directed to NTLDR & TECK but anyone can assist!

[otacon]

<a href="http://www.fusionart.org/forum/vbindex.php" target="_blank">www.fusionart.org/forum/vbindex.php</a>

is there a way i can make the font not so small in the news posts

[TECK]

Originally posted by glo
what is the difference between vBindex v2 and vBhome (lite) 3.0???

I am looking for the most suitable hack that will allow me to do the following:

1. place the login/password feature on the home (non vB) page.
2. place polls on non vB pages.
3. calculate the users online on the entire site, not just the vB forum pages.
4. have some member only pages (non vB), protected by the username and password access from vB!

I am using vB 2.2.7. (brand new forum!)

I guess this is directed to NTLDR & TECK but anyone can assist!

vbIndex was "inspired" from my original vbHome 1.0, when element ripped my code, wajones's poll and other's and stick it togheter...
then NTLDR released a different version and credited a part of the code element stolled from me as:
"code by nakkid" (my previous nick at vb.org)

the diff between vbIndex and vbHome (lite) is the number of queries and the code stability. the queries are in a loop. so vbIndex could easily "boost" your page at 150queries if you go at ease with the options. that equals death to the server.
even set at default, with minimum options, if i understood corectly from NTLDR, there are still 47queries loaded, wich is huge for a simple page... the server could easily crash on a busy site with this number of queries.

vbHome (lite) 3 performs only 13queries (14 as loggedin) and also is optimised for extremly fast page loads (average 0.09seconds).
this was tested on 2 servers.
NTLDR can give you more precise info about it's code performance, since he code it. i posted my specs here just to have a better idea.

cheers.

[MiF]

Couple of problems I found:

1. I don't know if it's a problem with vbhacker generating the text file of changes or the hack is incorrect.

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| In admin/template.php, replace this code:                                                       |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$only[\'showgroup\'] = \'Show Groups\';
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| With this code:                                                                                 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$only[\'home\'] = \'vBindex\';
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Shouldn't this line be inserted after the code found instead of replaced?

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| In admin/usergroup.php, replace this code:                                                      |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
makeyesnocode("Can view board","canview",1);
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| With this code:                                                                                 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
// vBindex Edit
makeyesnocode("Can view vBindex?","canviewvbindex,1");
// vBindex Edit
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Same as above question plus the replacement text is bad. "canviewvbindex,1" should be "canviewvbindex",1

2. The poll query takes extreme amount of time to complete. I think it's not constructed properly but maybe it's a bug in my version of MySQL.

This code:

$pollinfo=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT *,thread.open FROM poll LEFT JOIN thread ON (thread.pollid = poll.pollid) WHERE thread.forumid='$pollsforum' ORDER BY poll.dateline DESC LIMIT 1");

Should be:

$pollinfo=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT poll.*,thread.open FROM thread LEFT JOIN poll ON (thread.pollid=poll.pollid) WHERE thread.forumid='$pollsforum' ORDER BY poll.dateline DESC LIMIT 1");

And of course code appropriately changed to reflect query change.

[MiF]

Found another problem. When installing the templates using vbitemplate_install or vbi_install, the PHP variables in some templates are replaced during the insertion. They are not escaped properly.

[glo]

Originally posted by glo
what is the difference between vBindex v2 and vBhome (lite) 3.0???

I am looking for the most suitable hack that will allow me to do the following:

1. place the login/password feature on the home (non vB) page.
2. place polls on non vB pages.
3. calculate the users online on the entire site, not just the vB forum pages.
4. have some member only pages (non vB), protected by the username and password access from vB!

I am using vB 2.2.7. (brand new forum!)

I guess this is directed to NTLDR & TECK but anyone can assist!

NTLDR, your thoughts please.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by TECK
if i understood corectly from NTLDR, there are still 47queries loaded, wich is huge for a simple page... the server could easily crash on a busy site with this number of queries.

That number is about right if you have everything switched on and enabled, but of course varies on how many news/latest posts you have. I will be trying my own methods of getting the queries out of the loop for the next version Lets hope I can do as good a job as TECK managed to do.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by MiF
Found another problem. When installing the templates using vbitemplate_install or vbi_install, the PHP variables in some templates are replaced during the insertion. They are not escaped properly.

The installer has been re-done for the next version, thanks for pointing out what the problem is with it You are correct with the problems with the vBhacker file, there seem to be problems with vBhacker now :ermm:

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by glo
1. place the login/password feature on the home (non vB) page.

Both vBindex and vBhome can do this, this is default with vBindex.

2. place polls on non vB pages.

Again avalible for both, as default for vBindex there is a tutorial for vBhome.

3. calculate the users online on the entire site, not just the vB forum pages.

vBindex displays the users online by default. Users on pages by both hacks will be counted as the number of members online.

4. have some member only pages (non vB), protected by the username and password access from vB!

By deault you have the option of choosing which user groups can access the vBindex page, its also easy with both hacks to restrict to specific groups/userids. vBindex also has a multi-page option by default.

I am using vB 2.2.7. (brand new forum!)

Both hacks should work fine with 2.2.7

To mention again what TECK said, the origional version of vBindex by el3m3nt was based on vBhome but was a more "compleate" option as it didn't require people to have to add code for other stuff into the page. vBhome was made in my understanding for users to modify more heavily to meet there specific needs, thats my understanding at least. After e3l3m3nt stoped providing major support to the hack I started to re-code parts of it and release a new version with his permission.