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]

Originally posted by clangrounds.com
I personally think vbportal is a lot easier to install considering the directions are a lot more detailed and easier to follow. Just my 2 cents..

vbPortal also adds many features which alot of people don't require and don't want as well as doing things like overwriting your default style.

IMO this is far easier, run and automated installer, run a vbhacker .hack.php and code and past one chunk of code.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by proxyMX
I found that if your forum is hacked, that there is some probelmatic code, so it took me a LONG time to install this :|

What exactly were you having problems with? It wasn't the poll by any chance?

This should take no more then 10 mins to install.

having this error
"Warning: ChDir: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /locationofmywebsite/forums.proxymx.com/index.php on line 25"

The directory specified by the following line cannot be found:

chdir('./directory-here');

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Mr_P
not knocking the vbindex at all but is it possible to keep the side menu but in middle have the actual board and not the replies etc .
As i would prefer it this way as i can easy edit the sidebar to display links to specific forums.

This would be posible and I will look into this as a posible future option for this hack.

[Mr_P]

cheers NTLDR thought i was gonna get flamed or something as been after this for ages.

Thanks again and look forward to it.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Mr_P
cheers NTLDR thought i was gonna get flamed or something as been after this for ages.

Thanks again and look forward to it.

No problem, I asked for feedback and what extra features people wanted and this seems like a usefull and realistic one

[proxyMX]

its definatwely nto that the error only appears at the top of my index page, and its in my vb root directory

[NTLDR]

You need to make sure that the chdir statement is commented out, this is only required if vBindex is run outside of the forums directory.

PHP Code:

//chdir('./path'); 


[DWZ]

That all worked great NTLDR

When I was editing home_poll, I found this in there:

<form action="http://www.consoleradar.com/forums/poll.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="3861cb90476ef3f4b008396967d28584">	
	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="pollvote">
	<input type="hidden" name="pollid" value="">
	<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" {tableouterextra} width="140" align="center"><tr><td>
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
	<tr>
	<td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" align="center" colspan="4" background="{imagesfolder}/back.gif"><smallfont><b></b></smallfont></td>
	</tr>
	
	</table>
	</td></tr></table>
	<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="140" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">
	<tr>
	<td style="font-size: 8pt" align=center><smallfont><br><input type="submit" class="bginput" value="Vote!" style="font-size: 8pt"><br><br>
    <a href="http://www.consoleradar.com/forums/poll.php?action=showresults&pollid=">Result</a>
	</smallfont></td></tr>
	</table>
	</form>

And that was set as the default, i.e. it hadn't been changed, which makes me think there is something wrong with the installer? But yeah, anyway, when i changed it to what you had in your post it works fine

Thanks for the login and poll code, both work great I hope this isn't too much to ask, but would it be possible to do the same thing with logout? So if they hit the logout link on the vbindex page, it takes then back there. If it's too much trouble, don't worry about it

Next thing, just a general comment, with the installer, it would be nice if you got a warning message before you install it. i.e "You are about to install vBindex, please click here to continue" or "You are about to upgrade your current version of vBindex, please click here to continue". Just so you don't run it twice by hitting "refresh" or whatever by mistake.

The last thing I can think off, when a person is logged out or not registered, it shows the poll with the options, and when the select one it gives the "no permission" error. It would be cool if you could make it so if they were logged out or not registered, it would just display the results of the poll as if they had already voted in it, you know what I mean?

OK, thanks for all your help

[hankster]

I am playing with vBindex. I ran the installer and then looked for the templates. I see I have a vBindex Templates within each of my other Templates. Is this the way it is suppose to be? If so, which one do I change to actually get the vBindex page to change?

Also, it is taking a loooong time to display the vbindex.php page, something like 15 seconds. The server is not over loaded as the load is less then one. Not sure why it is taking so long. Once it displays everything looks fine.

[CarlosC]

The Hack is running perfectly in my web site...
But I really want to make the board look in the same way in all the sections... For example the forumdisplay, search, shothread, everything... with the same exactly look (menu in the left and right and the welcome message in the top) the only thing that changes is the information in the middle. Instead of showing the news, I want to place the threads or the FAQ or the search template, etc...

Thanks..