Major Additions - vS-Interactive Profiles

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|| Interactive Profiles
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5 / 3.6
|| Released : Jun 18, 2007
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|| Time required to install: 10 minutes
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

Ever wanted to enchance your members' profiles with a myspace-like public friend list, an ability to post comments about each other and a couple of other special features? With complete vBulletin integration, user ratings and comments, zodiacs, friendster-style profile field highlights, custom xss-proof css, support for avatars and for vBulletin's standard and WYSIWYG editors, this product is everything you need to achive the goal. See inside for screenshots and a detailed list of features.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
File Changes: 1
Template Changes: 18
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES

• Full-Featured Front End
  • Default avatars for people with no avatar defined (can be turned on or off, as desired)
  • Ability to set profiles as private (with admincp backup switch)
  • Ability to restrict posting of comments to friends only (with admincp backup switch)
  • Myspace-Style "Friend Requests" (see screenshots) with ability to accept / decline
  • Friendster-Style profile field highlights - keywords become clickable links that can be used for search purposes
  • Comment Flood Control
  • Comment Numbers w/ Links to Individual Comments
  • New Comment E-Mail Notification
  • Friend Request E-Mail Notification
  • Friend Request Response E-Mail Notification
  • E-Mail Notifications can be turned On and Off
  • Navbar "New Comments" and "New Friend Requests" Indicators
  • Pagination support in friend space and comments
  • Morphed, more compact memberinfo layout and postbit template, with avatar support
  • Member Profile Ratings, Also Displayed in Posts.
  • Member Profile Ratings can be enabled or disabled for each user individually.
  • Who Rated Member w/ Access Permissions
  • Who Viewed Member w/ Access Permissions
  • Last Profile Update in memberinfo
  • Graphical Zodiac Sign in memberinfo and in postbit
  • Support for custom profile css with preview option and with an admin ability to create pre-defined css templates - and unlike in other systems, malicious javascript cannot be injected.
  • Custom css can be temporarily suppressed when viewing customized profiles.
  • Custom css can be permanently deleted from customized profiles by privileged users.
• Configuration Options
  • Allow vB Code in Profile Comments (yes/no)
  • Allow Smilies in Profile Comments (yes/no)
  • Allow [IMG] Code in Profile Comments (yes/no)
  • Allow HTML in Profile Comments (yes/no)
  • Last Comments to Show in Profiles
  • Friends : Rows to Show
  • Friends : Friends per Row
  • Friends : Friends per Row (Full Listing)
  • Allow Vote Change (yes/no)
  • Last Update :: when updating avatar (yes/no)
  • Last Update :: when updating profile picture (yes/no)
  • Last Update :: when updating profile (yes/no)
  • Last Update :: when updating signature (yes/no)
  • Graphical Zodiac Sign (yes/no)
  • Friendster Style Links (yes/no)
  • Allow URLs in CSS (yes/no)
  • Minimum Time Between Comments
  • Minimum Time Between Two Profile Views
  • Enable Default Avatar (yes/no)
  • Path to Default Avatar (path to image file)
• Extensive Usergroup Permissions
  • Can Have Profile Comments
  • Can Post Profile Comments
  • Can Edit Own Profile Comments
  • Can Delete Own Profile Comments
  • Can Edit Others' Profile Comments in Own Profile
  • Can Delete Others' Profile Comments in Own Profile
  • Can Edit Others' Profile Comments in Others' Profiles
  • Can Delete Others' Profile Comments in Others' Profiles
  • Can Always View Private Profiles
  • Can Set Profile as Private
  • Can Use Custom CSS
  • Can Use Predefined CSS
  • Can View Who Rated Own Profile
  • Can View Who Rated Others' Profiles
  • Can View Who Viewed Own Profile
  • Can View Who Viewed Others' Profiles
  • Count Profile Views by This Group
  • Can Erase Css From Others' Profiles
• BONUS!
  • Importer for Danny.VBT's Profile Comments system is included.

VERSION HISTORY

2.3.8
The development of the software has been discontinued.
The software has been released at vBulletin.org, and may be freely modified and redistributed, as long as copyright notices are preserved.

2.3.7
[+] Corrected a few issues associated with the new vBulletin releases.

2.3.6
[+] The users' emails are not disclosed anymore in e-mail.
[+] Corrected a couple of miscellaneous bugs, including one with member views.

2.3.5
[+] Redesigned comment editing / deleting permissions.
[+] New feature, which allows viewers to suppress and, if permitted, delete css from users' profiles (new permission: "Can Erase Css From Others' Profiles").
[+] Users can now enable or disable ratings on their profiles.
[+] New feature: "Default Avatar". Can be turned on or off, depending on what is desired.
[F] Corrected a couple of minor template-related bugs.
[F] Corrected a bug that sometimes prevented zodiacs from showing up in users' profiles.

2.3.4
[+] New permission: "count this group's profile views".
[+] Self profile views are now not counted.
[+] Product package fixed for compatibility with 3.6.4.
[F] Corrected invalid popup link in profiles.
[F] Corrected invalid viewer url in "who viewed profile" window.
[F] Added missing who's online phrases.

2.3.3
[+] Who Viewed Profile (w/ Permissions and Delay Between Counted Views)
[F] Corrected a bug, which caused a MySQL error on user save in AdminCP.
[F] Corrected a bug, which consisted of invalid XHTML in headinclude.
[F] Corrected a bug, which caused the same commment number to show on every comment.
[F] Corrected a bug, which consisted of an uncached template in memberinfo.

2.3.2
[+] Who Rated Profile w/ Access Permissions
[+] Member Ratings in Posts
[+] 'Go Back' link on the 'Show All Friends' page
[+] Zodiac Signs are now displayed even for those who chose to only show their age rather than full birthdate.
[+] New registrants now have notifications turned on by default.
[+] Comment Numbers w/ Links to Individual Comments
[+] Flood Control
[F] Comments of deleted users now display [Deleted User] (rather than nothing).
[F] Corrected a minor typo in the version tag.
[F] Corrected a problem with unsearchable links being highlighted.
[F] Corrected a problem with uncached templates.
[F] Notifications now originate from system address, not from person's address.

2.3.1 - Compatible w/ Both vBulletin 3.5 and 3.6! All features from 2.3.0 are here.
[+] The system now sends out notifications when a friend request is either accepted or denied.
[F] Corrected a problem with avatars not being displayed properly when stored in the file system.

2.3.0 - Compatible w/ vBulletin 3.6, Incompatible w/ vBulletin 3.5
[+] Added two new usergroup permission: "Can Use Custom CSS" and "Can Use Predefined CSS".
[+] Added ability to turn Friendster Links on/off.
[+] Added separate profile picture box.
[+] Added ability to turn Friend Request / New Comment e-mail notifications on/off.
[+] Added last update information to Friends List.
[+] New, improved friend request management interface, with avatars and radio buttons (accept / decline / leave for later).
[+] Friends in profile are now displayed in random fashion. Complete list continues to be sorted by userid.
[+] When a new comment is posted, the user gets redirected back to profile, rather than to comment listing.
[+] When a person with access to private profiles views a private profile, an alert, similar to "board offline" is displayed.
[+] Added option to permit Image URLs in CSS. Warning - it is not recommended to turn it on.
[F] Corrected an issue where friendster links did not work correctly with multiple-choice custom fields.
[F] Corrected a minor template error.

2.2.1
[F] Corrected an issue where friendster links did not work correctly with multiple-choice custom fields.
[F] Corrected a couple of minor template errors.

2.2.0 - Evolution Continued!
[+] Avatars are now displayed in comments.
[+] Comments now have a preview option.
[+] Added zodiac signs to memberinfo and postbit.
[+] Pm notification of new comments replaced with e-mail notification.
[+] Profile fields are now highlighted in friendster fashion: keywords become clickable links that can be used for search purposes.
[+] Added "profile last changed" bit to memberinfo.
[+] Added support for custom profile css with preview option and with an admin ability to create pre-defined css templates - and unlike in other systems, malicious javascript cannot be injected.
[F] Corrected a problem with permissions.
[F] Added maintenance suite controls for usergroup permissions.
[F] Corrected a couple of template problems.
[F] Corrected a problem which causes user's avatars to not appear under certain circumstances.

2.1.0 - Evolution Continued!
[+] Added pagination for friend listings.
[+] Added myspace-type "friend requests", with e-mail notification (see screenshots)
[+] Ability to accept/decline incoming requests and cancel outgoing requests.
[+] Comments now use an alternative, more compact template.
[+] Templates that are used by the system are now all prefixed "iprof_" and grouped in the template manager.
[+] Created an importer for Danny.VBT's profile comments system.
[+] Added member profile ratings.

2.0.0 - Evolution from Profile Comments into Interactive Profiles
[+] Added list of Mutual Friends in Profiles (with avatar and online status)
[+] Added ability to set profiles as private (with admincp backup switch)
[+] Added ability to restrict posting of comments to friends only (with admincp backup switch)
[+] Added new comment PM notification
[+] Added navbar "New Comments" Indicator
[+] Enchanced, more compact profile layout (see screenshots)
[+] Added vBulletin options to control the new functionality
[+] vBulletin Options have been moved from "User Profile Comments Options" to "User Interactive Profiles Options"

1.0.0
Initial Release of Profile Comments

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[TheBlackPoet]

the product is still not installing via admin cp --- hmmm

Any issues with this and vBSEO?

[Xorn]

for some reason the .xml file would not install into my server. all directions followed precisely but the .xml fil would not install

keeps saying

Importing Style, Please Wait...

[:]

Invalid File Specified

[cheat-master30]

Originally Posted by invert_nexus

Works great for me.
I've changed it a bit so that the original profile perches at the top of the page just like the old style with the comments and friends list in a single column below. A lot better looking in my opinion.

I have a couple of questions though if anyone might possibly be able to help.

1. Does the new VBulletin (3.6.8) break this mod or vice versa?

2. I'd like to enable the private profile option but only for the comments section. Frankly, I can't fathom why anyone would want the whole profile to be blanked out.

I tried moving the if page is private function further down the page, but this didn't work. In fact, I even tried removing it altogether and, oddly, there was no change in the page... I've deduced from this that the culprit is not to be found in the template, but rather in the php and it's been a long time since I played with php and even then I was only just wetting my fingers. I'm a stubborn cuss and will undoubtably continue digging at it and might well find the answer myself, given time. But it would be nice if someone could lend a hand.

Of course, this might all be moot if the new update breaks the mod.

I've also pondered the practicality of using a system that is not being actively supported to keep up with updates as I can imagine some interesting discussions taking place in profile comments that might well end up getting lost at some point in time when the mod does break. I'm sure that there would be a way to salvage some functionality should this occur, but I wonder if modifying the forum in this manner is just staying one step ahead of oblivion?

I guess some people like to live on the edge though, eh?

Although I don't know the rest, vBulletin 3.6.8 does NOT break this. If you want proof, I am running it on my site which is running version 3.6.8, and I even upgraded with the mod active.

[djdonx]

I don't know coding but am into the mods. I did all the uploads, template changes and XML installation and there were no code errors picked up. I then tested it out and on the profile view, contact us info is seperate from the rest of the page, and the contact us title is grouped with the forum info title. Screenie below:

[djdonx]

Can anyone help me on improving the template look please?

[invert_nexus]

You messed up when editing the template.

It's a bit hard to describe exactly where you messed up, but it's fairly obvious that the culprit lies somewhere in the two steps after the part where you're supposed to replace:

<tr>	
	<td class="tcat" width="50%">$vbphrase[forum_info]</td>
	<td class="tcat" width="50%">$vbphrase[contact_info]</td>
</tr>

With:

<tr>	
	<td class="tcat">$vbphrase[forum_info]</td>
</tr>

tr stands for table row and everything within those tags exists on one row of a table. In the original profile, forum info and contact info are shown on the same row. In the new profile comments template, they are placed in a column. (Personally, I don't care for that... I like the comments being placed in a single column at the end of the original profile.)

Anyway.
I don't know how you screwed up, exactly, but at the end of the second step after that step you'll find:

<tr>
	<td class="tcat">$vbphrase[contact_info]</td>
</tr>

Somehow, you have placed this in your template above all the code for the forum info. Also, the screenshot doesn't exactly show the full page, I can see Additional Information peeking out from the bottom, so it looks like you have no code for the contact info at all.

So, you're going to have to look carefully and figure out what you did wrong.


Edit:
Oh. Wait. Derp.
Your screenshot does show the contact info. But, it's in the same table row as the forum info. So, you obviously missed a step or something. But, I don't see how you could have missed a step and still ended up with the contact info in the column right after forum info. Seems to me like the contact info title should vanish completely if you missed those steps following the original bit of code replacement in that section...

Why don't you post the relevant portion of the template if you can't figure it out yourself?

[invert_nexus]

Basically, here's where you had to screw up:

FIND

	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">
	<div class="panel">
		<div align="$stylevar[left]">
		
			<div class="fieldset">
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
				<if condition="!$show['contactlinks']">

ADD ABOVE:

</tr>
<if condition="!$show['popups'] AND $show['iprof_rating']">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat"><a name="goto_memberrating"></a>$vbphrase[iprof_rate_this_member]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">

	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">
	<div class="panel">
		<div align="center">
	
		<!-- rate this member -->
		<form action="member.php" method="post">
		<div class="smallfont">
			<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[dbsessionhash]" />
			<input type="hidden" name="u" value="$userinfo[userid]" />
			<input type="hidden" name="do" value="rate" />
			<select name="vote" onchange="this.form.submit()" style="width:175px">
				<optgroup label="$vbphrase[choose_a_rating]">
					<option value="5" $voteselected[5]>5 : $vbphrase[excellent]</option>
					<option value="4" $voteselected[4]>4 : $vbphrase[good]</option>
					<option value="3" $voteselected[3]>3 : $vbphrase[average]</option>
					<option value="2" $voteselected[2]>2 : $vbphrase[bad]</option>
					<option value="1" $voteselected[1]>1 : $vbphrase[terrible]</option>
				</optgroup>
			</select>$gobutton
		</div>
		</form>
		<!-- / rate this member -->
		
		</div>
	</div>		
	</td>
</tr>
</if>
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">$vbphrase[contact_info]</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">

Although, you obviously screwed up in the other step since you still have the contact info title present... that shouldn't be there since you were supposed to have deleted it earlier only to be replaced in this step which you apparently missed.

That's why the checkmarks are there. Makes it easy to keep track of what you've done and what you haven't done.

[Selene]

most of my member pages are fine . but for some members the right column is messed up like this:
can someone tell me what I have done wrong.

[Selene]

I really hope someone helps me, because I asked this same question a month ago and no one has hepled me so far the annoying thing is that for most member profile pages its looking fine, its just for some memebrs its causing that mess.