[Release vB2.0b2] vBShell

Originally posted by leadZERO
Hmm. yes you're right. I didn't notice that, excuse my assumption.

What kind of templateing system does it use?

Except for the external header and footer required for addons and site integration it uses vB2.0 templates.

And yes as Ed pointed out the Top Headline is the only block utilizing VB's announcement system. This is meant to be a static Headline controlled by the admistrator. The following News blocks are controlled by what ever forum you designate via the BFC Weblog hack. This can be set for what ever moderation you desire, the same as any other forum.

/me likes

Installed a while ago, looks damn good.

Just a few questions:
* could you describe each template and what it does?
* can we expect smooth upgrade to vB 2.0 Beta 2
* where can I set what forum will be for news?

Thanks in advance.

Pat yourself on the back - pretty good work.

As soon as I change bgcolor in Styles -> Body Tag (Admin Control Panel) vbShell stops showing all blocks.

Are you losing the phpinclude template, that was happening to me at first, if so the fix is here http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...ght=phpinclude Let me know...

Yep, I realized I've been losing it before I posted here. I'm going to test it and let you know.

Please, take a look at the attachement and tell me what 1.1.1970 means. Just curious.

No probs with styles now. Fixed. Thanks.

Originally posted by PeF
Yep, I realized I've been losing it before I posted here. I'm going to test it and let you know.

Please, take a look at the attachement and tell me what 1.1.1970 means. Just curious.

You haven't posted an announcement and assigned it to the news forum yet. That will be the post date as soon as you do.

You know whats really cool about this.... Communicating and working with someone from : Prague, Czech or any other place, I've worked in IS for years, but never get over the fact!!!! it's a Small World.

Originally posted by PeF
Installed a while ago, looks damn good.

Just a few questions:
* could you describe each template and what it does?
* can we expect smooth upgrade to vB 2.0 Beta 2
* where can I set what forum will be for news?

Thanks in advance.

Pat yourself on the back - pretty good work.

Since your only changing templates, I don't see anything that would be affected with future versions.

To set the news forum look for the following in your modified index.php

// News ForumID This is set to the Forumid of your news forum
$newsforum = 2;

and set it to the forumid your using for news...

I'll try to explain the templates better in a future release with comments in each...

It's cool globally. That possibility to communicate with someone on the other side of Earth, those small differences among nations. World is getting smaller and smaller.

I've been playing with templates for an hour. I'll try to move hardcoded settings (newsforum id, how many news you'd like to display, a creation of new templates for the administration, etc.) Hope you don't mind I'm playing with the code.