Add-On Releases - Guild Mate

This should work on most vBulletin versions, but tested on 3.8.x.

This is an add-on to the vBguild mod. I am not the author of that mod and this add-on is just something I did for my own forums and I thought I'd share it for those using vBGuild as well.

I will continue to support this mod as a separate offering from vBGuild. If you need vBGuild support, please see that mod/author for support for it.

This is considered BETA as well. I'm running it on my forums and it works fine though. Also understand I'm pretty new to writing these mods and I know there are things that can be done to improve performance, etc. If you have suggestions, please make them, kindly.

Also, this is fully phrased so you shouldn't have any trouble using the mod for different languages.

History:

8-25-09 Version .2 released.

* Added in Option to allow all usergroups to use the functionality (Thanks Deyth).
* Updated some config phrases to reflect allowing all usergroups to use the mod.
* Added in global variables to plugin as it appears some template themes don't carry these over already. (Thanks Deyth)
* Updated install instructions as I forgot a template edit prior. This will correct the dropdown with the character data not appearing.

Upcoming:

* Config option to select whether or not you want to display the header again in the popup or not.

* Whatever you guys come up with

Installation:

There is one template edit, the rest is imported through the product.

Edit your Postbit or Postbit Legacy templates

FIND:

            
            <if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>

Add BELOW it:

            <if condition="is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $gm_user_groups_allowed)">
                <div id="GuildMate_$post[postid]">
                        <a class="smallfont" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[gm_postbit_text]</a>
                        <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("GuildMate_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                </div>
            </if>

Scroll to the bottom of your postbit template and:

Add:

<!-- START: Guild Mate $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="GuildMate_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="3" align="center">$vbphrase[gm_modtitle]: $vbphrase[gm_modheader] $post[username]$vbphrase[gm_modheader2]</td>
    </tr>

    $gm_char_data
    </table>
</div>
<!-- END: Guild Mate $post[postid] popup menu -->

Import the product

Once that is done, edit the vBulletin Options -> Guild Mate and set the user groups allowed to see the postbit changes.

Below are some screenshots from my website to help explain what this does.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Deyth

It's not working correctly in private messages. It's showing my own character info instead of the user I'm seeing. I'm not sure if it's my own version that's having the problem or if it's present in Trek's as well.

For verification, mine is working ok in PMs.

[Deyth]

Why do you split up the template edits into different parts of the same template? They would work next to each other too.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Deyth

Why do you split up the template edits into different parts of the same template? They would work next to each other too.

Consistency. At least from the perspective of how my postbit templates are setup. From looking at the default postbit_legacy template and several other mods I have installed, popup menus are generally defined at the bottom of the template.

It makes it more clear when editing the template structure when you don't have all of the popup code right in the middle of your design. Personal preference and my following the direction of the default templates really.

[Deyth]

Originally Posted by Trek

Consistency. At least from the perspective of how my postbit templates are setup. From looking at the default postbit_legacy template and several other mods I have installed, popup menus are generally defined at the bottom of the template.

It makes it more clear when editing the template structure when you don't have all of the popup code right in the middle of your design. Personal preference and my following the direction of the default templates really.

Ok, because from a user standpoint it creates two spots that won't match default templates when upgrading vBulletin versions. The best move in this case would be to switch to auto-insert plugins instead of manual edits. I'd put in my vote for that in your next release.

[THE__DRIFTER]

I have attempted to use this in the delivered fashion and using Deyth's code. Getting a DB failure when trying to access the forum now.

Nevermind, the issue is I am stupid....I didn't catch that this is an addon for a mod. I will retest this soon.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by THE__DRIFTER

I have attempted to use this in the delivered fashion and using Deyth's code. Getting a DB failure when trying to access the forum now.

Nevermind, the issue is I am stupid....I didn't catch that this is an addon for a mod. I will retest this soon.

I would also suggest that you use the full product as I have posted as it includes most of his suggestions as well as bugfixes. If you have problems with that version, let me know.

[Deyth]

Trek, "Game" and "Server" are now phrases. You'll want to update your addon to use those instead of the hardcoded column names. Thanks.

[Deyth]

I tried installing your product xml and everything blew up. Comparing mine to yours I found two things that I had to change and you can see them in the attached xml file. I also added the phrases while I was in there. Now the board loads but there is no view characters dropdown and I'm trying to figure out why.

EDIT: It's something to do with your template edits. As soon as I replace your template stuff with mine it works ok. I don't have time to troubleshoot it now, though.

[chiver]

this is truely the handy feature to have with vbguild. will you be updating this to vb4.0 and working out the remaining bugs?

[Deyth]

If Trek says he won't update it, I will.