Major Additions - GRPS: Groups Commune 2.0.x

Welcome ladies and gentleman, this is the release thread for GRPS, an interactive groups commune. I hope you enjoy this release and i sincerely hope it provides everything to your community in which you're looking for.

What is it?
It's a groups commune. The original idea is that forums with lots and lots of forums on the front-page suck, as a result i thought most of the conversation was rather obscure in regards to what the forums were trying to achieve, so it'd be nice to have that all going on elsewhere, not detracting away from the content and stopping your front-page from looking like a car crash.

Features?

• Groups Home
  
  • Groups Activity List
    
    • Newest Groups
      
    • Most Popular Groups
      
    • Largest Groups
      
  • Category List
    
  • Group Search by Title
    
  • Group Sort by Alphabetical Title, Categories, Member Count
    
    
  • Users can create groups
    
  • Admin switch to moderate groups or not
    
    • Admin CP access to moderation panel
      
• Groups Page
  
  • Posts since last visit notification
    
  • Group Info
    
    • Group Leader shown with avatar
      
    • Category
      
    • Type
      
      • Groups can be listed as public, private or hidden
        
    • Start Date
      
    • Member count
      
    • Post count
      
  • Group Desciption
    
    • Shows group title
      
    • Shows random image
      
    • Shows group information set by group leader
      
  • Groups Thread List (Forum)
    
    • Status Icon
      
    • Title
      
      • Threads use postbit as per the forums
        
    • Thread Author with avatar and time that the thread was started
      
    • Last reply with avatar, username and time that the last reply was posted
      
    • Post New Thread Button
      
      • Groups Members can create threads
        
  • Newest Members
    
    • Shows five newest members
      
    • Link to view all members
      
      • Shows all members of the group
        
  • Group Options
    
    • Users can join/leave groups
      
      • PM Notification for group leaders upon join requests (when moderation enabled).
        
      • PM Notification for of acceptance or refusal.
        
    • Users can send invites to other users via PM
      
• Groups Thread
  
  • Groups Info Box (see above for more info)
    
  • Group Description box (see above for more info)
    
  • Newest Members List (see above for more info)
    
  • List of groups posts using forums postbit
    
  • Pagination using native vBulletin pagination
    
  • Group Leader/Moderation Options
    
    • Open/Close Thread
      
    • Stick Thread
      
    • Delete Thread
      
  • Users have the ability to report posts
    
  • Moderators have the ability to view IP and host.
    
• Group Leader Options
  
  • Groups Management
    
    • WYSIWYG Editor
      
    • Reason for editing box
      
    • Group Options
      
      • Private Posts
        
      • Only group leader can make threads
        
      • Moderate Members
        
      • Show group text edit details
        
      • Hide group image on group pages
        
      • Hidden Group
        
        • This option is only available to admins
          
  • Group Members Moderation
    
    • Ability to accept or deny new members
      
• Postbit Integration
  
  • View Users Groups
    
• User Control Panel (Integration)
  
  • List of groups appears in usercp in order of the last post
    
• Administrator Options
  
  • vBulletin Options
    
    • Turn groups on or off
      
    • Groups Limit Per User
      
    • Posts Per Page (threads)
      
    • Check Forum Activity Posts
      
    • Check Forum Activity Time
      
    • Number of Random Images
      
    • Turn email notification of new groups on/off
      
  • Usergroup Options
    
    • Can view groups
      
    • Can create groups
      
    • Can join groups
      
    • Can post messages in groups
      
    • Can edit messages in groups
      
    • Can delete messages posted in groups
      
    • Numbers of groups usergroup can join limited
      
    • Can moderate groups
      
      • See above for more info
        
    • Can view IP Addresses
      
  • Category Editor
    
    • Edit
      
      • Edit cat id (please not this can ef up your show)
        
      • Edit cat title
        
      • Edit cat description
        
    • Add
      
      • New Cat Title And Description
        
  • Groups Editor
    
    • Search for group by id
      
      • Edit
        
        • Title
          
        • Desciption
          
        • Categoryid
          
        • Group leader id
          
        • Private Posts
          
        • Moderate Members
          
        • Hidden group
          

Special Thanks to harry1951, without his help testing and his recommendations, this would've never ended up the way it did.

Honestly, i can't think of anything else, if you appreciate the work gone into this mod, please donate (in GBP) (right click open in new window)

Hopefully you all appreciate that i just relaunched my site and rather than soak up the atmosphere there or go out drinking i came to release this tonight.

Screens below, rest to your right

Please note this mod does work with 3.5.x

PLEASE DO NOT JOIN MY SITE IN A BID TO PLAY WITH IT OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT FURTHER, MY SITE IS SOMETHING I VALUE FOR BEING SOMEWHERE I CAN CHILL AT, IT'S NOT A TEST SUITE OR DEMO!

Bug Fixes

• Groups v2.0.0 RC1b.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in index.php and editpost.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC2.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in functions_grps.php and class_grps.php. also fix regarding installation instructions.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC3.zip: fix regarding inability to get to create groups page. updated simplified instructions, sadly still not cool html ones and also added ability to delete groups, delete categories and of course the menu options to get to these.
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3b.zip: fix regarding joining and leaving group depreciated function error added uninstaller to the zip at http://www.yoursite.com/groups/tools...p?do=uninstall
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3c.zip: fix regarding edit being stated as 70's on group stages, requires re-installtion of the plugin only.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC4.zip: various bug fixes and new general setting, please reupload all files and then reinstall the product.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC5.zip: bug fixes regarding fixing links to forums being broken and forcing redirects for create group outcomes.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC6.zip: various bug fixes including table prefixes in admincp, invitations system now features in-line erroneous username fall-back and clean up regarding broken images in viewthread.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC7.zip: bug fixes including missing phrases and missing 'noavatar.gif for group leader on groups info.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC8.zip: various bug fixes including missing phrases, smilies not working. new function to turn of new group moderation. form now working on print_no_permission page (thanks Adrian) and something else i forgot.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC9.zip: fixes two spelling mistakes, moves viewthread.php string_replacements to admincp and simplifies the installer experience. (yeah i thought there'd be more to it too).
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC9b.zip: re-fixes two spelling mistakes, fixes a viewthread.php string_replacement via the admincp and turns the default random image count down to that of which is provided.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC10.zip: optimises some of the code, cuts down on queries in exchange for additional joins and now forces compatibility in groups/viewthread.php with vBulletin options. also adds new option in admincp in order to make usercp listing work better out of the box.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC11.zip: fixes a problem with avatars not displaying correctly in thread listing and also optimises the code in membership.php
• Groups v2.0.0.zip: adds and array_merge to the code and smilie popup fixed. now features hooks for plug-in 'easability'. uCS integration moved to external plugin too.
• Groups v2.0.1.zip: removes one hook, fixes problem with membership.php, fixes problem editgroup.php not remembering options and fixes avatar problem.
• Groups v2.0.2.zip: various bug fixes (like missing pagenavs, more elegant removal of reputation button and infraction button and php notices), one or two new features (like intuitive page titles) and now fully phrased.
• Groups v2.0.3.zip: bug fix regarding now being able to select categories. includes a new feature which is basically pagination for the thread listings.
• Groups v2.0.4.zip: bug fix regarding not being able to moderate group memberships.
• Groups v2.0.5.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.
• Groups v2.0.6.zip: bug fix including report, missing edit button and other misc small bugs, new features such as disable hidden groups, allow mods to see private groups, and resign from group handing off to another user.
• Groups v2.0.7.zip: bug fix including fixing post counts, thread goto's and fatal php errors.
• Groups v2.0.8.zip: bug fix regarding inability to delete posts, problem with editing posts and other misc errors.
• Groups v2.0.9.zip: various bug fixes including wywiwyg error, admin cp error and redirect/goto errors.
  • Groups v2.0.9b.zip: fixes problem with upgrade4.php
• Groups v2.0.10.zip: various bug fixes including acknowledging renamed modcp and admincp dir's also adds option regarding removing of posts at group exit/kick.
• Groups v2.0.11.zip: various bug fixes including security/privacy fixes.
• Groups v2.0.12.zip: permission bug fixed.
• Groups v2.0.13.zip: various bug fixes including ability to ignore members in groups and newreply bug.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by jilly

I have extra images in my postbits, beyond avatars and such, that denote usergroups, but they aren't showing up in the groups area. Where do I need to code the full url to get these extra images to show up?

Take a look at Strings To Find In "viewthread.php" and Strings To Replace In "viewthread.php"

Those were designed specifically for this purpose.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by jilly

i had a group leader who kicked herself out.. is this a bug?

Also, suggestion that there be a 'resign' option, for if a group leader wants to resign, and hand the group controls over to someone else.

indeed it's a bug. and it's now been fixed.

suggestion noted.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by dcasux

OIY..the installation instructions are abisimal for non-PHP coders.

"now go to your "groups/include/config_grps.php" and edit it accordingly. if you are having problems using your relative path, then please try your full path."

Edit it accordingly.......to what? To my forums folder? To config.php? to config_grps.php?

it says edit it, not rename it.

Originally Posted by dcasux

In my config_grps.php I have chdir("../");

This appears to be ok, as when I run grps_installer, I only get 3 errors.

Oh, then I see there's a chdir command in the grps_installer.php. I did seem to figure out that I need to edit this as well. Change to chdir("../"); on line 16. Ok...down to 2 errors now.

Now my errors are on line 36 of grps_installer.php. "require_once("./global.php");".

Is this line failing because it cannot find global.php?

Here's the error:

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\groups\tools\grps_installer.php on line 36

please not that the errors denote you haven't successfully edited your configuration file.

Originally Posted by dcasux

I'm running IIS and the forum and groups folders are in the root of the web server.

Please note that your config should read

PHP Code:

chdir("../forum/"); 


there is no need to edit any other php file.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by jilly

As it stands now, when you are looking at the breadcrumbs above the navbar in the groups home, you can't get back to the main forum home page from there, only the groups home page. I'd like for the left-most link to be back to the main home page..

please note that the groups were designed to run adjacent to the forums and not below the forums hence why the breadcrumb doesn't show the forums in the navbar.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Trana

Two questions...

How can I set it to send notifications to more than the admin? I'd like to send it to all moderators.

that would require hacking.

Also, how can I disable the bbcode parsing for the invite emails. Whose email client supports bbcode? The invites don't look very good if you don't let the client decide how to display their own URLs from the email text.

Thanks!

what emails are those?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by jilly

I made a group, then went to edit the group description from the back end. It changed in the admin cp group, but even though I refreshed it several times, it didn?t change on the front end.

When I went into moderation tools from the front end, then it worked

the backend was actually designed for moderation and the obsolete automatic thread. i'll edit and change it to the other text.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

sabret00the

Just wondering if you remembered to update the 3.5.x plugin with all the update ypu have made to the 3.6 version.. Also can you past the link to that 3.5 pliugin?

Thank You

if you haven't done so i suggest pressing install on that thread, email notifications are sent out with each update.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by cfspinner

I installed it, and found that it works well. I hope you don't mind, but I made several modifications to the layout, and also tied in a couple of the other features of my site, like vBlogetin and Photopost. Take a look and let me know what you think.

http://www.karaokestories.com

glad you got the look and feel you're after

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by cfspinner

If sabret00the doesn't have an issue with it, I can post it. sabret00the?

feel free to post, feel free to start a release thread and release it as it's own template modification if you'd like modification and customisation are very welcome.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Crap that stinks! sabret00the can you confirm this? If not can you have it so that it does or else lots of features will break like subscriptions.

i confirm this. plugins such as grps_newreply_successful were added specifically for this.