Major Additions - MySmilies vB (v3.8.0)

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This is a port of Mosh's MySmilies VB for v3.7.x to work with vBulletin v3.8.0.
Mosh's was a port of Kentaurus's MySmilies VB for v3.6.x (version 1.03) to work with vBulletin v3.7.0.


vBulletin Version Compatibility & Permission Info

This hack was tested on vB 3.8.x - but it should work on vB 3.7.0 and later.

Permission for me to port his hack is granted here:

Info for hackers:
You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

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NOTE: I have marked this hack as Re-usable Code - This means that code from this hack may be used in other hacks, which can ONLY be released on official vB sites that use Jelsoft's verification system to verify your vBulletin license status, and as long as Kentaurus and I are credited in your hack.

What Does This Hack Do?

This hack puts the control of the smilies on the users. It lets any user (that you give permission to) upload or modify the smilies that he can use.

These are not the smilies that vb uses, these are user-customized smilies. The smilies that you already have in place are preserved and are still used. But users may upload their own smilies for their use, and they are kept separate from the standard forum smilies.

For users:

• Users can keep a library of their own smilies (they can upload them from their computer or web)
• Users enter their replacement text, for example, :iamhappy: would be changed to their own user happy smilie
• The custom smilies are parsed in any post, signature, or pm
• If they have enabled the WYSIWYG editor, smilies are shown there

For administrators:

• Usergroup control of who may upload custom smilies
• Usergroup control of the size (width, height, size in bytes) of the smilie
• Smilie quota, both for max number of smilies and max number of bytes or hard disk space
• The administrator can choose where to save the smilies (the directory, default: mysmiliesvb)
• Auto-template Injection - if the appropriate template hooks are available, you will not need to make any template edits at all, if edits needed you only need to paste a single variable where you need it

Installation Instructions

See the included Installation Instructions.txt file in the sv_mysmiliesvb.zip zip file.

ADDITIONAL NOTE:
A limitation exists with the fix that rectifies the problem of attachments showing when also posting them inline within the same post; when applied, all attachments will need to be displayed inline, if they have not been, then the ones that have not been posted inline will be hidden along with the ones that have been posted inline. Read Post #106 for more information on this. -- I'm working on this



Uninstall Instructions

1. Delete mysmiliesvb.php from your forum's root directory.
2. Delete the mysmiliesvb directory from your forum's root directory.
3. Delete class_dm_mysmiliesvb.php from your forum's /includes directory.
4. Delete bitfield_mysmiliesvb.xml from your forum's /includes/xml directory.
5. Delete delete.gif from your forum's /images/misc directory (if more than one style remember to delete it from all misc directories).
6. Optional Step: This step is only if the auto template injection does not work, and you did the optional template edits.
   
   In the USERCP_SHELL template, find and delete:
   
   PHP Code:

   $mysmilie_usercp 

   In the navbar template, find and delete:
   
   PHP Code:

   $mysmilie_navbar 

7. Uninstall the product in vB using the AdminCP Product Manager.

To Do List

Features are being done in the order that they appear on the list.

1. Admin Control Panel utility to view/delete one, some or all custom smilies
2. Add custom user smilies to the misc.php?do=showsmilies page and to the "More Smilies" popup.

Version History
v3.8.005 - June 23rd, 2011
-- Fixed: "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()" errors.
-- Changed: how the smilie datastore cache is generated/accessed.
-- Added: Option to pull all user smilies for the editor or just the current user id's smilies.

v3.8.004 - January 15th, 2010
-- Changed: query() calls were being used instead of query_read()
-- Changed: Smilies are now built and added to datastore cache
-- Changed: Since smilies are stored in the datastore, smilies are no longer queried/parsed by userid.
-- Fixed: Custom smilies not parsed when quoted by other users.
-- Added: /includes/functions_mysmiliesvb.php - build_mysmilies_datastore() function.

v3.8.003 - August 5th, 2009
-- Fixed: Ok, should finally be fixed on upgrade - no more parse errors.
-- Fixed: Those upgrading from Mosh's version should be fine now.

v3.8.002 - August 4th, 2009
-- Fixed: errors when upgrading from previous versions of MySMilies should be fixed.

v3.8.001 - August 4th, 2009
-- Initial v3.8.0 release - mod taken over by Eric Sizemore (SecondV)
-- Fixed: standard_error calls were not using eval() as they should be
-- Fixed: Some queries were not using TABLE_PREFIX
-- Fixed: Even though phrases were in place, some parts of the mod used hardcoded langauge strings.
-- Fixed: Some errors in templates, missing ending tags, etc.
-- Fixed: Upload - the upload source didn't appear to be detected properly.
-- Changed: "maxversion" in the product XML increased.
-- Changed: "hard delete" option no longer on by default.
-- Changed: The "mysmiliesvb" table was altered to have KEY's on the "userid" and "dateline" columns. Hopefully this will increase performance/smilie lookups.



Thanks

My thanks go out to Kentaurus (who originally created this fantastic hack), Mosh who updated the hack to v3.7, and Paul M who gave permission to use some of his install code.



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[choccyclaire]

Originally Posted by BBF

does it work with vb4?

No.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by WildSoftCat

I think this kind of smilies isn't protected by copyright lows, so it's safe to use. You can also add infraction type "Usage of stolen smilie"

I don't think that's what they meant. Doing a query for ALL custom smilies can have performance issues, which can grow exponentially. # smilies x # posts x # smilies in post

Originally Posted by BBF

does it work with vb4?

No, and I'm not sure yet if I'll try to upgrade it.

Originally Posted by shoppingtelly

Have just upgraded but now am unable to see bit in usergroups to let them use it, any ideas what I have dione wrong?

Thanks

Try rebuilding your bitfields,

yourforum.com/admincp/index.php?do=buildbitfields

[shoppingtelly]

still not after rebuilding bitfields, expect its me.

[BostWick-x]

I just briefly looked through this thread, so sorry if I missed a possible solution.

I'm using Cyb - ChatBox and the smilies only show for the user who posted the message. So for example if one of my smilies was :cake: and I posted that in the chatbox, I would be able to see the smiley that I had set for that shortcut, but everybody else would just see :cake:

Is there any fix for this that I may have missed?

[Tettinntil]

Originally Posted by shoppingtelly

still not after rebuilding bitfields, expect its me.

I got the same problem - I installed the 'sv_mysmiliesvb', did not get any edit possibility in usergroups. Rebuilt bitfields as suggested above - still does not work...

[Eric]

I hate to ask this, but out of curiousity - those having problems with the 'bitfields' - did you upload the /includes/xml/bitfield_mysmiliesvb.xml file?

EDIT:

Btw, I am working on a new version. I have an idea for the quoted smilies situation. I'm thinking of creating a hook that will add all smilies to the datastore, and then instead of parsing a post for smilies based on userid, just parse it for all - If I'm thinking correctly, the datastore should eliminate the potential performance issues I was worried about.

[Tettinntil]

Originally Posted by SecondV

I hate to ask this, but out of curiousity - those having problems with the 'bitfields' - did you upload the /includes/xml/bitfield_mysmiliesvb.xml file?

This is the file /upload/includes/xml/bitfield_mysmiliesvb.xml? When I try uploadig (using Manage Products -> Import , I get the error message 'Invalid File Specified'...

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Tettinntil

This is the file /upload/includes/xml/bitfield_mysmiliesvb.xml? When I try uploadig (using Manage Products -> Import , I get the error message 'Invalid File Specified'...

You don't upload it via the Product Manager - you do so through your FTP program, along with the other files in the 'upload' folder

[Tettinntil]

Originally Posted by SecondV

You don't upload it via the Product Manager - you do so through your FTP program, along with the other files in the 'upload' folder

Sorry, this is all brand new to me... Thanks a lot - I am waiting for ftp now and will try again. (Maybe stupid question, but was this the first step the installation instructions?)

[Eric]

Updated to 3.8.004:

v3.8.004 - January 15th, 2010
-- Changed: query() calls were being used instead of query_read()
-- Changed: Smilies are now built and added to datastore cache
-- Changed: Since smilies are stored in the datastore, smilies are no longer queried/parsed by userid.
-- Fixed: Custom smilies not parsed when quoted by other users.
-- Added: /includes/functions_mysmiliesvb.php - build_mysmilies_datastore() function.