vBindex v2.1

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1[/HIGH]

This hack is **NOT** to be re-distributed or placed on website for download unless I give express permission.

Please read this post and the thread before asking questions. You may find that you question has already been answered. I will ignore posts which ask questions that have been asked several times already.

[HIGH]Latest Stable Version: 2.1[/HIGH]

Latest Avalible Version: 2.1 Final

[high]Using vB3?[/high]

Get vBindex 3.0.0 for vB3 Gamma/RC1 and above!


Version 1.x of this hack was done by el3m3nt, since then there have been many updates and fixes and as e3l3mnt is no longer updating this hack he has given me permission to re-release it (see Permisson.txt in the zip).

[HIGH]Features[/HIGH]

• Latest Threads;
• News & Polls (taken from a specified news and a poll forum), with vBcode, Smilies and news posters avatar;
• Quick User CP Links in the menu when logged in;
• Shows online and offline buddies when logged in;
• Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
• Intergtared Welcome Panel;
• Capable of operating a multi-paged site;
• Usergroup based viewing permissions;
• Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated Shoutbox (this hack is a prerequsit);
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Limit the length of news posts;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Reduced queries and cleaner code;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Switch vBindex on and off via the CP.

[HIGH]Demo Site[/HIGH]

A standard demo of vBindex can be found here:

Currently Offline.

A customised demo of vBindex can also be found here:

Currently Offline.

[HIGH]Screenshots From v2.1[/HIGH]

vBindex Home Page
vBindex ACP Options
vBindex Usergroup Options
vBindex Update Counters

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1 Information[/HIGH]

[HIGH]Installation/Upgrade[/HIGH]

Upload vbi_install.php and select the relevent options.
If you wish to use the shoutbox then this hack is a prerequsit, and needs to be installed first, however if you do not require the shoutbox option disable it in the ACP, otherwise you will get DB errors.

[HIGH]Latest Bug Fixes[/HIGH]

None.

[HIGH]Download[/HIGH]

See the attachment on this post.

[HIGH]Credits[/HIGH]

vBindex 1.x by el3m3nt
Shoutbox by TWTCommish
Welcome Panel by trilOByte
News Code based on code by TECK
Poll PHP from vBPortal by wajones

[HIGH]Feature Requests[/HIGH]

If you have any requests for new features please post them in this thread and I will consider integrating them / creating an addon.

[HIGH]Addons[/HIGH]

I will support all addons for vBindex v2 that are either posted by myself or are included in the distribution zip file unless otherwise stated. I cannot guarentee that I can provide support on any other addons.

[HIGH]Support/Feekback[/HIGH]

Please provide me with any feekback you have on this hack, I will be continuing to support this hack here only, unless otherwise arranged. Should you have a question about this hack, please post it in this thread. Support will not be given via PM, Email or IM unless arranged, you will just be ignored.

Please click on the [HIGH]install[/HIGH] button if you use this hack.

French templates have been made for v2.0.1 (Note: vBindex 2.0.1 is no longer avalible), see this post for details.

[flup]

Or, aren't there any "to edit" files?

[todd.o.callen]

Nope, you still have to edit those.

You might have some other hacks installed that would change where the edits should go.

Check my posts in this thread, because NTLDR has been helping me with my new install. The confusing parts are explained in his answers.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by todd.o.callen
1) Done. Some of the posts showed content characters. The ones that don't show content are actually moved/redirects. Any ideas?

Add thread.open<>10 in the WHERE Clause of the news query, that should prevent those from appearing I think.

New 4) I happened to notice that "My Subscriptions" only displays subscribed threads, not both threads and forums. Was this intentional?

Yes this was intentional, the way to view both is via the User CP link as they are both on that page.

New 5) Can I remove the option counts (not the %) from the poll results for the vBindex page only (not from the rest of the boards)?

In the home_pollresult template remove:

	<td bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" align="center"><smallfont color ="{tableheadtextcolor}" ><b>$pollinfo[numbervotes]</b></smallfont></td>

And in vbindex.php remove:

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor=\"{secondaltcolor}\" width=\"20\" align=\"left\"><smallfont>$option[votes]</smallfont></td> 


That will remove the number of votes coloumn.

PS. I think that your support thread needs to be a subforum. It's getting way too long, and you are having to answer too many questions over and over again. When a thread has over 1K posts, it's time to re-evaluate. Think the board-keepers might consider it??

Indeed this is currently I think the third largest thread in this forum, if and when I get the time I may try to put together an FAQ. However there is an option to search single threads, however may users don't use it or even read the first post or instructions

[KingLouis]

after installing on my VB version 2.2.9:
parse error in line 411 (is the last line, the "?>")

--------------
// only allow home_extra_ templates for security reasons
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("home_extra_$page") ."\");");
}

?>
-----------------

any idears?

Thx

[tweak]

Is there a way to RUN 2 VBINDEX's??? What i mean is say u want a GAMING news Index and a RADIO news index can this be done?

[flup]

Originally posted by todd.o.callen
Nope, you still have to edit those.

You might have some other hacks installed that would change where the edits should go.

Check my posts in this thread, because NTLDR has been helping me with my new install. The confusing parts are explained in his answers.

nevermind, I've found the hack i was looking for (Welcome Panel)

[Kohhal]

Originally posted by NTLDR
...However there is an option to search single threads...

Tell me about it, I only discovered this last week and it would have been great to know about it when I first found this hack

[KeneticKangaroo]

Ok,
I re-did it all and im getting this message:
Parse error: parse error in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/**********.co.uk/httpdocs/forums/vbindex.php on line 113

Its jumped from 112 to 113 a few times everytime i do it

Here are the files i edited, please look to see what is wrong...

From what i see i have edited it fine, could be a silly mistake, gone over it a few times, if anyone could help m that would be brilliant.
I Bet people are fed up with people like me,
Sorry

im using Vbulletin 2.2.9

[NTLDR]

Please remove the attachment from you post as you are not allowed to post full vBulletin files.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by tweak
Is there a way to RUN 2 VBINDEX's??? What i mean is say u want a GAMING news Index and a RADIO news index can this be done?

If you wish to use two polls and news forums then you either need to hack the installer to use different variables for the setting or edit vbindex.php and set the variables at the top on your second instantance of it.