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.

[kreftt]

Originally posted by Evil Chris
I've been trying to search out an answer to this question, and can't seem to find it in all ninety some-odd pages of this thread.

Hopefully someone can provide a quick answer...

What happens when the forums directory *is* the root directory of the website/domain?

ie.. if I rename myvbindex.php to index.php, what on earth happens to the list of forums that would otherwise be listed on index.php ?


(*edited to say: thanks in advance) :nervous:

you would have to rename this to something else, like forum.php.
you would have to edit a lot of templates then, mostly redirection templates as thos try to get you back on forums main page which was index.php before.
you might experience other problems i might not be aware of.

result: dont do that

you better keep it vbindex.php and put a .htaccess file in your root folder that tells a visitors browser that NOT index.php but vbindex.php is the file to go to first when the root url is called.
i dont have the syntax for it here but search the forums for htaccess & DirectoryIndex and you will find it.

greetz

kreftt

[insanctus]

Ok I have looked at every post in this thread... Interesting reading.

I like the hack alot unlike most this one makes about 60% sence to me

I started playing with lay out already but there is one thing I must have maybe some one can help.

phpportal had a quote of day or emphirid or something.

I would love to have something like that wich works with vbindex.

The demo site has something like it on that site.. either would be perfect thanks for help in advance.

[Buddha]

hey buddy, got a quick question... not of vital importance, but seeing as i'm a nitpicker, i have to ask.

check out this screenshot. do you have any idea why mozilla would display your script like this? the symbols don't appear in the regular forum pages, but on the pages i made with your script, they often do.

any thoughts... it's not a problem in IE, but i'd still like it to work properly in Moz.

thanks.

[NTLDR]

Buddha, is that Moz on Win32 or on Linux? Aslo what is that character supposed to be?

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Unholy
phpportal had a quote of day or emphirid or something.

I would love to have something like that wich works with vbindex.

The demo site has something like it on that site.. either would be perfect thanks for help in advance.

Thats KuraFires quote hack.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by HR3rdGen
.....

Added to ignore list.

[Buddha]

ntldr, it's win32... sorry, should have been more specific. v1.2.1

as for the character, the upper one is a french accent on the e... "cliche".

the bottom symbol are part of a bulleted list. what's odd is that it doesn't do this on all the pages, which is why i was wondering if you might know what part of the code determines this behavior... i can then check it more closely to see if there are differences (although there really shouldn't be... it was a straight copy with only a few minor changes made for the templates and the forum id's).

thanks bud.

oh, and btw, those bottom bullets are within a replacement string that is constant in all of my pages (which use your script), so it's not that which is the problem... it's something within the php file.

thanks.

[NTLDR]

I would imagine the error is due to the character set thats being used. Try using the HTML Entity for the letter you want and see if that works (Here's a list of them http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/ht...es/latin1.html).

So I would image your looking for é which is é.

[Buddha]

thanks for the link... i found it strange that the same characters displayed properly in the forum, but not always in your script. especially the bullets... regardless, i'll just used the long code on this site.

very much appreciated, as always.
i'll be opening my site up to the general public shortly, and you are welcomed to use it as an example of what your script can do. i'm very grateful for the work you've done!

take care.

[Evil Chris]

Originally posted by kreftt

you would have to rename this to something else, like forum.php.
you would have to edit a lot of templates then, mostly redirection templates as thos try to get you back on forums main page which was index.php before.
you might experience other problems i might not be aware of.

result: dont do that

you better keep it vbindex.php and put a .htaccess file in your root folder that tells a visitors browser that NOT index.php but vbindex.php is the file to go to first when the root url is called.
i dont have the syntax for it here but search the forums for htaccess & DirectoryIndex and you will find it.

greetz

kreftt

kreftt.... Thank you for the advice. I'm still beta testing this particular board, and I'll try that and a few other options as well.

What I'm undecided about however is to where I want the users to spend the majority of their time. Do I want them to constantly be re-directed back to myvbindex? Or do I want them to see the list of different forums I am offering?

The way I figure, once they see the news and gadgets on myvbindex once per day, they are pretty much done with it, and will want to get to the *meat* of the board.

I need to join a couple of boards using this hack and get a good feel for it.