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.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by Asso

vbindex 3 works with gamma?

See Core Forums for details on using vBindex 3 with vB3 Gamma.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by wardsweb

I login via the vBindex, get the thank you for loggin in page and then it takes me to the regular forums, where it shows me logged in. Now if I go back to the vBindex page, it shows me as guest . Any clue? some cookie not working? got a bad link somewhere?

Make sure your cookie path and domain are set correctly in the ACP.

[kho_vi_yeu]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

[high]vBindex 3.0.0 RC1 Release Information[/high]

I'm pleased to announce RC1 of vBindex 3.0.0. RC1 brings in a few new features that I've been working on since the start of vBindex 3.0.0 which I'm now pretty confident work as expected. Here are the major changes since Beta 3:

• Callendar, with links to events;
• Poll, with the option to select a random poll from a given set of forums;
• Optimised code;
• Only 5 queries with everything switched off, and still only 12 with all options turned on, that 6 queries less than our nearest competitor!
  Note, you should apply this fix by Kier to save 2 queries for non Super Moderators.
• Fully phrased, both the vBindex Options and the front end are 100% phrased;
• Enhanced news posts and latest threads;
• Option to show disabled postshout area to unregistred users;
• Todays birthdays;
• Custom blocks, add unlimited custom side blocks and control them all from the ACP;
• View all shouts, a full page shoutbox built it;

Visit Core Forums to obtain your copy of RC1 and see a full working demo

To download you will need to enter the following forum password when you follow the download forum link at Core Forums:
1065471230

[high]Support[/high]

Due to the restrictions on discussing vB3 hacks and Addons here at vB.org, vBindex 3.0.0 Support will only be given over at Core Forums when you have PM'ed either myself or hellsatan your Core Forums username to us via the vB.org PM System.

Why i can't download vbindex 3.0.0 RC2 in core forum. please help me so i can dowload RC2 for vbb 3.0.0 Gamma

[MindTrix]

Sorry mate but isnt nothing anyone here can do about it As said at the bottom of that part you posted, it says support will only be given over at core forums.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by kho_vi_yeu

Why i can't download vbindex 3.0.0 RC2 in core forum. please help me so i can dowload RC2 for vB 3.0.0 Gamma

The above clearly refers to RC1 and not Pre-RC2, details of how to obtain Pre-RC2 (For vB3 Gamma) can be found in the announcement at Core Forums.

[Harlequin]

I've been curious for awhile on how to have a simple column to the left or right on vBindex displaying just the titles from a forum (say, a "Review" forum) and using it on the main page to attract attention to that particular forum. I'm not sure if this has been posted here before, but here's nothing.

It's more or less the news code already embedded in NTLDR's code from Teck, but I'll go ahead and post up how I did it anyway for those of you that were curious: [instead of having to install a large, bulky article archive]



In vbindex.php, find

PHP Code:

// news (based on code by TECK)
// ------------------------- 


Above it, add:

PHP Code:

$articleforum = "2";
$articleposts = "10";
$maxarticletitlechars = "22";
// ARTICLE (based on code by TECK/NEWS/VBINDEX)
// -------------------------

$articlequery=$articlequery=$DB_site->query("SELECT thread.*,threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext FROM thread LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.tpostid = threadpost.postid) WHERE forumid = '$articleforum' ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC LIMIT $articleposts");
while ($article=$DB_site->fetch_array($articlequery)) {
  $articlethreadid=$article[threadid];
  $articleusername=$article[postusername];
  $articleuserid=$article[postuserid];
  $comments=$article[replycount];
  if ($maxarticletitlechars!=0) {
     if (strlen($article[title]) > $maxarticletitlechars) {
        $article[title] = substr($article[title],0,$maxarticletitlechars);
        $article[title] .= "..";
     }  
  }
$articletitle="<a href=\"$bburl/showthread.php?threadid=$articlethreadid\">$article[title]</a>";
  
// end avatar
  eval("\$articlebits .= \"".gettemplate('home_articlebit')."\";");
}
eval("\$article = \"".gettemplate('home_article')."\";");

// -------------------------
// end article 


Set $articleforum as the forumID of the particular forum you're after for topics.
Set $articleposts as how many topics you'd like to display
Set $maxarticletitlechars to how many characters you'd like the subject to display [useful if you're in tight table quarters and want to make your topic look clean].


Add two templates, home_article and home_articlebit:


In home_article:

PHP Code:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left"><img src="images/left2.gif"></td>
<td align="center" width="100%" background="images/catbg2.gif" valign="bottom"><b><smallfont>reviews</smallfont></b></td>
<td align="right"><img src="images/right2.gif"></td>
</tr></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" width="100%">
<tr>
    <td>
     <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" align="left">
$articlebits     
</td></tr>
</table>
</tr>
</table> 


Just noticed in the template above -- my layout uses the left/right/background table header graphics. You may have to adjust this to match your layout.


And add the second template:

In home_articlebit:

PHP Code:


<smallfont>
-$articletitle<br>
</smallfont> 


Modify the template where you'd like this to display on vBIndex [whether it be in the header, footer, home itself] and add..

PHP Code:

$article 


.. to the template. Load up your vBIndex and if there were existing posts already in the forum, they should begin displaying. Just thought I'd post this in case anyone was curious.



Now it's your job to keep everything on topic. :P

[carryapple]

Hi Guys,

I've just installed vbindex, it's incredible. Exactly what I was looking for.

However, I've got one little problem with it. Whenever I try to login via vbindex, it takes me to the Password recovery form. Weird, huh? Any ideas?

Another thing I just noticed: I can't log out through vbindex either. Whenever I click Logout, it says "All cookies cleared", but they aren't. When I log out through vBulletin, it works just fine.
Cookie Domain and Path is set correctly.

Thanks a lot!

BTW, I'm running vBulletin 2.3.4 with vbindex 2.1

[mattster2002]

bit of a problem:
www.team-tekka.com/vbindex.php

news doesnt come up! thats it. layout stuff will be fixed later but im really concerned about news

[NTLDR]

Read through the thread and find the hundreds of posts about setpostid.php which give you instructions on howto fix this.

[Leo Wyatt]

Hey NTLDR, love vBindex, well done Just installed it on my forums, and it works great except for one little problem. Hope you fix it...I've attached an image, basically, the black strips there shouldn't be there, since the cateogry bg isn't that color...(or whatever the strip's set to inherit). Any idea what's wrong?

Thanks,
leo.