Major Additions - [AJAX] vB Pager 3.0.4

This modification currently contains a vulnerability. You are hereby advised to uninstall this modification until such time that the author provides a fix.
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[AJAX] vB Pager 3.0.4

Hack Version: 3.0.4
vB-version: 3.5.x
Developer: WwW.UAEWEB.CoM
Install-difficulty: Few minutes!

Introduction:
vB Pager is a text-based instant messaging system over your community between members. Users can exchange short & quick messages amongst each other. Unlike the regular private messaging system, the paged user is guaranteed to read your message & reply to it (if you choose this option) instantly & easily.

• Features:
  • Uses AJAX Technology to Send pager messages / Get pager messages / Add & Remove a member to buddy list / Add & Remove a member from Ignore list. (No Refresh Required)
• Main Features:
  • vB Pager Buddy List ?pop-up? window is used to keep track of the friends you wish to interact with. By going to your "vB Pager Buddies", you'll be able to see which of your friends are currently online and offline, and be able to send them a pager message. Adding people to your buddy list also allow you to send pager messages to multiple forum members at the same time. You may add any member of the forums to your buddy list by clicking the icon next to their names in the vB Pager Online Members Page or Clicking the Manage Buddies Link to add/remove members into your list.
  • vB Pager Ignore List ?pop-up? window lists are used for those people who's messages you wish not recieve from.
  • Received Pager Messages are Draggable Inline Popups.
  • Sending a message opens up a small window where you can type in message to be sent.
  • Optional Anonymity: you can choose to hide your username when paging another user on the forum, & define which Usergroup can utilize this option.
  • The window comes in with a built-in character counter to enable the user to keep track of the characters typed.
  • Logs of all incoming and outgoing pager messages ?Inbox/Sent Items? member has, can be viewed and deleted.
  • Download Stored Messages as XML, CSV, TXT.
  • Members can turn the vB Pager Off anytime they wish not to receive pager messages, and they can select the option to receive pager messages from those who are in their Pager Buddy List only.
• Admin CP Features:
  • vB Pager Options
    • Switch the paging system on or off anytime you wish!
    • vB Pager AJAX Check Period control.
    • Set to mark all read messages as deleted messages after being read by end users and prune them automaticly every one hour with cron job.(v3.0.4)
    • vB Pager Display Window Refresh Period control .
    • Set Floodcheck - Minimum Time Between Pager Messages.
    • Set Maximum Pager Messages Per-Page in inbox/sent items.
    • Allow vB Code in Pager Messages control.
    • Set the Sizes of Width and Height of the vB Pager Buddy List Window.
    • Set the Width Size of the Received Pager Message Box.(v3.0.1)
    • Enable Notification Sound on New Received Pager Message.(v3.0.1)
    • Enable/Disable the display of Avatar.(v3.0.2)
    • Banned Users.
  • Pager Message Statistics
    • Mass prune stored pager messages (All, Unread, and Deleted Messages).
    • search for users with X number of pager messages.
    • Delete pager messages for user x.
• Usergroup based Permissions:
  • Can Send Pager Messages. (Yes/No)
  • Maximum Stored Pager Messages.
  • Minimum Number of Posts Required Before Can Send Pager Messages.
  • Minimum Number of Posts Required (Per Day) Before Can Send Pager Messages.
  • Maximum Number of Pager Messages Can Send Per Day.
  • Maximum Recipients to Send Pagers at a time.
  • Maximum Characters Per Pager Message.
  • Can Hide Their Username When Paging Another User. (Yes/No)
  • Can Use Allow Reply Option When Sending Pager. (Yes/No)
  • Can Send Pager Message to All Users. (Yes/No)
• Other Features:
  • XML Product.
  • Fully Phrased.
  • No file edits.
• Screenshots, Updates, FAQs & Add-Ons:
  • See second & third post.
• Contents of vbpager.zip:
  • README.txt
  • Uploads
    • pager.php
    • pager_sound.wav (v3.0.1)
    • admincp
      • pageradmin.php
    • includes
      • xml
        • bitfield_pager.xml
        • cpnav_pager.xm
    • images
      • statusicon
        • vbpager.gif
        • vbpager_icon.gif
        • vbpager_user_buddylist_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_buddylist_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_ignorelist_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_ignorelist_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_invisible.gif
        • vbpager_user_offline.gif
        • vbpager_user_online.gif
        • vbpager_user_remove.gif
• Contents of xml Product:
  • vB Pager Templates
    • PAGER
    • PAGERBUDDYLIST
    • pagerbuddylistbit
    • pager_messagelist
    • pager_messagelistbit
    • pager_multipager
    • pager_newpager
  • vB Pager plugins
  • • vB Pager (cache_temlates)
    • vB Pager (parse_templates)
    • vB Pager (profile_updateoptions)
    • vB Pager (template_groups)
    • vB Pager (userdata_doset)
    • vB Pager (userdata_start)
    • vB Pager (cron_script_cleanup)
  • vB Pager phrases
    • Many of 'em
  • vB Pager Database Modifications
    • New Tables (pagerreceipt, pagertext)
    • Alterd Tables (user, usergroup, usertextfield)

How to Install:

• Simply download the zip file, Unzip it to a directory on your computer and follow the steps from the README.txt
• Remember to Change vB Pager Pemrissions from the Usergroup Manager.
• Make sure that you got your forum url filled in the Help Site Name / URL / Contact Details under your vBulletin Options. See this post
• Make sure that you got your forum directory name filled in the Forum Directory Name under your vB Pager Options.
• Please Read This Post befor asking for help.

How to Uninstall:

• Simply remove all uploaded files, revert your edited templates, and uninstall vB Pager Product from the Manage Products under the Plugin System in your ADMINCP.

Known Issues:

• Permissions are not being inherited from secondary usergroups.

Thanks to aberg for the Dutch translation.

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[dead7]

Everything is great here, good job... one thing though I see and didnt find any replies about was the ability to delete the messages you've sent ?

In my navbar its like this

Pager Messages: Unread 0, Total 2.

the other 2 are messages that were sent out, however i'm unable to delete the ones in an outbox style environment like you can with private messaging.. any ideas?



-- EDIT --

I do use a custom style and i noticed in the screen shots the following image

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=40491

My style / design doesnt have that drop down though where it shows the sent items... any ideas why?? The rest of this thing works great!!!


(See attached image for what mine looks like)

-- EDIT --

haha i'm that guy, its fixed.. was missing the JS include for the menus\

100% functional!!!

[TalkEMS]

Originally Posted by TalkEMS

Installed the hack, but users are unable to view or read messages. Again it shows in the navbar but if you open it up it displays " No Pager Messages to Display!"

Matt

Anyone have any ideas?

Matt

[Rover416]

Bit of a wierd problem really.

I installed this yesterday and it worked great,then tonight when people click the pager link they get a page cannot be displayed error.

[kommuni]

Originally Posted by Rover416

Bit of a wierd problem really.

I installed this yesterday and it worked great,then tonight when people click the pager link they get a page cannot be displayed error.

the plugin really works fine here, but it seems to be an absolute loadkiller on high load forums.

i have about 200 users online over the day and just switched off the ajax update. Unfortunately the load is still very high when some users use the system.

i think i will switch it off again. Probably there's a way to get the load that this creates down a bit.

[Boots]

AJAX seems to murder CPU's

vbShout is the same way... triples server load.

[mini2]

I was going to install this eventually to replace my own "Simple Pager / Sms for 3.5", but the server load issue is critical to me, as I have over 400 people online most days.

:disappointed:

Is this something fixable, or just the nature of the beast?

[Lizard King]

Originally Posted by Boots

AJAX seems to murder CPU's

vbShout is the same way... triples server load.

I am on a shared hosting and i never had a problem with vbshout or any other ajax.

[o0oicebergo0o]

Originally Posted by Lizard King

I am on a shared hosting and i never had a problem with vbshout or any other ajax.

well that's you. You must have a small $#@ board or a large dedicated package. If you have over 60 cuncurrent members online at once always then this mod and the other AJAX using modification, VBShout, if not practicle. Try logging onto SSH, top command, enable the pager with any AJAX refreshing timeset and or the shoutbox and watch the CPU usage, load, and memory go beyond belief.

Anyway, the mods are neat technological ideas but they are not, as I said, practicle.. and don't mind my spelling... for medium and large communities. End of conversation.

[kommuni]

Originally Posted by o0oicebergo0o

well that's you. You must have a small $#@ board or a large dedicated package. If you have over 60 cuncurrent members online at once always then this mod and the other AJAX using modification, VBShout, if not practicle. Try logging onto SSH, top command, enable the pager with any AJAX refreshing timeset and or the shoutbox and watch the CPU usage, load, and memory go beyond belief.

Anyway, the mods are neat technological ideas but they are not, as I said, practicle.. and don't mind my spelling... for medium and large communities. End of conversation.

but you should say, that not ajax is responsible for that. The lots of reloads are the reason for the high load. Especially a problem together with keep alive mode in apache, wich is very useful on large boards.

[bada_bing]

Would love to install this once it;s gold sounds like a great feature