vBJournal Lite 1.1b

ATM, this hack would work with ALL versions of vB unless they renamed the 'user' table :speechless:


README.txt (can be found in the zip)


README.txt
New in 1.1b
- Edit journal.php (2 lines). New journal.php here, for 1.1a users

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=== vBJournal Lite version 1.1b =============================================
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This is an addon to vBulletin and acts as an online journal/diary. Users can add entries, either

making them private or public(for all to see). For the public entries, users can comment on them.

Thats about it. You should be able to get a better idea viewing a live demo at

http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php. The GUI was modeled after gamingforces journal at

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/journal.php .
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=== This being my first hack, i am SURE that there are going to be =======
=== some bugs, and problems, so just to warn you first =======
=== :: BACKUP YOUR DATABASE ! =======
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Now thats over with lets start... I will list the steps of what needs to be done...
NOW :

1) Edit the images to suit your site.
2) Upload the images to the forum's /images folder.

3) Upload install_journal.php to your admin directory.
4) Run install_journal.php and follow instructions... shouldn't be a problem. but i only tested

it once .

5) Run this query (using phpmyadmin,or use this hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/show...&threadid=26272 , etc)

ALTER TABLE user ADD journal SMALLINT NOT NULL

[note this will add a column in your 'user' table, but i think that shouldnt be a problem ...]

6) Upload journal.php to your forum's root directory.
7) goto journal.php page and click on the button ... (should say "Get a journal" or "Unlock

Journal" Cant rem which
... bad memory. lol) this will enable the admin journal (userid=1) and show the first default

welcome msg.

8) Link to journal in postbit.
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- open admin/functions.php

FIND

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$datecut = time() - $cookietimeout;

if ($counter%2==0) {
$post[backcolor]="#13486D";
$post[bgclass] = "alt1";
} else {

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Add ABOVE THIS


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// vBJournal Hack by Ryangel
if($post[journal]==1){
$journal = '<a href="journal.php?s=&journalid='.$post[userid].'&action=view"><img

src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/journal.gif" alt="View '.$post[username].'\'s Journal" border="0"/></a>';
}
else {
$journal = '';
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////


save and upload admin/functions.php.

9) open your postbit template and add $journal to where you want the link to show.


You are done ! The journal should be able to work now

FEW THINGS TO NOTE
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- private entries can only be viewed by the owner or admin.
- erm... did i say a few? ok thats the main thing to note.... I'll edit this as it comes to my

mind. lol :laugh:

IN WORKS FOR NEXT VERSION
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- incooperate moods
- better interface ( but that you can do now by editing the templates yourself )
- Admin interface -> from admin cp.
- New user option to choose whether buddies/admin can view private entries.
- anything else that might come up from discussions.


Version Update Log
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1.1a
- Fixed some table color code.
- Added template txt for manual install.

DEMO: http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php

[Cold Steel]

04-26-03 at 12:11 AM Anime-loo said this in Post #191
Hey all,

Ive decided to take up the task of compleating this hack, i dont know how far im going to go with it yet, but I do promise paging, allowing buddys to view private entrys, and alot of misc stuff to clean it up overall (perrmissions,admin options etc).

Good deal. I'm looking forward to seeing your work.

[msimplay]

Ooh am really looking forward to that
i didn;t expect anyone to carry it on but am really happy you did

[Brad]

Yesterday at 06:37 PM sabret00the said this in Post #199
i too cannot wait, it will be awesome loo, eta 0_o

Give it two weeks, three max, I plan on getting out of the house over the next few days cause ive done nothing but code and browse the net for 4 days

[midnightz]

Yesterday at 12:00 AM sabret00the said this in Post #200
just went thru the thread, hope i didn't miss anything, anyway heres a list of the requested features for the 'pro' version

+ link from profile with journal entry name
+ buddies view private entries
+ search for journal
+ search through journal
+ display all journals
+ display all entries on multiple pages
+ attachments
+ HTML allowed in entries
+ journal catergories
+ only certain usergroups can create entries
+ user has ability to disable comments
+ currently playing music
+ emoticon legend on add reply and add comment
+ flood checker
+ ability to personalise/customize journal colours, fonts and background

Please add - New journal entires and comments appear in new posts and searches and an admin override that you can edit, delete, or lock.


Thx,

midz

[Zelda-King]

I've been trying to find the buddy variable to add so buddies can read private entries. I DID find a buddy variable but it was the wrong one. It lets people who ADD you read your private entries as opposed to the other way round. I couldn't even get it to work from variables in the 'who am I a buddy of?' hack so someone's going to have to specially add a variable I think.

[midnightz]

I will help with graphics, if anybody wants some PSD's to play with and color code buttons with different designs to match thier site... no probs

[redd]

I would be happy with just two new features... The first and most important would be paging.

The second would be the ability to generate a list of members with journals.

[ULTIMATESSJ]

one problem i got is that some guy has spammed his journal, and even though i am an admin, i am not allowed to delete his entries, so how am i supposed to remove the spam?

[Zelda-King]

I posted a journal.php in this thread that gives administrators delete/edit rights.

[Lorddraco98]

having a little problem, i did everything correctly, ran the installer, uploaded the files, but when I run journal.php, i get nothing, just a blank page. I checked my DB and it seems that the templates got in there, but i dunno what's wrong, any ideas?