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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[LBSources]

Didnt see this one here yet .

Ive installed and all seems well.. except that i dont have an option to enable/disble the vbpager in the UserCP. I see the icon in the postbit and in the whos online and in the memberinfo.

But as of right now i have no permissions.. there is only banned users and not registered users disabled from using vbpager..


so whats left to check? the modify options edit is correct.. so im kind of lost at this point..

Thanks in advance..

Lenny

Edit: errrr... Should include the need to edit the usergroups permissions for the pager in the install file.. I was under the impression everyone had the permissions except the userids listed in the area for banned users.. well off to to toy and see if we find any bugs

[mini2]

Has anyone who had high server load issues tried the new version?

What exactly has changed, refresh frequency, or something more fundamental.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by mini2

Has anyone who had high server load issues tried the new version?

What exactly has changed, refresh frequency, or something more fundamental.

mine did....buy at least 25% but i'de have to wait couple more days for members to use it more see if it would be higher then 25%

[Developer]

nice hack installed but need the arabic version

[wolfyman]

awesome hack - is it possible to use this on non vb pages? I'd love to incorporate it on my whole site!

[docvader]

Well Uae, it all seems to work as it is supposed to. Quite impressive. But, we've been finding that the vbpager is crashing people's browsers; only when they're using the latest version of IE. It appears to work flawlessly with Netscape and FF. I'm not quite sure why; I've reinstalled the software, and it all appears to be correct.

I did upgrade my boards from 3.07 to 3.52, and, also, moved everything to a new server. But, all works well. Can't seem to figure out why we're getting these browser crashes. And, they most definitely are triggered by the vbpager popup.

rich

[LBSources]

Originally Posted by docvader

Well Uae, it all seems to work as it is supposed to. Quite impressive. But, we've been finding that the vbpager is crashing people's browsers; only when they're using the latest version of IE. It appears to work flawlessly with Netscape and FF. I'm not quite sure why; I've reinstalled the software, and it all appears to be correct.

I did upgrade my boards from 3.07 to 3.52, and, also, moved everything to a new server. But, all works well. Can't seem to figure out why we're getting these browser crashes. And, they most definitely are triggered by the vbpager popup.

rich

aside from the hack.. i dont know if youre aware how horrible and what a bug that IE7 is alone .. so it doesnt surprise me that it cant handle this and im sure much much more outside of vbulletin ..

just my 2 cents..

Lenny

[uae]

Originally Posted by wolfyman

awesome hack - is it possible to use this on non vb pages? I'd love to incorporate it on my whole site!

As long as you can fetch userinfo on non vb pages, then sure you can use it.

Originally Posted by docvader

Well Uae, it all seems to work as it is supposed to. Quite impressive. But, we've been finding that the vbpager is crashing people's browsers; only when they're using the latest version of IE. It appears to work flawlessly with Netscape and FF. I'm not quite sure why; I've reinstalled the software, and it all appears to be correct.
I did upgrade my boards from 3.07 to 3.52, and, also, moved everything to a new server. But, all works well. Can't seem to figure out why we're getting these browser crashes. And, they most definitely are triggered by the vbpager popup.
rich

Originally Posted by orphan

This solved it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889389/en-us

I haven't tried this, cos I'm not getting my IE crashed with the hack, but please do try the update from microsoft and see.

[docvader]

Thanks all, I'll send this out to my members and see what happens.
rich

[gfxclub]

Hallo can you make a Fix to use vB Pager and MkPortal together.

Sorry 4 my bad English