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.

[RenzukenX]

Hmm, something must be amiss.

Also the poll I just made up seems, well, not to be working.

[mbaskett]

Originally posted by NTLDR


This isn't a bug that I am aware of, if you look at this screenshot that I posted at the start it shows all the vBcode being parsed correctly. Perhaps you should try uploading v2 and just testing that to see if the code parses correctly or not.

What are the major differences between v2 and v1.3? Is it so great that I would not be able to adapt my current version code to meet v2 standards without having to recreate all my customizations? Murpyh's Law has hit me again... just as we are nearing completion of QA on the website, you go and release a newer, better version which will require us to start the QA process over

Don't worry, it's cool, just going to set us back on official release of the new website...

On a side note I'd like to say that you have done a great job with the page

Thanks! We're still working on a few things, but it's getting there. It always feels good to get some positive feedback!

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by mbaskett
[B]What are the major differences between v2 and v1.3?

Major Differences:

• Code cleaned up;
• Number of queries seriously reduced;
• All known bugs from 1.x fixed;
• Installer added;
• Layout and templates modified;
• Some new features added, some updated (see Post 1).

Is it so great that I would not be able to adapt my current version code to meet v2 standards without having to recreate all my customizations?

If you have installed all the bug fixes from v1.x and the new features arn't any good to you then you may not want to upgrade and stick with your current version. However if you do want the new features then a majority of your templates can stay "as is".

Thanks! We're still working on a few things, but it's getting there. It always feels good to get some positive feedback!

Its good to see that you have changed the default templates to make it look different and added stuff to the page, it makes it stand out from the default.

[mbaskett]

actually, I think I've found the problem.... and it's not related to this hack, but more of a problem with the bbcodeparse() function...

if a given string doesn't have the terminating command "[/termstring]" in it, then the bbcodeparse doesn't know to invoke the initiating command "[beginstring]"

This is happening to my page becuse I have a $maxchars set to limit the length of the news article posted on the main page... and it happended to cut it off in between the [.list] and [/.list] code

I'll see what I can find out for a fix and post it up...

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by mbaskett
actually, I think I've found the problem.... and it's not related to this hack, but more of a problem with the bbcodeparse() function...

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't notice that when I visted your site and was sure it wasn't a bug in the code

[RenzukenX]

I'm having some trouble with the Poll option. When I post a poll in the Poll forum all that shows up on the vBindex page is the Vote button

[NTLDR]

You need to make sure that the Poll is in the forum that is specified in the vBindex file (so if the id is 2 then its in forum id 2) and that the poll is the last post in the forum.

Also check that the home_poll template hasn't been changed so it doesn't display properly.

[Sean123]

Hey NTLDR,

I saw on your site that it looks like your running vBindex v2 for it .. how did you get the links on the side? Like where it says UKW Gaming and then when you click it ,.. it list News, Reviews, etc .. Can you tell me how to do that .. because I would like to be able to do that .. Thanks

Sean

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Sean123
how did you get the links on the side?

If you want the links to show for all users edit the home_left template, if you want links to appear for just logged in/out users edit home_loggin for logged out users and home_logout for logged in users.

[RenzukenX]

Thanks it was the home_poll template that was causing the problem.