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

[cybermomcafe]

Any idea if this will/is going to work with vb3... I want to upgrade to vb3 Gamma... but I don't wanna kill my members journals...

[gmarik]

Nope, see KurFire hack ...

[cybermomcafe]

see what?...

[ragintajin]

Man, this hack looks awesome...I really hope you're gonna make a version for vB3!!

[recumbent615]

I'm having an issue, how do I delete a user's journal? I do not see an option for this ?

Kevin

[AutomatikStudio]

You know what would be something cool...is to somehow make it where a users journal was accessible from a subdomain. Like when a user registers for your boards it creates a subdomain like "whoever.boards.com" and the subdomain would point to their journal...then people could tell their friends "Hey...go look at my journal at 'whoever.boards.com'" and then you'd get tons of extra traffic and then you'd probably have the most popular boards ever created....all because of my idea

[memobug]

if your server supports htaccess files, you should be able to do something like this through a simple redirect. I have used it to spoof user and keyword subdirectories, so you could probably do subdomains if that was your thing.

You'll see what happens to the address bar when you click this link. htaccess turns the path /user/AutomatikStudio into a search on the term AutomatikStudio:

http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/user/AutomatikStudio

Unfortunately, this did not make my forum the most popular on the Internet, however the latest stats indicate we are running a close second.

Regards,

Matt

[midnightz]

Ok total weirdness!

has anybody had a active journal user, lose thier postbit link that shows up? Even if they have a journal and its active? This user is the only one and i checked all his setting in phpMyAdmin and they are fine, but the postbit only on him disapearing is completely weird as hell

Anybody have an idea?

[CRego3D]

Is there a way I can add the "Most Recent Entries" to a portal page ? (Using a php include maybe)

[WaterTrooper]

I just installed this hack and it's a very helpful one.