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mYvBindex v3.1 · **Released**: 10-16-2002

mYvBindex 3.2.2 released! (5/22/03)

mYvBindex 3.2 will allow you to include different options from your vBulletin message board on your website's index page. Everything is completely template based so it is very easy to customize and change everything through your Admin CP.

Features:

Login box for members to log in to your site on the homepage.
Post News in a forum you specify and have it appear on your homepage.
Show the latest threads started in your forum on your homepage.
Show a poll and allow users to vote and see the results on your homepage.
Shows users avatar, new private messages, and buddy list for members who are logged in.
Shows a list of active users.
Shows statistics such as total members, threads, posts, top poster, newest member, and today's birthday's.
Shows a mini calendar with links to days with scheduled events, and a box with today's scheduled events.
Search box to allow users to quickly search your forums.
Current weather and updates on your homepage.
Set and change all options via the Admin CP.
Ability to easily switch on/off the polls, users avatar, buddy list, online users, search box, calendar, weather, custom templates, news icons, news comments, smilies, set the maximum number of news posts, and many other options via the Admin CP.
Everything is completely template based so it is very easy to customize.
Install file that will make all database queries and templates for you in seconds.
Uninstalls in seconds.
Tested and stable with vBulletin v2.6+

Screen Shots:
Guest Homepage
Admin Homepage
User Homepage
Admin CP

Queries:
A nice feature of mYvBindex is that it performs only 11 queries with all the options turned off, no matter how many news articles or latest threads you choose to display. Some options will cause the script to perform extra queries, but even with all the options turned on it still performs only 29 queries at max.

Here is a list of each extra function that will cause extra queries:

Poll - 2 queries
User's Avatar - 1 query
Private Messages - 1 query
Buddy List - 1 query
Online Users - 3 queries
Mini Calendar - 1 query
Weather - 2 queries
Poll and/or News Smilies - 1 query
Stats - 5 queries

*Mini Hacks:*
Adding More Custom Templates
To add more custom templates to your mYvBindex, please see this post.

Stylin' Buddy List - by MartynJ
This will add your the users avatar and usertitle to the buddy list (Similar to and inspired by velocd's Stylin' Buddy List hack), and adds no extra queries to your homepage.
Download (Screen shot included in zip)

Shoutbox Integration - by MartynJ
This hack integrates the ever popular Shoutbox hack with your mYvBindex.
Download (Screen shot included in zip)

TWCommish's vB Shoutbox Integration - by Brahm
This is a slightly different shout box made by TWCommish. His hack is required and can be found here. After downloading his hack, use Brahm's instructions here to integrate it with mYvBindex.

Attachments in News Posts - by Tigga
This hack allows attachments posted in news posts to be viewed in the news section on your homepage.
Download

Allow users to set homepage options - by Tigga
This mini-hack will allow your users to set which options they would like displayed on the homepage. They will be able to turn on/off avatars, weather, custom templates, and etc on a per user basis.
Download *Note* It may be necessary to open this file in a text editor (other than notepad) to get it to display properly.

Multiple News forums from different links - by Tigga
This hack allows allows you to have a link to a "different index file" which will pull news posts from a different forum.
Instructions can be found here

Credits:
mYvBindex uses modified versions of the following hacks:
Mini Calendar from vbPortal - by wajones
vB Weather Mk. 2- by JJR512

Copyright:
This hack is NOT to be re-distributed or placed on website for download without permission. All copyright notes in the script itself must remain unchanged.

Please don't forget to hit the Install Button

Updates from version 3.2.1
After the release of v3.2.1 a couple of small bugs were found. They affected the ability to edit a news post from the link on the homepage, pulling the wrong post from a thread for the news section, and updating your most users ever online if a new record is set. The changes from v3.2 to 3.2.1 were minimal, so those should be the only bugs found. Upgrading once again is very easy. Just download the new files, change the path in the myvbindex.php file, and upload it over your existing one.

Updates from version 3.2
v3.2.1 is again just a small maintenance release. The main change in this version is the way the forum permissions are done. Before, the forum permissions would cause the latest threads query to take much longer than it should (mostly on larger forums). Now with the new permissions system in place, the query to pull the latest threads should take less than 0.01 seconds. Other than the permissions section, the only other changes were a few optimizations to the code syntax. Upgrading from v3.2 is simple - Just upload the new myvbindex.php file over your existing one and you're done.

Updates from version 3.1
v3.2 is mostly another maintenance release, and will hopefully be the last release for vBulletin 2.X (unless any bugs are found). Here are a list of all the changes.
Fixed a bug where setting the "Show Latest Threads Icon?" option to "No" could disable the latest threads section.
Fixed a bug where signatures with vBcode were not displayed properly in the news section.
Fixed a bug where the icons in the news and latest thread parts weren't displaying the right icon for some users.
Added an option to completely disable signatures in news posts.
Added an option to select a random poll from any forum for the poll part of the hack.
Further optimized parts of the code and slightly changed part of the structure.
Now shows "No Buddies Online" in the buddy list if no buddies are online.
Changed so it will no longer show a default icon for the news and latest threads unless your options are also set to show a default icon on the forumdisplay page.
Now shows the last poster and last post time when you hold your mouse over the title of a thread in the Latest Threads part.
The install script has been re-written so you can install, upgrade, uninstall, update your news posts (useful for first time installations where a news forum already exists), or install just the templates (useful after upgrading vBulletin to a new version) all from one file.
Significantly reduced the size of the weather_install.php file (from 3.0 MB to 1.25 MB) so it will not take so long to upload to your server.
Fixed a couple of small spacing issues in the poll templates.
Fixed a problem with JJR512's weather hack not pulling the weather forcast.
Added a FAQ section to the readme file to help common problems.

Upgrading should take no longer than 2 minutes and instructions can be found at the bottom of the readme file.

Updates from version 3.0
v3.1 is mostly a maintenance release to help cut down on first time installation problems. Other than that, the biggest difference you will notice is the template "style" has changed to mesh better with vBulletin (see screenshots above). You do not have to install the new templates as you will have the option to install the new templates or to skip that step in the install file. Other than the templates, here is a list of the other changes:
A few more "error checking" features have been added to ensure you won't get a nasty sql error if you leave your News or Poll Forum ID, or any of the other fields blank.
The problem some users were experiencing with the temperature for the weather part of the hack should be fixed for good.
The "Show Poll" option in the Admin CP is removed as this can now be disabled simply by leaving the "Poll Fourm ID" filed blank.
Fixed a small typo and optimized parts of the code a little further.
Slightly changed the position of the days and numbers in the calendar part.
Fixes a bug where the Today's Birthday part wouldn't point to the correct url.

Upgrading should take no longer than 2 minutes and instructions can be found at the bottom of the readme file.

Updates from version 2.0
Removed the option from the Admin CP to allow smilies in News posts as this can now be set per post just as you would when making a regular post.
Added a stats section with info such as total members, threads, posts, newest member, top poster, and today's birthdays.
Added a "Today's Events" section under the calendar that will display any events that are scheduled for the current day, and will only be visible if there are events listed for the current day.
Added an option to show the poster's avatar with the news post.
You can now have your signature displayed with the news post. This is controlled when posting the message just as you would with a regular post.
Added an option to display the news post's rating with the news.
Added options to show small icons to allow users to show a printable version of the news post and an option to allow users to email their friends a link to the news post.
Added an option to allow/disable HTML in news posts.
Added an option to allow/disable the [img] tag in news posts.
Shows the number of times a news post has been viewed.
Shows the number of new posts since the users last visit.
Shows the number of replies to the poll if poll discussions are allowed.
Fixed a bug where the search box would take you to the search page rather than displaying the results.
Fixed a bug where setting the News Posts Maximum to 0 would disable the news rather than giving it no limit.
Optimized the code a little more to increase performance.

Help & Support
Before asking for support Please read the F.A.Q in the readme.html file! Most common problems are answered there! If you have any problems or questions that are not covered in the F.A.Q. please please post them here. I will be more than happy to help in any way I can if the request for help is made here. Anyone trying to contact me via email, private message, my website, or any other means will be ignored.

TECK · #**312** 12-28-2002, 09:23 AM

Aha, post 2 more articles and let me know what's happening to the no. of queries. You will see that increases every time you post a new article, because you use queries in a loop.
Cheers.

PS. You still use my latest threads code. Hihi, bad boy.

Tigga · #**313** 12-28-2002, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TECK
Aha, post 2 more articles and let me know what's happening to the no. of queries. You will see that increases every time you post a new article, because you use queries in a loop.
Cheers.

My God, would you like me to make some more news posts on my site? Or would you like the url to my test server where there are about 8 news posts at the moment? You really have no idea what you're talking about.

Cloud Strife · #**314** 12-28-2002, 09:47 AM

Wow... I really like this one, i got rid of vbindex2 to put this one on...

Great job...

Clicks install

cloud

Tigga · #**315** 12-28-2002, 09:59 AM

Thanks Cloud. Glad you like it.

Here's a couple of other sites you can compare as well Teck
http://killianboard.net/vbull/myvbindex.php
http://www.ls6.com/

TECK · #**316** 12-28-2002, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PlurPlanet

My God, would you like me to make some more news posts on my site? Or would you like the url to my test server where there are about 8 news posts at the moment? You really have no idea what you're talking about.

Brian, quit being rude and listen instead. You obviously don't know that you perform a query in the loop for every article.
Let me explain to you where are the problems:
First, you use the getavatarurl() function that adds an extra query for each article you display.

Second, you really need to check your code syntax. I saw several mistakes there... like for example:

Code:

DESC LIMIT 1");{

Third, if you made your own code, why do you use the time() function, when in vBulletin is already defined? (not really important... but it shows if you know or not the vBulletin functions)

I could go on and on... but you get the idea. Why not be a nice guy and ask for help instead? And also post the credit where is due? Do you want me also to post here what php code and functions you used from vbHome?

Tigga · #**317** 12-28-2002, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TECK
First, you use the getavatarurl() function that performs an extra query for each article you display. Is better to ask instead of complaining...

Maybe you should take a look at the code again. The only place the getavatarurl function is used is to pull the users avatar in the welcome box. The way I pull the news avatar will not add any extra queries at all.

PHP Code:


			
// News Avatar

if ($shownewsavatar) {

  if ($news[avatarpath]!="") {

  $newsavatarurl = "$bburl/$news[avatarpath]";

  } else if ($news['hascustom']) {

  $newsavatarurl = "$bburl/avatar.php?userid=$news[postuserid]&dateline=$news[avatardateline]";

  } else {

  $newsavatarurl = "https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/clear.gif";

  }

  eval("\$news[avatar] = \"".gettemplate("index_newsbits_avatar")."\";");

}

Quote:

Second, you really need to check your code syntax. I saw several mistakes there... like for example:

Code:

DESC LIMIT 1");{

Thank you for pointing that out. I'm sure it's very possible that I have a typo or two in there, nobody's perfect. Something like that really isn't that big of a deal, but if saw other mistakes please point them out to me.

Quote:

Third, if you made your own code, why do you use the time() function, when in vBulletin is already defined?

The time function is only used in the original vBulletin code.

PHP Code:


			
Do you want me also to post here what php code and functions you used from vbHome?

Please do. I've learned quite a bit about PHP since the first version of this hack and v3.0 is all original code or code straight from vBulletin, with the exception of the calendar and weather parts in which full credit is given.

Quote:

Not to mention that you infringe the Jelsoft copyright by copying several code segments onto your file...

If that's the case, then don't you as well? Where did the poll and online users part of your hack come from?

TECK · #**318** 12-28-2002, 10:52 AM

1. Aha, I see.. I thought you did this from my previous vbHome versions (1.0 or 1.1).
Good to know you didn't make the same mistake like I did.

2. Glad I could help.

3. Use $ourtimenow instead.

4. So far, from what I see you got ideas from my script on the following areas:
- alternate colors on threads function (old vbHome version)
- threads permissions
- latest threads
- plural function
- article
Basically you copied the code and edited a little the variables to look different.

5. I removed that remark, but you were to fast for me, since is not my place to judge this but the mods here at vb.org. Sorry.
However, my poll and online users code is not the vBulletin one.
Feel free to compare it.

jeffj · #**319** 12-28-2002, 03:17 PM

I just installed it and the instructions are very well done...

my only problem is that myvbindex.php hangs as soon as i add the forum ID that contain the polls if that forum has a POLL or a thread in it.

It does not hang if the forum is empty.

- jeff

jarvis · #**320** 12-28-2002, 04:22 PM

Plur,

Thanks for the response. I will do the modifications for multiple myvbindex loads tonight.

Your support has been first rate! Hope you feel better...

FWIW... Teck, you really should take your comments offline. This petty conversations just seems like an attempt at one upping or proving who the better coder is.

I looked at your product as well and thought it was great, but I just liked the way I could play around with the formatting in this one a bit better. It's the add-on community that continues to make vB a great product, but this mine-is-better routine is wearing thin.

/me steps down off soap box.

Take care!

MartynJ · #**321** 12-28-2002, 04:55 PM

Yes, I'd have to agree with jarvis. It is getting quite tedious. I've something to add to this thread (attachment wise) though I can't, because every time I click the "post reply" button I get the following error message:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 15 seconds exceeded in /www/vbulletin.org/htdocs/forum/admin/functions.php on line 1067

Anyone else got that?

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.06142 seconds Memory Usage 2,346KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
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