QuoteIt! - Quote Database

QuoteIt! version 3.0

QuoteIt! allows you to have a database of quotes integrated with your forum. Users submit quotes that can then be voted on by the other users, using your choice of two rating systems. The average installation will show a random quote on the forum home page, but you can include it on any vBulletin page or on your portal home page.

If you'd like to see a demo, go to forums.monkeycrap.com.

Features:

Random Quote
- a random quote can be shown on any vBulletin powered page
- the administrator can set a default rating threshold that quotes must meet before showing up as the random quote
- a new random quote can be chosen at a specific interval of time, to reduce server load

Quote Database
- quotes can be searched, filtered, and sorted by many different criteria
- quotes have a "context" field that can be turned on or off to include more information about the quote
- quotes can be embedded in posts with bbcode
- each post and private message now has a "Submit to Quotes" link that allows users to quote things said on your forum more easily

Quote Ratings System
- quotes can be rated either plus/minus or on a scale from 1 to 5
- quotes below a certain total score or average score can be filtered out

Quote Management
- quotes can either be automatically approved or moderated
- the quote moderation que is like the que for posts, enabling the moderation of several quotes at once
- usergroup permissions are used for adding, editing, deleting, rating and viewing quotes
- most actions use AJAX to avoid page reloads

Don't forget to click install!

Currently known problems are listed here.

The files needed to edit the included images are attached to this post.

This hack is based on QuoteIt! 1.2, originally by magnus. The "submit post" feature was inspired by an addon by CtrlAltDel.

Other versions (development will continue for the 3.6 version only): QuoteIt! 3 for vBulletin 3.6.x | QuoteIt! 2.03 for vBulletin 3.0.x

[Cap'n Steve]

Quick moderation instructions are in the README.html file, in the second part.

Could you post a screenshot of the options you filled out for the Random Quote module?

[MortysTW]

As for the Clean File Output, I've tried it both on and off.

Here's the snapshot.

[MortysTW]

And as for the instructions in the 2nd part you are talking about, you list it as vBindex so I assumed that was some sort of other portal system. Not sure what "2nd part" you are referring to.

[Cap'n Steve]

I'm not sure where you're seeing vBindex. In the main post, there's a link to the fourth post in this thread where the vBadvanced instructions are attached. In the README.html file from that post, the instructions for quick moderating quotes are below this heading (which is in red):

These are instructions for adding quick quote moderation to your portal homepage. You must have QuoteIt! 2.1 already installed.

For your other problem: Try setting Use Module Shell Template to no. If that doesn't work, try doing the modification to the FORUMHOME template. Does the quote show up there? Do they show up when you go to quotes.php?

[MortysTW]

WTF? Okay, I'm an idiot. I must of kept opening the wrong zip. When I saved them to my PC, the only difference is the ! in the file name. And I was reading the one that showed how to add the actual vba module and on that readme, it shows the vbindex instructions too. Sorry.

And as for forumhome, the quotes don't show. The box and everything does, but the actual words don't. Its just a pair of "" in an empty box. And yes they appear when I do the quotes.php and I can add them just fine. They just won't show. I'll go try the shell OFF right now. If I don't reply, that means it still doesn't work.

[MortysTW]

Nope. Still no luck. Help me Oh Mighty Man of Quoting

[Cap'n Steve]

So you have quotes in the database, right? Try running these queries, replacing $TP with your table prefix, if you're using one:

[sql]UPDATE $TPsetting SET
value = 1
WHERE varname = "showquote"[/sql]

[sql]UPDATE $TPsetting SET
value = ""
WHERE varname = "totalthreshold"[/sql]

[sql]UPDATE $TPsetting SET
value = ""
WHERE varname = "averagethreshold"[/sql]

[AAN]

Not sure if this has been asked, but how do I get the quotes to come up on every page? right now they're only coming up on the front of the forum..

[ambrosious]

Is there a graphic for the "Submit to Quotes" line that comes up in each thread? If so, where and how do I use it?!

GREAT HACK!

[MortysTW]

Alright, got it working in ForumHome finally. Thanks for the DB edit.

As for the vbadvanced part, its odd. Its not even "calling" the quotes.php file at all. I view my source code of my vbadvanced page and its nowhere in the file.