Major Additions - QuoteIt! - Quote Database

QuoteIt! version 3.1

I'm no longer able to put very much time into this mod, so I've set up a Subversion repository at http://www.vbulletinprogramming.com/projects/quoteit/ to allow others to help out. You can use the login "vbuser" with the password "vbulletin" to edit files. If someone would like to completely take over the mod, please contact me.

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.

Older versions (no longer in development): QuoteIt! 3 for vBulletin 3.5.x | QuoteIt! 2.03 for vBulletin 3.0.x

[Chadi]

I have already done both with usergroup permissions and quoteit settings. Still does not work.

[Cap'n Steve]

iBaker - I don't see what you mean about a moderation dropdown. If you're talking about people being able to moderate quotes, you can just use a conditional to check $quoteitpermissions['canmoderatequotes'].

chadi - Well, if it's the site in your signature, I see the quotes just fine when I go to quotes.php. I don't see where you performed the edit on your index page, though.

[Chadi]

I'm not talking about quotes.php I'm talking about the random quotes that should (and used to) appear on top of each forum home, which I double checked to make sure that $showrandomquote DOES appear in forumdisplay template, just where it always was and always worked before the upgrade.

$header
$navbar
$showrandomquote

This is the 2nd time this happened after an upgrade. What's the fix please?

[Cap'n Steve]

I wish I knew what your problem was, but I can't think of anything. Do you know how you fixed it last time? Also, could you list all the other mods you have installed?

[Stop]

How can I make the main page of the Quotes show random quotes every time the page loads ?
It's really boring to have the old quotes always in the beginning and the newest in the last pages..

[Cap'n Steve]

You could add &sortby=random to the View All Quotes link.

[Cap'n Steve]

chadi - Go to the Plugin Manager and see if there are any plugins besides "Random Quote" set to use the hook "forumhome_start" and post their contents if you can. You can also try following the instructions in the README file for adding a random quote to any page.

[Firen]

I just wanted to make a note that this hack totally screwed up my forum after the latest vB upgrade. I had to disable it in order to get anything to work. Might wanna look into that.

[Cap'n Steve]

I was afraid of that. I'll look into it, but it might take a while, so if you want to keep using this hack you might want to install the patch rather than the full upgrade.

[jw00dy]

I'm at 3.6.7 pl1 and I haven't had a problem? Although, I'm not using all the features either.

Maybe being specific might be helpful since not all of it doesn't work, at least I'm not having trouble. You do have to re-edit your templates, but that's not a big deal.