vbHome (lite) - your vBulletin(powered) main homepage

vbHome (lite) 4.2 Released (coded for vBulletin 2 only)
[high]vbHome (lite)[/high] will create a vBulletin(powered) homepage for your web site.
The advantage of this script is that you can interact better your web site with vBulletin. Fully customizable through vBulletin templates, it's very easy to achieve any look or web design you want.
[high]You like the vB.org main homepage? With a little editing of vbHome (lite), you can achieve the same look.[/high]

Important Update
[high]Please update your footer link to the new web site:[/high]
cpublisher.com
The old link (teckwizards.com) has expired.
Thank you.

[high]Why choose vbHome (lite):[/high]
- vBulletin known stability and flexibility
- high quality php code (entirely original, not ripped)
- true XHTML and XML compliant
- template based
- extremely easy to install (vBulletin style installer)
- easy to write your own add-ons and modules

What's Hot with vbHome (lite)
[high]Search Engine Indexer Add-On v1.4 Released[/high] [download]
This is an enhanced version of curent Search Engine Indexer, that I released here at vB.org site.
The add-on will work ONLY with vbHome (lite) 4.x.
I followed the same tradition, the script is true XHTML compliant, that's why I added the logo at the bottom.

Visit our archive to see the new look.

[high]vbHome (lite) installed at AVS Forums web site![/high]
AVS Forums is a community with over 53,500 active members (1500 online users, almost every day) and over 1,600,000 posts in a 5GB database.
They recently switched to vbHome (lite) due to the script performance.
Visit their page to have a look.

[high]vbHome (lite) is now featured at HotScripts.com.[/high]
The Support Forums are open. [high]You want to see vbHome (lite) live? Go here.[/high]
I can help you on the support forums only. Other users might (and should) help you also here. However, on the forums we have several forum leaders specialized on vbHome (lite) issues that will solve your problem in no time.

[high]vbHome (lite) won the HOTM award.[/high]
Thank you for your votes and encouragements. Read more here.


New Features for vbHome (lite) 4.2
This an important release, due to performance. Here it is what is new in vbHL 4.2:

1. optimized the queries for large boards
2. added the backend.php file (XML feeder, so you can syndicate your news and forums)
3. made a new installer, easier to use

Keep in mind that the new installer is all-in-one tool.
It will let you install, uninstall, update the old threads that are not displayed correctly and also update your templates, if you upgraded your vBulletin version.
Also the [high]XML feeder[/high] will let you syndicate the news and latest forum discussions to any RSS compliant tool.
The most popular ones are Trillian and KlipFolio, but you can also import it in others.
Check the TW.com Instructions Page to see how you can set it up.

Upgrade to vbHome (lite) 4.2 (from 4.1)
Do NOT start adding crazy stuff from old vBulletin header, footer, etc. It will not work. Instead check the code changes and edit them accordingly.
Since vbHL 4.x changed completely related to the variables usage and templates code, you will need to uninstall the old version and re-install the new one. To do this, follow those steps:
1. Uninstall the current version script using [high]the OLD install[/high] file.
2. Delete all OLD files from your server.
3. Open the NEW readmefirst file and follow the instructions.

In conclusion, upgrade asap.
You don't have anymore the old file? The only version still available is v3.8.

Code Hacks
vbHome (lite) is the first hack that will have hacks made for it, here at vBulletin.org.
So go ahead and switch the "hack" button on, for vbHome (lite). The users will enjoy it. Read more at the support forums.


Copyright and Permissions - [high]ARE YOU READING THIS?[/high]
1. You [high]are NOT[/high] allowed to REMOVE or MODIFY the copyright text at the bottom of the page, or to ALTER in any way the URL links listed there.
[high]First[/high], vbHome (lite) uses vBulletin functions, so it's part of it. If you must keep the Jelsoft copyright at the bottom of your vBulletin forums, then it should be present also in vbHome (lite) page(s). The only part you can remove from the copyright is the vBulletin and vbHome (lite) version, same like in your forums.
If you paid the $600US fee to have the vBulletin copyright removed, then you have permission to remove also the vbHome (lite) text and link.
[high]Second[/high], is the time I consumed on this script to provide you with a free, reliable and performant piece of software. If you use it, all I ask in return is to leave the links intact.
Click here to see how it looks the copyright note at the bottom.
2. You [high]are NOT[/high] allowed to REDISTRIBUTE the contents of the .zip file.
3. You [high]are NOT[/high] allowed to post any parts of the code either here on the thread or somewhere else.
Basically you follow the same rules as vBulletin does, if you are not allowed to post pieces of code from vBulletin, then the same rule apply to vbHome (lite).
4. You [high]are NOT[/high] allowed to COPY ANY PARTS of the code and use it for distribution.
In other words, you can run the script for personal(web site) use only. No part of the code may be copied, altered in any way, then distributed in a different package. This includes removing any part of the code to be included in any other version or re-release.
5. You are allowed to add, remove or modify any part of the included code.

[high]If you do NOT agree, please do not install this script.[/high]
If you are not happy with the rules listed above, please feel free to install other similarly scripts that will add on your page 50-100 queries and crash your server. The code I made can cope very easy with a large amount of users online, in fact is optimized for large web sites.


Installation Tips - [high]ARE YOU READING THIS?[/high]
I have provided support to those that have had problems, that insisted that they did indeed read the help file, when in fact they did not, because when I went through the steps with them, they realized they missed something, ALWAYS.

Support will only be given to those that have thoroughly read the [high]readmefirst.htm[/high] file included with the script.
All of your questions are specifically answered in this file. If you continue to have problems, it's because:

A. You did not read the included help file.
When you read it, take the time to read every line of it, not just what you like.
B. You edited the code incorrectly.
Mixing the "BELOW ADD" with "REPLACE WITH" expressions is inadmissible, that's English, not Chinese.
C. You were in a rush to install this and missed a step.
Take a coffee or whatever you want and 30min of your free time and the script will install without a hinch.
D. All of the above.

If you want to display nice locations in your online.php file, like for example [high]Main Index[/high] and [high]Forum Main Index[/high], read more here.
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NOTE: As a thank you for using my script, please click on the INSTALL button.
You will receive updates in your e-mail, whenever I add new features to it and it will let me evaluate better the quality of my hacks.
Also post a reply with your comments. Your opinion is important to me.

BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION, SEARCH THE THREAD OR THE SUPPORT FORUMS.
[high]I will not answer anymore to any questions in this thread, that's why we have forums.[/high]
CANNOT GET THE LATEST VERSION? CLEAR YOUR BROWSER TEMP FILES.
[high]Why did you scrolled down without reading the copyright??[/high] Scroll up and read the copyright. Thanks.

Important Update
[high]Please update your footer link to the new web site:[/high]
cpublisher.com
The old link (teckwizards.com) has expired.
Thank you.

[armani1072]

yep thats what i have in there and still nothing.

i think i am gonna have to give it rest for a while i have been working on this for about 18-19 hours now, and i am not getting anywhere. the only thing i can think of is maybe my path is incorrect, i may not fully understand what should go in there.

at the top of my ws_ftp box when i am in the admin folder it says /precisio/precisionmuscle.org/forum/admin is that the full path, my brain is cooked.

[klaattu]

in my humble just put $adminpath = 'forum/admin';
in the globals.php file

a...and also check the syntax on the templatephp should end up lik ethis:

$only['forumdisplay'] = 'Forum Display';
$only['forumhome'] = 'Forum Home Page';
$only['getinfo'] = 'User Info Display';
$only['home'] = 'Home Page';
$only['memberlist'] = 'Member List';

and on newthread should end like this:

$postid=$DB_site->insert_id();
if (in_array($foruminfo['forumid'], explode(',', $articleforum))) {
$DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET articleid=$postid WHERE threadid=$threadid");
}

(paste exactly fron first carachter to last do not copy paste any spaces before $ or after}

Step 4 follow to th eletter since your forum resides on a folder called forum

so just put forum/images (exactly like th einstructions)

hope youll be up and running in no time... By the way my BvBulletin is 2.3.0. so just check my code if it sno diferent from yours but I think is the same

[armani1072]

thanks man i will give that a try. **crosses fingers**

[klaattu]

check the update... more complete

[armani1072]

dude i really appreciate your help on this.

[armani1072]

uggg i followed the steps to a 't' and still a blank page.

[Paige4Ever]

Hi. We have been installing this hack in our forum since 20 days 7 or 8 times and we always get the same problem.



Database error in vbHome 2.3.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total
FROM thread
WHERE forumid IN( ) AND dateline>1077386035

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ') AND dateline>1077386035
' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Sunday 22nd of February 2004 04:27:56 PM
Script: http://www.thesourceofcharmed.com/
Referer:



Anybody knows where is the problem??

Thanx

[Boss-Hog]

Hello,

I was able to get this hack successfully installed and running at http://www.redszone.com/index.php . Now, I'm sure the answer to the question I'm about to ask can be found somewhere in this thread, but I don't have the time or the patience to read 90 pages worth of replies. My question is this: now that I have vbHome Lite working, how do I customize the index.php file such that the background is not the default VB blue color (my forum logo doesn't look right on that) and that the 'home' button can be removed (take a look at the URL I posted above and you'll see what I mean)? Additionally, I would like to move everything into tables (similar to the home page of vbulletin.org) so that all the information is not displayed down the left hand column, but those first two items will be enough for now. Thank you very much.

Boss

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by msimplay

[high]Originally posted by TECK [/high]
This is a minor change required to make it work in vbHome (lite).

FILE: vbHL global.php
FIND:

$pagestarttime = 0;
if ( isset( $HTTP_GET_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $showqueries ) )
{
  $showqueries = 1;
  $pagestarttime = microtime();
}

REPLACE WITH:

$pagestarttime = microtime();
if ( isset( $HTTP_GET_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $showqueries ) )
{
  $showqueries = 1;
}

Sorry, but this did not work for me. I tried to find this obvious fix everywhere. Postet everywhere but no one could help. And due to having multiple domains and forums from Teck down, i had no help.

So i tried it on my own and you showed me the right way. But your code did not work. I had to add after your code in the /global.php an additional line but not in the /forum/global.php.

Code before:

$pagestarttime = 0;
if ( isset( $HTTP_GET_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $showqueries ) )
{
	$showqueries = 1;
	$pagestarttime = microtime();
}

Code after the change:

$pagestarttime = 0;
if ( isset( $HTTP_GET_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showqueries'] ) or isset( $showqueries ) )
{
	$showqueries = 1;
	//$pagestarttime = microtime();
}

$pagestarttime = microtime();

I hope that other people facing the same problem have now the fix for this microstats problem or your insane server load time problem.

Cheers,

Pseudomizer

[hireamerica]

Gotta silly one going on...

OK downloaded the zip file and expanded and Actually read the readmefirst.htm file:

(note: vbulletin 3.0 RC4 here)

ok, on the "/admin/forum" folder... I thought that my "/includes" was the right folder, since that's where my config.php (you know... config.php.new was edited and saved as config.php).

If this is the case, then I get reasonably far by changing global.php to 'vbulletin/includes' for the admin folder.

But then it gets screwy b/c I need to add $dbservertype = 'mysql'; into the config.php folder, else global.php tries to open db_.php instead of db_mysql.php.

Well, it opens alright, but suddenly my database name, server, login, password is forgotten (it's all in my config.php, but db_mysql.php doesn't see those).

Warning: Missing argument 1 for connect() in /mnt/web_g/d06/s37/b01cc19b/www/vbulletin/includes/db_mysql.php on line 46

Warning: Missing argument 2 for connect() in /mnt/web_g/d06/s37/b01cc19b/www/vbulletin/includes/db_mysql.php on line 46

Warning: Missing argument 3 for connect() in /mnt/web_g/d06/s37/b01cc19b/www/vbulletin/includes/db_mysql.php on line 46

Warning: Missing argument 4 for connect() in /mnt/web_g/d06/s37/b01cc19b/www/vbulletin/includes/db_mysql.php on line 46

Warning: Failed opening './includes/functions_log_error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/nf/lib/php') in /mnt/web_g/d06/s37/b01cc19b/www/vbulletin/includes/db_mysql.php on line 370

Any help would be great!

a) is my assumption correct on forum/admin = vbulletin/includes based on config.php being there and db_mysql.php being there?
b) did I do right by adding $dbservertype to config.php
c) in home lite, instructions reference newthread.php and template.php... don't see either of these in my /vbulletin/includes folder..

Gracias!