Administrative and Maintenance Tools - [rellect] Automatic Products Update Check

Automatic Products Update Check

If you installed this mod, please "Mark as Installed".

Every forum owner installs quite many mods to improve the system and add necessary functions. What's important is to keep your mods updated to avoid issues and security bugs.
When time pass, you forget to check your mods. Sometimes it just too much effort to check each mod manually.

What's the solution?
An automatic process that will do that for you and inform you when you're running an old version.

Compatibility:
vBulleting 3: 3.6.0 and newer.
vBulleting 4: 4.0.0 and newer.

Installations:
You don't have to change anything in the templates/files, just upload the plugin and that's all.
AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

History:

• [04-02-12] v1.0:
  - First Release
• [17-05-12] v1.5:
  - Added cache
  - New Settings: Enable/Disable, Cache time
  - Fixed the delay to load the admincp (checking for updates is now running in the background)
• [01-11-14] v2.0:
  - Code optimization, get results from vb.org faster
  - No longer checking updates for disabled products

[rellect]

Originally Posted by Gadget_Guy

An update....

It still reports that a plugin has an update even though I have deleted (uninstalled) that plugin.

How do I go about removing that notice from the list?

D.

Could be a cache thing, check out later and see if it's still there.

[Gadget_Guy]

It's been there for days

D.

[ozzy47]

Which mod is still showing after you deleted it? I assume you cleared your cookies, and history from your comp, and still see it?

[Gadget_Guy]

Now this is strange...

This morning it was updated and wasn't there.

Odd

D.

[ozzy47]

Well something happened different, but regardless, glad it's sorted.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Originally Posted by rellect

Yes it is. I'm running 4.2 and it works fine.
The reason it doesn't show anything may be the fact that all your mods are up-to-date. And remember that there is a cache process which runs once in a while.

To be sure it work:
1. Set the cache time to 0
2. Edit one of your mods and change the version to older value

Refresh the admincp home page couple times and see if it works.

Where do you do this at?

[rellect]

Originally Posted by I.G.O.T.A.

Where do you do this at?

If you're running version 1.5, it's at:
Options ->Updated Products in AdminCP -> Cache

[rellect]

A new update is released 2.0.0, mainly optimization of the code.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Originally Posted by rellect

If you're running version 1.5, it's at:
Options ->Updated Products in AdminCP -> Cache

Thank you. Will be updating the program now.

[rellect]

Originally Posted by I.G.O.T.A.

Thank you. Will be updating the program now.

You actually reminded me about it, I had this update ready for year+ and just forgot to release it.