vBJournal Lite 1.1b

ATM, this hack would work with ALL versions of vB unless they renamed the 'user' table :speechless:


README.txt (can be found in the zip)


README.txt
New in 1.1b
- Edit journal.php (2 lines). New journal.php here, for 1.1a users

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=== vBJournal Lite version 1.1b =============================================
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This is an addon to vBulletin and acts as an online journal/diary. Users can add entries, either

making them private or public(for all to see). For the public entries, users can comment on them.

Thats about it. You should be able to get a better idea viewing a live demo at

http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php. The GUI was modeled after gamingforces journal at

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/journal.php .
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=== This being my first hack, i am SURE that there are going to be =======
=== some bugs, and problems, so just to warn you first =======
=== :: BACKUP YOUR DATABASE ! =======
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Now thats over with lets start... I will list the steps of what needs to be done...
NOW :

1) Edit the images to suit your site.
2) Upload the images to the forum's /images folder.

3) Upload install_journal.php to your admin directory.
4) Run install_journal.php and follow instructions... shouldn't be a problem. but i only tested

it once .

5) Run this query (using phpmyadmin,or use this hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/show...&threadid=26272 , etc)

ALTER TABLE user ADD journal SMALLINT NOT NULL

[note this will add a column in your 'user' table, but i think that shouldnt be a problem ...]

6) Upload journal.php to your forum's root directory.
7) goto journal.php page and click on the button ... (should say "Get a journal" or "Unlock

Journal" Cant rem which
... bad memory. lol) this will enable the admin journal (userid=1) and show the first default

welcome msg.

8) Link to journal in postbit.
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- open admin/functions.php

FIND

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$datecut = time() - $cookietimeout;

if ($counter%2==0) {
$post[backcolor]="#13486D";
$post[bgclass] = "alt1";
} else {

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Add ABOVE THIS


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// vBJournal Hack by Ryangel
if($post[journal]==1){
$journal = '<a href="journal.php?s=&journalid='.$post[userid].'&action=view"><img

src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/journal.gif" alt="View '.$post[username].'\'s Journal" border="0"/></a>';
}
else {
$journal = '';
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////


save and upload admin/functions.php.

9) open your postbit template and add $journal to where you want the link to show.


You are done ! The journal should be able to work now

FEW THINGS TO NOTE
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- private entries can only be viewed by the owner or admin.
- erm... did i say a few? ok thats the main thing to note.... I'll edit this as it comes to my

mind. lol :laugh:

IN WORKS FOR NEXT VERSION
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- incooperate moods
- better interface ( but that you can do now by editing the templates yourself )
- Admin interface -> from admin cp.
- New user option to choose whether buddies/admin can view private entries.
- anything else that might come up from discussions.


Version Update Log
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1.1a
- Fixed some table color code.
- Added template txt for manual install.

DEMO: http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php

[Velocd]

Originally posted by Ryangel


I hear ya Mood selection is in the works atm. I'm still deciding whether to incooperate other mood hacks or just implement a real simple one. Will have to check with the other hack authors.

Just use my vBmoods, it can easily be implemented without hassels and is the best out there on the vBulletin.org

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Velocd


Just use my vBmoods, it can easily be implemented without hassels and is the best out there on the vBulletin.org

yeah? ok! Will get down to it asap Looks great .

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by indiamike


Thanks for the response.
That was actually the first place I had looked when I was having problems. Even after editing it and replacing it with your code and hand doing it over and over it still didn't take. The solution...well....I cheated...since I couldn't figure out how to get the font color to change I just changed the color of the table.

I am dumbfounded why this didn't work and tried all sorts of different color combos in the font tag....hmm....dunno...I am usually pretty good at editing templates.

We will have to keep looking into this.

Cheers
Mike

ahhh i think i got it... goto those files again and in the first <tr ...
remove the id="cat" that should do the trick. I'll update the files now...

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by [D]Vincent
Great. I won't install until later today when I'm fully awake though. But anyways, did you just not use cellspacing on your forum templates for it? Or is there not cellspacing used in it at all. Because I'm lazy and I prefer to have cellspacing=1 so I can see the border. That annoyed the hell out of me on the quiz hack. Never changed it lol

Cellspacing set to 0 you can change that in the journal template.

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Odil
I have 4 styles installed on my board so this hack when it goes to install the templates, it says it does but there are no templates ever installed for any of the 4 styles. What do I need to do?

Can you at least provide a text on the templates to install so I can do them manually?

Odil

File in first post updated. (includes template.txt)
I'll just put the file here as well.

[Riddel]

okay well this may be a silly problem and there must be something obvious i am overlooking but when I click "Add Entry to Journal" it takes me to a 404 page?

[Odil]

Originally posted by Ryangel


File in first post updated. (includes template.txt)
I'll just put the file here as well.

Thank you! I knew it would be alot of templates, I looked through the install file and I could see how many. I just didn't know enoug to know how to copy them from there if it was even posible.

Thanks for the work!

Odil

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Riddel
okay well this may be a silly problem and there must be something obvious i am overlooking but when I click "Add Entry to Journal" it takes me to a 404 page?

hmmm , got a link i can see?

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Odil


Thank you! I knew it would be alot of templates, I looked through the install file and I could see how many. I just didn't know enoug to know how to copy them from there if it was even posible.

Thanks for the work!

Odil

Np

[Riddel]

here. hmm it is a strange error. i think I installed everything correctly