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

[Dr. Bantham]

Originally Posted by Boofo

No way it can, that is why it is called "auto-increment". It only increments. It doesn't care if you mess with what it did before. And those missing rows don't do anything harmful at all. It's as if they never existed except for the numbering.

My quotes had a gap which was greater than 500, which I found annoying and I feared confusion when members attempted a BBCode reference. Prior to executing this command, I sequentially re-numbered all existing quotes starting from 1. Otherwise, I understand that there would be a point where it would be assigning numbers which were pre-existing. That would not be a good thing!

[Boofo]

Auto-increment will not touch any rows below the last increment. Any rows it has already incrented to would never be rassigned. That's not how auto-increment works. It might have bothered you for unknown reasons but it would not have hurt anything leaving it was it was. I have over 1670 quotes in my quotes table and the increment is now at 2,000 and something. And it works like it should. The missing rows do nothing.

[Cap'n Steve]

Originally Posted by cookiepants

Is there a way to make the font and or the quote box a bit smaller? Thanks!

There's a few suggestions in this thread, like this one.

[cillianok]

"Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in \includes\functions.php on line 3717"

Getting this error, all I've done is upload the files...

[cillianok]

I rebuilt bit fields and its ok.

//edit:

Is there any way to make the box smaller in height?

[Cap'n Steve]

You could either remove some information or change the spacing between rows.

[iou1]

I just installed this by uploading the xml to my forum and now I can't access my ACP without getting this error:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 3717

[Cap'n Steve]

<a href="showthread.php?p=1153153#post1153153" title="vBulletin.org Forum - Post 1153153">Disable the plugin system</a> to get into your admincp. Then try reuploading the files and reinstalling before re-enabling the plugins.

[iBaker]

I have installed this in v3.7.0 BETA 5 and it all works ok except for the edit button in the quote - (I have given myself full edit/delete rights).

In Firefox nothing happens when I click edit - in I.E. I get this error message:
Attachment 76826

Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated as this mod is a great enhancement - thanks Capt

[Cap'n Steve]

Try editing clientscript/quoteit_moderation.js. Find this:

				var author = agent.handler.responseXML.documentElement.getElementsByTagName('author')[0].firstChild.data;

and above that, add this:

alert(agent.handler.responseText);

Then try and edit a quote and tell me what the popup says.