New Posting Features - [tk] Egg Avatar

A Support Project using the vBulletin Project Tool has been created to support this mod. Please make use of it if you can. Timely support will still be given in this thread, however, use of the project tool is appreciated because:

1. I paid for it
2. It makes searching for problems already asked by other users, and possibly solved, much easier than this long thread.
3. It helps organize and manage issues for me, which will become even more useful as I release more mods.

Description:
Ever want to throw something at someone when you read a post? Now you can! Eggs, kisses, bullets, and more.

Video Demonstration Link

Special Notes:

• Due to some complicated issues involving the coding for animated gifs, largely black eggs (like the bullethole) do not display properly. All that is required, if you make or find your own eggs, is that large black areas be converted to a dark grey or dark blue. I've already done this with the newest bullethole.gif, and as you can see it's not a big issue but I wanted to make everyone aware of it.
• If you wish to uninstall please upgrade to the lastest version first, as older versions may not uninstall cleanly.

Upcoming 2.5 new features

• Automatic (optional) integration with [tk] Post Notes (post note of "Username: Threw a <thing> at you." or "Username: Gave you a <thing>" etc.
• Long promised post stats (how many times a post has been egged, etc.)

Features:

• Fully Phrased.
• Fully AJAX.
• Can be configured to work with any credits system, or not use credits (default).
• Comes configured for vbCredits (just turn on 'Enable Credits' in the admincp options).
• Integrated with vB Optimise.
• Manage your own egg images (enable/disable/delete/add).
• Optionally have eggings effect user reputation.
• Optional 'Who Egged Me' display in UserCP.
• 'Eggs' can be cleaned away.
• Entire avatars can be wiped clean.
• Usergroup support for viewing, using, cleaning own and cleaning others.
• Very configurable.
• Handles animated avatars (animation stops when egged, starts again when cleaned).
• Fully supports both GD and ImageMagick. Animated avatars do not stop in ImageMagick.
• Optional Statistics in What's Going On.

Install:
Download the [tk] EggAvatar_2.3.4.zip file.
Unzip and upload all files in the upload directory to your forum root.
Import the product file in your admincp.
Make sure to set usergroup permissions - all are turned off by default.

Install vbAdvanced Module:
Import and configure the eggblock.xml module via vbAdvanced in your admincp.

Upgrade:
Download the [tk] EggAvatar_2.3.4.zip file.
Unzip and upload all files in the upload directory to your forum root.
Import the product file in your admincp - make sure Allow Overwrite is set to 'yes'.

Version History:
1.0 Original Version
1.1 Support for animated avatars
1.1.1 Fixed a couple minor bugs
1.2.0 Fixed a couple bugs and added file system support for avatar storage.
1.2.1 Fixed bug where function not compiled into standard php 4 was being called.
1.2.2 Fixed bug that cause out of place cost info on popup. Fixed so images no longer lose color when thrown.
1.2.3 Fixed some phrasing. Fixed (?) the bug causes database errors for some users.
2.0 Egg Manager (enable, disable, upload your own eggs). Egg tracking (who egged me). Optional reputation change on egging. Numerous small bug fixes, including PNG support.
2.0.1 Fixed bug with editing existing eggs in admincp.
2.0.2 Fixed bug with EI scrolling menu.
2.0.3 Added some missing phrases.
2.0.4 Fixed IE display problem. Put code in admincp image upload to only allow gifs and to resize if needed (max 50x50).
2.1.0 Full support for animated avatars. Eggs uploaded to the eggs directory but not in the database now show in the Egg Image Manager and can be added. Added Who's Online support. Fixed possible bug with missing dateline from url.
2.1.1 Fixed problem where PHP 5 function was being called.
2.2.0 Fixed problem with cleaned avatars missing dateline (really this time). Dropped back to partial animated gif support (animation stops when egged, starts when cleaned). Added checks and error messages to help with invalid path settings. Fixed bug that caused images not to display in popup. Fixed popup to display properly in all browsers no matter how many eggs are added.
2.2.1 Added additional error checking to the image manager. Fixed the upload button in the image manager.
2.2.2 Fixed uninstall issue. Fixed a couple words that weren't phrased.
2.3 Fixed permissions issues. Fixed a couple more words that weren't phrased. Added support for ImageMagick. Added support for vB Optimise. Added statistics on forum home. Changed the fade time so the eggs won't fade if the user hasn't logged in to see them yet.
2.3.1 Fixed bug in vB Optimise integration.
2.3.2 Fixed bug if paths to avatars has a leading '/'.
2.3.3 Another attempt at fixing the pop 'eggs out of the box' issue. Probably my last for a while. Good luck, cross fingers.
2.3.4 Fixes a "can't view if can't egg" permissions problem that has been plaguing some users. Adds a vbAdvanced Module.

Beta Testing Team! Thanks!
acegames

Do not be afraid to click the install button, or whatever

Donations (THANKS!):
?10.00 GBP by acegames
$10.00 USD by rule0
$10.00 USD by drupy
$10.00 USD by aztecboi2003
$10.00 USD by TandyServices
$10.00 USD by hIBEES

[Loony1973]

Originally Posted by hambil

You're making my head spin

What I will say is the permissions are pretty self explanatory and should work as defined. I will be double and triple checking that they do in the upcoming 2.5 release.

If you want a permissions setup that simply does not exist in the current release, please explain it like I'm an idiot, because I'm confused.

Sorry ! I'll start again

On my forum we have a Premium Members usergroup, and a Regular Members usergroup. I (and someone previously in this thread) wanted the permissons set so that Premium Members can throw eggs, and Regular Members can see the eggs but not throw them.

Changing the permissions in the admin cp didn't enable this. Although the permissions were set for Regular Members to view eggs, they couldn't see them unless the permissions were also set for them to throw eggs.

So, I followed your instructions earlier in the thread to change the plug-in code and use the phrase $eggavatar_button in the postbit template. I then wrapped a conditional around this code so that the button was only visible if you were a member of Premium Members.

So, although Regular Members have the permissions to throw eggs, they can't actually see the button to do so. This was the only way I could get it working so that Regular Members can see but not throw eggs.

Hope this makes sense!

[hambil]

Ah. The permissions are broken then. I appreciate you helping out I will try to make sure permissions work as advertised in 2.5

[murdoc]

hey there hambil

i just would like to ask i get this error

Could not find phrase 'eggavatar_invalid_path'.

and i have installed it just like you said, i use Vbadvance

[hambil]

Hmmm. First, make sure the path to your eggs in egg avatar options is valid. As to why the phrase is missing, that's a mystery to me, but I'll look into it.

[mekanbursa]

tşk dosttum

[hambil]

Originally Posted by mekanbursa

tşk dosttum

Can someone translate that?

[Saviour]

Originally Posted by hambil

Can someone translate that?

Sure...

It means "I have nothing better to do than troll threads".

[tecnozul]

Nice already I could install it without problems, but I have some questions.

Is itpossible as Admin or moderator sees who a gif gives to another user?

And is it( possible, allows him only some groups the one who him to wire drawing?

[hambil]

Originally Posted by tecnozul

Nice already I could install it without problems, but I have some questions.

Is itpossible as Admin or moderator sees who a gif gives to another user?

And is it( possible, allows him only some groups the one who him to wire drawing?

Let me make sure I understand:
You want admins and/or mods to be able to see a list of who egged who? Not a bad idea, I'll add it to the list.

I don't understand the second sentence. Wire drawing?

[hambil]

I decided to make a 2.3 release before 2.5, because there are some big internal changes. Both support for ImageMagick and vB Optimise required considerable code re-writing. There were also some bugs that needed fixing that had been out there too long.

Forget to mention in update message: I also changed the fade time so the eggs won't fade if the user hasn't logged in to see them yet.

Enjoy