vBExternal v1.6

Alright, the people waiting for the quiz hack are gonna kill me for making this while i'm supposed to be developing v2.. heh.

Anyway, welcome to vBExternal, the answer to all your questions of "how can i get this to show on my website from my forum?"
vBExternal provides you the user with the availability to include several forms of information from your own forum, on your own website, with minimal work required!

UPDATE - 1.5:
This update provides more stability, the vBExternal file will only call 1 query for $vboptions and 1 query for the action, a maximum potential of 2 queries (some may execute 3 dependant on functionality used)

UPDATE - 1.6:
Several minor bugs fixed, 2 main one's were users online (repeating names) and emoticons (being red x's).
Also using vBExternal is completely different as to before (the download contains instructions on how to set up vBExternal the new way)

To update: Re-upload vBExternal.php

Features:

• Newest Members
  
  • Description: Outputs X members onto your website, ordered by newest first
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: Change amount shown (default is 5)
    
• Top Posters
  
  • Description: Outputs X members onto your website, ordered by # of posts
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: Change amount shown (default is 5)
    
• Newest Threads
  
  • Description: Outputs X threads onto your website, ordered by post date
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: Choose all/1/several forums to pick from (default is all forums), Change Amount shown (default is 5)
    
• Newest Replies
  
  • Description: Outputs X threads onto your website, ordered by newest reply
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: Choose all/1/several forums to pick from (default is all forums), Change Amount shown (default is 5)
    
• News
  
  • Description: Outputs X posts onto your website, from a specific forum, ordered by post date
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: Choose which forum news is pulled from, Change Amount shown (default is 5)
    
• Users Online
  
  • Description: Outputs all your users online on your forum, onto your webpage
    
  • Available Parameters/Options: N/A
    

Installation:
All you have to do is upload a few files, no running an installer, no file edits, no template additions/edits, nothing!!

Resources:
The system uses the default 1 vB queries onload, and then only ONE additional query (if action is successful)

Using vBExternal:
First of all, your site will have to be php, if your site is say .htm/.html, no worries, just rename the file type to .php, it will all be the same. Then read 'Usage Instructions' contained within the download to see how to set it up


Customizing HTML Output:
Go inside yourforumdir/vBExternal/
You'll find a few HTML files, these files are the template "structure" for each action, you can change the HTML to your own liking, however leave in the macro's --> {bla} (These are swapped with data called from your forum)

I think that's it really, really simple, really easy to use, so there ya go

PS: Feel free to send me any donations, my paypal is: webmaster@gzevolution.net

Enjoy,

- Zero Tolerance

[paul41598]

This sounds what I might be looking for. However, before install, is there a way to pull a mini calendar as well on here? Maybe even just say "there are 2 users and 3 guests online" instead of listing all of the usernames?

So far, seems promising though. Hopefully you can add those two though...

[lange]

vBExternal provides you the user with the availability to include several forms of information from your own forum, on your own website, with minimal work required!

What do you mean by "on your own website" ? On a non-vb page ? On an external website ?

[paul41598]

Warning: mysql_query(): 5 is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/cmich/public_html/testboard/vbforums/includes/db_mysql.php on line 212

[Zero Tolerance]

@ lange - Yes

@ paul - What code did you enter on your website page?

- Zero Tolerance

[JWalker05]

Awesome. Installing now.

EDIT: Just installed. Works like a charm.

[optradin]

Hi (my first post here),

I just noticed that you can easily place this content on any page in any file.

For example:

you want to keep your .html extension on your page - you can use javascript.

go into the vBExternal directory and open the newest_threads.html file.

add this to every line (has to be every line or it won't work)

document.write("    [all the code that was on that line]    ");

then make a dummy externalcontent.php file to call the vBExternal.php content and put the code:

<?php
require_once('./vBExternal.php');


output_NewestThreads(5);
?>

now go into your .html file and use this code:

<script language="javascript" src="http://www.yoursite.com/externalcontent.php"></script>

this code can be placed on any page in any number of instances anywhere on your site that supports javascript (uses the simple document.write in javascript similar to the print function in php)

this can be applied to any of the templates in the hack

be careful with the syntax of the javascript and be careful with quotes. If you use quotes other than the ones for the document.write you have to escape them with \

[yoyoyoyo]

awesome! great work ZT!

[PRadden]

Hey Zero Tolerance, how do i make it to where it only displays the first 15 character's of the Thread Names, insted of the entire thread name?

thanks

check it out here to see what i am talking about www.AutomotiveStreetSports.com

[Booth]

FANTASTIC hack. Thankyou. Clicks install and here it is running at my site: www.pleasedsheep.com

Any chance we could call up recent galleries/comments from photopost? That would be cool!

:classic: :classic: :classic: :classic:

[PRadden]

Originally Posted by PRadden

Hey Zero Tolerance, how do i make it to where it only displays the first 15 character's of the Thread Names, insted of the entire thread name?

thanks

check it out here to see what i am talking about www.AutomotiveStreetSports.com

Zero Tolerance where you at???