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

[YLP1]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

LOL!!! I'm now gettin, when tryin to clean one, when clearly its not.

Just upgraded to 2.3.2

Originally Posted by UncoderMom

I am logged in. ITs my avatar. LOL been logged in on and off all day and they are still there. Also getting the "This avatar is already clean." notice when I try and clean it. Its dirty but says its clean. Same eggs from early today.

Other users are having issues with cleaning them too, I try and it gives me the same thing it gives them. BUT if I throw something fresh at them and then throw a towel the avatar gets cleaned. weird.

Also I noticed if you throw an egg and then quick reply you cant throw another egg until you refresh the page.

I am running vb 3.8 and installed the latest version of Egg and am having the exact issues posted above.

I am admin and I cannot clean avatars, members who have permission cannot clean their avatars. When I go to clean mine, the popup is empty. When I go to clean a member's avatar it tells me the avatar is already clean.

Is there a fix that I missed for this?

[hambil]

I will look into the cleaning problem and get a fix out as soon as I finish a paid project I am working on. Hopefully very soon.

[Saviour]

Hambil...

Now that most of us have this working...

You may want to start working on the coding of this mod and clean it up a little...since it doesn't meet W3C's XHTML compliancy.

I know, I know...why if it works? Right?

Well...most of us like to keep our site's clean...and having bad code doesn't help when it comes to SEO.

Just a thought...

[hambil]

Your are talking about the popup box and the WOL, I assume, since XHTML only deals with HTML/XML and those are the only parts of the mod that display that kind out output?

[Saviour]

Well...the issue was happening in the postbit...so, I had to go into the Plugin Manager and edit the postbit plugin where you were referring to the users and etc., with code such as the following: &u=

XHTML doesn't like this...so wherever you were calling on these...I just substituted the above with: &amp;u=

All is good now...and everything still seems to be working.

Just a 'heads up'...

[Saviour]

Now...if only I can find and correct the 5 errors on my arcade page...I'll be good to go...LOL!

[Saviour]

Oh...and my whoeggedme.php isn't validating, either...but I think that's because the blog cp navigation link is outside the <table body>tag. Can't figure out how to fix it...but that's a horse of a different color...LOL

[Lynne]

I'm having fun with this on my test site and think I'll install it for some fun day/week on my live site. It would be cute to have items/eggs/whatevers that are holiday specific. I haven't thought of exactly what items for each holiday, it was just an idea I had.

Good job, hambil, this is a very cute modification!

[profanitytalker]

reserve

[Saviour]

Originally Posted by Saviour

Oh...and my whoeggedme.php isn't validating, either...but I think that's because the blog cp navigation link is outside the <table body>tag. Can't figure out how to fix it...but that's a horse of a different color...LOL

Gotta fix for this yet, Hambil?

All other User CP pages validate...except this one...