Add-On Releases - CND Garage - Timeslips

Description
CND Garage Timeslips is a garage/timeslip add on for vbulletin. Although it looks like phpbbgarage this is NOT a port, it is 100% my own code. I just modeled the layout to look like it.
Users can add as many vehicles, timeslips and images that the admin allows. The admin can define the amounts per site or per usergroup. Images are stored in the filesystem and thumbnails are automatically created as the image is uploaded.

Main Features

• No vb template modification needed (except to add link to navigation/community)
• Ajax driven menu's to keep load time down for very large lists of makes/models
• Button images are attached to style so that each style can have their own images
• 99.9% of the text is phrased so that it can be translated for multinational sites
• User's vehicles shown in their profile (vb 3.7+)
• vboption used for type of garage, to help aid in change it from a car to a motorcycle, atv, etc garage system
• Easily import data from vbgarage

NEW FEATURES IN 2.0!!!!

• New navbar menu, dropdown vehicle options and dropdown administrator options to clean up the layout
• On the fly watermarking, text and image
• Run garage outside of the forum directory
• Image resizing, 3 sizes of images, link on lytebox to open large image
• Trim field, vehicle class and purchase date added to the vehicle data
• Vehicle of the day automatic cron added
• Vehicle of the month setting with customizable image

Installation
Instructions, tips and more are now in the online documentation as well as an included chm file.
Both are linked in the read me file.

The garage is developed on vb 3.8.3 and tested back to 3.7.0. The garage will run on PHP 4.4.7+ compiled with GD/GD2 and MySQL 4.1.x+

I am currently working on an importer for the old timeslips database.

Additional options for the garage like dyno charts, modifications and lots more are included in the commercial version at CND Systems

Added
The vba_vehicle_display.xml is a vbadvanced module to add a verticle column with vehicles, can be either latest vehicles, random vehicles or the featured vehicle. Once imported you can modify the module to change the number of vehicles displayed. This only works with the 2.x series.
The forum_home_2_0_2.xml file is a vb product which will display garage images on your forum home page. It has options for the location and number of images which is set through the ACP vboptions section. This only works with the 2.x series.
The postbit_user_garage-1_4_1.xml is a vb product which will add a link to the user garage in the postbit. Configure this on the Garage General Settings vboptions tab.


Release Notes
v2.0.6 - 09/8/2009
Fixed vb problem with cleaning numbers formatted with non english decimal and thousand separators
Fixed extra $ in vehicle dropdown menu

v2.0.5 - 09/6/2009
Fixed decimal spacing on timeslips
Added ability to remove VOTM
Added ability to remove Featured Vehicle

v2.0.4 - 09/5/2009
Fixed image links breaking when changing vehicle user
Fixed decimal and thousand separator on viewing items
Fixed removing engine type error

v2.0.3 - 09/1/2009
Fixed editing number fields for decimal and thousand separater in different languages
Fixed problem with timezone skewing dates
Fixed switching Miles/KM in timeslip
Fixed ACP Front Block modification
Fixed dates with year and day problems
Fixed approval header background
Fixed front row blocks number and order

v2.0.2 - 08/27/2009
Fixed problem with vehicle image uploads if set to Basic and Per Item
Fixed problem with 2.0.1 import, permission field does not get created
Fixed unused fields killing vehicle creation

v2.0.1 - 08/25/2009
Fixed bug with vehicle options not being available
Fixed admin editing user vehicle
Fixed header owner name on front page block
Modified templates to clean up navigation
Modified templates to clean up admin vehicle options
Fixed vehicle purchase date showing wrong on view
Fixed not used data showing in user vehicle's view

v2.0.0 - 08/23/2009
Way too many changes to put it here, read the included change log

v1.0.3 - 07/22/2009
Fixed expired session submitting vehicle
Fixed verifying vehicle owner on edit

v1.0.2 - 07/17/2009
Fixed red x on browse vehicles with no image
Fixed missing phrases for ACP options
Fixed deleting and setting primary of images
Add vbgarage import tool

v1.0.1 - 07/15/2009
Fixed variables
Fixed popup to create new makes/models

[burntire]

Originally Posted by Dylanblitz

I'm working on it as well as a bunch of other features requested. It will probably be a few weeks before the next release.

Cool when it is done I will upgrade to the Pro version.

[Neckster]

Question for you. I have an off road vehicle website. Most of the vehicles are custom built "tube chassis" type of rigs. Is there something that would allow users to write in their vehicle description, or is there only a list of pre defined vehicles to choose from (such as mustang, camaro, acura, etc)?

Thanx, Trevor

[bposner]

Originally Posted by Dylanblitz

Don't run the xml that says new install only. That is the one that puts all the makes and models in there. If you dont run that then it will leave your current makes/models

Thanks, as always wonderful support for a wonderful mod!

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by Neckster

Question for you. I have an off road vehicle website. Most of the vehicles are custom built "tube chassis" type of rigs. Is there something that would allow users to write in their vehicle description, or is there only a list of pre defined vehicles to choose from (such as mustang, camaro, acura, etc)?

Thanx, Trevor

You can set it so the user can submit make/model. You can also set it so they can either submit and use them right away, or submit and wait for approval before they are used.

[Neckster]

Installed it, but having a couple of problems.

If I go to acp>cnd garage>usergroup permissions and try to change anything on any user group, I get this error

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:
Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO garage_permissions (id, access_write, access_approve, access_del_own_comm, access_del_other_comm, access_reassign_vehicle, access_submit, access_submit_makes, access_submit_models, vehicle_quota, image_quota_type, image_quota, image_quota_vehicle, max_quota_qtrmile, image_quota_qtrmile, image_vehicle_enable, image_qtrmile_enable, image_max_size) VALUES ('4', '1', '1', '1', '0', '0', '', '1', '1', '5', '1', '20', '5', '0', '5', '1', '1', '1024');
MySQL Error : Duplicate entry '4' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Request Date : Monday, August 3rd 2009 @ 11:30:24 AM
Error Date : Monday, August 3rd 2009 @ 11:30:25 AM
Script : .............. forum/admincp/garage_admin.php?do=add_permissions_submit
Referrer : .............. forum/admincp/garage_admin.php?do=add_permissions
IP Address : ................
Username : Neckster
Classname : vb_database
MySQL Version : 5.0.75-community-log


Secondly, when I am in garage, and create a profile, then try to upload a picture, it get this. I have tried uploading several pics from several different files on my computer.

Error testcar1.jpg - Error: Image could not be moved.

Thanx for any help.
Trevor

[wottech]

On the second issue, do you have the garage images folder permissions set correctly? The folder needs to have write access in order to move the image from the temp upload folder to the garage image folder.

As far as the permissions go, I'll wait for Dylan to answer. I have been running the pro version for over a year now (?), and I still get confused about the usergroup permissions...

[Dylanblitz]

From the script reference it looks like you are trying to add permissions?
If you want to edit a permission group, there are two icon's you select from to edit/delete a groups permissions.

If you are trying to add a groups permissions, there is a bug that will be fixed in the next release. You select a group, say Registered Users, and click Add Permissions. When the next screen comes up, no mater what you selected on the previous, it will show the COPPA group. Just select the proper group again and it will work fine.

The error you are getting is a error when someone tries to add permissions for a group that already has permissions set on it.

On the second issue, it sounds like a permissions problem. The error happens when the image was uploaded but the server didn't let the script move the image. Verify that you have a folder forum/images/garage/attach that has permissions to allow the script to write to it. If you have it in another location verify that Relative Attachment Path variable is pointing to the right directory in the ACP.

[Neckster]

Originally Posted by Dylanblitz

From the script reference it looks like you are trying to add permissions?
If you want to edit a permission group, there are two icon's you select from to edit/delete a groups permissions.

If you are trying to add a groups permissions, there is a bug that will be fixed in the next release. You select a group, say Registered Users, and click Add Permissions. When the next screen comes up, no mater what you selected on the previous, it will show the COPPA group. Just select the proper group again and it will work fine.

That was it!!! Thank you.

Originally Posted by Dylanblitz

On the second issue, it sounds like a permissions problem. The error happens when the image was uploaded but the server didn't let the script move the image. Verify that you have a folder forum/images/garage/attach that has permissions to allow the script to write to it. If you have it in another location verify that Relative Attachment Path variable is pointing to the right directory in the ACP.

Once again, that was it. I didn't not have the attach folder set to write.

Thanx for all the great support you give for a great product!!

[Dylanblitz]

Originally Posted by burntire

Cool when it is done I will upgrade to the Pro version.

The resizing should be fixed now. I tested it out with my system and I didn't run into any problems. Also added some cool features

[burntire]

I found a few minor bugs. Upgrades are very nice.

Red X where the close button should be
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Style is broken around the drop downs
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Some missing details on what these settings are for.
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Is there a way to limit the size of the thumbs?
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