Random Glossary Term [vBa CMPS module]

This vBadvanced CMPS module displays a random term of Mindestic GlosPro.

I tested it on vBulletin 3.5.4 with vBadvanced CMPS 2.1.0 and vBGlossary Basics 1.1.0.

It adds one query to a vBa page and it's fully phrased and 100% W3C XHTML 1.0 compliant.



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Installation
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• Upload all files from the "upload" directory into your forum directory.
• Create a new template called "adv_portal_glossary_random_term" with the following content:
  
  

  <tr>
  	<td class="alt1">
  		<div align="center">
  			<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]do=viewglossary&amp;term=$glossary_module_term_id"><img src="$vboptions[bburl]/images/question-mark.gif" border="0" alt="$vbphrase[glossary]" title="$glossary_module_term_name" /></a>
  			<br /><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]do=viewglossary&amp;term=$glossary_module_term_id"><strong>$glossary_module_term_name</strong></a>
  		</div>
  	</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  	<td class="alt2">
  		<div align="center">
  			<span class="smallfont"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]">[$vbphrase[glossary]]</a></span>
  		</div>
  	</td>
  </tr>

• Create a new vBa CMPS PHP file module (AdminCP => vBa CMPS => Add Module => [PHP File]) with the following info:
  - Title: Random Term (or choose another one)
  - File to Include: glossary_random_term.php
  - Identifier: glossaryrandomterm (or choose another one)
  - Templates Used: adv_portal_glossary_random_term

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Requirements
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• vBulletin 3.5.x or 3.6.x
• vBadvanced CMPS
• vBGlossary Basics (now called Mindestic GlosPro)

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History
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- 1.0.0: Initial release
- 1.0.1: Fixed a little bug

The question mark graphic is made by Norke (Yannick De Smet).

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[SaN-DeeP]

this is way to quick addon release

[louis_chypher]

I had to change the adv_portal_glossary_random_term template to:

<tr>
	<td class="alt1">
		<div align="center">
			<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]do=viewglossary&amp;term=$glossary_module_term_id"><img src="$vboptions[bburl]/images/question-mark.gif" border="0" alt="$vbphrase[glossary]" title="$glossary_module_term_name" /></a>
			<br /><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]do=viewglossary&amp;term=$glossary_module_term_id"><strong>$glossary_module_term_name</strong></a>
		</div>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt2">
		<div align="center">
			<span class="smallfont"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/glossary.php?$session[sessionurl]">[$vbphrase[glossary]]</a></span>
		</div>
	</td>
</tr>

In order to get the path to correctly reflect the locations of My files.

Oh, Thanks!

[RS_Jelle]

Thanks for reporting this issue, I fixed it

[dendrob]

any way to add a block like this to VBDrupal ?

[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by dendrob

any way to add a block like this to VBDrupal ?

I'm sorry, but this isn't possible. I'm only using vBadvanced CMPS (and testing a bit with vbPortal), but I don't use vBDrupal.

[Neutral Singh]

Hi I was trying to add glossary description as well in the module. so i edited the module php file as follows:

<?php

if (($permissions['glossarypermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_glossarypermissions['canviewglossary']) AND $vbulletin->options['vbglossaryactive'])
{
	$glossary_module_content = '';

	$glossary_content_query = $db->query_read("SELECT glossaryid, glossaryname, glossarydescription
						FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "glossary
						WHERE glossaryvalid = 1
						ORDER BY RAND()
						LIMIT 1
	");

	$glossary_content_fetcharray = $db->fetch_array($glossary_content_query);

	$glossary_module_term_id = $glossary_content_fetcharray['glossaryid'];
	$glossary_module_term_name = $glossary_content_fetcharray['glossaryname'];
	$glossary_module_description = $glossary_content_fetcharray['glossarydescription'];

	$db->free_result($glossary_content_query);
}

eval('$home[$mods[\'modid\']][\'content\'] .= "' . fetch_template('adv_portal_glossary_random_term') . '";');

?>

Now, although the glossary description is also showing up it is also showing some garbage html along with it, how do i remove that garbage... thanks for the module.

Just have a look at top right side at my website: http://www.sikhphilosophy.net

Thanks

[jaks]

I'd love to have the description with the html being parsed aswell but I would need it limited to a certain number of words.:cross-eyed:

[RS_Jelle]

@Neutral Singh: Instead of your extra code, use this:

PHP Code:

$glossary_module_description = strip_bbcode($glossary_content_fetcharray['glossarydescription'], false, false, false); 


And to use this function, you need functions.php (put it in the beginning of the if statement):

PHP Code:

require_once('./includes/functions.php'); 


@jaks: Have a look at Neutral Singh's post and this post. Then just put the $glossary_module_description variable where you want it in the template.
To limit the number of characters, add this after the strip_bbcode line:

PHP Code:

$glossary_module_description = substr($glossary_module_description,0,20); 


Change the 20 to the amount of characters you want

[cookiepants]

Works perfect for us, thanks! It also helped me learn vBadvanced coding a little bit



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