vBulletin Blog - Blog Customization

Tested with vb 3.6.8 and blog 1.0.2

*Requires the Vbulletin Blog product.

This hack extends the blog functionality by letting the users manage, in a limited way, their "styles".
They'll be able to choose a background color, color for the entries and the titles, and reorder the panels in the blog in any way they want.

Instead of all looking the same, with this hack the users have LIMITED control over their blogs.

Key functionality

• User may create "styles", as many as they want. A style consist in a background, header, second header, first and second alternating color
• User can select a style for his blog, the style is used immediately
• User can reorder the position of: "user info", "search", "calendar", "options", "last comments" and "categories"

Installation Instructions

See the included readme.txt

Changelog

1.0.2 (Upgrade instructions: reupload includes/functions_blog_customize.php)

• Bug fix: Guests couldn't see the custom styles
• Bug fix: Only the owner could see his style, visitors and other users saw the default

1.0.1 (Upgrade instructions: reupload the files in the "upload" directory and reimport the xml for the product)

• Fixed bug where, when "transparent" is selected, or an empty color, the message "The color is not valid" is displayed to the user
• Fixed a bug where, the icon for transparent and switch wasn't shown
• When the color is not valid, the detailed color that was not valid shown (this is for security, so your css only contains valid colors)

1.0.0

• First release

Info for hackers:
You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by koxito

Yeah! it works!... i just updated, and its great!! ... i installed the spanish lenguage too! .. works great!! .. Thanks a lot... ill continue fallowing your mods!!!


Edit: One last thing before i just stop bugging you XD, ? do you know where i can find an spanish lagn pack for vbblog product ?

Saludos
Lumis!

This is the one I'm using. The only thing I haven't translated is "trackback" and "pingback" until I decide in a proper translation for that. Everything else is translated in context.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

quick question, i just installed your mod (which is kewl), but i noticed that the page doesn't exactly center itself. I think it has to do with the size of the centerbox alignment, but not sure.
I attached an image so if you have time, you can look at it and tell me what you think.

thanks, hotwheels

Um.. that's right. Has to do with the size of the blog and the resolution.

Please try this.
In the "BLOG" template, change

#customize_content {
vertical-align: top;
}

TO

#customize_content {
width: 100%;
vertical-align: top;
}

[hotwheels]

That was it kind sir............thank you very much. I really think this set's the blogs apart. Nice mod.

[koxito]

Installed... and working fine ( all of it ) XD... Thank you very much kenta...!!! you rule!! XD

Lumis!

[mofeu]

It is a blog and forum together or just a style?

Althought at my forum I want to add also a blog for the member,how can I do it?

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by mofeu

It is a blog and forum together or just a style?

Althought at my forum I want to add also a blog for the member,how can I do it?

This is an add-on for vBulletin Blog, you can read about the vbulletin blg here: http://www.vbulletin.com/features_blog.php

You need to have both vbulletin and vbulletin blog

[mofeu]

Thank you Kentaurus!

[Zia]

how far customization i can do to put adsense by using it?

[PoetJA-1975]

just do a search for "blog" and you'll see the adsense modifications

Jacquii.

[jeremyers1]

I cannot get this to work. I have installed it, but still, my blog has problems....

http://www.freegracechurches.org/forum/blog.php

I'm thinking it might not be a problem with your mod, since I had the exact same problem before I installed your mod. I was hoping your mod could fix it. It didn't (yet). Since you seem to understand how the blog customization works, maybe you can help me figure this out?