Miscellaneous Hacks - IFRAMEr (Free) by BOP5 - Easily create IFRAMEs in your forums to external pages

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Version 1.3.1

Fully compatible with VB 3.8 & 4.x versions.

This is a free version of this mod. The Gold Version is available at:
IFRAMEr Gold by BOP5 at Qapla.com

The FREE version is just like the GOLD version except limited to 3 Admin Created IFRAMEs. The GOLD version allows for unlimited IFRAME pages.
Also The GOLD version also allows for the admin to set a custom filename and URL attributes.

Live Demos:
VB4 Demos-
Photo Editor - Qapla.com Forum by BOP5 - Photo Editor
Radar Map - Qapla.com Forum by BOP5 - Radar Map

VB3 Demos-
321 Cheese - JUOT - Joe's Ultimate Off Topic - 321Cheese.com (Take your own photo)
Photo Editor - JUOT - Joe's Ultimate Off Topic - Photo Editor

About:

The IFRAME tag is a powerful tag that lets you embed any webpage in any other webpage. It is used all over in places you'd never expect like "Like Buttons" and even in vBulletin's Human Verify templates.

This mod is designed to provide the admin with one large IFRAME on a vBulletin powered page that the admin can easily assign and setup via the Admin CP.

This will allow admins to provide a familiar and local interface for external content.

PLEASE BE AWARE NOT ALL WEBSITES "ALLOW" YOU TO FRAME THEM. Please read the site's "Terms of Service" before you place their content into an IFRAME on your page. Some sites specifically forbid this, though it is mostly through the "honor system." Very few use JavaScript code that can detect them being framed and "break out" of them automatically. Still, please do your due diligence before framing anyone else's content. There a number of sites you are allowed to frame such as the photo editor in the demo links (a popular choice), usually any scientific/government sites like weather maps, forecasts, or NASA sites. Wikimedia/Wikipedia allow for framing as well.

This mod also allows you to choose if you want to link to each or any of the IFRAME pages via the "Quick Links" drop-down forum menu. However, this mod is intended to create the FRAME pages- linking to them in a better way is up to you. May I suggest a (Free) Qapla.com ExQlusive mod : Navbar Buttons Builder by BOP5 - For easy inclusion of IFRAME links in the navbar or drop-down lists.

You must give each IFRAMEr page a title, a navbits title, and an optional extended description. Each of these options may be entered directly into the IFRAMEr manager OR can instead be created as phrases to allow translation to multiple languages for multi-language sites. In the latter case you specify the "use phrases" and enter the phrase name in the settings box instead. A convenient link is included to the Phrase Manager pre-loaded to show your custom IFRAMEr phrases (if any.)

Finally the mod also allows you to choose which usergroups can see each IFRAME link and page. By default all usergroups can see each IFRAME page, but you can restrict it to specific groups or member's only (preventing guest access.)

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[justicechick]

I've tried all the permission options listed, still says that I do not have permission to access the page that I created.

[DemOnstar]

BOP5 is quite busy at the moment, please be patient for the author to make his post..

There are 2 quality advisers around currently and they are very active. Hopefully they will pass by and help with most queries...

[Ba'al]

Originally Posted by justicechick

I've tried all the permission options listed, still says that I do not have permission to access the page that I created.

Are you listed as a SuperAdmin in your config.php file?

[justicechick]

Originally Posted by Ba'al

Are you listed as a SuperAdmin in your config.php file?

Yes I am listed as super admin and admin

[BirdOPrey5]

In the Admin CP -> IFRAMEr -> IFRAMEr Manager, and you edit one of the IFRAMEs, what do you have listed for "Allowed Usergroups" ?

Did you try:

ALL

OR

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Which would pretty much be every default user group except banned?

[justicechick]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

In the Admin CP -> IFRAMEr -> IFRAMEr Manager, and you edit one of the IFRAMEs, what do you have listed for "Allowed Usergroups" ?

Did you try:

ALL

OR

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Which would pretty much be every default user group except banned?

2,4,5,6,7,11,12,18,19

[BirdOPrey5]

Are you sure you are going to the right URL? Are you following a link that was auto-added to the navbar?

[dizzynation]

Is there a way to make it so button and links are not clickable in the iFrame?

[BirdOPrey5]

Those just aren't possible with IFRAMEs. IE allows you to disable javascript which is an option available with this mod. Other browser's don't honor that though.

[Budget101]

Is there a way to only create a (dismissable) frame on the TOP of each external link with this mod? I don't want to completely enclose the external links, just display a header Top Frame like those used on About.com (example here: http://weightloss.about.com/gi/o.htm...201108021.html )