vBQuiz 1.0

vBQuiz 1.0

NOTE: all functionality-impairing bugs have been fixed. The attached files should work well on just about any PHP installation.

What's it do?
It allows you to setup a quiz center on your boards quickly and easily. This quiz center is FULLY templated, integrated with vBulletin, and has an advanced Admin script for managing the quizzes, categories, and questions. Here's an example: Movie Forums - Quizzes

A few of its features...

• Tracks all results and displays high scores.
• Upon completion, users are given a total quiz breakdown of the quiz, showing them how they fared on each question, and, on the ones they missed, showing them the correct answer.
• Upon completion, users are shown a graphical bar representing their score, and a graphical bar representing the average score for the quiz. They are also emailed their information.
• Main quiz page calculates and displays the easiest and most difficult quizzes automatically.
• Quizzes can be split up into categories.
• Quizzes can be approved or disapproved easily to add/remove them from public view/use.
• Full integration with the Who's Online? page...IE: "Viewing Quizzes" or "Viewing So and So Quiz" and even "Taking So and So Quiz"

Admin Abilities:

• Disallow multiple quiz takings.
• Toggle to disinclude quiz results coming from the author of the quiz.
• Change the display order of the answers to each question.
• Add multiple questions and answers at once (no limit).

Here are some screenshots:

• Main Quiz Page
• Quiz Display
• Quiz Category Display
• Quiz Question Display
• Quiz Results Page
• ADMIN: Quiz Options/Navigation
• ADMIN: Add Quiz
• ADMIN: Add Questions
• ADMIN: Delete Quiz
• ADMIN: Modify Question
• ADMIN: Quiz Settings

That's it! Don't forget, however, to read ALL of the instructions.txt file in the enclosed vbquiz.zip file. It'll help guard against some common bugs.

Files Enclosed (in vbquiz.zip)
- instructions.txt (read it!)
- quiz.php (upload to main forum dir)
- admin_quiz.php (upload to admin dir)
- install_quiz.php (upload to admin dir and then run)

Enjoy!

Also: a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE thanks to GamerForums for beta testing this hack for me. His help was completely invaluable and surely saved me a lot of work in the long run. Thanks!

[Erwin]

A couple of major bugs:

1) A user submitting a quiz does not pass his or her description.

2) When editing a quiz, you erase the user's userid.

A couple of suggestions:

1) Ability to upload image by user.

2) Ability for user to set time limit.

[Erwin]

Okay, to fix the edit quiz username being deleted problem,

In admin_quiz.php,

Find:

PHP Code:

      if ($quiz[image] && $image_name && !$replaceconfirm) {
        $author = get_userid($author); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

        $author = get_userid($author);
      if ($quiz[image] && $image_name && !$replaceconfirm) { 


[Erwin]

To add the standard editor templates to the cache, and saving many queries when a user submit a quiz, change the actiontemplate code to this in quiz.php:

PHP Code:

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array(
'addquiz' => array(
    'editor_clientscript',
    'editor_jsoptions_font',
    'editor_jsoptions_size',
    'editor_smilie_wysiwyg',
    'editor_smilie_standard',
    'editor_smiliebox',
    'editor_smiliebox_category',
    'editor_smiliebox_row',
    'editor_smiliebox_straggler',
    'editor_smiliemenu_category',
    'editor_smiliemenu_smilie',
    'editor_toolbar_wysiwyg',
    'editor_toolbar_standard', 
'newpost_disablesmiliesoption',
    ),
); 


[Erwin]

Fixed the WYSIWYG description problem for user submit - before, all user submitted descriptions were blank.

In quiz.php.

Find:

PHP Code:

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


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$vboptions['allowvbcodebuttons'] = '1';
require_once('./includes/functions_editor.php'); 


Then find:

PHP Code:

require_once('./includes/functions_wysiwyg.php');
$quiz_description = convert_wysiwyg_html_to_bbcode($_POST['WYSIWYG_HTML']); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

// require_once('./includes/functions_wysiwyg.php');
$quiz_description = $message; 


[Erwin]

By the way, my fixes are for the vB3 version, not the vB2 version.

[Erwin]

To allow members to submit time limit is easy to do too.

Only template mods needed, since the code is already in quiz.php

In quiz_add template,

Find:

                $vbphrase[category]:<br />
                <select name="quiz_catid">
                  $catbits
                </select>
              </td>
            </tr>

Below add:

            <tr>
              <td width="100%" class="smallfont"><br />
                  Time limit per question in seconds:<br />
                  <input type="text" class="bginput" name="quiz_timelimit" size="5" maxlength="5" tabindex="1" />
              </td>
            </tr>

Then in quiz_add_questions template, find:

  <input type="hidden" name="quiz_description" value="$quiz_description">

Below add:

  <input type="hidden" name="quiz_timelimit" value="$quiz_timelimit">

Done!

[Holidazed]

I used to run this hack in my vb2.x board, now I run vb3.01. is there a vb3.0 version of this hack?

[Holidazed]

Originally Posted by TWTCommish

No, not yet. Which is what we've been discussing for the last several pages.

An improved, vB 3.0-compatible version will be available for sale sometime in the next few weeks, however.

Nevermind. I would love it if someday I actually read the threads prior to posting message.

TWT, any luck on a due date for this?

[NietzscheKid]

Hello,

I am also interested in this quiz. I will send you a pm?

[kaotic]

Thanks for the fixes, Erwin.

PS:
bitg: There already is a vB3 version, but its not for free. Contact the author for more info.