The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

About Developer · **Released**: 06-04-2001

Forum Features Hack
---- About
This adds several new options and features to individual forums that can be useful.

New Features
1. Meta Tag Keywords set by forum.
2. Meta Tag Description set by forum.
3. Robot Meta Tag set by forum.

New Options
1. Censor words by Forum.
2. Minimum Posts required for New Thread.
3. Minimum Posts to view Forum.

---- Credits
This hack is distributed under the GPL as an add-on to vBulletin. vBulletin is a commercial product and not subject to this license agreement.

Written by: Wayne Luke
Portions of the Install script written by: Kier Darby
vBulletin is created by Jelsoft Ltd. http://www.jelsoft.com

---- Installation.
Run ff_install.php. This will make the modifications to the database and create the new templates.

Open admin/forum.php and look for:

PHP Code:


			
  makeyesnocode("Count posts made in this forum towards user post counts?","countposts",1);

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-JUNE-2001 New Forum Features Hack

  maketableheader("Search Engine Options (v1.2 by Wayne Luke)");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Keywords: ","metakey");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Description","metadesc");

  makeinputcode("Meta Robot Tag","robotext");



  maketableheader("Forum Control Options (v1.0 by Wayne Luke)");

  makeyesnocode("Show in Active Topics?","showactive",1);

  makeyesnocode("Censor Words in this Forum","censor",1);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to View","minviewposts");

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to Start New Thread","minposts");

  //WL End Modification

Also in admin/forum.php Look for:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

                      (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

                       parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

                       moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

                       styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach)

                   VALUES

                      (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."','$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid',

                       '','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads','$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                       '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies','$aallowicons',

                       '$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach')");

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

  (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

   parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

   moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

   styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach,metakey,metadesc,robotext,

   showactive,censor,minviewposts,minposts)

 values (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."',

         '$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid','','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads',

         '$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

         '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies',

         '$aallowicons','$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach',

         '".addslashes($metakey)."','".addslashes($metadesc)."','".addslashes($robotext)."',

         '$showactive','$censor','$minviewposts','$minposts')");

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-JUNE-2001 New Forum Features Hack

  maketableheader("Search Engine Options (v1.2 by Wayne Luke)");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Keywords: ","metakey",$forum[metakey]);

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Description","metadesc",$forum[metadesc]);

  makeinputcode("Meta Robot Tag","robotext",$forum[robotext]);





  maketableheader("Forum Control Options (v1.0 by Wayne Luke)");

  makeyesnocode("Show in Active Topics?","showactive",1,$forum[showactive]);

  makeyesnocode("Censor Words in this Forum","censor",1,$forum[censor]);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to View","minviewposts",$forum[minviewposts]);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to Start New Thread","minposts",$forum[minposts]);

  //WL End Modification

Last edit in admin/forum.php. Find:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads', daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads', daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach', metakey='".addslashes($metakey)."',metadesc='".addslashes($metadesc)."',robotext='".addslashes($robotext)."',

                     showactive='$showactive',censor='$censor',minviewposts='$minviewposts',minposts='$minposts'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

In newthread.php find:

PHP Code:


			
  $smilieson=iif($foruminfo[allowsmilies],$ontext,$offtext);

After it add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-June-2001 Forum Features Hack (v1.0 Wayne Luke)

  if (($foruminfo[minposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid])) {

    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumnopost")."\");");

    exit;

  }

  //WL End Modifications

In newthread.php find:

PHP Code:


			
    $subject=censortext($subject);

    $message=censortext($message);

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
    if ($foruminfo[censor]) {

      $subject=censortext($subject);

      $message=censortext($message);

    }

In Forumdisplay find:

PHP Code:


			
$smilieson=iif($foruminfo['allowsmilies'],$ontext,$offtext);

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
//WL 04-June-2001 Forum Features Hack (v1.0 Wayne Luke)

$keyword=$foruminfo[metakey];

$description=$foruminfo[metadesc];

$robotext=$foruminfo[robotext];



if (($foruminfo[minviewposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid]))) {

  eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumnoview")."\");");

  exit;

}

//WL End Modifications

Finally add the following to your forumdisplay template:
<META NAME="keyword" content="$keyword">
<META NAME="description" content="$description">
<META name="robots" content="$robotext">

These same instructions are included in the readme.txt located in the zip file.

Wayne Luke · #92 12-08-2001, 07:56 PM

Hmmm... I don't know why this has a 2.2.1 tag in the forum list. It has never been tested in that version. Also this hack is pretty much unsupported and has been for months.

Recently, I did get asked a question about guests and viewing options....

You have two options to fix this. I used the second option.

1) Set a Guest's postcount to -1 in session.php.

2) Change the fields added to the database for this hack to unsigned and set the value to -1 on a per forum basis. Since a guests post count will be higher at 0, this is the optimal solution.

fonzerelli_79 · #93 12-08-2001, 09:50 PM

i have changed the forum permissions to -1 but i dont know how to Change the fields added to the database for this hack to unsigned

SaintDog · #94 12-20-2001, 04:17 AM

Where is the file I am supposed to download?

fonzerelli_79 · #95 12-20-2001, 01:45 PM

is anyone else still getting the error where your guests cant view the threads

its driving me nuts

fonzerelli_79 · #96 12-25-2001, 10:47 PM

i was really frustrated after installing this hack as it didnt work and i dont enough enough about php to resolve it

I sent a private message to Bira and he has provided an un-installer for everyone to remove this hack

can you believe, he did it on christmas day!

I have attached the files. Its very straight forward and all credit should go to Bira.

I think i speak for a lot of members when i
say 'Muchos Gratius'

mondaynightmike · #97 02-17-2002, 04:20 PM

Where is the file for the hack??

mondaynightmike · #98 02-17-2002, 04:23 PM

its ok i found it on page 2

mondaynightmike · #99 02-17-2002, 07:38 PM

hum... when i run the install file i get this:

Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.1:

Invalid SQL: ALTER TABLE forum
ADD metakey CHAR(250) NULL,
ADD metadesc CHAR(250) NULL,
ADD robotext CHAR(50) NULL,
ADD showactive SMALLINT(5) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
ADD censor SMALLINT(5) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
ADD minviewposts SMALLINT(5) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
ADD minposts SMALLINT(5) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL
mysql error: Duplicate column name 'minviewposts'

mysql error number: 1060

Can anyone help?

newsguy · #**100** 07-11-2002, 10:12 PM

I'm sure this is a great hack and it accomplishes a lot of things at once.

But...

I would like to just require that members reach a minimum # of posts to have permission to start a new thread. So, I would rather not run the whole mechanism in wluke's hack, but instead, just do the single feature of requiring a minimum # of posts to start a thread.

Is there a hack on this board that would just accomplish that? Or is there a way that I can just extract that functionality from wluke's hack?

Help would be greatly appreciated!

RiP-Productions · #**101** 09-14-2002, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by newsguy
I'm sure this is a great hack and it accomplishes a lot of things at once.

But...

I would like to just require that members reach a minimum # of posts to have permission to start a new thread. So, I would rather not run the whole mechanism in wluke's hack, but instead, just do the single feature of requiring a minimum # of posts to start a thread.

Is there a hack on this board that would just accomplish that? Or is there a way that I can just extract that functionality from wluke's hack?

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Believe a hack from DarkSSJ does the trick.
Need xx posts to make an new thread

But have a question, Installed the hack partitially (needed only the "you must have x posts to view this forum" hack, but is there a possiblity that a special Usergroup with NOT the amount of posts can bypass the hack. It seems to be only a small adjustment but don't know how... Think it has to do with a small adjustment in the code below.

Code:

if (($foruminfo[minviewposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid])) {
  eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumnoview")."\");");
  exit;
}

Who can help me

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.04546 seconds Memory Usage 2,388KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)bbcode_code (13)bbcode_php (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (3)pagenav_pagelink (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!