vBindex v2.1

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1[/HIGH]

This hack is **NOT** to be re-distributed or placed on website for download unless I give express permission.

Please read this post and the thread before asking questions. You may find that you question has already been answered. I will ignore posts which ask questions that have been asked several times already.

[HIGH]Latest Stable Version: 2.1[/HIGH]

Latest Avalible Version: 2.1 Final

[high]Using vB3?[/high]

Get vBindex 3.0.0 for vB3 Gamma/RC1 and above!


Version 1.x of this hack was done by el3m3nt, since then there have been many updates and fixes and as e3l3mnt is no longer updating this hack he has given me permission to re-release it (see Permisson.txt in the zip).

[HIGH]Features[/HIGH]

• Latest Threads;
• News & Polls (taken from a specified news and a poll forum), with vBcode, Smilies and news posters avatar;
• Quick User CP Links in the menu when logged in;
• Shows online and offline buddies when logged in;
• Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
• Intergtared Welcome Panel;
• Capable of operating a multi-paged site;
• Usergroup based viewing permissions;
• Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated Shoutbox (this hack is a prerequsit);
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Limit the length of news posts;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Reduced queries and cleaner code;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Switch vBindex on and off via the CP.

[HIGH]Demo Site[/HIGH]

A standard demo of vBindex can be found here:

Currently Offline.

A customised demo of vBindex can also be found here:

Currently Offline.

[HIGH]Screenshots From v2.1[/HIGH]

vBindex Home Page
vBindex ACP Options
vBindex Usergroup Options
vBindex Update Counters

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1 Information[/HIGH]

[HIGH]Installation/Upgrade[/HIGH]

Upload vbi_install.php and select the relevent options.
If you wish to use the shoutbox then this hack is a prerequsit, and needs to be installed first, however if you do not require the shoutbox option disable it in the ACP, otherwise you will get DB errors.

[HIGH]Latest Bug Fixes[/HIGH]

None.

[HIGH]Download[/HIGH]

See the attachment on this post.

[HIGH]Credits[/HIGH]

vBindex 1.x by el3m3nt
Shoutbox by TWTCommish
Welcome Panel by trilOByte
News Code based on code by TECK
Poll PHP from vBPortal by wajones

[HIGH]Feature Requests[/HIGH]

If you have any requests for new features please post them in this thread and I will consider integrating them / creating an addon.

[HIGH]Addons[/HIGH]

I will support all addons for vBindex v2 that are either posted by myself or are included in the distribution zip file unless otherwise stated. I cannot guarentee that I can provide support on any other addons.

[HIGH]Support/Feekback[/HIGH]

Please provide me with any feekback you have on this hack, I will be continuing to support this hack here only, unless otherwise arranged. Should you have a question about this hack, please post it in this thread. Support will not be given via PM, Email or IM unless arranged, you will just be ignored.

Please click on the [HIGH]install[/HIGH] button if you use this hack.

French templates have been made for v2.0.1 (Note: vBindex 2.0.1 is no longer avalible), see this post for details.

[mccollin]

OK, I have my whole site converted using this script... took about 4 days total... I don't know whether to be impressed or bummed. It took me about 3 months to develop it to start with! I did reuse most of my template code, so that saved a lot time and trial and error. Here are some comments/suggestions/questions for you your new version.

- keep it this clean and simple - I looked at a lot of other portal scripts and they were powerful, but too complicated to use for a custom look and site. I didn't want the standard nuke look. Having one well written, well documented script is a good thing.

- static version possibly - you might want to create a skinnied down version of this that someone can use to create custom content pages. I am using it for that as well... basically a page that has the header, footer, left and right margins, and the user identity stuff... then a variable for a template so that someone can create "static" pages and use the vb control panel to maintain the html code. I did this, but have a slight problem because if I use the welcome header, its showing a different user than me! This is very odd, because all I did was remove the news, poll,shout, etc sections, and left all the info up top that handles users in there. I just removed the username until i can figure that out.

- I noticed you have a downloads and links section on your site. Can you say which hack you used for that, or did you write it yourself. I'm particularly interested in the downloads, because I haven't seen one for vB anywhere.

- At some point if you want vB V3 beta testers for your new script, let me know. I'll be throwing up a vB V3 test site soon.

Thanks for the good work.

[NTLDR]

Thanks for the suggestions, they will be considered while finishing off the vB3 version, I'll let you know when I've a beta ready and your site is a good one for the new version to be tested on

Everything you see on my site is part of vBsite, my portal that I wrote for my dissertation. I won't be releasing it though.

[vBFreak]

Can you make an addon that allows to exclode some forums form the latest thread list?

[NTLDR]

Read the thread, this as already been covered.

[Elly]

I hope this hasnt been answered and if so please just point me to the right page x.x

I had to re-install vbindex due to some problems with my forum, I am currently running 2.3.0 and am getting this error on the main page wich would be www.ultimaforce.net

Warning: main(): stream does not support seeking in /home/asuka/public_html/index.php on line 27
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: getpermissions() in /home/asuka/public_html/index.php on line 30


The main page does not seem to recognize log in or display the vbindex features at all, the vbindex is enabled the forums are not at the moment, can someone please tell me were I went wrong or if I forgot to edit something.

Thank you in advance.

EDIT: I dont know if this will help in aiding me I checked the file in question which would be the vbindex.php file renamed to index.php so it is the main page and there is nothing on line 27 or line 30

 
----- Start on line 27, End Line 30 which is blank----- 
// un-comment and set the path if vBindex is not run from the forums root directory 
chdir('./forum'); 
require('./global.php');

[NTLDR]

Have you tried entering the full path to the forums directory?

[JGM007]

Hi NTLDR,

I am having a strange issue after upgrading to 2.3.2, everything is working fine but the news.

The title of the news piece shows up, but none of the text within the post does. I checked and I do have it set to show 500 chars of the thread.

It is always possible I dinged something too, i am good like that Breaking stuff that is.... heh heh

Anyhow, any thoughts where I could start looking?

Thanks!

[JGM007]

Ok I did just find out more info..

When I go to the counters update and run the: Update postid's For Threads" The text will appear!! But until I do that only the headder shows up.

Very strange indeed!

[mccollin]

Today at 02:01 PM JGM007 said this in Post #1493
Ok I did just find out more info..

When I go to the counters update and run the: Update postid's For Threads" The text will appear!! But until I do that only the headder shows up.

Very strange indeed!

Doing this is part of the installation instructions.

[NTLDR]

I can't see that anything in 2.3.x would cause any problems with the news, however I've not tested this on any of the 2.3.x series. There shouldn't be any reason why the update counters option doesn't work, can you update post counts or anything else OK?

[Xxman]

@ NTLDR a little question..

I succesfully installed Vbidex on my board .
My bord mount four user selectable style through forum home template ( using Grog6's change style hack ) .

How can I make allow users to change style of vbindex too ?
Does a module exist already?

[NTLDR]

You should find that the home_* templates are in each template set, by default vBindex will use the users selected style, just like the forum would. For example, users could add &styleid=X to the url to view the page with styleid X, or if they have choosen a different style in the User CP then that will appear instead of the default style.

[JGM007]

Today at 10:08 AM mccollin said this in Post #1494
Doing this is part of the installation instructions.

Part of the physical instructions as you install it? That is something I would overlook
I did not see it in the .txt file.

[mccollin]

I think its in the instructions during the install script... it tells you to update your counters. Don' feel bad... I did the same thing when I installed it and then found a bunch of posts in this thread that mention it.

[mccollin]

NTLDR,

Got a question for you. I'm trying to modify the code a bit ... as you have seen... and one thing that's giving me trouble is queries that don't return anything. For example, I'm going to use the news script to display formatted articles with my left and right panels in place. So, I modified the script to send a threadid, then I limit the forum to the articles forum, and limit the returned posts to 1. The only problem is that if you type in he threadid incorrectly and it doesn't find it, I get a database error page. I'd like to throw up a template that says the article wasn't found. I've been fussing with the script and seem to be missing something because I can't get it to respond with anything but the error page....

I'm in this code....

PHP Code:

.....

if ($newsonoff!=0) {
$newsquery=$newsquery=$DB_site->query("SELECT thread.*,threadpost.pagetext AS pagetext 
FROM thread LEFT JOIN post AS threadpost ON (thread.tpostid = threadpost.postid) 
WHERE forumid IN ($newsforum) 
AND  thread.threadid = $articleid
ORDER BY thread.dateline DESC LIMIT $newsposts");
while ($news=$DB_site->fetch_array($newsquery)) {
  $newsthreadid=$news[threadid];
  $newstitle=$news[title];
  $newstime=vbdate($timeformat,$news[dateline]);
  $newsdate=vbdate($dateformat,$news[dateline]);
  $newsusername=$news[postusername];
  $newsuserid=$news[postuserid];

.... 


I'm assuming I need to do something with the while statement, but I haven't pinned it down.