vBindex v3.0.0 RC5

[high]vBindex v3.0.0 RC5[/high]

I happy to announce the fith release of vBindex for vBulletin 3 here at vBulletin.org and also the first Offical vB3 Hack here . This is the 9th release of vBindex for vB3 and there are few known problems currently. This release works with vB 3.0.0 Gamma, vB 3.0.0 RC1, vB 3.0.0 RC2, vB 3.0.0 RC3, vB 3.0.0 RC4 and vB 3.0.0.

[high]Features[/high]

The following are the features that are presently avalible in vBindex, those marked [high]*NEW*[/high] have been updated since vBindex 2.1 and those marked [high]*NEW*[/high] have been updated since Pre-RC2 was released and those marked [high]*NEW*[/high] have been added since RC2 and those marked [high]*NEW*[/high] have been added since RC3.

• News:
  • News (taken from a specified news forum), with vBcode, Smilies and optional news posters avatar;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Improved avatar system for news posts;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option to have sticky threads in the news forum sticky on vBindex;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option to limit the number of characters in news posts;
• Side Blocks:
  • Easy Administration:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] All side blocks can be moved from within the ACP, no template edits needed!;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Custom blocks, add unlimited custom side blocks and control them all from the ACP;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Support for right, left and dual side blocks;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Each side block can be expanded/contracted just like the forums, QRB, post rules etc on the forum;
      [high]*NEW*[/high] Dynamic side blocks via a special PHP Include type system (vbindex_customblock_php);
  • Latest Threads:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] More functional and faster new threads and posts;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Link to first unread post if the user has not read the thread yet;
      [high]*NEW*[/high] Ability to have the latest threads under the news with more details;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Online user list, with buddies and invisible users marked:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option to show users online in the past 24 hours;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Online users block can be switched off;
  • Integrated Welcome Panel:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option for detault avatar in the Welcome Box for members without an avatar and Guests;
  • Fully integrated Shoutbox:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Scrolling shoutbox option;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Allow users to delete own shouts if option is turned on;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Select which usergroups can delete any users shouts;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] View all shouts, a full page shoutbox built it;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option to show disabled postshout area to unregistred users;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Order shouts in either direction;
      [high]*NEW*[/high] Limit the length of shouts;
  • Poll, with the option to select a random poll from a given set of forums;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Calendar:
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Links to events;
    • [high]*NEW*[/high] Option to show weekends and dynmically adjust the side bars to the correct size;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Todays birthdays;
• Templates & Phrases:
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Fully phrased, both the vBindex Options and the front end are 100% phrased;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] 100% Valid XHTML 1.0 Templates.
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Templates/Phrases installed during install/upgrade;
• General:
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Thread subscription icons for news and latest threads;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Global and user specific ignore list throughout all items;
  • Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
  • Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
  • Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
  • Capable of operating a multi-paged site; (Extra Page Tutorial)
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Dynamic PHP Driven Extra Pages via Templates; (Extra Dynamic Page Tutorial)
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Optimised code;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Use date/time option (Today/Yesterday and Detailed) specified in vB Options;
  • Only 5 queries with everything switched off, and still only 13 with all options turned on, thats 5 queries less than our nearest competitor!
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Improved install, easy onscreen instructions that even new hackers should be able to follow and have vBindex working quicky;
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Compatible with vBwar for vB3 when its released.
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Admin Help system, gives help with all the vBindex options in the ACP.
  • [high]*NEW*[/high] Uninstall/Re-Install System.

[high]Installation/Upgrade[/high]

See the README_1ST.htm file included in the zip for more detailed install instructions and details of where to upload the files. Then point your browser to http://www.mydomain.com/forums/admin/vbiupgrade.php.

Changes Since vBindex 3.0.0 RC4

vBindex 3.0.0 RC4 was released about a week ago, RC5 has just a few changes and is expected to be the last release before vBindex 3.0.0. Changes include fixing of an XHTML issue in the custom block templates; admin help system added; ability to restrict the length of shouts.

[high]Support[/high]

Support will be given here in this thread ONLY. [high]Support *WILL NOT* be given via PM/Email/IM.[/high]

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vBindex is Copyright MMII - MMIV Winter Systems, you may not distribute in part or whole any portion of the source code (apart from in this thread) or any file included in the zip (Unless you are posting a language translation of vbindex_phrases.xml in this thread). Portions Copyright MM - MMIV Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Both the Jelsoft vBulletin and the Winter Systems vBindex Copyright notice in the footer must stay in place for any page powered by vBindex.

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[high]vBindex is *FREE*, please have the courtesy click install if you use this hack, thank you[/high]

RC3 Build 7: 719
RC3 Build 8: 377
RC3 Build 10: 486
RC4 Build 5: 107
RC5 Build 5: 87

[ImportPassion]

cause u put an actual url instead of the id 15 for your news forums.

[Big Daddy]

So what do I change it too??? How would an "id" look???

[Big Daddy]

ok, never mind...... I got it to work. Thanks for your help

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by paratek

Can anyone tell me if the custom box (event countdown) shown in the attached pic is a released hack for vbindex, or someones custom private work?

Anyone have anything like this they would share?

Paratek

Ever get an answer on this???? I would like to know too!

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by 7thgenCivic.Com

For this NOT IN, I had more NOT IN id's than I would have IN id's, so I changed this to an IN statement and hardcoded my id's. I think only 5 instead of 30 or so I want to exclude. I think this could be made an option.

If you want permissions ignored then feel free to remove them, otherwise they are needed to prevent threads in forums the browser doesn't have access to view.

One last thing, I added indexes on dateline for post and thread and it made a significant increase in speed for my db with 100,000+ threads and over 1.5million posts.

They aren't added by default as not everyone may want them, but it is indeed a good move to index them as they are used in a number of places. I might look into making this default/optional.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by Maikeru

Is there anyway to make this appear when you go to http://www.lvlzero.uni.cc?

Rename vbindex.php index.php.

[SEShady]

NTLDR,

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.

Thanks,
Shady

[d3nnis]

Originally Posted by SEShady

NTLDR,

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.

Thanks,
Shady

it should works cos vbindex will use the css from the original vbulletin css

[xHollywoodx]

I'm getting these errors =[

On my index page Parse error: parse error in /home/cosclan/public_html/vbiconfig.php on line 29

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/cosclan/public_html/vbindex.php on line 144

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/cosclan/public_html/includes/config.php on line 194

In my admin menu

Parse error: parse error in /home/cosclan/public_html/vbiconfig.php on line 29

Some one please help, i think this would make my site rox =P

[chet]

Hi All, I'm looking to change the look of the portal, what I'm after is instead of showing the latest threads on the portal in the centre block, I want it to list all the forums as it does on the vbulliten home page, could somebody explain how I go about this please, I have also posted Here as I think this user is after the same as me

Regards and thanks for reading

Chet

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by xHollywoodx

I'm getting these errors =[

You haven't edited vbiconfig.php correctly as per the install instructions.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by chet

Hi All, I'm looking to change the look of the portal, what I'm after is instead of showing the latest threads on the portal in the centre block, I want it to list all the forums as it does on the vbulliten home page

I might make this an option in a future version. All the code you need can be found within vBulletin's index.php.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by SEShady

I have a custom skin from VBSkinz.com. Will it work with Vbindex? Just curious.

You'll probably have to edit the vBindex header/footer to match the skin and import the templates into that style other then that it will work fine.

[chet]

Sorry to be a pain in the rear but do you have any guides I can follow as I'm a total noob

Thanks

Chet

[xHollywoodx]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

You haven't edited vbiconfig.php correctly as per the install instructions.

what did i do wrong =[ ??