Add-On Releases - vbGuild (full) - Guild/Clan Roster Plugin (multi-game, multi-char)

I'm no longer supporting it so I've published the most recent FULL version for free. I hope you all enjoy it.

Until now, there's been no vBulletin plugin that supports a guild whose history spans more than one game, one server, or with members having multiple characters in the same game. vbGuild is made with those guilds in mind. Define games, servers for those games, and traits for each game. A trait can be a text input value like surname or crafter type, a dropdown for values like race, class, or level, a radio button, or a check box. Set up each game's character history exactly as you want it. Determine which usergroups can record their characters on your board and which show up in your roster and then view that roster at any level, i.e. all games, one game, or one server.

The free version only supports one game and server nor will it see any future enhancements. You can find out about some of the planned enhancements, what the full version can do, and how to get it at Unmoderated Info.

This is our first mod and we're hoping to make it a major one over time. Please support the effort. Thanks and we look forward to hearing feedback.

It works with 3.7.x and higher. Please click installed.

PUBLISH FILES:

1. Download the latest version attached.
2. Extract the files to your desktop.
3. Transfer the contents of the "upload" folder to your web server's forum root folder via FTP.

IMPORT PRODUCT:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand Plugins & Products >> Manage Products
3. Click [Add/Import Product] at the bottom.
4. Browse to product_vbGuild.xml in the "do not upload" folder you extracted.
5. Allow Overwrite = Yes.
6. Click Import.

USERGROUP PERMISSIONS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand Usergroups >> Usergroup Manager
3. Choose a group to allow to manage characters and show in the list
4. Scroll to the bottom of the permissions list
5. Select the desired permissions in the vbGuild block
6. Click Update.
7. Repeat for each usergroup you want to permit some vbGuild usage. The default is deny all but viewing.

DEFINE GAMES:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Game List
3. Add game.
4. Repeat for each game you want to add.

DEFINE SERVERS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Server List
3. Choose game in the dropdown.
4. Add servers to that game.
5. Repeat for each game you want to add to.

DEFINE TRAITS:

1. Open your board's admin control panel: http://mysite/vbulletin/admincp
2. Expand vbGuild >> Edit Character Traits
3. Choose game in the dropdown.
4. Enter a trait name, choose the type, click add trait.
5. Most things should be obvious. The two things worth mentioning are drag-and-drop sorting and, for select boxes, if you put a number range in the option name field it will create that entire range. For instance, if you want to create levels 1 through 70, type 1-70 and click Add Option.
6. Repeat for each game you want to add to.

[Deyth]

Originally Posted by Trek

Is the new version done yet?

I'll check with Twisted tomorrow. We have to get it out. If some stuff isn't done we'll just add that in the next release.

[Deyth]

Twisted has a version for me to test that's missing just one of the features we'd planned to put in. I'll test that tonight while he works on that last thing and we'll either do two consecutive releases or one with everything.

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Deyth

Twisted has a version for me to test that's missing just one of the features we'd planned to put in. I'll test that tonight while he works on that last thing and we'll either do two consecutive releases or one with everything.

Good to hear, I can't wait to see it. If you need any testing done, let me know.

[Deyth]

I finally got a chance to look at what Twisted did and it's not good yet. Our original understanding was that he'd deliver a codebase rewrite that handled errors and pathing better, had all the same functionality, better handling of styles, and added enhancements and bug fixes in the project list. Instead he sent me the current pro version we now have with broken table formatting in both FF and Chrome, and a bunch of incomplete enhancements. It's going back to the drawing board. First he has to do a proper rewrite and have it working as expected, then we'll start adding in enhancements.

Meanwhile, this week I'll update the existing version to fix the Chrome display problem, fix a user profile bug, and change so installation auto-inserts those template changes instead of having to do it manually.

[Under_Dog]

Could this be why it's not working for me as my version of VB is the latest?

[Deyth]

Originally Posted by Under_Dog

Could this be why it's not working for me as my version of VB is the latest?

I'll try it with 3.8.3 tonight. It's always possible but I do think it's unlikely.

[deadlySniper]

Very nice! Thanks!

[Deyth]

<a href="http://unmoderated.info/forums/showthread.php?p=11117#post11117" target="_blank">I fixed the two bugs quickly and killed the rest of my evening trying to work around Google's Chrome malfunction.</a> Chrome sucks.

[Deyth]

I've updated the free version. I fixed the user profile tab bug where it would only show you your own characters no matter whose profile you were looking at, and I also added auto-insertion to replace the template edits for the navbar and user control panel. Once you install this you will have to go and undo the original template edits. Either that or turn off the two insertion plugins.

I wanted to fix the Chrome display problem but it's a browser failure. Chrome, for some reason, doesn't interpret a common thing like all the other browsers so I say screw Chrome for now. We'll put in a workaround later but I'm not spending more time on it at the moment.

[Deyth]

A user pointed out that characters couldn't be added or deleted from the user cp. The cause was an updated jquery library that somehow broke everything. I've updated the 1.1.2 package with the old library and it seems to be working ok now. If you applied 1.1.2, just download again and transfer the web files to your server. You don't need to reimport the product again.

Let me know if you encounter any other problems. I haven't had a chance to test it thoroughly because my PC died and I'm working on an unprepared machine. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.