Major Additions - vBonjour - Portal System

vBonjour

Easy Customizable Portal System

Brought to you by www.peterska2.co.uk

Welcome to the launch of vBonjour. This is the base package which is required for all installations of this system.

What is vBonjour?
vBonjour is an alternative to vBAdvanced. It is an easy to install, modular portal system designed as a gateway to your site.

Why vBonjour?
This is pretty simple really. As the front page is the first thing that your visitors see, it is a welcome page. The first few names that were thought of were either very boring, or far too long winded and not at all catchy.

This is a base package. What is included?
The base package includes a news feature from up to two forums. The news from the first forum will be displayed first, followed by the news from the second forum. It also includes the left and right columns which can be activated or deactivated via some simple settings in the ACP. These columns can be customised without using any of the Add On Modules, or Add On Modules can be installed to expand on the functionality.

Why is it so modular?
vBonjour is extremely modular to allow for maximum customization of the page. The idea is to make it as easy as possible to install the items that you want to have included, and not have anything which you would be simply turning off. By using a modular method it means that every site can easily achieve their own custom portal without having to know any coding.

I want to add something that isn't already included. How do I go about this?
vBonjour makes use of the plugin system and includes it's own hooks. This allows easy devlopment of additional Add Ons and maximum flexability.

What about the ACP? Is it really complicated?
Unlike other systems, almost all the settings for vBonjour are collected in one setting group in the vBOptions. Because you only install what you want to use, you don't need to have lots of settings. Anything which does not use settings in the Portal settings group is highlighted in the documentation for that Add On.

Ok, so where are the screen shots?
Why have screen shots when you can have a live demo?
The demo is available at www.peterska2.co.uk

What versions of vBulletin does vBonjour work with?
vBonjour will work with vBulletin 3.6.0 and above. Support for sites running versions earlier than 3.6.0 will not be given.



Contributers to the base system: [name]christianb[/name]


I hope that you like this system. Please remember to mark it as installed to recieve notification of updates and support. Support will only be provided to those who have clicked install.

[peterska2]

I've put version 1.0.1 back up.

Those who are having problems with 1.0.2 - is your vBonjour in your forum directory or are your forums located in a directory and the vBonjour file in the site root?

Also, everyone who is getting any errors, please confirm if you are using PHP & MySQL 4 or 5 along with full details of all errors being received.

[LePaul]

Originally Posted by Glynn58

to be honest m8 if you dont know how to do that i'd leave this mod alone until you've found your way around a bit, you'll get there and happens i'll get there the same time as you lol

Rather than slam a newbie, you could've either said nothing, or said something that might've helped a bit.

Its ok. Someday you'll need help with something. And I hope you get this sort of snotty response.

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

BD error here

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

        SELECT t.threadid, t.title, t.lastpost, t.forumid, t.open, t.replycount, t.postusername, t.postuserid, t.lastposter, t.dateline, t.views, t.visible, t.firstpostid, f.title AS forumtitle, post.pagetext AS preview
        FROM forum f
        INNER JOIN thread t ON t.forumid = f.forumid
        LEFT OUTER JOIN post AS post ON post.postid = t.firstpostid WHERE t.forumid = 0 AND visible = 1
        ORDER BY dateline DESC
        LIMIT 3;

MySQL Error  : Column: 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous

now my install varies a bit different in the fact that I want to use this as a site map would you believe ...lol...

I already have phpportal installed in the rootand and am happy with it ...

I need a site map for my forum so was thinkin of using this to add info etc to any new sections we might have on our site and explain to user what's what

I renamed it to sitemap.php and get that error

Does this NEED to be a portal install in the root then ?

[high]* hIBEES is confused and goes to study instructions lol[/high]

You haven't put a forumid in the vBOptions for it.

It can be installed in either the root or the forums directory, but you still need to follow the entire instructions.

Originally Posted by bigr5026

im havingthe same issue as the person above

See solution above.

Originally Posted by Pierre-Yves

For this problem, replace line 62 and 116 in portal.php


Line 62


Line 116

The code has not changed since the earlier versions. The only change is to the queries to fix the problem with moderated threads being displayed.

Originally Posted by bigr5026

still wont work

No, it won't because the fix posted by Pierre-Yves isn't needed.

Originally Posted by JamieLee2k

I am getting the same database error as hIBEES

MySQL Error : Column 'visible' in where clause is ambiguous

Check your vBOptions are set right for it.

Originally Posted by hIBEES

Sort off worked lol

As soon as I change the forum ID and have a forum ID in the " Forum ID
Specify the second (optional) forumid where you want your news to come from. " section I get the error again...

Working just now thou so thanks :up:

Make sure that your forumid numbers are correct.

Originally Posted by JamieLee2k

So I used the fix from Pierre Yves and a few things need sorting, Since it's took the header from the forums things have changed, the header now doesn't show the images and the shoutbox isn't working properly, it just says loading all the time.

This is because the fix posted is not required. Please replace your file with the copy attached.

[Lionel]

I had never been able to see the demo on your site from day one. I get a page can't be found error.

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by LePaul

Im lost...granted Im new

How to I "Import" the XML file??

Go to Plugins & Products > Manager Products > Add/Import Product

The use the top part of the page to locate the xml file on your system and click import (like uploading an avatar).

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I had never been able to see the demo on your site from day one. I get a page can't be found error.

Are you trying the right page?

www.peterska2.co.uk/index.php or just www.peterska2.co.uk

[Lionel]

I just posted a screen shot above. It has been going on since you first put up the hack. I clicked on the link you provided.

If that helps, I am in Miami
I can't ping it either

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I just posted a screen shot above. It has been going on since you first put up the hack. I clicked on the link you provided.

There must be a problem between you and my site as it works fine for everyone else. There is a very limited version, available at (secret location) None of the links there are active (well they are but you can't use them) and the images are not working, but it gives you an idea.

[Lionel]

same thing. no luck for me. I can't ping it either

[peterska2]

It's a problem with your isp and my hosting provider then. There isn't anything else that I can do about that at the moment. You will need to try someone else who has it installed.