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

[S.Shady]

with the poll mysql error make sure if you have random selected you put all in the forum id box

oh and just put the vbindex.php and the vbiconfig in a seprate folder and rename the vbindex.php to index.php and it works just fine

[vfxtalk]

Hey All,

Just wondering if anyone has been able to get RSS feeds into their vBIndex template.

Id like them to appear as actual news feeds, just like a normal news post...so, not in the custom boxes that are tall and narrow, but in the news area that is wide ...if you get my meaning

Look forward to everyones ideas/comments/help

Cheers,

Paul

[tteal]

Originally Posted by Romeos Tune

I'm having a strange problem with this. Everything works fine except on top of all the boxes if someone uses a post icon it's not showing.... The link is displaying like this:

http://stormchat.com/http://stormcha...ons/icon12.gif Why on earth is it doing this? And yes, paths are correct in my config. Is there somewhere else I might have to change something?? Oh, it's also doing the same thing on the latest threads......

I'm having the same exact problem no matter if I have the full url like this:

http://mysite.com/forum/images/icons

or like this:

images/icons

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is there a place in the database that I could just edit?

Thank you.

[PAINTBALLM]

Originally Posted by PAINTBALLM

Ive been trying to get it to span 100% in the main section so it looks good. Look at the circled areas in my screenshot. Can anyone tell me what I need to edit to do this? I have tried editing table widths in all templates associated with vbindex.

hello?

[bondjetta]

I've installed it here: www.emptythecup.com but i'm missing something in the CSS...you should be able to tell the second it opens. I went through the Styles and made sure to use absolute links to all images (which sucked, but i did it)...and i'm still missing something.

Anyone online that has an idea?

[Romeos Tune]

Is there a top 10 posters add-on for vbindex?? I thought I saw one somewhere but sure can't find it......Anyone?

[VViper]

How would you make the VBindex the main page of your site which would then link to the forum when clicked and load?

I have the forum files in home/forum

The Vbindex is in home/forum

I would like to have the vbindex or rename it and place it in home/

I have tried doing this but all i get is a blank page.

[notorious]

to make it work on my site i named the portal index.php and my forum index i called forum.php so i just make sure all the links are pointed to the correct page and they are in the same forum folder, just edit the header or the navbar to fix the links

[neocorteqz]

I have posted the instructions in this thread, and if you look on this very page, you can see

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1979

as for the navbar i had posted a navbar change that would work on both pages at vBull.com

and maybe this thread has it as well. but

so here it is.

         <!-- Begin navbar link to forums home -->
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'vbindex'"><td class="vbmenu_control"><a
href="../forums.php">Forums</a></td>
</if>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'vbindex'"><td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="../index.php">Portal</a></td>
</if>
    <!-- <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="../forums.php" onMouseOver="window.status='http://www.nemesisforums.net/forums.php'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=' '">Forums</a></td>-->
         <!-- End Navbar Link to Forum home-->

if you use vbadvanced, yes i know wrong thread.
change vbindex to adv_index.

Do note you have to change the Forums index.php to forums.php in the admincp, and this hacks vbindex to index.php. and you have to physically rename the scripts as well.

[VViper]

Thankyou soo much, that worked a treat, i actually went into IIS and made the preference look for vbindex.php under Directory Search and that was my work around but yours was significatly better and less work.

[oz_moses]

Hello,

I've just installed VBulletin 3.0.3 and VBIndex and it's working great. Now I'm looking to customise the feel of it a bit, I want to move the user info/avatar into a frame at the right of the post, and also to allow an image to be added to the left of the news article, but to still have the text alongside this rather than under it.

Is there a guide on how to configure this?

Thanks, Moses.

[apn3a]

Hi,

i would like to ask you if it's possible to bring the what's going on statistics (that are into the forum) into the main page of the portal. I want to create a custom block either on the left or on the right with the what's going on statistics. I tried to copy/paste the code, but with no success.

[lolwtfomgoic]

Where do you change the images and such for the front page?

[oz_moses]

Originally Posted by lolwtfomgoic

Where do you change the images and such for the front page?

if you right-click on the image and go to properties it will show you the path of where the image is stored on your server. you can then replace the images with your own..

[CrossBones]

Hello, stupid question here but have to ask it anyway.

I just purchased vBulletin and am getting it all set up before converting my phpBB forum.

I want to use vBindex as I am presently using Smartor's EX Portal with phpBB.

What is the best thing to do. get the new vb forum completely set up the way I want it with the color scheme (skin) I intend to use etc and then install vBindex or should I install it first.

Any advice would be helpful and appreciated.