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

[Cancorp]

Great hack and easy install.

One small problem (forgive me if it has been addressed elsewhere in this thread but I read the first 15 pages and didn't see it and I wasn't about to read 144 pages :tired: ) :

On the portal page, when you activate the calendar, it shows an active link on days when an event is scheduled. However, when you click on that link, it goes to the URL where you installed vbindex.php (ie: http://www.mydomain.com/calendar.core?do=getinfo&day=.....) and therefore gives a 404 page not found error.

I looked around but couldn't see where/how to fix it up. Everything else works fine (including if you click on the Month on the calendar) it is just when you click on the days with events.

Suggestions?

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by Cancorp

Great hack and easy install.

One small problem (forgive me if it has been addressed elsewhere in this thread but I read the first 15 pages and didn't see it and I wasn't about to read 144 pages :tired: ) :

On the portal page, when you activate the calendar, it shows an active link on days when an event is scheduled. However, when you click on that link, it goes to the URL where you installed vbindex.php (ie: http://www.mydomain.com/calendar.core?do=getinfo&day=.....) and therefore gives a 404 page not found error.

I looked around but couldn't see where/how to fix it up. Everything else works fine (including if you click on the Month on the calendar) it is just when you click on the days with events.

Suggestions?

Some people have .php3 and some people have .php. Due to this you have to set the right option for your board. Just replace the .core in the appropriate place. That's it.

Cheers,

[lfpm]

Great hack, my first vb hack (converted to vb last month)

Now i don't use the default style, so whan i added this hack, the vbindex is not looking the way the forum is, check it out

http://www.lfpm.org/vb/vbindex.php

http://www.lfpm.org/forum/index.php

I want to fix the header and footer to look same as the forum

Even more then that, i want to remove my homepage and make the vbindex my homepage ( www.lfpm.org ) but in order to do so, i have to edit somethings, i have to add some links and add a "big" link to the forum directly (the same way www.lfpm.org looks like)

So my question is, how to edit the file? (ive been trying to edit it for 2 days now but its not working)

Is there any help file about this?

Thanks

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Gary King

How do I disable [img] tags in the shoutbox in vBIndex?

Anyone?

[Cancorp]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

Some people have .php3 and some people have .php. Due to this you have to set the right option for your board. Just replace the .core in the appropriate place. That's it.

Cheers,

Thanks for the reply.

Our file extentions are all .php

Now I am a TOTAL NOVICE at this stuff, so your reference to replace the .core went right over my head Could you please give me a little guidance on where .core is, what it is and how/what I need to change?

Thanks in advance!

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by Cancorp

Thanks for the reply.

Our file extentions are all .php

Now I am a TOTAL NOVICE at this stuff, so your reference to replace the .core went right over my head Could you please give me a little guidance on where .core is, what it is and how/what I need to change?

Thanks in advance!

.core is a custom extension that NTLDR the coder used at www.coreforums.net (which redirects to this thread.) basically a php file only with a custom extension.

.core if i recall was found in some of the templates. SO if you do a search in the templates added by vBindex, you'll find .core in some of them, all you do is edit any instance of .core to whatever extension you are using, IE. php, php3, html, etc....

@gary, I don't have this installed anymore, but i believe the only way to turn off image tags, is to not allow them in the forum you specified as your "News" forums.

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by lfpm

Great hack, my first vb hack (converted to vb last month)

Now i don't use the default style, so whan i added this hack, the vbindex is not looking the way the forum is, check it out

http://www.lfpm.org/vb/vbindex.php

http://www.lfpm.org/forum/index.php

I want to fix the header and footer to look same as the forum

Even more then that, i want to remove my homepage and make the vbindex my homepage ( www.lfpm.org ) but in order to do so, i have to edit somethings, i have to add some links and add a "big" link to the forum directly (the same way www.lfpm.org looks like)

So my question is, how to edit the file? (ive been trying to edit it for 2 days now but its not working)

Is there any help file about this?

Thanks

If you are refering to a link back to the portal from your forums, it's easy enough to do. You have to edit your forums navbar template.

I used this in the past

   
   		   <!-- 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 want the portal to become your main page you have to edit name of forums script in the admin panel, then name index.php to the name you used in the adminpanel, then rename vbindex,php to index .php

Then apply the code above in the navbar template.

[Mayers]

I'm having the same problems as dreck with images showing up as dubble urls. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

http://www.teenzone101.net/forum/vbindex.php

[Gary King]

How do I disable [img] tags in the shoutbox in vBIndex?

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by Gary King

How do I disable [img] tags in the shoutbox in vBIndex?

that i don't know. Sorry.

[Cancorp]

Originally Posted by neocorteqz

.core is a custom extension that NTLDR the coder used at www.coreforums.net (which redirects to this thread.) basically a php file only with a custom extension.

.core if i recall was found in some of the templates. SO if you do a search in the templates added by vBindex, you'll find .core in some of them, all you do is edit any instance of .core to whatever extension you are using, IE. php, php3, html, etc....

@gary, I don't have this installed anymore, but i believe the only way to turn off image tags, is to not allow them in the forum you specified as your "News" forums.

2 template edits needed to be done to correct this:

calendar_smallmonth_day
calendar_smallmonth_header

These 2 templates are modified by the install of vbindex and they are where the "calendar.core" urls come from.

All fixed up now and loving the hack!

[T3MEDIA]

Anyone ever get the fix for the avatar problem with this? Did I miss that?

[T3MEDIA]

Can anyone else confirm this?
On other topics. I get shoutbox database errors... anyone else gets that???

Originally Posted by Delphy

Hiya,

I found a bug with vbIndex and the member list/count on the front page.

When a member is either not logged on, or doesn't have permissions to see invisible users, the member list will "break" when the first invisible user is encountered.

The offending line is line 398, the break 1 line:

                        } elseif ($onlineuser['invisible']) {
                                $home['onlineguesttotal']++;
                                $home['onlinemembertotal']--;
                                break 1;
                        }

Commenting this line out so that it completes the rest of the loop then makes the member list and member numbers render properly.

Hope this helps,
Delphy

[prof3ta]

I'm sure this has been covered like a zillion times in this forum, but i treid searchng and reading and the thread its just too big!
i simply want my vbindex as my home page (rename vbindex.ph to index.php) but when people click on forums i want them to go to what used to be the original index.php...
And is there a way users can go back to the main vbindex page?
:P

[Charlie Argueta]

Originally Posted by Charlie Argueta

Hi there!

I have installed the vBindex in my web site but I would like to make a small modification.

The point is that I want to restrict the shoutbox not only to the unregistred users but also one group else, but I don't know what to do or which variable to use and were in order to archive this.

I hope you can help me to make this

Thanks in advance
Charlie

How about a little of help in here :cry: