Major Additions - GRPS: Groups Commune 2.0.x

Welcome ladies and gentleman, this is the release thread for GRPS, an interactive groups commune. I hope you enjoy this release and i sincerely hope it provides everything to your community in which you're looking for.

What is it?
It's a groups commune. The original idea is that forums with lots and lots of forums on the front-page suck, as a result i thought most of the conversation was rather obscure in regards to what the forums were trying to achieve, so it'd be nice to have that all going on elsewhere, not detracting away from the content and stopping your front-page from looking like a car crash.

Features?

• Groups Home
  
  • Groups Activity List
    
    • Newest Groups
      
    • Most Popular Groups
      
    • Largest Groups
      
  • Category List
    
  • Group Search by Title
    
  • Group Sort by Alphabetical Title, Categories, Member Count
    
    
  • Users can create groups
    
  • Admin switch to moderate groups or not
    
    • Admin CP access to moderation panel
      
• Groups Page
  
  • Posts since last visit notification
    
  • Group Info
    
    • Group Leader shown with avatar
      
    • Category
      
    • Type
      
      • Groups can be listed as public, private or hidden
        
    • Start Date
      
    • Member count
      
    • Post count
      
  • Group Desciption
    
    • Shows group title
      
    • Shows random image
      
    • Shows group information set by group leader
      
  • Groups Thread List (Forum)
    
    • Status Icon
      
    • Title
      
      • Threads use postbit as per the forums
        
    • Thread Author with avatar and time that the thread was started
      
    • Last reply with avatar, username and time that the last reply was posted
      
    • Post New Thread Button
      
      • Groups Members can create threads
        
  • Newest Members
    
    • Shows five newest members
      
    • Link to view all members
      
      • Shows all members of the group
        
  • Group Options
    
    • Users can join/leave groups
      
      • PM Notification for group leaders upon join requests (when moderation enabled).
        
      • PM Notification for of acceptance or refusal.
        
    • Users can send invites to other users via PM
      
• Groups Thread
  
  • Groups Info Box (see above for more info)
    
  • Group Description box (see above for more info)
    
  • Newest Members List (see above for more info)
    
  • List of groups posts using forums postbit
    
  • Pagination using native vBulletin pagination
    
  • Group Leader/Moderation Options
    
    • Open/Close Thread
      
    • Stick Thread
      
    • Delete Thread
      
  • Users have the ability to report posts
    
  • Moderators have the ability to view IP and host.
    
• Group Leader Options
  
  • Groups Management
    
    • WYSIWYG Editor
      
    • Reason for editing box
      
    • Group Options
      
      • Private Posts
        
      • Only group leader can make threads
        
      • Moderate Members
        
      • Show group text edit details
        
      • Hide group image on group pages
        
      • Hidden Group
        
        • This option is only available to admins
          
  • Group Members Moderation
    
    • Ability to accept or deny new members
      
• Postbit Integration
  
  • View Users Groups
    
• User Control Panel (Integration)
  
  • List of groups appears in usercp in order of the last post
    
• Administrator Options
  
  • vBulletin Options
    
    • Turn groups on or off
      
    • Groups Limit Per User
      
    • Posts Per Page (threads)
      
    • Check Forum Activity Posts
      
    • Check Forum Activity Time
      
    • Number of Random Images
      
    • Turn email notification of new groups on/off
      
  • Usergroup Options
    
    • Can view groups
      
    • Can create groups
      
    • Can join groups
      
    • Can post messages in groups
      
    • Can edit messages in groups
      
    • Can delete messages posted in groups
      
    • Numbers of groups usergroup can join limited
      
    • Can moderate groups
      
      • See above for more info
        
    • Can view IP Addresses
      
  • Category Editor
    
    • Edit
      
      • Edit cat id (please not this can ef up your show)
        
      • Edit cat title
        
      • Edit cat description
        
    • Add
      
      • New Cat Title And Description
        
  • Groups Editor
    
    • Search for group by id
      
      • Edit
        
        • Title
          
        • Desciption
          
        • Categoryid
          
        • Group leader id
          
        • Private Posts
          
        • Moderate Members
          
        • Hidden group
          

Special Thanks to harry1951, without his help testing and his recommendations, this would've never ended up the way it did.

Honestly, i can't think of anything else, if you appreciate the work gone into this mod, please donate (in GBP) (right click open in new window)

Hopefully you all appreciate that i just relaunched my site and rather than soak up the atmosphere there or go out drinking i came to release this tonight.

Screens below, rest to your right

Please note this mod does work with 3.5.x

PLEASE DO NOT JOIN MY SITE IN A BID TO PLAY WITH IT OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT FURTHER, MY SITE IS SOMETHING I VALUE FOR BEING SOMEWHERE I CAN CHILL AT, IT'S NOT A TEST SUITE OR DEMO!

Bug Fixes

• Groups v2.0.0 RC1b.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in index.php and editpost.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC2.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in functions_grps.php and class_grps.php. also fix regarding installation instructions.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC3.zip: fix regarding inability to get to create groups page. updated simplified instructions, sadly still not cool html ones and also added ability to delete groups, delete categories and of course the menu options to get to these.
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3b.zip: fix regarding joining and leaving group depreciated function error added uninstaller to the zip at http://www.yoursite.com/groups/tools...p?do=uninstall
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3c.zip: fix regarding edit being stated as 70's on group stages, requires re-installtion of the plugin only.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC4.zip: various bug fixes and new general setting, please reupload all files and then reinstall the product.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC5.zip: bug fixes regarding fixing links to forums being broken and forcing redirects for create group outcomes.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC6.zip: various bug fixes including table prefixes in admincp, invitations system now features in-line erroneous username fall-back and clean up regarding broken images in viewthread.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC7.zip: bug fixes including missing phrases and missing 'noavatar.gif for group leader on groups info.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC8.zip: various bug fixes including missing phrases, smilies not working. new function to turn of new group moderation. form now working on print_no_permission page (thanks Adrian) and something else i forgot.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC9.zip: fixes two spelling mistakes, moves viewthread.php string_replacements to admincp and simplifies the installer experience. (yeah i thought there'd be more to it too).
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC9b.zip: re-fixes two spelling mistakes, fixes a viewthread.php string_replacement via the admincp and turns the default random image count down to that of which is provided.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC10.zip: optimises some of the code, cuts down on queries in exchange for additional joins and now forces compatibility in groups/viewthread.php with vBulletin options. also adds new option in admincp in order to make usercp listing work better out of the box.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC11.zip: fixes a problem with avatars not displaying correctly in thread listing and also optimises the code in membership.php
• Groups v2.0.0.zip: adds and array_merge to the code and smilie popup fixed. now features hooks for plug-in 'easability'. uCS integration moved to external plugin too.
• Groups v2.0.1.zip: removes one hook, fixes problem with membership.php, fixes problem editgroup.php not remembering options and fixes avatar problem.
• Groups v2.0.2.zip: various bug fixes (like missing pagenavs, more elegant removal of reputation button and infraction button and php notices), one or two new features (like intuitive page titles) and now fully phrased.
• Groups v2.0.3.zip: bug fix regarding now being able to select categories. includes a new feature which is basically pagination for the thread listings.
• Groups v2.0.4.zip: bug fix regarding not being able to moderate group memberships.
• Groups v2.0.5.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.
• Groups v2.0.6.zip: bug fix including report, missing edit button and other misc small bugs, new features such as disable hidden groups, allow mods to see private groups, and resign from group handing off to another user.
• Groups v2.0.7.zip: bug fix including fixing post counts, thread goto's and fatal php errors.
• Groups v2.0.8.zip: bug fix regarding inability to delete posts, problem with editing posts and other misc errors.
• Groups v2.0.9.zip: various bug fixes including wywiwyg error, admin cp error and redirect/goto errors.
  • Groups v2.0.9b.zip: fixes problem with upgrade4.php
• Groups v2.0.10.zip: various bug fixes including acknowledging renamed modcp and admincp dir's also adds option regarding removing of posts at group exit/kick.
• Groups v2.0.11.zip: various bug fixes including security/privacy fixes.
• Groups v2.0.12.zip: permission bug fixed.
• Groups v2.0.13.zip: various bug fixes including ability to ignore members in groups and newreply bug.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by ReadOrDie

I have installed this on a locally hosted test forum and my initial problem was the template images werent showing up. I solved this by copying my images folder into root/groups as well as root/forums and also changing the Image Paths in the style manager from /images/... to root/forums/images/...

it's not a recommendation i'd make, but if it works for you. however please note, you were given directions for images within the install.txt.

The problem I have now is that every link I click on the template (for example USERCP it redirects me to root/groups/usercp.php, however I obviously want it to redirect me to root/forums/usercp.php

are you compressing your templates at all?

The other problem I am having is that when I click view $user's Groups in the postbit DHTML drop down I am getting directed to /groups/viewgroups.php?u=1 (without the root folder, which is obviously giving me a 404 error.

where is your groups installation located at in regards to your forum?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Merriweather

I've got groups complaining now that they are getting a blank extra page in their group when they click [View New Posts]. For example, they are taken to "Page 4 of 3" and page 4 has nothing on it. This happened before the latest upgrade. Any ideas?

ETA ~ It's happening with all of the [View My Last Reply] [View New Posts] [View Last Reply] links after the group has more then 1 or 2 pages, unfortunately.

can anyone else confirm this?

[Merriweather]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

that issue is most definitely a php4 incompatibility; thus i can't fix it. i also suspect your avatar problem is down to the same thing.

php4 -> php5 was not that huge of a change that a simple insert into database and retrieve from database should be affected, and it works in the regular forums, just not this modification. Does it work on your board?

ETA ~ I just looked at your site and I only see post icons and title on the first post of your threads in groups, which is what I had until a few of your upgrades -- now I have default post icons and titles, but still no post icons when you select something other than the default.

I also see that you aren't even using the [View Last Reply] etc, is it because they aren't working right?

[fusiongoddess]

How can I remove "Last Edited By" on the group's description next to its image? (it's the block before post listing in a group)

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Merriweather

php4 -> php5 was not that huge of a change that a simple insert into database and retrieve from database should be affected, and it works in the regular forums, just not this modification. Does it work on your board?

ETA ~ I just looked at your site and I only see post icons and title on the first post of your threads in groups, which is what I had until a few of your upgrades -- now I have default post icons and titles, but still no post icons when you select something other than the default.

I also see that you aren't even using the [View Last Reply] etc, is it because they aren't working right?

while i understand where you're coming from with your point. you have to understand i'm at a loss regarding this problem of yours, and the only thing of not between our installations of which mine is working perfectly is that your using dated php software this modification wasn't designed to run upon.

if you would like to registers at my site and test the feature then feel free however i assure you that my installation is running as designed, please not that by default [view last reply] do not show for guests but i assure you for members they work as designed. granted i have no threads longer than two pages long in my groups hence the request for confirmation of your problems but within what i'm able to provide and see everything works as designed in that regard. in stating that the posticon problem worked up until recently doesn't help the problem. i know for a fact it won't work until you upgrade to php5; the simple fact of the matter is that one is designed to work with objects while the other isn't and considering that making posts was changed to work as though it were an object, you require php5. i did request you looked into updating your PHP version from last week for this very reason and assumed it was in the works. i take every issue reported here just as seriously and would like to see your installation working perfectly but i honestly believe it's a software (PHP) issue.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by fusiongoddess

How can I remove "Last Edited By" on the group's description next to its image? (it's the block before post listing in a group)

Either untick "Show Group Text Edit Details" or edit the template "groups_display_main" and remove this chunk of html

<if condition="$grps_showgroup[edit_details]">
		<div class="smallfont" align="right"><br /><br /><br />		
			<em>
				<phrase 1="$grps_showgroup[edit_username]" 2="$grps_showgroup[edit_date]" 3="$grps_showgroup[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>.
				<if condition="$grps_showgroup[edit_reason]">$vbphrase[reason]: $grps_showgroup[edit_reason]</if>
			</em>
		</div>
		</if>

[Merriweather]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

while i understand where you're coming from with your point. you have to understand i'm at a loss regarding this problem of yours, and the only thing of not between our installations of which mine is working perfectly is that your using dated php software this modification wasn't designed to run upon.

if you would like to registers at my site and test the feature then feel free however i assure you that my installation is running as designed, please not that by default [view last reply] do not show for guests but i assure you for members they work as designed. granted i have no threads longer than two pages long in my groups hence the request for confirmation of your problems but within what i'm able to provide and see everything works as designed in that regard. in stating that the posticon problem worked up until recently doesn't help the problem. i know for a fact it won't work until you upgrade to php5; the simple fact of the matter is that one is designed to work with objects while the other isn't and considering that making posts was changed to work as though it were an object, you require php5. i did request you looked into updating your PHP version from last week for this very reason and assumed it was in the works. i take every issue reported here just as seriously and would like to see your installation working perfectly but i honestly believe it's a software (PHP) issue.

I am doing a test upgrade to php5 on my site on Friday, but because of how much programming is involved with my site, it's not as easy as flipping a switch. Hopefully I can move to php5 without breaking everything else and that will fix some things with the groups.

The problem with the View Last Reply, etc seems to happen once the group has 3 pages -- I experienced it myself today.

I am also happy to give you a login to my site so you can experience some of these issues yourself.

[fusiongoddess]

Hi there, me again. How do groups set their own pics?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by fusiongoddess

Hi there, me again. How do groups set their own pics?

This isn't possible with 2.0.x however it will be available with 3.0.x

[ReadOrDie]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

it's not a recommendation i'd make, but if it works for you. however please note, you were given directions for images within the install.txt.

Yeah I should probably change that

Originally Posted by sabret00the

are you compressing your templates at all?

I dont think so. This is basically on a new vB 3.6.4 forum run on my localhost with a skn other than the default, the advanced product management and GPRS installed. I havent enabled skin compression.

[QUOTE=sabret00the;1207274
where is your groups installation located at in regards to your forum?[/QUOTE]

Forums: http://localhost/vb021/forums/
Groups: http://localhost/vb021/groups/