Sports Team Icons v2.3 for vbBux / vbPlaza

Sports Team Icons v2.3 for vbBux / vbPlaza

About This Addon:
This allows you to purchase icons of your favorite sports team and display them in your users postbit. Currently only MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR, Premier League, NCAA, MLS, & FIFA World Cup 2006 icons are available for purchase. This hack adds a new category for sports teams. In the new category are the different leagues that are currently available to purchase. By default I have enabled the "Can Change Always" portion so all of your "bandwagon" fans can come back and change their icon depending on who their favorite team is that week. To remove teams, they will need to go back into the store where they purchased the icon and select remove to remove the icon, it is up to you to decide if you want to allow a refund. To add extra icons to a certain sport (maybe some old school logos) just name the logo in the same manner as the current ones and upload to that leagues folder. It's that easy thanks to the great coding of CMX.

Pre-requisites:
***You must have vbBux / vbPlaza version 1.5.7 or higher installed in order for this to work!***

Installation & Upgrade Instructions:

1. Upload all the files in the Upload folder to your website.
2. Import the .xml file using the Plugin System located in your AdminCP.
3. Perform the required template changes below.

Required Template Changes:
Postbit & Postbit Legacy

Find:

<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>

Below it add:

				<if condition="$show['sports_icons']"><div>$post[sportsicons]</div><br /></if>

You can change the category settings for this addon in AdminCP >> vbPlaza Options >> Manage Categories >> Sports Teams. You can change the item settings for this addon in AdminCP >> vbPlaza Options >> Manage Options >> Sports Team section, just pick the league you want to edit. Make sure you set your usergroup permissions for this. If you uninstall vbPlaza / vbBux for any reason you will need to re-install this addon as well.

v1.1 Changes:

1. Added NASCAR store item - Thanks LadyJo for the icons!
2. Changed the icon names - Make sure you delete the MLB, NBA, NFL, & NHL folders in the /images directory before uploading this. If you don't you will have every icon available in your store twice!
3. Updated the postbit/postbit legacy code - Make sure you update the code in your postbit/postbit legacy with the new code above.

v1.2 Changes:

1. Added Premier League store item - Thanks Gizmo5h1t3 for the help with this!
2. Changed the icon names (Again) - Make sure you delete the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, & NASCAR folders in the /images directory before uploading this. If you don't you will have every icon available in your store twice!
3. Added code to strip underscores and hyphens when displaying the team name in the store drop down and when hovering over the icon in the postbit. Now 3-Dale_Earnhardt.gif will show up like 3 - Dale Earnhardt. Follow the example of the names if you have added your own custom icons to certains sports. Only use the underscore (_) and hyphen (-) along with the letters and numbers. Do not use spaces.
4. Changed postbit code - Make sure you edit your postbit template with the new code. I did this so when future updates come out, you don't have to keep editing your postbits. If you don't like the sport you can simply disable it in vbPlaza Options >> Manage Options. Once there find the sport and go disable it.
5. Fixed problem with templates not being cached.
6. I cleaned up the code and a few other things that I can't think of right now!

v2.0 Changes:

1. Upgraded to work with vbplaza 1.5.0+
2. Added NCAA store item - Great work with the icons lordofgun!
3. Changed the postbit/postbit legacy code - I know I said no more template updates, but this one is kinda out of my control. This change should prevent any further updates to templates.

v2.1 Changes:

1. Added MLS store item - Thanks for the icons The Ottoman!

v2.2 Changes:

1. Added FIFA World Cup 2006 store item - Thanks for the icons soulface!

v2.3 Changes:

1. Updated to work with vbPlaza version 1.5.7+.

***Thanks to CMX_CMGSCCC for the amazing vbBux / vbPlaza hack!
***Thanks to lordofgun for the suggestions regarding this hack and the NCAA icons!
***Thanks to LadyJo for the NASCAR Icons!
***Thanks to Gizmo5h1t3 for the Premier League info!
***Thanks to The Ottoman for the MLS icons!
***Thanks to soulface for the FIFA World Cup 2006 icons!

[caimakale]

Originally Posted by rinkrat

I uninstalled this and then reinstalled it on the new VBux setup and the Items are not available in IE for me plus if I load Firefox, only the NCAA logos are available. All are stocked and have the proper permissions for buying.

If you uninstalled first then it will still have the old sports items in the vbp_option table, which won't work with 1.5. Uninstalling won't erase that code because when you uninstall it looks for the code in estoreitems. I wrote the xml file to either install fresh, meaning you never had the old one installed, or to upgrade an existing installation.

If you uninstalled first then all of your data is gone anyways, just uninstall and reinstall and it should fix everything for you. Your members icons will be gone, but the "Can Change Always" flags will still be set so they can go back and repurchase without having to pay again.

***EDIT***I updated the install file, I didn't post it as a version change because the changes I made won't help anyone who has tried to install this already. In your case rinkrat, uninstall and reinstall and it should work. Going forward, even if people uninstall the sports after upgrading vbbux to 1.5, this should now install properly.

[caimakale]

Originally Posted by Frugal

If you are going to redo the F1 icons I can send you the original full size images if you want, they may be easier to work with.

Frugal

Attach them here and I will take a look at them.

[Gizmo5h1t3]

upgraded flawlessly.

[Ohiosweetheart]

do I drop the images into my root/forums folder? or into the forums/images folder? The instructions just say to upload it to your website .........

[caimakale]

Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

do I drop the images into my root/forums folder? or into the forums/images folder? The instructions just say to upload it to your website .........

FTP into your forum root, once at your forum root, upload the contents of the Upload folder into your forum root and everything will go where it needs to go. There are some vbplaza files as well as images. Make sure you don't upload the "Upload" folder itself though, just the contents inside of it which should be an images & vbplaza folder, they need to go to your forum root.

[Ohiosweetheart]

thank you sweetie.. I got it and it's working great! I KNEW the sports ones would be a big hit on my site, even tho it's an adult site... we have a HUGE nascar thread lol

[Ohiosweetheart]

YIKES.. problem here... I purchased two nascar drivers, and only ONE is showing up in my postbit. NONE in profile where gifts and ribbons show.

Can this be fixed Cai?

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

YIKES.. problem here... I purchased two nascar drivers, and only ONE is showing up in my postbit. NONE in profile where gifts and ribbons show.

Can this be fixed Cai?

its designed to only have one of each league... But the good news is that you can set it so you can switch for free...

It would be nice to be able to allow maybe 2 or 3 of each though.... Although that could make a very messy postbit

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

its designed to only have one of each league... But the good news is that you can set it so you can switch for free...

It would be nice to be able to allow maybe 2 or 3 of each though.... Although that could make a very messy postbit

well, if only one of each is allowed., then I'd like to have them show in the profile like the others do. I mean my members are purchasing 2 and 3, but only seeing one... and getting a bit ticked lol
Too many people have more than one Nascar favorite driver

possible?

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

well, if only one of each is allowed., then I'd like to have them show in the profile like the others do. I mean my members are purchasing 2 and 3, but only seeing one... and getting a bit ticked lol
Too many people have more than one Nascar favorite driver

possible?

I'm just the messenger... We will have to wait on caim for that answer