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

[FleaBag]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

If you have either TWT's Shoutbox, or vBindex 2.x install the shouts will be converted to the vBindex 3 format during the installation

That is outstanding thank you sir, amazing hack here. Just waiting on a couple of others to see their conversions and I will finally switch to vB3.

[Chris Blount]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

Yes, only monday to friday are supposed to show, otherwise the calendar becomes rediculously wide in comparision with the other blocks. Events will only show after the cron job for vBindex has run, this is added during the install and listed as vBindex Event Cache in the Schedualed Task Manager.

That did the trick. I forgot about the task manager. Thanks!

BTW: So far most of the users on my forum love the new home page. You did a great job! Do you take donations for your trouble?

[kcradio]

Can I please get advise on where to change the post icon path? I thought I set it correctly but instead of the normal path, I get this:

http://www.kctalk.com/forums/http://...cons/icon1.gif

Also, the login box at the top of my vbindex page is not letting people log in. What file would I modify to make sure that worked?

Thank you for all your help in advance.

[PGU]

<a href="http://xpunge.net/vbindex.php" target="_blank">http://xpunge.net/vbindex.php</a>

i fixed my first problem, now im getting "Warning: krsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/xpunge/public_html/vbindex.php on line 965

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/xpunge/public_html/vbindex.php on line 966
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[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by Chris Blount

BTW: So far most of the users on my forum love the new home page. You did a great job! Do you take donations for your trouble?

Thanks, I'm glad you and your members like it. Donations can be made via paypal to eldorado @ coreforums.net but of course arn't required to use vBindex

Originally Posted by kcradio

Can I please get advise on where to change the post icon path? I thought I set it correctly but instead of the normal path, I get this:

The icon paths don't need to be changed to work, they should be similar to /images/icons/iconX.gif

Originally Posted by PGU

i fixed my first problem, now im getting "Warning: krsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/xpunge/public_html/vbindex.php on line 965

Disable the Ascending shoutbox option untill you have made some shouts, I'll correct this for the next release.

[JoeBiscuit]

FInally. After a lot of work, I got the portal to run. I have only one problem left. The header (the default vbulletin head that has user cp, FAQ, member list, etc) is not going to the right url. For some reason it isn't tagging "/forum/" onto it, so when I click user cp, it goes to http://www.synergysanctum.com/usercp.php instead of http://www.synergysanctum.com/forums/usercp.php. Any help would be wonderful. THanks.

[NTLDR]

You haven't edited the navbar template correctly, make sure all URLs are prefixed with $vboptions[bburl]

[JoeBiscuit]

Sorry, i'm pretty new at implementing portals. I check the vbindex_templates2 and the links are prefixed with $vboptions[bburl]. Not sure if i'm even looking at the right file. Thanks again.

[NTLDR]

The navbar template, all the vBindex templates work fine as is:

Admin Control Panel -> Style Manager -> Expand The Style -> Navagation & Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar -> Edit Template

[Schorsch]

how can I place the shoutbox on my forums index?