This modification thread will not be upgraded, since it is possible that some users may prefer v4.
Compatible with 3.6.x and 3.5.x
vBStatus allows your users to update their status to tell other members what they are doing/thinking at any given time. A user's status is displayed under their names in their postbit, in their User Profile, and anywhere else you choose!
User's can edit their status quickly and easily via AJAX.
Administrative options include:
Banning a list of usergroups from using the hack.
Allowing a list of usergroups to change other users' status.
Limit the # of characters used in Status Messages
Word wrap status messages to prevent broken templates.
Turning the hack on/off.
Option of In-Line editting or a popup. (Defined in the admincp)
Default status for users with a blank status. (Defined in the admincp)
Status prefix to append an admin-customizable forum standard. (Attilitus is doing something)
There are 3 template edits for this hack. The installation readme file will guide you through the entire process. Update 2.0:
Please reinstall the product xml file, and re-edit your templates following the new instructions in the readme file. This is to correct a small cosmetic bug that displays non-functional links to guests and non-admins.
Update 3.0:
A number of bugs were fixed, and a few new admin options were added. Please uninstall the previous product and reinstall this one. Please re-edit your templates and reupload all files. Sorry for the inconvenience (but at least we are getting this handled in the first 12 hours of release.)
Update 4.0:
This is a fairly comprehensive update. You must remove all previous template edits and add the new template code. You must also "Allow Overwrite" when importing the new product. The DB structure hasn't changed.
New features include:
In-Line Editting (This is on by default, but you can return to the previous popup style by changing an option in the admincp)
Default Status: If a user doesn't have any status message it will be set to a default status which you can define in the admincp
Visual improvements: Various small visual improvements were made, including a change in the location of the small "edit" link.
Update 4.01
I added status prefixes. If your updating from version 4 just reimport the product (with overwrite set to yes), and reupload all the files. No template edits necessary when upgrading from v4 to v4.01. (And I'm not going to change the file version because this update came so quickly on the heals of v4.)
Hi Attilitus - are you still supporting this modification please? There is evidently a javascript clash/conflicts - Edit button doesn't work even when folder/files chmod to 777 - Help please because this is a really nice idea.
I'm afraid that I won't integrate this into other third party modifications. It is too much of a hassle, and would require modifying and releasing new versions of other coder's work.
This can actually be done without editing vbshout at all. The following code shows how to utilize the shout engine to make a shout without actually editing vbshout. (this code is not adapted for the status system im just providing an example)
$msgvar = "This is the message that would be shouted";
$shout =& new shout;
$shout->silent = true;
$shout->process("$msgvar");
Quote:
Originally Posted by Attilitus
This issue has already brought up. This hack does not update a user's Last Activity location. The next version of the hack will, and thus this "problem" won't occur. Until then, don't worry too much about it. It will appear as "Unknown Location" for all non-admin usergroups on your forum. (Thus regular users are not seeing the URL as you see it)
Instead of making it update the whosonline location why not just bypass updating the online location as we do for most ajax scripts for actions such as this script has?
PHP Code:
define('LOCATION_BYPASS', 1);
Now to report my own problem I have noticed and havent had time to fix myself yet.
In private messages it does not do the status's properly. It doesnt do the prefix if they have a status nor does it do the message for when a user doesnt have a status set and instead shows nothing.
i love it, but got a problemo
i use hebrew language on my forums
and when i try to change the status it gives me gibbrish
i tried looking for the where language configurations goes but no luck
can you help me with that?
i think ur using utf-8 and i need WINDOWS-1255
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07-07-2008, 07:33 AM
