Add-On Releases - vBulletin-Glossary

What is vBulletin-Glossary:

A professional glossary with features like :

• crosslinking
• attachments in entries using vBullstin attachment system
• searchable by using the vBulletin standard search
• edit-history just like in wikipedia
• synonyms to combine crosslinkings to other words
• optional entryfields for more details of entry
• vb-SEO compatible
• etc.

Installation:

- Upload all files in 'upload' to your server

- set 777-permission for the following directories:

• /vbglossar
• /vbglossar/backup
• /vbglossar/temp

- Import 'product-vbglossar.xml' in AdminCP as Add-On.

Right after the import of the productfile, go and set the usergroups. Afterwards edit the setting in AdminCP (Settings and Crosslinking). Now go to 'manage categories' and create the wanted cats.

Now the glossary should be configured and ready to use.

Updates from previous versions:

Follow the instruction of a new installation, also check the file permissions. After importing the product (overwrite: yes), check the grouprights and the settings of the glossary as there are some new features. In case the entries won't show up, please rebuild the datastore in the tools-section of the glossarin in admincp.

Template Modification:

Edit template 'search.css' and check for the following text

/* as post */

Please include the following code above this:

.threadinfo.glossaryentry a.threadstatus
{
background-image:url({vb:stylevar imgdir_searchresults}/search_results_glossaryentry.png);
background-position: 11px 6px;
}

General:

This addon has been developed by the follwing people (a-z): Andreas, Captainslater, G?rome, Surviver and me. We spent every free minute for this project (coding, translation, tests, etc). Also MrD and Ragtek have tested during the time when this addon got developed.

In directory '/tools' you might find a usefull Script by G?rome. User of vBCMS will find a module for their portal in directory 'vbcms' which shows a random entry of the glossary.

History:

• 1.0.0 - First version
• 1.0.0 PL 1 - Fixed Version by G?rome, users can't write unwnated entries anymore.
• 1.0.1 - overwork of the code, now working with datastore and datamanager. Also we included some small new features into the addon (e. g. revert entries, inlinemod, etc).
• 1.0.2 - overwork of the code, bugs removed, a lot of new features
• 1.0.3 - fixed more small bugs and added new functions (create threads for discussions, more options for crosslinking, better options for mods/admins, etc).
• 1.0.4 - bugfix-release.
• 1.1.0 - added more main-features (synonyms can be used now, optional use of entryfields within categories, PDF-functions included, vB-SEO kompatible, TOC-list, etc)
• 2.0.5 - Version for vBulletin 4.x with additional new features, bugs fixed.
• 2.0.6 - Version for vBulletin 4.1.4 with small bug fixes.

[Webbstre]

I would pay to see this modification turned into a bug-free fully fledged thing. :P I'm still running tests on my site for it.

[Seductor]

@alaska_av8r:

This code from, overlib_vbglossary.js, generates my pop-up:

var txt = '<table width="'+o3_width+ '" border="1" cellpadding="'+o3_border+'" cellspacing="0" '+(o3_bgclass ? 'class="'+o3_bgclass+'"' : o3_bgcolor+' '+o3_height)+'><tr><td><table width="100%" border="1" '+((olNs4||!cpIsMultiple) ? 'cellpadding="'+o3_cellpad+'" ' : '')+'cellspacing="0" '+(o3_fgclass ? 'class="'+o3_fgclass+'"' : o3_fgcolor+' '+o3_fgbackground+' '+o3_height)+'><tr><td valign="TOP"'+(o3_textfontclass ? ' class="'+o3_textfontclass+'">' : ((!olNs4&&cpIsMultiple) ? ' style="'+setCellPadStr(o3_cellpad)+'">' : '>'))+(o3_textfontclass ? '' : wrapStr(0,o3_textsize,'text'))+text+(o3_textfontclass ? '' : wrapStr(1,o3_textsize))+'</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>';

For example, If you want to change the table width, you could replace the first '+o3_width+ ' with this:

800px

It works.


The box is larger. So, If you want to change the width, instead of replacing o3_width with a literal value, you should better modify the variable o3_width.

Notice that in my code, I have changed border="0" by border="1". It had not a variable, so I had to change it manually. This makes my box to have a border.

[alaska_av8r]

Seductor thank you. I now have borders. I attempted to adjust padding etc but could not get it to work. The text within my popups is too close to the edges of the box (border) and the sentences are stacked too close to each other.

I don't know how to change that, but if I can figure it out then the popups will look much nicer. I have found out that in Firefox it looks very nice but in IE 9 it looks like crap.

[alaska_av8r]

I also have a definition of COLREGS in my glossary, within that definition is the word demarcation line which is also a glossary entry. When I click demarcation line it takes me to that definition, so far so good.

Now in demarcation line is COLREGS, so I should be able to click on that to go back to the definition for COLREGS but all i get is a blank white page when i do.

you can see it here on http://www.boatinghowto.com/vbglossa...&catid=1&id=69

[Scalemotorcars]

Originally Posted by alaska_av8r

I also have a definition of COLREGS in my glossary, within that definition is the word demarcation line which is also a glossary entry. When I click demarcation line it takes me to that definition, so far so good.

Now in demarcation line is COLREGS, so I should be able to click on that to go back to the definition for COLREGS but all i get is a blank white page when i do.

you can see it here on http://www.boatinghowto.com/vbglossa...&catid=1&id=69

As a guest theres no link. I see your text but its not linked to anything.

@Vossi Any ideal why Im having this issue. Thanks...

[alaska_av8r]

Thanks Scale I didn't realize that. I went to your site a while back to see how the glossary was working for you but I think you had it disabled. Did you get it worked out?

I love the basic idea of the mod, but wish it didn't have these issues.

[Scalemotorcars]

A Alaska, I hope that helped a little. I know as an admin I sometimes forget I can see everything many members cant so I constantly have to remind myself to log out and check everything again.

This is the link for ours. http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/...el-dictionary/

Its core features are working fairly well. There's just a few minor bugs but I think most of those are related to my VBSEO. I think the rewrites need a little more work. Overall its a great mod and hey, you cant beat the price.

[blueperspective]

Does this mod work with vBulletin 4.1.7 ?

Later edit:

Installed it using Seductor's modification.
So far so good.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this mod.

[sigh]

I had this working not too badly with vB 4.1.7, then realized it was blocking my Google / Doubleclick For Publishers ad scripts preventing the ads from displaying.

Disabled until this is fixed.

[Seductor]

Originally Posted by sigh

I had this working not too badly with vB 4.1.7, then realized it was blocking my Google / Doubleclick For Publishers ad scripts preventing the ads from displaying.

Disabled until this is fixed.

Are you sure about the glossary did that?