Major Additions - [DBTech] vBSlider v3 (vB4)

vBSlider: What is it?
vBSlider is a professional slider mod, allowing administrators to show the latest threads, articles, blogs, and custom-defined content in a jQuery based slider. vBSlider can be used on both the CMS and Forum, and is compatible with vBulletin 4.x Suite, vBulletin 4.x Forum Only, and vBulletin 3.x

Uses

vBSlider can be used on both the CMS and Forum to promote your latest content, as well as custom content, and can be separately configured for both the CMS and Forum.

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Differences between Pro and Lite

Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com

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Translations may be available @ http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forums/91-Translations
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Complete Feature List (Lite)

General Settings

• Option to display version number in widget footer
• Option to not load jQuery, if it is already being called by another modification
• Option to select which version of jQuery to load
• Default image for CMS content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided) [vB4.x only]
• Default image for Forum content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)
• Default image for Blog content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)
• Default image for DragonByte Gallery content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)

Multiple Slider Instances

• Ability to create and insert virtually unlimited sliders across your forum
• All settings below are customised on a per-instance basis

CMS Options (as a Widget on CMS pages) [vB4.x only]

• Option to select how many articles from the CMS you want to display
• Option to select which CMS sections you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many threads from the forum you want to display
• Option to select which forums you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many blog entries from the blogs you want to display
• Option to select which blog categories you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many [DBTech] Gallery images you want to display
• Option to select which [DBTech] Gallery instances you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many custom content items you want to display
• Option to select how many characters of the content item you want to display

Forum Options (as a Widget on Forum Home, vB3 & vB4)

• Option to enable or disable the widget on Forum Home
• Option to select location for the widget on Forum Home (above or below forums)
• All of the other options listed for the CMS [vB4.x only]

Customisation

• Stylevars available for both the CMS and Forum versions, so that you can match each one to your specific design [vB4.x only]
• External CSS file available so you can match the slider to your forum [vB3.x only]
• Ability to define a maximum width and height for the slider (in StyleVars for vB4, in CSS for vB3)
• Fully phrased to allow for customization for different languages

Additional Feature List (Pro)

General Settings

• Option to move Copyright location from below slider to site footer
• Option to change the default image for CMS content items that do not have an associated image (vB4 Only)
• Option to change the default image for Forum content items that do not have an associated image
• Option to change the default image for Blog content items that do not have an associated image
• Option to use IMG tags inside the content types to allow for external images to be used inside of the slider

CMS [vB4.x only] and Forum Options (as a Widget on CMS/Forum pages, CMS is vB4 Only)

• Option to select how long each content item displays before transitioning to the next slide
• Option to pick the location inside the slider for the content
• Option to pick the text alignment of the content

Custom Content Options

• This gives you the ability to create your own content items to display to your users
• Ability to define a title for the content
• Ability to define a message for the content. Message can include HTML formatting
• Ability to define a link if you want to provide additional information in a separate location
• Ability to define a link to an image for the content item
• Option to pick the location inside the slider for the content
• Option to pick the text alignment of the content
• Option to enable/disable on the CMS [vB4.x only]
• Option to enable/disable on Forum Home
• Option to enable/disable site wide
• Option to select the target location for the link to open in
• Option for 'banner-only', so if no text is in the message area, the content slider doesn't show
• All of the above options are definable for each custom content item

Customisation

• Ability to define the width of the content area when located on the left or right side (in StyleVars for vB4, CSS for vB3)

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of all pages which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[New Joe]

Did you ever get it sorted for images, so it would auto re size images which are being pulled in?

[DragonByte Tech]

There is a new version, currently in closed beta, that has better options for the images. Its still not 100% perfect unfortunately, but I feel it is a big improvement over the current version. The new version adds a lot of new functionality, which to me was needed more than the image resizing. With that said, image manipulation will most likely be the next on the list.

Brad

[betts02]

I love most of your mods but i think many times we are being ripped off in to buying the Pro version for such things that would be great in the lite version

Would you consider adding the ability to grab the first image from a thread to show in the slider instead of the attachment to the lite version ?

Many thanks for the mod regardless

[hoof]

Awesome sauce with this one Thank you for the custom content, exactly what I needed. I modified the css with a couple tweaks to reposition the images, hope that was ok.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by betts02

I love most of your mods but i think many times we are being ripped off in to buying the Pro version for such things that would be great in the lite version

Would you consider adding the ability to grab the first image from a thread to show in the slider instead of the attachment to the lite version ?

Many thanks for the mod regardless

=/ Kind of a confusing statement there to be honest. Either you think the pro versions are ripoffs, in which case we should be removing features from the lite version and making them pro only, or you think the lite versions should get more pro features, in which case there would be no incentive for people to purchase the pro versions.

The entire idea is to have features people will like/want in the pro version to encourage them to make the purchase .

We don't tend to move features from pro to lite, so it's extremely unlikely this will happen unfortunately.

Sorry I didn't have better news!

Iain

[iadventure]

Eta???

[DragonByte Tech]

The product will most likely go open Beta this week. As with most of our products, Beta versions are Pro only. Once it goes Gold, a lite version will be released. I figure this should be within the next couple of weeks.

[qpurser]

Installed this nice mod on my test server and using it on my CMS pages.
The widget shows fine but I have a small issue with selecting the forums where the info should be pulled:

Can only 1 forum be selected or multiple?
For some reason in my adminCP I have 2 options with same option text (see screenshot).
What is the difference between those 2?
I can select only 1 forum in the first option but in the 2nd option I can select multiple.
However even by doing this and selecting multiple forums in the 2nd option the widget shows only info from 1 forum instead of multiple

Thanks for any help

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by qpurser

Installed this nice mod on my test server and using it on my CMS pages.
The widget shows fine but I have a small issue with selecting the forums where the info should be pulled:

Can only 1 forum be selected or multiple?
For some reason in my adminCP I have 2 options with same option text (see screenshot).
What is the difference between those 2?
I can select only 1 forum in the first option but in the 2nd option I can select multiple.
However even by doing this and selecting multiple forums in the 2nd option the widget shows only info from 1 forum instead of multiple

Thanks for any help

I've seen this occur on a couple of instances before. I'll need to look back through some reports to see what the reason was. Its an odd issue, as it rarely occurs.

Do you happen to have vBEditorTabs installed as well?

Brad

[qpurser]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I've seen this occur on a couple of instances before. I'll need to look back through some reports to see what the reason was. Its an odd issue, as it rarely occurs.

Do you happen to have vBEditorTabs installed as well?

Brad

Hey Brad,
thanks for looking into this issue.
I don't have vbEditorTabs installed