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

[???`S?LV?R???`]

Alright I gotta question about the extra pages feature, I took some screen shots of how It looks then edited them to how I want them to look. Basically when someone goes to one of the extra pages I want it to not show the two blocks "shoutbox" & "what do you think of the site?" so that the extra page can expand more without making the rest of the blocks bigger. (I know my cut & paste job wasn't that great but that's basically how I want it to look)

[RapCheck]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

Starnge, they work for me with vB3 Gamma and vBi RC3. Try the following change to your vbindex_poll template:

still doesn't work.

[NTLDR]

You needed to add the code not replace it which you seem to have done

[RapCheck]

oops, wasn't even paying attention. I did however try it added and it still didn't work. I added it again, and still.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

What do you think NTLDR?

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by RapCheck

oops, wasn't even paying attention. I did however try it added and it still didn't work. I added it again, and still.

From what I can see looking at the HTML and what happens is that the form points to http://rapcheck.com/b/poll.php but I get redirected to http://www.rapcheck.com/b/poll.php as thats what you have set the URL to in the ACP.

[NTLDR]

Originally Posted by ???`S?LV?R???`

What do you think NTLDR?

If the browser shows the page correctly then it won't work, which is the correct behaviour. You can try putting the followinf conditional around the vbindex_shoutbox and vbindex_poll:

<if condition="!EXTRA_PAGE">
 the html in the template here
</if>

[???`S?LV?R???`]

didn't work

[???`S?LV?R???`]

any other suggestions?

[NTLDR]

If the boxes didn't show, which they shouldn't have you'd need to disable both, or one of the side columns for extra pages.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

how would i do that? you got me a little confused now.

[NTLDR]

In vbindex.php find:

PHP Code:

// ####################### GENERATE SIDE BAR ########################## 


Add after:

PHP Code:

if (EXTRA_PAGE) {
    $vbindex['options'] = $vbindex['options'] - VBI_BOTH_COLS;
} 


That will disable the side bars on extra pages.

[???`S?LV?R???`]

That worked good, thanks . Still no way to make only certain blocks showup on the extra pages though?

[RapCheck]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

From what I can see looking at the HTML and what happens is that the form points to http://rapcheck.com/b/poll.php but I get redirected to http://www.rapcheck.com/b/poll.php as thats what you have set the URL to in the ACP.

Alright, I changed the url to the board to include the www. in the url which it didn't before, and now the polls work. Thanks


Heres a new one for you though lol... I have 2 forums sending news to vbindex... Forum 1 and forum 67. All is fine. I excluded a forum (29) and this stopped the news from forum 1 from showing up. I tried to exclude a different forum number and same thing. I switched the order of the news forums from 1,67 to 67,1 and forum 1 still didnt show up, forum 67 did. Both forums show up fine as long as no forums are excluded. Strange. This one for me isn't a big deal as I don't use the latest threads so I really don't even need to exclude a forum, just noticed it today and figured I'd post about it cuz it seems weird to me.

[NTLDR]

Someone else reported this but I can't find it now. Anyway its fixed, in vbindex.php find:

PHP Code:

    $limitfids = array(explode(',', $vbindex['limitfids'])); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

    $limitfids = array();
    $limitfids = explode(',', $vbindex['limitfids']); 


And it should work as expected