Plugin Accelerator

Vbulletin Plugin Accelerator
Accelerate Your Forums Plugins

Summary:

If you use the Vbulletin Plugin System (Specially if you use a lot of plugins), this will help improve the performance of the system overall by inlining all of the plugin code into the PHP files themself.

Essentially making it as if you had hacked the files yourself, this will give you better performance on your forum overall.

PS. Use this in conjunction with my Other Hack (Compress Forum Templates) for speeding up your forum even more by compressing templates.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107615
PS. Use this in conjunction with my Other Hack (Template Cache System) for speeding up your forum by caching its templates.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110144

Install:

1. Download the zip file.
2. Open install.txt and Read Instructions

Upgrade:

1. Download the zip file.
2. Uninstall Product "Vbulletin Plugin Accelerator"
3. Open install.txt and Read Instructions to install like usual.

Current Status: (RC2)

Release Candidate 2 Has Been Released.
This code has been deemed acceptable and to be used by all.

Please report any bugs back to this thread.
Thanks.

• Latest Changes: 02/11/2006
• Fixed another problem with backslashes, hopefully this will fix some other problems.
• To upgrade, just replace the includes/class_plugin_accelerator.php with the new one.

Important Notes:

1. While this IS a release candidate, more than likely its not fully bug free so Please backup your files before you install this modification, this system is not yet perfect.

2. When running "Rebuild Hook Cache" and "Rebuild All Plugins" if you ever see a small parse error, or file couldnt be opened error; re-run both again and it should go away.

3. includes/hook_files.php contains locations of all the files the accelerator scans for plugin hooks, if you have any files that have been renamed, moved, etc.. you need to add it to that file on its own line, thanks.


If You Have Problems:

If you incur any parse errors, or pages not displaying after running the steps. Please make a copy of the affect file as well as its original version, zip them and upload somewhere. Send me a link to the file for me to download, review and provide a fix.

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by HR3rdGen

Interesting cocept. I think I'll stick to manually doing my files.

But if you are using lots of plugin code (which purpose is to keep people from directly modifying files) then for the average person; this would provide that solution without them having to manually edit code.

This is one of many modifications I plan to release involving the runtime of Vbulletin; with suggestions from Scott and a couple other people; there are many more places inside vbulletin that can be optimized.

[Brad]

I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Good to see you coding again.

[Trigunflame]

Update Everyone:

# First Working Release. Not all features are fully developed, but it does perform the primary objective.

# Automatic Re-Compiling of Plugins into Files will be presented in the next release; currently if you import, add, or update any plugin/product. Please click "Rebuild All Plugins" to refresh your files with up2date code.

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In Short, this is a Functional Release; the tweaking of various parts of vbulletin to remove excess queries, and automatic recompiling on plugin add,edit,import will be presented in the next release.

I urge everyone to try this hack out and send feedback regarding any problems that you are having (If you have any).

Note: Using the built in Enable/Disable link, you can turn off the system at any point in time you wish incase a problem occurs; upon disabling it will convert all Compiled Code back into Vbulletins default Plugin Hook System and vice versa.

Thankyou.

[Paul M]

How will [vbulletin] upgrades be handled ?

Edit: A couple of points.

1. Please make it a product, and install the phrases this way.

2. Make a custom cpnav file to cut out the editing of the vbulletin one.

[Trigunflame]

Originally Posted by Paul M

How will [vbulletin] upgrades be handled ?


Edit: A couple of points.

1. Please make it a product, and install the phrases this way.

2. Make a custom cpnav file to cut out the editing of the vbulletin one.

Update; (visited Vbulletin.com for help on those, im so used to 3.0.x >.> glad I know about these now thx paul.

As for upgrades, all that needs to be done is running "Rebuild Hook Cache", "Rebuild All Plugins".

[Trigunflame]

Ok updated the Install.txt
Created product installer: product-plugin_accelerator.xml
Created navigation addon: cpnav_plugin_accelerator.xml

ps. thanks paul for mentioning, I hadnt experimented with the product system yet. (havnt been around vb in like 6 months, lol)

[Trigunflame]

I think i have scared all of the testers off, it works people; atleast give it a try. Lol.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Trigunflame

I think i have scared all of the testers off, it works people; atleast give it a try. Lol.

I don't really have time until at least the weekend.

[Corriewf]

WOW! This really made everything faster. GREAT MOD!!!! THANKS!

[Trigunflame]

Huge Update

- Critical bug involving active status to not be set has been resolved. Those who had problems with activating the system should now have no problems.

- Added many phrases to the system involving error messages and status messages

+ Note:

Please go through the install.txt file once more, changes were made to plugin.php which should be edited to take care of using the new phrases.

To upgrade:
Uninstall Product Vbulletin Plugin Accelerator, re-install it through the update file and move all the new files into the their appropriate places via the install.txt file.