Major Additions - vbFEngine Create your own Mods by vbFreelancers

Removed by the Author
due to luck of free time to support it.
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vbFEngine
The Polymorphic Module
by vBulletin Freelancers

Credit goes to Maria (MicroHellas)
as this module has developed 100% from her.
I just did some corrections according to
vBulletin prototype for security.

1.- What's this?

vbFEngize is a polymorphic module. The package contains the engine which is a set of functions and templates, and thanks to the power of the organized in fieldsets custom fields, you can produce any type of module which is base in database records.

2.- Examples

By setting the correct custom fields, you can produce Module for:

• Profiles
• Articles
• Receipts
• Photos
• Videos
• Catalogs
• Links
• Classifieds
• Profiles
• Collections
• and anything else related to database records

3.- Standard Fields

• Category
• Userid
• Title
• Description (using vbEditor)
• Main Photo
• Photo Gallery for each record

4.- Including in Lite version Features (functions)

• Categories
• RSS for each category
• Sponsored Records
• Premium Records
• Top Records
• Editor Choice records
• Newest Records
• Popular Records
• Top Users
• Search by Category, Username, Keywords
• Bookmarks
• vbSeo friendly
• Ability to setup different template in your module
• Ability to setup different template per category

(1) Records means: Profiles, Articles, Receipts, Items etc

5.- Extra fields

• Extra fields are reusable (and here is the real power). Eg if you want to use a field "Age" multiple times in a form, you don't need to create it twice. You create it once and then you can assign it to as many fieldsets you want in the same form.
• Group fields (or fieldsets). No more ungly listing. You can organize the custom fields in fieldgroups, and then assign each field group in one, multi, or all available categories.

6.- Extra field types

• Text
• Radio button
• Checkboxes
• Textarea
• Drop list (single select)
• Drop list (multiple select)

7.- Installation

1. Upload all files and directories including at "vbulletin" directory to the directory where vBulletin is installed.
2. CMOD the following directories to 777
   1. /photos (inside vbfengine directory)
   2. /tmp (inside vbfengine/photos directory)
   3. /thumbs (inside vbfengine/photos directory)
3. For security reasons backup your database AND turn your board off
4. Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system is enabled.
5. From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product_vbfengine.xml
6. If you want to add a link to your nav bar then you must edit the NAVBAR template:
   1. Search For:

      <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

   2. Add Below:

      <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vbfengine.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Profiles</a></td>

   3. ....or use any other word you want
7. By default none usergroup has permissions to use vbfengine, so you need to give permissions to any group. Goto AdminCP->Usergroups->Usergroup Manager and edit any usergroup you like to give permissions.
8. *** IMPORTANT *** If you don't give to Guest at least "can use" permissions, then they must NOT be able to see the links (Tell a Friend function).
9. If you've installed vbSEO, Login into vbSEO Control Panel, click "Custom Rewrite Rules", insert rewrite rules (attached in vbseo-rules.txt to not lose formatting) and save settings.

8.- First steps in use

1. Set the various options at vbFEngine->Options
2. Setup the categories
3. Setup (if you need them) Custom fields. Please note that fields are reusable, so in case that for example you want to use twice the field "Age" you don't need to create it 2 times. One is enought.
4. Setup Custom fields groups. You can add as many fields as you want to a group, and then to assign this group to one or more, or all categories. Please pay attention for unique display order of the groups.

9.- Authorization for reuse and redistribution (but please read carefully!!)

• For Personal use: You can modify the code as you want by adding or removing features and/or templates, but in this case you can't share these modifications with other usres/members
• For Coders:
  • You've the permission to:
    • Rename the files (so you can produce different modules).
    • You can setup the extra fields as you want and then to modify the file: products-vbfengine.xml to auto insert the field's values in database.
    • You can post the final product (including my files) for FREE only and only in vBulletin.org. Nowhere else, except if it's a vBulletin community operating by you.
  • You don't have permission to:
    • Modify the code
    • To add more functions (features)
    • To add more extra field types
    • To remove my copyright. But you can add yours, one line over mine.
    • And for sure you don't have permission to sell the module.

[gael11]

Originally Posted by gael11

Hello,

I've got a problem with a template.
Here is a screenshot:



Thanks for your help.

Help

Most popular must be out and the bottom toolbar must be down

Thanks

[txsbmw]

I keep getting a database error when I try to edit an entry. Once I click save after editing I get the following:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 4:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vbfengine_items SET description='REQUESTS:
\n
Cookies\n
Pringles\n
Beef Jerky
INTERESTS:\n \nPlaying golf, throwing the football', paypalemail='',
										 price='', currency=, hidden=0  
                     WHERE id=1;

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' hidden=0  
                     WHERE id=1' at line 2
Error Number  : 1064
Date          : Wednesday, January 30th 2008 @ 04:54:53 AM
Script        : http://www.myforum.com/vb/vbfengine.php
Referrer      : http://www.myforum.com/vb/vbfengine.php?do=edititem&itemid=1&pagenumber=1
IP Address    : XX.XXX.XXX.XX
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 4.1.22-standard-log

[blankoboy]

Does this have potential to create a "reviews" of site? Would like to see more of what is possible with this mod. Most intriguing and has my interested piqued!

*note: am I the only one who sees a younger "Robert Deniro" resemblance in Olympic's profile pic?

[Razasharp]

What can this do that GARS and vba Dynamics can't do?

Both of those allow you create new 'sections', they also allow reviews, and as many thread fields as you want?

I have been researching the above so interested in how yours is different.

Also, is it anywhere as near as flexible as Drupal? (or vbDrupal)

Thanks,

[bada_bing]

will this work for vb 3.5.x ?

[gforce75]

Lol, can't modify? It makes sense not to modify to redistrbuite, but i've modified alot of mods because of errors or to enhance an improvement

[Olympic]

Originally Posted by Razasharp

What can this do that GARS and vba Dynamics can't do?

Both of those allow you create new 'sections', they also allow reviews, and as many thread fields as you want?

I have been researching the above so interested in how yours is different.

Also, is it anywhere as near as flexible as Drupal? (or vbDrupal)

Thanks,

Hope that you're not serious in the part of question that is talking about the other mods. Not because they're not good mods (or scripts), actually we've bought vBa Dynamics, but for the fact that it's impossible to "download, install and check" 3 other programs just to say (without to be always sure) what they can't do comparing with vbFEngine.

What I know for sure that vbFEngine can do while the others can't (not only mods, but PHP scripts too, that's why we're porting it as standalone PHP script) are:

1. About interaction with users (Rating, Reviews, Discussion). You can choose one, or more, or all of:
   1. Simple Rating
   2. Amazon style Rating and Review
   3. Seperate thread for duscussion
2. Rating: Forget about the old fashion rating: "How do you rate it?". Now you can setup as many rating questions you want. The overall of the user's rating is auto calculating
3. 90% of the Options that other mods have as global, in vbFEngine are going to categories. So, you can have a category "Articles" and choose that posts in that category will have Rating and Forum. You can have another category "Reviews" where the posts can have Amazon style Rating and Review plus Forums. Same apply for custom fields. Give a look at: http://www.vbulletinfreelancers.com/...6&title=dating to see how flexible are custom fields. Different extra fields in subcategories.
4. And just for the history, here are the options that you can use setting up a category:
   1. Category: Active/Hidden if for some reason you want to hide it for modifications
   2. Price: In case that you want the user to pay for posting in this category (great for Classifieds)
   3. Style: You can use different vBstyle per category
   4. Allow Rating
   5. Allow Reviews
   6. Allow Forum
   7. Allow Sales (If yes, then users can post in this category items for sale and accept payments by PayPal. Again great for Classifieds)
   8. Allow Gallery (If set to No, only one photo is permitting per post)
   9. Allow Attachments
   10. Allow Chapters (Great for News)
   11. Posts are time limited?
   12. If yes, what to do on expiration: Delete/Hide
   13. vbCredits (+/-) for those who are using vbCredits
   14. vB Points for any post
   15. vB points lower limit to be able to post
   16. Related Forum (to show last x threads)
   17. Related Poll (to show in category's main page)
   18. Do you want more? Try tomorrow the demo, to see how you can have 7 modules by using just one (for now I've setup only the Dating part).

[Olympic]

Originally Posted by Razasharp

and as many thread fields as you want?

Manchester United is a Football team, Panigyriakos is also a Greek Football team in xxx category. So do you want me to believe that because both are "Football teams" they've equivalent power?

So, here are my questions:

1. What type of questions they're supporting? vbFEngine supports:
   1. Text
   2. Textarea
   3. Radio buttons
   4. Checkboxes
   5. Single choice drop list
   6. Multiselect drop list
   7. Number
   8. Date
   9. Link
   10. YouTUBE/Yahoo etc video
2. Can they search numeric and date fields in range (from-to)?
3. Can they organize them in fieldsets for better interface
4. Can the fields be reusable on the same form, or if you need the xx fields to appear twice in the same form, you must setup it twice?
5. Can the fields have ordering 1,2,3,...10 in A category, while in B category to have ordering 2,1,9.....5 and so on?

[Olympic]

Originally Posted by gforce75

Lol, can't modify? It makes sense not to modify to redistrbuite, but i've modified alot of mods because of errors or to enhance an improvement

Nobody prohibited you to do ANY modification you like for your own use.

[txsbmw]

Anyone with any idea on how to fix this error:

Originally Posted by txsbmw

I keep getting a database error when I try to edit an entry. Once I click save after editing I get the following:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 4:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vbfengine_items SET description='REQUESTS:
\n
Cookies\n
Pringles\n
Beef Jerky
INTERESTS:\n \nPlaying golf, throwing the football', paypalemail='',
										 price='', currency=, hidden=0  
                     WHERE id=1;

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' hidden=0  
                     WHERE id=1' at line 2
Error Number  : 1064
Date          : Wednesday, January 30th 2008 @ 04:54:53 AM
Script        : http://www.myforum.com/vb/vbfengine.php
Referrer      : http://www.myforum.com/vb/vbfengine.php?do=edititem&itemid=1&pagenumber=1
IP Address    : XX.XXX.XXX.XX
Username      : 
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 4.1.22-standard-log