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Automatic Products Update Check

If you installed this mod, please "Mark as Installed".

Every forum owner installs quite many mods to improve the system and add necessary functions. What's important is to keep your mods updated to avoid issues and security bugs.
When time pass, you forget to check your mods. Sometimes it just too much effort to check each mod manually.

What's the solution?
An automatic process that will do that for you and inform you when you're running an old version.

Compatibility:
vBulleting 3: 3.6.0 and newer.
vBulleting 4: 4.0.0 and newer.

Installations:
You don't have to change anything in the templates/files, just upload the plugin and that's all.
AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

History:

• [04-02-12] v1.0:
  - First Release
• [17-05-12] v1.5:
  - Added cache
  - New Settings: Enable/Disable, Cache time
  - Fixed the delay to load the admincp (checking for updates is now running in the background)
• [01-11-14] v2.0:
  - Code optimization, get results from vb.org faster
  - No longer checking updates for disabled products

[gremrock]

Great idea thanks for plug-in

[rellect]

New Version 1.5
- Added cache for faster loading of the page
- Settings added: hack active, cache time
- Page loaded much faster

[KEKforce]

is this 4.2 compatible?

Pre 4.2 it works just fine.. Now in 4.2 nothing shows up...

[rellect]

Originally Posted by KEKforce

is this 4.2 compatible?

Pre 4.2 it works just fine.. Now in 4.2 nothing shows up...

Yes it is. I'm running 4.2 and it works fine.
The reason it doesn't show anything may be the fact that all your mods are up-to-date. And remember that there is a cache process which runs once in a while.

To be sure it work:
1. Set the cache time to 0
2. Edit one of your mods and change the version to older value

Refresh the admincp home page couple times and see if it works.

[Black Tiger]

I'm running 3.8.x and not going to upgrade to vb4 or 5.

I've got this mod installed and I'm very pleased with it. However, at this point it's telling me that I've got older versions installed from plugins which are only newer for VB 4 and up.

Could you implement an option to "exclude" certain plugins from being checked?

[rellect]

Originally Posted by Black Tiger

I'm running 3.8.x and not going to upgrade to vb4 or 5.

I've got this mod installed and I'm very pleased with it. However, at this point it's telling me that I've got older versions installed from plugins which are only newer for VB 4 and up.

Could you implement an option to "exclude" certain plugins from being checked?

Yes I can, but it probably will take a while till I get the time to work on this.

[Black Tiger]

That's no problem, thank you already for considering it!

[majjed2008]

Hi

After installing it I get this error , then I tray to uninstall it but I dont fined it in my products at all .

here is the error :
Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/admincp/index.php(949) : eval()'d code on line 105

[rellect]

Originally Posted by majjed2008

Hi

After installing it I get this error , then I tray to uninstall it but I dont fined it in my products at all .

here is the error :
Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/admincp/index.php(949) : eval()'d code on line 105

Try just refresh, it should fix it.

[Gadget_Guy]

An update....

It still reports that a plugin has an update even though I have deleted (uninstalled) that plugin.

How do I go about removing that notice from the list?

D.