VbBuddies RC 1

Hey,
This is basicly a port of the vbbuddies for vb 3.0.x you can find here:
Also all screenshots you can find here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=816720

Altough I have added an approve wannebee option and maybe more will be added in the future.

For people who don't know vbbuddies for 3.0.x:
vbbuddies gives every user a page with his buddys, they can set whether it's public or not.
You can set for every usergroup if they can see the buddy page and you can also set what to show on the page and some other options.
Vbbuddies only show people if you have added them and they have added you. If there is only one link, the user shows up as a wannabee and the other one can see the wannabees and add them as buddys...


This is a beta, but I tested it on a 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 and it worked, but you never know.

Edits :
10-november-2005:
New package that fixes all errors.
Re-upload the buddies.php
Overwrite the plug in
upload the images

11-november-2005:
Beta 3 released.
Re-upload the buddies.php
Overwrite the plug in
upload the wannabee.gif
Do template mods as described in upgrade.txt

New Stuff in beta 3:
online buddies, offline buddies and wannabees shown in profile,
wannabee image in memberlist bits
resize avatar option
some new phrases and some phrases fixed
link in profile fixed

12-november-2005:
A fix and an uninstaller for members with vb 3.0.x versions .
For members who had the vb 3.0.x version and upgraded their board:
first run the uninstaller and then do a fresh install
For all others:
overwrite the product.

19-november-2005:
RC1 released.
New:
-pm function
-maximum buds per usergroup
-wannabee management for users
-some phrases
-file with optional steps
Fixes:
-uninstaller for 3.0.x versions
-some small things



Make sure you do all instructions as said in the install.txt file

Have fun!

And btw, please click install if you use this!

[funinthesun]

So is this complete now? I don't want to install until all bugs are fixed

[Detomah]

1 bug and 1 suggestion left in my mind, it's working fine on my site now besides that.

The bug: Only the gray buddyicon is showing, the other 2 colours are not showing, there is just a blank space where they are meant to be. The conditional doesn't seem to be working for my site.

The Suggestion: Make a link from the postbit to the persons buddy page. I know it's simply and I could quite easily do that myself for my forum, but it would be a good way to give extra coverage of the feature.

Besides that, I think this is a great feature and it makes great use of the buddy list, which for the most part I reckon is unused on most forums.

[trackpads]

I think you are missing a template edit somewhere, I cant seem to call the buddies page unless I manually add my user id to the end of it aka "?u=3".

Also, in the profile view the buddies listing isnt a link to my buddy page.

This hack really has some great potential and I love it already, great work!!

-Jason

[trackpads]

Also, how about a postbit icon link to the users buddy page?

[Detomah]

Ok, after a little bit of investigating...

I've found part of the problem of the missing coloured buddy icons:

</template>
		<template name="buddies_notonanylist" templatetype="template" date="1131562192" username="seba" version="3.5.1"><![CDATA[<a href="buddies.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$userinfo[userid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/notonanylist.gif" border="0" alt="$vbphrase[buddy_notonanylist]"></a>]]></template>
		<template name="buddies_onignorelist" templatetype="template" date="1131562240" username="seba" version="3.5.1"><![CDATA[<a href="buddies.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$userinfo[userid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/onignorelist.gif" border="0" alt="$vbphrase[buddy_onignorelist]"></a>]]></template>
	</templates>

Your missing a template there in the product-buddiehack.xml file. So basically it is only adding 2 templates for the buddie icons.

The one it is missing is:
buddies_onbuddylist

<a href="buddies.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$userinfo[userid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/onbuddylist.gif" border="0" alt="$vbphrase[buddy_onbuddylist]"></a>

However, after manually adding that template to the buddy product system, i've now found a slightly different problem.

All users that are either on your buddy list or or whatever it is that brings up the red icon are showing as green icons, which i'm certain is wrong?

Hehe this is good practice for me here at the same time.

Not sure if it is possible, but would be nice to be able to reject wanabees and kick yourself off their list?

Are there a couple more phrases missing too?
e.g. Last Visit & Date Of Birth?

Missing phrase - viewmemberbuddies ?

[noonespecial]

Any chance of getting the hack to put this on the user's profile?

[waza]

Hey,
Soon I'll release a beta 2
All phrases will be now in it, there will be an extra option to resize avatars,
The memberlist icons will be fixed and there will be an extra icon in members list for wannabees and an extra section in buddies for members
If I can fix it pm function will be in it too.
@noonspecial: I could add some plug ins and instructions to put this on the profiles page, will probably be for a later version.

[trackpads]

Originally Posted by waza

Hey,
Soon I'll release a beta 2
All phrases will be now in it, there will be an extra option to resize avatars,
The memberlist icons will be fixed and there will be an extra icon in members list for wannabees and an extra section in buddies for members
If I can fix it pm function will be in it too.
@noonspecial: I could add some plug ins and instructions to put this on the profiles page, will probably be for a later version.

More Ideas:

1. Add a Navbar Template "My Buddies" Link
2. Add a Postbit Counter that would display the number of buddies like the one on the profile page.

Thanks!

[Detomah]

Originally Posted by trackpads

More Ideas:

1. Add a Navbar Template "My Buddies" Link
2. Add a Postbit Counter that would display the number of buddies like the one on the profile page.

Thanks!

I've hardcoded those bits into the templates for the time being, I can post the code if you want need it?

[trackpads]

Originally Posted by Detomah

I've hardcoded those bits into the templates for the time being, I can post the code if you want need it?

Please! Thank you very much!!