Add-On Releases - vbuserbar for 3.6.x

This modification contains a security vulnerability, you are hereby advised to uninstall until further notice.
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vbuserbar by StonyArc
I'm proud to announce that the new version 1.1.0 for vbulletin 3.6.x is currently available to you all !!!



You can now nominate hacks yourself for hacks of the month. There is a link on the right of hacks on top of the files.

Function
A userbar is a small image (350*19) typically used in the signatures of forum users, to show their support for software, hardware, food, pretty much anything. The new application allows you to dynamically create userbars including several plugins to display text.

Don't forget to hit install !!!!!!!
Please read the guide before asking for support !!!!!!!

Special

- Read the attached PDF for more information. The pdf is also included in the zip file.
- Some directories must be chmod to 777 (list included in pdf)
- vbuserbar requires PHP and the GD2 image library.
- The mod_rewrite module must be loaded as well. This is most of time on by default. If you run your own Server you can load it yourself in the php.ini. If not, please contact your hosting provider to activate it.

Feel free to support this mod and make a paypal donation to admin@stonyarc.com

Detailed installation instructions are in the included pdf file.




Current Features

Userbars for Vbulletin is created by StonyArc. The application is inspired and partially driven by the Dynabars scripts by Kenneth Watson.

Userbars for Vbulletin takes full advantage of direct integration with Vbulletin and allows users to directly create usersbars (both single and rotating as animated gif).

By using plugins other integrations are possible. The plugin creation guide is available on request.

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission.

Changes in this version

1.0.0
Initial version
1.1.0
Additional options added to limit max number of bars
Improved phrase support
Added a new plugin to display browser and OS information
IE javascript error
Top statistics option


Planned Features
- TBD



Demonstration
http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/forums/vbuserbar.php (registration required)
(screenshot in pdf)

Samples

Static











Or combined dynamically:




Credits

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission. Instructions are included in the pdf file
Special credits to Kenneth Watson for the initial Dynabar script.


FAQ

The FAQ is included in the pdf file.




Feel free to support this mod and make a paypal donation to admin@stonyarc.com



(c) 2006 Stonyarc

[Hornstar]

Well done on this! This will add a really nice feature to the site for all members.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Tyegurl

stonyarc....i have had a blond moment....

i uploaded the files but it over wrote my index.php...

so may i assume that i need to uplod the upload folder to my forum root? not the files to the forum root?

Upload the content as it stands there to your forum root. This means that the vbuserbar.php must be in the root of your forum

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by darkblade25

It would be nice to limit userbars per user, so users can not spam your server with images.

Anyone know how to do this?

Yea

That's in scope for V2. This is a teaser version (but works ok)

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by icare

Image doesnt show up


and when i tried a link to image it gave me following error.. am i missing something

Warning: imagecreatefrompng(images/content/default.png) [function.imagecreatefrompng]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 35

Warning: imagecolorallocate(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 69

Warning: imagecolorallocate(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 70

Warning: imagealphablending(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 76

Warning: imagecopy(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 84

Warning: imagecopy(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 84

Warning: imagecopy(): supplied argument is not a valid Image resource in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 84

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagettftext() in /home/username/public_html/userbar/userbar.php on line 89

Does your server have GD2 support? I think this may be the problem.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Trana

I have GD2 but I am using ISAPI URL Rewrite as this is a Windows 2003 server.

There is a .htaccess file in the userbar directory. Please make sure that the rewrite statements in there are covered by your ISAPI in that same directory and rename that file.

Also don't forget to click save when creating an image.


General:
Please don't forget to click install if you installed this application

[Qwest]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Does your Mysql server support utf8 ?

Are you running any special language?

If not

In principle you can remove the CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci string from each of the 6 points where it occurs in the install code of the product.

I uploaded some screenshots of the app in the first reply too.

Perhaps it would be smarter to make this product use the standard language used by vbulletin installs so you know it is talking the same language as the board it's being installed on?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Qwest

Perhaps it would be smarter to make this product use the standard language used by vbulletin installs so you know it is talking the same language as the board it's being installed on?

The zip now online uses the default. No more forced utf8

[Rian]

I have tried everything here, but the script does not work.

The image shows, but once saved it does not show. I have another similar script (not on vbulletin) which works fine.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Rian

I have tried everything here, but the script does not work.

The image shows, but once saved it does not show. I have another similar script (not on vbulletin) which works fine.

Do you have a link and test account?

[stonyarc]

All,

Version 1.1.0. is now online.

Changes

• Additional options added to limit max number of bars
• Improved phrase support
• Added a new plugin to display browser and OS information
• IE javascript error
• Top statistics option

Please download this version.

To upgrade upload the files and install the product again with overwrite to yes.

Install and upgrade instructions are in the manual.

Cheers