vBindex v2.1

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1[/HIGH]

This hack is **NOT** to be re-distributed or placed on website for download unless I give express permission.

Please read this post and the thread before asking questions. You may find that you question has already been answered. I will ignore posts which ask questions that have been asked several times already.

[HIGH]Latest Stable Version: 2.1[/HIGH]

Latest Avalible Version: 2.1 Final

[high]Using vB3?[/high]

Get vBindex 3.0.0 for vB3 Gamma/RC1 and above!


Version 1.x of this hack was done by el3m3nt, since then there have been many updates and fixes and as e3l3mnt is no longer updating this hack he has given me permission to re-release it (see Permisson.txt in the zip).

[HIGH]Features[/HIGH]

• Latest Threads;
• News & Polls (taken from a specified news and a poll forum), with vBcode, Smilies and news posters avatar;
• Quick User CP Links in the menu when logged in;
• Shows online and offline buddies when logged in;
• Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
• Intergtared Welcome Panel;
• Capable of operating a multi-paged site;
• Usergroup based viewing permissions;
• Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated Shoutbox (this hack is a prerequsit);
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Limit the length of news posts;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Reduced queries and cleaner code;
• [HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Switch vBindex on and off via the CP.

[HIGH]Demo Site[/HIGH]

A standard demo of vBindex can be found here:

Currently Offline.

A customised demo of vBindex can also be found here:

Currently Offline.

[HIGH]Screenshots From v2.1[/HIGH]

vBindex Home Page
vBindex ACP Options
vBindex Usergroup Options
vBindex Update Counters

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1 Information[/HIGH]

[HIGH]Installation/Upgrade[/HIGH]

Upload vbi_install.php and select the relevent options.
If you wish to use the shoutbox then this hack is a prerequsit, and needs to be installed first, however if you do not require the shoutbox option disable it in the ACP, otherwise you will get DB errors.

[HIGH]Latest Bug Fixes[/HIGH]

None.

[HIGH]Download[/HIGH]

See the attachment on this post.

[HIGH]Credits[/HIGH]

vBindex 1.x by el3m3nt
Shoutbox by TWTCommish
Welcome Panel by trilOByte
News Code based on code by TECK
Poll PHP from vBPortal by wajones

[HIGH]Feature Requests[/HIGH]

If you have any requests for new features please post them in this thread and I will consider integrating them / creating an addon.

[HIGH]Addons[/HIGH]

I will support all addons for vBindex v2 that are either posted by myself or are included in the distribution zip file unless otherwise stated. I cannot guarentee that I can provide support on any other addons.

[HIGH]Support/Feekback[/HIGH]

Please provide me with any feekback you have on this hack, I will be continuing to support this hack here only, unless otherwise arranged. Should you have a question about this hack, please post it in this thread. Support will not be given via PM, Email or IM unless arranged, you will just be ignored.

Please click on the [HIGH]install[/HIGH] button if you use this hack.

French templates have been made for v2.0.1 (Note: vBindex 2.0.1 is no longer avalible), see this post for details.

[SuB_ZeR0]

yup ... I did both ... I changed the forumid to match my poll forum and it is set to private ...so only mods and admins can see it .. .. but I still have this problem

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by SuB_ZeR0
...all it shows is the Vote button, and nothing else do I need to modify the forum in some way to make it work?

You need to update the home_poll template as has been said many many times now.

I check out the test forum and can't see those forums anywhere ..so I assume this could be done...

Both forums are there, neither of them are private or invisible.

[Cinderous]

WooT w00t!
Nice hack! <install>
Is there a way I can stick the get newest member, total posts, total threads, ect in it?
Any support would be nice

[SuB_ZeR0]

Thanks .... it working now ...

I think that the direction to replace the home_poll is missing from the instruction, that's why I ran into the problem ... Thanks again!

[BluSmurf]

I cant seem to go into my Modify templates page in my admin control panel

I got the following errors
Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/virtual/site5/fst/var/www/html/forums/admin/template.php on line 362

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ']' in /home/virtual/site5/fst/var/www/html/forums/admin/template.php on line 368

[NTLDR]

Please READ the thread before posting problems which have been covered many, many times.

Problems with the poll?

Update the home_poll template with that in the zip

Problems with template.php?

You have edited template.php incorrectly, you need to remove the \ 's in the line you add.

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Cinderous
Is there a way I can stick the get newest member, total posts, total threads, ect in it?

Add the following in under posts info in the vbindex.php file:

PHP Code:

$numbersmembers=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS users,MAX(userid) AS max FROM user');
$numbermembers=number_format($numbersmembers['users']);

// get total posts
$countposts=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS posts FROM post');
$totalposts=number_format($countposts['posts']);

$countthreads=$DB_site->query_first('SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads FROM thread');
$totalthreads=number_format($countthreads['threads']);

// get newest member
$getnewestusers=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT userid,username FROM user WHERE userid=$numbersmembers[max]");
$newusername=$getnewestusers['username'];
$newuserid=$getnewestusers['userid']; 


This will add 3 queries, also add $totalposts, $totalthreads, $numbermembers and $newusername into the templates as required.

[Buddha]

hey cool. thanks for that info!
wanted the total members feature.

[SuB_ZeR0]

I was just wondering ... is there away to make a new poll question without making a new thread ... it seems that whenever a new poll is needed ... a new thread has to be created first ... it seems unessary because the whole forums is for polls only ... Thanks.

[NTLDR]

The only way to create a poll in vB is to create a new thread with a poll.