vBJournal Lite 1.1b

ATM, this hack would work with ALL versions of vB unless they renamed the 'user' table :speechless:


README.txt (can be found in the zip)


README.txt
New in 1.1b
- Edit journal.php (2 lines). New journal.php here, for 1.1a users

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=== vBJournal Lite version 1.1b =============================================
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This is an addon to vBulletin and acts as an online journal/diary. Users can add entries, either

making them private or public(for all to see). For the public entries, users can comment on them.

Thats about it. You should be able to get a better idea viewing a live demo at

http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php. The GUI was modeled after gamingforces journal at

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/journal.php .
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=== This being my first hack, i am SURE that there are going to be =======
=== some bugs, and problems, so just to warn you first =======
=== :: BACKUP YOUR DATABASE ! =======
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Now thats over with lets start... I will list the steps of what needs to be done...
NOW :

1) Edit the images to suit your site.
2) Upload the images to the forum's /images folder.

3) Upload install_journal.php to your admin directory.
4) Run install_journal.php and follow instructions... shouldn't be a problem. but i only tested

it once .

5) Run this query (using phpmyadmin,or use this hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/show...&threadid=26272 , etc)

ALTER TABLE user ADD journal SMALLINT NOT NULL

[note this will add a column in your 'user' table, but i think that shouldnt be a problem ...]

6) Upload journal.php to your forum's root directory.
7) goto journal.php page and click on the button ... (should say "Get a journal" or "Unlock

Journal" Cant rem which
... bad memory. lol) this will enable the admin journal (userid=1) and show the first default

welcome msg.

8) Link to journal in postbit.
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- open admin/functions.php

FIND

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$datecut = time() - $cookietimeout;

if ($counter%2==0) {
$post[backcolor]="#13486D";
$post[bgclass] = "alt1";
} else {

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Add ABOVE THIS


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// vBJournal Hack by Ryangel
if($post[journal]==1){
$journal = '<a href="journal.php?s=&journalid='.$post[userid].'&action=view"><img

src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/journal.gif" alt="View '.$post[username].'\'s Journal" border="0"/></a>';
}
else {
$journal = '';
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////


save and upload admin/functions.php.

9) open your postbit template and add $journal to where you want the link to show.


You are done ! The journal should be able to work now

FEW THINGS TO NOTE
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- private entries can only be viewed by the owner or admin.
- erm... did i say a few? ok thats the main thing to note.... I'll edit this as it comes to my

mind. lol :laugh:

IN WORKS FOR NEXT VERSION
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- incooperate moods
- better interface ( but that you can do now by editing the templates yourself )
- Admin interface -> from admin cp.
- New user option to choose whether buddies/admin can view private entries.
- anything else that might come up from discussions.


Version Update Log
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1.1a
- Fixed some table color code.
- Added template txt for manual install.

DEMO: http://sgstudents.com/forum/journal.php

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Riddel
http://www.zanarkand.net/metropolis/journal.php

here. hmm it is a strange error. i think I installed everything correctly

hmm curious. I did try to add a new entry with a new user and that worked. hmmm

[omegauk]

7) goto journal.php page and click on the button ... (should say "Get a journal" or "Unlock Journal" Cant rem which
... bad memory. lol) this will enable the admin journal (userid=1) and show the first default welcome msg.

Hey I am stuck in step 7, I went to journal.php but dont see any button, is blank

[indiamike]

Originally posted by Ryangel


ahhh i think i got it... goto those files again and in the first <tr ...
remove the id="cat" that should do the trick. I'll update the files now...

Sweet...that worked perfect.

Mike

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by omegauk
7) goto journal.php page and click on the button ... (should say "Get a journal" or "Unlock Journal" Cant rem which
... bad memory. lol) this will enable the admin journal (userid=1) and show the first default welcome msg.


Hey I am stuck in step 7, I went to journal.php but dont see any button, is blank

did you upload the images?

[omegauk]

Its fixed now, I forgot to enter the templates.

[Riddel]

@Ryangel, hmm how strange, no matter what account I try it on, member account or admin account, it still gives me a 404 error page?

[Ryangel]

Originally posted by Riddel
@Ryangel, hmm how strange, no matter what account I try it on, member account or admin account, it still gives me a 404 error page?

for example, my dummy account Danny, password - labrat.

curious .... as you can see in your journal. I've added 2 entries before. I just tried again but i got that 404 error you mentioned. atm i have no idea why this would happen. Maybe if anyone else installed this have the same problem?

[Ryangel]

hmmm, ok this might be the problem.
I looked at the source of the add entry page and found that your form points to /journal.php?journalid=2&... while mine shows the full url
I've used $bburl in this line. maybe it doesnt work for you ? try replacing the /journal.php with http://www.zanarkand.net/metropolis/journal.php ?

I'm just taking a wild guess here.

[Kaelon]

This looks great!

Is there any way that you can modify the "View All Entries" display to be multi-paged, for those users that will have hundreds of entries? Thanks!

Kaelon

[Gamingforce]

Good deal, at least you could give credit to my journal which you very closely modeled it after: http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/journal.php