Add-On Releases - vBookie for vBulletin 4

Please See the first post for a F.A.Q.
I will endevour to link to useful posts within this thread there as I spot them. You should check there before posting issues etc.

This is a port of vBookie for vBulletin 3.5 by Andreas which was a port of vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack by tjdrico. Permission was given by tjdrico to port this.

vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to vBulletin. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate).

Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings.

vBookie uses its own vCash by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'.

Although vBookie does not have any built-in facility to integrate with any other store hacks, it's a very simple job to hack vBookie itself to integrate it with any store/points system you care to use.

Install Instructions
1. Unzip product file
2. Upload files from 'Upload' folder to your forum
3. Install product XML
[S]4. Edit "newthread" template as per readme.txt ionstructions[/S]
5. Set usergroup permissions
6. Set vBookie settings
7. Enjoy.
8. Check out Dismounted's Activity Stream addon
9. Click Mark As Installed and Rate

Upgrade instructions
same as above, but undo edits made in point 4 if upgrading from pre 4.0.7! (see readme.txt for more info)

Version Control
4.0.0 (19 Jan '10 ) - Initial Release
4.0.1 (21 Jan '10 ) - Removed some junk from templates, added enable private bets option
4.0.2 (24 Jan '10 ) - fixed options for hiding vcash, added some more stuff to teh settings screen, added some vCash utilities (reset balances, give to everyone, set default balance) and fixed some template bugs.
4.0.3 (25 Jan '10) - fixed bugs I introduced in 4.0.2 see post #109
4.0.4 (25 Jan '10) - fixed time zone not being saved, can delete events, + plus a couple other things.
4.0.5 (Australia Day '10) - no longer uses bitfields for permissions, fixed vCash display, fixed stats page error
4.0.6 (27 Jan '10) - fixed TABLE PREFIX issue in vBookie stats page
4.0.7 (23 Mar '10) - fixed redirect bug when editing events, fixed display of cash holdings in events, added plugin to make template mods (no template mods needed now) and updated code to 4.0.2 standards, added hooks for vbcredits integration.
NOTE 0- if upgrading from pre 4.0.7, you will need to eitehr revert your "newthread" temp[late, or manually undo template edits as there is now a plugin which does this for you. Check teh readme.txt in the archive for more info.
4.0.8 (31 May '10) - hopefully fixed bug with updating number of outcomes when editing events. To upgrade from previous version (4.0.7) just overwrite vbookie.php
4.0.9 (25 July 10) - Added ability to select Reputation points for currency. Phrased had coded text. Fixed bug in displaying vCash balance in postbit.
4.2.0 (21 August 12) Added in navigation manager Code for vBulletin 4.2, disabled old nav plugin
4.2.1 (24 January 13) Added missing template, fixed Nav code, fixed some small bugs

[mmacrypt]

Hey Dartho, one more area I need help with if you can. The dropdown for Open, Close...


Do you know where the color is being picked up from on either the font or the background. I looked and or played with making changes in the
vbookie_eventresults_table
vbookie_main
vbookie_navbar_link

as those are the three that cover Abandoned but no luck.

[Robbed]

The whole background should be white.

This is what a non closed event looks like

[mmacrypt]

Oh, gotcha. Are you running Vbull 4.0.8? there are lots and lots of style issues now for me but no clue what you are fighting.

[dartho]

Yeah - sorry robbed, styling ain't my forte, hopefully someone else can help. i can only suggest what I did before for teh fonts, hard code colours if you can't find the relevant stylevars

[mmacrypt]

thanks again Dartho, it looks like the style I use should be updated this week according with the author of it. I'm hoping that fixes the rest of my few issues. If not, I might have to hard code a few other spots on your mod but might need your help again finding the code if that's ok. This mod is one of the biggest reasons why I switched my site from PHPBB to Vbul.

[dcuellar]

Any chance we can get a new feature added? I'd like to see a one-on-one betting option. I want to be able to challenge someone to a bet on an event. That person can be alerted of the challenge and then accept or decline.

Additionally, the user can leave a challenge on the table for anyone to accept. (maybe have a link on our sig saying "bet me on the xx event! 50K")

[dartho]

Sorry - no chance of me adding that and very little chance of me adding much else which isn't trivial to this product.

[DS MrSinister]

Originally Posted by Robbed

This happens when the event is over. It display fine when the even is active.

Any ideas?

Ok in vbookie_eventresults_table template. make this change.

Find

class="block"

replace it with this.

class="blockrow"

PS dartho

Please make this change in the next release thanks.

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by Robbed

Been working with style creators on the same issue. If a style uses additional.css it doesn't display right with a few addons

Fix:

Since version 4.0.1, there has been an additional template variable call (to grab additional.css) in the HEAD.

Please add the following:

{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

Before </head> in your template and you're all set.

thank you, this code fixed few other templates I had the same problem as well. lol

[Robbed]

Originally Posted by DS MrSinister

Ok in vbookie_eventresults_table template. make this change.

Find

class="block"

replace it with this.

class="blockrow"

PS dartho

Please make this change in the next release thanks.

Thanks it worked