Major Additions - vbFEngine Create your own Mods by vbFreelancers

Removed by the Author
due to luck of free time to support it.
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vbFEngine
The Polymorphic Module
by vBulletin Freelancers

Credit goes to Maria (MicroHellas)
as this module has developed 100% from her.
I just did some corrections according to
vBulletin prototype for security.

1.- What's this?

vbFEngize is a polymorphic module. The package contains the engine which is a set of functions and templates, and thanks to the power of the organized in fieldsets custom fields, you can produce any type of module which is base in database records.

2.- Examples

By setting the correct custom fields, you can produce Module for:

• Profiles
• Articles
• Receipts
• Photos
• Videos
• Catalogs
• Links
• Classifieds
• Profiles
• Collections
• and anything else related to database records

3.- Standard Fields

• Category
• Userid
• Title
• Description (using vbEditor)
• Main Photo
• Photo Gallery for each record

4.- Including in Lite version Features (functions)

• Categories
• RSS for each category
• Sponsored Records
• Premium Records
• Top Records
• Editor Choice records
• Newest Records
• Popular Records
• Top Users
• Search by Category, Username, Keywords
• Bookmarks
• vbSeo friendly
• Ability to setup different template in your module
• Ability to setup different template per category

(1) Records means: Profiles, Articles, Receipts, Items etc

5.- Extra fields

• Extra fields are reusable (and here is the real power). Eg if you want to use a field "Age" multiple times in a form, you don't need to create it twice. You create it once and then you can assign it to as many fieldsets you want in the same form.
• Group fields (or fieldsets). No more ungly listing. You can organize the custom fields in fieldgroups, and then assign each field group in one, multi, or all available categories.

6.- Extra field types

• Text
• Radio button
• Checkboxes
• Textarea
• Drop list (single select)
• Drop list (multiple select)

7.- Installation

1. Upload all files and directories including at "vbulletin" directory to the directory where vBulletin is installed.
2. CMOD the following directories to 777
   1. /photos (inside vbfengine directory)
   2. /tmp (inside vbfengine/photos directory)
   3. /thumbs (inside vbfengine/photos directory)
3. For security reasons backup your database AND turn your board off
4. Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system is enabled.
5. From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product_vbfengine.xml
6. If you want to add a link to your nav bar then you must edit the NAVBAR template:
   1. Search For:

      <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

   2. Add Below:

      <td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vbfengine.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Profiles</a></td>

   3. ....or use any other word you want
7. By default none usergroup has permissions to use vbfengine, so you need to give permissions to any group. Goto AdminCP->Usergroups->Usergroup Manager and edit any usergroup you like to give permissions.
8. *** IMPORTANT *** If you don't give to Guest at least "can use" permissions, then they must NOT be able to see the links (Tell a Friend function).
9. If you've installed vbSEO, Login into vbSEO Control Panel, click "Custom Rewrite Rules", insert rewrite rules (attached in vbseo-rules.txt to not lose formatting) and save settings.

8.- First steps in use

1. Set the various options at vbFEngine->Options
2. Setup the categories
3. Setup (if you need them) Custom fields. Please note that fields are reusable, so in case that for example you want to use twice the field "Age" you don't need to create it 2 times. One is enought.
4. Setup Custom fields groups. You can add as many fields as you want to a group, and then to assign this group to one or more, or all categories. Please pay attention for unique display order of the groups.

9.- Authorization for reuse and redistribute (but please read carefully!!)

• For Personal use: You can modify the code as you want by adding or removing features and/or templates, but in this case you can't share these modifications with other usres/members
• For Coders:
  • You've the permission to:
    • Rename the files (so you can produce different modules).
    • You can setup the extra fields as you want and then to modify the file: products-vbfengine.xml to auto insert the field's values in database.
    • You can post the final product (including my files) for FREE only and only in vBulletin.org. Nowhere else, except if it's a vBulletin community operating by you.
  • You don't have permission to:
    • Modify the code
    • To add more functions (features)
    • To add more extra field types
    • To remove my copyright. But you can add yours, one line over mine.
    • And for sure you don't have permission to sell the module.

[klaush]

Arrglll..., that´s it! Thanks!

[Olympic]

Seems, that most of the members didn't understood the hidden power of vbFEngine. Even if the article is for the full version, lite has also many of the features, so please read:
http://www.vbulletinfreelancers.com/showthread.php?t=23

[Defkalion]

I need help from my greek fellows. I've installed the mod, but it has two problems concerning greek characters;

1. It doesn't recognize greek letters or words when searching. Search only works with english words.

2. It truncates the characters at the list display. If for example I have the option to show 100 chars from the description of each 'profile' on my list, it shows much less when they are written in greek.


any help with this?

[Defkalion]

Ok I sorted it out, this only happens in VB3.7 (maybe something wrong with the charset in 3.7? who knows)

I have another situation.

In vb3.6.8, when setting a profile as premium, it doesn't chang its background to the selected color.. It simply stays the same background. The profile takes the tag "premium" but it doesn't change the color.

Any ideas? (if it helps, in vb3.7 this works ok - which is rather weird).

[Defkalion]

Anyone encountered any problems regarding this option?

In the default VB template, making an item premium changes the color. In a custom template, the color stays the same.

Anyone?

[dfe]

How will this add/mod be "implicated" once we upgrade to the new v3.7 when it is finally released? Will it be compatible?

[Lott]

Do the extra fields in this Hack work in postbit, and threadbit?
At the moment that is what I need it for, but this is a very powerful tool for other functions.

[TCE Killa]

I get this when trying to add a new profile:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT id, name FROM HHRCvbfengine_subcategories
WHERE categoryid= ORDER BY displayorder;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY displayorder' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Date : Friday, February 15th 2008 @ 07:27:45 PM
Script : http://hhglobal.com/forums/vbfengine.php?do=edititem
Referrer : http://hhglobal.com/forums/vbfengine.php
IP Address : 81.154.101.49
Username : TCEKilla
Classname : vb_database

Hope you can help, thanks.

[TCE Killa]

Whoops, sorry, someone else had it to... Working now, thanks alot.

[xony]

Whoops, sorry, someone else had it to... Working now, thanks alot.