Major Additions - vbRides ? Garage

vbRides is a vBulletin Garage plugin for vBulletin Suite 4 forum software. Members of your website can showcase their rides with the community. This is not a port or copy of another garage but a unique mod designed by a car guy for the car community. My intentions with vbrides is avoid the bloat of unnecessary extensions an keep a simple 'showcase' style garage.

I have wanted to build a 'garage' add-on since I first started with vbulletin an worked on something with Magnus ten years ago. It was Christeris new add-ons that had the style an layout that inspired me to create this new add-on. He has since abandon his work an given ozzy47 his code who has given me permission to use Christeris code to build a new garage add-on called "vbRides".

Due to starting with code from another project this add-on will remain free an not offered as a pro or lite edition. However there was extensive work writing vbrides an would appreciate your support.


Key Features

• User management of rides through the User Control Panel
  
• Forty fields of specifications to fill out for a detailed ride profile.
  
• Support for an audio clip embedded with the HTML5 audio player.
  
• Ride owners can add a single YouTube video.
  
• RSS feed for new rides with photo, title, an description.
  
• Searchable fields include owner, VIN, and keywords.
  
• Unlimited categories an subcategories.
  
• Lightbox presentation of ride images
  
• Create new ride thread in a specified forum showing the ride year, make, model, an it's main image with a short description.
  
• Up to 5 ride listings can be automatically generated an added to owners forum signature.
  
• Social Media block can either use AddThis account or choose Twitter, Google, Pin It, an Facebook like buttons.
  
• Owners ride listings tab can be shown on their user profile.
  
• Vehicle of the day within it's category added with cron.
  
• Extra fields can be added under the user stats block.

Under Construction

• SEO Friendly URLs has not been tested an should be considered under development.
  
• Custom Facebook Open Graph isn't working as intended.
  
• Signature hook is only showing ride for first post. To Fix Plugin Manager > Edit Plugin vbRides: Postbit, Signatures and PM's, Remove the "_once" from require_once. :erm:
  
• Missing side padding for text in side blocks with last update.

Future Plans / Wishlist

• Drag Strip stats, an extension to add drag racing information with timeslip images.
  
• Modification system, an extension to add searchable database based on the parts. So a Holley carb install would be linked to other rides who have done the same install.
  
• Add activity stream support

Installation

• Download and unzip the file 'product-vbRides_x.x.x.zip'
  
• Upload the content of upload folder to your existing vBulletin directory. If your admincp folder is renamed from default manually move vbrides_admin.php to it.
  
• CMOD 777 the directories:
  
  • vbrides/photos
    
  • vbrides/audio
    
• Goto Admincp, Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import Product and import product-vbrides.xml
  
• Set the various settings in vbRides
  
• Set Usergroup permissions See Post

YouTube Channel
vbRides Instructional & Demo Videos

Demo:
http://www.action-network.com/vbrides.php

Demo Account:

vbrides:W5K9VK

More Screenshots

Translations
Phrases are included in the install xml, the file in downloads is extra for use in translating or rephrase for different uses.

Change Log

• Version 1.0.1
  
  • Updated functions_vbrides.php to correct missing deleteDir() function
    
  • Fixed template bugs in 'vbrides_view_ride', 'vbrides_my_comments_bit'
    
  • Added post new ride button to front page in 'vbrides_rightside' template
    
  • Product xml should now install on forums without cms although template is still added
    
• Version 1.0.2
  
  • Updated vbrides.php, vbrides_modcp.php, vbrides_usercp.php to fix bugs with comments
    
  • Updated add_rides_forumhome.php to hide block if no rides to show
    
  • Changed the moderate.png from site_icon folder to a filled in comment bubble
    
• Version 1.0.3
  
  • Added hard coded avatar width in comments to avoid breaking the layout
    
  • Redesigned how thumbnail images are made, now set a fixed height an width
    
  • Reworked RSS feed, now 100% validates so should work as intended
    
  • Fixed various bugs, so reupload all files
    
• Version 1.0.4
  
  • Inserted link to "AddThis" in AddThis profile ID description
    
  • Fixed Show Empty Categories to work as intended
    
  • Removed removeslash function as it didn't work on all servers causing fatal error
    
  • Removed bbc table structure in new ride forum post template to work with TapaTalk
    
  • Added min/max character info to small description input description so users are aware
    
  • Added style variables for adjusting the rating text in view ride page
    
  • Reworked pm and new thread code an phrase template
    
  • Edited moderate.png, moderated.png, and stars.gif
    
  • Fixed broken style in member ride tab caused by last update
    
  • Rewrote vbrides_stats.php to correctly count photos and main images as total images
    
  • Fixed various bugs, reupload all files
    
• Version 1.0.5
  
  • Ride report permission should be fixed to hide from Guests
    
  • Removed dependancy on cms an blog css tags
    
  • New setting Show Create Rides Button as graphic button, link, or hide
  • Fixed bug if overwriting main photo would add to the photo count
  • Performed a spellcheck on the phrases to fix misspelling an grammar
  • Added new style variables for list header to make up for removing blog.css
    
  • Fixed various bugs, reupload all files
    
• Version 1.0.6 Thanks to Keyser Soze for his contributions regarding this version.
  
  • Changed breadcrumb nav to better use vbulletins breadcrumb-navbits
    
  • Removed dependency on cms an blog css tags
    
  • Changed how YouTube videos are added, can now enter full urls
    
  • Fixed bug with comment counter
    

[Action-N]

Let's see, go to your templates an under vbrides group look for template names in red. Click to edit then open a html editor or notepad program. Copy the template name an paste it in the editor. Next copy all the text an paste it in the editor under the name so you know they are together. Do that for any templates in red in the group. Other than vbrides group the other template would be under cms grpup with rides in the name. Once done save the text in the editor as edited backup. Then i believe if you have already installed the latest version you can still just click revert next to the template edit link an it'll revert to the latest template. After that you can see what you edited from the old template to change it in the new template.

Btw igotsti, i see the new garage posted has the hard coded white font too. Are they doing that on purpose or is it automatic in that style. Might need to make a mention not to since your styles use different color backgrounds.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Just updated two of the sites.

Everything seems to be working correctly. Go ahead and check it out.

[Action-N]

It's getting added as a font color tag when you edit the garage itself. I can select an view page source an see it. Dang wysiwyg editors, that's what i was refering to in previous post.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Originally Posted by Action-N

It's getting added as a font color tag when you edit the garage itself. I can select an view page source an see it. Dang wysiwyg editors, that's what i was refering to in previous post.

Got it. On another note everything seems good so far.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

What also would be nice is if you could comment back to the person who left you comment and they would get a pm.

[Action-N]

I have a importer for VB Pro Garage Timeslips 3.0.9 I just finished. It's working on my localhost, so I'm posting it for testing. I can't say if older versions work, but considering what little there is to import it might. The images an database is not modified so your old garage files will still be there. If your rides product already had stuff in it the importer adds to them, so nothing gets cleared. A new category named 'Imported' is also made that holds the new rides that are placed in inactive or hidden mode. So the owners can find them in the Usercp under my rides. Almost forgot upload the file to the admincp folder an link to the file directly.

Once I know it's working for people I'll post it in the downloads in the main posting.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

How's it coming along?

[Action-N]

Haven't really done much since posting the importer. All I had planned next was to get something designed for drag strip information an ability to link to a blog category (aka Blog build progress). An I suppose your idea for comment notification is possible. Have you seen any issues with 1.0.5 yet?

Past few weeks I guess I've been getting back on my real life car, have a 77 Camaro in bare metal.

[I.G.O.T.A.]

Haven't seen any issues yet so far.

77 Camaro nice.

[Hendrik83]

Hi,

I have this database error when i try to install.

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:

	SELECT COUNT(images.id) AS images_num, image.id, image.logo
	FROM vbrides_photos AS images
	LEFT JOIN vbrides_rides AS image ON(images.rideid = image.id);

MySQL Error   : Mixing of GROUP columns (MIN(),MAX(),COUNT(),...) with no GROUP columns is illegal if there is no GROUP BY clause
Error Number  : 1140
Request Date  : Saturday, October 25th 2014 @ 07:53:55 PM
Error Date    : Saturday, October 25th 2014 @ 07:53:55 PM
Script        : http://...../admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer      : http://...../admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address    : *.*.*.*
Username      : Hendrik
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-community