Major Additions - GRPS: Groups Commune 2.0.x

Welcome ladies and gentleman, this is the release thread for GRPS, an interactive groups commune. I hope you enjoy this release and i sincerely hope it provides everything to your community in which you're looking for.

What is it?
It's a groups commune. The original idea is that forums with lots and lots of forums on the front-page suck, as a result i thought most of the conversation was rather obscure in regards to what the forums were trying to achieve, so it'd be nice to have that all going on elsewhere, not detracting away from the content and stopping your front-page from looking like a car crash.

Features?

• Groups Home
  
  • Groups Activity List
    
    • Newest Groups
      
    • Most Popular Groups
      
    • Largest Groups
      
  • Category List
    
  • Group Search by Title
    
  • Group Sort by Alphabetical Title, Categories, Member Count
    
    
  • Users can create groups
    
  • Admin switch to moderate groups or not
    
    • Admin CP access to moderation panel
      
• Groups Page
  
  • Posts since last visit notification
    
  • Group Info
    
    • Group Leader shown with avatar
      
    • Category
      
    • Type
      
      • Groups can be listed as public, private or hidden
        
    • Start Date
      
    • Member count
      
    • Post count
      
  • Group Desciption
    
    • Shows group title
      
    • Shows random image
      
    • Shows group information set by group leader
      
  • Groups Thread List (Forum)
    
    • Status Icon
      
    • Title
      
      • Threads use postbit as per the forums
        
    • Thread Author with avatar and time that the thread was started
      
    • Last reply with avatar, username and time that the last reply was posted
      
    • Post New Thread Button
      
      • Groups Members can create threads
        
  • Newest Members
    
    • Shows five newest members
      
    • Link to view all members
      
      • Shows all members of the group
        
  • Group Options
    
    • Users can join/leave groups
      
      • PM Notification for group leaders upon join requests (when moderation enabled).
        
      • PM Notification for of acceptance or refusal.
        
    • Users can send invites to other users via PM
      
• Groups Thread
  
  • Groups Info Box (see above for more info)
    
  • Group Description box (see above for more info)
    
  • Newest Members List (see above for more info)
    
  • List of groups posts using forums postbit
    
  • Pagination using native vBulletin pagination
    
  • Group Leader/Moderation Options
    
    • Open/Close Thread
      
    • Stick Thread
      
    • Delete Thread
      
  • Users have the ability to report posts
    
  • Moderators have the ability to view IP and host.
    
• Group Leader Options
  
  • Groups Management
    
    • WYSIWYG Editor
      
    • Reason for editing box
      
    • Group Options
      
      • Private Posts
        
      • Only group leader can make threads
        
      • Moderate Members
        
      • Show group text edit details
        
      • Hide group image on group pages
        
      • Hidden Group
        
        • This option is only available to admins
          
  • Group Members Moderation
    
    • Ability to accept or deny new members
      
• Postbit Integration
  
  • View Users Groups
    
• User Control Panel (Integration)
  
  • List of groups appears in usercp in order of the last post
    
• Administrator Options
  
  • vBulletin Options
    
    • Turn groups on or off
      
    • Groups Limit Per User
      
    • Posts Per Page (threads)
      
    • Check Forum Activity Posts
      
    • Check Forum Activity Time
      
    • Number of Random Images
      
    • Turn email notification of new groups on/off
      
  • Usergroup Options
    
    • Can view groups
      
    • Can create groups
      
    • Can join groups
      
    • Can post messages in groups
      
    • Can edit messages in groups
      
    • Can delete messages posted in groups
      
    • Numbers of groups usergroup can join limited
      
    • Can moderate groups
      
      • See above for more info
        
    • Can view IP Addresses
      
  • Category Editor
    
    • Edit
      
      • Edit cat id (please not this can ef up your show)
        
      • Edit cat title
        
      • Edit cat description
        
    • Add
      
      • New Cat Title And Description
        
  • Groups Editor
    
    • Search for group by id
      
      • Edit
        
        • Title
          
        • Desciption
          
        • Categoryid
          
        • Group leader id
          
        • Private Posts
          
        • Moderate Members
          
        • Hidden group
          

Special Thanks to harry1951, without his help testing and his recommendations, this would've never ended up the way it did.

Honestly, i can't think of anything else, if you appreciate the work gone into this mod, please donate (in GBP) (right click open in new window)

Hopefully you all appreciate that i just relaunched my site and rather than soak up the atmosphere there or go out drinking i came to release this tonight.

Screens below, rest to your right

Please note this mod does work with 3.5.x

PLEASE DO NOT JOIN MY SITE IN A BID TO PLAY WITH IT OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT FURTHER, MY SITE IS SOMETHING I VALUE FOR BEING SOMEWHERE I CAN CHILL AT, IT'S NOT A TEST SUITE OR DEMO!

Bug Fixes

• Groups v2.0.0 RC1b.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in index.php and editpost.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC2.zip: fix regarding incorrect table prefixes in functions_grps.php and class_grps.php. also fix regarding installation instructions.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC3.zip: fix regarding inability to get to create groups page. updated simplified instructions, sadly still not cool html ones and also added ability to delete groups, delete categories and of course the menu options to get to these.
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3b.zip: fix regarding joining and leaving group depreciated function error added uninstaller to the zip at http://www.yoursite.com/groups/tools...p?do=uninstall
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC3c.zip: fix regarding edit being stated as 70's on group stages, requires re-installtion of the plugin only.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC4.zip: various bug fixes and new general setting, please reupload all files and then reinstall the product.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC5.zip: bug fixes regarding fixing links to forums being broken and forcing redirects for create group outcomes.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC6.zip: various bug fixes including table prefixes in admincp, invitations system now features in-line erroneous username fall-back and clean up regarding broken images in viewthread.php
• Groups v2.0.0 RC7.zip: bug fixes including missing phrases and missing 'noavatar.gif for group leader on groups info.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC8.zip: various bug fixes including missing phrases, smilies not working. new function to turn of new group moderation. form now working on print_no_permission page (thanks Adrian) and something else i forgot.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC9.zip: fixes two spelling mistakes, moves viewthread.php string_replacements to admincp and simplifies the installer experience. (yeah i thought there'd be more to it too).
  • Groups v2.0.0 RC9b.zip: re-fixes two spelling mistakes, fixes a viewthread.php string_replacement via the admincp and turns the default random image count down to that of which is provided.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC10.zip: optimises some of the code, cuts down on queries in exchange for additional joins and now forces compatibility in groups/viewthread.php with vBulletin options. also adds new option in admincp in order to make usercp listing work better out of the box.
• Groups v2.0.0 RC11.zip: fixes a problem with avatars not displaying correctly in thread listing and also optimises the code in membership.php
• Groups v2.0.0.zip: adds and array_merge to the code and smilie popup fixed. now features hooks for plug-in 'easability'. uCS integration moved to external plugin too.
• Groups v2.0.1.zip: removes one hook, fixes problem with membership.php, fixes problem editgroup.php not remembering options and fixes avatar problem.
• Groups v2.0.2.zip: various bug fixes (like missing pagenavs, more elegant removal of reputation button and infraction button and php notices), one or two new features (like intuitive page titles) and now fully phrased.
• Groups v2.0.3.zip: bug fix regarding now being able to select categories. includes a new feature which is basically pagination for the thread listings.
• Groups v2.0.4.zip: bug fix regarding not being able to moderate group memberships.
• Groups v2.0.5.zip: bug fix regarding those introduced via 2.0.4, new features such as double post prevention disable, admins can override privacy settings, usergroup permission text more intuitive and end-user usability increased with modification to threadbit on groups.php. group leaders can now kick users from there groups.
• Groups v2.0.6.zip: bug fix including report, missing edit button and other misc small bugs, new features such as disable hidden groups, allow mods to see private groups, and resign from group handing off to another user.
• Groups v2.0.7.zip: bug fix including fixing post counts, thread goto's and fatal php errors.
• Groups v2.0.8.zip: bug fix regarding inability to delete posts, problem with editing posts and other misc errors.
• Groups v2.0.9.zip: various bug fixes including wywiwyg error, admin cp error and redirect/goto errors.
  • Groups v2.0.9b.zip: fixes problem with upgrade4.php
• Groups v2.0.10.zip: various bug fixes including acknowledging renamed modcp and admincp dir's also adds option regarding removing of posts at group exit/kick.
• Groups v2.0.11.zip: various bug fixes including security/privacy fixes.
• Groups v2.0.12.zip: permission bug fixed.
• Groups v2.0.13.zip: various bug fixes including ability to ignore members in groups and newreply bug.

[harry1951]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

do you by any chance have vBredux installed?

No I don't have. In fact the only hack which is installed on this forum is vBookie.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Factory Ten

Thanks. I'm still running into the Permission Denied error. I just uploaded another Product and I can access that one thru the Usergroups. I can't figure out why I can't access GRPS though.

I have the various admincp files loaded into the forums/admincp directory.

On a whim, I checked out one of the GRPS admin files. I has a line like this: require_once('./includes/functions_databuild.php');

Now this file is in my forums/admincp/ directory. Yet inside that directory there is no includes/ folder, nor a function_databuild.php file anywhere. However if I go up a level, then there IS an includes/function_databuild.php direction. So what's going on? Does that line need to be changed to ../includes/functions_databuild.php?

Edit: Just to be sure I ran stuff from the tools.php script, but it had no effect.

sounds to me like you're missing the files for the forums/xml/ folder.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by harry1951

Hello Sabre,
Thnx for the credit you gave me :-) Finally I have found the time to install this hack. But when I want to start it up I get this error..

 Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fetch_avatar_url() (previously declared in /var/www/vhosts/nieuw.mysite.nl/httpdocs/forum/includes/functions_grps.php:53) in /var/www/vhosts/nieuw.mysite.nl/httpdocs/forum/includes/functions_user.php on line 299

i've installed a fix for this in 2.0.2

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by memomemo

Hello
I have one problem.

Problem dont have nex page



Thank you

installed in 2.0.2

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by DDX

it would be nice if every group leader could have their own customer group image..and is it away i can list the groups on vb advanced porta.?

right, i kept talking about this gallery and that i've not decided what i want to do with it. well i've decided that instead of selling it, i want to actually just release it. however what i've decided is that i'll set a goal in terms of donation amount. not too much and inclusive of what i've received thus far. if that's met then i'll fold it into the product and release it as 2.1.0

this might seem immoral and for that i apologise, however it makes sense for me because ultimately i don't want to sell and answer the same support questions again and again in private. kinda like i do here with the image problems.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by nix

150x150

np on the delay.

the problem is that it's hardcoded into the css to have the width of the columns at 125 or something pixels. check the relevant template and just make the width wider.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by TRR

I am experiencing the following issues (I know at least one is already mentioned):

1. Images turn into hyperlinks, and there is no image button in the wysiwyg editor
2. Are the admincp and the groups mgmt drop-down link the only places where groups can be edited for private posts/moderate members/hidden group? It isn't giving those options when I try to create a group from the groups homepage (what I mean is, can this become a set of options as the group is being created)
3. In the vb user cp, clicking on a group leads to a broken link. It seems to be doubling up the "groups" directory:
   http://ordinarypeople.tv/groups/groups/groups.php?g=1
   rather than
   http://ordinarypeople.tv/groups/groups.php?g=1
   I am running in a parallel directory, and I have the radio button set as such.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

1. i cannot replicate this on either of my installations.
2. it's part of the groups management on the user side and admin cp side. i'll consider making it part of the creation process, though i'm not promising anything but to consider it.
3. i'll try and replicate this and if i can, i'll include the fix in 2.0.2

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Factory Ten

Okay I've been playing around with this a bit, and while I'm still having issues I'm getting closer to resolving them. I uploaded everything in the groups/ folder into a directory parallel with the forums/ directory. I then took everything in the forums folder in the GRPS folder and uploaded it into the matching place in my forums/ directory.

But I'm still getting the same error message:

Warning: main(./includes/functions_grps.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.kishi/factoryten/factoryten.org/groups/index.php on line 45

Line 45 of this file says: require_once("./includes/functions_grps.php");

So did I upload something to the wrong place. Should the contents of the forums folder in the GRPS directory go somewhere else on my website?

reupload the function_grps.php

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by TheBlacki

Zoints SEO and GRPS still don't work together!!!

I searched in different boards and other places and I found some "solutions" for this big problem!

http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2053
http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2020
http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2040

No one of them working!

I begin to add to every href="something.php?something"
my full domain href="http://www.myfulldomain.com/groups/something.php?something"
also I do this where action="something.php".

All in all it worked with changing all href and action and added there the full URL in fron of it.

I also had to change this not only in the templates but also in index.php, groups.php and browse.php in /groups

And you know what? I bring it to a point where 50% of all functions of GRPS worked!

But you know what? This is a STUPID solution!

I think there should be some solution, which is without editing hours by hours the whole code.

Has someone of you an idea how I could solve this shit?

Thx

from what i hear, though i don't know how true this is. zoints conflicts with vBgallery as well. that being the case and the fact i don't have zoints installed, i would say the problem is bigger than just grps.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by bo0oost

Everything looks to be working ok... even with changing the urls, and styles, some images refuse to work. I'll fix these manually. On to other things:

1) The main description says:

Last edited by admin : 11-04-2006 at 02:02 AM

How do I make it so this does not show?

2) How can a user set his own group picture?

there's an option within the groups to hide groups edit info.