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vBindex v2.1 · **Released**: 08-04-2002

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1[/HIGH]

This hack is **NOT** to be re-distributed or placed on website for download unless I give express permission.

Please read this post and the thread before asking questions. You may find that you question has already been answered. I will ignore posts which ask questions that have been asked several times already.

[HIGH]Latest Stable Version: 2.1[/HIGH]

Latest Avalible Version: 2.1 Final

[high]Using vB3?[/high]

Get vBindex 3.0.0 for vB3 Gamma/RC1 and above!

Version 1.x of this hack was done by el3m3nt, since then there have been many updates and fixes and as e3l3mnt is no longer updating this hack he has given me permission to re-release it (see Permisson.txt in the zip).

[HIGH]Features[/HIGH]

Latest Threads;
News & Polls (taken from a specified news and a poll forum), with vBcode, Smilies and news posters avatar;
Quick User CP Links in the menu when logged in;
Shows online and offline buddies when logged in;
Very easy to customize, just edit/add templates;
Intergtared Welcome Panel;
Capable of operating a multi-paged site;
Usergroup based viewing permissions;
Will work 100% outside of your forums directory;
[HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated into the Admin CP, change all options there!
[HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Fully integrated Shoutbox (this hack is a prerequsit);
[HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Limit the length of news posts;
[HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Reduced queries and cleaner code;
[HIGH]*NEW*[/HIGH] Switch vBindex on and off via the CP.

[HIGH]Demo Site[/HIGH]

A standard demo of vBindex can be found here:

Currently Offline.

A customised demo of vBindex can also be found here:

Currently Offline.

[HIGH]Screenshots From v2.1[/HIGH]

vBindex Home Page
vBindex ACP Options
vBindex Usergroup Options
vBindex Update Counters

[HIGH]vBindex v2.1 Information[/HIGH]

[HIGH]Installation/Upgrade[/HIGH]

Upload vbi_install.php and select the relevent options.
If you wish to use the shoutbox then this hack is a prerequsit, and needs to be installed first, however if you do not require the shoutbox option disable it in the ACP, otherwise you will get DB errors.

[HIGH]Latest Bug Fixes[/HIGH]

None.

[HIGH]Download[/HIGH]

See the attachment on this post.

[HIGH]Credits[/HIGH]

vBindex 1.x by el3m3nt
Shoutbox by TWTCommish
Welcome Panel by trilOByte
News Code based on code by TECK
Poll PHP from vBPortal by wajones

[HIGH]Feature Requests[/HIGH]

If you have any requests for new features please post them in this thread and I will consider integrating them / creating an addon.

[HIGH]Addons[/HIGH]

I will support all addons for vBindex v2 that are either posted by myself or are included in the distribution zip file unless otherwise stated. I cannot guarentee that I can provide support on any other addons.

[HIGH]Support/Feekback[/HIGH]

Please provide me with any feekback you have on this hack, I will be continuing to support this hack here only, unless otherwise arranged. Should you have a question about this hack, please post it in this thread. Support will not be given via PM, Email or IM unless arranged, you will just be ignored.

Please click on the [HIGH]install[/HIGH] button if you use this hack.

French templates have been made for v2.0.1 (Note: vBindex 2.0.1 is no longer avalible), see this post for details.

LightBringer · #**852** 10-26-2002, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buddha
ok, working on upgrading ntldr, but i'd hoped that you would have more detailed info in the install.txt explaining what was changed in certain files (especially the templates).
do you have that info handy?
which templates need to be changed, and what parts are different. that would be great to know. thanks!

Buddha, look a few posts up from this and you'll see what was changed in the templates.

Quote:

Originally posted by NTLDR
No SQL Changes
There were only a few template edits, you need to change the orrcurances of <normalfont to <smallfont in:

home_postshout;
home_shoutboxbit
home_shoutbox

Only a cosmetic change to make them match the rest of the site

My advice is just upload the vbindex.php file with the code changes that need to be made inside (Adding lines 142-202 of original 2.2.8 root/index.php file) where noted.

Then bring up those 3 templates in the ACP and change the <normalfont occurences to <smallfont.

There's no SQL changes, and the only REAL change done to vbindex.php was the removal of maxloggedinusers and the change in version #'s.

Buddha · #**853** 10-26-2002, 12:48 AM

thanks lightbringer... i read the post you're referring too, but i thought that was the only edits to the templates from the RC to the final... i'm upgrading from 2.01... so i know there are more edits than that... an example being the newsbit that adds the "Read more..." feature.
(trust me buddy, i've read each and every post in this massive freakin' thread many times... i don't ask for help unless i'm sure someone hasn't beat me to it.

Buddha · #**854** 10-26-2002, 12:50 AM

by the way, is anyone else having problems with the smilies showing up?
i know it was mentioned earlier to make certain to have the full url of the smilies in the admin cp, but that was for a problem with the shoutbox. i can't get the smilies for my posts, although i used to be able to with vbindex v.2.01.
i have changed the url to include the full address, but they still don't show.

*edit*
also, i've been going through the vbindex to make the modifications i'd made previously, and i can't find this anywhere

PHP Code:


			
// variables

// -------------------------

// news forumid

$newsforum=75;

that's what i used to change the news forum for each additional page that i made (the copies of vbindex). now that it's set in the admin cp (for the main index), where am i going to be able to change the code in the copies.

thanks.

ps. only 23 querries on my heaviest page. that's with ten topics. great work man. thanks!

fsck · #**855** 10-26-2002, 12:44 PM

Warning: unexpected error in date() in c:\fsckstuff\forums\admin\functions.php on line 1599

was just trying it out on my home computer and encountered this error, php 4.2.3 and apache 1.3 any ideas?

NTLDR · #**856** 10-26-2002, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fsck
Warning: unexpected error in date() in c:\fsckstuff\forums\admin\functions.php on line 1599

Shouldn't be anything to do with this hack, no changes are made to functions.php, but not knowing whats on line 1599 of functions.php I can't say.

NTLDR · #**857** 10-26-2002, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fsck
Warning: unexpected error in date() in c:\fsckstuff\forums\admin\functions.php on line 1599

Shouldn't be anything to do with this hack, no changes are made to functions.php, but not knowing whats on line 1599 of functions.php I can't say.

NTLDR · #**858** 10-26-2002, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buddha
*edit*
also, i've been going through the vbindex to make the modifications i'd made previously, and i can't find this anywhere

These have been replaced by a batch of new variables:

PHP Code:


			
$newsforum //news forumid

$newsposts //number of news posts

$maxvbithreads //number of latest threads

$pollsforum //poll forumid

Just replace all occurances of these and declare your own at the top, like vBindex v2.0.1 did.

How much have you changed your templates?

Buddha · #**859** 10-26-2002, 06:09 PM

thanks ntldr.
i'll try it out in a few... not able to this very minute.

as for the templates... quite a bit... just moving things around, changing the right and left quite a bit and adding different replacements and advertisements and such. and the header is changed and added the total members and total reviews that we'd spoken about before... and then i had to create a crapload extra templates for all of the other pages...
which templates were changed from 2.01 to 2.1?

again, thanks for the help.

NTLDR · #**860** 10-26-2002, 06:24 PM

There are very few major template changes at all that may be of importance to you.

The main change to the v2.1 templates was to make them so when you turn an item off in the CP (threads for example) the it compleatly disapears from the side bar.

Other than that $readmore was added to home_newsbit, there are the shoutbox templates added and buddy templates have been reworked to show and appear only when a buddy is online, and Users Online Today: was removed from the home_left template. Thats all the changes I can think of.

Buddha · #**861** 10-26-2002, 06:55 PM

thanks. i'll look through and add the few extras... as for the threads, buddy, shoutbox and online info, none of that matters to me anyway, as it has been turned off.

that's great... i'll work them all over later and let you know how it goes.

thanks for all the help.

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