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About Developer · **Released**: 06-04-2001

Forum Features Hack
---- About
This adds several new options and features to individual forums that can be useful.

New Features
1. Meta Tag Keywords set by forum.
2. Meta Tag Description set by forum.
3. Robot Meta Tag set by forum.

New Options
1. Censor words by Forum.
2. Minimum Posts required for New Thread.
3. Minimum Posts to view Forum.

---- Credits
This hack is distributed under the GPL as an add-on to vBulletin. vBulletin is a commercial product and not subject to this license agreement.

Written by: Wayne Luke
Portions of the Install script written by: Kier Darby
vBulletin is created by Jelsoft Ltd. http://www.jelsoft.com

---- Installation.
Run ff_install.php. This will make the modifications to the database and create the new templates.

Open admin/forum.php and look for:

PHP Code:


			
  makeyesnocode("Count posts made in this forum towards user post counts?","countposts",1);

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-JUNE-2001 New Forum Features Hack

  maketableheader("Search Engine Options (v1.2 by Wayne Luke)");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Keywords: ","metakey");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Description","metadesc");

  makeinputcode("Meta Robot Tag","robotext");



  maketableheader("Forum Control Options (v1.0 by Wayne Luke)");

  makeyesnocode("Show in Active Topics?","showactive",1);

  makeyesnocode("Censor Words in this Forum","censor",1);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to View","minviewposts");

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to Start New Thread","minposts");

  //WL End Modification

Also in admin/forum.php Look for:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

                      (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

                       parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

                       moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

                       styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach)

                   VALUES

                      (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."','$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid',

                       '','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads','$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                       '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies','$aallowicons',

                       '$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach')");

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO forum

  (forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayorder,parentid,

   parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprune,newpostemail,newthreademail,

   moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allowsmilies,allowicons,

   styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateattach,metakey,metadesc,robotext,

   showactive,censor,minviewposts,minposts)

 values (NULL,'$styleset','".addslashes($title)."','".addslashes($description)."',

         '$isactive','$displayorder','$parentid','','$allowposting','$cancontainthreads',

         '$daysprune','".addslashes($newpostemail)."','".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

         '$moderatenew','$aallowhtmlcode','$aallowbbcode','$aallowimgcode','$aallowsmilies',

         '$aallowicons','$styleoverride','$allowratings','$countposts','$moderateattach',

         '".addslashes($metakey)."','".addslashes($metadesc)."','".addslashes($robotext)."',

         '$showactive','$censor','$minviewposts','$minposts')");

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-JUNE-2001 New Forum Features Hack

  maketableheader("Search Engine Options (v1.2 by Wayne Luke)");

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Keywords: ","metakey",$forum[metakey]);

  maketextareacode("Meta Tag Description","metadesc",$forum[metadesc]);

  makeinputcode("Meta Robot Tag","robotext",$forum[robotext]);





  maketableheader("Forum Control Options (v1.0 by Wayne Luke)");

  makeyesnocode("Show in Active Topics?","showactive",1,$forum[showactive]);

  makeyesnocode("Censor Words in this Forum","censor",1,$forum[censor]);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to View","minviewposts",$forum[minviewposts]);

  makeinputcode("Minimum Posts to Start New Thread","minposts",$forum[minposts]);

  //WL End Modification

Last edit in admin/forum.php. Find:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads', daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum

                   SET

                     styleid='$styleset', title='".addslashes($title)."', description='".addslashes($description)."',

                     active='$isactive', displayorder='$displayorder', parentid='$parentid', parentlist=$parentlist,

                     allowposting='$allowposting', cancontainthreads='$cancontainthreads', daysprune='$daysprune',

                     newpostemail='".addslashes($newpostemail)."', newthreademail='".addslashes($newthreademail)."',

                     moderatenew='$moderatenew', allowhtml='$aallowhtmlcode', allowbbcode='$aallowbbcode',

                     allowimages='$aallowimgcode', allowsmilies='$aallowsmilies', allowicons='$aallowicons',

                     styleoverride='$styleoverride', allowratings='$allowratings', countposts='$countposts',

                     moderateattach='$moderateattach', metakey='".addslashes($metakey)."',metadesc='".addslashes($metadesc)."',robotext='".addslashes($robotext)."',

                     showactive='$showactive',censor='$censor',minviewposts='$minviewposts',minposts='$minposts'

                   WHERE forumid='$forumid'");

In newthread.php find:

PHP Code:


			
  $smilieson=iif($foruminfo[allowsmilies],$ontext,$offtext);

After it add:

PHP Code:


			
  //WL 04-June-2001 Forum Features Hack (v1.0 Wayne Luke)

  if (($foruminfo[minposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid])) {

    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumnopost")."\");");

    exit;

  }

  //WL End Modifications

In newthread.php find:

PHP Code:


			
    $subject=censortext($subject);

    $message=censortext($message);

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
    if ($foruminfo[censor]) {

      $subject=censortext($subject);

      $message=censortext($message);

    }

In Forumdisplay find:

PHP Code:


			
$smilieson=iif($foruminfo['allowsmilies'],$ontext,$offtext);

After that add:

PHP Code:


			
//WL 04-June-2001 Forum Features Hack (v1.0 Wayne Luke)

$keyword=$foruminfo[metakey];

$description=$foruminfo[metadesc];

$robotext=$foruminfo[robotext];



if (($foruminfo[minviewposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid]))) {

  eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumnoview")."\");");

  exit;

}

//WL End Modifications

Finally add the following to your forumdisplay template:
<META NAME="keyword" content="$keyword">
<META NAME="description" content="$description">
<META name="robots" content="$robotext">

These same instructions are included in the readme.txt located in the zip file.

|DarkManX| · #82 11-24-2001, 03:11 PM

ok it does work in 2.2 now

i replace the code above with this

if ($foruminfo[minposts] && ($foruminfo[minposts]>$bbuserinfo[posts]) and !(ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid],"",$bbuserinfo[userid]))) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_forumno post")."\");");
exit;
}

and now it works.....

btw, is it possible to make it so that you can edit exsisting forums....??

|DarkManX| · #83 11-24-2001, 03:16 PM

spoke to soon

Parse error: parse error in /home/partylou/public_html/tof/newthread.php on line 159

159 if ($foruminfo[censor]) {
160 $subject=censortext($subject);
161 $message=censortext($message);
162 }

now what??

|DarkManX| · #84 11-24-2001, 03:20 PM

ok i need to uninstall this.....

how do i remove the tables and all the templates that the ff_install.php added.....

|DarkManX| · #85 11-24-2001, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr K
UNINSTALLER

Do you have an uninstall for this hack?? It didn't work ... or at least doesn't do what I want it to do ...

I've gone through all the notes here...and it STILL will not limit my new user (with no posts) from posting into my forums...

Thanks for trying .. seems to work for lots of others though

Mr K.

Sign me up for one of these too

just can't get it to work

thanks

Nam · #86 11-26-2001, 09:23 PM

I love to install this hack too, but after seeing DarkManX problem, I don't dare to

, my version is 2.2.1

Lesane · #87 12-03-2001, 04:01 PM

I use 2.0.3 and i changed

Quote:

3. Minimum Posts to view Forum.

to:

Quote:

3. Minimum Posts to view Threads.

Poeple will c the title of the threads inside the forum but once new members will open it they receive a error.

Dark Blaze · #88 12-03-2001, 05:45 PM

Great hack, well done Luke

winky6 · #89 12-03-2001, 08:28 PM

The hack has some problems.

For one, if I try to set the :

Show in Active Topics?
Yes No

Censor Words in this Forum
Yes No

It will go to yes on both no matter what I set it at.

Also, with guests, they can't view any forum, unless I disable the restricked thread view in the scripts themself.

It needs some tweeking for 2.2.1

fonzerelli_79 · #90 12-05-2001, 08:54 AM

ive installed this hack word for word just like everone else and mu guests/unregisered still cant read my posts which is obiously reducing my sign up rate

1. how do you fix this 'sorry you need to have posts to view this forum' error.

or

2. How do you uninstall all the stuff that ff_install did

Im sure everyone is on the same boatd as me so any help would be greatly appreciated

fonzerelli_79 · #91 12-05-2001, 09:06 AM

this hack is pure evil

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