Announcements

• • Extended How-to install Vanilla 2

  Hey all,
  
  I love Vanilla 1 to bits and was keen to try Vanilla 2 but kept running into issues which I could not resolve. I've finally got it up and running with the help of some helpful folk on this forum so I decided to write an extended how-to for Vanilla 2 in case you encounter similar problems to me.
  
  I'd like to reiterate the developers' comments first by saying Vanilla 2 is still in development so you should bear this in mind if you intend on using it on a live site. It could be prone to unexpected bugs/behaviour. If you're unsure/concerned, use Vanilla 1 instead.
  
  Extended How-to install Garden/Vanilla 2
  
  1. Download the latest stable release of Garden from GitHub. What's Garden? It's the platform on which Vanilla runs - but don't fret, Vanilla forum is bundled in with this download.
  
  2. Extract the .zip or .tar and copy the contents into the desired folder on your server. Remember to upload the .htaccess file in the root directory which may not be visible to you if you have these types of files hidden. Most FTP programs have an option to show invisible files if it isn't already set by default.
  
  3. In /conf/config-defaults.php consider uncommenting line 47:
  // $Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView'] = 'deverror.master.php'; // <-- Use this error master view when debugging
  This will enable verbose error messages and is very useful when installing and setting up. These messages will help other forum users with diagnosing any problems you encounter. Of course, once happy with your setup, it's recommended to comment out this line once again, so users encounter 'pretty errors'.
  
  4. Grant Read/Write permissions (777) to /cache/, /conf/, and /uploads/
  
  5. Create a database (name does not matter).
  
  6. Browse to your install folder in your web browser, and follow the instructions on-screen.
  
  As I said, if you encounter any errors and have completed step 3, you should have a verbose error - post this and any information about your server (PHP version etc.) and the steps you performed leading up to the error into the community forums.
  
  Hope that helps - thanks to @benno and @bean for their help in getting my install working. I used their advice, my experience and the Documentation to provide the above information.
  
  Good luck!
  
  

  • 25 commentsMost recent by ctwkkk March 11Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Search is Back

  Try it out - let us know what you think. If you are a Vanilla 2 early adopter (ie. you've downloaded a copy of Garden/Vanilla from GitHub and you're running it somewhere), there are instructions on how to update your database for search here:
  
  http://vanillaforums.org/blog/search-is-back-baby/

  • 37 commentsMost recent by Silencer March 10Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Vanilla 1.1.10 Released

  While we've been hard at work getting Vanilla 2 ready for it's official release, others in the community have been hard at work fixing lingering bugs and adding feature refinements to Vanilla 1. Vanilla 1.1.10 is now available. The main changes in this release are replacement of deprecated functions, and updates to Scriptaculous and Prototype.
  
  You can find upgrade instructions here:
  
  http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/wiki/VanillaUpgrading
  
  And you can download it here:
  
  http://vanillaforums.org/download

  • 12 commentsMost recent by Moderns March 8Vanilla 1
• • We Want Your Input on Vanilla 1.2

  Vanilla 1.2 is going to be a great, significant release. There will be plenty of new features, many of which will be included as new extensions, allowing them to be easily disabled and enabled easily.
  
  
  Some new features are:
  
  

  Automatic image width reduction by window size (an upcoming update to HTML Formatter), a feature similar to the one on IP.Board, so that images never create horizontal scrollbars on the page; images will either be too small in width to be sized, or the width will be reduced to the perfect size.
  
  Minification, compression, and a bunch of other speed optimizations (an upcoming extension called Minify) to make the forums load faster for users, especially first-time users.
  
  Whisper notifications (the Whisperfi extension) so that users don't miss whispers

  
  
  
  Some will be enabled by default, others won't be. So we want to know, which extensions (if any) do you think add essential functionality to Vanilla 1? There are so many really awesome extensions out there, but we don't want to include most of them, just the ones that add a very commonly used functionality, ones that will be useful for 90% of Vanilla installations.

  • 54 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff February 26Vanilla 1
• • How to Submit a Bug Report

  Hi Everyone!
  
  If you encounter a bug either in our software or on this website, here is what you can do:
  
  Check to see if it has already been reported at our issue tracker.
  
  If it has not been reported, feel free to post it on the issue tracker.
  
  

  Do not submit bug reports on this forum!

  • 1 commentMost recent by Mark August 2009General

Discussions

• • Minogi.com - a different kind of Vanilla Forum
  

  
  
  Hey out there Vanilla Community,
  
  I've been working on a website with a couple of my friends over the past couple months. We started development on this site right when Vanilla 2 was coming out and we were very excited about the prospects. Due to deadline in the project however we were unable to use Vanilla 2 and opted for Vanilla 1.1.8
  
  We've appropriated much of what is out of the box in Vanilla as something else (e.g. Groups are actually extended from Categories). You can easily see this based on URL configuration as we haven't hidden anything...yet. We think that this might be one of the more radical uses of a Vanilla Forum. We'd love for you the community to take a look and give us any kind of feedback — we know we've gotten both positive and negative feedback from our client and we know it has it's fair share of bugs :D
  
  Probably more of a reason to check out this site is that we've made some plugins that don't exist that people seem to be asking for on the forums. A few are:
  
  • Groups
  • Facebook Connect
  • Flickr Image Uploading
  • User Activity
  • Friends
  • et al
  
  Some of these are inherent in Vanilla 2, but for those Vanilla 1ers out there we're still itching to see some progress on that. Anyways, cheers and we look forward to a long-lasting engagement with this community.
  
  http://minogi.com/

  • 5 commentsMost recent by halo_12 5:07pmVanilla 1
• • Has anybody made a jQuery UI theme for Vanilla 1 default style

  Vanilla 1.2 will come with jQuery 1.4.x and probably jQuery UI 1.8.x; however I still have to add the UI theme:
  
  http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/
  
  Do you know if someone made one already?

  • 6 commentsMost recent by halo_12 5:03pmVanilla 1
• • Changing category view to traditonal forum type view

  This is probably heresy, but has anyone know of a mod for V1 that will show the category and discussion list views etc similar to traditional forums?
  
  Stone throwing may commence, but only after some sensible replies please.... :)

  • 1 commentMost recent by halo_12 5:01pmGeneral
• • Embed code not showing

  Hello im running vanilla 2 and all appears to be working fine except when i embed video into a post it does not appear, any ideas? im new to vanilla in general i didnt start with v1
  
  

  • 8 commentsMost recent by Duane 4:22pmVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Locale & translations

  Hello there!
  
  I'm starting an early French (fr-FR) translation of Garden and Vanilla 2. I've understood that all the translations have to be in the proper application/plugin locale/ folder.
  
  I need a list of all the strings I have to translate. Does such a list exist or do I need to create it myself by searching all the calls to Gdn::Translate() method?
  
  Thanks in advance.

  • 21 commentsMost recent by Mark 4:12pmVanilla 2 & Garden
• • How to move the Not Signed In/Signed In As

  I am working on building a community and I would like to move the Not Signed In/Signed In As area out of the top right hand corner (because it breaks my theme and you can't see it up there).
  
  How would I go about doing this? Mainly, I can't even find what file it is in.
  
  Thanks!

  • 1 commentMost recent by amberleighturner2006 2:55pmVanilla 1
• • extending profile pages

  on v2 how are extensions handled for the profile page, is the data stored in the database or is there a writable html file?

  • 2 commentsMost recent by s0mean 10:35amVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Unable to get Vanilla 2 in a subdirectory (eg /forum)

  Hello,
  
  Vanilla 2 is looking nice. We'd like to give it a spin, but can't seem to get it installed outside of the server root. We are attaching it to an existing site, so would like to place it in forums.
  
  Looking at the debug log, it is looking for libraries in the root, even though the path is set to forum.
  
  Does anyone have it working in a subdirectory?
  
  We are able to get the same install working if placed in the webserver root.
  
  Any pointers, or is this still too early?

  • 3 commentsMost recent by s0mean 10:31amVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Handler and Hook?!

  I'm currently trying to make a plugin that work in the body of each post and comment but I don't seems to find the proper magic function to get this information and change it....
  
  Can please someone help me!? is there any list of all the possibility?

  • 4 commentsMost recent by ZeFish 9:28amVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Changing someone's username?

  Can you actually change a user's username? I realize they could just create a new account but then they would lose everything attached to their old account. Can you just hack the mysql database or is it more complicated than that?

  • 2 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff March 12Vanilla 1
• • Joomla! Users Sync. & Vanilla 2 Translation

  Well, I searched the forum and I didn't find anything interesting, because I Just want Vanilla sync the users data with Joomla!. I don't want any Joomla! component or anything else.
  
  And I want to know how is possible to translate Vanilla. I've looked at the source files and I didn't find anything interesting.
  
  Thanks,
  Scorch

  • 4 commentsMost recent by [-Stash-] March 12Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Need to be signed in to post in Vanilla 2?

  Just wondering if in Vanilla 2 you still need to be signed in to comment. Or will there be any guest post facility built in? I hope so as the guest post plugins for Vanilla 1 took quite long to come and were less than ideal in my opinion....but I always used it on my forum as it was extremely important to have.

  • 2 commentsMost recent by Silencer March 12Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Translation

  Hi!
  I like Vanilla. But our users are estonians. I would like to translate entire Vanilla to look it estonian, but I can't find one or all the necessary language files. Could anyone please help me and list all the files i need to translate to make all the necessary forum functions understandable for estonian user?

  • 4 commentsMost recent by Silencer March 12Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Plugin Ideas for Vanilla 2

  Vanilla 2 is looking sweeeet. It has such a modern feel, and some very high tech features (while I was typing this a little tab just notified me that a draft of my post has been saved). Wow, all I can say is FINALLY the forum software I've been searching for...so excited for the final product.
  
  My plugin idea for anyone who is thinking ahead, is one that Autoposts to Twitter anytime a new thread is created. It's simple and it's perfect both as a service to current members, and as a way to attract new ones. This would go hand in hand with future social networking opportunities that Vanilla 2 is already poised to take advantage of.
  
  Hope others have some good ideas as well! Cheers

  • 11 commentsMost recent by Raize March 11Feedback & Feature Requests
• • Custom Field

  How could I add a custom field to the topic starter form. In other words, right now you can type in a title, choose the category and type your message. But, I want to add one additional text field. Would anyone be willing to tell me how this would be done?

  • 6 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff March 11Add-ons