Vanilla - Free, Open-Source Forum Software

Better code

WEB11 — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:38:40 +0000

You should use this instead:

https://github.com/xPaw/PHP-Minecraft-Query

animated profile pictures

ERRORIST — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:50:06 +0000

how to enable animated profile pictures in Vanilla 2 ?

one user account for more vanilla forum

Chanux — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:18:51 +0000

im using comment as a vanilla for wordpress. it is nice. can we modify it or develop a new plugin for one account for more vanilla forums

i mean if i have 3 vanilla forms called xxx.com, rrr.com and ttt.com, when i crate a account xxx.com, we can log rrr.com and ttt.com using xxx.com account.

give me a idea plz

Subforums

Joshjat — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:13:40 +0000

Hi. I wanna have a category like 'Tips and Tricks' and then subforums in it like 'Pc n Net Tips' and 'Nimbuzz Tips and Tricks' and 'Facebook Tricks' as child category under 'Tips and tricks' Help needed instantly

customization

techtps — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:01 +0000

Hello

I am new to Vanilla Forums. I have installed the forum and working good. But how to add features like " popular tags" or "views" or "answered" label. Are there add-ons available ?

can i see, my top 10 karma earner

Chanux — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:50:04 +0000

my community has thousand of members. i cant check all members karma, one by one. can i see, my top 10 karma earner or all karma marks

Ska hjälpa dig lite.....

Theo33 — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:42:27 +0000

Notifications (meddelanden?) Notifikationer, går att använda Meddelanden eller Underrättelser med.
Messages (meddelanden?) = Meddelanden
Roles (roller?) = Roller
Announcments = Tillkännagivanden
Sink = Sänk

//Mit freundlichem Grüssen aus Schweden.

How many times has Vanilla been downloaded?

H00j — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:59:21 +0000

I was interested to know how popular vanilla was , does anyone know how many times it has been downloaded?

[Documentation] Vanilla Demo Forums?

aidinabedi — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:21:45 +0000

Is there any demo version of vanilla forums where I can just test creating test questions for evaluating purposes.

not working w/ 2.0.18.4

6apxat — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:29:55 +0000

The plugin works incorrectly with Vanilla version 2.0.18.4, all the links get me to the last page.

Edit profile button link missing install folder in URL

Marc905 — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:14:27 +0000

I have to just first say that this theme is incredible....... I'm new to Vanilla but can't wait for this theme so I'm running it now. Can't wait for 2.1.

On the view profile page, for some reason only the Edit profile link is missing the install folder in the URL. EG:

http://www.copd.ca/vanilla/profile/discussions/3/Marc - good http://www.copd.ca/vanilla/profile/comments/3/Marc - good http://www.copd.ca/profile/edit - bad!

Is this me or have I helped find a bug :)

Developers Question - OOP and MVC resources.

peregrine — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:39:52 +0000

for wouldbe and newbies to the oop world

1) Can anybody recommend any good links or books relating to OOP. Possibly with php examples rather than java.

@PeterHughesDev @x00 @businessdad @anybodyelse

particularly discussing things like

Singletons and other design patterns

2) Can any body recommend any good links or books relating to MVC.

3) also Tim or Todd or Lincoln, what are the criteria for MVP status, and what are the benefits to the MVP besides the signature.

4) also - is there a way to get permission to post in developers category, if you are not a developer.

Custom user fields (Help needed)

6apxat — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:48:08 +0000

Hello. My team is currently working on a community forum for our project (an online social game).

Our basic requirement (apart from custom theming) is to add additional fields to user profiles and show them on profile page and discussion page.

We're using Vanilla 2.0.18.4 with jsConnect and jsConnect Auto Signin plugins to sign in our users to forum automatically using their ID from social network. This works fine except a little hack that we used to force user to re-login on load by setting cookies (thanks to the Vanilla community forums: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/16258/force-re-login).

In our game players have a nickname, a class (warrior/stalker/shaman) and a level which must be shown under their username in every post and also in their profile.

The level information is constantly updated and all player information is stored in a PostgreSQL database.

Where to get started? Would this be a plugin? Can anyone give any directions on how to accomplish this?

Panel Configuration Tool

CurtisOden — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:25:48 +0000

Before I get started, I want to clarify that my tone is "contemplative and hopeful", rather than "angry, whiney ranting".

Over the last six months, I've been trying to find a plugin or hack that will give me some control over the Panel (what everyone else in the world would call a "Sidebar"). I'm a moderately decent PHP developer, but the Panel "module" is so obfuscated in MVC coding practices, that I can't get my head around how to build a plugin that can do what I need without digging into the Vanilla core (obviously a big no-no).

I shamelessly admit that I'm a spaghetti-code-cowboy, and while I am trying to embrace OOP in the context of a scripting environment like PHP, I tend towards the more pragmatic "let's get it done yesterday" approach, rather than the "I'm writing software for a nuclear power plant" approach.

I do think Vanilla is an awesome platform, and the developers have done a great job producing clean code, even if the MVC pattern is a different flavor of Kool-Aide than I'm used to drinking (I'm usually nose-deep in WordPress).

Our Vanilla friends could could take a lesson from the the WordPress Sidebar/Widget strategy. Specifically, multiple "Sidebars" can be registered with a theme, and "Widgetized" plugins can be associated with the Sidebars.

I'll continue hacking away at the Panel for now, but Vanilla, please consider giving us friendly Sidebars!

bans of different durations

slaretibartfast — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:58 +0000

I would like to be able to have a system to ban people for different durations, with the bans automatically expiring. If there were a mechanism to keep notes on the reason for the bans that would be wonderful. I'm guessing there isn't an add-on for this. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get started with developing this it would be greatly appreciated.

How to add custom code just under the post

uncletiger — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:22:27 +0000

I want to know how to add custom code just under the post,like this:

I know the plugin adsense can Realize the effect of the above,but It can't add custom code,and the plugin Pockets does not work neither.

Any one has idea of it?

thanks?

Quest for Accolades (a Badges plugin alternative)

candyman — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:11:13 +0000

Maybe it's better a new thread to collect ideas for the community alternative to Badges (plugin for hosted forums only).

@aery can you post here your suggestions?

filter discussion of people that i'm following

blizzard01 — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:20:35 +0000

hi, is there any way that I can filter the discussion by the people that I'm following with this plugin? if there ins't a way, can somebody help me to do it?

ignore discussions

fh111 — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:16:07 +0000

hi all

when i was checking out @peregrine's plugin 'IgnoreUser' it came to my mind how useful an 'Ignore Discussion' function/plugin would be

i think it is a good feature for big and very active communities with many ongoing discussions.

our community for example is creating new discussions daily and some of them stay up in the list forever and only a handful of people is interested in participating.might help to keep the discussions list clean, according to each users needs. maybe in combination with a button where the discussionTabs are, which shows ignored discussions so you can easily UnIgnore them

jsConnect is not creating a User - Misconfiguration?

businessdad — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:24:31 +0000

Hi all, I installed jsConnect on my development forum and created, with a good deal of cursing, a page that returns the details of the logged in user on an ecommerce (the awful Magento framework). I made some tests manually, and I can see that the User Data is returned correctly. I also used the Test URL in Vanilla, and I can see the details.

When I go to the forum, I can see the button "Sign in with Test Ecommerce" (i.e. my ecommerce), but it doesn't do much. Actually, it doesn't do anything.

My doubt is that I could have misconfigured jsConnect on Vanilla. In fact, I'm not sure of what should I enter in fields Sign In Url and Register Url. I tried entering the Sign In and Register Urls of the ecommerce, but then, when I click on the Sign In button, it just goes to the User Control Panel on the ecommerce, since user is already logged in, and nothing happens. User doesn't get created in Vanilla and, obviously, he doesn't get logged in.

Additional note
I just noticed that, if I log in on the ecommerce, then I go on the forum, the message I get is "Howdy, Stranger!". Shouldn't it show my ecommerce User Name, or my name instead?

It's clear that I'm missing something. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

Always show "Start a New Discussion" button, even for guests?

Marc905 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:23 +0000

Is this too broad a question? I don't have anything else to say except for asking the question!

is there a Smarty tag equivalent to $this->FireEvent() ?

codegrunt — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:41:35 +0000

Howdy. I am currently working on theming my Vanilla Forums install and the current order of business is to setup a default.master.tpl Smarty template. Looking at the PHP version, I notice that the following method is called towards the end, presumably so that plugins can do something after the main page content has been rendered:

FireEvent('AfterBody'); ?>

The docs for template tags are here:

http://vanillaforums.com/blog/category/help/template-tags-help-topics/

There is no mention of the FireEvent call in the above list and the default.master.tpl template found under the stock mobile theme also does not have anything like this in it.

So my question is whether there is a Smarty based way to keep the same functionality or do we lose the ability to have plugins called via events if we go with Smarty templates over the PHP based views? It is definitely preferable to reduce to the amount of layout tangled up with program logic which is why going with Smarty for the templates is very much preferred.

Cheers

[Solved] Has anybody got Polls running with 2.0.18.4?

matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:29:56 +0000

Has anybody got Polls running with 2.0.18.4?

Polls plugin: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/poll-plugin

Changing the place of the right-bottom icon/symbol of TextBox?

Zitra — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:24 +0000

Hi, I want to change the place of what you are watching in the picture (red square)!

Is it an image or it is a symbol?

which file should I amend?

Sign-In

Sjoerd — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:03:43 +0000

Is it possible to use the log-in with Facebook/Google/Twitter etc. on Bootstrap? Have tested the example but haven't seen it yet. But this theme is amazing! Thanks

Banner Image Destination URL

mummypig — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:20:59 +0000

Is there an easy way to change the URL that people are taken to when the click on the banner image?

I've tried searching this site and also googling, but nothing I find is doing what I'm looking for.

To clarify, I still want 'all discussions' to be the page people see when they visit: http://chairexerciseisforyou.net/forum/

However, I want the banner image to instead link to: http://chairexerciseisforyou.net/

Alternatively, if this is to complicated, what is the easiest way for me to add a 'home' button (directed to http://chairexerciseisforyou.net/) to the main nav bar on the forum?

Please go easy on me. I have taught myself html and css. I can manage javascript too where necessary. However, Vanilla is very new to me and I haven't a clue on PHP.

I can however follow instructions very well! So, if there are any for this, please can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks, Kerry

Managing usernames while registering

silpara — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:54:06 +0000

I want certain usernames to not be available for registration. How can I do it?

Vanilla editors & consistency?

qwenty — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:28:28 +0000

If I use CLEditor which is bundle with Vanilla from scratch and then swap it with something else as in tinymc or buttonbar ..., what about discussions? after changing editor, will old discussions hurt?
Why cleditor is packed into Vanilla from beginning? Is it the best one?

How would one set view permissions for the Add Menu Item 1.1 plugin

retoid — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:51:35 +0000

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/addmenuitem-plugin

This addon adds 3 extra menu links. Though they are not viewable to unauthenticated users. How would I go about setting the permissions on these? If not, is there possibly someone who could point me in the right direction to adding a few more menu items myself and allowing them to be viewable to all users/roles?

Thanks

Let's give Vanilla a boost!

Opportunity — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:55:16 +0000

Do you want to help bring new users to Vanilla? Today when I was checking out a software loading program site I checked Vanilla and there is ZERO ratings....

Please go to these pages and rate Vanilla... if possible also give it a review. The more the better. Give it the best rating you feel it deserves as possible and make this community and platform a real winner.

http://www.softaculous.com/rate/Vanilla

If anyone can add more ratings links to this thread it would be appreciated.

I'm hoping that a badge can be given as well as points for submitting a rating.

As a recent joining member I was surprised to see the ZERO rating. I hope we can change that now...

add links to your sites as well as anything else you want to share.

Thanks