Vanilla - Free, Open-Source Forum Software

Street Cred...

Siddall — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:07:06 +0000

I honestly don't know what this add-on would be called. I've searched a number of terms but nothing much popups up. For v1, looking for an add-on that shows forum views how many posts they have posted to the forum...and would ideally like to be able to auto-assign "street cred" labels (i.e. newb, jester, knight, king, demi-god, and chuck norris) to users based on the number of posts/contributions they have made to the forums.

Have I completely overlooked this? Thanks in advance! Again, for v1.x

Congrats @Mark

Tex — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:31:40 +0000

@Mark Congrats on the funding: http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/19/vanilla-forums-funding/ That will do the kick start! :-)

Achieving XHTML 1.0 Strict Validation

derekdon — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:16:46 +0000

In the /library/core/class.controller.php on line 428 remove the < br / > tag from the string. Should validate now.

two suggestions

pidan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:19:54 +0000

first , add search function, i found that i can not search
second , support language package

Time Zone Incorrect

tazz_ben — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:15:20 +0000

For some reason every post has a time that is two hours ahead of the actual time. I've checked mysql's/the servers time and they are correct. I can't find a timezone setting in the dashboard, so I don't know why it would be doing this.

Should links in comment entries have a rel="nofollow" added to them?

derekdon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:15:07 +0000

Should links in comment entries have a rel="nofollow" added to them? What do you think?

Uploading images on forum hosted at vanillaforums.org

aliihassan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:14:53 +0000

Hi guys,

Is it possible for users, after signing up to the forum, be able to upload images when responding or posting a comment within a specific category? Thanks!

Blog add-on / application

kingdumb — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:29:38 +0000

hey,

Just wondering if there is a blog add-on or application available ?
Something along the lines of the blog @ http://vanillaforums.org/blog

regards

.k

Looking for specific addon

sonicmouse — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:36:38 +0000

hello!
Has there been an addon to do a "snapshot" of a discussion... like if you mouse over a discussion in "All Discussions" it will show you the first few lines of the post in a tooltip window?

Thanks a lot!

No access to settings.php

Ciaccio — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:54:51 +0000

Hi guys

I've read dozens of articles about changing permissions of the settings.php file or editing .htaccess but none have taught me how to solve my problem.

Can anyone give me any incite as to how to accomplish this?

How to edit head tag?

posha — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:43:49 +0000

Hi! I want to create my own theme for Vanilla 2. How to edit head tag? I want to add some stylesheets. Thanks.

Category at first on the center + Decsription About Categories

RobertKaczanowski — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:33:05 +0000

Is there any way that I could have Category page at home page? Like here http://forumlesnica.pl/categories.php
Every Category should have description - is all of this possible?

Thanks for help.
Rob

how to make a language package?

pidan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:56:21 +0000

i want to make a language package, can anybody tell me how to do ?and where should i upload the package to?
i know how to do for V1,what about V2?

smtp gmail problem

aikhan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:24:33 +0000

well I am trying to set up gmail smtp for mail but even after supplying accurate details I am getting this error....

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to smtp.gmail.com:25 (Connection refused) in /home/content/b/o/l/bollyplus/html/vanilla/library/Framework/Framework.Class.Email.php on line 202

any help please ...?
Do I need to use port 465 ....?
How can I fix this issue

unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR when installing

Moecha — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:48:46 +0000

I read the « Extended How-to install Vanilla 2 » by iamkeir but I'm still getting this error when I browse to my install folder :
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in "my root directory here"/index.php on line 30

I couldn't find any related problem in this forum, but I hope no one asked the same question.
(And sorry if my English is not very sound.)

Are these events missing from Vanilla 2?

derekdon — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:09:58 +0000

I'm trying to update the PostAnonymously plugin to work with Vanilla 2.

In vanilla 2 are there replacement events for PreSaveDiscussion, PreSaveComment, PostSaveDiscussion, PostSaveComment?

I need to temporarily change the UserID prior to saving the discussion/comment data should the user be posting anonymously, and revert it back after the save has completed. I have the extra Post Anonymously checkbox in the form via using a Base_BeforeFormButtons_Handler in my version of this plugin, but I just can't seem to find the right hook to do the ID switch. Do I need to override the PostController's Discussion and Comment methods, or their Models methods entirely?

Cheers,

Derek.

Where is the search field in Vanilla 2? #fail

eatmytag — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:58:37 +0000

I wanted to search the forums for adding a message to the login page. However, I could not find the search button. In my opinion, searching forums is the #1 task performed in a forum.

Vanilla Login to protect my own pages?

maxim85 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:12:02 +0000

Hi,

its possible to protect other own .php sites with the Vanilla Login?

Like this:

Here is the forum
./page/forum

To protected pages:

./page2/index.php
./page3/index.php

sry for bad english

Frontend localization

AddiKT1ve — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:37:58 +0000

Hi.

I'd like to translate Vanilla's frontend into French, but I'm stuck since I can't find where the f these language strings are stocked. I checked each and every definitions.php but I'm unable to find what I'm looking for.

Any info?

Problems with installing Vanilla 2 - "Bonk"?

iamkeir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:02:59 +0000

I run a Vanilla 1 forum currently but am really keen to try out Vanilla 2 in it's current incarnation... problem is I'm having a nightmare trying to install it!

I've encountered many problems, but I've decided to go back to the start and see if I can get some guidance.

So - I've downloaded the most recent version, created a database, and gone to the install directory - http://vanilla2/ (it's local at present).

I am encountering an error page which reads "Bonk" and doesn't really tell me much else! I believe that there is a way to output verbose errors?

Please could someone give me some pointers?

Many thanks, Keir

Ability to disable a users 'wall' functionality on their profile page

iamkeir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:47:40 +0000

I find the wall on someone's profile page a bit confusing and unnecessary, and worry that it pulls people away from the main conversations in the forum.

It'd be good if it could be disabled or, better still, if it was a separate application on Garden, rather than baked into the discussions app.

Theming documentation

Lincoln — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:45:16 +0000

The theming documentation could use some work. For instance, if you copy style.css and vanilla.css it immediately breaks all the background images and reset.css won't load unless you copy it too (most noticeably breaking the categories list). Those are some pretty big "gotchas" for someone just trying to change the background color.

Upgraded to 1.1.10 but when checking for updates version is 'UNKNOWN'...

iamkeir — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:28:13 +0000

I've upgraded from 1.1.4 today (I did it step-by-step through all of the versions) to 1.1.10 but when I check for updates Vanilla 1.1.10 is labeled as 'unknown' and all my addons just remain 'checking for updates' but never resolve.

Can anyone give me some advice on this... should I disable all my addons and then run an update check or something?

I'd love to give Vanilla 2 a try but the installation never works for me however much I read around the forum and follow people's guides :(

Upgrading from 1.1.5a?

RobChe — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:40:48 +0000

Hi - I have a forum running 1.1.5 and I want to upgrade to the latest version :)

The google wiki gives notes on upgrading which is very clear - my question is, can I install the latest version from 1.1.5a or do I have to upgrade one step at a time? The reason I ask is that the files are different each time.

http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/wiki/VanillaUpgrading

And no, I have no idea why I left it this long either! :S

Cheers!
Rob

an error where i install the v2

pidan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:19:07 +0000

i downloaded the code from github,and uploaded to the root with the domain "http://faq.pidan.org/",and then i visited the domain "http://faq.pidan.org/" for installing v2,but i jump to http://faq.pidan.org/index.php/garden/gardensetup,and shows "No input file specified. ", so what should i do ? thanks

getting kicked out

eigenflow — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:33:02 +0000

My users and I are getting kicked out sporadically. I'm using vanilla 1.1.10 and can't find any idle time logout setting.
This is my first forum to administer, it's live and am flying by the seat of my pants, so any help appreciated.

implement vanilla in open source atutor

hanif — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:24:33 +0000

Hi all,right now I implement LCMS using open source atutor.The question is can vanilla suitable to integrate with other system?

'Could not open socket'

itproxy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:02:54 +0000

I have upgraded Vanilla from 1.1.5a to 1.1.9, via all intermediate stages.
The membership application process now fails, giving a blank page with the above error message.
Everything else seems to work OK.
What might be the problem, please?
With thanks.

Uploads

algeeh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:38:07 +0000

we really need an upload feature for people to upload stuff on the site.

Good job on Vanilla 2... but

algeeh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:29:57 +0000

i think the team has done an absolutely good job on Vanilla 2 but I just have a few Qs here and there that I need answered.

First is about addons/plugins. Will it be possible to migrate Vanilla 1 plugins to Vanilla 2?

Secondly, when will Vanilla 2 graduate from the GitHub?