Steps i followed.

1) downloaded Application from https://github.com/vanillaforums/VanillaAddonsApp

2) unzipped and copied at application folder in vanilla root.

3) navigate to dashboard, Addons, applications, select "Vanilla Forums Addons" application and click on enable button.

it is throwing error The "ActivityModel" object does not have a "xDefineType" method.|ActivityModel|xDefineType|

vanilla version Version: 2.0.18.2 Vanilla Forums Addons version: 1.0.1

Also I was looking for user documents, readme or some basic information how to configure this application and call default page from the main application

Thanks, Manish Bansal

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

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

Hint anything can make our forum secure, far from black hackers hands! See this link which is MyBB security point, I was wondering if is there any such guideline for Vanilla or something you know that maybe others doesn't know it?!

As first, I've a question: for installing, it's need to grant to the below three folders the permission of 777(rwx); what about after installation process? will it swap to 755?

(/conf/config.php is keeping database username & password)

I am having trouble finding out how I can access dynamic values in my PHP template. In the smarty version I can use tokens like {head}, {BodyClass}, {BodyID}, {asset name="Content"}, etc. I would like to access these same values provided by Vanilla in my PHP template. If that's not possible, I'd be happy to learn how to create custom tokens and go back to smarty.

All I need are some documents :)

Thanks for your time in helping me with this obstacle.

• Chris

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.

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!

Thanks!

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/20103/swapping-about-columns-of-profile-in-a-theme-how#Item_8

I've always found gimp exceedingly difficult to use.

Is it an image or it is a symbol?

which file should I amend?

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

I am trying to trouble shoot it, it but I need help understanding how the jsconnect works.

First: I am not sure about what url I should have under "Sign in Url" (or "Register Url"). Is it the url for the "single sign in"-page (in my case joomla) or for my vanilla forum?

Second: I can't understand when the authentication URL is invoked. When I hold the mouse over the "Sign in with ..." I only see the "Sign in url" and when I have tried with my "single sign in" page the only result was that I ended up on the "single sign in" page, no user created or logged in. Am I doing something wrong, how should it work?

Sorry if I am not to the point, slightly tired :) Tnx in advance!

This would be awesome, go cast your vote. I think it'd be really handy to reward community engagement with this kind of program.

Using PunchTab publishers, retailers and application vendors can deploy a tightly integrated reward program to their users in minutes with no development or marketing costs. Consumers can immediately authenticate through popular social networks and start earning loyalty points that are redeemable for exclusive offers, gift cards, and custom rewards.

The temporary upload folder has not been configured.

i cant upload manually to vanilla/upload/usrpropic folder.

when i create a 777 permission, its automaticaly change 755 again

After a bit of fiddling I have worked out how to call the emoticons from a sprite image, but am lost as to how I could make the correct part of the sprite image appear in the drop down box.

I'm a plucky trier, not a professional, and whilst I can now find my way around css, js has me baffled.

Is what I am looking for achievable?

If so, can someone point me in the right direction, bearing in mind my lack of expertise?

Thanks if anyone can help.

Unfortunately, I don't have a smart phone to test my site with. I access it either a notebook computer or a desktop system. For those folks who try to access it with a cellular phone, how well does that work? Is it practical?

Also, I don't want to use the supplied mobile theme for all users. Is there a way to have Vanilla automatically use the mobile theme for all mobile users, but automatically use the standard theme for all notebook and desktop users?

Finally, one of my (non-techie) friends pointed out that my site doesn't have an "app" available for it. Is there an "app" for Vanilla? Does it even need one?

Cache directory is chmodded to 777

Additionally, I need to have three categories of users. New Users, Users and Advanced users. these categories will have their own privileges. I need to make the transition from one user type to the other on either Karma or the post count.

How is this possible? Any plugins to do it?