Integrated Index Page (IIP) 5.3.1 <br /> <br />Q: What is it? <br />A: It's an addon for UBB.threads 6.2 & 6.3 ONLY that will pull various information out of the forum for display as your main home page. <br />If you need a version for UBB.Threads 6.4 see this thread. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />Q: What are the features? <br />A: The following information is displayed: <br /> <br />1. News Display - A configurable number of news/article posts and from different boards can be displayed down the center in the same fassion as the popular *nuke portals. Past news/articles can also be displayed along the right hand column (only). <br /> <br />2. Current Poll - This will display the most recent poll posted or may be set to pull a random poll out of the forum. This can be set to use a specific board also. Results will be displayed if the viewer has already voted for the poll. (based on username or ip address) <br /> <br />3. Top Rated Posts - This will display a list of X number of top rated posts in the past 24 hours. <br /> <br />4. Current Threads - This will display a list of new threads posted in the past 24 hours. <br /> <br />5. Top Posters - This will display a list of the top X number of posters. <br /> <br />6. Last Seen - This will display a list of members who have visited the forum most recently. This is not completely accurate because depending on what they are doing at the site their 'laston' information isn't always recorded. You can optionally add a code snippet that is included to your ubbt.inc.php file to make tracking updates instantaneous. <br /> <br />7. Short Stats - This will display various statistical information such as Total Users, Total Posts and New Users in the last 24hrs, 7days, 31 days. <br />Short Stats will also display "max online" information including how many and when. <br /> <br />8. Profile Spotlight - This will display a random profile listing username, location, hobbies and bio with a link to the full profile. You can specify required fields to be filled in before the user's profile is displayed. <br />Username has replaced Name (real name) in previous versions. <br /> <br />9. Quick Search - This will display a seach box that will allow for a quick search of the forums using the standard search default values. <br /> <br />10. Login/Status - This will display a login box or your current status including the number of private messages stored and links to edit your profile and display properties and email subscripitons. Unregistered or users not logged in will see the login box. Logged in users will see their status box. <br /> <br />11. Online - This box displays the number of registered and unregistered users online in the last 10 minutes. It will also list the usernames of the registered users. Usernames in bold italic text are invisible. (only admins see them) <br />You can set a maximum number of names to display and once that limit is reached a link to the "Who's Online" page will be included so users can view the full list. <br /> <br />12. Hot Topic - When a post reaches X number of replies it is displayed in this box with a flaming .gif <br /> <br />13. Menu - This box has various links to other features of IIP. <br /> <br />14. View More Polls - This generates a list of X number of poll posts per page with links to the post and board. <br /> <br />15. File Attachments - This generates a list of X number of file attachments per page. There are also sorting options to display only the files specified such as .txt or .zip files. <br />An attachment specific search feature has been added allowing the search for specific words or from specific boards. <br /> <br />16. New Member - This will display a message welcoming the most recent member. This will only be displayed for X number of days. <br /> <br />17. Recommend Us - This will display a short form for visitors to fill out and recommend the site to their friends. <br />Mail sent includes an updated header to ensure acceptance by your host. This header includes using the sender's name and email in the "from" section. When the email is recieved by the recipient the sender's name appears in the "from" area and not their email address. (hope that made sense) <br /> <br />18. Call Us Home - IE specific, will not (or should not) display for browsers other than IE. This will allow visitors to set the site as their home page. <br /> <br />19. Add to Favorites - IE specific, will not (and again should not) display for browsers other than IE. This will allow visitors to add the site to their favorites folder. Netscape users will see the "Press CNTRL-D to Bookmark" notice. <br /> <br />20. Shout Box - This displays "shouts" (quick, small postings) from guests or members in the order they were made. Admins can easily delete shouts that are offensive. The shout box does use the .threads nickname/language filters also to suppress such postings. You can optionally set this to refresh for members only or for everyone. <br /> <br />21. Profile Index - This displays members profiles in a sorted list. The profiles are searchable. Boolean (AND, OR, NOT) and wildcard * searches are allowed. This makes finding specific members easier than ever. <br /> <br />22. Cache Table - Information can be automaticly stored and updated in intervals to increase page generation times. Depending on setup, this can cut the number of queries used to generate a page by as much as 50% and large sites will see a considerable speed increase with generation times. <br /> <br />23. Configure Panel - IIP settings can be controlled via browser and allow for easy setup and managment of the features listed above. <br /> <br />24. Standards Compliant - IIP is XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant and should render well in standards compliant browsers. This basicly means that the display should look the same from one standards compliant browser to the next. <br /> <br />25. Custom pal boxes have been added. You can edit the boxes and include what ever content and code you want to display and then manage their placement and display from IIP's configure panel. <br /> <br /> <br />Notes: <br /> <br />Information displayed is based on group access. If the viewer doesn't have access to your "staff" board IIP will not pull information from that board to generate the display. Larger sites can use the option "force public" to make IIP display only public viewable information which allows for more of IIP's features to use cache to speed page generation times up. <br /> <br />The more features you use the longer it takes to generate the page. If you don't need or want a specific feature, turn it off. <br /> <br />Instructions: <br /> <br />Download the attached file and unzip to a location of your choice. Follow the instructions (SETUP.txt) located inside the "pals" folder that was contained in the zip file. Please see the IIP FAQ (second post in this thread) if you have any questions BEFORE posting/asking for help. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Note: I put a file called eventspal.php in the zip. This file will display a configureable list of upcoming events pulled from the calendar modification found here at ThreadsDev. Open the file and edit the two variables and rename the file to custombox1pal.php and upload to your directory. I haven't tested it so let me know if it works. <br /> <br />Note: IIP 5.3 now uses the table wrappers that come standard with .threads 6.2 <br /> <br /> <br />[:"blue"]Edit Note: I fixed a bug in the profile index. (Jan 13, 2003) Thanks goes to Nikos for pointing this one out. Download the zip and upload the new profilepal.php script.[/] <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />[:"blue"]Edit Note: shoutboxdisplay/shoutboxadd/shoutboxdel.php have been made to work around register globals being off. (Jan 17, 2003)[/] <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />[:"blue"]Edit Note: I somehow missed a couple hard coded "w3t_" table extentions in the profilepal.php script. I have updated the zip with the new profilepal.php script. Thanks goes to deltaJo. (Jan 19, 2003)[/] <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />[:"blue"]Edit Note: Updated the "Modify My Database" script to check for both upper and lower case table names just in case we are on a windows machine. Thanks ChAoS.(Jan 19, 2003)[/] <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />[:"red"]Edit Note: Since I am the self appointed "keeper" of IIP in JustDave's absense, I have updated this post to version 5.3.1 which will work with UBB.Threads 6.2 and 6.3. The only changed file from 5.3 to 5.3.1 is index.php and editconfigpal.php. No other changes were made. 4-15-03 by JoshPet[/]

IIP FAQ - <br /> <br />Having trouble getting IIP instaled or configured? <br />Read these FAQ's first. If you question isn't answered, then post it to this thread. <br /> <br /> <br />OK - I got it running but it says "Index Closed - we are currently updating this page...". What have I done wrong? <br />It shows like that until you configure it. Scroll to the very bottom and click on the copyright IIP link (IIP 5.2 by David Lozier ©2002). That'll take you to the configure panel. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I click on the Copyright link and I go to ChattersOnline. <br />First, make sure you are logged in as Admin. Then, in your config file, make sure your cookies are set site wide. The cookie path should be "/". <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />There is no configpal.php in my zip! <br />The first time you run the IIP config panel, it will get created for you. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <br />If you are upgrading, your settings will be updated from your current configpal.php file. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When I edit my config for IIP, my changes don't get saved! OR I get "Warning: fopen blah blah blah Permission Denied" <br />Try looking at the permissions of the /pals/configpal.php. The file should be 666. If that doesn't work, try 777. You might also need to adjust the permissions of the 'pals' directory to 777 as well. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />My Entrance link looks like this: http://www.mydomain.com//index.php?Cat=?[/b] <br />Check both the config panel in IIP and your config file in threads for a trailing slash. Remove it, and you should be all set. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When configuring IIP, can you turn off specific components like the Shot Box and have that part not display? <br />Yes, you can configure and arrange all the pal boxes just as you wish from the IIP config panel. You can choose to not display any boxes you wish. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The index page doesn't seem to change or show the most current information. <br />If you are running with the "force public" option, you are caching (storing) some of the information used. This makes it faster and uses less queries. When you are caching information, the information only updates every so often, as configured in your IIP setup. <br />As an admin, you can click on the little green circular arrow in the menu pal, that will refresh the cache and update all the pal boxes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />My private forums are showing up on my front page!!! <br />Fear not...your private info is still secret. If you are not using the caching abilities (force public) then all access will be based on the user groups. You are seeing that info because you can see those forums normally. A regular user will see only the forums they are supposed to. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I don't want unregistered users to be able to post in the shoutbox. <br />You can set the option to members only under the shoutbox section of the configure panel. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />How do I edit the custom boxes? <br />Inside your pals directory, edit the files custombox1pal.php, custombox2pal.php, etc.. As needed. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I edited my custom pal boxes and now I am getting a parse error! <br />If you are including HTML links inside the PHP files, you must be sure to comment out the quote marks (by placing a \ before them), or else they will break the string. <br /> <br />For example.... To insert a graphic in your pal box.... You would need to change this: <br /><img src="http://www.mydomain.com/image/picture.jpg" alt="Picture" border="0" /> <br /> <br />To this: <br /> <br /><img src=\"http://www.mydomain.com/image/picture.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" border=\"0\" /> <br /> <br />You need to insert the \ before each quote in the HTML you will insert. Don't add the \ to any quotes that are already in there. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sometimes my News gets "cut off" or stops short. <br />Try turning off the "strip HTML" options for the newspal settings. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />My Random Profile doesn't seem to be that random. It kind of just ends up displaying a few users. <br />When you setup the Random profile, you have the option to require certain fields. Don't check too many of those boxes. It's best to pick a field or two. If you are too strict and require too many fields to be complete, then there won't be that many profiles to choose from in the random rotation. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I have my Hot Topic cache set to 10 minutes and 5 replies. I have refreshed my cache, but it still will not show up as a hot topic. <br />If the main thread was posted more than 24 hours it will not show up no matter how many replies it gets. Hot Topic only looks at threads posted in the last 24 hours. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Why do certain user's names show up bold and italic under last seen? <br />Because they are invisible users. You are seeing them because you are an Admin. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />My Shout box has trouble conforming to the width of the column. Sometimes I have to scroll left and right. <br />Usually this is because a user has entered a very long shout without any spaces and it doesn't wrap, thus stretches things out. Just simply delete the shout by clicking the little "X" next to it, and it should go back to normal. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The news pal doesn't seem to list the posts in the order that they are in my forum. <br />The display is based on the main post of the thread, not replies. If you have dateslip on in your forums, then they will be ordered by the date of the most recent post. This setting does not affect IIP. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />How can I add links to the menu on IIP? <br />To add stuff to the Menu box, you need to edit /pals/menupal.php. <br /> <br />Look for the last line: <br />echo "$tableEnd</td></tr>$tbclose<br />"; <br /> <br />Just ABOVE it.... you can add stuff like this: <br />echo "$rowStart<a href=\"http:www.whatever.com/mypage.html\">My Page</a>$rowEnd2"; <br /> <br />You can add as many lines like this as you wish, to add them to the menu box. <br /> <br />It is important to ensure that for each " (quote mark) which occurs inside of 'echo "    "; has a \ in front of it, so it doesn't break the string. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Will there be more features? <br />Sometime in the future, (Release date, sometime this year.) JustDave plans to offer IIP Pro for sale. It's still in the works now, so stay tuned, but the main features of IIP pro will include: <br />1. Calendar (master/board/personal) <br />2. Picture Gallery (master/board/group/user) <br />3. Link Directory (master) <br />4. News/Reviews section (master) <br />5. Dedicated File download/upload area (master/board/group) <br /> <br />Other features: <br /> <br />1. Fully templated (XHTML compliant, of course) <br />2. Complete text seperation via language files <br />3. RSS news feed generation and external fetching (master/board) <br />4. Revised "swap language on the fly" <br />5. Dedicated "Admin" area (this just keeps growing) <br />6. Revised cache table (use rows, not columns) <br />7. Configureable "menu" system to simplify adding additional links <br /> <br />More features: <br /> <br />Yeah there is other things implimented or planned on that I can't think of at the moment... LoL <br />

Thanks for all the work Dave!!!!!! You deserve a hand for still working on things even when you're back is hurt like that........... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />From a non-programmer... I really appreciate it! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

only 2 downloads so far? damn I thought this would be going like hotcakes hehe <br />[]http://www.threadsdev.com/images/panels/8214-2937.png[/]

Thanks is your back any better?

Thank you Dave for all your efforts with IIP and your dedicated support to all of us here. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />[]http://www.threadsdev.com/images/panels/9439-5241.png[/]<br /><br />

[]http://www.threadsdev.com/images/panels/9520-12049.png[/]<br /><br />Dave,<br /><br /> Couple things I noticed in the randomprofilepal.php is not U_Realname now just U_Name?? There is no U_Realname in my w3t_Users.<br /><br /> The modifyIIP queries did not create the U_LastSeen line in the w3t_Users . I added the query myself but it gave all kinds of weird times like 33 years, 3 days etc etc<br /><br />so I switched back to the regular way of tracking<br /><br />Great Job I love all the extra customboxes. Makes it easy to modify things

Thanks. Will be updating the zip shortly.

Ok I updated the zip file. I was updating the table when I should have been altering... U_Name is the field, not U_Realname... not sure where I got that from... lol

For those that have already installed this (2 or 3) you will need to run this query from your admin area:<br /><br />ALTER TABLE w3t_Users<br />ADD U_LastSeen INT (11) UNSIGNED<br /><br />Be sure to use what ever table prefix you have in use. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hiya Dave...... I am getting many many errors that I won't list here but when I go to the update my database link here's the message I get......<br /><br />Unknown cache version (4.6) detected. Aborting update<br /><br />So the database is never altered for the new version..... Any ideas?? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

My mistake. There was no changes between 4.6 > 5.1 but I forgot to allow for that version number.<br /><br />I'll be updating the zip in a minute or two. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I just updated the zip file.<br /><br />You can edit IIP.5.2.modifydatabase.php and change this line:<br /><br />elseif ($Cversion == "5.1") {<br /><br />to this:<br /><br />elseif ($Cversion == "5.1" || $Cversion == "4.6") {<br /><br /><br /><br />That should do the trick. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Any Ideas on the enhanced Last Seen pal giving those unrealistic dates like I posted. I am listed a seconds ago everyone else is 33 years and so many days etc minutes

Did you install the additional code into ubbt.inc.php?<br /><br />If the field was created in the users table with that query I posted above it should be up to date.<br /><br />When you manually added the field did you make it NOT NULL by default? That will cause a problem.

Thanks Dave.... Appreciate your hard work on this.<br /><br />Time to start installing 6.2 <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />Of course 6.2.1 will probably be out before I have completed the install <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mine was not NULL <br /><br />I deleted it and started over and ran the alter command above and it works. Running the command GIVES it a NULL statement. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Go figure. So anyway it works. One question though. Thenon enhanced way shows say lots of people say mins ago hours ago days ago etc.<br /><br />When I switched to the enhanced it only showed me 0 seconds ago and no one else even though someone had been there 10 mins before. Is there some setting I am overlooking. <br /><br />I tried changing the time limit to something say like 5760 which is like 4 days but it still shows only me.

I have this error message<br /> <pre><font class="small">code:</font><hr> SQL ERROR: Unable to do_query: SELECT U_Username,U_TempRead,U_FlatPosts,U_ActiveThread,<br />U_Post_Format,U_PicturePosts,U_ShowSigs,U_Email,U_PictureView,U_Status,U_Privates,<br />U_Name, U_Title,U_Totalposts,U_Visible, U_Laston,U_Sort,U_Display,U_View,U_PostsPer,U_EReplies,<br />U_TextCols,U_TextRows,U_Language,U_TempPass,U_TimeOffset,<br />U_Groups,U_StartPage,U_Picture,U_Favorites,U_Number,U_Username,<br />U_Password,U_SessionId, U_StyleSheet, U_Status, U_Privates, U_FrontPage,<br />U_Number FROM w3t_Users WHERE U_Number = '3'<br />Unknown column 'U_Post_Format' in 'field list'<br />Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in <br />/var/www/html/autoua/auto_f/mysql.inc.php on line 130 </pre><hr> <br /><br />May be this because I got some errors when I ran the altertable-6.1-6.2.php script.<br />http://community.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic...mp;m=5513013096<br /><br />Can somebody post SQL Structure only for UBBT6.2? I will to compare with my SQL dump.

Untill people visit the board they have no value in the enhanced last seen time so it's overlooked untill the field is not null. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />The new user field for the last seen time will be updated with every call to send_header so if you have the additional code in place it should be working.