Auteur/autrice : Jean-Pierre Michaud

Article Publishing & Review System

reference: vbArticles by Mary – vBulletin.org Forum

…same as vbFMates, but with an adult side of things!

vbPhotoVote Highlights

• Ability to rate specific photos only.
• Double vote not allowed, but user can edit his rating
• User can skip photos that he don’t want to vote.
• User is seeing only photos that he hasn’t vote before.
• Search by User, Location, Keywords
• Discussion thread for each photo.
• Email link to a friend.
• Report photo as illegal to admin.
• Many configurations per usergroup so you can easily charge users.
• vbSeo friendly

• All photos one by one. But you’ll never see again a photo that you’ve already rated!
• All photos, one by one, on selecting category. But again only the photos that you haven’t rated before.
• Selected photos only, from the listing results after a search.

• While it prevents multiple votes by the same user, it gives the ability to any user who has changed his mind about a vote that already did, to correct it. If a user search for this photo he can rate it again, but the only that it counts is the difference in points between 1st and 2nd vote. The total votes are not increase.
• On every page there are blocks with last 5 photos and top 5 photos. The contain of these blocks are according to the place that you’re. In the main page shows from all categories. In a category listing limits them in the specific category. In Member area show user’s top 5 and last 5!!

• Can setup module’s options
• Can Manage Photos (Approve, Edit, Reject)
• Can Add/Edit/Delete Categories
• Can Manage Reported Photos
• Can Rebuild Counters

• Photo Approval On/Off
• Photo Width
• Thumbnail Width
• Email Template for Photo’s Approval
• Email Template for Photo’s Rejection
• Photos per Row (for listing)
• Photos per Page (for listing)
• Commenting System On/Off
• Forum to use for Comments
• Width of Left Column
• Width of Right Column
• Font Size for Menus

• Can use vbPhotoVote?
• Can Add/Edit/Delete own Photo?
• Can Rate Photos?
• Can Comment Photos?
• Can Send Messages?
• Can Search Photos?
• Can Moderate?

8.- Installation

• Upload the entire /vbphotovote directory to your webserver UNDER the folder where
  your vBulletin is installed. eg if your vb installation is located at:
  http://www.yourdomain.com/forums then the /vbphotovote directory must be under this (/forums).
• Upload vbphotovote.php at your forum directory (!!NOT!! in vbphotovote directory).
• Upload the file /admicp/vbphotovote_admin.php to your /admincp directory
• Upload the files in /includes/xml/*.* to your /includes/xml/
• CMOD the following directoris to 777
  /photos (inside vbphotovote directory)
  /tmp (inside vbphotovote directory)
  /thumbs (inside vbphotovote/photos directory)
• For security reasons backup your database AND turn your board off
• Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system
  is enabled.
• From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product_vbphotovote.xml
• From your adminCP from « Forum & Moderators->Forum Manager » choose « Add New Forum ». This will be used for Reviews. It’s better to use the default form and not
  copying another forum. The points that need attention are: Parent forum : No one, Display Order : 0 !!!! (To hide forum from listings)
• If you want to add a link to your nav bar then you must edit the NAVBAR template:
  Search For:

Code:

Add Below:

Code:

• By default none usergroup has permissions to use vbPhotoVote, so you need to give
  permissions to any group. Goto AdminCP->Usergroups->Usergroup Manager and edit any usergroup you like to give permissions.
• Configure vbPhotoVote to meet your needs at AdminCP->vbPhotoVote->Options

9.- Copyright

Feel free to do anything with the code, eg by reusing the functions to develope other vBulletin modules, with only 2 major exceptions:

1. You’ll credit my name and my website.
2. You’ll not use the full or partial code, or any function to develope stand alone PHP script. In simple words use it as you like but only within vBulletin community.

Greetings
MariavbPhotoVote Highlights

• Ability to rate specific photos only.
• Double vote not allowed, but user can edit his rating
• User can skip photos that he don’t want to vote.
• User is seeing only photos that he hasn’t vote before.
• Search by User, Location, Keywords
• Discussion thread for each photo.
• Email link to a friend.
• Report photo as illegal to admin.
• Many configurations per usergroup so you can easily charge users.
• vbSeo friendly

• All photos one by one. But you’ll never see again a photo that you’ve already rated!
• All photos, one by one, on selecting category. But again only the photos that you haven’t rated before.
• Selected photos only, from the listing results after a search.

• While it prevents multiple votes by the same user, it gives the ability to any user who has changed his mind about a vote that already did, to correct it. If a user search for this photo he can rate it again, but the only that it counts is the difference in points between 1st and 2nd vote. The total votes are not increase.
• On every page there are blocks with last 5 photos and top 5 photos. The contain of these blocks are according to the place that you’re. In the main page shows from all categories. In a category listing limits them in the specific category. In Member area show user’s top 5 and last 5!!

• Can setup module’s options
• Can Manage Photos (Approve, Edit, Reject)
• Can Add/Edit/Delete Categories
• Can Manage Reported Photos
• Can Rebuild Counters

• Photo Approval On/Off
• Photo Width
• Thumbnail Width
• Email Template for Photo’s Approval
• Email Template for Photo’s Rejection
• Photos per Row (for listing)
• Photos per Page (for listing)
• Commenting System On/Off
• Forum to use for Comments
• Width of Left Column
• Width of Right Column
• Font Size for Menus

• Can use vbPhotoVote?
• Can Add/Edit/Delete own Photo?
• Can Rate Photos?
• Can Comment Photos?
• Can Send Messages?
• Can Search Photos?
• Can Moderate?

8.- Installation

• Upload the entire /vbphotovote directory to your webserver UNDER the folder where
  your vBulletin is installed. eg if your vb installation is located at:
  http://www.yourdomain.com/forums then the /vbphotovote directory must be under this (/forums).
• Upload vbphotovote.php at your forum directory (!!NOT!! in vbphotovote directory).
• Upload the file /admicp/vbphotovote_admin.php to your /admincp directory
• Upload the files in /includes/xml/*.* to your /includes/xml/
• CMOD the following directoris to 777
  /photos (inside vbphotovote directory)
  /tmp (inside vbphotovote directory)
  /thumbs (inside vbphotovote/photos directory)
• For security reasons backup your database AND turn your board off
• Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system
  is enabled.
• From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product_vbphotovote.xml
• From your adminCP from « Forum & Moderators->Forum Manager » choose « Add New Forum ». This will be used for Reviews. It’s better to use the default form and not
  copying another forum. The points that need attention are: Parent forum : No one, Display Order : 0 !!!! (To hide forum from listings)
• If you want to add a link to your nav bar then you must edit the NAVBAR template:
  Search For:

Code:

Add Below:

Code:

• By default none usergroup has permissions to use vbPhotoVote, so you need to give
  permissions to any group. Goto AdminCP->Usergroups->Usergroup Manager and edit any usergroup you like to give permissions.
• Configure vbPhotoVote to meet your needs at AdminCP->vbPhotoVote->Options

9.- Copyright

Feel free to do anything with the code, eg by reusing the functions to develope other vBulletin modules, with only 2 major exceptions:

1. You’ll credit my name and my website.
2. You’ll not use the full or partial code, or any function to develope stand alone PHP script. In simple words use it as you like but only within vBulletin community.

Greetings
Maria

Reference: vbPhotoVote by Mary – vBulletin.org Forum

• Very detailed Profile
• Multiple Search (Gender, Age range, Location, Has Photo)
• Profile Rating.
• Search by Nickname.
• User can use different Nickname to keep anonymity.
• User can use different Email to receive messages.
• Email Profile to a friend.
• Report Profile as illegal to admin.
• Statistics by Gender (Male/Female).
• Top Male, Top Female on front page.
• Newest Male, Newest Female on front page.
• Modern, 2 columns, design on listings.

• Story like profile view. No more a techical specification like listing. A view like « Passion is a Male, 48 years old, living in Texas, United States… » is much more attractive to those who read the profile.
• Who has viewed me is a function found only in $$$ scripts. User is not only able to see who has viewed his profile, but also when and how many times. So he can easily understand that repeating visitors are much interesting for him.

• The nice, very clear in different background on listings design, for all featured members, will be a sure reason for them to pay to become featured members. Featured members also appear in random in front page and in the top of every listing’s page. Also the fact that there are so many configuration per usergroup, it’s a reason to add many subscriptions with different access level.

• Can setup module’s options
• Can Manage Profiles (Approve, Edit, Reject)
• Can Manage Featured Profiles
• Can Add Featured Profiles by Gender
• Can Manage Reported Profiles
• Can Rebuild Counters

• Turn On/Off use of different Nickname
• Turn On/Off use of different Email
• Turn On/Off use of States
• Turn On/Off use of Countries
• Turn On/Off Profile Approval
• Profiles per Page (for listing)
• Set background color for Featured Profiles
• Turn On/Off HTML emails
• Email Template for Profile Approval
• Email Template for Profile Rejection
• Email Template for Featured Profile
• Photo Width
• Width of Left Column
• Width of Right Column
• Font Size for Menus

• Can use vbMates?
• Can Add own Profile?
• Can Edit own Profile?
• Can Delete own Profile?
• Can Hide own Profile?
• Can Rate Profiles?
• Can Send Messages?
• Can Search Profiles?
• Can Moderate?

7.- Installation

• Upload the entire /vbmates directory to your webserver UNDER the folder where
  your vBulletin is installed. eg if your vb installation is located at:
  http://www.yourdomain.com/forums then the /vbmates directory must be under this (/forums).
• Upload vbmates.php at your forum directory (!!NOT!! in vbmates directory).
• Upload the file /admicp/vbmates_admin.php to your /admincp directory
• Upload the files in /includes/xml/*.* to your /includes/xml/
• CMOD the directory /vbmates/photos to 777 (Writable for all). It stores the photos
  that your members will post at their pofiles.
• CMOD the directory /vbmates/tmp to 777 (Writable for all). It stores temporary
  the photos for image manipulation and then deletes them.
• For security reasons backup your database AND turn your board off
• Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system
  is enabled.
• From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product_vbmates.xml
• If you want to add a link to your nav bar then you must edit the NAVBAR template:
  Search For:

Code:

Add Below:
Code:

• By default none usergroup has permissions to use vbMates, so you need to give
  permissions to any group. Goto AdminCP->Usergroups->Usergroup Manager and edit any usergroup you like to give permissions.
• Configure vbMates to meet your needs at AdminCP->vbMates->Options

8.- Copyright

This script cannot be redistributed, reproduced, or published in any way. Modifying this script and sharing or publishing your modification A-N-Y-W-H-E-R-E (including here) without the author’s written permission is strictly prohibited. The sane applies for writting addons or integrading it with any other software or module (eg vbAdvanced).

Copyright removal, editing or replacement PROHIBITED !! My copyright text and link must remain visible. If your template has colors that makes my copyright invisible you’re responsible to change the color of my copyright to be straight visible.

Brand Free option is availabe at $25 per installation. You must visit my site for it.

Enjoy it
Maria

Reference: vbMates by Mary – vBulletin.org Forum

The late discussions with Maria were kind and friendly, i like greek women… they know where they go 🙂

btw, here is her Rights Transfer note:

you have to understand that the CEO of nexialys.net, it’s me, nexia.. 🙂

And by the time we release this suite of products, upgraded and re-featured for vB 3.8.x, we plan to deal the ownership of the rest of the collection by Mary.

Because i can not satisfy everybody’s tastes… i’m not going to modify the style thoroughly, making it completely different from the original vB style, because i want the site to be quickly upgradable, and i want it to be recognizable by all vB owners.

Btw, we have a demo forum for you to see each style we release, so you can have a look on it. All the style alterations we make here are on-the-fly with a plugin, and i usually release these alterations… for your pleasure.

And for the curious, vbEnhancer never edit the templates on the go, SO you can upgrade your style or vB without fear!

Ok, these stats are wrong… hum, no they are right, but…

As this site is about tests, features and commercial tools to enhance your site, the stats are pointless in the way that these posts and users count are related to all these usages…

example, we have a demo of Ico-Content (the old one) in a hidden forum, for demonstration… that forum contains about 1000 threads that are not visible to users, and each of these threads posters are registered in the users database… like 500 users who are virtually related to users on answers.yahoo.com…

But mainly, what makes all these posts and users who are not visible, is that we receive here the archives of old forums we merge with vbEnhancer.com . Each time we take-over the work of a coder who was owner of a website, we add all this website with ImpEx so we can support the old stuff and the users do not have to re-register again and again… (you surely had to go thru this once!)

Oh, and we have RSS Feeds from a range of vBulletin resources, to help people find what they are searching for…

So that explains why we have a high postcount without having a thread to show in many forums.

you may notice a major lack of screenshots in these threads… the server was moved and the paths for each files are lost, so i have to recollect everything…

will be done when we re-open the site!

open minded, but narrowed in the execution, i want to hear from the people…

you have a project, let’s talk about it!