XThreads

My Spiel
XThreads is one of my larger plugins which I have been working on for a while.  Originally planned to release it inline with MyBB 1.6, but who knows when that'll be out.  It perhaps doesn't include everything I wanted it to, but does have most of the things (plus I want to move onto other projects).

What does it do?
Take a look at RateU's forum for some nice ideas of what it can do.  I also have some more basic examples here of what can be done with XThreads.  I'm pretty sure there are many other applications of this plugin, but those examples just give you some simple ideas.

The basic idea is giving you the ability to define custom fields for your threads, and providing methods to give you a lot of flexibility with customising forums.

Warning: I'm not going to bother with "beta" labels and so on.  I've done some testing on this myself, but it's by no means extensive.  Use this at your own risk.

Installation Instructions: standard installation procedures apply - you can find them in the announcement here.
You may need to CHMOD the uploads/xthreads_ul/ folder to 0777 after uploading the files (probably won't though).

Upgrade Instructions: unless stated otherwise, the general procedure for upgrades is to simply upload the new files, then visit your AdminCP.  In there, you'll be presented with a notice to run the upgrade - just follow what it says from there on.

Usage Instructions: this is a complex plugin, and unfortunately, you're probably going to have to figure this out yourself, depending on what you want to achieve with this plugin.  HTML and CSS knowledge is strongly recommended; you should also be familiar with MyBB's template system.  Some demonstrations can be found here - hopefully these will give you a good idea of how things work.  I suggest looking at the thread descriptions example, as this is fairly easy to understand (IMO).  If you can understand how everything works, there, perhaps try out the gallery example.

Known conflicting plugins
- MyPlaza Turbo -
If you are using MyPlaza Turbo, note that the author decided to use a particularly odd method to implement certain functionality, practically destroying compatibility with any plugin which hooks into the forum add/edit routines.  I've included a patch to address this issue - you need to replace inc/myplaza/myplaza_admin_plugin.php with the following file (it's unlikely that this will be committed as the author has decided to discontinue development)

  myplaza_admin_plugin.php (Size: 56.27 KB / Downloads: 2410)

- PL9 Forum Icons -
Affects certain functionality.  See here for a solution.

- PHP in Templates, v1.4 or older -
Similar to PL9 Forum Icons - solution is just to update to the latest version.

- MyAdvertisements - (update: older versions only, later versions may not conflict)
Affects some thread functionality, see here for a solution.

- Group Post CSS -
See here http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthre...http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=378&pid=59

All bug reports, suggestions, criticisms are appreciated (though I may not always implement suggestions) so please feel free to post them.
If you find this plugin useful, I would be grateful if you could give some token of appreciation for the work that has gone into this, and perhaps post some example usages you've come up with in the XThreads forum to help others get an idea of what can be achieve with this plugin (and for my own interest's sake ).


Github: https://github.com/zingaburga/XThreads-MyBB-Plugin
Note: do NOT use the Github version, unless you know what you're doing
Changelogs: v1.10, v1.20, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25, v1.26, v1.27, v1.30, v1.31, v1.32, v1.337, v1.40, v1.41, v1.42, v1.43, v1.44, v1.45, v1.46, v1.47, v1.50, v1.51, v1.52, v1.53, v1.60, v1.61, v1.62, v1.63, v1.64, v1.65, v1.66, v1.67, v1.68

[leefish]

Zinga - I just installed the new version (1.61) on a new forum - install not upgrade - and as a test of the system I set up the image gallery using the templates from the gallery setup.

I made the custom field as is outlined in that set up (so no custom error) , and all seems to be working - except I cannot actually POST the thread. The templates show as expected and the threadfield is visible in the Edit post and new thread but I cannot post the post. The image is set to everyone allowed and I allow blank messages - still the SUBMIT button seems to be doing nothing.

Can you maybe give a pointer as to what I am doing wrong? I did not upload the files to the FTP myself, the site owner did that.

[WINBOY]

Dear bro.dont speak like that.
Sorry for my words and if i hurt u.
U guys doing excellent work.
Salute to u guys.
Sorry

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(11-20-2012 01:08 PM)leefish Wrote:  I made the custom field as is outlined in that set up (so no custom error) , and all seems to be working - except I cannot actually POST the thread. The templates show as expected and the threadfield is visible in the Edit post and new thread but I cannot post the post. The image is set to everyone allowed and I allow blank messages - still the SUBMIT button seems to be doing nothing.

I'm guessing you're referring to this gallery?
If so, I can't seem to reproduce.  The example here uses the same code.

So what does the submit button do?  Send you to a blank page?  Show an error?  Or do absolutely nothing?
What happens if you preview post instead?

(11-20-2012 01:30 PM)WINBOY Wrote:  Dear bro.dont speak like that.
Sorry for my words and if i hurt u.

I went overboard there.  Just that people who don't read, post in all capitals for attention, constantly demand help etc doesn't rub me in the right way.
My apologies.

[leefish]

ZingaBurga - I think it was my ISP doing something to me. I have had issues with them all week, and today - I tried to add an attachment and it worked. Up until this morning I was unable to access any https connections, but today I could and the file uploaded fine. The site I am working on is not a https site though.

For the record (in reply to your question)

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:So what does the submit button do?  Send you to a blank page?  Show an error?  Or do absolutely nothing?

It did absolutely nothing.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:What happens if you preview post instead?

It did absolutely nothing. The submit button just changed on the hover state and that was it. All very odd but now working fine.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

I see.  Looking at your hostname, it looks like your ISP is pushing you through a proxy - I suppose it was that then.

[leefish]

Yes, I am sorry to have wasted your time, thank you for looking into it. I will be doing a lot of testing before I push this  version over to leefish though.

[FullMetalBabe]

Hey there~  I am having the same problem as Lee, I told a friend to test it out and see if the problem was just me but when he tried to post a thread, the submit button didn't work, neither did the preview button or save as draft. Using the same gallery method posted here.

And I keep getting this error
"Error attaching file for "Image"; Could not fetch specified URL - the server returned 302 Found"

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(11-26-2012 10:55 PM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  Hey there~  I am having the same problem as Lee, I told a friend to test it out and see if the problem was just me but when he tried to post a thread, the submit button didn't work, neither did the preview button or save as draft. Using the same gallery method posted here.

Does anything happen with Javascript disabled?  Which browser are you using?

(11-26-2012 10:55 PM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  And I keep getting this error
"Error attaching file for "Image"; Could not fetch specified URL - the server returned 302 Found"

Can you post an example URL which does this?

[FullMetalBabe]

When I disable the JS I could upload the file fine from my computer but it requires me to enter a url for a picture and when I do the same error keeps popping up. When I used a photobucket image link it worked but only showed the Photobucket image - not the one uploaded from my computer.

http://i.minus.com/iN0P4V5dJhcOl.jpg is one of the pics I tried with.

edit: Also without JS I don't get the endless loading circle when I post from quick reply.

Edit #2: Forgot to mention, lol. The upload worked on Firefox (computer upload) with the JS active, but I got a endless loading when I used quick reply. I used Chrome originally, though. Nothing worked there with JS active.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Thanks for testing.

(11-27-2012 09:21 AM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  http://i.minus.com/iN0P4V5dJhcOl.jpg is one of the pics I tried with.

Grr, cURL (and fopen wrapper for that matter) doesn't properly do redirects (and they don't mention it in their documentation).
If you use the correct URL, http://i5.minus.com/iN0P4V5dJhcOl.jpg it should work, but I'll need to look at seeing if I can fix up the automatic redirect detection.

(11-27-2012 09:21 AM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  edit: Also without JS I don't get the endless loading circle when I post from quick reply.

Are you sure this is an issue with XThreads?

(11-27-2012 09:21 AM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  Edit #2: Forgot to mention, lol. The upload worked on Firefox (computer upload) with the JS active, but I got a endless loading when I used quick reply. I used Chrome originally, though. Nothing worked there with JS active.

Chrome broke something in their newer versions it seems.  I tested with an older version and it seemed to work fine...

(11-27-2012 09:21 AM)FullMetalBabe Wrote:  When I used a photobucket image link it worked but only showed the Photobucket image - not the one uploaded from my computer.

That's odd though.  If you enter both an URL and a file, it always prefers the file.  Works as intended in Chrome from the test I just performed.
Chrome's issue is that it requires a valid URL to be entered, even if there's no URL field (since you chose to upload a file rather than URL fetch), and thus falls on itself when you try to click a submit button.  So you should be able to upload a file if you fill the URL field in with something that's a valid URL.