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: 2405)

- 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

[techu]

I dont think it is a xthread problem in any ways....
Check admin permission and also open config.php and and check if $config['super_admins'] is set to you user id.

[Mike]

When I took over the forum, the ex admin still wanted to be able to post so I

- registered myself as a normal user
- logged in as the original admin and upgraded my new account to admin
- logged in as my new admin account, changed the $config['super_admins'] to my userid.
- downgraded the old admin to a normal user

What were you thinking of when you say "Check admin permission"

[techu]

(06-22-2011 03:06 AM)Mike Wrote:  What were you thinking of when you say "Check admin permission"

If you are the super admin then never mind that...
Now not sure what might be the problem..
let see what other have to say..

[RateU]

Try to check your:
admin_dir/modules/forum/ folder
admin_dir/modules/user/ folder
admin_dir/modules/style/ folder
admin_dir/modules/tools/ folder

Is there module_meta.php file inside?

[Mike]

(06-22-2011 04:22 AM)RateU Wrote:  Try to check your:
Is there module_meta.php file inside?

Yes module_meta.php was there.


It is strange it displayed "Home" and "Configuration". Its like it dropped out on "Forums & Posts" because I didn't have permission. Is there anything special about Forum with respect to xthreads?

It doesn't assume admin id is 1 does it?

[RateU]

If the file there, then, it seems that you have a problem with the Admin Permissions.

What I know is, XThreads doesn't have anything to do with the global admin permissions.
It only adds threadfields permissions in Admin Permissions.

Did you try to use the db backup from your live forum to your test forum?

[Mike]

(06-22-2011 05:49 AM)RateU Wrote:  Did you try to use the db backup from your live forum to your test forum?

no I didn't.

I'll try a few more things but I think there is a good chance there is something odd about my forum (obviously!).

Thanks for looking at it anyway.

If I come across anything XThreads related I'll get back to you.

[RateU]

Probably you can look at your adminoptions table. Admin Permissions is stored in the table (serialize).

[Mike]

(06-22-2011 06:12 AM)RateU Wrote:  Probably you can look at your adminoptions table. Admin Permissions is stored in the table (serialize).

Fixed.

The adminoptions table didn't look right. Not sure exactly what was wrong.
I went back into "Admin Permissions" under "Users and Groups" in AdminCP and made it update the permissions. Checked the table and it looked right.

Installed XThreads again and all is good.

[jim7777]

I'm having a problem with one of the fourm with XThreads, i don't know, but its the only forum which is having this error, but the other xthread forums aren't even though same codes are in

error:
Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in path/to/forumdisplay.php(1129) : eval()'d code on line 13

edit:
ok fixed the problem
i think its about those threads with Redirections / Moved thread but leave a redirection on the forum
or if not, those users who aren't registered / deleted users but their threads are still in the forum