vBulletin 4 and 5 Services, templates and Modifications - vbulletin skins http://www.vbskinstudio.com vbulletin templates , skins and themes Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:53:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 vBulletin Show same IP address for all users,Problems with strikes system, Reverse IP http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-show-same-ip-address-for-all-usersproblems-with-strikes-system-reverse-ip/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-show-same-ip-address-for-all-usersproblems-with-strikes-system-reverse-ip/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:40:55 +0000 Barry http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=375 After my host blaming vbulletin and vbulletin blaming my host i started to get a bit annoyed and went in search of some answers as i was 100% sure it was not a vbulletin isolated problem and it was a server config issue.

What does this problem cause your forums to do ? It makes all of your members/visitors seem as they have the same IP address as the server , what does that mean ? It means that if a member forgets his password and triggers the vbulletin strikes system once those strikes have had 5 strikes it quite literally blocks every single member until those strikes have gone after 15 mins, however if you run a busy forum every time someone trys to login those 15 mins start all over again so this is a massive problem.

Not only that but if you run a policy of no multiple accounts on the forum and have a multi account detection which is based on IP address it wont work because it cant see the users real IP addresses.

There would also be a problem with banning Users IP address because the IP address that is being seen by vbulletin is the server IP address so if you ban the IP you ban every single user that has logged in since this problem started.

These are the results that i have came up with and hopefully this thread will help all those people that face it in the future.

Adding this line of code to the top of your config.php :

$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] = ( isset($_SERVER["HTTP_X_REAL_IP"]) ? $_SERVER["HTTP_X_REAL_IP"] : $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] );

This works perfectly and resolves the IP addresses correctly ,HOWEVER why should you be happy with editing files when its not the fault of the script you are using , its a server config error so instead of doing the above code change ask your hosts to look at this page :

mod_rpaf for Apache

It provides a module which apparently fixes the problem at server level rather than editing local account files. There are a number of other fixes which seem to work also which means editing vbulletin core files but remember every time vbulletin do an upgrade ( which is every month or two on average ) you’ll have to do the same edits again and again and again so make sure you get the fix at server level rather than editing files.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-show-same-ip-address-for-all-usersproblems-with-strikes-system-reverse-ip/feed/ 0 Alternate Colours for vbulletin 4 forum rows ( forum home ) and ( forumdisplay ) http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/alternate-colours-for-vbulletin-4-forum-rows-forum-home-and-forumdisplay/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/alternate-colours-for-vbulletin-4-forum-rows-forum-home-and-forumdisplay/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:34:23 +0000 Barry http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=369 Other forum platforms like IPB have some very nice styles which allow alternate colour forum rows which allows things to look very smooth indeed. After looking around for a while for some pre-made code i would like to thank the source ( at the bottom of this article ).

1. Edit template forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Add the following code at the top of the template.

<vb:if condition=”$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']“></vb:if>
<vb:if condition=”!isset($altrow)”>
<vb:if condition=”$altrow = 0″></vb:if>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition=”++$altrow % 2 == 0″>
<vb:if condition=”$rowClass = ‘alteven’”></vb:if>
<vb:else />
<vb:if condition=”$rowClass = ‘altodd’”></vb:if>
</vb:if>

Credit for the above code goes to William and forumthemes.

Now change the first line (first line before inserting the above code) from

<li id=”forum{vb:raw forum.forumid}” class=”forumbit_post L2″>

to

<li id=”forum{vb:raw forum.forumid}” class=”forumbit_post L2 {vb:raw $rowClass}”>

2. Edit forumhome_forumbit_level1_post / _nopost

Add the following at the top of forumhome_forumbit_level1_post and forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template.

<vb:if condition=”$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']“></vb:if>
<vb:if condition=”$altrow = 0″></vb:if>

3. Edit Stylevars


!Important : Edit forumrow_firstentry_background and forumrow_background stylevars and make it transparent by deleting Background Color and Background Image.

To also get this working on the forumdiplay pages you will need to do the following :

Goto threadbit template , at this to the very top :

<vb:if condition=”$altrow =& $GLOBALS['altrow']“></vb:if>
<vb:if condition=”!isset($altrow)”>
<vb:if condition=”$altrow = 0″></vb:if>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition=”++$altrow % 2 == 0″>
<vb:if condition=”$rowClass = ‘alteven’”></vb:if>
<vb:else />
<vb:if condition=”$rowClass = ‘altodd’”></vb:if>
</vb:if>

And then edit the first line of the code as follows.
Change

<li class=”threadbit {vb:raw thread.statusstring}

To :

<li class=”threadbit {vb:raw $rowClass} {vb:raw thread.statusstring}

4.Edit CSS

Add the following to the additional.css :

.altodd {background-color:#eee;}
.alteven {background-color:#fff;}

You can change the colour codes to match the alternating colours as desired.

Source : http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25160

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/alternate-colours-for-vbulletin-4-forum-rows-forum-home-and-forumdisplay/feed/ 0 IMPEX: Enable visitor messages gloabally after imported forum http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/impex-enable-visitor-messages-gloabally-after-imported-forum/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/impex-enable-visitor-messages-gloabally-after-imported-forum/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:22:53 +0000 Barry http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=365 To enable all visitor messages after an import run the query :

PHP Code:

UPDATE user SET options = options + 8388608 WHERE NOT(options & 8388608)

to disable all visitor messages :
PHP Code:

UPDATE user SET options = options - 8388608 WHERE options & 8388608

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/impex-enable-visitor-messages-gloabally-after-imported-forum/feed/ 0 Redirect a certain User agent to another URL http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/redirect-a-certain-user-agent-to-another-url/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/redirect-a-certain-user-agent-to-another-url/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:20:32 +0000 Barry http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=362 There are modifications at vbulletin.org to allow you to do this but if you prefer not to have loads of mods and prefer to code different preferences your self this could be ideal

<script language=javascript> <!– if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i))) { location.replace(“http://www.yoursite.com/forum/index.php?styleid=6″); } –> </script>

You can get a user agent list here : http://www.user-agents.org/

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/redirect-a-certain-user-agent-to-another-url/feed/ 0 vBmagazine- Display your vBulletin Site like a Magazine http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbmagazine-display-your-vbulletin-site-like-a-magazine/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbmagazine-display-your-vbulletin-site-like-a-magazine/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:32:34 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=207 There are a lot of different uses for vBulletin and this is what makes it so great. You can make the vBulletin website that you have look like almost anything that you like, whether you want to display a simple forum that will look like the standard vBulletin site or whether you want to customise it and make a one off site that has many modifications, you can do it all with vBulletin. There are hundreds of modifications out there and one of the best that we have stumbled across is a modification called vBmagazine.

vBmagazine is a great modification for vBulletin that will actually allow you to display certain parts of your website as a magazine. This is a fantastic modification and you can imagine the amazing things that you can do when you make your website look like a magazine and the unique effect that it will give the website. There are a lot of great features to the modification too.

Many different Layouts

One of the best features of this modification is that there isn’t just one layout that you will be able to change your website to, but there are actually many. As you will know if you have read any magazines in the past, they aren’t always set out the same and many of the different pages are set out in their own unique way. This helps the magazine to look a lot less boring and keep things a little bit different on each page. The great thing about this modification is that you will be able to make your vBulletin site do this too as there are almost 50 different layouts that you will be able to choose form for your pages.

As many magazines as you like

This is a great feature of the modification that will actually allow you to have as many magazines as you like on the website. You can group the site into different magazines for each forum. This means that if you had one forum with a completely different subject to another, you would be able to make them into their very own magazine. This is a great effect for a vBulletin website and it will allow the users of your site to navigate around the website in a very nice way indeed.

Send newsletters

This is a fantastic little feature with this modification and it will actually allow you to send newsletters to the people that are subscribed to each magazine. This is a great way to handle your newsletters and there are a variety of options that you can set in the settings for the newsletters that will allow you to really send out an extremely personalised newsletter for each group of people.

Set options for authors

This is another great feature of this modification as you will be able to set the options for each author in each magazine. You will be able to specify the amount of characters that are allowed to be used and how many authors per page are allowed. This modification really does allow you completely control over the whole website.

Overview

This is a fantastic modification for vBulletin that will really spice up your website. You can get a lifetime licence for the modification for just $64.99 which is a great price for such a great modification. Click here to get the vBmagazine modification.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbmagazine-display-your-vbulletin-site-like-a-magazine/feed/ 0 vBulletin Thread Move Notification – Great Free Tool for vBulletin http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-thread-move-notification-great-free-tool-for-vbulletin/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-thread-move-notification-great-free-tool-for-vbulletin/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:46:37 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=197 One of the things that you will have probably experienced if you are running a vBulletin forum is that a lot of the time, your members will place their thread in the wrong section of your website. This can be extremely annoying but it is extremely easy to solve, all you have to do is move the thread to the correct place. However, there are a number of difficulties that this can cause with one of them being that the user then doesn’t know where their thread has been moved to.

With vBulletin Thread Move Notification plug-in, you will quickly and easily be able to notify your users if you move one of the threads without any effort at all.

Settings

The great thing about this plug-in for vBulletin is that there are a number of settings that you can easily alter to make sure that the plug-in does the exact job that you want it to do. You will be able to use the plug-in in order to send a notification to any member of your forum that you like when you move their thread and you can define what users you want to notify easily in the settings menu. You will also be able to choose what sort of message you send to the user and whether you actually send them a notification or not.

Documentation and Support

The great thing about this plug-in is that you will actually get all the documentation and support that you will need in order to make the plug-in do exactly what you want. Unlike a lot of other plug-ins out there, you can customise the vBulletin Threat Move Notification plug-in quite a lot in order to make sure that you send the right information and all the details on changing settings and making it more personal is included in the documentation. This is a very rare thing for a free plug-in.

Set Reminder Messages

Another fantastic feature of this plug-in is that you can actually set reminder messages that will be showed to the forum moderator. This will include details of the post that has been moved and will serve as a reminder to make sure that they notify the person whose post it was. There are a number of things you can put in the message and this means that plug-in is very versatile.

What you will need

As with any other kind of plug-in for any program or web based module, you will need certain things in order to be able to run it on your website. Obviously, for this plug-in you will need to have vBulletin installed as it is a plug-in. Luckily, there isn’t much else that you need in order to run this plug-in which makes it great for just about anyone. All that you will need to make sure that you have is a vBulletin installation ranging from 3.6.8 to 3.8.X. Any vBulletin update after 3.6.8 is perfectly fine for running this plug in. You will also need PHP 5 or more in order to be able to run it.

Overall

Overall, this is an exceptionally useful plug-in that will have a great use for almost any forum out there. The great thing about this plug-in in particular is that it is available entirely free of charge, making it a must have for almost any vBulletin forum owner. You can download the plug-in from here.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbulletin-thread-move-notification-great-free-tool-for-vbulletin/feed/ 0 Deliver your Scripts and Files using iCart vBulletin Mod http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/deliver-your-scripts-and-files-using-icart-vbulletin-mod/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/deliver-your-scripts-and-files-using-icart-vbulletin-mod/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:25:26 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=189 One of the things that you will often want to do if you have vBulletin or any other website is to actually be able to delivery scripts or files to your users in the most simple way possible. Of course, there are a couple of services that offer you the ability to be able to do this already and these include things such as Payloadz. However, with the iCart modification for vBulletin, you will actually be able to deliver your files using your own web server.

There are a number of great features that this modification has and below are just a few of the best features.

PayPal Integration

This is a great feature of this modification as it actually allows PayPal integration. Of course, this has a number of great advantages as millions of people around the world use PayPal as their main payment method when they are looking to purchase items or files online. PayPal integration will allow you to deliver the file or script to the customer automatically once they have paid using the PayPal system. This is a similar idea to Payloadz only you won’t have to pay for the privilege.

Add Licences

Another fantastic feature of this modification to vBulletin is that you can actually add a variety of licences to the system. This means that you can assign different licences to different customers and member of your website and this will give them access to different products or scripts that are in your database. Another great thing about this is that it is a very simple way to manage your users and you will be able to set the prices for the licence as well as the details of what it offers and the licence length. This is all extremely simple to be added and can be done in a matter of a few minutes.

Add Discount Vouchers

This is a fantastic feature for this modification as people just love to get some sort of discount on products. This fantastic feature will allow you to add discount vouchers for a variety of products on your website and you will be able to set the terms and conditions for the voucher as well. You will be able to choose how long the voucher is valid for and for what users it is valid for. There are also a number of other options that you can set to make the voucher so that it off4rs exactly what you want it to. You can even make a voucher personal to just one user on your vBulletin website.

Overall

Overall, this is a fantastic modification for the vBulletin script that really offers a great way to make a website where users can come and purchase and download your scripts or digital files. iCart does cost $109.99 for a licence put the amount that you will save by being able to offer the downloads service for yourself over the period of this time will really make up for the initial cost. The software works well and is highly recommended. Click here to view the product.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/deliver-your-scripts-and-files-using-icart-vbulletin-mod/feed/ 0 A Look at iReviews vBulletin Modification http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/a-look-at-ireviews-vbulletin-modification/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/a-look-at-ireviews-vbulletin-modification/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:26:00 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=179 There are a whole load of vBulletin modifications out there these days and some of them don’t really have anything good to offer. However, there are some great ones that will add a whole new dimension to your vBulletin website and the iReviews vBulletin Modification is one of them. What this modification actually does is turn your vBulletin website into a fantastic review system with many different features. The iReviews system will allow you to have customisable criteria and many custom fields that will allow you to use the reviews system for a variety of different uses. iReviews can be used for almost anything you can think of including Restaurant reviews, Music reviews, Cinema reviews, Hotel reviews and much more. The modification is so versatile that you will be able to do almost anything.

Features

When it comes to the features of this medication for vBulletin, there are more than can really be mentioned in this review but we have picked out what we feel are some of the best to talk about.

Allow Ratings and Comments

The fantastic thing about this system is that it is great for your users. You will actually be able to allow the users of your website to add to the reviews on the website by adding their own comments and their own rating. This is fantastic as it really encourages your users to get involved in the website and it will mean that you get a lot of content added on to your site without even having to do it yourself. It will also mean that users of your website will get a better overview of the products that have been reviewed as many users will have reviewed them.

This really is a great feature that will increase the popularity of your website and will help to take your website to new places.

Unlimited Categories

Another fantastic feature of this software is that you can actually add an unlimited amount of categories for people to review things in. For example, if you had a website where you wanted to offer reviews for DVD’s, there would be an unlimited amount of categories that you could add, meaning that you can arrange your website extremely well and add content in a category that really suits it.

Charge for Listings

Another one of the best features about this software is that it is actually possible to charge users to put their listing on the website. The iReviews system comes with full PayPal integration meaning that you will be able to allow customer to purchase a listing, right form within your website.

This really offers a fantastic money making opportunity for your website as well as a great opportunity to add more content and it is a great feature.

Overview of iReviews

Overall, iReviews is an exceptional piece of software and there are many more features than what we have mentioned in this review. The price for the software is $129.99 for the first year with a renewal price of $69.99 for each year thereafter. These prices are exceptionally reasonable and are great value for the product that you get.

Visit the iReviews website to find more information about the modification and its features by clicking here.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/a-look-at-ireviews-vbulletin-modification/feed/ 0 vBSEO Review – A Great vBulletin Plug-in http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbseo-review-%e2%80%93-a-great-vbulletin-plug-in/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbseo-review-%e2%80%93-a-great-vbulletin-plug-in/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:56:07 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=168

All websites, no matter what they’re based around or what the website is about will need to be optimised for the search engines. Search engine optimisation is one of the most important things to focus on these days when you have a website as a lot of traffic can be generated from the search engines. Of course, traffic will usually mean that you can make more money from your website and the great thing about optimising your website for search engines is that after some time, it will actually allow you to get traffic for free.

Of course, this process is no different if you are running a website that is based around vBulletin and you will still need to make sure that your website is optimised for the search engines. Of course, doing all of this manually can take a lot of time but with the vBSEO Plug-in for vBulletin, you will be able to optimise your vBulletin website for the search engines in no time at all.

What can you do with vBSEO?

The idea of the vBSEO plug-in is that it will allow you to optimise your vBulletin website for the search engines, but it does a lot more than just that. With this fantastic plug-in, you will actually be able to make sure that your website has every single aspect of SEO optimised correctly and without any effort at all. This plug-in will help you to maximise your adsense revenue as well as allowing you to improve your search engine rankings with hardly any work at all. You will also be able to produce backlines with the plug-in and there are a number of features to help you to get great backlinks.

Features


There are many different things that you will need to optimise when it comes to SEO as you will probably now and this plug-in takes care of pretty much all of them. vBSEO Plug-in will take care of your URLs; these are very important when it comes to optimising your website for the search engines and the plug-in will make sure that they are search engine friendly in a number of ways. The plug-in will also take care of the HTML aspects of your website and will make sure that it is as clean as possible. As well as this, it will do many other things to help you make your vBulletin website as good as can be.

Design


The great thing about this plug-in is that it is designed extremely well .The plug-in has a dashboard where you will be able to control all of the aspects of the SEO that you wish to do and it is designed extremely well. The design of the dashboard will mean that you don’t have to have any knowledge of using the plug-in as it is designed extremely simply. Everything is made extremely straight forward and you will find it extremely easy to get going with vBSEO.

Overall

Overall, this has to be one of the best SEO plug-ins out there for vBulletin and it will really make your vBulletin website a lot more visible in the search engines and will help you to get great traffic that is good for your website.

Click here to visit the website and buy the Plugin.

]]> http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/vbseo-review-%e2%80%93-a-great-vbulletin-plug-in/feed/ 0 5 Of The Best Security Tips for vBulletin Forum Owners http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/5-of-the-best-security-tips-for-vbulletin-forum-owners/ http://www.vbskinstudio.com/vbulletin-and-coding-guides/5-of-the-best-security-tips-for-vbulletin-forum-owners/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:28:49 +0000 Josh http://www.vbskinstudio.com/?p=158 One of the things that you will really need to take care of when you are running a vBulletin Forum is the security issues that arise from running it. When you are running any website or forum, it is important to keep it as secure as possible and we have a few tips for you. Here are 5 of the best tips for keeping your vBulletin website secure. Enjoy!

1. Make Sure to Run the Latest Stable Release

One of the things that you should be careful of with vBulletin and in fact, any software, is that you are running the latest release of the software. However, you should make sure that you ar running the latest stable release of the software and not the beta version. Beta versions of software often have a few problems and will be more hassle than they are worth.

2. Create A Strong Password

When you are running your own vBulletin forum, it is extremely important that you set the admin account to have a strong password. It is important to do this to make sure that no-one gains access to your vBulletin system and changes or deletes things you dont want to be deleted.

3. Rename the default paths the Administrator and Moderator control panels.

This is an extremely important thing to do as it will really increase the security of your website. In order to change these default paths, you will need to navigate yourself to /admincp/ on using your FTP program and /modcp/. You should make sure to change the default settings in the config.php file as well.

4. Don’t Allow HTML Comments

One of the things that you should make sure to do in your vBulletin forum is to make sure that you dont allow visitors to post HTML comments. This can cause a lot of trouble for your website and will leave your website open to security issues.

5. Keep your Computer Clean of Malware

This is an important thing to make sure to do when you are running vBulletin and it will ensure that you vBulletin forums doesnt get any ‘unwanted attention’. Of course, keeping your computer free of malware should be common practice anyway so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

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