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      CommentAuthoradrian.
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 1
    Is there a list of sites using vanilla yet?

    If not let's start one here. I have about three sites in the pipeline that will be using it.
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      CommentAuthorMark
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 2
    One of the changes in the next revision is going to be a "phone home for updates" feature that will prompt administrators to check for upgrades periodically. Another one is to "phone home for extensions" that will allow administrators to check our server for new extensions and download any ones they like. When these features are implemented, I was thinking that I'd record all unique pings and build a list of vanilla-using forums online that way. If for no other reason than to track just how many forums there *are* out there.

    I'm not sure about the privacy issues involved with this. I may have a prompt for administrators like "Do you want to send Lussumo information about your forum for our statistical purposes or not?" and then record or not based on that. I haven't fully thought out the features yet - but it should be a nice way of getting an idea about just what is going on out there :)
    • CommentAuthordknowles
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 3
    http://www.thirty5.net
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      CommentAuthordom
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 4
    Provided there was a clear way to opt out, then I think that'd make a fantastic feature for the board. Being able to track just how widely Vanilla is being used would be awesome!
  1.  # 5
    As far as stuff in england goes, i think you're allowed to take peoples 'data' unless they specifically tell you not to, and then they have to have the ability to know exactly what data you hold and why.
    I'm pretty sure with a simple 'Please allow lussumo to track forum useage [disclaimer]' type thing you'd cover your back. In any case i cant see anyone complaing..but you never know with some of the bastards out there.

    Glad to see your implementing updates/extensions update stuff, and cant wait for some of the stats you can turn out!
    Perhaps grabbing the number of users/posts/discussions etc too could create some pretty nifty info.
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      CommentAuthorlament
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 6
    Is there a list of sites using vanilla yet?

    kinda have something like that here.
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      CommentAuthororangeguru
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2005
     # 7
    In Europe there is a general OPT-IN policy. People have to agree if you send them something or include them in some lists.

    US is more OPT-OUT ...
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      CommentAuthorlech
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2005
     # 8
    EUROPE SUCKS! kidding...
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      CommentAuthorFelipe
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2005
     # 9
    Why not leave GoogleBot or some other Bot do the job? Leave some special and unique word in the template, HTML, CSS (are comments in CSS indexed? I wonder) or so on, and Google'll tell you everything you didn't want to know ;-)

    Along with the opt-in policy, a certain number of servers won't allow to do what you'll have planned for "phoning home", whatever it is, if the admin is paranoid or competent ...
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      CommentAuthorMark
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2005
     # 10
    It won't be an automatic thing. It will be prompted by an admin clicking a button that says "Yes, check for updates and share my vanilla information now" or something like that.

    If people don't like it, they won't have to use it.
  2.  # 11
    I'd like this implemented for sure. Would make life easier.
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      CommentAuthorFelipe
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2005
     # 12
    Oh perhaps I missed the point then. As long as it isn't automatic, it's a good feature!
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      CommentAuthorMark
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2005
     # 13
    I just found that http://politicalwire.com/ is using Vanilla as their discussion solution :)
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      CommentAuthornathan
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2005
     # 14
    >> One of the changes in the next revision is going to be a "phone home for updates" feature that will prompt administrators to check for upgrades periodically. Another one is to "phone home for extensions" that will allow administrators to check our server for new extensions and download any ones they like. When these features are implemented, I was thinking that I'd record all unique pings and build a list of vanilla-using forums online that way. If for no other reason than to track just how many forums there *are* out.

    YAY! Thanks Mark. I think I raised a few of those issues, but I never saw them resolved their corresponding threads. I am glad to see them included in the next version.
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      CommentAuthorbjrn
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2006
     # 15
    Continuing the "sites using vanilla"-list. I noticed that Brack Sucks (a guy who makes free music) is using Vanilla for him forums: http://www.bradsucks.net/forums/
  3.  # 16
    I just installed Vanilla on my site today and I'm still looking for ways to integrate it fully into my site. I'm planning on creating an entire theme for Vanilla which will include my homepage and other pages as tabs at the top.

    SkyBlue

    All I have to do now is figure out how to mess with Vanilla....loving it already though. Y'all keep up the good work!

    SkyBlueshoes
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      CommentAuthorBergamot
    • CommentTimeMay 29th 2006
     # 17
    My mind is trying to reconcile the sorts of things we used to do in IRC channels, with the sorts of things that would be allowed to happen in a Christian IRC channel.

    Not coming up with much... :D
  4.  # 18
    LOL...We have lots of fun! The most fun is watching the trollers come in and actually try to deter someone's faith....
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      CommentAuthorVincent
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2006
     # 19
    Ok, i'll add my 2 sites...

    http://netlinkage.byethost6.com

    NetLinkage has heaps and heaps of useful links for anyone whole goes on the net. It contains a ton Graphic/Wallpaper Sites, heaps of links to downloadable CMS's, forums, programming stuff and anything else that is wanted you will probably find it there. At the time of posting, this site hasn't been themed yet, though i'm planning to completely theme it soon. It's also got quite a bit of content, though it's not got all the content i'm wanting to put into it, so although it's not up to scratch, it's got a heap of content at the moment.

    http://netlinkage.byethost6.com/murky_green_coding/

    This site also doesn't have a theme installed onto it, though i'm not aiming at this site to be a completely mainstream site as NetLinkage. This site is dedicated to primarily website programming and it has heaps of code for people to view and learn from.

    Well, those are mine, though they arn't the most popular sites, and i might be needing to change the name of one of them as he domain name is already taken, they are getting a bit of traffic (although not many are registering...) from a heap of people.
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      CommentAuthorbjrn
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2006
     # 20
    I just noticed another one, called The beautiful lie. It's quite interesting, because whoever made it has edited Vanilla and made it into a blog platform. The first post of a discussion has a big title, and then under it there's a header saying "Comments", so all posts after the first are comments on the first one.
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      CommentAuthorgiginger
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2006
     # 21
    That's a pretty impressive mod.
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      CommentAuthorrthsmshr
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2006
     # 22
    Vanilla 1 w/ Scene 1.0 style: http://autolux.bigfatgun.com/

    It's ostensibly for information about a band out of L.A. named Autolux, but given the lack of news it's anarchy.
    • CommentAuthorMinisweeper
    • CommentTimeJul 12th 2006 edited
     # 23
    that TBL site is awesome. I bet he cant wait for swell! Wonder if he could be convinced to release the theme..
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      CommentAuthorclofresh
    • CommentTimeJul 13th 2006 edited
     # 24
    Hey guys, I'm the author of The Beautiful Lie, saw this discussion from my refers. Thanks for the praise. =] While I'm not sure what it takes to submit an official theme, the only thing you would need to modify on your own theme to have "blog style" discussions is the comments.php file. Add this after '<div class="CommentHeader">':

    if ($RowNumber == 2 && ($_GET['page'] == '' || $_GET['page'] == 1)) {
    $CommentList .= '<h2>Comments</h2>';

    if (!$PERMISSION_SIGN_IN) {
    $CommentList .= '<div style="margin-top:-10px;">To leave a comment,
    you need to <a href="'.$this->Context->Configuration['SIGNIN_URL'].'?ReturnUrl='.GetRequestUri().'">sign
    in</a> first.</div>';
    }
    }

    After that, you just have to mess with the roles to make it so that as soon as someone applies for membership, they get "sign in" and "post comments on existing discussions" access.
    • CommentAuthorjacmgr
    • CommentTimeJul 13th 2006
     # 25
    @clofresh: Thankyou for sharing your code tips!! http://www.thebeautifullie.com/ is very impressive use and gives me more ideas on how to use vanilla!
  5.  # 26
    How did you get the front page going clofresh?
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      CommentAuthorclofresh
    • CommentTimeJul 13th 2006 edited
     # 27
    The front page is kind of a hack. In index.php:

    if (count($_GET) > 0) { // If there are GET variables, do like you normally would do

    // This block of code is what was there initially

    $DiscussionGrid = $Context->ObjectFactory->CreateControl($Context, 'DiscussionGrid');
    $UpdateReminder = $Context->ObjectFactory->CreateControl($Context, 'Filler', 'update_reminder.php');
    if ($Configuration['ADDON_NOTICE']) $AddOnNotice = $Context->ObjectFactory->CreateControl($Context, 'Filler', 'addon_notice.php');

    $Page->AddRenderControl($UpdateReminder, $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_BODY_ITEM'] - 20);
    $Page->AddRenderControl($DiscussionGrid, $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_BODY_ITEM']);

    } else { // Otherwise if you're at the root domain

    $FrontPage = $Context->ObjectFactory->CreateControl($Context, 'Filler', 'front.php');
    $Page->AddRenderControl($FrontPage, $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_BODY_ITEM']);

    }

    And then I made a front.php file that goes in the selected theme directory which I update by hand.
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      CommentAuthorbugsmi0
    • CommentTimeAug 21st 2006
     # 28
    wow I'll say, the beautiful lie is so well beautiful lol

    is that email updates form a part of Vanilla ?
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      CommentAuthorclofresh
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2006
     # 29
    Haha, thanks bugsmi. The email updates form is my own code that makes an ajax call to a simple php script. The Javascript for the form submission can be found here. It depends on prototype and scriptaculous.
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      CommentAuthorbugsmi0
    • CommentTimeAug 25th 2006
     # 30
    ok you just said 3 dirty words, javascript, prototype, scriptaculous, lol
    i need an idiots interface for I was not born with a coded tongue ;-)

    why not just use phplist that rocks
    • CommentAuthorberg80
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2006 edited
     # 31
    I just finished trying to integrate Vanilla into my site. Great forum software by the way. Probably still some kinks though (in my forum).

    Bevo Sports Forums
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      CommentAuthorbugsmi0
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2006
     # 32
    looks good berg80
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      CommentAuthorakinwale
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2006
     # 33
    Rigid Games

    A pet project of mine ;)
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      CommentAuthorgarvin
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2006
     # 34
    Nice job, Berg. I like your mods.
    • CommentAuthorberg80
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2006
     # 35
    Thanks garvin. It is nice that you can modify the software almost as easily as you can Wordpress.
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      CommentAuthorØ
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2006
     # 36
    Hi folks, I've tried clofresh's blog-like hack, and all I get is the following error when I click on a discussion:
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in ../vanilla/themes/comments.php on line 76
    Line 76 is this one:
    if ($RowNumber == 2 && ($_GET['page'] == '' || $_GET['page'] == 1)) {

    I suppose I forgot something obvious... Does someone have an idea about this?
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      CommentAuthorgarvin
    • CommentTimeSep 10th 2006
     # 37
    I get the same error.
    • CommentAuthorrusslipton
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2006
     # 38
    @clofresh
    Any chance you could post somewhat more detailed instructions?
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      CommentAuthorclofresh
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2006
     # 39
    Oh, when you put that block of code after <div class="CommentHeader">, you have to finish that string first:

    Here's what the lines around it looks like:

    $CommentList .= '<li id="Comment_'.$Comment->CommentID.'"'.($CommentClass == ''?'':' class="'.$CommentClass.'"').'>
    <a name="Item_'.$RowNumber.'"></a>
    <div class="CommentHeader">';

    if ($RowNumber == 2 && ($_GET['page'] == '' || $_GET['page'] == 1)) {
    $CommentList .= '<h2>Comments</h2>';

    if (!$PERMISSION_SIGN_IN) {
    $CommentList .= '<div style="margin-top:-10px;">To leave a comment, you need to <a href="'.$this->Context->Configuration['SIGNIN_URL'].'?ReturnUrl='.GetRequestUri().'">sign in</a> first.</div>';
    }

    }


    $CommentList .= '<ul>
    <li>
    '.($ShowIcon?'<div class="CommentIcon" style="'."background-image:url('".$Comment->AuthIcon."');".'"> </div>':'').'
    <span>'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('CommentAuthor').'</span><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Comment->AuthUserID).'">'.$Comment->AuthUsername.'</a>';

    // Point out who it was whispered to if necessary


    etc.
    • CommentAuthordigifad
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2006
     # 40
    • CommentAuthorjmatthew3
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2006
     # 41
    I'm running Vanilla for my forums. http://forums.urbanpug.com Forum for pug lovers.

    Odd niche. Yes.
  6.  # 42
    @digifad - why did you post that link? do you feel that this is an inappropriate use of Vanilla? The Beautiful Lie does display the Vanilla identifying information ...
  7.  # 43
    because pretty much every page with that phrase in is a vanilla forum, russ. Therefore it is a list of vanilla users...
  8.  # 44
    @Minisweeper - I don't want to take (mis)advantage of Mark's work in any way. If the bloggishness of it is inherently misleading (e.g., 'Vanilla is a forum'), I can always use a CMS plus Vanilla.

    I know I am being a moron here but is that what you guys are gently trying to say? Could we get Mark to weigh in directly about this? If he feels it breaks the boundaries of fair Vanilla 'branding', I'm good. I thought this kind of hack is itself a great compliment to his work and within the scope of Vanilla's extraordinary flexibility.
    • CommentAuthorRoguefoxx
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2006
     # 45
    I think you are trying to read between the lines to much here russlipton. I don't think they were trying to say anything about your mod to the software. The comment digifad posted was just a link of Vanilla forums in use. That's what this topic is about, sites that use Vanilla.
  9.  # 46
    @Roguefoxx - ah. Sheesh. I did use the word 'moron' as self-identification though, eh?
  10.  # 47
    Aye roguefoxx is on the money. I dont think anyone here is against your site, it's been pretty heavily discussed and I seem to remember there being a lot of praise flying around :)
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      CommentAuthorRainbow
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2006
     # 48
    CSS beauty uses Vanilla too:

    http://cssbeauty.com/skillshare/
  11.  # 49
    Yeah I'm pretty sure the man behind that site is on the community somewhere..
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      CommentAuthorclofresh
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2006
     # 50
    If anyone is still interested, I finally got around to making a Vanilla theme based on theBeautifulLie.com for my blog hack: check it out.