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.

http://www.thirty5.net

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.

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 ...

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 ...

I'd like this implemented for sure. Would make life easier.

I just found that http://politicalwire.com/ is using Vanilla as their discussion solution :)

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/

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

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.

That's a pretty impressive mod.

that TBL site is awesome. I bet he cant wait for swell! Wonder if he could be convinced to release the theme..

@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!

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.

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.

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

Rigid Games

A pet project of mine ;)

Thanks garvin. It is nice that you can modify the software almost as easily as you can Wordpress.

I get the same error.

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.

I'm running Vanilla for my forums. http://forums.urbanpug.com Forum for pug lovers.

Odd niche. Yes.

because pretty much every page with that phrase in is a vanilla forum, russ. Therefore it is a list of vanilla users...

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.

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 :)

Yeah I'm pretty sure the man behind that site is on the community somewhere..