Zodiac Sign in the Postbit & elsewhere [Archive]

tippen

05 Dec 2005, 16:42

Credits
- Alan @ CIT (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/member.php?u=68886) for developing this mod initally
- This (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=102251) thread for requesting this concept.

What does this do?
If the user has their birthday set then this will display their Zodiac Sign on the postbit & memberinfo.

Installation
Install the attached Product XML as normal, then add the following to the Postbit template AND the Memberinfo template (if you want it to appear there).

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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You can put this anywhere you like in the Postbit template. The users zodiac sign will be displayed whereever you put it.

Options
This mod comes with 2 options. They can be found in vBulletin Options, under Zodiac Signs.

The first one turns displaying of the zodiac sign on and off, and the second one adds a prefix of "Zodiac Sign: " to the users sign.

Changelog
Version 1.2: Fixed a typo in a phrase name
Version 1.1: Fixed a bug and added profile support
Version 1.0: Initial Release

As usual, any comments / suggestions / questions / complaints, please let me know :)

On-going Development
- Chinese Zodiac
- Basic versus Advanced style Babylonian Zodiac Sun Sign
- Babylonian Zodiac Moon Sign
- Babylonian Zodiac Ascendant Sign
[I]Update: Tinkering along slowly. New goal: March 1st./I]

Ramsesx

05 Dec 2005, 17:14

nice idea, maybe I install it later, thanks

r6bbie

05 Dec 2005, 17:24

I would take it but it should show a picture not text

monstergamer

05 Dec 2005, 17:29

you can do this with custom profile fields

Alan @ CIT

05 Dec 2005, 17:37

r6bbie: It was done without a picture as it was done on request - the request thread clearly stated that they didn't need / want a picture.

Cyricx

05 Dec 2005, 17:52

I think he was just trying to give you an idea for an improvement ;)

Perhaps adding a third option that did an img src. I'm sure someone has some free horoscope icons we can snag for it :)

Snake

05 Dec 2005, 18:55

This is kinda nice!

lanc3lot

05 Dec 2005, 19:09

Yes it should be better with images instead of text :)

Alan @ CIT

05 Dec 2005, 20:22

Can someone point me towards some zodiac images please? (need to be ones that are public-domain without usage restrictions) :)

Once I've got some images, I'll add an option to display an image.

Cyricx

05 Dec 2005, 21:28

http://www.entity.cc/ICONS/horoscope-icons.php

There ya go :)

Alan @ CIT

05 Dec 2005, 21:33

I can't use them unfortunatly, as that site only allows you to use them for Personal Use Only. I need ones that are in the public domain, so that anyone can use them for anything :)

boatswife

05 Dec 2005, 21:47

Thanks!

Cyricx

05 Dec 2005, 22:14

Ah bugger, I see what you mean :)

I'll keep peeking around :)

boatswife

05 Dec 2005, 22:40

Did I do something wrong?

Everyone's Zodiac sign is showing up as my sign. You can't view what the other member's signs are.

Shouldn't their own sign be showing?

cbr929rrerion

06 Dec 2005, 00:46

Did I do something wrong?

Everyone's Zodiac sign is showing up as my sign. You can't view what the other member's signs are.

Shouldn't their own sign be showing?

same here.. showing as my sign not the users..

Can we get a fix please

tippen

06 Dec 2005, 01:30

same here.. showing as my sign not the users..

Can we get a fix please

I've got a fix.

Edit the plugin.

Replace the first few lines with:

Code:
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Author, please update! :) Thank you for this. I am contemplating making/finding some free domain images.

[edit] See attached xml for complete patched plugin.

boatswife

06 Dec 2005, 01:39

Thank you tippen........worked like a charm!

cbr929rrerion

06 Dec 2005, 01:46

tippen

06 Dec 2005, 01:50

I would like this code be placed in memberinfo to show it there also?

Code:
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What would need to be added to get it to show in member info?
I'm experimenting with this now, will get back to you once I have it.

[edit] I can't figure this out just now. Sorry! I know where to put the hook, but I'm not familar with anything vb3.5 as I JUST (as in 20 minutes ago) bought it.

Rickie3

06 Dec 2005, 03:30

*installed* thankyou

alexdelli

06 Dec 2005, 10:09

i can't view Zodiac Sign in postbit....

why? :disappointed:

Alan @ CIT

06 Dec 2005, 10:15

Version 1.1 has been released which fixes the bug mentioned above, and adds support for showing the Zodiac Sign in the members profile. Make the same template edit to the MEMBERINFO template to add profile support (see release post).

Any problems / comments / suggestiosn / complaints, please let me know :)

GrendelKhan{TSU

06 Dec 2005, 12:34

1. Is this fully phrased? I'm AAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL over it if it is (I have a forum for astronomy stuff on my forums :D). If not PLEASE PLEASE can you phrase it? Multi-language forums will be very grateful (ahem!) :D

2. Microsoft's site actually has free animated gifs (and regular ones) for all the constellations/zodiac. believe it or not...some are actually pretty good. :)
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/results.aspx?lc=en-us&Scope=MC%2CMM%2CMP%2CMS&Query=zodiac#0
take your pick :)

<< waits for phraes with finger on anxiously on INSTALL button. :)

Flow Fusion

06 Dec 2005, 12:38

Would love with images. I can create them by sat. For this hack.

Alan @ CIT

06 Dec 2005, 12:55

GrendelKhan{TSU: Yep, it is fully phrased. For people translating, the phrases it uses are:

Code:
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It also uses the following phrases, but they are only for the settings in the AdminCP:

Code:
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I'll take a look at the Microsoft link, thanks :)

Alan @ CIT

06 Dec 2005, 12:58

Unfortunatly, I cannot use the images from the Microsoft link you provided - their Licence Agreement for the images states that I cannot re-distribute them.

I may just add the ability to use images, and let the forum admin provide them. That could be easier.

alexdelli

06 Dec 2005, 13:07

anyone interest italian zodiac xml file?

Eccolo qua:

tippen

06 Dec 2005, 22:49

Bug#2: A member with the birthdate 25 November 1988 gets a Zodiac sign of " " (null). I may trace code later, if someone else doesn't.

WhatChaMissin

06 Dec 2005, 23:34

Would love with images. I can create them by sat. For this hack.

*subscribes to thread*

Thanks FF!

silurius

06 Dec 2005, 23:34

Excellent. I will click Install even though I can't use it in its current form.

The minimum I'd need to use would be the option to specify either sun sign or ascendant or both. Some of my members would also want to see Chinese horoscope and other systems as well but the sun/ascendant option would be a great start for me. And images, of course.

tippen

06 Dec 2005, 23:49

Alan @ CIT

07 Dec 2005, 09:28

Version 1.2 has been released which fixes a bug in the phrase "sagittarious", causing it not to appear.

Sorry, but I'm afraid I won't be adding other zodiac elements to this mod, such as Sun / Moon, or the Chineese Zodiac.

Thanks,
Alan.

silurius

07 Dec 2005, 20:16

Sorry, but I'm afraid I won't be adding other zodiac elements to this mod, such as Sun / Moon, or the Chineese Zodiac.

Understandable given the complexity. What about faking it with custom user fields? I already have the fields so how would you suggest I edit the postbit?

tippen

10 Dec 2005, 13:26

Possible Bug!
(I thought that I posted this earlier, but it seems not)

A user on my forums has the birthdate "November 25, 1988" set, and it shows up perfectly in memberinfo. The problem is that her zodiac sign in postbit has no value (ie. it is simply blank).

I think that this may be a problem with the code.

Re: Chinese Zodiac
See this... http://www.china-on-site.com/flexphpsite/downloads.html
They have a Chinese zodiac script that converts the Gergorian date into the Chineese one.

Re: Accuracy of Current Script
I am also trying to find a more accurate zodiac script that accounts for the variation in the periods of the signs, due to the length of one year's accordance with solar revolutions. I.e. Dec 23, 1989 should be Capricorn; while Dec 23, 1985 should be Saggitarius (I thinkth).

No offense to the author.

Flow Fusion

10 Dec 2005, 15:57

:ninja:

Mastar

10 Dec 2005, 16:00

Instructions for this suck! I quit!

Alan @ CIT

10 Dec 2005, 16:36

Master: There are only 2 things needed to install, 1) Install the product XML, 2) make the template edit - which of those 2 "suck" ?

Flow: Many thanks for the PSD mate, I'll take a look at integrating them next week.

Tippen: Thanks for the bug report, I'll look into it next week :) Also, if you can find me some info on the variations you mentioned, I'll adjust this script to work with them. My knowledge of the zodiac is zero, so when creating it I just copied the Signs / Dates out of the horoscope section of the newspaper :D

Mastar

10 Dec 2005, 16:38

well I install the product and placed the coding in my 2 templates in the contact info (memberinfo) and before my thanks hack in the postbit and nothing.

tippen

10 Dec 2005, 17:09

Also, if you can find me some info on the variations you mentioned, I'll adjust this script to work with them. My knowledge of the zodiac is zero, so when creating it I just copied the Signs / Dates out of the horoscope section of the newspaper :D The problem only comes in with people born on the Cusps, like me. The Cusps are when the borders of two signs meet, ie. December 23rd is right between Sagitarius & Capricorn. Futhermore, a person cannot be born "just on the Cusp", because they are always in either the preceeding or succeeding sign. The only way to determine exactly which they were born on is by knowing the exact time & place of birth, and comparing the exact position of the Earth with the exact position of the constellations. www.astro.com does this. I don't believe that such functionality would be easy to emulate.

Maybe an override option would be handy: so that persons born on a different side of the cusp could override the script's guess. I'm not sure though, as a lot of users probably would be confused by the description text for such an option.
Alternatively, it could be made an Admin Feature, but that becomes an annoying amount of work for admins, at times.

*shrugs*

The Chineese zodiac is sooo much easier. :)

[edit] I suppose that they could be labeled Sagitarius-Capricorn Cusps, etc. But then you would also have to break every sign into the recognized three periods: each week of each sign is considered a period. In this fashion, each sign has three periods, plus a cusp; ie. LeoI, LeoII, LeoIII, Leo-Vigro Cusp. This is a much more accurate way of looking at the zodiac, because LeoIs are almost completely different from Leo-Virgo Cusps. A great resource for generally-accurate dates is: http://www.lesfemmescafe.com/horoscopeprofile.html

I am working on the code that would determine sign & period (incl. cusps), as I mentioned. I'll post it here for your use -- if you'd like -- when I am done. :)

Psionic Vision

10 Dec 2005, 17:22

Nice hack and what's important, nice coding style too, bro :)
Installed.

Gizmo5h1t3

10 Dec 2005, 17:42

well I install the product and placed the coding in my 2 templates in the contact info (memberinfo) and before my thanks hack in the postbit and nothing.

thought u had quit??
lmao

give the author a break m8.....im eagerly awaiting YOUR first hack btw....lol

Mastar

10 Dec 2005, 17:47

thought u had quit??
lmao

give the author a break m8.....im eagerly awaiting YOUR first hack btw....lol

I got a problem and I'm posting my problem! If someone wants to help me out they will, I'm not harassing the author just the instruction that I follow didn't give me the end results.

Alan @ CIT

10 Dec 2005, 17:49

Master: Sorry, I don't know what to tell you - it appears to be working ok for everyone else who has installed it, and as you can see from the screenshots, it worked ok for me.

All I can suggest is either moving the template edit to another position, make sure that the user(s) you are testing it with have their birthdays set, and if all else fails, uninstall it all and start again.

Psionic Vision: Thanks, I do try and keep my code clean, commented and tidy. I usuauly fail, but I do try :D

Mastar

10 Dec 2005, 18:28

Thanks will try again.

tippen

10 Dec 2005, 19:23

@Alan @ CIT:

Here's the modification that I've made to your product. I am not using the version of your plugin that shows in memberinfo; just the old one that showed in postbit. It now displays zodiac signs as I described. Cuspers get "Sagittarius-Capricorn Cusp" and everyone else gets something like "Leo III". The word "Cusp" is not in the lang. I have this product installed and working on a production-level board; there are no bugs with it.

Cheers :nervous:

P.S.
In the phrases, the word "Sagitarious" is spelled wrong. It should be"Sagittarius".

edit#2 (uploaded wrong version of file; corrected.)

Mastar

10 Dec 2005, 21:16

My appologies I forgot to enter my b'date, how can't I make the Phrase bold text?

Is this right?? :

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Never mind I edited the phrase.

silurius

12 Dec 2005, 04:10

tippen

12 Dec 2005, 22:56

Nice one. I'm curious, would the Roman numeral thing a convention most people might recognize?
Only genuine PhD astrologers & ubergeek amataeurs would recognize it.

P.S.
I will be adding options for:
- Chinese Zodiac
- Basic versus Advanced style Babylonian Zodiac Sun Sign (this is the one that we are used to)
- Babylonian Zodiac Moon Sign
- Babylonian Zodiac Ascendant Sign

These will appear in memberinfo & the postbit. I won't have this done for a couple of weeks, but it is coming.

Bounce

12 Dec 2005, 23:04

Hows about images for them , like cancer (crab)

PennylessZ28

12 Dec 2005, 23:05

AS THE PERSON WHO REQUESTED THIS!

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH

silurius

13 Dec 2005, 00:23

Only genuine PhD astrologers & ubergeek amataeurs would recognize it.

P.S.
I will be adding options for:
- Chinese Zodiac
- Basic versus Advanced style Babylonian Zodiac Sun Sign (this is the one that we are used to)
- Babylonian Zodiac Moon Sign
- Babylonian Zodiac Ascendant Sign

These will appear in memberinfo & the postbit. I won't have this done for a couple of weeks, but it is coming.

Fantastic! Are you going to include little images? What's your plan for how to display them by default?

Rickie3

13 Dec 2005, 02:04

these would look great

Alan @ CIT

13 Dec 2005, 09:56

Hey all,

From this point onwards, Tippen has very kindly agreed to take over this hack from me. Due to other commitments, I don't feel I have the time, or the knowledge of the zodiac to extend this hack as some people would like, so I figured it would be better for everyone to have a dedicated chap working on it :)

Good luck Tippen :)

Thanks,
Alan.

Rickie3

13 Dec 2005, 10:16

welcome Tippen,be interesting to see what you come up with,and thankyou Alan @ CIT for putting your time and help into this hack

silurius

13 Dec 2005, 17:23

Thank you, Alan & Tippen!

Rickie3, I would personally vote to tone down the icons a little more - smaller and more succinct. Same goes for Flow's PSD upload.

tippen

13 Dec 2005, 21:08

Thank you, Alan & Tippen!

Rickie3, I would personally vote to tone down the icons a little more - smaller and more succinct. Same goes for Flow's PSD upload.
I'm thinking of something about 70x30 (antialiased gif), although I am not sure. If someone wants to go ahead and make some public domain ones, that might be useful. *hint, hint*

Nordinho

13 Dec 2005, 22:22

I'm thinking of something about 70x30 (antialiased gif), although I am not sure. If someone wants to go ahead and make some public domain ones, that might be useful. *hint, hint*

why not use the images from the 3.07 zodiac hack??

silurius

14 Dec 2005, 00:30

I'm thinking of something about 70x30 (antialiased gif), although I am not sure. If someone wants to go ahead and make some public domain ones, that might be useful. *hint, hint*

My personal vision would be something a little smaller, more akin to the instant messaging icon which I think is 17x17.

why not use the images from the 3.07 zodiac hack??

Do you mean this one?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=75006

Nordinho

14 Dec 2005, 13:03

My personal vision would be something a little smaller, more akin to the instant messaging icon which I think is 17x17.

Do you mean this one?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=75006

Yep exactly, that one works perfectly ;)

and Nexialys made a hack (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79129) for the 3.0x series with Chinese zodiac info as well (has images and birthstone thingies etc)

tippen

14 Dec 2005, 13:36

hmm I'm not sure that I *love* those images. But maybe I'll make an option for the zodiac images directory.

Reeve of shinra

14 Dec 2005, 18:58

an image directory would prob be best since everyone will want different images and such.

Thanks for the hack. this is very useful for my new site.

The Chief

03 Jan 2006, 18:07

installed and works great ;)

lanc3lot

06 Jan 2006, 11:01

So, is it working with images yet?

Gripemaster

06 Jan 2006, 13:13

Not showing up for me... in either post or profile, followed instructions, tried several places in the postbit and memberinfo, to no avail. Suggestions?

silurius

02 Feb 2006, 02:22

tippen, just wanted to bring this thread to your attention.

tehste

02 Feb 2006, 03:00

tippen, just wanted to bring this thread to your attention.

That thread is a port of my vb3.0x hack which predated this hack.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75006

silurius

02 Feb 2006, 04:01

That thread is a port of my vb3.0x hack which predated this hack.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75006Does it handle cusps as this one does?

tehste

02 Feb 2006, 06:24

Does it handle cusps as this one does?

I dont know what that means!
It makes a smaller footprint in efficiency although it's probably negligible.
But more features does take more process.

Dark s.s. Trunk

19 Feb 2006, 05:20

tippen if you need help... email me amysticallegend@hotmail.com ... i can make some distibutable images and also help in some of the coding...

*forgot email link

GrendelKhan{TSU

20 Feb 2006, 10:10

fully phrased??

bing11

23 Feb 2006, 15:10

I use image from this hack.

<if condition="$post['birthday']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/$zodiacsign.gif" alt="$zodiacsign" border="0" />
</if>

It is good in postbit.

but it cannot show in PM.

It cannot understand "$zodiacsign".

Could you help me?

lightwave

01 Mar 2006, 11:50

Eh... Since the Master of this mod hasn't answered since December, I allowed myself to edit it a bit...

[New Features]
Display Choice:
- Text only
- Icon with Text
- Icon only
- Picture

Seperate Phrases for Memberinfo & Postbit
- zodiac_sign_memberinfo
- zodiac_sign_postbit
- They can be turned on/off separately

Fields to add stuff before and after the Phrases
- Before the phrases
- In between the phrases and the sign
- After the sign
(good for formatting)

Size limit for Icons/Images
- Limit Height & Width
(if not set, it uses the images size)

Own Pictures/Icons
- Changeable Path
(standard: images/zodiac)
- Changeable file type
(use whatever image type you want)

[IMPORTANT]
Pictures have to be named like this:
picture_ + (Zodiac-Phrase)
e.g. standard english Gemini file = picture_gemini.png

Icons have to be named the same, just with "icon_" instead of "picture_"

[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]WRITE THE FILENAME IN small caps[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

MorrisMcD

04 Mar 2006, 19:29

You wouldnt happen to have those images already? Would you??

*Edit* actually it was pretty easy to find some via google...

http://www.astrologyweekly.com/zodiac-pictures/zodiac-symbols-pictures.php

These are kinda big for postbit but I only use this in the memberinfo

criscokid

15 Apr 2006, 20:46

Eh... Since the Master of this mod hasn't answered since December, I allowed myself to edit it a bit...
Has anyone installed lightwave's version of this mod? I'd like to see it in action. Am I right in assuming we have to provie our own zodiac images for this new version?

MorrisMcD

17 Apr 2006, 07:32

Has anyone installed lightwave's version of this mod? I'd like to see it in action. Am I right in assuming we have to provie our own zodiac images for this new version?

Yup.. Thats right :D

tippen

24 Apr 2006, 20:58

I am no longer able to continue the work on this. If someone would like to take it over, drop me a pm or something.

silkie

30 Apr 2006, 19:30

I guess I"m doing something wrong as well. it does show up in my memberinfo but not in postbit. I saw someone else had this problem...did you ever get it figured out?

Alan @ CIT

10 May 2006, 12:52

Silkie: Try uninstalling it all and re-installing from scratch, that should solve the problem. Be sure to follow the instructions about editing the postbit template.

Thanks,
Alan.

Boofo

10 May 2006, 13:20

Does this take leap year into account? ;)

Alan @ CIT

10 May 2006, 18:03

Probably not, I didn't know the zodiac signs changed in leap years :)

Boofo

10 May 2006, 18:19

Probably not, I didn't know the zodiac signs changed in leap years :)

I'm not sure if it changes, either. Just thought I would throw it out there in case it did. ;)

MustangLisa

22 May 2006, 03:30

Installed for MySpace hack, thanks. Is there an image set to use instead of the text of the zodiac sign?

ReadOrDie

23 May 2006, 04:33

I have no idea where this is supposed to go in both of those templates? Under what above what>

kittykattjess

29 May 2006, 10:24

It does not show up for me...

UP_Webmaster

31 May 2006, 16:59

Im new to vB coding. Where is the best place to place this.....maybe similar to that in the original screenshots. Also, has anyone installed Lightwaves version?

Working screens? Thanks.

kasi

03 Jun 2006, 02:25

Not showing up for me... in either post or profile, followed instructions, tried several places in the postbit and memberinfo, to no avail. Suggestions?
I am having the same problem. I have installed it in both places and it is not showing up. I also do not see an option to turn it on/off. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

chkdgate

07 Jul 2006, 20:32

I have no idea where this is supposed to go in both of those templates? Under what above what>
Same here. I'm trying to install this for my MySpace hack.

chkdgate

09 Jul 2006, 20:07

I've followed all the directions and I also performed the plugin edit mentioned in post #16 and I still don't have it showing up in my postbit. When you mention the MemberInfo template mod, where exactly do we place this? I triple checked everything and I also read some of Mastar's comments just to make sure if I had the same problems or missed a step. Thanks for your help.

chkdgate

12 Jul 2006, 19:04

Can anyone help?

Adi211

28 Jul 2006, 10:01

german phrases for zodiac signs (Sternzeichen)

edit product-cit_zodiacsign.xml

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swissbob

05 Sep 2006, 17:42

I have no idea where this is supposed to go in both of those templates? Under what above what>
Several people have asked this question - it would be very useful to have a recommended position for the code to be installed in postbit.

DannyBoy8406

24 Sep 2006, 22:01

Several people have asked this question - it would be very useful to have a recommended position for the code to be installed in postbit.

It really doesn't matter where you put it... just where looks good to you. It can be placed anywhere you wish in the postbit template. Underneath the Username or Usertitle.... It can also be placed down near the user's Post Count..... There is not set place in the postbit, its upto you where you want it to be.

Also, I had a Zodiac hack installed awhile ago and I had tiny images that I used for it. A friend sent them to me, she didn't create them but as far as I know they are in the public domain.

NuclioN

03 Jan 2007, 17:34

Works great in 3.6.4 tnx :)

Immortal_Shades

05 Jan 2007, 03:55

Um where do the Zodiak images go and where do you edit it to tell it where the images are at?

snowlion

14 Jan 2007, 09:39

Um where do the Zodiak images go and where do you edit it to tell it where the images are at?
replace the text phrase in xml file or in Phrase Manager in AdminCP

Konstantinos

20 Jan 2007, 15:06

Works great in 3.6.4 tnx :)

it doesnt for me. i get db error when i access the usercp

GouroB

08 Mar 2008, 03:01

How do i put images?

deLi_kurT

19 Mar 2008, 11:21

Thanks

powersilie

19 Jan 2009, 11:20

I use image from this hack.

It is good in postbit.

but it cannot show in PM.

It cannot understand "$zodiacsign".

Could you help me?

Hallo!

I installed this Mod, and I used this code for postbit, but no icons are shown.
I get this one:

http://i43.tinypic.com/2dcbjpg.jpg

Images are in images/zodiac, the correct zodiac would be shown, but ...... no image.

Is there anybody who can help, please?

Thanks
Karin