[uae]

UPDATES & HISTORY:

• vB Pager 3.0.0 Beta 1 (6-Jan-2006)
  • Initial Version for vBulletin 3.5.x
• vB Pager 3.0.0 Beta 2 (6-Jan-2006)
  • Added $vboptions[bburl] to the Pager Messages Windows Link in the navbar. Related to this post
  • To upgrade, redo the navbar template edit from the README.txt , and import product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes)
• vB Pager 3.0.0 Beta 3 (7-Jan-2006)
  • Fixed bug with default avatar path when using mutli styles. Related to this post
  • To upgrade, upload the latest pager.php from the zip file, and import product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes)
• vB Pager 3.0.0 Beta 4 (7-Jan-2006)
  • Fixed bug with default avatar path url. Related to this post
  • To upgrade, upload the latest pager.php from the zip file.
• vB Pager 3.0.0 Beta 5 (14-Jan-2006)
  • Optimized the code to reduce the server loads.
  • Fixed users avatar with vbadvanced portal.
  • To upgrade, upload the latest pager.php from the zip file.
• vB Pager 3.0.1 (25-Jan-2006)
  • Out of BETA.
  • Added a new Admin control option: Control the width size of the new received pager message box (For Large Avatars Forums)
  • Added a new Admin / User control option: Enable Sound notification on new received pager message.
  • Style fixed.
  • To upgrade, Redo the modifyoptions template edit from the README.txt, upload the new file pager_sound.wav from the zip file to your forum dir, and import product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes)
• vB Pager 3.0.2 (6-Feb-2006)
  • Added a new Admin control option: Enable/Disable the display of Avatars.(should cut one query if avatar was disabled).
  • To upgrade, upload the latest pager.php from the zip file to your forum dir, and reimport product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes)
• vB Pager 3.0.3 (9-Feb-2006)
  • Fixed logging out from the forum bug.
  • Optimized the code to reduce the server loads.
  • To upgrade, Redo the footer template edit from the README.txt, and import product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes)
• vB Pager 3.0.4 (6-Mar-2006)
  • Added a new Admin control option: Define your forum directory Name. Related to this post
  • Added a new Admin control option: Set to mark all read messages as deleted messages after being read by end user and delete them every one hour with cron job. Related to this post
  • To upgrade, REimport product-pager.xml (set Allow Overwrite to yes), AND Define your Forum Directory Name from the vB Pager options under your ADMINCP.

[uae]

FAQs:

• Is it free, is it?
  • Yes it is, and always will be.
• I still don't get it, what the hell is it?
  • Let's think of it as an (MSN/AOL/Yahoo... etc) Messenger but was made to be used in/with your community for your members/staff.

Technical FAQs:

• Is this a port of vB Pager 2.0.5 for vB 3.0.X and Can I upgrade?
  • No, this is not a port and you can not upgrade your old version 2.x.x
• Does it work with all vB 3.5.x?
  • I have installed and tested the hack with vB 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.5.3
• What about the Who Is Online Page?
  • Location for vB Pager Window will be ignored and will always display the current location of the normal forum pages bypassing vB Pager activities. (LOCATION_BYPASS).
• What If vB Pager was turnd Off from admincp?
  • All Links/Icons for sending new pager messages will be disabled.
  • vB Pager options in User Control Panel will be disabled.
  • vB Pager Link in the Quick Links will be there, but vB Pager popup window will display a message with closed reason. (customizable from your ADMINCP)
  • vB Pager Message Stats in the Navbar will be disabled.
  • Awaiting "unread" pager messages (if there was any) will be hidden.
• What If I belong to a usergroup with no permission to use vB Pager?
  • You will never be able to send nor reply to pager messages and an error message will display saying (Sorry, you don't have permission to use vB Pager).
  • vB Pager options in User CPanel will be disabled.
  • vB Pager Link in the Quick Links will be there, but vB Pager popup window will display a message with no permission to use vB Pager.
  • vB Pager Message Stats in the Navbar will be disabled.
  • You will always be able to receive pager messages from others.
• What If I reach the Maximum Number of stored pager message quota?
  • You will never be able to send nor reply to pager messages and an error message will display saying delete some of your stored pager messages in order to send or reply to pager messages.
  • You will always be able to receive pager messages from others.
• What If I reach the Maximum Number of Pager Messages Can Send Per Day?
  • You will never be able to send nor reply to pager messages and an error message will display saying (You have sent x Pager(s) today, 0 left.).
  • You will always be able to receive pager messages from others.
• What If I disabled the use of vB Pager from my CPanel options?
  • No body can send me a pager (except for usergroup that allowed to send to all).
  • vB Pager Link in the navbar will be there, and vB Pager popup window will display a message with turn vB Pager On.
  • If You were added to some other member's pagerbuddylist, the link and the check box to Your name will be disabled.
  • All others try to send You a pager message will get a message saying (User has disabled the use of vB Pager).
• What If I enabled the use of vB Pager from my CPanel options but checked the option to receive pager messages from members in my pager buddylist only?
  • No body can send You a pager message (except for usergroup that allowed to send to all and those who are in Your pager buddylist).
  • All others try to send You a pager message will get an error message saying (User has disabled the use of vB Pager).
• What If I was added to the vB Pager banned users list (from Admincp, vB Pager Options)?
  • You will never be able to send nor reply to pager messages.
  • No body can send you a pager message (except for usergroup that allowed to send to all).
• What If a user is in my pager ignorelist?
  • That user will never be able to send you a pager message and if he/she try to send you a pager message, an error will be displayed saying (User has disabled the use of vB Pager).
  • In the pager buddylist popup, the link and the check box next to your name will be disabled to the ignored user.
• What If I (admin) set Minimum Number of Posts Required Before Can Use Pager?
  • Sending new Pager message or reply will be disabled and an error message will display with a total number of X post required befor you can send pager messages.
  • User will always be able to receive pager messages from others.
• What If I (admin) set Minimum Number of Posts Required (Per Day) Before Can Use Pager?
  • Sending new Pager message or reply will be disabled and an error message will display with a total number of X post per day required befor you can send pager messages.
  • User will always be able to receive pager messages from others.
• What If I (admin) set Maximum Recipients to Send Pagers at a time to x Number of messages?
  • In the vB Pager buddy list popup window, user will be allowed to select multi users to send pager to, but restrict the number of selection to x number of selection and display an alert with a message saying Maximum user selection is x.
• What If I belong to a usergroup that's allowed to send to All Users?
  • You will be able to send pager messages to members having vB Pager disabled from their CPanel.
  • You will be able to send pager messages to members having you in their pager ignorelist.
  • You will be able to send pager messages to banned users.

Other FAQs:

• My Internet Explorer is Crashing when a new Pager Message received?
  • vB Pager hack does not like the use of custom color scrollbar, so you if you are using a custom css for the elements of a scroll bar, remove it from your css.
  • Make sure that you got the Latest version of IE.

• I'm getting a java script error with permission denied?
  • Mak sure that you're accessing your forum through the same URL you got in the forum url under your vBulletin Options.
    If your forum url is http://www.domain.com/forum then you should use the same url when viewing your forum.
    Viewing your forum through http://domain.com/forum will give the error, so use www.

ADD-ONs:

• Can I add vB Pager icon to the Who is Online in Forum Home?
  • Yes, See this Post.

• What do I need to do to make sure all users have the sound turned on by default?
  • Read this Post.

[Feckie (Roger)]

Thanks Installing Now

nota: uae is talking about CPanel, but it is UserCP!

also... it is working properly, have tested it...

btw, as you have more control with vb Pager than with the PM system, you can deactivate this last one and only work with vb Pager...

[michaelbenson]

Does this allow group discussions?

[thecool]

MAN...... I thought this day would never come.

THANK YOU........ THANK YOU........
(and their was a great rejoicing on VB.org, VB Pager has arrived for 3.5.X)

Originally Posted by michaelbenson

Does this allow group discussions?

UAE, another 3 months of work in the way... LOL

i don't think it would be useful... group discussions is the goal of Chats and Shoutbox ...

[MrNase]

WOW thats great! Does this allow real-time chat like ICQ..?

I think of a PopUp that comes up once you have a new message in which you can reply to that message and things like that.

I'll just give it a try and see

[D|ver]

great great great
thank you so much

it is kinda like a realtime chat MrNase ... the only detail is that it doesn't show the last messages read/writen.... i suggested that to UAE long time ago... as it have now history in the system, i suppose it will be easy for a coder to add that feature...

for the popup you talk about, it IS actually that... you receive a popup when you receive a message.. the popup is activated by AJAX... if your browser does not allow it, the popup will show when you load a new page.

[VaaKo]

is it integrated with the private message system or got nothing to do with it?

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

is it integrated with the private message system or got nothing to do with it?

it is a complete independant system... i think the first posts explain it all...

[Wachtmeister]

Great add-on. It's working fine, but i dont have the "Pager messages" shown here http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/attac...chmentid=40497

// edit: excuse me, it shows, if the user has the permission to use the pager! But the link does not work on my vbadvanced Homepage, just on the forum page. can you fix this or give me a hint?


And also a question: It only shows up the pager messages, if you reload a page, correct? Mine does so. Only when i reload a page. Is this the way it should work?

Thanks for that !

[MrNase]

Hey Wachtmeister!

I can't confirm the first one, I can see the statistics.
Second thing: Setup the extension via the vBPage options and give 'vB Pager AJAX Check Period' a value. I set it to 30 (30 seconds).


Some things I noticed:
The popup is misaligned with Opera.. It's too far down on the website.

We need some confirmation after a message is send. When I click the button to send a new pager message to user X and the new window comes up, there's no confirmation at all when the message is send. It only switches back to the list of online users and at first I wasn't sure if the message was send or not.