Answered Topics

In vBulletin 5.6.5, we added a new feature - Answered Topics.

Topics can now be marked as "Answered." This is a special status applied to a specific post within the topic. The post that is marked as the Answer will be highlighted and show directly under the starting post in the topic.

The ability to mark posts as the Answer in a topic is controlled by permissions. There are three different permissions to control this.
Usergroup and Channel Permissions both...

Following on from many queries on how to find a specific StyleVar in vBulletin 4, here's a short video tutorial on how to use the free Firebug add-on for Firefox in conjunction with your AdminCP to find and edit these.



Note that Internet Explorer and Google Chrome also have toolbars that can provide the information seen in the above video.

Download links:

Firefox
Firebug Add-on...

In 5.7.2, we have added a new feature - Custom Node fields.

This new feature allows Administrators to define text and text area fields that are assigned to channels (eg forums).
When a user creates a new topic, defined custom node fields will be available.

1. The Administrator will create Field Categories in the AdminCP. Each category is assigned to one or more channels.
2. Within each category, the Administrator can create one or more fields that will get assigned

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User ranks allow the administrator to set up image and HTML rewards for their users once they reach specific goals. In versions before vBulletin Connect 5.7.1, ranks could only be triggered by the number of posts and the usergroups assigned to the user. In vBulletin Connect 5.7.1, User Ranks have been expanded to allow more flexibility in creating individual ranks. Now you can build combinations of different criteria to create unique ranks for your site.

Ranks can be created using th...

vBulletin creates a number of cookies for functional purposes in the software. These default cookies do not track the user or report to a third-party. User Data Cookies These cookies track logged in users. They last for the session unless the user selects "Remember Me" on log in. It "Remember Me" is checked, the cookies will last for at least a year and are refreshed with every visit to the site. userid: Userid of Logged in User. password: hash of the user's password. sessionhash: Tracks the curre...

Debug mode is useful for development purposes- it is required if you will be creating VB5 Modifications you intend to distribute for others to download. However it is also useful for trouble-shooting issues with your site as debug mode often provides more specific error messages when something goes wrong- as such if you are having trouble support will often ask you to put your site into debug mode.

Debug mode requires two small file edits in vBulletin 5. This is because VB5 has two...

If you have custom files, you can create an md5 sums for your smilie directory if you want. Inside the /do_not_upload folder of your download package is a checksum sub-folder. That will create custom md5_sums files.

1. Copy the included sample_checksum_config.php file to smilies_config.php.
2. Enter in your forum root.
3. Give it a product id like 'smilies'.
4. Delete the existing directories and files in the scanpaths.
5. Add in '/core/images/smilies', under the directories comment.
6. Run the command

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We've created a new package that is intended to facilitate the replacement of custom PHP modules with custom Display Template modules. It also demonstrates how to create custom API functions in general. You will find this package attached below. Steps to replace a PHP module Module Edit the api/main.php file Find the customWidgetHtml function Copy your php code from the module into the function. Change the code to generate a string value instead of echoing content and set that to the $myhtml par...

Overview What is Site Builder? Site Builder is a tool that allows you to easily customize the look and feel of pages throughout your vBulletin site. Using Site Builder, you can customize existing pages or create new custom pages. How do I enable Site Builder? In order to enable Site Builder, you must have the "Can Use Site Builder Administrator" permission. If you have this permission, you can click the "Edit Site" toggle to the right of your user name on any page. Pages How ...

In older versions of vBulletin, you could specify a URL to redirect a forum to another location. This could be on your site or elsewhere. With the release of vBulletin 5, this functionality was removed. You can recreate this functionality using Template Hooks. I will outline the steps to create a channel redirect here.

Note: This functionality is not available on vBulletin Cloud at this time.

This tutorial involves changing options, creating custom templates and building a temple hook. Allowi...