vBGallery usergroup permissions and profile page (vB3.8.1)

matusman · February 27th, 2009, 04:23 AM

Chuck and Luciano, just wanna let you know that when "Can view profile tab", "Can view profile block" and "Can change profile block settings" are set to YES in the usergroup permissions (2.4.3), the right side of the forum member profile page disappears (Mini Statistics, Friends, Albums, Group Memberships, and Recent Visitors blocks). Separately, it also causes minitabs (about me, statistics, friends, contact info) to vanish in IE. The forum footer disappears as well.

I tested it on vB 3.8.1.

Chuck S · February 27th, 2009, 05:09 AM

Reeftalk Forums - View Profile: Chuck S

any other info here like hacks you have etc? Is this a default member template except vbgallery hook?

I cant seem to reproduce your issue

matusman · February 27th, 2009, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Reeftalk Forums - View Profile: Chuck S

any other info here like hacks you have etc? Is this a default member template except vbgallery hook?

I cant seem to reproduce your issue

Hi, Chuck
I have several skins. Tested on all of them, including the Default one. I never had this issue till I upgraded to 3.8.1. I have a hack that turns forum quick reply into full mode. It should not affect the profile page though.

Is your site using Photopost Pro or Photopost vBGallery?

Chuck S · February 27th, 2009, 08:12 AM

Yes it is thats what that link shows

matusman · February 27th, 2009, 11:40 AM

Ok. Anyway, just wanted to share what happened to me.

Chuck S · February 27th, 2009, 11:52 AM

yeah lets see if we can get some confirmation from someone else

could be a custom style issue or template issue

You need to revert all templates to make sure you have current 3.81 templates in vb and then you can in vbgallery install script select reinstall templates.

Luciano · March 1st, 2009, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

yeah lets see if we can get some confirmation from someone else

Well there seems to be an internet explorer issue...
below are 2 screenshots from Chucks profile. 1 with Firefox 3.0 and the other one with IE7

In IE7 the tabs are missing !!!
( the missing graphics in ie7 are not important.. thats a wrong path set in stylevar.. and firefox will simply not show them.. while IE shows a red cross to say missing graphic..

)

I could not check with default template as i didnt find the the template switcher..

I do not have that issue on my default template ( but i upgraded / no fresh install) and I use a self modified template.. based on the original

So it can be:
either the portal => left column is there so i suppose chuck has one installed

or the custom style you are using..

or some hack

OR (more probable) just a css issue... because the usercss is added after the normalcss .. and the ie css fixes come also before the usercss.
now there could be some place where IE needs "has_layout" which is done by defining height:99% or zoom:1.. now if your custom template css is inserted later.. AND it doesnt contain any special IE hacks..(star hack, tantrek etc... ) It could overwrite the IE specific css... which would explain the differences in IE and FF.!!!!

[EDIT] chuck i looked (sorry

) at your css.. your portal has conflicting id names.. example:
in your vbportal_demo.css there is an id content AND in vbulletin memberinfo css there is also a content:
portal:
#content {
width: auto;
background-color: #FFFFFF; /* page background */
margin: 0px 160px 0px 160px;
z-index: 4;
}

vbulletin memberinfo css ( inline)
#content {
margin-right:256px;
}
thats why you got that big space besides the left column...

also H1 to 4 and li is defined without margins and padding.. AND the vbulletin blocks use H4 and li as a heather definition with height and width and padding and margins...
portal css and main css:
h1, h2, h3, h4, li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
Also the tabs are H4 tabs.. as they are generated with javascript.. in tab_control.css probably IE applies the portal css to the generated code.. and FF does not.. (could be)
or if an element is defined.. without a class, it can be that IE does not override it when it is then defined with a class (in tabs: li.thead)

to check that, remove the h4 AND the li definition from the portal stylesheet AND from your mainstylesheet.. because your satellite template css also uses them!!!! but it could also be defined in other places !!!
I found them twice :
once in clientscript/vbulletin_css/style-e646b322-00004.css and second in: http://www.reeftalk.com/vbportal_demo.css
(the tabs are mainly li and h4 elements)
--------------

[EDIT]
one and a half hours after posting... i just checked your site again.. with IE6 .. and all issues seem fixed!!! feel free to remove this post...
[/EDIT]

Luc
PS: the first shot is with FF the second with IE

Chuck S · March 1st, 2009, 07:28 AM

thats just updating the portal

Anyway back to the user question you can confirm you as well see no issues? My permissions are set to see the gallery profile block and indeed I see the gallery block my stats blocks etc do not dissappear

Luciano · March 1st, 2009, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

thats just updating the portal

Anyway back to the user question you can confirm you as well see no issues? My permissions are set to see the gallery profile block and indeed I see the gallery block my stats blocks etc do not dissappear

Your site has no issues at all.. every thing working fine now..

As to the user.. I think though, it could be a similar issue.
because it seems that lots is done in javascript also..
It could be a hack (that editor hack is possibly javascript intense..) and having a variable overwriting another can happen very quickly.. either javascript or css.... it can come from a hack or from a style.. especially if the h4 or li tags are changed. or if there are conflicting id's

@matusman:
try disabling ALL products except vbgallery and see what happens..

then create a new top level default style.. and check the site... (make sure you have not modified masterstyle)
Luc

Luciano · March 1st, 2009, 08:23 AM

Just had an idea.. because when gallery 2.43 came out.. i had a similar issue..!!! (the footer all messed up in profile only)
@ matusman.. are you using UTF-8?
because there is a gallery template issue.. but it only happens when u use utf-8 in database!!!!
the profile template gets truncated right in the middle.. => the tables are not closed!!! because vbulletin cannot import the bullets ..and it just imports up to the first bullet without giving an error message!

to fix it.. do the following..
reinstall the templates .. but do this before..
in your admin directory there is a file called product-ppvbgallery.xml.
if you deleted it after install.. get a fresh one..

open it up in your favorite editor ( I use edit plus.. but there are other ones around) (do not use notepad as it does not always work)
then , once it is open do a save as but make sure you save it with the utf-8 option enabled. Usually you have several options to choose from.. Ansi is default.
overwrite the file in your admincp.
Now go and reinstall the templates with the installer or or reimport as product with overwrite enabled.(both ways should work)

This fixed my problem..
If your footer is messed up (didnt read that part at first glance), this is probably the issue, because the tables arent closed.

Luc

PS: You can check it before you do it.. by opening the template: adv_gallery_member_block

it should end with:
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
if it does.. then its not this issue!!!!

@ chuck..
you should in future releases modify the bullets to "+" signs.. because even if you use html enteties they get converted when importing and utf-8 users have this issue..
the bullets are • • • in my xml file.. unable to get rid of them in fresh install..
@matusman:
if it is your issue search the xml file for

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

there are 5 lines one beneath the other. replace the bullet that comes right afterwards in each line with a + sign.. then you do not need to convert to utf-8 in editor.Just reimport the templates with the vbgallery installer.

Chuck S · March 1st, 2009, 10:10 AM

Yeah vbulletin is getting less user friendly IMO

They seem to be getting too big for their britches. I see more and more reports on them bullying people about putting vb copyrights on external pages like vbportal or any page that is not the actual vb program as seen on the vbportal and vbadvanced sites.

Thats why in the USA we have laws preventing monopolies.

Zakhar · March 11th, 2009, 05:06 AM

My configuration:
vbGallery 2.4.3
vBulletin 3.8.1
MySQL charset UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
vbulletin charset UTF-8

I have the similar problem. See attach.
I noted that if I disable "Member Block" module than it looks ok (mem_block_disabled.jpg).

Luciano · March 11th, 2009, 09:59 AM

Hi Zakhar, did you check the template: adv_gallery_member_block in masterstyle (in ACP)?

does it have:
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
at the bottom?

Zakhar · March 11th, 2009, 10:28 AM

Hi Luc!
Yes I checked.
At the bottom adv_gallery_member_block:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Luciano · March 11th, 2009, 10:49 AM

Ok then its easy... take a good editor open the product xml file.. it is located in:
forum/admincp/product-ppvbgallery.xml

once it is open, just go to "save as"
but choose the option encoding: utf-8 (see attached thumbnail)
then click save and overwrite the file...

Now reimport templates with the vbgallery installer..
And it should work

Luc
PS: if you have deleted the file after installation.. get a new one in the download package..

I actually checked... on windows xp servicepack 3 notepad also has the utf-8 option...

If it didnt work for you.. there is another more complicated way to do it..

Zakhar · March 11th, 2009, 11:02 AM

I can't import saved file.
I tried import file from Style and Templates-> Save/Import Style , but vbulletin said something like "file does not exist". I cant understand why. May be you know what I do wrong?

Zakhar · March 11th, 2009, 11:03 AM

And another one thing.
Need I change encoding in xml file? Now I see

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

or it does not matter?

Luciano · March 11th, 2009, 11:29 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Dont touch that...!!!

Its the product file !!!
Call the gallery installer like when you installed the gallery:
http : / /yourhost.com/forums/admincp/vbgallery_install.php
there you can choose: reimport templates!!!!
Luc

PS: you can also go to your product manager and import the PRODUCT choosing overwrite:yes (but the vbgallery installer is better)

Zakhar · March 11th, 2009, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Now reimport templates with the vbgallery installer..

oh... sorry... I know what i do wrong...
I do it later, now i does not have access to ftp.

Luciano · March 11th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luciano

you can also go to your product manager and import the PRODUCT choosing overwrite:yes (but the vbgallery installer is better)

Will also work without ftp. Its the same for vbgallery 2.43..

if you have modified the vbgallery plugins in 2.45 beta, then it will overwrite the plugins... (but in 2.43 the plugins are still in files.. so there is no difference)
Luc