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• • Extended How-to install Vanilla 2

  Hey all,
  
  I love Vanilla 1 to bits and was keen to try Vanilla 2 but kept running into issues which I could not resolve. I've finally got it up and running with the help of some helpful folk on this forum so I decided to write an extended how-to for Vanilla 2 in case you encounter similar problems to me.
  
  I'd like to reiterate the developers' comments first by saying Vanilla 2 is still in development so you should bear this in mind if you intend on using it on a live site. It could be prone to unexpected bugs/behaviour. If you're unsure/concerned, use Vanilla 1 instead.
  
  Extended How-to install Garden/Vanilla 2
  
  1. Download the latest stable release of Garden from GitHub. What's Garden? It's the platform on which Vanilla runs - but don't fret, Vanilla forum is bundled in with this download.
  
  2. Extract the .zip or .tar and copy the contents into the desired folder on your server. Remember to upload the .htaccess file in the root directory which may not be visible to you if you have these types of files hidden. Most FTP programs have an option to show invisible files if it isn't already set by default.
  
  3. In /conf/config-defaults.php consider uncommenting line 47:
  // $Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView'] = 'deverror.master.php'; // <-- Use this error master view when debugging
  This will enable verbose error messages and is very useful when installing and setting up. These messages will help other forum users with diagnosing any problems you encounter. Of course, once happy with your setup, it's recommended to comment out this line once again, so users encounter 'pretty errors'.
  
  4. Grant Read/Write permissions (777) to /cache/, /conf/, and /uploads/
  
  5. Create a database (name does not matter).
  
  6. Browse to your install folder in your web browser, and follow the instructions on-screen.
  
  As I said, if you encounter any errors and have completed step 3, you should have a verbose error - post this and any information about your server (PHP version etc.) and the steps you performed leading up to the error into the community forums.
  
  Hope that helps - thanks to @benno and @bean for their help in getting my install working. I used their advice, my experience and the Documentation to provide the above information.
  
  Good luck!
  
  

  • 27 commentsMost recent by luc 4:02amVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Search is Back

  Try it out - let us know what you think. If you are a Vanilla 2 early adopter (ie. you've downloaded a copy of Garden/Vanilla from GitHub and you're running it somewhere), there are instructions on how to update your database for search here:
  
  http://vanillaforums.org/blog/search-is-back-baby/

  • 37 commentsMost recent by Silencer March 10Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Vanilla 1.1.10 Released

  While we've been hard at work getting Vanilla 2 ready for it's official release, others in the community have been hard at work fixing lingering bugs and adding feature refinements to Vanilla 1. Vanilla 1.1.10 is now available. The main changes in this release are replacement of deprecated functions, and updates to Scriptaculous and Prototype.
  
  You can find upgrade instructions here:
  
  http://code.google.com/p/lussumo-vanilla/wiki/VanillaUpgrading
  
  And you can download it here:
  
  http://vanillaforums.org/download

  • 12 commentsMost recent by Moderns March 8Vanilla 1
• • We Want Your Input on Vanilla 1.2

  Vanilla 1.2 is going to be a great, significant release. There will be plenty of new features, many of which will be included as new extensions, allowing them to be easily disabled and enabled easily.
  
  
  Some new features are:
  
  

  Automatic image width reduction by window size (an upcoming update to HTML Formatter), a feature similar to the one on IP.Board, so that images never create horizontal scrollbars on the page; images will either be too small in width to be sized, or the width will be reduced to the perfect size.
  
  Minification, compression, and a bunch of other speed optimizations (an upcoming extension called Minify) to make the forums load faster for users, especially first-time users.
  
  Whisper notifications (the Whisperfi extension) so that users don't miss whispers

  
  
  
  Some will be enabled by default, others won't be. So we want to know, which extensions (if any) do you think add essential functionality to Vanilla 1? There are so many really awesome extensions out there, but we don't want to include most of them, just the ones that add a very commonly used functionality, ones that will be useful for 90% of Vanilla installations.

  • 54 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff February 26Vanilla 1
• • How to Submit a Bug Report

  Hi Everyone!
  
  If you encounter a bug either in our software or on this website, here is what you can do:
  
  Check to see if it has already been reported at our issue tracker.
  
  If it has not been reported, feel free to post it on the issue tracker.
  
  

  Do not submit bug reports on this forum!

  • 1 commentMost recent by Mark August 2009General

Discussions

• • Vanilla forum 1.x VS 2.x

  Hi Everyone, just wanted to get your feedback. We are keen to use Vanilla as our choice of forum, however we're confused which one! I've just actually setup Vanilla Ver 1.x and I enjoyed setting up a few add ons, and installing a cool theme.
  
  But.. should we reconsider and go for Ver 2.x ?
  
  I'd like to get some feedback from users who moved on from Ver 1.x to 2.x.
  
  Thanks!
  
  Mark

  • 2 commentsMost recent by [-Stash-] 3:41amGeneral
• • 14 HTTP requests

  Pretty sure I brought this up with version 1 of Vanilla too..
  
  Is there really a need to make 14 http requests for each page before it's even rendered? There's so many calls for separate JQuery files its unbelievable.

  • 17 commentsMost recent by [-Stash-] 3:19amVanilla 2 & Garden
• • Vanilla 2 Upgrade

  I just did a upgrade test from Vanilla 1 to 2 today while preparing our upgraded support center. I noticed just two little issues with the upgrade script:
  - There is a typo in the upgrade script that is causing Comments to be loaded into the ConversationMessage table.
  - Username from Vanilla 1 is being loaded into the Name field in Vanilla 2, since username isn't used anymore, shouldn't First Name and Last Name be loaded into Name field?
  
  Otherwise everything worked smoothly and with some cleanup to roles and permissions and the addition of url codes for the categories, everythign was ready to go.
  
  Mike

  • 2 commentsMost recent by bobtheman March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Subcategories... Well, sorta...

  Almost every bulletin board software I know of has "subforums" in one way or another, the exception is Vanilla ;)
  Yes, I know Vanilla1 has an addon available, but let me continue a little more.
  
  The purpose of a subforum is to further narrow down your list, to make it easier to categorize and in theory, easier to find things as well.
  Now that has one important drawback, it usually forces the user to click more, and waste more time getting to what they want.
  
  That right there is the main reason Vanilla intrigued me so much when I first discovered it; On the first page of the forum everything I want is right there in front of me, all the recent discussions without needing to click anything.
  Other forums have their "portals" or their "active topics" and so on, but a lot of the time users don't even know those extra pages exist.
  
  So why am I requesting subcategories for Vanilla when I just described them as "bad" from my view? Well because I think other forums are just going about the implementation the wrong way, and I also think Vanilla can do better ;p
  
  Vanilla reminds me a lot like deviantART, because as I said, everything recent is right there on the first page.
  Now if you go to http://www.deviantart.com/ and click on any of the categories you'll see how it works wonderfully.
  
  The "All Categories" root shows everything, and with each (sub)Category it narrows down your search. This is very important, because it doesn't just divide the content like folders on your operating system for example, it shows all the content inside that category and recursively shows the content of the subcategories below.
  I propose Vanilla2 do the same with discussions.

  • 8 commentsMost recent by halo_12 March 13Feedback & Feature Requests
• • Changing category view to traditonal forum type view

  This is probably heresy, but has anyone know of a mod for V1 that will show the category and discussion list views etc similar to traditional forums?
  
  Stone throwing may commence, but only after some sensible replies please.... :)

  • 3 commentsMost recent by halo_12 March 13Vanilla 1
• • Unable to get Vanilla 2 in a subdirectory (eg /forum)

  Hello,
  
  Vanilla 2 is looking nice. We'd like to give it a spin, but can't seem to get it installed outside of the server root. We are attaching it to an existing site, so would like to place it in forums.
  
  Looking at the debug log, it is looking for libraries in the root, even though the path is set to forum.
  
  Does anyone have it working in a subdirectory?
  
  We are able to get the same install working if placed in the webserver root.
  
  Any pointers, or is this still too early?

  • 4 commentsMost recent by sirlancelot March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • How to move the Not Signed In/Signed In As

  I am working on building a community and I would like to move the Not Signed In/Signed In As area out of the top right hand corner (because it breaks my theme and you can't see it up there).
  
  How would I go about doing this? Mainly, I can't even find what file it is in.
  
  Thanks!

  • 2 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff March 13Vanilla 1
• • Minogi.com - a different kind of Vanilla Forum
  

  
  
  Hey out there Vanilla Community,
  
  I've been working on a website with a couple of my friends over the past couple months. We started development on this site right when Vanilla 2 was coming out and we were very excited about the prospects. Due to deadline in the project however we were unable to use Vanilla 2 and opted for Vanilla 1.1.8
  
  We've appropriated much of what is out of the box in Vanilla as something else (e.g. Groups are actually extended from Categories). You can easily see this based on URL configuration as we haven't hidden anything...yet. We think that this might be one of the more radical uses of a Vanilla Forum. We'd love for you the community to take a look and give us any kind of feedback — we know we've gotten both positive and negative feedback from our client and we know it has it's fair share of bugs :D
  
  Probably more of a reason to check out this site is that we've made some plugins that don't exist that people seem to be asking for on the forums. A few are:
  
  • Groups
  • Facebook Connect
  • Flickr Image Uploading
  • User Activity
  • Friends
  • et al
  
  Some of these are inherent in Vanilla 2, but for those Vanilla 1ers out there we're still itching to see some progress on that. Anyways, cheers and we look forward to a long-lasting engagement with this community.
  
  http://minogi.com/

  • 5 commentsMost recent by halo_12 March 13Vanilla 1
• • Has anybody made a jQuery UI theme for Vanilla 1 default style

  Vanilla 1.2 will come with jQuery 1.4.x and probably jQuery UI 1.8.x; however I still have to add the UI theme:
  
  http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/
  
  Do you know if someone made one already?

  • 6 commentsMost recent by halo_12 March 13Vanilla 1
• • Embed code not showing

  Hello im running vanilla 2 and all appears to be working fine except when i embed video into a post it does not appear, any ideas? im new to vanilla in general i didnt start with v1
  
  

  • 8 commentsMost recent by Duane March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Locale & translations

  Hello there!
  
  I'm starting an early French (fr-FR) translation of Garden and Vanilla 2. I've understood that all the translations have to be in the proper application/plugin locale/ folder.
  
  I need a list of all the strings I have to translate. Does such a list exist or do I need to create it myself by searching all the calls to Gdn::Translate() method?
  
  Thanks in advance.

  • 21 commentsMost recent by Mark March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • extending profile pages

  on v2 how are extensions handled for the profile page, is the data stored in the database or is there a writable html file?

  • 2 commentsMost recent by s0mean March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Handler and Hook?!

  I'm currently trying to make a plugin that work in the body of each post and comment but I don't seems to find the proper magic function to get this information and change it....
  
  Can please someone help me!? is there any list of all the possibility?

  • 4 commentsMost recent by ZeFish March 13Vanilla 2 & Garden
• • Changing someone's username?

  Can you actually change a user's username? I realize they could just create a new account but then they would lose everything attached to their old account. Can you just hack the mysql database or is it more complicated than that?

  • 2 commentsMost recent by Dinoboff March 12Vanilla 1
• • Joomla! Users Sync. & Vanilla 2 Translation

  Well, I searched the forum and I didn't find anything interesting, because I Just want Vanilla sync the users data with Joomla!. I don't want any Joomla! component or anything else.
  
  And I want to know how is possible to translate Vanilla. I've looked at the source files and I didn't find anything interesting.
  
  Thanks,
  Scorch

  • 4 commentsMost recent by [-Stash-] March 12Vanilla 2 & Garden