ProPortal Version 2.6
This version has been completely revised, with numerous changes and improvements.
Note that there are three different installation routines!
1. New installation
2. Upgrade from ProPortal 2.4
3. Upgrade from ProPortal 2.5 oder 2.5.1
You can find the respective instructions below!
Please also note the note at the end of the manual, if you have upgraded!
New features in ACP since 2.5.1:
- In all provided blocks, the template output was removed and transferred to the global templates.
- Responsive view added (Bootstrap v3.3.5); the admin determines in the portal settings for guests and his members, whether the normal or the responsive version of the portal is displayed.
- In the block setting, the admin can also decide whether his members are allowed to enable or disable this block in the UserCP.
- Blocks are only displayed in block settings when they are active.
- All language files for the ACP revised.
- Added more options.
New features since 2.5.1:
- All blocks have been revised
- All blocks, as well as the responsive view, can be activated and / or deactivated in the UserCP if the supplied plugin (proportalupdate) is installed.
- All language files for the ProPortal revised
- Added language files for english edition
- Some blocks renamed to ensure error-free processing with the plugin.
- 2 blocks added (event and linklist)
Blockliste:
- announcements = displays announcements
- attachlist = displays attachments
- birthdays = displays today birthdays
- donation = displays donation button
- error = displays error messages (this block should not be activated because it serves as an error display)
- event = displays events entered in the calendar
- ezgal = displays images from ezGalerie
- forumlist = displays forums
- latestposts = displays latest posts
- latestthreadmini = displays latest threads in small format
- latestthreads = displays latest threads
- latestusers = displays latest members
- linklist = displays links that are set in the ACP -> ProPortal -> Link List Management
- minicalendar = displays a little calendar
- musterblock = Serves as a template to create your own block
- pagelist = displays own pages, which are set in the ACP -> ProPortal -> Page Management
- poll = displays a poll
- search = displays searchfield
- showteamonline = displays extendet board-team
- showteams = displays board-team
- slider = displays pictures in a slider (Pictures / videos have to be entered in the block file)
- smalllinks = displays links entered in the block settings
- stats = displays small statistics
- threadannouncement = displays thread announcements
- topposters = displays top posters
- toppostertoday = displays top posters of the day
- usercp = display UserCP with useful information about you and the forum
- whosonline = displays "Who is online"
- wwo24 = displays "Who was online"
Installation:
- Download the file "proportal 2.6.zip" and unpack it.
- Open the unzipped folder "proportal 2.6" and copy the folders (including subfolders) and files ( admin, images, inc, portal, portal.php ) to your MyBB main directory.
- Replace or rename the file ( portal.php ) in the main directory.
- Open the ../portal/install folder with your FTP-Client and delete the lock file.
- Start the installation with this entry in the address line of your browser http://deine_domain.de/portal/install/index.php .
- Follow the installation wizard until the successful completion is displayed. The ProPortal can then be used and set.
- If you want the users to decide themselve in the UserCP about the compilation of the portal, the plugin inc / plugins / proportalupdate.php has to be installed in the ACP under plugins.
Upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6:
- Download the file "proportal 2.6.zip" and unpack it.
- Open the unzipped folder "proportal 2.6" and copy the folders (including subfolders) and files ( admin, images, inc, portal, portal.php ) to your MyBB main directory.
- Die gleichnamigen Dateien überschreiben.
- Open the ../portal/install folder with your FTP-Client and delete the lock file.
- Start the upgrade wizard with this entry in the adress line of your browser http://your_domain.com/portal/install/upgrade2.php.
- Follow the installation wizard until the successful completion is displayed. The ProPortal can then be used and set.
- If you want the users to decide themselve in the UserCP about the compilation of the portal, the plugin inc / plugins / proportalupdate.php has to be installed in the ACP under plugins.
Upgrade from 2.5 or 2.5.1 to 2.6:
- Download the file "proportal 2.6.zip" and unpack it.
- Open the unzipped folder "proportal 2.6" and copy the folders (including subfolders) and files ( admin, images, inc, portal, portal.php ) to your MyBB main directory.
- Die gleichnamigen Dateien überschreiben.
- Open the ../portal/install folder with your FTP-Client and delete the lock file.
- Start the upgrade wizard with this entry in the adress line of your browser http://your_domain.com/portal/install/upgrade1.php.
- Follow the installation wizard until the successful completion is displayed. The ProPortal can then be used and set.
- If you want the users to decide themselve in the UserCP about the compilation of the portal, the plugin inc / plugins / proportalupdate.php has to be installed in the ACP under plugins.
Note (only to be considered after an upgrade)
Some block files have changed their filenames; please check if you use these blocks and change the assignment.
The following block files are affected:
- latesthreads_mini -> change to latestthreadsmini
- linkliste -> change to linklist
- showteam -> change to showteams
- showteam_onlineanzeige -> change to showteamonline
- threads_announcements -> change to threadannouncement
Even if you do not use these blocks, you should delete the following obsolete block files from the directory / blocks:
- block_latesthreads_mini.php
- block_linkliste.php
- block_showteam.php
- block_showteam_onlineanzeige.php
- block_threads_announcements.php
Unistall:
- Open the ../portal/install folder with your FTP-Client and delete the lock file.
- Start unistall script with http://your_domain.com/portal/install/index.php in your browsers adress line.
- Follow the uninstallation wizard until the successful completion is displayed. After that, all ProPortal files can be removed from the server.
- Upload the portal.php from the current MyBB package to your main directory, in order to use the standard portal.
http://your_domain.com has to be replaced accordingly with your domain.
Your forum is placed on SEO friendly urls and you want to have your own pages created also SEO friendly, then just add this line
Code:
RewriteRule ^page-([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.html$ /portal.php?pages=$1 [L,QSA]
into your existing .htaccess file behind
