UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications [6.4 - 6.5 - 6.6 - 6.7] [beta] Games 2.5.1

Modification Name: [6.4 +] Games 2.5.1

Author(s): AllenAyres and Burak

Description: Adds a game gallery to your forum

Demo: https://www.ubbdev.com/ubbcgi/games.cgi

Requirements: UBB 6.4+

Download Link: (1.8mb) - only the flash/graphics files
(6kb) - download this if just upgrading

(6kb) - download this for ubb 6.7

Credits: Josh Pettit for ubb.threads version - www.ubbdev.com
Burak for extensive work on v2

Notes: This is a beta quality version, let me know how it works for you. If you have a question about it, please post a link to your installation.

Install Notes: Set config options on line #22-26 in games.cgi. Upload in the directories specified in the zip, set permissions to 755 on the .cgi files and yer ready to waste hours of time on the games.

History: June 8, 2003 - [1.2a] original ubb version released
June 10, 2003 - [1.3] ubb subs used where possible
June 16, 2003 - [1.4] cleaned up some code (unreleased)
June 23, 2003 - [1.5] added ability to set to 'members only'
June 24, 2003 - [1.6] optimized code a bit
July 06, 2003 - [2.0] automatically scans /games folder and adds them to the index (unreleased)
July 06, 2003 - [2.0.1] small bugfixes and xhtml validation work
July 09, 2003 - [2.1] small bugfixes and combination of games.cgi and lib_games.cgi
July 14, 2003 - [2.1.1] Burak's fix for the pages bug
August 8, 2003 - [2.2] automatically determines the size of the game.swf file (unreleased)
August 23, 2003 - [2.2.1] bugfixes for above
Sept. 25, 2003 - [2.3] released for 6.6
December 30, 2003 - [2.4] released for 6.7
February 6, 2004 - [2.5] minor code cleanup for 6.7
February 16, 2004 - [2.5.1] more minor code cleanup for 6.7

PS: I've scored 630,347 on crashdown

It's no 279,014 is it?

I keep getting an Internal Server Error. I uploaded everything into the correct directories, CHMODDed everything correctly, and whenever I try to access I get an internal server error. I've never gotten this error before, and I don't get it with the boards, I don't know what went wrong

EDIT: I ported it to css, but can't tell if that worked yet.

go to your error log and paste the error please

I just installed it on a new site the way prescribed and it works fine... how's it going for you?

http://www.praisecafe.org/ubbcgi/games.cgi

make sure you have the latest modules uploaded... I believe that is part of the ubbcgi.pm file

Allen, You're The Greatest!!!!!

where would I get this? I read the contents of ubbcgi.pm and it said to get an updated version, go to http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/ do I just download it and rename it ubbcgi.pm?

My version is 2.56 and the latest cgi.pm is 2.93.

Are they the sae thing? If not, where do I get it?

make sure you've uploaded all files from your Modules directory

I do have them all uploaded, I even reuploaded all of them fresh from the 6.5 zip

did you try to install it without 'porting it to css'?

yeah, of course. I uploaded files straight from the zip, chmodded the cgi files to 755, and the rest into the noncgi/games folder

Don't worry about it though, I noticed something more important in my error logs that I'm gonna work on now.

Cool it works - Just what I need - more stress

weird, I commented out the one line and now have a fully functional games hack.

*goes off to ask LK importance of line*

cool

my next goal will be a setting to allow or disallow guests from viewing/playing

that would be awesome, I wanted to request it, but wanted to get it to work first

Try to uncomment the line you commented out (or just remove the "#" ), and in games.cgi, find:
(untested)

thanks LK I'll add that to the base code tonight in case others run into the same problem

no, it's not the best solution, because if it's in the base code you should remove "use CGI qw(:standard);" and change the line with $q = something with CGI. but I'm not sure how to change it and I can't test, so I said to add below... (which might cause a conflict and not work, I don't know)

Hey this is really cool.. Can someone tell me how to add a link to the games menu to the top nav bar. where my profile, faq etc.. sit..i looked but dont know enough cgi coding to figure it out

ok, thanks LK

reak, you can add a link to there in your public_common.pl file, look for the mainbuttons sub routine

works perfect! Thanks AA!

no problem, glad you like it

hey Allen, is there any chance in the next version this will be more intertwined with the boards, ie using the mainbuttonsline instead of having to hardcode it into the games.cgi page?

that's one of the goals

works great this will be fun, thx.

Another idea, coming from someone who isn't great at editing code, is to have a Control Panel interface that allows us to add and subtract different games from MiniClip .

I have one possible bug: http://ogzr.org/forum/games.cgi

The code centers the contents of my menu tables on the right and left. How do I fix that?

Ooooh! And if the Game page could have it's own "Who's Online"!

Sorry, just thinking out loud.

Still, great work AA, Josh!

looking at your code, I would add align="left" in the td declaration for those tables

ahhhh, thanks... that could help.

Version 1.3 added to the first post... more closely uses the ubb sub routines. To upgrade, upload games.cgi and lib_games.cgi

For those upgrading who don't have the calendar or the mod_wordlets installed, just comment out the require lines toward the top of games.cgi

[code][/code]

cool, updated... thanks.

What and where do I edit to make the table with the games width="100%" ?

how do you mean? the index or each individual game? Either way, you'd be editing inside games.cgi

the table that the games are listed in as a link. Now that you reminded me, the table that the game is viewd in while playing would be great too. Thanks AA.

table width for those are set in your styles templates.. I beliave they are 95% for most. What are you seeing different?

Allen

I want to add the game link with the other UBB links at the top of the forum (i.e. login, register, search, faq, etc.). which file do I edit to do this? I thought it was the public_forum_summary.pl or public_common.pl, but I can't seem to find the line(s) to do this.

Allen, this version is so much better, the css only included changing cells,no real hard stuff.

Where do I go to change my mainbuttonsline?, it's smaller on the games page compared to everywhere else on my board

I'm using standard_title_table from public_common.pl (~ line #191), font size is set at one in there.

Hopefully I'll get the members-only thing done soon