This is the variable that will be used in the URL to link to this page. For example, if this option is set to 'games', then the link to this page would look like this: http://localhost/cmps_index.php?page=games

This controls the order that the page will be displayed in for the Site Navigation module and in the Admin CP.

Here you may enter a list of meta keywords for this page. Leave this setting blank to use your default vBulletin setting.

Here you may enter a meta description for this page. Leave this setting blank to use your default vBulletin setting.

Selecting a "Parent Page" here will display that page (and any parent pages of the page selected) in the navbits and other places, giving the appearance that this page is a sub-page of the page selected here.

If you would like, you may select a style to use for this page. If a style is selected, that style will override your default vBulletin or any user chosen style settings on this page.

When set to 'No', this page will only be visible to moderators and admins.

Yes No

When this setting is enabled, your members will see a 'Customize This Page' link that will allow them to re-arrange the active modules on this page and set a custom layout visible only to them.

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Enter the name of the template that you wish to display for the content of this page here.

If you are adding a new template to use with this module, please specify the style(s) you would like to add this template to here.
To select more than one style, hold down the 'Ctrl' key while selecting styles with your mouse.

If you are adding a new Page and the template does not already exist, you may enter the content for that template here. If the template already exists, simply leave this field blank. Please note as well that any changes to this template will need to be made via your 'Style Manager'.

This option will "wrap" a template ('adv_portal_module_wrapper', unless an Alternative template is specified) around the output of this Page template. This is intended to keep your modules uniform and make it easy to change the look of most all modules by editing one template.

Yes No

This is what will be placed in the header row of your wrapper template.

If the module will have more than one table cell in the code which is output, you may set a colspan value here that will be placed in the main title row of the wrapper template.

If your module requires a <form> tag, you may enter the code for that form tag here. This allows for the code to be placed above the table and comply with XHTML standards.

The full URL to the CMPS file.

If you have other hacks installed on your forums, it may be necessary to globalize some of the variables used in those hacks for use with the CMPS. You may enter a list of variables to globalize here. Separate each variable with a carrage return. Please note as well that it is NOT necessary to add the $ mark before the variable name.

Turning this option on will allow you to process your PHP file modules within a function, thus preserving global namespace and preventing conflicts when integrating with other vB pages or hacks. The downside to this is that some custom modules may not have the variables needed available to use if the variable has not been globalized within the function. Note that additional variables may be globalized by adding a new plugin to the 'vba_cmps_fetch_vba_module' hook location.

Yes No

This option will allow you to store a cached version of your homepage for guests, thus preventing modules from having to be processed as often and lowering the strain on the server for busier web sites. To enable this setting, enter the number of seconds that you would like to keep a cached version of the homepage before generating a new cached copy.

The width (in pixels or percentage) of your left column.

The width (in pixels or percentage) of your right column.

This is the amount of space (in pixels) that is between the different columns.

The amount of space (in pixels) between the different columns.

Here you may enter any HTML code which you would like to appear next to the title of each block.

This option will enable the vBulletin navbar on the page.

Yes No

This option will allow your modules to be collapsed/expanded by your users.

Yes No

Here you may select specific threads to be displayed with this module. Please note that this setting will override the setting below for a forum to pull these threads from.

Here you may select the forum(s) in which you would like to display polls from. To select more than one forum, hold down your 'ctrl' key while selecting the forums with your mouse.

Here you may enter a number of days that represents a threshold for polls. Any polls that were created before the current date minus this number of days will not be included. This helps to prevent large table scans on forums with a large number of threads. Set this option to 0 for no limit.

Enter the maximum number of characters that should be allowed in a poll title before "wrapping" inserting a space so that the text may be split into multiple lines. Enter 0 to disable word wrapping.

Enter the maximum number of characters that should be allowed in a poll choice before "wrapping" inserting a space so that the text may be split into multiple lines. Enter 0 to disable word wrapping.

The order in which the poll should be selected.

The direction in which the poll should be selected.

When set to 'Yes', this option will take your forum permissions into account and only show threads which the user has permission to view.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to allow for polls that are closed to be displayed.

Yes No

This option will show the 'Reply to this poll' link on your poll giving users a link to quickly post a reply about the poll.

Yes No

Allows smilies in poll options.

Yes No

Here you may select specific threads to be displayed with this module. Please note that this setting will override the setting below for a forum to pull these threads from.

Here you may select the forum(s) in which you would like to display recent threads from. To select more than one forum, hold down your 'ctrl' key while selecting the forums with your mouse. Leave this option blank to select threads from all forums.

The maximum number of latest threads that you would like to display.

Here you may enter a number of days that represents a threshold for recent threads. Any threads that have not had a reply since this number of days will not be included. This helps to prevent large table scans on forums with a large number of threads. Set this option to 0 for no limit.

The maximum number of characters that should be displayed before the rest of a thread's title is replaced by '...'. Set this to 0 to disable it.

The maximum number of characters a word may contain. Any threads that contain a word longer than the value set here will be trimmed to that value (helps to prevent threads with extremely long words from stretching out the page).

The field in which threads should be ordered by.

The direction in which threads should appear in.

This option can be used to switch between the 'adv_portal_recthreads_lean' and 'adv_portal_recthreads_exp' templates. Set this option to 'Dynamic' if you would like for the module to try to automatically determine the best setting based on the size of the column it is activated in.

Lean
Expanded
Dynamic

When set to 'Yes', this option will take your forum permissions into account and only show threads which the user has permission to view.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the thread starter's username and a link to their profile.

Yes No

Shows the time and date the thread was created.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the number of times the thread has been viewed.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the number of replies to a thread.

Yes No

This option will display the last poster and time at which the last post was made.

Yes No

This option will display the name of and a link to the forum that the post was made in.

Yes No

This option will allow you to show a preview of the thread, the same as on the forumdisplay page.

Yes No

Displays the icon that was selected for the thread.

Yes No

Displays the 'subscribed' icon next tothe thread title if a user is subscribed to that thread.

Yes No

Shows the thread's rating

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the 'sticky' icon next to threads that have been marked as "sticky".

Yes No

Turn this option on to show a link to each individual page for threads that have span multiple pages.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the small 'paperclip' icon showing the number of attachments in a thread.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the "New Post" icon to allow users to go stright to the first unread post in the thread.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the thread's prefix. Note this only works with vBulletin 3.7+.

Yes No

Please select which calendar you would like to display.

Turn this option on to include your member's birthdays in the calendar events.

Yes No

Enter the amount of time (in hours) between calendar cache updates. This will allow your calendar events and data to be cached, preventing a number of queries from being executed each time this module is loaded. The downside to caching this data is that new events or birthdays will not be added until the next time the cache is updated. Set this option to 0 to disable calendar caching.

Here you may select specific threads to be displayed with this module. Please note that this setting will override the setting below for a forum to pull these threads from.

Set this to the number of news posts you would like to displayin the News Archive. Set this to 0 to disable the News Archive.

This option will allow you to show a preview of the archived thread, the same as on the forumdisplay page.

Yes No

Here you may select the forum(s) in which you would like to display recent threads from in your news module. To select more than one forum, hold down your 'ctrl' key while selecting the forums with your mouse.

The maximum number of threads to display. Set this option to 0 to show all.

This option will allow you to enable a small page navigation section under your news module with links to additional pages of news threads. Enter the maximum number of pages that you would like to display here to enable this option.

Here you may enter a number of days that represents a threshold for news posts. Any threads before the current date minus this number of days will not be included. This helps to prevent large table scans on forums with a large number of threads. Set this option to 0 for no limit.

The maximum number of characters that you would like to display in a news post before it is replaced by the '[read more]' link. Set this option to '0' for no limit.

The format in which the date and time will presented in your news posts. Leave this blank if you do not wish to display the date/time a post was made.

The field in which threads should be ordered by.

The direction in which threads should appear in.

Display attachments associated with each post.

No
Yes, First Attachment Only
Yes, All Attachments

When set to 'Yes', this option will take your forum permissions into account and only show threads which the user has permission to view.

Yes No

Displays the number of replies that have been made to each post.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the number of times a news thread has been viewed.

Yes No

Displays the poster's avatar with each post.

Yes No

Displays the icon selected for each post.

Yes No

Shows the rating of each post.

Yes No

Displays the 'subscribed' icon next to the thread title for threads which a user is subscribed to.

Yes No

Displays the 'printable version' icon with a link to allow users to quickly print the thread.

Yes No

Displays the 'send to friend' icon to allow users to quickly email a link to the thread to friends.

Yes No

This option will show the poster's signature with the post. Note that the 'Show your signature' option when making a post can still be used to disable signatures in selected posts.

Yes No

This option will allow threads that have been made sticky to appear at the top of the news section.

Yes No

This option will display the posts separately rather than grouped together.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the small 'paperclip' icon showing the number of attachments in a thread.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to enable [ATTACH] BB code tags.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the thread's prefix. Note this only works with vBulletin 3.7+.

Yes No

This option will cause news posts to use the vBulletin post cache rather than parsing the BB code each time the page is loaded. This will improve performance on web sites with a lot of news posts, but will disable the BB code options below and cause the module to use your news forums' settings.

Yes No

This allows HTML to be parsed in posts.

Yes No

Allow BB code tags in posts.

Yes No

Allow the [IMG] code tag in posts.

Yes No

Allows smilies in posts.

Yes No

Set this to the number of news posts you would like to displayin the News Archive. Set this to 0 to disable the News Archive.

The maximum number of characters that should be displayed before the rest of a thread's title is replaced by '...'. Set this to 0 to display the entire title.

This option can be used to switch between the 'adv_portal_archivebits_lean' and 'adv_portal_archivebits_exp' templates. Set this option to 'Dynamic' if you would like for the module to try to automatically determine the best setting based on the size of the column it is activated in.

Lean
Expanded
Dynamic

This option will allow you to show a preview of the archived thread, the same as on the forumdisplay page.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the thread starter's username and a link to their profile.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the date and time the post was made.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the number of times that the archived thread has been viewed.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the number of replies that have been made to the archived thread.

Yes No

This option will display the last poster and time at which the last post was made.

Yes No

This option will display the name of and a link to the forum that the post was made in.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display ratings with your archived threads.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the icon selected for your news archive threads.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display a 'subscribed' icon next to the thread title if a user is subscribed to the thread.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the 'sticky' icon next to threads that have been marked as "sticky".

Yes No

Turn this option on to show a link to each individual page for threads that have span multiple pages.

Yes No

Turn this option on to display the small 'paperclip' icon showing the number of attachments in a thread.

Yes No

To help prevent large table scans, the top poster is only updated once every few hours, then that information stored in a cache. Here you may specify the number of hours between each check to see if there is a new top poster. Set this option to '0' if you wish to disable it and always perform a query to find the top poster.

Turn this option on if you also wish to cache the top poster's postcount. Although the MySQL query to fetch the current top poster's information is not intensive, larger sites may still wish to cache this data as well to prevent a query. The downside to caching this data is that the top poster's post count will not always be accurate.

Yes No

If you wish to cache the forums stats in this module (total threads & posts), enter the number of hours that you wish to wait between updates. The query to gather this data is not generally very server intensive, but larger web sites or web sites with 100's of forums may want to enable this for better performance.

Turn this option on to take your forum permissions into account and only show stats from forums which the user has permission to view.
Note that this setting will not have an effect if the 'Forum Cache Update Frequency' setting above is enabled and stats from all forums will be counted.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the total number of threads in your forums.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the total number of threads in your forums.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the total number of registered members.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the name of your newest registered member.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like to display the member with the most posts in your forum.

Yes No

Turn this option on if you would like each member with a birthday today to be displayed on a new line. Otherwise members will be separated by a comma.

Yes No

The format that you would like the date of the user's last visit displayed in.

The format that you would like the time of the user's last visit displayed in.

If you would like to display a "no avatar" image in place of the avatar for users who do not have an avatar selected, enter the URL to that image here. Otherwise, leave this setting blank.
Note: This setting will accept PHP variables, such as {$vbulletin->options[bburl]}.

This option can be used to switch between the 'adv_portal_welcomeblock_lean' and 'adv_portal_welcomeblock_expanded' templates. Set this option to 'Dynamic' if you would like for the module to try to automatically determine the best setting based on the size of the column it is activated in.

Lean
Expanded
Dynamic

Displays a user's private message info.

Yes No

Displays the user's avatar.

Yes No

This option will display the number of new posts since a user's last visit, along with a link to the posts.

Yes No

This option will allow you to display the user's current reputation image and reputation power.

Yes No

This option will allow you to display the user's rank image.

Yes No