FREE Pligg modules

Posted In Modules - By Geoserv On Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 With 75 Comments

A while back the developers setup a store where members could purchase modules and templates, this was to help the team with costs. While I have no issue with Pligg selling modules, I do have an issue with them selling modules that have no business being sold.

Some of the modules are worth the price, and if you have a few bucks, are worth the investment.  But there are countless that are simply there to get newbies to part with their cash and nothing more.

I will talk about a couple here and will show you how to have the features they are selling for FREE.

Module Name: Latest User Welcome Bot

Price: $9.99

This little module, and it’s little, is a good addition to your Pligg install as it adds a little interactivity with your members especially new ones.  Is it worth $9.99, no.  Here’s how to do it for free.

Open index.php, find:

// sidebar
$main_smarty = do_sidebar($main_smarty);

after, add:

// last person to register
$sql = "SELECT user_login FROM " . table_users . " ORDER BY user_id DESC LIMIT 1";
$last_user = $db->get_var($sql);
$main_smarty->assign(‘last_user’, $last_user);

Save.  Open index_center.tpl, find:

Welcome to our latest member <a href="{$URL_user, $last_user}">{$last_user}</a>

That’s it, you can style it to fit your needs.

Module Name: Top Members Sidebar Module

Price: $8.97

Here’s another could addition to any Pligg install, but again, it’s another one that you do not need to pay for.  Here’s how to accomplish this for free.

Open sidebar.tpl and add the following where you want it to appear:

<div class="headline">Top users</div>
<ul>
{php}
global $db;
$sql="SELECT * from " . table_users . " order by user_karma desc limit 0,10";
$result = @mysql_query ($sql);
$rowCount = 0;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
$uname=$row['user_login'];
$ukarma=$row['user_karma'];
if (($rowCount++)%2 == 0)
echo "<li><img src=’". get_avatar(‘small’, "", "$uname","","")."’ class=’align-middle’/> <a href=’" . getmyurl(‘user2′, $uname, ‘profile’) . "’>$uname</a> $ukarma</li>";
else
echo "<li><img src=’". get_avatar(‘small’, "", "$uname","","")."’ class=’align-middle’ alt=’Avatar’ /> <a href=’" . getmyurl(‘user2′, $uname, ‘profile’) . "’>$uname</a> $ukarma</li>";
}
{/php}
</ul>

 

Module name: Quick Submit Module:

Price: $8.99

This little module makes it easy for your members to submit by displaying a form that the user can put a URL in and a submit button, it then takes them to step 2 of the submission process.

Open index_center.tpl, at the top add the following:

{if $user_authenticated eq true}
<blockquote><blockquote>
       <form action="{$URL_submit}?url=" method="GET" id="thisform">

               <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="Quick Submit URL" size="55" />
               <input type="hidden" name="phase" value=1/>
               <input type="hidden" name="randkey" value="{$submit_rand}"/>
               <input type="hidden" name="id" value="c_1"/>
               <input type="submit" value="{#PLIGG_Visual_Submit1_Continue#}"
class="submit-s" />
       </form>
</blockquote>   </blockquote>
{/if}

 

Module name: Google Analytics for Pligg

Price: $6.97

This module is intended to add code for Google Analytics to every page of your Pligg install.  However, you do not need a module for this, you simply need to add the code to your footer.tpl file.

Open footer.tpl, find:

{* Please do not edit the code below. *}
{checkActionsTpl location="tpl_footer"}

 

above it, add:

{literal}<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=’" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4370044-4");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>{/literal}

 

Simply grab the javascript code from your Google Analytics panel and replace the one above.

There are others that I will post about later, but, before you spend money on a module, make sure you know what your getting and that it is actually owrth paying for.

Is there a module you are looking for?  Let us know below.

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About - Geoserv has been working with the Pligg CMS for 2+ years.

  • http://macfanboys.com Denny

    Nice post! It would be awesome if there was a module/setting to require that new users be approved by a admin/god before they post. Do you know if that exists? (I’m running 1 RC3)

  • http://www.pliggs.com Geoserv

    @Denny, I believe I did see something about this somewhere, let me do some searching, if I find it I will do a post about and will also email you at the email you used to place the comment.

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  • http://macfanboys.com Denny

    Sweet. I’ll be looking for it! I’ll post back here as well if I find something first.

  • http://www.socialwebcms.com Catchpen

    Great blog Geo, consider it a tweet and a stumble. Denny there’s a submission approval module for SWCMS you might be able to hack it for Pligg, or just switch to SWCMS! (all SWCMS modules are free)

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  • http://www.faqpal.com Geoserv

    Thanks catchpen, that must have been where I saw this.

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  • http://macfanboys.com Denny

    Thanks catchpen, I need to check that SWCMS out.

    I had a module made for pligg that basically disables the submit page for all but the admin/gods but still allows them to vote and comment without html (essentially killing spam at the source), but its kinda shlocky as it just sends those non-admin users back to the login page if they try to submit a story (Geo I can email you this module if you want to post it here for free for the community – just send me a note.) There are also a number of issues and limitations I’m experiencing with pligg as a platform in general which is leading to me look for some other options. (Also looking at drigg, not sure how that compares to these?)

  • http://www.dzinestand.com/ Web Design

    Good and Informative post. Thanks for sharing the Useful Module list. I really Want to Google analytic Module.

  • http://www.faqpal.com Geoserv

    @Web Design, did you use the method I posted above?

  • http://www.faqpal.com Geoserv

    @Denny, Thanks for forwarding the module to me, I will definitely post it, but will do a seperate post for it.

    As far as Drigg goes, it’s a real pain to setup as far as I am concerned.

    I highly recommend SWCMS, the developers there actually develop for the community and not for their pocket books.

    Pligg’s original lead developer, Ash, is now one of the developers of SWCMS.

    Whichever you choose, good luck and let me know if there is a way I can help.

  • http://macfanboys.com Denny Sugar

    Awesome…enjoy!

    Yeah, we were able to get our first swcms install up smoothly and are working on loading content. So far, so good.

    The swcms community is small, but seems very enthusiastic and organized. The core system and modules were very easy to install with good documentation. I don’t want to knock pligg, it has its pluses too (a few more bells and whistles for one) but it just wasn’t for us.

    Solid support will be key for any cms to go from hard core charter users (coders) – to attracting early adopters (non-coders) like us – with the ultimate goal of reaching main stream acceptance of the platform (wordpress). SWCMS seems to be building a strong foundation to take the project in that direction. I hope we’re right, as we decided to bet on them. :)

    On another note. I’d like to see a separate post that covers the rss import module functions in more detail. Both pligg and swcms dont seem to cover that to any great extent. Seems like there is a lot of power in that one module that is being overlooked (product/affiliate data feeds perhaps?) It can also be tricky to setup and automate (cron?).

    More discussion on how to monetize these cms platforms would help bring attention and interests from the mass market. I’ll be experimenting with these things and blogging about them soon as well.

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  • http://www.faqpal.com Geoserv

    @indiandigg, can you post your question again, not sure what you are asking.

    Thanks.

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    i wanna ask you about the module that in the top of this demo site “hotnews” like this http://www.pliggtemplates.eu/demo/easynews/ it’s slide the hot news of most user vote
    my question is can you saggestion me how i can add this module into my pligg because i use another templete but want to have this module.it’s possibel?
    thanks
    sorry for my english

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    Good information for every pligg lover. But I want to know which module i used for image uploading in pligg 9.9.5

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  • John

    Would anyone happen to know the “Save Draft” Module and the “MyTube” Module for the Pligg 1.0?

    Thanks

    Sincerely
    John

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    Hi,
    I will try to make a module that show the most submitted domain of the last week or months, something like that:

    52 time pligg.com
    23 time site.com
    11 time sitexx.com

    Any idea on that?
    Thanks in advance… your blog rules ;-)

  • http://www.faqpal.com Geoserv

    @carlo, I have been trying similar for quite a while now, it’s now as easy as it souns as Pligg’s search function isn’t that great.

    @fan, I will look into creating a FREE method and post it once I have it finished.

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    Thanks for the Google Analytics information, it was a bit help :)

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  • http://alexiel-blog.blogspot.com/ Alexiel

    In the Latest User Welcome Bot, where can i find the index_center.tpl?

  • http://www.faqpal.com Pliggs

    It should be in module folder, if you want, you can email me the module to utopianwd [@] msn.com

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