Introduction
What is WoWRoster?
WoWRoster is a profiler which displays and stores data gathered from WoW through the use of WoW AddOns (rpgo-CharacterProfiler , rpgo-GuildProfiler , and PvPLog)
WoWRoster then organizes all of the data, provides a suite of presentations for the gathered data, and houses a base for WoWRoster AddOns to access and manipulate roster data, displays WoWRoster AddOn links in the WoWRoster menu, and presents output to users in a web accessible interface.
WoWRoster AddOns can be downloaded from our site:
http://www.wowroster.net
Configuration is simple though a web interface
Documentation
Check out our WiKi - http://www.wowroster.net/MediaWiki.html
Bug reports, feature requests, installation issues, general discussion
- just about anything can be directed to our site:
http://www.wowroster.net
(Note: Free registration is required for posting and replying)
If you're using WoWRoster, we'd love to hear from you...
If you have a moment, post your site in our WebLinks area:
http://www.wowroster.net/WeblinksPro.html
We also have an IRC chat room as well
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #wowroster
Link to java chat - http://www.wowroster.net/IRCChat.html
Donations
If you like WoWRoster, please consider donating 50¢ to help finance our hosting
http://www.wowroster.net/Treasury.html
Requirements
WoWRoster is a web application that runs on a web server
The following are the web server requirements
- A web server supporting PHP (Apache or IIS recommended)
- PHP 4.3.x or higher (PHP 5.x is recommended) with "safe_mode" turned OFF if possible
- register_globals should be turned off
- PHP running in CGI mode is NOT supported
- MySQL 4.1.x or higher (MySQL 5.0 is recommended)
- A MySQL user name and password with permission to create, insert, and otherwise modify tables in a particular database
Optional Web Server Features
- GD2 (2.0.28 or higher) with PNG and FreeType support is required for image rendering components and some addons (Such as realmstatus or SigGen)
Required for Updating Data on WoWRoster
- World of Warcraft with an active account on an official Blizzard server (un-official or "private" servers are not supported)
- CharacterProfiler - For updating character data
- GuildProfiler - Needed only for updating a guild member list
Recommended Optional Components
- UniUploader
- Out of game tool to automate and streamline the uploading of data to the roster
- jUniUploader
- Java version of UniUploader
- UniAdmin
- Web-based tool to automate and manage UniUploader's settings and logos and distribute addons
Installation
Download the package from here, or on our site
Read install.txt inside the package for detailed information
Or visit the Roster Installation Guide on our WiKi - http://www.wowroster.net/MediaWiki/Roster:Install
Upgrades
Download and run the upgrader
NOTE: The download here does not include the interface image pack, visit our site to download it.
License
WoWRoster is licensed under a Creative Commons 'Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5' license
Several javascript files are libraries that are under their own licenses
The installer was derived from the EQdkp installer and is licensed under the GNU General Public License
Please see license.txt for more info
Credits
Props to Celandro, Paleblackness, Pytte, Rubricsinger, and Konkers for the original code used for this site
Special thanks to calvin from rpgoutfitter.com for his wonderful addons CharacterProfiler and GuildProfiler
To the DEVs of Roster, for helping to build and maintain the package. You Rock!
Thanks to all the coders who have contributed code, bug fixes, time, and testing of WoWRoster
World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
v2.0.2
Released - December 21, 2008
General Fixes and Enhancements
- Death Knight talent spec icons
- Support for flying icons when skill > 150
- Riding icon code changed, now includes flying icons
- Memberslist now uses members.classid for class coloring
- Pet info will only be saved for Hunters and Warlocks until CP is fixed
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
