vB News CMS

[davidw]

Very similar to vB News CMS for 3.5, but a some of the code was rewritten. This now works with BBCode - (This includes line breaks, URLs, smilies, etc.). I've removed several lines and taken out have removed the dual option for SQL 4.1 or higher as a lot of people are still on the lower MySQL

What does this do? It allows you to take your news from your news forums (up to 9 news forums) and display them in a category-style fashion with the ability to add new content, reply to the original story, send to a friend, and print.

This works only for vbulletin 3.6.0 or higher.

There is a 3.7.x version here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=166966)

Install/Upgrade Instructions

Located in the zipped readme.txt file.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the forumid?
The forumid is the id of the forum you have created. Each forum has its own unique number assigned to it. When you click on a forum link you can see a number that is assigned to it. This will show up in the URL of the page you are browsing. Another way of seeing the forumid is to go to your admin control panel => Forums & Moderators => Forum Manager => Click on [Expand All] and then move your mouse over (hover) any of the forums you've created. Your status bar (bottom of screen) should display your forumid (number at the end of the link/url).

Changes

V. 1.2a Added security for admins
V. 1.2 Added support for Who's Online

Things in consideration for future releases

1) Menu system that dynamically displays a menu based on forum choices.

Known Bugs/Issues:
1) - When you go to the page directly, the page acts as a normal page - however, if you click refresh on the page, the refresh stalls. I don't understand why this occurs.

Temporary demo location:
http://www.christianboards.org/vbnews.php

[chick]

Reserved

I will let you know. Look sweet.

[peterska2]

/me clicks install

[asj]

Thanks for man;)

[SaN-DeeP]

thanks for this release, trying now.

[Mecho]

Installed . Thanks

i think it shows Sticky posts instead of new post , isnt it ?

[Shouzen]

is it possible to put this as your site, instead of the forum?

[peterska2]

Yes, it can be done with some renaming of files and some changes to your settings. It will only work in the same directory as your forums though.

[Eric]

Nice.

/me clicks install

[Genjuro-Sensei]

Thx !!

Better include in the future releases a category (with images) system, no? ;)
Just like "Slashdot News MOD" for phpBB if you know it ;)

[biandchip]

:-* thanks

[Smoothie]

This looks very good, however, if this could be used as a "true"homepage I would install in a minute.

[davidw]

Oh I think there might be something you might like then... Kerry-Anne? :P

[davidw]

Thx !!

Better include in the future releases a category (with images) system, no? ;)
Just like "Slashdot News MOD" for phpBB if you know it ;)If you put images in your news to start with, they should display here as well. :)

[peterska2]

Oh I think there might be something you might like then... Kerry-Anne? :P


Can't have nothing to myself for 5 mins can I? It's not custom though if I share :(

Weekend sound like a plan David?

[projectego]

Thanks, christianb. ;)

* projectego clicks install

[davidw]

Can't have nothing to myself for 5 mins can I? It's not custom though if I share :(

Weekend sound like a plan David?hehe - I got excited :P

[peterska2]

hehe - I got excited :P
I noticed. I'll have yet another tidy up of the code (left myself notes all over the place) and check it on 3.6.4 and if it works then it should be released at weekend, but no promises that it will definately as I've got exams this week and the flu, so coding isn't high up the list of things to do atm.

[davidw]

I've been sick myself - very sick, and been waiting on trying to get my merger done. I just decided to go ahead and finish up some stuff before I work on my major projects (vbnl, vbb, vbb+mp3) merger comes first though. Which could be as soon as today. Hopefully I'll feel better by tomorrow. I've not had the flu, but had nasal and chest issues.

[digital_sc4rz]

Thankyou for this ;)

[ChurchMedia]

Very nice! Thanks!

[davidw]

This looks very good, however, if this could be used as a "true"homepage I would install in a minute.https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133757
There ya go... :P

[anzo]

very cool, thank you :) Installed here: http://latforums.lv/vbnews.php

[davidw]

Looks good :)

[captainslater]

You'll find the german version here (http://www.vbhacks-germany.org/showthread.php?t=7209).

[StefanZwickl]

well i installed this News CMS (looks awesome)
but i got one little Problem, the Page is on the left
i want it to get to middle (center)
what do i need to edit?

[davidw]

By default it is set to center on the page unless something is forcing it to the left. The templates tell it to center. However you can alter the template to a width of 100% rather than a fixed width and this should fix the issue.

Btw, don't forget to click install.

[StefanZwickl]

they weird problem is, my forum got a size of like 50%
the Forum is on the center
i just installed your mod, and now the vbnews.php is on the left

i dont get it

[peterska2]

This will be an issue with your style in general. Check your header and footer templates for anything that could affect it.

[StefanZwickl]

i just found out
the problem seems to be Internet Explorer 7
Working on IE6 and Firefox

why is that?

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<div class="side_borders">
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="tborder">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr class="header_bg">
<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="middle" width="330" height="92"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top" width="246" height="92" ><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xright.gif" width="246" height="92" alt="" /></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
<!-- banners -->
</td>


</tr>
<tr>
<td height="33" colspan="3" style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xnav.gif);">

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left">
<tr align="center">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xusercp.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xreg.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
</if>
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xfaq.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xmembers.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xcalendar.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xnew.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
<else />
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xdaily.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
</if>
<td id="navbar_search" width="78" height="33" ><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xsearch.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a><if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search", 1); </script></if></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td id="usercptools" width="78" height="33" ><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xlinks.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools", 1); </script></td>
</if>

</if>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td width="78" height="33" ><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xlogout.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
</if>

</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:#1E2830;">
<tr>
<td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:#232D35;">
<tr>
<td width="12" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/ls_main_table_top.gif" width="12" height="8" alt="" /></td>
<td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/expand_main_table.gif" width="100%" height="8" alt="" /></td>
<td width="12" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/rs_main_table_top.gif" width="12" height="8" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- content table -->
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:#232D35;">
<tr>
<td>
<!-- content table -->
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the problem must be somewhere in the header

when i revert it, the navbar is ++++ed, but the page is on the center

[jags2ooo]

Can this be also used on a non vb page? Pulling the info from a vb forum section then adding it in a new style format to a non vb page?

[Masiello]

very cool, thank you :) Installed here: http://latforums.lv/vbnews.php

very bad layout, same as IE and FF

[davidw]

Can this be also used on a non vb page? Pulling the info from a vb forum section then adding it in a new style format to a non vb page?I don't see why it can't be - its mainly queries and templates.

[Aotw]

Hey!
Trying to get this working on a page outside the forum folder, a non vb page. I have included the vbnews.php file into the page i want to show my news, but it somehow destroys the design of the page. It should be 3 colums with the news in the middle and the tables separated with a vertical dotted line.

Anyone have any ideas how to fix this issue?

[davidw]

Not offhand

[anzo]

very bad layout, same as IE and FFwhat is bad about it?

[davidw]

I've updated to include Who's online support.

[Timan]

I have a question about this, could I rename the news.php to say index.php and move it out of the forums folder?

Say I have
\index.php (renamed news.php)
\board\ (forums folder)

Will that work?

[davidw]

Most likely, but you will need to edit each instance of vbnews.php and vbnews to index.php and index (respectively) in the php page. I've not tried it, but don't see why not.

[Timan]

I've had no luck getting this to work, out side of the forum folder. I keep getting the following error(s)
Warning: main(/home/aquasoft/public_html/includes/init.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/aquasoft/public_html/board/global.php on line 20

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/aquasoft/public_html/includes/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/aquasoft/public_html/board/global.php on line 20

[davidw]

Try this...

change this

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
GLOBAL $parser;
require_once('./includes/class_bbcode.php');
require_once('./global.php');
$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

to this

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
GLOBAL $parser;
require_once('./includes/includes/init.php');
require_once('./includes/class_bbcode.php');
require_once('./global.php');
$parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

Of course, you may have to edit the links to make them point directly to where the files are located based on this file's location.

[Timan]

Hey david, sorry to be a pest about it, but seem that didn't work either, now the error is the following.

Warning: main(/home/aquasoft/public_html/includes/class_core.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/aquasoft/public_html/board/includes/init.php on line 45

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/aquasoft/public_html/includes/class_core.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/aquasoft/public_html/board/includes/init.php on line 45

[davidw]

How are you setting this up in relationship to the forum? It may not be the files that are missing, but the link needs to be changed to what were originally required.

[Timan]

Well seems this addon fits my needs perfect for my site. We wanted to have a specified forum's posts be like news on a main page. Right now it works perfect at http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/news.php problem is we really wanted to move that news.php file to the root of the site so we could access it at http://www.aqua-soft.org/index.php Hope that helps.

[Joshyyy]

is there a way to edit the name of the mod, when displaying it on your forums?

Example atm its:

NAME OF FORUMS
--- vB News CMS

is there a way to edit the vB News CMS bit?

[davidw]

You can edit the vbnews.php file and find around line 499 (near the bottom):

$navbits[$parent] = 'vB News CMS'; and change it there. Save then reimport.

[Blindchild02]

Can this just do the newest threads from said forums, rather than newest threads per group?

Does that make sense? lol

I just want it to feed from all the forums I chose in order of date, rather than order of date within a group.

[Millenium IT]

BBcode doesnt work :/

[davidw]

Can this just do the newest threads from said forums, rather than newest threads per group?

Does that make sense? lol

I just want it to feed from all the forums I chose in order of date, rather than order of date within a group.Are you wanting this to encompass all your forums altogether, rather than individual forums?

BBcode doesnt work :/Where is this not working?

Btw, don't forget to click install.

[Blindchild02]

Are you wanting this to encompass all your forums altogether, rather than individual forums?


no no, I still want the option to choose which forums, but I dont want them organized in categories, I'd rather them all be in 1 category and by date.

[yoyoyoyo]

cool - thanks - just found this - works great. I tweaked it a bit to suit my forum, but I really like it. Thanks again.

[davidw]

no no, I still want the option to choose which forums, but I dont want them organized in categories, I'd rather them all be in 1 category and by date.
I don't think it would be that hard to do - all it boils down to is queries and how they are handled. Let me see what I can come up with.

[Blindchild02]

I don't think it would be that hard to do - all it boils down to is queries and how they are handled. Let me see what I can come up with.

thank you very much :) :up:

[Blindchild02]

*bump* any help? ^.^

[davidw]

For others wondering, this was solved with a custom version of the script.

[Blindchild02]

For others wondering, this was solved with a custom version of the script.

great man :up:

[blastup]

hey can it group like news ? like 10 news entries per page.... that will be awesome if it could do that... so users can see all the news from the past... i suck at coding .. so i cant really do this my self.. if you can do that that will be a awesome addition .. let me know if you can do that thanx

[blastup]

can you also add something like users rank, avatar and etc.. most of the things on showpost thanx.. let me know if you can thanx

[davidw]

hey can it group like news ? like 10 news entries per page.... that will be awesome if it could do that... so users can see all the news from the past... i suck at coding .. so i cant really do this my self.. if you can do that that will be a awesome addition .. let me know if you can do that thanx
The best way to do something like this is to take the two files (xml and php) and rename practically all the variables, phrases, etc., anything that is particular to this modification. Theoretically you could do this as many times as you want as long as your forums will allow without having issues.

can you also add something like users rank, avatar and etc.. most of the things on showpost thanx.. let me know if you can thanx
Currently those features (rank, avatar, etc. aren't set but I may include those in a future version).

[blastup]

hey ill pay you for the pagination feature? so you can see posts from the past? do you think you can make it becuase i think i really need it

[Gharibe]

it could be in the header

[flOid]

Exactly what I needed, thanx!

I'm using just one news forum, and I would like to have an "older threads/articles2 link at the bottom of the page.

Could anyone provide the code?

[davidw]

You could try the 3.7 version - it might work with 3.6 and there is a link on there for archives.

[phenetic]

Ok my forums are on one domain name, and the news site is on another domain which is added on to my forums domain. is there any possible way to use this mod to display the news from my forum to the news site?

[davidw]

The first thing that pops in my head is use an iframe.

[phenetic]

I was thinking of maybe using PHP Includes

[davidw]

If you go that route, you will need to set up the database for the source site as well. The iframe would be the easiest way, but you could do it that way as well.

[DivineMessenger]

Is there a way to make this a center module on my CMPS?

[davidw]

Which CMPS are you using?

[DivineMessenger]

vBalanced

[davidw]

Do you mean vBAdvanced? If not, where is the vBalanced CMPS found (that way I can see if it might work)? Theoretically it should work with vBAdvanced.

[DivineMessenger]

Its located in my root folder.

[DivineMessenger]

yes, vbadvanced lol sorry i was tired

[DivineMessenger]

Prolly pretty simple I just don't know how.

[davidw]

Someone is working on coming out with a vbadvanced version.

[crkgb]

Is there any way to make it parse BB-code?

[davidw]

This one and the 3.7 version does, the 3.5 version didn't.

[davidw]

This modification is no longer supported.