Article Forums

[bananalive]

Article Forums v4.x for vBulletin v4.x (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=237116)

Demo (http://www.bananalive.co.cc/articles.php) | Version History (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1794573&postcount=42)

Turn a forum into an article forum. Sub-forums are turned into categories.
Posts/Articles show in searches & in new posts
Create as many sub-forums/ categories as you need
Follows forum permissions
Can still rate thread, etc.
Different postbits for article and replies (comments)
Choose what to display in postbit for article and comments
Choose what to display on articles in vBulletin Options* Not compatible with 3.7.x forums *

Installation:
Upload articles.php
Import product file
Create a forum in admincp
Go to vBulletin Options->Article forum OptionsRemember to click Mark as Installed to receive updates and support

Possible Future Additions:
Make article collapsible
Allow multiple article forumsTranslations:
German/ Deutsch: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=6048
Russian: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1844585&postcount=643

[sctsnipe]

Installed to www.yoursitename.com/articles.php

Set my forum to the proper one in the options and got this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads, SUM(IF(thread.lastpost > 1240155440 AND open <> 10, 1, 0)) AS newthread
FROM thread AS thread
WHERE forumid IN( )
AND thread.visible = 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
AND thread.visible = 1' at line 3
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 08:37:20 AM
Error Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 08:37:20 AM
Script : http://www.yoursitename.com/articles.php?c=40
Referrer : http://www.yoursitename.com/forum.php
IP Address : IP ADDRESS
Username : username
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-log

[Sweeks]

Installing as soon as no db errors :D
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[vibedream]

Thanks
i got Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]\articles.php on line 100

[Jasem]

Nice work, thank you!:)

[Sweeks]

Went ahead and installed, as soon as I changed the default forum selection I get this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads, SUM(IF(thread.lastpost > 1239294351 AND open <> 10, 1, 0)) AS newthread
FROM thread AS thread
WHERE forumid IN( )
AND thread.visible = 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
AND thread.visible = 1' at line 3
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 05:25:51 PM
Error Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 05:25:51 PM
Script : /articles.php
Referrer :
IP Address : xxx
Username : xxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community-log

Cant wait for the fix.
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[bananalive]

Installed to www.yoursitename.com/articles.php

Set my forum to the proper one in the options and got this:


fixed error (produced when there are no sub-categories)
Thanks
i got Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]\articles.php on line 100

fixed, re-download articles.php from first post

[Sweeks]

This works fine aslong as you dont touch the default forum for the articles to be pulled from.
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[Sweeks]

Just done the update and still getting this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads, SUM(IF(thread.lastpost > 1239294618 AND open <> 10, 1, 0)) AS newthread
FROM thread AS thread
WHERE forumid IN( )
AND thread.visible = 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
AND thread.visible = 1' at line 3
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 05:30:18 PM
Error Date : Sunday, April 19th 2009 @ 05:30:19 PM
Script : /articles.php
Referrer :
IP Address : xxx
Username : xxx
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community-l
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[bananalive]

Just done the update and still getting this:

Try re-downloading and uploading articles.php now (remember to click allow overwrite)

[entertain]

Can you please upload a screenshot when creating a new article?

[Sweeks]

Thank you it's working now. One question, is there a way to switch it so that it doesnt use the postbit template for replies and instead uses postbit legacy?
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[Sweeks]

Another question, when I click the forums link on forumhome to get to the articles the link URL will be:

/support-articles/

but when clicked takes me to:

/help-articles/?c=188

after adding vbseo custom rewrite rules for article.php.

Is this okay?
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[fernas]

It is possible to add pagination in articles? If not I suggest that :D.

[bananalive]

Can you please upload a screenshot when creating a new article?

.............

[Sweeks]

The search isnt working for me and displaying all articles from all time.

Also, I cant find where to create a new article either.

Thank you.
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[nohuhu]

Sweeks,

DB errors seem to arise when you try to choose a forum in Article settings while you should choose a category.

bananalive,

You're the man! It's just the mod I was looking for. Nomination for MOTM, definitely.

[Sweeks]

Actually, the display options/search is fine, I got confused on how it should be used.

But I still lack the new article creation :D

Yes it is working for me now when it is a forum and not a category. I just cant find where to create an article now.
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[bananalive]

Thank you it's working now. One question, is there a way to switch it so that it doesnt use the postbit template for replies and instead uses postbit legacy?

Added to options in attached file

[bananalive]

Actually, the display options/search is fine, I got confused on how it should be used.

But I still lack the new article creation :D

Yes it is working for me now when it is a forum and not a category. I just cant find where to create an article now.

add some sub-forums

[bananalive]

Another question, when I click the forums link on forumhome to get to the articles the link URL will be:

/support-articles/

but when clicked takes me to:

/help-articles/?c=188

after adding vbseo custom rewrite rules for article.php.

Is this okay?

not sure

[Sweeks]

Thanks for the sweet and fast update :) works a charm but still no create article anywhere :D

EDIT: Is there any way you could get this to work with just one forum? Instead of needing to use categories?
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[bananalive]

Sweeks,

DB errors seem to arise when you try to choose a forum in Article settings while you should choose a category.

bananalive,

You're the man! It's just the mod I was looking for. Nomination for MOTM, definitely.

It works for me if i select a forum whether or not it has 'Act as Forum' as yes or no

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

uh... can you bring all article templates under a category? like album templates, announcement templates and so on. that will make style templates list less crowded. :)

and regarding categories, point taken. thanks. :)

[bananalive]

Actually, the display options/search is fine, I got confused on how it should be used.

But I still lack the new article creation :D

Yes it is working for me now when it is a forum and not a category. I just cant find where to create an article now.

Attached files works with one forum, no categories

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

showthread.php gives a warning on top of the page:

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/showthread.php(984) : eval()'d code on line 1

[entertain]

.............
So this system takes one of the attachments as the "article image"?

[bananalive]

bananalive,

uh... can you bring all article templates under a category? like album templates, announcement templates and so on. that will make style templates list less crowded. :)

and regarding categories, point taken. thanks. :)

done in attached file

[bananalive]

So this system takes one of the attachments as the "article image"?

it will take first attached image if there is one

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

you're lightning fast man! other thing i discovered: in printer-friendly view it doesn't mention anywhere that it's an article. and one more thing, i think article posts shouldn't display user signatures.

[Sweeks]

Thank you. The only problem I can see now is that under Most Read Articles it doesnt have anyone even though people have read and responded and the same with the Most Commented Articles, both are blank. Cheers for those two it is fine other than the problem above :)
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[bananalive]

bananalive,

showthread.php gives a warning on top of the page:

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/showthread.php(984) : eval()'d code on line 1


should be fixed in attached file

[nohuhu]

Sweeks, i second that. can't see anything in most commented and most read sections despite the fact that i pointed articles to a rather large category with several subcategories and lots of posts.

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

warning is fixed now, thanks. another suggestion: it would be good to have an option in articles' settings to turn on or off displaying articles link in navbar.

[Sweeks]

Please do the forum version with the most read etc fixed. I also notice the breadcrumbs when viewing the article is wrong and repeats the sites name at least here it does. Thank you :)
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[nohuhu]

bananalive,

uh, i tried to turn "Use article postbit instead of default?" back and forth but it seems that it doesn't use article postbit anymore. same for comment postbit here.

[bananalive]

Thank you. The only problem I can see now is that under Most Read Articles it doesnt have anyone even though people have read and responded and the same with the Most Commented Articles, both are blank. Cheers for those two it is fine other than the problem above :)

try attached file

[Sweeks]

Still not working with the attached file :( also no way to create an article now :(
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[BlueNinjaGo]

I figured I'd try to install this on 3.7.3 to see if it works...

I installed it, and went straight to the options to pick which forums/boards i wanted it to be applied to.

I changed it from what it was defaulted to, to a board in the staff only section.

Immediately, whenever i tried to open a thread in the boards that used to have the article system, it wouldn't open the thread. (see second picture in attachment.)

Also, across the top of every page there is an error message. (First picture in attachment.)

I realize this is a 3.8 mod, but i just thought I'd let you know what happened when I installed it on a 3.7 board.

Suggestion: An enable/disable option in ACP option.

[nohuhu]

i made "comment" button for default style, see attached file. i think it'll look better than "post reply" button for articles.

[bananalive]

I figured I'd try to install this on 3.7.3 to see if it works...

I installed it, and went straight to the options to pick which forums/boards i wanted it to be applied to.

I changed it from what it was defaulted to, to a board in the staff only section.

Immediately, whenever i tried to open a thread in the boards that used to have the article system, it wouldn't open the thread. (see second picture in attachment.)

Also, across the top of every page there is an error message. (First picture in attachment.)

I realize this is a 3.8 mod, but i just thought I'd let you know what happened when I installed it on a 3.7 board.

Suggestion: An enable/disable option in ACP option.

Latest version has showthread error fixed.

[bananalive]

Version History

v1.9
- JavaScript minor bug fix on showthread
- forumdisplay re-direct handled by vBulletin's inbuilt re-director

v1.8
- WOL for articles.php
- altered showthread
- altered first post/ article postbit
- choose modules for articles.php

v1.7
- Better phrase changing for newpost
- Moved Rating in Show Thread
- More display options for Article Post
- Fixed ie 6 image bug

v1.6
- Search by first letter of article title
- Show letters at top of articles.php for easy searching
- option to use default sort order in $foruminfo
- option to disable article forums on some forum styles
- option to specify div surrounding article thumbnail width for consistency on articles.php

v1.5
- Search article text for image thumbnail to display on articles.php (if post has no attachments)
- Article tools beneath Author info

v1.4
- fix ie8 bug

v1.3
- more options
- search articles on articles.php
- fixed display of articles.php in internet explorer

v1.2
- included missing template
- fixed article multiple pages issue
- added option for title length limit
- added option for length of thread/article preview

v1.1
- fixed showthread bug
- works with just one forum
- hides signature in article postbit

v1.0
- initial release

[Sweeks]

Tried the latest but no Most Commented coming up sadly.
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[bananalive]

Tried the latest but no Most Commented coming up sadly.

what vb version? do you have empty box or no box at all?

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

i have the same situation as Sweeks, vb 3.8.2, it shows an empty box.

p.s. downloaded the latest version, still no go with article/comment postbits. default postbit is shown regardless of the settings.

[Sweeks]

vb 3.8.1 ;)
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[nohuhu]

bananalive,

another suggestion: can you add an option to change article author and post date? i have an old forum on phpbb that uses mx_kb mod for knowledge base articles and i would want to move all the stuff from there to the new vbulletin-based forum. i don't want to appear as the only article contributor though. :)

[Sweeks]

bananalive,

another suggestion: can you add an option to change article author and post date? i have an old forum on phpbb that uses mx_kb mod for knowledge base articles and i would want to move all the stuff from there to the new vbulletin-based forum. i don't want to appear as the only article contributor though. :)

Doesnt the change posts owner hack work for that?
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[nohuhu]

Sweeks,

oopsie, never knew such a mod existed, thanks. i must admit i'm not that familiar with vbulletin yet. :)

[Sweeks]

No problem. Just hope this gets fixed asap :)
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[Spikeman]

When using vBa within forums as I do, you get a double navbar? Any ideas?

[bananalive]

When using vBa within forums as I do, you get a double navbar? Any ideas?

where in forums or articles.php page?

[bananalive]

No problem. Just hope this gets fixed asap :)

What forum structure are you trying to use for Articles Forum?

[Sweeks]

It is a forum not a category which has denied all permissions subforums under it which arent used and that is all :) It has around 100 threads in it too. Its set to act as forum and all the regular setup.
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[Spikeman]

where in forums or articles.php page?

Sorted now, had to comment out the navbar in articles.php

[Sweeks]

Is there any way so I can have the articles display within a normal looking forumdisplay and then on the showthread keep the article layout etc? Im not too keen on the main articles.php page.

Thanks
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[bananalive]

It is a forum not a category which has denied all permissions subforums under it which arent used and that is all :) It has around 100 threads in it too. Its set to act as forum and all the regular setup.

Try attached files

[bananalive]

Is there any way so I can have the articles display within a normal looking forumdisplay and then on the showthread keep the article layout etc? Im not too keen on the main articles.php page.

Thanks

disable forumdisplay plugins:

Article Forum (forumdisplay_complete)

Edit Show Thread (showthread_complete)

if ($articleforum)
{
eval('$SHOWTHREAD = "' . fetch_template('SHOWTHREAD') . '";');
$SHOWTHREAD = str_replace($vbphrase[thread], $vbphrase[article], $SHOWTHREAD);
$SHOWTHREAD = str_replace("newthread.gif","newarticle.gif", $SHOWTHREAD);
print_output($SHOWTHREAD);
}

[Spikeman]

Sorted now, had to comment out the navbar in articles.phpoops, not sorted, look here http://www.beta-tester.co.uk/iphone/articles.php all is ok then click on article. Double navbar.

[bananalive]

oops, not sorted, look here http://www.beta-tester.co.uk/iphone/articles.php all is ok then click on article. Double navbar.

try this

[Sweeks]

disable forumdisplay plugins:

Article Forum (forumdisplay_complete)

Edit Show Thread (showthread_complete)

if ($articleforum)
{
eval('$SHOWTHREAD = "' . fetch_template('SHOWTHREAD') . '";');
$SHOWTHREAD = str_replace($vbphrase[thread], $vbphrase[article], $SHOWTHREAD);
$SHOWTHREAD = str_replace("newthread.gif","newarticle.gif", $SHOWTHREAD);
print_output($SHOWTHREAD);
}

Thank you I prefer it like this now :) Much simpler too. I gather it is fine to delete articles.php too?
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[Spikeman]

try this
nope, this puts back navbar in article.php and double navbar in the showthresd article.

Commenting out lines 36 & 376 in articles.php will take out the double navbar in articles.php but not the showthread.

[Reycer]

yep, I was getting the double navbar thing too. Might wanna take that out of articles.php

[ArnyVee]

I'm keeping this one in my *tagged* list :up:

Looks like something that I definitely will use in the near future :D

[Forumi Shqiptar]

Nice idea :)

Unfortunately i got the ones of vbmary and it still works fine with vb 3.8 version so i dont intend on changing but might use this mode for other purposes.

*tagging this thread...

[TimberFloorAu]

Another GREAT mod Banana !!!

We LOVE it, Installed and Marked for MOTM

Just a couple of issues.

When we go back to edit a article, the editor window extends over the postbit, and looks kinda crappy. ( I can live with that )

Can we reduce postbit to just Username and avatar, and perhaps a link underneath with the amount of Articles they have created. Their rating etc.

Cheers Big Ears

[TalkVirginia]

Looks like an awesome addon! I'll keep an eye on this and install it later. Gratz! Keep up the great work! Nominated for MOTM.

[soletrader]

I noticed that the breadcrumbs are wrong in a forum with this enabled. Can anyone verify?

[TimberFloorAu]

Yes Sole they are incorrect.

ours should be

forum>news>articles

instead we get

forum>articles>news

____________________________

+ we dont get displayed :
most read articles
most commented articles

+ we cannot see how to add categories, as per Bananas Demo.

Ste

[soletrader]

Yes Sole they are incorrect.

ours should be

forum>news>articles

instead we get

forum>articles>news

____________________________

+ we dont get displayed :
most read articles
most commented articles

+ we cannot see how to add categories, as per Bananas Demo.

Ste

Okay, Ill wait for an update by the author. btw, nice site.

[TimberFloorAu]

Thanks :)

[bananalive]

Attached file should fix issue with parent forums not showing in navbar for article forum which are sub-forums

The double navbar is caused by vba cmps

To have categories create sub-forums

I'm still not sure why 'most read articles', etc are blank for some of you, it might be due to special characters in one of the thread title though?

[BlueNinjaGo]

Anyone get it working on a 3.7 board? I tried and it didn't go so well for me...

[Sweeks]

I have a problem when editing an article, the editor will stretch over the avatar part on the right and look awful. Any ideas on how to fix?

Thank you :)
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[Trip]

Looks like a real useful modification. Might give it a shot.
Thanks.

[bananalive]

I have a problem when editing an article, the editor will stretch over the avatar part on the right and look awful. Any ideas on how to fix?

Thank you :)

Quick fix is to disable ajax edit for first post

Delete in template: af_firstpost
name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

what do you mean by "special characters"? i have only cyrillic in windows-1251 codepage. ;)

[bananalive]

bananalive,

what do you mean by "special characters"? i have only cyrillic in windows-1251 codepage. ;)



anything not alpha-numeric, ie. symbols, punctuation, etc.

I've tested , - ' " without problem

[Sweeks]

Quick fix is to disable ajax edit for first post

Delete in template: af_firstpost
name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"

Perfect thank you so much :)
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[gamerscms]

This is looking good, i will have to check it out.

[TimberFloorAu]

Quick fix is to disable ajax edit for first post

Delete in template: af_firstpost
name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"

K That fixed the Ajax editor issue, thanks.

Just the Comments and most read now.

Will work on the sub cats

[Sweeks]

Another problem, when a article has more than 1 page worth of replies, the first poster on the second page appears as if they have written the article like the main article postbit style.

Hope this can be fixed :)

Thank you.
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[kevinfx]

I'm also having issue with Most popular & most commented articles not showing up

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

ugh, this "most read" and "most commented" problem turned out to be more prosaic than i thought and it shouldn't have anything to do with character sets or whatever. it's that you're using af_articlesmallbit template in the script and it's absent in the product file. ;) no wonder it works only in your development environment. ;)

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

uh, an while poking around script's guts i got a suggestion: it would be good to have title length limit configurable instead of hardcoded 25 characters. it pretty much depends on style and font used so in some cases 25 characters can be too long and in some it can be too short. i mean title length for "most read" and "most commented" blocks, that is.

[bananalive]

bananalive,

uh, an while poking around script's guts i got a suggestion: it would be good to have title length limit configurable instead of hardcoded 25 characters. it pretty much depends on style and font used so in some cases 25 characters can be too long and in some it can be too short. i mean title length for "most read" and "most commented" blocks, that is.

I'll include that in next release.

[bananalive]

bananalive,

ugh, this "most read" and "most commented" problem turned out to be more prosaic than i thought and it shouldn't have anything to do with character sets or whatever. it's that you're using af_articlesmallbit template in the script and it's absent in the product file. ;) no wonder it works only in your development environment. ;)

Yes, thank you. very well spotted :D

[bananalive]

Another problem, when a article has more than 1 page worth of replies, the first poster on the second page appears as if they have written the article like the main article postbit style.

Hope this can be fixed :)

Thank you.

It should show article at top of every page, I've fixed this now

[crkgb]

Hello. Thank you currently testing. In my case

Most Read Articles and Most Commented Articles are empty although there are multiple articles and multiple comments. Everything else seems to work just fine.

[bananalive]

Hello. Thank you currently testing. In my case

Most Read Articles and Most Commented Articles are empty although there are multiple articles and multiple comments. Everything else seems to work just fine.

Fixed in v1.2, just released in first post

[crkgb]

Thank you. Super fast.

Also many people have custom bb codes. Those are displayed if included in the beginning of the article. Is there a way to disable those in the articles.php display?

[bananalive]

Thank you. Super fast.

Also many people have custom bb codes. Those are displayed if included in the beginning of the article. Is there a way to disable those in the articles.php display?

open articles.php

line 304
$thread = process_thread_array($thread, $lastread, $foruminfo['allowicons']);

Add after:
$thread[preview] = str_replace('', '', $thread[preview]);
$thread[preview] = str_replace('', '', $thread[preview]);

[crkgb]

Thank you.

I am using bb-code of left/right align image. I have the URL portion (what is between the bbcodes) still being displayed.

[BlueNinjaGo]

Ok... I installed the newest release on my 3.7.3 board...

So far, everything seems to be working. I do have a question... When setting the option for length of description... (the default is -1)... I set it to 0 so it would have no preview... needless to say it previews the whole article...

[bananalive]

Ok... I installed the newest release on my 3.7.3 board...

So far, everything seems to be working. I do have a question... When setting the option for length of description... (the default is -1)... I set it to 0 so it would have no preview... needless to say it previews the whole article...

Find in template: af_articlebit
$thread[preview]

Repalce
<if condition="$vboptions[af_threadpreview]!=0">$thread[preview]</if>

[bananalive]

Thank you.

I am using bb-code of left/right align image. I have the URL portion (what is between the bbcodes) still being displayed.
Yes it will.

[BlueNinjaGo]

When I go to open an article, i get an error message pop up... (see attachment)

[calord]

I would install but I am too confused about how this works. Please try to be more thorough in the description and please also note whether this is compatible with 3.6/3.7 boards.

My main question is what this does other can create an "article" section. I want to install but not until I know the exact functionality. Does this allow me to take stickies in forums and make them into articles? Or do I have to create a sub-form for every post I want to be an article?

Any clarification welcome.

[Sweeks]

It should show article at top of every page, I've fixed this now

I dont understand. On our forum if the article goes onto 2 pages of replies the first poster on the second page appears to be the article starter with the nice postbit etc. Is there a fix already for this?

Thanks
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[bananalive]

When I go to open an article, i get an error message pop up... (see attachment)

if you disable article forums do you still get the error message?

[bananalive]

I dont understand. On our forum if the article goes onto 2 pages of replies the first poster on the second page appears to be the article starter with the nice postbit etc. Is there a fix already for this?

Thanks

The article should appear at the top post of every page. This issue was fixed in v1.2 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=98124&d=1240329358)

[bananalive]

I would install but I am too confused about how this works. Please try to be more thorough in the description and please also note whether this is compatible with 3.6/3.7 boards.

My main question is what this does other can create an "article" section. I want to install but not until I know the exact functionality. Does this allow me to take stickies in forums and make them into articles? Or do I have to create a sub-form for every post I want to be an article?

Any clarification welcome.

It basically modifies the display of a forum and the threads in that forum. The forum list is replaced with this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=97992&stc=1&thumb=0&d=) and the thread view is modified to look like this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=97993&stc=1&thumb=0&d=).

I have not tested in on vb v3.6 or vb3.7

Sub-forums are the categories for the articles to be posted in.

Creating an article is just posting a new thread in the article forum.

[BlueNinjaGo]

I disabled and the message did not pop up. (tried 5 times)

I re-enabled and it came back again.

It pops up EVERY time I open the article.

Edit: I'm using 3.7 and this is the ONLY bug I've ran into so far.

[bananalive]

I disabled and the message did not pop up. (tried 5 times)

I re-enabled and it came back again.

It pops up EVERY time I open the article.

Edit: I'm using 3.7 and this is the ONLY bug I've ran into so far.

Did you get this error in previous versions of modification?

See if you have the hook location: showthread_query_postids

[BlueNinjaGo]

I don't remember this error before, but I was more worried about my other boards being unable to be used so I uninstalled very quickly...

And where would i look for that hook?

[bananalive]

I don't remember this error before, but I was more worried about my other boards being unable to be used so I uninstalled very quickly...

And where would i look for that hook?

AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Add new plugin

look in Hook Location dropdown for the hook name.

[BlueNinjaGo]

Ahh... thank you... learned my new fact for today....

And yes, it's in the list.

[Sweeks]

Thank you, missed the update and working perfectly now :)
________
Yamaha yzr500 history (http://www.yamaha-tech.com/wiki/Yamaha_YZR500)

[TimberFloorAu]

Top Banana :up:

[Sweeks]

Nominated ;)
________
Motorcycle Tires (http://www.motorcycle-tech.com/tires/motorcycle-tires)

[bananalive]

Ahh... thank you... learned my new fact for today....


And yes, it's in the list.

I tested this on vb3.7.0 and couldn't get it working, something must have chnaged in showthread.php

[TimberFloorAu]

Hey Banana is their a way to tweak the postbit part ( posters avatar etc )

All we want is Avatar , and Username

[BlueNinjaGo]

Well, do you have any suggestions? Besides uninstall? :(

Do you think you'll have time/interest in getting it to work for 3.7? It's an awesome mod and seems like it's almost there!

[TimberFloorAu]

Wouldnt it be easier for you to upgrade to 3.8 mate ?

[BlueNinjaGo]

No, not really an option.

[hjimeneza]

Hi, I would like to remove the navbar link, how can I accomplish that?

Thanks in advance.

[Mihalis]

A couple of suggestions for this wonderful mod...

- An Option to choose how many articles will be visible in the directory.

- An Option not to keep the article sticky in every comment page

Also I have encountered a problem with BBcodes if they are used in the beginning of an article. You see the actual code in the directory and not the BBcode result.

Thanx!

[Alfa1]

Please add a rating function/system, so that we can use this for reviews.

[BlueNinjaGo]

Please add a rating function/system, so that we can use this for reviews.

There is a function already installed... Same as rating a thread.

[Alfa1]

The standard thread rating function, is too basic for reviews. A rating function for multiple qualities would be needed.

Please see the ratings on softonic (http://msn-messenger.en.softonic.com/). On the right you'll see ratings on 5 qualities.

[bananalive]

Well, do you have any suggestions? Besides uninstall? :(

Do you think you'll have time/interest in getting it to work for 3.7? It's an awesome mod and seems like it's almost there!

I've got no idea why it isn't working. My only suggestion would be to disable all the plugin which run on the showthread pages, it will still function properly but the postbits won't be altered.

[bananalive]

Please add a rating function/system, so that we can use this for reviews.

Rate Article is an option in one of the dropdowns.

[bananalive]

The standard thread rating function, is too basic for reviews. A rating function for multiple qualities would be needed.

Please see the ratings on softonic (http://msn-messenger.en.softonic.com/). On the right you'll see ratings on 5 qualities.

That is very a forum-specific rating system

[bananalive]

Hi, I would like to remove the navbar link, how can I accomplish that?

Thanks in advance.

Disable Links plugin

[bananalive]

A couple of suggestions for this wonderful mod...

- An Option to choose how many articles will be visible in the directory.

- An Option not to keep the article sticky in every comment page

Also I have encountered a problem with BBcodes if they are used in the beginning of an article. You see the actual code in the directory and not the BBcode result.

Thanx!

I'll add more options in next release.

[MoveOver.cc]

Works great for me so thanks.

Question - How do I get the photos to show on the main article page like in your photo snapshot and not just in the thread.

[bananalive]

Works great for me so thanks.

Question - How do I get the photos to show on the main article page like in your photo snapshot and not just in the thread.

Attach an image to the first post of the thread

[Brandon Sheley]

great idea, I get ppl all the time asking for a free article mod

cheers

[frightie]

This is a bit off-topic, but I installed the mod and really like the look of the Article Postbit, and I was wondering how I could incorporate something like that into the rest of the regular threads on my board that aren't article-related? Is there a mod that does it already that I'm not aware of? Thanks!

[gator777]

Great mod ...Installed! :)

In Firefox, the alignment looks great, but when using IE8...

- the alignment centers all the text, so I manually corrected it by modifying the "af_articles" template.

- The first thread template looks great in FireFox as well, but the user info has a wide blank space to the right of the text/avatar.

Have you looked at your mod using IE8?

Again, thanks for taking the time and creating a nice mod. :up:

[bananalive]

This is a bit off-topic, but I installed the mod and really like the look of the Article Postbit, and I was wondering how I could incorporate something like that into the rest of the regular threads on my board that aren't article-related? Is there a mod that does it already that I'm not aware of? Thanks!

chief first post does something similar

[bananalive]

Great mod ...Installed! :)

In Firefox, the alignment looks great, but when using IE8...

- the alignment centers all the text, so I manually corrected it by modifying the "af_articles" template.

- The first thread template looks great in FireFox as well, but the user info has a wide blank space to the right of the text/avatar.

Have you looked at your mod using IE8?

Again, thanks for taking the time and creating a nice mod. :up:

I normally just use firefox, but i'll open up ie and try and make it the same

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

another suggestion: make number of displayed "most read"/"most commented" configurable, that would be good.
also, can you add an option to "link" an article to an existing thread upon creation? like this: user adds some useful post in other forum and i would want to store this info to be viewable as an article. i can move or copy this thread to articles forum but that's too inconvenient, if copied there will be two sets of comments with no viable way to merge them, if moved it will reside in articles with only a link in old forum and link can't be sticky. i would like it to be vice versa, the post itself in old forum and a link to it in articles, clicking it opening the post as an article. this way it can be very user friendly and convenient, moderators still having access to the whole thread to weed out unneeded comments and on the other hand, the useful info still easily accessed via articles section. could make a great "knowledge base" or "faq" mod for technical boards and such.

and, um, well... if that's possible it would be also great to have some "nominate for knowledge base" mechanism in threads, like "report this post" but for good posts that deserve to be put in articles section. ;)

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

also i found the bug that prevented article threads from being displayed with af_firstpost and af_comment templates: in "Alter Postbit" plugin, you forgot to import $vbulletin variable and it was inaccessible. changing plugin's first line from global $counter, $articleforum; to global $counter, $articleforum, $vbulletin; solved the problem.

[Alfa1]

That is very a forum-specific rating system
Indeed, but your modification is not so far from GARS or reviewpost. All it needs is an advanced rating function added to it...

Would be nice. Will you consider adding this?

[carubmun]

I wonder if i could use this as the default for all my threads and posts in my entire forum?

[HoneyHaHa]

Installed and nominated excelent work

Top Banana :D :up:

[nohuhu]

carubmun,

i think it can easily be done, just create a new topmost forum category, move all your forums into it and assign it as article forums parent. voila.

[Scamorz]

Installed, but if you move (with redirection) a thread into another forum, the topic is still visible into articles section...

Can you set the option to select and edit 1 or more threads from index page of articles?

[bananalive]

Installed, but if you move (with redirection) a thread into another forum, the topic is still visible into articles section...

Can you set the option to select and edit 1 or more threads from index page of articles?

There is no inline moderation on articles.php

[bananalive]

bananalive,

also i found the bug that prevented article threads from being displayed with af_firstpost and af_comment templates: in "Alter Postbit" plugin, you forgot to import $vbulletin variable and it was inaccessible. changing plugin's first line from global $counter, $articleforum; to global $counter, $articleforum, $vbulletin; solved the problem.

thanks, i'll add that to next release.

[bananalive]

Indeed, but your modification is not so far from GARS or reviewpost. All it needs is an advanced rating function added to it...

Would be nice. Will you consider adding this?

possibly in future...

[SwollenCranium]

OK..

Forgive me if this is uber simple but how are you getting the pictures to show up next to your article titles ?


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/04/38.jpg

[Mark.B]

OK..

Forgive me if this is uber simple but how are you getting the pictures to show up next to your article titles ?


http://swollencranium.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=110&pictureid=1204
I think they are thumbnails of any attachment that is in the article.

[SwollenCranium]

I think they are thumbnails of any attachment that is in the article.



Indeed.

Thanks.

It was a simple answer then.

I never use attachments and this is why I missed it.

[SwollenCranium]

Misspelled breadcrumb .. ??


http://swollencranium.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=110&pictureid=1207

[BlueNinjaGo]

Anyone get this working 100% in 3.7.x?

[Mark.B]

This is an excellent modification, thank you.

I have done a little playing around with the layout as I have never been a big fan of fieldsets, you don't get enough control over how they appear in different browsers.

So I did mine like this with a little mucking about with the code.

Apologies for breaking vb.org's table layout with this image:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/04/35.jpg

[SwollenCranium]

This is an excellent modification, thank you.

I have done a little playing around with the layout as I have never been a big fan of fieldsets, you don;t get enough control over how they appear in different browsers.

So I did mine like this with a little mucking about with the code.

Apologies for breaking vb.org's table layout with this image:



Ok?

I agree the original layout looks like ass.


So, are you just gonna show off or are you going to tell us how you did it.

[Mark.B]

I'm not trying to show off...

I will try and post the templates tomorrow...because they will certainly need to be cleaned up, I'm not very neat at this sort of thing. I can get the results I need but the chances are it will fail all sorts of validators. This is why I never, ever release anything formally and never will.

The avatars in that screenshot require a couple of changes to one of the plugins. And I had to create a second version of $thread[preview] because I just couldn't make the normal one parse anything....I am sure a better coder than me could sort that in a more efficient way.

[farzana]

hello i have installed this modification. but facing a small problem.. with my article i have a attachment but it is not showing as a thumbnail in the main article page..

my article page is http://www.shopnoranga.com/forum/articles.php

my recent article at the forum is http://www.shopnoranga.com/forum/showthread.php?p=119691

waiting for the feedback..

[leeherron]

All it needs is an nice little ajax routine that uploads images to a defined folder, then creates a token that can be inserted through the article to embed the image.

[farzana]

screen shots are here-

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/04/33.jpg

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/04/34.jpg

[bananalive]

hello i have installed this modification. but facing a small problem.. with my article i have a attachment but it is not showing as a thumbnail in the main article page..

my article page is http://www.shopnoranga.com/forum/articles.php

my recent article at the forum is http://www.shopnoranga.com/forum/showthread.php?p=119691

waiting for the feedback..

It's because the image extension is .jpeg

Find in articles.php
ON (attachment.postid = thread.firstpostid AND attachment.extension IN('jpg', 'gif',
Change to
ON (attachment.postid = thread.firstpostid AND attachment.extension IN('jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif',

[bananalive]

All it needs is an nice little ajax routine that uploads images to a defined folder, then creates a token that can be inserted through the article to embed the image.

I'm not sure what you mean?

[bananalive]

This is an excellent modification, thank you.

I have done a little playing around with the layout as I have never been a big fan of fieldsets, you don't get enough control over how they appear in different browsers.

So I did mine like this with a little mucking about with the code.

Apologies for breaking vb.org's table layout with this image:



looks nice.

The search articles is nice addition as well

[Mark.B]

Thanks.

The search box is really easy....I simply looked in the forumdisplay template, took the search box dropdown code from there, and pasted it in.

The only problem I am having with that is that I have had to hard code the forumid in as I can't find any variable that carries it.

[farzana]

excellent thanks it is working..

[bananalive]

Thanks.

The search box is really easy....I simply looked in the forumdisplay template, took the search box dropdown code from there, and pasted it in.

The only problem I am having with that is that I have had to hard code the forumid in as I can't find any variable that carries it.

Use the condition:

<if condition="$c">$c<else />$vboptions[af_forumids]</if>

[farzana]

another request can you please do something like this that the picture will look same size in the main article page.. i am talking about the attachments... like the users may upload pictures with different size but at the end they will look same size.. so it will look clean..

thanks in advance..

[Mark.B]

Use the condition:

<if condition="$c">$c<else />$vboptions[af_forumids]</if>
Thanks, that's sorted it.

[Furcal15]

When I click on the articles forum i'm using and I go to click on one of the latest articles in crashes my browser in IE and Firefox..Any help on this one?

[Mark.B]

When I click on the articles forum i'm using and I go to click on one of the latest articles in crashes my browser in IE and Firefox..Any help on this one?
Clear your browser cache and reboot the machine.

[Xanlamin]

Any way to get like inline images, where you can write the article and insert images at any point and that is where they stay w/captions under the pic? I seen one last night but for the life of me can not find it again.

[Furcal15]

Clear your browser cache and reboot the machine.

Still not working....

[bananalive]

Still not working....

What vb version? (This mod won't work with 3.7.x - not sure about 3.6.x)

Any other mods on showthread page?

[bananalive]

Any way to get like inline images, where you can write the article and insert images at any point and that is where they stay w/captions under the pic? I seen one last night but for the life of me can not find it again.

Use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/04/2.gif on vbeditor button to place attachments inline.

[TheLastSuperman]

TAGGED! Installing tonight, JUST what I have been looking for so many thanks for the creation!

;) You Da Man

Edit: Lunch is almost over but I have a question regarding your EasyForms Mod and will post it later tonight, have a good one Bananalive

[Furcal15]

What vb version? (This mod won't work with 3.7.x - not sure about 3.6.x)

Any other mods on showthread page?

3.8.1 is my version.

and nope. not that I know of.

[Deimos]

Just a question on the Display options
I've created a category and one forum
Posted articles aok, but they appear in the wrong order (By thread start time I believe), even though I set the forums themselves to sort by "Thread title" and "Ascending", they still appear in the wrong order, you have to manually change your preference to Thread title/Ascending

Ok, I got around that by editing the article.php file

$sqlsortorder = 'ASC';
$order = array('asc' => 'selected="selected"');
$vbulletin->GPC['sortorder'] = 'asc';

(I changed the DESC entries to ASC) heh

[fattony69]

This just came out after I bought GARS :/ Looks great, I might have to install on my other forums.

[redhawk89]

Installed, this will look good for MOTM...

Quick question. My first posts have attached images -- but I still don't see any thumbs like in the screenshots posted?

A few others have asked the same question, is this a working feature? I'd absolutely love to get those thumbs working...

here's the articles section on my forum: http://saskforum.ca/articles.php?c=35

[zapiy]

Does this work with vbadvanced?

[redhawk89]

Another thing. If you browse to http://www.saskforum.ca (top page) and you check it out, it says "Articles" in my navbar somewhere -- it's generating a link that I don't want to exist, to articles.php. How do I get rid of this?

[bananalive]

Installed, this will look good for MOTM...

Quick question. My first posts have attached images -- but I still don't see any thumbs like in the screenshots posted?

A few others have asked the same question, is this a working feature? I'd absolutely love to get those thumbs working...

here's the articles section on my forum: http://saskforum.ca/articles.php?c=35

what's your option for Thumbnail Creation

vBulletin Options -> Message Attachment Options

I think it needs to be set at 'Yes' to show thumbnails on articles.php

[gamerscms]

Guys more vote for MOTM, this is a great mod and should deserve a win :)

[bananalive]

Another thing. If you browse to http://www.saskforum.ca (top page) and you check it out, it says "Articles" in my navbar somewhere -- it's generating a link that I don't want to exist, to articles.php. How do I get rid of this?

vBulletin Options -> Article Forum Options -> Navbar Link -> No

[bananalive]

Does this work with vbadvanced?

Should do, i haven't tested it though.

[NAZIA]

great work..will update my forum soon with this new mod..

[Scamorz]

I have a problem with IE6 browser: see attachment

With Firefox it works perfectly.

How i can resolve it?

[redhawk89]

vBulletin Options -> Article Forum Options -> Navbar Link -> No

This doesn't seem to exist. This is what I see:

[s8glive]

theres a problem can you resolve it or tell me how to resolve it.

[bananalive]

v1.3 (to be released later today) will fix those issues.

[s8glive]

another problem

[s8glive]

v1.3 (to be released later today) will fix those issues.

okay i am on the eastern time zone do you know around what time?

[Deimos]

s8g, is there anyway it can be set, so the article system follows the SORT settings of the forum itself?
I've set my article forum to list threads by "Thread title", but it doesn't do that in the article system itself.

[s8glive]

s8g, is there anyway it can be set, so the article system follows the SORT settings of the forum itself?
I've set my article forum to list threads by "Thread title", but it doesn't do that in the article system itself.

um as far as i know it can't and i don't see how that would work. i use it becasue it works with vbadanced.

[bananalive]

s8g, is there anyway it can be set, so the article system follows the SORT settings of the forum itself?
I've set my article forum to list threads by "Thread title", but it doesn't do that in the article system itself.

find in articles.php:
/*if (empty($sortfield))
{
$sortfield = $foruminfo['defaultsortfield'];
}*/
Replace with:
if (empty($sortfield))
{
$sortfield = $foruminfo['defaultsortfield'];
}

[bananalive]

okay i am on the eastern time zone do you know around what time?

now

[s8glive]

can you help it didn't fix it

[masterb44hz]

First of all I want to thank you very much for this great addon. It perfectly fits our community needs as a bunch of people started some "newsagency" for our forum.

As we are a german community I had to translate the addon. I thought maybe someone else could take an advantage of this translation as well.

Thanks again :)

[Deimos]

Sure, i'll give that a try :)

[archaosus]

A truly usefuly modification that has great scope for use as both a social and a commercial tool - I shall be using it to index a reviews forum - damn thing is genius. Well done! Marked as installed and voted for.

[Come2Daddy]

installed

[Mihalis]

Thank you for the update!

I just have 2 comments. Although you have added the option of the 1st post not to stay on top in 2nd,3rd etc. page, the top comment post in every page keeps the appearance of the article post. Also still if you have BBcodes in the article, you see the code and not the result.

I don't know if its possible to fix those in a feature release. Thanx!:up:

[s8glive]

i have noticed that you can't see the image in the preview is there a way to enable this whithout going into the article?

[DobieGillis?]

I have a problem with IE6 browser: see attachment

With Firefox it works perfectly.

How i can resolve it?

same here, the Postbit in IE8 looks twice the size then in ANY other browser.

[bananalive]

same here, the Postbit in IE8 looks twice the size then in ANY other browser.
find in template: af_firstpost
<strong>$post[title]</strong></a>
replace
<strong>$post[title]</strong></span>

[bananalive]

i have noticed that you can't see the image in the preview is there a way to enable this whithout going into the article?

I'm not sure what you mean?

[DobieGillis?]

find in template: af_firstpost
<strong>$post[title]</strong></a>
replace
<strong>$post[title]</strong></span>

thank you!

[bananalive]

Thank you for the update!

I just have 2 comments. Although you have added the option of the 1st post not to stay on top in 2nd,3rd etc. page, the top comment post in every page keeps the appearance of the article post. Also still if you have BBcodes in the article, you see the code and not the result.

I don't know if its possible to fix those in a feature release. Thanx!:up:

First Post/ comment issue will be fixed in next version. which bbcode is not displaying in the article?

[bananalive]

can you help it didn't fix it

I think, the long url (http://www.s8glive.com/forum/photoplog/images/2/medium/1_playlist_logo.png) is causing this issue.

[DobieGillis?]

find in template: af_firstpost
<strong>$post[title]</strong></a>
replace
<strong>$post[title]</strong></span>

still big, sorry!

[s8glive]

like what i really wish you guys had was like bbcode enabled on the articles page so that i could enable img code so i could display the image in the artilcle instead of having the long url there

[Scamorz]

I have a problem with IE6 browser: see attachment

With Firefox it works perfectly.

How i can resolve it?

i update product but i didn't resolve this problem...

[PhilG]

This mod if freezing up the page when i view an article... anyone else experiencing it??

[bigsbydapicka]

I'm having a heck of a time with this mod. I tried it on my test site without VBA installed and everything seemed ok. Tried it on a site with VBA and when you go to post an article I get double navbars and the links to the editor icons are all broken. I looked at the path of them and it shows "Category" where "Forum" should be??? Any ideas?

[Wonksta]

This looks EXTREMELY promising at the moment. Looking forward to when the kinks get worked out.

Keep up the good work Banana.

[mmurtha]

Hi,

I have a quick question. Will your Mod work on VB 3.7.4 patch level 1? I didn't want to upgrade just yet, but I'd like to install this mod if it works.

Anybody know if it works on version 3.7.4?

Thanks ...

Mary

[Mihalis]

First Post/ comment issue will be fixed in next version.

Great thanx!

which bbcode is not displaying in the article?

For example I use a custom BBcode to re-arrange the article image in top left or right corner inside text. The BBcode is used at the beginning before text in the article. So in the articles page you see the link inside the BBcode tags and not the image. I assume it is the same if you use other bbcodes (youtube) for example as a part of the text.

I don't know if its possible to be fixed. It would be best not to show BBcodes in the articles page at all.

[RustedBucket]

For those that would prefer the full sized image to show up in the article display (ie: post display) instead of the thumbnail when using the ATTACH bbcode do the following:

In file: includes/class_bbcode.php
Around line: 1867

Find:

if ($attachment['thumbnail_filesize'] == $attachment['filesize'] AND ($this->registry->options['viewattachedimages'] OR $this->registry->options['attachthumbs']))
{
$attachment['hasthumbnail'] = false;
$forceimage = true;
}


Change it to:

//if ($attachment['thumbnail_filesize'] == $attachment['filesize'] AND ($this->registry->options['viewattachedimages'] OR $this->registry->options['attachthumbs']))
//{
$attachment['hasthumbnail'] = false;
$forceimage = true;
//}


This should only affect the ATTACH bbcode display and it will affect it on all forum posts.

Not really sure how to integrate this or make a plugin out of it, feel free to enhance it.

[bananalive]

For those that would prefer the full sized image to show up in the article display (ie: post display) instead of the thumbnail when using the ATTACH bbcode do the following:

In file: includes/class_bbcode.php
Around line: 1867

This should only affect the ATTACH bbcode display and it will affect it on all forum posts.

Not really sure how to integrate this or make a plugin out of it, feel free to enhance it.

I've managed to achieve this using plugins for article posts only, it will be included in next release

[bananalive]

Hi,

I have a quick question. Will your Mod work on VB 3.7.4 patch level 1? I didn't want to upgrade just yet, but I'd like to install this mod if it works.

Anybody know if it works on version 3.7.4?

Thanks ...


Mary

It is not compatible with vbulletin v3.7.x

[bananalive]

Great thanx!



For example I use a custom BBcode to re-arrange the article image in top left or right corner inside text. The BBcode is used at the beginning before text in the article. So in the articles page you see the link inside the BBcode tags and not the image. I assume it is the same if you use other bbcodes (youtube) for example as a part of the text.

I don't know if its possible to be fixed. It would be best not to show BBcodes in the articles page at all.
On articles.php the preview text is got by using a vbulletin function.

On showthread.php I tested Table BB Code and it worked fine.

[mmurtha]

It is not compatible with vbulletin v3.7.x

Oh okay Bananaalive,

Thanks! Looks like I'll be upgrading after all. ;)

[RustedBucket]

I've managed to achieve this using plugins for article posts only, it will be included in next release
Sweet dude!

I got another problem. On the article.php page, for some reason when the thumbnail is displayed it also shows the attachment id next to it. This ONLY happens if I use the paper clip to add an attachment inline. If I add just normal attachments it grabs the first one and displays the thumbnail fine. Does that make sense? For the life of me I can't figure out why it's doing it.

[RustedBucket]

Hey I got an enhancement for you Banana... Would it be possible to move the similar articles listing so it's underneath the Author bio? Maybe this can already be done and I just missed it...

[bananalive]

Sweet dude!

I got another problem. On the article.php page, for some reason when the thumbnail is displayed it also shows the attachment id next to it. This ONLY happens if I use the paper clip to add an attachment inline. If I add just normal attachments it grabs the first one and displays the thumbnail fine. Does that make sense? For the life of me I can't figure out why it's doing it.

Have you altered the template af_articlebit?

[RustedBucket]

I've reverted those templates, reupped the articles.php file and VB files, it's still doing it. When I look at the contents of the $thread array $thread[preview] looks like this:
[preview] => [ ATTACH ]840[ /ATTACH ] Body of the text is here

It appears that when $thread[preview] is display the attach bbcode are being removed but not the contents between them. I'm thinking it's probably something in the core VB code and not necessarily articles.php but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

[DobieGillis?]

I love this mod! Little issue with IE8, but a gem!

[Mihalis]

On articles.php the preview text is got by using a vbulletin function.

On showthread.php I tested Table BB Code and it worked fine.

Thank you for your answer. I tested it by using [IMG] tags in the beginning of text and still get the link inside the tags instead of the image. showthread works fine to me too. Its the article page that i experience the issue.

[Arachnophiles]

Hey, great Mod...look forward to seeing it develop.

Couple of things:

- Would it be possible to make the First Thread/Article 'Collapsible' please?

- How do you add pics to the before the 'Thread titles' in articles.php display? (as per your Demo (http://www.bananalive.co.cc/articles.php))

Cheers,
Adam

[DobieGillis?]

Hey, great Mod...look forward to seeing it develop.

Couple of things:

- Would it be possible to make the First Thread/Article 'Collapsible' please?

- How do you add pics to the before the 'Thread titles' in articles.php display? (as per your Demo (http://www.bananalive.co.cc/articles.php))

Cheers,
Adam

attach at pic when you create a new article, wa-la!

[bananalive]

Hey, great Mod...look forward to seeing it develop.

Couple of things:

- Would it be possible to make the First Thread/Article 'Collapsible' please?

- How do you add pics to the before the 'Thread titles' in articles.php display? (as per your Demo (http://www.bananalive.co.cc/articles.php))

Cheers,
Adam

There are thumbnail of first attached image to thread

[bigsbydapicka]

really need this to work with VBA....Anyone get this working 100 percent?

[kellyandmark04]

Installed and works good for me.

Once I switch a forum to the articles mode how do I switch it back to the regular?

[nomoreturn]

Its very good mod i'm allready useing it have quiestion How To update my previous version to the new ?

[kellyandmark04]

Uploading the new and overwriting it should work.

[s8glive]

Its very good mod i'm allready useing it have quiestion How To update my previous version to the new ?

upload the artices.php to the forum root and overrite the file then upload and over rite the plugin

[mk484]

Thanks, nice mod. Installed and working fine on my site.

DartFrogForums.com

[BlueNinjaGo]

I got it working on my 3.7 board, but not sure how... lol... I'm too scared to install the update in case it gets script errors again.

[HS2005]

Nice mod, but on forumhome
When members click http://www.yourdomain.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
They direcly go to articles i selected. I just want to have the articles on articles.php.
Can i turn this off? My members are getting confused this way.
Or can i delete some php code in order that my forumhome just shows the normal sections.
Thanks :)

[Mum]

Easy install - works great so far :) Thanks!

[tipoboy]

I also have the issue with the large text in IE8.

IE8:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

FF:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

could you please provide a fix for this, as a lot of my users are now using IE8

TIA

tipoboy

[DobieGillis?]

I also have the issue with the large text in IE8.

IE8:
http://scottishwheelnuts.co.uk/pictures/ie8screeny.gif

FF:
http://scottishwheelnuts.co.uk/pictures/ffscreeny.gif

could you please provide a fix for this, as a lot of my users are now using IE8

TIA

tipoboy

wow, that looks terrible. yikes!

[TCooper]

I have the same issue

[alishahbazi]

THX for this mod.

please guide me :

i have using this mod but i cod not viewing this hack because i had using this forum id .

my forum id is : http://forum.p30pedia.com/forumdisplay.php?f=511

please guide me for using this hack.

http://forum.p30pedia.com/articles.php


all the best (alishahbazi)

[eXoOutsider]

Add multiple forums? Could that be added anytime soon? Thanks if so

[bananalive]

Installed and works good for me.

Once I switch a forum to the articles mode how do I switch it back to the regular?

Turn off modification or select another forum

[bananalive]

Nice mod, but on forumhome
When members click http://www.yourdomain.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
They direcly go to articles i selected. I just want to have the articles on articles.php.
Can i turn this off? My members are getting confused this way.
Or can i delete some php code in order that my forumhome just shows the normal sections.
Thanks :)

Edit forum in AdminCP

Forum is Active No

[bananalive]

THX for this mod.

please guide me :

i have using this mod but i cod not viewing this hack because i had using this forum id .

my forum id is : http://forum.p30pedia.com/forumdisplay.php?f=511

please guide me for using this hack.

http://forum.p30pedia.com/articles.php


all the best (alishahbazi)
Have you uploaded articles.php to forum directory?

[bananalive]

I also have the issue with the large text in IE8.



could you please provide a fix for this, as a lot of my users are now using IE8

TIA

tipoboy

Fix here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1806403#post1806403

[mcca]

Should do, i haven't tested it though.

It works fine BUT

It doesn't integrate well. If you use a wrap around integration page you get two instances of the navbar.

Where can we edit out the articles navbar entry so only the advanced navbar appears?

Also I have trouble visiting the forum from the forum list via IE 7 it times out. Yet everything works fine in Firefox and also in IE7 if you use the articles navbar link. I have sorted this by turning off visibility to the forum in the forum lists.

[bananalive]

It works fine BUT

It doesn't integrate well. If you use a wrap around integration page you get two instances of the navbar.

Where can we edit out the articles navbar entry so only the advanced navbar appears?

What is the product which it is not compatible with?

[DobieGillis?]

Fix here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1806403#post1806403

that fix does not work. Nice try, though.

[bananalive]

that fix does not work. Nice try, though.

Looking at your page source of the your website, the fix has not been applied.

<span class="bigusername"><strong>$post[title]</strong></a>should be <span class="bigusername"><strong>$post[title]</strong></span>Revert template af_firstpost and upgrade to v1.4 (if you haven't already)

[bigsbydapicka]

Bananalive, this mod for me could be the mod of the century if I can get it to work properly with VBadvanced. Do you plan to look at that? It does not integrate well as mentioned a few times here....Double Navbars and broken image links when posting a new article.

[TheLastSuperman]

Well I finally got around to installing and...

NICE MOD IMO, thanks soooo much ;)

[TheLastSuperman]

Ahh crud lol... found my first errors :p

Not a biggie BUT it conflicts w/ the Chief First Post mod. If you select to hide certain parts of postbit it will mess up the display (in the forums, not in the articles.php) and the 2nd post of every page will be similar to the first which it should not. I'll see about fixing it when I have spare time but uber busy. Still installed and working fine as I changed the admin options not to hide anything and all is back to normal but giving you a heads up ;). Once again, nice mod & Thanks!

S-MAN

[bananalive]

Bananalive, this mod for me could be the mod of the century if I can get it to work properly with VBadvanced. Do you plan to look at that? It does not integrate well as mentioned a few times here....Double Navbars and broken image links when posting a new article.

Are you certain it is vBadvanced CMPS causing the problem?