Article Forums v4.x

[Volvoholic]

Replace your af_articlebit with this.
<div style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;<vb:if condition="$row>1">border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted;</vb:if> overflow: hidden; clear: both;">
<div>
<div class="title">
<h3 style="font: normal normal bold 14px/normal Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; margin: 5px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none;">
{vb:raw thread.prefix_rich}
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}" id="thread_title_{vb:raw thread.realthreadid}" <vb:if condition="$show['gotonewpost']">style="font-weight:bolder"</vb:if>>
<span>{vb:raw thread.threadtitle}</span>
</a>
</h3>
</div>
<div style="color: #3E3E3E; display: block; font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 2px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 100%;">
{vb:phrase by_x_published_x, {vb:raw thread.postuserid}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw post.date}}
</div>
<div class="content" style="padding-top: 10px;">
<vb:if condition="$thread['attachmentid'] && $thread['extension']">
<div style="float: {vb:stylevar left}; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; {vb:raw thumbdivstyle}">
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
<img src="attachment.php?attachmentid={vb:raw thread.attachmentid}&amp;stc=1&amp;thumb=1" alt="" border="0" />
</a>
</div>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$thread['altimage'] && $thread['image']">
<div style="float: {vb:stylevar left}; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; {vb:raw thumbdivstyle}">
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
<img src="{vb:raw thread.image}" alt="" border="0" style="max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; width: expression(this.width > 100 ? 100: true);" />
</a>
</div>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['af_threadpreview'] != 0">{vb:raw thread.preview}</vb:if>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;display: block;float: {vb:stylevar left};margin-bottom: 5px;padding: 0px;position: relative;width: 100%;">
<span class="readmore" style="clear: left;float: right;font-weight: bold;text-align: right;width: 50%;">
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
{vb:phrase article_read_more}
<img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/read_more-{vb:stylevar right}.png" alt="{vb:phrase article_read_more}" title="{vb:phrase article_read_more}" style="position: relative; top: 2px;" />
</a>
</span>
<span class="commentnumber">
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}#comments">
<img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/firstnew-comment.png" alt="" class="inlineimg" style="position: relative; top: 2px;" />
</a>
<a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}#comments">
{vb:phrase x_article_replies, {vb:raw thread.replycount}}
</a>
</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>



For the category block...look through the af_articles template. It's in there.


Thanks very much, I found it and it worked.

[vBNinja]

How can i increase the preview length? I tried changing it from -1 to 1, 2, 10, -5, -10 and all i get is no preview or it shortens to 1 letter :(

Any help is appreciated, thank you

[BeeMuzza]

How do you add a thumbnail to a article?

[Preech]

Scroll down and click manage attachments.

[Killhunter]

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.0.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads, SUM(IF(thread.lastpost > 1334698432 AND open <> 10, 1, 0)) AS newthread
FROM vbthread AS thread
WHERE forumid IN( )
AND thread.visible = 1;

MySQL-Fehler : 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

[gremrock]

Is it possible you can update this mod, in order to have more forums using the articles, rather that being restricted to only one and it's subcategory?

Kind Regards

[Athena1984]

Works great in 4.1.12 but, when saving css as files it messes up the appearance of the form on the bottom.

[gnrx]

How configure the new option for tab in vb 4.2.0?
For example, how configure the line to script in the new option for tab?

Thanks and regards.

PD: Sorry for my english.

[Athena1984]

THIS_SCRIPT would be articles

[gnrx]

Only "THIS_SCRIPT" ?

[Athena1984]

Yeah, the this script value is articles, the target url for the tab would be articles.php{session.sessionurl_q} and of course the product from the drop down would be Article Forums.

[gnrx]

Its correct this screen?:

[Athena1984]

I don't understand Spanish but, it looks like where you put THIS_SCRIPT, I think you should put articles.

[gnrx]

Thanks Athena for your reply.

I attach a image in english.

[Athena1984]

Ok, yeah, where you put "THIS_SCRIPT" put "articles". It should work then.

[gnrx]

Thank you Athena :)

[wisemasterchief]

I am having CSS formatting problem. Please advise.

regards,
William

[Preech]

It's because of the article postbit. If you don't use it, it will be fine.

[wisemasterchief]

It's because of the article postbit. If you don't use it, it will be fine.

how to correct the problem????

[wisemasterchief]

updated XML to remove redundant images that are already provided via vBulletin CSS

[Preech]

Good job Master Chief.

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Can anyone tell me if this is working properly in 4.2 please?

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Answered my own question really, am testing on localhost and seems to be working extremely well for my needs on 4.2. :)

[ProFifaLeagues]

Yeah Happy working for us on 4.2

[gremrock]

It's a great product but limited only to one catagory

[nukinfuts29]

Been using this for a while, it is the best addition to my website.

Question: How can I add a facebook share button to each article? That way users can click it and post it to their wall

[ProFifaLeagues]

It's a great product but limited only to one catagory


You can add as many categorizes as needed mate just check the info in settings

[donwon]

Love this thank you so much!

[wildheart]

Working great on my site, thank you very much, 4.2

Is it possible that only a thumbnail of the image are used on the front page instead of the full size image that are found in the article?

[bigdamouk]

Excellent Mod - perfect for what I want for my site.

How would I go about replacing the category listings with ICONS, instead of text - is this possible. I'm assuming this would need some PHP editing?

[WorldCraft]

For some reason I'm not seeing Article Forum Options in settings. If I reinstall this product will all existing posts be wiped?

[da prez]

I hope I can explain this so it makes sense.

My home page is content.php and I have removed the code from my vbcms_content_section_page template,
so articles don't show up on the front page.

Is there anyway that articles can be displayed on their own pages instead of my content.php page ?

This is gonna sound crazy, but if I only have one article it works like I would like, but if I add another article it shows on my home page with sidebars etc.

I have attached a pic that shows when I have just the one article.
Which is the way I would like it all the time ... if possible.

[wildheart]

Ok, besides the obvious fixes what does everyone want? I was thinking that the forums could be selected individually rather then parent/category style...anyone else for this? Post your suggestions please, I need something like this for one of my forums. I am rewriting this and will provide everyone a copy once complete. Bananalive has been back and has blatantly ignored my PM as well as others request for fixes.

If I can get a mods approval to start a new mod this would help everyone out.

I will pay for that and I am sure many other members will also pay for it.

This is still a huge problem:
The image setting changed my entire forum rather than just article images. Comparatively minor template edits I'm guessing but the image settings threw me.
Only images that were uploaded outside the forum showed up as thumbnails and all other images were large. After trying to fix it, it reverted ALL the images on my forum to tiny thumbnails that nobody could make out. The only way we got it fixed was by loading the previous day's backup and loosing all posts for 2 days.

[Kiint]

I have a Sub forum "News" which I have set the articles mod to convert. Is there a way to change the title to "News" (the name of the forum) rather than "Articles"?

Also, the link above the articles links to "News -> Articles" How can I change this to the parent forum? in this case "Home -> News"

any help is appreciated

[artcrimes]

Working 4.2.0?

[mitch84]

work with vb4.2.0pl3 but don't work on cms

[Chadi]

Is there a way to hide certain sub-forums?

[MoveOver.cc]

Hi,

Firstly great mod.

I have a problem, I have vbgarage installed and the "Vehicles" link which should be under the username is in the wrong place.

Cany anyone advise.

Thanks

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o738/Mad4it1417/DANBPC-THINK/articleserror_zps42225bbe.png

[MoveOver.cc]

Fixed, just changed to use default postbit.

[marccap]

Installed - Nice

I've also adding more of a gap above/below the posts as it was looking abit squahsed :D

[tomshawk]

Shoot, Fresh install or this hack of a fresh 4.2.0 with CMS
Before installing this hack CMS worked fine

After CMS gives this


Fatal error: Cannot use object of type vB_Legacy_Thread as array in /home/gamerpit/public_html/packages/vbcms/content.php(1104) : eval()'d code on line 7

Any ideas. Disabling this hack fixes CMS

Commenting out that line in content.php seems to fix the issue


// ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('showthread_query_postid s')) ? eval($hook) : false;

[mitch84]

Shoot, Fresh install or this hack of a fresh 4.2.0 with CMS
Before installing this hack CMS worked fine

After CMS gives this



Any ideas. Disabling this hack fixes CMS

Commenting out that line in content.php seems to fix the issue
yes, me too! how fixed that please, thx

[jnmann]

Anyway to stop recent articles appearing in the centre and just put a message saying "Please choose a category on the left" or similar?

[AshenTemper]

I have "Parse BB Code on articles.php" set to "No" as recommended, but I notice it still shows custom BB. For example, I have some custom BB codes for image alignments and opening in the same window instead of a new one. But, my article shows up like:

http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.pngAs you can see to the side, I've played a few hours of Cryptic's new Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter which is published by Perfect World. Early access started on April 25th for "Heroes of the North" which looks to have cost about $199, April 27th for "Guardians of Neverwinter", and on April 30th for non-Founders. I am part of the latter category and didn't start until April 3rd. For a little conte...

The part where it is shows:
http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.pngAs
... is actually:
http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.png (http://raptr.com/AshenTemper?src=em_game)

...but, as you can see, its still showing the URL to the image. Pretty sure it's because it is Custom BB but is there any way to make that not happen?

[fxdigi-cash]

Anyway to stop recent articles appearing in the centre and just put a message saying "Please choose a category on the left" or similar?

I believe you need to modify the code in both following templates:

af_articlebit and af_articles

you can move the article slide to anywhere else if you like...

[fxdigi-cash]

I have "Parse BB Code on articles.php" set to "No" as recommended, but I notice it still shows custom BB. For example, I have some custom BB codes for image alignments and opening in the same window instead of a new one. But, my article shows up like:

http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.pngAs you can see to the side, I've played a few hours of Cryptic's new Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter which is published by Perfect World. Early access started on April 25th for "Heroes of the North" which looks to have cost about $199, April 27th for "Guardians of Neverwinter", and on April 30th for non-Founders. I am part of the latter category and didn't start until April 3rd. For a little conte...

The part where it is shows:
http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.pngAs
... is actually:
http://raptr.com/badge/AshenTemper/fs_49316d8a5de21281b0f4fc8f0089006b.png (http://raptr.com/AshenTemper?src=em_game)

...but, as you can see, its still showing the URL to the image. Pretty sure it's because it is Custom BB but is there any way to make that not happen?

Yes, you are right. I have the same issue so I'm still looking for a solution since then...

[fxdigi-cash]

yes, me too! how fixed that please, thx

This is strange a bit... I thought if you have the CMS there is no need for this hack since CMS as I understood before it contains all that in the package...!!!

correct me if I was wrong :)

[fxdigi-cash]

by the way, is it possible to re-create new mod of this with different name, say news.php instead of Article...!!

any idea???

[fxdigi-cash]

I believe I found some errors in some templates: i.e. af_left_alt

<div style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}f=<vb:if condition="$c">$c<vb:else />{vb:raw vboptions.nf_forumids}</vb:if>"
rel="nofollow">{vb:phrase advanced_search}</a></div></div>



The conditional statement doesn't make any sense...

[fxdigi-cash]

any idea how to display the poster avatar in front of the article title in the main article page??

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

Is there an option to remove copyright?

I sent a PM to the author 2 months ago asking if there was any amount I could donate to him to remove the copyright but never got a response.

So I use it with the copyright- the first mod in a long time that has a copyright- because it is just that good. Wish there was a 6th star for this mod.

[Mr_Running]

LOL ...good to know about the copyright.
It was the lack of response and the buggy ways of the mod back in 27 Apr 2011 when I asked and since have uninstalled this great mod.

Thanks Joe I do appreciate the update! :)

[bosanci28]

So this mod still works? before will try to use it...

Thanks for the input.

[bosanci28]

Looks like works in 4.2.1 but how do i fix to show more content ,see attached picture,
i want more lines there,now only 1?!...

thanks.

[wildheart]

Go to the article forum options and increase the Article Preview length. I have it set on 250 words.

[bosanci28]

Go to the article forum options and increase the Article Preview length. I have it set on 250 words.
Thank you,that worked fine!...

[Pieper]

Is there another way to change the thumbsize in de preview? The Article forum options is somehow gone from the menu in admincp

[BirdOPrey5]

Try re-installing the mod, but it is virtually impossible for that to happen... I can't conceive how it would even happen if the mod remains installed.

[Pieper]

Ok, thx Bird. I was hoping there was another way to change the thumbs, because only the thumbs needs to be corrected.
I lost the Article forum options probably with the upgrade (?)

[BirdOPrey5]

Maybe look closer in the list of mods- maybe it's just between different mods?

[Pieper]

Thx, I reinstalled as you suggested and the articles options are back in the menu again :up:

[ckgb]

I have custom bbcode displaying images. It is not being parsed in the preview. Is there a way to get it parsed?

Thank you.

[I]Solved

[ckgb]

Navigationwise, all the pages article.php can be displayed under Article tab. Once you go into the actual article (which in reality is a forum post), the active tab changes back to forum (undestandable).

Is there a work around to get it to display certain forum id's under an active Articles tab?

Thanks

[TheLastSuperman]

I sent a PM to the author 2 months ago asking if there was any amount I could donate to him to remove the copyright but never got a response.

So I use it with the copyright- the first mod in a long time that has a copyright- because it is just that good. Wish there was a 6th star for this mod.

I wish for a 6th Star as well... gosh I've used this mod in so many ways, on so many different sites! It's saved tons of people quite a bit of money from having to pay someone to create a basic form page countless times over.

Two of my favorite mods of all time are this "Article Forums" and "Web Templates (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=250202)" mods.

[wildheart]

I have been using this mod for years and unfortunately it does not display via tapatalk which is very disappointing.

[ozzy47]

That is a issue with Tapatalk, not the mod, as is with alot of modifications. :(

[wildheart]

Yes I know tapatalk is the problem and not the mod and there is no way around it either. It is very disappointing.

[JenniferK]

Little bit of XML work and it looks beautiful on my site! (Changed were it read "Articles" to Recipes")

Can someone tell me how to do this? I was going to do this in phrases, but there are so many! Is there an easier way that I am missing? I want it to say "recipe" every place that it now says "article".

Also, a vbAdvanced module where I could show the last 5 recipes would be great!

[mdreamer]

Hi,

First of all thank you, this is a great mod.

I have a small problem with mine, it wasn't like that in the beginning. It happened some time ago, I don;t remember when.

When I create an article from a post the images/attachments are not being displayed as images. just as simple links to those images.

Here is an example:
http://www.efly.co.il/forums/showthread.php?70647-%FA%E7%F0%FA-%F7%F8%F7%F2-%F7%E5%EE%F4%F7%E8%E9%FA-%E5%EE%E5%E3%E5%EC%F8%E9%FA

When you click on the image link you can see it.

What seems to be the problem?

[mdreamer]

someone? please?

[BirdOPrey5]

This mod isn't active on thread pages, whatever your problem it's not this mod.

[mdreamer]

but the section(example) that I placed above is not a forum/thread its the mod part. When I try to publish it as an article it loses the full scale screen image and just places a link instead.

[cdoyle]

Love this mod, it makes our article/tutorial section so much better.

QQ: Is there a way to enable/display the pageviews of an article?
I'm just curious if an tutorial is being read or not, and I can't seem to find a setting to turn the pageviews on/off.

[cdoyle]

Love this mod, it makes our article/tutorial section so much better.

QQ: Is there a way to enable/display the pageviews of an article?
I'm just curious if an tutorial is being read or not, and I can't seem to find a setting to turn the pageviews on/off.

anyone know if this is possible?

Love the mod, just wish I could see the pageviews

[cdoyle]

bummer, was hoping this would be possible.

[BirdOPrey5]

Since an "Article" here is just a fancy thread in a forum, if you turn off the mod temporarily or go direct to the forumdplay.php page for the forum, the thread views should be listed just like they are for any other thread.

[Bluefin221]

anyone know if this is possible?

Love the mod, just wish I could see the pageviews

I was just in looking for this myself.

[rotor]

I plan to have an articles area that may have quite a few directories, is there a way to hide it in the forum view and only use the navbar link to open it from?

Never mind ..... just set the option "Forum is active" to no and it cannot be seen on the forum from the frontend ......

[BlackxRam]

Two things, just tried this mod as I needed something just like it.

Any way to collapse the categories based on Existing Sub Categories? I have about 150 total sub categories covering different things across 10 MAIN CATEGORIES. But, the category list is just a huge output.

Second, the custom post bit is showing overlapping links where the EDIT/DELETE and Quote links are located. Two kinds of edit text and two kinds of quote text overlapping eachother.

Nice mod so far.

[Cody.9791]

Does this mod work better than the default CMS Article Page that is included with vB4?

[BirdOPrey5]

Does this mod work better than the default CMS Article Page that is included with vB4?

No, it's just different. As nice as it is I wouldn't recommend using it, it will screw up any mobile style you might try to use. It was great in its day but if you are going to have mobile users, skip it.

[Ov3rrun]

Thanks for the mod. Article Forums mod on mobile style dont let to show the forum acting as Article Forum, just blank content when I click on forum.

Is there any incompatibility with mobile style?

[BirdOPrey5]

It's because there are no templates for the article forum on the mobile style. The mod was created before the mobile style even came with 4.x.

I made a plugin that disables the mod on the mobile style so the content is visible like normal threads and posts.

The only other option is creating custom mobile templates.

the plugin code I wrote was:


global $vbulletin;
$vbo = &$vbulletin->options;
$vbu = &$vbulletin->userinfo;

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'articles' AND $vbu['styleid'] == 2)
{
//Redirect to forumdisplay id 4
$newurl = 'forumdisplay.php?f=4';
header( 'Location: ' . $newurl ) ;
}


hook: globala_bootstrap_init_start

the 2 is the styleid of the mobile style and the 4 is the forumid that was the Articles forum.

[gnrx]

Hi,
Recently, I activate in my forum the mobile style, I have, the same issue that some user here.
When click in Articles, appears a error message: This content, isn't compatible with mobile style.

BirdOprey5m I add the plugin that you indicate, but in my case, not works, when access to articules forum, appears redirecting always, enter in bucle mode.

Can you help me?

Thanks and regards!

[Rafa-el]

Hi,
Recently, I activate in my forum the mobile style, I have, the same issue that some user here.
When click in Articles, appears a error message: This content, isn't compatible with mobile style.

BirdOprey5m I add the plugin that you indicate, but in my case, not works, when access to articules forum, appears redirecting always, enter in bucle mode.

Can you help me?

Thanks and regards!

Was the forumID changed?

[gnrx]

Was the forumID changed?

Yes, I type, in plugin, my forum ID of article forum (change the 4 for my forum ID).

In other question, when create a plugin, create for vbulletin or article?

And order to run, 5?

Thank you very much!!

[BirdOPrey5]

the forum id (4) in my plugin code needs to match the forumid you specified as the Articles forum.

And the styleid (2) needs to match the forumid of the mobile style.

Adjust both numbers to match the values you use on your forum.

[gnrx]

the forum id (4) in my plugin code needs to match the forumid you specified as the Articles forum.

And the styleid (2) needs to match the forumid of the mobile style.

Adjust both numbers to match the values you use on your forum.

In the first time, my apologies for the delay in my reply, but this last month, I was go out for holiday.

Well, I attach a screenshot, because I continue with the problem, and I don't know how are the problem :)

In this image, view my mobile style id:
Are the id: 7
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2017/09/5.png (https://ibb.co/ks5ita)


In this other, what are my forum for Articles:
Are "Documentos / Manuales":
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2017/09/6.png (https://ibb.co/hqNwDa)


In this other, the forum id of articule forums:
Are 76:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2017/09/7.png (https://ibb.co/jCoWeF)


And this last, my plugin:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2017/09/8.png (https://ibb.co/f272mv)

With the forum id and mobile style id.

But, not works, when in my mobile, access to articule forum, appears redirecting in bucle mode.

I don't view what are the problem...

Thanks in advanced.

[gnrx]

No suggestion or idea about my problem? :)

Regards!!

[BlackxRam]

Any place in this mod to collapse the categories at the left? I am trying to find it in templates where I might do this but having no luck. I have like 100 categories that need to be trimmed otherwise the list at the left is way too long.

Any help on a quick alteration would be appreciated!!

Thanks!

[gnrx]

Hello.
Recently, I update my server to PHP 7, now, when access to Articles I have this error:

PHP Warning: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is no longer supported, use preg_replace_callback instead in ..../articles.php on line 455

Its possible solved this?

Thanks and regards.

[gnrx]

Any fix for work fine with php 7.1?

[cdoyle]

This was such a great mod, but the not working in Mobile really kills it these days when everyone uses mobile to view your site.

Anyone willing to take it over and fix the mobile view?

[Talk Hard]

If people don't add image thumbnail does it put a default image? Or grab from post?

I am thinking I want this layound forwhen you go to homepage....looks slick.

Any advice?

Scam.com is so dead trying to bring it back to life.

Cheers

[Talk Hard]

Is it possible to have my 50,000threads imported into articles so I can have a new format?

[gnrx]

It would be great to be able to run articles in php 7.1 ...