v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

[SamirDarji]

and someone still want to say that this has something like a very BIGGY issue.

they should have known that John asked them to save the V3article options 1st before it CAN work...
It happenned to me too. It's just not something you expect to do, so it's easy to overlook. But there are still other issues with this hack. :(

[riedel]

I'm getting following error :S

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064


Ineed help!!!!!

[pingme]

I am getting the same error but it seems no one is willing to help :(

[sirstone]

Works that with 3.0.3?

[TRStealth]

Have you added $articlecontent in to your forumhome template ?

Yeah, and when I do, it just shows the featured_article template, but not the text.

[j_86]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=72825&highlight=geek+article[I][U]

[TRStealth]

That's not at all what I want/need.

[j_86]

It was meant for all those viewing the thread, otherwise i'd have quoted your post to show that I am replying to you.

[TRStealth]

ok, can anyone tell me how to fix the problem with thumbnails not showing then?

[j_86]

Take a look through the thread and find the fix.

[deathemperor]

FOR ANYONE that's getting THIS ERROR: Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Go to ACP --> Vboptions --> V3 Article --> Edit whatever you like then SAVE IT !

it only works after doing this, re-read the instrucstion of John, he noticed about that but noone here cares to give an ass on it, sigh.

[GetGamer.com]

With this mod, can I specify a different template for my articles from what I use for the forums?

[pgp2003]

i installed this and everything's working fine... BUT.. there is one problem... everytime we click on the article link in the navbar it asks us to login again... is there anywhere in the code we need to set a directory for cookies that i missed or something?

[Osterling]

im getting: http://www.exasko.info/forum/article.php?c=2

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 21st of December 2004 12:03:31 AM
Script: http://www.exasko.info/forum/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://www.exasko.info/forum/article.php

that error.. when i try to go to ADMINCP > VB OPTION > ARTICLES to click save it says tehre is nothing to be saved..

[pgp2003]

my problems fixed.. missing a 'www.'

[Osterling]

can anyone help me

[Osterling]

also note i am usin 3.0.0... anyone have any advice?

[suryoyena]

Is it possible to make the latest e.g. 10 articles visible on the portal?

If yes: How can I do it?

Greets

Chris

[Osterling]

how come when i go to vbulletin option > vb3 articles > and go there, nothing is on that page exacept a save and reset button

[Osterling]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=19025" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attac...chmentid=19025</a>

like i don't see that when i check my settings.. i just get a blank page except for a save or reset button.. anyone knows why

[Osterling]

i hate to be pushy, but does anyone know why i cannot see my vbulletin settings for vb3 articles

[Osterling]

I actually had the exact same error during testing, and then found that I had to save vBulletin Options to fix the problem.

But of course that can't be it, because you followed the instructions - right?

well what should i do if my vb options is blank when i click v3 articles. it just has a simple save and reset button and that's all.. what am i missing how can i fix this.. please help

[deathemperor]

you miss the phrases, btw don't post alot of same posts.Is it possible to make the latest e.g. 10 articles visible on the portal?

If yes: How can I do it?

Greets

Chris
you would need to edit the php file and some templates.

[Osterling]

isn't on the search.php page there a way to have it search the articles too, is this a hack?

[SVTOA]

Ok, WTF is going on with this hack??? On John's site somebody has defaced the articles posted, all the support threads have been removed, and earlier today on this forum there was security fix for the article hack that has mysteriously disappeared!

Please do not just delete my post without some sort of PM or explaination as to why. If this hack has security bugs people should know about it!

[assassingod]

Important Security Fix - Please download the attachment 'Articles-permissions-fix.txt (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=22553)' created by Paul M

[SVTOA]

hmmm... Ok great, but what happened to the original thread Paul posted?

[Paul M]

Important Security Fix - Please download the attachment 'Articles-permissions-fix.txt (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=22553)' created by Paul MI posted a nice long explanation in my original topic.

Most of the "fixes" in this are large block replacements of code - this is not because large amounts of the code have been changed (most of the original code is still there unchanged) it is because there are many small additions and changes to all the sections to fix the holes, and there was no way I was going to list every single one, it was easyier to just list them as block replacements.

As I also said in the original topic, v3 Articles is not my hack and I am not supporting it - I will try and answer questions about my fixes (only) if I can, but at the end of the day it's your choice as to whether you use them. Make sure you backup your existing articles.php before you make any changes. FYI: All these changes have been working on our site for the last few weeks.

[Goodspeed]

Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?

[Paul M]

Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?Yes, at the moment, it is.

[Lionel]

Yes, at the moment, it is.

and how would you do that?

[Paul M]

and how would you do that?I'm going to guess you mis-read the post and/or answer.


Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?
Yes, at the moment, it is.

[bamaster]

Is it just me... or does the WYSIWYG editor not include the Insert Image icon?

Is there a setting to disable inserting images into articles? I've enabled HTML and [IMG] tage for the categories.

Has anyone else noticed this?

:confused:

[Paul M]

Is it just me... or does the WYSIWYG editor not include the Insert Image icon?It shows up here.

[assassingod]

Attention

I've updated the ZIP file with Paul M's security fixes. I've also updated the version number to 1.0.2 and added upgrade instructions for 1.0.1 users, please read Security Fix Upgrade .txt in the ZIP file - if you have already applied Paul M's fix, you DO NOT need to download the latest ZIP, you are already running 1.0.2.

Any questions, post here!

[Nick0r]

Not too sure what's up but since that recent update it's made my forums take forever to load.

[Nick0r]

It was this bit that seemed to have done the damage: In includes/init.php
====================

FIND:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ----------------------------------------------------------
// ### END PLUGIN USERGROUP PERMISSIONS BITFIELDS HERE ###
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOVE THIS, ADD:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$_BITFIELD['usergroup']['articlepermissions'] = array(
'canviewarticles' => 1,
'canviewcomments' => 2,
'canpostarticles' => 4,
'cancomment' => 8,
'canedownart' => 16,
'canedothart' => 32,
'candelownart' => 64,
'candelothart' => 128,
'canfeature' => 256,
'cansearchart' => 512,
'canratearticles' => 1024,
'canviewartmedia' => 2048
);

[Goodspeed]

Yes, at the moment, it is.
:disappointed: Very sad... It's the most awaited addition by me.

[Guy G]

I have made some test articles, all worked... than i deleted them.
but the thing is that in the category view to see how much articles are in each category i see the number including the test articles i made although they arent even there!
same for comments... any one has a clue on how to fix it ?

[Paul M]

:disappointed: Very sad... It's the most awaited addition by me.

I have made some test articles, all worked... than i deleted them.
but the thing is that in the category view to see how much articles are in each category i see the number including the test articles i made although they arent even there!
same for comments... any one has a clue on how to fix it ?

I have added the ability to do both of these (via admincp only) to the version we run. I also fixed the very annoying edit/preview problem. I was going to release them all as an addon, but the events of the other day have put me off the idea for now. Maybe in the new year. :)

[Guy G]

I have added the ability to do both of these (via admincp only) to the version we run. I also fixed the very annoying edit/preview problem. I was going to release them all as an addon, but the events of the other day have put me off the idea for now. Maybe in the new year. :)

i dont see anything in the admincp... mind pointing to the exact location?

[lanc3lot]

Is there a way to dissapear the feature article?

I mean no article to feature any more:)

Also, Paul M, did u find a way, to upload more screenshots than one, per time?

Thanks in advance

[Guy G]

Is there a way to dissapear the feature article?

I mean no article to feature any more:)

Also, Paul M, did u find a way, to upload more screenshots than one, per time?

Thanks in advance

i guess u can cancel a featured article by going into mysql and doing it by hand...

[Paul M]

i guess u can cancel a featured article by going into mysql and doing it by hand...Actually, if you applied my fixes from the other day I think you can use this link ;

http://<yourdomain>/<forumpath>/article.php?do=feature&a=-1

It was something I added to ours, but forgot about until now.

[Nick0r]

It was this bit that seemed to have done the damage: In includes/init.php
====================


FIND:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ----------------------------------------------------------
// ### END PLUGIN USERGROUP PERMISSIONS BITFIELDS HERE ###
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOVE THIS, ADD:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$_BITFIELD['usergroup']['articlepermissions'] = array(
'canviewarticles' => 1,
'canviewcomments' => 2,
'canpostarticles' => 4,
'cancomment' => 8,
'canedownart' => 16,
'canedothart' => 32,
'candelownart' => 64,
'candelothart' => 128,
'canfeature' => 256,
'cansearchart' => 512,
'canratearticles' => 1024,
'canviewartmedia' => 2048
);


Could this be because I have the v3arcade installed? should this code go above or below the arcade code in init.php?

[lanc3lot]

Yep did the trick about featured articles:)

Thanks a lot mate:), if u had any luck to the other questio(about upload more than one shot per time), let me know:)

Thanks a lot, happy new year

[Guy G]

Actually, if you applied my fixes from the other day I think you can use this link ;

http://<yourdomain>/<forumpath>/article.php?do=feature&a=-1

It was something I added to ours, but forgot about until now.

cool.

any chance this method would work on reducing the count for Articles and Comments on the Category displaY?

[Deyth]

Very nice hack.

[Guy G]

bhaa im so stupid...

if anyone deleted comments \ articles from the database and still sees the text than he should remove those entries from the database as well, on the lastcommentby field and related to that...

everything is awesome now :]

[whitetigergrowl]

I thought there was a v3articles coming out for 3.0.3?! He said all he had to do was compress and upload the 3.0.3 version. That was quite awhile ago. What happened?!

[j_86]

It was a lie :D

[John]

It was a lie :D

No, a few reasons.

1. It's a completely different system which would have required a conversion script to move all the articles over. Back then I said all I had to do was write up the instructions for it, but that didn't include having to work on something to port the articles over.
2. A select group of ingrates were hassling me at the time for not giving them my undivided attention in getting v3 Articles working on their sites. (Yes, for free)
3. I decided that I would rather spend my time working instead of coding conversion scripts and creating more hassle for myself.

[John]

This was the unreleased system.

[Deyth]

Not releasing that would be a tragedy. It's badly needed.

[KTBleeding]

Not releasing that would be a tragedy. It's badly needed. I agree, it looks nice.

[lanc3lot]

Hmm...i see it would be to lame to ask again for a release date...:)

Happy new year all:)

[Paul M]

Preview bug;

If you edit an article, then preview your edit, then choose submit, the original (unedited) text is saved, losing your changes.

This small change should fix this bug.

In article.php

Find ;


construct_edit_toolbar($editarticle['message']);

Add this code above it ;


if ($_REQUEST['edpreview'])
{
if (isset($_POST['WYSIWYG_HTML']))
{
$editarticle['message'] = convert_wysiwyg_html_to_bbcode($_POST['WYSIWYG_HTML'], 0);
}
else
{
$editarticle['message'] = &$_POST['message'];
}
}

[j_86]

No, a few reasons.

1. It's a completely different system which would have required a conversion script to move all the articles over. Back then I said all I had to do was write up the instructions for it, but that didn't include having to work on something to port the articles over.
2. A select group of ingrates were hassling me at the time for not giving them my undivided attention in getting v3 Articles working on their sites. (Yes, for free)
3. I decided that I would rather spend my time working instead of coding conversion scripts and creating more hassle for myself.

Nice of you to post; and your system looks great. It's a shame you're not releasing it.

But then, I still wouldn't install it because i'm guessing it would be as unsupported and buggy as the last (for reasons you are completeley right to give - you'd rather be working).

Thank you PaulM for helping everyone out with this hack so far :)

[John]

Nice of you to post; and your system looks great. It's a shame you're not releasing it.

But then, I still wouldn't install it because i'm guessing it would be as unsupported and buggy as the last (for reasons you are completeley right to give - you'd rather be working).

Thank you PaulM for helping everyone out with this hack so far :)

If I were to release it, I'd support it. Right now I'm not in the position to, so I won't. v3 Articles was never really tested enough, I never caught the bugs in there because of it.

[Regs]

John,

You have some nerve. You disappeared right after you suckered many people into giving you money for your "server & technical support" bills. Remember that? You left many, many people in the lurch... people that helped you.

You have an attitude and a huge ego. One may also say you are pretty short sighted in not following up with your hacks properly. Very easily you could have been in the same position as vbadvanced.com if you had a better attitutde and more realistic view of your skills.

Unlucky for you.

~Regs.

[John]

John,
You have some nerve. You disappeared right after you suckered many people into giving you money for your "server & technical support" bills. Remember that? You left many, many people in the lurch... people that helped you.


I rent one server, that server hosts the v3arcade.com site. I didn't sucker anyone into anything, I just said that if I couldn't afford to pay for the hosting bill, the site would go down.

Some generous people came forward and contributed, enough to cover two months of hosting costs - which was great, it helped out a lot and the site stayed up. But I never suggested for a moment that donations would be for anything other than keeping the site alive.


You have an attitude and a huge ego. One may also say you are pretty short sighted in not following up with your hacks properly. Very easily you could have been in the same position as vbadvanced.com if you had a better attitutde and more realistic view of your skills.

Unlucky for you.

~Regs.

Sorry Regs, but you've got me wrong. What you're seeing as ego is actually someone in a lot of financial difficulties who can't afford to spend any time working on these free addons for people.

If money wasn't a problem, I'd spend all my free time on these hacks and their support. Unfortunately for me, it is a problem. Ego doesn't come into it when it comes down to a choice between surviving and making sure you're completely happy with a piece of code I released.

And when I do come back to try to offer some support, I usually find messages from people like you, launching personal attacks for my lack of support. If you were in my position, wouldn't you think twice about why you were contributing here?

[arpy]

Hi John,

what I'm disappointed about is that there is no further development on this product - there was at least one person who offered to release his modified and extended article system which was based on your code - but you stopped him by stating that you a new release is already finshed and needs only to be packaged.

And now you show us pictures of a system you will probably never release.

Please: Give a clear statement about the further development - YES or NO. Stop blocking other projects.

Thank you.

arpy

[John]

Hi John,

what I'm disappointed about is that there is no further development on this product - there was at least one person who offered to release his modified and extended article system which was based on your code - but you stopped him by stating that you a new release is already finshed and needs only to be packaged.

And now you show us pictures of a system you will probably never release.

Please: Give a clear statement about the further development - YES or NO. Stop blocking other projects.

Thank you.

arpy

I never blocked the release of any other development. Check the earlier posts in this thread for yourself.

I said that I intended to release an update shortly, which ultimately, I was unable to do.

[arpy]

John,

here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=544281&postcount=367

xug said:
I have extended that hack to the fullest!!!

Have a sneak peak, will be released after my vB3 (XUG V4) goes Live! (Hopefully within a week or two and only when there is a demand for)


and after not sending any news for a long time, a few hours after xug's post you wrote:

Bad timing, there's going to be an update to this next week.


And this was in August!

Again, my problem is not that there is no update, my problem is that you announced it and that your are still not able to say YES or NO.

After your announcement I've been waiting for 2 month - now I'm using a completly different solution which I had developed much earlier without your announcement. I fully understand your problem about working for money or for free, but:
I will never use v3Articles again, because of your behavior - thats not fair play with the community!

I wish you a happy new year - and less problems next year.

arpy

[Regs]

Arpy hit the nail on the head.

History shows that you are only interested in your site when either someone wants to release addons and enhancements to your free hacks or you need money. And then you disappear again all the while people help run/moderate your site.

You had no problem accepting donations for your free hacks.

And if I recall correctly, the pitch for helping you sort out your money problems included a bit about releasing the Pro version of the arcade. You even posted a poll asking people how much they would be willing to pay.

And then not a word from you when your plans changed - that's where I am coming from.

It's not about a lack of support, never said that. It's about how you come off when you finally do decide to post something.

I also fail to see where you came back here to offer support? All I see is you showing something to people and saying "see this? you can't have it" - that's not support. That's being an arse.

Good luck in 2005.

~Regs.

[Deyth]

Why complain at the guy? These are free hacks. If he's unwilling or unable, go pressure the vbAdvanced guy because I saw him mention a possible article engine expansion. Perhaps with enough interest he'll bump it to the top of his list.

[winky6]

:disappointed: This is getting bad. I know one thing.

I am going to code my own version of this, and stop holding my breath for you to update it.

:devious:

[Paul M]

Well you lot will certainly encourage him to produce more with your attitude.

Yes, there were many problems with this in it's original form, but most are fixable (as I have done with our sites version) - and at the end of the day, it was all free.

[ResaleBroker]

But then, I still wouldn't install it because i'm guessing it would be as unsupported and buggy as the last...How "Buggy" is this? What kind of problems could I expect?

[cinq]

Erm ... for someone giving you FREE use of a hack that adds functionality to your site/boards ..... you guys sure have an odd way of saying thank you.

[JamesFrost]

I've been running this for months on one of my sites with no issues at all, and I didn't need to make any changes to the code. Thanks John for the FREE hack, and I look forward to future updates.

Oh, and Happy New Year as well. :D

[John]

Well you lot will certainly encourage him to produce more with your attitude.

Yes, there were many problems with this in it's original form, but most are fixable (as I have done with our sites version) - and at the end of the day, it was all free.

Thanks Paul & others. Sometimes I can't believe I'm having conversations with these people, having to defend myself for these free addons I've released. There may have been a few bugs (which have all been fixed by some great contributors to the community), if these were paid products it would have been unacceptable. But they're not.

Regs -

History shows that you are only interested in your site when either someone wants to release addons and enhancements to your free hacks or you need money. And then you disappear again all the while people help run/moderate your site.

Perhaps you should take a look at the selection of addons for the arcade. That one addon someone developed for v3 Articles did come at a bad time, because I intended to release an update shortly. Due to personal problems, I was unable to (and being away from any source of internet access at that time, I couldn't explain my situation).

Secondly, I've only ever received 2 or 3 donations for the articles system. Most have been for the Arcade, and the only time they were ever solicited was when there was a danger of losing the server and the v3arcade.com site. Not because I needed help, if the site went down it wouldn't bother me - the members of the site wanted to keep it running, so they helped out with the costs. I've been very clear on this matter.

You had no problem accepting donations for your free hacks.

Why shouldn't I?

And if I recall correctly, the pitch for helping you sort out your money problems included a bit about releasing the Pro version of the arcade. You even posted a poll asking people how much they would be willing to pay.

That wasn't a "pitch", it was research. And where did I ever say anything about the donations being directly linked with Pro?

I also fail to see where you came back here to offer support? All I see is you showing something to people and saying "see this? you can't have it" - that's not support. That's being an arse.

When I did come back to offer support, all I saw were people like you complaining. So I left.

Why did I post the screenshots of the new system? Well, mainly it was to prove that I haven't been talking out of my arse, and that the update was done. Heck, I wouldn't have a problem with releasing it, but I don't have the time to support it - and as with this version, releasing a free addon without support brings nothing but trouble.

[SVTOA]

I've been running this for months on one of my sites with no issues at all, and I didn't need to make any changes to the code.

Well, you really should install Paul's security updates or else you might find all your artilces changed in embarrassing fashion by someone who wanders to your site and knows the leaks that are apparent. It's all gone now, but FYI somebody defaced the articles over on John's site.

[Dean C]

John has kindly released this modification for all at vBulletin.org for free. It's clearly marked out as unsupported so you install at your own risk, with bugs or not. People do have lives outside of the computer so please understand that not everyone can spend all their time offering support. Note there are 55! pages in this thread, where most are asking for support. For one person to go through all of this is a pretty mammoth task. I hope you can understand that this is free work which John provided for all to use. Please try and keep polite and keep any personal indifferences, criticisms to PM.

Thanks :)

[SVTOA]

John, thank you also for your hard work and best wishes in 2005.

[John]

Well, you really should install Paul's security updates or else you might find all your artilces changed in embarrassing fashion by someone who wanders to your site and knows the leaks that are apparent. It's all gone now, but FYI somebody defaced the articles over on John's site.

lol, indeed. James, you should update you installation. (Instructions in the first post)

Many thanks to Paul M for coding the changes in my absense. :)

[ResaleBroker]

I installed this last night and it was a breeze. Thanks John!

I do have a question... I have the Article Moderation "On." However, articles awaiting moderation are showing up in the "Latest Article" section on the Main "Article Categories" page.

Is there a setting for that? [NO FIX FOUND]

Thanks Again! I appreciate your efforts!

[Regs]

Sorry but I don't use this hack here. I am just pointing out that the author of this hack is not the saint that some think he is.

Encouragement? I gave that over a 6 month period and then just gave up when it was apparent the author in question didn't care.

When you are in a bad personal situation and ask users at your site for help and they come through in spades, you do not then just abandon the site and don't post for weeks/months. At that point, you owe your members a bit more in gratitude - full stop. It doesn't take much to show you care.

Free stuff is great obviously and I agree that there are those who push the boundaries in demanding stuff. However, it is wrong to paint everyone with the same brush. Nothing wrong with not supporting a hack but don't expect it to sit well with people when you goad them with posts and screenshots like you did.

As for some of the vB.org staff poking their heads into this thread: please be a little more careful on how you appear to choose sides when this stuff comes up. Over the years I have pointed out and warned members here about Corey W, Inside The Pixel, and the vBtrader author. In every instance, staff here were quick to defend the hackers as if I had not done my homework and were just posting for the sake of posting. Research my posts here, I'm not a demanding ingrate.

I call them as I see them after a period of time and will continue to do so as long as I still work with vB software.

Cheers,

~Regs.

[John]

Sorry but I don't use this hack here. I am just pointing out that the author of this hack is not the saint that some think he is.
I'm sorry, but if you think I regard myself as a "saint", I'm not going to waste my time responding to these attacks. You obviously have some sort of personal issue with me that has nothing to do with these hacks, in which case this isn't the place for it.

Send over a list of the contributions you've made to this community, then we'll talk.

[Paul M]

Sorry but I don't use this hack hereWhy are you in this thread then ?

[John]

I installed this last night and it was a breeze. Thanks John!

I do have a question... I have the Article Moderation "On." However, articles awaiting moderation are showing up in the "Latest Article" section on the Main "Article Categories" page.

Is there a setting for that?

Thanks Again! I appreciate your efforts!

Do you see the unmoderated articles when logged in as a standard user? (Or not logged in at all?)

[ResaleBroker]

Do you see the unmoderated articles when logged in as a standard user? (Or not logged in at all?)Both.

Something weird just happened. A "latest comment" popped-up on my test article. The link however is to: "member.php?username=". I have no idea where that "comment" came from. I have moderate comments "ON" also. When I go to "moderate comments" in the CP it says, "There are no comments to moderate." [FIXED]

I just deleted the article associated with that message in the control panel however the article was still showing up in the main "Article Categories" page.[FIXED]

Also, to remove the article I used the "edit" then "delete" box. This deleted the article but the article "count" is still being displayed. [FIXED]

[lanc3lot]

John if u can release the updated articles system u showed would be good...and with the note of no support from the start. I dont see if that is a problem. If u need money for that, tell an amount, to see if we can cover it(i would like to)


Also, a bug that i havent managed to find a solution till now, is the bug with the attachments.

As i see it, u use a different upload attachments(images) system from the articles hack, than the Vb system, and this has the result to upload only one per time...can we fix that so we can upload more than one per time?(10 for example)

Hope all have a good new year :)

[John]

John if u can release the updated articles system u showed would be good...and with the note of no support from the start. I dont see if that is a problem. If u need money for that, tell an amount, to see if we can cover it(i would like to)


Also, a bug that i havent managed to find a solution till now, is the bug with the attachments.

As i see it, u use a different upload attachments(images) system from the articles hack, than the Vb system, and this has the result to upload only one per time...can we fix that so we can upload more than one per time?(10 for example)

Hope all have a good new year :)

If I can find the time to code a conversion script, I'll release it.

[ResaleBroker]

I've been playing around with articles (adding, editing, deleting) and it seems like the main "Article Categories" page is what is giving me problems. In addition to those above, the latest challenge I found was when you change the "Title" to an article the changes are reflected in the "category" but not on the "Article Categories" page. [FIXED]

[Robert Carver]

I have had this script installed for a while, and I was informed by one of my moderators tonight that he could not view comments for the various articles. They show in the article list, but if you go to the article itself and scroll down, the comments are not there. For me as an administrator, I can see them, but apparently no one else can. I went to the Admin Control panel under the Usergroup Manager and found that neither of the radio buttons for "Can View Comments" the moderators and all other usergroups was not checked. So I checked Yes (for Unregistered / Not Logged In usergroup), and clicked save. Tried to view the comments on an article while not logged in, the comments were not showing. So I went back to that usergroup in the Usergroup Manager, and the button was no longer checked.

Does anyone have any ideas how I an get this permission to "stick". It is nice that I can view the comments, but it sticks that no one else can. Oh, I have also upgrades to the most recent version of the Articles script and applied the security fix.

You help is most appreciated.

Thanks!

[Paul M]

It works fine here.

[lanc3lot]

Also, a bug that i havent managed to find a solution till now, is the bug with the attachments.

As i see it, u use a different upload attachments(images) system from the articles hack, than the Vb system, and this has the result to upload only one per time...can we fix that so we can upload more than one per time?(10 for example)

Hope all have a good new year :)


Has anyone knows a solution about that?:D

[GoTTi]

i dont get it...

am i suppse to overwrite the files with the new upgrade?

or apply the Security Fix patch first, then do the upgrade...im confused...

and there is no articles.php, its article.php

[mawby]

It says that if you do the security fix then you have the latest patch, so one assumes that the only change in the lastest patch is the secutiry fix. If that's true then I was going to ask why we can't just copy the file from the patch instead of hacking it?

[Paul M]

It's really not that hard to follow;

If you had 1.0.1 installed before the security patch was issued you can either apply the fixes as detailed in the fix document, or you can download v1.0.2 and just replace the article.php. If you are installing from scratch then just download 1.0.2 - this has the security fixes aplied to it already.

There are more patches & addons in the vb3 addon's forum that you can apply if you wish.

[GoTTi]

what about the attachment file and all the other files in the zip??

should i just upload that and overwrite the thing and run the upgrade.php?

[GoTTi]

is there a way to have things posted in the articles section to be shown on the forum category it belongs to? instead of it just having 2 -'s in it.

[mello_mike]

Hi,

I'm trying to get the 'Featured Article' thing to show up on the index page, but I'm having trouble.

I got the featured_article template to show, but the actual featured article won't.

I've added the following to the index.php page:


$globaltemplates = array(
'FORUMHOME',
'forumhome_event',
'forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost',
'forumhome_forumbit_level1_post',
'forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost',
'forumhome_forumbit_level2_post',
'forumhome_lastpostby',
'forumhome_loggedinuser',
'forumhome_moderator',
'forumhome_pmloggedin',
'forumhome_subforumbit_nopost',
'forumhome_subforumbit_post',
'forumhome_subforumseparator_nopost',
'forumhome_subforumseparator_post',
'article_featured'
);


then


require_once('./includes/functions_articles.php');


And finally


// ### Start Articles

$featuredarticle = unserialize($datastore['featuredarticle']);
if ($featuredarticle['id'])
{
$feature = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT article.*, articlepost.*, articlecategory.options AS options FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article AS article
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "articlepost AS articlepost ON (articlepost.postid = article.firstpostid)
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "articlecategory AS articlecategory ON (articlecategory.categoryid = article.categoryid)
WHERE article.articleid=$featuredarticle[id]");
}
if (!empty($feature['title']))
{

// do html
if ($feature['options'] & 256)
{
$dohtml = 1;
}

if ($feature['options'] & 512)
{
$dosmilies = 1;
}

// get an attachment, if there's one with a thumnail
$attachment = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT attachmentid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "articleattachment WHERE articleid=$featuredarticle[id] AND thumbnail_dateline>1 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,1");
if (!empty($attachment['attachmentid']))
{
$GLOBALS['isattachment'] = true;
}

require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
$feature['postbody'] = truncate_text($feature['postbody'], $vboptions['featuredlength'], 1);
$feature['postbody'] = parse_bbcode2($feature['postbody'], $dohtml, 0, $dosmilies, 1);

eval('$articlecontent .= "' . fetch_template('article_featured') . '";');
}

// ### End Articles


// ### ALL DONE! SPIT OUT THE HTML AND LET'S GET OUTA HERE... ###
eval('$articlecontent .= "' . fetch_template('article_featured') . '";');
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '");');


However, this only displays the template, like I said. It doesn't show the featured article.

Hey I figured out how to add the featured article to the Forum Home...

You basically do everything you just did... plus

add $articlecontent to your FORUMHOME template

also in your index.php file

change

$specialtemplates = array(
'userstats',
'birthdaycache',
'maxloggedin',
'iconcache',
'eventcache',
'mailqueue'



to

$specialtemplates = array(
'userstats',
'birthdaycache',
'maxloggedin',
'iconcache',
'eventcache',
'mailqueue',
'featuredarticle'
);


Now whenever you feature an article it will also show on the Forum home... hope that helps.

[mello_mike]

OH I Just noticed something.. there's a change that have to be made in order to get the featured article from showing up twice on the forum home.

in your Index.php file Change


// ### ALL DONE! SPIT OUT THE HTML AND LET'S GET OUTA HERE... ###
eval('$articlecontent .= "' . fetch_template('article_featured') . '";');
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '");');


to

// ### ALL DONE! SPIT OUT THE HTML AND LET'S GET OUTA HERE... ###
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMHOME') . '");');

[GoTTi]

.........

[nathanaus]

This is going to sound dumb - please don't laugh.

i installed this script/hack. Uhhh how do I actually write an article? In the forum proper you have buttons "new thread" in this hack I see no means in which to write an article.

I visited the vb3articles.com site, and again (as a guest user) saw no ability to write an article. I then registered on that site, and couldn't get back to the article page - because as a registered user I didn't have permission to view the article page, logging out though I did have permission. So as a registered user I couldn't see if there was a new article button or soething there to allow me to actually write the article.

What did I miss there?

Also (I'm new to VB) why are there a whole other set of "add ons" fo this? Has development on this stopped and moved to someone else?

[SoloX]

I have installed the latest security patch as given out.
I have set the moderate articles on, If I go to the Article category, the article does not appear, but it does appear in the categories list under the 'latest article' column and people can view it (without us approving it first).

How can I make so that the un-approved articles dont appear at all anywhere in the system?

Thanks

[Paul M]

I have installed the latest security patch as given out.
I have set the moderate articles on, If I go to the Article category, the article does not appear, but it does appear in the categories list under the 'latest article' column and people can view it (without us approving it first).

How can I make so that the un-approved articles dont appear at all anywhere in the system?

ThanksThe fact people can view unapproved articles is another bug I fixed when I first installed and tested our version. The fact that they appear in the list at all is a more complicated problem to fix and I didn't bother fixing for us - since people could no longer view the article anyway.

I'm off to bed now so I'll dig the first fix out for you tomorrow. :)

[dina]

Something weird is going on with this mod. I just upgraded to 3.0.4 and just reinstalled the mod in the files and it worked fine. Then suddently today I got this e-mail:


Database error in vBulletin 3.0.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM articlepost
WHERE type=2 AND articleid=5 AND valid=1
ORDER BY postdateline ASC
LIMIT 0,

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 '' at line 4


I try entering the articles and get the same error again. Before this happened I could view every article and even see the "preview" of one of the articles on top of the page.
Now I can't even view the settings for the articles in vBulletin Options (can view the other settings in admincp though).

I've tried running the install script again, but of course it fails when it tries to add new tables, because the tables are already there.

I don't want to remove the tables from the database and reinstall completely, as I'll lose over a hundred articles.

And yes, I have checked the file changes at least 10 times.

[lanc3lot]

Paul M have u updated your Articles hack to 3.0.5 version of Vb? Is it still working?

I say this, as in the first install of this hack, it has some changes for the init.php file...

Anybody else knows if its combatible?

[Paul M]

Paul M have u updated your Articles hack to 3.0.5 version of Vb? Is it still working?No, we are remaiing on 3.0.3 and just implementing the new init.php file (what I call 3.0.3+ ;)).

[lanc3lot]

Yep i will do the same as u, but the question is, if u do that...is the articles run ok?

As the new init.php file, will overwrite the old one and as u can see, the articles hack uses init.php file

:)

[Paul M]

Yep i will do the same as u, but the question is, if u do that...is the articles run ok?

As the new init.php file, will overwrite the old one and as u can see, the articles hack uses init.php file

:)Well yes, obviously you have to re-add the permissions array to the new init.php, otherwise it won't work .... :glasses:

[SVTOA]

Works fine for me with the 3.0.5 init.php and Paul's update to article.php

[lanc3lot]

Thanks:)

[Paul M]

I bit the bullet and upgraded our forum to 3.0.5 tonight. The vB upgrade script nicely wiped out all the articles templates. :rolleyes:

This is because they are installed as Master templates, and the upgrade script wipes and replaces all the master templates. Therefore i had to restore the templates from the backup I took (you do all backup before upgrading don't you ;)).

Alternatively, I believe the articles install script has the option to install the templates only. Now that the templates are restored it seems to be functioning okay. :)

[steven s]

After updating to 3.0.5 articles.php? showed be a blank page.
I ran the install script for templates only. That restored everything.
I didn't loose my articles.

[GoTTi]

happens when i run the arcade.php?do=challenges

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT user.avatarid, user.avatarrevision, avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(avatardata) AS hascustom, customavatar.dateline
FROM user AS user
LEFT JOIN avatar AS avatar ON avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid
LEFT JOIN customavatar AS customavatar ON customavatar.userid = user.userid
WHERE user.userid =
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 '' at line 5

mysql error number: 1064

[Paul M]

Um, this is the articles hack thread, not arcade ??

[GoTTi]

lol sh!t...

/me slaps himself

[dapence]

Let me add another "Great 'hack' dude!!!"

I thought I'd contribute a 'New Article' button in the vB 3.0 format (default colors) just for symmetry.

Thanks again ...

[Paul M]

Hey, thanks for the button, I will give it a try. :)

[Amavisca]

I need some help. I did some customize with this hac, everything is running fine but yesterday I upgrade the forum to v 3.05 , the article hack is still running ok but when I click on edit article, it went to blank page. Anybody know what is wrong???

[Paul M]

You need to re-install the original templates.

[mholtum]

I reinstalled the tempalates and everything works great except my attatchments are not showing as thumbnails. I seem to remember a patch? Can someone point me in the right direction?

[Amavisca]

You need to re-install the original templates.


Got it done. Thnx u very much Paul

[mholtum]

bump ~ anyone know where I can get the patch so my thumbs will dispplay correctly?

[mholtum]

Nobody knows why I am not showing a thumbnail and only a text link?

[mholtum]

figured it out myself.

[valentine]

What extra mods might be required to get this to run "fully" with CMPS?

I've installed it and everything works just fine - but I dont have any admin functions in AdminCP - ie, all my links are there for admin functions on CMPS, vbChat, etc - but nothing that says "Articles" on it. I know its working correctly because if I go to www.domain.com/articles.php the page is there.

EDIT:that probably isnt very clear is it? What I mean is there is no "Articles" section appearing in the left column of the AdminCP.

Thankyou for any help.



Val

[valentine]

Does anyone know the answer to this?

If its already been posted, I'm sorry for asking it again, but to go through 50-odd threads and find it - nightmare.

[j_86]

Brand new article system, working fully with 3.0.5 and with numerous features: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=74189&goto=newpost

[Paul M]

Does anyone know the answer to this?

If its already been posted, I'm sorry for asking it again, but to go through 50-odd threads and find it - nightmare.Have you actually done the edit to the admincp index file ?

[crd]

When I look the live demo and I click the comments column it is the same thing as the article column. also when I sign up as forum member now I am restricted from seeing the page but when I just come in as a guest it let s me see it. So I am cofused.

[valentine]

Have you actually done the edit to the admincp index file ?

Hmm.

Like a jerk, I'd done it but hadnt uploaded it... :rolleyes: All works.

Thanks for that. Will remember to engage brain before asking next time.

Val

[lanc3lot]

hmm, it seems john will not post the new version he talked about..maybe he havent found time...its pity:(

Anyway, anybody knows, how can i uninstall this? Have to just undo whatever i have done during install or is there some script?

Thanks again, its pity john didnt continue this hack, could have been something very usefull:)

[KTBleeding]

hmm, it seems john will not post the new version he talked about..maybe he havent found time...its pity:(

Anyway, anybody knows, how can i uninstall this? Have to just undo whatever i have done during install or is there some script?

Thanks again, its pity john didnt continue this hack, could have been something very usefull:)
Well, you can reverse all the file edits in the instructions, and remove the article files, but that still leaves the database tables in you mysql. :)

[lanc3lot]

Is there any script to run, so i can erase them as well?

[John]

hmm, it seems john will not post the new version he talked about..maybe he havent found time...its pity:(

Anyway, anybody knows, how can i uninstall this? Have to just undo whatever i have done during install or is there some script?

Thanks again, its pity john didnt continue this hack, could have been something very usefull:)

Sorry, I haven't had the time to release and support it. If I can find the time I will, but I can't promise anything.

[lanc3lot]

yep np on that, i just thought i had to mention that as i use this article system some months now and i m very thankfull for this:)

Do u know john any way, to uninstall the system? beside revert everything, if there is something to erase the tables and all that...

Thanks, keep up:)

[valentine]

Sorry if this has been covered before, I've had a quick look on the forums but cant find the answer, so...

I'm running vb 3.0.5, with CMPS, vbChat and VbArticles.

Following a recent install of "Articles", everything seems to work fine with one exception I discovered this morning: If I go into AdminCP and click on "Forum Manager" or "Add New Forum", I just get a blank page, with the rest of the admin panel still in place.

It only does it with these two options, everything else under the "Forums and Moderators" dropdown works fine, as do all the other options in AdminCP.

Have I missed editing a file somewhere? Or does my configuration with the other hacks screw it up somehow?

[valentine]

Well I've now read through this entire thread and found nothing related to this problem - if anyone can shed any light on why this might have happened I'd appreciate it. I've checked and double checked the installation process ,as far as I know the file that this uses - admincp/forum.php - isn't amended by vBArticles, but if its used in some way that is causing the problem I'd be glad of someone telling me. Otherwise I'll uninstall it.

Thanks.

Val

[MissKalunji]

how can i give access to co administrator to vbarticle (to give him permission to post?)?

[valentine]

Does anyone ever respond to simple, polite requests for help in here? :ermm:

[Paul M]

Does anyone ever respond to simple, polite requests for help in here? :ermm:Yes.

Has it occured to you that people may not know the answer to your question.

[valentine]

Of course! How silly of me to assume that someone who'd written a hack might be able to answer a simple question as to whether it utilised a particular file or not...

[paulz]

i'm prolly just too tired to find this, but where in the article.php is the code to ORDER BY that i can change to order the article listings by title instead of the order they were posted in? Thanks in advance!

[DjTaz]

I have a small problem with the attachments , i click Manage Attachmnt , and i get the popup box , i select the file , put in the caption , click on upload (yes the right file format .. just a .jpg ... and its only tiny in size ) and as soon as i click upload i get a white blank screen on the upload box ... have i missed something or could this be from a different hack clashing with it ??

Thanks For the hack John - its very good even if i dont figure out the Thumbnails

[Yelper]

Heh. I've got an installation problem. I lost my internet connectivity while running the installation file (admincp/install.php). Now, when I try to install, the first step yields an error (as expected) that says the table has already been added. Is there any way to skip to the step I want or to correct this problem?

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.6:

Invalid SQL:
CREATE TABLE `article` (
`articleid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`title` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
`firstpostid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`lastcommentid` int(10) unsigned default NULL,
`lastcommentdateline` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`lastcommentposter` varchar(50) default NULL,
`lastcommentposterid` int(10) unsigned default NULL,
`categoryid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`open` smallint(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`commentcount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`articleusername` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`articleuserid` int(4) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`dateline` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`views` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`iconid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`votenum` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`votetotal` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`articlehash` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`articleid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM

mysql error: Table 'article' already exists

mysql error number: 1050

Date: Sunday 30th of January 2005 12:21:35 PM
Script: http://forums.foreverbeyond.net/admincp/install.php
Referer: http://forums.foreverbeyond.net/admincp/install.php

I tried running the query "DELETE FROM articles WHERE 1>0;" but to no result..

Thanks in advance. I appreciate the efforts of anyone who is helpful. :)

[GoTTi]

how do i make this show the location in the online.php?

instead of saying:

Unknown Location
/forums/article.php?a=XXX

i want it to say

Viewing Articles "description of article"

and the link will take the user to the article the person is viewing...

[dimopoulos]

Thanks for this great modification. I have a small problem though with the thumbnails - they just don't show up. I checked my settings on my server and GD is installed and working (it works when users upload attachments in the main forum) but not in the article section.

Any suggestions pointers are more than welcome!

[KTBleeding]

Thanks for this great modification. I have a small problem though with the thumbnails - they just don't show up. I checked my settings on my server and GD is installed and working (it works when users upload attachments in the main forum) but not in the article section.

Any suggestions pointers are more than welcome!
Been answered a ton of times in this thread, but I don't blame you for not wanting to search through the many pages.. :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68495

[MissKalunji]

Does anyone knows...how to remove the article options from admincp?

[Yelper]

Does anyone knows...how to remove the article options from admincp?
In admincp/index.php

Delete:

construct_nav_option('Category Manager', 'article.php?do=modify');
construct_nav_option('Add New Category', 'article.php?do=add');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Articles', 'article.php?do=modarticles');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Comments', 'article.php?do=modcomments');
construct_nav_group("Articles", '<hr />');
construct_nav_spacer();
// *************************************************

[MissKalunji]

In admincp/index.php

Delete:

construct_nav_option('Category Manager', 'article.php?do=modify');
construct_nav_option('Add New Category', 'article.php?do=add');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Articles', 'article.php?do=modarticles');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Comments', 'article.php?do=modcomments');
construct_nav_group("Articles", '<hr />');
construct_nav_spacer();
// *************************************************



i did dat already but when i go to vbulletin option...i still see v3 article....

[Paul M]

i did dat already but when i go to vbulletin option...i still see v3 article....You either haven't deleted them properly, or haven't refreshed the ACP page.

[jluerken]

I am searching for a way to create a forum thread in a predefined forum when a new article was posted.

I have members writing columns but now one reads it cause no one gets aware of the fact that there is a new one in the article system :D

Does someone of you has a hack for that?

[dookie]

I am searching for a way to create a forum thread in a predefined forum when a new article was posted.

I have members writing columns but now one reads it cause no one gets aware of the fact that there is a new one in the article system :D

Does someone of you has a hack for that?

yeah that would be nice. :)

[Russ_T]

Hi all,

v3 articles is working pretty well for me, thanks!

I have one problem and I cannot figure it out. I did a little page in dreamweaver, and tried to add the article by pasting in the html. I then when into the database and changed the post field by pasting in the html.

http://www.zclub.net/forum/article.php?a=18

As you can see its really stretched, I cannot figure out why though. Can anyone help please?

Many thanks

[Darkwolf]

I am having some problem .. I'm unable to set the permission for my members to view the comment the rest are fine.. do you what's wrong?

[Craigr]

Hi all,

v3 articles is working pretty well for me, thanks!

I have one problem and I cannot figure it out. I did a little page in dreamweaver, and tried to add the article by pasting in the html. I then when into the database and changed the post field by pasting in the html.

http://www.zclub.net/forum/article.php?a=18

As you can see its really stretched, I cannot figure out why though. Can anyone help please?

Many thanks
I too had the same problem, it's caused by the whitespace between the different table tags.

Now it will probably look like this:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Content
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Change so that it's like this:
<table><tr><td>Content</td></tr></table>

[Bloodlust]

Installation was easy. Thanks!

I had one question tho. Im trying to add an article that contains html.. I enabled html for it but it shows up very very messed up and sometimes even includes smilies. Any way to correct this?

[flaregun]

I'm still having trouble with no links showing up under "Article Categories". Any ideas on where to look to fix this? Everything else works fine.

[Craigr]

new error in admincp



articles.php error
Wrong hack. :) You're looking Cinq's one. ;)

[utw-Mephisto]

Will be there a verion vor vb 3.0.6 ?

Just curious, hard to read through all 60 pages ;)

[Paul M]

Will be there a verion vor vb 3.0.6 ?

Just curious, hard to read through all 60 pages ;)It works just fine on 3.0.6 :)

[MissKalunji]

Will be there a verion vor vb 3.0.6 ?

Just curious, hard to read through all 60 pages ;)


Yep works fine here...

[jluerken]

How can I make an uninstall and keep sure that all Article Templates and phrases are deleted and that all table changes are undone?

I want to completly uninstall this hack from a running system.

Can someone please help me with a good and easy description how to do so?

[Bloodlust]

Any news about enabling HTML?

[ivanmcp]

Works great!

[jluerken]

Running the uninstaller brings up this:

The database changes made to this vBulletin installation have been undone.

However, tables containing content and category information still remain. For security reasons, these tables must be deleted manually.


My question is now which tables must be deleted and what about the templates and phrases?

WHAT exactly do I have to uninstall manually?

[Paul M]

Pretty much anything that starts with "article".

[MissKalunji]

Running the uninstaller brings up this:


My question is now which tables must be deleted and what about the templates and phrases?

WHAT exactly do I have to uninstall manually?


where did you get the uninstaller

[ThePapabear]

Hello!

First: Installed and works fine on 3.0.6! Thanks for that! *clicked install

I got a question, someone had on page 6 of this thread (no, didn´t read all 61 Pages, but most... :cross-eyed: ):

how can i change the way, the articles are ordered? I´d like them to be ordered alphabetically, not newest first...

Could´nt find an answer for that. Thanks a lot!

greets
ThePapabear

[Maximum Fu]

Hi. Everything seems to work fine with the install. Thanks for a great hack!

My only problem...

I don't see the area on the left-hand side of the AdminCP where I can manage my articles (specifically the categories, etc.). I have the option in my 'General VBulletin' options, but not along the left-hand side of the AdminCP.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Maximum Fu]

Hi. Everything seems to work fine with the install. Thanks for a great hack!

My only problem...

I don't see the area on the left-hand side of the AdminCP where I can manage my articles (specifically the categories, etc.). I have the option in my 'General VBulletin' options, but not along the left-hand side of the AdminCP.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Solved...sorry

[greenhybrid]

Thanks for the quick & easy hack. I'm having a problem displaying thumbnails. I set GD as 2.0+ in the settings, as showin phpinfo, but thumbnails won't come up. Any ideas, please?

[greenhybrid]

Also, is there a way to make article.php (the article section) use a different style that the main forums? Thanks in advance.

[Paul M]

Also, is there a way to make article.php (the article section) use a different style that the main forums? Thanks in advance.It uses all it's own templates, so you can change them as you want.

[Paul M]

Thanks for the quick & easy hack. I'm having a problem displaying thumbnails. I set GD as 2.0+ in the settings, as showin phpinfo, but thumbnails won't come up. Any ideas, please?See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68495

[greenhybrid]

Thanks. That fixed the thumbnail problem. As far as the style, it doesn't appear there are many templates, so I'll probably just edit those. I was wondering if it is possible just to use a different style, but it isn't a major deal. Anyone know where I can find a blank PSD of the default buttons so I can make one that matches?

[benFF]

i would use it if you could edit the attachments... thats the only thing bugging me. I use it as a "How To" section, so put the photos in order and with a description underneath (such as Step 1 etc) - if you forget one, or need to edit at a later date.... you can't :( - has anyone found a way around this?

[Justinlp]

Is their away I can take all my post of News out of my forum and place them in my article section?

[inverted]

i'm tryign to post articles with images embedded into the article, rather than attached as media. is this possible? can anyone give me a little direction? writing the html code right into the article just showed the code.

- inverted

[Paul M]

Just use standard BB Code (IMG Tags).

[inverted]

thanks... images are working great now. :rolleyes:

does anyone know a nice way of getting the articles to all display alphabetically by the article title? also, is there a "article homepage" that would show an alphabetical selection menu like the standard vB memberslist?

thanks again! :ninja:

[greenhybrid]

I upgraded my forum software from 3.0.6 to 3.0.7. Somehow in the process, I disabled some features of v3 Articles. Please look here: http://www.greenhybrid.com/learn/article/3

Not only are the media attachments not showing, but the ratings form isn't there, either. It's like the functions just disappeared. I tried checking to make sure the installation was still in tact, but can't seem to find it. Any help, please?

[greenhybrid]

Will no one respond? I've checked the installation yet another time and am now growing confident that v3 Articles is NOT compatible with vBulletin 3.0.7

[Doug22]

Okay this may seem like a dumb question but I can't find anywhere to post a new article. I've looked everywhere. Help a noob please. :)

Oh I'm on 3.07 and have 1.02 installed.

[Paul M]

Will no one respond? I've checked the installation yet another time and am now growing confident that v3 Articles is NOT compatible with vBulletin 3.0.7I'm perfectly confident it is, since I'm running it on 3.0.7 :D

[greenhybrid]

Well, I went ahead and installed vBArticles instead, which appears to be a much better system. Good luck to you all.

[php]

i cant see a preview as v3arcade.com has been closed down :'(

[RichieBoy67]

does anyone have this installed so I can take a look??

[egyptsons]

does anyone have this installed so I can take a look??
http://www.egyptsons.com/misr/arcade.php
you can see there :)

[RichieBoy67]

OK, I have everything installed including the permissions fix and I am still getting no permission... I followed the steps that were in the first 12 posts of this thread and still no permission...

Can somebody send me there fixed article.php file????

Thanks

[Turbo_WRX]

having a problem displaying pix. I did a new article, then used pics, but all the thumbnails are little files....yes, i do have GB on my server, php or whatever it is, it's installed and turned on, but I still get the "files". any suggestions?>

[Turbo_WRX]

now all i get is a red box, Red X i mean

[Turbo_WRX]

Problems, please help....

Ok, I recently installed the Articles last night. No problems, only with the thumbnails that won't display. Other than that, working great. Now, today I try to log in, I get a database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO session
(sessionhash, userid, host, idhash, lastactivity, styleid, loggedin, bypass, useragent)
VALUES
('cadd39569b7bd8f42d08052a3ca88beb', 2, '208.13.141.39', 'b2d394304190d2eda99a63c9b56a2065', 1111691463, 0, 1, 0, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)')

mysql error: insert command denied to user: 'vegasimp@lvs01.ahp.ftl.affinity.com' for table 'session'

mysql error number: 1142

Date: Thursday 24th of March 2005 02:11:04 PM
Script: http://www.vegasimports.com/forum/login.php
Referer: http://www.vegasimports.com/forum/
Username: Midnight Desires
IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx.xx


I dunno what the problem is, this happens when i try to post:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO posthash
(userid, threadid, dupehash, dateline)
VALUES
(2, 52, 'b33a4dd151649c133839e3777bd958b7', 1111691523)

mysql error: insert command denied to user: 'vegasimp@lvs01.ahp.ftl.affinity.com' for table 'posthash'

mysql error number: 1142

Date: Thursday 24th of March 2005 02:12:04 PM
Script: http://www.vegasimports.com/forum/newreply.php
Referer: http://www.vegasimports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52&page=1
Username: Midnight Desires
IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx.xx


And I'm sure maybe during other things. Our board isnt open to the public yet, but will be soon. I need to resolve this problem asap. If you can help me fix this problem, I'll paypal $10 to you for your help. Thanks.

[Paul M]

Those errors are not related to the hack - you appear to have a basic permission problem with the user/pw you are connecting to mysql with.

[RichieBoy67]

Can someone please take a look and tell me if this is correct??

http://www.talkandmore.net/forums/article.php?


Also, is it possible to have this show in a VBAdvanced module??


Thanks

[jered]

I'm having problems with the "X" showing up instead of the thumbnail as well...

I've tried all the setting I have available in the admin panel... is it something that my site owner will have to update on the server?

It's so frusterating...

Thanks for help in advance... Jered Provoscooter.com/vbull

[RichieBoy67]

IT's probably not the correct way to do it but if you don't want to go in and change the settings then just right click to find the path of the image and put the image there....

[jered]

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68495


oops I found the "X" problem answer in the thread already...

Thanks!

[Razor]

I have no option to add articles. Should it be under the "articles" category in the admin cp? All that shows up is:

Category Manager
Add New Category
Moderate Articles
Moderate Comments

[Paul M]

You add articles from the forum, not admincp.

[Razor]

There's no option to add an article from the forum, either.

[Paul M]

Have you actually gone to the articles page ?

( http://..... your forum ..... /article.php )

[johnbruce71]

If you have a different style installed on your site you'll have to upload the pictures of the new article button to that image dir.

Eg, I have the vbstyles Aria skin installed so have a folder called aria in my forum dir i had to upload the pics to the image dir within aria and not the default vbulletin image folder.

Does that make sense to anyone but me lol

[Zacharicus]

Works like a charm. Thanks heaps. This will be great for our tutorials :)

[Zacharicus]

Love it, BUT, IMG tag doesn't work although it's turned on in the permissions of each category.

[Spinball]

v3articles.com and v3arcade are gone, this hack isn't supported particularly well here by the author and v3articles is supposed to be better.
Time to uninstall, I think.

[j_86]

v3Articles has been unsupported for months and months, it has only recently relied on small updates from community members here and there to fix security flaws etc.

[Paul M]

v3articles.com and v3arcade are gone, this hack isn't supported particularly well here by the author and v3articles is supposed to be better.
Time to uninstall, I think.If someone has no articles system installed then I would agree that this is probably not the one to pick anymore, but if you already have it installed and working then why remove it just for the sake of it, aren't you just creating yourself work transferring to another system (or losing all your articles) ?

I am keeping an eye on the other article systems, but only one currently allows user submissions (like this one) - and at the moment, this system does the job we want it to do, so I see no reason to change. :)

[Spinball]

I see no reason to change. :)
I have been frustrated with the inability to search the Articles using the standard search system. And administrating them has been unweidly.
I've picked the Geek system since it allows you to import the v3articles.
And it sensibly stores the articles in the main database tables.
A no brainer, ten, really, considering our position.
Thanks, guys.

[steadicamop]

I've managed to install this no problems, but when I try to access the category, I get this database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=1 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 19th of April 2005 08:45:19 PM
Script: http://www.steadiforum.com/article.php?c=1
Referer: http://www.steadiforum.com/article.php?
Username: Jason
IP Address: 82.43.xxx.xx

Anyone have any ideas?

I tried going to www.v3articles.com but it doesn't resolve.

Thanx, looks like a wonderful hack, just what I need, just need it to work now :D

Jason

[Paul M]

I've managed to install this no problems, but when I try to access the category, I get this database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=1 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 19th of April 2005 08:45:19 PM
Script: http://www.steadiforum.com/article.php?c=1
Referer: http://www.steadiforum.com/article.php?
Username: Jason
IP Address: 82.43.xxx.xx

Anyone have any ideas?

At a guess, you did not follow the bit of the instructions that tell you to go into the v3article options - and save them. :)

[steadicamop]

That might be the issue .. I've uninstalled it for the time being, will reinstall it and see if that's the issue ... thanx!

Jason

[RichieBoy67]

I have tried all of the article systems and I believe this one, by far is the most stable and the one with the fewest install problems....

This one is also actually an article system with an article.php page.... Not just basically another forum like another article hack ( no offence intended ) ...


If you guys are having problems just go in and manually edit your database and reinstall or what ever....


MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 2 That right there tells you that you made a mystake in your editing.......

Here is a tip and I know there are many here smarter than me but this just might help you... When editing your templates... First thing- Create a folder and save all of them in it... Then if you have to start over you can!!

Create another folder - A work folder for the templates you are going to edit. Use a good program like WYNSYNTAX . If you have to remove some of your edits you can just click undo...... Worst case you still have the back up folder.... just start over...

Hope I helped in some small way........ I think this is a great hack and I thank John for it....

[steadicamop]

At a guess, you did not follow the bit of the instructions that tell you to go into the v3article options - and save them. :)

Hehe yeah you're right, sorry my goof for not reading the instructions properly ... it works fine now :D

Looking forward to using this excellent hack .. looks wonderful :D

[Paul M]

Hehe yeah you're right, sorry my goof for not reading the instructions properly ... it works fine now :D You're not the first - that's why I recognised the error. :)

[steadicamop]

Ok this is gonna sound dumb ... how do I post articles? I can't find anything anywhere on how to post one ... there's no button, nothing, I feel stupid, but just can't find it!!
Sorry ... I have 2 image directories as I'm using a different skin, I forgot to put the image files in there ... working like a charm now :confused:

[steadicamop]

My images appear as links, not as thumbnails, is there any way of changing this? As far as I am aware my provider has GD2 installed, thumbs work fine on VBB itself.

[Paul M]

My images appear as links, not as thumbnails, is there any way of changing this? As far as I am aware my provider has GD2 installed, thumbs work fine on VBB itself.Possibly this ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68495

[steadicamop]

Again, my goof, sorry bud, you're really looking out for me here, and one more thing, the images aren't centred, is this right? Would there be any way of centering them? Pardon the spelling on the centre thing .....

Check here to see what I mean - you should be able to see the images

http://www.steadiforum.com/article.php?a=1

Thanks!

[Paul M]

All the images that I can see are centred.

[steadicamop]

I tell ya .... Firefox still has a lot to answer for ..... they don't appear centred in Firefox but no problems at all with IE

[greenhybrid]

What happened to v3articles.com?

[Paul M]

What happened to v3articles.com?It closed ?

[khaleel]

I get

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.6:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=671 OR open=1) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 04th of May 2005 11:31:21 AM
Script: http://www.death-eater.net/forum/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://www.death-eater.net/forum/article.php
Username: kaz
IP Address: 217.43.232.153

[Paul M]

I get

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.6:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=671 OR open=1) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
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 '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 04th of May 2005 11:31:21 AM
Script: http://www.death-eater.net/forum/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://www.death-eater.net/forum/article.php
Username: kaz
IP Address: 217.43.232.153

Read the instructions properly and follow them. :)

(See post #957 in this topic).

[kenwen]

And when i try to set the permissions in admincp for guests being able to view comments the page does a weird scroll jump to another segment and leaves the option unselected? :ermm:

Any advice? Cheers

[CC-Master]

Sounds interessting, but the demo site seems to be down. Are there any other demo sites available or an alternative managing articles with websites running vb3?

[Paul M]

Well we aren't a demo site - but you are welcome to look at our articles section (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?).

[JustAskJulie]

Can I ask what this means as I had to modify the code to allow Moderators to be able to Moderate Articles and any comments submitted about them...? Did I get it wrong?:rolleyes:

I thought only Admins could moderate submitted articles in the stock vBarticles code.

What about a Super Mod with Admin privs? It seems that the articles bit shows up in their admin panel but when they try to moderate are told they don't have permission. How can I get around this without making them a full out moderator?

[RCSwap]

I have recently instelled this hack and it's not bad. The only problem I have is that the layout is a little cluttered (at least on my board it is). Anyways, which file and where in the file can I make the following changes:

1. Remove the "Post a Comment section". I don't need my members posting any comments on product reviews or how-to sections.

2. Remove the "Media" box that is around the images and then move the images so that they are above the "Rate this article" part.

Other then that the hack looks good. It's nice and simple for what is need and was a breeze to instal.

[FleaBag]

This may be old news but I just took a look through the database fields and found this in almost every article...


I don't put enough security on my site, so i get hacked like this.

[acid]


Thanks acid! Lol...

[Paul M]

That's why a security fix was released (by me) in late December.

[FleaBag]

Aye I know dude, I was just never too sure what had happened originally. Not knocking the hack, please don't think I was. :)

[Paul M]

Aye I know dude, I was just never too sure what had happened originally. Not knocking the hack, please don't think I was. :)Makes no odds to me, it's not my hack - I just released an update that I had applied to my version. I was just making sure you were aware of it. :)

[tommyxv]

I installed the software today. It's working great. Is there a way for me to add a remove featured article button somewhere? I know the do=feature link works, but would like to add a button somewhere if possible.

I also get a link instead of the image for the featured article. I installed the latest version and upgrade v.1.0.1. GD 2 is working fine on the forums.

Thanks,

[dreck]

How can I uninstall v3 Articles 1.0.1 from my database?
I still see it in the admincp!

[tommyxv]

Me too, removed all file edits.

????

[tommyxv]

BUMP.

How to remove v3 articles completely? I removed all file edits and drop the article tables, but still have v3articles showing up in the admncp under vbulletin options. I deleted the phrase, but the space is still there and still brings me another page with nothing on it but a save button. I ran the uninstaller too.

Help..anyone...please :ermm:

[Littlebit]

I believe if you cofig to debug mode you'll see an option to remove or edit a settings set. But I think you can find it by browsing settings in your database too. It's been a while since I did it, I hope I'm remembering correctly for you.

[Paul M]

Put you board into debug mode and then delete the settings and group.

[ImportPassion]

is there a way to apply permissions to different categories?

[Paul M]

nope.

[OFFSHORE DAN]

I did everything it said. Copied the files to right locations and still I don't see anything in the admin cp. Getting frustrated! PLease help. Here is the last page of the script before I copied the files to the right locations.

Modifying file: forumdisplay.php
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Saving changes to gas/changes/forumdisplay.php

Warning: fopen(gas/changes/forumdisplay.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3151

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3152

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3153
Modifying file: editpost.php
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Saving changes to gas/changes/editpost.php

Warning: fopen(gas/changes/editpost.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3151

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3152

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3153
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File modifications complete. All files are waiting in the change folder. If you get any error messages, make sure you spply the correct steps before replacing files.

Your moves amaze the Red Dragon.
With a ninja like motion, you twist the crown of the pineapple off and hurl it with deadly aim toward the Red Dragon (level 10)
He falls down in defeat which in turn reveals the sacred treaure - a great golden Pineapple
What do you want to do?
Eat the pineapple in peace - The End

[OFFSHORE DAN]

sORRY wrong article hack

[dieselpowered]

Alright, before I lose my mind...can someone please explain to me how I can delete this hack.

I ran the un-installer and I still have options showing in the AdminCP...I deleted those from the index.php file, however, still have options showing in the permissions???

If someone could be so kind to help me with this it would be appreciated...thanks!

[Paul M]

You have to reverse all the file edits.

[dieselpowered]

Ok so the permissions are not fed from Database edits but from actual file edits?

[dontpanic]

Also wondering how to "un"feature an article....

Thanks!

[Paul M]

http://www.yourdomain.com/...../article.php?do=feature&a=-1

[dontpanic]

OK, thanks, that was easy! :)

[bugzy]

is this test for the current version of VB?

or is there a newer article system?

[Paul M]

is this test for the current version of VB?

or is there a newer article system?Not really sure what you mean - this runs on vB 3.0.7 if that's your question. There are at least two other article hacks if you search for them, both also run on 3.0.7.

[Milk Man]

I'm the owner of my site and admin and When I try and edit the permissions, I get an error but i followed the instructions. Any help? I still get "You don't have enough privillages".

I get this message when I hit Update:

[QUOTE]Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
title = 'Administrators',
description = '',
usertitle = 'Administrator',
opentag = '',
closetag = '',
passwordexpires = '180',
passwordhistory = '360',
canviewarcade = '0',
canplayarcade = '0',
canmakecomments = '0',
caneditscores = '0',
candelscores = '0',
attachlimit = '0',
canpostvbookieevent = '0',
caneditothersvbookieevents = '0',
canbet = '0',
avatarmaxwidth = '300',
avatarmaxheight = '300',
avatarmaxsize = '20000',
profilepicmaxwidth = '100',
profilepicmaxheight = '100',
profilepicmaxsize = '65535',
pmquota = '50',
pmsendmax = '5',
uttstore_discount = '20',
forumpermissions = '393215',
pmpermissions = '3',
calendarpermissions = '31',
wolpermissions = '31',
adminpermissions = '3',
genericpermissions = '4194239',
genericoptions = '31',
articlepermissions = '4095'
WHERE usergroupid=6
mysql error: Unknown column 'canviewarcade' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Thursday 21st of July 2005 05:54:58 PM
Script: http://tgimm.com/admincp/usergroup.php[QUOTE]

What have I done wrong?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

That error seems to come from an arcade hack, not the articles hack.