v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

[John]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots! :)

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks. :)

[John]

It's screenshot time...

[John]

Here's another three...

[John]

And another three...

[John]

And here's the last three.

[AlexanderT]

Lemme be the first to thank you! Will give it a try in the next few days.

[Oblivion Knight]

Nice to see this released John, thanks for all the hard work that has gone in to it.

[ShutDown23]

I've been wating for a article system for a while! Thank you!

[Hialls]

/me installs at ince!!!

[Okiewan]

Awesome!!

[Dean C]

Very glad you decided to release this for free John - you're a top guy :)!

[ShutDown23]

Are you planning on making a module for vba for recent articles or no?

[esnecca]

She's just so, so purty. :) Thank you, John.

[Craigr]

Nice. I think i may use this. :)

Craig

[egyptsons]

your a great man John ;)


I hit Intall
what about You ??

[ImportPassion]

although this is excellent work, i just don't understand how it is really any different than using the forum for this type of thing? Which is what I am doing now for my DIY's.

Maybe a comparison matrix would help or something? ;)

[Jericho]

Awesome! I've heard about this for a good while, and it's great to see such an elegant-looking hack finally out :) Thank you for all your hard work.

[MindTrix]

Im sure this is as amazing as the Arcade John. Thank you for all your hard work, and most of all, the support you provide with it.

I personally have no need for this YET, but im sure i will soon. Thanks once again.

[juanmalaga9]

Aleluyah!

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Thanks for a wonderful hack, John, I'm installing now. :)

[The Realist]

Thanks for a great hack. Installed and working 100% and also ticked instaled.

Thanks.

[ConqSoft]

Ok... What am I doing wrong. I did everything, then when I run the install.php, my screen looks like this:

[John]

although this is excellent work, i just don't understand how it is really any different than using the forum for this type of thing? Which is what I am doing now for my DIY's.

Maybe a comparison matrix would help or something? ;)

If you can't see the reason for it, you'll probably never need it. :)

[Giveit2u43]

Thanks a lot for releasing this John..

as for why this is better than a forum, it`s a more structured layout... for searcing, archiving purposes..

[Zachariah]

Thank you sir.

[John]

Ok... What am I doing wrong. I did everything, then when I run the install.php, my screen looks like this:

Very strange... is there anything special about your vB installation?

[ConqSoft]

Very strange... is there anything special about your vB installation?

Not that I know of. It's still v3.0.0, and v3Arcade is installed.

[John]

Not that I know of. It's still v3.0.0, and v3Arcade is installed.
Hmm, something crazy is going on. I'll look into it.

(For some reason, it appears to be printing out some of the templates stored in the installation file. Is anyone else having this problem?)

[Dean C]

When that happens to me its usually because PHP is not running as a process ^^

[Breaker]

installed but i can't view the page, i've checked my usergroup permissions and all seems fine but it displays a permission denied screen....

[JTMON]

Awesome hack John, I'm so glad you released this..

I seem to be having an issue when clicking the link on the navbar from my vbadvanced page...it loads a page with the message "No input file specified" If I click it from the forums it works fine...

EDIT: FIXED-used full path in href and it works fine now...

TIA

[zetetic]

Awesome hack, John. Thanks.

Minor issue: Getting a red X on the article index when I don't choose a post icon. :ermm:

[John]

When that happens to me its usually because PHP is not running as a process ^^
Ah, lol - I think that's probably it.

[Okiewan]

Everything seems to work... very cool, great installation.
Problem is when editing cats, adding, deleting, whatever.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: build_datastore() in /home/okiewan/public_html/forums3/admincp/article.php on line 224
It does however make the edit.. ie; edit cat, submit, error, but cat is edited.
Thoughts?

[John]

Awesome hack John, I'm so glad you released this..

I seem to be having an issue when clicking the link on the navbar from my vbadvanced page...it loads a page with the message "No input file specified" If I click it from the forums it works fine...

TIA

You could always use an absolute URL, e.g. $vboptions[bburl]/article.php.

[John]

Everything seems to work... very cool, great installation.
Problem is when editing cats, adding, deleting, whatever.

It does however make the edit.. ie; edit cat, submit, error, but cat is edited.
Thoughts?

vBulletin version?

[John]

Awesome hack, John. Thanks.

Minor issue: Getting a red X on the article index when I don't choose a post icon. :ermm:

What, in the last article column?

[zetetic]

What, in the last article column?
Article column, subcat index.

[Breaker]

fixed permissions problems (overriding of permissions appeared in wrong groups)

but now i get a database error when trying to view a category

[John]

fixed permissions problems (overriding of permissions appeared in wrong groups)

but now i get a database error when trying to view a category
Oh, a database error - that's plenty to go on. Care to elaborate?

[John]

Article column, subcat index.
Try overwriting the article_level2_post template with this:


<tr align="center">
<td class="alt2" width="1%">
<if condition="!empty($category['statusicon'])">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$category[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />
</if>
</td>
<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$category[categoryid]">
<div>
<a href="article.php?$session[sessionurl]c=$category[categoryid]"><strong>$category[title]</strong></a>
</div>
<div class="smallfont">$category[description]</div>
<if condition="$category[subforums]"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $category[subforums]</div></if>
</td>
<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">$category[articlecount]</td>
<td class="alt1" nowrap>$lastcommentby</td>
<td class="alt2" nowrap>$lastarticleby</td>
</tr>
$childcategorybits

[DaveLogic]

fixed permissions problems (overriding of permissions appeared in wrong groups)

but now i get a database error when trying to view a category

I have the same permission problem...How exactly did you remedy this as I can find no permission options in AdminCP??

[John]

I have the same permission problem...How exactly did you remedy this as I can find no permission options in AdminCP??
I presume you've followed the instructions, and saved usergroup settings and vBulletin options?

[DaveLogic]

I presume you've followed the instructions, and saved usergroup settings and vBulletin options?

My apologies ...I hadn't but like the person before me, after completing that part I now receive this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

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

[zetetic]

Try overwriting the article_level2_post template with this:
Oops, I think it was my fault. I'm not using the default names for the post icons. :(

Sorry.

[John]

My apologies ...I hadn't but like the person before me, after completing that part I now receive this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

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
Which file is the error coming from? (I.e. the name of the file mentioned in the query error.)

[DaveLogic]

Which file is the error coming from? (I.e. the name of the file mentioned in the query error.)

Date: Monday 07th of June 2004 01:57:31 PM
Script: http://localhost/forums/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://localhost/forums/article.php
Username: Dave_Logic
IP Address: 127.0.0.1

[John]

Date: Monday 07th of June 2004 01:57:31 PM
Script: http://localhost/forums/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://localhost/forums/article.php
Username: Dave_Logic
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
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?

[DaveLogic]

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?

Ok...I admit..missed that bit out aswell..Everything seems to be working fine now..thanks for your time...the install button has been clicked..

[Okiewan]

vBulletin version?
3.01

[John]

3.01

Hmm, I don't think so. On your forums, in the footer -
Powered by: vBulletin Version 4.0.2
Copyright ?2000 - 2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd

4.0.2 doesn't exist. From the fact that you don't have a build_datastore function, it shows that you're not running 3.0.1 or anything like it - in fact, I'd say you're running an RC build. Someone has changed your vBulletin version manually through your Admin CP in debug mode.

So, there are a couple of options here.

1. If you're paying someone to upgrade your forums, they're just ripping you off and changing the vBulletin version number. (Whilst leaving the code untouched.)
2. You're not upgrading your forums properly.

Who does your upgrades?

[trekwarfare]

Awesome! I will give this a try later today, this will be of great use on my RPG forum.

Thanks!!

[ConqSoft]

Hmm, I don't think so. On your forums, in the footer -
Powered by: vBulletin Version 4.0.2
Copyright ?2000 - 2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd

4.0.2 doesn't exist. From the fact that you don't have a build_datastore function, it shows that you're not running 3.0.1 or anything like it - in fact, I'd say you're running an RC build. Someone has changed your vBulletin version manually through your Admin CP in debug mode.

So, there are a couple of options here.

1. If you're paying someone to upgrade your forums, they're just ripping you off and changing the vBulletin version number. (Whilst leaving the code untouched.)
2. You're not upgrading your forums properly.

Who does your upgrades?

He does that to throw off would-be hackers. :) It is actually 3.0.1 he is running.

[John]

He does that to throw off would-be hackers. :) It is actually 3.0.1 he is running.

He doesn't have the build_datastore function, so it can't be 3.0.1. vBulletin didn't use that function in the RC days, it was added in Gold.

If he doesn't have it, he must be running something older than Gold.

[Phrost]

Does anyone have this up and running on a site so I can see it live? Thanks much.

[trackpads]

John, you rock!!!

[Breaker]

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?
guilty as charged :|

[13th_Disciple]

rofl.. it's funny to see John actually catching people who didn't follow directions.. :p

congrats on another fine hack, John.. I would imagine that this will be installed shortly on my site as well.. very nice work.. and sure fire support.. even for those who didn't finish the instructions.. :D

[Zachariah]

works great john. Is there an option to make the attachments files system vs. in the sql db ?

[nexialys]

some clients asked me if it would be possible to have a script that take all the topics in a forum and push them in a Articles category ?!...

i suppose it's a request, but maybe someone here can start the work, not forced to be John, as he is already really occupied to debug people that can't read the instructions well... ;)

[Tim Wheatley]

You might want to make the re-saving your vb options BIGGER, I missed it too. ;)

[ShutDown23]

Don't know if anyones had this problem, but i did all the steps, but I get:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_administer() in /home/afceyri/public_html/forums/article.php on line 17

When i go to it. Any ideas?

[John]

Don't know if anyones had this problem, but i did all the steps, but I get:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_administer() in /home/afceyri/public_html/forums/article.php on line 17

When i go to it. Any ideas?
Line 17 is:
'bbcodecache',

What version of vBulletin are you running? What modifications have you made to it?

[monstergamer]

there is a image that is not showing up on this page right beside the article http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?c=2

when i right click it show www.monstergamer.net/vb/ (http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/)

other then that i have customized mine real nice :D
http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=1
thanx John for another great hack :)
* monstergamer clicks install

[zetetic]

there is a image that is not showing up on this page right beside the article http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?c=2
That's the same problem I'm having. I thought it was a post icon issue but I don't think it is.

[Logikos]

NICE! Will be installing and customizing to my newest site :)

And can we say HOTM? :p

* Logikos clicks install

[Zachariah]

Bug:

I created 1 article w/ image attachment. (all is good)

I Deled the article:
Article count still says there is one article.

Looking @ the DB via phpmyadmin:

article table is empty
articleattachment table still has entry
articlepost table still has entry

Default posticon missing if none is selected. (red X)

If you [ Feature This Article ] you can not undo.

[dndog]

Definitely HOTM.

John, you are awesome.

[corsacrazy]

Bug:

I created 1 article w/ image attachment. (all is good)

I Deled the article:
Article count still says there is one article.

Looking @ the DB via phpmyadmin:

article table is empty
articleattachment table still has entry
articlepost table still has entry


Default posticon missing if none is selected. (red X)

If you [ Feature This Article ] you can not undo.
i just manually edited count value via phpmyadmin

[Randall Rath]

I use the table prefix option with my vBulletin installation.
I mention that because while the admincp's article.php file uses TABLE_PREFIX for the new table queries, the installer doesn't, and the forum's article.php file uses a mix of both.
You can imagine what the end result is.

[John]

I use the table prefix option with my vBulletin installation.
I mention that because while the admincp's article.php file uses TABLE_PREFIX for the new table queries, the installer doesn't, and the forum's article.php file uses a mix of both.
You can imagine what the end result is.

Expect a full bug fix tomorrow.

[Randall Rath]

Expect a full bug fix tomorrow.
No rush for me, I'm fixing it as I go, I just thought it might save you some headaches if I told you about it early on.

[corsacrazy]

one small bug found, when in the edit article page the links to the already attached images point to attachment.php rather than article one there fore it results in an invalid attachment id message error, also how do i edit captions for pics ? or is that in next version?

[Synicide]

Awesome! This will be a great compliment my forum's new magazine. :D

[undrgrndgam3r]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=12 AND (articleuserid=141 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: Monday 07th of June 2004 07:41:55 PM
Script: http://govgaming.com/article.php?c=12
Referer:
Username: Gamer4Life
IP Address: 205.188.116.210

???? how i fix this

[WebMasterAJ]

First and foremost, thank you for releasing this AWESOME hack!

Anyway, just curious, is it possible to have a different style for the article hack? That would be awesome! Please let me know...

Thank you for your time and energy...

Sincerely,
Andrew Tatum

[Randall Rath]

Hey John, on line 767,

SELECT article.*, articlepost.postbody AS content, article.articlehash FROM article

*ignoring the table prefix thing*
Did you mean,

SELECT article.*, articlepost.postbody AS content, article.articlehash FROM article AS article

[Mone']

Great hack john !

[zetetic]

Thanks again for all your hard work on this great hack, John. A couple other things:

My custom BBcode for float doesn't seem to work and images don't show up in preview.

[John]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=12 AND (articleuserid=141 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: Monday 07th of June 2004 07:41:55 PM
Script: http://govgaming.com/article.php?c=12
Referer:
Username: Gamer4Life
IP Address: 205.188.116.210

???? how i fix this

Try following the instructions properly.

[John]

Thanks again for all your hard work on this great hack, John. A couple other things:

Custom BBcodes don't seem to work and images don't show up in preview

That's intended.

[John]

Randall Rath, I'll be making those changes in tomorrow's revision. :)

[Randall Rath]

Randall Rath, I'll be making those changes in tomorrow's revision. :)
Would you like me to send you the revisions I've already made? It might save you some time and effort.

[Mone']

John , does it support multiple pages articles ?

Installing it now on localhost :)

Cheers

Mone'

[undrgrndgam3r]

i followed the instructions

[Action-N]

Can I have the Articles sort alphabeticaly instead of as summitted. Looking through the code, but wanted to get a post started here.

Thanks for this hack, I know I as well as others really needed it.

[zetetic]

"Location" in Who's online shows:

Unknown Location
/forum/article.php?

[Lurk]

you got a button set with the looks of the 'new article' button?

would be awsome :)

[cogimo]

HI

The install was pretty easy however I can getting this error when I click on the link to go to the articles page. I am logging in as a admin and the usergroup is set up

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation

[trackpads]

John,

I found a small error. Everything is running fine except that the articles are not counting properly. I installed and followed the instructions to a T and had no errors.

I created a top level cat then a subcat and then another sub cat then posted an article. The article shows up fine but the homepage still says 0 articles.

Everything else works like a charm, thanks again for all the work!

-Jason

http://www.trackpads.com/forum/article.php

[Action-N]

HI

The install was pretty easy however I can getting this error when I click on the link to go to the articles page. I am logging in as a admin and the usergroup is set up

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation


I got that error, then finally finished reading the directions. After you follow through with the install instructions you'll be all set. I pasted the part of the install you need to do, they are a must.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".

Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

[Diana Notacat]

My installed went thru perfectly, but I have a problem with the templates! I can't see any of the image buttons for posting new articles! And all the catagories are allowing articles to be posted too...

Also, I'd love to be able to move posts from one of the forums in to the articles section, that'd actually be really handy. :)

[Kwak]

Poor John, he introduces an awesome hack and within minutes, he is bombed with questions after questions. :D
Will install this this weekend. Sweet job John.

[cogimo]

Thanks

It worked perfect


I got that error, then finally finished reading the directions. After you follow through with the install instructions you'll be all set. I pasted the part of the install you need to do, they are a must.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".

Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

[monstergamer]

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2

[Mone']

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2


very nice :)

monstergamer what do you use for your review/cheat section ?
Looks so good on your website


Mone'

[Kwak]

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2
Nice.

Can we use the "Article" hack outside of the /forum/ directory?
EXAMPLE: www.vbulletin.org/forum/articles.php? --> www.vbulletin.org/articles.php?

[monstergamer]

very nice :)

monstergamer what do you use for your review/cheat section ?
Looks so good on your website


Mone'here is where i got it from, http://www.vortexportal.net/forum/download.php

i did alot of custom work on this mod, and he never got back to me about releasin what i have done

that mod is OK, but not all that, i am going to use the VB article to do my reviews
hopfully i can add more to it :D

[Mone']

here is where i got it from, http://www.vortexportal.net/forum/download.php

i did alot of custom work on this mod, and he never got back to me about releasin what i have done

that mod is OK, but not all that, i am going to use the VB article to do my reviews
hopfully i can add more to it :D

thx :)

[gmarik]

Nice one, really usefull.

[Oldfart]

I got that error, then finally finished reading the directions. After you follow through with the install instructions you'll be all set. I pasted the part of the install you need to do, they are a must.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".

Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

Ok I followed the instructions to the end but I still can not access the article.php file.

[yl88]

i have installed, it works great so far.

Just one question:
Does the system support unlimited category?

[corsacrazy]

Mate please read post #73

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=520377&postcount=73

[John]

Mate please read post #73

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=520377&postcount=73
No, you can't edit captions yet. I considered it, not really an urgent feature at the moment.

Regarding the other problem, I've fixed it for my next release - expect the update today.

[ChrisSy]

thanks so much, hack of the year!

[trackpads]

thanks so much, hack of the year!
John,

I am still having a problem with the articles not counting on the index-

http://www.trackpads.com/forum/article.php

Thanks,

-Jason

[JTMON]

Just upgraded by overwriting all the files, now I just get a blank white page when clicking the link on the navbar from anywhere.

Hummm...I reuploaded article.php 3 times, each time smartFTP asked me to confirm overwrite which I did, then checked the page and it was white...finally after double checking everything else, I went to upload old article.php and it said the one on the server was 0 bytes..so I went back and reuploaded the new article.php for a fourth time and this time it worked!!

Damn! I have to ask myself in a sarcastic tone: "Use a pc much pal?" :)


John, I'd like to add your a copyright footer for you with your icon like the arcade...can you tell me where to place the code?

Edit 2: I got it..for those with the arcade, go into your articles template and find $articlecontent, right below it paste:
<span class="smallfont"><br><center><a href="http://www.eovieinteractive.com" target="_blank"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_arcade]/eovieinteractive.gif" border=0 alt="Eovie Interactive"></a></center></br></span>

[Dan]

Nice job. I know I'll use it.

[Pitman]

Is there anyway to remove an article from being featured without deleting the article?

[Pitman]

Also is there anyway to set permissions on each category, or will that be considered for a feature in later releases?

[corsacrazy]

Is there anyway to remove an article from being featured without deleting the article?
just over right it with a new one u want featured or i think there is an acp option to disable ...

[Tim Wheatley]

Is it possible for me to show just the featured article box on another vb page? Or on vbadvanced?

[Pitman]

just over right it with a new one u want featured or i think there is an acp option to disable ...

Thanks man! :)


Here are a few suggestions for later releases... I'm sure everyone can find a good use for all of them:


Printable Version for Articles
Send Article to Friend
New Articles Shown in Bold
Permissions per Category
Ability to Specify Moderation per Usergroup
Article Moderators per Category
Ability to Move Articles to Different Categories
Latest X Articles on Forum Home
Featured Article on Forum Home
Integrated with vBulletin Search
Listing in Who's Online
Viewing Article
Article Title (with link to specific article)

[Randall Rath]

Howdy John, Great work on the update but there is still one small SQL problem in the forum's article.php file,

$comment = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT articlepost.*, article.categoryid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "articlepost


should be

$comment = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT articlepost.*, article.categoryid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "articlepost As articlepost


That's line 660 in my editor.

By the way, this is a great system, I'm popping over to your site to drop you a *little* something.

[insanctus]

/me kicks install

I will try this out seems interesting.

[RaZor Edge]

Wow!!

I've been waiting for this for a while! Awesome job!

Click Install!!!!

[KevinLe]

Hi John, can you fix the who online, cuz when my member go to Articles and I saw on who online was Unknown Location (show on the pic bellow) . Hope you can fix this one. Thank a lot

[yl88]

hi,

John, r u going to develop the system with the forum post count?
because i think members will not like to post news since it doesn count their posts.

[oly51]

Easy install. No problems!
Thanks, John.
/me clicks install, visits Paypal next.

[Lionel]

very nice. I wish someone does a hack to display article titles on front page.

[Kwak]

Can we use the "Article" hack outside of the /forum/ directory?

EXAMPLE: www.vbulletin.org/forum/articles.php? to www.vbulletin.org/articles.php?

[monstergamer]

is there a way to take the Featured Article down
i put one up but now it stays there

[Brad]

I'll be using this, and hacking it to my heart content, ok if I release some add on's for it at a later time?

[Kohhal]

although this is excellent work, i just don't understand how it is really any different than using the forum for this type of thing? Which is what I am doing now for my DIY's....
Ditto on this, it seems that normal forum operation provides the same functionality as this, only slightly different layout?

I've been waiting for an article hack for a while now, dunno if this is it though?

How does this look if legacy postbit is used? Is there an option to allow an article to span several pages?

G

[RaZor Edge]

very nice. I wish someone does a hack to display article titles on front page.
Would be great too if we can use the External Javascript feed to show last articles anywhere on the website...

[Mone']

Is there an option to allow an article to span several pages?



I'd like to know too about this :)

[SnowBot]

Installed without a hitch :) thanks john and great work.

[trackpads]

John,

I am still having a problem with the articles not counting on the index-

http://www.trackpads.com/forum/article.php

Thanks,

-Jason
**bump**

Thanks again,

-Jason

[John]

I'll be using this, and hacking it to my heart content, ok if I release some add on's for it at a later time?

Go ahead. :)

[xQuEeNzNaZcHox]

HTL compatible?

[DWard]

Managed to skin it moderately, works very well :)

[DWard]

Also, managed to separate the article categories, like I have done with my forums :D

[Pitman]

When editing an article, if you preview the changes and then save it, it saves the original. When you click preview, it enters the original text in the textbox.

[John]

HTL compatible?

Nope.

[ap0c]

installed, nice job on the install.php adding the templates to all themes!

[Reeve of shinra]

Installed on RC4 without no real problems... I had to actually change a vboption and then save to get it to work though.



How does this look if legacy postbit is used?


You can take a look here -- I have to edit the templates a bit but I think thats more to do with my style than the hack or anything.

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

[designstylez]

Really nice...

Can someone please tell me how to integrate this hack with vbIndex?

Thanks =0)

[+d-cipher]

Small modifications (working for me)

Whos Online:

Find in /includes/functions_online.php:

case 'showgroups':
$userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_forum_leaders'];
break;


under it add:

case 'article':
$userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_articles'];
break;


Still in includes/functions_online.php find:

case 'showgroups.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'showgroups';
break;


Under it add:

case 'article.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'article';
break;


Then add the following phrases:


Who's Online
Var: viewing_articles
Text: Viewing Articles


Admin Quick Stats Addition:

I plan on moderating all new articles so this is handy for me.

In ..admincp/index.php find:

$newthreads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE dateline >= $starttime");


Under it add:

$newarticles = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article WHERE dateline >= $starttime");


Still in ..admincp/index.php find:

print_cells_row(array(
$vbphrase['new_threads_today'], vb_number_format($newthreads['count']),
$vbphrase['threads_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "../$modcpdir/moderate.php?$session[sessionurl]do=posts"), vb_number_format($threadcount['count']),
), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);


Under it add:

print_cells_row(array(
$vbphrase['new_articles_today'], vb_number_format($newarticles['count']),
$vbphrase['articles_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "article.php?do=modarticles"), vb_number_format($articlecount['count']),
), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);


Add the following phrases:

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles
text: Articles

Control Panel Home Pages
var: new_articles_today
text: New Articles Today

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles_awaiting_moderation
text: Articles Awaiting Moderation

[Mone']

Small modifications (working for me)

Whos Online:

Find in /includes/functions_online.php:

case 'showgroups':
$userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_forum_leaders'];
break;


under it add:

case 'article':
$userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_articles'];
break;


Still in includes/functions_online.php find:

case 'showgroups.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'showgroups';
break;


Under it add:

case 'article.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'article';
break;


Then add the following phrases:


Who's Online
Var: viewing_articles
Text: Viewing Articles


Admin Quick Stats Addition:

I plan on moderating all new articles so this is handy for me.

In ..admincp/index.php find:

$newthreads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE dateline >= $starttime");


Under it add:

$newarticles = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article WHERE dateline >= $starttime");


Still in ..admincp/index.php find:

print_cells_row(array(
$vbphrase['new_threads_today'], vb_number_format($newthreads['count']),
$vbphrase['threads_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "../$modcpdir/moderate.php?$session[sessionurl]do=posts"), vb_number_format($threadcount['count']),
), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);


Under it add:

print_cells_row(array(
$vbphrase['new_articles_today'], vb_number_format($newarticles['count']),
$vbphrase['articles_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "article.php?do=modarticles"), vb_number_format($articlecount['count']),
), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);


Add the following phrases:

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles
text: Articles

Control Panel Home Pages
var: new_articles_today
text: New Articles Today

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles_awaiting_moderation
text: Articles Awaiting Moderation



well done very nice add-on :)

[animate]

great hack John thanks,

does search function work ? in usergroup permission i can se "Can Search for Articles" but when i would like to search result is "not found"

greets seiya

[skinvb]

i am using it but i get some error when i upload imagesWarning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/uhp/public_html/music/a0c48c3d039b4f815a1eea4565984256) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/music:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/music/public_html/forum/includes/functions_file.php on line 214

Warning: filesize(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/uhp/public_html/music/a0c48c3d039b4f815a1eea4565984256) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/music:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/music/public_html/forum/includes/functions_file.php on line 226

[djohn]

Installed the hack, it's great, but I have a slight problem with the styles. I use custom skins, and one part (see screenshot) on the main Article list page is not really the way I wanted to look. I need to change the area, where the text is to some other class, where can I do that?

Also, what class is the test, which says in small letters "Main Category Description"? I guess it's not smallfont because my small font is white, and here, as you can see on the screenshot it's dark. How can i change that?

[John]

i am using it but i get some error when i upload imagesWarning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/uhp/public_html/music/a0c48c3d039b4f815a1eea4565984256) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/music:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/music/public_html/forum/includes/functions_file.php on line 214

Warning: filesize(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/uhp/public_html/music/a0c48c3d039b4f815a1eea4565984256) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/music:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/music/public_html/forum/includes/functions_file.php on line 226

Do regular vB attachments work for you?

[Pitman]

Also, in the "Latest Comment" column... the username that commented comes up properly, but the link leaves out the username of the person.

Just thought I'ld let you know ;)

[ImportPassion]

If you can't see the reason for it, you'll probably never need it. :)

I did have a need, but i just used the forum for it. I would just like to see what makes it different other than the layout. If u can convince me why I should use it over the forum for articles, I may install it.

[monstergamer]

I did have a need, but i just used the forum for it. I would just like to see what makes it different other than the layout. If u can convince me why I should use it over the forum for articles, I may install it.
i am going to use it to post game related news, previews, reviews and cheats
i could use the forum for it but i like this alot better

[Shack Networks]

I installed it and it went just fine, I would love to see a block made for this for the vbadvanced cmps as that would realy make my day.

H

[skinvb]

Do regular vB attachments work for you?

sure man :)

[Holidazed]

John, this is awesome work. is it possible to add new features? Such as

Able to edit/delete articles from within the ACP or move it to another category.
Password protect a particular category
Appoint a moderator of the article section (with thier own CP)
Appoint a moderator of a particular article category (with their own CP)
Individual permissions for individual categories (like the forums do) so I can allow users to create articles in one category, but not another.
Create articles from within the ACP (so I can close the whole system, but still add articles).
A "Byline" field to be displayed next to the article. Too often I will upload an article but it was actually written by somebody else.

[proxyMX]

your a great man John ;)


Im thinking of using this
but im keen to know if i can transfer exsiting posts to articles?

[proxyMX]

your a great man John ;)


never mind, not using it because theres not any Vbadvanced integration, sorry

[Holidazed]

When I delete an article, it does not show one less article on the listing.

I had 3 articles in my category and seleted one. It says there are still 3, but when I go into the category, it only shows 2.

Help.

[Shack Networks]

I am using it and thinks its kewl, I would like to see as a request some form of block made available for vbadvance as this for me would put the icing on the cake.

This has to in my view be put down for hack of the month as its fantastic.

H

[wcbryant]

I did have a need, but i just used the forum for it. I would just like to see what makes it different other than the layout. If u can convince me why I should use it over the forum for articles, I may install it.

Wow! You'd do that for him? And all he has to do is convince you? If only all users here were so giving, vb.org would be a better place for it. :rolleyes:

[Kwak]

Using vB3.0.0 and I get the following error when attempting to install:


Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7

I made the exact modifications instructed on the instructions file.
Help?

[John]

Using vB3.0.0 and I get the following error when attempting to install:


Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7

I made the exact modifications instructed on the instructions file.
Help?

Try uploading the files to the correct place. What ever gave you the impression that you should create a new "articles" folder in the forum root?

[John]

I did have a need, but i just used the forum for it. I would just like to see what makes it different other than the layout. If u can convince me why I should use it over the forum for articles, I may install it.

If you can convince me why I should bother to attempt to explain it to you, I might provide a serious response.

:rolleyes:

[Pitman]

Hmm... I have one user post a new article, then another post one and delete the second one.... the second user shows as the "Latest Article" author but with the first article's name

[djohn]

John, any idea about my question (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=521506&postcount=142)?

[Shack Networks]

I know I have mentioned this before several times, but I would love to see this intergrated into the CMPS portal system in the forum of a block, maybe similar to the one posted bellow that vbportal uses. Also maybe a forum sidebar block for recent articles in the same fashion as the recent posts block ?

I admit I dont have the skill to do this but I am 100% sure you guys do and would love to see this addition done as for me it would be the Bee's Knee's so to speak :)

H

[yl88]

When I delete an article, it does not show one less article on the listing.

I had 3 articles in my category and seleted one. It says there are still 3, but when I go into the category, it only shows 2.

Help.


I also encounter this problem.

[Kwak]

Warning: main(./global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ikwak/public_html/calpolyonline/forums/articles/admincp/install.php on line 7


The hack modification is exact as in the instructions provided. Do you know what could be the problem?

[colicab-d]

iKwak remove the articles from

forums/articles/admincp

you should be installin it from and in

forums/admincp

theres no need for that extra folder its just causing problems. Also read the thread as John has answered you already

[Kwak]

iKwak remove the articles from

forums/articles/admincp

you should be installin it from and in

forums/admincp

theres no need for that extra folder its just causing problems. Also read the thread as John has answered you already
Thank you so MUCH! :) :up:

[Kwak]

When i click on a category (http://www.calpolyonline.com/forums/article.php?c=2), iI am getting a database error.

Can you tell where the error(s) is coming from?

[DeMiNe0]

any time i try to goto a catogory i get:
Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_article
WHERE categoryid=3 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: Saturday 12th of June 2004 06:57:40 PM
Script: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?c=3
Referer: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?
Username: DeMiNe0
IP Address:

[John]

any time i try to goto a catogory i get:
Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_article
WHERE categoryid=3 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: Saturday 12th of June 2004 06:57:40 PM
Script: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?c=3
Referer: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?
Username: DeMiNe0
IP Address:

Follow the instructions properly.

[DeMiNe0]

i did. word for word. What part did i miss?

[Kwak]

any time i try to goto a catogory i get:
Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_article
WHERE categoryid=3 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: Saturday 12th of June 2004 06:57:40 PM
Script: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?c=3
Referer: http://www.wowforge.net/forums/article.php?
Username: DeMiNe0
IP Address:

I got the exact error message as you DeMiNeo

[monstergamer]

i did. word for word. What part did i miss?probly this

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".
Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

[Kwak]

Monstergamer, that did the trick. Thanks.
I don't quite remember seeing that part on the instruction sheet. Oh well. :)

[obiwan8472]

I'm using mouse over effects on my forum, and when a user goes to the Articles, if they click the box on the Article Categories.. it goes to one of the forums instead.. whereas if you click the name,it goes to the Article.

http://www.scifichat.net/vbforums/article.php?

Any suggestions?

[monstergamer]

I'm using mouse over effects on my forum, and when a user goes to the Articles, if they click the box on the Article Categories.. it goes to one of the forums instead.. whereas if you click the name,it goes to the Article.

http://www.scifichat.net/vbforums/article.php?

Any suggestions?
it worked for me
"An article.. just to test!! Who knows! yay!" is what the article said
plus the roll over worked

[SVTOA]

Great job John! I have installed this on 3.0 as well as 3.0.1 and it works great.

VBA users- I'll try to put something together for us for the VBA homepage.

[Tim Wheatley]

Great job John! I have installed this on 3.0 as well as 3.0.1 and it works great.

VBA users- I'll try to put something together for us for the VBA homepage.
VBA users- I'll try to put something together for us for the VBA homepage.

That's be cool, thanks. :)

[TheComputerGuy]

This is a kick ass hack! Many thanks John!

and the addon for vBAdvance would be cool!

[ixian]

I liked this hack so much I ditched a similar system I was playing around with. I also donated 20 bucks to you (from ix@maximumgamer.com) in thanks.

When do you plan to open the discussion forums on your site? I see the article categories but no one can post in them.

[wcbryant]

There's one basic vbAdvanced CMPS module available at vbadvanced.com, and a couple others with more features following shortly behind. A search over there for 'v3articles' would probably do the trick.

[ChurchMedia]

First of all -- very cool hack. Installed perfectly. I'll be sending some $$ your way.

After I completed the hack, my admincp isn't building the frame set. I just get the left nav frame, which opens a new window when I click anything. It's still usable -- but not working the way it's supposed to. I've retraced my steps and can't figure out where I messed that up.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the great hack!

[Kohhal]

... Is there an option to allow an article to span several pages?


I don't think there was an answer on this yet?

[corsacrazy]

the bullet points bb code doesnt work on the featured articles

[kolorom]

Hi All i think when we make a category we glad to se different icon for example LAN or Video and futured article is not perfect i mean when all article would be futered and change when preload!

COOL mean SO can you helP?
Ii is might Be!

Sorry for incrise by language 8(

[John]

Ooh, we're up for vB.org Hack of the Month - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=66181

[John]

the bullet points bb code doesnt work on the featured articles

There's no bbcode in featured articles. (That is, the front page preview.) It stops the page from being deformed.

[007]

How do the comments work? Is the article an actual post just formatted differently or what? I'd want the comments to look the same as posts do.. Are they posts or are they totally different, something in a new table just for v3articles? Thanks :)

~006

[JTMON]

How do the comments work? Is the article an actual post just formatted differently or what? I'd want the comments to look the same as posts do.. Are they posts or are they totally different, something in a new table just for v3articles? Thanks :)

~006


Uhh, why not make a forum section, make it not visible, then just link to it as articles if you want it to look the same? :nervous:

[xQuEeNzNaZcHox]

Any plan to integrate this into the forum itself, so that articles automatically become threads and comments are replies?

[007]

Uhh, why not make a forum section, make it not visible, then just link to it as articles if you want it to look the same? :nervous:
What do you mean by that?

Any plan to integrate this into the forum itself, so that articles automatically become threads and comments are replies?
This is a bit more of what I was asking if it's possible to do..

[Zachariah]

How do the comments work? Is the article an actual post just formatted differently or what? I'd want the comments to look the same as posts do.. Are they posts or are they totally different, something in a new table just for v3articles? Thanks :)

~006

4 new tables all data is in them.

[Kohhal]

Any plan to integrate this into the forum itself, so that articles automatically become threads and comments are replies?
Why bother with the hack then, just use a new forum, just call it "Articles"?

[Shack Networks]

Not everyone wants thier forums cluttered up with article posts, I like to keep em seperated...

H

[zetetic]

This mod really rocks, I like it a lot. Thanks John.

Another feature I think would be great (and I think someone mentioned something similar) would be if you could click the "split" button on a thread and then select one post to split into a new article with any other posts selected turning into comments.

[Michael2]

Installed! Awesome, thank you! :)

[DBC-DevNull]

Very Very nice hack!! My only question is how do i change the file upload size limit?

[Tim Wheatley]

John,

You need to change articlepost > postbody to MEDIUMTEXT (same type as the forum's own post > pagetext)

Large articles can't be posted otherwise.

Cheers,

Tim

ps: If you're getting a blank page after submitting new articles or saving edits then this is your problem.

[tHe Rk]

Another brilliant hack that was very well written and super easy to install and setup. Kudos my friend Kudos.

[Michael2]

I saw the question asked but didn't see an answer, how do we un-feature an article?

[Tim Wheatley]

I saw the question asked but didn't see an answer, how do we un-feature an article?
Feature a different one.

[Cole2026]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM vb3_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

I clicked the next button in install twice, and tried to uninstall and reinstall, but the uninstaller does not remove the sql stuff in vb3_usergroups and phpmyadmin wont remove that, then above is the error I get when trying to access a catagory. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[Wolffman]

First of all this is a truly great hack, and very useful to my site.

I only have one small problem. When I designate a article to be featured, this is what happens to the preview-

[color=#000000]Blah blah blah

This (^) only happens to the second paragraph. Any thoughts?

[renderst]

hi, is there anyway to have the articles arranged in alphabetical order rather in the order they are posted?

thanks!

[Bush Music]

Hi,
Is there a way form the article's that I upload into the article hack to be read by RSS news readers? In other words I would like for people to be able to pull down my daily articles as RSS. If this is possable, please share with me how to set up the hack so that this can happen.
Thanks in advance!

[Craigr]

Feature a different one.
What if you don't want to display one?

I've searched through the database to see if there is an on or off option for this, but couldn't find one.

Craig

[Wolffman]

First of all this is a truly great hack, and very useful to my site.

I only have one small problem. When I designate a article to be featured, this is what happens to the preview-



This (^) only happens to the second paragraph. Any thoughts?

Nevermind I figured it out. You can't have any text formatting or the codes will show up.

[mixylplik3]

FANTASTIC. Thank you!

[PolishPanda]

I got my problem fixed.

I have a question though. Could I change article.php to articles.php and still have the hack run correctly?

-Conrad

[ethics]

Anyone hacked it to be workable with the uttstore hack? I'd like to reward people who write articles.

[Acido]

Please Jhon, can you tell me how i can change the Character limit for the caption of the thumbnails?

Thanx in advance ;)

[Mijae]

Anyone?

[MikeeX]

This may be a stupid question. But I don't have the option to add articles. And yes, I have updated the usergroups ;)

Thanks for any suggestions.

[MikeeX]

I figured it out thanks. Didn't work for the template I was using, upload the images to my themedir. All fixed up.

[zerinS4]

Okay I must be an idiot because I've followed the instructions to the T and this is what I get when I go into my AdminCP...

If I click on Save, it redirects to a page that says "Nothing To Do"


Help!


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2004/06/1.jpg

[WreckRman2]

Does HTML in articles work for anyone else? I have allow HTML checked as yes but all it does is print out the code on the page.

http://www.rcflying.net/forums/article.php?a=5

It appears to take all my HTML hyperlinks and adds another set of <A HREF> links around them.

<CENTER><TABLE><TR> <TD><A HREF="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit1.jpg</a>" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit1.jpg</a>" HEIGHT="100" WIDTH="125"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit2.jpg</a>" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit2.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit2.jpg</a>" HEIGHT="99" WIDTH="150"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit3.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/kit3.jpg</a>" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="<a href="http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit3.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.rcflying.net/caextra27/sm_kit3.jpg</a>" HEIGHT="99" WIDTH="150"></A></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER><br />

[WreckRman2]

OK, if I remove the http://www.rcflying.net from my links it works fine... so this means you can't link to stuff outside your own domain I guess.

[Rids]

Good addition to vB but I need to display images within the text and not at the end of the document so I guess my search goes on ... and on ... and on ... :D

[esnecca]

Good addition to vB but I need to display images within the text and not at the end of the document so I guess my search goes on ... and on ... and on ... :D

Well, you can use the [img] code to embed an image in the usual fashion, but I'm guessing you're looking for a way to display saved images rather than hosted ones?

[Rids]

Thats right, because of the nature of the documents (graphics tutorials) they will need multiple in-line graphics and I can't take the chance of the images disappearing off other people's web-space.

[JustAskJulie]

I did have a need, but i just used the forum for it. I would just like to see what makes it different other than the layout. If u can convince me why I should use it over the forum for articles, I may install it.


I see this being more useful for articles and such where it's not about discussions but about focusing on one initial post (the article). At the same time you can allow for commenting and rating of the articles, but if they want to actually discuss it they'd have to do it elsehwere. At least that's how I see it.

[JustAskJulie]

A "Byline" field to be displayed next to the article. Too often I will upload an article but it was actually written by somebody else.
[/list]

I need something like this too, or at least the normal "unregistered" options, where I can type in a name/email address for a submitter rather than it strictly being posted as "Unregistered".

I'm convering old stuff from my site to try to integrate everything with vb, and I have 4 years worth of articles posted by various people and right now there is no way to post those without them either showing up as written by me or Unregistered.

[zerinS4]

Any ideas?? Dying to get this working right...


Okay I must be an idiot because I've followed the instructions to the T and this is what I get when I go into my AdminCP...

If I click on Save, it redirects to a page that says "Nothing To Do"


Help!


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=19400&stc=1

[JustAskJulie]

Moderation doesn't appear to be working.

I have it turned on and initially all it did was show a little icon next to the title of the article signifying that it needed to be moderated (but even unregistered could see it). Now it doesn't even show the icon and registered or not you can view the article.

[JustAskJulie]

Nevermind. Evidently since I was posting them from an admin account they wouldn't get moderated.... at least that would make sense.

[SnowBot]

Get this error when trying to edit the usergroups



Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE usergroup SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
title = 'Users Awaiting Email Confirmation',
description = '',
usertitle = 'Awaiting Email',
opentag = '',
closetag = '',
passwordexpires = '0',
passwordhistory = '0',
arcademinposts = '0',
arcademintime = '0',
canviewarticles = '1',
canviewcomments = '0',
canpostarticles = '0',
cancomment = '0',
canedownart = '0',
canedothart = '0',
candelownart = '0',
candelothart = '0',
canfeature = '0',
cansearchart = '0',
canratearticles = '0',
canviewartmedia = '0',
attachlimit = '0',
avatarmaxwidth = '80',
avatarmaxheight = '80',
avatarmaxsize = '20000',
profilepicmaxwidth = '100',
profilepicmaxheight = '100',
profilepicmaxsize = '65535',
pmquota = '50',
pmsendmax = '0',
forumpermissions = '3',
pmpermissions = '0',
calendarpermissions = '0',
wolpermissions = '0',
adminpermissions = '0',
genericpermissions = '3',
genericoptions = '8',
linkspermissions = '67329',
arcadepermissions = '0'
WHERE usergroupid=3
mysql error: Unknown column 'canviewarticles' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Tuesday 29th of June 2004 11:23:13 PM
Script: http://www.synergyforums.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php
Referer: http://www.synergyforums.com/forum/admincp/usergroup.php?s=&do=edit&usergroupid=3

[SnowBot]

nm :) I found the problem, i over written the includes init.php file by mistake and forgot to re-add the changes for this hack to that file.

[bgtking]

Thanks for another great hack John!

Anyways, I was wondering if anyone could do a mod for this system that would add a 'Favorite Article' button, similar to the install function on these forums. And, if possible, have your favorites displayed in your profile. if anyone could do this, that would be great.

[JustAskJulie]

Can someone tell me how I would move the "Featured Article" into a specific category rather than having it on the Category List page?

[Holidazed]

This hack is absolutely awesome John.

Is there a way we can have the Featured article pick a random article to feature?

[m0h2]

I had some problems while installing it so I uninstalled it to do a new fresh installation but when I tried to reinstall it I got an error, it looks like the installation script can't be used after uninstalling it!

I tried to follow the steps in the installation script (doing it manual) but I get the no permission error when I try to access the article page (I also did follow all the other instructions)

Any ideas?

[mixylplik3]

Can someone tell me how I would move the "Featured Article" into a specific category rather than having it on the Category List page?

Along these lines, it would be nice to be able to remove a featured article so nothing is there. Once it's set, it's locked in.

[Ig@r]

Install, works great. Thanks a lot

It would be nice to have a possibility to post huge articles and books with many pages.

[Delirion]

Installed it, works great :)

I really just wish I could move some of the threads from the original forum over into the Articles section, making them Articles instead of threads. That'd save me the work of having to move over 500 or so posts.... oh well.... there isn't anything I can do about that, is there?

[m0h2]

I was able to get it installed at last!
Its a great hack! thanx :)

[Bush Music]

Another install. Works great! Thanks for a super hack.

[Raimund]

i have updated to vb 3.0.3 and now my article categories are not showing up. i double checked everything and my settings are 100% correct, anybody knows how to fix this? i updated my usergroups and article settings too.

thanks
raimund

[Kwak]

i have updated to vb 3.0.3 and now my article categories are not showing up. i double checked everything and my settings are 100% correct, anybody knows how to fix this? i updated my usergroups and article settings too.

thanks
raimund
Same here. I uploaded the new files from 3.0.3 folder so obviously, the hack (article) disappeared. Did you reapply the modifications to the new file for 3.0.3?

[Acido]

Permisions settings are not taken effect on "unregistered" usergroup. I set diferent permisions on this usergroup, and no one had effect.


Help Please.

[Deska]

Any idea for Article with multiple attachment?
Thank's....

[Raimund]

Same here. I uploaded the new files from 3.0.3 folder so obviously, the hack (article) disappeared. Did you reapply the modifications to the new file for 3.0.3?

i got this fixed, since the uninstaller is useless and i don't wanted that my articles are gone, i looked at the templates, the ARTICLES template was outside of the articles group and some templates were missing, really strange, so i used the installer and installed the templates only, that did it for me.

[SmasherMaster]

Oh God, I've Been Waiting For This For Enternity! Thank You! :D :D :D :D

EDIT: Installed and worked perfectly. Great hack John! *hits install*

[SmasherMaster]

Hmm, John, you didn't put anything about file edits in functions_online.php. ;) Here's the necessary <sp?> file edits so articles will work in 'who's online'

Find in Includes/Functions_online.php:
case 'bugs':
$userinfo['action'] = construct_phrase($vbphrase['viewing_x'], 'Bugs'); // Don't report 'bugs' as needing to be translated please :p
break;

Add BELOW:
case 'article':
$userinfo['action'] = 'Viewing the <a href=\"article.php?$session[sessionurl]\">Articles</a>';
break;

Find:
case 'bugs.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'bugs';
break;

Add BELOW:
case 'article.php':
$userinfo['activity'] = 'article';
break;

Save & Upload Includes/Functions_online.php

All done. :)

[Pitman]

I'm kinda hoping for a little more detail later on kinda like the forums showing the category they are viewing with a link to the category and the title of the article. Along with all of the extras like Posting New Article, blah blah

[JustAskJulie]

Along these lines, it would be nice to be able to remove a featured article so nothing is there. Once it's set, it's locked in.

Actually I believe in the main settings you can turn off the "featured article" altogether. Otherwise, you can change the featured article by just featuring a different article.

[bgtking]

My attachments are not showing up as thumbnails since I updated to the latest version. Does something need to be updated since they changed attachments with the new update?

[Boofo]

My attachments are not showing up as thumbnails since I updated to the latest version. Does something need to be updated since they changed attachments with the new update?
Did you rebuild your thumbnails like it said to do? ;)

[aranthorn]

Outstanding hack. Is there any way to automate a RSS feed? I'll admit it, I went through most of the pages in this thread and did the search thing, but no luck.

Anyway, outstanding hack!

[bgtking]

Did you rebuild your thumbnails like it said to do? ;)

Yes, and the attachment thumbnails work in the forums, but not for the articles.

[mixylplik3]

Actually I believe in the main settings you can turn off the "featured article" altogether. Otherwise, you can change the featured article by just featuring a different article.

I must be missing it, because I can only find a limiter for the featured article preview size.

Is this hack being actively developed?

[ChurchMedia]

I wrote a small add-on that will add printable versions of v3 articles. You can find it here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=66979

Thanks again for this cool hack!!

Enjoy,

[the Sandman]

I'm getting one uncached template, forumhome_subforumseparator_post, on most pages within the V3 Articles. How can I fix this?

[JustAskJulie]

I must be missing it, because I can only find a limiter for the featured article preview size.

Is this hack being actively developed?
You're right. I went back and looked and couldn't find it either. I thought it was an option, but I guess it's not.

That does kinda suck that once you feature an article you can't go back to not having a featured article. Personally, I'd just like to be able to move where the Featured Article shows up.