Geek Article System 3.52

[rlamego]

Somethin's up with the phrases methinks.
Take a better look at the mods description, specially at the Troubleshooting part

[Breaker]

seems like u set it up right to me :)

[Lars-Christian]

Excellent hack! Got everything installed without any problems is less than 30 minutes (I'm a little slow) :P

[gregwatson]

Any timeline on when install instructions will be available for 3.07?

[eva01_]

probably already works for 3.0.7 but i can't say that it does because i haven't tested it

[Ted S]

Is there anyway to assign articles to other users so I can post articles for authors who have different usernames or for that matter may have no user name?

[gregwatson]

probably already works for 3.0.7 but i can't say that it does because i haven't tested it

Showthread has been modified in 3.0.7 ... so for example, I think step 5.13 needs to be updated to take into account the udpates in 3.0.7 ...

Greg

[Mijae]

Showthread has been modified in 3.0.7 ... so for example, I think step 5.13 needs to be updated to take into account the udpates in 3.0.7 ...

Greg
One bug I found is that if I use [BREAK] to separate pages, as its set by default, the word break will be in upper case if used.

What I mean is that if you use [BREAK], and you write breakout, it will show up as BREAKout :P

Just a little bug ;)

[The Geek]

Hey Guys.

Sorry to not get back sooner but I am traveling on business. Ill try to hit each of your Q's here:

Mijae: There is a fix for the break issue a couple of pages back (on page 12). This is fixed in the next release.

Greg: Ill look into that - but I didnt think there was a problem. THanks for bringing it to my attention.

Ted: This is in the next release currently in Beta TEsting

Tamarian: THanks for that. I noticed that too so I made them inline in the next version.

Shiva: I thought the converter had sufficient instructions (it walks you through the importing) however Ill look into adding more.

Richie: Just make new threads (articles) in the article forums just as you would do in standard forums and they appear as articles. Or even better - just take an existing forum and specify it as an article forum. Presto! They all appear as articles :)

H2K: That line still exists so it shouldnt be a problem. Just apply that mod to the current template assignment to get the results you are after (hope this makes sense ;) )

Afiniti: Doesnt look like phrases were installed. Just search for a GAS phrase - edit it - then save it to build them again.

Can I ask that you guys that have installed it please click the Install button. It only takes a second ;)

HTH's

[Mijae]

I see nothing related the BREAK on page 12?

Also, what about the character limit for articles? Is there any chance to make it different from normal posts? :D

[Lore]

Also, what about the character limit for articles? Is there any chance to make it different from normal posts?

Ditto!

[The Geek]

I see nothing related the BREAK on page 12?

Also, what about the character limit for articles? Is there any chance to make it different from normal posts? :D
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=613299&postcount=168 fixes the capitalization issue.

As to the other suggestion - I am sure there is! Ill look into it :)

[shiva]

Tried the importor, got a error straight away...

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO attachment
(userid,
dateline,
filename,
filedata,
filesize,
visible,
postid,
filehash,
posthash,
thumbnail,
thumbnail_dateline,
thumbnail_filesize,description)
VALUES
(1,
1086838377,
'starship_legend_01.jpg',


This is followed by a bunch of junk text (Guess it's the actual image) and then ended with this
52080,
1,
8746,
'',
'81cc9dd1f65998e37b82958f5d8b3e59',
'attachment[thumbnail]',
1086838377,
52080,
'')

mysql error: Unknown column 'description' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Thursday 03rd of March 2005 05:54:43 AM
Referer: http://www.***.com/GAS3fromV3.php?do=map

Appears to be a image left over from a deleted article. Any ideas how to fix this?

[The Geek]

Looks like you havent installed GAS3 yet. One of the changes GAS3 makes is adding a description column to your attachment table.
You can manually add it though ;)

[shiva]

Ah, okay, thought you said it would work without GAS3, but you didn't say how. I'm actually waiting for the new version, as it's a bit pointless to close the site down to install etc and then have to do it again. Besides, like a nice clean install. :)

That's what I meant by instructions to the converter, detailing how to setup the converter without GAS3, like that table info. ;)

[The Geek]

ahhh!

Cool. Will add. I actually thought I had trapped it for that anyway. Ill look into it when I get back in town.

BTW: Word has it there are only a couple of very minor and qucik to fix bugs with the new version so hopefully when I get back in town it should take under a week to get it out.

nJoy :)

[Sasq]

Looking very good.

I did a quick scan of the thread, so sorry if I missed it.
I have just *finally* upgraded my forum from vb2 to 3, so still getting my head around the changes.

One thing I really want to do, is be able to override the no html setting for the article itself.
I.E. allow html in the article, and block it in the user comments. It would allow me to import my static html article pages, and not comprimise security for my users as all articles will be moderated.

Just my idea anyway...

Dan

[The Geek]

Looking very good.

I did a quick scan of the thread, so sorry if I missed it.
I have just *finally* upgraded my forum from vb2 to 3, so still getting my head around the changes.

One thing I really want to do, is be able to override the no html setting for the article itself.
I.E. allow html in the article, and block it in the user comments. It would allow me to import my static html article pages, and not comprimise security for my users as all articles will be moderated.

Just my idea anyway...

Dan
you could do it easily with a slight edit to newthread and editpost. Just do a check to see if its an article, and if its the first post. If so, allow HTML. However you would have to look into this yourself as I am in middle of the next version so I am slightly out of sync with version 3 code. I could maybe put something in the next version though.

You could also turn on html to import and then turn it off again I suppose (but I doubt that would fix long term).

HTH's

[Sasq]

Actually it seems more to be in the construct_postbit function I would need to create an override...
that and tweak step 5.22 a little.
If I succed I will let you know.

I'm still playing with article systems on the test site, and still to make a choice.

[fabz]

Hello,
looks great.
I installed it but had too many problems... so I had to uninstall it and test it more before.
I'm running vb3.0.1 with all security patches
Everything seemed to work fine, except on long threads which don't show (show the database problem error message instead)
The posts order on long threads is wrong too (showing the last post instead of the first)

Well I may try it locally before, and check if I didn't made a mistake.
Did anyone get this problem ?

[tormodg]

The posts order on long threads is wrong too (showing the last post instead of the first)

This is strange. I had accidentally set the wrong display order for my test user (newest posts first). MAybe you should check that this is set up correctly (oldest posts first).

I am running GAS3 without a glitch on vB 3.0.7.

[Mike54]

Geek, it went right into place without a single hiccup. Many thanks for sharing this one with us.

Off to click "Install"

Mike

[Bloodlust]

Installation went smoothly on 3.0.5 thanks!

However, I am a little confused as to how to actually create an article. I previously had the V3Articles system installed and there was an articles.php file that it all went to. (If this sounds like a newb saying all this you are right, cause I am so just bear with me) But anyway, where is this all saving at? Im not even sure where to send a redirect to ya know? Or in that matter, how to even create an article?

[Bloodlust]

I just ran into a problem. I go to create a new thread and it brings me to a blank page. I go to try and view that thread, and it still brings me to a blank page. This a common problem for anyone?

[The Geek]

I just ran into a problem. I go to create a new thread and it brings me to a blank page. I go to try and view that thread, and it still brings me to a blank page. This a common problem for anyone?
A blank page is an indication that the templates may not have been installed.

As far as where to post articles - just create a forum (or forums) to hold the articles and create a new article there (as you would do a thread).

Hope that makes sense ;)

[T3MEDIA]

Should do. I was using 3.05 - but I just updated to 3.06 during the last leg of the beta.
Quick MAJOR off topic question... what chat program are you using?

[The Geek]

Sigma chat ;)

[gldtn]

Great mod Geek, I hope this project continues on. I can't wait till the new version threadbit layout comes out.

I Tried to do the same on the forum I'm working on here (http://www.fruitbody.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=43)

I would like to make a small suggestion that I ran into while testing.. While posting an article, it would be nice if the BYLINE: feature would have the ability to use bb code functions. :lick:

[gldtn]

Great mod Geek, I hope this project continues on. I can't wait till the new version threadbit layout comes out.

I Tried to do the same on the forum I'm working on here (http://www.fruitbody.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=43)

I would like to make a small suggestion that I ran into while testing.. While posting an article, it would be nice if the BYLINE: feature would have the ability to use bb code functions. :lick:

:nervous: Geek, can you provide your current threabit code :nervous:

[The Geek]

:nervous: Geek, can you provide your current threabit code :nervous:
nope ;) its far to imbedded with the next version.
If its a test site, I could be conned into giving you the pre-beta. Just PM me.

[Quelyn]

I am just installing this hack, and I haven't used it yet, but I just wanted to comment on how awesome it is you took the time to make such convenient code. Commenting out the original version and keeping it included is perhaps the best thing since sliced bread. Makes things a lot easier for me. This code is very well done, and the install instructions are great.

Also I like the bit of humor you threw into the install.php

Thanks :)

[gldtn]

I am just installing this hack, and I haven't used it yet, but I just wanted to comment on how awesome it is you took the time to make such convenient code. Commenting out the original version and keeping it included is perhaps the best thing since sliced bread. Makes things a lot easier for me. This code is very well done, and the install instructions are great.

Also I like the bit of humor you threw into the install.php

Thanks :)
I would say the same thing, I have yet to see more coders throw some humor in there install script :).

[ChrisSy]

Great hack, im just in the process of adapting the style slightly, is there anyway to limit (resize) the image attachments added without using thumbnails?

[kevinnguyen]

when will you release the new version? Any estimated date?
Thanks

[tormodg]

I *love* the GAS3. It has made our forums a lot better. Thanks Geek. Can't wait for the next version. :)

[The Geek]

I *love* the GAS3. It has made our forums a lot better. Thanks Geek. Can't wait for the next version. :)
Hey Guys - What cool comments. I appreciate such positive feedback.

Chrissy - the only real way of doing it is to fub the img tag to force a particular size. Personally, I wouldnt bother as its a bit of a lame way of doing it. If you can chill for a few - the next verison allows the user to upload their own header image that you can specify the size to (you can also use the first thumbnail as you do now).

The new release isnt set yet. Its in Beta testing and there are a few more issues to work out (I have just been really busy with work lately). Fingers crossed it shouldnt be too much longer.

Do me a favour and click the install button for those that havent yet ;)

[The Dok]

A blank page is an indication that the templates may not have been installed.

As far as where to post articles - just create a forum (or forums) to hold the articles and create a new article there (as you would do a thread).

Hope that makes sense ;)

I'm having the same blank page and all the templates are there. There are 6 of them.

I'm impressed with this, especially from what I've seen from your demo. I'm really looking forward to it.

[m00m1n]

Great mod, I love it. However I wonder if it's possible to select to display the sidebar and related options on an individual forum basis? And if not, would it be possible to request this as a feature? The reason I ask is that I wish to use two forums for articles - where one is a news forum (the articles are displayed on my homepage) and the other an actual articles forum.

It'd be a shame if I can't do this, the article/comments format is perfect for both tasks. If you want to have a look, my website is at http://mousepotato.org (I haven't yet created the articles forum)

Thanks :)

[The Geek]

Blank templates usually means that the templates were not installed. Just repeat the installation and install the templates only.

Sidebar options per forum is planned for the release following the next one ;) The reason being is that version 4 - each setting will be on a per forum basis - this isnt in the up and coming version though. To work around it, why not just put a conditional in your article_pb template. something like <if condition="$forumid!=[newsid]">...</if> around the sidebar bit?

HTH's

[m00m1n]

Yup sounds like a plan. I've only had vBulletin installed for a day, so I'm getting used to how it works and what I can do with it. I'll use the conditional for now and wait with baited breath for the uber version ;)

[T3MEDIA]

Is this a bug or just a vb thing?
I have a limit of 4 attachments. (Dumb that the amin is restricted to this rule) So I upload 4.
I realize I need more so I change the amount to 0. I go back to my article and it wont take any more than four.

I changed it to 100 same thing.

Only way around it is to delte the article and start again. Wont work from a edit.

She needs a few updates. I find your one (Geek) is way nicer. is it the style or what?

[m00m1n]

Got it working, thanks :)

It was: <if condition="$forum[forumid]!=[newsid]">...</if>

Woohoo :D

[The Dok]

I've went through the entire installation (both file mods and the installer) and still the same thing. I even uninstalled and reinstalled using the installler. I'm sure it's something I'm not doing correctly, although I've done it twice... :D

Is there a way I can get just the templates from you so that I can add them manually?

BTW - I really like the way you did the file mods. It makes it easier to uninstall if necessary.

[The Geek]

I've went through the entire installation (both file mods and the installer) and still the same thing. I even uninstalled and reinstalled using the installler. I'm sure it's something I'm not doing correctly, although I've done it twice... :D

Is there a way I can get just the templates from you so that I can add them manually?

BTW - I really like the way you did the file mods. It makes it easier to uninstall if necessary.
Is the problem happening in Showthread, forumdisplay AND printthread?
If its only one, then double check your file edits. If it is ALL of them and your templates are installed in ALL your styles... then ill shoot myself :)

In fact... I am almost certain from looking at your site that its a file edit as all your showthreads seem to be eval'ed with no results. Check step 5.28 to make sure its correct (search showthread for 5.28)

[T3MEDIA]

Is the problem happening in Showthread, forumdisplay AND printthread?
If its only one, then double check your file edits. If it is ALL of them and your templates are installed in ALL your styles... then ill shoot myself :)

In fact... I am almost certain from looking at your site that its a file edit as all your showthreads seem to be eval'ed with no results. Check step 5.28 to make sure its correct (search showthread for 5.28)
did I piss you off or something? your not (or it seems) relaying back to my messages about errors or bugs.
is all ok with us? :lick:

[Blackbeard]

In the future,is there any plans for area to input souce detail and download links url and when posted it will post these automatically with the souces name and when u click on them they take you to site ( Little images aswell please like globe for url link and folder for any downloads added)

Just think it would make a great hack alittle better(for me anyway)

[The Geek]

did I piss you off or something? your not (or it seems) relaying back to my messages about errors or bugs.
is all ok with us? :lick:
t3media - not at all man - I have just been travelling and so I kind of missed your post :)

To be honest - Im not sure if it is a vb issue. I managed to upload 5 without a problem.
The version on my site is 3.5 I am hoping to have a public beta soon - Im just waiting for the private beta testers to get back to me so I can ersolve any outstanding issues.

Blackbeard - No plans for anything like that. It can easily be added with bbcode as it is now.

HTH's

[PennylessZ28]

I've been receiving the following error message:

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in /includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 120

[The Geek]

I helped another user out with this a little while ago. Below are the instructions to fix it.

I havent made this part of the package as you are only the second person to have the problem. On a side note though, following these steps will speed up everyones article by a couple of nanoseconds.

Edit showthread and find this:

'bbcodecache',

after, add

'GAS_showthread','GAS_comment_pb','GAS_article_pb' ,


save and close

edit forumdisplay and find:

'FORUMDISPLAY',


after, add:

'GAS_forumdisplay',


save and close

edit printthread.php and find:

'bbcode_php',


After, add:


'GAS_printthreadbit',


save and close

then replace your functions_geekarticles with the one attached.

[T3MEDIA]

'FORUMDISPLAY', Is in a few locations in my php file. which one are you speaking of? I am positive it isnt the first instance of it.

[The Geek]

FYI: GAS3.5 Beta 1 is out for testing here-> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=78031

Please note that this is for a clean install, there is no upgrade yet.

Thanks

[The Geek]

'FORUMDISPLAY', Is in a few locations in my php file. which one are you speaking of? I am positive it isnt the first instance of it.
Hey t3media - its in the globaltemplates section. (Pretty sure its the first one ;) )

[TCB]

I was trying to edit the way the comments are shown. So I opened the GAS_comment_pb template, but none of my changes are visible in the showthread.php view of my articles.

What template do I need to edit then to change the way comments are shown?

[The Geek]

I was trying to edit the way the comments are shown. So I opened the GAS_comment_pb template, but none of my changes are visible in the showthread.php view of my articles.

What template do I need to edit then to change the way comments are shown?
The preview comments (those seen when viewing the article) are found in GAS_article_pb

HTH's ;)

[The Geek]

Hey guys - were up for HOTM (again). Heres hoping it doesnt get removed (again)!

[Snow]

I voted! Hopefully you will win it this time, this hack certainly deserves the award.

[The Geek]

I voted! Hopefully you will win it this time, this hack certainly deserves the award.
Thanks snow!

Now - GAS3.5 is in RC and about to go Gold. However I need some input from current users of GAS3 to help determine how long it will take to go gold.

There are several file changes in GAS3 and I found it to be a pain whenever I needed to upgrade vB. Therefore I spent about a weeks worth of coding on a new installer that will do all of the file edits automatically (you can of course choose the manual file editing if you wish).
Because of this, as well as the plethora of new features, I have had to add a few more edits, and I have moved most GAS code out of the vb files (as much as possible anyway). That means that virtually all file modifications in GAS3 are different in GAS3.50. These changes make GAS3.5 better, faster, and much easier to upgrade when a new version of vB gets released (just re-run the auto installer). This brings me on to my point:
I could possibly create an un-installer for the file editing in GAS3.0 however it would most likely only catch SOME of the changes (due to the nature of copy and paste file changing). How many of you would be bummed to simply replace your files with fresh ones to run the installer?

In other words: Try to create the uninstaller or Ill use fresh files.

At least with the new installer, you wont have to worry about this anymore!

[T3MEDIA]

I dont have back ups. I have but fresh fresh they are un hacked totally.
welp I guess a un install is the only way to go then? manually? I know for a fact I had to change things when I added your pop up with this so it wont be perfect.

[fabz]

I had a problem with installing this so needed hack :
the problem occures only on long threads in polls, with error hanging script.

I have vb 3.0.1 with all security patches.

I noticed that my vb hangs in SHOWTHREAD.PHP where GEEK script needs (STEP 5.17 of installation procedure) :

SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize

I test on my pc, and this works fine :

SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail = '', 0, 1) AS hasthumbnail, LENGTH(thumbnail) AS thumbnailsize, description

Am I right ? Is this correct ? why do I have a 3.0.1 vb that doesn't understand "thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0" ?
Regards

[The Geek]

T3Media - The only thing you would of had to change are the settings. But regardless I have written a file upgrader so you wont even have to do that (or you can also just leave as is if its too much trouble)

Fabz - thumbnail_filessize changed in a later version. You may be patched with security fixes - but not with the latest DB scheme or internal functions. I would strongly suggest upgrading to the latest vB when you can find the time as there may be other issues with 3.0.1

Good luck!

[Lizard King]

When I was trying to install i get couple database errors :
SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads,
SUM(IF(lastpost>= AND open<>10,1,0)) AS newthread
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')
WHERE forumid = 7
AND sticky = 0
AND visible = 1

AND lastpost >= 1105798690

AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AND open<>10,1,0)) AS newthread
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT

Why is this ? After this I stopped editing the files and restored the original files.

[The Geek]

SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads
Thats a trip. Looking at the code and file changes - there shouldnt be anything that would adjust that (your $lastread variable got wiped somewhere).

On that note - I would just hold onto your pants as the new version is coming out later today. It makes all the file changes for you.

HTH's

[Lizard King]

I will wait for the new version then. Thanks for the quick reply ;)

[Lizard King]

It makes all the file changes for you.

Just a question about this. For example in editpost.php instead of
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting');
i have
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting','Geek_Gallery_Popup');
how the script realize the difference ?

[The Geek]

It looks for:
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting'
And replaces with:
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting', 'geek_articles'

That way it wont be put off by most existing hacks.
Some hacks may confuse it - but it just lets you know that particluar step will need to be done manually.
So far no one has had a hitch that I know of with it.

The way I look at it is: Worse Case Scenario you will have to manually apply some changes.

[The Geek]

Package updated to version 3.50 with all new features (inlcuding an auto installer that makes the changes for you!)

Please note: the README isnt whistles and bells - its cheap and cheerful! Most of the text is in the install package, ill pretty up the readme when I get some more time.

nJoy

[msimplay]

Package updated to version 3.50 with all new features(inlcuding an auto installer that makes the changes for you!)

nJoy

hmm this is great but i've edited my templates quite a bit to includethe dhtml menus for usernames and warning system to be included in theGAS templates so i'd prefer a manual upgrade if possible

[The Geek]

You have the option in the install to do a manual upgrade ;)

[Breaker]

does it auto update for me aswell....


ah yeh..... great release, hope it works :)

[T3MEDIA]

what the heck we all was waiting? LOL

[T3MEDIA]

It looks for:
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting'
And replaces with:
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting', 'geek_articles'

That way it wont be put off by most existing hacks.
Some hacks may confuse it - but it just lets you know that particluar step will need to be done manually.
So far no one has had a hitch that I know of with it.

The way I look at it is: Worse Case Scenario you will have to manually apply some changes.
your other geek program will interfear no? the popup or autolinker... one of the two is there as well

[Breaker]

the gas folder appears to be empty.... is this meant to be like this? can't seem to upgrade without any errors, will try again in a bit

EDIT: The isntaller can't find the gas folder..... i have tried uploading the folder into the main forums dir, the root dir, the acp, a dir called forum, but no luck as of yet, where is it looking?

[The Geek]

I just checked the package and the gas folder is there. It also includes an images folder (with deafult.jpg) and forums folder.

Double check your download. The gas folder is needed for the install

T3media - it wont interfere with ANY other hacks (that I know of). If you have changed a line that its looking for - it simply does nothing and alerts you to which step you need to do manually.

Also - I dont know where the fear of auto installing comes from. If it cant update or install a line - it doesnt do it (it errs on the side of caution). It Also leaves all changed file in gas/changes. You have to move them to complete the install. That way you can investigate and finalize the changes before finalizing them.

You gotta try it - its quite cool (In my oh so humble opinion)

[Breaker]

the gas folder is there with the structure

images
--index.html
--default.jpg
--forums
---index.html
index.html

although the auto-isntaller can't find this folder

[T3MEDIA]

I also assumed the file would install everything and the safe files where in the gas folder. but I could be backwards.

[T3MEDIA]

the gas folder is there with the structure

images
--index.html
--default.jpg
--forums
---index.html
index.html


although the auto-isntaller can't find this folder
Breaker take it out of admincp and put it in the forums root.

[Breaker]

Breaker take it out of admincp and put it in the forums root.
i have it in the forums root :) i have tried it everywhere :)

[The Geek]

i have it in the forums root :) i have tried it everywhere :)
can you pm me a link to your forums?

[Breaker]

i think i have fixed the problem. i have recently switched hosts so the DNS isn't completely working, i ran the script through the new IP address and everything worked fine.

[tormodg]

Problem with a query on forumdisplay.php:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT
IF(votenum >= 1, votenum, 0) AS votenum,
IF(votenum >= 1 AND votenum > 0, votetotal / votenum, 0) AS voteavg,
post.pagetext AS preview,
thread.threadid, thread.title AS threadtitle, lastpost, thread.forumid, pollid, open, replycount, postusername, postuserid, thread.iconid AS threadiconid,
lastposter, thread.dateline, IF(views<=replycount, replycount+1, views) AS views, notes, thread.visible, sticky, votetotal, thread.attach , ga.iconpath,ga.synopsis, ga.byline

, NOT ISNULL(deletionlog.primaryid) AS isdeleted, deletionlog.userid AS del_userid,
deletionlog.username AS del_username, deletionlog.reason AS del_reason
FROM hypovb_thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN hypovb_deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')
LEFT JOIN hypovb_geek_articles as ga ON(ga.threadid = thread.threadid)
LEFT JOIN hypovb_post AS post ON(post.postid = thread.firstpostid)
WHERE thread.threadid IN (0,26)
ORDER BY sticky DESC, lastpost DESC

mysql error: Unknown column 'ga.synopsis' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

[T3MEDIA]

Welp.... Let me be the first.
Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: SELECT
ga.byline,ga.iconpath,ga.synopsis,ga.feature_until l,vote
FROM myvb3_geek_articles AS ga
LEFT JOIN myvb3_threadrate AS threadrate ON(threadrate.threadid = ga.threadid AND threadrate.userid=1)
WHERE ga.threadid=3226
mysql error: Unknown column 'ga.synopsis' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Wednesday 16th of March 2005 04:12:48 PM
Script: http://www.mysite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=53537#post53537
Referer: http://www.mysite.com/forums/forum.php?
Username: Titan
IP Address: 619.126.116.28

[The Geek]

Looks like the DB update didnt happen. Can anyone check if geek_article.synopsis is there?

You should be able to run install then choose the single option for DB install. That SHOULD fix it.

Looking into it now ;)

[tormodg]

My geek_articles table does not have a synopsis field. It only has these fields:

threadid
byline
userid
feature_untill
iconpath

[Breaker]

guess everyone has got the same error :(

[tormodg]

Nope, I tried both the install and upgrade database but no synopsis field.

[tormodg]

guess everyone has got the same error :(
Cheer up...that's a good sign! :)

[T3MEDIA]

woops Guess I am not first.

[The Geek]

hmmm... the DB was upgrading... Im going off to look into it. In the meantime... here is the scheme for anyone who wants to add the extra couple of columns themselves:

TABLE `geek_articles` (
`threadid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`byline` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',
`userid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`iconpath` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`synopsis` mediumtext,
`feature_untill` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`threadid`),
KEY `threadid` (`threadid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

[Breaker]

Cheer up...that's a good sign! :)
i'm also getting "Invalid Thread Specified" on all threads.....

[Snow]

Looks like the DB update didnt happen. Can anyone check if geek_article.synopsis is there?

You should be able to run install then choose the single option for DB install. That SHOULD fix it.

Looking into it now ;)
I have a synopsis field.. :nervous: Maybe it's from a previous beta version.

[Snow]

i'm also getting "Invalid Thread Specified" on all threads.....
I got that error when I forgot to uninstall the previous GAS 3.0x and installed the new version on top of it.

[tormodg]

hmmm... the DB was upgrading... Im going off to look into it. In the meantime... here is the scheme for anyone who wants to add the extra couple of columns themselves:

TABLE `geek_articles` (
`threadid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`byline` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',
`userid` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`iconpath` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`synopsis` mediumtext,
`feature_untill` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`threadid`),
KEY `threadid` (`threadid`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;
Thanks Geek, got the thing working now.

A few issues:

If the [BREAK] is within the first few lines of a text it is displayed if there is no synopsis (only got this because I had short texts for my multipage tests)

Some of my articles turn up empty on the forumdisplay even though they have text (but no synopsis).

[T3MEDIA]

Cheer up...that's a good sign! :)
I guess it could be

[tormodg]

I got that error when I forgot to uninstall the previous GAS 3.0x and installed the new version on top of it.
It doesn't specify that you need to uninstall, though? I didn't (ran the upgrade) and I don't get that threadid error.

[Breaker]

I got that error when I forgot to uninstall the previous GAS 3.0x and installed the new version on top of it.
i chose the upgrade option.... :/

[T3MEDIA]

Thanks Geek, got the thing working now.

A few issues:

If the [BREAK] is within the first few lines of a text it is displayed if there is no synopsis (only got this because I had short texts for my multipage tests)

Some of my articles turn up empty on the forumdisplay even though they have text (but no synopsis).
I cant get the sql query to work. is it the exact way he has it up?
or is there something I am supposed to add or remove?

[tormodg]

I cant get the sql query to work. is it the exact way he has it up?
or is there something I am supposed to add or remove?
That's not a query. You need to add the synopsis field manually.

[T3MEDIA]

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'TABLE `geek_articles` ( `threadid` int( 11 ) NOT NULL default '0', `bylin' at line 1

[T3MEDIA]

That's not a query. You need to add the synopsis field manually.
yeah and he had that syntax. so how did you do it? I just want to get this thing fixed.

[Snow]

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'TABLE `geek_articles` ( `threadid` int( 11 ) NOT NULL default '0', `bylin' at line 1
t3media, I would strongly suggest you wait for NG to fix the prob if you're not very experienced with MySQL. I'm sure he'll have it fixed within the next hour or so.

[tormodg]

yeah and he had that syntax. so how did you do it? I just want to get this thing fixed.
I use a MySQL Manager program to edit my databases remotely. The most common thing is to use phpmyadmin. Check with your host.

[The Geek]

Package updated to resolve DB problem with columns not getting added. Personally I am still stumped as to why it wasnt working - but I have tested it again and it seems to be working fine.

You can run the single step DB update/install to apply changes.

[tormodg]

Was there more to it than the synopsis field?

I had to do all the changes manually because I had wrapped your changes in hack labels last time...so I'll get some sleep now and try this on my production server tomorrow.

So far it looks absolutely stunning, Geek.

[Breaker]

my showthread.php file is seriously messed up, so i'm stuck using default at the moment. not sure what went wrong :/

[The Geek]

Was there more to it than the synopsis field?

I had to do all the changes manually because I had wrapped your changes in hack labels last time...so I'll get some sleep now and try this on my production server tomorrow.

So far it looks absolutely stunning, Geek.
there is an iconpath field too. SOmetimes that was updating - somethimes not.

Thanks for the kudos- stumped as to what you mean by hack labels though.

Did you nJoy the upgrade adventure? ;)

[The Geek]

did you get any warinings about failed changes beaker?

[Breaker]

i had one error concerning step 704

[Snow]

Did you nJoy the upgrade adventure? ;)lol GAS for HOTM, GAS Installer for HOTM of the year!! (Sorry I can't get over the fact that I didn't actually open a single file to install this hack - we need a petition so for all large hacks to use such an installer).

[The Geek]

i had one error concerning step 704
beaker... did you manually apply step 704?

[m0nde]

I just found this hack and if it does everything it claims to do, I'll be one happy camper!

:nervous:

- Sid

[The Geek]

lol GAS for HOTM, GAS Installer for HOTM of the year!! (Sorry I can't get over the fact that I didn't actually open a single file to install this hack - we need a petition so for all large hacks to use such an installer).
:) I would love to be a fly on the wall for people running the installer just to see their bemused expressions. I kept running the various options just to see play the different routes :)

A bit childish - but I have to get my nJoyment somewhere ;)

[tormodg]

there is an iconpath field too. SOmetimes that was updating - somethimes not.

Thanks for the kudos- stumped as to what you mean by hack labels though.

Did you nJoy the upgrade adventure? ;)
Hack labels...just my own comment structure instead of the one you had used.

The adventure was very good, but it went into a loop at the second-to-last page. I got two exciting trolls or whatever at the printthread.php cave, and the next step led to a step which then took me back to the one with two steps on it (luckily I was about finished then).

[T3MEDIA]

Well I have to make a formal sorry!.

I had my doubt. I did. I got a SQL error. I felt my doubts were confirmed.
Sorry.
This works 100% I do not at the moment see ANY issues with the other hacks I have.

I have to say. I can not see why you will not get the award for best hack. I cant see how you wont get hired by vbulletin. LOL

I tell you. I wouldnt belive it. Been here for a bit... and never seen anything like this before.

I cant say your hack is tight. besides Help and the webtemplates hacks that dont do anything to vb...

This has to be the easiest.

[The Geek]

Well I have to make a formal sorry!.

I had my doubt. I did. I got a SQL error. I felt my doubts were confirmed.
Sorry.
This works 100% I do not at the moment see ANY issues with the other hacks I have.

I have to say. I can not see why you will not get the award for best hack. I cant see how you wont get hired by vbulletin. LOL

I tell you. I wouldnt belive it. Been here for a bit... and never seen anything like this before.

I cant say your hack is tight. besides Help and the webtemplates hacks that dont do anything to vb...

This has to be the easiest.
Wow. I have to say that honestly that is the best compliment I have gotten. I didnt think I could ever win you over ;)

Glad you like. I feel like I have busted my buttcheek - all so hopefully you guys will dig it. I am pretty proud of it and hope it brings some pleasure to you all (am celebrating as we speak!)

[gregwatson]

Slight not quite "bug" report ...

If you do not have your forums located in a /forum directory (i.e. if you have them installed in a /forums [note the plural "s"]directory) ... the auto installer will erroneously report the following error:

For some reason, gas/images/forum wasn't created

In reality, the installer created the following directory [note the plural "s"]:

gas/images/forums

Everything works fine once configured in admincp ...

Greg

[T3MEDIA]

just so you know if you use the WYSIWYG and use break the program breaks the font commands. (or font sizes) would have been cool if you had the option to auto break. but the work around is to use the enhanced standard editor and just remove the [ font ] that is trailling and its all good.

[The Geek]

Slight not quite "bug" report ...

If you do not have your forums located in a /forum directory (i.e. if you have them installed in a /forums [note the plural "s"]directory) ... the auto installer will erroneously report the following error:

For some reason, gas/images/forum wasn't created

In reality, the installer created the following directory [note the plural "s"]:

gas/images/forums

There are a couple other path problems when I try to upload a picture, so I don't know yet whether the image function actually works or not ...

Greg
hey Greg - Thanks for that. It shouldnt matter what folder your forums are in - the gas/images/forums folder should get created regardless - in fact - I think its included in the package (it is) so if it doesnt create it - its cool... should already be there (just make sure its chmod 0777)!.
Let me know if I can help.

[gregwatson]

hey Greg - Thanks for that. It shouldnt matter what folder your forums are in - the gas/images/forums folder should get created regardless - in fact - I think its included in the package (it is) so if it doesnt create it - its cool... should already be there (just make sure its chmod 0777)!.
Let me know if I can help.

That's why I wrote "not quite" bug ... because the folder does get created, the installer just reports that it doesn't ... so whatever "check" that the installer does, does not detect the different folder name ...

Everything works fine ...

Greg

[djroketboy]

ok I read the readme, and am having a similar problem as gregwatson is/did...

i get:
doing folder structure

Note the following errors occured. DO NOT NAVIGATE FROM THIS PAGE WITHOUT MAKING NOTE OF THEM!!!

cant find root directory gas
Make sure you have created this in your forum directory.

But i have created it, and chmoded it to 0777, I do not have a forum directory, everything hangs off my www/ (root) folder

[The Geek]

ok I read the readme, and am having a similar problem as gregwatson is/did...

i get:
doing folder structure

Note the following errors occured. DO NOT NAVIGATE FROM THIS PAGE WITHOUT MAKING NOTE OF THEM!!!

cant find root directory gas
Make sure you have created this in your forum directory.


But i have created it, and chmoded it to 0777, I do not have a forum directory, everything hangs off my www/ (root) folder
Same here. My Forums are in my root. If its during the folder install step - I wouldnt stress (though it sounds like it is in the filechanges step).

If the folder intall steps fail - no stress. If the file change step fails - still no stress (you will just have to complete some steps manually)

HTHs

[djroketboy]

ok thanks.. i manually added all the directorys from the "Copy Files to Change" step, they all moved find, except for:
Warning: copy(gas/changes/includes/functions_showthread.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3004
moving functions_showthread to gas/changes/backupincludes/
moving index to gas/changesadmincp/

Warning: copy(gas/changes/admincp/index.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3004
moving index to gas/changes/backupadmincp/

should i just go back and do a manual install?

[The Geek]

ok thanks.. i manually added all the directorys from the "Copy Files to Change" step, they all moved find, except for:
Warning: copy(gas/changes/includes/functions_showthread.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3004
moving functions_showthread to gas/changes/backupincludes/
moving index to gas/changesadmincp/

Warning: copy(gas/changes/admincp/index.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3004
moving index to gas/changes/backupadmincp/

should i just go back and do a manual install?
make sure the gas/changed folder structure looks like this:

admincp/index.php
includes/functions_showthread.php
editpost.php
forumdisplay.php
newthread.php
printthread.php
showthread.php

And make sure they are chmod 0777 and then continue with the install
The functions that are failing copy your existing files into the above locations (it also copies backup files in the same structure)
not sure why its failing - but it isnt really too much of a big deal as long as the file changes can take place

HTHs

[djroketboy]

ok, i missed manually adding 2 folders in the changes folder. admincp and includes; once i added those it's working perfectly :)

just out of curiosity, why won't it create folders for me, that seems to be the only real issue i'm seeing.

[djroketboy]

mmm, you kick butt man :)

is it possible to add or change the default "sort by" to title instead of last post?

(which ofcourse the users can change, but it would be nice to sort by title automatically)

[gldtn]

Geek, is the uninstaller suppose to remove the added GAS_* templates and revert the edited ones?

[Lizard King]

Installation is pretty easy and i also believe your installer should be the hack of the year. working like a charm and making modification installation really easy. I did it even i have a terrible hangover from last night :)

[Omega Prime]

Not sure if it's a bug or not, but when installing this, I have one of 2 problems:

-Whenever someone clicks the latest reply within a forum, it comes up with "invalid thread specified"

-I had edited 3 templates from GAS 3.0, so from the looks of it, it didn't change to the new templates, right? What I mean is that the template edits still remain, and I don't see the sidebar within article threads (everything else, such as editing/making a thread and showing the options to add a byline, etc. work). Not sure if it's related or not, but when enabling the new look for the forumdisplay, it appears as if the tables are messed up, as what's shown in the following attachment.

Thanks in advance for your help :)

[Lizard King]

While i was testing this on my board i figured out there may be 2 problems.
First one is if you have a soft deleted message as a comment to the article and you are using a fixed style then it messes your style. (Check screenshot1)
Second one is the sidebar allignment. I believe sidebar supposed to be alligned right. As you can see in the attached screenshot2 there is a allignment problem.

[The Geek]

gldtn - it should do however I dont think I mastered the removal of the $GAS_article_options from 2 of the file edits. However I didt see it as much of a problem as they will always be empty variables.

djroketboy - you can do this via the forum manager (just as you would do with any forum). Dont know why it didnt create the folders for you - but at least its worked ;)

Omega - was yours an upgrade? Ill look into that. I think I know what the problem might be (when you click the button look at the link... is thepostid or threadid blank?). You will have to revert your templates to get the new look im afraid.

Lizard - Ill tweak the templates but the reason for the alignment is because the article is about 6 characters long ;)
I think I know the problem with the threadbit_deleted... I just added another columnspan to forumdisplay but not to gas_threadbit_deleted.

Thanks for everything guys - hope your digging it.

[shiva]

Boy, bad upgrade. Had to remove it, and try again
I just got fed up, and deleted the entire thing, and did a fresh install.

Seems to work fine now, but the moral of this story is always make a backup before you add new stuff. :)

Anyway, pretty cool, major thumbs up. That installer is just the cream of the crop, and the system looks real good now.

[Lizard King]

Lizard - Ill tweak the templates but the reason for the alignment is because the article is about 6 characters long

I know it is because of 6 characters long but if someone will write a poem and each line will be 20-25 characters long or something like that the alignment will cause the same problem cause I already checked :)

[shiva]

Only problem I have now is getting th system to reconize a default icon for each board.

"To include images that are specific to a particular forum, place them in a gas/images/forum/{forumid} folder."

For some strange reason, I ended up with both a forum, and a forums folder there. (?)

Anyway, I tried both, doesn't seem to work. I have my root as /forums/gas/images/forum/56/default.jpg

(my forum is http://www.shivasite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=56 )

That right? And wouldn't it be a bit simplier to just have a image called 56.jpg in the same folder as the default? Everything is chmod 777 as well.

[The Geek]

Shiva - remember that the upgrade makes backups of your files in gas/changes/backup so you always have a fresh set - but still - you are right in the fact you should always do a backup before any hack installation (or vB upgrade IMO)

Lizard - thatnks for that - I think making that td width 100% should do the trick. Ill sort in the next package

Shiva (again ;) ) - There is only 1 system default and that is whatever is in your settings. The gas/forums/{forumid} holds as many forum specific icons as you want - that way when a user brings up the gallery, they can choose from the global images, the forum images, or upload their own.
Saying that - I kind of like the idea of having a potential default for each forumid (if one exists)... let me mull that one over.

[The Geek]

lizard - if you want to fix the article side bar creeping over if there are too few of charaters but dont want to wait for the next package update... do this:

in GAS_article_pb replace:

<td class="alt1" valign="top">
<!-- message, attachments, sig -->

with

<td class="alt1" valign="top" width="100%">
<!-- message, attachments, sig -->


Also - im attaching the GAS_threadbit_deleted template to address your point.

[Lizard King]

The alignment fix worked perfect but attached file didn't solve the problem with soft deleted message.

[The Geek]

huh. you did put it in GAS_threadbit_deleted right?

[Lizard King]

yes :) but same problem. the soft deleted message table is around 20px right of the normal messages so that messes the style :) If you want I can give you the access to the site so you can check it out.

[shiva]

Oh, one more... :)

I use the first attachment feature, and lost my custom avatar, and it won't let me load in a new one. I just added it to the admincp, still....

Oh gallery... that would be the VbaGallery? Don't have that...

A seperate default icon per board would be nice, that's what I thought the instructions was saying. :)

[The Geek]

If you use first attachment - it doesnt use the Article Header Image system. Its kind of one or the other (otherwise the amount of checking which to use would drive your board insane).
The gallery looks like this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=24781&stc=1
and is availible when you have the first attachment option OFF and the Article Header Image system ON.

The gallery is a collection of all the images of gas/images/forums/{forumid} merged with gas/images
Users can then bring up the gallery and set a predefined header image.

I like the idea of default per forum... ill look into it.
HTH's

[Snow]

ummm.... :nervous: :nervous: Geek, I was trying to split comments from an article earlier and I can't seem to find "split thread" in the tools drop down. Has this been moved elsewhere or is it not available in articles forums? :nervous:

[The Geek]

er - it was abducted by UFO people.

Ill shove it back into the next package update. If you need a quick fix - move it to a regular forum-split and then move it back.

BTW: I have sorted out your quote problem for next update too ;)

[Snow]

er - it was abducted by UFO people.
Darn aliens!! :ninja: lol
Ill shove it back into the next package update. If you need a quick fix - move it to a regular forum-split and then move it back.

BTW: I have sorted out your quote problem for next update too ;)Wicked thanks! :D

[Omega Prime]

ummm.... :nervous: :nervous: Geek, I was trying to split comments from an article earlier and I can't seem to find "split thread" in the tools drop down. Has this been moved elsewhere or is it not available in articles forums? :nervous:

I remember mentioning that before with the previous version, so I dunno if Geek ever noticed my post about that or not :ermm:

[The Geek]

Thanks - got it in the next package - should be availible later today.

[TCB]

I would love to install this one (am curretly using an older v3 version of this great mod). I've read about the great job that your installer did.

Can the installer also update a future update? I mean, when I update my version to 3.50 and you release a slightly updated version today or tomorrow, is updating an easy job?

(can't wait to get this one on my website :banana: )

[tormodg]

I would love to install this one (am curretly using an older v3 version of this great mod). I've read about the great job that your installer did.

Can the installer also update a future update? I mean, when I update my version to 3.50 and you release a slightly updated version today or tomorrow, is updating an easy job?

(can't wait to get this one on my website :banana: )
Geek's installer can actually install version 4 for you already.

[The Geek]

Wish it would write version 4 as well ;)

TCB: Yup - its all automated now.

[TCB]

I'm upgrading my old v3 geek article system to the v3.5 with the autoupgrader. Unfortunately the script couldn't edit the files like showthread, printhead, etc.

So now I'm in the manual mode and noticed this: my admin files are not in the admincp folder, but in adminxp. So the installer can't copy the index-file from that folder because he's looking for admincp (while vbulletin advices to rename your admin folder).

After installation: when I click on an link to an article or a forumtopic, I receive a "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster" message. This goes for all forums (also those not listed as article forums).

[The Geek]

Do you have safemode on?
If not you may save yourself a load of time by editing the installer and changing the $folderstructure['admincp']="admincp"; to $folderstructure['admincp']="adminxp"; (if that is what was causing it to fail)

The problem you mentioned seems to stem from upgraded GAS3's (I think the problem was there in GAS3). Im looking into it now.

[TCB]

Do you have safemode on?

No, safemode is off

In order to get my forum working again I had to uninstall it and overwrite all edited files with the original files from the gas/backup folder. Now it's working again.

[The Geek]

try the above file edit I mentioned then run the upgrade steps individually.

Skip to the Folder structure
If that goes cool do the copying
if that goes cool do the rest.

Let me know how it goes.

[TCB]

I have completely uninstalled this latest version, restored all original files, manually removed the old geek article system (v3), renamed my admin folder to admincp, cmodded the gas folder (and all files and subdir's) to 777, and started the installation.

This time it was done in a few seconds and my messageboard continued to work, no errormessages and my forumdisplay.php?f=11 gave me a wonderfull new Geek Article System 3.5 layout.

On thing that seems odd: the layout of the forumdisplay is new (with the icons, etc.), but the article showthread is the same as I had edited it for the old version (changed the layout a bit), but this time the sidebar is missing (so no thumbnails, ratings, etc.). It seems like the old Geek templates haven't been fully updated?

I'm going to let the dog out, have a dinner and then enjoy your amazing work more :D..... Thank you SO much.

[The Geek]

cool - you may need to revert your GAS_article_pb template for the new template to kick in.

Have a pea for me :)

[fabz]

The Geek.... you are the best !

installer so wonderfull !... hack so usefull !... support so efficient !... updates etc.
Since I use vb 2.2, I've never seen such a hack.

You must win !

[TCB]

cool - you may need to revert your GAS_article_pb template for the new template to kick in.

Have a pea for me :)

Yup, reverting the edited templates turned my article system in a fully Geek Article System 3.5! Wonderfull, amazing and promising. I will have lots of fun tweaking it to my needs and taste...

If only there was a way to show my gratitude towards your amazing support (and humour in the install files). Why not make a wishlist on Amazon.com? That's a nice way for people to donate money or buy you something from that list (without knowing your personal information).

[KimmiKat]

I installed this mod, but the page "GAS_admin" shows no text, although the input boxes are there. What I do wrong?

[The Geek]

Phrases didnt build.
THis sometimes happens with hacks. All you need to do is search phrases for GAS_ in the title... edit one of them (doesnt matter which) and then click save.

That will rebuild all your GAS phrases.

HTH's

[The Geek]

If only there was a way to show my gratitude towards your amazing support (and humour in the install files). Why not make a wishlist on Amazon.com? That's a nice way for people to donate money or buy you something from that list (without knowing your personal information).

Cool! Do the have the new 6 series BMW on Amazon?!

Very kind of you - Im just glad you like the hack. Just make sure you vote if you think it deserves it.

[shiva]

Ah, okay Geek, that's how it works. :)

Yeah, I also had that problem with the php files not updating (older beta version as well) but removing everything and doing a fresh install fixed that.

Any idea about the avatars? I ended up with a text link instead of a avatar, I have no avatar hacks, and it happened after I installed this.

I need the first thumbnail though, being a game site and all, but is there a way we could add a condition in the script, that forces only certain boards to display the first attachment thumbnail, while the rest are standard?

[KimmiKat]

Thanks, I thought I forgot something... :)

Phrases didnt build.
THis sometimes happens with hacks. All you need to do is search phrases for GAS_ in the title... edit one of them (doesnt matter which) and then click save.

That will rebuild all your GAS phrases.

HTH's

[The Geek]

Ah, okay Geek, that's how it works. :)

Yeah, I also had that problem with the php files not updating (older beta version as well) but removing everything and doing a fresh install fixed that.

Any idea about the avatars? I ended up with a text link instead of a avatar, I have no avatar hacks, and it happened after I installed this.

I need the first thumbnail though, being a game site and all, but is there a way we could add a condition in the script, that forces only certain boards to display the first attachment thumbnail, while the rest are standard?
Hey Shiva - not really. Next version (when I get around to it) will allow you to have the GAS settings on a per forum basis - but until then its all or nothing ;)

If you got a text link its most likely that the attachment is a link as well.
Just so my cat gets killed via my curiosity - if you can upload a pic for a thumbnail (as in an attachment) then why dont you just upload it as the article header image? ;)

[Lizard King]

For the next version can we use something like Geek gallery popup for attachment browser ?

[The Geek]

For the next version can we use something like Geek gallery popup for attachment browser ?
huh. Thats a pretty groovy idea. Dont think ill wait till the next version... maybe a couple more iterations though.

[fabz]

You have also to redirect automatically to the amazon's new 6 series BMW page in your next version... they may have good articles engine too :D lol

Hope you won't build so many versions as vbulletin team does....

[intrigue]

well i tried to install this but i got a whole load of file not found errors apparently it was looking for a file in GSA/changes/ and there was no changes folder included in the zip
did i miss something?
.matt

[shiva]

Hey Shiva - not really. Next version (when I get around to it) will allow you to have the GAS settings on a per forum basis - but until then its all or nothing ;)

If you got a text link its most likely that the attachment is a link as well.
Just so my cat gets killed via my curiosity - if you can upload a pic for a thumbnail (as in an attachment) then why dont you just upload it as the article header image? ;)

cool. :)

Because though I could do it quite easy, it doesn't mean that my members would do it. One of the things I have found, especially with my community, is not only do my members get confused quite easily, they also demand a system as simple and as easy to use as possible. In other words, having a second step to do something they already can do before means they just won't use it then.

If the next version is to include separate settings per forum, then that's cool, as I only need attachments to view on certain boards where a screenshot of a game table is needed, the rest can be default/gallery images. Save the queries.

Another suggestion (well, you do keep asking for them) :)

In that new version, maybe the ability to set the amount of posts displayed for each forum? My default is 25, but that's a lot of work for the server to display, and some boards could be less, while others could stay the same.

I know this one is possible, VBA CMPS does it for pages, and I use it for my RSS feeds as well.

I'm dieing to get to work on adding some extra stuff to this, but you keep adding more versions to it. :)

I will switch to the gallery system for my board, and see how that works. Undoubtably, I will have a few more ideas afterwards. ;)

[The Geek]

well i tried to install this but i got a whole load of file not found errors apparently it was looking for a file in GSA/changes/ and there was no changes folder included in the zip
did i miss something?
.matt
You sure you chmodded the gas folder?
It makes the changes folder for you during install.

You can do this though:

Manually create the following folder structure:
-gas
|__changes
|___admincp
|___backup
|___includes

Then try rerunning the autoinstall portion of the installer.

Do you have safemode on?

[The Geek]

thats cool Shiva - I just dont see the extra steps between uploading an avatar and uploading a header image ;)

Ill look into adding an override #for the number of threadbits to show.

[shiva]

Okay, found a problem on my end.

Uploaded images are working fine, but are not displaying. Looking at my ftp, I see they are being chmod to 600 when they are uploaded.

My "Comma seperated list of usergroup id's that can upload image headers (leave 0 or blank for all)" is set to 0

Just the actual images, the folder it creates is 777.

Edit: Adding a bit more here... The script created a folder called 1 in my images folder, and that's where all files are being uploaded to, but of course, they don't show up in the gallery and are chmod to 600.

The forum id though shows 56, and loading in my images through ftp displays them fine in the gallery, and chmod to my ftp default 644

[fabz]

hi,
I havn't a problem but something I don't understand... :(

Giving the right to someone to write article :
- do we need to write an upload tool to insert images into the article ?
- or does it exist a simple way to insert image into ?

Also, I don't understand your 3rd screenshot ( https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=24781&stc=1&thumb=1 ) which shows few images....
I tryed to upload more images... nothing changes : it shows one image, the last uploaded. (and each article have its own right image)

It would be great if the script could help writers to manages images to insert into articles (like SPIP does for example, or any other CMS)

[The Geek]

Shiva - check the chmod on gas/images and also gas/images/1. Maybe its something with how your sever uploads into the tmp folder. I can always add a chmod command during the move though so let me know.

The gas/images structure is gas/images/(userid split by '/') s o if your user id was 10 your folder would be gas/images/1/0

Fabz - Permissions like that are handled through the standard forum permissions. If they have permission to make threads in forum - they have permission to write articles. If they have permission to post replies - they can make comments.

The 3rd screenie is the Article Header Image Gallery/uploader. It displays all images found in gas/images and gas/images/forums/(forumid) so the user can just browse and click or upload their own image.
As far as managing images for insert - try the Geek Gallery Popup - its what I use (not sure if that was what you ar after though)

[fabz]

It displays all images found in gas/images and gas/images/forums/(forumid) so the user can just browse and click or upload their own image.

huh... in gas/images I cannot find any [forumid] directory...
instead I found gas/images/2 (which contains 1/2/2 directories) or
gas/images/7
but 2 or 7 is neither the forumid or threadid

I cannot understand what's wrong.
Images are well uploaded but in some directories GAS seems to ignore.
Geek popup shows only default.jpg image.

I checked paths in settings... nothing wrong.
I'm running now vb 3.0.7 and this is a fresh GAS install.

[shiva]

Yeah geek, it's all chmod 777. Tried it again, and any uploaded images to my folder from the gallery upload page is chmod 600. Since I am user 1, my root is:
/var/www/html/forums/gas/images/1

I guess you will have to add a chmod command then.

I'm wondering if my members would go to the trouble with making thumbnails, wouldn't it be better if instead of having all these seperate folders for stock images, we can instead just have a master folder containing all of them as a option? I have several categories that will use the same set of icons.

Also, I have made some standard images and noticed a couple things. I select a image already loaded in from my forum ID folder. This works great, but I also notice that it makes a copy of that image in my ID folder as well. Also, if I use the same image for another thread as a header image, it will make another copy of the same image, add a number in front of it, and place it in my ID folder. In other words, 3 articles use the same image, but use 3 seperate image files.

Here's a sample page: article page (http://www.shivasite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=110)
If you notice, all 3 images are the same, but the system assigns a different file name to each of them, and this image is selectable directly from the gallery upload page

Wouldn't it be better to instead not even have it make a image at all and place it in the posters folder, just link to that forum ID file? That way the server wouldn't have to work to display 3 images that are the same, just has to do it once. Save a lot of space as well. :) (By the way, those 3 files were automatically chmod to 777)

[shiva]

fabz, I was confused about it as well, I think geek meant you have to create a folder, name it the forum ID number, chmod it to 777, and upload the thumbnail images that you want the members to select from.

[The Geek]

Hi Shiva - I guess a low down on how the image system works in GAS is needed for clarification.

There are 4 different ways to have an image appear at the top of the article.

The posters avatar. To get the posters avatar to appear in the article - the following settings must be - er, set:

Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar - no
Allow users to upload an image for the Article Display? - no
I would also suggest setting Use the legacy forumdisplay template? - yes
Use the first attachment thumbnail. This way, the first thumbnail in the article will appear as the image at the top of the article instead of the users avatar. If choosing this option - I would STRONGLY advise that you use the Legacy Forumdisply. Why? Because in vB, each attachment is a dynamic image that requires a query to be run. In other words, if you have 30 threads diaplying in your forumdisplay - there will be 30 additional queries. Remember - this is how vB does attachments!

To use this option, set the following:

Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar - yes
Allow users to upload an image for the Article Display? - no
STRONGLY urged: Use the legacy forumdisplay template? - yes

Allow users to upload their own Article header image. This option displays an 'image' button when creating/editing and article. Clicking it will pop open a global gallery window and an upload box (this is controlled by usergroup settings in GAS). This will allow users to upload an image from their computer and it will then be resized to the maximum dimensions that you sepcify in your settings. The system discards the original and keeps the thumbnailed image for the header. It places the thumbnail in gas/images/(userid split by '/'). If your userid is 357 than your images will be in gas/images/3/5/7.

To use this option:

Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar - no
Allow users to upload an image for the Article Display - yes
Comma seperated list of usergroup id's that can upload image headers - put in comma seperated list of usergroupid's or 0 for all.

Use a gallery image. The gallery is a collection of images that are pre loaded by yourself that allows users to choose from a variety of images that you allow. This is a great option if you want to have some standard defaults that go with your style, or if you ONLY want a certain set to be chosen from (as you can turn off the upload feature and only let them choose from the gallery).

The gallery appears when the user clicks the image button when creating or editing an article (as long as you have enabled it). The gallery displays all images from the gas/images folder combinded with all images (if any) from the gas/images/forums/(current forumid) folder.
When a user selects a gallery image - it is then copies to their gas/images/(userid split by '/') folder. This is to allow you to remove or change gallery images without breaking existing links. I am looking at adding an option to link direct to the gallery image (primarily for those with safemode enabled) however this wont be for a little while longer.
To use this option:

Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar - no

Hope this helps clear up some question about how the Image system works.

nJoy

[shiva]

Okay, that's cool. Don't forget to add those to the instructions, this thread is getting a bit long. :)

No questions or suggestions, happily making images in photoshop for the next version. :)

[shiva]

Oh yeah, BTW, that avatar thing killed everyone's custom avatars. Must have been a conflict with another hack somewhere, needless to say, got a few messages about it already. ;)
Oh well, not as if they pay me to do the job...

[Snow]

Oh No! What have I done? I'm seeing double ..... I just updated to the latest release and now I've got two Gas Settings in my admincp. :o

[Lizard King]

Oh No! What have I done? I'm seeing double ..... I just updated to the latest release and now I've got two Gas Settings in my admincp. :o
It happened to me also but just edited admincp/index.php and remove the second one :)

[Snow]

It happened to me also but just edited admincp/index.php and remove the second one :)
Oh so it's not just me... phew.

[The Geek]

I just updated to the latest release and now I've got two Gas Settings in my admincp.

Thats because 2 is better than 1! Hell - Ive put 6 in mine! How many times have you been looking for that admincp link and its like looking for your freaking car keys - scanning back and forth?

er. actually it just might not have removed it from your previous install. ;)

Shiva - Not sure what you mean about the avatar thing

[shiva]

sorry geek, mentioned it in a previous post, but now that's a few pages before this one.

After I installed the GAS, a lot of the avatars people use (uploaded) disappeared, and has been replaced with a text link that says "fiendhydes avatar"

On top of it, it would allow me to upload a replacement, but then it doesn't show it.
I noticed this after I changed the settings in gas admin to Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar - no from displaying thumbnails before.

I repaired the database through vb cpadmin as well (avatars are stored in the database) no effect. Still does it in fact. loading from a url has the same problem

[The Geek]

can you PM me test login details with admin access to the GAS settings and Ill look into it for you.
BTW: I noticed that earlier on your site - but just checking now it seems cool

[shiva]

Oh, I've noticed that some avatars are okay. I just moved the avatars to the file system, and making a copy to see how they work. Still strange error, reason I think it's a conflict with a another thumbnail/avatar hack, like the one we have to use for VBA CMPS news pages

[shiva]

Guess what? Moving them to the file system fixed the missing members avatars. At least a couple missing ones showed back up. So a database thing I guess

EDIT: Also can upload them as well now. Very strange...

Double edit: Sent PM anyway.
Thanks, I'm building a photoshop file with all the images selectable etc. I did them for PHP-Nuke a long time ago, decided to do it again so I can mix and match images, backgrounds text etc. I did say I was lazy, didn't I? :)

[iamboard]

The Geek,

Does GAS integrate nicely with vBadvanced? Are there many extra settings?

Thanks
J

[The Geek]

Depends on what you mean.

There are a coupld of old add on moduels for vbaCMPS that still work for this (though I am working on new ones). Other than that - it integrates about the same as a normal forum does.
In other words - you can show polls from your articles and latest topics in vbaCMPS or you can exclude the article forums if you want.

There are not really too many settings and the defaults are pretty much the ones to go by. You really only have to set the forumids and you are good to go.

HTH's

[GamerzWorld]

Hmm was happy with old 3 version. Was looking at HOTM and saw it had been upgraded :) So quickly rushed to upgrade and followed the upgrade steps using the auto installer. Made 3 changes to 3 files as the auto installer didnt do. Went through everything fine. Thought great went to admincp and vbsettings and the option was no longer there oO I have noticed that on some pictures here they have a link on the left side bar now instead of in the options bit. Is this a bug or have i missed something out?

[The Geek]

Hmm was happy with old 3 version. Was looking at HOTM and saw it had been upgraded :) So quickly rushed to upgrade and followed the upgrade steps using the auto installer. Made 3 changes to 3 files as the auto installer didnt do. Went through everything fine. Thought great went to admincp and vbsettings and the option was no longer there oO I have noticed that on some pictures here they have a link on the left side bar now instead of in the options bit. Is this a bug or have i missed something out?
the settings have moved from vboptions to their own navpane link (should be on the left in admincp)
Unless that was a missed file edit - then you can get there by admincp/GAS_admin.php

[Lizard King]

Did you move all the files including folders includes and admincp to their previous place ?
If yes then you have to make 1 file edit in admincp/index.php

[GamerzWorld]

Did you move all the files including folders includes and admincp to their previous place ?
If yes then you have to make 1 file edit in admincp/index.php

I wasnt aware i had to? What files do i need to move please and from where to where >.< I thought the auto installer moved them some how lol

[The Geek]

The autoinstaller moves all files into gas/changes to modify them. Once modified it leaves them there for you to move back when you are satisfied everythings been done.

On that note I would recommend that you download the files to your computer and then re-upload them. That way they stay 'owned' by you and not apache.
I would also download your gas/changes/backup folder.

Once all is said and done, delete the changes folder in gas/

HTH's

[The Geek]

Just updated the package to 3.51

This is really just to fix a couple of very minor bugs - there is no need to rush out to upgrade.
Did:

GAS_threadbit_deleted was 1 columnspan short
Added split article and merge article options
Modified formdisplay with a minor edit to prevent broken BB code when auto synopsising the forum preview
Did a real readme (in fact its like a novel)
Added new functionality whereby if you have a gas/images/forums/(forumid)/default.jpg file, the system will use that as the default instead of the gas/images/deafult.jpg
optimized resizing code
Wrote 3.5x upgrade script.

IMPORTANT: If you are using 3.5x then DO NOT USE THE gas3_install.php script... use the gas3_upgrade.php script!!! The upgrade script is somewhat similar to the installer... it makes the needed change to forumdisplay and dumps it in gas/changes/35-351 folder

Check out the readme... it addresses most questions about the system.

nJoy

[GamerzWorld]

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/var/www/html/gas/images/1/7/1/55302vbda_w1ava.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move '/tmp/phpbM9K9E' to '/var/www/html/gas/images/1/7/1/55302vbda_w1ava.jpg' in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

Is my next error when trying to upload images for articles :(

[Razz]

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /blah/blah/public_html/forum/includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 42

Getting this since upgrading from 3.50 to 3.51 :(

[The Geek]

is your gas/images folder chmod 0777 and is php safemode on?

[GamerzWorld]

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /blah/blah/public_html/forum/includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 42

Getting this since upgrading from 3.50 to 3.51 :(

Same


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/merlin/public_html/mirzone/forum/includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 42

Not in safe mode and it is configured to 777

[Razz]

Safe mode is disabled and all folders have the correct chmod attributes. :(

[The Geek]

Same


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/merlin/public_html/mirzone/forum/includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 42

Not in safe mode and it is configured to 777
Sorry - I forgot that I added a couple of lines right before I uploaded the package and there was a silly typo in functions_geekarticles.
I have reuploaded the package. SImply replace your functions_geekarticles with the new one.

Once you replace that - see if that sorts out your upload problem.

[Razz]

Sorry - I forgot that I added a couple of lines right before I uploaded the package and there was a silly typo in functions_geekarticles.
I have reuploaded the package. SImply replace your functions_geekarticles with the new one.

Once you replace that - see if that sorts out your upload problem.

All sorted, thanks :)

[GamerzWorld]

Sorted :)

[KW802]

Geek,

I just installed 3.50 then saw the 3.5.1 update... where would I see the new split & merge options?

Thanks,
Kevin

[The Geek]

Geek,

I just installed 3.50 then saw the 3.5.1 update... where would I see the new split & merge options?

Thanks,
Kevin
In the article tools pull down menu just as you would on a normal thread (might have to revert your GAS_showthread template)

[KW802]

Strange.... I tried several things, even verified the phrases existed, but the didn't start showing up until I manually made a change to the template.

But, still, very cool. :cool:

I found one quirk... if the [Read More] occurs in the midst of a [ color ] tag it breaks; the lead-in tag is shown on the screen.

[The Geek]

huh. I specially coded a new routine to try and take care of something like that.

Guess ill look into it when I get back (away on business again!)

Hope you nJoyed your Pineapple ;)

[shiva]

Cool, here we go again... :)

[rrr]

how hard would it be to include a google adsense block in one of the articles (like aligned to the left or right?)

Would it just be a matter of adding a div tag and the adsense code in the article (will vb parse the javascript in the post if "allow html" is enabled)?

[shiva]

awesome. The upgrade went perfect, which has to be the first time with my site. :)

I had to edit my GAS_showthread template as well, but worked great.

The default images per board, absolute genesis who ever came up with that one. ;)

So far so good. Time to get to work. :)

EDIT: Still great, but you forgot to add the forced chmod of the file upload from the galllery to the userid folders. :)

[duncan99]

Great to see this new version released, love it. Thank you very much The Geek, very professional coding...

I have a problem during using auto installer, the file showthread.php got screw up during upgrade, agter that I had to manually finished the rest and installed was fine, but I see the article has double showing and same as comment. When put back the original showthread, it display normal but of course no article function show up as its a normal showthread.

below is the one screw up showthread.php, could you check it for me please, thanks..


Never mind , I fixed it manually, very detail installation. Clicked installed.

Thank you.

[Razz]

I have two strange templates since running the 3.50 > 3.51 upgrade.

The first is called "G" just on its own and the other is called "<" both under the username Geek.

Any ideas Geek?

[fabz]

I'm sorry to bother you The Geek...

I upgraded to 3.51
I created a directory according the forumid and chmoded to 0777.

If I upload images and images.... It shows well in the article header. But if I click the "image" button, I only get de default.jpg image. No images galery I already uploaded though they seem to be right uploaded in gas/images/[userid]

What's could be wrong ?

[ShawnV]

Quick Question: I have been digging though the style manager trying to find what CSS element the mod uses for the default bold black 1pix boarder color around the article images, does any one know which one it is?

[shiva]

Geek said he's away for a while, but I can answer a couple questions, though they are answered in the readme.html file as well.

Fabz, you have to create your folders in the gas/images/forums folder

so your ftp root should be /var/www/html/forums/gas/images/forums

create a new folder in there, and name it by the forum board ID
so if I want to display images for one board:

http://www.shivasite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=111

I name that folder 111. I then chmod it to 777, and then load in my images to that folder.

My ftp root is then /var/www/html/forums/gas/images/forums/111

Loading in a image in there will then display that image in the gallery so a member can select it as a image for his header.
A image named default.jpg in that folder will be the default image used by that board if there's no image assigned to that article. My example has two custom images, as well as 3 images using the default.

h**p://www.YOURSITE.com/gas/images/forums/111/default.jpg
is how the link should look if you have your forum in the root
or
h**p://www.YOURSITE.com/FOLDER/gas/images/forums/111/default.jpg
if you have your forum in a folder

ShawnV
No idea on the table border, mine is there because I put it there, but I would think the script uses the CSS defined in the theme. I didn't see any defined border code in the templates, but maybe that would be a better place to look

Razz
I have them as well. has to be a small error, harmless really, just one of those funny things. :)

[intrigue]

Warning: fopen(gas/changes/includes/functions_showthread.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3143

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3144

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3145
Modifying file: admincp/index.php
Completed step 400
Saving changes to gas/changes/admincp/index.php


Warning: fopen(gas/changes/admincp/index.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3143

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3144

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 3145
Modifying file: newthread.php
Completed step 500

Hey there the errors can you tell me what file modifications i have to do manually?
thanks
.matt

[Lizard King]

matt did you chmod the necessary folders to 777 ?

[intrigue]

yeah didnt work but its ok i changed it manually and it seems to have worked
.matt

[intrigue]

aint being funny but how do i post new articles?
.matt

[Lizard King]

Admincp >> Geek Article System >> GAS settings >> Forums >> Put the forumid which you want to post articles under. After that save it and go to that forum and open a new thread ;) be aware that if you have other threads in that forum already all of them will turn to articles.

[fabz]

Thank you Shiva for your help. ;)

[shiva]

Got it to work? Cool
I could answer that one, because I asked the same question. :)

Lot of fun this one, but my members are just rolling their eyes at me as I like to make a meal out of things sometimes.

[fabz]

Yes Shiva, thank you.
Sometimes I may not understand everything because of my english ;)

I now would like to integrate FCKEditor which would be very usefull to help writers for HTML articles (and includes an upload tool).
Did anyone tryed to ?

[venomx]

Ok I just upgraded manually and now the attachments dont show up. Also the Sidebar isnt showing. And it shows as legacy forumdisplay even if I pick No....

[n1ckn4me]

gettin' this message when trying accessing my forum after installation ( and manually changing the files) :

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: log_admin_action() in /var/www/html/forums/index.php on line 33

Line 33 from index.php says:

log_admin_action();

any suggestions with this ?
thankz in advanced!

[EDIT]

I think I know what the problem might be.... Im running 3.06..that should be the case right...2morrow I will redo the whole thing

[CosmicBlend]

got the following error, chmod 777 is correct, and where do i check for php safe mode?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/web/htdocs/forums/includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 122

[Razz]

where do i check for php safe mode?

Go to your admincp and select Import & Maintenance > View PHP Info

Scroll down to the PHP Core section and look for safe_mode

[shiva]

Geek, I just got a strange problem as well. My image varification for registrations doesn't display anymore. The forum still thumbnails everything okay, but people can't register. Reason I'm bring it up is the only thing that's changed is GAS in two weeks, no other hacks, upgrades etc, and people could register fine before I added the article system.
Very very strange, looks like it's not reconizing the GD library, but it's fine everywhere else, and I have no hacks in registration.php.

[CosmicBlend]

Go to your admincp and select Import & Maintenance > View PHP Info

Scroll down to the PHP Core section and look for safe_mode


ok not running in safe mode, but im still getting the following error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/web/htdocs/forums/includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 122

[Lizard King]

Geek, I just got a strange problem as well. My image varification for registrations doesn't display anymore. The forum still thumbnails everything okay, but people can't register. Reason I'm bring it up is the only thing that's changed is GAS in two weeks, no other hacks, upgrades etc, and people could register fine before I added the article system.
Very very strange, looks like it's not reconizing the GD library, but it's fine everywhere else, and I have no hacks in registration.php.
I just checked in mine have 3.51 running and have no problem in image verification. You may want to check something else .
CosmicBlend are you sure about your installation steps ? did you check them one by one ?

[CosmicBlend]

yeah my installation steps are fine, but i know my GD Library is ++++ed up right now, so thats what im thinking is causing this.

[Rich]

Hello,
I just upgraded 3.51 and I got an error after I edited an article. This is what I got:

A Runtime Error hs occured.
Do you wish to debug?

Line: 336
Error: 'null' is null or not an object

If I ignore it, everything works fine. The install went smooth, and no errors were reported. I placed the files from the 35.351 folder to their respective locations as well.

I get that error after I edit something and the page refreshes with the save. I also got it after adding a new article. Any Ideas?

Here is what I found at line 336 when I did a "View Source" for that page.


331
332 <script type="text/javascript">
333 <!--
334 var SESSIONURL = "";
335 var IMGDIR_MISC = "http://www.iguanacenter.com/images/misc";
336 // -->
337 </script>



This error is not reported when using Mozilla. Just IE 6.

[Quincy Wisdom]

Hey all, I'm getting the following error when trying to import from the vb3 articles system, using the importer provided:

Step 2: I'm a checkin you DB now
Here we go!


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: () in /home/httpd/vhosts/globalpaw.com/httpdocs/admincp/GAS3fromV3.php on line 793

All help is appreciated

[KTBleeding]

Hey all, I'm getting the following error when trying to import from the vb3 articles system, using the importer provided:


All help is appreciated
Is that path correct? It looks kinda funky to me, but I'm used to the normal paths..

[intrigue]

well i installed it manually and its working cool so thanks
.matt

[Quincy Wisdom]

Is that path correct? It looks kinda funky to me, but I'm used to the normal paths..

Yes, the path is correct. My server is picky, and I often have to feed in the full path.

[hockyfan]

I received no errors, but after installing, I don't see the settings in the admincp - what happened?

h

[CosmicBlend]

I received no errors, but after installing, I don't see the settings in the admincp - what happened?


h

find a GAS_ phrase and edit it.. dont make any changes just open it then save it. Should fix the problem.

[venomx]

Why isnt my Sidebar showing? :(

[GamerzWorld]

May have been mentioned but dont see. Anyway of making it for Vbadvanced home page like

www.totalformat.com

[hockyfan]

find a GAS_ phrase and edit it.. dont make any changes just open it then save it. Should fix the problem.
I still don't see the menu anywhere - where should it be?


h

[gldtn]

I still don't see the menu anywhere - where should it be?


h
If you installed it right it should be placed just above "Styles & Templates" drop-down menu from your forum/admincp/. If you are sure you updated the phrases and it's still not showing, you can try to go back and open you geek_article installation and re-run the step that installs the phrases only.

[Allan]

yep :)

very nice hack :)

but, i'm a error on localhost:


Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of prep_for_breaks(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\forum\includes\functions_geekarticles.php on line 41


an idea ?

[gldtn]

yep :)

very nice hack :)

but, i'm a error on localhost:


Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of prep_for_breaks(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\forum\includes\functions_geekarticles.php on line 41


an idea ?
The problem is in you're PHP configuration. Look for the following in php.ini

allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off

This needs to be 'On'

You'll be be able to see it using the phpinfo() function, if the server isn't yours. You should be able to switch it on with a .htaccess file containing;


php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference On

[Allan]

The problem is in you're PHP configuration. Look for the following in php.ini

allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off

This needs to be 'On'

You'll be be able to see it using the phpinfo() function, if the server isn't yours. You should be able to switch it on with a .htaccess file containing;


php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference On

ok but , i not found in "includes\init.php" this lign:


allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off

[Marco van Herwaarden]

ok but , i not found in "includes\init.php" this lign:


allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off
Who is talking about the init.php?

He is talking about your php configuration file php.ini

[thebigboss]

Just an FYI
my pages don't validate. checked yours and they don't either

validator (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D17)

[gldtn]

Just an FYI
my pages don't validate. checked yours and they don't either

validator (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D17)
They don't validate to very minor stuffs such as a spaced out code "< img" or a missing "alt="text", etc.., I would really not worry about this at all. But if really want this to be fixed I would edit the custom templates that this hack has added to your vB.

[venomx]

Well I couldnt get this to work right after I upgraded it so I removed it. Now how do I remove the templates it added? I tried the uninstall but it didnt work.. :(

[Allan]

The problem is in you're PHP configuration. Look for the following in php.ini

allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off

This needs to be 'On'

You'll be be able to see it using the phpinfo() function, if the server isn't yours. You should be able to switch it on with a .htaccess file containing;


php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference On

thanks gldtn, that work :)

[Quincy Wisdom]

Well I couldnt get this to work right after I upgraded it so I removed it. Now how do I remove the templates it added? I tried the uninstall but it didnt work.. :(

I'm about to remove it too...not getting much support around here.. :(

[Razz]

I'm about to remove it too...not getting much support around here.. :(

If you read back a little you'll see he's away on business, his support is usually second to none, you could cut him a break.