Geek Article System 3.52

[fabz]

Yes it's quite hard to read this....
I've never seen such a good support.
This script is amazing and well done.
In case of problems, you should read all docs, all posts, and search for mistakes...

You cannot say "it doesn't work" without trying/searching, The Geek has done a huge very good script.

[ShawnV]

awesome mod, works perfect.

[Allan]

veiled, a last thing, when I uploader an image wants, I have this error:


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromgif() in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\forum\includes\functions_geekarticles_images .php on line 124


but if I have it but directly on the waiter, in the window of upload, the images it are well :(

[The Geek]

Hi Guys - I have just crawled in from a very long trade show and jumped on as soon as I stepped in the door ;)


There is a lot to catch up here on the past couple of days - but it looks like most has been covered by other users - thanks!

I would assume that problems like 'imagecreatefromgif()' are cuaed by your VB options selection for your GD library not being correct (check PHPinfo for your version)

Never bothered to run through a validator so Im not overly shocked. Ill put it on my todo list ;)

If you are not seeing the GAS admincp menu - either your phrases didnt build right (check the readme for info) or the dile edit of admincp/index.php falied. Edit your admincp/index.pho fiel and search for GAS.

Regarding the importer: I just updated it to fix a typo on that line mentioned

Venom - Did you have an earlier version installed? You may have to revert your gas templates. Otherwise - check the settings (though the default is to show it)

Hope I got everything guys.

Thanks

[Quincy Wisdom]

Hey geek, any chance of making an importer for cinq's article hack (v.2)?

[The Geek]

Hey geek, any chance of making an importer for cinq's article hack (v.2)?
Not really planning on it right now. If I get enough requests and some time, ill look into it.

HTH's

[lasto]

been a long time since ive been impressed by a hack and just installed this to test board and it works first time.Is well neat and the layout of the articles in forum display is spot on - but the actual post is even better and gotta love that box thats displays attachments.

Nice work m8 and i clicked install.

Also you where right - i had to edit a phrase and save but besides that never got one error at all.

Also let me credit you on that installer - never seen one like it :)

[lasto]

oh yeah will vote for hack of the month as well as this one deffo deserves it.

[ShawnV]

Geek,

How can I remove the black outline border around the article images, with the new patch it's now gone on the message body but its still there in the topics page and I would rather not have a border or be able to change it's color?

Thanks in advance.

[venomx]

The Geek I followed the upgrade instructions to the leter. When I couldnt get it to show the bar even when the options said it was on I tried the uninstall.

The uninstall didnt remove the templates or phrases. I can remove the phrases but the templates I cant. When I click on one to highlight it the only button that works is the customize one. Any help/ideas?

I cant remove the following phrases...
setting_GAS_show_tools_title

How can I find all the phrases in phpmyadmin so I can mass delete them? What about the emplates?

[The Geek]

Venomx - hmm. Ill be more than happy to do this for you if you want to PM me needed details. Sorry your having such a pain there.
The phrases will be in the phrases table and the templates in the templates table.
It sounds like an earler install placed them in teamplate and languageid -1 (which I did do) however that shouldnt affect your upgrade/reinstall of the new version.

Like I said - drop me details if you want me to give you a hand.

ShawnV- edit functions_geekarticles and replace
$post['GAS_thumb_as_avatar']="<img class='thumbnail' src='$GAS_setting[rt_icon_path]' style='border: 2px #000000;padding:2px;'/>";

With whatever you want ;)

Lasto - Thanks. Glad you like it :)

[venomx]

The Geek I got most of them deleted I think. Except I didnt touch the templates like thread and newthread whicxh it seems to have auto edited.

Also the table datastore has into for GAS in it... I deleted the one named GAS* but the other two colums in there also have GAS stuff which I am scared to touch...

I really want to use this hack. I liked it even though I am just starting out and dont have any articles to post.

[The Geek]

Looks like you did the right thing. It should be unintsalled now. Are you going to re-install it?

[venomx]

I am thinking about it but am scared to try again. Thats a lot of edits to do for it to not work again.
I hate auto installs because I like to know whats being changed.
Why did it edit the newthread, editpost etc templates?

[The Geek]

to include the $GAS_article_options variable which holds the byline, synopsis, image, etc...

Why not just do the auto installer then scan through the manual listings to see what was changed ;)

Remember that backups are made of your files too - its always a quick n easy revert :)

Good luck in your choice

[venomx]

I have a couple dozen other hacks installed.

[xug]

The Geek

Could you make it work for vBPortal, so that the news forum (that uses the Geek Article Hack) which is projected by vBPortal on the homepage projects the pre-installed images instead of the attached images.

I can offer you a test site with all the needed software to work with.

[The Geek]

The Geek

Could you make it work for vBPortal, so that the news forum (that uses the Geek Article Hack) which is projected by vBPortal on the homepage projects the pre-installed images instead of the attached images.

I can offer you a test site with all the needed software to work with.
I will be re-writing the featured/random/latest modules for vbadvancedCMPS and can most likely do one for vbportal as all functions will be in a seperate file but I have to catch up on everything else right now. Ill let you know when as I will need what you are offering... sadly you will have to wait until then though :(

Thanks!

[T3MEDIA]

If I get to the articals from the nav bar... (you know... yoursite.com > your forum's name > Articals if I click the artical up there the layout is the old layout not the new fancy one.

curious.
If users click on the artical's location from say vbinex main page or just on a listing somewhere they will get this layout.

[Quincy Wisdom]

The Geek -

I'm having a bit of trouble on with uploading images...I'm getting an open_basedir error:

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

I'm usually able to edit the offending files by placing in the full path, but the line that seems to be causing the trouble is:


if (move_uploaded_file($file_source,$dest)){


Any ideas on how I could fix this?

[ShawnV]

Venomx - hmm. Ill be more than happy to do this for you if you want to PM me needed details. Sorry your having such a pain there.
The phrases will be in the phrases table and the templates in the templates table.
It sounds like an earler install placed them in teamplate and languageid -1 (which I did do) however that shouldnt affect your upgrade/reinstall of the new version.

Like I said - drop me details if you want me to give you a hand.

ShawnV- edit functions_geekarticles and replace
$post['GAS_thumb_as_avatar']="<img class='thumbnail' src='$GAS_setting[rt_icon_path]' style='border: 2px #000000;padding:2px;'/>";

With whatever you want ;)

Lasto - Thanks. Glad you like it :)

Thanks for the help, I played around witht his line, however it didnt seem to effect the boarder at all on the site.

$post['GAS_thumb_as_avatar']="<img class='thumbnail' src='$GAS_setting[rt_icon_path]' style='border: 1px #cccccc;padding:2px;'/>";

Is it perhaps unsing a link CSS or something else as it is clickable?

[Allan]

I updated towards 3.51, since, I do not have to more post the estimate in the articles, I have to validate the option in vBulletin well, but the estimate does not appear any more :(

[lasto]

geek - u know if u upload an pic and say a rar could the pic not be used for the post icon instead on forumdisplay so u could see instantly what was in there by just looking at the picture ?

[The Geek]

Quincy - You have some safe mode restrictions in place. If you cant change the open_basedir option then you may have to switch to first attachement option.

t3media - Can you give me a link to try?

Shawn V - you changed the padding from padding:2px to padding:0px??

Allan - Im not sure if I follow you. What estimate do you mean?

[The Geek]

geek - u know if u upload an pic and say a rar could the pic not be used for the post icon instead on forumdisplay so u could see instantly what was in there by just looking at the picture ?
Dont follow you Lasto. The pic you upload is the image used in forumdisplay? I am sure thats not what you mean - Maybe Im having a freak moment!

[Allan]

Allan - Im not sure if I follow you. What estimate do you mean?

the evaluation of the article in "showthread.php" does not appear

[The Geek]

do you mean the ratings? Check your settings - they turn on/off there.

[lasto]

Dont follow you Lasto. The pic you upload is the image used in forumdisplay? I am sure thats not what you mean - Maybe Im having a freak moment!
is way i put stuff into words m8 sorry

ok when u do a new article say i upload an attachment and the first one is a picture well i want that pic resized and when people go to forumdisplay where it shows all the articles the pic will appear there instead of the default one.
I want your article for a movie database im planning as i liek the layout a lot so to save people having to shrink the pic for the small display on forumdisplay it all gets done for them.

basically its a bit like that hack that was out where it allowed a pic to be shown on forumdisplay

[Lionel]

Your instructions are precise and to the comma. You tell us only what needs to be replaced instead of changing entire blocks, thus avoiding interferences with other hacks. All installs should be like that. Congrats on a fine work.

[The Geek]

is way i put stuff into words m8 sorry

ok when u do a new article say i upload an attachment and the first one is a picture well i want that pic resized and when people go to forumdisplay where it shows all the articles the pic will appear there instead of the default one.
I want your article for a movie database im planning as i liek the layout a lot so to save people having to shrink the pic for the small display on forumdisplay it all gets done for them.

basically its a bit like that hack that was out where it allowed a pic to be shown on forumdisplay
lasto - If I follow right - it does this.

You have a couple options:
1- turn on 'Use first attachment' setting. This way the very first thumbnail is used as the article header and forumdisplay
2- To hell with uploading an attachment - simply upload the pic straight into the article header which will autosize it to your dimensions and save you 1 query per thumbnail.

Am I still ahving a brain fart about what you are trying to do?

Lionel - Thanks :) Im pretty proud of it!

[venomx]

The Geek, Does the auto install mess with other hacks or not? Like if I tell it to try the auto install will it mess up my other hacks?

[The Geek]

The Geek, Does the auto install mess with other hacks or not? Like if I tell it to try the auto install will it mess up my other hacks?
it wont mess anything up.
If it cant make a change because of an existing hack - it lets you know that YOU will have to manually complete the step.

[Allan]

do you mean the ratings? Check your settings - they turn on/off there.

already made you thinks ...

lol

[lasto]

lasto - If I follow right - it does this.

You have a couple options:
1- turn on 'Use first attachment' setting. This way the very first thumbnail is used as the article header and forumdisplay
2- To hell with uploading an attachment - simply upload the pic straight into the article header which will autosize it to your dimensions and save you 1 query per thumbnail.

Am I still ahving a brain fart about what you are trying to do?

Lionel - Thanks :) Im pretty proud of it!
you right the geek it does work :) but liek u say it causes one query

anyway the attachment is in the post but on forumdisplay all i get is a red x - is there any reason why ?

[lasto]

scratch the above post - you was right once again - i just upped the preview pic as a header and it shrunk it for me - less queries and even better cheers m8 for a top hack.

[Goodspeed]

Can't install it, allways receive this: "cant find root directory gas
Make sure you have created this in your forum directory."

And I did CHMOD to 0777 for gas directory and everything in it.

Thanx for the help

[ShawnV]

Geek,

Perhaps we are talking about two different things (grin) see attachment image.

I want to change that black line the borders the article image from #000000 to #CCCCCC

I have done every thing but swear at the code you gave me the last time with no results (grin)

Thanks in advance.

[The Geek]

godspeed - check out the readme and create the directory structure yourself. THis should sirt it for you ;)

Shawn - you should be able to change it via the code I mentioned. Try this:
$post['GAS_thumb_as_avatar']="<img class='thumbnail' src='$GAS_setting[rt_icon_path]' style='border: 2px #CCCCCC;padding:2px;'/>";

[ShawnV]

Yeah I tried that, its still there..the border from hell :banana:

[rrr]

Geek: 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)?

[jungleb0y]

Could use a little assistance here...

When I try to upload a new Article Image instead of the newspaper lookin one I'm getting this error in the upload window..

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/html/gas/images/1/untitled-1.gif) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/jungl3b/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

I imagine someone knows what that means? And if there is a way I can fix it?

Thanks
Jared..

I'm pretty green at the PHP thing but everything else works I think..
:banana:

[Lionel]

Try to change your paths. Make sure they are not absolute.

[jungleb0y]

That's what the problem was..

Much appreciated Lionel!!

[The Geek]

got me then shawn. Have you applied the above - then checked the source to make sure that we are talking about the same line? Your thumbnail class may be overriding it.

rrr - I havent used adsense but I would imagine it would be the exact same as adding it to any other page. I would assume you would ad it to the GAS_showthread template and it wouldnt matter if allow html was enabled or not.
Then again - never done it!

[The Geek]

Try to change your paths. Make sure they are not absolute.
Thanks Lionel - ill add that to the readme!

[Goodspeed]

godspeed - check out the readme and create the directory structure yourself. THis should sirt it for you ;)

I did it. But still got the same problem :(

[The Geek]

I did it. But still got the same problem :(
Do you have safemode on? You may need to manually make the changes :(

[Goodspeed]

Do you have safemode on? You may need to manually make the changes :(
I've just checked php.ini and it seems that is safemode off
safe_mode = Off

Well, it is a lot of work if do it manually...

[venomx]

The Geek
What if we dont edit our files or upload them in ascii? Will that mess with the auto install?

[The Geek]

The Geek
What if we dont edit our files or upload them in ascii? Will that mess with the auto install?
Venomx - AFAIK it shouldnt make a difference.

Goodspeed - Ive PMed you

[trulylowcarb]

Installed last night on a vb3.07 forum running cmps1.01
Ran into some trouble with the installer, probably due to some changes I have made in order to wrap my forum homes pages with the portal modules, but I wanted to let you know what's up.

One error: "Can not complete change to forumdisplay.php - step 209 as I can not find the text to replace. You will have to manually complete this step.
Looks like there were some errors reverting the files. manual changes (link will open in new window) before continuing."


step 209
in forumdisplay.php, replace:
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMDISPLAY') . '");');

with:

// === GAS step 208 ===
if ($GAS_setting['rt_template']){

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template($GAS_setting['rt_template']) . '");');

}else{
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMDISPLAY') . '");');
}
// === /GAS step 209 ===

MINE WAS:
eval('$HTML = "' . fetch_template('FORUMDISPLAY') . '";');
print_portal_output($home, $HTML);

So I did this instead:
// === GAS step 208 ===
if ($GAS_setting['rt_template']){

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template($GAS_setting['rt_template']) . '");');

}else{

eval('$HTML = "' . fetch_template('FORUMDISPLAY') . '";');
print_portal_output($home, $HTML);
}
// === /GAS step 209 ===

Wasn't sure what to do after that, the installer doesn't start up again on its own, so I tried running again, got some 'this is already done, skipping this step' messages, then it appeared to complete the rest of installation. However, at the end, I discovered that it hadn't, and I had to go back and manually do all edits after step 209. Once I did that, all appeared to be as it should be. Thanks for the chuckles in the install file.

Now that I've given you some feedback that I assume you want, I need to pick your brain. It doesn't appear to be displaying the designated article forum as designed. Hoping you/someone can/will help me figure out how to either
a] use this changed code appropriately so I can display the articles forum "wrapped" the same as my others
OR
b] Figure out how to use and call a different showthread template for the forums I am designating as articles. I really don't care if *they* are wrapped, actually, but the regular forums do need to stay as-is, and I am a rank ametuer with conditionals and the rest... everything I do is by trial and error guesswork....
Thanks in advance. :)
(Voting for this hack for HOTM now!!)

[The Geek]

Thanks Carb. The changes should have been made on the other files - it will have told you if it couldnt have done those (like step 208). Are you sure you copied the files from gas/changes to your forum?

I am not sure what you mean by wrapped. A link would help out if possible.

Thanks

[Lionel]

I am using your Geek Auto Link.

I am also using your vBaGallery thumbs insert in post so I see you are familiar with vBa hacks.

Please consider making a hack for vBaLinks to work with GAL. Any title in Links database should automatically be recognized in GAS when typed in and parsed as link to the detail in vBaLinks (not the external link, the details one).

[The Equivocate]

Is there any way I can have it default to view the articles by Title, not by Last Post? I plan on using this as a Lyrics database. On that note, is there any way to separate by letter?

[trulylowcarb]

Are you sure you copied the files from gas/changes to your forum?
I am not sure what you mean by wrapped. A link would help out if possible.


Mea culpa on the first one, that explains why I had to do the rest of the mods by hand. Guilty of one of my own biggest pet peeves, failure to follow details in directions. *makes disgusted sound in lieu of slapping self* But I must have done okay with the hand-mods, because nothing has changed since I fixed that.

Will PM you all the info and links, including the mod I used to 'wrap' the forums with the portal, I am sure I am probably using the wrong term there, that's just how I think of it.

(Which all means that your installer worked perfectly, and this little problem is surely due to this other hack and my own incompetence at 2AM.)

[intrigue]

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home3/sub005/sc11388-aswk/www/forum/gas/images/1/robots.jpg) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home3/sub005/sc11388-ASWK:/home/sub002/:/home/sub000/:/home/sub007/:/tmp:/usr/local/lib/ImageMagick/:/usr/local/lib/php/) in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

im not sure what this means but my understanding would be a permissions problem
but the folders are set to 777
any ideas?
.matt

[The Geek]

intrigue - Other users with the open_basedir error have simply changed to using relative instead of absolute paths and that has sorted it (see previous page).

the equivocate - Im pretty sure you can do this via the forum settings - however I could be wrong. If not, you would need to hack the hack ;) - let me know and ill see if I have time to look into it for you.

[hockyfan]

As seen here (http://otnforums.snooboo.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57), my articles stretch farther out than the rest of the forum does. How can I fix this?


h

[The Geek]

As seen here (http://otnforums.snooboo.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57), my articles stretch farther out than the rest of the forum does. How can I fix this?


h
Tough to say without playing about. however try this:
edit GAS_forumdisplay and change:

$announcebits
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

to

$announcebits


See if that sorts it.

HTH's

[Symbian.info]

Ok install it but a problem with the installer, it says that directory GAS is not there.
But it is there! With cmod777. Ik make the subdirs manual and it works fine. Strange.

Missing phrase in Template GAS_threadbit stands now Posted by, but must be: $vbphrase[geek_articles_posted_by] and why not use the global one?? $vbphrase[posted_by] ?

Also with last activity why not use the global one: $vbphrase[last_activity]

And a dubble phrase: geek_articles_rate_article and geek_articles_rate_this_article and a other one:
geek_articles_search_article and geek_articles_search_this_article

BTW are vBaCMPS Latest Geek Articles and vBaCMPS Featured/Random Geek Articles update so it works with this version (forum IDs from the config database)???

Thanks for this awsome script!

[intrigue]

geek that did indeed sort out the problem
brilliant thanks
.matt

[Shackbase]

would this intergrate with my current style or would I have to do massive changes to it?

Thanks - it looks really solid!

--Tone

[The Geek]

Thanks Symbian - they are in there to confuse you ;) ill double check them for next release (no time soon though!)

Intrigue - glad to hear :)

Shackbase - shouldnt interfere with style at all though that totally depends on your style.

EVERYONE:: Please tiddle the liddle intall button if you do in fact install. Thanks!

[hockyfan]

Tough to say without playing about. however try this:
edit GAS_forumdisplay and change:

$announcebits
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

to

$announcebits


See if that sorts it.

HTH's
Nope, any other suggestions though? Thanks. :)


h

[venomx]

hmm I am getting emails about new replies but when I get here they arnt shown...

[zoomforce]

hey everything works except the upload.. but it doesnt give an error. I use the upload app and it closes and I get the broken link, the link looks right if it would upload but it doesnt... nothing gets uploaded.

[Lionel]

Is that me or is it a bug? Whenever I use the pagination, then the comment image disappear and noone can comment.

I also get a javascript error
Error: fetch_object("currentPost") has no properties

Error: missing ; before statement
Source File: javascript: Error: fetch_object("currentPost") has no properties
Line: 1, Column: 36
Source Code:
Error: fetch_object("currentPost") has no properties

[banuchi2]

What file should I be looking at if I get a blank page when attempting to upload an article image and no image gets uploaded? yes, the folders are chmoded to 777.

[gregwatson]

I love the "Order by" options ... is there a way to change the "default" to "Title" rather than "Last Post"?

That way the forum threads would by default be sorted by Title rather than the current default of "Last Post" ...

Greg

[The Geek]

Upload problems - Check to make sure that the image did not exceed your max file size option. If it does - it doesnt get uploaded at all.

to set the default sort option to something liske title - do this:

in includes/functions_geekarticles.php find:

}elseif (THIS_SCRIPT=='forumdisplay'){

$GAS_setting['is_article']=in_array(intval($_REQUEST['f']),$GAS_forums);;
if ($GAS_setting['is_article']){

and after add:

$sortorder='asc';
$sortfield='title';


Lionel - the comment image will only appear on the first page if the appropriate setting is made to do so. As for the javascript error - ill look into it

Venomx - havent heard of that one before. Are you sure the comments wasnt deleted?

h- youll have to double check your templates - that suggestion was just my best guess.

[lasto]

the geek can u tell me how when u add attachments to your articles u can then click them to get a bigger picture as on mine any image i add is shown sort of full screen and makes the display layout a mess.

[banuchi2]

Thanks for the advice Geek. However, I looked into that already. Max settings are 100 x 100. I tried 100 x 100 and 50 x 50. After I BROWSE and find a file to upload, I click "Upload"...then that same window just turns blank. Any ideas? I have GD+2 installed.

Update!

Figured it out! It was....of course....my fault. The absolute path to images was:

/var/www/html/gas/images

...I had to change it to.....

/var/www/html/forums/gas/images

[The Geek]

the geek can u tell me how when u add attachments to your articles u can then click them to get a bigger picture as on mine any image i add is shown sort of full screen and makes the display layout a mess.
do you mean my articles on my site?

I use vba Gallery and my Geek Gallery popup mod to insert clickable thumbnails ;)

[The Dok]

The Geek,

Is there a way that I can put a space between the articles? Kind of like the forum home hack that spaces out the forums?

BTW - you've spoiled me. I need to install some other hacks on my forum but I have no desire to because I have to do it manually. Thanks Geek, you've ruined me. :D

[rrr]

Installed and looking good.

I had the problem where the menu text didn't show up in the AdminCP, but with the quick edit of the geek article phrase, everything showed up and is working fine.

Thanks for the great work again Geek! I love the auto installer.

[The Geek]

Dok - You could wrap each GAS_threadbit in a table and <br /> tag... just give it a play about ;)

rrr - Cheers!

[The Dok]

Dok - You could wrap each GAS_threadbit in a table and <br /> tag... just give it a play about ;)

rrr - Cheers!

Geek,

Thanks, I got it...

[SkyShadow]

Hi,

the hack sounds very interesting but I've one question:

When I write and article and want to release it for the users.
Where does the hack put this article in?
Can I choose a forum or do I have to put the article in only one forum (for e.g. "My Articles")

[Rich]

Hello,
In the default settings for the Geek Articles, you need to assign forums that the modification will pull from. The forums you select by id will then turn into articles. If you remove that forums ID from the default settings, it will return as a regular forum.

If you are looking to just have certain posts in a particlar forum appear as articles, while others are regular posts, I think you will require further assistance. To my knowledge, this enhancement isn't capable of doing that. You need to assign the forums in the admincp.

[lasto]

do you mean my articles on my site?

I use vba Gallery and my Geek Gallery popup mod to insert clickable thumbnails ;)
cheers m8 so if i install that hack will that just work for the article section as i dont want all pics on my site to be small and have to be clicked to be opened ?

[fabz]

Hi,

the hack sounds very interesting but I've one question:

When I write and article and want to release it for the users.
Where does the hack put this article in?
Can I choose a forum or do I have to put the article in only one forum (for e.g. "My Articles")

Hi,
you must choose a folder (a forum) that will only be for articles, you can't mix articles and usual threads.
When you write it, like a thread, it's online directly (no draft possibility, maybe in next version ;) )

The problem I encountered also is when writing full html articles, because vbulletin's text box isn't done for html editing. So you have to remove all blank spaces, put all text in one only line etc.

That's why I asked if someone succeeded in installing some online editors like FCKeditor or htmlarea on this hack, that would be the best thing it could happen (for me ;) ) on this fabulous hack.

[The Geek]

Can articles and normal threads co-exist in same forum? Nope - Not sure why anyone would want that anyway. You can choose any number of 'article' forums anywhere on the site. Rich was right in the fact that all you do is specify the forumids you want to hold articles - put that id in and bam! they are all articles. The posting, reading, deleting, etc... permissions is all handled via the forum permissions. If they have permission to post a new thread - they have permission to create a new article. If they have permission to reply to others threads - they can comment.

There are no plans to impliment a draft version. I think there is a hack around here that does that - ill look into it as its a pretty grovvy idea.

Other than that - as I said - everything you do in a normal thread/post you can do in an article (and more).

HTH's

[rrr]

Hey Geek, any help with my problem with the autoavatar resizer (still waiting for a response in that thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=78287&page=2&pp=15) :) )?

[shiva]

Hey Geek, can you attach the code to force the Chmod to 644 for image file uploads for me? Members can't display their images untill I manually chmod them in ftp. Thanks.

Also, there's a problem with going to the last post (by clicking the icon next to the thread) in Opera, calls up a error. Minor problem really.

Been very happy creating all those categories for my site, absolutely perfect for what I need, though I hate editing files. :)

[fuse3k]

*install*

Thank you for your time and effort.

[trulylowcarb]

Will PM you all the info and links, including the mod I used to 'wrap' the forums with the portal, I am sure I am probably using the wrong term there, that's just how I think of it.

Hoping you got my PM, Geek... :)

[Quelyn]

Sorry if this was already addressed but what's happening is that i have HTML enabled in the forums that are articles. So when it shows in the forums the first parts of the post, it shows the HTML as code... is there any way to work around this.

http://www.emocrap.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=36

if this was already addressed pelase point me to the right place to look for the answer.

[The Geek]

hmmm.

looks like I need to add a check to see if HTML is enabled. In the meantime - for those of you who have html enabled and have this problem, edit your forumdisplay.php file and search for:

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], 0, 1, 1, 1);

and change to

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], $foruminfo['allowhtml'], 1, 1, 1);

[The Geek]

Hoping you got my PM, Geek... :)
I didnt carbman!

[The Geek]

Hey Geek, can you attach the code to force the Chmod to 644 for image file uploads for me? Members can't display their images untill I manually chmod them in ftp. Thanks.

Also, there's a problem with going to the last post (by clicking the icon next to the thread) in Opera, calls up a error. Minor problem really.

Been very happy creating all those categories for my site, absolutely perfect for what I need, though I hate editing files. :)
Hey Shiva. Havent tried this but it should work!

edit your includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php file and replace

@copy($simg,$spath . $dest);
@chmod($spath . $dest, 0777);
return $dest;

with

@copy($simg,$spath . $dest);
@chmod($spath . $dest, 0644);
return $dest;


and for uploaded images (same file):

after:

createthumb($dest, $dest,$GAS_setting['max_upload_width'],$GAS_setting['max_upload_height']);

put:

@chmod($dest, 0644);


Like I said - I havent tried this myself and the issue may not be the chmod - it could be the image ownership which is another issue.

Ill look into the opera issue soon. I hope that helps!

[Quelyn]

hmmm.

looks like I need to add a check to see if HTML is enabled. In the meantime - for those of you who have html enabled and have this problem, edit your forumdisplay.php file and search for:

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], 0, 1, 1, 1);

and change to

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], $foruminfo['allowhtml'], 1, 1, 1);



Awesome, that worked. I guess now i have to make sure people are more uniform in the way that they post articles since it looks like a sloppy mess right now :(

P.S. You're like a support ninja, I just posted this! Thanks so much

[The Geek]

Glad that worked.

What about enforcing them using the synopsis box?
If that is used, then the first x amount of characters from the post is not used. Thereby producing a much more uniform look?

[Quelyn]

Glad that worked.

What about enforcing them using the synopsis box?
If that is used, then the first x amount of characters from the post is not used. Thereby producing a much more uniform look?

I just upgraded to 3.51 today so we just got this pretty Synopsis box. I'm probably going to go through and put in synposis files. When I click on the "Image" button it says something like.. No input file specified.

That's what happens when I go in and edit trying to put an image in as the avatar.

Is there a way you could have a person select from all the attachments which one they want as the avatar?

[The Geek]

you mean a gallery? If so - its built in. You only need to upload images to gas/images and/or gas/images/forumid

Check the new readme - it goes into detail on all that.

Remember - if the synopsis box is empty - it usees the first x amount of characters from the post. There is nothing FORCEING users to fill in the synopsis box - but thats pretty easy logic to add if needed.

[Quelyn]

you mean a gallery? If so - its built in. You only need to upload images to gas/images and/or gas/images/forumid

Check the new readme - it goes into detail on all that.

Remember - if the synopsis box is empty - it usees the first x amount of characters from the post. There is nothing FORCEING users to fill in the synopsis box - but thats pretty easy logic to add if needed.

Nah, not a gallery. More like, say I'm submitting an article, and I put 5 attachments on that article. Perhaps a checkbox nex t to which one of those 5 I want as the avatar for the article?

[The Geek]

mmm. Why not just let them upload the one they want as an article header image? Any other way would require more queries :(

[Quelyn]

mmm. Why not just let them upload the one they want as an article header image? Any other way would require more queries :(

That option isn't working... it just says Input File not available or whatever. Well at least that's what it says when I go into an existing review and try to edit the picture.

It also happens with a new article whenever I click that Image button

[fabz]

Hi !

do someone has an idea : when writting html articles, it's very very strict.
For example, if the entire article is html, done with any html editor, it inserts break lines in code, and tabs.
As break line in html is not showed, but in vbulletin, yes, so that you need to correct all code before publishing.
Any idea to get it easier ?

[The Geek]

Hi !

do someone has an idea : when writting html articles, it's very very strict.
For example, if the entire article is html, done with any html editor, it inserts break lines in code, and tabs.
As break line in html is not showed, but in vbulletin, yes, so that you need to correct all code before publishing.
Any idea to get it easier ?
I think it is because vb3 counts \n cahracters. It swaps them for <br />.

Quelyn - Sounds odd. Do you have safemode on? If you PM me login details ill look into it for you

[BigIke]

nice job geek.. one question. Do you have any ideas as to why the synopsis isn't shown on the article forum page? http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=18

[fabz]

Thank you Geek, so I think it should be a good idea to include in your script a small list box when editing a new article, and asking whereas it's pure HTML content or "none specified"
In that case, may it be possible in forumdisplay to avoid vbulletin analysing html content ?

For security reasons this could only be possible for certain usergroups.
I don't know if you see what I mean or if it should be better for the script.

[The Geek]

nice job geek.. one question. Do you have any ideas as to why the synopsis isn't shown on the article forum page? http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=18
Thank ;) check your settings for the legacy forumdisplay option.

[The Geek]

Thank you Geek, so I think it should be a good idea to include in your script a small list box when editing a new article, and asking whereas it's pure HTML content or "none specified"
In that case, may it be possible in forumdisplay to avoid vbulletin analysing html content ?

For security reasons this could only be possible for certain usergroups.
I don't know if you see what I mean or if it should be better for the script.
id have to look into it fabz... like I said - it was really just a guess anyway. There may be a better way to do it.

[fabz]

Thank you very much.
Really nice job.

[BigIke]

ahh I see. I did try changing the legacy forumdisplay option, but since there was no attachment, it looked kind of weird, because I had not set the path to the default.jpg image right. Thanks again

[fuse3k]

I have a small MOD request, if someone is kind enough to help me:

Firstly, I love this Article system, however I'm not using it for it's [original] intended purpose. I'm using this as a product review system. I've altered the phrases so everything is fine there...what I'm hoping to do is modify the system in a way so, instead of having one box to write the article, there are 4 boxes total, then combine the input of all three boxes and post it. More specifically I'm looking for a text field for product Pro's, product Con's, then the main section for posting their final conclusion, etc. Doing so the end-user will have a standard to follow so that all the reviews are of the same organized layout. The Pro text area and the Con's text area can be added just below the synopsis text area. If there's a coder willing to help me with this please reply on this forum or e-mail me at fuse3k-at-gmail.com. I would be forever in debt to you.

[trulylowcarb]

Having no luck uploading custom avatars or linking to them. No other hacks installed since this one, except for I just now tried your auto-avatar resizer hack, hoping that might fix things. Had already moved avatars into the file system instead of the db successfully, but that didn't solve the problem for me as it did someone else in this thread. (Uploading to articles forums works perfectly.)
Help, please.

EDIT: I just uninstalled a profile hack to block animated avatars that had been installed before this one, and all is fine again, now.... sorry to confuse the issue. There must be a conflict there in the two hacks somewhere.

[She Unlimited]

I was wondering how I can supply a user manual to my editors how to submit articles etc?

[She Unlimited]

I have the Geek article system, can I run both cings, and the Journal at once?

[The Geek]

carb - PM me those details and Ill look into it for you.

She - You should be able to run Cinq's and the journal at the same time without a problem. As far as a user manual - Make an article about article submissions ;)

[Lizard King]

I have the Geek article system, can I run both cings, and the Journal at once?
I don't know about Journal but i am currently running cinq's articles and Geek article together with no problem.

[Lionel]

I've got all 3 of them side by side not interfering with each other on 3.07

[She Unlimited]

That is awesome, that is want I wanted to do. I needed the Geek article system for the magazine end, and the cinqs system for expert authors.

I was having some problems installing, I am a bit of newbie in coding.

[She Unlimited]

What a great response, awesome. I wanted to make sure.

Thank you.

Where do I post for paid help on installing these 2 systems?

[trulylowcarb]

I am running both cinqs vbarticles and this one side by side with no problems, either.
I use cinqs system for all of my free content, and this one for my premium content. I would love it now if I could just figure out how to install this hack a second time, with different phrasing... I use the current installation in my recipe forums and have changed all the phrases appropriately for that. But I am second-guessing myself now because I also have review forums, and I would like to use the system in those forums, but with different phrases. Willing to pay for help with the necessary modifications, if this is possible, but it is over my head...

Geek, by the way, I edited my above post about the avatar problem, it appears to have been caused by a conflict with a prior hack I had installed to block animated avatars. :) Thanks for your offer to help, though! Note that I did PM you login info previously, however, due to the Geek gallery popup hack errors I am still experiencing ... hoping you got that? It was 8-9 days ago, now, I think...

[The Geek]

Hey Carb -

First off - I am planning on the next version being able to do what you are after (particular phrasegroups per forumid). In the meantime - Maybe some basic template conditionals would sort it for you.

Glad the avatar problem is sorted. And I just checked my PM box here and I have no record of any PMs from you. Check your sent items!!! On that note - I am almost done with the next version of the gallery popup - it was just put aside as I finished my banner system (I need that to go up asap to start generating revenue from my site).

[jaffa]

simple question for a complete nu-B

how do i mark my news forum to show the articles?
i know im going to end up kicking myself but im very tired and not used to Vb at all

Thanks

[trulylowcarb]

I just checked my PM box here and I have no record of any PMs from you.
I think I sent it to you via the vbadvanced forums, since it was related to the Gallery hack mod that I downloaded from there. Will go copy it and send it to you here instead. If you expect a new gallery popup to come out soon, however, then I am happy to wait. In that case, just let me know when you get my PM and I will delete the admin account for you if it's not needed.
Also happy to hear about the particular phrasegroups by forum in the works, that solves EVERYTHING for me and will make this hack sooooooo user-friendly. Happy to wait on that, too, always plenty of other tasks on my To-Do list.

I still want to donate to you in return for all your great hacks.

[Telkman]

simple question for a complete nu-B

how do i mark my news forum to show the articles?
i know im going to end up kicking myself but im very tired and not used to Vb at all

Thanks

On the GAS_admin.php page, you can choose which forums will act as article displaying forums... if I remember correctly, it's the first option.

[jaffa]

lol...
ok thanks, but does the admin page supposed to have no text next to the settings??
the only pice of writting got is 2 3rd's down the page
"looks like your path is something like e:\....\www\forum/gas/images"

[Telkman]

Looks like your phrases didn't get updated... in the readme/installation it'll mention what to do (basically just opening one of that gas phrases and saving, but it'll explain in more detail).

[hpwilhelm]

Geek: Is there any posibility to integrate an editor like FCKeditor? Swaping it for the vbulletin one? Or as an option in a seperate articleedit file?

I need a good way to get my articles properly html-formated with paragraphs and headings. The vbulletin wysiwig only leaves a div with br tags in it. Not pretty code...

Propper Html formating would be usefull for SEO, and readers using speachbrowsers.

A way to only allow HTML for the article and not the comments would also be very handy.

Thanks for a great addition!

[venomx]

Geek: Is there any posibility to integrate an editor like FCKeditor? Swaping it for the vbulletin one? Or as an option in a seperate articleedit file?



This has been asked a few times....

[trulylowcarb]

hmmm.

looks like I need to add a check to see if HTML is enabled. In the meantime - for those of you who have html enabled and have this problem, edit your forumdisplay.php file and search for:

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], 0, 1, 1, 1);

and change to

$thread['synopsis']=parse_bbcode2($thread['synopsis'], $foruminfo['allowhtml'], 1, 1, 1);


Just a note to let you know that when I tried this, my forum display went whacko... so I am going back to the dummy method: removing the html in the existing articles forum in favor of straight vb code...

THANKS again for sorting out all my other issues, Geek.

[The Geek]

if there are issues with html causing layout problems with the auto synopsis features - all you have to do is add the tags to the pre_for_broken_tags function in functions_geekarticles.php

I didnt add the extra HTML tags as I didnt think many used html in their threads.
Which brings us on to the FCKeditor question. I guess I can look into it - though I wouldnt hold out for it. The purpose of the system is to use as much vB3 as possible. Changing editors could prove to be a lot of work for this mod and possibly out of the scope of the project. If using the FCKeditor is a serious need for you - you may be better off checking out cinqs article hack as that is the editor he uses (if I remember right).
The best solution would most liekly be a hack that allowed you to use the FCKeditor instead of the VB editor regardless of if you were using this hack or not.

Glad to have helped Carb.

[She Unlimited]

Could you PM me trulylowcarb to visit your homesite? I am hoping someone would jump in and help me install the cinqs and journal system. I was not able to do it successfully...

:o

[ninjaneo]

Hey,


function remove_all_breaks(&$text){
global $GAS_setting;
$text=str_replace($GAS_setting['page_break'],"",prep_for_breaks(&$text));
return $text;

}


PHP5 complained about this, simple fix was removing the & from prep_for_breaks(&$text), caused some bizare errors. Elite installer btw.

[hpwilhelm]

I didnt add the extra HTML tags as I didnt think many used html in their threads.
Which brings us on to the FCKeditor question. I guess I can look into it - though I wouldnt hold out for it. The purpose of the system is to use as much vB3 as possible. Changing editors could prove to be a lot of work for this mod and possibly out of the scope of the project. If using the FCKeditor is a serious need for you - you may be better off checking out cinqs article hack as that is the editor he uses (if I remember right).
The best solution would most liekly be a hack that allowed you to use the FCKeditor instead of the VB editor regardless of if you were using this hack or not.

vBarticles is an option, but i would primarly want to use vb3 to handle my articles. And the vbulletin wysiwyg is nice for posts, but not articles - 'static' website content.

FCKeditor would be an addition for websiteowners to optimize content. I believe user submitted articles should be HTML free.

Whats really needed is to get the first post - the article - to parse HTML, and deny HTML for the comments. :)

Another thought: There is a thread category/prefix hack (here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=61494) ), it would be nice to integrate that with this one, so when a thread is categorized as 'Article' or 'review' then it will be displayed as an article. Then articles could be spread througout the forums.

[The Geek]

Thats not really how the system works. It would be a nightmare to check each thread title for diaplay as an article.
The other problem is that it would be a serious incontinuity issue. I think users would be odded out by some threads coming up one way and others another. My personal opinion is to keep articles with articles, reviews with reviews and threads with threads.

THe HTML for first post only is easy. The FCKeditor - who knows yet. Ill look into it - I just have plenty more on my plate right now.

Thanks for the feedback

[Rich]

Hello,
I installed this, and also voted to have this as HOTM. I have one problem that I hope can be corrected. I get an error. This is the error:

A runtime error has occured.
Do you wish to debug?

Line:356
Error 'null' is null or is not an object

I get this error after I edit an Article or create a new one. It doesn't happen when I am reading the articles though. It is just when the page needs to refresh after something has been added. Any ideas? (Its not a major issue with me as I am the only one allowed to add articles.I am just curious if anyone else has this problem and knows the fix.At best, its annoying.)

[corbint]

Hi TheGeek-

I have a quick question.. Im getting the following error upon install :

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

My issue is that my vbulletin install is in the /forums sub-directory, its not sitting in my root directory, so I think thats where it is getting confused. Is there a setting in the install script that I can edit to add the /forums directory so the auto-install works as expected?

Thanks, and this script looks GREAT! Excellent work!

[fabz]

Hi The Geek,

may I suggest you some improvement ?

When creating multipages articles should be great if each page includes a "table of content" on top, with links automatically created to each section (page).
Each page could manually include a [ page_title ] to give a content name.
(why not also creating an option <show table of content> : yes or no)

I think it's better vor viewers, and easier to navigate through an article.

Just an idea...

[The Geek]

iguanaairs - finally found it! The article bit was missing the $scrolltothis
In GAS_article_pb find:

<if condition="$post['postid'] == $thread['firstpostid']">
<!-- Articles -->
<tr>
<td class="alt2" align="left" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px">

REplace with:
<if condition="$post['postid'] == $thread['firstpostid']">
<!-- Articles -->
<tr>
<td class="alt2" align="left" style="padding:10px 10px 10px 10px" $scrolltothis>



corbint - Shouldnt matter what your forums folder is called. Check the readme for instructions on folder creation errors. Bascially you just need to manually create the folder structure.

fabz - this has been debated in this thread a few times. It is a lot more work to extrapolate those types of values out in a logical pattern. However it is something ill mull about for a good way to do for maybe the next major version.

[Howdy]

Great hack, installed and voted... the only problem I'm having is the header image size doesn't seem to be changing. I dropped it all the way down to 1x1 and it doesn't do anything?? any thoughts on what could be going wrong?

[The Geek]

whts your vboptions GD version set at? Also, whats the GAS setting max size and max width?

[Howdy]

My GD version is showing as "bundled (2.0.28 compatible)". In Vboptions it is set to GD Version 2+.

The GAS settings for image width and height are set to 1 and 1.

[CTroyMathis]

Yeah. This is a no-brainer 'heck yes I'll install.' Geek, you rule. And your humor is right up my alley.

Thanks!
(I have it in a practice-session member-group forum for the goofs to learn how to use it before launching in full retard force on my dfw urban forum.)

Again, you rule. If I gets any problemos - I'll throw'em down here.

[corbint]

corbint - Shouldnt matter what your forums folder is called. Check the readme for instructions on folder creation errors. Bascially you just need to manually create the folder structure.

hrm, i swear i followed the readme to the best of my abilities! check out the below output, tell me where i went wrong!

servername# pwd
/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/domainname.org/httpdocs/forums
unagi# ls -alFR gas/
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 4 root wheel 512 Apr 2 21:04 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 1536 Apr 2 20:55 ../
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Apr 2 21:20 changes/
drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 512 Mar 18 21:52 images/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 0 Mar 18 21:52 index.htm*

gas/changes:
total 122
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Apr 2 21:20 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root wheel 512 Apr 2 21:04 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache wheel 26408 Apr 2 21:20 editpost.php*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache wheel 24087 Apr 2 21:20 forumdisplay.php*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache wheel 9780 Apr 2 21:20 newthread.php*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache wheel 5588 Apr 2 21:20 printthread.php*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache wheel 51998 Apr 2 21:20 showthread.php*

gas/images:
total 16
drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 512 Mar 18 21:52 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root wheel 512 Apr 2 21:04 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6144 Mar 18 21:52 Thumbs.db*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 2236 Mar 18 21:52 default.jpg*
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Mar 18 21:52 forums/
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 0 Mar 18 21:52 index.htm*

gas/images/forums:
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Mar 18 21:52 ./
drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 512 Mar 18 21:52 ../
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 0 Mar 18 21:52 index.htm*
servername#

isnt that the proper directory structure?

thx for the help in advance!

[The Geek]

Howdy - If you PM me details - ill look into it for you.

Corbint - looks ok to me. I but the error says it cant find the gas folder? Have you tried skipping the folder structure and file copying stages since you have done that part manually?

[corbint]

yep, i get a bunch of "file not found" errors :ermm:

[The Geek]

yep, i get a bunch of "file not found" errors :ermm:
at what stage?

[dynaimc]

I am unable to upload a article image properly with Internet Explorer. It will upload the file, chmod it correct (0777) (image gets uploaded to server with correct path/permissions) but it won't auto insert it in the new article window, it instead posts the new uploaded article image thumbnail at the very top of the upload pop up window instead of inserting it into the new article default image window and closing the upload pop up. It also won't allow selecting of default images, they don't do anything when clicked. I am however able to do everything with the article image uploading/selecting/clicking without a problem in Firefox. The images upload/insert correctly in Firefox from the pop up upload box so I don't know what the issue is. All IE security is trusted for the domain and pop up blocking and all that is off.

I am running IE 6/Firefox 1.0.2 on XP SP2 on vb 3.0.6 w/3.0.7 security patch and GAS 3.5.1 newly installed. Everything else seems to work correctly on both browsers except the auto switch/upload default image in IE.

Thanks for any help!

[The Geek]

Sounds like a javascript problem. Do you get any javascript errors?

[dynaimc]

Sounds like a javascript problem. Do you get any javascript errors?

Thanks for the quick reply.

I tried it on another computer here and it's IE worked fine, so I guess mine has some issue (that's why I use firefox as my primary now) -- I haven't used IE in a while, I just use it to make sure things display correctly on both browsers.

[dynaimc]

Actually, I do get a script error. Here is what the error says:


Line: 9
Char: 1
Error: 'opener.document' is null or not an object
Code:0
URL: GAS_image_upload.php?f=19


Don't know why it's doing that on my IE. My firefox has no issues.

[The Geek]

sounds like your ie js is screwed. Ive had similar issues with IE before. it makes sense though. THe opener is the window that opened the popup. if it thinks its null, then there aint no way it can send the image back.
Not sure how you can 'repair' your ie js - but that is the problem!

BTW - please take a second to click install if you think its a keeper.

Thanks!

[dynaimc]

sounds like your ie js is screwed. Ive had similar issues with IE before. it makes sense though. THe opener is the window that opened the popup. if it thinks its null, then there aint no way it can send the image back.
Not sure how you can 'repair' your ie js - but that is the problem!

BTW - please take a second to click install if you think its a keeper.

Thanks!

Looks like some files got messed up. I had to do the following fix to get IE to run the js code (Windows XP SP2):


I fixed this issue by clicking on "Start Menu" - "Run", and entering the following
entries on command prompt:

regsvr32 msscript.ocx [enter]
regsvr32 dispex.dll [enter]
regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]


If anyone else has the IE not uploading article images problem on their machine, the above fix should solve it.

[Razz]

The Geek, are the article views meant to show in the forumdisplay?

I notice you can sort the articles by reads but it doesn't actually show the reads on my 3 installs.

[fabz]

hi
Do you know why inserting a form button in an article do not work ?
(it shows a text box instead)
Looks like vb restrictions ?

[She Unlimited]

Razz:

When articles are submitted in our geek article system they are shown up as new posts.

[The Geek]

you can add either of these in your GAS_threadbit to get reads/comments:
$thread[replycount]
$thread[views]

I took them out as I couldnt find a nice place for them :)

Fabz - I really dont understand what you mean. you are saying youre putting an html form in the article itself?

HTH's

[She Unlimited]

I am un-able to find the GAS_threadbit would these values work in cinqs as well?

Thank you

[fabz]

Sorry, it works.
I must stop beer ;)

[The Geek]

dont know about cinq's - best ask him.
The GAS_threadbit is a template

[Zacharicus]

I'd love to install this, but.. *shrug*, I'm still on 3.0.1. Can't imagine how I'm gonna upgrade because of many modifications.

Any experiences with 3.0.1 here with this article system which by the way sounds terrific?

[The Geek]

I'd love to install this, but.. *shrug*, I'm still on 3.0.1. Can't imagine how I'm gonna upgrade because of many modifications.

Any experiences with 3.0.1 here with this article system which by the way sounds terrific?
I think another user installed it - the only problem that I can think of was that the attachment table changed in later versions. Therefore one of the steps had to be manually manuvered.

You can always give it a go - but skip straight to the file modifications bit and do each step at a time (file structure, copy files, modify files). Chances are you will need to do several of the steps manually if your board is that hacked up... but if it turns into a mess - just dont copy the changed files from gas/changes and your forum wont be touched.

Hope this helps

[T3MEDIA]

Whatever you can do in a thread or post, you can do with the GAS3 system (uploading attachments, smiles, BBcode, various editors, yadayadayada)How do I merge threads? Why you ask?
The pope... I have a Article about him old post too. there are so many other new posts about it. I would like to just merge them. but I cant. Not into the article at least.

[The Geek]

How do I merge threads? Why you ask?
The pope... I have a Article about him old post too. there are so many other new posts about it. I would like to just merge them. but I cant. Not into the article at least.
t3media - if you have upgraded to 3.51 check the original template for the missing merge option. Otherwise there is a post in here (somewhere) about how to manually add them.

[n1ckn4me]

Great hack! (from what i've seen ;))

I have one tiney problem...

The install went smooth and had no errors... I modified the GAS_admin.php to my settings.. but It doesn't matter witch forumid I set, it doesn't show the 'new article' button to actually make a article in the forum I choose...

Is there a way to fix this ? (running: v3.51)

Thanks in advanced!

[EDIT]

...forgot to copy all files from /gas/changes/ :nervous: ...( :speechless: )

[konstance]

These install instructions are the funniest ones I've ever come across! Thanks for a great laugh on this drewery day!

[kevinrstruck]

I get this error during install:
-----------------------------------------------------------
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.
-------------------------------------------------

I created the gas directory in my forums directory and chmod 777.

My forums directory is named "forums" instead of "forum", but I assume that does not make a difference.

Any ideas?

[The Geek]

I get this error during install:
-----------------------------------------------------------
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.
-------------------------------------------------

I created the gas directory in my forums directory and chmod 777.

My forums directory is named "forums" instead of "forum", but I assume that does not make a difference.

Any ideas?
It doesnt. Check the readme for instructions regarding this issue (you have to manually create the folder structure - no big deal really).

hth's

[kevinrstruck]

Yes I tried that and still no joy. I am confused why it can not find the gas directory.

[Lionel]

when I try to access an article from forumhome or forumdisplay link I get a javascript error about fetch_object has no property. Here is the line:

<body onload="if (is_ie || is_moz) { fetch_object('currentPost').scrollIntoView(!is_moz ); }">This is happening only from those direct links.

[The Geek]

Lionel - here is the fix for it -> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=635215&postcount=633 (couple of pages ago)

kevinstruck - if you want to PM me ftp details and an admin account ill check it out for you.

[sv1cec]

Sorry, but I just didn't have the time to parse all those 45 pages of posts.

When trying to upload an image to be used in an article, I get the following error message in the small image upload window:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/domains/forum.m1911.org/includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 122

And of course the image does not upload.

Any ideas? All installation went fine, so I am kind of confused.

Rgds

[The Geek]

Sorry, but I just didn't have the time to parse all those 45 pages of posts.

When trying to upload an image to be used in an article, I get the following error message in the small image upload window:

Warning: move_uploaded_file(/home/domains/forum.m1911.org/gas/images/1/beaver.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/phpGuASRh' to '/home/domains/forum.m1911.org/gas/images/1/beaver.jpg' in /includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 104

And of course the image does not upload.

I also tried ftp-ing an image to the gas/images directory. I can select it from the small window, and it shows in the form where you enter the article, but does not seem to get used as the image in the top of the article itself.

Any ideas? All installation went fine, so I am kind of confused.

Rgds
did you chmod the gas folder (and ALL the content folders) to 0777?
Can you create a folder in gas/images/1/ (chmod 0777) and then try to re-upload?

In a nut shell - the folder '1' (which is an array of your userid) isnt getting created. Usually its a chmod error (never been anything else).

Click the install button when you get a moment please ;)

[fabz]

Sorry, but I just didn't have the time to parse all those 45 pages of posts.

...... :hurt:

[sv1cec]

...... :hurt:
With two 3-year old babies crying on your back, this is a luxury you can't affort. Sorry!

[sv1cec]

did you chmod the gas folder (and ALL the content folders) to 0777?
Can you create a folder in gas/images/1/ (chmod 0777) and then try to re-upload?

In a nut shell - the folder '1' (which is an array of your userid) isnt getting created. Usually its a chmod error (never been anything else).

Click the install button when you get a moment please ;)
OK, I changed all directories below gas to 777. The error message now is:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreatefromjpeg() in /home/domains/forum.m1911.org/includes/functions_geekarticles_images.php on line 122

One more thing, in the hack's settings in admincp, even though I enter the "URL to default image" as relative (for example: gas/images/default.jpg) when the settings are saved, it is shown as /gas/images/default.jpg (with the additional / in the beginning).

And I clicked install with a great pleasure. If I can solve this issue, this will take a lot of pain of my back. I have gone to some wierd solutions to be able to show articles in my forums.

Thanks for a lovely hack.

[The Geek]

Your GD setting in your vboptions is incorrect. That will sort it.

nJoy ;)

[sv1cec]

Oh, I know there is a problem with my GD, even though the system recognizes the version of GD I have installed, it never shows the image, which is normally shown at the image verification option. Do you think this might cause the problem? Any ideas how to solve it?

GD version (as recognized by vB): Likely GD Version : bundled (2.0.28 compatible)

But I get no image in image verification.

Rgds

[The Geek]

Oh, I know there is a problem with my GD, even though the system recognizes the version of GD I have installed, it never shows the image, which is normally shown at the image verification option. Do you think this might cause the problem? Any ideas how to solve it?

GD version (as recognized by vB): Likely GD Version : bundled (2.0.28 compatible)

Bit I get no image in image verification.

Rgds
Cant really help you there ;)

Have you tried changing it to version 1.6 or whatever the other one is?
Saying that though - it really makes images look naff.

[sv1cec]

So this issue is due to the GD? Darn, so I have to disable the uploads?

No biggie, since I'll probably be the only one posting articles in there, I can ftp the images in the images directory, right?

OK, thanks, lovely hack.

[sv1cec]

One more issue, when entering an article, if for some reason you got an error, like you exceeded the max. characters limit, when the error message is shown and you are asked to correct it, the Byline, the Synopsis and the picture you have selected, are lost and you have to re-enter them.

Just a small problem, but I am sure it can be corrected.

Rgds

[konstance]

This is regarding the Comments not showing up under the article....

check the number of comments to preview (and post the response in the GAS thread as this thread is for the Geek Auto Linker )

I have that number set to 6. What's weird, they'll show up on the second page when I have "Show preview of comments only on the last page" set to YES, but they won't if I have that option set to NO.

[fabz]

Hi !
which template do I have to modify to show the "tools table" in the article header instead of a sidebar that takes too many place for me ?

looks like GAS_article_pb ?

Thx The Geek

[fabz]

... lot of headache... did someone already tryed to present the sidebar a different way ? and show us some pics ?

[xug]

The Geek

Could you make it work for vBPortal, so that the news forum (that uses the Geek Article Hack) which is projected by vBPortal on the homepage projects the pre-installed images instead of the attached images.

I can offer you a test site with all the needed software to work with.


I will be re-writing the featured/random/latest modules for vbadvancedCMPS and can most likely do one for vbportal as all functions will be in a seperate file but I have to catch up on everything else right now. Ill let you know when as I will need what you are offering... sadly you will have to wait until then though :(

Thanks!


The Geek, Any News on This Request?

[Zachariah]

Great install. I love the auto install / file edits w/ backup. I had to change my shorts after the install. Thanks for the experance. :D

Working Environment: vb3.0.7 GAS 3.51 (new install)

I have some test info for you.

I did a "copy & paste" of your hack info here for a "test post" and added the . All is nice except for formating gets crazy.

Here is the post and the output.

Post:
HowdA All.

The GAS3 system is a comprehensive article system that completely integrates into vB3.

News:

Updated 18/3/05 to version 3.51!!! Posts for 3.51 start here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=627336#post627336)
We are up for HOTM - vote if you think it desrves it (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=78141)!


History

Originally, I looked into other article systems to integrate with my forums but just got irritated over and over again as I found the other offering out there very limiting for my needs. I wanted to use my members usergroup permissions, the search facility (so when someone did a search for 'bob' both articles AND threads appeared on one page), I also wanted wysiwyg editing and vBs attachment system. Well, I accomplished 99% of my needs with the Geek Article System 2.0
Why 3.0? While the 2.0 was fine for my needs, many users began asking for a far more complex system that took the beauty of 2.0 and added popular features in the other article systems.

Here are the features in a nutshell:

[b]Integrates 100% into vB. No importing forums or creating special groups. Simply mark forum as an 'Article' forum and instantly all threads become articles. Dont like it anymore? Simply remove the ID and the therads and forums go back to normal.
Whatever you can do in a thread or post, you can do with the GAS3 system (uploading attachments, smiles, BBcode, various editors, yadayadayada)
Adding on the above point: all the differing vB editors (wysiwyg, etc..), usergroup permissions (heck - anything you can set for a forum you can set in this - AND MORE!) why> because it is totally integrated!
Create multiple pages in your post by simply putting anywhere in your post.
[b]The first thumbnail in an article substitutes the posters avatar (switchable via admincp)
Upload header images and have them auto resize
Choose header images from a global (or forum specific) gallery
Integrated article byline.
Synopsis - allows users to give a summary that appears on the new forumdisplay
New forumdisplay shows article header image and synopsis (if no synopsis then the first X amount of characters from the article is used)
Synopisis allows BBCode
Integrates with the Geek AutoLink system (optional)
Allows you to post as other users
Article sidebar that shows the article rating, your rating, the rating form, article tools, and article attachments (all toggable via admincp)
An auto installer/upgrader/uninstaller that makes all file edits for you!
A whole host of other tiddlybits that I wont bore you with


[BREAK]

Take a look at the images.

noart.jpg is a standard output.
art.jpg is how it looks when I enable the forum as an 'article forums'.

It looks like to me if there is a 2nd "list" or a combo of a few BB codes triped it up ? Or did I goof on something ?

[The Geek]

One more issue, when entering an article, if for some reason you got an error, like you exceeded the max. characters limit, when the error message is shown and you are asked to correct it, the Byline, the Synopsis and the picture you have selected, are lost and you have to re-enter them.

Just a small problem, but I am sure it can be corrected.

Rgds
I swear I had sorted this. Ill have to look into it. Can anyone else verify? It may be that you missed one of the file edits.

[The Geek]

This is regarding the Comments not showing up under the article....


I have that number set to 6. What's weird, they'll show up on the second page when I have "Show preview of comments only on the last page" set to YES, but they won't if I have that option set to NO.
If you PM me an account and a link for an example - ill check it out for you (account needs to have access to GAS settings in admincp).

Fabz - all sidebar stuff is in the GAS_article_pb template.

Xug - not much further on that request I am afraid. I just got the random article for vba cmps up and running on my site. Its not even ready for realease as I need to build some more functionality for other users. Sorry :(

Harry - glad you nJoyed the install experience. The problem there is that the pagebreak is smack dab in middle of a list. There is a function called 'prep_for_broken_tags' in fucntions_geekarticle.php that tries to help out in this situation.
I added the list code to pre_for_broken_tags and then I added a wrapper around the page text in hopes that sorts it for you. find the new functions_geekarticles.php file attached and let me know if that helps you out (note that I havent tested it).

nJoy all

[sv1cec]

Didn't do any file edits myself, and the installation didn't tell me to do so. :(

[The Geek]

Didn't do any file edits myself, and the installation didn't tell me to do so. :(
ill check into it :)

[Zachariah]

Harry - glad you nJoyed the install experience. The problem there is that the pagebreak is smack dab in middle of a list. There is a function called 'prep_for_broken_tags' in fucntions_geekarticle.php that tries to help out in this situation.
I added the list code to pre_for_broken_tags and then I added a wrapper around the page text in hopes that sorts it for you. find the new functions_geekarticles.php file attached and let me know if that helps you out (note that I havent tested it).

nJoy all


Yes sir. That fixed the problem. :D

[axi]

ok i installed it, had a few problems like djroketboy did, and did wat you told him to, i made the directory admincp and includes and copied the index.php and includes functions showtread into includes in the /changes folder, installed..

now what?

i dont have gas showing up in admin cp?

something wrong?

[lasto]

did u refresh admincp after installing it m8 ?

[axi]

ok got the settings and all done, but how do i submit an article? how do you view it, how can i get it to show on my front page of the forums???

[lasto]

well in answer to your question u need to go to the forum that u specified in admincp as being available for articles and make an article in that section.
As for getting em to show on the front page of your forums thats a totally different hack.

[fuse3k]

I have a small MOD request, if someone is kind enough to help me:

Firstly, I love this Article system, however I'm not using it for it's [original] intended purpose. I'm using this as a product review system. I've altered the phrases so everything is fine there...what I'm hoping to do is modify the system in a way so, instead of having one box to write the article, there are 4 boxes total, then combine the input of all three boxes and post it. More specifically I'm looking for a text field for product Pro's, product Con's, then the main section for posting their final conclusion, etc. Doing so the end-user will have a standard to follow so that all the reviews are of the same organized layout. The Pro text area and the Con's text area can be added just below the synopsis text area. If there's a coder willing to help me with this please reply on this forum or e-mail me at fuse3k-at-gmail.com. I would be forever in debt to you.


Anyone? Please? I'm on a limited budget for this site but I'd be willing to pay a coder to do this for me if it's reasonable.

[axi]

The geek,

i installed your hack yesterday and was unable to use it, couldnt work it out so i un installed it and now that thread i had subscribed for articles has an error coming up when u click it saying:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize, description
FROM attachment
WHERE postid IN (-1,706,707,713,715,716,732,748,773,780,1117)
ORDER BY dateline

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

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Friday 08th of April 2005 07:13:27 PM
Script: http://www.beastclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=117
Referer: http://www.beastclub.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2

can you please help me? the hack didnt un install it propoerly and is causing error..???what do i do?

[The Geek]

The geek,

i installed your hack yesterday and was unable to use it, couldnt work it out so i un installed it and now that thread i had subscribed for articles has an error coming up when u click it saying:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize, description
FROM attachment
WHERE postid IN (-1,706,707,713,715,716,732,748,773,780,1117)
ORDER BY dateline

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

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Friday 08th of April 2005 07:13:27 PM
Script: http://www.beastclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=117
Referer: http://www.beastclub.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2

can you please help me? the hack didnt un install it propoerly and is causing error..???what do i do?
Did you follow the readme?
Did you copy files from gas/changes back to their nromal directory?
Did you get any errors during the uninstall?
What was wrong in the first place?

Enquiring minds want to know ;)

[axi]

no errors during un install. yues i read readme.
the sutff in gas/changes ? was i meant to re copy them after un install, you said to remove that directory when un installiong?

man i am copping hardcore sql errors into my email like 70 a day coz of this hack. whats going on? its damaged my boards.

what was wrong in the first place? well i was copping the same errors as djrocketboy and followed his prompts and installed it, but i wanted to un install it because njothing worked well.. now i un installed it and its gone crazy. help me can ya

[The Geek]

There is no problem.

When you uninstall, it copies the uninstalled changes to gas/changes. You have to manually move them back (the readme talks about how the changes take place). If you downloaded the backups - just replace your current files with those as long as you havent installed any other hacks since then.

It has gone crazy because you are running hacked files, but uninstalled all other aspect. In essence, its only partially uninstalled. Sorry if that was unclear in the readme (its pretty detailed).

[axi]

i am confused. im inbetween uninstalling and installing, if i re install this can it fix it everything?

[axi]

it ssays:

The script will also create backups of the files it tries to change in gas/changes/backup (the installer will not touch those. They are there in case you need them)

it never created backup folder

[The Geek]

yes.

Installing puts in the templates, phrases, and table needed for the system.
it also makes the file changes for you but does not copy them over to their original location for you (as a safety feature).
When you uninstall, it removes the phrases, templates and the gas table. It then tries to copy over the existing files to gas/changes and then it uninstalls the file changes.
When that is done, you have to move the files back over yourself (as a safety feature).
You did all the uninstall steps except for copying the uninstalled files back. Therefore you are running on half a system.

So either reinstall the system (dont bother with the file changes) OR copy back the uninstalled file chages.

HTH's

[axi]

il re install it
i love the look of the hack but it didnt work
do you have msn you can help me step by step?

because i know i will run into the same errors yesterday

[The Geek]

naaa. Cant stand it. If you run into problems, PM me login details (with admin access and ftp access) and ill look into it for you.

To be honest - its a pretty easy system. Most errors are from not following or understanding the readme.

[axi]

ok i just pm'd you some detail on the install bro. hope you can help me.

[xug]

The Geek

Any news on the vBPortal Request??

[Black_Widow]

I have installer GAS 3.51 and I'm having a template error in the artlcle forums (see the screens.)
What'up?
Thanks

[The Geek]

I have installer GAS 3.51 and I'm having a template error in the artlcle forums (see the screens.)
What'up?
Thanks
Is this an upgrade and did you do anything with your templates?

Check the original GAS_forumdisplay template

xug - I have a prototype for vbacmps random articles but its not ready for release yet. I am sure that can be modified for vbportal

[jcr]

Just a quickie.. this looks like a treat, but would it be possible to create some kind of category function to this? Say I have a WHOLE lot of articles in different categories, but i dont want to mix them up.

[The Geek]

Just a quickie.. this looks like a treat, but would it be possible to create some kind of category function to this? Say I have a WHOLE lot of articles in different categories, but i dont want to mix them up.
Just use your forums.

Have a forums called articles, a sub forum called 'articles on cheese' another called 'franks homemade articles', etc...

Then mark them all as article forums

HTH's

[Ghostspy]

i thought this was a very cool mod. i installed it.

[Lionel]

Where can I increase the size of the popup that displays all generic icons at the root of the gas/images folder?

[The Geek]

Where can I increase the size of the popup that displays all generic icons at the root of the gas/images folder?
edit the GAS_image_upload template and change the follwing lines static numbers to whatever you need:

window.resizeTo(($windowwidth + 150),($windowheight+292));

windowwidth and windowheight is supposed to be the total width and height of gallery. The static figures are offsets to account for spacing, the close field and upload field.

Take a second to toggle the install button when you get one ;)

[Lionel]

Thanks. I've got more than 400 thumb images in there and scrolling to all of them seem to be acomplished only when I maximize. If so is the case, how can I increase the columns to display more than 4 images?

[The Geek]

Wow. Thats a lot!

You can do that by editing the GAS_image_upload.php file in your forum directory.
The 4 columns is hard coded in but can easily be changed with a few tweaks.

Hope this helps

[Lionel]

Thanks. These mods post a lot. But they were all using the same 2 generic icons. So I gave them a huge choice, covering virtually everything. I am not able to locate window.resizeTo(($windowwidth + 150),($windowheight+292)); in image upload.

[Lionel]

Never mind that last post. I was looking in the php

[Lionel]

Sorry to bother you again. How do I maximize? 100% for the width is not doing it. I can scroll only when it's maximized

[jcr]

Just use your forums.

Have a forums called articles, a sub forum called 'articles on cheese' another called 'franks homemade articles', etc...

Then mark them all as article forums

HTH's

Ahh.. thanks.. why didn't I think of that.. And then I can just create a Thingy in the navbar to make it look better. :D

[lucabosurgi]

I love your hack and I use it for most of my forums.
www.fmag.net thank you for that

The only problem is that I have to include VERY long list of forumID
in 'Comma separated list of forum id's '

Can this be reversed and only include the excluded forums?

Something similar to this
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?p=40842#post40842

Thank you!!

[Polo]

Excellent hack NailGeek :) I made an installation and imported the articles from v3articles (around 100 or more) and well everything seems to work great but the only problem i'm experiencing is that when I go to a specifc article, nothing shows, just the reply button..oh and the quick reply box... i updated counters, checked templates (all the templates seem to be there) and searched this thread to see if anyone had a similar problem but I couldnt find the answer... can somenoe point me into the right direction?
thanks in advance..

[The Geek]

Hey polo. So you used the importer for v3articles?

Those articles ahould now be threads and posts in whatever forum you matched them to. Is this not the case?

[subnet_rx]

this is a great hack and really easy to install. One question though, how can I get a Post Thread image and Post Reply image to show up? Right now, it's just words, and because of the template, they don't show up very well.

[The Geek]

this is a great hack and really easy to install. One question though, how can I get a Post Thread image and Post Reply image to show up? Right now, it's just words, and because of the template, they don't show up very well.
there are buttons in the images/buttons folder for that ;)

You may have to put them in each style folder you have.

[subnet_rx]

thanks, that did the trick. Any ideas on how I can edit the buttons to fit my style? I'm using a dark red button set from the vbulletin.com forums. Is there an original somewhere I could edit?

[Polo]

Hey polo. So you used the importer for v3articles?

Those articles ahould now be threads and posts in whatever forum you matched them to. Is this not the case?
The importer worked perfectly... i mean the articles became threads and everytyhing, i was hable to view them and see them as just regular threads... the problem came when I tried implementing the GAS articles... i went into the GAS admincp options and set the forum number and then that problem... as I said, the articles title appear and the images too (the one of the newspaper) but is kind of messed up... and when you click in the article titles only the reply button and quick reply appear.... hope you can help me...

by the way, i'm I the first v3article importer? just wondering...

[The Geek]

thanks, that did the trick. Any ideas on how I can edit the buttons to fit my style? I'm using a dark red button set from the vbulletin.com forums. Is there an original somewhere I could edit?
Just edit the ones in the SDK (think you can get them from the members download area at vbulletin.com)

[lucabosurgi]

I need a bit of help with this pleeeeease...

Can 'Comma separated list of forum id's ' be reversed and only include the excluded forums?

[xug]

xug - I have a prototype for vbacmps random articles but its not ready for release yet. I am sure that can be modified for vbportal

Geek, a random or featured article thing would be cool, but I would love to see something else made/fixed.

When I post in my news forum vBPortal picks it up and projects it on the homepage, it picks up a default image or it picks up the image that's attached.

When I use a forum that's transformed into a Geek Article Forum and put this forum in vbportal settings to be projected on the homepage it does works fine, but not the attached image!!

So the news.php file of vBPortal needs an adjustment/addition of the part of your scripts that would pick up that image that is attached to an Geek Article.

[JustAskJulie]

Question on the V3Articles Importer. Does it affect the original articles, or is that stuff still there until I delete it?

Basically, I guess what I want to know is, if I do the import and I decide I liked it better or want to go with another hack, I'm I stuck having my articles in a forum? Or can I go back to the way they were?

[BigIke]

Question on the V3Articles Importer. Does it affect the original articles, or is that stuff still there until I delete it?

Basically, I guess what I want to know is, if I do the import and I decide I liked it better or want to go with another hack, I'm I stuck having my articles in a forum? Or can I go back to the way they were?
I believe you can revert back to the way they were by uninstalling the GAS. Not sure on this though.

[Lionel]

Is there an importer for cinq's article hack? I'd love to put all articles under the same roof.

[The Geek]

lucabosurgi - this is a good suggestion brought up yesterday however no immediate plans to put it in yet :(

xug - what your asking is basically the same thing: An add on for GAS that really works pretty much the same. Right now my hands are just too full to spend much time developing it. I will - its just a matter of time.

Julie - It doesnt touch the original v3articles so you can always go back. There is also a rollback feature to remove the articles you imported into GAS

Lionel - Given time and enough requests I would do one - but there has only been a couple requests and I dont have the spare time anyway ;)

[Jason McConnell]

Hey Geek, first off I gotta say you got some killer hacks ;) I had Geek Articles 3.5 and Geek Gallery Popup working together just fine, but with Articles 3.51 installation, due to other hacks being installed, I had to do the manaul file edits :rolleyes:

I hit a snag with the file edit for Newthread.php. What happens is when I tried to integrate the Articles hack and Gallery pop up hack, the newthread.php in my Articles forum displays as normal... no byline, image uploader, nothing. But the Open link under the smilie box shows just fine. If I remove the Geek_Gallery_Popup from the Phrasegroups = Array, it goes back to working as the Articles hack should.

Anyway, here's the edit with both hacks:

//=== GAS Step 500 ===
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting','Geek_Gallery_Popup','geek_articles',);


Did I do something wrong? Sorry if I'm not making too much sense, this has been a long day, and you seem to have enough to worry about. I did try searching the thread for a similar problem/solution, but like I said, I'm out of it.

[Lizard King]

//=== GAS Step 500 ===
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting', 'geek_articles','Geek_Gallery_Popup');

use this Jason , You have an extra comma ;)

[Jason McConnell]

//=== GAS Step 500 ===
$phrasegroups = array('threadmanage', 'posting', 'geek_articles','Geek_Gallery_Popup');

use this Jason , You have an extra comma ;)
Thanks dude, but still no good. It's appreciated though :)

[Lizard King]

Jason I get both of them working pretty good. Are you sure you made the edits in newthread correct. Also can you check if you have any extra comma's after the other file edits for geek_articles.

[SRozhon]

I keep getting this error when posting an image, please help

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize, description
FROM attachment
WHERE postid IN (-1,122,123,133,137,138)
ORDER BY dateline

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

mysql error number: 1054

[The Geek]

I keep getting this error when posting an image, please help

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize, description
FROM attachment
WHERE postid IN (-1,122,123,133,137,138)
ORDER BY dateline

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

mysql error number: 1054
You are using an old version of VB3.

Just revert that step for right now and (in theory) you should be fine.
Better yet - upgrade vb :)

HTH's

[The Geek]

Hey Jason - honestly - that cant have anything to do with the problem. It MUST be something else. Adding an extra phrasegroup, or removing it will not affect any hack (unless it needs that phrasegroup).

I would suggest backing up your current set of files... downloading the ones in the gal/changes/$ver/backup and redoing it. Seems like maybe you might have inadvertantly changed something else.

[Polo]

Do you know what could be my problem geek? :ermm:

[JustAskJulie]

Julie - It doesnt touch the original v3articles so you can always go back. There is also a rollback feature to remove the articles you imported into GAS



Thanks, I'll definately give it a try then. Close to 500 articles, I didn't want to chance having to enter them in by hand again.

[The Geek]

Sorry Polo - I missed your eariler post!

Anyhooo... Sounds very strange. You are not the first to use the importer. No one has reported any problems using it (except for 1 who imported before installing GAS).

What happens if you create an article from scratch? Does it look ok?

[BigIke]

Is there a way to pull the first image in the article in order to display it as the "avatar" for the featured Geek article? For many of the images in my articles, I link to other websites that host that picture. Sorry if it's already a feature, I just can't find it if it is.

[The Geek]

Is there a way to pull the first image in the article in order to display it as the "avatar" for the featured Geek article? For many of the images in my articles, I link to other websites that host that picture. Sorry if it's already a feature, I just can't find it if it is.
It isnt... yet. Will be when I can make the time though.

[BigIke]

Sounds good. Thanks for the quick reply.

[Lionel]

Are there any subhacks from this hack, for vbaCMS?

[The Geek]

not really yet.
I have a prototype on my site of a random article hack. There is also 2 add ons for GAS2 that technically work for GAS3 but they do not pull the article image and such.

If someone wants to do them - I would help where I could - but as you know I am pretty busy with my other projects right now.

[Lionel]

I am going to transfer all my cinq's articles one by one (thank God there are only 40 :-)). I am planning to create a forum and put all articles categories in subforums. I'd love to be able to pull from those and display as I do currently as per attached.

First thumb: how they display in center page
second thumb, a hack in global.php to display in header
third thumb, categories (these could be hardcoded)

[The Geek]

THe first one is pretty much integrated.

THe other two would have to be ad ons that dont really exist right now. Once again - I would totally supprt whoever wanted to give it a go. I would do it now if I wernt so manic with GAS, GAL, and GAB (and also GPOP).

They are not really overly dificult hacks to do.

[JustAskJulie]

Is there an add-on for this to do a Featured Article with VbAdvanced?

[SamirDarji]

Is there an add-on for this to do a Featured Article with VbAdvanced?https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=640214&postcount=743

[JustAskJulie]

the one time I don't do a search for the answer and it's 4 posts back. Thanks Samir!

[Jason McConnell]

Hey Jason - honestly - that cant have anything to do with the problem. It MUST be something else. Adding an extra phrasegroup, or removing it will not affect any hack (unless it needs that phrasegroup).

I would suggest backing up your current set of files... downloading the ones in the gal/changes/$ver/backup and redoing it. Seems like maybe you might have inadvertantly changed something else.

.. & Lizard King too, thanks for the responses. I'll definitely take a closer look at the changes :)

[xug]

xug - what your asking is basically the same thing: An add on for GAS that really works pretty much the same. Right now my hands are just too full to spend much time developing it. I will - its just a matter of time.


Could you then maybe guide me in the right direction, at vbportal they are talking about "it looks like you need to just LEFT JOIN on the geek_articles to get the iconpath"

any help is appreciate because I can't wait to have finally something good in place.