Geek Article System 3.52

[The Geek]

IMPORTANT:
Please note that I can no longer support this project. Primarily as it is designed for vb3.0.x and I no longer use that version (im obviously on vb3.5x ;) ). There is a version for vb3.5 however its a commercial script. This project is left here for the community.
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HowdA All.

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

News:

Updated 3/08/05 to version 3.53 for compatability with vb3.08
Updated 13/05/05 to version 3.52!!! Posts for 3.52 to integrate with GAL4.0 start here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=627336#post627336)
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:

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
Special thanks goes to rlamego, peterska2, Snow, Gldtn, and Magic Spark for private Beta testing this for me. Couldnt of happened without them!

Change log
13.05.05 - updated to 3.52
All this does is update GAS for the GAL4.0 integration.
To update, simply replace your existing functions_geekarticles.php with the one in the latest package.

18.3.05 - updated to 3.51
This really just fixes a couple of mega minor bugs.
Added new default icon per forum functionality (see readme)
Wrote a real README.
Wrote a seperate 3.5x upgrade script. Users of 3.5x should run admincp/gas3_upgrade.php

16.3.05 - updated to 3.50
Loads of new features and a new installer that makes the file changes for you.
New forumdisplay
Uploading of images for your header
Synopsis box
yadayadayda

10.2.05 - updated to 3.02
Fixed typo in readme (step 2.6 referenced $articlebyline instead of $GAS_byline). This bug fixes the disappearing byline when editing an article.
To upgrade - edit your editpost template and search for $articlebyline then replace it with $GAS_byline

Importers
I have made an importer for v3articles. Technically speaking, you dont have to strictly have GAS3 installed to use the importer (though it is ideal). What it does is essentailly import v3articles, comments, ratings, and attachments into existing forums as new threads, replies, threadratings, and post attachments. The idea is that you install GAS3, create the forums to house your articles, and then import your existing v3articles into them (but as I said, you can simply import v3articles into normal forums without having GAS3 installed).
There is also a rollback feature in case you change your mind or experience a problem with the import. Your v3articles installation isnt touched. In fact, no v3articles are harmed in the process ;)

Known issues:

none that I am aware of.
Demos: (note that I have a custom skin, so your results will be ever so slightly different)
http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=11287
http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=8801 - pages with comments (click View Comments to see comments only)


Difficulty - EASY
Time - about 5 minutes
File modifications? a few but now all done automatically for you

Change log:

Updated to 3.01 Feb 7th
Fixed a couple template errors and minor readme instructions


Instructions

Click install. I have busted my butt over the past few weeks to do this and all I ask is that you click install if you use it ;)

Download the package and unzip.
Follow the README!
Ther installer does all the work for you
When done, go into your admncp, and adjust your settings
Troubleshooting:

No phrases after install? This happens a lot with many installers for some bizzare reason. All you have to do is do a phrase search for GAS_ , edit the phrase (dont change it), then save it. Bingo - all your phrases appear.
Also:

I would therefore backup your DB, your styles, and any of the files the README asks you to change.

nJoy

[winky6]

OH GOOOOOODY, I get to be the first. :speechless:

Great job NG. :banana: :up:

[The Geek]

OH GOOOOOODY, I get to be the first. :speechless:

Great job NG. :banana: :up:
Superb. Let me know how it goes (post a link when its done if you can).

[Silverdawn222]

If only I had a way to import all our articles from v3articles... unfortunately, I don't feel like copy/pasting all seventy. :ermm:

[MojoNixon]

is it working on 3.0.5?

[The Geek]

is it working on 3.0.5?
Should do. I was using 3.05 - but I just updated to 3.06 during the last leg of the beta.

[nexialys]

i can tell it will work on 3.0.2 and newer, as the codes designated in the hack are present the same way on all these versions...

(so it's a 3.0.2 => 3.0.6+ hack!)

this is good to have moved the GAS_forums to the settings... my only other way would have been to make a new setting in Forum table,... but anyway...

now we need some modules for this...

[nso]

I would like to report that the text to find in point 5.19 occurs TWICE in showthread.php, but it is infact the first instanse of it that should be edited.

[The Geek]

i can tell it will work on 3.0.2 and newer, as the codes designated in the hack are present the same way on all these versions...

(so it's a 3.0.2 => 3.0.6+ hack!)

this is good to have moved the GAS_forums to the settings... my only other way would have been to make a new setting in Forum table,... but anyway...

now we need some modules for this...
cool. Interestingly... both my Geek Articles 2.0 add ons for vba cmps work (though I will be updating them to integrate even better soon).

Thanks nso... will update the package in a few.

[spence2]

THE NAIL GEEK:

Thank you for sharing your hard work with us!

I noticed on your board (2nd example link) that although I was viewing page 2 or 3 of the comments, that this still appeared beneath them:

Viewing first 5 comments out of 31 [read all comments]

Viewing first 5 comments out of 31 [read all comments]

Thought you might not have "caught it".

[Polo]

If only I had a way to import all our articles from v3articles... unfortunately, I don't feel like copy/pasting all seventy. :ermm:
that would be awesome... unfortunately, I also have tocopy/paste the articles... and I have more than 200 articles :ermm:

[The Geek]

Hey guys,

Sorry for updating so soon. I fixed a couple of minor problems:

readme not specifying first instance of step 5.19
Fixed comments x of y showing on comments only page
I also fixed a minor html screwup in GAS_article_pb

To update, re-run step 5.22 and reinstall templates

That should be that!

nJoy

[xmitchx]

It's great to see this hack out the door :) Bravo.

EDIT: Just updated (applied beta 08 upgrades and reinstalled templates) and it seems to be working just great! I'd post a URL but the site is not open yet, so sorry, not yet.

[spence2]

No problems with installation (3.03). It looks great. Thank you, again, for sharing your hard work with all of us.

bobby says, "howda" :cool:

[The Geek]

Bobby says HowdA!

Thanks for your help guys. Wouldnt of seen the light without everyones help :)

[nso]

Thanks for the quick update, the nail geek.

* edit: Don't you think that it's over the top to have the article tittle twice?
Once in the header of the article and then again in top of the body.

* edit2: I would also like to mention that using css float for the boxes with thumbnails and such would make for a more streamlined appereance.


For example: (collected from another of my sites)

CSS:
div.box
{
float: right;
width: 175px;
background-color: #F5F4F4;
padding: 15px;
margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px;
font-size: 10px;
}

HTML:
<div class="box">
<span class="boxhead">Related articles</span>
<br /><br />
* Case 1<br />
* Case 2<br />
* Case 3<br />
</div>

[Snow]

Thanks NG :D Fab hack and it's working great :)

[The Geek]

Hey nso.

Yea... I think you are right about the title thing. Ill most likely remove it for the next package update.
I will also look into the css you mentioned.

Snow-> Glad to hear ;)

What about removing the article tools menu if it is turned on in the sidebar?

[nso]

the nail geek: I was thinking more in general. The whole article tools menu inside a floating element, thus the text would wrap itself round the article tool menu and it would not take up so much of the space. I myself have disabled the whole menu because it takes up too much room in my fixed-size forum.

Great hack, thou :)

[The Geek]

the nail geek: I was thinking more in general. The whole article tools menu inside a floating element, thus the text would wrap itself round the article tool menu and it would not take up so much of the space. I myself have disabled the whole menu because it takes up too much room in my fixed-size forum.

Great hack, thou :)
Oh, I think I know what you mean. One main reason for the sidebar there was the beta testers felt that making the article 'skinnier' so it read easier (more like a real article).
I was suggesting that if the article tools in sidebar option was turned on, then the article tools drop down menu became redundant, so why not have ALL of the article tools options in there?

What I think you're saying is make the entire sidebar float so that text wraps around it. That may prove useful to some users so I will look at adding that as an option.

Thanks for your support!

[Omega Prime]

Awesome hack! I installed the previous Articles system, so when I saw this, I had to check it out! I also ran into the issue with the phrases not showing, but after editing it like you mentioned, it seems to work great! Thanks again :)

* Omega Prime clicks install

[ndahiya]

hi

trying to decide which articles hack to use. anyone tried this vs cinq's vbarticle hack ?
tia.

[The Geek]

Anyone insterested in testing my vBarticles importer... drop me a PM.

[The Geek]

hi

trying to decide which articles hack to use. anyone tried this vs cinq's vbarticle hack ?
tia.
Hey there.

Not too sure about cinqs as I havent used his.
GAS3 is built around vB so anything you can do in vB you can do in GAS3 (i.e. user permissions, attachments, polls, ratings, wysiwyg editor, subscriptions, etc...).

Why not try them both out and decide which is right for you?

Good luck!

[KTBleeding]

Anyone insterested in testing my vBarticles importer... drop me a PM.
vBarticles or v3articles? ;)

[The Geek]

vBarticles or v3articles? ;)
:laugh: Guess that would make a difference wouldnt it?

The importer is for v3articles ;)

Thanks.

[KTBleeding]

:laugh: Guess that would make a difference wouldnt it?

The importer is for v3articles ;)

Thanks.
No problem. That's really awesome that you're offering an importer, I know that's a major issue with a few people.

I'll have to install this hack on a test forum and try it out.
The way I would hope to run it is to run.. multiple instances of it, but change the name "articles" to "reviews" or something similar.. So I could have both an "articles" section, and "reviews" section. Does that make sense?

Is that possible with GAS3? I was able to pull it off with the v3articles hack, but this seems nicer/more promising for the long run with upgrades and what not.

[The Geek]

No problem. That's really awesome that you're offering an importer, I know that's a major issue with a few people.

I'll have to install this hack on a test forum and try it out.
The way I would hope to run it is to run.. multiple instances of it, but change the name "articles" to "reviews" or something similar.. So I could have both an "articles" section, and "reviews" section. Does that make sense?

Is that possible with GAS3? I was able to pull it off with the v3articles hack, but this seems nicer/more promising for the long run with upgrades and what not.
You could have your forums named whatever you want.

ie. A forum called articles and one called reviews.

Remember that this 'transforms' your forums into displaying them like articles.

The only trip up that I can think of is that the phrases will be the same for both forums (i.e. article attachments). But I would think that would be the same no matter what article system you used. You could at a pinch do some minor alterations to make it use a different phrasegroup, but my guess it would be more work than worth.

Hope this helps ;)

[winky6]

The way I would hope to run it is to run.. multiple instances of it, but change the name "articles" to "reviews" or something similar.. So I could have both an "articles" section, and "reviews" section. Does that make sense?

Think "Conditionals" in your templates.

I.E. - IF forum id = a, then template is bla.bla.bla
else
template is GAS default.

change the names in the instance of "A" to fit your naming requirements.

"Conditionals are your salvation" :devious:

[spence2]

Think "Conditionals" in your templates.
I.E. - IF forum id = a, then template is bla.bla.bla
else
template is GAS default.
change the names in the instance of "A" to fit your naming requirements.
"Conditionals are your salvation" :devious:

Good approach.

Another approach is this. Let's say you want to have Articles & Reviews.
1. Name your parent non-forum "Articles & Reviews"
2. Name a child forum "Articles"
3. And another "Reviews"
4. Then look at your Geek phrases one by one in the phrase manager. I found a lot of phrases that I could amend to fit by a little alteration.
Some examples:
"Edit Article" changed to "Edit Entry" (or "submission" or "Article or Review")
"Article Tools" changed simply to "Tools" (or else "Article & Review Tools")
5. Sometimes you can think of another word that might better fit your needs than "articles" ... one that emcompasses more than articles.
Some examples:
commentary,opinions,editorials,writings,essays,
write-ups,features,columns,comps ...
and amend your parent forum & Geek phrases to one of these

In my particular instance, my articles vary from Reviews to Recipes to Obits!
So, I named my parent forum: "Articles & Features".
I created child-forums to fit my needs and revised my phrases to be a bit more ambiguous than this great hack installed for me.

Combined with conditionals, I know you can find a way to make this hack serve many purposes. ;)

[The Geek]

Sweet Spence. I use this for tutorials and articles. Think ill take your suggestion and 'genericize' the phrases a touch on my install.

Wonder if maybe I should make the phrases more generic overall? People could always make them more specific if they wanted.

[Omega Prime]

Perhaps I'm overlooking something, but how can I disable sigs from the article threads?

[The Geek]

Perhaps I'm overlooking something, but how can I disable sigs from the article threads?
hmmm. There isnt a toggle for sigs.

Would make sense to have one. Ill put it into the next update. In the meantime, just edit GAS_article_pb and remove the signature bit ;)

[Omega Prime]

Ahh... gotcha :)

I removed this bit and it works fine now:


<if condition="$post['signature'] AND $post['articlelastpage']">
<if condition="$post['postid'] == $thread['firstpostid']">
<!-- sig -->
<div>
__________________<br />
$post[signature]
</div>
<!-- / sig -->
</if>
</if>

[winky6]

Customizing phrases may be one way, But I was speaking of doing it in the templates proper.

If forumid is Articles -

Then html =

<if condition="$show['viewarticles']==1">
<td class="vbmenu_control">
<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;conly=0">$vbphrase[geek_articles_view_article]</a>
</td>
<else />
<if condition="$GAS_comment_count>0">
<td class="vbmenu_control">
<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;conly=1">$vbphrase[geek_articles_view_comments]</a>
</td>
</if>
</if>

If Forumid = reviews

Then html =

<if condition="$show['viewarticles']==1">
<td class="vbmenu_control">
<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;conly=0">View Review</a>
</td>
<else />
<if condition="$GAS_comment_count>0">
<td class="vbmenu_control">
<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;conly=1">Review Comments</a>
</td>
</if>
</if> :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[utw-Mephisto]

Hi,
I have the same trouble as with the last version:

Installation without any problems but if I set the article forum in the options e.g 20, I don't see any difference. It appears still as regular forum .... :(

[spence2]

A small add-on or whatever ... for anyone who wants it.

I created a smilie category named "Article Graphics" more for posting articles than use in comments. (The attached zip contains the images I uploaded into my images/smilies/article_graphics folder).

The smilie pack contains small graphics like bullets, superscript numbers, copyright symbol, circled numbers ... little doodahs that might help jazz up an article submission. And they're handy to use because they're at your fingertip when you post an article. 'Hope you find them useful!

[The Geek]

Hi,
I have the same trouble as with the last version:

Installation without any problems but if I set the article forum in the options e.g 20, I don't see any difference. It appears still as regular forum .... :(
Thats a trip mephisto. Can you give me a link?

Thanks Spence, good job ;)

[The Geek]

Hi,
I have the same trouble as with the last version:

Installation without any problems but if I set the article forum in the options e.g 20, I don't see any difference. It appears still as regular forum .... :(
mephisto - try this:

open your GAS_showthread template and enter this in it:
<!-- Test for GAS. GAS_is_article=$GAS_is_article, Gas_forums=$GAS_forums END test for GAS-->

do the same for your regular showthread template

Try to go into a forum that SHOULD come up as an article forum, view the source, search for Test for GAS and post me the results.

Thanks!

[GamerzWorld]

My show thread isnt working can anyone upload theres for me :) Cheers

[TheComputerGuy]

I have the shorter url hack installed. Sometimes when I try to go back to the forum index.php I get a double "//' next to the url. This throws off the entire syst em as the htaccess is not meant to read the double "//" and it makes the page unable to find.

[The Geek]

I have the shorter url hack installed. Sometimes when I try to go back to the forum index.php I get a double "//' next to the url. This throws off the entire syst em as the htaccess is not meant to read the double "//" and it makes the page unable to find.
??? What hack is it? I dont see how this would affect anything with a // url appendage. can you zap me a link?

The only thing that changes about urls is that &amp;conly=$commentsonly gets APPENDED to several showthread.php urls.

[The Geek]

My show thread isnt working can anyone upload theres for me :) Cheers
Whats wrong with your showthread? Was it working before the hack?
If so, take a fresh showthread and reapply the file changes... you may have missed something. I dont think you can legally upload a vb file.

[Blam Forumz]

when you post an article, does it appear as a thread as well?

[The Geek]

when you post an article, does it appear as a thread as well?
Nope. It really is a thread - but the beauty of this hack is that it will always display it as an article as long as it is in a pre designated 'article' forum.

HTH's!

[Blam Forumz]

oooh this sounds very impressive, i think ill install it ^^

[James T Brock]

Anyone know the best way to get the articles to display on your frontpage of your website?

[GamerzWorld]

Whats wrong with your showthread? Was it working before the hack?
If so, take a fresh showthread and reapply the file changes... you may have missed something. I dont think you can legally upload a vb file.

Bah, well ill try again. But ive tryed twice now. All rest seems to work its just this. Ill try recreate and screeny to show you

[GamerzWorld]

Fixed

[The Geek]

Anyone know the best way to get the articles to display on your frontpage of your website?
If you have vBaCMPS, you can use the add ons for Geek Articles 2.0 for featured, random, and latest threads (if thats what you are after!)

@Gamerzworld-> phew :)

[xmitchx]

can you help me out? I'd like to make it so that when viewing an article, the quickreply isn't shown. I dont know what variable to use with an if conditional.

[The Geek]

can you help me out? I'd like to make it so that when viewing an article, the quickreply isn't shown. I dont know what variable to use with an if conditional.
edit your GAS_showthread template and remove $quickreply for a quick fix ;)

[KTBleeding]

Okay, I finally got some time and installed this hack. This is such a wonderful idea.. haha.

I wanted to do something similar to this, but the way I saw it happening was with template conditionals.. which this hack obviously makes things much easier.

I did change every aspect of "article" to "content" though. This way I can run multiple sections off this one hack. So it says "Thanks for submitting this content" rather than "this article".. Just an easy way around things, I suppose.

nail geek, great job. ;)

EDIT: I really like how this hack also implements the "Similar Threads" option. That is seriously awesome.

EDIT 2:
* KTBleeding clicks install

[The Geek]

Okay, I finally got some time and installed this hack. This is such a wonderful idea.. haha.

I wanted to do something similar to this, but the way I saw it happening was with template conditionals.. which this hack obviously makes things much easier.

I did change every aspect of "article" to "content" though. This way I can run multiple sections off this one hack. So it says "Thanks for submitting this content" rather than "this article".. Just an easy way around things, I suppose.

nail geek, great job. ;)

EDIT: I really like how this hack also implements the "Similar Threads" option. That is seriously awesome.

EDIT 2:
* KTBleeding clicks install
Hey KT - thats what GAS2 was (and still is). Its a much lighter version of GAS3 for people who dont need pagebreaks, sidebars, replaced avatars, etc... still a great option for many.

Anyhoo... glad you dig it. Thanks for the kudos.

[The Geek]

Just released an importer for those that wanted to import their articles from the v3articles system. The importer is so much damn fun to run that its a shame for those of you that dont have to import ;)

Anyway... thought I would make it official as it has been tested on a few various imports without any problems.

Here is the scoop for those that dont re-read the first post ;)
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I have made an importer for v3articles. Technically speaking, you dont have to strictly have GAS3 installed to use the importer (though it is ideal). What it does is import v3articles, comments, ratings, and attachments into existing forums as new threads, replies, threadratings, and post attachments. The idea is that you install GAS3, create the forums to house your articles, and then import your existing v3articles into them (but as I said, you can simply import v3articles into normal forums without having GAS3 installed).
There is also a rollback feature in case you change your mind or experience a problem with the import. Your v3articles installation isnt touched. In fact, no v3articles are harmed in the process ;)

nJoy

[Razz]

Noticed a small bug when editing articles, the byline seems to get lost on the edit page and when you save your changes the byline is removed altogether.

Is this a known problem or did I mess up an edit somewhere?

[The Geek]

Noticed a small bug when editing articles, the byline seems to get lost on the edit page and when you save your changes the byline is removed altogether.

Is this a known problem or did I mess up an edit somewhere?
Not to my knowledge. Its working cool here.
It sounds like the changes to your editpost template might be incorrect? If so, then it WOULD dump the byline there, but no inputbox would be there to display it. That meant that when it was saved, it would save the result of the nonexistent byline box (thereby deleting it). DOuble check the template change (make sure you do it to your various styles as that could cause the problem.

HTH's

[Razz]

I've checked both editpost.php and the template and they seem fine.


<if condition="$GAS_is_article">
<!-- byline field -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="fieldset">
<tr>
<td class="smallfont" >$vbphrase[GAS_byline]:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="articlebyline" value="$articlebyline" size="40" maxlength="85" tabindex="1" /></td></tr>
</table>
<!-- / byline field -->
</if>

That is what I have in the template for the byline field.

Where in particular in editpost.php should I be checking?

[Razz]

Here is what I found for the byline in editpost.php:


if ($getpost['postid'] == $postid AND $GAS_is_article)
{
$edit['articlebyline'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_censored_text($_POST['articlebyline']));
insert_new_article($threadinfo['threadid'],$edit['articlebyline']);
}

[latum]

My forums were not displaying and I got an error:

[Thu Feb 10 08:39:56 2005] [error] PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of prep_for_breaks(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in /private/var/www/portal/forums/includes/functions_geekarticles.php on line 25

Which I fixed by changing line 25 of this file from:

$text=str_replace($GAS_page_break_code,"",prep_for_breaks(&$text));

to

$text=str_replace($GAS_page_break_code,"",prep_for_breaks($text));

I'm running php 4.3.2, should be close to the latest.

At least my forums now display again :)

Thanks for the very useful hack!

[The Geek]

Razz-> If you do a search on the source of one of the articles you are editing, do you find <!-- byline field --> anywhere?

latum-> Wow, thats an ugly error! If you have 2 seconds could you try something for me? Eidt functions_geekarticles.php and change the line:
function prep_for_breaks($text)
to
function prep_for_breaks(&$text)

and revert your previous change. The only reason I ask is that I cant repro the error and If possible, I would like to pass the message contents by reference to lower overhead. Its not really a big deal, but it would help me improve the hack a smidgen.

Thanks!

[latum]

latum-> Wow, thats an ugly error! If you have 2 seconds could you try something for me? Eidt functions_geekarticles.php and change the line:
function prep_for_breaks($text)
to
function prep_for_breaks(&$text)

and revert your previous change. The only reason I ask is that I cant repro the error and If possible, I would like to pass the message contents by reference to lower overhead. Its not really a big deal, but it would help me improve the hack a smidgen.

Thanks!

Yeah, I tried that also. It works, but only in conjunction with the change in line 25 (where you remove the &) that I mentioned before. So this was the smallest change possible ;)

[The Geek]

thanks. So remove the & in showthread and add the & in prep_for_breaks?

[Razz]

Razz-> If you do a search on the source of one of the articles you are editing, do you find <!-- byline field --> anywhere?

No, none of the articles have that in them.

Thanks for taking time out to help btw :)

[The Geek]

No, none of the articles have that in them.

Thanks for taking time out to help btw :)
its no problem ;) sorry you are having a snag. Shouldnt be hard to figure out what happened.

Do this for me. edit your editpost template and stick this in it:
<!-- Test for GAS. GAS_is_article=$GAS_is_article, Gas_forums=$GAS_forums END test for GAS-->

Then edit an article, view the source, and do a search for GAS... then post me the results.

BTW: do you have a link to an article forum causing you grief?

[KTBleeding]

Hey nail geek?

I installed this hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=73220
For the forum id's that I have the GAS working on..

I wanted to install this for it as well:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=597026&postcount=79

But judging from the looks of that modification, it probably wouldn't work out very well.
Would I be better off just editing the "GAS_forumdisplay" template to match the layout of that?

[Razz]

Do this for me. edit your editpost template and stick this in it:
<!-- Test for GAS. GAS_is_article=$GAS_is_article, Gas_forums=$GAS_forums END test for GAS-->

Then edit an article, view the source, and do a search for GAS... then post me the results.

BTW: do you have a link to an article forum causing you grief?

Ran the test, nothing showed up in the source.

Test account and URL sent via PM

[The Geek]

Hey nail geek?

I installed this hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=73220
For the forum id's that I have the GAS working on..

I wanted to install this for it as well:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=597026&postcount=79

But judging from the looks of that modification, it probably wouldn't work out very well.
Would I be better off just editing the "GAS_forumdisplay" template to match the layout of that?

I was doing the same thing for GAS3, but doing it that way adds 1 query for every thread. 30 threads per forumdisplay=30 more queries. Plus, you cant really limit to only images (if its any other file, it looks funny).

I am working on a new forumdisplay for GAS3 that will do the same thing without the extra queries.

If your server is cool with the extra queries and users only post images, then go for it. Or, just wait a few and see how I get on with the next version. The attachment is a very early preview (column headers and alternating row color isnt done). The first image is a default for no article.

And before anyone asks - done when its done ;)

[KTBleeding]

Okay, cool.

I'll just run it this way for now, then update/uninstall/whatever when you release yours. :)

[WMadden]

I have installed the article hack. I have also installed the hack for the "latest 3 articles" module. In the installation "reademe" file, you reference "don't forget to update your Index page(s)" .. okay, I'm new, what index page or pages are you referring to here? .. and how to I update them to include the module?

[Blam Forumz]

Error :

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting '{' in /home/blamina/public_html/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php on line 811

here is line 811:

$DB_site->query("REPLACE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread (userid, threadid, emailupdate, folderid)

and there is nothing in the instructions about functions_newpost.php

[The Geek]

I have installed the article hack. I have also installed the hack for the "latest 3 articles" module. In the installation "reademe" file, you reference "don't forget to update your Index page(s)" .. okay, I'm new, what index page or pages are you referring to here? .. and how to I update them to include the module?
Huh. You got me. I just rechecked the readme and cant find anything like that. I know this sounds stupid... but are you sure this is the Latest Geek Articles hack found here? https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=73828

[The Geek]

Error :


Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting '{' in /home/blamina/public_html/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php on line 811



here is line 811:

$DB_site->query("REPLACE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscribethread (userid, threadid, emailupdate, folderid)




and there is nothing in the instructions about functions_newpost.php
Sounds like you are missing a curly brace somewhere during the editpost.php file changes. Double check the file modifications. The modifications dont go anywhere near that :)

HTH's!

[Blam Forumz]

Thanks for all the help, now i have this :S things dont stop :(



Image attatched with problem :/

[The Geek]

Thanks for all the help, now i have this :S things dont stop :(



Image attatched with problem :/
Looks like a style issue to me.
Its difficult to say without seeing how that style was laid out. Looks like (using my phycic powers) that that style sticks the thread starter name in a seperate <td>. Thats why you have more columns in the threadbit than you have column headers in the forumdisplay template (GAS uses your existing threadbit).

Either edit your GAS_threadbit to accept the extra column, or edit your styles threadbit to remove the extra column.

HTH's

[Blam Forumz]

hmm here is my threadbit, anyidea how to rewrite the gas to accept it?


<tr>
<td class="alt1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/thread$thread[statusicon].gif" alt="<if condition="$show['threadcount']"><phrase 1="$thread[dot_count]" 2="$thread[dot_lastpost]">$vbphrase[have_x_posts_in_thread_last_y]</phrase></if>" border="" /></td>
<if condition="$show['threadicons']">
<td class="alt2"><if condition="$show['threadicon']"><img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" /><else />&nbsp;</if></td>
</if>
<td class="alt1Active" id="t$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]">

<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]">
<if condition="$show['paperclip']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/paperclip.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$thread[attach]">$vbphrase[x_attachments]</phrase>" /></if>
<if condition="$show['subscribed']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/subscribed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[you_are_subscribed_to_this_thread]" /></if>
<if condition="$show['sticky']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/sticky.gif" alt="$vbphrase[sticky_thread]" /></if>
</span>
<if condition="$show['gotonewpost']"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$thread[threadid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a></if>
$thread[movedprefix]
$thread[typeprefix]
<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]"><if condition="$show['gotonewpost']"><strong>$thread[threadtitle]</strong><else />$thread[threadtitle]</if></a>
<if condition="$thread['pagenav'] AND !$GAS_is_article"><span class="smallfont" style="white-space:nowrap">( <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/multipage.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multipage_thread]" border="0" /> $thread[pagenav] <if condition="$show[pagenavmore]">... <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]&amp;goto=lastpost$thread[highlight]">$vbphrase[last_page]</a></if> )</span></if>
</div>

<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$show['threadratings'] AND $show['threadrating']"><span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" border="0" alt="<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[thread_rating_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>" /></span></if>

</div>

<if condition="$show['unsubscribe']">
<div class="smallfont">
<a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;t=$thread[threadid]">$vbphrase[reply]</a> |
<a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;return=ucp&amp;t=$thread[threadid]">$vbphrase[unsubscribe]</a>
</div>
</if>

</td>

<td class="alt2" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
<if condition="$show['guestuser']">
$thread[postusername]
<else />
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$thread[postuserid]">$thread[postusername]</a>
</if>
</td>


<if condition="$show['threadmoved']">
<td class="alt1" align="center">-</td>
<else />
<td class="alt1" title="<phrase 1="$thread[replycount]" 2="$thread[views]">$vbphrase[replies_x_views_y]</phrase>">
<div class="smallfont" style="text-align:$stylevar[right]; white-space:nowrap">
$thread[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']"><span class="time">$thread[lastposttime]</span></if><br />
<phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=lastpost&amp;t=$thread[threadid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/lastpost.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_last_post]" border="0" /></a>
</div>
</td>
</if>

<if condition="$show['notificationtype']">
<td class="alt2"><div class="smallfont">
<label for="sub$subscribethread[$threadid]">$thread[notification]</label>
<input type="hidden" name="oldemailupdate[$subscribethread[$threadid]]" id="oe_$subscribethread[$threadid]" value="$emailupdate[$threadid]" />
</div></td>
<td class="alt1"><input type="checkbox" name="deletebox[$subscribethread[$threadid]]" id="sub$subscribethread[$threadid]" value="yes" /></td>
<else />
<td class="alt2" align="center"><if condition="$show['threadmoved']">-<else /><a href="#" onclick="who($thread[threadid]); return false;">$thread[replycount]</a></if></td>
<td class="alt1" align="center">$thread[views]</td>

<if condition="$show['forumlink']">
<td class="alt2"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$thread[forumid]">$thread[forumtitle]</a></td>
</if>
</if>
</tr>

[Blam Forumz]

ooh and i forgot to mention >_<

i used the importer to import my old v3 articles (Worked like a charm ;))

and now since my articles were old i have to use the thread controls to get them back everytime, and i have no cle how to change the 30 thing, care to help please?
thanks

/BlamForumz.

[The Geek]

ooh and i forgot to mention >_<

i used the importer to import my old v3 articles (Worked like a charm ;))

and now since my articles were old i have to use the thread controls to get them back everytime, and i have no cle how to change the 30 thing, care to help please?
thanks

/BlamForumz.
Compare your GAS_forumdisplay with your current style display and note the differences (you will most likely have one more column header before $threadbits in your current style.

If your articles are falling off the date scope (30 days by default)... edit the forum in question. There you will find an option for setting the default age period per forum.

HTH's

[Blam Forumz]

Thanks, got it all working now :)


Now, here I go again, another one lol :P
Ok

I want to split apart the comments boxes and make i so it says "Comment posted by USERNAME" next to the post icon :/



If you can help, thanks much ;)

[Razz]

Just a quick note to say thanks to the nail geek who has been helping me via PM to fix my problem :)

Great support, look forward to some more hacks/updates from you :)

[The Geek]

Just a quick note to say thanks to the nail geek who has been helping me via PM to fix my problem :)

Great support, look forward to some more hacks/updates from you :)
Thanks Razz for helping me find that mysterious little bug.

Package updates to 3.02 to fix typo in step 2.6 of the README

This typo was causing bylines to be overwritten if you edit an article and then save it.
To upgrade: simply edit your editpost template, search for $articlebyline and replace it with $GAS_byline

nJoy!

[Blam Forumz]

again, another thing from me ^^

Anyway to make attatchments thumbnails?

thumbnails are enabled by the way.... :/

[The Geek]

again, another thing from me ^^

Anyway to make attatchments thumbnails?

thumbnails are enabled by the way.... :/
they are thumbnails if they are enabled.

If you can post an attachment in a regular post and it shows a thumbnail, it will do the same thing here. Try rebuilding your thumbnails if you imported from v3articles.

hth's

[utw-Mephisto]

Ok, the first two installations were not good :) But now I figured it was my own mistake,

Geek : Great Hack, even better than Cinq, why ? It is easier :) :)

[MikaK]

Compliments on a nice hack.

I have a slight problem. The nick of my test commenter shows as black and not clickable.
### EDIT####
This has affected my other postbit as well, so it?s kinda critical. It?s a nice hack and I would not want to uninstall...
##########

Secondly, the add reputation button doesn't show for this second comment either.

See a sample here:
http://www.soundchilds.net/loud_lounge/showthread.php?t=2029
(Board not live yet)

My third problem is not so much of a problem, but an addition: In my standard postbit I have the AWS (Advanced Warning System) active. I tried adding the same code into the comment postbit template nothing shows up.
The code is:

<!-- checks for warning system -->
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='showthread'">
<if condition="$hierarchical=='No'">
<if condition="$post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=7 AND $post[usergroupid]!=5 AND can_moderate($forum[forumid], '', $bbuserinfo[userid])">
<a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'>.:Warn $post[username]:.</a>
</if>
<if condition="$post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=7 AND $post[usergroupid]!=5 AND ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6)">
<a href='Warn.php?do=ViewWarnings&id=$post[userid]'>.:View $post[username]'s Warnings:.</a> ?
</if>
<if condition="$post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] AND $post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=7 AND $post[usergroupid]!=5 AND $post[warning_level]>0">
<a href='Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings'>.:View your Warnings:.</a> ?
</if>
</if>
<if condition="$hierarchical=='Yes'">
<if condition="($post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=5 AND $post[usergroupid]!=7 AND can_moderate($forum[forumid], '', $bbuserinfo[userid])) OR ($post[usergroupid]==7 AND can_moderate($forum[forumid], '', $bbuserinfo[userid]) AND $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5) OR
($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=6)">
?<a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'>.:Warn $post[username]:.</a>
</if>
<if condition="($post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=5 AND $post[usergroupid]!=7 AND ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5)) OR ($post[usergroupid]==7 AND $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5) OR ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $post[usergroupid]!=6)">
<a href='Warn.php?do=ViewWarnings&id=$post[userid]'>.:View $post[username]'s Warnings:.</a> ?
</if>
<if condition="$post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] AND $post[usergroupid]!=6 AND $post[warning_level]>0">
<a href='Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings'>.:View your Warnings:.</a> ?
</if>
</if>
</if>


Any ideas about the above?

Thanks,
-Mika

[The Geek]

Hi Mika,


My guess is that the 'test5' user was a guest (thats why there is no rep button either) hence the reason you cant click on it. You have altered the GAS_article_pb to make your name large and orange, whereas the test5 username is the color for the 'normal' div class?!?
Change that to whatever colour you want.

The preview comments do not use GAS_comment_pb... they use the GAS_article_pb with a conditional to make them look like a comment.

I dont know anything about the AWS hack, but I assume you could place that code in teh GAS_article_PB (and put it in the GAS_comment_pb)

HTH's!

[MikaK]

Hi Mika,


My guess is that the 'test5' user was a guest (thats why there is no rep button either) hence the reason you cant click on it. You have altered the GAS_article_pb to make your name large and orange, whereas the test5 username is the color for the 'normal' div class?!?
Change that to whatever colour you want.


Hi Nail,

Sorry but I think it?s not the case. I have not altered the GAS_article_pb in any way but installed it to your instructions. The username color was working ok in postbit before installing this hack. Also note the change took place also in the standard postbit which I haven?t definately touched today.

The test5 is not a member of the stanard installed membergroups but one by id: 11 set up as a custom usergroup and the colour should be blue (in some cases red like here, if a link is included).

See this search: http://www.soundchilds.net/loud_lounge/search.php?searchid=129 . As you can see test5 appears ok and all posts get registered.

Thats why I think the only option is something got changed in the code affecting the usernicks in the postbits.

Hope there is a solution! This would be a useful one to have around.

Best regs,
-Mika

[The Geek]

Hi Nail,

Sorry but I think it?s not the case. I have not altered the GAS_article_pb in any way but installed it to your instructions. The username color was working ok in postbit before installing this hack. Also note the change took place also in the standard postbit which I haven?t definately touched today.

The test5 is not a member of the stanard installed membergroups but one by id: 11 set up as a custom usergroup and the colour should be blue (in some cases red like here, if a link is included).

See this search: http://www.soundchilds.net/loud_lounge/search.php?searchid=129 . As you can see test5 appears ok and all posts get registered.

Thats why I think the only option is something got changed in the code affecting the usernicks in the postbits.

Hope there is a solution! This would be a useful one to have around.

Best regs,
-Mika
Hi Mika.

If you view your GAS_article_pb file, search for this:


<div class="normal">
$vbphrase[geek_articles_by] <if condition="$show['profile']">
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
<else />
$post[musername]
</if>


This is the condtional for the username display. Mika is coming up linked because $show['profile']==1. Test5 is taking the other route for whatever reason.

I dont know why, but your $post[musername] has additional formatting in it that isnt put in by this hack (check out your source). Maybe another hack installed?

Anyway... you want to find WHY $show['profile']==0 when it comes time to do that comment.

Double check your showthread modifications. Maybe you missed something out.

If you are still stuck, PM me a username and password with style admin as well as permissions to post and I will look into it when I get a minute.

[KTBleeding]

Hey Geek, I'm just curious..
Is there an easy way to add a.. vbadvanced style menu above the articles.. to have "what's hot / what's new" drop down menu's?

I tried messing with it a little earlier but had no luck.
I only want this so most of the stuff on my site looks the same, therefore is easier for members to get used to/understand how to use it.
Thanks,

[Blam Forumz]

ok geek boy, i r back :P

is there anyway to add some sort of prefix for articles, so when people write them it says

[Movie] Article

or

[WHATEVER] Title here

[MikaK]

Hi Mika.

If you view your GAS_article_pb file, search for this:


<div class="normal">
$vbphrase[geek_articles_by] <if condition="$show['profile']">
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
<else />
$post[musername]
</if>


This is the condtional for the username display. Mika is coming up linked because $show['profile']==1. Test5 is taking the other route for whatever reason.


Yep. So it seems... Addmittedly the board is heavily hacked with pretty much all bells and whistles for 303. However, when installing this all file and template modifications were found by Dreamweawers find and replace, so no hacked code was touched...

Also the point that the username shows correctly in other parts of the board but the comment postbit and the postbit legacy (without me touching that one at all) indicates that there is something funny in the php rather than the templates. I saw a fair amount of replacing with if-else conditionals going on when modding the php. What parts of the php files hacking would affect the post/comment outputs?

Giving out passwords at this point is a little sesnsitive a case. I hope you understand - really no offence.

Thanks for your time in any case,
-Mika

[The Geek]

Yep. So it seems... Addmittedly the board is heavily hacked with pretty much all bells and whistles for 303. However, when installing this all file and template modifications were found by Dreamweawers find and replace, so no hacked code was touched...

Also the point that the username shows correctly in other parts of the board but the comment postbit and the postbit legacy (without me touching that one at all) indicates that there is something funny in the php rather than the templates. I saw a fair amount of replacing with if-else conditionals going on when modding the php. What parts of the php files hacking would affect the post/comment outputs?

Giving out passwords at this point is a little sesnsitive a case. I hope you understand - really no offence.

Thanks for your time in any case,
-Mika
Careful with those find and replaces. There are not that many actual replacements. If you had a hack that previously altered showthread areas that GAS3 deals with, it could cause the problem you are mentioning.
My opinion is that something wasnt done right in the showthread modifications or another of your hacks is screwing up the GAS3 changes.
The only area that could really affect the $post variables is step 5.22 open showthread and do a search through that step and see if it matches correctly.

As per the password, I didnt think it was a such a sensitive issue to set me up a standard user account with style permissions. I was only trying to help.

[The Geek]

ok geek boy, i r back :P


is there anyway to add some sort of prefix for articles, so when people write them it says

[Movie] Article

or

[WHATEVER] Title here
Sure, I guess you could do... but why not just create a forum for Movies or whatever you want?
If that doesnt do it for you, you could always just edit your newthread/edit post files to append a prefix to the title field. Personally, I would prefer my eariler suggestion but I guess that depends on what you are trying to accomplish ;)

HTH's

[The Geek]

Hey Geek, I'm just curious..
Is there an easy way to add a.. vbadvanced style menu above the articles.. to have "what's hot / what's new" drop down menu's?

I tried messing with it a little earlier but had no luck.
I only want this so most of the stuff on my site looks the same, therefore is easier for members to get used to/understand how to use it.
Thanks,
To be honest - I am not sure what you are asking for. Can you PM me a link or some screen shots and then Ill take a look for you.

HTH's

[Blam Forumz]

Sure, I guess you could do... but why not just create a forum for Movies or whatever you want?
If that doesnt do it for you, you could always just edit your newthread/edit post files to append a prefix to the title field. Personally, I would prefer my eariler suggestion but I guess that depends on what you are trying to accomplish ;)

HTH's
is it possible to integrate the thread prefix hack with this? i'll give it a go and release it as an addon if so :D

[The Geek]

is it possible to integrate the thread prefix hack with this? i'll give it a go and release it as an addon if so :D
Sure, go for it ;)

[Jason McConnell]

Sure, go for it ;)
This hack looks very promising... gonna give it a go when I get home from work :D

[winky6]

However, when installing this all file and template modifications were found by Dreamweawers find and replace, so no hacked code was touched...

OOOPS,that sent up a red flag.

[MikaK]

Careful with those find and replaces. There are not that many actual replacements. If you had a hack that previously altered showthread areas that GAS3 deals with, it could cause the problem you are mentioning.
My opinion is that something wasnt done right in the showthread modifications or another of your hacks is screwing up the GAS3 changes.
The only area that could really affect the $post variables is step 5.22 open showthread and do a search through that step and see if it matches correctly.

As per the password, I didnt think it was a such a sensitive issue to set me up a standard user account with style permissions. I was only trying to help.

Ok. I'll se wether I can come up with something substantial according to that one. I am quite new to vB, so I didn't know there is a way to allow stylemod rights if not an admin. I really didn?t mean to offend you and there is nothing mystical about my case. A plain hacked board doesent straight accept the hack - really nothing new on planet earth :) I'll get back to this once I?ve had a chance to look at your pointed 5.22.

Peace,
-Mika

[The Geek]

No offence taken, double check the file changes. I am sure that step 5.22 is your ticket.

Otherwise... let me know and Ill try to help.

[Blam Forumz]

Sure, go for it ;)
Woah I did it! Its quite easy actually, although the prefix hack takes around 60 mins to complete lol, soo much to edit :/

anyway you just have to edit the GAS_forumdisplay template ;)

[The Geek]

Woah I did it! Its quite easy actually, although the prefix hack takes around 60 mins to complete lol, soo much to edit :/

anyway you just have to edit the GAS_forumdisplay template ;)
do you have an example or anything?

[Omega Prime]

I just noticed, but is there gonna be a way to have "Merge Articles"? I noticed a similar thread at my forum and was about to merge it with another, but it seems that the option doesn't exist...

[Blam Forumz]

do you have an example or anything?
Well its alot different for my edit, since i have the thread starter in a different column and stuff :/ so no, sorry :(

[winky6]

I know when I find the answer I am going to kick myself for missing it -

I installed 01 yesterday on one of my sites with no issues.

Today, I install 02 on another site, and the sidebar is sitting in the middle of the page.

I can see you did some minor changes to the templates, but I cant find anything that would make it do this -

http://www.parrotcrazy.com/showthread.php?p=703#post703

[winky6]

I KNEW IT !!!!!

I removed my signature, and the sidebar went over where it belonged.

One small item -

If I click on the last post link in forumdisplay, I get a JS error.

But once I add a comment, that error goes away.

[The Geek]

I know when I find the answer I am going to kick myself for missing it -

I installed 01 yesterday on one of my sites with no issues.

Today, I install 02 on another site, and the sidebar is sitting in the middle of the page.

I can see you did some minor changes to the templates, but I cant find anything that would make it do this -

http://www.parrotcrazy.com/showthread.php?p=703#post703
did you fix it? It looks ok to me (except that the avatar is broken)

[The Geek]

did you fix it? It looks ok to me (except that the avatar is broken)
ha! posted at the same time. Looks like you won though ;)
I see what you mean. Ill look into it

[winky6]

except that the avatar is broken

Where ??

[The Geek]

The avatar comes up as a red cross.

[winky6]

:surprised: AHHH, I had the attach permissions for guest set to no download.

Thanx

[Blam Forumz]

what template has the comments stuff in it? I cant seem to find it

:/

I deleted GAS_comments_pb or whatever but they comments are still there lol, help

[Jason McConnell]

Installed without a problem, Thanks! *Clicks Install*

[The Geek]

what template has the comments stuff in it? I cant seem to find it



:/

I deleted GAS_comments_pb or whatever but they comments are still there lol, help
If the comments appear on the same page as an article, they some appear in the GAS_article_pb

If you want to turn off the previewed comments though, I would suggest setting the preview setting to 0 :)

HTH's

[Blam Forumz]

ah ok, but i wanted to know where the preview template is kept, and if the preview template and regular template for comments can be the same template

[The Geek]

ah ok, but i wanted to know where the preview template is kept, and if the preview template and regular template for comments can be the same template
Regular comments (when viewing the comments only) use GAS_comments_pb
Preview comments (when viewing an article) use GAS_article_pb

HTH's

[Blam Forumz]

Ooooooooh I see

thanks again :)

[Blam Forumz]

#Hmmmmm I have a problem

when i set it to preview comments on every page, it doesnt work no matter what value i enter (except for 0, but that doesnt display any comments of course)

and when i set it to yes, comments appear at the end of the article, but i want them to appear on every page

[The Geek]

#Hmmmmm I have a problem


when i set it to preview comments on every page, it doesnt work no matter what value i enter (except for 0, but that doesnt display any comments of course)

and when i set it to yes, comments appear at the end of the article, but i want them to appear on every page
Right, found the bug.

Find this in showthread:

$show['GAS_comments']=$GAS_last_page & 1;

replace with:

$show['GAS_comments']=iif($GAS_comments_only_lastpage,$GAS_last_page,1) ;


I will post the fix in the next version.

Thanks!

[The Geek]

I have been working on some enhancments (forgive the pun... well, actually no one here will get the pun as it is 'nail related').


Anyway....

Would like some feedback for the next update. The key chages are in forumdisplay and editpost/newthread.

Think its pretty self explanitory.

Fingers crossed we should be beta testing for the next release within the next few days. Upgrading also looks to be a 2 second job.

Thanks all.

[Blam Forumz]

Not too keen on the forum display screenshot, but the new article looks brilliant, maybe you could make the forumdisplay edit optional in the admincp?

[The Geek]

Not too keen on the forum display screenshot, but the new article looks brilliant, maybe you could make the forumdisplay edit optional in the admincp?
Wow, thats a bummer. I guess I can make it optional... I just liked the idea of the header image being in the forumdisplay. I originally did that with using the attachmentid, however that added an additional query per image, so I have created a thumbnail upload facility. I also did this as I think its a better improvement over showing the first attachment as the header image (saves space and a query too).

Anyway - thanks for the feedback. I will look into an optional system (will end up making the synopsis useless though :( )

[Lore]

I get the following SQL error when I try to upload the first image to be used as the article feature picture?

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize, description
FROM vb3_attachment
WHERE postid IN (-1,171)
ORDER BY dateline

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

mysql error number: 1054

any ideas?

[The Geek]

I get the following SQL error when I try to upload the first image to be used as the article feature picture?



any ideas?
Wow - I would double check to see if that field is there as it is integral for vb3 attachments! GAS3 adds the description field (for porting v3articles and for the next version)... but thats all.

[Lore]

Looking at the SQL: vb3_attachment, I have the following in order:

attachmentid int(10) No
userid int(10) No 0
dateline int(10) No 0
thumbnail_dateline int(10) No 0
filename varchar100) No
filedata mediumtext No
visible smallint(5) No 0
counter smallint(5) No 0
filesize int(10) No 0
postid int(10) No 0
filehash varchar(32) No
posthash varchar(32) No
thumbnail mediumtext No
description varchar(150) No

[The Geek]

Looking at the SQL: vb3_attachment, I have the following in order:

attachmentid int(10) No
userid int(10) No 0
dateline int(10) No 0
thumbnail_dateline int(10) No 0
filename varchar100) No
filedata mediumtext No
visible smallint(5) No 0
counter smallint(5) No 0
filesize int(10) No 0
postid int(10) No 0
filehash varchar(32) No
posthash varchar(32) No
thumbnail mediumtext No
description varchar(150) No
huh. You are missing the thumbnail_filesize field.
Wonder where it buggered off to ;)
What version of vB3 are you running and what other hacks have you installed?

Your column order is also different, but I guess that isnt too much of a problem. I assume currently do not have many attachments on your board.

Try adding column thumbnail_filesize int(10) unsigned

[Lore]

Still running version 3.0.1 with all the patches. I've tried a few of the other Article Hacks such as V3 Articles and cings vbArticles. Also running CMPS v1.0.0, ReviewPost, and Links 1.22. Not sure which ones if any messed it up?

I'll insert the field and give it a go!

[Lore]

That did the trick!

Everything seems to be working well with the exception a slight little bug. When I BREAK a page I get a bracketed left showing up on the first page of the published thread at the break followed by /left at the start of the second page?

[The Geek]

That did the trick!

Everything seems to be working well with the exception a slight little bug. When I BREAK a page I get a bracketed left showing up on the first page of the published thread at the break followed by /left at the start of the second page?
Must be using a wysiwyg editor on aligned text. Double check by switching to a standard editor.
The text is split using the BREAK code. If that code is put between two code brackets like this:

[BREAK]

Then the open bracket will appear on one page and the close on the next page. The only wat to prevent this is by not putting BREAK between two tags.

If anyone knows how to automatically open and close BBcode tags that may get orphaned by the splitting process, Id love to hear about it.

[The Geek]

I am still looking for more feedback on the new features (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=610982&postcount=120) (mostly the forumdisplay). I am not 100% sure on the exact look right now (am craving some spacing between threadbits) but I would like some other input.

Maybe I should offer a 'design the new threadbit' contest. The winner gets a cookie.

Hungry?

[spence2]

As to the proposed forum display, I think the varying sizes of the images throw off the symmetry of the page. It confuses the eye. And the images overpower the entries ... which would be great if the images were intended to be the focus of the page (like a gallery). But, of course, they're not.

Also, I was left trying to "relate" the images to the words ... I think traditionally, an image displayed alongside any paragraph of text is "assumed" to relate the text ... like an illustration. I think this adds a bit to the confusion. Does the image relate to the title or the author or the synopsis? ... my mind wanted to relate the image to something. And for that connection to be consistent. It may be a little much to expect that sort of consistency ... that is, for my users to always have an appropriate illustration to offer.

Sorry to offer "feedback" (criticism) without a suggestion of how I think it might be altered ... so, I'll "study on it", too.

BTW, I don't think any of us can tell you enough how much we appreciate your generosity and support. This hack is terrific! Thanks.

[Black_Widow]

I like really much the new feature..I hope this new version will be released soon.
Congratulation..this is a great hack!!!

[The Geek]

As to the proposed forum display, I think the varying sizes of the images throw off the symmetry of the page. It confuses the eye. And the images overpower the entries ... which would be great if the images were intended to be the focus of the page (like a gallery). But, of course, they're not.

Also, I was left trying to "relate" the images to the words ... I think traditionally, an image displayed alongside any paragraph of text is "assumed" to relate the text ... like an illustration. I think this adds a bit to the confusion. Does the image relate to the title or the author or the synopsis? ... my mind wanted to relate the image to something. And for that connection to be consistent. It may be a little much to expect that sort of consistency ... that is, for my users to always have an appropriate illustration to offer.

Sorry to offer "feedback" (criticism) without a suggestion of how I think it might be altered ... so, I'll "study on it", too.

BTW, I don't think any of us can tell you enough how much we appreciate your generosity and support. This hack is terrific! Thanks.
Hey Spence, thanks for the input.
I agree that the symmetry of the images can throw the eye off a bit. Sadly I dont really have much of a solution there (unless they were floated in some type of fixed border frame or something).
As for the images relating to the text - blame it on the author ;) I threw those up to test though I actually thought they were semi relevant.

99% of the code is done for the next version. Ill start the upgrader and installer late today and something may be ready as early as wed or thur.

Toodles

[Blam Forumz]

I am still looking for more feedback on the new features (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=610982&postcount=120) (mostly the forumdisplay). I am not 100% sure on the exact look right now (am craving some spacing between threadbits) but I would like some other input.

Maybe I should offer a 'design the new threadbit' contest. The winner gets a cookie.

Hungry?

The showthread would be nice if it had an option to display different attachments on different pages ([BREAK] tag stuff?)

And maybe images could appear on the forumdisplay, but make it look more part of the actual thread, rather than just having it next to it with no indication that its related to that article


Thanks

(Great hack btw)

[spence2]

As for the images relating to the text - blame it on the author. I threw those up to test though I actually thought they were semi relevant.

Yours are relevant. I was thinking about my users and whether or not they would post images even remotely "related".

Might it be possible to have an option to leave the forum display the way it is in the current version?

If not, might it be possible to include a list of pre-installed images (we provide) with an option for the author to upload their own?

[The Geek]

Yours are relevant. I was thinking about my users and whether or not they would post images even remotely "related".

Might it be possible to have an option to leave the forum display the way it is in the current version?

If not, might it be possible to include a list of pre-installed images (we provide) with an option for the author to upload their own?
I was looking into that. I am planning on (after this next release) making it so to upload the file, a pop up opens that allows you to select an image from a gallery OR upload your own. The gallery is a collection of default images merged with forum specific ones. Say I had the following folders:

GAS
|_____headers
|______1
|______3

Essentially, it would grab all images in the headers folder (call these 'global' images). THen if you were in a forum with a matching sub folder (lets say 3) it would allow you to chose from all images in header AND 3.
That way you could have forum specific images OR upload one.

ANyhooo... THat will be the next step I think. I would still really like to sort out the look of the forum display. I kind of like it... but Im not overly excitied abou it.

[spence2]

That sounds like a great plan!

BTW, in the upcoming version is there a built-in way to limit the size of the image they upload? Something to limit the dimensions?

[The Geek]

That sounds like a great plan!

BTW, in the upcoming version is there a built-in way to limit the size of the image they upload? Something to limit the dimensions?
You can specify the image size they can upload as well as the finished dimensions. The system will then resize the image to the minimum specifications and chuck away the original.
I didnt see the point in retaining the original as if they want it so bad they can always attach it ;)

[spence2]

Terrific!

[Breaker]

just installed, works great.

love that new layout your working on, i prefer that forumdisplay than the one i'm currently using. good work :)

[The Geek]

just installed, works great.

love that new layout your working on, i prefer that forumdisplay than the one i'm currently using. good work :)
Sweet! Was beginning to wonder about that (even though I was digging it).
As an update: I have finished the image uploading and also a new admin page for all the settings.
I am looking at the possability of including an image gallery for the image header upload ;)

Also - Looks like we are up for Hack of the month (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=76350). Go vote if you get a second *end shameless plug.

[spence2]

Congratulations on your nomination! It's richly deserved.

[Razz]

The new layout looks good for both, look forward to seeing them.

One feature I would like to see is the ability to post articles as another user (admin only of course) as sometimes they submit them in word documents so they can spell check etc.

Other ideas:

Admins / moderators get a PM or email on new article posting to allow them to go check it over or validate it if its in moderation queue.

The posting rules at the base of articles should be article relevant and not the default thread rules.

Proper spacing/padding in the sidebar, it doesn't seem to have any.

Option to remove sig (already covered I believe)

Ability to toggle it between articles/reviews system (would toggle the phrases id guess)

If above is added then some form of scoring for the review to give the product a score (e.g 8/10) possibly with up to 5 custom score fields and an overall score.

Keep up the good work, the others pale in comparison :)

[The Geek]

Wow, love some of these suggestions.

One feature I would like to see is the ability to post articles as another user (admin only of course) as sometimes they submit them in word documents so they can spell check etc.
Doable. Ill see if I can get this into next release.

Admins / moderators get a PM or email on new article posting to allow them to go check it over or validate it if its in moderation queue.
Already done thanks to vB (just check the modeation options in your forum manager). The beauty of being built on vB ;)

The posting rules at the base of articles should be article relevant and not the default thread rules.
True. i will look into this.

Proper spacing/padding in the sidebar, it doesn't seem to have any.
Between the sidebar and article? Ill check that out.

Option to remove sig (already covered I believe)
Youre right, we did (but I forgot)... Ill sort that for next release :)

Ability to toggle it between articles/reviews system (would toggle the phrases id guess)
Hmmm. This could be slightly tough though as off the top of my head, you would need a conditional around each phrase. Hmmm. Then again. Who says that we have to use vbphrase? I guess I could pull a variety of phrases from the system, choose a particluar one, then push it into $GAS_phrase. (Just wondering alound). THat may be very doable and very cool.

If above is added then some form of scoring for the review to give the product a score (e.g 8/10) possibly with up to 5 custom score fields and an overall score.
hmmm. let me mull that over. You dont think the standard rating works?

toodles ;)

[KTBleeding]

The only option I would love to see is A to Z categories across the top, but you already knew about that one Geek. :)

The way I plan to use this is to have hundreds of reviews, and A to Z would make it so much easier.

EDIT: Oooh, remembered the other one. An integration between this hack, and the auto linker hack. Where if an article is created, it automatically submits the article title/url into the auto linker system.

You know about that one too, Geek. I think? haha

[Razz]

Proper spacing/padding in the sidebar, it doesn't seem to have any.
Between the sidebar and article? Ill check that out.


No I actually meant in the sidebar itself, the text touches the very edge of the tables (print, rating etc).

If above is added then some form of scoring for the review to give the product a score (e.g 8/10) possibly with up to 5 custom score fields and an overall score.
hmmm. let me mull that over. You dont think the standard rating works?

The standard rating is for your members to rate your article, if your doing a review you want to be able to give a score to the product your're reviewing.

Example (software)

Presentation: 9/10
Ease Of Use: 8/10
Value For Money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

If you wanted to be really fancy these could be percentage bars :)

You getting what I mean now?

[KTBleeding]

Example (software)

Presentation: 9/10
Ease Of Use: 8/10
Value For Money: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

While that would be nice, it's more for a reviews area than an "articles". Meaning, I don't know about everyone else, but I would have no use for a rating system in that way.

[The Geek]

While that would be nice, it's more for a reviews area than an "articles". Meaning, I don't know about everyone else, but I would have no use for a rating system in that way.
Could maybe provide a cool add on?

[spence2]

While that would be nice, it's more for a reviews area than an "articles". Meaning, I don't know about everyone else, but I would have no use for a rating system in that way.
I would not have a use for this either. I love the ability to rate the article and wouldn't want to confuse what was being rated ... article or "product". I love the simplicity of the showthread and would hope it won't get crowded.

Of course, if it's an add-on that won't display unless we enable it, why not?

[Razz]

I've come across another problem when using page breaks ([BREAK] in my case), on a new article I just added, the ratings do not show on any page except for the last.

If I remove the page breaks so it's a single page, it returns.

Do any special characters used in articles cause problems?

[Razz]

I would not have a use for this either. I love the ability to rate the article and wouldn't want to confuse what was being rated ... article or "product". I love the simplicity of the showthread and would hope it won't get crowded.

Of course, if it's an add-on that won't display unless we enable it, why not?

If as suggested it was a toggle between reviews/articles there would be no confusion as the article rating would not show in reviews and vice versa.

[The Geek]

I've come across another problem when using page breaks ([BREAK] in my case), on a new article I just added, the ratings do not show on any page except for the last.

If I remove the page breaks so it's a single page, it returns.

Do any special characters used in articles cause problems?
Hey Razz... Ill look into it. I think there was a potential minor bug with showing the ratings that I have fixed for the next version. Ill have to double check.

[KTBleeding]

There was something I noticed with page breaks as well. I don't use them yet, but when I had the break set as "[BREAK]" and if I would type just the word "Break" in the article (without the brackets) it would capitolize the word "break"

For example:
I have the page break set to [BREAK].
I typed "breakdown" in a review, and it changed to "BREAKdown".

Just thought I'd let you know. I fixed it by simply changing [BREAK] to [PAGEBREAK].

[Razz]

Hey Razz... Ill look into it. I think there was a potential minor bug with showing the ratings that I have fixed for the next version. Ill have to double check.

Thanks :)

btw, I don't know if this is by design but the comment buttons only show on last page of the article, could this be changed to every page?

[rlamego]

Razz, the comment button was moved to the last page after a long discussion where it was pointed out that allowing people to comment before reading the whole article is not a good thing. There was an option to show them on every page but I believe it was removed.

[The Geek]

Razz, the comment button was moved to the last page after a long discussion where it was pointed out that allowing people to comment before reading the whole article is not a good thing. There was an option to show them on every page but I believe it was removed.
Yeas rlamego is right. I kind of agree. May not hurt as an option... Ill see what I can do.

Bleeding. Thanks for bringing that to my atetntion... Ill get on it ;)

[Blam Forumz]

how about after a certain ammount of characters / lines it automatically inserts a page break? and has a little Continue... link in the bottom right of the article like in that other article system which is floating around somewhere :/

[The Geek]

how about after a certain ammount of characters / lines it automatically inserts a page break? and has a little Continue... link in the bottom right of the article like in that other article system which is floating around somewhere :/
I think that its best to leave that in the hands of the user. Character breaks would cut article pages into something illegible and line breaks could do the same IMO. :(

[Blam Forumz]

fair enough ??

How about a seperate page system, where the user has the opportunity to edit every single page by itself? and maybe a bigger editor box? :D

[The Geek]

fair enough ??

How about a seperate page system, where the user has the opportunity to edit every single page by itself? and maybe a bigger editor box? :D
Did that for the first design of the system.

To write articles, it was a bit more intuitive IMO, but I dont think it really worked out in the long run. It became logistically very difficult to do.

Just out of curiosity... Why do you dislike the [BREAK] system?

BTW: Thanks for your support on HOTM. Im a bit miffed about what happened though. Hopefully it will get resolved - but Im not turning blue holding my breath!

[rlamego]

How about a seperate page system, where the user has the opportunity to edit every single page by itself? and maybe a bigger editor box? :D
I believe the new vB "increase/decrease size" links bellow the text area might do the trick for the editor box.

As for editing a single page by itself, I really don't see any advantages that make up for the break of usability, since an article is broke into several pages for readability.
Maybe you have a different user scenario where this makes sense. Can you share it with us? =)

[Black_Widow]

Hello everybody,
maybe I have a problem after installation of GAS3.
On my forum Home when I click on https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ last post icon VB3 lead me to last page of thar thread but not to last post. The browser stays on fist post of last thread page. You can test it on m forum www.p2pforum.it/forum
Is this a GAS bug? Or I have made some mistakens in the installation?
Thanks

[The Geek]

Hello everybody,
maybe I have a problem after installation of GAS3.
On my forum Home when I click on https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/smoothblue/buttons/lastpost.gif last post icon VB3 lead me to last page of thar thread but not to last post. The browser stays on fist post of last thread page. You can test it on m forum www.p2pforum.it/forum
Is this a GAS bug? Or I have made some mistakens in the installation?
Thanks
I think what you are refering to is a bug that popped up yesterday which I am looking into. Can you provide a forumdisplay link? You have a lot of forums and my Italian sucks ;)

[Black_Widow]

I think what you are refering to is a bug that popped up yesterday which I am looking into
Oh cool, so it has been already notified.

Can you provide a forumdisplay link? You have a lot of forums and my Italian sucks
Oh but it's really simple.
Go to my forum FORUMHOME here > http://www.p2pforum.it/forum/
Click on any 'last post' link (icon) http://www.p2pforum.it/forum/images/buttons/lastpost.gif. You'll be redirected to first post of last page for that thread. Normally Vbulletin 3 would redirect you to last post of last page.
If you need more infos please just ask.

Thank you :-)

PS: i have installer GAS for forum "P2P Articoli e Notizie"

[Breaker]

I have also noticed that to get to the proper article from forumhome takes a few extra steps because of only comments being show when showthread.php is called using ?p=2323 instead of ?t=123 - this is good in some cases, but gets annoying when trying to read new articles :)

[ge66]

Have been looking for a feature in any article system or other hack that would make it possible to set the date and time when you want an article posted.

If I have a lot of articles and want to spread them in time, without having to sit by a computer when I want them posted.

Like today I have an article that I want posted 5 am on Sunday or something.

It is ok for me if this is only for admins.

Thank you for all the work you have put into this already!

[The Geek]

Have been looking for a feature in any article system or other hack that would make it possible to set the date and time when you want an article posted.

If I have a lot of articles and want to spread them in time, without having to sit by a computer when I want them posted.

Like today I have an article that I want posted 5 am on Sunday or something.

It is ok for me if this is only for admins.

Thank you for all the work you have put into this already!
Sorry, but I dont think I will be able to look into doing this for this hack.

You could always change the time after posting... but maybe some kind of hack that would run as a cron job and do a new thread at a specific time would be the ticket for you (wouldnt really be that hard to do).

Good luck!

[The Geek]

Just a quick note for those of you having problems with the page break code capitalizing similar words in your posts. I am in middle of finishing the next release and came across the problem (is obvious when you look at it!).

Though it will be fixed in the next release, if it bugs you feel free to make the following change:

open your includes/functions_geekarticles.php

Find:

function prep_for_breaks($text){
global $GAS_page_break_code;
$strip_brackets=str_replace(array("[","]"),"",$GAS_page_break_code);
$text=eregi_replace("$strip_brackets", "$strip_brackets", $text);
return $text;
}

replace with:

function prep_for_breaks(&$text){
global $GAS_page_break_code;
$strip_brackets=str_replace(array("[","]"),array("\[","\]"),$GAS_page_break_code);
$text=eregi_replace("$strip_brackets", $GAS_page_break_code, $text);
return $text;
}


On a side note-Ill be looking for a handful of people to help test install the next version. Anyone game PM me.

nJoy

[Breaker]

thanks alot... it was bugging the hell outta me, trying to sign all my articles with "Breaker" never worked :P

any ETA on the next release?

[dookie]

Works perfectly on 3.0.6, *install* :)

[shiva]

Well, first off, this looks incredable, though I have to admit, the amount of changes needed has scared me off a bit, but as I look at this, I am getting braver every day. :)

I can see this as idea for a help guide system, with multiple pages, one for each topic. Is there a way for a built in Page Jump type listing, say create a "subtitle" after each break, and have it displayed on the side as a link title, as opposed to just the page numbers at the bottom? That way we could use this for say manuals, FAQ's, and other things where a link with a topic title would be more helpful than a number.

By the way, couldn't we use this idea as a BBcode thing? have a icon set up, that adds the break, and pulls up a text box for a "subtitle"? just a thought, but not very good when it comes to coding etc.

Still, I can see the huge future potential of this script, and the fact it changes the entire appearance of the forum into something a lot better looking is simply awe inspiring. I like the new Forumhome look as well BTW. :)

[rlamego]

Well, first off, this looks incredable, though I have to admit, the amount of changes needed has scared me off a bit, but as I look at this, I am getting braver every day. :)

If you were scared by the amount of changes needed, you should have a look at the installation instructions of vbJournal =)

As for the rest, something along those lines as already been proposed but seems it involved major modifications that didn't follow the KISS rule (although I'm not quite sure that was the reason why). Anyway, you can do that by hand.
Write an article, insert the page breaks, begin each "page" with a "subtitle" and submit it. Then browse your article, copy each page url and create the links with [ URL ] bbtags at the end of each page.

[shiva]

Hmm, can understand that, shame, as I could see it handleing say 100 pages (by the time my members get through with it.)
Be simplier then to split that into seperate threads completely. Thanks.

[The Geek]

Hey Shiva - Thanks for the compliment.

I agree that the file changes may occasionally put a couple of people off even though they only seem a lot because of the amount of text that is inserted. The reason for all the text was to make uninstalling or upgrading a piece of cake ;)
I have worked very hard for the next version to have less file edits and less text to change. Most of the GAS code is moved into external files with simple function calls to make file changes much lighter.

As for the change you are putting forward - If I understand you right, you are wanting each page of an article to be a named link? Like a TOC? Or are you suggesting a named link to the next page?

This can make a slight change in the 'doability' of the request. Regardlessly - Ricardo is right. It does start to make things slightly more complex than it needs to be. This came up during beta testing gas3 and the conclusion was that if a named link to the next page (or anypage) is required - just create a url to jump to it).

Then again - I may be misunderstanding what you are envisioning for the use of Gas3.

nJoy

[The Geek]

Just a note to say that its working perfectly fine with latest vb3 release of the week (3.07) though I had to reinstall phrases. Thankfully its one click with the installer.

[Breaker]

i realised that i had used v3Articles in the past, so tested the import thing... worked like charm :)

[shiva]

TOC actually. I know it may be tough though, it's VB and not some proper system made for it after all. If you ever figure out a basic system even, that would be cool, even like the present FAQ system used in VB.

[dookie]

Just a note to say that its working perfectly fine with latest vb3 release of the week (3.07) though I had to reinstall phrases. Thankfully its one click with the installer.

All the templates are gone too.
Isn?t there a better way? :rolleyes:

[The Geek]

For some unknown reason, upgrading vb frequently wipes out random custom installed templates. This is the case with many other hacks too (my vba installations always go screwy any time I upgrade vb).

Thats why in the install file, you can install templates/phrases only.

I have actually decided to postpone the next release a tad. I am redoing my installers to make all file modifications automatically. That way upgrading vb and the Geek hacks will be a bit o cake :)

[Blam Forumz]

all the file mods automatically? :| Could you give us options whether we want to do that or not, because we may have hacks which could interfere with that=\

[rlamego]

I am redoing my installers to make all file modifications automatically.
Great news! See if you can squeeze some coffee making abilities into that installer. That way we can lean back and watch it do all the hard work ;)

[The Geek]

all the file mods automatically? :| Could you give us options whether we want to do that or not, because we may have hacks which could interfere with that=\
Hey Blam.

It is optional. Here is what I am working on it doing:

It makes a copy of each needed file into a change directory. It also copies it into a change/backup directory
It then goes through and applies changes to the files in teh change directory
If it cant make a change because you have modified the text, it will skip the change and alert you to which step you will need to manually do in order to make the file complete.
When it is done, you can manually copy over the changed files. Once verified, you can delete the backups.

I know what you mean about concerns over existing hacks. My boards are heavily modified - but this is the #1 reason why I want something to automatically make the changes for me. It makes upgrading a snap ;)

regardless, you will still have the option - worse case scenario - you may have to make a couple of hand modifications - at least the rest would be done for you ;)

Ricardo - I am working on the coffee making facilities for the install file after I finish the Vodka tonic mixer mod for the installer ;)

[tormodg]

Having a funny problem...the comments are displayed BEFORE the articles.

Here:
http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1669

Help!

[tormodg]

In fact, my article is simply displayed in line with the comments...and a comment is shown as the article.

Wow...this freaks me out. :)

[The Geek]

In fact, my article is simply displayed in line with the comments...and a comment is shown as the article.

Wow...this freaks me out. :)
Looks fine from here?!?

[tormodg]

HUH??? It breaks for me in both Firefox and Explorer. The source shows the articles in the wrong place.

[tormodg]

Ah. The problem only shows up for logged in users.

Something must be very wrong somewhere else, then...I only found this AFTER I installed the "Latest Geek Article" module for the vBa CMPS. Removing it did not help so there is something fishy going on. Oh well, more style cleaning up to do, I guess.

[The Geek]

HUH??? It breaks for me in both Firefox and Explorer. The source shows the articles in the wrong place.
Just checked IE and FF. Both appear fine to me.
Just out of curiosity - you are not viewing the page in ascending order are you?

[The Geek]

Ah. The problem only shows up for logged in users.

Something must be very wrong somewhere else, then...I only found this AFTER I installed the "Latest Geek Article" module for the vBa CMPS. Removing it did not help so there is something fishy going on. Oh well, more style cleaning up to do, I guess.
Wanna PM me a login?

[tormodg]

Sure, can do that. But I suspect this is related to the thing in the last articles module! Where we hade to remove the unset(fperms) or whatever!

[The Geek]

Sure, can do that. But I suspect this is related to the thing in the last articles module! Where we hade to remove the unset(fperms) or whatever!
naaa. All that did is make it so the module didnt have to recheck which forums the user had access to.
This to me sounds like an orphaned td or something.

[The Geek]

Hate to say it - but even with the login you provided me. Everything looks the same. (both in IE and FF).

[tormodg]

Just checked IE and FF. Both appear fine to me.
Just out of curiosity - you are not viewing the page in ascending order are you?


No, no, no, no. Nope. *quickly changes mode in options*

How the hell did THAT happen. :nervous:

Sorry for ringing the bell on that...

[The Geek]

No problem - glad it wasnt some hidden bug :)

[tormodg]

Another problem.

The line in showthread.php:

exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]p=$getlastpost[postid]$highlightwords#post$getlastpost[postid]&amp;conly=$commentsonly");

breaks the redirect to the last post in a thread.

I think the software chokes on the & after a #.

[The Geek]

Thats not why... There is a bug that I have fixed in the next release where clicking the last reply link doesnt make it jump to the last reply ;)

Minor issue but I cant update till next release. Sorry :(

[tormodg]

Anyways, removing the &-code fixes the problem for me right now so it must be related somehow.

[tormodg]

And let me congratulate you on GAS3 - it is a supreme advance compared to the old system.

[The Geek]

huh. Thats odd (though in a way it does kind of make sense). Anyhow. Glad its working and glad you dig it. It is a MAJOR advancement on 2.0 in fact - its a completely different system dont you think (hint hint admins).

[tormodg]

Yes it's completely different.

I just found out there's a teeny weeny problem with it, though.

When someone replies to an article (ie, makes a comment), the article is listed in the "Latest topics" list in the vBa CMPS. This is fine...however, when you click on the link (which goes to the last thread) then the only thing shown is the comments.

Check it out -

link to article:
http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?t=1698&conly=0

link to last post (copied from the "Latest threads" thingy in my right column):
http://www.hypography.com/scienceforums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=1698

I have enabled the "comments on last page" thing but the comments show fine when I view the article itself.

This behaviour is a bit strange and also makes it difficult for readers to understand what's going on if the first thing they see is the comment...! :)

[The Geek]

Thats by design. The article goes into Comments mode and only shows the comments. When you view the article with x amount of preview comments shown... thats all they are - previews. There is a link at the top of the comments only page to show them the actual article.

To prevent it from popping up in Latest topics, exclude the forum id in your cmps settings. You can instead use the Latest Articles (I prefer using random article mod though) and chose for the mod to display the latest articles, not the latest comments.

Hope that makes sense!

[zerinS4]

Just installed it, works great. I've been looking for something like this for a year now... thanks!

[tormodg]

Geek, I'm not complaining. :) Just trying to customize this like I do with just about everyting else in this world.

[The Geek]

Geek, I'm not complaining. :) Just trying to customize this like I do with just about everyting else in this world.
I know tormodg - I appreciate it as it keeps me on my toes ;)

Zerin - Glad you dig it. Make sure you click install. Cool updates are coming :)

[Daniel Castle]

Is this hack working with VB 3.0.7 ?

[The Geek]

Is this hack working with VB 3.0.7 ?
yup ;)

[tormodg]

I have it up and running in 3.0.7.

[The Geek]

Hey Guys.

Just thought I would drop in an update and a request ;)

I have postponed the next release for a couple of weeks as I am going to be traveling on business so I wont be around to support the beta testers. The good news is that by the end of this week I will have the next version for them (but they will still have to wait for my return to get it!).

Here is what I have done:

Far more options - I have given GAS its own admincp page for easier management
Post as user - defined by usergroups
Geek Autolinker key phrase adder - it allows you to put in keywords seperated by a comma to insert new links into the GAL system (if you have it installed). This is also controlled by usergroups
New forumdisplay layout (http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17) - option to turn it to regular forumdisplay (I just updated the layout today. I think its looking sweet now!).
Synopsis - displayed in the new forum display (and soon to be released add ons)
Turn off signature completely or have it on the last page.
Show comment button on all pages - optional
Automatic file modifications (optional) - I have devised a system whereby GAS tries to make all the file modifications all by its lonesome. If it can - it will. If it cant - it just notifies you which ones you will need to do by hand. Hopefully this will dramatically increase the ease of vB upgrades and installations.
Image header gallery - This is a big one. Users can upload images to act as their article header or choose from a pre-defined gallery. The gallery shows a 'catch all' gallery and then merges forum specific images into it. That way you can have some default images, then some that are specific to each forum. Barring that - you can always let the user upload their own. This is all controlled via the admicp. You will still be able to have the first attachment thumbnail as the header image, but this way the new forumdisplay will be far more efficient.
What I am asking for now is that if anyone of you guys are ass kicking artists and fancy doing some default article header images to include with the install, I would dig it big time - just PM me.

What I havent done but plan to do after this next release:

Sort out captions for attachments
Allow users to specify which attachment goes to which page
Settings per forum. This is a big one. Essentially you will be able to wither inherit settings or specify your own on a per forum basis. You will also be able to use differnent phrasegroups on a per forum basis. That way you can have articles AND something like reviews on your site all with the same system.
After that. Im going to France to make waffles to go with the scrambled eggs my brain has become.

If there is anythign I seem to have missed - let me know. I can still add minor functionality at this stage.

[rlamego]

Oh, no =( 2 weeks?!
By the time you come back, I'll have gave in to the dark side (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=74189)...

[Henry-RS]

The Geek Articles system is great, but I have one request/suggestion.

Could you make it so you can see the comments on all pages of the article, and not just the last one? If not, can you provide the code to work this in ourselves?

[Snow]

If there is anythign I seem tohave missed - let me know. I can still add minor functionality at thisstage.I don't know if this has already been mentioned but a[BREAK] button or even better an auto-break feature (where a page breakis automatically inserted after x characters/lines) would benice. I'm finding most of my authors are not using the [BREAK]code in the current version which results in super-long 1 page articles.

[The Geek]

Ricardo - hehe. Guess I better see what I can do without getting it to you sooner then ;)
Henry - Thats done :)

Snow - hmmmm. This is difficult. If you automatically put them in after x amount of characters, you will inevitably get some articles messed up with breaks in illogical places. Maybe I can come up with some creative way of getting the character count between breaks and if it is over a range... tell the user to pagebreak somewhere. Let me mull that one over :rolleyes:

[saree]

Hello

Great hack.

Man it's great but i want to ask you is there a way that i can fix it to my own needs
i need to allow the user when he want to add a new thread or Article he should enter four things so the article will be posted

Three written filled and one filled for adding the image so in the end it will be very organized:

The output should look like this

1-name of the document or the article
=======================
2- The picture of the document centered.
=======================
3-what is written in that historical document will be here so every body can read it clearly.
=======================
4- What is the reason this document have been release
=======================
5- The date this document have been release.

This should organize automatically and if there is one filled missing it will not allow him to post it.

I know it's a new hack idea put if it could be done in this already done hack it will be great.

Thank you very much.

[The Geek]

If I understand you correctly, you should be able to accomplish all of this with modifications to your GAS_article_pb template.

[tamarian]

Great hack, clicks install.

I have a suggestion: If the comments are displayed in a postbit style, or an option to view them in postbit style.

[The Geek]

Easy enough ;)

Ill look into adding an option for the next release :)

[gregwatson]

Have been looking for a feature in any article system or other hack that would make it possible to set the date and time when you want an article posted.

That's a critical feature for me ...

I've got about five sites that I would migrate to vBulletin immediately if that one feature were available to me ...

[Paolino_Preach]

Having trouble with the install...cannot find the "templates" to modify. I installed and modified the files, but I do not have a templates folder...

[tormodg]

The templates are in your AdminCP, not in your file structure.

[TCB]

Hi The_Geek,

This version looks simply fantastic. I will uninstall v1 today and install this v3 also.

I see with the version that you're using on your site that all articles in your forumdispley (http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17) have a short summary. This is very, very nice. Can (or will) this summary also be used for the 'featured article' and 'random article' modules for vbadvanced?

[rlamego]

TCB, I like the idea but would like to see this as optional as it can be, I mean, something that doesn't involve adding a new text field and forcing someone to fill it in every article written. This way, it won't affect all the people that use GAS to post reviews, instructions, FAQs, etc.

A BB tag would be great if Samuel could extract it from the middle of the text.
Imagine you select a paragraph, enclose it in [ summary ] [ /summary ] tags and that's it.
When reading through the article, summary tags would simply be ignored.

[The Geek]

Hey guys.
First off I want to say that the new version is coming along sweetly. I have redone the installer so that it makes copies of the required files that need edits - moves the copies into another folder, and makes all the file edits itself. If it cant find what it is looking for because your file has already been hacked, then it simply lets you know which step you have to manually do. It is freaking sweet. I tested the install script on a new vb test installation (unmodified files) and the entire thing (settings, phrases, templates, file changes, data stuff) took under 30 seconds :)

I am hoping to give Ricardo it by end of week (when I go away). If there are any problems with it - he will find them :) Then when I get back ill make the changes and issue to the Beta testers that contacted me.

Now onto your points!

The new summary you are seeing in the new forum display is the synopsis box. Put whatever the heck you want in there (or leave it blank). It doesnt matter. If you use the forumdisplay legacy option (where by the forumdisplay looks more like a normal forumdisplay) then it wont particularly matter if you use the synopsis box as that is the only place it appears right now (I am working on a new featured/random/latest articles add on that would use it though).

Hope that helps (see attachments of new forumdisplay, article extras and image chooser/uploader)

[tormodg]

Geek - are those shots of an *upcoming* release? Stuff does not look that sweet in my GAS3, for sure.

[The Geek]

yup - this is for the next release :)

[tormodg]

Man, you should have a paypal donation button somewhere so you can get a real GargleBlaster. Well deserved.

[saree]

thank you very much for your fast reply.

i also need to know if i want to translat the language from english to may language is it easy say like a sepreat file for language and it could be used in the fully auto installation script you did.

if there is an easy way i'll do the translation. it would be great.

[The Geek]

Depends what your language is ;)

I think they have done (or are doing) a French Translation over at vBulletin-fr.org

Many of the phrases were translated to French for 2.0 (which are still pretty valid). However if you want a complete (and easy) way to translate than just edit the install file. There you will see all the english phrases in an array. Leave all the variable and such the same... just change the text and then install and its done!

If you do translate - let me have your install script back and I will roll up the translation into the next install file.

[The Geek]

That's a critical feature for me ...

I've got about five sites that I would migrate to vBulletin immediately if that one feature were available to me ...
Are you guys saying that you want a 'cron' job of sorts? Or are you saying that you want to backdate a thread/article?

[kevinnguyen]

do we need to uninstall the previous version in order to install the new one?
arrrrggggg cant wait

[The Geek]

do we need to uninstall the previous version in order to install the new one?
arrrrggggg cant wait
To go v1 or 2 to v3 (the current release) then yes, run the install script and uninstall.

For this upcoming release (3.5) I am going to try to do an upgrader along the installer lines though in all honesty it may just be easier and faster to grab fresh files to hack as it is done automatically.

I want to get the version finalised first and then the last thing I will do is the upgrader. Ill have more info then :)

[kevinnguyen]

when u gonna release the new version?
today or tomorrow? :D

[The Geek]

Ha. I would love to however its not all the way done. It still needs a few finishing touches, A couple minor settings need adding, the upgrader needs looking at and the uninstaller needs doing (I never release a hack without one!).

Not to mention I wont let it out until its been beta tested. That way we can keep the number of issues down to what you guys have expected (nil).

To top that off with - I am out of town from Friday for 10 days. I assume beta testing will begin then and a final release by mid March.

Promise it will be worth it :)

[kevinnguyen]

how about ill be your beta tester? ;)

[The Geek]

how about ill be your beta tester? ;)
The programme is closed - but if you PM me and Ill see if I can get you into the first phase if you have some basic debugging abilities.

Thanks!

[winky6]

Change my last comment. The error was a template edit I did in the forums.
:banana:

Good coding and html NG. Not too many hacks on these forums come up 100% validated without a bunch of corrections.

[ixian]

I am getting the following errors when I click on a forums that I designated in the options to be an article forum:

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

Appears at the top of the page, and I also get a vbulletin warning box that says:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.

It can be only one of two things:

I munged something up. I followed the instructions meticulously, and went back and looked over every file edit line by line (tedious) but found nothing. Is there something in the error messages that would point me in the right direction to where I screwed up, at least?

OR

I don't use cookies per se on this board - I have disabled the "remember me" checkbox, so logins are sessions based. I do this because it is an admin-related site for my company and I am tired of employees forgetting to log out on public computers. I'm not sure if this is the problem - I have both vBadvanced CPMS and vBugs installed on this forum (they are the only hacks on an otherwise fresh 3.0.7 install) but I bring it up anyway.

Any one have any ideas?

Thank you!

Update:

I just tried it with "Remember me" checked so that cookies are used, and got the exact same errors, so that isn't it. I must have messed something up, but for the life of me I cannot find it - I went back over the install step by step.

[The Geek]

sounds like the forum ids in your settings are not set right. Make sure they are numerical only and seperated by comma's like: 34,23,99

THe cookie error is because an error got spit out beofre any of the headers.
Let me know if that sorts it :)

[ixian]

sounds like the forum ids in your settings are not set right. Make sure they are numerical only and seperated by comma's like: 34,23,99

THe cookie error is because an error got spit out beofre any of the headers.
Let me know if that sorts it :)

It gives this error even with just one forum id set. I checked, reset it, made sure there were no spaces, tried it with two separated with commas - no go.

Same error no matter which forum I choose or how many. Any forum that I designate as an "article" forum gives this error.

[The Geek]

It gives this error even with just one forum id set. I checked, reset it, made sure there were no spaces, tried it with two separated with commas - no go.

Same error no matter which forum I choose or how many. Any forum that I designate as an "article" forum gives this error.
PM me a link and also what is in the settings for forumid's.

Thanks

[ixian]

PM me a link and also what is in the settings for forumid's.

Thanks

PM sent, and thank you!

[Mijae]

PM sent, and thank you!
I just installed this but I am a little paranoid about it breaking my forum :P

How many queries does it use? Does it affect normal thread load anyway, like in time, etc?

Also, is there a way to hide the quick reply box if you're on a page where you can't leave comments? :D

I would love to have a separate file for the articles, like articles.php, but this works nice too. Also, is there an option to set more characters for article submission? My first article was over 20k characters while posts are only allowed up to 10k (altho I put it to 0 to disable meanwhile).

So far it has worked great.

[Blam Forumz]

Idea! Pros and Cons box? Possibly in the header of the article template? :D

[rlamego]

1 - I just installed this but I am a little paranoid about it breaking my forum :P
2 - How many queries does it use? Does it affect normal thread load anyway, like in time, etc?
3 - Also, is there a way to hide the quick reply box if you're on a page where you can't leave comments? :D
4 - I would love to have a separate file for the articles, like articles.php, but this works nice too.
5 - Also, is there an option to set more characters for article submission? My first article was over 20k characters while posts are only allowed up to 10k (altho I put it to 0 to disable meanwhile).
Mijae, the whole concept behind GAS is to use existing forum tools and functions instead of creating a new thing on top of vB.
The original script was nothing more than a set of templates more suitable for article displaying than vB's showthread templates.
Since that version a lot has happened and some I didn't follow but the main concept remains.
So, having said that:
1 - Why?
2 - With the inclusion of some new fields (like the byline thing), it adds at least one more query. You can wait for Samuel's answer or install a mod to count queries. Either way I believe the number of additional queries it's not significant.
3 - If the user has no permission to leave comments, the quick reply shouldn't be displayed. You can edit the templates and put an if conditional around the quick reply box if there isn't an option for that in the GAS settings.
4 - In theory you can duplicate showthread.php, name it articles.php, make the necessary edits on that file and change GAS code to call articles.php when a GA is displayed. In practice I don't know what are the side effects of this.
5 - Again, this should use your forum's settings although I'm also not sure if there is a value for that in GAS settings.

[rlamego]

Idea! Pros and Cons box? Possibly in the header of the article template? :D
I like the idea but would prefer a BBcode thing like [ quote ] works than a new text field.

[tamarian]

Hi The Geek, I just found that the GAS templates are not cached (like in showthread and forumdusply). This is due to including functions_geekarticles.php after global.php was included. I just added them to $globaltemplates directly and commented out the array_merge code. Just thought I'd let you know for the next release :)

[rlamego]

Go to the GAS 2.0 thread and download again =)

[shiva]

A suggestion, how about including some instructions for the vb3articles convertor as well when you release. including a brief overview of what you need to do before you start messing around with it.

[RichieBoy67]

Ok, I have this installed but I have not got a clue on how to use this..... Instruction please????

[H2k]

I have installing this hack

vb3 Postbit Style Option v1.0

in the showthread.php your modify have removed the

$template = 'postbit';

and the hack postbit style it ask to change the code


Find: ( 2 )

$template = 'postbit';

Replace With:

$template = iif ( $bbuserinfo['postbitstyle'] == 0,'postbit','postbit_legacy' ) ;

anyway to fix this problem ?

Thankyou very much

[Anfiniti.net]

I seem to have done something wrong, take a look at this screenshot.

http://www.anfiniti.net/forums/error.JPG

Somethin's up with the phrases methinks.