Wow thanks that you made this specially for us vBa users..

Unfortunately its not working correctly (yet) at our homepage. It lists all the recent articles alright but when you click on the title you get redirected to the portal again.

It points to a showthread while we use rewrited urls with vbseo... Also our cmps file is located on the www.domain.com and the forum is located at forum.domain.com

Nevertheless ace that you took the time to help out.

Bug found...

When you untick Most Commented Articles from the new options in AdminCP...it removes the entire right column...including Most Read and Top Authors...

Try attached file.

It should fix issue of url pointing to wrong directory when index_cmps.php is in different directory to forum.

Fixed in attached file

Great add-on. I am not sure how extendable this is since it uses the vBulletin forums for posting and your leveraging most of what that provides, but here are a couple of feature requests:

1) It would be nice to be able to create an article that would appear in the future. That way I can create multiple articles and determine when they show up on the site.

2) It would also be nice to enable HTML postings for select authors. (this might be more of a vBulletin securiting setting/configuration) I'd like for a select group of trusted authors to be able to post an article that's HTML based so they have full formatting control but only allow "comments" to contain BB Code.

Thanks!

--Ed

@Bananalive: when importing the module i get the following error:

Ok, thank you!

Are both the vba module, and article forums threads up to date with the latest of your modifications?

I saw you upload a few within the posts and I don't want to miss out on anything.

Same here.

Request:

Can we add an announcement between the letters and the main table? Would be nice to add the ability to have the newest articles scrolling through.

Download latest version here: Article Forums Module for vBa CMPS

It has the issue mentioned fixed.

Latest vBa module for Article forums here: Article Forums Module for vBa CMPS

Latest Article Forums in first post with latest product file here (fixes issue with which 'modules' to display on articles.php)

Since you have this working really well with the existing forums, I have another suggestion along those same lines. Can you add another option to the already default Notifications options of vB to where we can use the Notifications system to post one only on articles.php. Would also be nice to utilize Announcements in some fashion, like maybe across the top of the three columns.

But other then that, I really like using the forums as an articles section. I've managed to use the Extra Thread Fields mod with some limited success in the postbit, other then some HTML not parsing. But yeah, I like this. I'd much rather use what the system already does than having to learn a whole set of new Admin CP instructions.

Confirmed working fine with 3.8.3.

Bug:

When you switch on bbcode support it ignores the preview character limit and shows the entire article in articles.php. So you get a list of FULL articles down the page.

Yeah I need this for multiple categories too. I need to add articles sections to different forum categories other than the sub forums in just the one.

Really good mod. Not surprised it got MOTM.

Awesome :)

The problem with multiple categories is how should they be distinguished. Should articles.php show both categories on left. some variable is possibly needed like articles.php?forum=1 :confused:

I'm open to suggestions

bananalive, i asked this question once and unfortunately you haven't answered: how'd you think, is it hard to build some linking mechanism in your articles mod? let me explain what i'm talking about. i run an technically oriented automotive site and there are several forums dedicated to different car models. time after time, somebody posts something useful regarding repairs or like that, and naturally i'd like this post to be highlighted somehow, so novice users could see it before they ask the same question. i've tried using sticky threads but it's unusable since there's too much info and thread listings are overloaded with stickies. i would very much like to have some "knowledge base" section on my site and your articles mod looks very promising but it has one major drawback: an article should be a thread in corresponding forum. if i have thematical forums A and B i create Knowledge Base Article forum C i should either move or copy useful threads from "live" forums to "article" forum, using built-in vBulletin mechanisms. if i move a thread, moderators will lose control over it -- i cannot give all thematical forums moderators permissions for article forum, it'll be a mess. if i move and close thread, it'll lose part of its usability since novice users tend to ask questions within the same thread and stick to the topic. if i copy a thread to article forum, it'll be a mess too, users won't know where to ask questions and where to find the original useful thread.
having said that, now is the question: can you somehow make a thread from another forum to be displayed as an article if accessed from Articles section? i can imagine some sort of "links" on real thread placed in articles section, almost like thread links that one can place when moving a thread but displaying a "live" thread as an article not redirecting to another forum. this way i think it will be an ideal solution -- threads will still reside in their original forums within control of their moderators, users could easily find them via articles section and there is no duplication. can you implement this?

Out of curiosity, why can't you do this?

Why would it be a mess exactly? Even if you don't want to give them all access to the Article's forum, which I don't see why not, wouldn't you have separate categories for each of your themes? So separate categories, separate moderators for each category, right?

I have a question...referred to it before but nobody replied.

I have a couple of hacks that include images where the usual images go...like Top of Page, Edit, Quick Reply, Multiquote, Quote, Post Thanks, Post Groan...

What happened to these images?

I tested it on a user account and the only images that show are the Post Thanks and Post Groan images. The Top of Page image hack I use...is no longer there.

Now... I'm trying to get this Articles forum right where I want it, but it seems to me...it's just one issue after another. Don't get me wrong...I love this mod...but if it ain't one thing...it's another.

I look at it this way...the "Article Tools" inline links created for this mod really aren't needed. Leave the images at the bottom for editing and whatever. Also...the Rate Article location is fine...but never really understood why it was moved from where the Article Tools in the table header currently are.

Anyway...Back to the situation at hand...

I want to include the following images at the lower part of the article thread...my Top image button and my Edit button.

Anyone know how to get these back...since this mod removed them?

Thanks bananalive,
this mod is very nice and very much useful to change the feel of my forum.
:up:

If you've got some of the hook options disabled in this mods settings so as to hide some stuff, some of the other stuff that uses those hooks isn't going to display either. Also, some modifications display their content based on the HTML content of the postbit. So their either not looking for the article templates, or looking and not finding what they need to function. You'd have to edit the article templates directly to get everything you wanted to show up. It's going to be case by case for every mod you have installed.

I just wanted to say on this point, I don't second this motion. If this is something that get's a lot of requests, then might I ask you give folks the option to use the normal buttons if they want. I for one don't want the article postibit to look just like the regular posbit, or to have members reminded that their not looking at an article, but just another part of the forum. The tools menu gives the thread a sense of distinction, much the same way the menu on modification threads do here on vB.org. The more we get away from the usual look of the forum the better.

I would also suggest again that you try that inline editing feature, but check the z-index on that post. It's actually really convenient, and cuts down on page loads for a busy article forum.

Has anyone discovered a way to get this integrated with VBA?

Well...the only way I have found (to get the edit buttons back at the bottom) for this mod is to disable the Article postbit for this mod. However...doing this makes it look like a regular post...which is not what I want.

Which still doesn't help when trying to get these buttons back at the bottom of the article/thread.

I like the idea of the user info to the right of the article, but the Article Tools links which are placed underneath do not seem to look right...but, hey...that's just me. Same with the Article's rating.

Now...if I can get the user info to the right of the article and my buttons back at the bottom...I'll be a happy camper.

Any suggestions?

Digital_Jedi, i want to have some flexibility. if i go this way and create an article forum per each thematical forum, i'll have a very strange knowledge base -- some sections will be full and some will be empty. what's the point in that? i did say i have a lot of useful threads in my forums but they're not evenly dispersed so i would want to aggregate them by some other logic than i used for thematical forum separation. for example, a model forum may have subforums like "repairs", "tuning", "service tips" and so on, and rather than creating matching article forums tree i'd better create one "knowledge base - model A" forum and link all useful threads for particular car model in that forum regardless of their origin forum.
as for moderators, i have several of them in my forums and they tend to have their own moderating styles, not necessary like each other. i would want to avoid any conflicts in my forum staff and the best way to do this is to keep them separated. also, some forums don't have dedicated moderators (admins moderate them, of course) and i'd like to keep it that way but have means to add "golden" threads from there too.
am i clear now? i really think this mod could benefit a lot from such a feature, it will be much better suited for knowledge-oriented community boards and i see no way it could harm any other board either.

Digital_Jedi,

a follow-up thought: also this feature could open a way for even more useful things. i, for example, strongly believe in community-driven decisions so i would like to give my users power to add threads to this knowledge base themselves. right now, in order to move a thread an user should have moderator's privileges and that is right, this feature is too dangerous for ordinary users. but suppose if we could link threads to knowledge base, that's not destructive in any way and this option could be given to users, in some restricted form of course. something like thread rating, for example "nominate this thread for knowledge base" -- if a configured threshold is reached (10 users nominated or something like that), it is linked to an article forum automatically. nice? i think so. no additional burden on moderators and admins, no conflicts regarding "golden" thread selection, true community-driven knowledge base.

bananalive, i admit that it's up to you to decide if this feature is worthy or not but at least i ask you to say what you think about it.

This question has probably been answered, but is the "articles" forum listed on the forumhome just like the rest of the forums, but is actually a link to the articles section?

I'd like to make the article section its entire own area. Check my site and you will see how we have various tabs at the top: http://www.adminaddict.net
I'd like to make one entitled "Articles" and have this mod on that page, and to only be accessible from the tab - not displayed on the forumhome in the list of forums. Is this possible?

Thanks. Looks promising. ;)

I have mine setup forum and subforums(categories) as active forums but not listed in the forum home list. The only way in is through the articles link or bookmark. And they retain the articles 'look'.

Thanks, Smirkley - I just tested it out and this is *amazing*.

I have another question: is there a way I can have the articles housed in its own directory (i.e. /articles) rather than /forum/articles.php? if possible, I'm assuming I'd have to edit the articles.php file or something?

Furthermore, depending on the answer to the above question, can the links be re-written if I have vBSEO?

Thanks.

Don't you mean you don't have them set as active? This way they are still accessible but not listed in the Forum list.

Yes, my bad,... you are correct.

I'd really love to see this work with The Image Resizer - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184571

Looking at the modification, it seems to be putting the correct JS and CSS into the article code. This mod doesn't seem to be parsing correctly when displaying the image - it's not creating the link around the image. :(

No problem... this is also how I have mine setup and wanted to make sure it was accurate in case people have followed our lead.

Okay, I found some vBSEO-related posts within this thread and it doesn't look like it's easy to setup, so I won't worry about it.

So this is the only question I have for now: is there a way I can have the articles housed in its own directory (i.e. /articles) rather than /forum/articles.php? if possible, I'm assuming I'd have to edit the articles.php file or something?

Thanks!

vB Version 3.8.2

I'm really new to this, I tried to install but nothing happens when I try to open the page.
except I get this message:

404 - Not Found
The page you are trying to access does not exist.
If this error persists, please contact the website webmaster.
If you are the webmaster of this site make sure that:

You have uploaded correctly your files to the public_html directory which is the web-root of your account;
You have not misspelled the URL. Bear in mind that letters are case sensitive and no white spaces are recommended;
In case you have applied SEO - SEF URL rewriting rules, make sure you have re-named the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess. If there is already a non-empty .htaccess file read it and make sure the necessary rules are un-commented.

1) I uploaded the xml page and made a forum.
2). Tried to open the upload file but there's nothing inside... downloaded twice just in case)

Can someone help... Thanks in advance:confused:

There's an articles.php file in the upload folder that goes in your forum root. The XML file is a product file that is imported thorugh the Product Manager of your Admin CP, not uploaded to the forum. Your getting a 404 error, becuase you've not uploaded the page yet, or because your navigating to the wrong page.

Very nice share = Thanks!
Question: Do you accept donations to remove the footer credit?
Again - Thanks very much for sharing.

Jacquii.

I was wondering the same thing. I was going to ask once my questions got answered and I got it up and running.

Let me know if you get an answer any way other than through this thread. ;)