Perfect - exactly as I had hoped it would work. THANKS!!!

Can you explain the difference between 'Uninstallation' and 'Full uninstallation' please?

Uninstallation disables the products functionallity; that is any threads promoted after performing the uninstallation steps will have a comments thread made in the comments forum for them. Existing threads that have been promoted however would cease to work (eg comments wouldn't get updated onto the article). Full uninstallation enables you to totally remove the product without breaking the articles you promoted while having the mod enabled.

Ok, I must be doing something wrong. I can't get it to work.

I installed it, as described. I went into one of my forums and into a thread with multiple replies. I promoted the first post to an article. Clicked save. But no comments are seen in the CMS. Is there anything I have to select before saving?

Thoughts?

deomo or screen?

Things to check:
1. Post a comment to the thread you promoted: does it go into the original thread?
- If not double + triple check you did everything right; (esp the uploading of the custom hooks.xml file; it may not have overwritten the original)
2. Clear the CMS cache and see if posts appear.

I don't see how I can provide a screenshot for this; as it would look no different from the basic vbulletin 4 setup. A demo is also difficult, as it uses what is essentially admin functionallity

Carnage-, Are this bug fixed on ver 4.0.1 yet? or only about hooks fixed.

hooks are deffinatly fixed; deleting the thread before deleting the article should be fixed (along with a whole host of other bugs caused by doing things like deleting your cms comments forum) but i've not had chance to verify this yet. The issue with tags being removed if you delete an article i've not had chance to verify either way - it may not even have been looked at. (i'll go check the bug report now)

is the "deleting thread" problem fixed ?

until the hook is moved, deleting an article will remove the tags from the original thread; the thread itself however will not be deleted.

I did everything right, but I found the problem.

Before uploading your "hooks_vbcms.xml" file, I renamed the original file to "hooks_vbcms_backup.xml". I left it in the xml folder.

As soon as I deleted that backup file the hack worked. Go figure.

Thank you! I think this should be delivered code in the vBulletin package.

Yea me to Ba, this MOD really should be in vB as standard.

Carnage im about to install this, i'm running 4.1 so do i still need to use the hooks_vbcms.xml file or ?

Thanks,
Lee

Np...Carnage, it looks like they are no longer defined as admin hooks for the next version. I've changed the fixed version.

Cool so anyone about to install this, if your running 4.0.1 you wont need to replace the hooks_vbcms.xml file.

Ive updated the first post to reflect the new situation for 4.0.1

Not working for me. I am running 4.0.1. I tried it without the included hooks_vbcms.xml file and tried it with the file. I tried posting to the CMS thread as well as the original thread that I promoted from the forums but nothing happened.

Edit:
It started working only after reinstalled and re-promoted a thread. Thanks!

Edit2:
This thing is freakin' awesome!! Why hasn't everyone downloaded it??? :D

Thanks for that feedback.

Did you install it on 4.0.0 and then upgrade to 4.0.1?

is this only for vb cms or any other cms ?

It'll only work with the vbCMS.

Updated first post.

The only known outstanding bug left in this product is that if you delete an article that was promoted from a forum thread, it will delete the thread tags from the original thread. This has been marked as fixed by vbulletin, so it should be resolved in 4.0.2 or 4.0.3.

Works like a charm, thank you sir!!!

~Mike

Yes, I installed with 4.0.0 then upgraded to 4.0.1. There was only one thread promoted and it wasn't working. I deleted it, then repromoted it and it started working.

Love it! :up:

Installed. Perfect!

It would probably have been sufficient to disable and reimport the product; I think its an issue to do with the fact that vb finially fixed the hooks.xml issue, rather than something thats likely to happen every upgrade.

If you do have issues, the first debugging step I'd suggest is clearing the CMS cache, that seems to fix 99% of problems. :)

Outstanding!

Installed and working on vb4.

I hope Vb will have the same options in there next update's. I just need more forum cats to choose from when i want to use my website/cms optimal.

Thanks man!

I can't imagine why this isn't included as standard with the vB product, I mean why seriously would you have a CMS article with comments, and a thread with comments ... that is like having two conversations about one topic in two different rooms. From a UI perspective, it makes no sense and this product bridges that gap. Thank you for such a great mod!!

Actually, I just thought of a practical use for two versions. We want a thread about Snow Removal Services that local plow people can post to with their phone numbers. But already after the first post people have started chattering. I can see where, in order to make the article useful, we would delete all the chatter, leaving only the advertisers.

But in the forum, we expect people to chatter away.

That should be build - in!

The best and the most useful mod ever!

Respect.

Is there any way to make it so the link to the "Read More" will go to the thread instead of the CMS? I promoted a thread to CMS that had a poll in the thread - I promoted it to an article to announce that voting has begun. If they click Read More, it takes them to the comments but they then obviously don't see the poll.

I think thats a case of a template change; but i'd have to look into it further.

Does this hurt SEO? Since you have the same comments in two places?

that is already the case, as vbulletin stock uses a forum thread for comments

This is absolutely ESSENTIAL! Nominated for MOTM!

This should be CORE vB!

Very nice, thanks!

Is this working with 4.0.2?

Edit:
Installed 4.0.2 and lost all content on the Home page (i.e. lost threads promoted to articles). But if you click on a section, they're there.

Fixed:
1. Edit Home page
2. Go to Section Information > Content From
3. Choose Include Sub-Sections

Tested:
Everything works fine still! :up:

If I have forum posts promoted to articles BEFORE I installed this add-on, will it work for those previously promoted articles?

Or do I need to go and undelete them and then re-promote them with this add-on installed?

There are two files, which one do I use 4.0.1?

This would be caused by changes to vbulletin; not by this mod.

Thanks for letting everyone know; i've not had chance to upgrade to 4.0.2 yet. 4.0.2 should fix the one remaining issue with this product - deleting an article that was promoted from a thread removes the tags from the thread.

Unfortunatly not, this only works on threads promoted after the mod is installed. You will need to repromote articles for it to work.

You only need the product file for 4.0.1 and above. The additional file (hooks_vbcms) fixes a bug that prevents this mod working in 4.0.0 and below.

Don't forget to hit install if you are using this product :)

So is this compatible with 4.0.2 as it stands currently?

Thanks! Love this mod!

A user has reported that it works on vb 4.0.2; there is no reason why it shouldn't, however i've not personally tested in on 4.0.2 yet.