vb.org Archive - Mini Mods - VBCMS Threads promoted to articles link to forum thread no more article pages

What does this mod do?
Everything will lead the user to the forum thread and no longer open an article page. The pencil edit icon will edit the post.

Who should use this mod?
Only use this mod if your articles are promoted from the forums only. Vb software has always been about forums at least for me. I like all my content in the forums and not scattered in articles and blogs. I'm sure there are others that feel the same so that's the reason I'm sharing this mod.

Once again DO NOT use this mod if you create articles from the home page or promote articles from blogs.

How to install
Admincp>Styles & Templates>Style Manager>Edit Templates>Vbulletin CMS Templates

Edit
vbcms_content_article_preview

Select all and replace with the code below then save

Code:

{vb:raw css}



<div class="article_preview">

        <vb:if condition="$showtitle">

        <div class="title">

                <h3 class="article_preview">

                        <a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showpost.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}p={vb:raw postid}"><span>{vb:raw title}</span></a>&nbsp;

                <vb:if condition="$can_edit">

                        <a class="edit" href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/editpost.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}p={vb:raw postid}">

                        <img class="editimage" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/edit_small.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit}" />

                        </a>

                </vb:if>

                </h3>

        </div>

        </vb:if>



        <vb:if condition="$showuser OR $showpublishdate OR ($viewcount AND $showviewcount) OR ($showrating AND $rating!='')">

        <div class="cms_article_username">

                <vb:if condition="$showuser">

                        {vb:rawphrase by_x_nolink, {vb:raw memberaction_dropdown}}

                </vb:if>



                <vb:if condition="$showpublishdate">

            <vb:if condition="!$published OR !$setpublish">

                    <span style="color:red">

                    <vb:if condition="$publishdate AND $setpublish">

                            {vb:rawphrase page_will_be_published_x {vb:raw publishdatelocal}} {vb:raw publishtimelocal}

                    <vb:else />

                            {vb:rawphrase page_not_published}

                    </vb:if>

                    </span>

            <vb:elseif condition="$publishdate" />

                    {vb:rawphrase published_on_x {vb:raw publishdatelocal}}  {vb:raw publishtimelocal}

            </vb:if>



                        <vb:if condition="$showupdated and $lastupdated">

                                &nbsp;{vb:rawphrase updated_on_x {vb:date {vb:raw lastupdated}, {vb:raw dateformat}}}&nbsp;

                        </vb:if>

                </vb:if>



                <vb:if condition="$viewcount AND $showviewcount">

                        &nbsp;{vb:rawphrase number_of_views}: {vb:raw viewcount}&nbsp;

                </vb:if>



                 <vb:if condition="$showrating">

                        <span class="cmsrating rating{vb:raw rating}"></span>

                </vb:if>



        </div>

        </vb:if>

        <vb:if condition="!empty($categories)">

                <div class="cms_article_section_location">

                        {vb:phrase in_category}

                        <ol class="commalist">

                                <vb:each from="categories" key="categoryid" value="category">

                                        <li><a href="{vb:raw category.category_url}">{vb:raw category.category}</a></li>

                                </vb:each>

                        </ol>

                </div>

        </vb:if>

<vb:comment>

        <!--  Display Section Location -->

        <div class="cms_article_section_location">

                {vb:rawphrase section}: <a href="{vb:raw section_url}">{vb:var parenttitle}</a>

        </div>

</vb:comment>



        <div class="fullwidth article_preview_contents<vb:if condition="$showpreviewonly"> showpreviewonly</vb:if> restore">

                <vb:if condition="$showpreviewonly">

                        <vb:if condition="$previewvideo">

                                {vb:raw previewvideo}

                        <vb:elseif condition="$previewimage" />

                                <a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showpost.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}p={vb:raw postid}">

                                <img class="cms_article_preview_image" src="{vb:raw previewimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase article_preview}" /></a>

                        </vb:if>

                </vb:if>

                <div>

                        <br />

                        <div class="cms_article_txt_content postcontainer">

                        {vb:raw previewtext}

                        <vb:if condition="$preview_chopped">...</vb:if>

                        </div>

                </div>

        </div>



        <div class="fullwidth">



                <vb:if condition="$preview_chopped">

                        <span class="cms_article_readmore"><a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/showpost.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}p={vb:raw postid}">{vb:rawphrase read_more_phrase} <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/read_more-{vb:stylevar right}.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase read_more_phrase}" /></a>

                        </span>

                </vb:if>



                <vb:if condition="$comment_count">

                        <span class="cms_article_comment_number">

                                <a href="{vb:raw newcomment_url}"><img class="inlineimg" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/firstnew-comment.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase go_to_first_new_comment}" /></a>

                                <a href="{vb:raw newcomment_url}"  rel="nofollow">{vb:raw comment_count}

                                <vb:if condition="$comment_count == 1">

                                        {vb:rawphrase comment}

                                <vb:else />{vb:rawphrase comments}

                                </vb:if></a>

                        </span>

                </vb:if>

        </div>

</div>

Optional
Admincp>Styles & Templates>Style Manager>Edit Templates>Vbulletin CMS Templates

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vbcms_toolbar

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This will remove the create article on the home page. Just to make sure no articles are created.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01272 seconds Memory Usage 1,758KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)bbcode_code_printable (1)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (1)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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