FAQ Edit v3

I have made some modifications to the hack by Stasik, which is located here.
New features:

• Edit display order from the list of questions/groups
• Got the display code into templates and out of misc.php
• Removed some extra queries
• Added support for vB Code and fixed support for smilies
• Various small cosmetic/coding fixes

The base hack is © 2001 by Stasik.
Portions, including the installer, are © 2001 Kevin Schumacher.
Portions of the installer were created by Bane.
The hack and its' installer may not be redistributed, edited or not, without this copyright notice attached.

For version: 2.0.3

Files needed: faq_install.php, faq.php

Files to edit: admin/index.php, root/misc.php

Templates to edit: None.

Instructions: Upload and run faq_install.php from your admin directory. Follow the on-screen directions.

Upgrading from Stasik's hack: Upload and run faq_install.php from your admin directory and choose the option to upgrade from v2 of the hack.

Upgrading from a previous version of *this* hack (e.g. from this thread): Upload and run faq_install.php from your admin directory and choose the option to upgrade from "v3, v31, or v32" of the hack.

Please DO NOT contact me via PM, IM, email, or otherwise outside this thread about this hack.

Thanks to Stasik for the great hack!

[bbaddons]

I have installed this on 2.2.1 and it is working fine along with 13 other hacks.

[Arathorn]

Installed in 2.2.1, and it works fine too. But the instructions in the zip file don't work for 2.2.1? In admin/index.php, instead of following the instructions,

Find:

makenavselect("Custom vB Codes","<hr>");
// *************************************************

Add directly below:

makenavoption("Add Question","faq.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>&action=addquestion","<br>");
makenavoption("Add Group","faq.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>&action=addfaq","<br>");
makenavoption("Edit","faq.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>&action=modify","<br>");
makenavselect("FAQs","<hr>");
// *************************************************

If I'm wrong, please correct me.

[Armage Bedar]

Find the following in admin/faq.php:

PHP Code:

echo " (Order: <input type=text name="order[$faq[faqid]]" size=3 value="$question[showorder]">) "; 


Change it to:

PHP Code:

echo " (Order: <input type=text name="order[$question[entryid]]" size=3 value="$question[showorder]">) "; 


Hope that helps.

[Wolfgang]

@Armage Bedar BIG THX! It's work!

Just now I can Order set from the CP.


Wolfgang

[Remi]

With the old FAQ templates, I was able to use variables like:

$homeurl
$bbtitle
$inboxname
$sentitemsname

with this hack they are not working any more !!

Does any one know how to fix this.

Thanks

[Remi]

Can Some one answer this please

Or at least tell me is it the way the hack works or the variables are not working for me only!!

Thanks

[SaintDog]

I would have to say that is it the way the new hack works, so you can no longer use the variables you used to use with the old hack.

As it seems, there are a few things in the hack that have not yet been fixed, but I am sure they will be fixed as soon as possible.

Again, the reason the variables you probably used do not work anymore is because of the new hack I would think. I did not make the hack so I can not really tell you, but that would be my thoughts on it.

[Remi]

Thank you very much Saint

I hope some hacker now can tell us how to use variable in this wounderfull hack

[mvigod]

Does this hack only modify the main vb faq or can you make a custom faq for each forum? I have many forums and in each one I want it's own individual topic specific faq. Does this hack do that or edit only the main vb faq???

thanx

marc

[Grower]

I would like to know if anybody is actually working on searchable version of this FAQ hack, so users can search through categories. Let me know because I would like to start working on it. Thank you.