v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots!

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks.

[JustAskJulie]

If I turn off moderation per category, does it revert back to usergroup permissions?
IE. If I turn off moderation for the category but for my forums I have it set to moderate all posts from unregistered users, will it still moderate posts from unregistered users?

[dndog]

I think I might have found a bug...whenever I write an article and use the word "on", it replaces it with "o*n". Am I the only one with this?

I am using vBulletin 3.0.1

[ixian]

Originally Posted by dndog

I think I might have found a bug...whenever I write an article and use the word "on", it replaces it with "o*n". Am I the only one with this?

I am using vBulletin 3.0.1

Yes. Doesn't happen to me, and "on" is so common in the English language that I guarantee someone would have reported it before now.

[WreckRman2]

I tried to create a 2nd maini category and it didn't show it on the article page correctly. Not sure if this has been adressed yet or not.

[Henry-RS]

Is this hack still being supported?

[Daniel.C]

i keep getting this error with mine:
I run the install script and i keep getting this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:
Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vb3_datastore VALUES('arcadesettings', 845)

mysql error: Duplicate entry 'arcadesettings' for key 1
mysql error number: 1062
Date: Wednesday 14th of July 2004 02:24:05 PM
Script: http://www.infinitiveintentions.com...tall_arcade.php
Referer:
Username: Sparky


What should i do to get rid of this error ? Is there anyway to empty the database of the arcade stuff.

[kira]

This is a wonderful and useful hack. I'm having the same thumbnail issues as Henry RS on my 3.03 test forum (I'd show you but, well, it's my test forum!). GD 2+ is enabled, thumbnails are working on the rest of the forums. It's just the article thumbs that are showing up a broken image. Does anyone know what might be wrong?

(I should mention that the first test article I created before turning on the thumbnails on my forum is showing the correct "placeholder" image, i.e. the "file.gif" I uploaded as part of this hack.)

Other than this glitch, I love this addition to my forums, and can't wait to move my articles over to the new system. Many thanks, John!

[JustAskJulie]

I've noticed another glitch.

If you are moderating articles/ comments and you delete one instead of validating it, when you look at the info on the articles page... it doesn't update there.

IE. On the category page it shows the last update as being one that I deleted. And on the article list page where it shows the comments, it shows two comments on one article where there is only one (there were two initially in moderation and I deleted one of them).

[Mickie D]

how do i move a article placed in the wrong room by a member ?

also my thimbnails are not working also but by the looks of it, it will be done in an update so no rush.

but would like to know how to move an article into another room ?

[bgtking]

Is there a way to make it so articles in a subcategory appear in the latest article column of the parent? Like how if in your forums a post is made in a subforum, it shows up as new in the first forum.