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.

[Osterling]

i hate to be pushy, but does anyone know why i cannot see my vbulletin settings for vb3 articles

[Osterling]

Originally Posted by John

I actually had the exact same error during testing, and then found that I had to save vBulletin Options to fix the problem.

But of course that can't be it, because you followed the instructions - right?

well what should i do if my vb options is blank when i click v3 articles. it just has a simple save and reset button and that's all.. what am i missing how can i fix this.. please help

[deathemperor]

you miss the phrases, btw don't post alot of same posts.

Is it possible to make the latest e.g. 10 articles visible on the portal?

If yes: How can I do it?

Greets

Chris

you would need to edit the php file and some templates.

[Osterling]

isn't on the search.php page there a way to have it search the articles too, is this a hack?

[SVTOA]

Ok, WTF is going on with this hack??? On John's site somebody has defaced the articles posted, all the support threads have been removed, and earlier today on this forum there was security fix for the article hack that has mysteriously disappeared!

Please do not just delete my post without some sort of PM or explaination as to why. If this hack has security bugs people should know about it!

[assassingod]

Important Security Fix - Please download the attachment 'Articles-permissions-fix.txt' created by Paul M

[SVTOA]

hmmm... Ok great, but what happened to the original thread Paul posted?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by assassingod

Important Security Fix - Please download the attachment 'Articles-permissions-fix.txt' created by Paul M

I posted a nice long explanation in my original topic.

Most of the "fixes" in this are large block replacements of code - this is not because large amounts of the code have been changed (most of the original code is still there unchanged) it is because there are many small additions and changes to all the sections to fix the holes, and there was no way I was going to list every single one, it was easyier to just list them as block replacements.

As I also said in the original topic, v3 Articles is not my hack and I am not supporting it - I will try and answer questions about my fixes (only) if I can, but at the end of the day it's your choice as to whether you use them. Make sure you backup your existing articles.php before you make any changes. FYI: All these changes have been working on our site for the last few weeks.

[Goodspeed]

Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Goodspeed

Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?

Yes, at the moment, it is.