Add-On Releases - CES Site News

CES Site News
Version: 1.6.3
vBulletin 3.7.x, 3.8.x supported

*** NEWS ***
5/15/2008 - v1.6.3 released
5/5/2008 - v1.6.2 released
5/2/2008 - v1.6.1 released
4/17/2008 - v1.6.0 released
11/7/2007 - v1.5.1 released
9/9/2007 - v1.5.0 released
4/12/2007 - v1.4.1 released
4/5/2007 - v1.4.0 released
4/1/2007 - 4/2/2007 - v1.3.1 through v1.3.2 released
3/30/2007 - v1.3.0 released
3/23/2007 - 3/26/2007 - v1.2.0 through v1.2.4 released
3/14/2007 - v1.1.1 released
3/12/2007 - v1.1.0 released
2/9/2007 - v1.0.8 released
1/29/2007 - v1.0.7 released
1/23/2007 - 1/27/2007 - v1.0.0 through v1.0.6 released

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
This allows you to turn one of your forums into a news blog.

Live Installation: http://www.crackedeggstudios.com/news.php
This site is usually an update or two ahead of what's available in this thread, because that's where we do all our testing.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 14
Files to Upload: 7
Files to Edit: 0
New Templates: 8
Template Edits: 0

Mod Features:
- adds options to the Forum Manager
- uses forum permissions
- threads in the given forum become articles
- pull articles from other forums
- full-text articles are displayed in a customized forumdisplay
- post replies are added as comments
- set number of articles and comments per page
- turn on/off announcements in news display
- turn on/off attachments in news display
- turn on/off last comment in news display
- ajax quick edit in news display (basically, quick edit in forum display)
- display articles on every comments page
- limit size of article preview
- additional BB-Code tags for articles

BB-Code Tags:
[previewlength]value[/previewlength]
Placing this anywhere in an article overrides the preview limit for that article only. Multiple [previewlength] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[preview]value[/preview]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Newsdisplay. Text contained in this tag completely replaces the post text on Newsdisplay. Multiple [preview] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[more]value[/more]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Shownews. Text contained in this tag does not replace the post text on Shownews. It only hides text from Newsdisplay.

*** Changelog ***
As of Version 1.6.3:
- bug fix: preview functions do nothing since alias support added
- bug fix: preview functions never worked on editpost or newthread
- bug fix: inconsistent postbit after quick edit
- updated files: news.php, shownews.php, ces_news_bbcode.php,
ces_news_quick_edit.js

As of Version 1.6.2:
- bug fix: more database errors in vB 3.6.x
- bug fix: post controls hide on news display in IE7
- bug fix: threadbit and postbit widths inconsistent
- updated templates: ces_news_postbit, ces_news_threadbit
- updated files: shownews.php

*** Screenshots ***
1. New Forum Manager Option
2. Site News Settings
3. News Articles (forumdisplay)
4. Comments (showthread)

[thincom2000]

[previewlength] takes a numerical value.

[blastup]

ah i got you.. won't that be hard to determine how much words are in plus the codes.. i mean if a image is inside that wont that be cut off? is there a way that could make it just wrap the things that will go in newsdisplay and show all in the shownews. becuase if its wrap the things that will show in newsdisplay you wont be likey to cut off any images or codes.. becuase you can place them correctly. let me know thanks man

[thincom2000]

Thanks for the input. I believe you are correct in that images or any codes would be cut off and broken on newsdisplay if a previewlength was applied. I will probably have to implement a regex to get around this unless someone knows a faster and not extremely convoluted way.

[blastup]

wow that would be so awesome if you could do that lol . im still a noobie coder so i cant realy do anything major... .. i think what you can do is something like a wordpress blogs. more button...just write and put that more button and the rest will be cut off on newsdisplay.. and everything will be showed on shownews.. ps. your script rocks man.. let me know asap when you got it done.. thanks man.

[blastup]

ps i have a question.. is there a way to edit the comments or something? i tried to but can't find it. is it just parsed from showthread? or you can also edit it? i want to take away the
Join Date:
Location:
Posts:
on the comments from users? im gonna go check again

[thincom2000]

There is a [more] bb-code included with this mode that does what you described two posts above.

The comments use the standard postbit you use in your forum. If you want to use a different postbit you would have to create it and make the appropriate modifications.

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

I believe you are correct in that images or any codes would be cut off and broken on newsdisplay if a previewlength was applied.

After some testing, I am impressed that this is not the case. I doubt it has anything to do with my coding but rather what PHP5 considers to be a word. BB-Codes, HTML, etc. are not corrupted if they span over the edge of the set preview length.

[blastup]

thanks for the answers..[more] the more bb.. cuts of the rest of the post to display it on shownews but the problem is that. it just displays the things inside the [more]bb.. can you make it that so it shows the whole thing thread on shownews?

[blastup]

The comments use the standard postbit you use in your forum. If you want to use a different postbit you would have to create it and make the appropriate modifications.

how do you moderate it?

[SnitchSeeker]

I can officially say that this is NOT compatible with vbseo.

I have just installed it on a test site and all links, posts and threads in the news forum are un-seo'd, as well as the news forum link. All other forums, threads and links are fine (still pretty urls). So it only ruins url's in the forum(s) you use for news.

Aside from the non-seo-ness it works great!

It will take some vbseo hacks to get it to work, but I'm sure it is possible for those who know how. I am not one of those. I am in contact with vbseo hoping to get help to get it to work. I'll post their reply here.