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]

The only reason I can see that this wouldn't be compatible with vbSEO out-of-the-box so-to-speak is because vbSEO is not familiar with the URLs it uses. But it's an extremely simple modification of the forumdisplay and showthread vbSEO modules in order to make it work. I do not own or use vbSEO, so I cannot post any updated modules myself.

All you would have to do is add your news.php to the forumdisplay.php rules and shownews.php to the showthread.php rules, since essentially the URLs are the same and there is just a filename difference.

[SnitchSeeker]

UPDATE:

This is the reply from vbSEO:

3rd part mods are not supported if they use non-standard vBulletin URLs.
You can either apply Custom Rewrite Rules to it or use vBSEO Functions for Extensibility to customize their code and display SEOed links.

[SnitchSeeker]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

All you would have to do is add your news.php to the forumdisplay.php rules and shownews.php to the showthread.php rules, since essentially the URLs are the same and there is just a filename difference.

Thanks, I'll give that a shot and post back here when I get it to work.

Cheers!

[SnitchSeeker]

Can't figure it out. Posted on the vbseo forums to get help. We'll see what they say. It is much to complicated for me.

[inciarco]

Great Mod!! :up:

Works OK in vB 3.6.7 PL1!! :up:

Two Ideas for Future Updates:

Would be Good to See the Title of Redirection Threads instead of an Empty News!!

Would be Good to See the Sticky Threads like in Normal Forums in all Pages and Avobe Normal Threads (News)!!

My Best Regards!!

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by inciarco

Would be Good to See the Title of Redirection Threads instead of an Empty News!!

Would be Good to See the Sticky Threads like in Normal Forums in all Pages and Avobe Normal Threads (News)!!

I was unaware of the Redirection Thread bug, thanks for mentioning it.
I actually removed Sticky Thread support in 1.4.0 for performance reasons, but I have considered adding it in again for the vBulletin 3.7.0-compatible version.

[inciarco]

One more Idea: I also noticed that the Titles of the Threads (her called Articles) aren't Displayed at all, only the Content of the First Message of the Thread!!

I saw that at the Top of that Content over a Line separator, and also Additionally at the Top of Each Box for Each Thread (in the same Cell the Collapse Button is Located), is the Icon of the Thread and a Space to Place that Title, but in my case isn't Displayed, perhaps is a Bug or a missing Code Line, or an Option I forgot to set; which one is it??

My Best Regards!!

[thincom2000]

That's strange because I cannot reproduce what you are describing. The thread title should be displayed. Please provide a link to your news forum.

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

That's strange because I cannot reproduce what you are describing. The thread title should be displayed. Please provide a link to your news forum.

I Appreciate Your Help!! :up:

Preguntas y Respuestas

My Best Regards!!

[inciarco]

One Bug: When Rating an Article, it allows to select the Rating, to press the Button, but then appears an Error Message in the Status Bar; the Rating appears after refreshing the Window, but the User don`t have Confirmation on the vote because of that Page Error!!

My Best Regards!!