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)

[Sworm]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

The name of the template is ces_newsdisplay

Changing the impostations from "ces_newsdisplay"
in:

    <tr align="center">
      <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead" width="70%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="20%">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="5%">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="5%">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
      <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
      <td class="thead" width="0%">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
      </if>
    </tr>

like all others forum, don't work again

There's any other impostation/template to change?

[Sworm]

Originally Posted by chadi

Thanks, but still one more issue :x

When I submit a new news post, it redirects me to the home page (yet successfully posting the new thread). However, when your on the home page or inside the CES News area and click on the post title, it redirects back to the home page again.

VBSEO related or not? Thanks again.

I have solved this problem changing in my shownews.php script :

In shownews.php search:

  define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'showthread');

and replace with:

 define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'showthread2');

Is it a Seo + Ces News conflict, VbSeo assumes that this is showthread page and redirects it to corresponding SEOed URL.

After this, i have added in my SeoCp Custom Rewrite Rule (CRR) the ces news pages that now are showed in html , and all work proprely for now

[thincom2000]

I'm a bit unsure what the problem is that you're having with the news version of forum display. Can you explain this again and provide a link to your news forum?

[thincom2000]

For everyone's information, this is an integral part of our site. Unless blogs have quite an overhaul when vBulletin 4 goes gold, expect an updated version of this.

[thincom2000]

In case no one has realized this yet, I've discontinued development on this mod with the release of vB4 Publishing Suite. The CMS has been an acceptable replacement on our site, so we have no need to continue this. As a result, neither I nor anyone from my sites will be able to support any issues users who install this may have.