Geek Articles - Codename: Shorthorn

HowdA All,

I thought I would start a new thread here instead of watering down the current release of Geek Articles 2.0

Basically, I released Geek Articles as a cheap and cheerful way to give explicit forums an 'Article system' feel without all the hullabaloo with adding a major addition and hacking your vB code within an inch of its life.

I was aslo desperate for an Article System that actually integrated with vB in the sense that it would be searchable (with the other threads), use vBs user permissions, Attachment system, wysiwyg, etc...

Well, Geek Articles 2.0 does that. However I quickly learned that as soon as you release a hack, about 502.3 people start asking it to do things it wasnt designed to do (anyone know what I mean?).
I dont mean that to sound like a drag as I thought most of the ideas were actually quite good - however they were out of the scope for Geek Articles 2.0

In to your life walks Geek Articles codename: Shorthorn.

This is a project aimed at merging the best of Geek Articles 2.0 (the simplicity, searching, permissions, etc...) with a heavier duty article system (adding a byline option, multiple pages, etc...).

I have my first milestone in beta and has the following features:

• Everything Geek Articles 2.0 has
• Byline addition
• Multiple page support

Once I have finalised these features (I want to give them a test over the next few days on my site) I will then release it for private Beata testing and then finally on this thread for open beta testing.

What I would like to do is to get feedback on the direction that it is taking. Does it look sucky? Is the functionality crappy? Are you really just after a really neat Hangman system for vB?

Here is a live version of a multi page article

So please, come one, come all and let me know if I am wasting my freaking time.

Toodles

[H2k]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

Very good chance

I have just finished the install/unintaller, cleaned up a couple of bugs (right now there is 1 very minor known issue) and now I am working on the readme whith the file edits.
Once that is done - the private beta testers will run the installation on a few different systems and if all is OK - then I will release.

When this does go live - it should really be as a completed hack. I may release as beta in kind of a 'RC-1' ... but like I said... pretty much all known issues are taken care of and the feature set is closed.

Watch this space

yeahhhhhhh that is very good i will wait till it finiesh

[The Geek]

I have opened a new thread here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=75795

with the RC. Get it while its hot!

Cheers (I am closing this thread now)