vbArticles v0.4 -- For your repository of Articles/Tutorials/FAQs etc.

UPDATES
version 0.4 is out

- Now allows for basic VBCODE input.
- Fixed somemore bugs.


Background
Required a section on my site to display articles/tutorials
No such hack in the Hacks Database
Decided to try my hand at it

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This hack uses a lot of code from Arunan Sridharan's vB Links Directory v2.0
I use that hack too and was inspired to code something around that
A big thank-you must go out to him for coding the Links Directory in the first place (I merely modified much of the code to suit my needs for this hack)

Appreciation also goes out to Kars10 for aiding me in this hack
He coded the portion in version 0.3 on number of articles count as well as article hits count
He also suggested several template changes which have been incoporated into version 0.3
A great big special shout out to TheComputerGuy, 97cobracpe, dontpanic for stamping out the bugs with your fixes. Thanks guys


WHATS IT DO ?
This hack allows you to have a database of articles/tutorials etc on your site/forums.

FEATURES

AdminCP
Installer script

Admin options

View Categories
Edit Categories
Add Categories ( category name, category icon, category order, category description )
Delete Categories
Add new article ( title, description, author, date, content )
Edit article
Delete article
View ALL articles in database
Option in vB options to turn validation of articles on/off
Fully template based as to how you wish to display the articles,categories and main article home page.
Addition of articles accepts basic VBcodes

Member options

View Categories
Browse Categories
View articles
Submit new article
Submission of articles accepts basic VBcodes


INSTALLATION & UPGRADING
This Hack should work on ALL 2.2.x versions and v2.3.0
Please read the install_readme.txt file in the package for fresh installation instructions
IMPT: If you installed a previous version pls read the upgrade_readme.txt file carefully for upgrade instructions

HACK DOWNLOAD

Version 0.4 of this hack can be downloaded here

ADD-ONS
i) Add-on for vbHome
ii) Add-on for ForumHome
iii) Add-on to enable only registered members to be able to view the article section


DEMO SITES
http://www.runaked.com/forums/articles.php ( running v0.4 ) - TheComputerGuy's site

http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/infocenter.php ( running v0.3 ) - dontpanic's site


Feel free to submit your sites if u installed this hack so it can be listed as another live demo site

SUPPORT
I cannot promise any support on this as i am pretty new to this but I will try my best.
If you are using this hack , pls click the INSTALL button
to be kept in the loop of any bug reports, add-ons and hack version updates.

Thanks everyone

[AuthorZone.Com]

<a href="http://www.authorzone.com/forums/articles.php?action=viewcat&catid=8" target="_blank">http://www.authorzone.com/forums/art...iewcat&catid=8</a>

It does not maintain line returns.

Can you help fix this?

Thanks

Max

[AuthorZone.Com]

also the tables/cells on the main page are HUGE?
How do I fix them so they are as small as possible HIGHT wise?
http://www.authorzone.com/forums/articles.php

Thanks!

Max

[AuthorZone.Com]

One more thing...

How do I make it so it does not show the ENTIRE articles on the main page in the recent articles section and to make it show just the title linked...
http://www.authorzone.com/forums/articles.php

Thanks!

Max

[Braindg]

thanks cinq !! worked a treat..

Also, ive not been able to replicate the error by AuthorZone.Com been runnign smooth here..

AuthorZone.Com, perhaps just edit it all in html? its what ive been doing works fine..

[AuthorZone.Com]

edit what in HTML? I am not good with HTML

[cinq]

AuthorZone.Com, like what Braindg mentioned, use HTML.
Otherwise it just outputs text.Using <br> tag should give it line breaks.

Tables and cells, up to you , simply edit the templates to suit the look you want.

The recentbit template only shows the byline ( ie. a short description of the article ).
Unless you editted the hack a bit, it should only show the byline.
Unless you put all that content into the byline field....



Braindg - glad it works for you
Do click the install button so you get updated should any new version be released anytime

[Braindg]

your text/content... why not use something like dreamweaver to edit it then?

[Braindg]

Braindg - glad it works for you
Do click the install button so you get updated should any new version be released anytime [/B]

ehehe.. oops done

[cinq]

There are a few easy to use commerical products like Dreamweaver and Frontpage to play around with WYSIWYG html authoring.

Might wish to try those.
But those are commercial products.
If you are looking for a free one , try this

[Smoothie]

cing-

this looks quite good, any idea when it will come out of beta?