v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots!

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks.

[Ig@r]

Originally Posted by stormblast

Yea, it'd be very nice to know if there's gonna be a vb 3.5 Port?

Yes, author, please let us know.

[hotwheels]

Paul M, yes i did them on the server and it didn't work for me......so what i did was pulled the admin/index back into my computer and added those line's, reuploaded the file to my server, and whalla..........it worked....thanks, hotwheels

[master85]

In admincp/index.php
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FIND:
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construct_nav_option($vbphrase['announcement_manager'], 'announcement.php?do=modify', '|');
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ABOVE THIS, ADD:
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construct_nav_option('Category Manager', 'article.php?do=modify');
construct_nav_option('Add New Category', 'article.php?do=add');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Articles', 'article.php?do=modarticles');
construct_nav_option('Moderate Comments', 'article.php?do=modcomments');
construct_nav_group("Articles", '<hr />');
construct_nav_spacer();
// *************************************************

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Save & close

In the vb 3.5x this section doesn't exist. What can I do to resolve this problem and add these voices in the men? nav bar ?

Thank you all for the answers,
Giuseppe Leone

[John]

This isn't for 3.5, it's for 3.0.x. There won't be a port for 3.5, I might code a new version with an import script (but I can't promise anything).

[Ig@r]

Originally Posted by John

This isn't for 3.5, it's for 3.0.x. There won't be a port for 3.5, I might code a new version with an import script (but I can't promise anything).

That's mean I am in big trouble right now... I want to upgrade to 3.5.0, but I can not really loose all my articles.

Why bad things happened to good people?

Thank you for reply, John.

[nmu98]

I have followed all instrucxtions, and found GD+2 on my server, but my thumbnails show as red x's... But if you click on them, they show the picture... any idea?

Brian

[JTMON]

hmm, make sure php.ini is set to use it as well, I ran into the same issue but it was awhile ago and I can't remember the exact fix...I know you are very close tho!

[nmu98]

How would you set the PHP ini???

[nmu98]

Any help here would be great... I have read this and tried everything I know of... But i could be missing something.. The thumbnails work on my VB site... HELP!

[indiamike]

Has anyone made an attempt to port this over yet, although I know the author said he probably wouldn't, if anyone has a hacked up version that workds on 3.5.1 can they possibly send me copy at my email addy.

It was such a great script that become vital to my community and am stuck now since upgrading.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike