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=viewarticle&artid=4" target="_blank">http://www.authorzone.com/forums/art...rticle&artid=4</a>

That is how the articles look like...

Nasty in my opinion.

[97cobracpe]

Hmm. Check this out.

http://www.chicagotalk.net/forums/ar...rticle&artid=4

Works for me. The key is to write out the content (how you want the article to look) in html format. That's what I did, using frontpage. I wrote up the article in html, then I copied and pasted the code into the article content field. Simply typing it out won't cut the mustard. It will not automatically format the article the same way you typed it into the field.

While I only have 1 article so far, this is how it looks for me so far.
http://www.chicagotalk.net/forums/articles.php

[AuthorZone.Com]

The key is that this hack needs a great deal of work.

You can't expect me to teach all my reviewers HTML and how to use Front Page!!!!!

Maintaining line returns should be written into the hack, period!

[97cobracpe]

Your right, it should. But this hack was designed using the link directory hack as a model. With the other hack, there is no need to have auto formatting built into it as everything is one line big. Maybe in the future someone will do more with this hack, but until then this is the way it is. I personally don't mind it. I'd take a stab at it, but I'm no expert at php.

[kaotic]

I think I know someone that needs to count their blessings instead of bashing them.

[TheComputerGuy]

I can't wait until more releases of this hack...Heck I love it the way it is now, so I know I will later on!

[proxyMX]

link to download is dead

[cinq]

Its only dead cos i took it out.

[limey]

ah man right when I was about to try it out. You must've just took it off?! Like seconds before me.

[cinq]

07-02-03 at 12:32 PM AuthorZone.Com said this in Post #107
..If that is the case, I can just do static pages and screw the hack. If you want to do a hack, do it right...
Your hack was so screwed up I just gave up on it ..

07-02-03 at 12:33 PM AuthorZone.Com said this in Post #108
I have many reviewers and they are not technical, so I need a descent hack.

07-03-03 at 10:39 AM AuthorZone.Com said this in Post #111
...Nasty in my opinion.

Listen, you do not like how it is, do not use it, period.
No need to go about saying the hack is screwed up, not decent and nasty.


Whatever I can incoporate into the hack i will try to, along with some help from the others here.

We do not owe you js, so don't make it sound like we do.
If i knew this was the kind of responses i would be getting, i would never have put the hack up in the first place