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v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1] · **Released**: 06-06-2004

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.

DWard · #**132** 06-09-2004, 07:44 PM

Managed to skin it moderately, works very well

DWard · #**133** 06-09-2004, 07:53 PM

Also, managed to separate the article categories, like I have done with my forums

Pitman · #**134** 06-09-2004, 08:53 PM

When editing an article, if you preview the changes and then save it, it saves the original. When you click preview, it enters the original text in the textbox.

John · #**135** 06-09-2004, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xQuEeNzNaZcHox

HTL compatible?

Nope.

ap0c · #**136** 06-10-2004, 12:49 AM

installed, nice job on the install.php adding the templates to all themes!

Reeve of shinra · #**137** 06-10-2004, 02:30 AM

Installed on RC4 without no real problems... I had to actually change a vboption and then save to get it to work though.

Quote:

How does this look if legacy postbit is used?

You can take a look here -- I have to edit the templates a bit but I think thats more to do with my style than the hack or anything.

http://www.shinraonline.com/board/article.php?a=1

designstylez · #**138** 06-10-2004, 02:39 AM

Really nice...

Can someone please tell me how to integrate this hack with vbIndex?

Thanks =0)

+d-cipher · #**139** 06-10-2004, 06:47 AM

Small modifications (working for me)

Whos Online:

Find in /includes/functions_online.php:

PHP Code:


			
case 'showgroups':

                        $userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_forum_leaders'];

                        break;

under it add:

PHP Code:


			
case 'article':

                        $userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_articles'];

                        break;

Still in includes/functions_online.php find:

PHP Code:


			
case 'showgroups.php':

                $userinfo['activity'] = 'showgroups';

                break;

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
case 'article.php':

                $userinfo['activity'] = 'article';

                break;

Then add the following phrases:

Code:

Who's Online
Var: viewing_articles
Text: Viewing Articles

Admin Quick Stats Addition:

I plan on moderating all new articles so this is handy for me.

In ..admincp/index.php find:

PHP Code:


			
$newthreads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE dateline >= $starttime");

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
$newarticles = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article WHERE dateline >= $starttime");

Still in ..admincp/index.php find:

PHP Code:


			
print_cells_row(array(

                $vbphrase['new_threads_today'], vb_number_format($newthreads['count']),

                $vbphrase['threads_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "../$modcpdir/moderate.php?$session[sessionurl]do=posts"), vb_number_format($threadcount['count']),

        ), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
print_cells_row(array(

                $vbphrase['new_articles_today'], vb_number_format($newarticles['count']),

                $vbphrase['articles_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "article.php?do=modarticles"), vb_number_format($articlecount['count']),

        ), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);

Add the following phrases:

Code:

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles
text: Articles

Control Panel Home Pages
var: new_articles_today
text: New Articles Today

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles_awaiting_moderation
text: Articles Awaiting Moderation

Mone' · #**140** 06-10-2004, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by +d-cipher

Small modifications (working for me)

Whos Online:

Find in /includes/functions_online.php:

PHP Code:


			
case 'showgroups':

                        $userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_forum_leaders'];

                        break;

under it add:

PHP Code:


			
case 'article':

                        $userinfo['action'] = $vbphrase['viewing_articles'];

                        break;

Still in includes/functions_online.php find:

PHP Code:


			
case 'showgroups.php':

                $userinfo['activity'] = 'showgroups';

                break;

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
case 'article.php':

                $userinfo['activity'] = 'article';

                break;

Then add the following phrases:

Code:

Who's Online
Var: viewing_articles
Text: Viewing Articles

Admin Quick Stats Addition:

I plan on moderating all new articles so this is handy for me.

In ..admincp/index.php find:

PHP Code:


			
$newthreads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE dateline >= $starttime");

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
$newarticles = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article WHERE dateline >= $starttime");

Still in ..admincp/index.php find:

PHP Code:


			
print_cells_row(array(

                $vbphrase['new_threads_today'], vb_number_format($newthreads['count']),

                $vbphrase['threads_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "../$modcpdir/moderate.php?$session[sessionurl]do=posts"), vb_number_format($threadcount['count']),

        ), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);

Under it add:

PHP Code:


			
print_cells_row(array(

                $vbphrase['new_articles_today'], vb_number_format($newarticles['count']),

                $vbphrase['articles_awaiting_moderation'] . construct_link_code($vbphrase['view'], "article.php?do=modarticles"), vb_number_format($articlecount['count']),

        ), 0, 0, -4, 'top', 1);

Add the following phrases:

Code:

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles
text: Articles

Control Panel Home Pages
var: new_articles_today
text: New Articles Today

Control Panel Home Pages
var: articles_awaiting_moderation
text: Articles Awaiting Moderation

well done very nice add-on

animate · #**141** 06-10-2004, 10:42 AM

great hack John thanks,

does search function work ? in usergroup permission i can se "Can Search for Articles" but when i would like to search result is "not found"

greets seiya

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