Add-On Releases - CES Site News

CES Site News
Version: 1.6.3
vBulletin 3.7.x, 3.8.x supported

*** NEWS ***
5/15/2008 - v1.6.3 released
5/5/2008 - v1.6.2 released
5/2/2008 - v1.6.1 released
4/17/2008 - v1.6.0 released
11/7/2007 - v1.5.1 released
9/9/2007 - v1.5.0 released
4/12/2007 - v1.4.1 released
4/5/2007 - v1.4.0 released
4/1/2007 - 4/2/2007 - v1.3.1 through v1.3.2 released
3/30/2007 - v1.3.0 released
3/23/2007 - 3/26/2007 - v1.2.0 through v1.2.4 released
3/14/2007 - v1.1.1 released
3/12/2007 - v1.1.0 released
2/9/2007 - v1.0.8 released
1/29/2007 - v1.0.7 released
1/23/2007 - 1/27/2007 - v1.0.0 through v1.0.6 released

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
This allows you to turn one of your forums into a news blog.

Live Installation: http://www.crackedeggstudios.com/news.php
This site is usually an update or two ahead of what's available in this thread, because that's where we do all our testing.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 14
Files to Upload: 7
Files to Edit: 0
New Templates: 8
Template Edits: 0

Mod Features:
- adds options to the Forum Manager
- uses forum permissions
- threads in the given forum become articles
- pull articles from other forums
- full-text articles are displayed in a customized forumdisplay
- post replies are added as comments
- set number of articles and comments per page
- turn on/off announcements in news display
- turn on/off attachments in news display
- turn on/off last comment in news display
- ajax quick edit in news display (basically, quick edit in forum display)
- display articles on every comments page
- limit size of article preview
- additional BB-Code tags for articles

BB-Code Tags:
[previewlength]value[/previewlength]
Placing this anywhere in an article overrides the preview limit for that article only. Multiple [previewlength] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[preview]value[/preview]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Newsdisplay. Text contained in this tag completely replaces the post text on Newsdisplay. Multiple [preview] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[more]value[/more]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Shownews. Text contained in this tag does not replace the post text on Shownews. It only hides text from Newsdisplay.

*** Changelog ***
As of Version 1.6.3:
- bug fix: preview functions do nothing since alias support added
- bug fix: preview functions never worked on editpost or newthread
- bug fix: inconsistent postbit after quick edit
- updated files: news.php, shownews.php, ces_news_bbcode.php,
ces_news_quick_edit.js

As of Version 1.6.2:
- bug fix: more database errors in vB 3.6.x
- bug fix: post controls hide on news display in IE7
- bug fix: threadbit and postbit widths inconsistent
- updated templates: ces_news_postbit, ces_news_threadbit
- updated files: shownews.php

*** Screenshots ***
1. New Forum Manager Option
2. Site News Settings
3. News Articles (forumdisplay)
4. Comments (showthread)

[TheMilkCarton]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

I can confirm that the Who's Online Locations stopped working in the most recent version for some reason.

Fixed for next update.

Actually, WOL was never working in any of the updates. Even the one that you reported the fix in.

I forgot about mentioning that.. whoops.

Everything works now, although to update the template for IE I had to open the XML file and manually copy the code over. I've had to customize your templates so I guess Allowing Overwrite doesn't work when importing an updated XML file?

So, from now on can you include a text file with the template changes whenever you update templates?

[thincom2000]

If you have made template edits, you need to Revert templates after importing the XML with Allow Overwrite for them to be updated.

Also, I remember WOL working for me for a time, at least in an early version of 1.3.0. They might have gotten screwed up before the final release in this thread.

[dizzy100]

I've found a serious bug. Some of the comments within a thread do not display with this hack enabled.

I noticed it after a member posted a comment that would have been on page 3. I couldn't find the comment anywhere in that thread so disabled the news module to see why. The comment was there and nothing appears to be wrong with it, displaying normally within the vbulletin default view.

Concerned with this i re-enabled the CES news plugin and sorted by most comments first, looking at where the last comment in some of my longer threads ended. Then i turned of the CES and again looked at the same threads and have seen comments i haven't seen before listed there. So my poor members have been posting comments that simply haven't been showing up whilst using this mod.

Until a fix can be sorted i have disabled this on both forums i use it on. I love the mod, but not at the expense of my users comments.

[thincom2000]

Okay, I have confirmed the problem you reported. Thanks. Working on a fix.

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by dizzy100

I noticed it after a member posted a comment that would have been on page 3. I couldn't find the comment anywhere in that thread so disabled the news module to see why. The comment was there and nothing appears to be wrong with it, displaying normally within the vbulletin default view.

This bug seems to have existed since the mod was released in January, and remained unnoticed until now. This has been fixed in the newest update, along with some other tweaks to the features added in this subversion.

[AzH]

INstalled. Thanks. Demo: http://lurkingmastermind.com/forums/news/

[thincom2000]

Is there a particular reason you have the previews all blank?

If this isn't some preview length glitch, you may want to at least include a summary by using [preview], or modify the ces_news_threadbit template so you don't have empty boxes everywhere.

[thincom2000]

I just started going through my site for XHTML Transitional validity. I will be posting another update soon since there seem to be a number of validation errors in this mod.

I will also be updating the templates with 3.6.6's new template hooks.

[Demo16]

Great mod!!
I have only 2 problems (see attachment):

1 - The "comment" bar is at the left not center
2 - Not registered users doesn't see anything (permissions are ok)

[thincom2000]

Strange that Unregistered users do not see anything for you. I have noticed this on some other sites and thought it may have something to do with the settings for previewlength. I am running this mod as my site's main page, and do not seem to be having any problems... Please report your other settings.