Add-On Releases - vB News CMS

Very similar to vB News CMS for 3.5, but a some of the code was rewritten. This now works with BBCode - (This includes line breaks, URLs, smilies, etc.). I've removed several lines and taken out have removed the dual option for SQL 4.1 or higher as a lot of people are still on the lower MySQL

What does this do? It allows you to take your news from your news forums (up to 9 news forums) and display them in a category-style fashion with the ability to add new content, reply to the original story, send to a friend, and print.

This works only for vbulletin 3.6.0 or higher.

There is a 3.7.x version here

Install/Upgrade Instructions

Located in the zipped readme.txt file.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the forumid?
The forumid is the id of the forum you have created. Each forum has its own unique number assigned to it. When you click on a forum link you can see a number that is assigned to it. This will show up in the URL of the page you are browsing. Another way of seeing the forumid is to go to your admin control panel => Forums & Moderators => Forum Manager => Click on [Expand All] and then move your mouse over (hover) any of the forums you've created. Your status bar (bottom of screen) should display your forumid (number at the end of the link/url).

Changes

V. 1.2a Added security for admins
V. 1.2 Added support for Who's Online

Things in consideration for future releases

1) Menu system that dynamically displays a menu based on forum choices.

Known Bugs/Issues:
1) - When you go to the page directly, the page acts as a normal page - however, if you click refresh on the page, the refresh stalls. I don't understand why this occurs.

Temporary demo location:
http://www.christianboards.org/vbnews.php

[biandchip]

:-* thanks

[Smoothie]

This looks very good, however, if this could be used as a "true"homepage I would install in a minute.

[davidw]

Oh I think there might be something you might like then... Kerry-Anne? :P

[davidw]

Originally Posted by Genjuro-Sensei

Thx !!

Better include in the future releases a category (with images) system, no?
Just like "Slashdot News MOD" for phpBB if you know it

If you put images in your news to start with, they should display here as well.

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by christianb

Oh I think there might be something you might like then... Kerry-Anne? :P

Can't have nothing to myself for 5 mins can I? It's not custom though if I share

Weekend sound like a plan David?

[projectego]

Thanks, christianb.

[high]* projectego clicks install[/high]

[davidw]

Originally Posted by peterska2

Can't have nothing to myself for 5 mins can I? It's not custom though if I share

Weekend sound like a plan David?

hehe - I got excited :P

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by christianb

hehe - I got excited :P

I noticed. I'll have yet another tidy up of the code (left myself notes all over the place) and check it on 3.6.4 and if it works then it should be released at weekend, but no promises that it will definately as I've got exams this week and the flu, so coding isn't high up the list of things to do atm.

[davidw]

I've been sick myself - very sick, and been waiting on trying to get my merger done. I just decided to go ahead and finish up some stuff before I work on my major projects (vbnl, vbb, vbb+mp3) merger comes first though. Which could be as soon as today. Hopefully I'll feel better by tomorrow. I've not had the flu, but had nasal and chest issues.

[digital_sc4rz]

Thankyou for this