Geek Article System 2.0 (lite)

This hack is a simple and effective (but lighter) version of the very popular Geek Article System 3.0 .
This is actually the first Geek Article System which I still support as it offers people who dont need all the whistles and bells of the larger version (multipage, sidebar, bylines) in a far simpler nutshell.

The key reason for me crating GAS was that I wanted my articles (I also use them as tutorials) to be searchable and reside within the Froums. So I made this simple hack. It may not be all singing and dancing, but I think it can moonwalk with the best of them.

Difficulty to install: A cinch
Time to install: ~5 minutes (if that)
Installer: yup

UPDATE v.2c (17/01/2004)
Fixed rouge phrase that didnt install right.

UPDATE v.2 (04/01/2004)
Removed some left over html in geek_postbit_article that was for my style. The extra HTML that was in there may wack out your layout a touch.
Added a missing phrase (geek_articles_rate_this_article)
Installs either English or French phrases (thanks to cclaerhout)

UPDATE V. 2 (03/01/2004)
Added 2 more templates: showthread and forumdisplay variants (though these are much more subtle... mostly phrase changes
Added a couple of buttons (comments and new article)
Grouped phrases into their own lot

UPDATE V. 1.5 (14/12/2004)
Creted a Zip file with installer and ReadMe
Phrased the postbit.
Thats about it.


nJoy

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by stormblast

Would it be possible to convert existing (regular) Threads?

You dont need to convert anything. You can apply this to any existing forum (or a new one) without any type of conversion. When you put the forum #'s in the phpinclude_start function, it will swap the standard layout of showthread to the article version. Dont like it on that forum? Just take the forum # out of the phpinclude_start and it goes back to normal.

Hope this helps!

[Snow]

Originally Posted by stormblast

Would it be possible to convert existing (regular) Threads?

It worked fine on my existing forums and the threads within. It just converts the first post into the article and the replies into comments, e.g.this article was a regular thread prior to installing this hack.

Snow: Huh, that table inherits the thead class from an encapulating <td> a few lines above. It looks like your thead css is that purple colour. You can either wrap your <span> in a new or different class, or the TD that the table resides in.

Not sure if this helps?!?

Thanks I'll play around with the styles a bit to see if I can sort this out.

[reteep]

Hey very nice, thanks for your answers.

[mcyates]

Some of my members are getting this error:

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /usr/home/yates238/public_html/showthread.php on line 1186

But i'm not?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by mcyates

Some of my members are getting this error:

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /usr/home/yates238/public_html/showthread.php on line 1186

But i'm not?

whats your phpinclude_start addition say? i.e. $geek_article_forums = array(x,y,z)

[mcyates]

nope it says

$geek_article_forums = array(122);

[mcyates]

oh, its ok, this one guy was using the wrong style. Its only installed on one style. I should have removed the old style. Thanks

[cclaerhout]

What a nice and clever hacks : looks like V3articles but much easier to install and to use ! Congratulations and thank you. :up: :banana:

[Polo]

Thanks for sharing... I have tons of articles on v3articles... I wish I could bring them to this system... have a great day...

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

? where are you getting that error ? There is no way this could produce that error!

I am getting the same too.