Geek Article System 3 - RC1

HowdA All.

The GAS3 system is a comprehensive article system that completely integrates into vB3.

History

Originally, I looked into other article systems to integrate with my forums but just got irritated over and over again as I found the other offering out there very limiting for my needs. I wanted to use my members usergroup permissions, the search facility (so when someone did a search for bob both articles AND threads appeared on one page), I also wanted wysiwyg editing and vBs attachment system. Well, I accomplished 99% of my needs with the Geek Article System 2.0
Why 3.0? While the 2.0 was fine for my needs, many users began asking for a far more complex system that took the beauty of 2.0 and added popular features in the other article systems.

Here are the features in a nutshell:

• Integrates 100% into vB. No importing forums or creating special groups. Simply mark forum as an 'Article' forum and instantly all threads become articles. Dont like it anymore? Simply remove the ID and the therads and forums go back to normal.
• Whatever you can do in a thread or post, you can do with the GAS3 system (uploading attachments, smiles, BBcode, various editors, yadayadayada)
• Create multiple pages in your post by simply putting [BREAK] anywhere in your post.
• The first thumbnail in an article substitutes the posters avatar (switchable via admincp)
• Integrated article byline.
• Article sidebar that shows the article rating, your rating, the rating form, article tools, and article attachments (all toggable via admincp)

Special thanks goes to rlamego and to peterska2 for private Beta testing this for me. Couldnt of happened without them!

Planned work:

• I have integrated an attachment description modification, but so far I dont have an interface for the newattachment.php yet. I will do this as an add on (though the backend work is already in place)

Known issues:

• none that I am currently aware of.

Demos: (note that I have a custom skin, so your results will be ever so slightly different)
http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=11287
http://www.thenailgeek.com/showthread.php?t=8801 - pages of comments


Difficulty - Medium
Time - about 15 minutes
File modifications? a few

Instructions

Click install. Especially as a beta, the package could get important updates that you need to be aware of. Also, as soon as it goes live, I may do the gold release outside of this thread as I dont want to bog down the gold release thread with any beta issues (if there are any). You will need to be aware of when that happens (so click install darnit!)
Download the package and unzip.
Follow the GAS3_README file to the letter!
There is an install script that does most of the work for you. There are several file edits that you will have to do yourself though.
When done, go into your admncp, open vBulletin settings, open Geek Articles 3 settings (in the big list where you turn your VB on and off).

Troubleshooting:

• No phrases after install? This happens a lot with many installers for some bizzare reason. All you have to do is do a phrase search for GAS_ , edit the phrase (dont change it), then save it. Bingo - all your phrases appear.
• Settings not taking? Your settings need to be saved in your adminco in order to take effect.

Also:

For the love of Pete - this is a BETA hack. I would therefore backup your DB, your styles, and any of the files the README asks you to change.

nJoy

[The Geek]

Sweet guys.

I fixed the announcebit error pointed out by Kesomir as well as the phrasegroup bug pointed out by nexialys which is a freaking godsend as I have been bashing my head about with that one with ALL of my install scripts. Now Ill have to go by and update them. Thanks man

Package updated to 2-03.

Changes:
GAS_forumdisplay template
insert_phrase change. If you can see your phrases than this change means diddly squat to you

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by eva01_

from just looking at the links, it looks like it works on Mac OS X Safari, and Firefox 1.0 for OS X.

this is in response to your post that you made in the other thread that you closed ^^

more coders need to get Mac people to look at things before they release them -_- it annoys me to no end when a site looks like crap on my computer

Thanks eva.

I could really use a safari emulator to help with some of these projects.

Originally Posted by the nail geek

I could really use a safari emulator to help with some of these projects.

just use FireFox... that will do the trick!

[rlamego]

Well.. I have been keeping the mac thing under control although I haven't dig deep into the template thing.

[trackpads]

Or buy a pc... Just Kidding!!! :nervous:

(Trackpads ducks under desk and awaits verbal abuse )

Seriously though, is there a way to import the V3 Articles Hack into this one? This is VERY nice and I would like to use it instead.

Thanks!

-Jason

[eva01_]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

Thanks eva.

I could really use a safari emulator to help with some of these projects.

heck if you want you can just send me a PM or IM when you need help with mac things

and nexialys the firefox for Mac is compilied differently than the firefox for windows, i know of a site that doesn't work on firefox for Mac but does for windows

coming along really nicely

too bad i am intergrating my reviews and everything to my main site.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by eva01_

too bad i am intergrating my reviews and everything to my main site.

Kind offer. I may take you up on it.

What does the above quote mean? If anything I thought this was about the single best approach to integration?!?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by trackpads

Or buy a pc... Just Kidding!!! :nervous:

(Trackpads ducks under desk and awaits verbal abuse )

Seriously though, is there a way to import the V3 Articles Hack into this one? This is VERY nice and I would like to use it instead.

Thanks!

-Jason

Im with you all the way

Macs are pretty - and beat the pants off PC's in audio and image packages... but man - what apain otherwise (Im hiding with track)

Anyhooo...

No way to import from vB articles other than a happy cut and paste job. Remember, this simply transforms your pre selected forums into articles. If they are not already threads in a forum... you wont get them there without a poop load of more work!

Sorry

still... thanks for the compliment (thats how I will take it anyway!)

[eva01_]

my main site that we are working on is not a portal, we are not intergrating it into vB. it is on a different database

sorry for the confusion, shouldn't have used the word intergration

[rlamego]

Anyone tried to install 03 on a brand new vB installation?
Tell me that I'm not crazy because I'm getting always the same error installing phrases (duplicate entry) and I have gone through 3 brand spanking new vB installs.

Thanks =)