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)

[Demo16]

what other settings? and about point 1?

[thincom2000]

Unregistered users are seeing blank because you have default Forum Permissions set where Unregistered Users cannot view Thread Content. AdminCP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Permissions -> Forum Viewing Permissions -> Can View Thread Content. Make sure this is set to yes for all Usergroups in News forums. I will add a plugin to override AdminCP settings in the next release.

For your other issue, have you modified the ces_news_comments template? There is no case that I have tested where you can have a disembodied Comments header without the corresponding "No Comments" message.

[Demo16]

Permission are ok I see only Thread content when in shownews page.

Here http://www.dpcgamers.com/forum_it/news.php?f=47 I can't see anything
Here http://www.dpcgamers.com/forum_it/shownews.php?t=164 I can see content

For the ces_news_comments template....I don't have the file. What you mean?

I have only this files:

In forum/
-------------------------
- upload: news.php
- upload: shownews.php

In forum/plugins/announcements/
-------------------------
- upload: announcementdata_postsave.php

In forum/includes/
-------------------------
- upload: ces_news_functions.php
- upload: ces_news_bbcode.php


and I've leave them as they were.
One more thing I have the latest vb version the (vBulletin 3.6.7 PL1)
bye

[Demo16]

So what do you think is the problem?

[thincom2000]

Okay I think I have discovered the problem.

Do you have thread previews disabled on your forum?

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Forum Display Options -> Length of Thread Preview Text

[Demo16]

It's set to 150

[thincom2000]

Hm... setting the Thread Preview length to 0 was the only way I could reproduce what you reported other than setting the permissions for Can View Thread Content to no...

Do you have any other mods installed that use Thread Preview?
Also, what other mods do you have installed that use forumdisplay hooks?

For example there was an AJAX Preview that I considered using for a while.

[thincom2000]

Try this file edit and let me know if it solves the problem... It did for me, but you may have something else conflicting.

In news.php find:

PHP Code:

// disable thread preview if we can't view threads
if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewthreads']))
{
    $vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 0;
} 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

// disable thread preview if we can't view threads
if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewthreads']))
{
    $vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 0;
}
else
{
    $vbulletin->options['threadpreview'] = 1;
} 


[Demo16]

Sorry thin I was out of my home since today. Ok I'll try it tomorrow tnx

[Chadi]

I do not know what happened, but suddenly the main page of CES News is all blank, unless you click on each individual post

http://www.talkjesus.com/newsces.php?&f=72

I'm using v1.4.1