Geek Article and Review System (GARS) LITE

From the makers of disco and square dancing comes the LITE, GARS LITE. Released for those needing an article/tutorial/recipe/review/blahblahblah system for only 1 forum, GARS LITE will make your site sing.

To say that GARS is only for articles, tutorials and reviews is like saying spoons are only for eating cereal. GARS can radically transform your forums look and functionality by allowing you to create an unlimited amount of different configurations of phrases, template and modules that can be applied on a forum by forum basis.

Designed with its own module system, you can easily expand and customize your configurations like never before. Modules can be re-used and re-used each time with different settings.

GARS LITE Key Features

• Transform any forum instantly without importing or changing the underlying data.
• Since GARS sits in front of vB, Anything you can do in vB you can do in GARS (user permissions, WYSIWYG editor, BBcode, Subscriptions, attachments, etc...)
• Create an unlimited amount of configurations, template sets, etc...
• Upload default thread header images and create a gallery of images for users to choose from
• Create a standard set of Ratings for each configuration to use (perfect for reviews)
• Page break and navigation system for GARS that span multiple pages.
• GARS LITE comes with 9 pre installed modules.

What you cant do in the LITE version that you can in the PRO:

• GARS LITE limits you to using it on 1 forum.
• Users can not upload their own header images.
• Users may not rate in reviews only authors can.
• The module caching system is disabled

Please note that you MAY NOT remove the copyright at the bottom of the GARS enabled pages.

Check out the in depth on-line manual for information and admin screen shots

GARS requires vBulletin 3.5x and requires no file or template edits.

If you install, do me a please click the freaking install button.

nJoy

[Vizionz]

yep..

/httpdocs/Forum/geek/gars/includes/gars_ignition.php


Nevermind That I am a Jack ***

I forgot thats the public board
i need to upload it to the test forum haha. i am sorry
thats why it couldnt find anything i was looking at the wrong place

worked fine after i installed it at the right place :P

[The Geek]

not a problem, Ive done that one before. Just glad its sorted as I was quickly running out of ideas

[Paul M]

One thing I will find this very useful for is evaluating the full GARS, now I can see it in action myself.

[Daniel]

Glad you shared it with us!

[v12kid]

anyone have a live link so I can see it in action?

[The Geek]

Here is a testing forum for the PRO version-> http://www.thevbgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Here are a couple other oddities that you can do with it:
An on-line manual-> http://www.thevbgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48
With the vb.org release add on-> http://www.thevbgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16

@Paul - would love ANY feedback from you on it. Feel free to post thoughts on it or PM me if its really bad :P

[jellybaby]

I have set up a recipes section and everything will go in there but is it then possible to set it for example to have different categories such as chicken, beef, fish etc? Also, can I change it to say recipes instead of articles and if so where do I do that?

Thanks very much for sharing this its great.

[The Geek]

Hi there. You would need to orgainize your categories via sub-forums which isnt possible with the LITE version.

However I have done you a quick tutorial on creating a recipe term set (which you then apply to a type) I also did you a quick button here-> http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?t=1158

I also whipped up a quick 'shopping list' module here for you->http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?t=1159

Please click install if you have installed GARS LITE .

Thanks, hope it helps.

[jellybaby]

Thanks very much for doing that, thats great, so would I be right in thinking that I wouldnt be able to have individual categories as such with the lite but if I pay for the full version I can?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

Thanks very much for doing that, thats great, so would I be right in thinking that I wouldnt be able to have individual categories as such with the lite but if I pay for the full version I can?

yes, the PRO version would allow you to apply types to several forums so you could create categories that way however give this one a go for awhile, you may also find that it will serve your needs without needing to buy the PRO version