Forum Display Enhancements - Article Forums

Article Forums v4.x for vBulletin v4.x

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Turn a forum into an article forum. Sub-forums are turned into categories.

• Posts/Articles show in searches & in new posts
• Create as many sub-forums/ categories as you need
• Follows forum permissions
• Can still rate thread, etc.
• Different postbits for article and replies (comments)
• Choose what to display in postbit for article and comments
• Choose what to display on articles in vBulletin Options

* Not compatible with 3.7.x forums *

Installation:

1. Upload articles.php
2. Import product file
3. Create a forum in admincp
4. Go to vBulletin Options->Article forum Options

Remember to click Mark as Installed to receive updates and support

Possible Future Additions:

• Make article collapsible
• Allow multiple article forums

Translations:

• German/ Deutsch: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=6048
• Russian: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=643

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Sweeks

Another question, when I click the forums link on forumhome to get to the articles the link URL will be:

/support-articles/

but when clicked takes me to:

/help-articles/?c=188

after adding vbseo custom rewrite rules for article.php.

Is this okay?

not sure

[Sweeks]

Thanks for the sweet and fast update works a charm but still no create article anywhere

EDIT: Is there any way you could get this to work with just one forum? Instead of needing to use categories?
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[bananalive]

Originally Posted by nohuhu

Sweeks,

DB errors seem to arise when you try to choose a forum in Article settings while you should choose a category.

bananalive,

You're the man! It's just the mod I was looking for. Nomination for MOTM, definitely.

It works for me if i select a forum whether or not it has 'Act as Forum' as yes or no

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

uh... can you bring all article templates under a category? like album templates, announcement templates and so on. that will make style templates list less crowded.

and regarding categories, point taken. thanks.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Sweeks

Actually, the display options/search is fine, I got confused on how it should be used.

But I still lack the new article creation

Yes it is working for me now when it is a forum and not a category. I just cant find where to create an article now.

Attached files works with one forum, no categories

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

showthread.php gives a warning on top of the page:

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/showthread.php(984) : eval()'d code on line 1

[entertain]

Originally Posted by bananalive

.............

So this system takes one of the attachments as the "article image"?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by nohuhu

bananalive,

uh... can you bring all article templates under a category? like album templates, announcement templates and so on. that will make style templates list less crowded.

and regarding categories, point taken. thanks.

done in attached file

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by entertain

So this system takes one of the attachments as the "article image"?

it will take first attached image if there is one

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

you're lightning fast man! other thing i discovered: in printer-friendly view it doesn't mention anywhere that it's an article. and one more thing, i think article posts shouldn't display user signatures.