Geek Article System 3.5 RC2

Woohoo.

This is the RC for the next release of the Geek Article System.
I have decided to take it out of private beta as results from the private beta are taking yonks to come back in. I have fixed all known issues so we should be cooking on gas (hohohahaha).

Special thanks to gltdn for help with beta testing

Install instructions:
Read the readme in the package. Should be straight forward stuff.
It is important to note that THIS IS FOR A CLEAN INSTALL. I will devise an upgrade script when the package is final.

New features:

• Crap loads.
• New Article header image functions (global gallery, forum gallery and uploadable images)
• New forumdisplay/threadbit look and feel
• Synopsis box
• Post as user
• Autolink into the Geek Autolink system
• Turn on/off synopsis/byline
• Auto synopsis (if synopsis is off or left blank, it uses first x amount of posts from article)
• Synopsis uses BB code
• etc...etc...etc

A word about the installer.
This has taken me ages to do. The installer does everything for you (including all file changes). It will make backup copies of all files changed, make the file changes, and leave them in a folder for you to copy over when you are done. This may not work with PHP in safe mode. If you are using PHP in safe mode, you may have to do the changes manually (which you have the option to do anyway).

Click the install button if you install. Otherwise you may miss very important updates.

Demo: http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Missing phrases after install? Just search for a GAS phrase name... edit it, then click save. This will rebuild your phrases.

nJoy

[Magic Spark]

Hi Geek,

one more bug in actual Beta Release found:

When I create a new article, fill out Byline and Synopsis, hit Preview and then create the article, the Byline and Synopsis disappear.
The same, if I edit an article and hit preview first.

One more:

In printthtread.php Template 'GAS_printthreadbit' should be cached.

[shiva]

yeap, now it works, reloaded it in.

Least I have it listed in now, now just to figure out how to get the thing to display the way I want it.

You know Geek, your installer is very cool and all, but there's nothing on the settings themselves. I redid the phrases, and also reupped the includes file as well.

So a couple questions here:

My forum is a subdirectory, that make a difference? So absolute path to images will be /var/www/html/forums/gas/images?

also, in the first field, for forums. I'm assuming that would be the id number, but multiple forums would be say 2,33, 19 right?

I guess the converter should now work as well, but we would still have to edit each thread then for a synopsis and a byline? Yikes. over 400 articles.

[Snow]

Excellent installer!! If there was an award for best installer, you'd win it Nail Geek! Anyway, so far so good.

[Snow]

Bit of a silly question.... can we upload our own article header images and if so, how?

[The Geek]

Thanks guys.

I am very proud of the installer. In fact, it has taken me almost as long to code that as to code the hack! I just felt that with so many file modifications - its would be a butt pain to manually maintain and install (especially as we have seen so many vB security updates as of late). Im glad it is working well for everyone so far.

Now on to the Q's:
Magic: Im on to the Preview bugs now. Should have fixed in the next couple hours.
I will also add the template chache for print thread
Shiva: Ill add an install page for the settings. Im not sure what your absolute server path will be for your setup. However in the next install, Ill have the file do a pretty darn good guess for you
Yes, you are right about the forum ID's. Comma seperated. You will need to edit for synopsis/byline and header images

Snow - Your Article Header images go in gas/images. Replace the default, or dump several in there. When you click the Image button in a new article, it pops up a window with all images in the gas/images directory INCLULDING any images it finds in gas/images/forums/[CURRENT_FORUMID]

In other words, you can have a global gallery for users to choose from in gas/images/
And then have forum specific gallery images in gas/images/forum/[forumid]

Furthermore, users can upload their own by clicking the image button (as long as there are not usergroup settings preventing them in the admin page)

Hope that makes sense

Thanks everyone

[gldtn]

Geek,

I'm still unable to change the image header after I set one. In other words, after I submit an article and choose the article image and want to change that image later I can no longer change it.. I choose the image that I want to change to and it selects it, but when I hit apply changes it does not change to the image I choose.

I have the latest beta version installed,but did not do a fully clean install.. All I did is replaced all the *.php's files from the mod and re-ran the install script, but the databases remains the same according to your installer that ignores database modifications if it's already there(I think you said thats what it does earlier in this thread). If your sure this was fixed let me know so I can drop the tables added to the database and do a fully clean install.

Thank You!

[The Geek]

Package updated.

This package rectifies the previewing of new or edited threads munching your synopsis and images.
I also adjusted a few phrases (mainly admin cp ones) to be more explanitory.
I also added the GAS_printthread template to the global template cache.

To upgrade from 1.04, overwrite all existing files with this latest package and reinstall the templates and phrases ONLY.
To apply the printthread fix, manually complete step 702.

Thanks

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by gldtn

Geek,

I'm still unable to change the image header after I set one. In other words, after I submit an article and choose the article image and want to change that image later I can no longer change it.. I choose the image that I want to change to and it selects it, but when I hit apply changes it does not change to the image I choose.

I have the latest beta version installed,but did not do a fully clean install.. All I did is replaced all the *.php's files from the mod and re-ran the install script, but the databases remains the same according to your installer that ignores database modifications if it's already there(I think you said thats what it does earlier in this thread). If your sure this was fixed let me know so I can drop the tables added to the database and do a fully clean install.

Thank You!

Hey gldtn.

I cant verify at this end - all seems to be working fine. The table wont have anything to do with it - I suspect a template or file modification.

I just changed a couple of things in the last package that may have actually fixed it now that I think about it. Upgrade and let me know so I can look into it more.

Thanks

[gldtn]

Originally Posted by The Geek

Hey gldtn.

I cant verify at this end - all seems to be working fine. The table wont have anything to do with it - I suspect a template or file modification.

I just changed a couple of things in the last package that may have actually fixed it now that I think about it. Upgrade and let me know so I can look into it more.

Thanks

Seems to be working up to a certain point. It now changes only if I upload a new image, but if I try to choose/select an image thats already on the server It does not change back. I also encountered a weird problem, when I uploaded . It gave me this .

[Allan]

thank you for this hack, it is superb Geek

PS: I have a prob, I obtains a white page in "forumdisplay" (category)