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

[Mustang Sally]

Could someone tell a newbie how to install this?? Please. I'm nervous I will mess something up.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Mustang Sally

Could someone tell a newbie how to install this?? Please. I'm nervous I will mess something up.

Installation:

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

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

I just noticed something. In IE you get a broken image placecard holder when an article doesn't have a corresponding image. Do all the articles require an image to prevent this?

I posted fix for this few posts back.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by glowinggal

"printable version" with vbSEO enabled not working:

http://www.siteurl.com/forum/thread/print-thread_id%-titleofarticle.html

What isn't working? I need to know what's going wrong

Originally Posted by glowinggal

Any ideas if this is possible?

It's possible but would require a query for every profile page

Originally Posted by glowinggal

* can i move the thanks button to the top for the article or in the author's box instead or in addition to the one that is there already? our articles tend to be quite long so it would be nice to have it at the top too.

* also what about putting a "back to the top" function or button somewhere; i have the code and image to do it since we use it in our forums already - just need to know where to place my "back to the top" code

Edit template: af_firstpost

There is a modification which add 'To the top' button to every post.

[Mustang Sally]

I'm sorry to be a pest, but do I upload it to public html file??

Originally Posted by bananalive

Installation:

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

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Mustang Sally

I'm sorry to be a pest, but do I upload it to public html file??

To your forum root. That's the directory where your forum is physically installed.

[s8glive]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

To your forum root. That's the directory where your forum is physically installed.

for example all my forum stuff is in www.yoursite.com/fourm so it would be in the /forum

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Installation:

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

Searched back through your posts, but I can't quite seem to find it. At least, not for this specific problem. Is it part of another solution you showed someone? Sorry, I can usually find this stuff pretty easily.

[glowinggal]

one other question - what if I want to put banner ads JUST in the articles section by placing code directly into it somewhere ie: under the profile at the right - before the article post or after, or under the categories on the left, etc. THANKS!

[Mustang Sally]

Thanks for the help!! I got it.