v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots!

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks.

[John]

I have to say, some of the abusive emails I've been getting really make me sick of some of the people in this community.

Please appreciate that as a freelancer I have to work to make a living, and at the moment I don't have *any* spare time - period. My financial situation is dire to say the least, and as such supporting free hacks on vB.org is the last of my priorities.

The main reason for the delay is because the new system uses a different database structure to the old, which means I'll have write an import script - because anything less than that and I'll have a bunch of ingrates emailing me with complaints. Furthermore, I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people who actually prefer the old system to the new one - visually, it's completely different. When I can afford to, I'll get the update packaged up and the import script written.

[John]

Originally Posted by spence2

When someone states: "I Agree to Support This Hack"
When someone states: "I have created an update & will post it."

Then, I'm sorry, but there is a credibility gap when they do not!

Wow, I guess I really owe you. There, I've changed the status of the hack to suit.

[Lionel]

You did not have to reply to that John. I am sure there are plenty of us that are grateful for what is still a great hack. For my part, I will say thank you again.

[trackpads]

Originally Posted by Lionel

You did not have to reply to that John. I am sure there are plenty of us that are grateful for what is still a great hack. For my part, I will say thank you again.

Ditto

[Ghostsuit]

Originally Posted by John

I have to say, some of the abusive emails I've been getting really make me sick of some of the people in this community.

I have to say it annoys me too the way people get irate about things like this. Still I can understand to a degree the frustration, however it should never come to abusive emails. I know ever time I PM'd you I got an answer which was polite and clear.

Originally Posted by John

The main reason for the delay is because the new system uses a different database structure to the old, which means I'll have write an import script - because anything less than that and I'll have a bunch of ingrates emailing me with complaints. Furthermore, I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people who actually prefer the old system to the new one - visually, it's completely different. When I can afford to, I'll get the update packaged up and the import script written.

Cheers for the honesty, least we have an idea it's going to be a while before it probably get's done.

Now here's a tip for everyone thats used this or is using the v3arcade...why not go donate a coin or two if you can spare it (if you havn't already) to help John out after all the arcade hacks damn fine and worth a few quid as a donation never mind this hack.

[John]

I know, thanks - but there are some people who are just beyond belief, where if it's a matter of trying to work to pay the bills or to do free support, they seem to think I should do the latter.

Anyway, not to go on about it - I'm sure many of you are going to be surprised when you see what's coming next. (All my free time has gone into it - that's why it's been so difficult to get anything else done, apart from the fact that I don't have much spare time in the first place.)

[John]

Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

Now here's a tip for everyone thats used this or is using the v3arcade...why not go donate a coin or two if you can spare it (if you havn't already) to help John out after all the arcade hacks damn fine and worth a few quid as a donation never mind this hack.

Donations are the only reason I can afford to keep the v3 site running - thanks to everyone who's given something towards it. But don't think because I'm harping on about finance that I'm after donations, they're very much appreciated - but I don't expect anything back.

[Ghostsuit]

You might not expect them but you do deserve a few

[hockyfan]

Not to repeat myself, but with all of the complaints I think my question on the previous page was overlooked, and I wanted to know if there was an answer to it. I had asked

Originally Posted by hockyfan

Is there any way to take current threads and make them into articles?

If anyone can let me know I'd really appreciate it, thanks.


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[John]

Originally Posted by hockyfan

Not to repeat myself, but with all of the complaints I think my question on the previous page was overlooked, and I wanted to know if there was an answer to it. I had asked
If anyone can let me know I'd really appreciate it, thanks.


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Old system: It's a lot of hard work.
New system: Yes.