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

[smirkley]

Still loving this mod,..

but I do want to suggest, although the quote feature is good for comments posts, I dont think it a great idea for the first article post as it is the headliner, and on at least my forums, usually are fairly large, and moderated prior to publication for public view.

But overall,... thumbs up!

[RetroDreams]

Installed. Will give it a whirl.

[lms]

Dejo la versión 1.8 traducida al ESPAÑOL.

Funciona de lujo

Salud2

I leave the version 1.8 translated to SPANISH.

Work very fine.

Greetings

[gnrx]

Thanks lms

[RetroDreams]

1) How do you disable the reply button above the article? I know it's in the showthread template, but what conditional would I need to use to check to see if it's an article as opposed to the forums?

2) If I enable parse bbcode, then the article preview length quits working and it displays the whole article on the index. Is this a known bug?

[Dunhamzzz]

I've just "upgraded" from 1.7 and don't see any affect, I've even revert my templates.

Do I need to remove and do a fresh install?

Where is the WOL supposed to be?

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Dunhamzzz

I've just "upgraded" from 1.7 and don't see any affect, I've even revert my templates.

Do I need to remove and do a fresh install?

Where is the WOL supposed to be?

There are more options in vBulletin Options -> Article Forum Options

You should not need to do a fresh install.

The WOL (Who's online Location) shows the correct location (ie. Article Index) on online.php when a member is viewing Articles.php

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

1) How do you disable the reply button above the article? I know it's in the showthread template, but what conditional would I need to use to check to see if it's an article as opposed to the forums?

2) If I enable parse bbcode, then the article preview length quits working and it displays the whole article on the index. Is this a known bug?

Use template code

<if condition="!$articleforum">Button code here - will only display for non- article forums</if>

2. I will look into this.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

2) If I enable parse bbcode, then the article preview length quits working and it displays the whole article on the index. Is this a known bug?

Yes you are correct. Try attached file

[RetroDreams]

That did work. However, I ran into something else. If you have bbcode parsing turned on, you do not get any thumbnails on the main articles index. You'll get your bbcoded image (if you had one in the article before the cutoff) but no thumbnail, even if you attached one to the article. Maybe the better option would be to strip bbcode on the articles index? Is that something that can be done?

Other Recommendations:

One last recommendation would be to give the user the ability to have the thumbnail on either the left or right side on the main articles index. Would imagine that would be fairly easy to implement.