Forum Display Enhancements - Article Forums

Article Forums v4.x for vBulletin v4.x

Demo | Version History

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

[Omar Al-Ansari]

Originally Posted by bananalive

View page source and look for line this this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js?v=382"></script>

this is the javascript file for drop down menus. check it is pointing to the correct location.

Thanks bananlive

in navbar I had to add

$vboptions[bburl]/

before

clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js

and the rest of the .js files

clientscript/vbulletin_global.js
connection-min.js
yahoo-dom-event.js

[dfc005]

Originally Posted by bananalive

This data is not stored by vbulletin

True, but then vB doesn't allow Article Forums by default either. Thought it might be something you could include. I don't think I'd be the only one who would use it.

[valendono]

any issue if it doesn't work with vs-hide thanks button ? because I got this issue

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by skooby

Thanks for the quick response. When I change the option to make the thumbnails all fixed though, it cuts off the images (since I've made the images 200 x 200 instead of 100 x 100 in the template fix you gave me).

Is there anyway to have it so I can make the images a bit larger, and also have them align without cutting off the image? Sorry for my lack of PHP and thanks again for the help.

See attached for a screen shot. 01 is with the fixed width off, and 02 is with the fixed width on.

Thanks!

Open articles.php

Find

PHP Code:

$thumbdivstyle = "text-align: center; width: ".$vbulletin->options['attachthumbssize']."px;"; 


Replace

PHP Code:

$thumbdivstyle = "text-align: center; width: 120px;"; 


[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Omar Al-Ansari

Thanks bananlive

in navbar I had to add

$vboptions[bburl]/

before

clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js

and the rest of the .js files

clientscript/vbulletin_global.js
connection-min.js
yahoo-dom-event.js

If you view page source is the $vboptions[bburl] being parsed properly into your vbulletin url? If it is then it should be working fine.

[Magz]

Hi,

Installed and working a treat on my site, however, ive just tried to add a new forum to my site, and am getting this database error.

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'articleforum' in 'field list'

Ive tried editing other forums, and get the same database error message.

Any ideas

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Magz

Hi,

Installed and working a treat on my site, however, ive just tried to add a new forum to my site, and am getting this database error.

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'articleforum' in 'field list'

Ive tried editing other forums, and get the same database error message.

Any ideas

From what you describe the disabled plugins in the mod have been enabled.

Import attached file

[Magz]

Thanks, that indeed sorted it.

[skooby]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Open articles.php

Find

PHP Code:

$thumbdivstyle = "text-align: center; width: ".$vbulletin->options['attachthumbssize']."px;"; 


Replace

PHP Code:

$thumbdivstyle = "text-align: center; width: 120px;"; 


Thanks for the response. This seems to work in both Firefox and IE, but only Firefox is it showing the increased thumbnail size, not IE (using IE 8). The first attachment is Firefox, the second is IE.

Also, in the CMPS (I posted this in the other thread but not sure if you are checking), the CMPS is only showing 25 words even though I made the changes to show 200 words (even went as high as 1000). It takes affect in articles.php, but not in CMPS. This is happening in both browsers. Also tried to go to "edit module" and make the switch there, but same thing.

Thanks again.. I owe you a beer.

[nohuhu]

bananalive,

any news regarding my feature requests? sorry for bugging you but i really think these would be very beneficial and also i'd like to know what you think about them.