vbArticles v0.4 -- For your repository of Articles/Tutorials/FAQs etc.

UPDATES
version 0.4 is out

- Now allows for basic VBCODE input.
- Fixed somemore bugs.


Background
Required a section on my site to display articles/tutorials
No such hack in the Hacks Database
Decided to try my hand at it

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This hack uses a lot of code from Arunan Sridharan's vB Links Directory v2.0
I use that hack too and was inspired to code something around that
A big thank-you must go out to him for coding the Links Directory in the first place (I merely modified much of the code to suit my needs for this hack)

Appreciation also goes out to Kars10 for aiding me in this hack
He coded the portion in version 0.3 on number of articles count as well as article hits count
He also suggested several template changes which have been incoporated into version 0.3
A great big special shout out to TheComputerGuy, 97cobracpe, dontpanic for stamping out the bugs with your fixes. Thanks guys


WHATS IT DO ?
This hack allows you to have a database of articles/tutorials etc on your site/forums.

FEATURES

AdminCP
Installer script

Admin options

View Categories
Edit Categories
Add Categories ( category name, category icon, category order, category description )
Delete Categories
Add new article ( title, description, author, date, content )
Edit article
Delete article
View ALL articles in database
Option in vB options to turn validation of articles on/off
Fully template based as to how you wish to display the articles,categories and main article home page.
Addition of articles accepts basic VBcodes

Member options

View Categories
Browse Categories
View articles
Submit new article
Submission of articles accepts basic VBcodes


INSTALLATION & UPGRADING
This Hack should work on ALL 2.2.x versions and v2.3.0
Please read the install_readme.txt file in the package for fresh installation instructions
IMPT: If you installed a previous version pls read the upgrade_readme.txt file carefully for upgrade instructions

HACK DOWNLOAD

Version 0.4 of this hack can be downloaded here

ADD-ONS
i) Add-on for vbHome
ii) Add-on for ForumHome
iii) Add-on to enable only registered members to be able to view the article section


DEMO SITES
http://www.runaked.com/forums/articles.php ( running v0.4 ) - TheComputerGuy's site

http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/infocenter.php ( running v0.3 ) - dontpanic's site


Feel free to submit your sites if u installed this hack so it can be listed as another live demo site

SUPPORT
I cannot promise any support on this as i am pretty new to this but I will try my best.
If you are using this hack , pls click the INSTALL button
to be kept in the loop of any bug reports, add-ons and hack version updates.

Thanks everyone

[cinq]

Kinda customized to a specific need , think would leave out that feature.
Right now I am concentrating on the following extra features :

In no particular order :
1) Category View multiple pages
2) Comment on article
3) Rate article
4) Ability to create , edit and delete subcategories
5) Search
6) Category headings , like in the forums.

Probably not that soon though ... lets see what turns up as we go along.
Kars10 is also helping me

[SuperG]

uploading and displaying images within the article...when you upload, it generates a thumnail and displays it at predefined areas in the article, rotating between align left and align right. When you click the thumnail, opens full size image in few window. DAT would be perfect ;-)

[cinq]

That would be way too complicated
I much prefer to design my article layout using HTML myself

[gmarik]

06-22-03 at 07:30 PM cinq said this in Post #61

1) Category View multiple pages
2) Comment on article
3) Rate article
4) Ability to create , edit and delete subcategories
5) Search
6) Category headings , like in the forums.

Wow is the only thing I can say. Have you thought about subcotagerys to make at is in the planned Link System 3.0? Because there where some coders who have allready partly solved this problem, maybe you could just unite? Just to make it less painfull and give it more power, get what I mean?! :smoke:

[cinq]

Will await Keptic's hack then.

[TheComputerGuy]

Just upgraded to version .03

Very nice, looks like it cleaned up really well, can't wait to see the new version you guys come up with.

[Asso]

06-22-03 at 04:30 PM cinq said this in Post #61
Kinda customized to a specific need , think would leave out that feature.
Right now I am concentrating on the following extra features :

In no particular order :
1) Category View multiple pages
2) Comment on article
3) Rate article
4) Ability to create , edit and delete subcategories
5) Search
6) Category headings , like in the forums.

Probably not that soon though ... lets see what turns up as we go along.
Kars10 is also helping me

GREAT!

I'm waiting for the next relase

[iggy123]

Re-download the attached zip package and read the upgrade txt file carefully if upgrading. Instructions on how to upgrade from both version 0.1 and 0.2 are included.

For fresh installation , pls read the readme txt file contained in the zip package [/B]

I can see no instructions on how to upgrade from 0.1 --- please let me know as i am getting an error when trying to launch the articles.php

Invalid SQL: SELECT COUNT(*) AS artid FROM vbArticles_content WHERE categoryid=1 and valid='1'
mysql error: Unknown column 'valid' in 'where clause'

[cinq]

Its in the upgrade file.
Look closely ...

U get the error because you did run the query stated in the upgrade instructions to move from v0.1 to v0.3

Also please click the install button so you get updated on any new releases or bug fixes.

[Asso]

we need 1.0 version