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

[rasp187]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Find in articles.php

PHP Code:

eval('$a_breaking .= "' . fetch_template('af_articlebit') . '";'); 


Before add

PHP Code:

$thread['preview'] = substr($thread['preview'], 0 , 100); 


where 100 is preview length you want.

Just add image at top of template af_articlebit and remove the following code:

border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted;

Adding that line in articles.php just kills the images on the articles page and doesn't modify the preview. If I have BB code off, the preview stays full (still) and the images are not shown, but if I put BB code on the preview still stays full but the images are then broken (red x's).

[Eruantien]

Originally Posted by Eruantien

Okay, so the issue appears to be with IE. I can not replicate the error with FF.

Okay, now it doesn't work with anything

Do not discount my own ability to mess things up

[Eclyps19]

for some reason I when I check the options in the admincp for showing the create new article, search article, display options, etc, they don't save. I hit save, but when I revisit the articles section the checks are now unchecked. Any ideas?

[Eruantien]

Still looking for some assistance to correct the encoding issue.

[ywwz]

can you make a 3.8.x version for us ? please...

[ywwz]

my mistake, i replied wrong thread...

[Eruantien]

Any support for the issue I am having?

[metalguy639]

I'm using this article hack. I would like to have a hack that is for classifieds that is pretty much just like this article hack. Is it possible to get this as a classified hack where I can have both installed on my site?

[Qwest]

To get rid of the 'redirecting..' message. (if you have vBSEO)

Add this custom rewrite to the custom rewrites section in your vbseocp

'articles\.php\?c=25'=>'articles-media/'

Where 25 = the forum ID
Where articles-media/ = the vbseo url of the forum category you want to rewrite.

Result: http://www.modernconspiracy.com/articles-media/

[Joshva]

Originally Posted by Qwest

To get rid of the 'redirecting..' message. (if you have vBSEO)

Add this custom rewrite to the custom rewrites section in your vbseocp

'articles\.php\?c=25'=>'content-media/'

Where 25 = the forum ID
Where content-media/ = the vbseo url of the forum category you want to rewrite.

Result: http://www.modernconspiracy.com/content-media/

You are an absolute legend!!!! Awesome. Been trying to fix that for ages!

Do you know how to get this mod working for multiple forums in different category heirachies?