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

[bposner]

Thank you for a great mod. We are experimenting with setting up a magazine kinda thing with this. I just had one question (I'm not a coder) but where can I change the word "Article" that comes up in the navbar when you select that option?
Also, I'd like the sort of the page that lists all the articles when you enter the area, to auto sort by first article entered, kinda like a Table of Contents. I'm not sure how to make this a permanent sort, if possible. Appreciate the hard work, really like the format.

Thank you!

[Eruantien]

Can anyone help me figure out this encoding error? The mod author does not appear responsive lately. This issue only came about when I upgraded recently when a new version of the mod was released.

The URL of my issue can be found here: http://www.loremaster.org/articles.php

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by bposner

Thank you for a great mod. We are experimenting with setting up a magazine kinda thing with this. I just had one question (I'm not a coder) but where can I change the word "Article" that comes up in the navbar when you select that option?
Also, I'd like the sort of the page that lists all the articles when you enter the area, to auto sort by first article entered, kinda like a Table of Contents. I'm not sure how to make this a permanent sort, if possible. Appreciate the hard work, really like the format.

Thank you!

To change the word Article you just need to change the phrase.

Login to your admincp & scroll down to you see "Search In Phrases" click on it. In the top block put the word article in it and then in the drop down see if the article mod is listed if not tick the 3rd button down that states something to the effect of search in both areas. Then click the search/ok button. Then you will see the phrases that contain the word Article. Change the word article to whatever word you want and click save for each one. As for the second part, I have no idea. There are some settings for this mod in the admin panel, you may want to look at your vbulletin options to see about making changes in the mod.

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by Eruantien

Can anyone help me figure out this encoding error? The mod author does not appear responsive lately. This issue only came about when I upgraded recently when a new version of the mod was released.

The URL of my issue can be found here: http://www.loremaster.org/articles.php

What encoding error? I do not see an error on the page other than the articles column is pretty small.

[Eruantien]

All of my users including myself are seeing this error. I have cleared out cache and cannot figure out what is causing it. I am getting it on both IE and FF. I can see it the first time but then the encoding error comes up. I would have to keep clearing cache.

Maybe this is an issue with the redirect I am seeing?

[metalguy639]

Originally Posted by Eruantien

All of my users including myself are seeing this error. I have cleared out cache and cannot figure out what is causing it. I am getting it on both IE and FF. I can see it the first time but then the encoding error comes up. I would have to keep clearing cache.

Maybe this is an issue with the redirect I am seeing?

Sorry I maybe able to help you but I need to know what the error is. I do not see an error in firefox or IE, I've attached what I see. There is no error warning or anything out of the ordinary that i see so you'll have to be more specific than its an encoding error. I've attached screenshots.

[Eruantien]

I'll try to get the IE one up but here is the Firefox version. My users are having the same error. This error occurs only when going to http://www.loremaster.org/articles.php

They can still view the individual articles, just not the link I provided above. Which is problematic when they are trying to locate older articles.

[metalguy639]

When did it start to do this? Was it after you installed a new hack or mod t the forum or did you make any template changes right before it went nuts on you. Do you have other hacks installed? If so there maybe a conflict with one of the other hacks. It could be any number of things really that would cause this sort of error.

Also i'm guessing it only happens when you are a member & logged in because I can see the articles just fine as a guest not logged in. I can navigate the area, read the articles etc and I get no error like that. So this is somehow tied to being logged in as well. Is there a hack that you've installed that might affect logging in or registration etc.

[Eruantien]

It was recently right after I updated it to the new Articles version.

And yes, it appears to strictly be when someone is logged in; thanks for pointing that out. I can see it perfectly fine when I am logged out.

[metalguy639]

Hmmmm ok well you maybe have to revert it back to the old version if you still have it. Do you still have a copy of the older version somewhere? If it worked before the upgrade then there is no reason why it should not work after putting it back to the last version you used. There maybe no other fix until the developer fixes it.