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Article Forums · **Released**: 04-18-2009

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:

Upload articles.php
Import product file
Create a forum in admincp
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

metalguy639 · #**762** 08-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bananalive

There are a number of issues preventing this from happening atm.

Thanks. I've found an alternative I think.

Saviour · #**763** 08-12-2009, 07:02 PM

bananalive...

Just found out this mod fails when using W3C's CSS 2.1 validator. The vBa addon module fails as well. I've posted there, too.

On the upside...it's XHTML compliant.

Do you have a fix for the CSS issues?

markblair · #**764** 08-13-2009, 04:36 PM

After an article is read, the title of that article remains bold. While viewing the articles forum it is impossible to tell what has been read and what has not. I do like having the title bold as it helps it stand out but is there a way to show something that distinguishes between read and unread articles (threads)? Not sure how possible this is but maybe changing the color of the title would be an option?

kyle · #**765** 08-13-2009, 09:23 PM

anyone know a way to get the article authors avatars instead of the article attachments to show at articles.php?

Trek · #**766** 08-13-2009, 10:13 PM

Just installed this, created a test article and ran into a problem.

I'm using FireFox 3.5.

I get a script timeout error anytime I try to read one of the articles. This includes right after you save it and you're taken to the article. So basically anytime you try to view an article on showthread.php this happens. It doesn't happen to my standard forum threads.

If I hit Cancel on the script timeout popup, the page then loads from what I can tell successfully.

RWerksman · #**767** 08-13-2009, 11:53 PM

I've scoured this thread and the mod, but I can't seem to see where it assigns the variable for the page title.

Right now it's set to the articles variable. I'd really like to set it to the same as everything else in the forum, which is the forum title + the articles template tag.

Where is the page title set in this mod?

Saviour · #**768** 08-15-2009, 12:40 PM

BUMP: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=765

By the way, the reason why it fails CSS is due to the thumbnails. If I disable these thumbnails from showing, the product validates for CSS.

bananalive · #**769** 08-16-2009, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saviour

bananalive...

Just found out this mod fails when using W3C's CSS 2.1 validator. The vBa addon module fails as well. I've posted there, too.

On the upside...it's XHTML compliant.

Do you have a fix for the CSS issues?

Additional css has been added to allow compatibility with older browsers, such as internet explorer 6. For me, displaying the content properly across as many browsers as possible is paramount to WSC saying the CSS is valid.

bananalive · #**770** 08-16-2009, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markblair

After an article is read, the title of that article remains bold. While viewing the articles forum it is impossible to tell what has been read and what has not. I do like having the title bold as it helps it stand out but is there a way to show something that distinguishes between read and unread articles (threads)? Not sure how possible this is but maybe changing the color of the title would be an option?

I'll modify it to show only bold when it's unread, for next version.

bananalive · #**771** 08-16-2009, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trek

Just installed this, created a test article and ran into a problem.

I'm using FireFox 3.5.

I get a script timeout error anytime I try to read one of the articles. This includes right after you save it and you're taken to the article. So basically anytime you try to view an article on showthread.php this happens. It doesn't happen to my standard forum threads.

If I hit Cancel on the script timeout popup, the page then loads from what I can tell successfully.

What vbulletin version?

Are you running the latest version of this mod?

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