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

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by RWerksman

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?

You can set page title via php variable $pagetitle

[smirkley]

Originally Posted by bananalive

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

If you do decide to do that, please make it a choice in admincp.

Mainly because I use my articles, as articles, and read or unread to me doeant matter as my articles forum is hidden.

[Daisyboo]

Bit of an odd question, I've 2 styles on my forum, one of which is aria.
Its added in the nav bar but its missing a divider line. I can add the link manually myself but I can't find where to delete the original nav link.
In aria they are either in the nav bar or the header file but I can't find it in either - would you have any other suggestions as to where I should look?

Thanks

[Saviour]

Just realized this mod is not pulling any of the meta tag information from the forums.

Title of the articles.php page is returned as "Articles - Mozilla Firefox". Any categories return the same info..."Category name - Mozilla Firefox".

Shouldn't the title return the following..."Article/Category name - Forum Title - Mozilla Firefox"?

Found no instance of meta tags in any of the templates, so...I'm assuming the change has to be made to the articles.php file.

Any recommendations?

[webgroup]

I have 2 different forums with news, how can I add more than 1 forum to be converted to article forum?

Thanks

[kevin12]

hello

How to move articles.php other folder? example:

www.domain.com/articles.php
www.domain.com/forumvB

[Ophelia]

I apologize if this has been asked.

This mod would negate the normal tendencies of the forum; like having threads and posts, and change it strictly to an article forum?

[cbiweb]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

I apologize if this has been asked.

This mod would negate the normal tendencies of the forum; like having threads and posts, and change it strictly to an article forum?

It only creates one forum for articles. The rest of your forums stay as they are.

[Joshva]

Is their a way to get this mod working with multiple forums from different heirachies?

[NTMID8]

How can we have this mod notify a particular user (in the same way as new PM, new visitor message, etc) when there are new Article threads pending approval?