v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots!

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks.

[GoTTi]

how do i make this show the location in the online.php?

instead of saying:

Unknown Location
/forums/article.php?a=XXX

i want it to say

Viewing Articles "description of article"

and the link will take the user to the article the person is viewing...

[dimopoulos]

Thanks for this great modification. I have a small problem though with the thumbnails - they just don't show up. I checked my settings on my server and GD is installed and working (it works when users upload attachments in the main forum) but not in the article section.

Any suggestions pointers are more than welcome!

[KTBleeding]

Originally Posted by dimopoulos

Thanks for this great modification. I have a small problem though with the thumbnails - they just don't show up. I checked my settings on my server and GD is installed and working (it works when users upload attachments in the main forum) but not in the article section.

Any suggestions pointers are more than welcome!

Been answered a ton of times in this thread, but I don't blame you for not wanting to search through the many pages..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68495

[MissKalunji]

Does anyone knows...how to remove the article options from admincp?

[Yelper]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Does anyone knows...how to remove the article options from admincp?

In admincp/index.php

Delete:

PHP Code:

    construct_nav_option('Category Manager', 'article.php?do=modify');
    construct_nav_option('Add New Category', 'article.php?do=add');
    construct_nav_option('Moderate Articles', 'article.php?do=modarticles');
    construct_nav_option('Moderate Comments', 'article.php?do=modcomments');
    construct_nav_group("Articles", '<hr />');
    construct_nav_spacer();
    // ************************************************* 


[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by Yelper

In admincp/index.php

Delete:

PHP Code:

    construct_nav_option('Category Manager', 'article.php?do=modify');
    construct_nav_option('Add New Category', 'article.php?do=add');
    construct_nav_option('Moderate Articles', 'article.php?do=modarticles');
    construct_nav_option('Moderate Comments', 'article.php?do=modcomments');
    construct_nav_group("Articles", '<hr />');
    construct_nav_spacer();
    // ************************************************* 


i did dat already but when i go to vbulletin option...i still see v3 article....

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

i did dat already but when i go to vbulletin option...i still see v3 article....

You either haven't deleted them properly, or haven't refreshed the ACP page.

[jluerken]

I am searching for a way to create a forum thread in a predefined forum when a new article was posted.

I have members writing columns but now one reads it cause no one gets aware of the fact that there is a new one in the article system

Does someone of you has a hack for that?

[dookie]

Originally Posted by jluerken

I am searching for a way to create a forum thread in a predefined forum when a new article was posted.

I have members writing columns but now one reads it cause no one gets aware of the fact that there is a new one in the article system

Does someone of you has a hack for that?

yeah that would be nice.

[Russ_T]

Hi all,

v3 articles is working pretty well for me, thanks!

I have one problem and I cannot figure it out. I did a little page in dreamweaver, and tried to add the article by pasting in the html. I then when into the database and changed the post field by pasting in the html.

http://www.zclub.net/forum/article.php?a=18

As you can see its really stretched, I cannot figure out why though. Can anyone help please?

Many thanks