In need of stripped down CMS hack...

I know that vBPortal is currently being developed, and Beta 3 isn't gonna be out for "another few days" as was said on their page. But anyway, I looked at the feature set and I think it's a little too "bloated" features-wise for me to consider it.

Before I switched to VB2 I was using UBB6, and it had a nice feature called SlashUBB, which basically just pulled posts from a specific forum and posted them on the front page using simple SSI. It was simple yet very effective.

Now I don't know if there are similar hacks for VB2 (I'm new), but all I need is a hack that does just that - pulls posts from a forum and puts them on the front page like a new script, and people can reply to it like they would a forum.

vBPortal has WAY too many features that I won't be taking advantage of. And along with its generic template, it would be a hassle just to modify it to match my site's new layout. One good thing about it is that it uses the same principle as phpwebsite, but it has too many features In don't really care about too much...

So this is what I was hoping someone can help with - a stripped down version of phpwebsite or vbportal that just pulls posts from a forum and makes them available for inclusion in the front page via SSI .... just that. If the Beta 3 of the vBPortal will allow a toggle to just use this feature, then I'll wait for it. Otherwise, I need a simpler solution than vBPortal....

I just need to post news using VB2

[Wayne Luke]

You can do a search on Active Topics and or BFC_weblog. Both will give you a start on what you want.

[wajones]

I know that vBPortal is currently being developed, and Beta 3 isn't gonna be out for "another few days" as was said on their page. But anyway, I looked at the feature set and I think it's a little too "bloated" features-wise for me to consider it.

vbPortals is just a bunch of hacks put together to create somewhat of a portal for those in need of such a thing. But it's easy to just pull what you need from it. So just take what you need, the existing download should have what your asking for and I don't mind at all. If you need help using just a certain part of it send me or MrLister a note and we'll help as much as we can.

This may be the one I need (BFC_WEBLOG) ...

Question tho ... while searching, I have found that people were asking if this was compatible with VB2 ... no one really gave a clear answer except to try out vBPortal (which I said is too much for my needs)... any word on whether this (BFC_WEBLOG 1.3) is compatible with VB2? Thanks again...

Thanks for replying ... to put it bluntly, I just need the news posting feature of VbPortal ... with the conglomeration of integrated hacks, and my apaprent "newbieness" to PHP, digging what I want is kinda awkward, hehe ...

I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me which files actually control news posting and active topics, and I'll just incorporate those ... was just afraid that the collection of hacks in vBPortal may be too tied in with each other that removing the hacks I don't need will render the whole vBPortal hack useless ...

[wajones]

I don't understand, I just looked at your site http://www.opentechsupport.net/homebase.shtml and it seems like your already doing what your asking for. Maybe I'm as to what your asking?

I am switching servers, and I plan to get rid of all UBB inclusions on my site ... the domain you visited (.NET) is still hosted at the old server, and is using SlashUBB for UBB5.4x/6x ... my VB2 forums (.COM) are already hosted on the new server, and I wanted to make sure everything is set up properly before I move my .NET domain to the new server ... hence I wanna make sure a VB2 news posting scheme is in place before I switch servers...

Sorry for the confusion...

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by Tolitz
This may be the one I need (BFC_WEBLOG) ...

Question tho ... while searching, I have found that people were asking if this was compatible with VB2 ... no one really gave a clear answer except to try out vBPortal (which I said is too much for my needs)... any word on whether this (BFC_WEBLOG 1.3) is compatible with VB2? Thanks again...

This script and its older versions do work on vBulletin 2.0. You can see it in action at vBulletin.org though I think it is working on BFC_weblog 1.2

vBPortal uses BFC_WEBLOG as the basis for its news component as well.

Okay, so I'm trying to incorporate BFC_WEBLOG 1.3 into VB 2.0.1, but I'm having some roadblocks with the updated code in VB2 ...

The instructions for BFC_WEBLOG were only good for VB 1.x I guess ... and since you guys said you don't want to "reinvent the wheel," I doubt you'll give in to my request to AT LEAST give some instructions on how to make this work in VB2, but I will ask anyway ... can anyone give updated VB2 instructions for WEBLOG?

I know you'll all say "WAIT for VBPORTAL 3" but I am kinda strapped for time here, and vbPortal has too many things I don't need incorporated into it. And since I'm working with my own

Is there ANY chance at all that the vbPortal creators can give instructions on how to CHOOSE which set of hacks to include and which not to, I'd really appreciate it ... I haven't tried it yet, but is there a set of options in the CP to choose which hacks you want to enable? Or is it all in there by default?

Please I hate to plead, but I just want to post news in the front page using VB2. Just news ... no polls, no calendar, no generic menus ... just news ...

In the admin interface, you can turn off the headline grabber, weblinks, and downloads by simply doing a few clicks.

You can also remove whatever you links from the main menu you want via the admin cp.

There is also a config file where a lot of the settings are stored. In that file you can turn off the other features such as active topics, news, or polls.