[ADDON] cinq's vbArticles Latest 3 Featured Articles CMPS Module

A small addon to show the latest 3 featured articles on your Portal page.
This add on CMPS module is for cinq's vbArticles Hack v2.0

Hack version 1.1

Install instructions
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1. Upload the cmps-articles.php file to your modules directory.

2. Create 2 new templates:

a. First template:

adv_portal_articlesbits

	<tr>
		<td class="$getbgrow" width="100%">
		<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" class="tborder" width="100%">
		<tr>
		<td width="20%" align="center">$articonimg</td>
		<td width="80%" align="left"><span class="smallfont"><b>Title: <a href=$vboptions[bburl]/articles.php?action=viewarticle&artid=$articleid>$title</a></b>
		<br>$summary</span></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		</td>
	</tr>

b. Second template:

adv_portal_articles

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat"><span class="smallfont"><strong>$vba_options[portal_blockbullet] Featured Articles</strong></span></td>
	</tr>
$articlesbits
</table>
<br />

3. Next, perform the following file edits.

a. In your global.php file

FIND

PHP Code:

$specialtemplates = array_merge($specialtemplates, 
        array(
            'adv_modules',
            'adv_portal_opts',
            'attachmentcache',
            'bbcodecache',
            'birthdaycache',
            'eventcache',
            'iconcache',
            'maxloggedin',
            'smiliecache',
            'userstats'
        )
    ); 


REPLACE WITH

PHP Code:

$specialtemplates = array_merge($specialtemplates, 
        array(
            'adv_modules',
            'adv_portal_opts',
            'attachmentcache',
            'bbcodecache',
            'birthdaycache',
            'eventcache',
            'iconcache',
            'maxloggedin',
            'smiliecache',
            'userstats',
            'vbart_options'
        )
    ); 


Save and upload global.php


b. In your includes/vba_cmps_include_top.php file

FIND

PHP Code:

$portalopts = unserialize($datastore['adv_portal_opts']); 


ADD ABOVE

PHP Code:

$vbart_options = unserialize($datastore['vbart_options']);
unset($datastore['vbart_options']); 


Save and upload includes/vba_cmps_include_top.php


4. Next, create the new module using the drop down menu, selecting "cmps-articles.php".
In the "templates used" field enter the following templates: 'adv_portal_articles, adv_portal_articlesbits'

5. Don't forget to update your index pages(s) to show the new module.

6. Done !

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Enjoy
- cinq

[ptmuldoon]

Works great, except I had to modify the cmps-articles.php file on line 20 to correct for the image not showing on the home page. They originally showed only if you were within your forums page. Thus, I edited it to this

$articonimg = "<a href=\"$vboptions[bburl]/articles.php?action=viewarticle&artid=".$articleid."\"><img title=\"".$title."\" src=\"$vboptions[bburl]/articles.php?action=thumb&artid=".$articleid."&id=".$articon."\" border=\"0\" width=".$vbart_options['vbartssthumbwidth']."></a>";

[KTBleeding]

Thanks cinq.

And thanks ptmuldoon, I was just going to come report that..

[cinq]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I have editted the file and reuploaded it.

For those who installed this add-on prior to the date/time of this post, just download the attachment again, and upload it, overwriting your existing cmps_articles.php file.

[shadiguy1]

hmm i did didnt show up tho. im looking into it.

[cinq]

Made some code change in the cmps-articles.php file.
If you had previously installed this add-on ( v1.0 ) please download the attachment ( v1.1 ) and upload it to your modules folder, overwriting the old file.

Everything else ( other steps highlighted in the first post ) remains the same.

[ncangler]

Cinq, I cannot thank you enough for all the great work you'd put into this Articles system. I love it and it has added so much potential to my site. Thank you!

[Chief Corn]

i'm not the greatest with html, so any chance someone can make a template to list horizontally as is done in the main article index? i'd appreciate it. excellent hack.

[cinq]

You mean in columns instead Chief ?

[yannisc]

Hi!

How can I make the image of the article on the main page be wrapped from the text rather than be left and the text right?

There was a hack that did something similar for the news posts on the vbadvanced cmps. Can we make the same here?

thanks, Yannis