Add-On Releases - CES Site News

CES Site News
Version: 1.6.3
vBulletin 3.7.x, 3.8.x supported

*** NEWS ***
5/15/2008 - v1.6.3 released
5/5/2008 - v1.6.2 released
5/2/2008 - v1.6.1 released
4/17/2008 - v1.6.0 released
11/7/2007 - v1.5.1 released
9/9/2007 - v1.5.0 released
4/12/2007 - v1.4.1 released
4/5/2007 - v1.4.0 released
4/1/2007 - 4/2/2007 - v1.3.1 through v1.3.2 released
3/30/2007 - v1.3.0 released
3/23/2007 - 3/26/2007 - v1.2.0 through v1.2.4 released
3/14/2007 - v1.1.1 released
3/12/2007 - v1.1.0 released
2/9/2007 - v1.0.8 released
1/29/2007 - v1.0.7 released
1/23/2007 - 1/27/2007 - v1.0.0 through v1.0.6 released

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
This allows you to turn one of your forums into a news blog.

Live Installation: http://www.crackedeggstudios.com/news.php
This site is usually an update or two ahead of what's available in this thread, because that's where we do all our testing.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 14
Files to Upload: 7
Files to Edit: 0
New Templates: 8
Template Edits: 0

Mod Features:
- adds options to the Forum Manager
- uses forum permissions
- threads in the given forum become articles
- pull articles from other forums
- full-text articles are displayed in a customized forumdisplay
- post replies are added as comments
- set number of articles and comments per page
- turn on/off announcements in news display
- turn on/off attachments in news display
- turn on/off last comment in news display
- ajax quick edit in news display (basically, quick edit in forum display)
- display articles on every comments page
- limit size of article preview
- additional BB-Code tags for articles

BB-Code Tags:
[previewlength]value[/previewlength]
Placing this anywhere in an article overrides the preview limit for that article only. Multiple [previewlength] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[preview]value[/preview]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Newsdisplay. Text contained in this tag completely replaces the post text on Newsdisplay. Multiple [preview] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[more]value[/more]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Shownews. Text contained in this tag does not replace the post text on Shownews. It only hides text from Newsdisplay.

*** Changelog ***
As of Version 1.6.3:
- bug fix: preview functions do nothing since alias support added
- bug fix: preview functions never worked on editpost or newthread
- bug fix: inconsistent postbit after quick edit
- updated files: news.php, shownews.php, ces_news_bbcode.php,
ces_news_quick_edit.js

As of Version 1.6.2:
- bug fix: more database errors in vB 3.6.x
- bug fix: post controls hide on news display in IE7
- bug fix: threadbit and postbit widths inconsistent
- updated templates: ces_news_postbit, ces_news_threadbit
- updated files: shownews.php

*** Screenshots ***
1. New Forum Manager Option
2. Site News Settings
3. News Articles (forumdisplay)
4. Comments (showthread)

[thincom2000]

It may be an incompatibility resulting from some support for another hack I released...
Do you have CES Pre-Process Hooks (or whatever they are called now) installed?

It's likely one of the conditions that checks for it isn't parsing properly.

[Chadi]

I've attached what I see in plugins area. Not sure what else you want me to look for.

[thincom2000]

Fixed your issue and some other template stuff. ZIP updated.

[Chadi]

Thanks for the effort, but unfortunately it still does not show the image attachments on specific post view instead of blog home

http://www.talkjesus.com/shownewsces.php?t=16696

Blog home (works fine)
http://www.talkjesus.com/newsces.php?f=72

[thincom2000]

There was a typo in shownews.php, I have reattached the ZIP (no version number change). Just replace the shownews.php file and all should be well.

[Chadi]

Awesome brother thanks! Your an amazing and speedy programmer!

[emtee]

This is a great hack, but there is a bug/problem: the news displayed is not in the same order when the forum is in forum mode. I want the news display exactly like it were in forum mode (latest news or news with latest comments are to be shown first).

Can you tell me how to fix it? Thanks a lot!!!

[thincom2000]

It functions like a normal forum in terms of sort order. The default is different if you don't set one, but this is considered a feature, not a bug, in order to keep recent news at the top (prioritizing the news itself over the comments). However, you can set the desired behavior in the Forum Manager by modifying the Default Sort Order.

[emtee]

I set Sort by Last Post Time with order Descending, but the latest news not yet replied supposed to be showned first, but it's not. Instead, it's somewhere in another page in the middle. That means Last Thread with no reply has lower priority than the thread with latest comment, doesn't it? Is it supposed to be like that?

So I try again with Sort by Thread Start Time with order Descending, and now the same latest news not yet replied is shown first, followed by other threads sort by time, descending. It's exactly what I want. I'm happy now! Thanks a lot for your help, thincom2000!

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by emtee

I set Sort by Last Post Time with order Descending, but the latest news not yet replied supposed to be showned first, but it's not. Instead, it's somewhere in another page in the middle. That means Last Thread with no reply has lower priority than the thread with latest comment, doesn't it? Is it supposed to be like that?

Sort by Last Post Time Descending shows the thread with the most recent start time (if replies = 0) or reply (if replies > 0) first, followed by the second most recent and so on.

"Latest news not yet replied" would be Sort by Number of Replies, Ascending. This would show threads with 0 replies first, 1 reply second, etc. Where more than 1 thread has X number of replies, I believe it would sort only those threads by Thread Start Time Descending, since that is default with this mod.

As you can see the Last Thread with no reply should have lower priority only if Sort by Number of Replies is set to Descending, or if that is not even the sort order at all. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you wanted to achieve, but glad you were able to do it.