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)

[HybridIllusions]

Is there a way to make this a feed? vBulletin and my main site as linked, but not as one. The main site doesn't use vBulletin, but can use vBulletin functions is what I mean.

Is there a way to use this like a feed? I wish ot use this as a news system on my website via feed.

[TonyComix]

Well I did all the instruction to install it, but when I post something, I don't see it in the front page in the forum. When I go to news.php it says:

Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

I made sure everything was installed, but nothing.

Everything else works, except for all the things like news.php and displaynews.php ( or something like that ) and displaying news at the top of forum home.

Help?

[Saviour]

LOL!

This is really no different than using the RSS feed in vbulletin. One more thing...the demo link retrieves a database error.

[TonyComix]

Originally Posted by Saviour

LOL!

This is really no different than using the RSS feed in vbulletin. One more thing...the demo link retrieves a database error.

it was working yesterday, in fact, it was working a few hours ago.

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by TonyComix

Well I did all the instruction to install it, but when I post something, I don't see it in the front page in the forum. When I go to news.php it says:

Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

This is really a modified version of forumdisplay and showthread. I could have done the whole mod with plugins but decided to give server memory a break and just hardcoded them as their own files. Basically that means you need to have the forumid in the url like you do in forumdisplay. This will only work for the forums you set in the AdminCP.

If you are trying to do something like my demo where the page is main.php, this is done with ModRewrite.

In your .htaccess file add the following line to your rewrite rules:

PHP Code:

RewriteRule ^main.php$ news.php?f=XXXXX&do=main [L,QSA] 


Where the XXXXX is replaced by the forumid you want for your main news page.

[Chadi]

Checked my blog today and suddenly getting this error

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/user/public_html/includes/ces_news_functions.php(51) : eval()'d code on line 1

[thincom2000]

I'm sorry but I don't own a vBulletin Blog license and hence can't support it. I would recommend just wrapping the call to that file in a condition that says

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'newsdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'shownews') 


Not sure why I didn't do so already. In any case, there will likely be some issues with 3.7 so I'll be releasing an update shortly.

[Chadi]

Where do I edit this? I don't own vb blog either, I just call your hack 'blog' because I use is as a blog per se.

[thincom2000]

In that case, adding the condition probably wouldn't make a difference. Have you installed any new mods recently, or upgraded to vB 3.7?

I have checked the file you mentioned, and it doesn't use $this anywhere.

[Chadi]

Yes, goldbrick media player
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=150491