Can vBulletin Blog be used as an ARTICLES system?

[NashChristian]

Can vBulletin Blog be used as an Articles system?

I really like vBa Dynamics, but it is not integrating nearly as tightly as I would like with vB and the CMPS.

If vBulletin Blog isn't the solution, are there any serious recommendations out there?

Thanks!
Jeff

[Dismounted]

vBulletin Blog is just that, a blog. Trying to make it work like an articles system is probably more difficult than coding a whole new one.

You could do something like we do here by modifying a few templates.

[Shelby]

Yeah,

The Vbulletin Blog system could be used as an article system, IF, note a really big IF, it had more features like mutliauthor blogging, and some other features.

[snakes1100]

You can always use vbarticles

[KW802]

Nash, what kind of integration issues are you running into with vBa Dynamics?

I'm helping to launch a new non-profit site where they need to convert several articles (eg: history of the group) over to the vB based site but I haven't decided yet what approach I'm going to take.

[NashChristian]

Originally Posted by KW802

Nash, what kind of integration issues are you running into with vBa Dynamics?

I'm helping to launch a new non-profit site where they need to convert several articles (eg: history of the group) over to the vB based site but I haven't decided yet what approach I'm going to take.

Hello Kevin!

I want the navbar links to work site wide. Specificially the Search functionality and the New Posts functionality.

Currently, the majority of my site is Articles in vBa Dynamics. However when a user hits "New Posts" in the navbar, none of them show up. Likewise the navbar search feature only searches the Forums.

I think that the site needs to function more as one cohesive whole, instead of a bunch of separate parts.

This is very frustrating!

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Jeff

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Originally Posted by snakes1100

You can always use vbarticles

Hello Snakes,

I'm not familiar with vBarticles. Is that a hack or a paid service? Where do I find it?

Will it integrate into the vB navbar Search function and New Posts function?

Thanks!
Jeff

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Originally Posted by Dismounted

You could do something like we do here by modifying a few templates.

Hello Dismounted,

Please give me some pointers on how vB.org achieves the illusion of a separate Articles system, a separate Mods system, and a separate Styles system, when I believe these are all just different categories of forums in the same system (the base vB)?

This would totally meet my needs if I could figure out how to implement it!

Thanks!
Jeff

[Dismounted]

As mentioned hundreds of times before (literally), you can achieve the illusion by setting the display order to zero.

[NashChristian]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

As mentioned hundreds of times before (literally), you can achieve the illusion by setting the display order to zero.

Hello Dismounted,

Thanks for the feedback!

Can you please turn me on to a previous thread, where this was described in more detail?

I would also like more info on the plug-in you described to change the post-bit style on the fly.

I did a search for 'Article system' before asking. My appologies for this being a redundant question. I wish I could find more info on it.

Thanks!
Jeff

[Dismounted]

Set the forum's display order to zero and link to it manually. There isn't really much more to explain....

Hook: postbit_display_complete

PHP Code:

$this->templatename = 'your other template';