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Widget: Latest Articles In Section · **Released**: 01-06-2010

Latest Articles In Section

What is does:
vBCMS only has one option for latest articles and that is all sections and categories. This widget will allow you to display the latest articles in a specific section.

Change Log:
1.0 - Initial Release
1.1 - Updated to allow more than one section & display published date.
1.2 - Small update, no need to update unless you are using a table prefix.
1.3 - Added full page text if no previewtext row exists.
1.4 - Updated to not show unpublished articles.
1.5 - Updated read more link to look more vBulletin related.
1.6 - Small change to fix 4.0.2 [ATTACH] showing in text.

Installation:

Goto AdminCP-vBullietin CMS-Widgets->Create New Widget
Choose PHP Direct Execution as Widget's Type
Enter A Title IE: "Latest (Insert Your Section Name Here)"
Click Save
Click Configure
Remove all the default code.
Copy and Paste the code below first editing $section and $limit to your liking
Click Save
Goto AdminCP-vBullietin CMS-Layout Manager
Add the Widget to your Layout
Click Save

How do I find my section id?
When clicking on your section you should see something like this:

Quote:

http://www.domain.com/content.php?11

The number after ? in this case 11 is your section id.

Can I enter more than one section id?
Yes simply change $section = '11' to something like $section='11, 12, 13'

Code to copy(make sure you change $section and $limit!)

PHP Code:


			
// Set Your Section ID Here
$section = '11';
// Set The Number of Articles To Display
$limit = '1';
// Set The Height of The Thumbnail Image
$height = '250';
// Set The Width of The Thumbnail Image
$width = '250';

$articlegrab = vB::$db->query_read("
SELECT ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.nodeid
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.title
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.previewimage
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.previewtext
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.pagetext
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.contentid
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.nodeid 
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.parentnode
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.contentid
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.url
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate
    , ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.setpublish
  FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node
  WHERE (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.nodeid = ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.nodeid)
    AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.contentid = ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.contentid)
    AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.parentnode IN ($section))
    AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.setpublish != 0)
  ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate DESC LIMIT $limit
");


while($articleinfo = vB::$db->fetch_array($articlegrab)) {

    $title = $articleinfo['title'];
    $image = $articleinfo['previewimage'];
    $text = $articleinfo['previewtext'];
    $nodeid = $articleinfo['nodeid'];
    $url = $articleinfo['url'];
    $unixdate = $articleinfo['publishdate']; 
    $date = date("F j, Y, g:i a", $unixdate);  
    $fulltext = strip_bbcode($fulltext);
    $text = preg_replace('/\[ATTACH\=CONFIG\]\d\d\[\/ATTACH\]/', '', $text);
    $text = strip_bbcode($text);


   if($text == '') $text = substr($fulltext, 0,150);
    
    $output .= '<center>';
    if($image != '') $output .= "<img src='".$image."' width='".$width."px' height='".$height."px' /><br />";
    
    $output .= "<a href='content.php?".$nodeid."-".$url."'>".$title."</a><br /><p>Publish Date: ".$date."</p></br></center><p>".$text." <a href='content.php?".$nodeid."-".$url."'> <img alt='Read More' src='images/cms/read_more-right.png' title='Read More' border='0'></a></p><br />";
}

Preview:

For Category Mod See Here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232440

OcR Envy · #52 03-08-2010, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neudimenxion

hi,

The widget is not working. Already change the section id but the articles seem don't want to appear in the widget. what am i might be wrong?

Kinda Vague problem there. Let me see your widget code and the HTML it outputs.

neudimenxion · #53 03-08-2010, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OcR Envy

Kinda Vague problem there. Let me see your widget code and the HTML it outputs.

Here is my widget code. My section id is 147 and the output is per attached.

// Set Your Section ID Here
$section = '147';
// Set The Number of Articles To Display
$limit = '2';
// Set The Height of The Thumbnail Image
$height = '250';
// Set The Width of The Thumbnail Image
$width = '250';

$articlegrab = vB::$db->query_read("
SELECT ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.nodeid
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.title
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.previewimage
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.previewtext
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.pagetext
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.contentid
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.nodeid
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.parentnode
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.contentid
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.url
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.setpublish
FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo
, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node
WHERE (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.nodeid = ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.nodeid)
AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article.contentid = ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.contentid)
AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.parentnode IN ($section))
AND (".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.setpublish != 0)
ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate DESC LIMIT $limit
");

while($articleinfo = vB::$db->fetch_array($articlegrab)) {

$title = $articleinfo['title'];
$image = $articleinfo['previewimage'];
$text = $articleinfo['previewtext'];
$nodeid = $articleinfo['nodeid'];
$url = $articleinfo['url'];
$unixdate = $articleinfo['publishdate'];
$date = date("F j, Y, g:i a", $unixdate);
$fulltext = strip_bbcode($fulltext);
$text = preg_replace('/\[ATTACH\=CONFIG\]\d\d\[\/ATTACH\]/', '', $text);
$text = strip_bbcode($text);

if($text == '') $text = substr($fulltext, 0,150);

$output .= '<left>';
if($image != '') $output .= "<img src='".$image."' width='".$width."px' height='".$height."px' /> ";

$output .= "<a href='content.php?".$nodeid."-".$url."'>".$title."</a> Publish Date: ".$date."</center>".$text." <a href='content.php?".$nodeid."-".$url."'> <img alt='Read More' src='images/cms/read_more-right.png' title='Read More' border='0'></a> ";
}

neudimenxion · #54 03-08-2010, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OcR Envy

Kinda Vague problem there. Let me see your widget code and the HTML it outputs.

hi oCR,

Thanks for your concern. I discover what's wrong with my widget. I tick the Permission Preview in the Display Content setting. After i remove the tick it's working now. :up:

XManuX · #55 03-09-2010, 02:08 PM

Note that you can "easily" modify it to have the "best rated articles of this month"

1?) Add this in the SELECTed fields :

Code:

, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.ratingtotal

2?) Add this condition in your request to limit results to the current month (and year) :

Code:

AND (MONTH(FROM_UNIXTIME(".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate))=MONTH(NOW()) AND YEAR(FROM_UNIXTIME(".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate))=YEAR(NOW()))

3?) Replace the ORDER part :

Code:

ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node.publishdate DESC LIMIT $limit

with:

Code:

ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.ratingtotal DESC LIMIT $limit

4?) In the While (where all variables are initialized) :

Code:

$rating = $articleinfo['ratingtotal'];

5?) Add somewhere in the $output string definition:

Code:

<span class=\"cmsrating rating{$rating}\"></span>

Regards.

kingMOB · #56 03-09-2010, 03:26 PM

Thank you very much XManuX =) Will try it later.

Anyway to output the results in real time? Or at least weekly?

What about modify it to the most viewed articles? =)

justasiam · #57 03-09-2010, 10:36 PM

Is there any way to make this not display the content of the article, just the title with a link?

XManuX · #58 03-10-2010, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingMOB

Thank you very much XManuX =) Will try it later.

Anyway to output the results in real time? Or at least weekly?

What about modify it to the most viewed articles? =)

Results are updated each time you refresh the page. Using Ajax to refresh them without reloading the page could be cool but a huge backend would be required ...

To display most viewed instead of most rated, replace this :

Code:

, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.ratingtotal

with :

Code:

, ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.viewcount

Then replace this :

Code:

ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.ratingtotal DESC LIMIT $limit

with:

Code:

ORDER BY ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo.viewcount DESC LIMIT $limit

Replace:

Code:

$rating = $articleinfo['ratingtotal'];

with:

Code:

$views = $articleinfo['viewcount'];

And finally replace:

Code:

<span class=\"cmsrating rating{$rating}\"></span>

with:

Code:

&nbsp;Viewed $views times.

kingMOB · #59 03-11-2010, 08:29 AM

Worked perfectly, both modifications, thanks XManuX =)

kingMOB · #60 03-12-2010, 10:18 PM

I'm trying to modify the:

// Set Your Section ID Here
$section = '11';

so it recognizes the section where it is. Right now I have lots of latest, most popular and most viewed articles widgets for the various sections of my cms. Just one generic of each kind that could recognize the section where it is would make things a lot easier =)

Any help ? =)

rastaX · #61 03-13-2010, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justasiam

Is there any way to make this not display the content of the article, just the title with a link?

Thanks for this, very nice. I am interested in doing this as well. I have deleted some code and it is working well, but I hate sloppiness. So if you could show the correct way, I would also appreciate it.

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