vbArticles v0.4 -- For your repository of Articles/Tutorials/FAQs etc.

UPDATES
version 0.4 is out

- Now allows for basic VBCODE input.
- Fixed somemore bugs.


Background
Required a section on my site to display articles/tutorials
No such hack in the Hacks Database
Decided to try my hand at it

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This hack uses a lot of code from Arunan Sridharan's vB Links Directory v2.0
I use that hack too and was inspired to code something around that
A big thank-you must go out to him for coding the Links Directory in the first place (I merely modified much of the code to suit my needs for this hack)

Appreciation also goes out to Kars10 for aiding me in this hack
He coded the portion in version 0.3 on number of articles count as well as article hits count
He also suggested several template changes which have been incoporated into version 0.3
A great big special shout out to TheComputerGuy, 97cobracpe, dontpanic for stamping out the bugs with your fixes. Thanks guys


WHATS IT DO ?
This hack allows you to have a database of articles/tutorials etc on your site/forums.

FEATURES

AdminCP
Installer script

Admin options

View Categories
Edit Categories
Add Categories ( category name, category icon, category order, category description )
Delete Categories
Add new article ( title, description, author, date, content )
Edit article
Delete article
View ALL articles in database
Option in vB options to turn validation of articles on/off
Fully template based as to how you wish to display the articles,categories and main article home page.
Addition of articles accepts basic VBcodes

Member options

View Categories
Browse Categories
View articles
Submit new article
Submission of articles accepts basic VBcodes


INSTALLATION & UPGRADING
This Hack should work on ALL 2.2.x versions and v2.3.0
Please read the install_readme.txt file in the package for fresh installation instructions
IMPT: If you installed a previous version pls read the upgrade_readme.txt file carefully for upgrade instructions

HACK DOWNLOAD

Version 0.4 of this hack can be downloaded here

ADD-ONS
i) Add-on for vbHome
ii) Add-on for ForumHome
iii) Add-on to enable only registered members to be able to view the article section


DEMO SITES
http://www.runaked.com/forums/articles.php ( running v0.4 ) - TheComputerGuy's site

http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/infocenter.php ( running v0.3 ) - dontpanic's site


Feel free to submit your sites if u installed this hack so it can be listed as another live demo site

SUPPORT
I cannot promise any support on this as i am pretty new to this but I will try my best.
If you are using this hack , pls click the INSTALL button
to be kept in the loop of any bug reports, add-ons and hack version updates.

Thanks everyone

[ehsanix]

Originally Posted by D|ver

yeah that would be so great, if this hack would be also available for vb3

Waiting for the vb3 version of this hack !

[Deska]

Where to download the hack?
Thank's...

[memobug]

Originally Posted by Deska

Where to download the hack?
Thank's...

Dear Kael-el/Clark:

The author pulled the code because of a bug issue. It would be handy if he has the time to make a note in the original post at the front of this thread. I found out here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=291

Regards,

Memo

[pigsy]

cinq, looking forward to the new release - any news on progress? Thanks!

[cinq]

Additional of 2 more new features just implemented.

- Pagination of article ( pagebreak string set by admin )
- Pagination of articles under each category ( number of articles shown per page set by admin )


Patience my friends , my comp went down on me and all my data unfortunately was not backed up.
Had to work on this from scratch again .... but it is coming along , slowly but surely.

[cinq]

Originally Posted by memobug

Dear Kael-el/Clark:

The author pulled the code because of a bug issue. It would be handy if he has the time to make a note in the original post at the front of this thread. I found out here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=291

Regards,

Memo

Thanks for covering me , memo.
Yep, i pulled it cos i didnt want people installing the hack and giving the same old bug feedbacks.
They have all been fixed in the upcoming version .... now let's hope i dont introduce more bugs with the new features lol

[Russ_T]

Hey cinq,

I just did a 2.3.4 upgrade and now I wish I hadn't! lol

Hows the new version coming please? Until it's out www.zclub.net is looking somewhat bare. If theres anything I can do to assist let me know!

Cheers

[cinq]

Wat's wrong with the upgrade ?
( havent tested this hack on 2.3.4 though , am working on it on a localhost version of 2.3.2 )

Well, I am having a tough time figuring out the commenting and rating system , any form of leads would be good

[Russ_T]

Well it just doesn't run on 2.3.4 at all

It doesn't display any articles or allow you to edit them. The same goes for vbLinks which has borrowed heavily from vbArticles I believe?

If I can help at all please let me know, without vbArticles my car club has no faq, no classifieds, no reviews, no links, nothing worth having!

[cinq]

That's odd, can anyone specify what changes were made in 2.3.4 ?

Originally Posted by Russ_T

The same goes for vbLinks which has borrowed heavily from vbArticles I believe?

It is the other way around actually. I initially did this hack from an idea i got while looking at the structure of vbLinks and from my own requirements for my personal site. The code has changed quite a lot but I still owe much credit to Arunan who first created vbLinks for getting me off my feet on this hack
Believe it or not, his hack got me into PHP coding and vb hacking