v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

v3 Articles 1.0.1

By John Warwick, Web Development Freelancer (john@eovieinteractive.com)
Fully tested and working on vBulletin 3.0.1.
Part of www.v3arcade.com

Important Security Fix - Please download v3 Articles 1.0.2.zip
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If you are upgrading, please read Security Fix Upgrade.txt
If you are installing for the first time, read Instructions.txt

INTRODUCTION
v3 Articles was originally written for the fine people at www.DodgeTalk.com, for use with their vBulletin forum. The purpose of this add-on is to provide a place in vBulletin for articles (e.g. news, reviews, editorials) similar to that of the thread interface - but with a more content-oriented approach.

Features:
- Usergroup based permissions
- Full editing/deletion/moderation system
- Article attachments
- Article ratings
- Comments system
- "Featured Article" system, give great articles top exposure
- Introduction and category description text
- Smilies and icons
- Full BBCODE/WYSIWYG support
- Attachment captions
- Full page navigation for articles and comments
- Comment dupe checking
- Status icons
- View users' ratings in their comments

Alternatively, check the screenshots!

I've tried to make the installation as quick and painless as possible. Enjoy!


WORKING DEMO
You can see a working demo of v3 Articles at www.v3articles.com. (Part of the v3 Arcade website.)


MANY THANKS
- Ron Wilson, of DodgeTalk.com
- Everyone on v3Arcade.com who donated to keep the server running


SUPPORT
Support can be found in the v3 Articles thread on vBulletin.org, and shortly on v3arcade.com. (I'll set up a priority support system.) As always, I'll happily give support for real problems. However, a lot of the time people ask questions about things which have already been answered hundreds of times. If you have a problem caused by not reading through the instructions or checking through the support thread, I can't guarantee a response.


DONATIONS
v3 Articles is free, but my server isn't! Any donations are hugely appreciated in order to help me keep my v3 sites running. (PayPal: john@eovie.com). Many thanks to those who donate!
If you're looking for someone to install v3 Articles for you, email me at john@eovieinteractive.com.


PLEASE CLICK INSTALL
Needless to say, if you install this please click the "Install" button. Thanks.

[bing11]

Originally Posted by Pitman

Insert this HTML anywhere in a template within the default forums directory

	<b>Search Articles:</b><br>
	<form action="article.php" method="get">
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="search" />
		<input type="text" class="bginput" name="keyword" size="20" />$gobutton
	</form>

To use it outside of the forums directory, hard code the bold text above.

thank you
It looks nice

[Pitman]

Originally Posted by bing11

thank you
It looks nice

The search function doesn't use page navigation, it shows all of the search results on one page. I think that may be the reason it wasn't added in the intial release, I'm sure it will be fixed in the next version

[rs-host.net]

Installed , and working good.

[soccerclue]

Hi, I found out that when you post an article the number of posts of the user is counted. However, when I tried to delete the articles, the number of posts of the user cannot be adjusted. Does anyone know how to fix this? Hope someone can fix this for me. Thanks. Other than that, this is a really nice hack.

[mariannet]

Originally Posted by John

I actually had the exact same error during testing, and then found that I had to save vBulletin Options to fix the problem.

But of course that can't be it, because you followed the instructions - right?

Hoho.. thanks!
Glad I found it on page 3!

[mariannet]

Anyone got the "link instead of thumbnail" working?
No news on moving articles?

Shame, I love it and my kids will love it, but the thumbnail thing is the only thing holding us back

[xug]

Originally Posted by Mone'

very nice

monstergamer what do you use for your review/cheat section ?
Looks so good on your website


Mone'

I have extended that hack to the fullest!!!

Have a sneak peak, will be released after my vB3 (XUG V4) goes Live! (Hopefully within a week or two and only when there is a demand for)

[j_86]

OH MY GOD I want!!

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by xug

I have extended that hack to the fullest!!!

Have a sneak peak, will be released after my vB3 (XUG V4) goes Live! (Hopefully within a week or two and only when there is a demand for)

What did you do to make the thumbnail work??
are you using vb 3.03??

[John]

Originally Posted by xug

I have extended that hack to the fullest!!!

Have a sneak peak, will be released after my vB3 (XUG V4) goes Live! (Hopefully within a week or two and only when there is a demand for)

Bad timing, there's going to be an update to this next week.