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.

[spence2]

Sweetness!

[cclaerhout]

I'm happy, even if it means i'll have to translate it again in french ;-)

[www.tfw2005.com]

Originally Posted by Action-N

Can I have the Articles sort alphabeticaly instead of as summitted. Looking through the code, but wanted to get a post started here.

Thanks for this hack, I know I as well as others really needed it.

In case anyone else is searching this thread for this, I found it.

In your includes/functions_articles.php file


Find this:

$articles = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article 
								 WHERE categoryid=$cid $moderationSQL ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT $start, $finish");

Replace with this:

$articles = $DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "article 
								 WHERE categoryid=$cid $moderationSQL ORDER BY title ASC LIMIT $start, $finish");

ASC is forwards, DESC is backwards. Datline is by post date, title is by alphabetically. I suppose you can also sort by other variables by replacing the word "title" in there, but thats up to you to figure out.

Later!

[Mickie D]

cant wait for the new update

well done all involved

[Fargo]

John, is there any possibility to give us a spoiler of what to expect with the new version (that is, if you don't forsee releasing it in the next day or so).

Not sure if you were including new features or just making bug fixes...

I would REALLY like to see an article description field included if possible. This would be shown under the title in the articles list, and would allow users to get a better idea of what the article is about before navigating to it.

[trackpads]

Originally Posted by ria.enigma

John, is there any possibility to give us a spoiler of what to expect with the new version (that is, if you don't forsee releasing it in the next day or so).

Not sure if you were including new features or just making bug fixes...

I would REALLY like to see an article description field included if possible. This would be shown under the title in the articles list, and would allow users to get a better idea of what the article is about before navigating to it.

John,

Please dont forget about the counting articles in sub-sub-forums!

thanks for all your work!

-Jason

[Host Directory]

I guess i will wait for the update before installing this hack.

Does anyone know what the deal is with uninstalling the hack ( if ever i wanted to )?

I notice it keeps with an install script... so does it also come with an unistall script or is this not needed?

[Ted S]

The install script has a remove feature which works out very nicely.

[Host Directory]

Cool.. i will be waiting for the update since its almost ready and then i will install this one.

[zetetic]

Tiny Bug:

On Article index page, username under "Last comment by" doesn't link to user profile as it should.

Solution:

Edit template: article_lastcommentby

Find:

<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]username=$article[lastposter]" 2="$category[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>

Replace with:

<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]username=$category[lastposter]" 2="$category[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>