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.

[Action-N]

Originally Posted by cogimo

HI

The install was pretty easy however I can getting this error when I click on the link to go to the articles page. I am logging in as a admin and the usergroup is set up

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation

I got that error, then finally finished reading the directions. After you follow through with the install instructions you'll be all set. I pasted the part of the install you need to do, they are a must.

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OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
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2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".

Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

[Diana Notacat]

My installed went thru perfectly, but I have a problem with the templates! I can't see any of the image buttons for posting new articles! And all the catagories are allowing articles to be posted too...

Also, I'd love to be able to move posts from one of the forums in to the articles section, that'd actually be really handy.

[Kwak]

Poor John, he introduces an awesome hack and within minutes, he is bombed with questions after questions.
Will install this this weekend. Sweet job John.

[cogimo]

Thanks

It worked perfect

Originally Posted by Action-N

I got that error, then finally finished reading the directions. After you follow through with the install instructions you'll be all set. I pasted the part of the install you need to do, they are a must.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

2. Log into the Admin Control Panel.
Expand "vBulletin Options", and click on the "vBulletin Options" link.
Scroll to the bottom, click v3 Articles - click "Edit Settings".
Click on "Save".

Expand "Usergroups" on the left. Click "Usergroup Manager".
Edit the settings for any usergroup, and click "Update".

[monstergamer]

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2

[Mone']

Originally Posted by monstergamer

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2

very nice

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


Mone'

[Kwak]

Originally Posted by monstergamer

if john dose not mind, i have moded his templates just a little to my liking

if you use or like the postbit_legacy and want your article page to look like it.
here is some thing i did for my site and here is an example of what i am talking about http://www.monstergamer.net/vb/article.php?a=2

Nice.

Can we use the "Article" hack outside of the /forum/ directory?
EXAMPLE: www.vbulletin.org/forum/articles.php? --> www.vbulletin.org/articles.php?

[monstergamer]

Originally Posted by Mone'

very nice

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


Mone'

here is where i got it from, http://www.vortexportal.net/forum/download.php

i did alot of custom work on this mod, and he never got back to me about releasin what i have done

that mod is OK, but not all that, i am going to use the VB article to do my reviews
hopfully i can add more to it

[Mone']

Originally Posted by monstergamer

here is where i got it from, http://www.vortexportal.net/forum/download.php

i did alot of custom work on this mod, and he never got back to me about releasin what i have done

that mod is OK, but not all that, i am going to use the VB article to do my reviews
hopfully i can add more to it

thx

[gmarik]

Nice one, really usefull.