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.

[Oldfart]

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.

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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".

Ok I followed the instructions to the end but I still can not access the article.php file.

[yl88]

i have installed, it works great so far.

Just one question:
Does the system support unlimited category?

[corsacrazy]

Mate please read post #73

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=73

[John]

Originally Posted by corsacrazy

Mate please read post #73

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=73

No, you can't edit captions yet. I considered it, not really an urgent feature at the moment.

Regarding the other problem, I've fixed it for my next release - expect the update today.

[ChrisSy]

thanks so much, hack of the year!

[trackpads]

Originally Posted by ChrisSy

thanks so much, hack of the year!

John,

I am still having a problem with the articles not counting on the index-

http://www.trackpads.com/forum/article.php

Thanks,

-Jason

[JTMON]

Just upgraded by overwriting all the files, now I just get a blank white page when clicking the link on the navbar from anywhere.

Hummm...I reuploaded article.php 3 times, each time smartFTP asked me to confirm overwrite which I did, then checked the page and it was white...finally after double checking everything else, I went to upload old article.php and it said the one on the server was 0 bytes..so I went back and reuploaded the new article.php for a fourth time and this time it worked!!

Damn! I have to ask myself in a sarcastic tone: "Use a pc much pal?"


John, I'd like to add your a copyright footer for you with your icon like the arcade...can you tell me where to place the code?

Edit 2: I got it..for those with the arcade, go into your articles template and find $articlecontent, right below it paste:

<span class="smallfont"><br><center><a href="http://www.eovieinteractive.com" target="_blank"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_arcade]/eovieinteractive.gif" border=0 alt="Eovie Interactive"></a></center></br></span>

[Dan]

Nice job. I know I'll use it.

[Pitman]

Is there anyway to remove an article from being featured without deleting the article?

[Pitman]

Also is there anyway to set permissions on each category, or will that be considered for a feature in later releases?