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Geek Article System 3.5 RC2 · **Released**: 03-12-2005

Woohoo.

This is the RC for the next release of the Geek Article System.
I have decided to take it out of private beta as results from the private beta are taking yonks to come back in. I have fixed all known issues so we should be cooking on gas (hohohahaha).

Special thanks to gltdn for help with beta testing

Install instructions:
Read the readme in the package. Should be straight forward stuff.
It is important to note that THIS IS FOR A CLEAN INSTALL. I will devise an upgrade script when the package is final.

New features:

Crap loads.
New Article header image functions (global gallery, forum gallery and uploadable images)
New forumdisplay/threadbit look and feel
Synopsis box
Post as user
Autolink into the Geek Autolink system
Turn on/off synopsis/byline
Auto synopsis (if synopsis is off or left blank, it uses first x amount of posts from article)
Synopsis uses BB code
etc...etc...etc

A word about the installer.
This has taken me ages to do. The installer does everything for you (including all file changes). It will make backup copies of all files changed, make the file changes, and leave them in a folder for you to copy over when you are done. This may not work with PHP in safe mode. If you are using PHP in safe mode, you may have to do the changes manually (which you have the option to do anyway).

Click the install button if you install. Otherwise you may miss very important updates.

Demo: http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Missing phrases after install? Just search for a GAS phrase name... edit it, then click save. This will rebuild your phrases.

nJoy

Snow · #**102** 03-16-2005, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Geek

Squashed foreach error. Updated package.

I got a slight problem Nail Geek

Go here http://www.aboho.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57 and scroll right to the bottom where it says "The XHTML Chronicles".

gldtn · #**103** 03-16-2005, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Geek

Squashed foreach error. Updated package.

Will check when I get home(im at work now), and I'm having problems with my ftp server, so I got wait till they fix it.

gldtn · #**104** 03-16-2005, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow

I got a slight problem Nail Geek

Go here http://www.aboho.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57 and scroll right to the bottom where it says "The XHTML Chronicles".

have a test login?

The Geek · #**105** 03-16-2005, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow

I got a slight problem Nail Geek

Go here http://www.aboho.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57 and scroll right to the bottom where it says "The XHTML Chronicles".

need a username/password

Snow · #**106** 03-16-2005, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Geek

need a username/password

Ooops sorry.... I PMd you the details.

The Geek · #**107** 03-16-2005, 05:18 PM

hmmm... The quote block is messing it up.

Ill have to put on my thinking cap regarding that one... All you have to do is put some type of synopsis in and it will use that instead of your quote block.
Im not going to stress to much about it right now as I think that there is an easy workaround and it would be a very rare case that it does occur.

What do you think?

Let me know.

Snow · #**108** 03-16-2005, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Geek

hmmm... The quote block is messing it up.

Ill have to put on my thinking cap regarding that one... All you have to do is put some type of synopsis in and it will use that instead of your quote block.
Im not going to stress to much about it right now as I think that there is an easy workaround and it would be a very rare case that it does occur.

What do you think?

Let me know.

Thank you... fixed it for the moment. Agreed, it's not going to happen all the time, but would this be a problem with the ["code] tag as well?

The Geek · #**109** 03-16-2005, 05:31 PM

possibly.

I guess I could always turn off the auto synopsis.
If you think this would be a problem I would either always include a synopsis, use the forumdisplay legacy option, or limit the wordcount to character count to where it is manageable (I doubt anyone would start an article with a long codeblock).

Like I said - ill try to figure out how to work around it - but it will be a pain. Ill have to check the spliced text for div and td's

Snow · #**110** 03-16-2005, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Geek

possibly.

I guess I could always turn off the auto synopsis.
If you think this would be a problem I would either always include a synopsis, use the forumdisplay legacy option, or limit the wordcount to character count to where it is manageable (I doubt anyone would start an article with a long codeblock).

Like I said - ill try to figure out how to work around it - but it will be a pain. Ill have to check the spliced text for div and td's

I doubt anyone would start an article with a code aswell, I guess it could wait for a later version. (It's not a security risk is it?)

OK you wanted us to be picky...... :nervous: you remember that issue with the avatars showing instead of the header image?.... it's still doing it. :nervous: It doesn't bother me, but I thought I'd mention it.

The install went OK for me, but I didn't use upgrade, I did a clean install. Only one point, although it didn't seem to affect the install, I received this error on admincp/gas3_install.php?do=templatemodinstall&h=1&m=1 page

Code:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 593

The Geek · #**111** 03-16-2005, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snow

I doubt anyone would start an article with a code aswell, I guess it could wait for a later version. (It's not a security risk is it?)

OK you wanted us to be picky...... :nervous: you remember that issue with the avatars showing instead of the header image?.... it's still doing it. :nervous: It doesn't bother me, but I thought I'd mention it.

The install went OK for me, but I didn't use upgrade, I did a clean install. Only one point, although it didn't seem to affect the install, I received this error on admincp/gas3_install.php?do=templatemodinstall&h=1&m=1 page

Code:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /admincp/gas3_install.php on line 593

which package? I think I just fixed that.

Can you list steps to reproduce the image problem?

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