Add-On Releases - CES Site News

CES Site News
Version: 1.6.3
vBulletin 3.7.x, 3.8.x supported

*** NEWS ***
5/15/2008 - v1.6.3 released
5/5/2008 - v1.6.2 released
5/2/2008 - v1.6.1 released
4/17/2008 - v1.6.0 released
11/7/2007 - v1.5.1 released
9/9/2007 - v1.5.0 released
4/12/2007 - v1.4.1 released
4/5/2007 - v1.4.0 released
4/1/2007 - 4/2/2007 - v1.3.1 through v1.3.2 released
3/30/2007 - v1.3.0 released
3/23/2007 - 3/26/2007 - v1.2.0 through v1.2.4 released
3/14/2007 - v1.1.1 released
3/12/2007 - v1.1.0 released
2/9/2007 - v1.0.8 released
1/29/2007 - v1.0.7 released
1/23/2007 - 1/27/2007 - v1.0.0 through v1.0.6 released

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
This allows you to turn one of your forums into a news blog.

Live Installation: http://www.crackedeggstudios.com/news.php
This site is usually an update or two ahead of what's available in this thread, because that's where we do all our testing.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 14
Files to Upload: 7
Files to Edit: 0
New Templates: 8
Template Edits: 0

Mod Features:
- adds options to the Forum Manager
- uses forum permissions
- threads in the given forum become articles
- pull articles from other forums
- full-text articles are displayed in a customized forumdisplay
- post replies are added as comments
- set number of articles and comments per page
- turn on/off announcements in news display
- turn on/off attachments in news display
- turn on/off last comment in news display
- ajax quick edit in news display (basically, quick edit in forum display)
- display articles on every comments page
- limit size of article preview
- additional BB-Code tags for articles

BB-Code Tags:
[previewlength]value[/previewlength]
Placing this anywhere in an article overrides the preview limit for that article only. Multiple [previewlength] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[preview]value[/preview]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Newsdisplay. Text contained in this tag completely replaces the post text on Newsdisplay. Multiple [preview] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[more]value[/more]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Shownews. Text contained in this tag does not replace the post text on Shownews. It only hides text from Newsdisplay.

*** Changelog ***
As of Version 1.6.3:
- bug fix: preview functions do nothing since alias support added
- bug fix: preview functions never worked on editpost or newthread
- bug fix: inconsistent postbit after quick edit
- updated files: news.php, shownews.php, ces_news_bbcode.php,
ces_news_quick_edit.js

As of Version 1.6.2:
- bug fix: more database errors in vB 3.6.x
- bug fix: post controls hide on news display in IE7
- bug fix: threadbit and postbit widths inconsistent
- updated templates: ces_news_postbit, ces_news_threadbit
- updated files: shownews.php

*** Screenshots ***
1. New Forum Manager Option
2. Site News Settings
3. News Articles (forumdisplay)
4. Comments (showthread)

[Danisty]

Originally Posted by thincom2000

This mod does not do exactly what you describe. It sounds like you are looking for an RSS-type feed.

This mod alters a forum of choice so that the first post of each thread becomes an article. The articles are pulled from threads, but only to the FORUMDISPLAY of that particular forum. The FORUMDISPLAY by no means really looks like a forum anymore as a result because the text of the recent articles displays there.

Clicking on an article title, clicking a "Read More" link (if you have a preview limit set), clicking the comments link, or clicking to view the last comment will all bring up a page similar to SHOWTHREAD, which displays the article at the top, and comments below. If you wanted to disable comments, you could just remove those links from the NEWSDISPLAY template, and

This hack makes use of forum permissions, because technically the news is still a forum, merely presented differently. So you could disable replies to threads, and set particular usergroups that are permitted to create threads (articles) per forum.

Yeah, I haven't been able to find a mod that does do exactly what I want. I was thinking about using this and just eliminating the ability to respond to threads and setting it so the entire article shows on the news page, but I would want to be able to make multiple news pages for the different categories. I could make the categories page with no problems and link to the individual news pages, but I don't even know if that's possible.

I haven't been able to figure out RSS feeds either. I've looked at all the threads I can find both here and at vbulletin.com and it seems like I won't be able to do exactly what I want. From what I could tell, RSS feeds require you to allow guests to view the forum you're feeding. I want to hide that from everyone so nobody knows the articles page is powered by vbulletin. I want it to look different because otherwise there would be no point in having an articles section like this.

[thincom2000]

You could create multiple news forums to act as your "Categories." Each news forum would handle different articles. You could then link to each forum from your Category listing page.

[Chadi]

Originally Posted by chadi

I never changed the layout settings ever on this style actually.

If your not 100% sure how to correct this (I'm 100% confident it is the hack settings, but I'm not blaming you lol) perhaps you can explain how to remove the comments area (box and button). I don't mind leaving the option off.

Please help me on this issue, thanks

[thincom2000]

This was fixed in the newest version.

[Chadi]

Unfortunately not for me and I did upgrade today (currently shows 1.1.1)

[thincom2000]

Have you reverted your templates?

[Chadi]

I have not done anything at all, yet. Should I revert them? I made custom settings to simply remove background color on the username and "comments" text only

[thincom2000]

Revert the templates, all those issues were fixed in 1.1.0.

[Chadi]

reverted all, still messed up

[thincom2000]

The sizes are correct now. The rest is a problem in your CSS, your "page" class is blue meanwhile you have your background set to white. This is also why you have a blue bar at the very bottom of your site before the "Contact Us," etc. menu.