Geek Article System 2.0 (lite)

This hack is a simple and effective (but lighter) version of the very popular Geek Article System 3.0 .
This is actually the first Geek Article System which I still support as it offers people who dont need all the whistles and bells of the larger version (multipage, sidebar, bylines) in a far simpler nutshell.

The key reason for me crating GAS was that I wanted my articles (I also use them as tutorials) to be searchable and reside within the Froums. So I made this simple hack. It may not be all singing and dancing, but I think it can moonwalk with the best of them.

Difficulty to install: A cinch
Time to install: ~5 minutes (if that)
Installer: yup

UPDATE v.2c (17/01/2004)
Fixed rouge phrase that didnt install right.

UPDATE v.2 (04/01/2004)
Removed some left over html in geek_postbit_article that was for my style. The extra HTML that was in there may wack out your layout a touch.
Added a missing phrase (geek_articles_rate_this_article)
Installs either English or French phrases (thanks to cclaerhout)

UPDATE V. 2 (03/01/2004)
Added 2 more templates: showthread and forumdisplay variants (though these are much more subtle... mostly phrase changes
Added a couple of buttons (comments and new article)
Grouped phrases into their own lot

UPDATE V. 1.5 (14/12/2004)
Creted a Zip file with installer and ReadMe
Phrased the postbit.
Thats about it.


nJoy

[TCB]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

Ill try to address each point-
1- Next (major) release has this ability
2- Sounds kind of cool. I wont promise it for next release but I will promise to look into it as I dig it.
3- Are you saying that instead of how attachments are displayed now... you would like them displayed like the Media Boxes in vB articles?

Yes, the way the thumbs are shown in v3article makes the article-style forums stand out more. Combined with the a more visual ratingstyle (see request 2) it would give your mod a much more professional look

Originally Posted by the nail geek

4- Wouldnt think that would be too hard... Ill look into that

Sweet

Originally Posted by the nail geek

5- Does the Featured Geek Article hack take care of this?

Yes, it does. My mistake. This request should have been combined with the next:

Originally Posted by the nail geek

6- I cant guarantee that there will be a 'summary' or 'intro' section for each article as this has proven to be a little challanging. And as Matt pointed out, the featured/random articles comes almost there with snipping text at a particular point.

This feature would be fantastic. Many of my articles start with a bold title and then a contentlist. This is nice when you read the article, but complete pointless for the 'feature this article' option. Filling in a summary which can be displayed for the 'random article' and 'featured article' option is the sollution.

I've waited a long time before v3articles became stable for 3.0.3. Finally a few weeks back hacks were posted that fixed the thumbnails issue and the administration of the catagories. But at the same time your mod was posted. I just love the way it works. Because it's completely visually integrated to the messageboard (contrary to all others that are a sort of a sub-messageboard) this will be my article mod. Fantastic!

Another request: a page break option. I saw that Cinq's mod had this. This would be a great addition also to your mod.

[agiacosa]

Getting this error:

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /forumdisplay.php on line 816

[agiacosa]

Removed this and it now works.

if (in_array($forumid,$geek_article_forums)){
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('GEEK_FORUMDISPLAY_ARTICLE') . '");');
}else{
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('FORUMDISPLAY') . '");');
}

What is the consequence of removing that code?

[agiacosa]

Well, I was wrong. I'm getting a bunch of errors on posting messages now. Time to uninstall. :-(

[rlamego]

NG, I was translating your phrases and found one phrase where it seems that you missed closing a quote in the installer.
Varname is: geek_articles_no_articles_last_x_days -There have been no articles posted in the last {1} days here.
and downloading the language file, it appears without/outside a phrase group, like this:

	<phrasetype name="" fieldname="">
		<phrase name="geek_articles_no_articles_last_x_days -There have been no articles posted in the last {1} days here."><![CDATA[]]></phrase>
	</phrasetype>

Sorry if I'm posting a already reported issue but I can't read 11 pages of posts right now =(

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by agiacosa

Well, I was wrong. I'm getting a bunch of errors on posting messages now. Time to uninstall. :-(

What is in your phpinclude_start tempate?

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by rlamego

NG, I was translating your phrases and found one phrase where it seems that you missed closing a quote in the installer.
Varname is: geek_articles_no_articles_last_x_days -There have been no articles posted in the last {1} days here.
and downloading the language file, it appears without/outside a phrase group, like this:

	<phrasetype name="" fieldname="">
		<phrase name="geek_articles_no_articles_last_x_days -There have been no articles posted in the last {1} days here."><![CDATA[]]></phrase>
	</phrasetype>

Sorry if I'm posting a already reported issue but I can't read 11 pages of posts right now =(

Cheers rlamego - I thought I had fixed that!

I updated the package... shouldnt cause a problem for anyone. The only time it would have been seen is if there were no articles to display for a specified period of time.

[agiacosa]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

What is in your phpinclude_start tempate?

$geek_article_forums = array(61);

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by agiacosa

$geek_article_forums = array(61);

Huh. Agiacosa, do you know what version of php you are running?

It sounds to me like your phpinclude_start template isnt running. Do you have more than 1 style? If so, check that the $geek_article_forums array is appearing in the phpinclude_start of each of those styles.
The other thing I am confused about (though it still wouldnt casue the error) is that I went to the site in your profile and there is no forum 61. Can you provide a link to let me see the problem?

Thanks

[agiacosa]

Originally Posted by the nail geek

Huh. Agiacosa, do you know what version of php you are running?

It sounds to me like your phpinclude_start template isnt running. Do you have more than 1 style? If so, check that the $geek_article_forums array is appearing in the phpinclude_start of each of those styles.
The other thing I am confused about (though it still wouldnt casue the error) is that I went to the site in your profile and there is no forum 61. Can you provide a link to let me see the problem?

Thanks

Hi,

Php version is 4.3.10.

I have three styles and I've included the same phpinclude_start in each.

I had to delete forum 61 because it was causing template problems for some reason. I just created a new forum in an existing category and its ID was 61.

To avoid the errors, I've returned forumdisplay and showthreads back to their originals.