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)

[dizzy100]

Mmm i don't see $post[news_comments] in the ces_news_postbit template, haven;t got a plugin that is either called or hooks to showthread_postbit_create and i did upload the latest php files.

The only way i can get the layout right is to remove the div.

Ironically if i replace the ces_news_comments with one of the older ones (i think it must have been version 1.1.1 or slightly later) that displays fine also.

So its the DIV causing me issue and removing it means everything seems to display perfectly.

So theres no downside to removing the DIV ? If so i'll just do that and upgrade my live site.

[thincom2000]

There's no downside unless you use a Spacer Size of greater than 0 in your style's CSS settings. When this is more than 0, the divs keep it the same size as the post it's over. Strangley enough the issue you describe as being caused by the divs was solved in this subversion by adding the divs.

Could just be discrepancies between various vBulletin styles.

[dizzy100]

Its highly possible.

I know Andreas Ultimate Side Columns plugin has had issues with spacers and i had to create a plugin for that to keep it from doing that very thing i reported in a previous post to regular forum postbits so its more likely that plugin affecting this one than the other way around.

However your modification remained unaffected on the older version and it was only on upgrading did it start to behave against that module.

I used a modified version of the default theme.

Anyway no harm done and as long as i can upgrade by removing that DIV i'm a happy camper.

BTW, i'm amazed how much work you put in to this and the level of support you do and yet we only have 29 installs. This is one superb module and my users love it.

[dizzy100]

One thing i miss on the old version was you had a kind of seperator on the threadbit between the last comment, edit and quote buttons and the actual content.

As before when my lead in picture was quite large, the layout would sort itself out nicely. Now however, it pushes that quote button etc of to one side.

OR Better still, edit and quote to be removed entirely as i think they belong only in the postbit and not the threadbit.

Where was that and how can i put it back in ?

[thincom2000]

In older versions the postbit and threadbit were tables with multiple rows. I actually received complaints about the very separators you're talking about, which was actually just your tborder background color showing between cells.

Since there were complaints, I eliminated the extra table rows by changing them to divs. You can easily experiment and change them back.

[dizzy100]

No problems, i guess its a case of not being able to please everybody

One bug ive found is the WOL plugins arn't working.

I'm still seeing


Unknown Location
/forums/shownews.php?p=8465

[thincom2000]

I can confirm that the Who's Online Locations stopped working in the most recent version for some reason.

Fixed for next update.

[dizzy100]

no problems, as long as you know

[Tannim]

Ok, this is a huge thread ..

What I want to do is have multiple forums (categories and sub forums) threads listed as news. Is this possible with this mod?

[thincom2000]

Yes. But if you want subforums of a News forum as news, you need to link to it somewhere else because as is the Newsdisplay template can't handle subforums under them.

To fix this, just copy & paste the

<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<!-- sub-forum list  -->
...
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</if>

segment of your FORUMDISPLAY template into your ces_newsdisplay template.

I am adding this for the next version, as well as the ability to have parent News forums pull threads from their children.