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.

[Dean C]

Very glad you decided to release this for free John - you're a top guy !

[ShutDown23]

Are you planning on making a module for vba for recent articles or no?

[esnecca]

She's just so, so purty. Thank you, John.

[Craigr]

Nice. I think i may use this.

Craig

[ImportPassion]

although this is excellent work, i just don't understand how it is really any different than using the forum for this type of thing? Which is what I am doing now for my DIY's.

Maybe a comparison matrix would help or something?

[egyptsons]

your a great man John

I hit Intall
what about You ??

[Jericho]

Awesome! I've heard about this for a good while, and it's great to see such an elegant-looking hack finally out Thank you for all your hard work.

[MindTrix]

Im sure this is as amazing as the Arcade John. Thank you for all your hard work, and most of all, the support you provide with it.

I personally have no need for this YET, but im sure i will soon. Thanks once again.

[juanmalaga9]

Aleluyah!

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Thanks for a wonderful hack, John, I'm installing now.