vbArticles v0.4 -- For your repository of Articles/Tutorials/FAQs etc.

UPDATES
version 0.4 is out

- Now allows for basic VBCODE input.
- Fixed somemore bugs.


Background
Required a section on my site to display articles/tutorials
No such hack in the Hacks Database
Decided to try my hand at it

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This hack uses a lot of code from Arunan Sridharan's vB Links Directory v2.0
I use that hack too and was inspired to code something around that
A big thank-you must go out to him for coding the Links Directory in the first place (I merely modified much of the code to suit my needs for this hack)

Appreciation also goes out to Kars10 for aiding me in this hack
He coded the portion in version 0.3 on number of articles count as well as article hits count
He also suggested several template changes which have been incoporated into version 0.3
A great big special shout out to TheComputerGuy, 97cobracpe, dontpanic for stamping out the bugs with your fixes. Thanks guys


WHATS IT DO ?
This hack allows you to have a database of articles/tutorials etc on your site/forums.

FEATURES

AdminCP
Installer script

Admin options

View Categories
Edit Categories
Add Categories ( category name, category icon, category order, category description )
Delete Categories
Add new article ( title, description, author, date, content )
Edit article
Delete article
View ALL articles in database
Option in vB options to turn validation of articles on/off
Fully template based as to how you wish to display the articles,categories and main article home page.
Addition of articles accepts basic VBcodes

Member options

View Categories
Browse Categories
View articles
Submit new article
Submission of articles accepts basic VBcodes


INSTALLATION & UPGRADING
This Hack should work on ALL 2.2.x versions and v2.3.0
Please read the install_readme.txt file in the package for fresh installation instructions
IMPT: If you installed a previous version pls read the upgrade_readme.txt file carefully for upgrade instructions

HACK DOWNLOAD

Version 0.4 of this hack can be downloaded here

ADD-ONS
i) Add-on for vbHome
ii) Add-on for ForumHome
iii) Add-on to enable only registered members to be able to view the article section


DEMO SITES
http://www.runaked.com/forums/articles.php ( running v0.4 ) - TheComputerGuy's site

http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/infocenter.php ( running v0.3 ) - dontpanic's site


Feel free to submit your sites if u installed this hack so it can be listed as another live demo site

SUPPORT
I cannot promise any support on this as i am pretty new to this but I will try my best.
If you are using this hack , pls click the INSTALL button
to be kept in the loop of any bug reports, add-ons and hack version updates.

Thanks everyone

[corsacrazy]

more updates cuming any time soon mate ? sorry if your busy

[gmarik]

And thumg.gif's would be great too.

[corsacrazy]

0.5 features look good i cant w8 :P

[Andrew111888]

Does anyone else have the problem of submitting a rather large article but it not showing up?

If I fill each field with something like "asdfasf" it submits and displays fine, but if I put in an actual article it says added to the database, then doesn't show up.

I tried changing the content field in the db to longtext, but it's still broken..

[corsacrazy]

i havnt installed to b honest as tthis hack is sttill betta im waitin 4 a nice stable release

[ITPMenace]

OK...it's been way too long since I installed this hack. Do you have a "version indicator" in any of the files so I can tell how much of the upgrades need to be done???

[cinq]

I dont have the time to work on this right now.
If you're patient, hold on and give me time.
If you're not, feel free to work on the hack yourself for the features you need if you are proficient enough.
Personally I already have all the features i need in my own live system. Addition of features only serve for the benefit of you folks.

[corsacrazy]

Originally Posted by cinq

I dont have the time to work on this right now.
If you're patient, hold on and give me time.
If you're not, feel free to work on the hack yourself for the features you need if you are proficient enough.
Personally I already have all the features i need in my own live system. Addition of features only serve for the benefit of you folks.

no problems mate ur real life is more important than this virtual internet life that takes over us i understand

[Andrew111888]

Cinq, how would I fix the large articles not submitting but short gibberish articles do?

[FleaBag]

That's a question a lot of people would like an answer to LOL.