Add-On Releases - vB News CMS

Very similar to vB News CMS for 3.5, but a some of the code was rewritten. This now works with BBCode - (This includes line breaks, URLs, smilies, etc.). I've removed several lines and taken out have removed the dual option for SQL 4.1 or higher as a lot of people are still on the lower MySQL

What does this do? It allows you to take your news from your news forums (up to 9 news forums) and display them in a category-style fashion with the ability to add new content, reply to the original story, send to a friend, and print.

This works only for vbulletin 3.6.0 or higher.

There is a 3.7.x version here

Install/Upgrade Instructions

Located in the zipped readme.txt file.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the forumid?
The forumid is the id of the forum you have created. Each forum has its own unique number assigned to it. When you click on a forum link you can see a number that is assigned to it. This will show up in the URL of the page you are browsing. Another way of seeing the forumid is to go to your admin control panel => Forums & Moderators => Forum Manager => Click on [Expand All] and then move your mouse over (hover) any of the forums you've created. Your status bar (bottom of screen) should display your forumid (number at the end of the link/url).

Changes

V. 1.2a Added security for admins
V. 1.2 Added support for Who's Online

Things in consideration for future releases

1) Menu system that dynamically displays a menu based on forum choices.

Known Bugs/Issues:
1) - When you go to the page directly, the page acts as a normal page - however, if you click refresh on the page, the refresh stalls. I don't understand why this occurs.

Temporary demo location:
http://www.christianboards.org/vbnews.php

[ChurchMedia]

Very nice! Thanks!

[davidw]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

This looks very good, however, if this could be used as a "true"homepage I would install in a minute.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133757
There ya go... :P

[anzo]

very cool, thank you Installed here: http://latforums.lv/vbnews.php

[davidw]

Looks good

[captainslater]

You'll find the german version here.

[StefanZwickl]

well i installed this News CMS (looks awesome)
but i got one little Problem, the Page is on the left
i want it to get to middle (center)
what do i need to edit?

[davidw]

By default it is set to center on the page unless something is forcing it to the left. The templates tell it to center. However you can alter the template to a width of 100% rather than a fixed width and this should fix the issue.

Btw, don't forget to click install.

[StefanZwickl]

they weird problem is, my forum got a size of like 50%
the Forum is on the center
i just installed your mod, and now the vbnews.php is on the left

i dont get it

[peterska2]

This will be an issue with your style in general. Check your header and footer templates for anything that could affect it.

[StefanZwickl]

i just found out
the problem seems to be Internet Explorer 7
Working on IE6 and Firefox

why is that?

<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<div class="side_borders">
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="tborder">
<tr>
	<td align="center" valign="top">

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr class="header_bg">
	<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="middle" width="330" height="92"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>
	<td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top" width="246" height="92" ><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xright.gif" width="246" height="92" alt="" /></td>
<td align="$stylevar[right]">
		&nbsp;
<!-- banners -->
</td>
		
	
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="33" colspan="3" style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xnav.gif);">

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">
	<table  cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"  align="left">
	<tr align="center">
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xusercp.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xreg.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		</if>
		<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xfaq.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xmembers.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xcalendar.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xnew.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
				<else />
				<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xdaily.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" width="78" height="33" ><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xsearch.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a><if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search", 1); </script></if></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="usercptools" width="78" height="33" ><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xlinks.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools", 1); </script></td>		
			</if>		
				
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td width="78" height="33"  ><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/xlogout.gif" width="79" height="33" border="0" alt="" /></a></td>
		</if>
		
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:#1E2830;">
<tr>
  <td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:#232D35;">
      <tr>
        <td width="12" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/ls_main_table_top.gif" width="12" height="8" alt="" /></td>
        <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/expand_main_table.gif" width="100%" height="8" alt="" /></td>
        <td width="12" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/rs_main_table_top.gif" width="12" height="8" alt="" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <!-- content table -->
    <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:#232D35;">
    <tr>
      <td>
<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

the problem must be somewhere in the header

when i revert it, the navbar is ++++ed, but the page is on the center