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.

[Fargo]

*installs

Worked great, John!

Still one minor issue though. I can post small articles and I can include more content to existing articles, however if I post one LARGE article, nothing will be added (nothing includes, title as well as content).

Now, ive read through all posts in this thread, and im making a guess that the following post indicates the problem I am having:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=195

If this is by design, what would I need to do to alter this so I can post large(r) amounts of text at one time? If this is a bug, is there any immediate plans to fix it?

Thanks again for a great mod!

[MissKalunji]

Still looking for a hack :disappointed: dat display sthe latest Article on a none vb pages n e one?

[alzibub]

Originally Posted by alzibub

Hi,

I have installed this on VB3.0.3 - and am having issues - sorry !!
It is a clean install of this hack...

When I navigate to the article.php - and then click on either 'Main Catagory' or 'Main Sub-Catagory' - I get an SQL error as follows...

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM article
WHERE categoryid=2 AND (articleuserid=1 OR open IN (0,1)) ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 0,
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Also - I can't see any buttons for adding a new Article - I figure they are on the next page but cant get that far because of this error...

I have removed and re-added using the install file - but still the same

Sorry - any assistance greatly appreciated
Cheer

Not sure what happened - but my other admin was able to view the Articles, post articles the whole 9 yards - I then re-checked and now I can see it all - no probs...

Got no idea what changed - so can't elaborate...

In response to spence2 - I have VB3.0.3 - I have rolled it through all upgrades since RC2 of VB3 - and yeah it now works.... although no idea what caused the initial SQL errors I was getting..

Cheers for a cool hack

[Mephisteus]

very handy, very handy indeed.

[trekwarfare]

I'm thinking of using a section of this for my members player sheets. Is there anyway to prevent extra spaces in posts from being removed?? Our character sheets have tabbed columns, and when posted, those are removed (the extra spacing that is).

Just wondering if there is an easy way to go about this??

Thanks for the wonderful hack!!!!!

[pjdaley]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Still looking for a hack :disappointed: dat display sthe latest Article on a none vb pages n e one?

same here

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by pjdaley

same here

Welcome To the club


Did anyone find a way to fix the thumbnail issue in vb 3.3??

[TheLegendofLink]

Hey would it be possible to make this an add-on for any of the Portal systems on vB.org? I think this would be perfect for a Review section for my Zelda site I am in the process of making. Thanks to anyone who replys.

- TheLegendofLink.com

Edit: Nvm I found a place on the Add-on section of the vB3 hacks, and it should do what I want. Great hack I will install this later.

- TheLegendofLink.com

[Mickie D]

it would be nice to just be able to move the articles if they are posted in the wrong section

and will this be updated for 3.0.3 ?

if not i will uninstall ... no i am not having a pop this is a wonderful hack but images are kinda important so it was just a question if it will be please

Regards

[j_86]

So much for "The Author(s) agreed to give support for this modification!"