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.

[JustAskJulie]

Can anyone tell me what I would need to change to show the date the article was submitted on the article list?

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by Mickie D

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

I've managed to do this by directly editing the database, but it's a pain - you have to edit the article table (change the category number), and also the category table (change things like last article, last comment, number of articles, etc.)

I agree, it would be great to be able to move the articles through the system itself.

[laeth]

Any chance of an update to vb3?

Like the hack, but so many bugs

[PET]

i don't have time to...read all the topic, but i have a quick question.

How can i move an article ?

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by PET

i don't have time to...read all the topic, but i have a quick question.

How can i move an article ?

Sure, reading the entire topic is a bit much - but raising your gaze a couple of inches to the post above the one before yours isn't.

[weirdpixels]

Just installed on vb 3.03 but i am getting the following mysql error:

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

Date: Wednesday 04th of August 2004 01:24:03 PM
Script: http://www.weirdpixels.co.uk/forum/article.php?c=2
Referer: http://www.weirdpixels.co.uk/forum/article.php

This happens when i click on a Category or sub Category
any ideas of what could be causing this?

[weirdpixels]

everything is ok now, managed to figure out what was cauing the mysql error
Great hack, *clicks install

[acrimony]

I am also waiting for the 3.0.3 SQL DB fix

[acrimony]

I figured it out, I had to go to vB3 Articles menu in the main vbulletin settings and hit save

[gyutae]

How would I go about making more than 1 situation of a articles board. For example, I want an articles board and a reviews board that are separate.. any ideas?