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.

[gyutae]

To clarify on my previous post, I want to make two different instances of this same hack. One for articles, the other for reviews, and possibly more in the future for other sections of my site. My question is this: How would I go about running two instances of this hack on my site with one vbulletin? I have tried changin all the "article" variable names to "review" but still ran into some trouble with duplicate database entries. I'm planning on creating different tables for the differetn instances. So which variables names need to be changed so that database entries and settings will not conflict? Please help John. Thanks.

[stryka]

Is it possible to hide the ARTICLES from the main forum....

I would like to create a entertainment section and query these articles based on the article type...

any suggestions.... is it possible?

[vau7]

Great Hack, thank you!

One Question:
Is there a way to import Threads from a whole section into an articlecategory?
Its surley hard to modify...

[cinq]

Can the system take more than 4 image attachments per article ?
If so, can anyone provide a screenie how they will be displayed ?

Much appreciated, thanks

[tides]

Can not edit comment... :disappointed:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: SELECT articlepost.*, article.categoryid FROM ffxi_articlepost
									  INNER JOIN ffxi_article AS article ON (article.articleid = articlepost.articleid)
									  WHERE articlepost.postid=3
mysql error: Unknown table 'articlepost'

mysql error number: 1051

Date: Saturday 07th of August 2004 08:20:21 PM
Script: http://ffxi.alxndr.net/article.php?do=editcomment&id=3
Referer: http://ffxi.alxndr.net/article.php?goto=lastcomment&v=1&a=2#comment4
Username: Jessica
IP Address: 68.94.70.75

[Chrissicom]

I have just installed this hack as it is perfect for my articles & interviews database for my Sandra Bullock community. Although I have a little problem with the attachments. I can view an attached image, but the thumbnail does not display. I have PHP 4.3.7 as ISAPI on Win 2003 Std installed and GD2 enabled in vB options and the thumbs of vB threads work, the thumb of vB articles don't work what could be the problem here? (have vB 3.0.3)

[tides]

How can I let other administrators (not super administrators) to access the control panel?
I need someone to mondorate the catgolary for me. Thanks.

[bgtking]

Originally Posted by Chrissicom

I have just installed this hack as it is perfect for my articles & interviews database for my Sandra Bullock community. Although I have a little problem with the attachments. I can view an attached image, but the thumbnail does not display. I have PHP 4.3.7 as ISAPI on Win 2003 Std installed and GD2 enabled in vB options and the thumbs of vB threads work, the thumb of vB articles don't work what could be the problem here? (have vB 3.0.3)

No, the attachments thumnails do not work with 3.0.3. The problem was brought up weeks ago, but still nothing has been fixed.

[Mickie D]

i think it might be better to hard code an image for the thumbs (until its fixed) that way you will get an image and name and they can click the image to see it ?

i will look at the hack see what i can do

[Martaigne]

Originally Posted by Mickie D

i think it might be better to hard code an image for the thumbs (until its fixed) that way you will get an image and name and they can click the image to see it ?

i will look at the hack see what i can do

I was considering just finding the template for displaying the thumbnails and having it produce a just a text link instead. Please let us know if you find anything!