Add-On Releases - CES Site News

CES Site News
Version: 1.6.3
vBulletin 3.7.x, 3.8.x supported

*** NEWS ***
5/15/2008 - v1.6.3 released
5/5/2008 - v1.6.2 released
5/2/2008 - v1.6.1 released
4/17/2008 - v1.6.0 released
11/7/2007 - v1.5.1 released
9/9/2007 - v1.5.0 released
4/12/2007 - v1.4.1 released
4/5/2007 - v1.4.0 released
4/1/2007 - 4/2/2007 - v1.3.1 through v1.3.2 released
3/30/2007 - v1.3.0 released
3/23/2007 - 3/26/2007 - v1.2.0 through v1.2.4 released
3/14/2007 - v1.1.1 released
3/12/2007 - v1.1.0 released
2/9/2007 - v1.0.8 released
1/29/2007 - v1.0.7 released
1/23/2007 - 1/27/2007 - v1.0.0 through v1.0.6 released

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
This allows you to turn one of your forums into a news blog.

Live Installation: http://www.crackedeggstudios.com/news.php
This site is usually an update or two ahead of what's available in this thread, because that's where we do all our testing.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 14
Files to Upload: 7
Files to Edit: 0
New Templates: 8
Template Edits: 0

Mod Features:
- adds options to the Forum Manager
- uses forum permissions
- threads in the given forum become articles
- pull articles from other forums
- full-text articles are displayed in a customized forumdisplay
- post replies are added as comments
- set number of articles and comments per page
- turn on/off announcements in news display
- turn on/off attachments in news display
- turn on/off last comment in news display
- ajax quick edit in news display (basically, quick edit in forum display)
- display articles on every comments page
- limit size of article preview
- additional BB-Code tags for articles

BB-Code Tags:
[previewlength]value[/previewlength]
Placing this anywhere in an article overrides the preview limit for that article only. Multiple [previewlength] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[preview]value[/preview]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Newsdisplay. Text contained in this tag completely replaces the post text on Newsdisplay. Multiple [preview] tags are cumulative. A "Read More..." link will appear if this tag is used.

[more]value[/more]
Placing this anywhere in an article defines text that will only show on Shownews. Text contained in this tag does not replace the post text on Shownews. It only hides text from Newsdisplay.

*** Changelog ***
As of Version 1.6.3:
- bug fix: preview functions do nothing since alias support added
- bug fix: preview functions never worked on editpost or newthread
- bug fix: inconsistent postbit after quick edit
- updated files: news.php, shownews.php, ces_news_bbcode.php,
ces_news_quick_edit.js

As of Version 1.6.2:
- bug fix: more database errors in vB 3.6.x
- bug fix: post controls hide on news display in IE7
- bug fix: threadbit and postbit widths inconsistent
- updated templates: ces_news_postbit, ces_news_threadbit
- updated files: shownews.php

*** Screenshots ***
1. New Forum Manager Option
2. Site News Settings
3. News Articles (forumdisplay)
4. Comments (showthread)

[trancetopia]

I've haven't noticed anything after the last update.

Would there be any chance of adding the option to hide the attachements only when viewing the article?

[thincom2000]

Do you mean on the Comments page?

There is already the option to hide attachments at the forum level.

[trancetopia]

Oh yes - i've only just noticed the new option - brilliant! Thanks.

I'm not sure if this is working but please correct me if i'm wrong. I have the new option chosen but looking at the same link I posted previously:

http://www.littlewales.com/news.php?f=202

The thumbnail area is still visible for the article.

[thincom2000]

It is working fine on my installation. Please make sure you have reverted the templates and uploaded the newest version of news.php.

Also note that "yes" shows the attachments on NEWSDISPLAY while "no" hides them.

[thincom2000]

*bump*

Just bringing this to the top of list again because the new version is much much better than the previous one, in terms of performance at least.

[TheMilkCarton]

I'm not sure why, but when I upload everything and install the product, it keeps trying to access mydomain/news.php instead of mydomain/forums/news.php like it should be.....

Is this a bug in your code? Everything was obviously installed right.. the install was very simple.

I mean, I even put a copy of news.php and shownews.php in the site root despite what your instructions say to do, and I just get a bunch of PHP errors.

Am I missing something?

[thincom2000]

You're right. This was a bug in the code. Thanks for reporting this, I will include it in the next update.

[TheMilkCarton]

That's sad to hear. I was hoping it was my fault.

Is there any straightforward way of fixing it? I'd really like to try the system out.

[thincom2000]

I was just surprised no one had noticed it earlier.

Also a little surprised because the files were originally copies of unmodified forumdisplay.php and showthread.php (now quite modified), did you have to change those?

[thincom2000]

*bump*

I've made some very slight updates to the mod again. I would have released 1.0.8 already, but I would really like some more input for more features, any bugs I've missed, etc. before releasing such a minor update.