Forum Display Enhancements - Article Forums

Article Forums v4.x for vBulletin v4.x

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Turn a forum into an article forum. Sub-forums are turned into categories.

• Posts/Articles show in searches & in new posts
• Create as many sub-forums/ categories as you need
• Follows forum permissions
• Can still rate thread, etc.
• Different postbits for article and replies (comments)
• Choose what to display in postbit for article and comments
• Choose what to display on articles in vBulletin Options

* Not compatible with 3.7.x forums *

Installation:

1. Upload articles.php
2. Import product file
3. Create a forum in admincp
4. Go to vBulletin Options->Article forum Options

Remember to click Mark as Installed to receive updates and support

Possible Future Additions:

• Make article collapsible
• Allow multiple article forums

Translations:

• German/ Deutsch: http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/showthread.php?t=6048
• Russian: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=643

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by dancue

Am I SOL on this one? I hope not, I like this mod.

Try attached product file

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Mark.B

Bananlive, I think there needs to be a better way of doing this "find and replace" thing with words like forum and thread.

My site is called "BC Forums" but when posting a new article this shows in the title in the browser as "BC Categorys". Also I have the word "BC Forums" manually in the header template, that became "BC Categorys" as well, I had to change the word forums in the template to Foru<i></i>ms to stop it happening, but this won't work in the title bar.

Download the latest version and you should not get the problem you having. There are still a few pages which need completing (newreply) but they should be completed soon.

[dancue]

Originally Posted by bananalive

Try attached product file

No, still does not work, and now clicking on the forum from forumhome does not take you to the category within articles.php.

Would it have anything to do with vbseo?

[rEd86]

Great add-on. I found a bug in the system and I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced the same problem. I've disabled all the Products and Plug-Ins so only the "Article Forum" product is installed.

I have a forum called "Articles" with a sub-forum called "DIY". The error occurs when I am creating an article:

/newthread.php?s=&do=newthread&f=4

The bread crumb at the top appears like this:

Forums > Articles > DIY

If I click on the "DIY" link I get redirected to the page:

/articles.php?c=4

but when I click on the "Articles" link, I get redirected to the page:

/Articles instead of /articles.php.

Anyone else seeing this problem?

--Ed

[glowinggal]

how do I allow images from another author. Currently someone else is helping me migrate articles and have set up an "author" usergroup for that forum/articles. When she is posting tutorials - non of the thumbnails are showing on the preview first page; but if I change the author to myself - it shows the thumbnail??? any ideas?

[glowinggal]

ok - just found out that when i change the author and go back in and "edit post" and then save - the thumbnail then shows up (when i'm logged in as me/Admin). The girl who is posting is also an admin with "author" usergroup and others as "additional" user permissions

[glowinggal]

how about being able to have a "articles submitted" count in their profile somewhere?

[Digital Jedi]

This generates the image based on the attachment, right? Will another images be generated based on another file type being uploaded, like say a video file or document?

[kellyandmark04]

How do you switch the specific forum back to regular after you have converted it to articles???????

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by kellyandmark04

How do you switch the specific forum back to regular after you have converted it to articles???????

Disable mod or select another forum