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.

[hockyfan]

Is it worth my while to try and convert the threads into articles (and how would I do this)? Or should I just wait for the new version?

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[TruckMuddr]

**Installed

Workes great.

[lanc3lot]

Problem..any with php knowledge..plz help:

Help, i followed the instructions of txt...and when i going to run the install.php, the followin error occur...Any help?

http://www.gamers.gr/board/admincp/install.php

" Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_FOREACH, expecting ')' in c:\web\gamers.gr\board\includes\init.php on line 760 "


I dont have idea with php

Thnx a lot in advance

[SamirDarji]

Double check the changes you made. Look for little things like missing braces or semi-colons.

[lanc3lot]

YEEEEEES

Samir thanks for the post, u make me check everything for another last time and yes i found it

thanks a lot bro

[SamirDarji]

Originally Posted by lanc3lot

YEEEEEES

Samir thanks for the post, u make me check everything for another last time and yes i found it

thanks a lot bro

Glad I could help. I've been there, so I thought I'd save someone else the grief. Banging your head on something for a few hours isn't healthy, lol.

[lanc3lot]

Something last:

It says in the txt:

3. v3 Articles runs in forumroot/article.php. You need to link to this somewhere, most people will use the navbar to create an "Articles" link.

To do this, open the navbar template and find:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
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Above this, add:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="article.php?$session[sessionurl]">Articles</a></td>

Where can i find this navbar template?(where do i have to go)

Thanks a lot again

[lanc3lot]

Found it after searching some posts...

Here the answer, for anyone has the same problem:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> ? ? -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar



Thanks a lot again

[SamirDarji]

Some pretty newb questions, but I was scratching my head a few weeks back on the same exact stuff, lol.

Anytime someone refers to a "template", it can be found under the "Style Manager" under "Styles and Templates". A template is simply a bit of html code which is called by the php part of the program to help render the page.

So to get to the navbar template on a specific style, you have to get to the Style Manager and then you will see all of your styles listed. Hit the expanded << >> button to the far right. It will open up a list of templates as well as a "Controls" box to the right of the list. Click on the other << >> button there and it will expand out all the templates for the style. They're in alphabetical order so it should be easy to find. Once you find it, click on it and then click on "Edit" in the Controls box. It should be self-explanitory from there.

[SamirDarji]

Originally Posted by lanc3lot

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> ? ? -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Now, why didn't I say it that simply?