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

[Saviour]

I have a question...referred to it before but nobody replied.

I have a couple of hacks that include images where the usual images go...like Top of Page, Edit, Quick Reply, Multiquote, Quote, Post Thanks, Post Groan...

What happened to these images?

I tested it on a user account and the only images that show are the Post Thanks and Post Groan images. The Top of Page image hack I use...is no longer there.

Now... I'm trying to get this Articles forum right where I want it, but it seems to me...it's just one issue after another. Don't get me wrong...I love this mod...but if it ain't one thing...it's another.

I look at it this way...the "Article Tools" inline links created for this mod really aren't needed. Leave the images at the bottom for editing and whatever. Also...the Rate Article location is fine...but never really understood why it was moved from where the Article Tools in the table header currently are.

Anyway...Back to the situation at hand...

I want to include the following images at the lower part of the article thread...my Top image button and my Edit button.

Anyone know how to get these back...since this mod removed them?

[ade5675]

Thanks bananalive,
this mod is very nice and very much useful to change the feel of my forum.
:up:

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Saviour

I have a question...referred to it before but nobody replied.

I have a couple of hacks that include images where the usual images go...like Top of Page, Edit, Quick Reply, Multiquote, Quote, Post Thanks, Post Groan...

What happened to these images?

I tested it on a user account and the only images that show are the Post Thanks and Post Groan images. The Top of Page image hack I use...is no longer there.

Now... I'm trying to get this Articles forum right where I want it, but it seems to me...it's just one issue after another. Don't get me wrong...I love this mod...but if it ain't one thing...it's another.

I look at it this way...the "Article Tools" inline links created for this mod really aren't needed. Leave the images at the bottom for editing and whatever. Also...the Rate Article location is fine...but never really understood why it was moved from where the Article Tools in the table header currently are.

Anyway...Back to the situation at hand...

I want to include the following images at the lower part of the article thread...my Top image button and my Edit button.

Anyone know how to get these back...since this mod removed them?

If you've got some of the hook options disabled in this mods settings so as to hide some stuff, some of the other stuff that uses those hooks isn't going to display either. Also, some modifications display their content based on the HTML content of the postbit. So their either not looking for the article templates, or looking and not finding what they need to function. You'd have to edit the article templates directly to get everything you wanted to show up. It's going to be case by case for every mod you have installed.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Saviour

I look at it this way...the "Article Tools" inline links created for this mod really aren't needed. Leave the images at the bottom for editing and whatever. Also...the Rate Article location is fine...but never really understood why it was moved from where the Article Tools in the table header currently are.

I just wanted to say on this point, I don't second this motion. If this is something that get's a lot of requests, then might I ask you give folks the option to use the normal buttons if they want. I for one don't want the article postibit to look just like the regular posbit, or to have members reminded that their not looking at an article, but just another part of the forum. The tools menu gives the thread a sense of distinction, much the same way the menu on modification threads do here on vB.org. The more we get away from the usual look of the forum the better.

I would also suggest again that you try that inline editing feature, but check the z-index on that post. It's actually really convenient, and cuts down on page loads for a busy article forum.

[edgegamers]

Has anyone discovered a way to get this integrated with VBA?

[Saviour]

Well...the only way I have found (to get the edit buttons back at the bottom) for this mod is to disable the Article postbit for this mod. However...doing this makes it look like a regular post...which is not what I want.

Which still doesn't help when trying to get these buttons back at the bottom of the article/thread.

I like the idea of the user info to the right of the article, but the Article Tools links which are placed underneath do not seem to look right...but, hey...that's just me. Same with the Article's rating.

Now...if I can get the user info to the right of the article and my buttons back at the bottom...I'll be a happy camper.

Any suggestions?

[nohuhu]

Digital_Jedi, i want to have some flexibility. if i go this way and create an article forum per each thematical forum, i'll have a very strange knowledge base -- some sections will be full and some will be empty. what's the point in that? i did say i have a lot of useful threads in my forums but they're not evenly dispersed so i would want to aggregate them by some other logic than i used for thematical forum separation. for example, a model forum may have subforums like "repairs", "tuning", "service tips" and so on, and rather than creating matching article forums tree i'd better create one "knowledge base - model A" forum and link all useful threads for particular car model in that forum regardless of their origin forum.
as for moderators, i have several of them in my forums and they tend to have their own moderating styles, not necessary like each other. i would want to avoid any conflicts in my forum staff and the best way to do this is to keep them separated. also, some forums don't have dedicated moderators (admins moderate them, of course) and i'd like to keep it that way but have means to add "golden" threads from there too.
am i clear now? i really think this mod could benefit a lot from such a feature, it will be much better suited for knowledge-oriented community boards and i see no way it could harm any other board either.

[nohuhu]

Digital_Jedi,

a follow-up thought: also this feature could open a way for even more useful things. i, for example, strongly believe in community-driven decisions so i would like to give my users power to add threads to this knowledge base themselves. right now, in order to move a thread an user should have moderator's privileges and that is right, this feature is too dangerous for ordinary users. but suppose if we could link threads to knowledge base, that's not destructive in any way and this option could be given to users, in some restricted form of course. something like thread rating, for example "nominate this thread for knowledge base" -- if a configured threshold is reached (10 users nominated or something like that), it is linked to an article forum automatically. nice? i think so. no additional burden on moderators and admins, no conflicts regarding "golden" thread selection, true community-driven knowledge base.

bananalive, i admit that it's up to you to decide if this feature is worthy or not but at least i ask you to say what you think about it.

[EagleNick]

This question has probably been answered, but is the "articles" forum listed on the forumhome just like the rest of the forums, but is actually a link to the articles section?

I'd like to make the article section its entire own area. Check my site and you will see how we have various tabs at the top: http://www.adminaddict.net
I'd like to make one entitled "Articles" and have this mod on that page, and to only be accessible from the tab - not displayed on the forumhome in the list of forums. Is this possible?

Thanks. Looks promising.

[smirkley]

I have mine setup forum and subforums(categories) as active forums but not listed in the forum home list. The only way in is through the articles link or bookmark. And they retain the articles 'look'.