Geek Article System 3.5 RC2

Woohoo.

This is the RC for the next release of the Geek Article System.
I have decided to take it out of private beta as results from the private beta are taking yonks to come back in. I have fixed all known issues so we should be cooking on gas (hohohahaha).

Special thanks to gltdn for help with beta testing

Install instructions:
Read the readme in the package. Should be straight forward stuff.
It is important to note that THIS IS FOR A CLEAN INSTALL. I will devise an upgrade script when the package is final.

New features:

• Crap loads.
• New Article header image functions (global gallery, forum gallery and uploadable images)
• New forumdisplay/threadbit look and feel
• Synopsis box
• Post as user
• Autolink into the Geek Autolink system
• Turn on/off synopsis/byline
• Auto synopsis (if synopsis is off or left blank, it uses first x amount of posts from article)
• Synopsis uses BB code
• etc...etc...etc

A word about the installer.
This has taken me ages to do. The installer does everything for you (including all file changes). It will make backup copies of all files changed, make the file changes, and leave them in a folder for you to copy over when you are done. This may not work with PHP in safe mode. If you are using PHP in safe mode, you may have to do the changes manually (which you have the option to do anyway).

Click the install button if you install. Otherwise you may miss very important updates.

Demo: http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Missing phrases after install? Just search for a GAS phrase name... edit it, then click save. This will rebuild your phrases.

nJoy

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by shiva

First off:

My main article page



will make the changes and see what happens, getting braver every day...

The space is marked (can't miss it) but is very apparent on one theme, the others are okay, weird, as all 3 themes are extremepixel themes.

The left menu should be a slightly different color, just to make it slightly more apparent, and set a nice color contrast. I believe that the main posting field would be set to alt1 in the CSS, the left menu would then be a different class, but it also occured to me that it would be theme specific as well. Is the code for that in GAS_article_options as well?

I think having the ability to just put out the first characters of a post is rather handy, to be honest, that's all I did with my articles so far, just copy and paste in the first few lines. I'm Lazy...

The space there is a result of the cellspacing./cellpadding setting.
That (and the class setting) can be changed in GAS_article_pb if you are eager

Your other wishes have been implimented and a new release will be out today so you can stop cutting and pasting

[The Geek]

BTW: I see you are using the 'first attachment thumbnail' as the article header.
When I browse, all I get are missing images in the headers. Is it working for you?

[The Geek]

Package updated to RC1.

This fixes all known remaining bugs

Added couple of new features:

• Byline/synopsis can be turned on and off.
• If synopsis is left blank (or turned off) then the threadbit in forumdisplay will show first x amount of characters for synopsis.
• Synopsis character length is now controlled via admincp
• Synopsis box now takes BBcode.

To update, replace all existing files with the ones in the latest package.
Run the installer. I would suggest a complete reinstall (use your gas/changes/backup files) to revert your file changes before upgrading.

Is there anything else? I would like to get this thing released!
Just out of curiosity - For those with GAS3 installed - is an upgrade script needed for file changes? Chances are it will only work on MOST file edits as the previous version was manual. Dont you think it would be easier to simply upgrade file changes by using fresh files?

Thanks all!

[Magic Spark]

Originally Posted by The Geek

...

When you click the Image button in a new article, it pops up a window with all images in the gas/images directory INCLULDING any images it finds in gas/images/forums/[CURRENT_FORUMID]

In other words, you can have a global gallery for users to choose from in gas/images/
And then have forum specific gallery images in gas/images/forum/[forumid]

...

Hi Geek,

found one little typo in actual RC1 Package:

Folder: /gas/images/forum
Should be: /gas/images/forums


One more: If I choose "yes" in gas-options "Use the legacy forumdisplay template? Choosing no will show the article header images". There's a table and colspan problem in the templates.

Thanks for working so hard on this hack...

I have already voted for the Hack of the month *click-dee-click*

[The Geek]

You the man! (Or woman - so hard to tell now a-days!).

Amazing no one picked it up before. I just updated the package. For those already on RC-1... just rename your gas/images/forum folder to gas/images/forums

And thanks for voting!

[Magic Spark]

Geek,

is the template error cleaned out in the updated package. I've edit my previous post.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by Magic Spark

cleaned out in the updated

er... you would have to refresh my memory. As far as I know - everything that has been brought up has been sorted.

[Magic Spark]

Okay, I check this - doing a fresh install on my local test-webserver. I come back then after checking.

[Magic Spark]

Geek,

the following Bugs found in the actual RC1 package:

1) The buttons "newarticle.gif" and "comment.gif" in images/buttons/ are not in the actual package.
2) If I choose "yes" in gas-option "Use the legacy forumdisplay template? Choosing no will show the article header images". Then there's a <table> and/or colspan problem in forumdisplay.php. (see attachment)

[The Geek]

Oops.

Where the heck did they get off to? Ill put them back in once I look into the legacy display issue (it also looks like your Last post and rating phrases are spelled wrong [haha - damn Im amusing])

Thanks Magic