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v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1] · **Released**: 06-06-2004

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.

designBox · #**652** 10-29-2004, 10:29 PM

Also.....

Is there a way to provide an RSS feed (for example with the external.php file from vBulletin) of the articles?

Really a good feature to add on the wishlist.

bendigo-tech · #**653** 10-30-2004, 01:09 PM

I have this up and running and I just thought of something for a future release.

It would be good if it was possible to span articles over multiple pages. This would be particularly handy for those large articles that contain lots pictures etc. It could also have a drop down menu at the bottom of each of the article pages which give you quick access to the other pages within the article.

Hopefully that makes sense. I could use this feature now so if anyone knows how to add this functionality now, please let me know. I am quite other would find this quite handy as well.

restless · #**654** 11-02-2004, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by restless

i am trying to add the attachment thumbnail (like it displays for featured articles) to the "articlebit" template, but am having no luck.

i'm using v3 Articles for music and film reviews, and would like to have the attachment used as a thumbnail beside each listed article. basically, i'd like it to go where the post icon goes now.

can anyone help me out?

anyone? this would be a huge feature for me. i can't seem to figure it out myself.

bendigo-tech · #**655** 11-02-2004, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by restless

anyone? this would be a huge feature for me. i can't seem to figure it out myself.

Doesn't look like anyone wants to answer our questions! :ermm:

inverted · #**656** 11-04-2004, 02:41 AM

i REALLY like this hack, nice job!

i'm wondering if you could help me mod it slightly just to fit my site. i'm trying to change the text at the top of the articles table that says "Article Categories". i searched as many documents as i could for that text and i couldn't find it, so i didn't know what to change. since i just installed it today i didn't want to start messing with things without asking first. :ermm:

also, i'm wondering how to change the name of the section in the main nav bar. it default says "Articles" (Forum Root > Articles > Main Category)

how do i change the name of the articles section?

thanks, this is a great hack for vB, and thanks for the vBadvanced addon too! whoohoo!

- inverted :devious:

bendigo-tech · #**657** 11-04-2004, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inverted

i'm wondering if you could help me mod it slightly just to fit my site. i'm trying to change the text at the top of the articles table that says "Article Categories".

You can change this in the template called "article_categorylist".

Quote:

Originally Posted by inverted

also, i'm wondering how to change the name of the section in the main nav bar. it default says "Articles" (Forum Root > Articles > Main Category)

I am still looking for this.

deb0 · #**658** 11-04-2004, 10:30 AM

Great mod!, but I have an issue/question/regarding this mod:

I want to use my V3 Articles to post articles written by outside sources. But I want the submitter of the article to be able to submit in fields the article author (modifying the 'written by' field), and direct external link to the original copy.

How can i?

inverted · #**659** 11-04-2004, 11:31 AM

bendigo-tech; thanks for the help... worked like a charm to change that category header

hey, if anyone figures out the navbar text could you let me know?

Quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by inverted
also, i'm wondering how to change the name of the section in the main nav bar. it default says "Articles" (Forum Root > Articles > Main Category)

I am still looking for this.

thanks...

Paul M · #**660** 11-04-2004, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inverted

bendigo-tech; thanks for the help... worked like a charm to change that category header

hey, if anyone figures out the navbar text could you let me know?

thanks...

Look for this in articles.php

PHP Code:


			
// draw nav bar

$navbits = array();

$navbits["article.php?$session[sessionurl]"] = 'Articles';

and change the "Articles" to whatever you want to appear.

bendigo-tech · #**661** 11-04-2004, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

Look for this in articles.php

PHP Code:


			
// draw nav bar

$navbits = array();

$navbits["article.php?$session[sessionurl]"] = 'Articles';

and change the "Articles" to whatever you want to appear.

I was looking in articles.php - I completely missed that! :ninja:

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