Major Additions - News Management & Portal System Lite

Description: News Management & Portal System Lite (NMAPS) is a portal system that is completely based on news without the use of forums. Instead each news story/review story is stored in the database under its own tables. I have seen many requests for news management system and I decided to create NMAPS, then Bree took it to the next stage with v2 with all the changes and features.

The system will act as a portal or a second frontend for your site. It has many features that I'm sure everyone will enjoy.

Features:
* Portal
* Modules
* Chief Reporter Option
* Cover Story
* Top Story
* Categories
* Reporter CP for managing stories
* Phrased
* Admin Settings without using vBulletin's Options page
* Usergroup Permissions
* User Perms
* Phrased

History:
v2.0.7-2 (HOTFIX) -
* Fixed nmaps_config.php requirement in nmaps_install.php and nmaps_upgrade.php

v2.0.7-1 (HOTFIX) -
* Fixed nmaps_config.php error in ACP nmaps.php file

v2.0.7 -
* Add nmaps_config.php so NMAPS can be ran outside of forum directory
* Edited 1 phrase

v2.0.6 -
* Fixed 'Title' setting bug

v2.0.5 -
* Fixed bug with editor on edit entry page

v2.0.4 -
* Fixed WYSIWYG editor when editing an entry
* Added Arabic phrase pack
* Removed unnecessary loop

v2.0.3 -
* Allow BBCode in entries
* Added missing phrases
* Altered nmaps_pg_news_add and nmaps_pg_news_edit templates to remove hard coded file name
* Fixed left/right column display when no modules are present
* Added new phrases to replace nmaps title from being hard coded to navbits as well added new phrases for editing story, moving story, etc.
* Moderation of entries fixed
* Added missing footer template

v2.0.2 -
* Fixed security vulnerabilities
* Combined install and uninstall files into 1 file
* Fixed return value error

v2.0.1 -
* Fixed various display errors
* Added install file
* Fixed 3 database errors

v2.0 -
* Fixed database errors
* Phrased
* Added more features
* Redid code and alters modules
* Own settings page
* Category code rewrote

v1.0 -
* Initial Release

Demo: www.mfgz.co.uk/forum/nmaps.php - Thanks to dodgeuk19
http://www.mlkclan.net/forums/nmaps.php - Thanks to mmerced

Review: Meet the Geeks review of NMAPS

Installation:
Plugins: 4
File Uploads: 16
Files to Import: 1
Directories to Upload: 7

REQUIREMENTS: At least 3.7.1 or later
PHP 5 or later

Support will be given in this thread.

Enjoy and I hope to get suggestions for 2.1

NOTE: If you like this mod, please click INSTALL, it goes a long way with me.

FAQ:

1. How do I edit the navigation links?
   • Go to your AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Templates > Find NMAPS Templates in the list of templates > Edit nmaps_mod_nav
2. What version of PHP/MySQL is required to use this mod?
   • Unfortunately this mod requires PHP5 or later as well as MySQL5 or later.
3. What does Pro version have that Lite doesn't?
   • Pro has many features that Lite doesn't, right now there is no full demo of Pro and if you wish to be notified when a demo is available please PM me.
4. When is the next version of NMAPS due to be released?
   • I try not to give an exact date as errors, sql fixes, etc could cause dates to be changed therefore I try to give more of a week or 2 weeks as I usually give an exceptional amount of time to allow for fixes and such.
5. My editor isn't showing up when I try to add a new article, what is wrong?
   • Go to AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Message Posting Interface Options then Enable Standard & WYSIWYG Controls under Full Editor. Once done, you must reimport the product with overwrite set to 'Yes' once complete the editor will show up when adding a new article.
6. I receive this error when accessing /admincp/ "Warning: require_once(/includes/adminfunctions_template.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/admincp/nmaps.php on line 22
   
   Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/includes/adminfunctions_template.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php')"
   • Download the file from Post #378, upload to your /admincp/ directory overwriting the existing file.
7. Admincp and index still showing incorrectly or not at all.
   • Read this Post #391.

Extra Notes: If you wish to translate NMAPS then I ask you translate and email me the language xml file so that I can properly get it added to the mod pack.

Languages Being Translated to:
* Chinese
* German

NOTE: I have removed the nmaps zip file until I have released the new version. Countdown till new version is at 3 days 12 hours.

News Management and Portal System ?2008 The vBCoders
Please do not redistribute or distribute modified code without my explicit permission.

[MTG]

Nice to see everyone having a pop at me and then suddenly, as the entire thread dictated 'it was due soon', it appears..

I dont get some people.

Anyway, thankyou, installed, tested and a great job. Sorry some people on the thread are uptight and biggots, with some VB.org friends.

Appreciate the effort in creating this and need to have a chat with you about it so PM me or email me for details. Great job, marked as installed

[Mr. Hoddz]

/me installs.
/me marks as installed.
/me loves it

Thanks, and thanks for the hard work!!

[Mythotical]

MTG, I PM'd you

All: Glad everyone has liked it thus far.

[MTG]

Its awesome!!

[macc]

hello!

nice hack .. have one question... reporters avatars come not up on nmps page ... only noimage.gif? should come users -reporters avatars ? but comes not ...

have vbulletin 3.7 rc2

some help?

regards

macc

[therogueforums]

Thank you, ever so much, for the release! Downloaded, and will be tested out in the next day or so. Will you be requiring any side dishes with those ribs?

[madotds]

Hi
Thank you for getting this out to us. I finally have my internet connection back and I have installed The Installation seemed to have gone fine

BUT

When I went to change some details on a catagorie I get the following error!

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.0 Release Candidate 1:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE `nmaps_cats` SET
cat_name='Action', cat_image='action.gif', cat_desc='For all your action pack adventure's , combat games & shoot'em'ups.', cat_dis='1'
WHERE cat_id='1';

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 's , combat games & shoot'em'ups.', cat_dis='1'
WHERE cat_id='1'' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Date : Monday, April 7th 2008 @ 05:22:42 PM
Script : http://www.xxxxxxxx/forums/admincp/nmaps.php?do=cats
Referrer : http://www.xxxxxxxxx/forums/admincp/...it_cat&catid=1
IP Address : xx.xx.xxx.xxx
Username : xxx
Classname : vb_database
MySQL Version : 4.1.20

Any idea what went wrong? I am not very good at working out database errors!

regards Madotds

[macc]

hello!

can some help with users-reporters pictures (avatars) and how to get that to work on news page ?

have vbulletin 3.7 rc 2 www.belaplay.com/vb/libar

regards

macc

[Mythotical]

madotds: That error is happening because of this word shoot'em'ups remove the ' and it will work fine. I need to add a function to automatically parse those out when entering to db so it doesn't error out.

Macc: Make sure you have chosen an avatar from your gallery. Uploaded ones will not work on this version as it causes things to go screwy plus uploaded images I'm not sure how to handle on gathering and displaying just yet.

[Mr. Hoddz]

Does this have an RSS for it or is this a feature only in the Pro version (coming soon maybe)

Regards.