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

[Eruantien]

I don't have the old version

[metalguy639]

Have you tried to upload all the new files again and make sure that you overwrite the files and then install the product again overwriting the one you just installed? Sometimes it works. I've also installed the recent articles hack myself and I can view it logged in. So maybe there is something else wrong here like a current hack is not playing nice with the updated articles version. Something else you can try is disable each hack one by one and see if you still get the error. If you don't then you know the hack you just disabled is conflicting with this new version of the article hack. If you find the hack that is causing a problem try upgrading it to the latest version with all the hacks enabled. Then see if you still have the prob with the articles if so, you may want to temp or perm disable that particular hack or try adn find a hack that is similar to it and install it instead.

Edit: I also noticed that this hack is not compatible with vb 3.7. Are you running 3.7? If so yo may want to upgrade to 3.8. I'm using ti with 3.8.3 with no probs.

[Eruantien]

3.8 is what I am on. It must be another hack that is messing with it; I just have no clue which one This problem only arose when I upgraded to the last version (1.9?)

EDIT: Working for now. I will inform if the encoding error comes back.

[Sweeks]

How can I get rid of the redirection message? Thank you

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by metalguy639

I'm using this article hack. I would like to have a hack that is for classifieds that is pretty much just like this article hack. Is it possible to get this as a classified hack where I can have both installed on my site?

There are a number of issues preventing this from happening atm.

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by bposner

Thank you for a great mod. We are experimenting with setting up a magazine kinda thing with this. I just had one question (I'm not a coder) but where can I change the word "Article" that comes up in the navbar when you select that option?
Also, I'd like the sort of the page that lists all the articles when you enter the area, to auto sort by first article entered, kinda like a Table of Contents. I'm not sure how to make this a permanent sort, if possible. Appreciate the hard work, really like the format.

Thank you!

Change the phrase 'article'

Or if you only want to change the text in navbar edit plugin 'Links' and replace $vbphrase[articles] with your preferred text

[bananalive]

Originally Posted by Sweeks

How can I get rid of the redirection message? Thank you

Use direct link to articles.php rather than forum

Or find in Plugin 'Article Forum'

PHP Code:

eval(print_standard_redirect('Redirecting...', false, true)); 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

eval(print_standard_redirect('Redirecting...')); 


[Joshva]

Do you know how to get this mod working for multiple forums in different category heirachies?

[saltedm8]

Great mod, thanks

[markblair]

This mod is awesome. Thank you very much.

Installed!