v3 Articles 1.0.1 - [vB 3.0.1]

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.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes, at the moment, it is.

and how would you do that?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Lionel

and how would you do that?

I'm going to guess you mis-read the post and/or answer.

Originally Posted by Goodspeed

Is it still imposible to move articles from one category to another?

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes, at the moment, it is.

[bamaster]

Is it just me... or does the WYSIWYG editor not include the Insert Image icon?

Is there a setting to disable inserting images into articles? I've enabled HTML and [IMG] tage for the categories.

Has anyone else noticed this?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by bamaster

Is it just me... or does the WYSIWYG editor not include the Insert Image icon?

It shows up here.

[assassingod]

Attention

I've updated the ZIP file with Paul M's security fixes. I've also updated the version number to 1.0.2 and added upgrade instructions for 1.0.1 users, please read Security Fix Upgrade .txt in the ZIP file - if you have already applied Paul M's fix, you DO NOT need to download the latest ZIP, you are already running 1.0.2.

Any questions, post here!

[Nick0r]

Not too sure what's up but since that recent update it's made my forums take forever to load.

[Nick0r]

It was this bit that seemed to have done the damage: In includes/init.php
====================

FIND:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ----------------------------------------------------------
// ### END PLUGIN USERGROUP PERMISSIONS BITFIELDS HERE ###
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABOVE THIS, ADD:
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$_BITFIELD['usergroup']['articlepermissions'] = array(
'canviewarticles' => 1,
'canviewcomments' => 2,
'canpostarticles' => 4,
'cancomment' => 8,
'canedownart' => 16,
'canedothart' => 32,
'candelownart' => 64,
'candelothart' => 128,
'canfeature' => 256,
'cansearchart' => 512,
'canratearticles' => 1024,
'canviewartmedia' => 2048
);

[Goodspeed]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes, at the moment, it is.

:disappointed: Very sad... It's the most awaited addition by me.

[Guy G]

I have made some test articles, all worked... than i deleted them.
but the thing is that in the category view to see how much articles are in each category i see the number including the test articles i made although they arent even there!
same for comments... any one has a clue on how to fix it ?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Goodspeed

:disappointed: Very sad... It's the most awaited addition by me.

Originally Posted by Zorobz

I have made some test articles, all worked... than i deleted them.
but the thing is that in the category view to see how much articles are in each category i see the number including the test articles i made although they arent even there!
same for comments... any one has a clue on how to fix it ?

I have added the ability to do both of these (via admincp only) to the version we run. I also fixed the very annoying edit/preview problem. I was going to release them all as an addon, but the events of the other day have put me off the idea for now. Maybe in the new year.