PluhNews 1.5

UPDATED! Woohoo!

I just fixed/added stuff from version 1.0!

Download the new version 1.5 if you have the old 1.0 - lots of better features.

From the readme.txt:

This script isn't really a hack, just an external script that pulls information out of the VBulletin Database for news
or whatever reason you see fit. It's easy to install and configure, and has tons of the same features that many other
news scripts have, except you don't have to modify any Vbulletin source code (which I'm never comfortable doing
for some reason, but that's just me .

I had a really rough time finding a good, EASY news script that did what this does. I searched and found some, but
it really came down to easy installation. I didn't want to modify MySql tables or mess with the advanced Vbulletin
source (well, to me anyway). So I wrote this script. Yer.

This script was intended for VBulletin 2.0 only (I don't know if it will work with previous releases) and PHP4.

Working Demos can be found in use at http://pluh.com/forums/PluhNews.php and for headlines,
http://pluh.com/forums/PluhHeadlines.php

After you install, if at all possible, I would appreciate some credit to my script. A link to http://pluh.com
on your page before or after your news would be great. Let me know when you have it installed too - I love
seeing my stuff working on other websites!

You can check out the raw demo here for PluhNews: http://pluh.com/forums/PluhNews.php

And Headlines! http://pluh.com/forums/PluhHeadlines.php


Let me know if you like it! (Thanks Dark Wizard and Bane)

*NOTE: I will not be able to provide support for this hack, as I am extremely busy. Sorry...*

[SystemLogic]

I saw one sites example where he had a source site which showed up as a seperate field in his news posts....how would i go about doing that?

[sysmom]

I'm using it as an include, and it worked flat out right the first time.

I especially LIKE using it as an include because I can hide the php source filename from public consumption. I wasn't particularly happy with the database name/password hanging out there. Yes, yes, I know, it's executed by the server, but now it's just that much harder to know where to look.

You should *see* the name I gave it... Heh.

And the page with the header and footer in it has a nice predictable page template named, news.shtml



But there's no news.php in my directory...

-deb (only mildly paranoid...)

[Dark_Wizard]

Kayn >>> I sent you the fixes again....check your email! I can also add the multiple forums for you if you want but would like to see what you have so far....actual code that is

[Kayn]

Actually, I think I've got that figured out!

I'm making some changes now...you'll see the new version out tonight.

[Kayn]

New Version is out. Go to the first page to get it!

Thanks for all your help ya'll!

[Bane]

Originally posted by Kayn
(Thanks Dark Wizard and Bane)

The credit to me would be much better suited aimed towards Redmak, he is the originator of the codefix, I just slapped it in the file.

The script is looking good

Doesn't seem to work for me. I just get a white screen on both pluhnews.php and pluhheadlines.php

Richard

[Dark_Wizard]

Did you make the necessary changes to PluhConfig.php?

This is my config file...

<?
//This is the Config file to get PluhNews running.
//**********************
//Set some Variables

//Retrieve news from the correct forum, which is the forumid
$newsforums = 32;

//Number of news items to show at once
$newsitems = 10;

//Path to your forums directory (leave out trailing slash)
$forumspath = "/vb";

?>

[Dark_Wizard]

Can I have a URL?