Version: 1.00, by JJR512
Developer Last Online: Jun 2006
Version: 2.2.x
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Released: 07-13-2002
Last Update: Never
Installs: 85
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This hack adds news headlines to the top of a forum. The headlines come from an XML source. The headlines are links to the articles. Through the admin cp, add or modify forums system, you can select from a list of sources (or select no news for that forum). There is also a master on/off switch for the entire feature, and you can also select how many headlines will appear.
Support for this hack will be provided only within the vbulletin.org forums.
This hack involves database modifications. Please make a backup copy of your database prior to installing this hack. The author of this hack assumes no responsibility for anything.
The XML feeds come from Moreover.com. This service is provided free-of-charge only to non-commercial, non-profit, educational, or personal/hobby sites, and may not be used on any for-profit site. If you operate a for-profit site, you must contact Moreover.com to discuss purchasing the rights to the service.
Changelog
v1.0: Original release
v1.1: Fixes problem of not being able to change a forum's newsfeed back to NONE after previously selecting one.
v1.1a: Error in instructions file corrected. If you have 1.1, you do not need to download this; absolutely no code has changed.
v1.1b: See Post #30 below. If you have v1.1a, you do not need to download again; just make the fix as instructed in Post #30.
v1.2: Changes the code added to forumdisplay.php so that only one query is used. If you have v1.1b, you only need to replace the code added to forumdisplay.php with the newer bit of code from the instructions.
v1.2a: Fixes a minor bug affecting only the appearance of the output. If you already have installed v1.2, you do not need to re-download and re-install; please see Post #34 below for the simple fix.
v1.2b: Current release. Corrects the URL shown in the registration required notice. The only change over v1.2a is the "forumnewsbit_accessreg" template.
OPTIONAL Add-in feature: Make this feature user-selectable
I have created some instructions you can use if you'd like to give your users the ability to not see the news in a forum. Read Post #44 below for more info.
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Originally posted by Glenn379 I tried installing this today, everything went smoothly except I have one problem. I can't actually post news. How do I do that? I'm not sure if I imported the sources.sql right. To make sure can anyone tell me how? Everything else is done like it should be. Everything is working except I don't know how to make news. Someone please help me.
is it real to write my own news?
i don't wanna news from this site (and its really inrease speed of loading!) please tell me what should i do to do that? :ermm:
While this is a great hack, I am now questioning the legal aspects of this.
It seems that as of August 27th, you are not allowed to use free Moreover scripts on your website unless you are a charitable organization, which I would think many of us are not.
um guys having a problem with the hack, i have the 2 options in the admin cp, but i dont have that second image thingy, that appears on the first post, and i cant see the news....anybody knows whats up...i went through the thing twice......
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11-07-2002, 04:44 AM
