Geek Article System 3.5 RC2

Woohoo.

This is the RC for the next release of the Geek Article System.
I have decided to take it out of private beta as results from the private beta are taking yonks to come back in. I have fixed all known issues so we should be cooking on gas (hohohahaha).

Special thanks to gltdn for help with beta testing

Install instructions:
Read the readme in the package. Should be straight forward stuff.
It is important to note that THIS IS FOR A CLEAN INSTALL. I will devise an upgrade script when the package is final.

New features:

• Crap loads.
• New Article header image functions (global gallery, forum gallery and uploadable images)
• New forumdisplay/threadbit look and feel
• Synopsis box
• Post as user
• Autolink into the Geek Autolink system
• Turn on/off synopsis/byline
• Auto synopsis (if synopsis is off or left blank, it uses first x amount of posts from article)
• Synopsis uses BB code
• etc...etc...etc

A word about the installer.
This has taken me ages to do. The installer does everything for you (including all file changes). It will make backup copies of all files changed, make the file changes, and leave them in a folder for you to copy over when you are done. This may not work with PHP in safe mode. If you are using PHP in safe mode, you may have to do the changes manually (which you have the option to do anyway).

Click the install button if you install. Otherwise you may miss very important updates.

Demo: http://www.thenailgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Missing phrases after install? Just search for a GAS phrase name... edit it, then click save. This will rebuild your phrases.

nJoy

[Snow]

Originally Posted by The Geek

BTW: I still havent gotten any feedback on upgradingfrom Gas3. Maybe ill pop over to that thread and find out.

Theinstall went great on my test forum as I remembered to completelyuninstall the previous version. I forgot to do so for my liveforum and things went horribly wrong. Maybe if its feasible, youcould include a 'detect previous version' in the installer with theoption/reminder to uninstall. If it was just a minor issue of thehack not working because someone forgot to uninstall it's not so bad,but it made my forum inaccessible (Thank God for backups!). Ohand a little note somewhere to mention that the changes folder shouldbe emptied if you try to re-install after an unsuccesful install

[The Geek]

Good suggestions Snow.

I am actually just finishing up the upgrader. Got tired of waiting for feedback so I felt it was better to be safer than sorrier!

Ill also put in the checks to advise.

[shiva]

Originally Posted by The Geek

BTW: I see you are using the 'first attachment thumbnail' as the article header.
When I browse, all I get are missing images in the headers. Is it working for you?

If that's my site, it works fine as a guest, displays on firefox. May be blasted IE, I use the attachment feature for the images, but as a hack, because i have a lot of files, and want them member only.
VB does have problems with that though, you know of a solution? how about a field just for loading in a header image
Playing around with the permissions anyway, see if that works.

[gldtn]

Geek,

A few things I've noticed...

1.) In forumdisplay where it says "Order By | Title | ..", "| Title |" took place of "Order By", "Order By" is gone and it left with a blank "| |". See Attachment.

2.) "Read More" on Synopsis line IMO should be spaced out in case synopsis undergo 300 chars. See attachment.

3.) "By Line" and "Synopsis" input boxes still shows when marked as no under Geek Articles settings.

4.) On "GAS_image_upload" Template.. I would suggest to to set the popup window to open to this size;
window.resizeTo(($windowwidth + 250),($windowheight + 341));

5.) I'm still having problems with editing article header image from both global and specific forums.

6.) Other than that it seems great :P

[The Geek]

Shiva - nope. Im stumped. Ill check again later with FF and IE.

Gldtn - thanks for those. Order by was replaced with a new phrase. Try installing the phrases with the latest package.
Ill look into the other issues. There is still 1 or 2 more minor things to tidy up before the release.

The good news is that I now have an upgrade script for users of 3.0x. That will revert all the files before changing them. I think she shall be set for a release date of tomorrow.

[gldtn]

Geek,

Could it be that you got the phrases confused? I seen in forumdisplay template $vbphrase[GAS_order_by] | $vbphrase[GAS_title] | $vbphrase[geek_articles_posted_by] | $vbphrase[last_post] | $vbphrase[geek_articles_comment] | $vbphrase[geek_article_reads] | $vbphrase[rating]

But I can not find "GAS_title" and "GAS_order_by" says Title.

Also check this line:
<a href="$sorturl&amp;order=desc&amp;sort=views">$vbp hrase[geek_article_reads]</a> $sortarrow[views]&nbsp;

Note the extra &nbsp;

[kevinnguyen]

After I edit a post, the user's avatar is replaced by the article image even though I set No to Use first attachment thumbnail as avatar

How to fix that?

Im running the lastest version btw

[PennylessZ28]

Don't work, how can I unistall all this garabge?

[gldtn]

Originally Posted by HR3rdGen

Don't work, how can I unistall all this garabge?

Maybe if you quit the trash talking we can give you a hand.

Note the the ppl that write these mods are under no obligation to make codes or give you any type of support at all. Also it's most likely that you did not read the READMEs and made a note of it that this is a BETA version of this mod, so you installed it at your own risk.

Feel lucky that this mod has no potential to mess up your board cause your whole community could've been garbage by now.

Please have a little bit of courtersy!

[spence2]

Originally Posted by HR3rdGen

Don't work, how can I unistall all this garabge?

"Unistall this garabge?"

Wellba...I duhno, butt u mite wanna git u-self sum black cofee fore u giveitago.