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

[solidlink]

anyway to get this work with vbadvanced (to display on homepage) ?

[solidlink]

oops sorry didnt see

[solidlink]

oh no i need help. after installation of this and the vbadvanced module, it turned all my forums into articles.......... how do i rectify this!?

i like this mod but i dont want my forums to all turn into articles format.......... and it redirects to article.php?

my site is at www.wirebooth.com -

[solidlink]

how come it redirects only 1 specific forum to articles.php when i did not assign it in the first place?
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EDIT: Done, thanks anyway. realised it auto selects a forum by default?

[designBox]

Is this Mod still supported?
So far I can see, the demo forum has been discontinued?

I would like to know this befor installing this mod. (Even if I clicked installed, I hadn't yet.)

[JacquiiDesigns]

Originally Posted by designBox

Is this Mod still supported?
So far I can see, the demo forum has been discontinued?

I would like to know this befor installing this mod. (Even if I clicked installed, I hadn't yet.)

Hmmm - There was an update to this modification only 2 months ago - so I highly doubt it's discontinued. It's still marked as supported - so the author will answer support requests as time allows...? IDK about the "official" demo forum - but you can see the same modification at my forum WLSJourney.org WLS Articles

Jacquii.

[prabhgrewal]

Originally Posted by bananalive

I'm not sure... check the times of the posts. Also have you enabled newest posts first for threads?

Iam having the same issue here...any solutions to this ??

[cbiweb]

Originally Posted by cbiweb

What would cause the article and the comments to change places? When I post an article, it looks perfect, as expected. As soon as someone comments, the comment is now in the article's place, and the article is down with other comments. ?????

Originally Posted by bananalive

I'm not sure... check the times of the posts. Also have you enabled newest posts first for threads?

Originally Posted by prabhgrewal

Iam having the same issue here...any solutions to this ??

Yes, bananalive's suggestion in the answer. Your posts cannot be set to newest first. Here's the fix:

1. Go to Admin CP > vBulletin Options > User Registration Options.
2. Scroll down to Default Registration Options, and ensure the Thread Display Mode is set to 'Linear - Oldest First'
3. Click Save.

To set all your members to that setting (some may have different settings for their individual account), you can run the following database queries (if you have the proper admin permissions):

1. Admin CP > Maintenance > Execute SQL Query
2. Use the Automatic Query dropdown to choose 'Thread Display - Linear', then click 'Continue' to follow through.
3. Then repeat steps 1 & 2, but this time choosing 'Posts - Oldest First' from the dropdown.

If, when you go to do the queries, you get an error saying you don't have the proper permissions, you need to add your user ID to the config.php file where I've placed the bold red text, making sure you keep it between the two single quote marks:

    //    ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
    //    The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
    //    See the above entries for more information on the format.
    //    Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
    //    to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = 'user ID number goes here';

config.php is inside your includes folder.


Hope this helps.

[xili4n]

Originally Posted by solidlink

oh no i need help. after installation of this and the vbadvanced module, it turned all my forums into articles.......... how do i rectify this!?

i like this mod but i dont want my forums to all turn into articles format.......... and it redirects to article.php?

If you read even the slightest bit of the install-info, you'd see that you have to select
wich forums it should be using.

Fire up vbulletin options/Article Forum Option and select the forum you articles to use.
And yes, it redirects to articles.php. Has to be that way.

[designBox]

Now the Demo site is blocked by ma Kaspersky Internet Security. Phising Alert!

Should I use or not this mod? Is there any known security risk?