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

[Robert9]

BTW: May someone has an idea why i cannot recreate my thumbnails? Maybe this is because i have them in the database and not as files?

Anyway i look now for this part of code:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$thread['attachmentid'] AND $thread['thumbsize']">

test1

<div style="float:left; padding-top:5px; padding-right: $stylevar[cellpadding]px; padding-bottom: 24px; $thumbdivstyle"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]"><img src="attachment.php?attachmentid=$thread[attachmentid]&amp;stc=1&amp;thumb=1" alt="" border="0" /></a></div>
</if>

test2

<if condition="$thread['altimage'] && $thread['image']">

test3

<div style="float: left; padding-right: $stylevar[cellpadding]px; padding-bottom: 4px; max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; $thumbdivstyle"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]"><img src="$thread[image]" alt="" border="0" style="max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px;  width: expression(this.width > 100 ? 100: true);" /></a></div>
</if> 


It looks like that the conditions are not true, so i have no pics at the startpage. I try to find out more.

[Robert9]

Ich schreibe das in Deutsch, dann kann es jemand ?bersetzen. Mein Englisch scheint mir nicht ausreichend zu sein.

Das plug-in funktioniert einwandfrei, wenn man f?r sein Forum schon immer Thumbnails genutzt hat. Genau dann existiert zu jedem Bild ein Thumb, das in der Artikel-Vorschau genutzt werden kann. Genau dann ?ndert sich in allen Unterforen nichts.

$vbulletin->options['attachthumbs'] = 1; (siehe oben)

Hat man in seinem Forum zeitweise die Einstellung "zeige keine Thumbs" aktiviert, werden Bilder hochgeladen f?r die kein Thumb erstellt wird. Genau jetzt bekommt man durch die globalen Einstellung des plug-ins das Problem, dass ?berall nur Links angezeigt werden, weil ja keine Thumbs da sind.

Eine L?sung habe ich noch nicht parat. Am einfachsten erscheint es mir, beim Upload ?ber den Formularaufruf eine Variable zu ?bergeben, damit dann vor dem Upload tempor?r auf "Nutze Thumbnails" geschaltet wird.

Somit h?tte ich meine Vorschau, aber sonst keine Thumbs im Forum.


BTW: Wie kann man Thumbs erstellen und es dem User ?berlassen, ob er Vollbilder, Thumbs oder nichts sehen will. Immo gibt es wohl nur die Frage "Bilder anzeigen oder nicht".

[blind-eddie]

I add this to a test board...I love it..Awesome addon, Thank you

[Artes_Marciales]

Installed, THANKS!!!! : )

[vBarsiv]

I had tried before. The only thing I notice, almost every plug-in conflicts. represents and the great outdoors.

[TitanJeff]

Needing some help with some code:

I am wanting images imported from a thread to follow the format of af_articlebit. But, with BBCode on, it doesn't work.

Here's the code:
<if condition="$thread['altimage'] && $thread['image']">
<div style="float: left; padding-right: $stylevar[cellpadding]px; padding-bottom: 4px; max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; $thumbdivstyle"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]"><img src="$thread[image]" alt="" border="0" style="max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; width: expression(this.width > 100 ? 100: true);" /></a></div>
</if>

I'm thinking the <if condition="$thread['altimage'] && $thread['image']"> is the issue.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

[Fifth Dimension]

This is a very long thread so I hope no one minds if I ask a question that may have been already been answered.

I like this mod, but when you click on the article forum from the main list of forums, it gives you that "Redirecting........" message, before it takes you to the articles forum. It doesn't do that when you click on the tab "Articles" next to "User CP", but for some reason does so when you click on it from the forum listings.

Is there a way to change this so that this doesn't happen when trying to navigate to the articles forum from forumhome? The slight drag of "Redirecting...." can be a bit off-putting in what is an otherwise fantastic mod.

Any assistance is appreciated. thanks.

[blind-eddie]

Originally Posted by Fifth Dimension

This is a very long thread so I hope no one minds if I ask a question that may have been already been answered.

I like this mod, but when you click on the article forum from the main list of forums, it gives you that "Redirecting........" message, before it takes you to the articles forum. It doesn't do that when you click on the tab "Articles" next to "User CP", but for some reason does so when you click on it from the forum listings.

Is there a way to change this so that this doesn't happen when trying to navigate to the articles forum from forumhome? The slight drag of "Redirecting...." can be a bit off-putting in what is an otherwise fantastic mod.

Any assistance is appreciated. thanks.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=758

[Fifth Dimension]

Blind-Eddie/Mr. McGraw, thank you so much!! I really appreciate it.

[Fifth Dimension]

Another question regarding this mod.

Currently, this mod pulls the text in the article preview section from the non-quoted text in the first post. One can have a very long post, but if it is all in quotes, then it won't show in the preview portion on the article forum homepage.

Is there a simple way to change this so that when it does pull from the article text for preview, it will pull from the quoted text as well?

Thanks.