Dynamic VB Content Module

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by Deviant++

take a look at whats going on, it's become a mix of content and articles module... :S

Without being able to see which templates are being used it's hard to tell what's going on.

It does look like your revised module is using the adv_portal_article template though.

[Deviant++]

I used the same template in the read me, only renamed to content1 instead of content

[Deviant++]

You were right, it WAS using an article file ! :|


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[seidel]

Dear Tom:

Please, tell me, which is the difference between " CMPS Articles Module" and this "Dynamic VB COntent Module"

Please, explain me...

Thanks in advance!

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by seidel

Please, tell me, which is the difference between " CMPS Articles Module" and this "Dynamic VB COntent Module"

While to two are similar in may ways the Content Module is design to simply display a post w/o all the frills. The Article Module is a 'basic' article system that will generate directory listings and manipulate the attached thumbnails to generate article icons. It allows multi-page navigation and navigation between articles.

Hopefully this helps clear things up a bit. The two modules do have quite a bit in common but the articles module is geared to behave the way "articles" appear. That is they have header info, etc. while the content module is a basic display module.

[JohnBee]

I installed this addon but I dont see anything.
just blank any ideas?

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by JohnBee

I installed this addon but I dont see anything.
just blank any ideas?

Did you specify the thread or post to be displayed? (i.e. page=content&t=12345) Detailed usage instructions are in the php file.

[JohnBee]

ahh thanks

[JohnBee]

Okay it works now

Is there any way to display a forum in the module using this addon?

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by JohnBee

Is there any way to display a forum in the module using this addon?

I'm not sure what you are asking here. The module is designed to display a single post from a thread. To display a directory listing along with content you might try the CMPS Articles module. It has many of the same features but is much more robust.

[JohnBee]

okay, well I'm trying to either bring a subforum into vBa or bring vBa to a subforum
but I can't see to get either or.

I was hoping that I could get a subforum to display in a module this way I could
create a page with vBa abiltites and some forum interaction.

[Stachel]

Hi Tom M:

This module, the dynamic VB Content module, is what is being used to display the

» Latest Porsche News

middle column on your website http://www.babblers.org/ ?

Stachel

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by Stachel

This module, the dynamic VB Content module, is what is being used to display the » Latest Porsche News middle column on your website?

Nope. That's just a modified news module. I actually don't make use of the Dynamic Content module. I do, however, use the CMPS Artcles module which is based on the Dynamic Content module. To see the Articles on my site you need to be a registered member.

[attroll]

I can not get this to work with VB 3.5. Will it be ugraded to with with 3.5?

[attroll]

Here is what I am getting after installing this into vB 3.5

What my address bar looks like:
http://www.mysite.net/index.php?page=content&t=7

The error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: globalize() in /home/me/public_html/mysite/forums/modules/content.php on line 43

This is what is on line 43 of content.php:

PHP Code:

globalize($_REQUEST,
      array('t' => INT,
        'f' => INT,
        'n' => STR,
        'p' => INT
        )
      ); 


Can someone help me get this working with vB 3.5?

[khul`Shalkrum]

Great consept. What a shame that the development seems to have died.

I too tried to implement the instructions as best I could with the CPMS2+VB3.5 combo - no luck.

Does anyone have a smart way of adding content to CMPS since the basic consept of it is so overly messy and complicated? Why can't you just enter raw html into a page? I'm getting really frustrated having to make all pages into separate files in order to get them formatted properly.

[KW802]

For people using this as an article, check for Tom M's thread dealing with his CMPS module...

For people using this to display a single thread, that is now a feature in CMPS 2...

For people using this just to display some HTML, that could always be done with just a template module or the custom page content feature...

[khul`Shalkrum]

Pardon me for being a newbie in CMPS but I'm used to writing HTML and PHP with a text editor. That does not mean I'm a developer but that I prefer to make things look exactly as I like.

My problem is that I have not understood the CMPS thinking. BB Code pages are simple enough but I really hate the fact that you can't use raw editing. For instance creating a table messes up the page since the editor forcefully inserts linefeeds.

Dear KW802, you obviously know the system. Could you or anyone knowledgable help me understand it? For instance where in CMPS can you set a thread to be a page?

[attroll]

I got something working for this that works the same as this module use to. Go to this link:

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...8343#post68343

[khul`Shalkrum]

Close, very close.

However I would like to set each page up by passing it to the cmps_index.php as identifier parameters. This would allow very simple page setup.

The other thing would be to get rid of the clutter (post identifiers, icons, close-button...) and display the single post more like the standard news module does.