CMPS Articles Module

[Tom M]

23-Feb-2005

• Works with CMPS 1.0.0 or 1.0.1
• Supports paged directory listings.
• Ability to specify a default article image.
• Ability to access the article via the link or image, if one exists.

The files have been updated in the 1st post. It is necesary to install the updated templates as well as the new article.php module.

What's left?

Well, it would be nice to add article ratings. Though it may be more complex than it appears on the surface if it's supposed to look strictly like an article. I have to look at it a bit more.

Also need to investigate a new/previous article link.

I'm also still looking into the thumbnail issue though I don't experience the problem on my site. That would make it too easy to troubleshoot .

[shiva]

cool, will add and see.

Oh, forgot one thing for a next version. Instead of having each comment on it's own page, how about just list the comments as normal on the forum. Noticed that, my members don't err... talk much, so having a separate page for each post, and sometimes it's like 4 words, seems a waste of space.

Also, a quick comment box would be nice as well. The other solution would be to just have a link to the forum thread.

Okay, more than one thing... display of the first 100 characters of the article, like the news pages do for the directory listing. Another thing is display in higher resolution browsers with the dir. There's a lot of blank space to the right of each listing if you don't use a left column block. How easy would it be to modify the code to have double column listings? Would really look nice actually.

Awesome work though.

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by shiva

Instead of having each comment on it's own page, how about just list the comments as normal on the forum.

What I envisioned, and what makes this different than all the other article systems, is the support for multi-chapter articles (similar to a book). Thus, comments aren't really supported by the current design. What I could see is linking a separate thread for disussion of the article. BTW - you can get all of the pages displayed at one time by clicking on the printer icon.

Okay, more than one thing... display of the first 100 characters of the article, like the news pages do for the directory listing.

Do yo mean as the "title" where it displays when you hover over it or displayed in addition to the other information?

Another thing is display in higher resolution browsers with the dir. There's a lot of blank space to the right of each listing if you don't use a left column block. How easy would it be to modify the code to have double column listings? Would really look nice actually.

Dual column listings are a bit of work. Not difficult, but it's not something everyone would want. Let me think about it.

[Deviant++]

I'll wait for the upcoming super updates

[shiva]

Sorry, not clear. Like the news module does for CPMS. One of my news pages:
http://www.shivasite.com/index.php?page=vp_news.

Linking a separate thread would work as well. If i want to write a guide as example, and use several posts within a thread, I can block member posting, so that way, the article isn't full of "nice guide, shiva" comments.

[Deviant++]

I'd rather have a link to a seperate post. but I wish there was a gui baed way to edit the links.

[shiva]

Sigh...

Getting a error message on a couple now:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.5:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT filename, filesize, visible, attachmentid, counter, postid, IF(thumbnail_filesize > 0, 1, 0) AS hasthumbnail, thumbnail_filesize
FROM attachment
WHERE postid =
ORDER BY dateline

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ORDER BY dateline
' at line 5

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Thursday 24th of February 2005 02:53:40 AM
Script: http://www.shivasite.com/index.php?p...ticle&f=56&dir

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by shiva

Sigh...

Getting a error message on a couple now:

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Thursday 24th of February 2005 02:53:40 AM
Script: http://www.shivasite.com/index.php?p...ticle&f=56&dir

Interesting. It seemed to run fine for me using the same link. Did you rerun it and did it fail the same way?

The thing I really notice is that the postid is missing from the WHERE clause. This is something that really shouldn't happen as each thread should have at least one post in it. Do you have deleted threads in that forum? How about redirects (I may have overlooked that bit)?

Also, what are your config parameter for the default image location as it seems to be missing from the output. If it's left empty it should be filled with a clear placeholder.

[shiva]

It's a redirect. I removed the redirect, and the error message cleared, and the article dir came back up.
Actully, didn't do a image yet, so there's a spacer there.

I know this may be a daft question, but where's "nopermission_loggedin" phrase located?

[Deviant++]

if you can do this to the dir listing, it's gonna KICK SERIOUS BUTT


the jump to page refers to the next page of the dir ( cause if we have tons of articles in one dir, you'd obviously have to skip pages, and if there isn't then it wont appear. instead of it being a drop down it can also be the vb page display on the body ) bah I dunno but having a bar at the top usually helps if its got useful stuff in it. lol

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by shiva

It's a redirect. I removed the redirect, and the error message cleared, and the article dir came back up.

OK. I fixed the redirect issue - not uploaded yet.

Actully, didn't do a image yet, so there's a spacer there.

Hmm. There was no image when I looked at it. Spacer or otherwise. I'll check again. (OK, did you update the templates?)

I know this may be a daft question, but where's "nopermission_loggedin" phrase located?

It's in the Front-End Error Messages Phrases. The simplest way to find this is to do a search (under Languages & Phrases) for 'nopermission_loggedin', selecting the Phrase Variable Name Only option.

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by Deviant++

if you can do this to the dir listing, it's gonna KICK SERIOUS BUTT

I don't see this happening as it's a pretty extensive change. . In reality, I'm not sure how valuable a subscription to an article would be unless it would notify you when the thread had been edited. That's something that doesn't happen at the moment - unless I missed it.

I'm still looking at the feasibility of article ratings though . It's not possible to just use the existing threadrate.php file as the normal rating tool as it's got urls hard-coded to return to showthread.php.

[Deviant++]

hmm, okay then, no prob is there anyway to atleast have a top panel bar with an alternate color with the name of the directory ( forum ) and number or articles in it ?

cause like you've done for each article top, it can use the same base..

[shiva]

Spacer Image was there since you mentioned it a couple days ago with the red x. Cache?

Okay, thanks. I've seen another problem as well, but I will make sure everything is done properly with the new update first, and get the nopermissions thing in. In other words, I will read the instructions first.

[Tom M]

Originally Posted by shiva

Spacer Image was there since you mentioned it a couple days ago with the red x. Cache?

I was doing a "View Source" and it's not there. Just checked again too. Hmm.

Did you define a spacer image or just leave it empty? The later will use a sized version of clear.gif by default.

Okay, thanks. I've seen another problem as well, but I will make sure everything is done properly with the new update first, and get the nopermissions thing in. In other words, I will read the instructions first.

I'm finalizing the version that supports article ratings at the moment. Should be done tonight.

If you have any other bugs that you come across feel free to drop me an e-mail.

[shiva]

Works fine for me. Right clicking the empty box is pointing to clear.gif in properties. As stated, I'm not worring about a default image yet, want to make sure the system is working fine first.

[shiva]

email sent Tom, still a minor issue with 1.0.

[Deviant++]

btw, I fixed my permissions issue by disabling the permissons once, refreshing, then enabling..

[Tom M]

The latest version has just been uploaded in the first post.

23-Feb-2005

• Added header information to directory listing.
• Corrected problem with clipped image in IE.
• Added support for article rating by registered users.

[Deviant++]

Nothings changed for me

the image is still stuck to the side,
& even though I set it to pg
he paging system dosn't seem to appear

only the next and previous


btw, any thought about that top bar for forum displays ? put anything in it but just a top bar with the forums name in it would be nice