[FrankR310]

i was thinking about how to do this as well....

couldnt i just rename one file like phpheader.php and phpheader1.php along with newsconfig.php and newsconfig1.php

then change reference to the correct file in the scripts and the news () function to news1 () function?

modify the template in phpheader

specify specific forums to pull news from for each one

then include them on the main news page?

i wanted to try this but didnt want to mess anything up as it's running so well right now...

what do you think? i have no zero knowledge on programming..just thinking things thru to see if it's possible.

thanks,
frank

[futureal]

Quick question about this news script/hack: Is it possible to define a range of dates to display on a page (such as a site News page) with this?

In other words, suppose I want my site's home page to display all news messages newer than one month ago. Then I have another page (say, Archive) that will display all news posts for May, one for all on April, one for all of March, etc.

Would that work? I read through the documentation and either didn't see that info, or totally missed it. If it's the latter, I apologize.

[Logician]

@Frank: All you suggested may be done but it will be pointless because both scripts (newsconfig.php and newsconfig1.php) will compile the same data from the database so although you achieve to have two news columns in one page, the compiled news will be same.

To seperate the news you need to go on hacking the script and modify the news tags too. [edit: just noticed you planned to seperate forums to post news, so you can skip this step]

So it requires a lot of work but it is possible, at least in theory.

@futureal: This script is degisned to pull messages only if they are tagged as news in the original post. So if you are referring a system that the script will automatically pull the news according to post date without author's tagging them, no it's not possible. You need to insert [news] tag to pull a message to your main page and delete the tag to remove it. The script automatically deletes the tag in certain cases too but message date is not one of them.

What you want to achive can be done via the new version of my WebTemplates hack though. (Recent beta version doesnt support this feature yet). Or you may want to check other news scripts released here. I dont know if any of them support what you asked but there are nice scripts around so you can find one with that feature.

[Highlander]

Hi @all

I think i found a little bug..its not a really a bug ..but for all vbulletin owners wich got the FADE hack the news tag will make your posts fading (glowing) like links...i tried to manage this..but the fading hack sees in the news TAGS the same like [url] so the message is glowing...fading..

but only in the Forum..and i thought..maybe its not so bad..so the people see at once..thats news !

[inetd]

Logician, this hack can work with WebTemplates?

[Logician]

Originally posted by inetd
Logician, this hack can work with WebTemplates?

nope inetd, you cant integrate this script into a webtemplate. However you can create a webquery inside your webtemplate which derives news from your vb db. Of course news compiling features of a webquery will not be as advanced as Logician News script, but can do the trick, if you dont have so high expectations.

[Ryangel]

using 2.2.6

Everything works fine

except that the text that i tag with [news][/news]
when i go back to view the thread, it doesnt disply.. as though it disappeared.

I will recheck code now. Just wondering if anyone had the same experiance or know a solution.

[Ryangel]

ok I added {param} in all the right places in the new vbcodes and it worked!

Did i get a bad .html install file? cuz i found it strange.

[Logician]

Originally posted by Ryangel
except that the text that i tag with [news][/news]
when i go back to view the thread, it doesnt disply.. as though it disappeared.

lol Ryangel but this is the default behaviour of the hack. :glasses: As mentioned in the instructions ALL hack tags (ie. [news] [summary] [intro] [options]) are INVISIBLE in the original thread.

[news] tag only tags your message as a news to notify the hack and helps you to choose a custom news title for your message. It doesnt have any other usage (especially in the thread) so I dont get why you want to make it visible?

[Ryangel]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.

How silly of me. *whacks self*
:cross-eyed:

[Ryangel]

Thanks for the clearification logician!

and again, great addon!

[miho]

Is it posible to link from the news (read more...) to the orginal posting and not only to the thread. I think it is not so easy to find the right message if there are many messages in an thread.

Must be something in this line:

$news[$i][link]='[<a href="'.$forumlocation."showthread.php?threadid=".$news[$i][threadid]."&postid=".$news[$i][postid].'">'.$readresttext.'</a>]';

Thanks Michael

[Logician]

Originally posted by miho
Is it posible to link from the news (read more...) to the orginal posting and not only to the thread.

Isnt it already so?

[miho]

No, not in vb version 2.2.3.

[Logician]

Originally posted by miho
No, not in vb version 2.2.3.

Did I get you right:

When [summary] or [intro] tags are used in a news message you want "Read More" link to link the news message itself which [news] tag is used, not the thread itself? If it is so, this is already the default hack behaviour and it's not related to the vb version you are using.

If this is not working for you, you mignt be designed your news HTML ($newstablesample) incorrectly in "phpheader.php" file in options. You need to use ££NEWSLINK££ variable for this link.

If you can post your $newstablesample and the link of your webpage which is not working correctly, I can help more..