SMF Articles

[vbgamer45]

To produce a feed of articles? Or you looking for something else?

[Theatre Publicity]

Yes, I was looking to be able to take the articles I've posted to my SMF articles site and turn them into an RSS feed.

I'm reasonably good at wonking around inside the code, but I was hoping someone had already done this and I just needed to be pointed to the solution.  I do have the RSS feed for boards MOD (which I think you also wrote).

Thanks
Barry

[vbgamer45]

Nothing has been built yet for that but would be a good feature request.

[Theatre Publicity]

The other thing I see "missing" from the SMF articles mod is that the Sitemap mod does not appear to pick up the articles - but there are plenty of web workarounds for sitemap issues.

[Theatre Publicity]

I should add... awesome mod.  I've really only just begun trying to work with it but has worked nicely so far.

[vbgamer45]

Thanks there is still a lot i want to do for the mod.

[Bugo]

Small inaccuracy -> file Articles2.template.php

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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=findmember;input=pic_postername;quote=1;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '" onclick="return reqWin(this,href, 350, 400);"><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/icons/assist.gif" alt="', $txt['find_members'], '" /></a>
  <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=findmember;input=pic_postername;quote=1;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '" onclick="return reqWin(this,href, 350, 400);">', $txt['find_members'], '</a>

It would be better to use a comma instead of point? "reqWin(this,href, 350, 400)" => "reqWin(this.href, 350, 400)"

[Arantor]

No, it should be a point, since href is a property of "this".

[vbgamer45]

this.href is a property so it needs to be a period in other for that function to work

Edit Arantor got glad your still around. Don't archive your mods either 

[Bugo]

No, it should be a point, since href is a property of "this".

I know that it should be a point, but now in file Articles2.template.php is comma: "reqWin(this,href, 350, 400)"

[vbgamer45]

Thanks released an update to fix that issue!

[~DS~]

Thanks released an update to fix that issue!

Damn, vbgamer45, I am impressive, you have update many mods lately like Nao. What makes you? 

BTW...I have used this mod but I am curious...the SMFblog and this mod serves the same purpose, no?

[vbgamer45]

SMF Blog right now is based on smf boards not ideal if you want to have many many categories. SMF Articles little better updated at this time.

Updating mods to help the community I took over and bought couple for around $2500 in jan as well to make sure they stay updated.

[~DS~]

SMF Blog right now is based on smf boards not ideal if you want to have many many categories. SMF Articles little better updated at this time.

Updating mods to help the community I took over and bought couple for around $2500 in jan as well to make sure they stay updated.

So basically SMF Blog is no use to the user at all if they were to create their own blogs which will turn into many categories...but only if you can revamp into something different like the blog at vBullentin, our own blogs in our profile. 

[vbgamer45]

Yeah a revamp will be needed. I don't think having a board for every user or a board for each blog is realistic.

[~DS~]

Yeah a revamp will be needed. I don't think having a board for every user or a board for each blog is realistic.

There you go. 
Hope it's gonna be a great mod after the revamp, then I would use it.
Glad I suggested.

[Kindred]

I really like the zCommunity implementation of blogs.... unfortunately, the author decided he had a good thing and made it stand along with a very simplistic forum... and never backported back to smf.

VB...   if you could make the smfBlogs something like zCommunity, it would be coolness! See 40konline for a currently working implemention of zCommunity.

[vbgamer45]

zCommunity was awesome that was a great mod maybe a new project for me for early this year added to my list heh

[~DS~]

VB...   if you could make the smfBlogs something like zCommunity, it would be coolness! See 40konline for a currently working implemention of zCommunity.

Just took a peek at their blog system, damn it's hot...maybe better than vBullentin. That's what I am talking about. A revamp would do with the same title. "SMFBlogs

[pittu]

This mod converts boards that already have threads into articles?

Each thread is changed to article.