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Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released

 
 


Dave
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Oct 15, 2002, 9:47 AM

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     Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released  
Here's the latest release of goforum.cgi, otherwise known as the "Discuss this article" script.

For those who don't know this script makes it easy to add "Discuss this Article" links to your articles and have your website visitors redirected to your forum. Basically you can update your templates so all articles have a new link called "Discuss this Article" that links to a script called goforum.cgi and passes the article number. The script automatically checks to see if a new thread has been created about that article. If it has, it redirects the user there. If it hasn't, it automatically creates one, and then redirects the user there. The default message that is created is customizable and shows the article title, summary, and a short bit of text encouraging users to discuss the article.

Currently, the following forums are supported:
  • vbulletin
  • ubbthreads
  • Gossamer Forum
  • Ikonboard


Here's what's new in v1.03
  • added 'maxage' setting so script won't create new threads for articles older than N days old.
  • added additional filtering to "remove_html" option to it would turn HTML entities into plaintext (eg: &lt; into <, &nbsp; into " ", etc)
  • updated ikonBoard code to work properly regardless of whatever "cookie ID" is specified in ikonboard.
  • added nice error message and instructions to be displayed when people don't have the FindBin module.


This is a free addon for all Article Manager users and you can download it here:

http://www.interactivetools.com/products/articlemanager/addons/goforum.zip

Note: If you're upgrading be sure to make a backup of your old script and old datafile (/data/goforum.dat) first!

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


MalaK_3araby
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Oct 18, 2002, 1:27 PM

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     Re: [Dave] Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released [In reply to]  
Thanks a million Dave ..

this scripts extends AM functionality alot.

I am fine with the version i am using currently .. but i am saving this for future installations or to update current ones when i get time.

Thanks again.

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pixelhead
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Oct 24, 2002, 4:49 PM

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     Re: [Dave] Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released [In reply to]  
Dave

Any way to get to work with Zeroforum Smile


thanks

Chuck


Dave
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Oct 24, 2002, 5:22 PM

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     Re: [pixelhead] Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released [In reply to]  
It would have to be custom added, each forum is different. If you comfortable with Perl you could adapt the code yourself, or have someone do it for you, or pay us to do it ($75). If we do it (or even if someone else does and submits the code to us) we'll include the code in a future release and all the other Zeroforum users will love you, I'm sure. : )

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


pixelhead
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Oct 24, 2002, 5:47 PM

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Dave

Our site does alot of development work with Zeroforum. We are Beta Testers for them. I will talk to Mike at ZF about it.

Thanks

Chuck


Lionel
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Oct 24, 2002, 11:01 PM

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     Re: [Dave] Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released [In reply to]  
Thank you very much for providing this great add-on. The summary feature is great. Unfortunately,some users come directly from vbulletin instead of Article Manager. Is there a way to add a link (click here to view full article) right between the "summary" and "what do you think of this article", back to the article itself, so those users who get in the discussion from the backdoor will have a chance to read the entire article?

Thank you for considering.


(This post was edited by Lionel on Oct 24, 2002, 11:03 PM)


Dave
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Oct 25, 2002, 2:53 PM

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     Re: [Lionel] Discuss this Article (goforum.cgi) v1.03 released [In reply to]  
Look for the line that starts with "my $forum_body =" and add the link at the end. Assuming you're using the default naming it would look something like this:

Read the full article at http://yoursite/publish/article_$rec{'num'}.shtml

$rec{'num'} would insert the number of the article.

PS: For everyone else, there's a new version of goforum out so I'm locking this thread. If you want to post reply to the new thread or create one of your own. Thanks! : )


Here's the new thread: http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/C2/F15/P3222/

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 

(This post was edited by Dave on Oct 25, 2002, 2:54 PM)