Author Topic: SMF Articles (Read 307521 times)

vbgamer45 · « **Reply #300 on:** June 03, 2009, 04:54:20 PM »

The article import only imports as it is. Might be possible with SMF 2.0 to convert the html to bbcode I think they do that with the WYWSIG editor.

Kindred · « **Reply #301 on:** June 03, 2009, 09:09:36 PM »

well, HTML in the articles WILL work, so long as you don't ever open them for editing again... (i.e. of the 900 that I imported, I only had to edit the HTML out after we re-saved the record.)

and yes... allowing HTML *IS* insecure... that's one reason that forums use BBC in the first place.

laetabi · « **Reply #302 on:** June 04, 2009, 03:29:46 PM »

Can't find a way to get a list of recently added articles across all categories and subcategories...

I thought I might get search to do it but no wild card characters and no order function. I can make a simple portal block that does it but is there any way I can create a simple function to use the articles display template to just list the most recent articles?

SimonSays · « **Reply #303 on:** June 04, 2009, 11:05:07 PM »

Quote from: Kindred on June 03, 2009, 09:09:36 PM

well, HTML in the articles WILL work, so long as you don't ever open them for editing again... (i.e. of the 900 that I imported, I only had to edit the HTML out after we re-saved the record.)

and yes... allowing HTML *IS* insecure... that's one reason that forums use BBC in the first place.

I don't believe this is correct, on either point.

After importing, SMF articles displays the HTML code as though it were typed into a BBCode field. (i.e. the formatting is visible) Unless you used some alternate means of import-- all I'm seeing is garbled articles.

BBCode isn't necessarily helpful for security, but is easier for users to use than standard HTML entities. However, a simple HTML filter would remove any supposed XSS/javascript vulnerabilities.

Further, as in my case, the only people able to author articles are already admin-level, there should be no added security concerns over having HTML articles.

As mentioned, SMF already allows "basic HTML" in forum posts (See the Posts and Topics setting)

Kindred · « **Reply #304 on:** June 05, 2009, 10:16:11 PM »

well, MY installations of SMF do not allow any HTML...
And at my company, we just recently removed ALL capability for HTML, including even basic HTML ....

And I just realized the difference in imports. I imported directly into the database in a SQL statement merging the former mambo data into the smf database

ttuu · « **Reply #305 on:** June 08, 2009, 05:09:13 AM »

i try add new article and i get this error:
"You need to enter article text"
This is weird Because I enter text in article.

Skhilled · « **Reply #306 on:** June 13, 2009, 05:36:33 AM »

Is there a way to set the order of the articles? I have a number of articles and would like to put them in a particular order. This would also be a nice feature for categories.

Kindred · « **Reply #307 on:** June 13, 2009, 08:27:21 AM »

nope... articles are sorted by date, just like posts in the forum

Categories can be moved in the list (use the up/down) links

laetabi · « **Reply #308 on:** June 13, 2009, 05:22:29 PM »

Quote from: willerby on June 04, 2009, 03:29:46 PM

Can't find a way to get a list of recently added articles across all categories and subcategories...

I thought I might get search to do it but no wild card characters and no order function. I can make a simple portal block that does it but is there any way I can create a simple function to use the articles display template to just list the most recent articles?

Any helpers?

Kindred · « **Reply #309 on:** June 13, 2009, 11:00:50 PM »

well, EZportal is also cretased by vbGamer and has the recent articles as an EZblock....

laetabi · « **Reply #310 on:** June 14, 2009, 06:28:31 AM »

I can do the same with Simpleportal, just would like to link from the SP block to a list of all articles in reverse date order, regardless of category, similar to the way MyArticles displays but for all users/articles...

Skhilled · « **Reply #311 on:** June 16, 2009, 09:38:43 AM »

Quote from: Kindred on June 13, 2009, 08:27:21 AM

nope... articles are sorted by date, just like posts in the forum

Categories can be moved in the list (use the up/down) links

Thanks, Kindred.

Nameless? · « **Reply #312 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:08:17 AM »

This Mod is just Bugged for 2.0 RC1 !! The Index.Template is Still There When the Package is Uninstalled!

GIVE ME A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS !

vbgamer45 · « **Reply #313 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:07:14 AM »

Bad permissions on your files

ttuu · « **Reply #314 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:26:45 AM »

Planning has an option to add attachments to articles?

vbgamer45 · « **Reply #315 on:** June 17, 2009, 02:33:52 PM »

Not planned at this but I could do any custom additions for a small fee

ttuu · « **Reply #316 on:** June 18, 2009, 07:35:03 AM »

How much you want pay for this option?

vbgamer45 · « **Reply #317 on:** June 20, 2009, 11:33:52 AM »

Just let me know how you would want it to work and I can give you a quote

ttuu · « **Reply #318 on:** June 21, 2009, 06:32:59 AM »

I want that users can attach a photo article.
And were able to define where the image will appear in the article.
And the files will be saved in a folder separate Attachments folder of the forum.

vbgamer45 · « **Reply #319 on:** June 23, 2009, 11:18:34 AM »

Possible to do about $25 to get it added.

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