SMF Articles

[vbgamer45]

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]

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.

[willerby]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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


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

[willerby]

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]

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

[willerby]

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]

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?]

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]

Bad permissions on your files

[ttuu]

Planning has an option to add attachments to articles?

[vbgamer45]

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

[ttuu]

How much you want pay for this option?

[vbgamer45]

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

[ttuu]

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]

Possible to do about $25 to get it added.