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[MagicGangsta]

i've heard about this in the past.
was it ever perfected?

i was thinking about maybe building a flash/php site with news being dynamically updated from a "news" sub-forum inside our forum.

this way i can ditch the CMS all together and eliminate double posting, saving my SQL for a Gallery of some sort.

[Detail]

It was working well before all the server problems. While the server was down, mastermind has made a better version will 'All News'.

On the Revora front page and The Hive, there will be an all news section. anyone who posts a topic in there news forum will get there news on the front page and on the The Hive. Lots of advertising with just 1 post
There may be some other sites using this to. If we had a HL2 network site (like me might), your news would also appear there.

Once mastermind arrives later today, he will post more about it.

[Mastermind]

It's done. I'll install it this evening. Right now, I have a test that is the final for one of my classes, so I can't afford to be late.

[MagicGangsta]

sounds great.

i would just like the ability to post in our forum under a news sub-forum and have that reflected dynamically on our new webpage.

i anxiously awaited MM's return.

/sits in corner

[Detail]

To get setup you will have to request a news forum. You will then be given a code. Example code: <?php @include ("forums.revora.net/news/065.txt"); ?>
You slap that into your page, where you want the news to show.

Then all you will have to do is make a topic in your news forum. The script will work its magic and news will appear on your site, the front page, the hive and anywhere else it is relevent.

[Mastermind]

This will be almost identical. The only difference is you won't have to hit anything to update the news.

[MagicGangsta]

i am requesting a NEWS forum btw.

/hint hint

[Mastermind]

Hold your horses. There are some config issues with the old script, meaning it won't work properly. Once the new script is installed, I'll explain things.

[Mastermind]

The new script is installed. What I need from you are these things:
A file named template.html, that will be how you want each news post to appear. You can find an example at http://forums.revora...e/template.html . A file articles.txt with a single integer containing the number of posts you want exported, and, if you have an existing forum, the number of that forum, or the name and description of the new forum you want for news.

A few notes on this: The new script dynamically updates your news whenever you post a topic. It also can handle editing of posts. However, it does not support deletion of posts, unless a admin goes in and manually does it. If you are very nice to me, I will provide support for that, until I write a front end for you to do it yourself.

One more thing: You can view what the output looks like by going to http://forums.revora...ws/news/211.php, and compare it to the post in the Defcon News forum. This script also supports smilies, which was one of the biggest feature requests.

This is turning into one big post: You will need to post all new news for your new script, as this script does not support getting the old news from the forum. Sorry about the inconvenience, but it's incompatible with the script the way that would require to do that.

[MagicGangsta]

i got everything but a News forum ready.

new site 75% complete.

[Detail]

i am requesting a NEWS forum btw.

/hint hint

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Forum name, description, moderators?



I think all the stuff Mastermind talked about should be uploaded to your site, not the forum.

[MagicGangsta]

Forum name, description, moderators?:

News, In The Shadows News Forum, MagicGangsta

[MagicGangsta]

uploaded - articles.txt & template.html


hope they are right but i dunno...

[Detail]

Your news forum is now made

[MagicGangsta]

merci monsieur David but...

http://forums.revora...p?showforum=457

why are there anon posts here already?

Edited by MagicGangsta, 22 October 2004 - 10:49 PM.

[Mastermind]

Those are posts that disappeared in the merger. They are appearing now and again as we go to the higher forum numbers. They can be safely removed.

I made them disappear.