Question regarding an add-on I seen a long time ago

Worker Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 178

I recall seeing an addon a long time ago where a member could click a link called "Discuss this article in the forum", or something like that. Anyway, once the member clicked on the link, they were taken to the forum and the subject line was filled in with the article title.

Am I losing my marbles or was there ever something like that for PHPNuke?

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:57 am

'article' refers to nukes news module so what you may have seen was Forum News Advanced.
I have never used it myself but from what forums posts I have read, it can be a challenging install.
The only reason I have never used it is because I think maintenance for upgrades etc would be a nightmare.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:58 am

Any idea where I can find it?

The only one I found was at Nuke Clans and some sort of a points system is required to download it.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:44 pm

No I don't sorry.

Worker Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 119 Location: SVCDPlaza

http://www.itmag.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=82

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:48 pm

Thanks for the link.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:49 pm

Guardian2003 wrote:

'article' refers to nukes news module so what you may have seen was Forum News Advanced.
I have never used it myself but from what forums posts I have read, it can be a challenging install.
The only reason I have never used it is because I think maintenance for upgrades etc would be a nightmare.

Can you elaborate a bit more?

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:51 pm

I see they still havent' put the copyrights back on that site grr.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:14 pm

On Nuke Clans?

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:16 pm

Forum News Advanced as you'll see when you download it requires changes to a lot of files. Every time you do a *nuke update or forum update you would need to reconcile those differences with your changed files which is going to quickly become a right P.I.T.A

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:18 pm

WOW! I'm looking at the changes that are required and it's rather lengthy.

Now I see what you mean by maintaining it.

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

That's one of the reasons we have resisted making forum mods to RavenNuke, except for those that a majority of webmasters want. Many forum mods also require theme changes. The bottom line is that it's a tough call.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:27 am

I guess I'll set up a mock site and test it first.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:59 pm

Well, I got it to work, but, I don't know what it's supposed to do...

LOL!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:33 pm

...then how do you know it's working? Smile

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:04 pm

Because I made the modifications, installed it without errors (a first) and it's in the admin panel and I set it up from the their.

I just know what it's supposed to do. LOL!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:16 pm

first, steve_lemaster wrote:

Well, I got it to work, but, I don't know what it's supposed to do...LOL!

later, steve_lemaster wrote:

I just know what it's supposed to do. LOL!

I'm so confused...or maybe not! LOL! ROTFL

Seriously, I'm glad it worked - especially without errors on the first try.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:27 pm

Quote:

Seriously, I'm glad it worked - especially without errors on the first try.

Yes and I was quite shocked myself!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:38 pm

kguske wrote:

first, steve_lemaster wrote:

Well, I got it to work, but, I don't know what it's supposed to do...LOL!

later, steve_lemaster wrote:

I just know what it's supposed to do. LOL!

I'm so confused...or maybe not! LOL! ROTFL

Seriously, I'm it worked - especially without errors on the first try.

Ok.....ok! So, I have a grammar problem... Rolling Eyes

Anywho. What's it suppoed to do?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:08 am

FNA lets you discuss articles in the Forums because the article IS in the forum. But I haven't really used it so I can't tell you more than that. Maybe others have and can explain better.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 12:12 pm

Ok.

I think I spoke too soon. When I click on the modules link it displays a blank page.

Incidentally, what does this mean. It's when I do a test post in the forum:

Invalid Session. Please resubmit the form.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:38 pm

Disregard, I figured it out.