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[usp] New News System

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Subject: [usp] New News System

Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 19:26

With last month's move of the forum database back to unrealsp.org itself now behind us, it has been made possible to use a forum-based news system. Thanks to some awesome code provided by Raven, I have even been spared the need to programme such a system myself, so big thanks are due there.
Among the advantages of this new system are the ability for registered users of our forums to comment on news as it comes in, and the ability for multiple site staff to post news with ease.
All older news has now been manually archived (to view it, click the Archive link at the bottom of the page).
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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 20:08

If you'd like to have icons in news i can program such thingie but it'll require phpbb db change (new table and new row in topic table).
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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 20:10

Raven wrote:If you'd like to have icons in news i can program such thingie but it'll require phpbb db change (new table and new row in topic table).


It would indeed. The icons were cool, but I'm in no hurry to do anything so drastic! Thanks anyway.

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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 20:12

Sounds like the same thing used by lots of websites like BU. It was needed :tup:
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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 20:17

UBerserker wrote:Sounds like the same thing used by lots of websites like BU. It was needed :tup:


Yeah. It wasn't possible as long as the forum was hosted over on hellscrag.net.

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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 21:08

This topic icon hack for news requires:

- checking with what board current topic is linked (if icons should be visible in news only)
- adding one row into posts table (to store what icon post is using)
- modification of viewtopic.php and .tpl if you'd like to see topic icons in forum view.
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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 21:10

Nice work gentlemen...great feature to have :tup:
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Post Posted: 24 Nov 2007, 22:28

Comments!!!! :P

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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 00:34

I'm awaiting the first news post made by somebody else. 8)
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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 00:38

*waves furiously* Over here! Gimme the rights! :P
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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 00:52

Why is editing disabled in news comments? :o
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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 00:56

Hmm.. let's devise a way to abuse this new feature :twisted:

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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 01:09

sana wrote:Why is editing disabled in news comments? :o


I'm not sure why I did that, but I've changed it now!
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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 05:12

nice new system. GG to hellscrag :tup:

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Post Posted: 25 Nov 2007, 10:41

Very useful feature. :tup:
Now official news that comes from other sites can be discussed in proper threads.
This will prevent a multiple threads titled "OMG look what I've found, news from BU". :|

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