Easy CMS

[cinneke]

Easy CMS

What does this product do? It displays a left column on Forumdisplay where content of a post is shown. I took some time to program a very simple CMS and would like to hear some suggestions from you. Different user created content is displayed on specific areas within whole forum.

Why another cms?
I dislike products that I can not deinstall with a click. Or delete it and then lose data. This product you just disable or delete and even then no content is lost.

How to install?
Import Product. Done

Benefits
no database changes
no template changes
no additional files
no code changes required
uses only 3 plugins
So if you just disable this product, everything is like before.

Beta Status
Product works life on my forum but is in beta status and I am planning to make it more easier to use. But I need your feedback

How to change settings?
fd_postid template: put here only the number of postid in, which you want to show.
To change content for each forum, just add a forced style to forum and in this style change fd_postid.
Adjust templates fd_* how you prefer them
admincp > Message Attachment Options > Thumbnail Size: 336
not needed and only to have thumbnails unexpandable:
search includes/class_bbcode.php for

Code:

if ($this->registry->options['attachthumbs'] AND $attachment['hasthumbnail'] AND $this->registry->userinfo['showimages'])

replace with

Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
								{	// Display a thumbnail
									$replace[] = "<img src=\"{$this->registry->options['bburl']}/attachment.php?{$this->registry->session->vars['sessionurl']}attachmentid=\\1&thumb=1&d=$attachment[thumbnail_dateline]\" class=\"thumbnail\" border=\"0\" alt=\""
									. construct_phrase($vbphrase['image_larger_version_x_y_z'], $attachment['filename'], $attachment['counter'], $attachment['filesize'], $attachment['attachmentid'])
									. "\" " . (!empty($align) ? " style=\"float: $align; margin: 2px\"" : 'style="margin: 2px"') . " />";
								}
								else if ($this->registry->options['attachthumbs'] AND $attachment['hasthumbnail'] AND $this->registry->userinfo['showimages'])

Basically this "Content Management System" is very basic:
it adds custom templates
Custom template is shown for example on Forumdisplay below or as a left column
Custom template is showing a specific post
specifig post is created and edited by a user
therefore user has rights to edit his own posts
rights management is not needed as post creator is able to change post and forum moderator can change post, too. Post history is also available build-in.
specific post is displayed on custom template immediately with everything: BBCode Style, pictures etc.

It's a very easy thing because you
have a different style for each forum
therefore you have a specific post for each custom template
you have different users assigned for editing these specific posts
also use this for showthread and forumhome

All is done with minimum changings
just have to import product. No code changes, too.
no template modifications
only needed less than a handfull of plugins
only uses less than a handful of custom templates
no changes needed
user rights management is build-in by vbulletin (uses normal forum rights)
editor is build in by vbulletin (uses normal forum & posts)
only needs around 2 - 3 queries for each page for fetching post
different templates on a per forum basis are not needed because of build-in style system

Nowyou can easily have all forums updated with posts including pictures (thumbnails) where links can even changed with a "rel="nofollow"" if you use vbseo. This all is done with only a very few plugin hooks and uses no right system, as each user is creating his own thread, where he is allowed to change his post as he wants. You just need to assign once a postid to a style. This is easily done by a new custom style "my_postid" where you just fill in postid which is different in each style.

I'd be very great to hear your opinions about this approach and where you think things could be more easily done and where you have suggestions to be able to do more with this modification.

 

[yack]

looks interesting.
any demo?

I think is better to become a TMS: Threads Management System in the feature.
obviously, some threads are not enough to be 'content'.
though they could be hot topics.
I hope there could be a product that just uses one click in [thread tools] and add thread to the TMS. ,displaying such threads in a real CMS look like style.

you've done a great job.

 

[nextgen]

This is awesome buddy, i was going to grab the vbcmps and use it but the amount of edits i do not want to do. My forum is heavily modded and i did not want to chance it. I Thank you so much for making this.