SMF Discussbot version 4.2 beta 2 Download

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Description:

For discussing your Joomla content articles on designated SMF boards. These discussions can be displayed in the content article.

So far this version has only been tested with Joomla 1.0.X, SMF 1.1.X and Orstio's version 1.1.6/7 bridge. There has been mixed success with the joomlhacks.com bridge, but you can also go to http://www.joomlahacks.com/ for their version.

Install the same as any mambot, through the Administration mambot installer.

To upgrade from a previous version, the easiest way is to just upload the files in to your /mambots/content directory, overwriting the previous ones. Then go in to the mambot properties in Administration, and save the settings.

IMPORTANT - If running Joomla version 1.0.11 there is a known bug which prevents you from being able to configure mambots. Click here for the fix. Note that you must be logged in to the Joomla forums to be able to download the file.

This beta 2 version adds:

• Overhauled the display of the discussion. For further tweaking, you should define your own CSS classes in your Joomla template, and list them in the bot configuration.
• You now have the option to include avatars. If you have changed your attachments directory from the default, you will need to set that in the bot settings, or it won't be able to find uploaded avatars.
• Added the ability to link the article to a specific existing topic in SMF. To do this, enter in to your Joomla article {mos_smf_discuss:topic_id_num:#} where # is the topic number you want to use. You can find the topic number by looking at the URL for the post - there will be a part of the URL that says "topic=2" or whatever number topic it is.
• Strips span tag from article to SMF post.
• Fixed problem with multiple databases.
• Fixed problem with using board numbers and a default discussion board.
• Fixed problem with special characters when SMF is in a UTF-8 collated database.
• Fixed an old problem that caused the register link in the login module to stop working.
• Fixed a problem with an unclosed link tag.
• Added a prefix before the subject of quick reply (for example, "Re: ").
• Tried to make it a little more accurate in guessing the correct board to post to. In order of precedence:
  
  1. Use the explicitly written board in a {mos_smf_discuss:} tag.
  2. Use a post with a matching title in the default discussion board.
  3. Use a post with a matching title in another discussion board.
  4. Use the default discussion board.
• Changed the behavior of whether the bot includes the first post in it's count and when displaying replies.
  
  • Before, it always counted the first post in the post count.
  • Now, it only counts the first post in the post count when "Would you like the discussion link to automatically start a reply, instead of viewing the topic?" is set to "1st post only" or "Always".
  • Before, in the discussion display, it wouldn't include the first post if it started with [url and ended with [/quote] or [/url] (basically, it was guessing that that meant it was simply a link back to the original article, and possibly a quote from it).
  • Now, in the discussion display, it only includes the first post when "Would you like the discussion link to automatically start a reply, instead of viewing the topic?" is set to "1st post only" or "Always". This will make it consistent with the post count number.

Previous features added by chadness:

Beta 1 added:

• Orstio bridge version 1.1.6/7 compatibility.
• Hopefully fixed the display problems when running on certain pages with other SMF modules.
• Added option for nofollow rel tag so Google's bot (and possibly others) will not follow links.
• Added option to choose whether or not to display in modules (apparently in Joomla 1.0.10 content mambots started to be able to display in modules).
• Added option to use SMF board numbers instead of names

For previous features added in the 4.1 series, please see the description for SMF Discussbot version 4.1 final.

You may need to add the following code to the bottom of your Mambo/Joomla template if you want to use the "quick reply" function:

ob_start('output');
$buffer = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$buffer = str_replace(''
,'.$sc.'">', $buffer);
echo $buffer;
?>

Inspired by the SimpleBoard mosbot by Jick - jick@jigsnet.com
AdaptedBy TSMF - http://tsmf.jigsnet.com
Adapted for SMF by Theodore Hildebrandt
Original work,Jan de Graaff, moded by Johnny Dement, based on www.mambohacks.com discussbot release
Thanks to Skydig for some fixes.
Thanks, as always, to Orstio for fixes, inspiration, and help.

License:

GNU GPL

Submitted On:

14 Apr 2007

Submitted By:

Chad Ness (chadness)

File Date:

14 Apr 2007

File Version:

4.2b2

File Size:

15.04 Kb

File Type:

zip

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