News v1.2 RC1 Released

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zoullou Published 05/22/2004 7:29 Quite a regular Joined 03/02/2004 Comments 250

Good job. I test this module now

Thanks

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

sylvainb Published 05/22/2004 7:33 Updated 05/22/2004 7:54 Not too shy to talk Joined 02/11/2003 Comments 168

I want to say that you have both done a good work on it.

[EDIT] I moved my others comments in the forum HERE [/EDIT]

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/22/2004 8:33 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

I'm sorry that I forgot to write it somewhere, but there is a typo in the system file modules/system/admin/groupperm.php on line 21, where it says $permname - it should be $perm_name

SourceForge tracker item
This is fixed in XOOPS 2.0.7 but until then, you will need to make the correction yourself in order to have all the Submit/Approve permissions working.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Society Published 05/22/2004 10:29 Not too shy to talk Joined 01/10/2002 Comments 178

nice work guys :)
added at my both sites....

http://www.djnews24.net
http://www.blitzengineers.de

is this module added i new XOOPS version?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Herko Published 05/22/2004 10:53 XOOPS is my life! Joined 02/04/2002 Comments 4238

Please remember that this module's status is Release Candidate (RC), meaning this is the first public beta for testing and bughunting. This version is not meant for live websites and production environments, as it has not been labelled 'stable' yet.

This module will be part of the default XOOPS package in the future, yes. But not before the next major release of the XOOPS Core, which will be version 2.2. The updated version of the news module will be available much sooner then that, of course.

Herko

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

ladon Published 05/22/2004 10:55 Quite a regular Joined 10/31/2003 Comments 284

Great module Wonderfull improvements. The permission system is very usefull. btw, is this version any different from the version I took from CVS yesterday evening? (about 8 hours before this was posted) I guess not, but just to be sure.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/22/2004 12:40 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Couple things that I noticed.....

When I selected classic it didn't display anything.... but when I selected "by topic" it applied the columns to that setting only. It also took a long time to display the data. Also, there needs to be a choice of how many topics are displayed per page.

Great addition otherwise....

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

netagent Published 05/22/2004 13:33 Just popping in Joined 01/31/2004 Comments 10

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Hi ...
ich habe das Modul auch getestet und bin begeistert von der großartigen Arbeit.
Wir haben es sofort in unsere Community implementiert.
Außerdem hab ich die deutschen Schrachfiles aktualisiert. Einige Dinge waren noch nicht übersetzt.

Die aktualisierten Files sind auf unserer Webseite zum Download bereitgestellt.

XOOPS life !

EDV SOFORT HILFE PROJEKT, die deutsche IT Community

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

ladon Published 05/22/2004 14:22 Quite a regular Joined 10/31/2003 Comments 284

Hi, my german isn't good enough to reply in German, but if I understand correctly you've implemented news1.2RC on your website. Please read Herko's post. It's a Release Candidate. You can afcorse use it on a live website, but it's not recommended.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Society Published 05/22/2004 15:09 Not too shy to talk Joined 01/10/2002 Comments 178

herko: i know that :) but which is the best test? yes, on a working site :) i have no problem to restore the old version when it make problems (i got enough backups) :)

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

hervet Published 05/22/2004 15:11 Friend of XOOPS Joined 11/04/2003 Comments 2267

Hi,

If someone needs the new french language files, contact me.

Bye,
Hervé

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/22/2004 15:23 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Quote:

When I selected classic it didn't display anything....

I've seen that somewhere, but thought it was a config issue or something (not admin on that site). I will look into it
Quote:

Also, there needs to be a choice of how many topics are displayed per page.

We have tried to keep the database changes to a minimum (actually the only change is the addition of the files table) but yes - a "show this topic in home" flag could be implemented.

Thank you for your comments

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

hervet Published 05/22/2004 15:32 Updated 05/22/2004 15:37 Friend of XOOPS Joined 11/04/2003 Comments 2267

talunceford,

Could you please tell us what are all the options you choosed ?
Do you have a white page ?
Can you activate the XOOPS debug mode ?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/22/2004 15:59 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Just updated my News module files on my test site from the CVS and updated the module in system admin - I simply cannot reproduce the error. Anything more information, you can give at this stage?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Zanmich Published 05/22/2004 16:30 Updated 05/22/2004 17:27 Just popping in Joined 06/22/2003 Comments 45

Hi
I just installed and updated, and fixed the two small bugs outlined.

Two problems I have.
Classic mode displays nothing.
Too many Topics front page.

Also clicking on each topic link on front page brought me only a drop down menu of topics. No articles. On Every topic heading a clicked.

Reinstalled original news till further work is done on module.

Looks great!
Zanmich

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

hervet Published 05/22/2004 17:27 Friend of XOOPS Joined 11/04/2003 Comments 2267

Zanmich,

Could you also tell us what's the options you have selected in the module and could you activate the debug mode too and report us any error message ?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/22/2004 18:32 Updated 05/22/2004 18:34 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Well I cant really remember off the top of my head, I restored it to the original version of the news module. I know that the only options that I changed were the number of columns from 1 to 3, and left it on classic the first go around. Then, I simply changed the option from classic to by topics and it displayed the all of the topics that I have in my news module, but in the 3 column tiers that were specified for the classic mode. From what I gathered it is not supposed to work that way, correct? The columns are only supposed to be viewable by selecting the by topics option. I left the other options set to default.

I didn't get a white screen or blank page when viewing in classic mode, the site came up, but the only thing that was viewable were the page numbers, numbering the articles for the news module.

Hope this helps with the debugging......

Also, something that you might consider is allowing the admin the choice of displaying what topics are displayed on the front page. Say for example, the admin only wants XBOX, GAMECUBE, PLAYSTATION2 topics viewable on the front page. He/she would have the ability to choose those topics from a selection box, kindof like the user selection box for the groups, and choose what topics are viewable. Instead of displaying all of the topics available on the site. So if they only want 3 topics displayed they can choose a select three, if they want more they can choose more. That way you can eliminate the "how many rows" selection box and it would totally depend on how many topics the admin chose to be displayed, that is in column or row fashion.

I don't know if that is possible, but thats just my 2 cents worth of input.

Laters,
Tim

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Zanmich Published 05/22/2004 18:51 Updated 05/22/2004 18:52 Just popping in Joined 06/22/2003 Comments 45

Hi again,

I reinstalled original news, but I had all my options set as normal.

Read 'talunceford' post, same notes he wrote.

Need to select which topics for front page, before I can reinstall this module, and do further testing.

Quote:

I didn't get a white screen or blank page when viewing in classic mode, the site came up, but the only thing that was viewable were the page numbers, numbering the articles for the news module.

This is what happened to me, when I clicked un the topic headings also on front page.

Hope this helps.
Once I can choose the amount of topics for front page I will reinstall and test.

Thanks, anyways, these are small problems, the module looks like its heading in a great direction.

Zanmich

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 5:52 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

What PHP version are you guys running? I simply don't understand this bug as I as mentioned run it myself with no problems. Classic or By Topic, columns or no columns (Columns in Classic view should work as well)

I am seriously stomped.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

brash Published 05/23/2004 8:08 Friend of XOOPS Joined 04/10/2003 Comments 2206

Looking good Mithrandir ! Installed, and upgraded old News module flawlessly with no faults found yet.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

ozboof Published 05/23/2004 8:17 Updated 05/23/2004 8:18 Friend of XOOPS Joined 10/28/2003 Comments 67

Quote:

Poster: Mithrandir Posted :
What PHP version are you guys running? I simply don't understand this bug as I as mentioned run it myself with no problems. Classic or By Topic, columns or no columns (Columns in Classic view should work as well)

I am seriously stomped.

Think might have found a Bug in the mysql upgrade script

makes a table = stories_files
instead of xoops_stories_files

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

migan Published 05/23/2004 10:00 Updated 05/23/2004 10:20 Just popping in Joined 05/23/2004 Comments 2

I just tested this new version and found one thing confusing. I want everybody to be able to post news on my site, this is no problem. Easy to set up with permissions, though none other then the users that can approve can write extended text... Why is that? Or what am I doing wrong?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/23/2004 11:05 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Quote:

What PHP version are you guys running? I simply don't understand this bug as I as mentioned run it myself with no problems. Classic or By Topic, columns or no columns (Columns in Classic view should work as well)

I am seriously stomped.

PHP VERSION 4.2.3

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 15:19 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Quote:

Think might have found a Bug in the mysql upgrade script

makes a table = stories_files
instead of xoops_stories_files

Someone isn't reading the Upgrade instructions

Quote:

In order to upgrade from an existing News module
1) Upload all files in this package, overwriting the existing files.
2) In your favourite database admin tool, import the SQL located in the sql/upgrade.sql file
3) Change the names of the "stories_files" table to have your database table prefix

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 15:22 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Talunceford - getting any errors in php/MySQL debug? Is the Smarty variable "columns" populated with values?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/23/2004 16:59 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Well to be honest I didn't debug, but I will.....

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/23/2004 17:14 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Dude, I think I found out what the friggin prob was.....

I changed the theme and shazzam! There it was..... Working like it supposed to! In classic mode, twin columns.....

Maybe the cache for the themes needs updated? Maybe maybe not... hell I don't know... I know it works now....

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 17:27 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Hmmm - weird.

Can you switch back to the previous theme and see if it is a theme-specific problem? I cannot see how that matters, especially if it was a cache problem, but if we can locate this to be in a certain theme, I've come a long way already.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 17:34 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Just tried on a site with the same problem but changing the theme did nothing.

I will continue working on this, so anything more, which can help will be welcomed with open arms.

If you want to try the module, do use the By Topic view and check out the new features. We are dying to know if they are working for you and what you think about them.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/23/2004 17:35 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Nope, not theme specific.... as soon as I changed the theme, it worked with the other themes perfectly.

Hey also, is there a way that there can be some additional choices added to the number of articles displayed on the front page. Maybe limit the number some to say.... 1,3,5,10,15,20 and so on.... would that be a possibility? Of course it would be just adding the 1 and 3 to the dropdown. Just a thought...

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

paiac Published 05/23/2004 18:40 Just popping in Joined 02/03/2004 Comments 13

On my XOOPS website I have 3 default groups:
admin
anonymous - with news module access right
users - with news module access right
and I created 4th group named authors with news module admin rights
Before it worked perfectly, but now users from authors group cant submit and approve their news as admins...
It doesn't help to set permissions in Submit/approve settings.
Any advice?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/23/2004 20:56 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

You can have any choices you want - just change the options in xoops_version.php for the storyhome config setting, upload and update module.

@Paiac - a user group with module admin rights cannot submit news? That sounds extremely weird. Any debug info there? Are they getting the "Submit news" item in the main menu? Do they get the "No permissions" message when clicking it?

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

talunceford Published 05/23/2004 21:20 Just can't stay away Joined 08/14/2002 Comments 532

Nice, thanks..... again, if I find anything else, I'll let you know.

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paiac Published 05/24/2004 8:37 Just popping in Joined 02/03/2004 Comments 13

They can submit news and they have in main menu "submit news" item, they can enter to admin section too, but the problem is, when they try to admit their news.Then they get no permissions message.
So they can just submit news and no approve,although they have admin rights.

Spaw ?

Brawn Published 05/24/2004 10:06 Just popping in Joined 04/13/2004 Comments 24

The new version looks great, love the 'display by topic' view

Has anyone already managed to use Spaw as the default editor? I noticed that the old way to enable Spaw with the new module didn't work anymore.

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limecity Published 05/25/2004 3:30 Friend of XOOPS Joined 07/06/2003 Comments 1602

Everything seems running smoothly..
So are u going to release the final version?
or have u declare 1.2rc is the final version already.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

phppp Published 05/25/2004 4:11 XOOPS Contributor Joined 01/25/2004 Comments 2857

Quote:

Poster: Mithrandir Posted: 2004/5/22 4:33:38

I'm sorry that I forgot to write it somewhere, but there is a typo in the system file modules/system/admin/groupperm.php on line 21, where it says $permname - it should be $perm_name

Mith, in my file it's already $perm_name. Might I have fixed but not make a change log.
However, the group permission still does not work correctly.

any body else has problem with this?

News module and Spaw ?

Mithrandir Published 05/25/2004 7:57 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

First, to answer your question about Spaw - I have not tested and will not test it. I run Mozilla and since we have some guys working on a cross-browser WYSIWYG editor (at least working in Mozilla, Opera and IE) I will wait for that. It is really looking good so far.

Now, to your question about RC1 being final. I have found a few things to fix (one thing is that the XOOPS backend.php does not work with this version of News) and Hervé is hard at work optimising the topics management, so there will be a RC2, which will hopefully become the final 1.2 version. After that, I will dedicate myself to the Core development, my consulting firm and various hobby modules and let Hervé continue the development of News.

But geez, I would really like to find what is causing no news to be displayed in Classic view for some people.

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/25/2004 7:59 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

phppp: tsk tsk tsk

"still does not work correctly" - now what can I use that for
I really need more information. If setting permissions for approvers clears the permissions for submitters and viewers, then the bug is NOT fixed. It is just once that there is a $permname and in the rest of the file it is $perm_name.

limecity Published 05/25/2004 9:07 Updated 05/25/2004 9:10 Friend of XOOPS Joined 07/06/2003 Comments 1602

Mithrandir,

i have the same problem with the classic mode..

I'll will try to explain this from a user point of view..

Okay.. you have created 2 mode feature , Classic and By topic..

By topic
when tat mode is selected.. i assume it reads the "COLUMNS" settings

Classic
when tat mode is selected.. i assume it reads this settings .."Select the number of news items to display on top page"..(5)..(10)..(15)..etc...

Okay,. maybe there is some errors when classic mode is selected because what you stated in the admin area...

"Columns :: You can choose the number of columns to display articles list (this option is only available for the \'Classic\' mode)"

Isn't it suppose to be By topic mode instead of classic mode?

Anyway, i don't find the necessary in Classic mode...

Set the Column to 1 and set the mode to By topic
and it already looks like classic mode.

Hope i don't talk rubbish here... hehehe

Re: News v1.2 RC1 Released

Mithrandir Published 05/25/2004 10:00 XOOPS is my life! Joined 06/21/2003 Comments 6320

Columns are working in both Classic and By Topic view - I just hadn't got around to change the description, I have now.

The number of items to display setting decides:
a) In Classic mode, how many articles are displayed on a page
b) In By Topic mode, how many articles in each topic is shown - first one highlighted, the rest just listed

The main problem is that when selecting a certain topic it is NOT shown in By Topic view (what would be the point?) but in Classic view - so the problem is not solved just by going to By Topic (although I prefer that setting myself for the front page)

I have stared and stared at the code in index.php without being able to find why it is sometimes not showing Classic view - I just cannot find it. I need more debug (MySQL, SMARTY, PHP) information on the issue before I can locate it.

Also, I don't know how many have that problem? I've had 2-3 reports about it. Is it a general problem?

We will have a RC2 out soon with fewer bugs and inconveniences, but I would love it if I could find the cause of this problem for that release, too.

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