[msimonds]

I have a custom CMS and want to share it with vbulletin users

anyone interested?

[Code Monkey]

Where is a demo?

[Shelley]

You should post a demo so everyone can see what's on offer. I'm badly in need of a CMS for my site though I am debating whether to use wordpress as my main page but I'm always looking for free alternatives though whether yours is free or not I'm sure we all would still like to see a demo.

[msimonds]

The demo is my site! SportsRant.com - Sports Talk With An Attitude

the whole site is run on vbulletin (except for the store and squirlmail)

and If i can find a developer who is willing to package it with me, I would give it away for free!!!! I do not see any problem getting this out to vbulletin members

Sorry I did not post a link earlier, i was unable to post URL's

[Code Monkey]

Very very nice job. You coded that all yourself? What are some of the features that integrate with vBulletin? Besides the user database that is.

[msimonds]

No I did not code it myself. I acutally paid a large sum of money to have it developed, totaly around 3K.

The orginal CMS was developed for 3.0.7, then upgraded to 3.5.4. As my skills have improved, I did the upgrade to 3.6.4

This is what it has and how it works:

First I had a template created, my home page > SportsRant.com - Sports Talk With An Attitude
and a full article view > Top 10 NFL Impact Rookies of 2006 (example)

then the orginal developer added/created the templates based off of theme i had made. So an my thought was that if I could get a coder to help me package this, we could create a template (plain or something like that) and then change the css to reflect the new site. an example of how someone could adapt this would be to purchase a template from templatemonster.com and then mod the template in my vb_news template system and change the css

1) it works with vbseo on the cms articles
2) the article system is actually a designated forum, so you can create individual pages for each forum. If you submit a story from outside the forum, it posts a truncated forum post and then links the full story, for Search Engine Optimization and duplicate posting problems.
3) print view
4) login system
5) can post stories from the home page
6) can create individual writers pages that archive all their stories (based on forum id)
7) works with a modded poll system off of vbadvanced
8) links section to add favorite links
9) Jackass of the week (this can be changed to whatever someone would want)
10) a hot topic > which is based off clicking a link to make a thread the hot topic
and more......

Code Monkey, if you would like to take a look at this from the admin area just let me know

I would like to somehow share it with the community, that is, if anyone is interested


I hope this somewhat makes sense, sorry if this confuses everyone
Regards,
Mike

[msimonds]

Here is an example of a writers page that archives all his/her stories > Mike Simonds - SportsRant.com - Sports Talk With An Attitude

you will notice a picture, top right, under the search function, that has a drop down on it, you can create a small bio and you can create your favorite links

my gallery is also a heavly modified version of vbgallery/photopost gallery and the random image generator is also a mod on the front page

[Code Monkey]

So the latest single story is presented on the front page?

[msimonds]

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

So the latest single story is presented on the front page?

right!

Example of a story I posted today > McGwire Deserves Cooperstown - Cooperstown Deserves McGwire - Sportsrant Community

read the first post, it is truncated, substr(), and then you will see a link to the whole story which takes you back to the full story > McGwire Deserves Cooperstown - Cooperstown Deserves McGwire


does that make sense?

In this case, my main news forum id is 189, the stories you see on that are on the home page, in order, by date submitted
and an archive for each forum Archive for Rant News Stories - SportsRant.com - Sports Talk With An Attitude

[Code Monkey]

Sure, and then the comments are in the forum. Looks pretty good.

How diffucult was it to style it to match the forums? Or did you go the other way, matching the forums to the style of the front page?

Is the template stored as a vBulletin template using their system to retrieve it?

[msimonds]

we matched the style of the forums to the template

all the templates are vbulletin templates and uses their system

[Code Monkey]

Can I take a look at the admin area?

[msimonds]

sure I will PM you a user/password for the admin area and if you want to look at my roots > index.php > the driver script, I can email that to you too!

[Code Monkey]

Sure. You should have the email from your reg email.

[msimonds]

PM it to me if you would, I registered awhile back

[Loco]

That looks amazing

[msimonds]

Thanks that is why i just wanted to share it! I mean I know that it would not be easy to make a package out of it, but I think if done, it could be great

[Code Monkey]

Yes it would be great. Might not work with every type of site but news, sports, gaming, etc, would be great.

[msimonds]

I am on MSN for a few, if you want to chat !

[Code Monkey]

Doesn't seem to be connecting

[Loco]

I've been on msn all day ?
or do u mean msimonds isn't connected

[Code Monkey]

Well modders, Mr. Simonds is quite a guy for offering this to the community. I am going to play with it and see where it goes. Looks like it has great potential to break the mold and make vBulletin powered sites stand out. We'll see how it goes.

*does the new code to play with dance."

[G_Man]

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

Well modders, Mr. Simonds is quite a guy for offering this to the community. I am going to play with it and see where it goes. Looks like it has great potential to break the mold and make vBulletin powered sites stand out. We'll see how it goes.

*does the new code to play with dance."

I concur... looks great. Definitely a fine offer.

*hats off to msimonds*

[Eric]

looks indeed pretty nice, am already dreaming about possibilities with this ...

[msimonds]

Listen if we can use this to create something for all in the vBulletin community, then I am all for it. If not and it comes down to allowing people that may want to hack it and use it for their sites, then by all means, let's do it

I know that their are a few bugs in the front end of the site, but there so small, and probably can easily be corrected.

While my coding has and is improving, my time (as everyone seems to be the same way) is limited due to work and family.

This is, at this time, a one of a kind CMS, maybe some cannot or will not even classify it as a cms, maybe more of a site controller.

Some of you probably ask why I am doing this, well people like Code Monkey have released software that others use and is outstanding, I just wanted to be able to share it, that is all. Let me be clear also that I am not asking for anything in return what so ever, no footer links, nothing

Let's make this work, some how, some way

[msimonds]

wanted to add that I posted this about two weeks ago on vBulletin.org that I was willing to share it and that all I asked for was some help from someone a little more familiar with vBulletin, but no one took me up on it, so they all know

If we want to keep this here at vbmodders, then that is fine with me

[Code Monkey]

Don't worry. I will work on it and then it will be a free download here for our members. Just don't anyone rush me. I have to take a bath in the code first and get a feel for it.

[Eric]

need some parfumed talk ??

[Code Monkey]

Step back from the tub bub.

[dricho]

wow thats jam packed, nice CMS, are u offering it for free?