Blog 1.2 (Now w/ Custom Pages!)

[Tulip]

ye nice

 

- Report comment future.

- Collab future, the one were I can assign clients that can write blogposts etc from the client panel.

 

was something more i belive, I'll give a shout when I remember. or i'll dive in to read the older post on the forum.

[equipc]

An other feature I would like to have is the ability to publish an article to date :

start publishing at :

end publishing at :

[isixhosting]

Changes from version 1.1

• Added custom pages (Let's you create WHMCS custom pages just like a blog post)
  
• Added "teasers" (Short description instead of truncated post)
  
• Added Bookmark/ social network sharing
  
• Added IP blocking (Let's you block IPs from making comments)
  
• Added RSS feed for all posts & by category.
  
• Fixed special chars in comments
  

 

$25 (includes all future upgrades and added features)

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INSTALL -----------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Unzip all files.

2. Upload all files to their appropriate locations:
 - "blog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/blog.php
 - "includeblog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/includeblog.php
 - "pages.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/pages.php
 - "modules/admin/blog/blog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/modules/admin/blog/blog.php
 - "templates/portal/blog.tpl" > yoursite.com/templates/yourtemplate/blog.tpl
 - "templates/portal/blog-category.tpl" > yoursite.com/templates/yourtemplate/blog-category.tpl
 - "templates/portal/blog-post.tpl" > yoursite.com/templates/yourtemplate/blog-post.tpl
 - "templates/portal/blog-page.tpl" > yoursite.com/templates/yourtemplate/blog-page.tpl

3. Add the following to your language file:

$_LANG["blogtitle"] = "Blog";
$_LANG["latestposts"] = "Latest Posts";
$_LANG["latestblogposts"] = "Latest Blog Posts";

4. Login to your WHMCs administrative area and navigate to Utilities > Addon Modules > Blog

5. Click "Install Blog"

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Sidebar -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Add the following to your footer.tpl after the last "Quick Navigation link:

     <li><a href="blog.php" title="{$LANG.blogtitle}"><img src="templates/{$template}/images/icons/blog.gif" alt="{$LANG.blogtitle}" width="16" height="16" border="0" class="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="blog.php" title="{$LANG.blogtitle}">{$LANG.blogtitle}</a>
{if $sidecategories}
       <ul style="margin-left:18px;">
{foreach from=$sidecategories item=sidecat}
         <li>- <a href="{if $seofriendly}blog/{$sidecat.id}/{$sidecat.seo}{else}blog.php?category={$sidecat.id}{/if}">{$sidecat.name}</a></li>
{/foreach}
       </ul>
{/if}
     </li>
{php}include("pages.php");{/php}
{foreach from=$allpages item=navpage}
     <li>{if $navpage.icon}<a href="{$navpage.url}" title="{$navpage.title}"><img src="{$navpage.icon}" alt="{$navpage.title}" width="16" height="16" border="0" class="absmiddle" /></a>{/if} <a href="{$navpage.url}" title="{$navpage.title}">{$navpage.title}</a></li>
{/foreach}

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Include Blog ------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Navigate to Utilities > Addon Modules > Blog > Settings

2. Select "Enable Include Blog", set "Number of posts to include" & Save.

3. Add the following to your homepage, or anywhere within WHMCS you wish:

<h2>{$LANG.latestblogposts}</h2>
{php}include("includeblog.php");{/php}
{foreach from=$posts item=post name=post}
<p><a href="{if $seofriendly}blog/{$post.id}/{$post.seourl}{else}blog.php?postid={$post.id}{/if}">{$post.title}</a> - {$post.date}<br />{$post.content|strip_tags|truncate:300:"..."}</p>
{if !$smarty.foreach.post.last}
<hr />
{/if}
{/foreach}

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SEO Friendly URLs -------------------------------------------------------------

1. Navigate to Utilities > Addon Modules > Blog > Settings

2. Select "Use SEO Friendly URLs" & Save

3. Add the following to your .htaccess (you may have to rename it from htaccess.txt)

# Blog
RewriteRule ^([^/]*).html$ ./blog.php?pagename=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^blog/([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]+\.html$ ./blog.php?postid=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^blog/([0-9]+)/([^/]*)$ ./blog.php?category=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^blog/page-([0-9]+)$ ./blog.php?page=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)/([^/]*)/page-(.*)$ ./blog.php?category=$1&page=$3 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^blog$ ./blog.php [L,NC]

** Note - You must add entries to your .htaccess for "pages" to work.

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That's it! You now have the full functionality of version 1.2
Please direct any questions, comments, suggestions or bugs to http://www.tjphippen.com

Enjoy!

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UPGRADE -----------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Unzip all files.

2. Upload all files to their appropriate locations and overwrite any existing:
 - "blog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/blog.php
 - "includeblog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/includeblog.php
 - "pages.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/pages.php
 - "modules/admin/blog/blog.php" > yoursite.com/whmcs/modules/admin/blog/blog.php
 - "templates/portal/blog-page.tpl" > yoursite.com/templates/yourtemplate/blog-page.tpl

3. Add the following to the bottom of your "blog.tpl" & "blog-category.tpl":


{if $showrss}<p align="center"><img src="images/rssfeed.gif" class="absmiddle" border="0" alt="" /> <a href="blogrss.php">View RSS Feed</a></p>{/if}


4. Add the following to "blog-post.tpl" after "{$post.content}":


{if $bookmarks}
<hr />
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a51bb7478842e2e" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[url]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-bookmark-en.gif" width="83" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4a51bb7478842e2e"></script>
{/if}


5. Add the following to your .htaccess after "# Blog":


RewriteRule ^([^/]*).html$ ./blog.php?pagename=$1 [L,NC]


6. Login to your WHMCs administrative area and navigate to Utilities > Addon Modules > Blog

7. Click "Upgrade Blog"

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Sidebar -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Add the following to your footer.tpl or anywhere else on your site you'd like links to your pages to appear:


{php}include("pages.php");{/php}
{foreach from=$allpages item=navpage}
     <li>{if $navpage.icon}<a href="{$navpage.url}" title="{$navpage.title}"><img src="{$navpage.icon}" alt="{$navpage.title}" width="16" height="16" border="0" class="absmiddle" /></a>{/if} <a href="{$navpage.url}" title="{$navpage.title}">{$navpage.title}</a></li>
{/foreach}

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That's it! You now have the full functionality of version 1.2
Please direct any questions, comments, suggestions or bugs to http://www.tjphippen.com

Enjoy!

Future Planned Features

• The WordPress import is on the way & will be an external script.
  
• Comment count on post listing pages (I forgot to add it to v1.2)
  
• & as always, keep the suggestions/feedback coming
  

 

Is this addon available yet? None of your URL's are working.

[EasyWHMCS]

Is this addon available yet? None of your URL's are working.

 

Its been and gone, The maker is a fraud artist, and made the mod got people to buy it then denies them downloading after a month and then does a runner, and his sites are all offline now

[dwpegues]

I want to go ahead and purchase it, but I keep getting told that the link does not exist. Is this addon still for sale?

[EasyWHMCS]

If you read my previous post you'd understand ;-)

[dwpegues]

Thanks gs-liam. I suppose I will go ahead and convert my template into a WordPress theme. That way I will have far more control over my blog. And, WordPress is free. Can't go wrong there.

 

Sorry if you lost your money as a result of this person's fraud. If you paid through PayPal, did you open a dispute? Maybe even contact your bank and tell them you never received the product. Maybe you can get your money back that way.

[EasyWHMCS]

Paypal wont do anything because its a online software they wont cover that i know how they work

[DataHosts]

If you are interested in the Blog let me know. I have it with full rights. It is here and not a fraud...sorry you feel that way. However, if you purchased from previous owner there may be some type of issue with me. I have not contact with TJ, so, hard to verify you purchased it.

[xotj123]

Hello,

 

Is this still available?

 

Regards,

Tommy

[sgrayban]

Sorry but I think this addon is a dead one. I asked before about it being supported and was told it wasn't.

[Bliztek]

Can someone send me a copy? my contact is on my profile - I'll pay if needed

[uberhost]

It is disappointing when a WHMCS addon module dies. I think all of us become more wary about installing addons - especially paid ones - when we observe the rate at which they become unsupported.

[reddexdesign]

your site is not accessible, can I still purchase the blog?

[wsa]

That site is down of long time already