https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-search.php?k=user%3Avoid Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:38:46 -0700 en-us Re: [Dave] VB Schemes? External MySql DB connection? Integration? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2190593#post2190593 ]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:44:04 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2190593#post2190593 Re: [Dave] VB Schemes? External MySql DB connection? Integration? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2190572#post2190572
Yes, I wanted to map the VB DB and use CB's presentation engine to generate various scripts.

Btw, does CB support lister/viewer generation? Like when you click an item in a list of articles and read the selected article?

And can the menu items be hierarchical?

Thanks
]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:07:35 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2190572#post2190572 Re: [Dave] VB Schemes? External MySql DB connection? Integration? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2190563#post2190563
Would that work for you?
That is how I do it today. Thanks.
]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:10:10 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2190563#post2190563 Re: [Dave] VB Schemes? External MySql DB connection? Integration? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2190547#post2190547
I'm only looking to do read only stuff. I'd better leave the editing to vbulletin :)

Any examples on how to do that?
]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:22:32 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2190547#post2190547 VB Schemes? External MySql DB connection? Integration? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2190542#post2190542
It could either pull the info by connecting to VB's database and pulling it out, or VB could push it into CB by using some API supplied by you guys.

I reckon the pull solution is the easiest and most CB like, since it the most generic (can be used to integrate to other mysql products) and requires the least programming/technical knowledge.

I specifically, would like to pull "publishable" posts from VB and present them as front page comments or articles. The selection criteria could be post ratings (from trusted VIP forum members), approved posts (from fully moderated forums) or any other criteria that can be formulated by mysql queries.

It would be nice if you could register foreign mysql DB connections in CB, assign a presentation layer and query criteria, etc.

I would use this for www.atheist,net and www.ateist.net currently running article manager 1.41. I havent found any good reason to upgrade. Yet :o)
]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:31:53 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2190542#post2190542 Re: [Dave] Interface for article infusion? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220210#post2220210 ]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:51:36 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220210#post2220210 Re: [ChetW] Interface for article infusion? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220188#post2220188
I am not familar with the "VB forum system",

The vbulletin forum system? No?

however we do have an option in Article Manager that will allow you to set an article to "pending". When an article is set to pending it will not be visible on the main website but will be viewable from inside the Article Manager admin section. :)

Yes, I know ;)

Would you mind providing a few more details on the "VB forum system" and how you are planning to use it with Article Manager. Once I understand a little better how it all works I will be happy to see if we can help guide you towards getting this all set-u

Well. It really boils down to a way to insert an article into AM2 via mysql using php. How do I do it? Are there something I should be aware of? Are there any best practices? Stuff like that.
]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:40:11 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220188#post2220188 Re: [alyates] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220187#post2220187

Looks like a nice script, and I like the way you've integrated it. Thanks for the example. It is something along these lines I'm looking for. Especially when coupled with static pages.
]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:27:14 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220187#post2220187 Re: [Dave] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220186#post2220186
Stay tuned.

Will do!
]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:10:53 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220186#post2220186 Re: [mackeymedia] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220132#post2220132 Like this one. It makes it easier for end-users and would be customers to visualize other kind of sites that can be modelled with AM2. But I'll settle for a good tutorial based on a free (or commercial!) menu component. It just think Interactive is missing out.
]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:08:32 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220132#post2220132 Re: [Dave] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220109#post2220109
I would like to see an example dynamic menu and its counterpart AM2 feed as an example somewhere. I think that would help those of us with this requirement.

Thanks
Tim
]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:49:38 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220109#post2220109 Re: [Dave] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220104#post2220104
What I would really like, is to have the category hierarchy presented in a drop down menu thingy - supplied by Interactive Tools. All those categories without parent category are top level and shown vertically, etc. Just like you would expect.

In addition to this, imagine that a category could be marked as "static" and you could use the built-in editor to maintain the its (for example "About Us") content. Perhaps this could be done introducing a new category static check box, a new static template option, and content replacement variable.

This way, we could use the AM interface to maintain the static parts of our site without to much fuzz and even have it show up in the before mentioned dynamic menu control.

Can you see where I'm going? Beside from making me very happy, and my webmaster tasks easier, it would also open AM up to a new segment of customers.
]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:20:50 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220104#post2220104 Interface for article infusion? https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220082#post2220082
Does AM2 have a protocol that describes how programmatically to push articles into AM2 for later approval and publishing?

Let me explain what I need it for.

Our sites are heavily focused around the VB forum system. This is where people feel comfortable writing stuff. So on each post I would like to put a "Publish" icon, that once pressed, will push the post into a category in AM2 where an editor can choose to publish it. On the front page the article would then be indistinguishable from articles manually entered into the AM system, with the exceptions that this category has a template that implements "X comments" for each post/comment that once clicked, leads back into the VB system.

I suppose I could just research how to put it directly into the mysql db of AM2, but I would still feel better if there were some "authorized" Interactive Tools protocol to do this. Some way of doing it that is endorsed by the AM2 developers so that it is less likely to break in subsequent AM updates, or, so that AM2 developers can issue warnings when that protocol IS compromised - and supply a new protocol.

Cheers,
Tim
]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:25:44 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220082#post2220082 Re: [mackeymedia] Drop down Menu https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2220081#post2220081 articlelive best features, btw.

And if interactive tools were to include the ability to make static pages (like a built-in version of Page Publisher) where pages could be placed into a menu hierarchy, it could serve as a full CMS. Oh well, it'll probably never happen.
]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:55:50 -0800 forum-posts.php?postNum=2220081#post2220081