In order to make it easier for folks to keep track of the latest releases of the Articles module, I'm going to try to make all new release announcements within this thread...

I just put out the latest beta version of the Articles module for DNN3, 3.1.4. This version should resolve a number of issues and also adds some minor usability improvements. I'm hoping this will be the last beta version of 3.1, please let me know if you find any problems.

The current version for DNN2 is 2.1.3.

You can learn more and download the lastest here.

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David O'Leary
www.EfficionConsulting.com

I've had over 100 downloads of the 3.1.4 of the Articles module with no real problems reported and so 3.1.4 is the official first release of Articles for DNN3.

Enjoy!

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David O'Leary
www.EfficionConsulting.com

Great work Dave.

I am a big fan of this module.

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David,
I have download the new version, works as expected, nice module, thanks.

I work now with this module on my 2.12 Portals and on my new 3.0.12 Portals

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Best regards

Hans-Peter

DNNPortal German DotNetNuke Community

oledave,

Tested it first time today (version 3.1.4) saw these errors:

1. After putting the module on a tab, each time going to that tab gets an error message on the browser popup alert dialog box "Runtime error... Line 268, Error: Expected ')' " Each time you visit that tab, you see the message.

2. After adding a new article, filling out most fields, did not select a category because it was empty, get the following error:

InnerException: Cast from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid.
Message: DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Cast from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid. ---> System.InvalidCastException: Cast from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DoubleType.Parse(String Value, NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat) at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(String Value) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(String Value) at EfficionConsulting.Articles.EditArticle.cmdUpdate_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

3. After adding category, the problem as discribed in #2 gone away.
4. Problem #1 persists.

Note: using IE6, w2k, SQL2000

I believe Dave is aware of the blank categories issue. I reported it near the bottom of this thread.

Cheers,
Andew

oledave,

Please disregard the error I posted regarding "Runtime error ... Line 268, Error: Expected ')'".

It came from a container skin object that the module was in.

Sorry.

ecktwo

I've just released version 3.1.5 of the Articles module. This release fixes 2 things:
1.) Internal Links were not working properly, yipes!
2.) There was a variety of text that was not properly localized... So far I know that the module has been translated into German, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish... crazy!

Translators- send me your translated versions and I'll post them on the site and give you credit somehow...

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David O'Leary
www.EfficionConsulting.com

I got an error installing the PA, then I removed the previous version from the Modules definition and re-installed and it worked.

Its good to have a test machine where you can delete module definitions, without the consequence of loosing content data.

Sorry David

Got a bug, when I went to update an Article by changing its category, I got thie error.

A critical error has occurred.
The stored procedure 'dbo.Articles_UpdateArticle' doesn't exist.

Looks good. Can I make a suggestion, that the Author Field which is displayed when the Article is displayed be editable. I want to get a lot of articles in to demonstarte, but The author is not me, and I don't want to claim it.

Lou

Sorry about that... I had an bad ALTER statement in my SQL update code... I was in a hurry and didn't test fully enough...

There's a new version on my site now that fixes the problem. Its still labeled 3.1.5.

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David O'Leary
www.EfficionConsulting.com

Bad News
I strill get the message;

A critical error has occurred.
The stored procedure 'dbo.Articles_UpdateArticle' doesn't exist.

So I looked in the database and I looked in the SQL script;

The SP is in the SQL script but not in the database, I have the following SPs.


AddArticle
DeleteArticle
GetArticle
GetArticles
UpdateArticleViews

So I deleted Articles from the Mod Def, re-installed, and checked and the UpdateArticle SP was installed.

I just updated and it worked a treat.

Thanks

Lou

Glad it's working for you now Lou...
Is anyone else having this problem? Let me know (e-mail in my profile).

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David O'Leary
www.EfficionConsulting.com