I guess about the only thing one could do is a) hope that a future release fixes this problem. The scripts have been encoded with ioncube which stops you from trying to fix the problem yourself.

b) uninstall the script and look for something else

An email from the author, Patrick Stockwell, said:

Thank you for letting us know about your concerns and we will absolutely act upon them. This might take a few more days but we will release an upgrade as soon as it is available. This should be complete early to mid week.

I guess for now I will choose a) and wait and see. But I've already turned down a job installing it for someone. (he-he) I don't want to take the blame for installing a broken script.

The script will work if it is installed in the main "www" or "public_html" directory but it won't work when installed in a lower directory. So unless you want this script to be the first thing someone sees when coming to your website, you are better off choosing another article directory script, for now.