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This project is not completely dead. I've just started work on localisation. If you're getting a "Deprecated" error message, follow the instructions here URGENT Security Patch for ≤ v2.2.6 A security hole has been discovered, follow the instructions and download the patch at the topic page. Did the patch break your search page? Search Patch
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--Jerroyd Moore
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science 2011 Jack Baskin School of Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz |
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In forum "UPB Releases"
In topic "UPB 2.0.2 Beta 1"
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For users who have existing forums they wish to upgrade, here is the patch.
(fileserv.myupb.com/mods_updates_fixes/upb2beta1_patch002.zip) ChangeLog: |
In topic "UPB 2 BETA 1 Patch 003 Release"
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A number of bugs and annoyance are addressed in our third patch of UPB 2 BETA 1 version. The most important ones dealing with the registration e-mail, deleting topics, updating the whos online portal, and correcting the banned users and word filter portals. For a complete changelog, see below.
Sorry for the delay of this patch. There are still a number of other areas of UPB we're looking into as far as errors, mainly the private messaging system. Thank you for being patient. And as always, by downloading this patch, you agree to the terms and conditions displayed in our fileserver index. Download upb2beta1_patch003.zip Changelog: |
In topic "UPB 2 BETA 1 Patch 004 Release"
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The fourth patch for UPB 2.0 BETA 1 addresses an issue with the TDB creating duplicate identical tables, as well as adding a new double pipe syntax to the query function. It also contains the rewritten search.php, as well as a repairing the timezone feature, which now works after you logout and login again (otherwise it defaults to GMT).
There are still a number of known bugs which are not addressed in this new patch, including but not limiting to the following: And as always, by downloading this patch, you agree to the terms and conditions displayed in our fileserver index. Download upb2beta1_patch004.zip CHANGELOG ============= |
In topic ""
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We have forcefully turned off registered_globals in the includes/inc/func.inc.php. What you are describing sounds like you don't have SMTP e-mail configured. To confirm, create and upload a file named phpinfo.php, with the contents [code=phpinfo.php]<?php phpinfo(); ?>[/code], and copy/paste the URL on this topic. |
In topic "UPB 2.2.6 Release"
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UPB 2.2.6 Release
Click here to download Release Notes:
Installation:
Upgrading::
Post Installation / Upgrading: :
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Hmmmm... interesting... it appears the entire sf.net is down. Did anybody else notice this? |
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sf.net is back up. Please use the sf.net link, and only use the link Clark posted if sf.net is down. |
In forum "News Discussion"
In topic "Two new Links: download and wiki"
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We have put two resources in the header: a download button and a "myUPB's wiki" button, which will direct you to our fileserv.myupb.com site, and our Wiki site. |
In topic "New Moderator: Codex"
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Welcome Codex  |
In topic "New Moderator: Jono345"
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Today, we'd like to congraduate Jono345 on being promoted from a Member to Moderator status. Welcome! |
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Hardy har har har...  |
In topic "Happy New Year!"
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haha! Happy New Years! Woooooo~! |
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Same. Cheers.  |
In topic "Upcoming closed beta test, PLEASE read"
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That sounded kind of wordy Tim... Let me try to "interpret" it 
The next beta version is closed. Reply here to signup for it. If you know some or a lot of PHP, that's great. We recommend not upgrading your existing UPB version with this version. We recommend testing it on your local machine (your computer), and use your data directory from your existing UPB. The new group permissions are safe to use. We're releasing this closed to work out bugs and holes in it. How is that Tim?  |
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Glad i could help  |
In topic "General Discussion forum"
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Tim, can we talk about this tomorrow? That would be awesome. Cya. |
In topic "User Account Names"
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FYI the banned system does not support wildcards ( * )
(but that would be an interesting mod) |
In topic "ATTN: Mass Member Deletion"
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Hello everyone,
Now that I've got your attention with the title, (I didn't mean to scare you), this is a notice that I will be removing accounts who have never posted and haven't logged on in 60 days. So if your account is deleted, you know why. To prevent your account from being "pruned" again, just post ONCE 
You're friendly administrater, -Jerroyd |
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*kipper slaps Hei-Lan* |
Quote:it's okay. Our forum is pretty active (although i can't say that it has the last day or two), and you'll always have people who just "register" and never log in (i'm guilty of that a few times). BTW that kipper is DAYS old. Tell me you get new kippers... |
In topic "Uploads Disabled"
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I hate our webhost, but at the same time, I love them. It's a complicated relationship... |
In topic "New Member: Clark"
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Congrats! Good to have you on the team. |
In topic "New Members: Aemx and Pero"
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Welcome to the Team you two! |
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I'd wait until we have the language module set. |
In topic "NEW FEATURE: RSS Feed"
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Recently we added an RSS Feed, so now you can read the latest MyUPB Updates through your favorite RSS Reader (including this update!)!
URL: www.myupb.com/rss.php |
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i'm pretty syched about it. Now I don't have to check myupb for updates, it just tells me!! |
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WD-rpw? |
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probably just the integration, and i've already fixed the bug  |
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the public release of this will be able to do that, but i didn't impliment that part of it on myupb.com's |
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hmmm, I used to use it, but not anymore. I'll probably start using it again, but I need to modify it a bit |
In topic "Birthday: Rebles"
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you. are. so. DEAD!! |
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haha, thanks you guys. |
In topic "Migration from CVS to Subversion"
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yeah, my 40 hour a week job and my social life is sucking up all my time. I haven't had a chance to work on UPB as much as I'd like to. |
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hahaa, I know I made it up! I don't really have any (real) friends!
*cries silently* |
In topic "New way to track bugs, feature requests, and support questions"
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Hey all,
Jerroyd and Tim here rolling out some changes to make our lives and hopefully yours too easier. If you look on the forum index, you'll notice that we have some sf.net redirections. Don't be alarmed, or intimidated by them, they are actually easy to use and add a lot of structure to the way we handle your input! Once you get the hang of it, it will be a breeze! Some tips to keep in mind: Thanks for taking an interest in the UPB Community, we hope these sf.net services will intergrate tightly with problem solving in the future! |
In topic "New Member: Master"
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very cool to have you on the team. I cant wait to see more upb users from China! (c) |
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Yeah, I think the templates will come in handy for translations |
In topic "All hail The Ripper!!"
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Holy effing *flour*! I just spooged on myself it was that good!!!
I don't hang around the forums for a couple of weeks and look at all the amazing stuff that happens!~ W00t!!!11 (go Ripper~!   Edit: Also, when fixing a typo in the other topic you posted recently, I noticed in the " managetopic.php" page, some text is purely white, instead of the normal black. Similar to this: Topic Name: Stickied: Created on: Oct 06, 2007 2:55:28 pm Created by: The_Ripper No. of replies: 0 Last post on: Oct 06, 2007 2:55:28 pm Open/Close Status: Open Close |
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Oh, apologies! I didn't know it wasn't completed all the way yet  |
In topic "Welcome back nathanael.lee! AKA "Master""
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The UPB Team welcomes back nathanael.lee (AKA "Master")! nathanael.lee returns to the MyUPB community. He was gone since 2007. Originally, he did graphics design for UPB, but he is looking to do more hands on programming! Let's give him a warm welcome! --Rebles |
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oh crap, what part are you working on? I don't want our work to conflict  |
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okay nice! Just don't touch the index.php until I commit. I hate resolving conflicts  |
In topic "New member: Pete917"
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Welcome Pete! ...Sorry for the late response, |
In forum "UPB 2 Development Updates"
In topic "BUG FIX: missing image"
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shhh! Don't say that! People might actually remove it! That was our one way to track our forums, because awstats reports the URLs of the forum! Tim, you've foiled my tracking method!
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I became so confused in this topic, I don't even know what's going on anymore  |
In topic "BUG FIX: Password retrieval"
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Did you upgrade to the latest BETA version? I believe this was addressed in the latest beta update. |
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dammit, I'm always getting problems with that now...  |
Quote: marcdimmer That's how it's supposed to be. |
In topic "FEATURE: Search is finally done..."
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This feature is addressed in UPB 2.0 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
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Oh really? Thank you for reporting this. |
In topic "BUG FIX: Search Error"
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This bug is addressed in UPB 2 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
In topic "BUG FIX: close bracket ')' turning into wink simlie"
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This bug is addressed in UPB 2 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
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So how did you fix it? I thought it was fixed before, but if you think you fixed it, share! |
In topic "BUG FIX: upgrading from 1.x to 2.0"
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This bug was addressed in UPB 2 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
In topic "BUG FIX: Wrong topic amount"
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I think it might be related when you move a topic. Depending on if you redirect, copy, or move, it might miscalculate. So tell me, did you move a topic? |
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lmao, yeah, I've tried to fix this, but it to no avail... |
In topic "NEWS: Upcoming development"
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Oh that reminds me, Tim, on top of all the new features we're working on right now, I also want to talk to you about combine admin_cat and admin_forum into one user interface. We'll talk more on MSN |
In topic "SIGNUP: UPB 2 B2 Sign up"
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Um... Mr. UPB Man... I... I would like to sign up for the BETA version, pweaase...? My.. My e-mail address is rebles-at-myupb-com. I hope I get it!!! |
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DAMMIT TIM, I COUNT FOR A PERSON TOO!!!
 (BTW that's the bestest most under-rated smiley ever!) |
Quote: *laughs*  |
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let's just say that if this is UPB 2.0 BETA 1.4 running right now, UPB 2.0 BETA 2 is UPB 3.0 compared to it. |
Quote: *scowls at Pilot* |
In topic "BUG FIX: last visit doesn't seem to work?"
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Um.. on the index.php, it doesn't show any new topics but when I view a forum ALL of them are new, lol... |
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Never had a problem, YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE!! HAHAHAHAHAHA |
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It looks like enabling the bit of code I had fixed the problem
(btw Tim, what was that bit of code? *curious*) |
In topic "BUG FIX: slashes being added when editing sigs or statuses"
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Tim, you are including these changes in CVS, right? |
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This should do it: fileserv.myupb.com/mods_updates_and_fixes/common_problems/upb2beta1.4_stripslashes_from_textareas.zip |
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Yeah, I just used the one from this board... so ya... |
In topic "BUG FIX: TextDB freak error, please update your copy with this"
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Dammit Tim I can't wait! I MUST know how you found this error you scarvy bastard! (What? I'm feeling piratish today ) |
 OKAY! So I couldn't wait to talk to you tomorrow, so I downloaded it, and diff'ed it to a upb2 b1.4 original. Besides seeing unfixing a bug in the createTable() (which I've fixed in the tdb.class I've included, all I see are a bunch of (!empty($data)) being turned in (strlen($data) == 0). So.. you wanna explain what's so different? |
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Okay! That is the most stupidest bug ever! But how do you know that that is what is causing the problem? o_O |
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Unfortunately yes. I wish it was something more exciting than that, but no.  |
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The bug fix does not effect the your coding. No alterations are needed on your part, you simply replace the old tdb.class.php with the new one. |
In topic "BUG FIX: dates in PM's, whos online, email function"
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exactly. We're working on it. |
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That's not the problem, but thanks for the offer |
In topic "MOD: for users having trouble with the security image"
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We're working on it.. |
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[big]Here are step by step instructions to disable the security image in the register.php[/big]
 [small]Note: for advanced upb users only, recommended for those who have modified their copy of register.php[/small] [number]Delete line 17: [small]session_start();[/small][/number] [number]Delete line 19-25: PHP Code: if($_POST['s_key'] !== $_SESSION["u_keycheck"]) { [/number]
exitPage("Please enter the secrity code <b>exactly</b> as it appears...", true); } $_SESSION = array(); setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-42000, '/'); session_destroy(); [number]Delete line 117-118: PHP Code: <tr><td rowspan='2' bgcolor='$table1'><span style='color:red'>*</span> <font size='$font_m' face='$font_face' color='$font_color_main'>Security Code<font size='$font_s'>Please enter the code in the image: (all lower case) <a href='register.php'>Load new image</a></font></font></td> [/number]
<td bgcolor='$table1'><img src='./includes/image.php?id=$encid&key=$key'></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor='$table1'><input type=text name=s_key maxlength=7 size=12></td></tr> That's it. This modificiation is untested, so reply if you have problems, and I'll adjust the script accordingly. |
In topic "BUG FIX: Topic Monitoring (aka Bookmarking) bug fixed"
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A bug was discovered in UPB v2.2.5 that may exist is previous versions. This bug prevented bulletin boards that met the SMTP-enabled criteria to have the bookmarking or the monitoring topic feature available. The patch below (kudos to Jono) addresses this problem. This patch is intended for version 2.2.5. If you have an earlier version, please upgrade to version 2.2.5 before applying this patch. This patch *should* be included in the next release. OP: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=6&t_id=26&page=1 |
In topic "Test our new user profile!"
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Greetings all,
Development has been a little slow, but it's picking up, slowly but surely! I've added a "view previous post" feature to the profile.php on this forum, and changed the layout a bit. please visit and test it out. I'm looking for feedback on how we can improve it some more. Reply here with feedback! --Rebles |
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glad you like it |
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Hi pete917, All new work I'll be posting will be available in the SVN area. This profile.php can be found here: textmb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/textmb/trunk/profile.php?revision=427 |
In forum "UPB 2 Suggestions"
In topic "Update Responder"
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I kind of see where you are going with this... but we have a forum for any updates (or news articles?), anyways, it might be hard to do this because some of us have the urge to comment on updates |
In topic "Need some suggestions"
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On a programmer's note, one thing I like about SQL that TDB doesn't have is the ability to query and select which columns or fields you want, because sometimes you don't need all of them (like the users table--you don't always need all the information.
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Thanks oltimer. You can insert a third party ajax chat. If you do, do you think you can post it here under the Modifications Forum? There are other people looking for chat programs here too. |
In topic "Main Attraction?"
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Ah... UPB must roll with the changes |
In topic "More Themes!"
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The current skinning system is being revised, although I thought it was already pretty easy. As long as you have an existing skin, you simply change the directory value in config. |
In topic "Upload Avatars"
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I'm not sure if I discussed this with Pilit yet, but I was thinking to allow the forum administrator to choose which method they wanted during installation: store on local server or else where. |
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Maybe your connection timed out? There isn't any script geared towards thwarting phone postings... |
In topic "Register Password"
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I sufficient password registration method is being implimented to upb 2.0. Thanks for the idea tho. |
In topic "hmm i got a few ideas"
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I believe both of those are going to make UPB 2 |
In topic "category suggestion"
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Both of those features exist. To sort categories, go to admin panel -> Config Settings -> Main Config Settings, under "Category Settings", and sort based on the categories' ID. The second can be found by click on the category and again sorting by the ID of the forum. |
In topic "sticky"
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I think what he means is having a more noticable divider... |
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Well I wouldn't want to perminently add that divider to UPB, and I wouldn't want to add a option in the config settings panel. But maybe the future skin system will allow users to add this... maybe... |
In topic "Inoperability"
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So you want to be able to use user credentials in your website outside the forum? Hm... I hate to burst your bubble, but what you're describing is a portal, like myAtom. The only difference being that you want to use a more complicated system of using two different kinds of databases, something that's not efficient. It is actually very easy to incorporate login credentials into your website, because it only uses an if-then statement to check to see if you are logged in. Study login.php. It will help you in your endeavours to be logged in outside the forum. |
In topic "MOVED: opensourcecms.com"
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Topic was moved to forum : General Chit-Chat redirecting... |
In topic "Topic Monitoring"
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Well... I intentionally made it like that, or else on larger forums, everytime someone replied, everyone would retrieve a copy of the reply, so it's be sending out way to many e-mails. For example, If I made a topic, and ten people monitors it, then there are 20 posts in one night, each person gets 20 e-mails next morning, and the server sends out 200 e-mails, when 20 e-mails would have worked.
Never fear, I (or Tim, I'm not sure who.. lol) added a option to newpost.php (in the next version), so when you post a reply, you can just check the option to monitor it, saving you a couple of clicks. That's the best I can do. I don't really want 200 e-mails being sent out when 10% of that will do. |
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Like I said, in the next version, you can checkmark a box to monitor a topic when you reply, so it's not really different from what you just said, except the 24 hours thing, which would be harder to do, because you never know if there are users on in 24 hours (to run the script)... |
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Hey All, Rebles here. I'm the one who actually wrote the system. This feature is implemented, however, it appears there is a bug in the /includes/class/posts.class.php, line 104-5. UPB will NOT give you an option to monitor this topic if it determines that your web host does not support STMP mail. I know ours does, but i don't see a monitor option, so there must be a bug in determining the $_CONFIG['email_mode'] variable. |
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YEAAH. Awesome patch Jono. Quick work. Glad to see we didn't lose features with new releases--something that PLAGUED v1.9x before we had proper revision control (trunk/branch/tags). Thanks! |
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If you're having problems with topic monitoring, be sure to post it in the right forum, as this forum is only limited to suggestions for UPB. I agree with you pete917, that the monitoring functionality needs to be expended, only it's not at the top of the list of things to do right now ^_^;; --Rebles |
In topic "Suggestion for dealing with missing subjects"
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Um... I think Fraser added some functionability where information typed in newpost.php or newpm.php would be cached (in the header.php). However it might have been overwritten during the 2.0 code conversions. |
In topic "Feature requests: More colors, easy formatting, subforums, previewing"
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[number]In the FINAL version of 2.0, you will have complete control to modify the HTML all your want without having to open a single PHP file.[/number]
[number]Actually this WAS implemented in a previous version by Fraser (God I love that kid, lol), however was overwritten during the 2.0 code conversion. When I have time, I will look through Fraser's secret never-been-released v1.97 files, and extract the data! (when I have time of course @_@).[/number] [number]Hmmm... now that I think about it, I guess it wouldn't be too hard... But I'm not sure if we can spare the time to impliment it (We are waaay too busy!)[/number] [number]Again, Good old Fraser actually developed this in v1.97 (omg that version is really good!), unfortunately was not convered to 2.0. It will make it though! (hopefully) edit: TIM!!! What did you do the the post.inc.php file!!! [number] is a valid tag in UPB!! >_< |
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don't worry.. this will clear up... Now if we got paid to do this... it'd be done by tomorrow, LMAO! |
In topic "Aministrator access to edit user profiles"
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I suppose we could put a link in the profile.php that only displays to admins... How does that sound? |
In topic "Listing of new posts"
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Well I thought about adding a "new topics since you last logged in" feature, which wouldn't be too hard with the new search.php. Something like this will be included in the final version of 2.0, don't worry! |
In topic "Most hits record"
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Again, this was one of the features lost during the 2.0 conversion, which (eventually) will be added back in. |
In topic "Some Suggestions"
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Quote: N3M3SiS Thank you for your suggestions. |
In topic "a suggestion"
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Also, could you make a more descriptive subject next time? "a suggestion" posted in "UPB2 Suggestions" is kind of repeatative and doesn't actually tell us anything about your topic. |
In topic "Stagnant member profiles"
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I was thinking about encorparating it into the main release
Tim and I will have to talk about it. |
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Oh right, I didn't read the first post that closely, but I do agree with you there. If the user hasn't ever made a post and hasn't logged in for x number of months, I would delete him. |
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Ya...
offtopic: BTW I like your forum, it's brilliantly blue! |
In topic "Think So!!"
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Well... in UPB2, we use a different function to generate the passwords. In UPB1, we used t_encrypt(), in UPB2, we use generateHash(). Look at the register.php for an example... |
In topic "UPB Image"
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Quote:Just another reason to hate MS and IE... *sigh* |
In topic "MOVED: To UPB developpers"
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 2 Bug Reports redirecting... |
In topic "Security code"
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I think it was actually Fraser (bless his heart) who made this for us. Really I think Pilot and I are inept when it comes to this. It's not as easy as you think it is... |
In topic "mass mail for future version"
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Kind of low priority for me... |
Quote: A mail out script? What do you mean? How do you get the e-mails? |
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hmmm.... i c.... |
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wouldn't it just be easier to query the members table for users that don't have that checked? otherwise whenever you have a member check/uncheck/register/delete, you have to update it... |
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(blink) Quote: I don't quite follow... |
In topic "Post time: 24 hours and daylight saving?"
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Well, I was thinking about taking it a step further and just let users define their own format. It would be governed by the rules set here: php.net/date, so for examples the default will be M d, Y g:i:s a, which would give you Apr 06, 2007 10:00:47 pm |
In topic "Add New Forum Suggestion"
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that's where are is a button for "Add and Add another Forum to selected category", but I suppose you can combine the two buttons... |
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o i c. my mistake |
In topic "multi-language functionality (offer)"
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Tim and I are discussing methods of implimenting a multi-language module. Unfortunately, suggestions for the next revision of UPB are closed (literally full.), so we'll consider your suggestion for the next next revision |
In topic "Ability to use fixed fonts through BB code"
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I think we use the tag PRE to do it. For some reason our BB code only does the first paragraph |
In topic "spell check button"
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If you use FireFox, spell checker is built in to the browser FYI Spell Checkers are really nasty to implement. If what Clark says is true, and you have to alter the server config, it wouldn't be a feasible feature if everyone had to modify their server configs, because not many ppl know how. If we tried to implement spell checker without server side support, that's even messier! We'd have to keep add a dictionary of all the known english words with the forum! That's a lot bytes! |
In topic "Custom User Groups/Permissions or Password-locked forums"
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Hey Clark, I haven't had a chance to talk to you (or read the other topic about this somewhere in the forum) about user groups and permissions, so I don't know how much work you've done on this end, but I have an excellent way to implement permissions if you haven't already! |
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It's on the list. |
In topic "avatar sizing"
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Say Clark, I can't seem to find the resize_img() function in the trunk. Which file is the function defined in? |
In topic "a few new ideas ?"
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Yikes, Username changeable sounds nasty... considering usernames are stored for each post the user makes.... I cringe thinking about it O_O |
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As it stands, the user's name is stored in the topic & post. If you implemented a LEFT JOIN RIGTH JOIN (I have no idea what's the difference between left and right..) TDB would have to open and parse more files and data. IMHO Because a user rarely ever wants to change their name, you can get better performance by simply writing the user name in post record, instead of linking it with a user ID. |
In topic "Games"
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I think it's a great idea for a add-on, but I wouldn't put it in the main distro. Not everybody wants games. And I know what you're thinking, if it's an add-on, not many people will know about it, so we definitely need to work on the add-on distro portion better. (Maybe even integrate it into the admin panel). |
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Actually what I was thinking was one new page in the admin panel, and that admin panel would simply contain an iframe to a page on our server which queried our add-on database, and devs can submit their add-ons. |
In topic "SQL COMBATIBILITY"
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RE Codex, They have this. It's called PDO. It's enabled since PHP5.1. It works to abstract other database models into one format. The way it works, is if you have a MsSQL Database and you wish to use PDO with it, then you have to have the MsSQL driver registered with PDO. Luckily, since SQLite is enabled by default since PHP5 and a driver is included by default, PDO works with SQLite out of the box since PHP5.1. What do you think? |
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Hey Codex, I'm not a SQL expert, but I searched the internet, and found this: Quote: So I believe the PDO query statements will be translated into the correct Database Engine Language. source: www.phpro.org/tutorials/Introduction-to-PHP-PDO.html#7 --Rebles |
Quote: Jono345 at Jul 20, 2009 12:20:57 pm @Jono! |
Quote: codex at Jul 20, 2009 1:04:46 pmHmmm If this is true, this is very unfortunate. I was planning on expanding UPB's database support by using PDO, but if it doesn't translate the queries, then I think it's pretty much useless. |
Quote: Jono345 at Jul 21, 2009 12:40:11 pm SHAAAAAREEEEE!!! @Pilot I remember Jonathan's abstraction class! I wonder if it's somewhere on the server or if I have a local copy... I'll have to check when I get home @codex It sounds like you're very knowledgeful about how to parse a SQL Query string. It sounds like you're an excellent person to create an abstraction layer on top of PDO |
In topic "My UPB Suggestions"
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Sounds cool.
Here are some of my thoughts:
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Quote: pete917 at Jul 22, 2009 12:41:10 pm I'm sory pete917. There USED to be a option to set a limit on your OUTBOX, but the option appears to have disappeared in the newer releases |
In topic "CHRISTMAS WISHLIST"
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Yeah Codex! Heaven forbid I have to open one of these PHP thingies and type some gibberish in them to make magic! Let's see... for xmas, I want a magic machine to do my coding--no wait--DEBUGGING for me. m'kay? thx |
Quote: codex at Jul 24, 2009 12:28:37 pm We already gave you a cookie, it's called user_env, uniquekey_env, power_env, and id_env. Geez. How many cookies DO YOU NEED!?!?!  |
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Actually, I think that was Clark's doing, but I can't remember :S |
In topic "A Maintenance Page"
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I don't understand. Do you wish to close the bulletin board from viewing / guests from registering? Or close a forum from new posts AND/OR replies but still viewable? Because both of these are possible. --Rebles |
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Hmmm, I had something like this envisioned wight the INSTALLATION_MODE constant in config.php, but it never came to fruition. Can you give me a couple scenarios where you might use it? It might entice me to put it on the To Do List. |
In topic "Donators rank - Make your own member groups"
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Not yet. It's in the top 3 of my list. I wanna push this out when I have time. |
In topic "Member Number"
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Hi pete917, Unfortunately, the member numbers correspond to the ID of the member in the database, which aren't recyclable. Sorry! --Rebles |
In topic "Resize Images"
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anyone know if this can be done in CSS? |
In topic "Capcha for login"
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is this really necessary? I typically only see Google implementing this. Do you find yourself the target of spam bots frequently? |
In forum "General Chit-Chat"
In topic "Christmas skin"
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Also, we have a Skinning Tutorial: www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/Skin_System |
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Very Nice! Kudos! |
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If it was a normal skin, we could provide support for it, however as Belani mentioned, he wishes to modify the image dimensions in header.php, so it would be troublesome if we offered support for it. |
In topic "MyUPP"
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Um... that is Codex's project. Their website can be found at www.myatom.net |
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Nope. It is not a project of PHP Outburst, but you can contact Codex for more information. (He is registered here). |
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yeah I believe he is |
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I don' know what rapidshare is, and I don't have the file. |
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((silent w00t!)) |
In topic "Administrators"
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Well... Fraser is working on his master programs, the last time I spoke to him. Thankfully he said he was still active, so whenever he pops his head in, I tend to give him a project.
Also, take into account that this is a hobby--not a job. Unfortunately, I notice that when college hits, the first major step to earning a real life with real responsibilities and bills, and we don't get paid, so it get's pushed towards the bottom of this long list of important things we need to do. |
In topic "AUTONUMBER / Unique"
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You could use the function uniqid(). That's what I use to randomize the db. It's based on microseconds, so you'll never get the same ID twice (theoritically...)
EDIT: and it's a fixed length. |
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the function is called uniqid(), not uniqueid() or uniq(). Just so you don't get a fatal undefined function error |
In topic "TextDb Popularity"
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Ah, I saw that before...
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In topic "Wireframe CMS"
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awesome. I'm glad to hear it. I can't wait until the finished product is released. |
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i dunno... it sounds a bit confusing to me... |
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ah, I see. TextDB Admin is secure... as long as you change the default password |
In topic "how about that weather..."
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Well it is abnormally cold here in California. (not nearly as cold in Canada). Wore 3 layers of shirts/sweaters & gloves. I think it's 24 degrees F. |
Quote:ROFL!!!! I was thinking the same thing!!!!!!!! XD I was thinking, "Jono, you've gone off the deep end!"
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I believe California, USA has the same weather as Spain's, and I'm thankful, especially after I hear about these negative degrees. However, last week it was -8 C and today it's -3... I can't imagine the -40! |
In topic "favourite music"
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let's see... been getting into just my usual favorites lately....
175R (I Na GO Rider) - jrock Road of Major - jrock Dashboard Confessional UVERworld - jrock Barenaked Ladies FLOW - jrock Gackt - jrock (I need more!!) Good Charlotte Green Day Hi-Standard Hyde (jrock) L'Arc~En~Ciel (jrock) Orange Range (jrock) Those were the ones on my favorite playlist at the moment |
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LMAO! @ Tim
oh man, I'm going to have to agree with Tim and exclude Country... ewww.... |
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He wanted to test our uploads and get one post? |
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The Blue Man Group, hm? Is that the same group that paints their faces blue and performed in Los Vegas? |
In topic "opensourcecms.com"
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thanks for the tip! Look for this link in the future!! |
In topic "WebTemplate Thoughts"
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you spelled "installation" wrong, and I'm not sure why there are funny boxes in the top right corner |
In topic "Return of fraser"
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Not sure if Fraser will actually see this topic. He did send me a PM saying studying has consumed his life. We wish him the best of luck, and don't forget to have fun
Fraser ->  Don't forget to have some fun! -> And just think when you're all done... the world --> |
In topic "Suggestion for this site."
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(This is an official UPB response )
We are developing a new main page, (quite spiffy from what I understand), and as far as the searches go, which search engine are you using? The keywords for searches will be included in the frontpage, so never fear! |
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Thanks. We apprciate it! At the moment, we're a little overwhelmed trying to get 2.0 FINAL out, but as soon as the main page and 2.0 FINAL is released, we could use your help in Mods, translations, etc. And the search keywords will be added when the mainpage is completed. |
In topic "Behing The Scenes"
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Looking stylin' dude. I have nothing to computer it to, but looks awesome.
died = dyed (Almost thought you were talking about someone dieing. I had to reread your post XD) |
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Aight... Looks like uploading your pic is the cool thing to do, so here I am! Mind you, I just woke up  (edit: I don't think uploads like "jpeg", but accepts "jpg". Strange.) |
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LMAO. No.. that's a poster... for the movie "Wedding Crashers"... haha... |
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lol. If anything it would have been a faturnaty at best |
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Damn! Took you long enoug! |
In topic "The Weather"
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Ah... today's high is 18 degrees celcius with sunny skis in the best-state-ever, California. I was thinking about going to the beach today...
Tim when you go to LA and LV, you'll probably boil on the sidewalk |
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LMAO @ Jono! |
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OOOOH MAAAAAN Sunshine all over my body ahhhhh... feeels sooo gooooood.... |
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Tim, I hate to break it to you but your happy place is still -40 degrees AT LEAST! |
In topic "Website Review"
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I like the four people with the 4 generations of phones. The Flash object to the right of the welcome table needs to be slowed down. I feel like I'm being bombarded with images. You still have those funny boxes in the corner that don't do anything. And next time, could you use the other topic you started? Other than that, it looks good. |
In topic ""
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Um... 2 months isn't really enough time to build a customer base. Another thing you should do is calculate how many customers you need before you are in the green, and then ask yourself if you can make that many customers in 2 months. If you doubt it, you need a new strategy. A big question is advertisement. How will you spread the word? I know Yahoo just (or planning to very soon) release their new advertisement system, Google's AdSense has been working out for us (BTW Tim, we needa talk about that one!!). I'm not even going to get into the software you have to purchase / make to make those two services available, plus customer support etc. Third to last, I'd recommend partnering someone who has A LOT of money. He doesn't have to program or anything, you just need an invester, although he'll want to see profits sooner than later. Second to last, make sure you have all your software and webpages developed and tested, domain name purchased, and your Ads one button away form release, before you purchase your dedicated server. God knows you don't want to waste a day of your subscription.
Lastly, I would like to point out that while we encourage such discussion, we ask you post the topic in the appropiate forum. "Staff Discussion" is hardly the forum to be talking about non-UPB ideas and motions. After you've read this topic, please either delete the topic, or instruct Tim or me to move it into General Discussion. |
In topic "Dedicated Server"
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Um... 2 months isn't really enough time to build a customer base. Another thing you should do is calculate how many customers you need before you are in the green, and then ask yourself if you can make that many customers in 2 months. If you doubt it, you need a new strategy. A big question is advertisement. How will you spread the word? I know Yahoo just (or planning to very soon) release their new advertisement system, Google's AdSense has been working out for us (BTW Tim, we needa talk about that one!!). I'm not even going to get into the software you have to purchase / make to make those two services available, plus customer support etc. Third to last, I'd recommend partnering someone who has A LOT of money. He doesn't have to program or anything, you just need an invester, although he'll want to see profits sooner than later. Second to last, make sure you have all your software and webpages developed and tested, domain name purchased, and your Ads one button away form release, before you purchase your dedicated server. God knows you don't want to waste a day of your subscription.
Lastly, I would like to point out that while we encourage such discussion, we ask you post the topic in the appropiate forum. "Staff Discussion" is hardly the forum to be talking about non-UPB ideas and motions. After you've read this topic, please either delete the topic, or instruct Tim or me to move it into General Discussion. |
In topic "PHP / Perl Question"
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While I can't research this question entirely, I did take 2 minutes to look up regex on php.net and I suggest looking further into the w and b character types. |
In topic "Delicious Cuisines of Kerala"
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you've got to be ef--ing kidding me. Why didn't you delete this Tim? |
In topic "Delicious cuisines of England"
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had fish and chips last nite. i dont much care for it myself... |
In topic "Old Fart Question"
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First, I have to warn against giving out personal info even your name and location. WE don't mind knowing it, but I fear identity thieft is on the rise, so protecting yourself is a very good idea.
Second, we'd be glad to *attempt* to answer any of your questions. Jono is right, we do this on our spare time. Also if your message is hard to understand (if you don't command the english language well (no offense to second english speakers intended)), we may ask you to clarify (or if we're lazy we'll think to ourselves "I'll answer that later..."). But don't let all of that make you timid, ask away.
Off topic: I loved the tazmania devil cartoon show as a kid (I bet you hear that a lot, but I wanted to put my word in) |
In topic "Codex has failed you"
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Quote: Pilot You caniving (sp?) bastard! You were telling me the other day that you hated SQL with a passion when you work was forcing you to use it! *cough* As for me, I like SQL. And I like TextDB. I use TextDB, because I support TextDB. Just 2 weeks ago, I was offered an internship to learn SQL, but I couldn't accept b/c it's too far away. Quote: CodexCare to elaborate a little? (blink) |
Quote: Well actually being able to select which fields to return is coming in V5.1. I'm added one last big feature to it before releasing it, and I'll talk to Tim about adding != functionality. He handles all of the query() stuff. |
Quote: The wiki is partially updated. The function list won't be updated. The function list was created before the wiki (and it took a lot of time, but so did the wiki). After I made it, I thought to myself, "This would be a *flour* to update", so I made the wiki, which is really easy to update I keep the function list up because some people like it, but really the wiki page is all you need
Quote:Jonathan would kipper slap you all the time! Ah... that was back in the day... |
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lmao. You can print out the wiki page! There is a print link in the navigation bar. Also, if you do update the the spreedsheet, pass it along to me and I'll update the one on the wiki with that one. |
In topic "Warm fuzzy feeling"
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Thank you? Although we would appreciate it if you used it (or atleast tell ALL of your friends)! |
In topic "Testing out the new topic button"
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Next time, please be more careful where you decide just to "post a topic" |
In topic "Have a great weekend everybody."
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@_@
More like busy with finals (which I'm sure Pilot is also going through right now) |
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Haha... the problem is I want to enjoy my weekend first, then study. So... yeah... haha... |
In topic "Google Ad Sense"
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It's actually a violation of the Terms Of Use Agreement you make when you download it (#2 Noncomercial on fileserv.myupb.com/) |
In topic "MOVED: may you"
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 1 Help redirecting... |
In topic "Way back machine"
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Pffft, that was nothing! I alone had 2 to 3 thousand posts, and we had two thousand members!
We actually still have the TextDB for the old forum. Except for some reason the REF files weren't included (strange huh?), we spent a day or two trying to rebuild 'em... edit: WOW That's just about when I was learning OOP and how to use the TextDB (see it's TextDB help and discussion forum, my topics are littered all over there!) edit: That's just about when I became interested in UPB / joined the team, at arround v 1.8.2 edit: Awww now I feel all nastalgic and *flour*... Tim, go get those old admins and force them back on the team dammit! |
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In topic ""
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We have forcefully turned off registered_globals in the includes/inc/func.inc.php. What you are describing sounds like you don't have SMTP e-mail configured. To confirm, create and upload a file named phpinfo.php, with the contents [code=phpinfo.php]<?php phpinfo(); ?>[/code], and copy/paste the URL on this topic. |
In topic "Re-introduction"
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don't make a skin yet, we're in the middle of completely redesigning the skinning system.
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In topic "Native English speaker needed"
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Trat = Drat
40,99 = $14.99 Dick ... = Dick McMan Other than those 3 minor mistakes i seem pretty good! Kudos! |
Quote: tompilipinI just did a quick glace over it. I figured you had spell check
Quote: PilotROFL @ Tim |
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I only know one or two people that type as badly as that. Most people type a mild variation of that. |
In topic "ruby vs php"
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I believe it depends who you ask. If you ask me, I can't give you a clear answer. Never took the time to study Ruby; PHP has worked fine for my web-based needs. You ask a friend of mine, who is an aspiring programmer, he'll tell you Ruby is the way to go. However, if you think about Ruby's history compared to PHP's history; Ruby is in his infant stages. I'm sure it will gain in popularity (even if slightly), but there is no way just how popular or unpopular it will be. Just pay attention to the statistics, and that will give you a better idea (although like always, whenever a new product his the ground, even it's in inferior to existing products, it's inevitable that it will steal a percent of market, so it's best to wait for it to tapper off or level out before declaring a victor). As for this programmer's opinion, PHP offers the versitility, security, and speed you need to run all your web apps.
EDIT: btw, JAVA is the most OO scripting to EVER exist (despite how impractical it is ) |
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Oooh dude! No way! I couldn't tell that was you because the picture was so small! That your girlfriend? That's cool that you're interning at Intel again! Are you still coming in as a H.S. Intern? Or did they change the program so that HS interns are blue badgets. As for me, I'm working there this Summer too (June 18). I'm a College Intern under the same group I was an H.S. Intern (they realized how good my programming skills were for an H.S. student). The group is EAST in FM7. As a blue badger, I get all the employee perks, such as stock options, a relocation package, and I'm supposedly salery based
The aspiring programmer I talked about before was you actually! haha! What about you? When do you start? |
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Hmm.. I'm not surpized that they made you guys blue badges after the spam e-mail I started last summer about what the H.S. intern manager said. It was such bull! Anyways, I'm glad you guys are at the same level as full employees. You start June 18th too? Awesome! I'll probably see you in the morning's orientation then! Only two more weeks! >_< |
In topic "NEW: HELP"
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We offer a web-based forum that you can install on any webhost that has PHP4 or PHP5. |
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RE @ Tim: True...
RE @ POLA: You shouldn't install one forum over another, but you can. You won't be able to save the topics. It will be like a fresh restart. |
Quote: POLAUsually, nothing is FREE. True, UPB is free, but we don't provide you with a webserver to host it on. THAT costs money. Somebody has to pay for it. But as Codex just offered you space on his webserver for your upb forum, you can take that. Quote: Codex Quote:We're not refering to cheap advertisiment. We're talking about copyright information. Our Copyright Policy (according to the Creative Commons License UPB is protected under), states that you cannot remove the copyright information at the bottom of each page. The copyright information is simply: Quote:That alone would not entice visitors from "just creating their own and leaving your page". In any case even if they did do that, the first site generates more traffic than the second, and the first site is content specific with existing topics, forums, replies and users. No, the copyright information doesn't have that much power. But it's a matter of principle for us.
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In topic "Database loading times"
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About the default 8mb limit thing, as soon as a txtsql database is 8mb or higher, the script no longer works on most (default setting) machines.
I'd also like to point out that we're only looking at two benchmarks here: memory consumption and queries, which, given is very important to databases, is not the only factors that make database software what it is. It would be great if we could expand the benchmark to measure INSERTS, modifies, and deletes. |
In topic "Codex Holiday"
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(short) breaks are healthy
Yes, do send pics when you have them! |
In topic "MyUPBWiki-SPAM"
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sorry, our wiki manager (*cough* Clark) seems to be busy |
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The easiest way is to spend 2 minutes a day checking the recent edits. That's what I do (when I have 2 minutes available a day)
BTW Thanks for all your hardwork! The wiki wouldn't be the same without you |
In topic "Pure - taking over the flat-file blogging scene"
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That GUI looks pretty good. You dev the entire thing youself?
If you wanna see a true PC vs Mac video, watch their leaders battle: Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates |
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nonsense. The GUI is nice |
In topic "Hello all"
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*waves* |
In topic "Going back in time !"
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I dunno, I'm really diggin' the old blizzard site |
In topic "What is phpoutburst?"
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Hey! TextDB is a fair product! |
In topic "My Site - A.D."
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Very Nice Dude. Those graphics are killer! |
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Yeah, it's simply incredible! So much color... *drools* |
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haha! Sounds fun! |
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Oooooh, I can't wait to see what it is |
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HOLY *flour*!!! No seriously! I have to go and change my pants it was that good! Dude, that is awesome. I can't believe all the incredible stuff you did to that. My hope with the new skinning system is you will be able to do all of this, without modifying the PHP files (b/c this is incredible!)
Quote: Did you buy it before or after the $200 price drop? I bought mine before Luckily Steve Jobs is giving us $100 credit to apple store (so... I can buy a hundred songs? *shrugs*) also saved him from me putting a kipper slap hit on him (I'll keep you in stand-by for now, Clark), Kudos and welcome to the iPhone community! You should hack your iPhone so you can add games! It's a great way to pass the time on the bus! |
Quote: ... Haha... good one... Only, I was.. um.. testing YOU! so... THERE! |
Quote: Clark *seconds that* |
In topic "Good/bad idea?"
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Most producers use crons to reset their products. |
In topic "Making Donations to UPB"
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of course!
only Tim has the information, so we'll have to wait until he replies |
In topic "PHP Fwrite() Question"
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I can backup Pilot. His coding does work. Textdb is built around the ability to overwrite records in various places in the database. (in fact, i can't believe tim just gave it away so easily ) |
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Dammit Tim, looked what you started! You've given a crutch to all the hackers in the world! Good bye stability, say hello to cyber terrorism and WWIII!
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In topic "Feedback."
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Quote: Well UPB is pretty easy to install |
In topic "UPB Wiki Upgrade"
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Thanks Clark!
RE The_Ripper: Really?? That's good to hear. Which parts do you use the most? |
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yeah, that is a downside to using sf.net, but I hope the pros will out weigh the cons |
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yeah, that would be good, except we don't have the resources |
In topic "Your dream skin"
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4 words: Just. Like. Your. Sig.
I nice light-blue colored based skin, contrasted by darker shades of blue... simply heaven looking |
In topic "test"
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Offtopic: Dies from a heart attack from Wollnashorn's avatar  |
In topic "Want to translate..."
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Hello veramer,
Thanks for your interest in UPB! I'll try to answer your questions, but a lot of them we simply don't have the answers yet (either because we haven't had the time, or we haven't gotten around to it). For the translation, we don't have an easy way to translate UPB yet. You will have to do a string replacement for the currently released version. For this version, you'll have to translate all the PHP files. That being said, we are expecting to release a template system hopefully with in at least two minor revisions. UTF-8: Yes, Unofficially UPB supports this. However some Asian languages don't seem to convert well in users' posts. You may experience similar problems. If you do, we'll see how you can fix it. system resource usage: TextDB in coding is very fast, reliable, and low on resource usage. We don't have current indicators to back up our claim tho
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Note about posts not accepting Turkish characters:
I think the problem lies in the UPBCoding function or the censor function (Probably the str_replace, maybe a regex would work better?) |
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Yeah, I will experiement with multi-lingual support when I have time. |
In topic "Back to Action"
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Lol. I also hope to get "back in action" ASAP! This board is lookin' sweeeet! |
In topic "any way of sending "messages of the day" by email?"
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This is something I'm adding hopefully in the next version or two, but I don't have a working version yet (also, this should be posted in the feature request in sourcefourge.net) |
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That's something that doesn't work anymore... lol... |
In topic "Having trouble with registration"
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Glad, we could help. That's what we are here for. Only next time, could you use the Sourceforge pages? |
In topic "Newer UPB skin????"
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In topic "Noob forum?"
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Wow, I'm so impressed with how this thread is going. Anyways, I'm Rebles one of the senior programmers on UPB. Pilot is the co-founder. We're probably your best resource if you have any questions about UPB (besides the wiki, which is awesome, thanks Clark so much for maintaining it). Note that the UPB Community is unlike any other community. We're not like PHPBB, which is very closed. If you wish to mod UPB, go ahead! We encourage it! We even have a forum and wiki page for user modifications. From time to time we invite community members to the UPB Team. These people don't necessarily have to be great programmers. We're looking from people who love UPB, and want to contribute something. On that note, if you find a bug in UPB, post it! If you know how to fix it, post that aswell! Anything to make UPB better! |
In topic "*solution* - off site avatar, new post error"
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Hi All,
I was the one who designed the avatar system. You do need "allow_url_fopen" to be ON, because the mod_avatar.class.php, in the includesclass directory, uses md5_file() (or alternatively md5(file_get_contents($file))). When I wrote mod_avatar.class.php, I thought it was sufficient, however there has been numerous problems, such as, if the file is unavailable or there is a slow response, the page load takes a lot longer to load. It still functions if "allow_url_fopen" is OFF, but it is a little less efficient. Tim asked me to rewrite it, but I haven't had the time yet. If you guys have looked at the code, what do you think? |
In topic "Suggested bug fix..."
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Hi pla,
Thanks for catching the $action -> $_POST["action"] bug. We must have missed it during our convertion process. Also, about the reBuild command, it's obsolete. You can delete it. |
In topic "Auto Forum Script"
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Yes, this is completely possible. The only thing you have to figure out is how to tell the UPB is pick the correct database for the user that wants to view it. |
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Oh, I was actually refering to Jono's method. A lot of forums could simply use the same PHP files, but use a different config.php, which points to a different database. |
In topic "testing zip attachment"
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Do you mind going into detail with your plan? If we as a community can work out bugs like this, we won't have to rewrite the coding again.
The attachment system is the perfect example: 1) attachments are stored in the uploads folder, then 2) attachments are stored in a database to be more secure 3) ??? I really like having the files stored in a database, and maybe we could fix the reassembly sequence (which might be a bug in TextDB, which is even more important to fix). However if you develop a superior attachment system, of course we'll use it--IF it's superior |
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Hmmm, I like it. We should get Tim on this and see what he thinks.
I feel kind of bad, making the upload system go from In folders -> In Database -> In folders and Database |
In topic "Suggestions"
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Those are some great suggestions. I try to look at the sf.net stuff when I have time, but I wish sf.net was more user friendly, easier to navigate, and I wish I could set sf.net up to send me e-mail reminders when people post suggestions, bug reports, etc.
I totally agree with you that posting suggestions myupb.com is much friendly and a way better experience. However continueing to post on sf.net helps the UPB Team A LOT in the long run (for different reasons, ask Tim if you want more info). Please continue using sf.net! Reply to N3M3SiS's Offtopic Comment: Yes, you are absolutely right, the UPB Team isn't big enough yet, despite the fact we've more than doubled the team over the last 6 months. We are always looking for talented members in the UPB Community such as yourself who are interested in contributing to the UPB Project. So if you're interested... |
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Still interested? |
In topic "[RU] Languages"
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See this topic: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=8&t_id=37 |
In topic "Latest post question"
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N3M3SiS,
Did Clark's suggestion help? |
In topic "M-C-Web.com"
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??? I'm so lost here! |
In topic "where is everyone"
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Hi pete917, We're kind of on hiatus at the moment. Some of us are busy with school, some of us busy with personal life. I'm sorry you've had such little response in the past week! --Rebles |
In topic "php5"
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Hi Jim, I visited the link, and I don't see any errors, only this: Quote: |
In topic "MyUPB.com worth ~$3,500"
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Check it out!
According to this website, the domain "myupb.com" is worth about $3.5K. We're rich! www.websiteoutlook.com/www.myupb.com |
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Oh, I just pressed the refresh price button and we lost $300 |
Quote: Jono345 at Jun 06, 2009 2:24:38 pm ROFLMAO!! XDDD |
Quote: Jono345 at Jun 06, 2009 2:24:38 pm I just wanna say I read this after pulling an all nighter last night, and it made my day |
In topic "Wimbledon"
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sounds wonderful! |
In topic "Firefox 3.5 Released"
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I got mine!  |
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I used FF3 until they released to FF3.5. At that time, I switched back to Chrome, and I'm using ever since. I'll probably switch back when I go back to school or something.. |
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@Jono345 I understand your frustration. At Intel, we're supposed to use ie6! But even my co-worker is using chrome (and we're in IT!) If you get a call like the one you described above, just tell them to uninstall chrome and go back to ie! If you guys are using a system like bigfix, you can control your environment more strictly, and enforce the IE requirement. |
In topic "UPB Modders!"
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i like the idea! Back in the day UPB was full of modders. Ah... those were the good times |
Quote: N3M3SiS at Jul 27, 2009 3:26:59 amhow does VB do it? Have a URL or a resource? |
In topic "I Need A Brilliant Free Host That Works With MyUPB Forum!"
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Ah.... people helping people... leaves a warm feeling in my heart  |
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found this today: www.000webhost.com/ free hosting comes with a lot of stuff (including SQL), paid hosting ($4.84/ month) is pretty much the same thing but unlimited |
In topic "GD-SQL"
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interesting... |
Quote: codex at Jul 16, 2009 9:13:37 am Whoa! That's some heavy *flour* dude! Hope everything's okay now! |
In topic "how spam do you get?"
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Hmmm, I never really look thru the membership list, but I'm sure there's a lot. I'll get 'em when I have time to implement that pruning ability, so UPB can do it for me. --Rebles |
In topic "Hard work has paid off"
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cool! i didnt kniw you were into poetry! |
In topic "THANK YOU !"
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awesome to see some good feedback! Thanks for using the software! =D |
In topic "WHERE ARE EVERYBODY???"
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Hi All! Sorry we've been gone lately. We would LOVE to get more help if anyone wants to help! The best way for community members to contribute to the myUPB project directly, is to checkout a copy of the trunk in the SVN repository, and any fixes you do, create a patch file and send it to one of us. SVN info: sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=32653 If you're using Windows, here's a great SVN app: tortoisesvn.tigris.org If you want to know how to create a patch at the command line, here is the command: PHP Code: svn diff > ./bugfix.diff Thanks again everyone! --Rebles |
In topic "Hey, there! Please call me Crazy!"
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Hey Rubber Chicken, I talked to you over MSN last night, but I wanted to respond to you here as well. I'm glad you enjoy the software. Tell your friends! (no seriously, tell them, or else...) About the PS, we just want the software to work the way software should work: where it just works! |
In topic "Checking In"
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konnichiwa yosho, yookoso to the myUPB community! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to post! |
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lol. Good to be back (although it may only be for a short time). How are you? I'm always looking for more help on UPB |
In topic "hi"
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wha..? awww, I didn't get to see the sigs! Oh well, it was probably for viagra, huh? |
In forum "Textdb Discussion"
In topic "Useful Idea #002"
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Quote: Errr... care to elaborate tim?
As for the correction tim had to insert, the reason I decided to handle memo fields like that was because a method did not exist to clean up left over garbage when the memo was changed or deleted. This way is much more efficient, with (i hope) little sacrafice to processing. I am also having trouble understanding what you mean by "chopper" too codex. And also what you mean by giving users the option to back up the thread. |
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RE: Pilot
I created a script that calculated the directy tree sizes, which could be used to determine the size of the data directory, however that was not the intetion
RE: codex Backing up a thread into RRS format is for a different purpose, and for the original purpose, it's not too practical. However if you would like to create a Mod to do this, I sure some people will be happy
I'm still not using the purpose of resizing a string to a given length. Why? Could you give an example? As for calculating the size in bytes of a given string in the tdb, couldn't you retrieve the record and do a strlen() on the column? And again, I have to ask what the purpose is. Why? Could you give an example? |
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The only thing I got out of your example in relation TDB 4, is loss of data. I'm not exactly why you would want to cut off ends of records or data. Also, I don't know what filter system you are talking about in the TDB. Unless you are talking about verifying a field's field type (i.e. ID, number, memo), which is in the add() function. |
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You can modify the data before passing it as an argument to a method in the TDB. That or you could extend the TDB class, making the same methods in the extended class, then reference the original TDB method. Basically, we'd like to keep the TDB as bare with very little unnecessary coding as possible. |
In topic "Useful Idea #003"
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Tim and I discussed it a little. He sees some value in sorting it this way, but I personally believe this will confuse n00b programmers. |
In topic "File Locking"
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well the way we manage deleted records and the manor in which it is sorted has changed so that it is no longer required to "reBuild" the entire (or any part of) a table. It has a nice little recycling program (save the environment!) for deleted records, and (I don't know if Tim knew this or not) but the REF file was already formatted in such a way to allow us to sort the REF instead of the records themselves |
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Yup. That way, two users could be editing the same file, but their changes won't overlap and overwrite one anothers'. Another thing to point out that while "string" and "number" have a set length, there is also a field type called "memo" which can be as long as you want it, but still uses set lengths, so even if two people are editing memo fields, their changes won't overlap.
And for field type "string" and "number", you can always use the tdb::editField() method to change the length. |
In topic "Database Encryption and Decryption"
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yeah, when I was tracking down a bug in the memo functions, it was a *flour* to try and find which memo belonged to which record, and a *flour* to piece the memos together... I ended up rewriting the memo functions 3 or 4 times because I couldn't look through the table files to track down the bug.. |
In topic "SQL Useage"
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Tim and I have been internally discussing TDB in relation to SQL. While we didn't really agree on a concrete conclusion, I just thought I'd let you know that we are considering TDB and SQL.
That being said, we've never considered creating converters of TDB to SQL, and SQL to TDB, and, as far as I am concerned, I'll never consider it. If people want SQL, they will use SQL. There are hundreds of other forum venders out there to provide that, but only a few dozen that offer file based database forums such as UPB and TDB. And that's all I am willing to say about that, without revealing too much of our undeveloped plans |
In topic "TextDB query question"
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Could you explain the functionality of "LEFT", "JOIN", and "LIMIT"? Then we can better answer your question. Sorry, Tim and I REALLY like TextDB over SQL |
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Also, I don't know if you've discovered our wiki documentation, but it's at www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/TextDB_Manual.
Again what Tim said, there isn't any JOIN functionality, however the LIMIT functionality is achieved through the $start and $howmany arguements in tdb::listRec(), and tdb::query() (See Documentation for the appropiate argument #. The $start argument specifies howmany records you wish to skip before starting to return. For tdb::listRec(), it would simply skip that many records, however, for tdb::query(), it will skip that many records that match the query string, making this functionality very useful for paging. As far the $howmany, it simply returns that many records after $start. Similarly to $start, tdb::listRec(), will simply return that many records after $start, whereas tdb::query() will return that many records after $start that match the query string. Anyways, I hope that wasn't too wordy and I hope that deepens your understanding of TextDB. |
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yeah sure, we can test it for you. |
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yikes... the excel tdb manual is a bit outdated... the wiki version is much more reliable... |
In topic "TextDB problems"
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ROFLMAO!!! tdb.class.zip was outdated!? That is a riot! Also a word of warning, the tdb.class.php with UPB 2.0 BETA 1.4 (while working) is not the official release... I guess what this means is I'm too lazy to increment the version number. That and I want to pack more features into it before I increment the version number =D |
In topic "Identical queries produce different results"
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Is this with the tdb.class.php that is included with UPB 2.0 BETA 1.4? If so, I know for a fact that once you query a table, the results are cached, so that if you do the exact same query, you should get the exact same results. The exception is if you use tdb::cleanUp() or tdb::tdb(). |
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We strive for simplicity in our products
I'll look into that null pointer bug you get when trying to a query multiple times in a script. It probably has to do with the cached results |
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TextDB is Tim's baby (laush @ Tim), lol... |
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OKOKOK.... lol... I'll look into it.... |
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Okay! So I did look into it, and confirmed my suspicions. It was a returning a NULL pointer, because the function query() was returning the wrong information afer it cached the same query results. You can find the updated version at www.fileserv.myupb.com |
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right. Instead of creating a second FP, you could have executed tdb::cleanUp() |
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TextDB has a similar function called tdb::cleanUp(), try that. |
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I dunno what it is, but it looks awesome! How were you able to get around the NULL query return |
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well you could globalize a tdb resource, with those filepointers already defined, or you could create another function "setTextDBFps(&$db)" which takes a tdb resource as it's only argument and runs the setFp() commands there.
As far as debugging, any TextDB function, that needs an fp in it's arguemtns, that you call will check to make sure you set that fp, otherwise it will generate an error. Depending how you setup TextDB to handle errors, it will either print it out or trigger an error. So you might want to check your error_report() settings. |
In topic "SQL in TXTdb"
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I've looked at Chibiguy's textSQL, and I don't think it actually interpreted SQL queries. His functions used arrays as the SQL queries and from what I can remember about SQL queries is that it is a String
Also about TextDB parsing SQL queries, Tim and I also differ here. I believe an SQL parser should extend the TextDB class, making the SQL parser a separate module, leaving the original TextDB class in tact, whereas Tim wants to modify the class somehow... I forget... Tim, did you want to add only one function to the TextDB class for to handle SQL queries or modify each function to handle SQL queries? |
Quote: I don't think it's that easy... but we don't have to worry about it until after UPB 2.0 final is out |
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*Stays out of the discussion and watches on the sidelins* |
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I glanced through it, but I didn't study it hardcore, simply because it's hard to find the time to do that |
In topic "Unable to delete records"
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lol. Tim is so nice to be willing to debug other people's coding (the crazy bastard ) |
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Glad everything worked out! Another satisfied customer |
In topic "Question about queries"
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umm hey tim, since you're going to be added the not equals, do you mind adding support for parathesis?
ex: $quote = "((field1=val1&field2>5)||(field1=val2&field2<5))&&field3=val3"; You'd be my best friend if you did |
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And dont try to pass it on to me like you always do! I know you, you scoundrel! |
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Now how did I know you were going to say that?
You're so mean Tim! I put in so much hard work, and I ask for one simple request, and this is how I'm treated? tisk tisk tisk.... |
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lol... Tim will get the joke once he reads it...
but being slapped by "wet kippers" sounds kinky |
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While that's pretty impressive, it's would be much faster if you queried the records using just listRec($fp, 1, n), n being the number of records you want. listRec($fp, 1, n) is MUCH faster than a loop of listRec($fp, n++, 1), simply because listRec() has to find the position n, each time it's called, so you proccesses at O (n^2), instead of just O (log(2)n). Just thinking of the speed different between the two |
Quote: The big O notation is used to measure how fast algorithms (or in this case, the TextDB Query feature) runs at. And I made an educated guess with the O (log(2)n) (meaning there is no data to back it up). It's probably right |
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THANK GOD!!
Anyways, I figured out that if you use listRec("fp", 1, n), it runs at O ( n ), where if you put listRec("fp", n++, 1) in a loop, it runs at O ( n^2 ), which is very bad. Just food for thought when you go to write your scripts
Also the new sorting Achive system I'm building will run at O ( log(2) n ), which is FASTER than O ( n ), so queries based on the archive will be faster, w00t! |
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follow up on Big O notation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation |
In topic "Delete table field causes problem"
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Thank you for reporting this. I'll put it on the list. As far as the MEMO file goes, old data will still be in there (if you simply open the file) until you write more memo data into it, so don't worry about old data in there, it has a recycling program |
In topic "Query and basicQuery despite results, return errors"
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You have your error reporting set too sensitive.
Put this in your script: PHP Code: error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); |
In topic "Avoiding insetrion/injection"
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There is no way to inject into the current version of TextDB. |
In topic "Database dump"
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I think we actually have 2 or 3 front-ends. Jono, didn't you make one too? |
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Tim, you changed the password in there, right? This isn't the local copy, right? |
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don't sweat it. Just focus on the template conversion
BTW Tim, I've been meaning to send you the files he gave me. Remind me the next time, we're both online /me has the worst memory |
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You upload the tdb front-end in a directory before the db directory.
Example: data directory: /home/www/path/to/data/dir you can upload it in "path", "to", "data", even "dir", but not /home/www/path/to/data/dir/some_directory. Furthermore, you can rename the "tdb.php" file to ANYTHING, and it will still work. You can't rename the directories. Also, the tdb.class.php that the tdb front-end uses is in the "inc" directory. So whenever you upgrade your tdb.class.php, you SHOULD also upgrade that one too. Good Luck, and happy bug hunting |
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Yeah... It's such a pain to find the upb data directory b/c you need the path. But I would recommend keeping the password, only because it's the only line of security. |
In topic "Edit a file without locking it"
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Having a fixed length system solves a lot of problems. Because we know the length of each record, we NEVER have to rewrite any portion of the table (but we do have to rewrite the REF file). Even with our variable length "memo" field type, which you can put any length of data in, when we store the data, we break it up into chunks, and remember the other of the chunks.
However if you wanna store it in a ready-to-read XML, the only way is to rebuild it everytime you edit it |
In topic "Edit record question"
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Whenever you set fields to type "id" it's always going to be the same ID for that record. So if you want to edit a record based on the value of a field, you have to use query() or basicQueue() to retrieve the record, then use edit(), using a field, whose type is "id"
Quote: Use any field whose type is "id", there is a sort of "hidden ID" in textdb, that is only used internally in the class. It's the fileID, or the physical addresses of records (see __fileIdById() on the wiki). As far as which field to compare the id to, when you use functions that require a record ID, (edit, get, etc.) it looks up the record ID in the REF file. The REF file stores the order of the records, as well as which record ID belongs to which fileID, however when you use functions like query() and listRecs(), it will just compare field values. I hopw i answered your question effectively. I kind of gave more info than needed, so I'll just bold the things that you really want to know. |
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Then you can't use functions like edit, or delete, and get, but you can still use query() and listRec(). No worries, even if someone did do that, you can use addfield() later to correctly add a type ID later (I believe this works, based on the last time I checked, although I recall this used to be buggy. Maybe Tim fixed it...) |
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that's probably for the best. |
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that's probably for the best. Also, as a side note,
PHP Code: if($fields[$i][1] == "memo") $fields[$i][2] = "10"; should be PHP Code:if($fields[$i][1] == "memo") $fields[$i][2] = "7"; It's a minor fix, and I've already fixed it for v5.1, however to save space, I'd recommend doing it now. |
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no, it won't corrupt any databases, especially since it's only in the tdb::createTable() method. But it will save you 3 bytes per field set to type memo per record (which can add up quickly).
I did combine the two statements into one, but I thought it might be easier for you to change it the other way. |
In topic "Textdb suggestions"
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That's great that you have been able to create an XML based database. More power to you. Unforutnatelybecause of our policy, which is not to encorperate other products' methods, even if it includes the theory behind the method, we cannot take your suggestions under consideration. |
Quote: It's called plagiarism. |
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Well it's in 3 files to maximize efficiency. If you put it into one file and arn't careful about it, you're bound to either sacrafice performance, disk space, or both.
Also, the new TextDB 5.0.2 is very different from the TextDB from... let's say... 6 months ago. Also, TextDB also focuses on fragment control. If we didn't, we'd sacrafice performance. TextDB takes in an infinite length data (field type MEMO). If you input a float, our NUMBER field type will recognize it. However, we do not read arrays (because arrays can be complex...) Also commenting on the discussion from above. It's dangerous to read in the entire database into RAM. On most apache servers, PHP memory is limited to 8MB, so if you're database file is approaching 8 MB, it'd crash. It is also extremely wasteful to do this. Everytime you load the page, you read in the database, ranging from the complex queries, even to the simple, retreive-one-record queries. Quote:I tend to disagree with this statement. but depending on the query, sometimes this is true. Like I mentioned earlier, I wouldn't recommend reading in the database everytime you run the script, so if you are querying (using TextDB), you'd have to search through the records everytime. Some people might find this ineffective, however, while I was converting UPB 1 to UPB 2 (to use the new TextDB), I found it wasn't a problem. The real problem is finding the medium between the two extremes: queries doesn't use a lot of resourses (maybe looks through a small portion of the records) and does not require much of the database's attention or queries that are demanding (and might want to look at all records). You have to maximize your database for both cases. One way we've found a solution is to cache results of queries in the script in case they recall it again. We also cache the column and table information, and the REF file as well. |
Quote:I love developing databases. |
In topic "The newline problem"
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Actually, it's a little different than that...
Everytime you hit enter, it depends on what OS you have (Windows: "rn", Unix (and newer Macs): "n", and Older Macs: "r"), it will return a different line ending. In TextDB, it doesn't use new lines in it's organization. The only reason why it would have newlines in it, is if it's data in a record. |
In topic "Complex condition support"
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In topic "Sorting problems"
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Interesting...
Here are a few questions that might help us solve your problem: <?php phpinfo(); ?> upload it in the same directory as your script, and copy/paste the URL to it here. |
In topic "Getting record after adding it"
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Hi tomilpin,
I don't recommend attepting to retrieve records in the same execution as adding them. This is because PHP/Apache/OS caches the file information during each execution, so the script looking at the cached file, the recond really doesn't exist. There is one thing that seems to work some of the time, that might work for you. Right before you retrieve the the record(s), execute this php command, which clears the cached files: PHP Code: clearstatcache(); |
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well, it is an interesting function, and the more I work with it, the stranger it gets. However check in the check() function in the tdb.class.php, for a clearstatcache() being called near the top. If it isn't there, rest assured I've put it in the next function. |
In topic "Invitation to join our benchmark :D"
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yeah, tim and I also noticed some discrepancies between gigi's and yours. Also I wondered if you wouldn't mind updating your RAR to include the new SQL test |
Quote: Pilotlol, thanks for uploading it!
Quote: chibiguyI was asking for the benchmark that includes mysql |
In topic "Rebuilding tables in V.5"
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Well there isn't any existing method to do this (nor was there any method in the past, the reBuild function just moved records arround, it never modified them). The reason this method doesn't exist is simple. Look at it from our point of view. If record IDs updated themselves in the fashion you described, it wouldn't be very practical for a forum. For instance if you wanted to e-mail this topic thread to a friend you would send this: www.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=8&t_id=36&page=). The moment an admin deleted a topic from 1 to 35, the URL would change to www.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=8&t_id=35&page=, so when your friend clicked on the old link, he would get a completely different topic. The point I'm trying to make is that record IDs are specific to each record. If you were to update it everytime a record would delete it, not only would you get inconsistancies such as the one explained above, but you would also create more overhead, because you have to edit each record after the deleted one, to shift the ID number.
HOWEVER, if you are still persistant in updating the IDs, there may be a way. The recordID is used by users calling functions, such as get, edit, delete, etc. Internally, TextDB also utilizes a fileID, to track where in the textdb the record is located at, which can change when records are deleted. So we have the static, non-changable recordID, and we have the changable fileID, which updates automatically when records are deleted. One way you can utilize the fileID, is the function fileIdById. It takes in a $fp, and the recordID, and returns the fileID of the record. In order to retrieve that record, instead of using get(), use listRec($fp, $fileID, 1), which will list one record starting at the fileID. However you will still need to use the recordID for functions such as delete and edit. It might be more trouble than it's worth, but it's an alternative you might want to look into. Be careful, this will not work in tDB v 5.0 or later, as the textDB was restructured. You'll have to use tDB v4.3.5 if you wish to utilize the fileID in the mannor you specified. OR... if you know PHP, have a desire to learn and use textdb, you could create a custom class that extends tdb, and force it to utilize the fileID in most/all functions. |
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tdb v5 development is parallel to upb development, so both are still in betas. you can find tdb v5 by downloading upb, and extracting the ./includes/class/tdb.class.php. |
In topic "Unicode"
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Hi N3M3SiS,
I think this is a problem with UPB, not TextDB. I suspect the problem lies in the filterLanguage() function in the ./includes/inc/post.inc.php. If you want to see if it is that function, comment it out, and copy/paste this above it: PHP Code: function filterLanguage($text) { return $text; } |
In topic "Textdb"
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Quote: Clark at May 29, 2009 10:07:09 am When you added the NOT feature to the query, did you update the TDB version? And did you update the TDB Wiki Manual? |
In topic "MOVED: UPB 2.2.6 Not Working On 110MB.com"
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In topic "new but amazed"
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Hi mrcityrunner,
There is indeed a Heisenbug in TDB. ... I've looked over the tdb.class.php, and I believe I've found and corrected 2 bugs. If you use the tdb.class.php from UPB v2.2.6, I believe I found one bug on line 1701 and line 1717. line 1701 DEscriptION: An if-then statement to check if the index pointing to the next entry of data pointed to itself. BUG: The if clause does not take into account that the file pointer is not at the beginning of the entry (offset = 7), due to reading the index itself line 1717: DEscriptION: This if-statement executes if data still needs to be written and all existing entries in the MEMO file are full and it must write to EOF. This if-statement props TDB to write at EOF by changing the index pointer of the entry it last wrote to to point to the entry of EOF. BUG: When writing the EOF index, it might right pad the index with an incorrect number of spaces, which may result in a corrupted index, which may result in data corruption. Sorry if this is a bit too technical for you, but I feel it's important to document the bugs I found since it can lead to data corruptions. If you want the short explanation, two variables had really similar names (last_blank_memo_block_reference and last_memo_block_reference). They're so similar that when I wrote the function, i used the wrong variable when I right padded and wrote the index to the MEMO file. PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO QA (or test) THE FILE I'M PROVIDING. IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THIS FILE, PLEASE PERFORM YOU OWN DATA TESTS AND POST THE RESULTS HERE If you post the results here, I'll know the bug fixes were successful, and THEN we can update the SVN's copy of tdb.class.php. If you want some guidance to testing the file, create a test script or use a tdb-front end and do the following: Create a database and a table with two fields: one of type memo and one of type ID. Next add at least three records with any kind of data in the MEMO field. Next edit a memo field of ONE record Next add ONE new record with any kind of data in the MEMO field. Perform a listRec() and list all records Next delete ONE record Next add ONE new record with any kind of data in the MEMO field. Perform a listRec() and list all records If the tdb does not throw a fetal error, then the bugs are fixed. Offtopic: Note to self:
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Hi All, I didn't link the new tdb.class.php yet, as I'm running the QA test that I descripbed above. I'll update you when I finish --Rebles PS lol @ jono! |
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Update! I have tested the new tdb.class.php, and it does indeed fix the MEMO corruption problem! The SVN trunk has been updated. You can pull the new tdb v4.4.4 there: textmb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/textmb/trunk/includes/class/tdb.class.php?revision=413 I'm so glad this bug was squashed! It has been a pain in the *flour* for 2 years or so.. --Rebles |
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Thanks! |
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The old frontend that Codex wrote is still compatible with the current version. I use it on my localhost. |
In topic "MOVED: upgrade to 2.2.6"
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In forum "UPB 2 Installation Questions"
In topic "FAO"
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Quote: codex I don't understand what you mean by this. Isn't there only one way to type in ">"? |
In topic "Security Code"
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in UPB 2.0 FINAL, there will be two more options added: one to disable the security code field, and another to simply display the password. (I believe there is also one where it allows users to choose their password instead of randomizing it, if the admins allow it. |
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RE: Codex
I said to allow users (not admins) to choose their password upon registration. |
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Um......
wouldn't you rather spend his time on UPB 2.0 FINAL, so we can release it sooner, instead of spending time analyzing register.php to defeat your security method (which IS breakable vs. our unbreakable method). I mean, the ammount of time he would put into it would be impractable. |
In topic "Installing Board"
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you have to open the config.php in the root UPB directory, find the line that says "define("INSTALLATION_MODE", false, true);" and change it to "define("INSTALLATION_MODE", true, true);" |
In topic "MOVED: Avatars"
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In topic "Security images not display"
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or try this: www.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=8
Next time, make sure you use the search function before posting, it'll help us out |
In topic "Instalation failed"
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After you push "Preceed"? The only button on the install and upgrade scripts is "Next >>" Are you sure it's during installation?
In any case what this error indicates is that your config table might not be correctly built. If you didn't upgrade, consider installing a fresh UPB copy following all directions. Just in case it is not your server settings, create a file called "phpinfo.php" with the contents Quote: phpinfo.phpUpload that in your server, and copy/paste the URL address here. |
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Thanks a lot for posting this! I was racking my brain wondering about it myself. Thanks a bunch |
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This made it in our Knowledge Base: KB 1004 |
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This is not the same error. Please post a new topic. |
In topic "question"
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for future reference, please use a better subject than "question" "question" tells us nothing about your question. |
In topic "EMail"
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Your server does not support SMTP (the ability to send e-mails). Currently, there a work-around does not exist, however in the next version (which will be released VERY soon, Tim's told me all about it), your problem will be addressed. |
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lol.. I don't know how else to explain it. Your php uses the mail() function which calls the system's `mail` function, which stores the routing information that the e-mail must go through. Technically all e-mail on servers on done externally, however you need the correct settings to retrieve from the big mail server in the sky. (At least I think) |
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Login as an Admin, go to the Admin Panel -> Config Settings -> Newly Registered Members Settings.
Look for "Register Email Message". Make sure you have both the <login> and <password> tag in your message. To fix the getpass.php (because registered_globals is forcably off), download this, and upload it in your upb main directory. |
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Forgot to attach file |
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unfortunately we had to take our uploads folder offline right now. We'll try to get it online asap |
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Go to the "Admin Panel", Go to "Config Settings", Go to "Newly Registered Members Settings," In the "Register Email Message" form, verify that you are using a <password> tag, as that is where the randomized password will be. |
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Maybe if you try this on the register.php:
www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/UPB1_Common_Problems#Profile_Error:_Submit_.28upb_1.x.29 |
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Do this:
create a file called "phpinfo.php", with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> , upload it in your forum directory, and copy/paste the URL here.
As for a disabled-STMP server, there is a mod available. Check the bug discussion for closed tickets. One topic should be about STMP servers and register.php |
In topic "How to install..?"
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Quote:lol, it's like asking how to breathe ... ok, maybe not that extreme, but SOMETHING like that |
In topic "Add New member error"
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you have to upload the file "DNS.php" to the "includes/Net/" folder. |
In topic "Blank Pages"
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lol. No problem. Glad we could help |
In topic "instalation help"
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Are you using an FTP program or a web-based FTP, or SSH? |
In topic "db tables"
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myUPB doesn't use SQL. It uses our TextDB, which stores the information in files located in the data directory. |
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If you are talking about the UPB, instructions are included with the zipped file. If you are talking about TextDB, there is wiki documentation here: www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/TextDB |
In topic "Text Database Error: Database is not writable"
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Could you delete the ".htaccess" in the data directory? I'd like to look at which files are created. Do you know which step these errors occured on? Also could you create a file called "phpinfo.php" with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> |
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Okay, According to the phpinfo.php, you have safe_mode ON locally. So, hopefully it's fixable. Try this:
[number]Create a file called .htaccess in the upb main directory with the contents PHP Code: php_flag safe_mode Off [small](My .htaccess format is a little rusty, so you might want to verify this..)[/small][/number]
[number]Delete config.php and upload a fresh copy[/number] [number]Follow the installation instructions from the readme from here on[/number] And that should do it... |
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RE DoneZone:
UPB has an easy installation 90% of the time. The other 10% is when the server isn't configured correctly, so you have to do something like this. Or you have to accomodate for servers that don't have STMP, etc. |
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You have to contact your web service provider and ask them to turn safe_mode OFF or ask them to allow the .htaccess.
Alternatively, I don't know if this will work, but you might give it a shot. Create a PHP file to create the .htaccess. It might work. Here is how I would impliment it: Create a file called htaccess.php and put it in the UPB main directory with the contents: PHP Code: <?php
$f = fopen("./.htaccess", 'w'); $f = fwrite("php_flag safe_mode Off"); fclose($f); print "Done!"; ?> Afterwards, visit the page. If it worked, it will only say "Done!" otherwise, it will give you errors, and you can post them here so we can work through it. |
In topic "MOVED: please help me people"
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 1 Help redirecting... |
In topic "how to install?"
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Open the install.php for editing using your favorite text editor, and on the 9th line, add the following:
PHP Code: error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); Then reupload the config.php into the main upb directory, and following the installation instructions again. It should work. |
In topic "what is a means of CHMOD the root UPB directory?"
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Here is another set of instructions if you are using an FTP program (note: this instructions is based on if you are using SmartFTP)
[number]Open the FTP Program up, login and connect to your server[/number] [number]Navigate to the folder where upb is at[/number] [number]Right click the upb folder and click on "Properties / CHMOD"[/number] [number]In the permissions field, type in "777", then click "OK"[/number] [number]Right click on the file "config.php in the upb folder and click on "Properties / CHMOD"[/number] [number]In the permissions field, type in "666", then click "OK"[/number] [number]In your browser (like Windows Internet Explorer or Mozilla), navigate to the upb folder (example: http://www.yoursite.com/upb/install.php)[/number] [number]Follow the instructions during the installation until it's finished.[/number] [number]Go back to your FTP program, Right click on the upb folder and click on "Properties / CHMOD"[/number] [number]In the permissions field, change the value to "755", and click "OK"[/number] [number]Delete "update1.x-2.0.php" and "install.php" by selecting them and pressing "delete" or right clicking it and clicking on delete.[/number] That should do it... |
In topic "500 Internal Server Error"
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That's never happened before. Are you able to go to the index.php okay? |
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Yeah, I've updated the readme.txt, so you wouldn't get that error before. Unfortunately it's for our next release, so the current readme with the current release hasn't been updated yet. I will do that now.
I've added another section to the readme.txt in case someone wishes to reinstall. So follow these instructions and you should be fine. Quote: readme.txt#REINSTALL For any reason your installation should fail again. Do the following: <?php phpinfo(); ?> upload it into your UPB Directory, and copy/paste the URL to this topic. |
In topic "board install PHP script mess-ups"
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It could be that your do not have PHP installed. Create a page called "phpinfo.php", with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Upload it, and copy/paste the URL to this topic. |
In topic "Fine untill change chmod back to 644"
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Note this is changed for the new version |
In topic "getting attachments to work"
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Yeah, just put "uploads" in and it will upload files to the "uploads" folder in the UPB2 directory everytime.
Are you talking about putting a comma in a new post/reply, it puts a slash? or are you putting it somewhere else? |
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Hmmm well there is no problem here...
Try downloading a new copy of UPB2 from the fileserv.myupb.com, and re-uploading the ./newpost.php and ./includes/inc/post.inc.php. If that doesn't work, open up the newpost.php, go to line 38, and make sure it looks something like this: PHP Code: $_POST['message'] = htmlentities(stripslashes($_POST["message"])); |
In topic "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_get_contents()"
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Yeah, please upgrade to the latest version of PHP 4. It will work then. |
In topic "Errors with "add forum" code"
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lmao! We will fix it so it won't show that error again! |
In topic "Register Email Message"
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For "Register Email Message", you write the e-mail that you want to be sent to the user. You add <login> and <password> to your e-mail. They will be replaced by the user's username, and user's password.
For the "Size limits for file upload", you just put "100" for "100 kb". It automatically adds the "kb" part. |
In topic "Install can't write to config.php even though it is set to 777"
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I would also recommend upgrading if you can. Also try this:
go to fileserv.myupb.com/third_party_programs_and_scripts/ Download the diagnostic_tool.zip, unzip it, upload it to your server, navigate your web browser to it, and copy/paste the the results or copy/paste the url to the diagnostic tool. |
In topic "How to set redirection for fourms?"
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Actually, a lot of forums do this, and I also believe that upb should do this too. Think of this as the alpha version |
In topic "About Chinese characters"
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yeah, we've had this problem for a while now. I think it's time to resolve it!! Could you do me a favor and submit it as a bug using the sf.net site; that way, it will be easier to track. Thanks! |
In topic "ways to add adsense?"
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RE sanyo:
While we support UPB community and their modifications, Under the CC license you agree to, you agree not to use UPB for commercial use. By placing ads on UPB, you make money on UPB. So placing ads on UPB is violating your terms of use. So if you wish to place ads on UPB, we cannot help you do that. RE The_Ripper: Actually that's not true with UPB Many times, users have created Mods, and if we like them, we incorprete it into our releases. In fact, many of the UPB Team Members are invited to join based on modifications they release into the Community *nudge nudge* |
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Let me say that ads are in the gray area. We're not going to say you can't put up ads, but we're not going to help you put up the ads either. The only thing we care about is that the Copyright information stays. |
In topic "RE Im having trouble installing UPP with latest UPB"
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actually, to set the record straight. An ex-UPB Member developed myUPP, but it was never officially released. It was either an alpha or beta version. I never got it working myself. |
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Oh! I was thinking of the other one that lukegil was working on... phpNapalm I think it was called. Sorry about the mix up. You should put your website back up again. I'd be REALLY interested in a a product like UPP, especially what with all the planned changes to UPB over the course of the next dozen revisions planned. |
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oh man, that is awesome. I would love an updated version for UPB 2.0. It would really help us out. |
In topic "Security code doesn't work in 2.1.1"
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You might not have the necessary libraries installed on your computer. Make a file called "phpinfo.php" with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Upload it to your UPB directory, and copy/paste the URL to this thread. |
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The link you gave doesn't work |
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Are you using IE6? What browser are you using? |
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I believe "image.php" in the "includes" directory |
In topic "Errors during upgrade"
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Hi diam0nds,
I hope we can help you get your forum up and running. Hopefully it is not too late. Could you provide a URL to your forum? If it is in installation mode, please send the URL only to me through the private messaging system. Also, did you backup your UPB v1 database before beginning? These will help up evaluate whether or not your forum will be salvagable. Thanks! |
In topic "Register Email Subject..."
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Wow, I also like what you did to your forum! Did the fix work? |
In topic "mod_rewrite and myUPB"
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Hi bunker, If changing the $_CONFIG["skin_dir"] to "/benidorm-forum/".$_CONFIG["skin_dir"]" This is how you can change the value of $_CONFIG["skin_dir"] instead of chaning all instances to "/benidorm-forum/".$_CONFIG["skin_dir"]". Download the attached file, extract it in the folder which your database folder is. Navigate to tdb.php. The default password is "lilly". If you wish to change this, you have to edit the tdb.php file itself. After you login, put in the folder of your database. Select the "main.tdb", then "main_config" table, then click "view data". Find "skin_dir", and edit to to include "/benidorm-forum/" That should work |
In topic "editing"
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Hi nat,
Sorry to hear you've been having problems with the PM System. The reason why you can't rename inbox, outbox, etc, is because it's in the database, so it'd be a lot harder and it might break the PM System if you try to translate inbox, outbox, etc to something else. If you still wish to try, reply and i'll try to help you with it. |
In topic "Attachment file extentions?"
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It should support PNG |
In topic "Adding Administrator"
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That would be good. ALso, a short term fix, is that Admins can't edit other Admins. What do you think of that? |
In topic "Critical Error"
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Hi deanus,
I BELIEVE this bug has been fixed in the latest TextDB. Only the latest TextDB isn't compatible with the UPB. Sorry for the trouble. We'll try to push it out as soon as possible. |
In topic "need a help"
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Hi guys,
Another thing you might try is placing a .htaccess in the upb folder with SAFE_MODE = OFF |
In topic "Announcements"
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The coding for the announcements is either in the ./includees/header.php or index.php. Open it, and look for "Announcements", and Replace it with "Service Message" |
In topic "Categories Do Not Appear on Index.php"
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Hello enewbold,
Go to the Admin Panel, Go to Manage Categories, and Add a Category. Then Add a forum in the "Manage Forum" Link in the Admin Panel, and Add a Forum to that Category. You will then have one forum on your board. As for the security image, you might not have the correct libraries installed, or you could be using a different version of PHP. To verify, please create a file called "phpinfo.php", with the contents "<?php phpinfo(); ?>", upload it in the same area as your board, and copy/paste the link here. After you do that, we'll see what the problem is. |
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I did a quick search and found a couple of helpful topics:
www.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=8&page=1 www.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=8&page=1 If this doesn't work, or you're having trouble understanding it, just reply, and we'll still help! |
In topic "Errors when updating the forum"
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Hi mr_j_psycho,
It looks like you ran the install-uploads.php script. I would recommend NOT running this after you install. Just follow the readme, which says to run the install.php or the update script. To start over, replace the config.php with a fresh copy, and then follow the readme instructions. |
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Try start over, and don't run the install-uploads.php. |
In topic "Catholic Ninja's?? What the hell is this"
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Hi mr_j_psycho,
What verson if UPB are you running? |
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It's now on my TODO list! |
In topic "admin members error"
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Well you could do that,
or you could go to every instance of gmdate() and before the second argument, add a "(int)" |
In topic "register"
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What version of UPB are you running? In older versions of UPB, registered_globals had to be on |
In topic "Installing it"
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Quote: SammySnake at Oct 13, 2008 4:54:52 pm I'm so happy that Jono, Nightmare and Clark have such dedication to UPB
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Hi neil, The only thing that changed in 2.2.6, is index.php (it just occurred to me that we should have just told everyone that upgrading to just update index.php. If you wanna know what's changed in index.php, only the very last segment of code regarding the whos_online module, which starts from line 231. |
In topic "Nothing works..."
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Quote: Leander at Feb 22, 2009 8:31:09 pm This error is a very serious error that the myupb or tdb cannot recover from. (You're screwed basically) As for chmod'ing config.php to 777. This is bad (and shouldn't be needed)... at least after installation. PHP doesn't need php files to have the executable bit set for it to run (I personally think this is a horrible security flaw, but what the hey). The reason you want to chmod to 644 or at least 666, is because an attacker could write to config.php if they gained some sort of access to your system. Since all the sensitive files are obscured in data_**** and uploads_***, except for config.php, you want to limit the access to config.php. You definitely don't want config.php chmoded to a 5 or a 7, because then the attacker could write assembly / C / Perl / etc and could potentially cause even more harm. |
In topic "Code appearing at top of page"
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Can you delete this from the next version as well? I'd hate for people to NOT use our software if they encounter this problem (and don't bother on asking for help) |
In topic "upgrade to 2.2.6"
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Yes, codex is correct in his steps. Be sure to visit the update.php in your browser. Moving to "UPB2 Installation Help" forum |
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Hey senorwx, You might want to talk to Clark about this, but I'm pretty sure you don't need to log in when you're upgrading. However, if you do, it will certainly be the log in of your forum, not ours. --Rebles |
In topic "UPB 2.2.6 Not Working On 110MB.com"
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two points of order: 1) This is the TextDB forum, not the UPB forum, so which product are you seeking help for? 2) If we don't know what the message is, how can we help you troubleshoot? |
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moved to "UPB 2 installation help" forum |
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Oooh, create an empty file called config.php in the UPB root directory. That should solve your problems.! --Rebles |
In topic "UPB 2 Installation Questions"
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Hey, I just tried to install a copy of the trunk (using PHP5 on apache 2 on a windows machine), and it threw the same error. We should fix this. It isn't good for business when half / most of our customers get this error. People won't want to install it, they'll just move on to the next forum software |
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we can either create the file in the install.php, or add the file to the release copy. If you're worried about commiting your personal config.php, in Tortoise, you can set SVN to ignore config.php by: right click anywhere, go to TortoiseSVN, and click on settings, in the first panel ("General"), add config.php to the global ignore pattern |
In topic "Can't Install config.php not found..."
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CREATE a blank file named "config.php" in the main folder --Rebles PS Next time, try searching PPS Moving to UPB2 Installation Help |
In topic "Convert all source to UTF-8"
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What do you mean "type in source type UTF-8"? PS Moving to "UPB2 installation questions" forum |
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hmmm... I'm not an UTF expert, but I would suggest using the program Notepad2. 1) Open the source Upb in Notepad2 2) Go to "File", then Go to "Encoding", then Go to "UTF-8" 3) Edit source Upb I've tested converting a PHP file to UTF-8, and it still works, so you should be good! |
In topic "Problem with installation"
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haah! This is a first! |
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Hey guys, Sorry you've been having this problem for a couple of months. I think I may have found a solution: In the latest version of UPB (current 2.2.6), in install.php at line 142 and in includes/upb.initialize.php at line 144, both lines should be PHP Code: error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); change both lines to be PHP Code:error_reporting( E_ALL | E_STRICT ); . Tell me if this solves the problem for anyone. This is a temporary solution until we find a better one.More Info This is a bug reported to php.net, and as such, I expect php to release a patch resolving the issue. --Rebles |
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Hi guys, I'm glad you found a work around for this. I'll be working to make UPB compadible with PHP4, 5, and 6 in the coming months. Thanks for your patience! --Rebles |
In topic "Installing MyUPB V2.2.6"
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Thanks Jemline for posting this! We'll try to fix that config.php thing in the next release. Thanks again! --Rebles |
In topic "Site Home link"
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Yes, don't forget the "http://" part |
In topic "Default Admin login"
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Hey Guys, So I looked into it, and it turns out to be a bug with PHP5.2. You can find our more from this topic: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=9&t_id=103 |
In topic "myupb installation at byethost.com"
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Problem is addressed here: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=9&t_id=103 |
In topic "Can't login after installation"
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hey all, just wanted to say that all you have to do is delete the contents of the config.php, and the installer will automatically kick in |
In topic "Can't create backup"
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Gonna need some more information. Can you create a file called phpinfo.php, with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Copy/Paste the URL to the page here? |
In forum "UPB 2 Questions"
In topic "Upgrading from 1.96? Docu?"
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Okay, how do I say this...
The instructions for installing a fresh copy and upgrading an existing copy should be included in the readme.txt, but I can try to sum it up here. FIRST BACKUP YOUR DB FOLDER, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN CHANGING THE ENTIRE DB STRUCTURE Basically, you upload the UPB2 package on your old UPB1, navigate to the index.php, it will tell you you need to upgrade your forum. Click on the link, and just keep clicking next |
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I will be putting the wiki online hopefully this weekend.
This whole fasco has been bad timing for my personaly life
(btw no damage to the wiki, w00t!) |
In topic "Mods?"
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All of our modifications can be found at mods.myupb.com/. Unfortunately UPB 2 is still recently new, so the mod list is a little short... However if you think of a good mod, feel free to post it at mod.myupb.com, and more mods by your fellow UPB users are bound to trickle in. |
In topic "MOVED: Administrators"
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Topic was moved to forum : General Chit-Chat redirecting... |
In topic "A Portal for Board MyUPB"
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If you want to define the DB_DIR, simply replace all the "config.php" with "forum/config.php", you'll also have to change all URLs to include the "forum/" bit before it. For instances the line that includes the func.class.php needs to be changed to "forum/includes/class/func.class.php" |
In topic "security"
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I'm not sure if you know this, but a lot of thought has been put into the data directory of upb 2.0. Doing a fresh install will randomize your data directory to data_************* so that crackers cannot simply visit the db directory and expect access to DAT files. You can try to rename files, however you will need an excellent understanding of TDB and UPB2. ATTEMPTING TO RENAME DATA FILES WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE DOING COULD DAMAGE YOUR FORUM, so it is strongly recommended you backup your data files before attempting to do so.
That being said, it sounds like a lot of work, renaming the data files to gain protection, when suficient protection is already in place. You're welcome to try tho |
In topic "something went wrong"
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You are having a cookie problem. If you are using IE7, delete all your cookies by clicking on tools, then Internet Options, click delete, and then click delete cookies.... |
In topic "installation error"
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Actually, Dean IM'ed me shortly after posting this. Pilot asked me to post my findings, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Basically you get this error message if your user records are out of order, basically, the record ID jumps around, i.e. 1, 3, 2. Your users.dat has to be in order (1, 2, 3) or you will get this record. |
In topic "CSS placement"
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our plans for skinning/templating is not open for debate (at the moment).
And I'll remind your Codex, that the UPB 2.0 FINAL is waiting on you to finish that little project..  (no pressure ) |
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but I want it noooow!!!
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In topic "Reordering Categories"
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Log in under an administrator account, go to the admin panel -> config settings -> main configuration settings, scoll down until you see "Category Sorting", and put the categories in order based on their ID. |
In topic "Moving existing forums to new Categories"
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This has to do with the Category Sorting Order in the admin panel -> config settings -> main configuration settings. Make sure all categories' ID is in there. After that, it should fine. |
In topic "How to disable smiles"
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Well there is no way to disable smilies in one post. The only way would be to remove the smilies from all posts, (which would be astonishing... lol...) |
In topic "Inevitable forum stalling protection"
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theoritically it can stall, but in TextDB's case, I am confident it won't (at least no for a very long time).
The way TextDB is structured allows it to be (in my mind) limitless. That coupled with how it manages data, like the shuffling and resorting you were talking about (which just moves a few bytes of data around), makes TextDB wonderful. If you would like the technical stuff on how this all happens, Pilot and I can gladly give it to you. |
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Oh, are you talking about...
I understand what you mean now Pilot. That one day when you were talking to me about the listRec() return arrays... I just realized that's how sortAndBuild() sorts! (which btw needs to be renamed to just "sort()" because it no longer builds |
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Actually our sort function does put everything in an array. But I think I have a solution to that. I need to talk to Tim about it first. Seeing how it's my idea, I'd like TextDB to have it before the public does |
In topic "Forum failure after moving to new server"
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Alright...
If you still have your old config.php, you can still repair your old data directory. All you have to do is CHMOD your data directory to 777, and it's contents to 666. The reason you have to change permissions is because the usergroup or username for PHP (which is the only thing that accesses the data directory) changed or is no longer valid. So the alternative is to discover what the new usergroup and username PHP uses to access files. On a side note, I see you are using PHP5. UPB does not officially support PHP5 yet. The reason being is that in PHP5, they've updated their OOP, but TextDB is configured for PHP4, because most servers still run PHP4. However many users have reported that UPB has worked on their PHP5 servers. So after you fix the data directory problem, you'll know whether your server will run UPB. |
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1. Is it the same error or a different one?
Are you refreshing the script? If you navigate away from it, or press the refresh button, you will get the error. Also please replace your actual data directory with data_***********************. It's a security risk to post it. You can keep the last bit after the period, so we know it's a different folder. |
In topic "Languages"
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it's because you have to specify the language in the HTML tags. Right now it's set to english. |
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Try posting a new topic. Maybe adding the META tag will work on new topics, but not on old ones |
In topic "background"
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Right... you have to open the CSS file and change it there. The CSS file for the default skin is located in ./skins/default/CSS/skin.css. Causion: When you open, it's actually a PHP file, so be careful with quotes. |
In topic "Restricted forums"
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This would be possible if Tim adapted the acl permission functionality. The Access Control List (ACL) lets users set access to their files/directories based on "rlidwka", which stands for "read", "list", "insert"?, "delete", "write", "admin" and... I forgot what the "k" was. |
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hmmm I suppose it's when I finish the new $_STATUS, which will be right after I finish the new sorting archive for tdb 5.1
... but honestly the new $_STATUS wil be easy... Oh but then again, tim started converting the PHP files to use template files, so... yeah.. we really can't put a date on it yet.. |
In topic "Deleted posts"
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Quote: What's preverted is your nose picking avatar. I can't stop starring at it!!! |
In topic "How would I hide the attachment field"
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you set it to zero.
However if I remember correctly, I'm not sure if the admin_config will let you do that. Well tell me if you have any luck, if not, I'll modify something for you. |
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Try this file. Upload it in your includes/class directory and tell me if it works for you. |
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It must not like you |
In topic "removing logo?"
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unforuntately no. I make custom buttons by editing the existing buttons, and copy/pasting them into a new button. |
In topic "WAP"
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well if the only information you get is a server error, I don't think I can help much... |
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Any securities would extend to all pages, not just the newpost.php. I canonly suggest to look at the newpost.php coding and try modifying it to work on your server or something. |
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Eh... Using my quote against me you bastard!
Well, considering Tim and I have our hands full trying to complete upb2.0 (we both have our own separate list, mine has 18 items on it to date) between classes, if you want to and have the time, you can try to get the newpost.php to work on your phone. |
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Why'd you put quotes arround it? It makes it seem like you're saying it's not really open source... |
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In topic "MOVED: No subject for Registration confirmation"
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 2 Bug Reports redirecting... |
In topic "Users Online"
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delete the whos_online.dat and upload an empty one. That's the only solution. If it doesn't work, then maybe your users didn't sign on at the same time. |
In topic "Moving topics"
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i know why...
go to admin panel -> config settings -> main config settings, look under category sorting, and make sure you add each forum's ID to it in the order that you want it to appear. |
In topic "setting own password"
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Administrators of a forum in the final release will have the option to let users set their password at signup. The reason it sends a random password is to make sure users didn't provide a fake e-mail address. It's about accountability. Furthermore, you can change your password in the user:cp page. After you've logged in using the random password, change yor password via the user:cp. |
In topic "Receiving UPB Modification Attachments"
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I deeply apologize for not having our uploads available for download. I will talk to Pilot and see when we can get the files online. |
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I just talked to Pilot, it seems the uploads folder is unrecoverable. If you wish the get the coding for some modifications, please post on the topic, and we'll update it to include the missing files. |
In topic "guest status"
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Alright! I put it on the list of things to add! |
In topic "Banned user by IP address"
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Yes, the banned users also works with IP addresses. So the banned users list can contain usernames and also IP Adresses |
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=D We like things simple (most of the time) |
In topic "Google Adsense On UPB?"
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Putting google adsense on myUPB is a violation of the terms of use you agreed to by downloading it, so we cannot help you with that. |
In topic "Latest topic under Announcement"
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actually I'm going to design a page based on search.php, that shows all all the recent topics made/updated since the last time you logged in. Is that what you're looking for? |
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Actually, I'm not sure when it will be done. Both me and Pilot are full time studnets. So we work on UPB between school and our personal lives. So most of our work happens when we're out of school like Spring Break. You understand, right? |
In topic "File Attachment Question"
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Both of those are not on UPB 2.0 BETA 1. But I will put it on the list of things to do. |
In topic "Hyperlinking forum logo problem"
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Don't use double quotes, use single quotes.
PHP Code: <a href='http://mywebsite.com'> <img src='".$_CONFIG["skin_dir"]."/images/logo.gif' border=0> </a> |
In topic "Register Globals"
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We have forcefully turned off registered_globals in the includes/inc/func.inc.php. What you are describing sounds like you don't have SMTP e-mail configured. To confirm, create and upload a file named phpinfo.php, with the contents [code=phpinfo.php]<?php phpinfo(); ?>[/code], and copy/paste the URL on this topic. |
In topic "Deleting a category"
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I have no idea how you managed that, however if you go to the Manage Categories, and you try to delete it, what error message do you get? |
In topic "Registration - sends a blank email??"
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Go to the admin panel -> Config Settings -> Newly Registered Members Settings, and make sure all fields under "New Users' Confirmation E-mail" are filled (the fields are "Admin E-mail", "Register Email Subject", "Register Email Message"). |
In topic "Disable Email Verification for Registration?"
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This file will replace the confirmation message after you register with the message defined in the "Register Email Message" Field (Admin Panel -> Config Settings -> Newly Registered Members Settings). If you have already modified your register.php, use the step-by-step instructions provided below. Note: recommended for advanced users [big]Step-by-step instructions to display login and password after registration[/big] [number]Delete [code=line 83]redirect("login.php", "5");[/code][/number] [number]Replace [code=line 80]print "You are now registered!<BR><BR>An email has been sent to your email account with a random password, <br>which you can change at any time. It should arrive within 2 - 5 minutes. <br><br>Thank you for registering!";[/code] with PHP Code: print $register_msg; [/number]
[number]Delete [code=line 77]if(!@mail($_POST["u_email"], $register_sbj, $register_msg, "From: ".$_REGISTER["admin_email"])) error_log ("Unable to send register email conformation to user: ".$_POST["u_login"], 3, "./logs/error.log");[/code][/number] That should do it. Note this code has not been tested so please reply if it doesn't work. |
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Hi bmwgg, I thought we added a variable to the admin_config.php page, but I can't find it. Clark, do you remember if we added a config var to track if the upb bulletin board has access to STMP? |
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sorry, Clark would know more about it, however, he sent word that he's feeling a little under the weather, so you will have to wait to get a proper response. |
In topic "register script help"
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Do you have a link to where you got the other register.php? |
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That is for UPB1 You probably have UPB2. You need to restore your old register.php. Or use the register.php from this topic |
In topic "Page loading problems. :-"
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PHP is not installed on your webserver. If it's your local host, you need to install php on your local host. If it's not your local host, you need to find a new web provider. |
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Good point. I didn't even think of that. Could you create a file called phpinfo.php with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo();?> and copy/paste the URL on this topic? |
In topic "Use as a mysql database?"
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Thanks Codex, for the compliments .
In the distant (way distant) future, we plan to have MySQL be able to work with MyUPB. For the mean time, TextDB is pretty good |
In topic "Chatroom not working"
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The chatroom doesn't work anymore. We just didn't bother taking out the links to it. |
In topic "Forum Hosting"
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also, it if you could save your translations in a word doc, with the corresponding english phrases, that would be ideal, so when we compile a language module, it will expidite the conversation process. |
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could you e-mail me it at rebles [at] myupb [dot] com?
I'm boy caughting that file sharing service. |
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yes please. |
In topic "Registration Password"
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Did it work? |
In topic "Couple of questions"
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Try moving the image on your server or a different server, then change the URL of the avatar accordingly.
Also, for future reference, please try to make your subject names relavent to your content "Avatar Problem" is an example. Also, thanks for the awesome support of UPB. I'm currently working on the next version with Tim and everyone else |
In topic "Issue with "Manage Members""
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Hmmm, are you using the latest version of UPB? UPB 2 BETA 1.4.
Double check by going to admin panel -> check for UPDATES. Did you modify UPB in any way? When all else fails, download UPB again (fileserv.myupb.com/, and upload it again (don't upload the config.php) |
In topic "How do you remove/uninstall UPB?"
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I wrote this up pretty quick. It should fit your needs. After you've run it once, make sure you edit your config.php file and change the DB_DIR field to match your other data directory name. Also, I didn't have a machine to test the coding on (but I did proof read it), so it might not work. If it doesn't just reply here and I'll patch it up. |
In topic "security issue"
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Hi pete917, First off, you should backup your database before trying anything mentioned below. Basically, if install.php created the data folder (which it should), and you wanna be paranoid about security, you can chmod the data dir to 700. 700 means that the forum can still access the databases, but absolutely no one else (through FTP or SSH)can either(including you). That being said, your database is still accessible through the web browser. This is because apache (the web server) owns your data directory, and since apache serves the web pages, and the data directory acts like a web page when accesses through a web browser. This is why the random bits attached to the data dir is there. It helps protect your data through obscurity. Not the best method of security, but it's the easiest in this case. If you set it to 755, the forum can still access the databases, and you (and everyone else) can read it (though FTP or SSH). Your best bet is to create the .htaccess file in your data dir (.htaccess limits the accessibility of user requests THROUGH apache), and deny everybody, then chmod your data dir to 700 or 755. Anyone know the correct .htaccess content to accomplish this? I can't remember it |
In topic "A new user group?"
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This is definitely on the top of my TODO list. I actually have a whiteboard dedicated to this feature right now. |
In topic "I am new here - Some questions"
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For topic notification bug fix, read here. It's great that you were able to solve this solution! Just one thing: The next major release of tDB (the engine that myupb is powered on) will be going through a major revision that will certainly break your script. You see, the headers will be moving out of the TA files and be stored together in the TDB* file. So you see, when you add members, only one of your databases will be updated, and then when another user is added at a different domain, they will have conflicting IDs, and you'll encounter a significant loss of data and corruption of your members table. if you don't plan on changing your system, I would check the changelogs for major tdb changes before you decide to update in the future |
In topic "get e-mail after posting"
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This is address in a bug fix: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=23 |
In topic "Change username"
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Quote: MindPhasing at Apr 23, 2009 8:42:28 pm Yessss, finally someone who's like me and finds the idea of a calendar or shoutbout box unnecessary! I've just met you, but already you've become one of my favorite users!  |
In topic "Server Requirements"
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we've had over 2k members, but that was before the hack. We don't talk about The Hack... |
In topic "Downloading new skins"
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Oh geez, how sad! UPB is now less customizable T_T I'd create a skin for everyone except I'm graphically gimped! Sorry everyone! |
In topic "Notify members of new post"
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Topic Monitoring has been addressed in this BUG FIX patch: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=23
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In topic "Subscribe to topic"
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Topic Monitoring has been addressed in this BUG FIX: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=5&t_id=23
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In topic "Pages"
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Quote: MindPhasing at Mar 23, 2009 8:53:30 pm ROFL This is a great question--at least in the way that it was phrased! |
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i noticed in the admin_iplog it looks awesome! |
In topic "Avatar for Guest"
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Confirmed. I don't see the problem in FF3.5, but in Chrome2, there is indeed a broken image. Upon inspection, the HTML is <img scr=""> |
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what happened when you tried the instructions? |
In topic "MOVED: Can't Install config.php not found..."
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 2 Installation Questions You should be redirected in 2 seconds. If not, click here. |
In topic "MOVED: Convert all source to UTF-8"
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Topic was moved to forum : UPB 2 Installation Questions You should be redirected in 2 seconds. If not, click here. |
In topic "disable security code"
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Admin Panel -> Manage Settings -> New Members Uncheck "Enable Security Code" |
In topic "alt and title tags for images"
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Nightmare, No offense, but your misspellings/bad grammar make it hard to understand your message ^_^;; --Rebles |
In topic "How to migrate (copy) Forum?"
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Tofiks, If you want to backup the database, "Admin Panel" -> "Backup/Restore the database" -> "Backup the current database", Click on "Download it" If you wish to restore a back up copy, install a fresh copy of UPB, then "Admin Panel" -> "Backup/Restore the database" -> "Import a foreign database" -> "restore it" Done. I used to accomplish this using a cron, but I can't recall the exact command for it anymore. --Rebles |
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Hi Tofiks, Glad to see it worked for you. Important things to note: "Importing" and "Restoring" are 2 different action. You import a database into a collection of backups, and you restore one backup from your collection of backups. Hope this helps, and enjoy UPB --Rebles |
In topic "how to change the way visitors see our forum"
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Ahh, gold ol' tim to the rescue |
Quote: pete917 at Aug 13, 2009 10:44:36 am viewtopic.php, line 29: PHP Code: if ((int)$_COOKIE["power_env"] < $fRec[0]["view"]) exitPage("You do not have enough Power to view this topic"); |
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Hi pete917, Unfortunately, when you log in, the forum does not take you back where you were before. There are some rare exceptions in the script. ... Looking into some PHP functions, I may be able to add this functionality to login.php. I'll look at it the next time I have a chance. --Rebles |
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Ping me in a week in case I forget. |
In topic "logging in to the forum"
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I pete917, Yes, you should be able to auto log in to the forum as soon as you visit it IF you check the "remember me" checkbox at the log in page. This is accomplished via forum software and browser cookies (so both). The forum software validates your existing token (from the last session), and then gives you a new one, ensuring that if anybody does steal your token, it will expire as soon as you log in (and alert you that your account may have been compromised). --Rebles |
In topic "images and pictures upload"
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Hi All, Just giving my 2 cents, I think the first request could be easily implemented through AJAX However, for now, a simple work around would be to upload the image, submit the post, then edit the post and use the URL to the newly uploaded image. |
In topic "researching flat-file boards"
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forum.myupb.com/xml.php?id=10&t_id=155 is this whst you mean? --Rebles |
In topic "Problem with images"
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Hi yosho, great mod! thanks for sharing your solution! hope to see more from you in the near future! --Rebles |
In topic "Error Using URL for Avatar"
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I don't know if this will work, but try this anyways: 1) Create or Modify a file called ".htaccess" in your upb directory. It might be hidden. 2) Add the following line to the file: PHP Code: php_flag allow_url_fopen On |
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actually the code might be this: PHP Code: php_value allow_url_fopen 1 Let me know if it works, and if so, which of the codes worked for you |
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lol. I didn't see your post. The file may already be there. You're going to have to check. It also might be invisible depending on your ftp program. What program do you use? |
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exactly what was above:
Quote: Rebles at Mar 22, 2010 10:15:47 pm |
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that's it. If the file already exists with coding in it, it may be different, but you said it isn't. What i'm really asking you, is to true the fix I suggested, because I am not 100% sure, because my server doesn't have the problem, but yours does. If it works, then you would have had this fixed days ago. If it doesn't then, tell us and we'll look into other possible solutions. |
In topic "Viewtopic Quickreply"
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Hi Yosho. quickreply is AJAX, so it's part PHP and part javascript. The PHP is in ./ajax.php at line 68 (in v2.2.6). The JS is in ./includes/script.js at line 861. Hope this helps |
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lol. glad I could help. =D |
In topic "embedding Video"
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You can't, unless you modify the PHP for the bbcode |
In topic "Hacked forum"
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sorry about that guys. The Clark and I haven't had any time to develop for myUPB these past months. If anyone codes, has some great ideas, and would like to step up to the plate. Just e-mail me |
In forum "UPB 2 Bug Reports"
In topic "Registering"
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Thanks! I'm soo sorry this was a reoccuring problem. I will release a cumulative patch soon. |
In topic "showmembers.php"
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Thanks, this will be included in the upcoming patch |
In topic "Bug Report .02"
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** updated master copy of UPB2.0 to include the readme.txt changes **
As for your e-mail RE change request, I'm a little hesitant. Sure, I know some free email services allow you to append a plus sign followed by a string, and it will delivery it to your main e-mail account, but think of the side effects of doing that. The forum would not be able to differentiate whether or not a user has registered with that e-mail account, because users can easily change the string. We do not allow users to register with an existing e-mail account to prevent spammers and etc. So please understand our position. If you can write some code to replace our current e-mail duplication coding that will ignore the string between the plus sign (and including the plus sign) and the at sign, I would be more than willing to consider the RE change request. |
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actually oddly enough that is also in ie. You know alls these bugs that are popping up should have been fixed already. I'm really at a loss why they are popping up again... |
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Yeah, the same is with myupb.com, but I believe gmail allows you to use the plus sign followed by random text
i.e. my gmail is rebles@gmail.com. I will still recieve mail if I give someone the email address rebles+junkmail@gmail.com, and the reason why they allow this is because you can create a filter for the rebles+junkmail@.com if you feel you are getting junk mail through that "pipe" |
In topic "Edit Members not working"
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We've already discovered this and will be released in our next patch. Thank you for reporting the error, if you see others, don't hesitiate to report them on this forum. |
In topic "Undefined function error"
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yeah, this will also be in the up coming patching that will be released soon. |
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This problem *should* be resolved in the newly released patch (see this topic), however, if it isn't, please feel free to bump this topic. |
In topic "word filter"
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sorry about the word filtering mistake, however, there are no plans at this time to rewrite the word filter algorithms. You are allowed to rewrite them yourself if you wish, but if you do, please be kind to everyone and post your findings here But the way that the word filter algorithm works, it would not delete all your posts. As soon as your word filter list is fixed, your posts are restored to how they originally were.
This problem hsa been addressed in the newly released third patch (see this topic) |
In topic "Avatar and update profile."
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Actually, if it can't load your avatar, it won't save it because it thinks there is an 404 error. The avatar system will change before the final version. |
In topic "Avatars"
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are you sure your forum is UPB 2, or UPB 1? |
In topic "PM issue 3 of 3"
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Thanks for reporting this issue, I am already working on a patch for this.
For future reference, please post all your concerns that are related (like related to the PM) into just one post. Thank you. |
In topic "PM issue 2 of 3"
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This is not a bug. Topics and PMs are marked read when you click on the "mark all posts read" button (it has to do with timestamps). We are currently reviewing this, and it may change in future versions.
For future reference, please post all your concerns that are related (like related to the PM) into just one post. Thank you. |
In topic "PM issue 1 of 3"
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Thank you for reporting this. This bug has already been discovered and a fix will be included in the next patch (which will be released soon)
For future reference, please post all your concerns that are related (like related to the PM) into just one post. Thank you. Also, could you make your topic names a bit more descriptibve like "Date and time wrong on PM" It helps other users when they search |
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This bug is addressed in UPB 2 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
In topic "PMs"
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This bug is addressed in UPB 2 BETA 1.4: myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=1&t_id=4 |
In topic "Security Code Problem???"
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well it was kind of relative... |
In topic "Security Code Problem / no image / Red Cross"
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search.php?q=security+code&req=OR&forums_req=all
Please use search next time before posting a new topic. |
In topic "Registering problem"
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Your first problem and this second problem might be related. It could be that you do not have STMP e-mail enabled. |
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I guess you have to open func.class.php, and add that ini_set line in it. Make sure you set th e-mail address tho |
In topic "New Posts - gone mad"
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I am also having a little bit of this problem. Are you xperiencing this on your forum or only ours? Tim, maybe the new system I showed you a while back would be good? Although it basically is the same process with expanded features tho... |
In topic "Registration Errors"
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You or anyone shouldn't get that problem. In func.inc.php, there is a if statement that defines the "checkdnsrr" function if it doesn't exist. |
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I also don't have time for a proper post. search using keywords "email confirmation" and there is a fix available somewhere.
To Pilot: Oh, I thought it was... oh well... Fraser wrote it, but I'm kind of hesitent to use it... it uses exec() function (to execute a command on windows), but (and I'm not 100% sure on this) the file needs to be chmod to 667, right? I dunno. PHP might do something weird with the command and ignore the chmod... |
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Uh, I believe you released the registration patch buddy |
In topic "Problem whit banned"
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Are you using the most current version? This problem has been found and address in a previous version. In your admin panel, click on "Check for UPDATES" and it will tell you if you have the most current version. The most current version is UPB 2.0 BETA 1.4. |
In topic "includes_once()"
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lmao this one always gets reported, but I have like 3 working versions of upb2, so I never fix it completely XD |
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shoot, I type 600 WPM....
... (but half of everything I type is mispelled ) |
In topic "Catholic ninjas?"
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Let's see.. the Catholic ninjas' website is if your IP Addressed was banned, so maybe someone added your (static?) IP address to the banned list?
In regards to your "bug or feature" question, this has been a feature for a while (at least since v1.8), and no ones ever had a problem with it. |
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errr... could you explain that one more time? I don't quite follow... |
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ummm a bad reference pointer in TextDB
Post ID #190 turned into #19. edit: fixed. |
In topic "Smiley bug: scand. char and close bracket"
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Tim, I think you added something that changes quotes to "! |
In topic "Cannot read my pm inbox"
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yeah yeah... it's on my todo list! |
In topic "No complete delete of "signature" & "Service Messages""
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[number]This is something that the TextDB does, that needs to be addressed. I will fix this.
[/number] [number]I'm not sure about the UTF-8. I seen UPB forums in hebrew, so I know it's possible, but I don't know. Maybe someone else here who reads this will know? [/number] [number]This is a bug, (which I thought was fixed, but maybe not). So we'll have to do more testing on it. but for now don't mess with it. Would you mind e-mailing your badword.dat in your data directory to rebles[at]myupb[dot]com? [/number] |
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yeah, sorry, i thought that was fixed, but i'll take a look at it when i have some time |
In topic "Empty message - "Submit" don't work after "back""
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it's just you, or more or less your browser. What browser do you use? |
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In topic "Links and Replys"
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In topic ""Last post" in latest topic"
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Ah...
it's not a bug, I just hoped no one would notice -_- I didn't think it would be worth an extra query just to update those fields. But I guess the real question is, do YOU think it's worth it? |
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"Food for Thought": My favorite quote... |
Quote:Yeah, but most people don't know unless they're paying attention to such things. And how often do you guys actually pay attention to that? |
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It's not that easy:
1: Delete the post, if it's not the last post, END 2: Get the second to last post (now the last post) and UPDATE the the topic's last_topic and user information 3: Run sortAndBuild() (or the make a custom function to do the equivolent) sortAndBuild(), which shouldn't really be run every time you make a new post, uses a lot of resources. I guess with the new sorting archive I'm making, it might be okay, but I'm trying to avoid running sortAndBuild() if I don't need to. |
In topic "reseting password problem"
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Yeah, with registered_globals forcably turned off, this bug appeared. Also, on a separate note, the password is encrypted (and cannot be decrypted), so that option isn't possible. |
In topic "checkdnsrr Fix"
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Thanks a lot. We all apreciate it |
Quote: You don't make any sense... (blink) |
In topic "To UPB developers"
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myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=9&t_id=14&page=2
Edit: also, try to place your topic in the right forum. There were no suggestions, only bug reports. Also, try not to double post. Second Edit: Pick a more descriptive topic next time. |
In topic "Last Login date is always 1970-01-01 (from Members List)"
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This bug has been addressed and will be included in the next major version release. |
In topic "Bug or Installation Error :-"
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This bug has been addressed and will be included in the next major version release. |
In topic "No subject for Registration confirmation"
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Make sure you've filled in the registration fields correctly in the admin panel. Login as an admin, go to the admin panel -> config settings -> Newly Registered Members Settings, and look for the "Register Email Subject
" field. Make sure it's filled in. If it is, I'll give you different instructions. |
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Did you upgrade from UPB1 or did you do a fresh install? What version are you using? |
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Alright. I'll put it on my list of things to look into. |
In topic "PM Error"
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How the hell did you get those errors?? It looks like you've some how (I have no clue how) corrupted your private messaging files. Tell you what, send me your private messaging files, and I'll see if it's recoverable...
So go to your upb directory, open the data_************ directory, download all files beginning with "privmsg", zip it and send it to rebles[at]myupb.com. I've created a script to reinstall your private messages if you need it. |
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Yeah, I don't know what happened to your table... It replace the entire TA file is just "111". Download this reinstaller I whiped up in 5 minutes. It's not tested, so if you recieve any problems tell me. |
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I might have found the bug. Try this. |
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No need to reinstall because of a simple thing like the privmsg. Try this one, and copy/paste what it print out to this topic. |
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copy and paste what the <b>installation</b> file prints out, not what pmsystem.php gives you. |
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Well I haven't really had the time to look into it more, but te installation file I uploaded should have worked. If you are tired of waiting, you can go ahead and reinstall your forum. |
In topic "PM Bug"
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could you be a little more specific? Do you see the list of pms in your outbox? Do you see it on this page? Or after you click on a PM? |
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Next time you have problems, try updating your forum. Our latest version has solved this error.
And N3M3SiS, I'm a little confused. I checked your website, because I wanted to see the symptoms you described, but your link to forums lead to a phpbb. |
In topic "Add forum bug"
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Again, this is caused by an outdated TextDB. Unfortunately, this has corrupted your TextDB files. Your only option is to reinstall, or do a partial reinstall. |
In topic "IP addresses not listed in iplog"
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Ah.. that's due to registered_globals being turned off. We've already fixed this in the upcoming version, but if you want the fix until then, do this:
[number]Open index.php for editing with your favorite text editor.[/number] [number]Open the search dialog, and search for Quote: [/number][number]Then replace everything after that line with this:PHP Code: require_once("./includes/footer.php"); [/number]if(empty($_COOKIE["user_env"])) $user = "guest"; else $user = $_COOKIE["user_env"]; if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'] == "") $visitor_info = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; else $visitor_info = $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']; $base = "http://" . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; $date = date("r", time()); $fp = fopen(DB_DIR."/iplog", "a"); fputs($fp, "$visitor_info -".$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']."- $user- Date/Time: $date:$base:--------------------------------Next Person<p>rn"); fclose($fp); if(filesize(DB_DIR."/iplog") > (1024 * 10)) { $fp = fopen(DB_DIR."/iplog", 'r'); fseek($fp, (filesize(DB_DIR."/iplog") - (1024 * 10))); $log = fread($fp, (1024 * 10)); fclose($fp); $fp = fopen(DB_DIR."/iplog", 'w'); fwrite($fp, $log); fclose($fp); } ?> |
In topic "PM cleans inbox"
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By "Clean" you mean erase? |
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You are sure you are using the most current version of UPB? Also, could you create a file called phpinfo.php with the contents PHP Code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> and post the URL here? |
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I think you gave me the wrong URL, I get a bunch of advertising... |
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adevertisings still... |
In topic "Registration not working"
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Could you zip and e-amil me your register.php so I can take a look at it. |
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I don't think I got it. Try sending it to rebles[at]sbcglobal[dot]net |
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Yeah, but I haven't had time to look at it yet. I'll get arround to it tonight. |
In topic "A little problem with the database i think"
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yeah dude, you need to zip it. |
In topic "Avatar Problems"
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The problem is that your server doesn't allow you to open streams off of your server. So you have a couple options:
[number]You can change this by requesting your web host to allow it (or if you own your server, change the setting in the php.ini file)[/number] [number]Disable the mod_avatar.class.php, and delete the references of it from the coding[/number] [number]Tell users to upload their avatar to your server using the "Attach file" method[/number] [number]Upload their avatars into your server yourself[/number] |
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Yeah, this WILL definitely change for the final release, sorry about the hassle/trouble! |
In topic "myupb.com issue"
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I believe this is about the time that google inadvertantly blacklisted a bunch of websites by accident (a bug in google's servers). Needless to say the issue has been resolved on google's side |
In topic "Crash"
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I'm sorry you guys are having problems with tDB. Could a take a quick look at your guys' forum? I can do a little of investigating, but not much. But it might be enough to fix something. |
In topic "Search function little bug"
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ah, case insensitive searches. Another inherit problem in tDB. Does anyone see a problem making tDB's searches case insensitive? Or should we have an option to use case insensitive or case sensitive? |
In topic "Smiles in Advanced Edit"
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fixed! Thanks for catch, it will be in the next release!
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In topic "new member email address not accepted"
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Hey Clark, the next time you and me are online, flag me down and let's optimize the RemoveXSS() function, shall we? I don't want to work on it alone, because i'm not 100% entirely sure what's going on in the function... lol. |
In topic "Bookmark topics"
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Quote: MindPhasing at Mar 16, 2009 5:19:54 pm ROFL, we're really going to have to re-examine that XSS prevention function Clark, I'd hate for MindPhasing to have to space out his words like this |
In topic "Unblock"
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you can't unblock them? Do you mean you can't delete them from the ban list? |
In topic "Own Post Icons"
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hmmm, it looks like there aren't any bugs in the code. Are you sure the admin panel isn't giving you any errors? |
In topic "profile.php, register.php"
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Hey Clark, do you remember how this was patched? |
In topic "Quick Edit"
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didn't expect it? mwuauahaha MWUAHAHAHH *ahem* |
In topic "Tracking Unread posts"
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Hey All,
is it just me, or do you are unread posts being marked read and vice versa randomly? |
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this topic was one such example for me, hah! |
Quote: pete917 at Jun 11, 2009 9:46:49 am Sounds like a feature request to me
Glad to know it's not just me... Clark, do we have a bug list or something? I'd like to help but I'm at work |
In topic "View PM links are bad..."
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Offtopic: I feel a little bit silly posting this since I should just fix it (but I'm at work)...
PROBLEM The Profile, Homepage, and Email links found below the user in the viewpm.php are bad. VERSION: found in UPB v2.2.6 |
In topic "advanced edit"
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Doesn't do it for me, and I'm using FF v3 Question: What browser are you using and What upb version are you using? |
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What version of FF? |
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have you tried upgrading? |
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Shouldn't you update to 3.5? |
In topic "Congif/Install"
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Quote: codex at Jul 17, 2009 8:07:17 pm touch("config.php"); would be better, or if you want to reset it, truncate("config.php"); would be even better. |
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The origins of touch and truncate come from C Programming Language Or Perl...? I can't remember off the top of my head... No wait, I think it's a UNIX built in command! |
In topic "Move Post"
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Hmmm, it could be that the other forums are not in the categories sorting list. Go to the admin forums page, and move the forums in question around. Even moving them up one and down back to it's original place, should do the trick. But tell us if it doesn't work for you. |
In topic "IP Log Error"
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Hmmm, The only explanation I can think of, that guests came within the 5 minutes of the user refreshing the page, and knocked him off the first page of the IP log. note that the IP Log is only updated for the index.php (and register.php?) And the whose online is updated everytime the user visited any new page. --Rebles |
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You can change that if you wish, however, I believe the ip log would become unless, because it would reach it's max size, and data would refresh the ip log several times over in a single day, unless you wrote to the ip log on the first visit, and tracked the user for that one session. But there are ways to get around this, so Im not sure it would be very useful. |
In topic "Forum write errors"
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This topic should solve your problems, assuming you're getting a tdb error: http://forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=8&t_id=42 |
In topic "random error"
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hmmm you say this is the third time it's happened? The permission denied is an OS thing, so it shouldn't be randomly denying your access whenever it feels like it. Do you own the server or are you getting web hosting through a service? If you're getting it through a service, contact your service provider and find out if they've done any updates to the OS or PHP or the apache that might affect file permissions for PHP scripts. Also, have you applied this TDB patch: forum.myupb.com/viewtopic.php?id=8&t_id=42#372 |
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The patch supports all of UPB v2 up to 2.2.6. It will be included in the next release. --Rebles |
In topic "Â comes up when trying to put a pound sign up"
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hmmm I don't seem to have that problem. What browser are you using? |
In topic "Data base Back Up's"
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Are you referring to the "Backup/Restore the database" link in the Admin Panel? What happens when you try a restore? You're going to need to be very specific |
In topic "Avtar uploads not working"
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Can you link me to the topic and post of a user experiencing this issue? |
In forum "UPB 1 Help"
In topic "UPB 1"
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How long have you been saving these suggestions? |
In topic "Default password admin"
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username: Admin
password: admin note: CaSe SeNsItIvE!!!! |
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Once you've registered a new user, login back under the admin account, go to admin panel -> manage members, click on the user, and change the power to admin. As for not being able to get the e-mail with password, do you have STMP enabled? |
In topic "Please help against spam-members"
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You don't need to create a .htaccess file. Simply go to the Admin Panel -> Manage Banned Users, and add their username and/or their IP address
TO Pilot: Was the banned users module added <= 1.6? As for backing up your files, if you don't have shell access, use a FTP program like SmartFTP, and download the entire db directory onto your computer. Upgrading WILL cause you to lose all of your changes, but in the next major version release, the forum will be setup so that loss is minimal. |
In topic "UPB1.96Gold problem: sorttopics.php error - blank forums"
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ok...
if I had to guess, your FTP program renames files with capital letters to lower case. Open your FTP program and rename sorttopics.php to sortTopics.php. Post another topic in the same forum, and with any luck IF sortTopic.php uses records in the ID.dat file instead of ID_sorted.dat file, you haven't lost your your topic. |
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no problem, all we ask is that you tell all your friends, (twice if possible!) |
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Well the thing is, we kind of deleted the chat module, but never removed the link... Yeah I know it sounds bad. But you can remove the link by opening includes/footer.php with notepad, search for "chat room" and remove the link. |
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Change line 58 to
PHP Code: $old = file_get_contents($file_block);
and delete line 57 and 59 (which should be "fclose($f);" |
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Um... I can't really fix that "invalid box" message since it's already fixed in v 2.0. It's just losing the $_GET['section'] var somewhere in the script.
The "mark all posts read" making your PM read is supposed to happen (only way UPB 1 can mark anything read). This is fixed in UPB2 tho. P.S. next time please create new topics if your problems are separate (makes it easier to search for) |
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It's stable if you have the right configuration on your server
Wait a week or two, Pilot and I are about to release a stabler version that will work a lot better. |
In topic "Changes to profiles are not saved"
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www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/UPB1_Common_Problems#Profile_Error:_Submit_.28upb_1.x.29 |
In topic "UPB 1 Common Problems"
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Before posting your qualms and problems about UPB 1, please check our Wiki documentation(www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/UPB1_Common_Problems) to see if yours has already been addressed.
If you insisting on posting about your problem that's already been addressed, we'll simply refer you to this topic or our wiki age. Please save us from the trouble of addressing the problem multiple times by looking through the documentation!! |
In topic "Topic not found"
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Codex should have told you in the first reply that we only support the latest UPB 1 versions. The most current UPB 1 version is 1.96 GOLD EDITION, while you installed the first version: 1.0b BETA version no less. I recommend installing UPB 2 BETA 1.4, as it is the most current version available. |
In topic "change db folder name"
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My Professor says he prefers unix to windows because if you have a project (like UPB), and you decide to rename a global variable (like the db/), you can do it in one command. However he never told us the command
Bottom line: You're going to have to google it. I know it's possible... Also, This belongs in UPB1, and "may you" is NOT a good topic name. |
In topic "New version"
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You could try upb 1.96 GOLD (link) |
In topic "please help me people"
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solution: www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/UPB1_Common_Problems#E-mails_not_being_sent:_.28upb1.96x.29 |
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Your server does not support sending e-mail (SMTP), so you have to download the zipped file provided in the link above so when you register, it will simply give you the password.
About the chatroom, it is disabled. It doesn't work. |
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Okay. This Forum is called "UPB 1 Help", For UPB 2 support, please pick a forum in the UPB 2 category on the index page. |
In topic "db backup"
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the simpliest way is to use an FTP program like smartFTP, and just download it onto your computer. If anything goes wrong, delete/rename the directory on your server, upload the backup, and CHMOD folders to 777, and files to 666 |
In topic "Attachement"
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I think you need both of them. One for new topics, and another for replies. I believe that's how it was set up in UPB 1. |
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If you upgrade to v2, you won't have these code redundancies, you'll be able to upload files without any code modifications, and you'll have better support (*coughs in Pilot's direction*) |
In topic "password recovery upb 1.0b"
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Uh...
You're using 1.0b? Uh... No one supports that. Only one person remaining on our team was around long enough to see 1.0b released. But seriously, no one has the code from 1.0b. We're already on 2.x. Why don't you join the party? |
In topic "Wondered how to put in a snippet of code to make like 6 anchors on index.php"
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Creating anchors for each of the categories, huh? It sounds like you are trying to create a "viewcat.php", which is totally cool.
Let me give you some pointers that I think might be useful to your cause: Basically, I think the best way to impliment anchors, would be to create a "viewcat.php" page, which will basically be PHP code snippets taken from index.php (probably). To create the new pages, You will need to include some basic UPB files. If you are using UPB 2 <= 2.1.1b, You will need to add these lines to the beginning of the page: PHP Code: require_once('./includes/class/func.class.php');
require_once('./includes/header.php'); If you are using UPB 1, You will have to use these lines instead: PHP Code: include "func.inc.php";
include "header.php"; You'll have to verify that Category ID in the query string is valid with a line like this (UPB v2): PHP Code: if(!isset($_GET["id"]) || !is_numeric($_GET["id"])) exitPage("Invalid Category ID");
Then you have to get the category record using a command like this (UPB v2): PHP Code: $category = $tdb->get('cats', $_GET['id']);
To retrieve the forums of the category, you're going to have to loop through the forums ID in the "sort" element, like so: PHP Code: $forumIDArray = explode(',', $category[0]['sort']);
while(!empty($forumIDArray)) { $forumID = shift($forumIDArray); if($forumID != "" || !is_numeric($forumID)) continue; $record = $tdb->get('forum", $forumID); //Add index.php snippets here to make it work, you will have to rename variables so they match. } If you have faith in the code, you can use this pretty blindly. If you don't have a lot of PHP experience, you'll probably run into a lot of Errors, just reply back here with the errors, and your source code, and we'll try to debug together. The above code, is all the backend stuff. I didn't bother with processing data/output, because it's all there in the index.php. Again, if you have trouble locating the necessary coding, reply here again, and me or other fellow staff members will be happy to asssist you. Happy Modding! Also, if you do manage to get it working, post a reply here, and upload or link your source code, so that others requesting anchors can utilize it aswell (without duplicating coding). |
In topic "Issue after installation."
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Hi ibdilbert,
The issue with the IP Address Log is it's not using global variables like $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. If you are PHP savvy, this can be fixed by editing the last portion in index.php, to reference the correct variable, otherwise, look foward to the next release (Btw I thought I already fixed this!) Your next issue is wanting to control registered users. While there isn't anyway to do this yet, nor is there plan to, I will certainly add it to the TODO list. Your next issue is talking about different user groups and permissions to different forums. This is in our plans! In fact in our next major revision, we have been working to implement this into the core of UPB. Unfortunately, this is not slated for the next release, and I cannot say when this will be pushed into a public release. I hope this answers your questions, and I sorry we couldn't be more accommodating. Look forward to the next revision which will be soon! |
In forum "UPB 2 Skins"
In topic "Codex's Project"
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our plans for skinning/templating is not open for debate (at the moment).
And I'll remind your Codex, that the UPB 2.0 FINAL is waiting on you to finish that little project.. (no pressure ) |
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but I want it noooow!!!
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*bump*  |
In topic "A skin from me."
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Very nice! Simple... Clean... eligant... Kudos! |
In topic "HP Skin"
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Wow, lookin' sharp! Thanks for releasing it |
In topic "Light blue skin"
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I like the brilliantly bright green! Very excellent! |
In topic "<xml ?? version"
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example? |
In topic "Skin Help"
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You'd have to look into the CSS file (forum/skins/default/css/skin/css). It will be somewhere in there, unless it's hardcoded into the footer. In which case, it will be in footer.php. |
In topic "Minimalist skin"
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Yeah, we're doing away with the old skinning method in the next major release and replacing it with a templating system, so future skins and templates should be easier.
UPB is fun. I got into it so much they made me a UPB member! |
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massive HTML update is planned for the next major release.
Honestly the main reason why upb is lagging in areas is because our development crew is only tim and me. If we had a larger team, we could focus on advertising and spreading the word, etc. |
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RE Jono: that would be swell If you do, could you somehow base it on upb < v1.8? |
In topic "MyBB style skin"
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Oooh... me likey... |
In topic "default-extended Skin"
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Thanks Gigaman. |
In topic "Mr Psycho Skin"
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dude! That is an awesome blue! I digging the wicked banner on the top! |
In topic "Mods: What Have You Done With MyUPB"
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Quote: Nightmare at Jun 13, 2009 3:41:50 pm What... What do you do for a living...? (blink) |
In topic "Modify the skin - Change the line color"
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in the /skins/default/css/style.css it should be the background color of the "main_table" class. Start there, and let us know if it works or not |
In topic "Someone Help"
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Could you post a new topic for those issues (or link the topics here)? THis is a skin forum, so discussing moving topics doesn't go here... |
In forum "UPB 2 User Mods"
In topic "german upb"
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Let me talk to Tim about this. I think it sounds like a great idea. |
In topic "New - Preloader"
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Make sure you post it on our wiki mod page |
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link doesn't work and your wiki page isn't there yet |
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Umm...
Could you follow the instructions at www.myupb.com/wiki/index.php/Posting_a_Modification? |
In topic "Flag Mod"
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Quote: Awesome. I can't wait! edit: be sure to add it to the wiki! =D |
In topic "MOVED: Testing out the new topic button"
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Topic was moved to forum : General Chit-Chat redirecting... |
In topic "Manage Chat"
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The chat module has been disabled. It is no longer included with the UPB distribution. |
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suggestion: search for one? |
In topic "Mod News"
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What Deanus says is true. If you want the scripts in different directories, you have to change all the directory names in the mod_news.php (ex: includes/class/tdb.class.php to ../myupb/includes/class/tdb.class.php). Furthermore, you have to modify the tdb.class.php's tdb() method to not strip out ".." at the beginning of directories or it won't work. |
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yeah, which is the same thing as deleting the line. |
In topic "Smaller release file -> Remove all Thumbs.db"
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Cool, thanks Clark for removing those pesky useless files!
Also phpBuddy, wouldn't it be even more useful to have the clock increment itself? now THAT would be cool! |
In topic "Message Icons"
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Actually, looking at the coding (message_icons() in ./includes/inc/post.inc.php), I noticed this:
You can upload up to 100 icons. It doesn't even have to be incremental. You can have "iconhm.gif" and it will still display it. Here are the only requirements: The filename begins with "icon" The file extension is either gif or jpg (lowercase) You MUST have "icon1.gif" (you can replace the file, but it must exist) You can use any 2 character between "icon" and the file extension and that's it Hope that helps! |
In topic "Adding UPB to Joomla CMS Possible?"
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Hi deanus,
This could be feasible, if you know where to replace the coding. Basically, you'd have to get rid of the members table, the login, logout, register, profile script. That's just the basics. If you get rid of the members table, you have to look through all of UPB's coding, for when it setFp->('members', users');, then you'd have to replace it with SQL, and replace all the UPB's member's fields with the appropriate Joomla field. Also, like Clark mentioned, you have do something about the login process. I recommend using Joomla's cookies/method of validation to validate the user. |
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I would do it for you, except I have finals next week, and then I'm going to be spending my time trying to push UPB v2.2 out the door. Sorry |
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Yeah, we're finishing up a few things, and writing the update script. We also want to make sure we weed out all the bugs
I'm going to be working on it nonstop for the next week, so it should be pushed out pretty soon!! |
In topic "myUPB RANK ADD-ON"
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Because it is going to be in the next release. |
In topic "E-mail all users"
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there isn't anything like this currently out there. I'm worried it may lead to data mining email addresses... |
In topic "Log for attachments"
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Very cool! If you're still around Carpetboy, I'd love to see more mods from you |
