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taylor_smith
05-16-2011, 01:20 PM
Our IP search icon usually appears as follows:

http://vboards.stratics.com/images/buttons/ip.gif

However, it occasionally looks like this:

http://vboards.stratics.com/images/buttons/px.gif

We?re not sure what causes this. Is anyone familiar with this?
kh99
05-16-2011, 01:47 PM
Neither of those images will load for me. I also don't have an image called px.gif anywhere in my image directory, is that one you made yourself?
taylor_smith
05-16-2011, 02:14 PM
I've attached the images to this post.

I'm not sure where the images came from. The site was established years before I showed up, but I get the sense that the original owners didn't change the default layout much. It's on vB3.7, if that matters.
kh99
05-16-2011, 02:26 PM
Hmm...it's not just a different icon for another style? But I guess then it would be named ip.gif in a different directory.

I have 3.8 so I guess it could be why I don't have it. Maybe search your templates for px.gif and see if there's a condition for when it's used.
taylor_smith
05-16-2011, 04:44 PM
Good thinking. It seems to be tied to an if condition related to proxies, but if that's the case, it doesn't seem to work especially well. Perhaps this is why it was seemingly phased out in 3.8?
kh99
05-16-2011, 04:48 PM
Or else someone added it to your site, either a product or just a custom mod. Sounds pretty cool if it can actually detect proxies.
kylek
05-16-2011, 06:36 PM
Check and see if you have Paul M's proxy to real IP Conversion installed. it has a red image that looks like it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231873
BirdOPrey5
05-16-2011, 08:09 PM
That is Paul's proxy mod. The red/pink icon id when a proxy is detected.
taylor_smith
05-17-2011, 01:26 PM
Yep! That's what it was. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working. :<
BirdOPrey5
05-17-2011, 01:28 PM
Yep! That's what it was. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working. :<

There's a very limited number of proxies it can detect... None of the popular anonymous proxies will work with it. It's very hard to actually test. The fact you see the icon means it does work.

If you've upgraded the forum you have to redo the manual file edits.
taylor_smith
05-18-2011, 11:00 AM
It's telling me that I'm using a proxy, but I'm not. >.<
BirdOPrey5
05-18-2011, 01:48 PM
It's telling me that I'm using a proxy, but I'm not. >.<

Not even a home router?
taylor_smith
05-18-2011, 01:57 PM
The IP address that appears when I hover over the icon is my actual IP.
BirdOPrey5
05-18-2011, 04:05 PM
The IP address that appears when I hover over the icon is my actual IP.

I've seen it pass to me people's internal IP addresses (like 192.168.1.100) but never noticed it showing the proxy icon when it wasn't a proxy... honestly I barely ever notice the mod anymore. If it's not working you can reupload the fresh copy of the php file and uninstall.