I Don't Own It. How Can I Hack It??

[webhead8]

Hi. I have a copy of VBLite. At this point, my site is small & I really can't afford to spend any money on the full version. There are a ton of free alternatives out there, but I heard good things about VB & wanted to give it a shot. So far it meets my needs & if I ever get to the point where I can afford a license, I *will* buy one.

Anyway, I've noticed that all of the hacks here (that are attachments) can only be downloaded by people who own VB. While I understand why that's done, it kinda sucks to not be able to do a few nice things with it in the meantime.

What I'd like to do is put a simple table on the main page of my site that shows the most recent / most active threads on the board. I've found the hack here, but obviously I can't download it. Now, I realize that VBLite is somewhat limited, but you can't tell me that this sort of thing couldn't be done with that version. All it would require is the right SQL query & a few lines of PHP code. Unfortunately, I'm no code guru. Small PHP apps I can pretty well figure out. There's just too much behind VB for me to figure out.

What I'd like to know is whether there is some way to download these hacks here, or some other place to get them. If I can improve traffic on my boards (which doing what I'd like to do would do), I'd probably be able to buy a license a lot sooner.

The hack I was looking at was here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12324

Thanks if you can offer any suggestions.

[Hooper]

Nope Sorry. vBulletin light is made to use for testing. It was not intended to do more. You will need a license to gain access to hacks on this site.

[Sinecure]

I beleive vblite is so that if you are considering purchasing vbulletin then you can test it out to make sure it works and what not on your server. I beleive its also so that you an get a rough idea how it all works and the extent of its greatness :D

I highly recommend scrounging up $85 for the licence. Trust me, its the best investment you'll ever make!

[Hooper]

You just said it nicer. That's all. ;)

[Admin]

Also, there are no hacks that work with vBulletin Lite.
So even if you could download them, there's nothing you could do with them.

[webhead8]

That's okay. I understand your reluctance to share, & understand that *these* hacks are designed for the full version only. It's not like I wanted to add any functionality to the board itself, though. Just was asking for a way to add something to my main page, which has nothing to do with VB.

The trick was figuring out which SQL query to use. I'm happy to say that I was able to muddle around for a few hours & do so on my own. Because I'm an open source kinda guy, here it is for anyone else that may be in my situation:

select * from thread WHERE 1=1 order by threadid DESC limit 5

By throwing this in a simple php script, I'm able to put a *simple* table on my front page showing the five most recent threads - without improving or changing the functionality of VBlite.

There you go. You can hack vblite.

[Hooper]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by webhead8
That's okay. I understand your reluctance to share, & understand that *these* hacks are designed for the full version only. It's not like I wanted to add any functionality to the board itself, though. Just was asking for a way to add something to my main page, which has nothing to do with VB.

The trick was figuring out which SQL query to use. I'm happy to say that I was able to muddle around for a few hours & do so on my own. Because I'm an open source kinda guy, here it is for anyone else that may be in my situation:

select * from thread WHERE 1=1 order by threadid DESC limit 5

By throwing this in a simple php script, I'm able to put a *simple* table on my front page showing the five most recent threads - without improving or changing the functionality of VBlite.

There you go. You can hack vblite.

[Admin]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by webhead8
I understand your reluctance to share

[webhead8]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by FireFly

Excuse me?
How can you call me (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1) (and a lot others!), after I released (for free, without demanding any compensation or payback) almost 30 hacks, "reluctant to sharing"?

[Hooper]

It was explained very well that the test version of vBulletin does not support hacks. They won't work.


NO this isn't a share a hack site. This site is setup for valid license holders.

If you have questions regarding presales of vBulletin. You will want to visit Vbulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com).

There is your guidance link you asked for. The reason people are so short with you on the conversation is there isn't much to say to you. You cannot hack something you do not have. I will be the very first to help you if you have something to work with. But talking about hacking vBulletin before you own and understand the fundamentals of vBulletin is like walking before you crawl.

There are a whole lot of functions and a template system learning curve you will experience before you ever hack vBulletin.

[webhead8]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hooper
It was explained very well that the test version of vBulletin does not support hacks. They won't work.


NO this isn't a share a hack site. This site is setup for valid license holders.

If you have questions regarding presales of vBulletin. You will want to visit Vbulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com).

There is your guidance link you asked for.

[Hooper]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by webhead8


Okay, if "hacks" aren't supported, *why* was I able to do exactly the same thing that I asked about in my original post. Scroll back up & take a look at the link I posted with my original thread. I now have something that looks almost like that on my page.

I understand this vblite is free & for demo purposes only. Obvioulsy, there are a lot of people out there that run it for other reasons (like a $160 licensing fee). If your attitude is indicitave of the community surrounding VB, perhaps I should drop it & go with one of the *FREE* alternatives before I get too deep.

Just had a simple question. I now have the answer. Don't need any flack from you, thanks.

[JamesUS]

Distributing vBulletin Lite hacks is against the license agreement - you can make them yourself but you can't give them to anyone else or make them available for download.


People have hacked vB Lite, in fact I know of at least one person who has hacked in a full membership system. That is perfectly fine as long as the hack isn't distributed.

I see no reason to leave this thread open any longer so I will close it now.