Options Advisor

[filburt1]

This hack adds a page to your admin CP which analyzes your options and gives advise on what to change.

[filburt1]

Screenshot:

[N9ne]

Very nice for the newbie to vB :).

[filburt1]

Experienced users should use it too because not all of the default vB options are ideal.

[VampireMan]

interesting mod , im sure a couple of the admins on my forums will find it usefull... clicks install

[NuclioN]

Click install, nice filbert. Not al the advizes (shut down memberlist etc) are an option for us but it's a good reminder. :)

[Dean C]

It's ok - not one of your best filburt :)

- miSt

[Dean C]

Actually after looking at this it's quite nice :)

- miSt

[Xenon]

you have had a lot to tip ;)

[djr]

Today at 06:13 PM filburt1 said this in Post #4 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=375033#post375033)
Experienced users should use it too because not all of the default vB options are ideal.
Agreed, very helpful! I hadn't looked at the options in ages (ok, slighty exaggerated) and there were some good suggestions in the Advisor.

thanks turtle! :D

* djr picks the install button!

[limey]

Didn't realize I had left an certain option on...thanks! :D

[Tim Wheatley]

Thanks. :up:

[Marzas]

hmm.. another noob thing, well mabye not for us, but the noobs will enjoy, another great addition to the millions of vb hacks, great job!

[filburt1]

I reiterate:
Today at 12:13 PM filburt1 said this in Post #4 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=375033#post375033)
Experienced users should use it too because not all of the default vB options are ideal.

[jbear6]

It reminded me that I still had "Maximum Characters per post" set to 50,000 (for a member who wanted to post a huge essay a few months ago), and I was still including template names in templates from troubleshooting a problem last month.

The only mistake it made, was to report: "Use email form? (value: 0): With this option off, e-mail addresses are publicly exposed. This can make your site a haven for spammers.", when I had "Display email addresses" (allow public viewing of email addresses) set to no.

Thanks
Jbear6

[filburt1]

Personally I'm not sure what the difference between the two options is. The descriptions don't really help based on my experience.

[alkatraz]

awesome ! thank you filburt1

[wooolF[RM]]

]Installed, nice one

Just one remark :

Notify about new members (value: ): While not a security risk, you should enter in your e-mail address for this setting to be quickly warned about potential troublemakers who register.

Heh, I have about 200-300 new members every day, I think it's a bad idea to use e-mail notification here :D

[Yuber]

Thanks filburt

[X-Fan]

Very useful, thanks!

[filburt1]

X-Fan,

You are currently showing up as unlicensed. To be able to download hacks and/or receive support here at vBulletin.org, we ask you to please click here (http://www.vbulletin.com/members/forums.php) (vB-germany users click here (http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/members/forums.php)) and enter your email address, to show us that you are licensed.

You will need to use your customer number and password (which will be in the email you got when you paid for your license) to access that page. Please note that your email is case sensitive.

Thank you.

[Oblivion Knight]

What will this do to options added by other modifications?
Will they just be skipped by the advisor or will they cause an error?

I like the idea of this, good stuff filburt :)

[filburt1]

They'll be ignored, especially because it would have no clue on what advice to give.

[Alien]

Thanks alot, filburt1. Helpful. :)

[gmarik]

Simple but good. Thank you, mister!

[BladeZz]

Works great!Thank you very much!

[Mr. Brian]

Woa.. Simple, easy and yet effective.

That’s really amazing!