No Credits In ACP!

[Jenta]

Though I use this "hack" myself, it may be taken tounge in cheek.

Instructions
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1. Fire up your FTP program and navigate to your includes folder.
2. Open up vbulletin_credits.php and select all, then press delete.
3. Save and Upload the empty file. :devious:

Result
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Less clutter on main ACP page.
Faster loading?
Area can be used for other things.
Helps prevent itching and scratching.

HOTM?

Feel free to move this thread if needed. :nervous:

[nexialys]

i'm pretty sure the hack will be renamed if not moved... titles have to be descriptives, not boasting... i suppose it will be moved in the How-To's btw, this is not a hack!

[Jenta]

i'm pretty sure the hack will be renamed if not moved... titles have to be descriptives, not boasting... i suppose it will be moved in the How-To's btw, this is not a hack!
the thread requires a small sense of humor

[nexialys]

the thread requires a small sense of humori know.. but put that little sense of humor in all releases, and you'll see all newbies think we're dumb...

[Azhrialilu]

While I get the humour factor :) I am curious to see how Jelsoft staff will react to having their credits removed

[nexialys]

While I get the humour factor :) I am curious to see how Jelsoft staff will react to having their credits removedi don't think they would complain... the credits are just an external file included, not a hardcoded syntax that would break th ecode if removed...

we already have some other hack for 3.0 that remove the quicklinks and other related infos... this is not a problem... the only point would be to remove the copyright when you did not pay for the remove...

this How-To is ok for me, just the title and the location of the hack that are not good...

[Yorixz]

While I get the humour factor :) I am curious to see how Jelsoft staff will react to having their credits removed

They wont be amused I guess but well, they can't spot it as far as I know.

[Jenta]

only requirment is to have "vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2005, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd." plainly visible on the front end

ps ive seen lesser "hacks" in release forums

[Andreas]

Should be entitled "World's most useless Hack" ;)

[egyptsons]

:d
xTreem :p

[jugo]

personally, Why not give credit where credit is due.

I think these guys should be commended for the awesome work they do. In fact, an Homage page should be created....j/k but seriously, this ifo is good to know and all, BUT, I wouldn't want to remove their credit....they deserve that and more.

[Jenta]

I actually replaced mine with echo "<img src=hotbabe.jpg>";
Makes me look foward to logging into admincp ;)

[nexialys]

I actually replaced mine with echo "<img src=hotbabe.jpg>";
Makes me look foward to logging into admincp ;)Kid... lol... you really need a life.. lol

ok, maybe the guys need to put their photos in the credits so Jenta would keep them...

[Jenta]

good idea!
a hot stud muffin gallery :p

[ThePimp]

*installed 2 TIMES!

(sike)

[jribz]

I don't really see the point or the humor to be honest, but if admincp clutter was really an issue, wouldn't it be better to make it a collapsable area that was by default collapsed? Of course, I don't see the need for that either, but better than removing the credits, just seems rather odd to do so. :ermm:

[Zachariah]

Should be entitled "World's most useless Hack" ;)

ahhaha naaaa..... I got tons of things I would put there on this page. I like it.

1) AdminCP (WOL)
Name
IP
Address
Log In
Last Click
Location


2) ModCP (WOL)
Name
IP
Address
Log In
Last Click
Location

3) Last 5 Admin Actions
Member Name
Action Performed
Time of action
IP address

4) Last 5 Mod Actions
Member Name
Action Performed
Time of action
IP address

5) Last 10 Search Engine Spiders Hits
Search Bot
Date
IP
Query


Credits in AdminCP should be in a area of Maintenance as a "About US" link.

I personaly dont even look @ the main page when I log into the AdminCP, too me the page is useless.

[Jenta]

Should be entitled "World's most useless Hack" ;)

thanks, renamed it that so people dont take it so seriously :ninja:

[MrNase]

personally, Why not give credit where credit is due.

I think these guys should be commended for the awesome work they do. In fact, an Homage page should be created....j/k but seriously, this ifo is good to know and all, BUT, I wouldn't want to remove their credit....they deserve that and more.


Totally agree :mad:

[SHANE-D-PAIN]

I think the dredits should be left there afterall credit is due, without these people we would not have vBulletin and all our lives would be dismal! :P

[ConqSoft]

No one sees these credits except admins anyway, so it's no big deal.

[SHANE-D-PAIN]

I suppose but i would prefer to leave them there so i know who is part of the team to make this wonderul creation! :P

[Bad Bunny]

I think any who even edits their vbulletin software is taking credit away from the gods who made it. All hail jelsoft. Ok, I'm done being sarcasic and silly.

I think I will actually modify mine. Thanks for the funny tutorial.

[Kirk Y]

Nex...You're always so crabby... you're always giving negative comments about people's releases, you did the same thing to the guy who posted the Search Engine in AdminCP hack. And since this modifies files... it'd belong here, not in the How-To section, right?

[Stifler]

While I get the humour factor :) I am curious to see how Jelsoft staff will react to having their credits removed

I can't wait till version 2 comes out!!!!

Seriously this hack rocks.. I mean seriously.. Who likes taking credit for the work they do? I know I don't..

[Bad Bunny]

I can't wait till version 2 comes out!!!!

Seriously this hack rocks.. I mean seriously.. Who likes taking credit for the work they do? I know I don't..

They do take credit for the work they do. And since only admins see the credits this removes, we already KNOW who to credit...after all we PAID for the software.

[Jenta]

For those with a concious, I will be releasing a wallpaper of Bill Gates that you can place in your Windows Control Panel .








:p

[Sovereign]

Uhh, is it legal to strip the credits out? And if it is, is it ethical?

[Brad]

Uhh, is it legal to strip the credits out? And if it is, is it ethical?

Legal? Yes
Ethical? Up to you

I don't see the problem in freeing up a bit of space on the admincp homepage, I might do it myself and replace the credits with something more useful (board stats and what not).

[pyro.699]

why would you want to remove the credits? somone worked hard, and i think that they should be [word that i cant spell verry well, begins with an "a"]!

[adamgessel]

That's why they put the credits on all pages.

Of course it's good to credit them, but like someone already said, you have the copyright at the bottom to credit them, only administrators see it and if you're the administrator and can get into the admin panel, you bought it and know who to credit, and they already have a spot on your website, so don't have a fit over people taking it out. If you haven't taken out that spot where it says Powered by: vBulletin blah blah blah then you ARE GIVING THEM CREDIT.

[hydrostatic]

why would you want to remove the credits? somone worked hard, and i think that they should be [word that i cant spell verry well, begins with an "a"]!

It's really up to the administrator.

Personally, I think we should have the right to remove it if we like. I mean, we did pay for the software, and I think that's supportive enough. If vBulletin was free software then I'd leave it there, but obviously it's not. Therefore, I think it's perfectly ok to remove it.

[Kirk Y]

Again... what does it matter? The Administrator will be the only person to see/miss it!

[Stifler]

why would you want to remove the credits? somone worked hard, and i think that they should be [word that i cant spell verry well, begins with an "a"]!
appreciated..

[Floris]

As I am in the credits, I will never install this hack! <revolts> hehe

[Paul M]

I can honestly say that removing the credits is/was not high on my importance list. :)

[Jenta]

As I am in the credits, I will never install this hack! <revolts> hehe
nothing personal Floris :)
I just got tired of looking at them about 6 months ago and started doing this.

A better hack would make use of that valuable real estate and put a lot of quick facts or links there. I don't like the drop down links already there as it requires excess mouse actions.

[Xplorer4x4]

I don't see the problem in freeing up a bit of space on the admincp homepage, I might do it myself and replace the credits with something more useful (board stats and what not).

EXACTLY.

I mean the vB authors have a right and deserve to be credited for there genius work, but what good do the credits do in the Admin CP where only the admins can see it. The admins represent liley about 1% of a forums total members(of course it varies) roughly 1-10 admins depending on your board size.

Besides, if your an admin like me that is constantly lurking around here, you end up gathering who is on the vb.com team.

[Jenta]

lol people actually clicked install
yes its in beta :laughs: but its not like u are going to get updates

[buro9]

personally, Why not give credit where credit is due.

I think these guys should be commended for the awesome work they do. In fact, an Homage page should be created....j/k but seriously, this ifo is good to know and all, BUT, I wouldn't want to remove their credit....they deserve that and more.

This is very true, I was using Microsoft Word earlier, another product I've paid for, and I was disappointed to see that I couldn't find a list of all of the developers and graphic designers, etc plainly visible.... clearly, I've paid my money, but it's not enough... they deserve credit, hell, if there were any females on the team then I think I should be given the chance to show my appreciation by giving them the chance to bear my firstborn!

;)

[buro9]

What would be far more honest if credit were going to be given in such a silly way, is that every hack should include a bit where the install appends to that list:

Secret Admirer Hack: buro9

etc...

Then that would be fair. My boards are based on vBulletin, but the volume of hacks and variety of extensions installed means that the Credits list is not only redundant (my other admins couldn't give a hoot and neither could I), but also deeply misrepresentative of those whose work my forums are based on.

[Boofo]

In my Admin CP I have to scroll the page to even see the credits. So it really doesn't matter if it is there or not unless I need to scroll for some reason.

* Boofo reminds hinmself to install this hack since Floris is now in the credits. :p

[Alan @ CIT]

Agreed Boofo, personally, I don't need to scroll past the credits to get to anything, so why remove them.

Of course, if you have something below the credits, I could understand removing them - or... just move whatever it is above the credits.

[buro9]

It's just screen space. I like things to be as minimal and useful as possible.

I also remove the version check from that page... I don't mind it in the thin bar at the top, but I loath it when the thing I've gone into the AdminCp for is taking ages to get to because it's waiting for the vbulletin servers.

Some of us just place function above almost everything else :)

[Blaine0002]

appreciated..
a-a-acknowleged.

[Boofo]

It's just screen space. I like things to be as minimal and useful as possible.

I also remove the version check from that page... I don't mind it in the thin bar at the top, but I loath it when the thing I've gone into the AdminCp for is taking ages to get to because it's waiting for the vbulletin servers.

Some of us just place function above almost everything else :)

How do you remove the version check, may I ask? I have the same problem at times. ;)

[buro9]

How do you remove the version check, may I ask? I have the same problem at times. ;)

Head into admincp/index.php, find do=home, and start commenting out or deleting the code :)

Basically remove:

// there have been problems reported with fsockopen() in some PHP versions.
// this should work around it though
if (phpversion() < '4.3.0' OR phpversion() > '4.3.2' OR @ini_get('allow_url_fopen') != 1)
{
$fp = @fsockopen('version.vbulletin.com', 80, $errno, $errstr, 3);
}
else
{
$fp = @fopen('http://version.vbulletin.com', 'r');
}
if ($fp)
{
fclose($fp);
?>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://version.vbulletin.com/versioncheck.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://version.vbulletin.com/version.js?id=279159d3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (typeof(vb_version) != "undefined" && isNewerVersion("<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>", vb_version))
{
var current_version = "<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>";
var latest_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['latest_version_available_x']; ?>";
var current_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['you_are_running_vbulletin_version_x']; ?>";
var download_string = "<?php echo $vbphrase['download_vbulletin_x_from_members_area']; ?>";

document.writeln('<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="90%" class="tborder"><tr><td class="tcat" align="center"><b><?php echo $vbphrase['there_is_a_newer_vbulletin_version']; ?></b></td></tr><tr><td class="alt1" align="center">');
document.writeln('<p><b><a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.ph' + 'p?p=' + vb_announcementid + '" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(latest_string, vb_version) + "</a></b></p>");
document.writeln('<p>' + construct_phrase(current_string, current_version.bold()) + '</p>');
document.writeln('<p><a href="http://members.vbulletin.com/" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(download_string, vb_version.bold()) + '</a></p>');
document.writeln('</td></tr></table>');
}
//-->
</script>

<?php
}


And then remove:

?>

<div class="smallfont" align="center">
<!--<?php echo construct_phrase($vbphrase['vbulletin_copyright'], $vbulletin->options['templateversion'], date('Y')); ?><br />-->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (typeof(vb_version) != "undefined")
{
var this_vb_version = "<?php echo $vbulletin->options['templateversion']; ?>";
if (isNewerVersion(this_vb_version, vb_version))
{
document.writeln('<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.ph' + 'p?p=' + vb_announcementid + '" target="_blank">' + construct_phrase(latest_string, vb_version) + '</a><br />' + construct_phrase(current_string, this_vb_version.bold()));
}
else
{
document.write(construct_phrase('<?php echo $vbphrase['your_version_of_vbulletin_is_up_to_date']; ?>', this_vb_version));
}
}
// -->
</script>
</div>

<?php


That does it quite effectively. Though you lose all notifications on that screen, you retain them in the header bar.

I actually don't remove mine though... they'd return in upgrades. I wrap mine with:

// HACK : START : QUICK
if (false) {
// HACK : END : QUICK
STUFF I WANT NOT TO HAPPEN HERE
// HACK : START : QUICK
}
// HACK : END : QUICK

That way I diff and move those across in upgrades :)

[buro9]

Why do I have a nagging feeling I've been enticed into getting my arse kicked off of here?.. Well, I was asked by a mod!

[buro9]

Why do I have a nagging feeling I've been enticed into getting my arse kicked off of here?.. Well, I was asked by a mod!

Oh, and it makes no sense to do this if you have AdminCp Stats on in your settings.

[Boofo]

Oh, and it makes no sense to do this if you have AdminCp Stats on in your settings.

Why? Now I'm curious. ;)

[buro9]

Why? Now I'm curious. ;)

Because the admin stats take a while to generate... that simple :) What's the point in removing the version check to improve speed if there is no speed improvement because you're asking the filesystem for the size of the attachment directory (1.5Gb and counting).

To make that page pop up instantly, remove version check, turn off admin stats :)

Don't your backups and PhpMyAdmin already tell you the key metrics anyway? And if you need to know, turn it back on, check, turn it off. I simply don't need to know this and have it recalculate every time I go into the AdminCp (which is quite a few times a day).

[Boofo]

True, but calculating the stats will still be a lot faster than having to access another site for a version check, especially if that site is temporarily down or busy, right? ;)

And I do agree that turning off the stats is a good idea. ;)

[Jenta]

After my last attempt at removing all that stuff, I found it was being sneaky and using a call to a file in includes with a ???redundant/backup??? version.vbulletin.com

I never fully investigated it by looking at the code carefully but ever since then i just add a line to my host file
127.0.0.1 version.vbulletin.com

[Boofo]

After my last attempt at removing all that stuff, I found it was being sneaky and using a call to a file in includes with a ???redundant/backup??? version.vbulletin.com

I never fully investigated it by looking at the code carefully but ever since then i just add a line to my host file
127.0.0.1 version.vbulletin.com

You totally lost me on that one. ;)

Which host file did you edit?

[buro9]

He edited:
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Which is the local text file for DNS lookups.

By placing that line in there, it will perform a loopback rather tan head out to the internet.

[KimmiKat]

That's why they put the credits on all pages.

Of course it's good to credit them, but like someone already said, you have the copyright at the bottom to credit them, only administrators see it and if you're the administrator and can get into the admin panel, you bought it and know who to credit, and they already have a spot on your website, so don't have a fit over people taking it out. If you haven't taken out that spot where it says Powered by: vBulletin blah blah blah then you ARE GIVING THEM CREDIT.

On one of the boards I moderate on, they actually put the credits on a different page with a link from the admin.

[Snake]

OK I'm not sure if I'm blind or anything but the link to dowload the hack is removed. Why's that?

[nexialys]

OK I'm not sure if I'm blind or anything but the link to dowload the hack is removed. Why's that?
just read the first post, the instructions are in...

[Jenta]

hehe, a hack with 0 lines of code doesnt need a file ;)

[Snake]

Haha my bad, sorry. Thanks.

[EasyTarget]

* EasyTarget installs :D

Thanks.

[selven12]

Personally I feel that the credits should remain on the adminCP because those people worked very hard to create this and you should give credit where credit is due...

[Jenta]

The guy that cuts my lawn works hard also but he doesn't put a sign up on my house. You and me sign the coders paychecks for this work. ;)

[Snake]

Good point there. :P

[Telegon80]

yeah much better.

[Roms]

The guy that cuts my lawn works hard also but he doesn't put a sign up on my house. You and me sign the coders paychecks for this work.

Hacked, Chopped, and Uploaded... good idea.. [INSTALL]

[Turbo_WRX]

what code would i put in the blank spot if I wanted a picture there and text of my own instead?

[Submerge]

Why not do it like this:

Open file: admincp/index.php

Find:
require_once(DIR . '/includes/vbulletin_credits.php');

And replace with:
// require_once(DIR . '/includes/vbulletin_credits.php');

That will make the file not load at all. But still keep existing files intact.
:nervous: :nervous: :nervous:

[Submerge]

what code would i put in the blank spot if I wanted a picture there and text of my own instead?
Just use regular HTML I would suppose :)
<img src="url" alt="Alternate text" />
Text text text

[Stone Cold 3:16]

Well, thats goodbye for jelsoft :p