ive sorted the problem offline already, it was user error :\

well - the basic install says it creates VB templates and my existing templates are highly modified - although I have backed them up - will the install clobber them?

i belive so, im not 100%, but if your upgrading from version 2 im sure the templates have changed some :)

you're sure? - in what way or 'don't you know'.

I know you're trying to help, but sometimes the best help is to say nothing at all unless you're positive about what you're giving advice on.

well i can honestly say im not 100% sure about the oldver verisoons, ive only been using mYvBindex since 3.0 and up, i can quote tigga on him saying that i know this script almost as well as he does.

with any advances in a program they usualy containt an updated code and tempaltes, im fiarly sure that the templates would have been updated / modified over time, your welcome to wait for tigga to comment on this if you wish however im not sure when he will be able to respond. :)

Hi Jeff,
Unfortunatly there really is no good way to upgrade from v2.0 to 3.2. For version 3.0, virtually every template was changed when I revamped the style for the script. Many of the templates were also changed to add quite a few new options as well. It would have been way too hard to try and make an upgrade script from v2.0 - v3.x because of the number of changes, so the best way to upgrade would be to uninstall (using the uninstall included with the 2.0 version) and then re-install the script. Since you have a backup of your templates you could try to re-do any customizations you have done, but be careful to pay attention to what variables have been added/changed in the script. If I could actually remember what variables and such may have been changed then I would try to give you some more details, but it's probably been a year now since v2.0 was released and my memory's really not that good. ;)

Inappropriate post by Madcat75 is removed.

We want some respect for hack authors who are sharing their work without commercial intentions here and this includes even the hacks that are buggy. Also this hack is an old hack with a lot of successful installers so although I didn't use it myself, I wouldnt think it would ruin a board. Even if it does, it is board admin's responsibility to take safety precautions before applying any hacks to his board. Besides no bugs would justify such an aggressive comment so it is removed.

We can really use some gratitute and respect to hack authors in vb.org, obviously such remarks are not helping us. Thanks for reporting it.

Thanks Logician :D

Thanks Logician. The post didn't really bother me, but I do see your point.
I know this hack was probably a little buggy when I released 1.0 and 2.0, but that was quite a while ago. To this day there are no known bugs in the current version of the script, and there have never been any that could actually harm anyone's forum in any way. :cool:

I have a question about the $getnewposts routine and am not enough of a coder to get past my self-inflicted mySQL errors. ;)

Anyways, I mirror some Usenet groups on our fourms and would like to have the getnewposts routine in myvbindex not count these posts during the welcome tasks.

I would think that I should be able to add a WHERE forumid!=XX somewhere in that statement, but have not been able to get that to work.

Any suggestions? Thanks for the awesome hack, as I've continued to use it for almost a year now (and have hacked it up a bit myself for graphics ;) )

Thanks again!!