and from what i know, Abe1 codes can be understood by most of the hackers here... the ThanksPost hack is a well known engine, and guys here can help... but if you keep your request via PM or eMail, do not think we can support you if you get no answers.

Once again guys/gals I am sorry to rant on this. You are correct it was a donation. I have just been spending way too much time trying to figure this thing out, my mind is strained to the breaking point. I lost the original 65,000+ records in from the original hack when I upgraded and then replaced all the data by hand into the post_thanks table. I have not been able to figure out a way to reconnect that data to the user table.

It's like the answer is staring me in the face but I just can't wrap my brain around it. Having screwed things up during the upgrade I am terrified to experiement with the database unless I know for sure what I am doing. Thus frustration has set in and the cherry on top is thousands of members screaming.

You guys are 100% correct. Once again sorry for the rant. Thank you for what you do here, this site is like the custom car shop for vB and it is much apprechiated.

btw a notice that show up everywhere even on the original hack thread... BACKUP BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING... you did not, so that's why you may be on panic... when you first installed vBulletin it was documented to you to backup your files and database each time you modify it... it's not a suggestion, but a warning .

vbulletin allows you to have a second board to test mods on if you used that they you would have known that their was going to be an issue

And how do you think I was able to restore the lost data to the one table? From memory? I have been admining vB since before it was vB. I kind of sort of know what I am doing. I am just a little rusty when it comes to my sql line codes since I have been out of the loop for over a year in regards to it.

I not only had the backup I made right before I upgraded to the latest vB I have the 8 backups, 6 nightly, 1 weekly and 1 monthly that are on our offsite tape backup system. Once I had upgraded to the latest vB and upgraded all the mods and turned everything back on I did not want to completely blow a days work by returning to the old forum software. There are limits on what my advertisers will allow me to do.:p

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Thanks. I knew they did, but until now have never had an issue with upgrading or mods.

There's nothing anyone can do as others' have said. If the modfication author doesn't want to support it, then that decision should be respected. Usually, however, members' help each other out.

There are some poorly written modifications here, some I wouldn't even let touch my database. However we cannot moan as they are free. You are not forced to pay a single penny, unless you want to say "thanks" by sending a donation.

-- Jason

Hmmmm - this is interesting - so a little off-topic - care to start a thread with the list? LOL
It could be like a modification advice column....

Jacquii.

The Thank You mod is not one of them. MY members enjoy it. I do know of one way to improve it. That would be for every time you push the button is clicks on a random Google Adsense ad that brings up a page under the one the member is viewing. LOL

Guys after a very long Sunday reverse engineering the thank you data into MS Access, an animal that I whipped and tamed long ago I was able to upload each section of the data to separate temporary tables and update the live tables that needed it. It was the long way around but it got me where I needed to go.

Thank you for you time, effort and reading through my rant which was placed out of frustration and stupidity not malice towards Abe1 or this site.

If such a thread existed, I don't think the .org mods would care much for the ensuing firestorm that would be created.

LOL - I know :P
I was mainly being facetious which is a specialty of mine.
I would hope NOT to see such a thread - but it IS an interesting notion though.
I do say 3 cheers for no more drama than absolutely necessary Muah!

Jacquii.