actually I heard in vb3 all hacks written for vb 2.2.4 will have to be re-written .... Firefly can you confirm this :devious:

Very nice hack, you have proven who is the master.

If the great master will allow one opinion it would to create backup before executing the hack in case of disaster, and this will allow you to add a feature wich will allow revert to the previous state.

wow yeah kidney thats a great feature to add, I was thinking about that as well

Not used this yet, but I have to say this on the account:

"This is the best thing since sliced bread for vBulletin :)"

This should make things easier for a lot of people. How long have you been working on this FF?

Thanks once again for a great...hacking tool :),

SaintDog

Oh yes.

That sucks.. :( will some of them be included ?

see Freddie I been doing my home work :smoke:
how is that asp function for the CMS coming aling :bandit:

i installed this but only just realised how good it is.... I have no idea how to run queries but this pretty much helps... Thjx FireFly

I feel stupid.

I have combed over this thread and the Quick Reply threads and saw you using Quick Reply as an example of how cool vbHacker is, but I haven't seen where to download

quickreply.hack.php.

Is this something I need to create myself using vbHackMaker?

I love the idea of what are essentially hot-swappable modifications to php files.

Installing these things has taught me how to use the program Beyond Compare, but vbHacker seems even better if I don't have to touch any php files directly... (not afraid, just hate doing it for every new release!)

Ok, I used vbHackMaker to create a data file using the readme as a guide.

I know with 3.0 coming you don't want to spend too much time on things that won't work with it, but will vbHacker have an uninstall capability at some point?

Of course I can do it manually. :)

Wow... that's like science fiction. Dude... you have looked into the future! THAT'S putting the computer to work, not me! Thanks for this.

:)

ok, for people looking for quickreplybox.hack.php
I have made it.. Download this file and run it with vbhacker, I take no credit for making the hack, But this is just to go with the vbhacker.. FireFly made the hack, and I made it so it can work with vbhacker... ENJOY!!

Edit: I fixed the file.. it had some problems.. lol
well it should work perfect now.. it did work perfectly for me.. and don't forget, You must CHMOD all the files that are going to be edited to 777, or you won't be able to get to work.. Basically showthread.php needs chmoding.. for this hack, Good Luck!

That's a great tool! It's spelled "success" though.

Did you do it?
I mean install the hack

lol

Some people have to whine about everything. If you don't like the hack don't install it. Enough said.

Is it me, or did Firefly say something like 'yeah ill take a shot at it over my break' then a day later put this out?

very cool though, and great if your loading this upto a test board before your prodution site!

Chen, great job and idea!
Of course it will make things much easier and should multiply hacks installed on each board.

This reason, main problem I can see from here now is : what would be the behavior of vbhacker dealing with already hacked code it doesn't recognize when searching for text to replace ?
Increasing the number of blinded-eye installed hacks, I fear the number of unexpected (unpredictable) LOCs by the single n-number hack (because it couldn't know the n-1 hacks installed before...) could increase exponentially.

But it's the industrial revolution law .... !!!!
:) :) :) :) :)
Here we have the steam machine !
Thanks a lot for this new philosophy, btw.


Note for many users in this thread: I love this new deal, absolutely. I would only point out the most important goal of this forum should be to increase the knowledge about vb php/template scenarios, not to have 200+ hacks self-installed. Remeber that everyone had to upgrade all of them on any new release without even knowin how to edit a file....

This is my own PoV, of course ....
:knockedout:

It gives you a very clear, nicely done error report telling you which pieces could not be installed.

I think the key here is try to make the matchtext as short as possible, so that one hack is less likely to render another hack uninstallable.

If there's one thing that's missing, it's the ability in the script to set which # occurrence of a certain string to match and replace.

For instance, the Quick Reply box. I only like it at the bottom. There's no easy way to make vbHacker find which occurence you want to change.

I just wanted to say thanks a million for this script! I'm new to VBB and am still learning the art of hacking. I've found this to be very useful to me and have used it to install 2 hacks very easily. I hope that everyone will start to use this to make their hacks. It makes installation for us total newbs so much easier. Thanks again.

Exactly what I said... :speechless:
What VB version are you using, Bonnmac ?
When u shall upgrade it and noone will publish quick the vbhack script ?
I definetively think that - before touching code and templates - anyone should give them a SERIOUS look.
:cheeky:
As said, btw, already installed this revolutionary hack me too
:cool:

just a suggestion I thought of when installning a hack made for vbhacker: how about make it so it asks if you want to backup any files it is modifying?

And also just make it so if it is going to make changes to a file, it appends something like //start hack <hackname> installed by vbhacker 1.0 then @ the end //end hack <hackname> installed by vbhacker 1.0

wow thanks, best script of the year.

Chen
Again you've gone and done it!
Thanks for a great idea brought to life....

I'm somewhat leary of making any new changes to my board with vB 3 coming soon (to a theater near you) - I think I may just wait to make any modifications, especially after Freddie confirmed hacks will need to be re-written to play nicely....

Doesnt take away from the appreciation though Chen - vB.org really has made life with vB much much easier! (not to take away from vB.com - just different needs are met here)

I'm off before my well intended words end up as a foot in my mouth ;)

hey guys lets give firefly some time, im pretty sure he will answere our request for the backup feature :rambo:

This thread should be stuck; however, since the hack was written by FireFly and the site is run by FireFly, it would appear like self-advertisement. If the members agree, I say there would be nothing wrong with it

Thanks everyone. :)

hyperdave, I'll work a backup feature, but bear in mind it will mean you must have the forums folder chmoded 0777 (which is actually better, because I can use the script to chmod the files itself... hmm).

Does it exist any other way to run VBulletin ? :nervous: :eek:
Mine worked (Linux shared server) only with such a MOD setting.

Just another request (see above), right here we are... : could it be possible to write out a txt with the by-hand same procedure of an encapsulated vbhacker script ?
This just in case the hack's autor shouldn't release both versions of his hack. Until now, I always tried to understand each loc or db modification for any hack i installed, even to understand better some workaround in case of problems.
Looked at the vbhack script body above and it isn't too much self-explaining... of course it's for artificial intelligence, not human.
Well: could be possible create an human-purpose output ?

Thanks again

I got to get access via AdminCP:

Add this code in admin/index.php
right after:
What do you think?

Ups: Don't work! Just tryed on my boards.
But I don't know why. Any ideas?

Just released version 1.0.1 of vbHacker, which includes the backup utility you have asked for. :D
A new vbHackMaker is coming as well...

Alright new vbHackMaker is out too. Look at the first post in the thread for more info. :D

Hmm yeah, something like that. ;)

Hi, FireFly.
Nice and useful upgrade, and within a day from the request !!! ;)
So I'm here to renew mine, if possible (or simply if you can give me an hint to do it myself if you don't want to include it out-of-the-box).
Just asked if possible to have an html/txt output of the changes (the complete list) the script is going to apply, instead of checking later comparing the original and changed files, templates & DB. I.e., as said in Post #67, an intellectable version of the encapsulated *.hack.php.
I just went out from the upgradeXX.php scripts and got crazy to findout all updates, so wouldn't replicate that effort installing each new hack... I'd like to understand what's happening. :)

Another question: do you think it could be possible to put the vbhacker.php and all *.hack.php scripts in a stand-alone directory under the forum/admin/ ?
Also the backupped files could be put in forum/admin/vbhacks/backup, for instance.
This for clean reasons and this way a full hack history would be kept on the server...

Thank you very much.

Bye

You can see a text version of the hack right in the beginning, just select "Generate text file" in that radio button. :)
And I'll think about having everything in its own folder. :)

Thanks, my Mr. Beyond
:)

if i'll be a girl.. i'll say: muahh muahh muahh.. hehe. great job firefly. it will help some of us.. ;)

Darn it! My worst fears are confirmed! :) Will have to figure out how to port over hacks when v3.0 comes then...

I have just tried to make a hack in this program (v1.01), and then convert it to a text file again, but it misses my mysql query... Can you check if this is an error on my part or perhaps an error in your program?

In the attached 31KB zip file there are 4 files:
usersthreadviews.as.it.should.be.txt - This is how I wrote my hack myself, and is not automated.
usersthreadviews.by.vbhacker.txt - This is the text file vbhacker made of it.
usersthreadviews.hack.php - This is the encoded hack file.
vbhacker.screen.gif - A screenshot of me entering data, so you can check if I made errors in there.

Issvar: That's a problem with the textfile function in vbhacker.php, I forgot to parse queries there. Fixed that, uploaded the new file to the first post. :)

Also debugged vbhackmaker.php and uploaded a new version.

And another fix to vbhacker.php (first post). The script backed files up multiple times, causing the backup to be hacked itself! Fixed now. :)

Thanks for this great hack, this will save a lot of time after upgrade.

how about an uninstall feature?