The same happened with me yesterday when I tried to install this ... so much so, that my host suspended my account!! I had to make phonecalls to sort it out. I think I won't risk this again, and give it a miss ... :ermm:

Jeez!

This query selects ALL posts ... every time you visit Forumhome.
Doesn't surprise me that this causes HEAVY load.
This query must be optimized to process only thos posts that are newer then today midnight or last visit (whatever is older).

Furthermore the "Template-Caching" isn't good:
This code should be removed.

And the following put in Hook cache_templates:

Can anybody fix this ?

After this hack CRASHED my server and my host yelled at me for an hour today, I've decided to fix this damned thing from scratch. I'm letting the author know here that I'm using his concept, but will be redoing it from step 1, it is not a copyright infringement issue since I will be rewriting this without anything to go on other than the images supplied. I'm asking the author of this to PM me if there is a problem with me doing this, but since it's loading 90% of the servers that it's installed on (if not crashing them completely), I'm starting on this tonight.

If there is a problem with this, let me know and I will halt production, if not then the author will get credit on my posting as the concept inspiration.

I could ... but it's not my hack so I can't.

I'm in final testing of this redo, and it's taken up alot less resources, all in all it only adds one major query, and four COUNT(*) queries to the system (I'm not sure what the overhead on that is, I'm trying to compress those four into one, but haven't succeeded thus far).

Anyway, I'll give the author of this thread until 12 PM, EST, 4 July 2005 to PM me with a cease and decist order, if I haven't gotten one by then I will release my version with credit for the idea to this thread's author.

this modification looks great! I'm wondering, do you have a vB3 edition? So I could use this for my vBulletin v3.0.7 board?

thanks in advance.

Wait for an update before you install, and save your server and hosting account !! I narrowly escaped permanent suspension because of this hack.

Since this modification was killing servers, and almost got me booted off of my LIFETIME account (REALLY pissed off about that), I redid this mod from scratch using Megatekno's conceptual idea as basis. I have not received a "Cease and Decist" order from the author since posting my intentions last night, so I have released my version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91624

If my posting this here is not acceptable feel free to remove it, but I do think that since the hack was killing servers people need to know that it will prolly kill theirs too if they install this one.

I installed this without reading every page and now i cant anything on my site :s Every page wont load not even the admincp :(

If i delete cookies everything goes ok, but i cant actually log in with my admin account anymore since installing this :s Odd.

I've installed this hack and really checked it over (read it over 6 times) to make sure I dind't do anything wrong, it doesn't show up for me and I'm all grrr about it.

Question if I put my back up back and then turn the hack back will it work if I install Cloudrunner's version?

*is bummed out about this*

EDIT

Ok so it's showing up but I have red x's instead of the images.. let me try and fix that.

I am sorry I am so new to VB, I uploaded the images as directed, then uploaded the xml file via the ACP, as it was loading my browser froze. I shut down the browser after a few minutes, and tried to load our site, nothing.

It drew so much resources that it eventually killed our HTTP. I disabled Hooks with the config file, when the server rebooted the site was fine, but all hooks were disabled. I tried to find the plug-in to remove it, but it is not in my list!

So I tried to put the original config file back, and it crashed the server again after overloading it. I mean no disrespect to the coder, it looks great for the people it works for but how do I remove it?? It is not in my plug-in list.

Please somebody, I am not asking for step by step instructions. A link would even suffice. Please, we are running our forum with all hooks disabled for 8 days now. We're just waiting on a reply as to how we remove this completely from our system.

This hack should just be removed.

This has completely ruined the servers that the forums I tried to install this onto was on, completely locked them up and put them under ENORMOUS load, Megatekno should be hung for writing such a stupid query.

settle down Snozzle..

although I do agree this extension should be removed, or in the very least some sort of warning put in the fist post

Why don't you make full use of phrases? Other than that, nice hack :)

everything works fine except for quick statistics...why is that?

I got a technical database error when i uploaded this. I deleted the XML file but now my board is still down. I uploaded the XML file first and did it exactly as I was directed to. Any ideas?

Okay, forget it -- I reverted the functions_user.php file and that worked.

I still would like to install this but I need to know -- if I install this must I first do the phrases and template edits in order for it to work? Is that what I did wrong?

I agree that it should be removed! It's totally locked down my forum right now and my hosting is trying to fix it. I wish I had read through this thread first. Megatekno I don't think you should be hung but you're giving my hosting a run for its money right now and overloading the SQL servers, LOL.

This shouldnt be allowed !

Ive just installed this and it has ++++ed up pretty much everything. Ive removed it and my server is still shit slow.

Way to ++++ up a site.

Can someone tell me step by step how to remove this completely show i get my old nav bar back etc.

Any help would be much appreciated, ive got alot of pissed off members on my board right now and its really hitting the fan.

Thankfully I have removed it and the board is back up to speed.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR JEOPORDIZE YOUR BOARD BY ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THIS HACK.