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Originally Posted by stephen1976 (Post 2229609)

okay installed on 4.1.5 PL1

there is only one slight error the Paperclip icon on threads now appears a little odd ( i think it now stands out more! )

see pic

I have this exact same problem .... :confused:

Running version 0.7.2 on vBulletin 4.1.3pl1 ....

Anything I can do to address it?

Thanks for the mod ... :up:

Regards,
Doug

Hi NgocTam,

this isnt a problem, as long as the main-sprite is created.

Since 0.6.3 it is possible to add icons to specific sprites (main, forumdisplay, forumhome, showthread). I have introduced it, to gain a better ratio between the icons that are added in a sprite and the icons that are used on a page.
Currently, this isnt used and wont be used in 0.8.0. Maybe in 0.9.0.

Best regards
Sebastian

Hello BadgerDog,

i dont want to be rude by answering with a quote, but i have answered this problem a lot and this quote has all the information and solution :)

Quote:

If you have some image like

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/246391/Robin.png

which looks like

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/246391/Robin_result.png

in the Sprite (it is stretched and vertical lines are added), than you possible use a GD Libary older than 2.0.36.

GD had a problem handling grayscale images with alpha channel correctly, wich was fixed with GD 2.0.36 in the Year 2007.

https://bitbucket.org/pierrejoye/gd-...361a31aab/NEWS

The solution is to update the GD-Libary to 2.0.36 (or later) or replace every file which uses "gray+alpha" with an version using "color RGBA".

I would advise to update the GD-Libary, cause there is also a serious security problem, that was fixed in the Year 2009 by Debian.

I am totally shocked by this, since there seem to be a whole bunch of people with this kind of problem and this fix is 4 years old and since 2 years known als high security fix by debian.
So there seems to be a lot problem within the maintenance of servers, if some serious security issue isnt solved since 2-4 years. If you pay money for server maintenance i would be deeply shocked, if i were you.

I will add it to the FAQ now.

Best regards
Sebastian

TMS is available in 3.8.x
how to for 4.1.5 ?

Hello sivaganeshk,

Andreas has uploaded TMS 1.2.0 Beta 2 on vBulletin-Germany.org, but it seems that TMS 1.1.5 is also working with vBulletin 4.

Please ask questions regarding the TMS in the corresponding thread :)

Best regards
Sebastian

Hello

Sorry for my English

0.7.2 installed and running but have this problem

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/139...nshot004er.png

anyway, great job, thanks

Found a bug in Visitor Message pagination arrow:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/08/60.jpg

@tarzan22
sorry for the late reply - we will update the faq regarding this question once we find the time.
And sorry if i keep myself short, but since that has been asked numerous times already in this thread i think a short answer will suffice:
Despite covering hundreds of icons our addon can't cover everything. Especially gradients can't be automatically replaced since they differ a lot in custom styles. But, we do offer a hook so you can add your own icons into the sprite, based on the needs your board has. A how to can be found somewhere in this thread.

@DNCL
please read the FAQ in post two. This 'bug' isn't caused by the addon but by a very old GD version which besides this 'signature' also contains a security risk, which was fixed 4 years ago.

Hello DNCL,

thanks for the information. Beside the GD-Problem, there is a small bug with the position of this field, it shouldn't be so low.

It caused by an overlap with an original vb css-rule. I will fix this in 0.8.0.

Best regards
Sebastian

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Originally Posted by Osbes (Post 2230860)

Hello BadgerDog,

i dont want to be rude by answering with a quote, but i have answered this problem a lot and this quote has all the information and solution :)

I will add it to the FAQ now.

Best regards
Sebastian

Not rude... I should have seen it myself ... :up:

I contacted our Unix tech support group ...

Here's their response ...

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Unix Tech Support feedback ..

I just looked at your config and you're not actually running GD 2.0.34. You're running the embedded GD that is built into PHP. It's the same version that would be installed running an "up2date php-gd". In CentOS (and modern RedHat implementations) it would actually be "yum install php53-gd" rather than up2date.

In any case; rather than breaking PHP and linking it to a standalone GD implementation I ran a major update to PHP. This new version SHOULD have the support you're looking for. Although the phpinfo command still says (2.0.34 compatible) that does not mean you're actually running 2.0.34.

Hopefully the plugin will run with the updated PHP (and php53-gd package) without having to go to a source-compiled implementation.

Let me know if this works for you.

Strange graphics are now fixed, but I thought I'd post the above feedback for everyone's benefit here, just in case they're in a similar position to us running embedded GD with Redhat Linux .... :)

By the way, sent you a PayPal donation to say thank you for your efforts on this excellent mod ... :up:

Regards,
Doug

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