I had the same problem.
I went to install 1.41 and got a warning message.
I went ahead with the install anyway and now no longer have that warning message.

Several of you have reported this problem, which is discussed in the documentation. Basically, your site's php installation has restrictions on which parts of the directory structure can be accessed by a php script. (This is the open_basedir setting in php.ini.) This error message is a consequence of that restriction. The next version will trap the message. It's nothing to worry about.

is this normal as well?

Warning ==========================
open_basedir is set to /home/jonelz:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp in your PHP installation
Please refer to the hack instructions for information on this setting
========================== Warning


and then I get this when I try to save settings:

The following setting(s) are invalid
file_icons_dir : /
Go back

I dont want to upload files but it wont let me save my admin settings cuz i keep getting that error and I really donno what to do


Help :(

Have a look at my reply (above) to NightWalker on 28-11-2004, 08:46. That tells you how to get rid of this error.

Thank you, this fixed it:


Now how can I make a custom field for "where can we find a link on your site?"

Sorry, you'll have to sort that out for yourself. I do the reasonable work for free, but also need to live a life.

I understand. Thank you for the help.

Anyone want to do this Reciprocal Link's URL field? I really dont know how, I am an accountant :lol:

First i want to say thanks for a great hack :)

I just wonder about one thing...
Is it possible to restrict the ability to add links in a certain category to just one usergroup without restricting viewing by the other groups?

I tried use the forumpermission function but it just seems just to restrict viewing permissions.

You can restrict which usergroups can add links to any category using the admin page. You restrict which user(s)(groups) can see a category or a link using the forum permissions. But you can't have different "adding" privileges for different categories.

Hi Andrew, hope you are well.
A couple of suggestions I hope might be of interest.
Firstly would it be possible to make rating links optional by forum?
We have a retailers forum and it is open to abuse by competitors leaving low ratings. I would like to disable ratings in this forum.
Secondly I re-submit the idea of being able to add links to a favourites category.
The Favourites category would contain user-specific links and appear in the same way as other categories. It would just contain duplicates of selected favourite links in the other categories.