Gentlemen,

it looks as if the messagetag issue was my mistake. The folks at vB told me that if volatile=1, the setting will be removed at the next upgrade, so I have to set it to 0, in order for message tag to remain in the settings after the upgrades.

To rectify this issue, please run the following query:

Remember to add any TABLE_PREFIX if you are using one.

The installation instructions have been changed accordingly.

The funny thing was, that at some time in the past, I had suggested to another developer here, to set volatile=0 in his settings, so that they do not get overwritten at the upgrades. However, in my mind, I had it the opposite way! Go figure.

Rgds

You guys should try WinMerge:

http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

Its free, and it works great. I just used it to upgrade from vb 3.0.3 to 3.0.6.

One of its cool features is it's exclusions. I told it to ignore all lines that started with "||". This way, all dates and version numbers kept in the comments at the TOP and BOTTOM of the files are IGNORED for file comparisons. So when I tell it to only show me different files, it only shows me ones with different CODE changes.

Best of all, its free software. And it works REAL nice.

So how do you know if a file difference is due to a hack you have installed (in the case of many hacks) or a change from vbulletin?

that's totally your responsebility if you install hacks you must have a checklist of wich hacks you installed there is no support for it the vbulletin licence cleary sells "your are allowed to modify the orginal source code on your own risk" to answer your question i use the modification log hack from here ...

yes you did but there wasn't enough coffee in my system yet :p i reverted everything back i'll do the template edits again and activate that option

edit

yup works like a champ

Typically, when you patch a file for a hack, you add some comments line before and after each hack code, in other words :

// This is AWS modification

code here

// This is the end of AWS modification

In that way, when you check the file, you know which part of code is due to a hack or it's pure vB.

Glad you made it!

Rgds

I'm curious, but it seems that after I added this hack, I can't use the text message box for private messages, using Netscape Navigator or Firefox. But I can still use it in IE. Very strange. Has anyone experienced this? Any idea why this might be happening?

BTW, the hack is working superbly, without problems. Truly a masterpiece.

rich

well,

i have just tested it with firefox.The textbox for private messages works fine here .carefull with netscape that box uses dhtml is that even supported by netscape ? and netscape itself is that still under development ? didn't use that browser in agers in here that textbox works

Hi, sv1cec

I have a small problem with the hack now.

When I am logged in I can start a new thread but if not I am getting this error message when I click on 'new thread'.

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /PATH/forum/includes/functions.php on line 2070

On line 2070 in functions.php I have this:
I added this:
to the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template to be able to create a thread in a forum without the need to enter it.

I am not sure if really AWS is the problem but maybe you can help.