[vB.org] Remembering The First Hacks Of Our Time
 

[THIS TOOK ALOT OF RESEARCH SO I'D BE PLEASED IF YOU COMMENT ON THIS. THANK YOU]


Hello everyone. :)

From back in the day when Ed Sullivan made the first opening annoucment to the present when FireFly overturned the administration, vBulletin.org has come along way. I remember visiting the site as a guest back in 2000 and viewing some of the first and newest hacks. I remember seeing UBBHackers as an affiliate. But most importantly it was the hacks that had hounded my mind. Those which most are now official parts of this beautiful software. Here are ten which I researched on and looked deeper into.


starhack [aka karma hack]
By Wombaq
Released On December 11, 2000

Private Messaging (PM) 1.2.x
By Ed Sullivan
Released On November 3, 2000

Poll Hack
By Doron Rosenberg
Released On November 3, 2000

Smilie & BBCode Optimization
By Stallion
Released On October 28, 2000

Favorites
By freddie
Released On October 25, 2000

Signature Preview
By Shane
Released On October 22, 2000

Kill File [aka ignore users]
By Overgrow
Released On October 11, 2000

Birthday Hack
By freddie
Released On October 2, 2000

Template Optimizer [aka tOpti]
By Stallion
Released On October 2, 2000

Template Search
By Stallion
Released On September 26, 2000


I hope you like it. As you can see vBulletin.org has indeed come along way. Without it, I don't believe we would have as many features in vBulletin. Thanks. Regards,

- Crater Seraph

P.S.
Remember, we are the ones weaving the software on the course of greatness. So....keep on hackin'!

Indeed it has, i await to see what comes out of this great community when vB 3 is released. :)

Yes, though I already believe it will have a great and powerful reaction keeping vBulletin going many years to come.

It Ed Sullivan, the same one from that show back in the 80s or 70s or something?

The Ed Sullivan show :banana:

lol i remember back in the day when i put together the quick reply for yabb gold god that was funny and al its beta`s that messed up. Thnk god for things like vb

As for vb3 look at quick reply theres just one example of how a hack here has influenced every bb available today nearly, not to mention its now built into vb3.

For more history here is the first thing I posted inthe developer's loung at vB when I became a developer on 12-07-2000

id love to see a forum running an original vb like its first public release, that be funny

Yeah colicab, I came into vBulletin when it was around 2.0.1, before that, I know nothing lol

wasn't that rangersfan? :p

It's like an ancient history lesson. Only instead of dead people it's of forums.

Way back then I was a UBB user/customer and I remember when Who's Online/Private Messages came out. 2 of the greates addons in history on forums imo. But anyways the first time I ever saw or heard of a VB was 2.0.1. Several months later here I am a VB customer person thingy. :) *thumps up*

Yes that was me ;)

One of the mods at vB.com has exactly that (well, a 1.x.x). Look in their sigs.

The good old days... :) When men were men, and the buffalos ran free...

Yes, the good ole' days. :)

always nice to remember :)

I'm going to look farther into it later and get some more on the first hacks. This is quite fun. :)

Someone already found the link w/ 1.x.x forum?

you are searching a link? ^^

yes, it has to be in a userprofile / signature.
But cant find it.

Or you can just search an engine like Google. Here's one...
[http://www.opel-problemforum.com/]

On my 1.1 (to 1.x versions) I had installed: Private Messaging (PM) 1.2.x, Smilie & BBCode Optimization, Favorites, and Kill File [aka ignore users]. I made the list! How exciting :D

Here is what I looked like with 1.1.3 (236 users online!)-->

http://web.archive.org/web/200112010...edge/index.php

Lol. Your forums have never changed Overgrow, they're still just as popular.

and my vB 3.1.2 (when it's stable) will look just like my vB 1.1.3 up there.. People love consistency :)


Thanks for the list, fun topic for the oldsters here.

people love cannabis - not consistency ;)

- miSt

vB had buffolos? woa...

Did john and James and the other devs wear animal skin clothes? and have very long hair, and say "booga booga"?
:p

Well I was introduced to vB loooooong ago while I was on UBB, my friend brought me over to vB, and then got me a job at his dads office :-p, now Im rich lol (j/k) I had tested with phpBB when my vB lease ended, since then I got a liscense, and don't know what to do with it :-/

Well isn't it the truth. :p

id be lying ive i said it werent true

Crater Seraph - just to let you know - your showing up as unlicensed...

I remember when i first saw vbullletin... I was using a UBB back then and was all skeptic about this new software called "vbulletin". I remember the old ubbdev forum and old hacks such as UBBIntegratedPoll or qasic's Who's Online. I've still got those on my computer. Everything advances so fast on the internet nowadays. I miss the old days. :(

Ahh, such a long time ago. I didn't see much until I started coming as a guest. ;)

For what it's worth, FlashKit (www.flashkit.com) was running a v1.x vBulletin up until just a few months ago, when they finally upgraded.

Was their a time vBulletin did not exist?

Actually vBulletin probably was the one thing that turned me from a columnist on a website to someone that can do pretty much what ever he please using php and dhtml. I went from not being able to install the first version we bought, 1.1 I think.

I was a mod on footballboards.com/forumhome/insiders now back when vB first came out so I have gotten the privilage to watch it grow from one step past the start.

Heck I remember when Ed and those guys where first hired by vBulletin. My fav though is looking through old posts and finding at least one thread with me showing one of the current developers how to do something (very basic at that, but dang it sure wasnt two years ago to me).

ahh the memories :P

Vbulletin has come along way, and its only going to get better :)

Not if months old threads are brought back :p

Wow, you know what's bad. My SN on vB.org used to be Crater Seraph. Lol.

Major bumpage. :)