Deleting my forum NEED HELP!
 

Hi! I accidentally uploaded a paypal donate mod for vb4 to my vb 3.8 forum! Hardly any damage was done, except...all of my styles? The category strip width looks a little funky. Not neat and centered like it usually would. This is really making my board look ugly. Atleast in my opinion. So, I am contemplating deleting my vb forum folder from my admin cp, and then reuploading a copy of my forum folder I "filezilla'ed" back in the Summer of last year. Thus, attaining the normal look of my board. First, I have a few questions beforehand...

This does not pertain to my sql database. I don't want to delete the database, just the forum folder. And then reupload it. Can I do this and maintain database integrity?

Also, mysql databases just hold posts, threads, and messages? Data basically right? All of the vbulletin stuff I mentioned above i.e. styles, etc is located in my forum folder right? So I can do this without losing anything?

P.S., my styles were SELF-CREATED. I never uploaded or installed a skin. I simply kept the default skin for vb, then created a child style, restyled that. Then created a child style under that one, and restyled it. And on and on. So I they should be in my vb forum folder correct? Since it was just reskinning and restyling? Not installing any new skins?

Why not just remove the donate mod. If you delete the forum folder then when you reupload them it will delete the db and reinstall a new one. The only way you can do this is to install a backup you had before you installed the donate mod

You mean a backup database of my site? If I install a backup database of my site prior to installing the donate mod, like a backup from lets say early last week? Then all will be well then? Or should be well?

if same forum version it should be ok as long has you have not many to many changes

Well I uninstalled the donate mod and the forum never returned to normal hence why I am doing this. I first installed the mod on the 13th. Haven't made any changes or additions to the forum since then as today is just the 17th. And yes it is same forum versions 3.8.6. Thanks!

Removing thee files wouldn't help. Styles and templates are stored in the database too.

I have access to my database. Could I go in there and track down and delete the offending code?

Probably not. It's pretty much impossible for an uninstalled mod to be causing you problems.

If you follow these instructions:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...ystem-globally

to disable hooks, does the problem go away?

Do you have a link to the mod you installed?

If there were any manual template edits, that's the only place the issue could come from- if you didn't undo them or undo them correctly.

Yes here's a link to the mod I installed..https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=236480


Disabling hooks would make other plugins that I use not work so I can't do that. I didn't make any manual template edits. It's just an xml file. I clicked import, it imported, and then it stretched the forum out a bit too much. Made everything look ugly. So I turned it off before uninstalling. When I turned it off, the forum was still funky looking. So I think it affected something of the styles in the database. And that never recovered. So I think backing up from an old mysql database would do the trick.

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I disabled hooks in my admin cp. No dice! And when I installed the mod, I didn't have to manually edit any templates or upload anything to my "forums" folder. But I saw the "correct" 3.8 version of the mod, that I installed later on listed in my database. I assume when I used the 4.0 version/plugin accidentally? It too went into the database, and must've gummed something up beyond repair. So uninstalling didn't help. Hence the odd angle my forum has now. So is it safe to assume this problem is database related then?

I see what happened... There is a bug in that mod...

You will need to go to the Admin CP -> Plugin Manager.

There will be a plugin with the title Valter's Hacks Template Group listed near the top (under vBulletin Plugins).

The mod author accidentally used the product code "vbulletin" for this plugin instead of his own product code so uninstalling the mod did not remove it as it should.

If you see that plugin in your plugin list delete it and you should be fine.