A question for all experienced vB users !
 

Hello,

Its probably been a month since, i bought my first vB license.

I'd liek to know what exactly happens to all the hacks I have installed while upgrading to a newer version ??

Does it erase all the installed hacks completly or partially or does it affect in anyway at all after upgrading ??

If it does affect in anyway, is there a method to upgrade to later versions of vB without any possible damages to the hacks installed on my previous version of vB ??

Thanks much for your time.

Cheers

Hacks are file edits. Upgrading replaces all files. So, all hacks are gone, except for the changes that they made in templates and the database.

for upgrading hacked vbs, follow the link in my sig

Xenon, that link in your sig is dangerous for newbies. A newbie trying to do file compares and merges without understanding the code is going to hose his board.

Thank you Xenon for the link and others to the helpful tips.

Yes, I am a newbie with hacking the board...however, i can learn things quite fast...and hopefully, i can do the merging properly.

Thanks much again

Cheers

Here is the tip:

ALWAYS put a comment before and after your hack codes when hacking your files. For instance I always use:

// Logician Hack : My Hack Name
Hack code goes here
// Logician Hack : My Hack Name

for my own hacks and

// Hack : Hack Name
Hack code goes here
// Hack : Hack Name

for others' hacks I applied.

This way when I search with keywords "Hack" or "Logician Hack" I can easily access to all installed hacks in the code. It also helps alot when you play with comparing tools like Beyond Compare or Araxis Merge.

However I agree with amykhar: Someone who does not have any basic knowledge of PHP (at least its syntax) should not use such tools especially if he has too many hacks to move into new vb version. In unexprienced hands, they can be dangerous tools..

I don't agree - i upgraded my heavily hacked board with no knowledge of php at all... Took me about 3-4 hours while going back and repeating the stages and finding the problem and then noticing *I* had made the problem :)

- miSt

@Amy: of course they have to be careful, but if they don't try they couldn't get experienced ;)
my first upgrade wasn't the most perfect one, too ;)

uh you have 10 released vb hacks (one of which is a "major" hack according to your own word) and you claim to have no knowledge of PHP at all ha? :p something is wrong here lol

IMO somebody who has no knowledge of PHP is a guy who adds hack codes right after PHP comments (// lines) when told to "add before" or edits scripts via Dreamweaver or MS Word instead of a text editor or FTP scripts to server in binary mode. I believe using a tool like beyond compare is not something for such newbie people. I think they are much better off overwrite their scripts and reinstall existing hacks than play with tools they are not familiar with.

No no - before i had knowledge of PHP i upgraded my board ;)

- miSt