[Mr Blunt]

Originally Posted by laycomp

Mr Blunt, to be sure I understand this, are you suggesting that If I do a forum upgrade (vb2 to vb3) with existing Commish's hack, that I should NOT install your hack until you've made the data import? and so in the meantime, files will just reside without me being able to track downloads?

Most hacks aren't transferrable between "major" vb revisions.
vb2 hacks won't work with vb3.
vb3 hacks won't work with vb350.
Whodownloaded_IP is strictly a vb350 hack.

So if you have Commish's old vb2 hack installed, you'd have to get rid of any edits before the upgrade to EITHER vb3 or vb350 ... meaning clean vb files and reverting your old templates.

If you move into vb3.0.8 then you'll have to settle for my super old vb3 hack.

If you move into vb3.5.0 then you have the option of using either of my vb350 whodownloaded hacks (with IP or without), but note that if you choose the OTHER non IP version, then you still aren't saving dates which is "somewhat dumb" if you plan to use this IP version in the future.


Now note:
Files and templates are not "database data".

The "data" that was saved with each download won't get touched while you do the vb upgrade and will remain stored in the database. The only thing that changes when you upgrade vB is it will stop logging downloads from that day forward (until you install a hack for that version) and there won't be a way to view the saved data since your templates and files won't have the "hack" to process the data.


So summary....
New IP hack can be installed on vb350 at any time no matter if you've got old data sitting around or not ... because new IP hack is independent.

We just won't add to the old column anymore.
The old data won't be "viewable today"!!!
Soon it will be viewable ... as if it was never missing.

Let it sit where it is in the database and "I'll import it" when I make the proper install script. Once it's imported, then it will magically be "viewable again". The imported data will be easy to spot because there will be a date from 1969 (since old hack didn't track dateline).

Feel free to install this the same day you upgrade to vb350!!


LAST NOTE:
This is still beta so I do NOT suggest installing it on a live forum just yet.
I'm not saying "you can't", because you can.

If you do, just make darn sure you "CLICK INSTALL" on this thread so you will get a notice when I make a major change to this .... and do not overlook changes I make ... until such time as I remove the "beta checkmark" at the top of the thread.

I have a long agenda (you saw the todo list).
I've already dropped a month of my life into this.
And I expect at least one more month before I finish that list!!
There's still no major flaws that I know of, so that's a plus, LOL.