[JeffreySmith]

I just installed ucash and totally f'd up my forum. I tried getting support at vB but Steve said he cant help with modified forums.

After I uploaded this is what I got at my forum:

Warning: opendir(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/username/public_html/images/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/jeffsmit/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 41

Warning: opendir(/home/username/public_html/images/): failed to open dir: Operation not permitted in /global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 41

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 44

Warning: closedir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 52

Warning: Unknown(/home/jeffsmit/public_html/forum/includes/functions_ucs_shared.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 60

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required '/home/jeffsmit/public_html/forum/includes/functions_ucs_shared.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jeffsmit/public_html/forum/global.php(358) : eval()'d code on line 60

What Steve could tell me is:

To troubleshoot this, remove any hacks and disable your plugins, then see if you still have this problem.

If so, reupload all the original vB non-image files (except install.php). Make sure you upload these in ASCII format and overwrite the ones on the server.

Next, create a new style and choose no parent style. This will force it to use the default templates. Finally empty your browser cache, close all browser windows then try again. Make sure you change to the new style and view your forums with it.

And then I asked:

Would it be okay if I didnt remove all (too many to count) hacks and take this opportunity to upgrade to the new 3.5.2 as long as I back up my database? Would doing this overwrite the hacks for me? I dont care about loosing them, just trying to avoid having to retrace my steps for the past two months.

Do you guys have any idea what I did wrong or how on earth how to fix this?