[gothicuser]

Originally Posted by majorj0nny

thanks I will give that a go ...

what does it want to know your databes name for ? is that forum database? does it pull names from that or somthing?

I like ya site mate - Im wanting to upgrade mine from 3.5.0 to the latest but really dreading the wiping out it will do of most of my template changes can I ask if you have the same problems with upgrading?

also - how do you run your server queries on the header? what produces those stats?

sorry for all the questions... thanks for the chatbox link.

Right, firstly the PABOX. I gave it it's own database, 5 tables, not Ajax, user input their names each time. I know it's a drawback, but minor for such an easy to use and maintain shoutbox.

I have about 14 mods/hacks installed, but have upgraded at every step so it has been fairly painless. All I can suggest is to keep a rational/logical list of what you have installed and work through the template changes accordingly. Took me 35 minutes this morning, and went faultlessly. The only pain in the butt were the file changes for the Arcade and vBA/Links add-ons. One benefit that I have with my hosting plan is that I have a resellers account so create my own set of backups along the way, if it all goes pear shaped it's a quick job to re-install a backup.

The header I used a 'global_start' variable to a third party script that my in-house coder created, but it uses SQuery/gSQuery for the results. Matt is a little tardy in letting the code loose, but if you're interested I'll have a word and see what can be done.