Signature Image System

Signature Image Management System (file based)

Updated: 27 June 2002, 12:22 AM BST

This hack allows users to upload a image or images that they can then use as part of the thier signature. All uploaded images are private to the user that uploaded them.

The hack requires that you have PHP 4.1.0 or newer for the upload functions to work correctly. PHP 4.0.6 can be used with modifications (not recommended).

The scripts can if enabled also prevent users from externally linking to the images they uploaded, please note this is done by HTTP_REFERER checking not all http servers or browsers support this however is more widely supported than Apache's mod_rewrite. Should you wish to stop deep linking then upload a image called badcontent.gif to your forums directory.

Further more instructions are provided in how to get this hack to work if you are using vBulletin's standard sig editor or a advanced sig editor hack.

Version 2.0 Updates
- remote storage support
- sig.php nolonger appears in online.php
- special [sig] vB code is used instead of [img] tags

Version 1.3 Updates
- fixed display bug
- added removal script to main package
- added test template set


Version 1.11 Updates
- Image width & height checking
- Extension checking
- More useful error messages
- Added a missing function

Current Version 1.3
Released 20th sept 2001

Requirements:
- vBulletin 2.0.3
- PHP 4.0.3+ (this hack has not been tested on PHP 3.0.17, it may or may not work)

Optional:
- HTTP Server that supports HTTP_REFERER, (Apache 1.2+, IIS 4+)
- badcontent.gif in your forum directory


Screenshots can be found in the zip file.

[dabean]

Originally posted by ferior1
when seeing a thread I see nothing, when seeing it in the user cp I see this http://www.gaming-forums.com/sig.php?id=3 so I see it in the user cp

url style signature links are not supported by this hack and have never been offically supported. The version 1.x series of the hack used .

Whilst the current 2.0 series uses [sig=<imageid>], naturally the installation script automatically converts old style tags into new style [sig] tags.

The fragment below should when placed in a seperate file covert all existing [url] style links into signature links.

PHP Code:

<?php
error_reporting(7);

require ("./global.php");

  $searcharray = array(
          "/(\[url\]".$bburl."sig.php\?imageid\=)(.*)(\[\/url\])/esiU",
          "/(\[url\]".$bburl."sig.php\?id\=)(.*)(\[\/url\])/esiU"
  );

  $replacearray = array(
          "'[sig=\\2]'",
          "'[sig=\\2]'",
  );

  $signatures = $DB_site->query("SELECT signature, userid FROM user");
  
  while ($signature = $DB_site->fetch_array($signatures)) {
    $newsignature=preg_replace($searcharray, $replacearray, $signature[signature]);
    if ($signature[signature]!=$newsignature) {
      $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET signature='$newsignature' WHERE userid=$signature[userid]");
    }
  }
?>

[ferior1]

hum

i put it in a fix.php - chmod 777

and ran it, got this error

Warning: Unknown modifier '/' in /home/gaming-f/public_html/admin/fix.php on line 19

though, I dont understand your response entirely, im not intending the script to do more than what it was susp to do, I dont want url linking either. I just followed the instructions as is, or as was intended the script to work under vbb.

[dabean]

Originally posted by ferior1
though, I dont understand your response entirely, im not intending the script to do more than what it was susp to do, I dont want url linking either. I just followed the instructions as is, or as was intended the script to work under vbb.

Okay, I'll be clearer no version of this hack has ever used [url] tags to link to signature images. Early versions used [img] tags neither has any version of the hack used [img] tags containing the full path. The current version of the hack uses a special [sig] tag.

img-url-convert.php, attached is provided purely to convert existing signatures using that non-standard format to the [sig] tag format the used by the hack.

Run the script from you admin directory then delete afterwards.

[ferior1]

didn't work either, for the original forum, and the testing forum, i removed the testing forum. This was an awesome script, thanks for keeping up to do with user replies.

I hate to sound like im giving up, but nothing works :dead:

im going to redo another new forum, and go through the steps, then use that fix you had one more time..

I'll post it indetail, you've got a great script, and its basically the only auto install one from that other vb script hehe

[ferior1]

Ok, I really want to find out why this isn't working, I WUB THIS hack!!!!!!!!!! AROOOOOOOOOOOO :banana:

I've attached a zip file of the entire process that I go through the signature system 2.0 and vbb 2.2.9, including the img-url-convert.php!

I've tried to document very thoroughly the two, I've hope we dig the bad root out. :rambo: :bandit:

[ferior1]

update dabean?

[Keyser S?ze]

did anyone fix the stated problems?

[dabean]

I could never identify the cause of the problems ferior1 was having neither could I ever replicate such problems on my own copy of vb 2.2.9, . So the exact problem and solution remains unknown.

[Keyser S?ze]

hack works perfectly in 2.3.0, do a new installation

great hack!!

[ferior1]

yeah, i forgot to get back to this post, its been fixed because I missed a step [ very embarrassing ]

^.^ the hack is awesome!