about 'How to install a hack: guide to newbies' thread...

[TECK]

logician, i was reading your tutorial and there is a part that attracted my attention:

You need to back up 2 things:

Your MYSQL database. You can back it up via Vbulletin Admin Control Panel/ Database Backup section. Even if you dont apply a hack, get used to back up your database once in a while. If anything goes wrong in your server, you can use your backup to get it up.

i dont agree with this part. vBulletin database backups are extremly unreliable. if a newie does that and his database is faurly big, he(she) will experience browser timeouts, because a backup can last up to 20minutes sometimes, on a large database.

i know this because i did custom jobs for clients and experienced this problem. that's why i released a tutorial on how to backup properly the database, with easy steps for people who don't have experience at it.

you can read it here. let me know if i'm correct on this issue with the vB backups in a browser.

all the best,
floren.