Laymens terms on upgrading

[bremereric]

Now I need help with posting pictures in a thread. I copied links of pictures from photobucket in a post. It limits me to 4 including any smilies. Where do I need to change this. I already looked in admincp at the attachment options.

[HM666]

Go to Options > Message Posting And Editing Options and you will find Maximum Images Per Post. Change that setting from 4 to what you want, but keep in mind that if you set it really high it may cause some extra server load and/or problems with your posts loading if there are a lot of images in the post. I set mine to about 10.

[bremereric]

Okay help with the status icons

/images/statusicon/forum_new-48.png

/images/statusicon/forum_old-48.png

I tried to change them to another png but they seem to revert back.

[HM666]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Okay help with the status icons

/images/statusicon/forum_new-48.png

/images/statusicon/forum_old-48.png

I tried to change them to another png but they seem to revert back.

Revert back? Do you notice them actually changed and then they go back? If so you need to try a couple of things in this order...

1. Make sure that you uploaded the images via FTP to the correct directory for your current skin. If you are using vBulletin's built in default skin then you would upload the icon files to YOUR WEB ROOT/vBulletin directory/images/statusicon/filename.png and be sure to over write the images when you upload. If you have a custom skin or a skin other than the vBulletin default those files can be in a different place depending upon the designer. Some designers put the files in a directory with the skin name on it, some put them in a directory called "styles" and so on. The best easiest way to find out where those files are located is to go to your FORUMHOME and right click on an icon and choose "view Image" then look in your top bar for the pathway to that image.

2. Clear the cache in vBulletin do this by going to Maintenance > Clear System Cache. That will clear the cache in vBulletin.

3. Clear your browser cache. This will depend on what browser you are using. I'm sure you can google that if you need that info.

4. If, for some reason it still does not work try clearing your cache in your PC to do this just google "clear cache in windows _______" or whatever OS you are running.

[bremereric]

Something keeps on killing me on my password. I log on and it keeps on telling me I have expired the password tries and have to come back in 15 minutes to try again. Has to be some new vbulletin thing,

[HM666]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Something keeps on killing me on my password. I log on and it keeps on telling me I have expired the password tries and have to come back in 15 minutes to try again. Has to be some new vbulletin thing,

Hmmm that is a new one. In that case you may want to check at vBulletin.com to see if there is a known issue going from vB 4.1 to 4.2. Its not a new vb thing, but on that one I'm not sure what it could be as I have not encountered that before in upgrading vBulletin.

[thetechgenius]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Something keeps on killing me on my password. I log on and it keeps on telling me I have expired the password tries and have to come back in 15 minutes to try again. Has to be some new vbulletin thing,

Did you try to login multiple times using the wrong Username and/or Password?

[HM666]

Originally Posted by thetechgenius

Did you try to login multiple times using the wrong Username and/or Password?

True. bremereric By default vBulletin is set to only allow 5 login attempts per person even if you are an admin. If that happens it usually times you out of the site for 15 minutes before you can try to login again.

[bremereric]

The saga continues....what the heck is forumrunner? In admincp it prompts me to get the site key at forumrunner.com.

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Originally Posted by HM666

Revert back? Do you notice them actually changed and then they go back? If so you need to try a couple of things in this order...

1. Make sure that you uploaded the images via FTP to the correct directory for your current skin. If you are using vBulletin's built in default skin then you would upload the icon files to YOUR WEB ROOT/vBulletin directory/images/statusicon/filename.png and be sure to over write the images when you upload. If you have a custom skin or a skin other than the vBulletin default those files can be in a different place depending upon the designer. Some designers put the files in a directory with the skin name on it, some put them in a directory called "styles" and so on. The best easiest way to find out where those files are located is to go to your FORUMHOME and right click on an icon and choose "view Image" then look in your top bar for the pathway to that image.

2. Clear the cache in vBulletin do this by going to Maintenance > Clear System Cache. That will clear the cache in vBulletin.

3. Clear your browser cache. This will depend on what browser you are using. I'm sure you can google that if you need that info.

4. If, for some reason it still does not work try clearing your cache in your PC to do this just google "clear cache in windows _______" or whatever OS you are running.

I got the forum_new-48.png one working from the old site.

http://www.aspenandvolare.com/images...rum_new-48.png

[HM666]

Originally Posted by bremereric

The saga continues....what the heck is forumrunner? In admincp it prompts me to get the site key at forumrunner.com.

Its vBulletin's answer to Tapatalk I believe. It allows your members to use an App on other devices to view, post and use your forum. If you want to disable it go to Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Forum Runner and click the drop down to your far right choosing "Disable". Then click the "Go" button if it does not automatically refresh.

Originally Posted by bremereric

I got the forum_new-48.png one working from the old site.

http://www.aspenandvolare.com/images...rum_new-48.png

When you say from the old site do you mean you have left those icons in the old directory or you moved them to the new installation? In order for them to work properly you will need to make sure that they are in your new vBulletin 4 installation image directory.

Do you have a link to your site so that I can see if there is any code issue that might be causing your problems?