Any MUST DO thingies for vb3 hacking?

[etones]

Hi all, in the process of finishing a hack, just wondering if there is/are anything i need todo to make sure it all works properly.

1) I've added my own custom permissoion (and bitfield operators), in the adminCP i've added the necesarry extra yes_no buttons. These permissions work fine, is there anything else I need todo for this?

2) I see alot of talk about cutom fields (i.e field40 :ermm: ). What are these, do they provide a way of tracking hacks lol, confused.

Any other hints/tips I should know?

Cheers
Taz

[Xenon]

don't forget to use the TABLE_PREFIX for mods

also it's better to use phrases than text in templates.

[etones]

Originally Posted by Xenon

don't forget to use the TABLE_PREFIX for mods

also it's better to use phrases than text in templates.

Thanks for the reply.

Yah i have that sorted, just wondering if theres anything that could really kill the hack if I miss out lol

Taz

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by etones

Thanks for the reply.

Yah i have that sorted, just wondering if theres anything that could really kill the hack if I miss out lol

Taz

make sure you cache your action templates and your templates you use. see my sig for the Howto Basics of vB3

[Tradjick]

Why are phrases good for? Considering, when I want to change a sentence (phrase) called by a hack, wouldn´t it be much easier to alter it in the code than having to rename the phrase in code and then having to import the new custom made phrase?

[Velocd]

Also never hard code text (especially HTML) in PHP files. It's very bother some when hackers do such.

Why are phrases good for?

There is a language option with phrases. For the most part, people will probably use standard english, but if you would like to add another language for all phrases you can. (although that would be immensely time consuming, and altavista would be much faster).

It also puts all the text in one area and categorizes them. Easy to access and modify, especially for one who isn't savvy with vBulletin.

[AN-net]

you dont really need TABLE_PREFIX if your calling tables added not by vbulletin but by your hack etc.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by AN-net

you dont really need TABLE_PREFIX if your calling tables added not by vbulletin but by your hack etc.

You NEED TABLE_PREFIX if your calling data from other tables, its always important to use it regardless that way you use peoples prebuilt table prefixes.