Subject-Prefix & Thank You Hack

I integrated the[gEb]Pulldown Menue Hack and a Thank-You possibility as inspired by the [gEb].

You can download the patches in unified diff format (as produced by the GNU tool diff -urN; format is quite self explaining for those who don't have the patch programm (every Linux installation has it, but Windoze-ports exist)).

Please report any bugs, improvements and patches!

Yes, I am not saying piracy is ok and to let it slide if they supply your hacks for the board..

I am saying it is very hard for us paying customers to allow others to work on our boards.

I for one like what Monster and few others have said...
If it is such a problem, make the forums private (only access is granted to those with a lic#, and they can request more (screen name) for their employees..) Or just drop the whole constant "Enter your lic. information" thing, it really does get bad alot.... and have fun.

PS: is there a way to split this into a new thread? instead of always delete everyones post..?

[KuraFire]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Sisko
Sounds good, but a "normal" install txt would be great, so anybody can understand it.

OK Problem solved.

First of all make an option in the UserCP for the person who registered his copy of vBull to enter his details along with the names of those he wishes to be able to use his account info.

Those who are designated users can then add the name of the main account holder into thier User CP and the mods here can check against the main account holders account to see if it is valid or not.

This could be easily done and IMHO should be done quick as this system you have here at present sucks big time dudes.

So in short the main account holder still gets to keep his account details safe and those he designates as valid sub users get to post freely without hassle from mods etc...

Maybe an option or requirement should be made on the initial purchase of the software for members to be able to choose a screen name and register it when the purchase the software.

Whos with me ?

I think this is the way to go.....

[Bald Bouncer]

Yep sounds a good idea to me HM, a limit could be set on sub users etc.

1) I was never a user, nor did I plan to be one.. until the webmaster asked me to. So he would not get attack all the time.

2) A limit? I do not think so...

Otherwise it sounds like a ok plan...
we really need these post split off into another thread....

*looks for a moderator*

I think this has got to be the way to go as at the moment I have several Admins on my forums who would more than be willing to contribute info but will not be able to under the current restricted conditions.

I also think this thread should be split into 2 as it has now become highly off topic.

HM

[ethank]

Agree with what you all said. I have two people who work on my code with me, using CVS and I'd like them to be able to post here, but I don't necessarily want to give them my info. There should be a way for me to designate certain users as authorized to speak on my boards and licenses behalf.

These people are volunteers, and work on the boards because they love it, and I don't want them hassled because of some weirdness with licensing. So will vBulletin add this feature to their boards?

Ethan

Here's my $0.02.

With all due respect... developers of this board do a great job, software is fantastic. But there are few sides to this story. First of all - no matter how great the software was there wouldn't be so many websites using it, and automatically advertise the software if vB wasn't so easy to mod.
I would say most of the vB license owners are admins running non-commercial websites, forking out $85 every year from their own pocket just for fun and pleasure of running a discussion board. Running non-commercial or non-profitable web site usually comes with necessity to have number of co-admins, sometimes from different countries, mostly people you've never seen in your life. As it was already mentioned in posts above - you can trust them enough to run your boards for you, but not to give them software license details/passes etc. etc.

Having said all that, if it was me, if I posted a hack or mod, or even an idea and primary response from vB developers in public (who knows better PM system of this board) was "post the license", "once again - post the license" I would feel a little weird myself. It’s a bit like strip-searching delivery boy in front of the whole office every time he brings you a letter.
And it's not like the guy was hiding on one of these dodgy geocities pages with porn banners - he spent his time writing this hack, shared it from his domain, probably was even about to post an example with a link to his web site. And you welcome the idea with - "spread your legs, put your hands on the wall, show me your ID" in front of other people. I could paraphrase Sarge here – “Quit crying” - you have over 8000 people registered on this board. Some of them might be on Owned License scheme, some of them maybe requested installations from you - this way or another - you make what - 300k, half a million USD a year out of it? I will not believe for a second that even 1% of all these people actually pirate your soft and come to your own board with their modifications. And even if - you can really sort out your issues with users in private.

Some of us already escaped from UBB forces, some of us had displeasure of being UB2k clients; don't let us think you also grew impertinence on our money – I love you too much, my heart wouldn’t take it.

btw: HairyMonster - brilliant idea!

Amen! Amen!

It was not bad at first, but now they are just going to far with it..
every post I go into its "Enter your licence number here" , "Enter your password there"....

blah blah blah..

I used to use UBB and I really like vBulletin, but man can't this just be a place to hang out and have fun *sheesh*...


We pay you alot of money(we all are not loaded like yall), and alot of us do not care to have our helpers get harass .... then come crying to us about it.. then we ignore them and say "Well I am not giving you my Licence and Password", then they come back to get yelled at again here when they post..... so they come crying to us again.. *sigh*

End the madness, you can not stop piracy or even slow it down...
So work on keeping your software the best, and having fun!

[Steve Machol]

YourHostSucks,

Please enter your vB license info into your user profile. Thanks!

Seriously though, this situation is frustrating for me as well. I spend an inordinate amount of my free time trying to help others on this forum. I get no compensation for this, nor do I expect any. I am sensitive to the 'license issue' and try to be as accomodating as possible.

Believe it or not we have been able to provide better support for paying customers with this policy. It's not perfect and could use improvement, but it has been effective in some respects.

As I see it I have three choices:

1. I continue to do my job and request the license info when someone hasn't entered it. Unfortunately, this will subject me to continuing attacks and insults.

2. I resign as Moderator because I cannot abide by this policy.

3. I ignore all messages from people who haven't entered their license info.

The problem with the third option is that most people simply overlooked this option when they registered. As I said, most have no trouble complying. So should I give them the option of correcting the situation, or should I just ignore them?

I can tell you what I won't do. I won't spend my free time helping software pirates. As I said before, I have much better things to do with my time.