misc bits-o-code y'all might enjoy...

first of all my 'beginning' code might be a bit different, my board is really hacked up. anyways,...

to get a 'Next Page >' button in your multi-page threads, so people dont need to remember what page they're on:
in showthread.php replace

  while ($curpage++<$totalpages) {

    if (($curpage<$pagenumber-$pagenavpages or $curpage>$pagenumber+$pagenavpages) and $pagenavpages!=0) {
      if ($curpage==1) {
        $pagenav.=" <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>&lt;&lt; First Page</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; ...&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
      if ($curpage==$totalpages) {
        $pagenav.=" ...&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>Last Page &gt;&gt;</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
    } else {
      if ($curpage==$pagenumber) {
        $pagenav.=" <font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>$curpage</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      } else {
        $pagenav.=" <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>$curpage</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
    }
  }
} else {

with

  while ($curpage++<$totalpages) {

    if (($curpage<$pagenumber-$pagenavpages or $curpage>$pagenumber+$pagenavpages) and $pagenavpages!=0) {
      if ($curpage==1) {
        $pagenav.=" <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>&lt;&lt; First Page</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; ...&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
      if ($curpage==$totalpages) {
		$twrat_nextpage = ($pagenumber)+1;
        $pagenav.=" ...&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$twrat_nextpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>Next Page &gt;</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>Last Page &gt;&gt;</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
    } else {
      if ($curpage==$pagenumber) {
        $pagenav.=" <font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>$curpage</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      } else {
        $pagenav.=" <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$curpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>$curpage</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;";
      }
    }
  }
$twrat_nextpage = ($pagenumber)+1;
$pagenav.="&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$threadid&pagenumber=$twrat_nextpage".iif($perpage==$maxposts,"","&perpage=$perpage")."\"><font color=\"#afa3c5\" class=thtcolor>Next Page &gt;</font></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;";

} else {

excuse the weird var names, i prefix my stuff generally w/ tw_ or twrat_ so i can find it easier before i go back and comment it

to make your template.php create instantly useable templates from the form (instead of having to go into global.php and register them) open /admin/template.php and find

  $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO template (templateid,title,template) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes("$title")."','".addslashes("$template")."')");

under it add

# added template code
# echo "title is $title <br>"; # debugging
$filename = "rattemp.php";
$str = '<?php eval("\$'; 
$str .= $title; 
$str .= ' = \"".gettemplate("';
$str .= $title;
$str .= '")."\";"); ?>';
$fp=fopen($filename, 'a+'); 
fwrite($fp,"$str \n"); 
fclose($fp);

# end

then open up global.php and find

eval("\$fivelinks = \"".gettemplate("fivelinks")."\";");

and under it add

require ("admin/rattemp.php");

now create an empty file called /admin/rattemp.php and upload it, make sure its CHMOD-ed to 666, and you're set. also note if you delete custom templates, this wont remove the reference from the rattemp.php file, you'll have to do that manually, but i did this for my design guy who isnt really one to go trekking through code when he wants to make a template

anyways, thats all stuff ive been meaning to do for 3 months and never got around to it, so i figured maybe i'd share it

also im not really a mega-php programmer, my bag is perl, so if you find my code is weird (or just plain bad) thats why

[Edited by Ratorasniki on 01-01-2001 at 07:45 PM]

i didnt test or fix that particular problem, so no im not sure exactly what the circumstances were, sorry.

Originally posted by Ratorasniki
sure they cant see them, but by default (in the version i have installed, which is like 1.1.3 i think - im scared to upgrade w/ all my hacked up shiznit) you can change the forumid and get in w/ no checks.

I logged out of the system and went to the following URL (a private forum):
http://sitepointforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14

I got:

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and try again.
You do not have permission to access the page that you were trying to. Are you trying to edit someone else's post or trying to access administrative features? Check that you are allowed to perform this action in the Forum Rules.
If you are trying to post, the administrators may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
If you continue to have problems please contact us.

I signed in as a normal user (a test account I made with my Fiance's info). Type in the same URL and got:

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bottom of this page and try again.
You do not have permission to access the page that you were trying to. Are you trying to edit someone else's post or trying to access administrative features? Check that you are allowed to perform this action in the Forum Rules.
If you are trying to post, the administrators may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
If you continue to have problems please contact us.

My other two accounts have access to that forum so it wouldn't do any good to try them.