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!

Sorry, but the dog ate it... the Basterd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maverick1236]

this forum is getting rediculous,

if i have to see another"please enter your license info" post-im gonna go nuts-what a waste of time and space...

if its that important, simply password protect the forums...

also-this is crazy!!!
its like the pirates versus VB now lol!!

I just saw a post that they scanned one of the VB developers machines and found a pirated copy of photoshop--on many different public forums!!!!!LOL
this is nuts!!

[JamesUS]

Can I just clarify that the last statement about Photoshop is simply not true. These pirates are out to annoy us in whatever ways possible, as we are beginning slowly to cut off all their vBulletin support.

I know it's hard to put up with - and it annoys us as well. We're currently working on a better solution, but this all takes time. We (staff) are somewhat fed up of asking people to enter their info, and I'm sure you're all equally fed up with hearing it.

Please bear with us for a bit longer as we get this worked out...

[KuraFire]

Great.

I was hoping to find some new info about this hack, which I -really- want to implement but still can't cos nobody is explaining to me how to do so, no everybody is talking about how the Mods and Admins constantly bore the rest by telling people to enter their license info etc. in their profiles.

Okay, I can easily understand the whole thing of you guys not wanting pirate copies of vB being used, and certainly not to see the pirate-users post on your own board. But hello? Private messages, e-mail? The only effect achieved by constantly POSTING the "Please enter your license info in your profile"-message is getting many current users' backs up. We (the normal users) don't need to know which user still hasn't entered his info, and which might be a pirate. People here who own the vB license don't like those pirates, I'm sure (I, at least, don't like 'em), but making it seemingly-public which user might or might not be a pirate-user, only inspires anger among people. Sure, the pirate-users are evil people who have an illegal copy of vBulletin, but that's no real reason to get the mass against them. They're just as much human as the rest of us, this ain't the Middle Ages where you point at people, proclaim they're a witch and try to get the mass against 'em!

If a new users hasn't yet entered his info, put them in a new User Group with only viewing capabilites (but not the Banned group), send a PM and/or e-mail to that user telling them to either input the license info, or in the case of "I'm a co-admin and my boss/whoever doesn't want to give me his info" tell them to have their boss/whoever contact vB to give the clearance for this particular user.

There's no reason whatsoever for threads such as this one to get hijacked completely because a Mod posts that "enter-license-info" message in it. Nothing good ever comes from it, as far as I can see, yet the hack (in this case a rather good hack which I really want, and so does the Infogrames Community (well, a part of it)) or original topic of that thread is forgotten more often than not, which is a shame.

I can really understand why Admins and Mods want users not to post here unless they can prove they either have a license themself, or work for someone who has - but I don't understand why the rest of us needs to know about this. If a user appears very much to be a pirate-user, then so be it. I won't like him or her, but I won't judge them so easily just because of that, and I really don't feel like having to read about this user probably being a pirate. I can judge people fine on my own, thank you very much, and if your only reason is to get that user to know they have to input the license info before they're really allowed to post, then that's what you guys implemented Private Messages for, and if not that, there's always e-mail, and to prevent the user from posting along and not reading that email because he entered an e-mail address he never checks, put 'em in a user group that can't post but only view, and read&send private messages.

No need to burden all the "good" users with licenses on this board with all that.


To v0n: I don't know about you, but I simply bought the life-long license - I love the vBulletin system, prefer it over any other type of Board I've ever come across (and I've seen many already) and I -know- that I'll be using my license for a looooot of years
The only thing it the $30 (or $35?) extra after a year, for every year, to regain access to the Membership Area, but that's not all that much to me...

Originally posted by 1337Devil
I can really understand why Admins and Mods want users not to post here unless they can prove they either have a license themself, or work for someone who has - but I don't understand why the rest of us needs to know about this.(...)

Exactly!

To v0n: I don't know about you, but I simply bought the life-long license - I love the vBulletin system, prefer it over any other type of Board I've ever come across (and I've seen many already) and I -know- that I'll be using my license for a looooot of years (...)

I bought one year license, mostly because the experience with UB2k - should vB remain same quality and support when my current license is over i have no problem buying the long term one. I hope it does, I hope I will. Slainte Mhath.

The problem is that pirates DO actualy pay for a license and DO distribute it on the net for free with some minor alterations to remove the ID tag in the script.

This problem has been going on for years and IMHO will never stop as it is impossible to regulate.

There is a member of this board who posts quite alot on here and submits new hacks etc, he has a licensed copy of the software OK but he also rips the ID Tag from it and distibutes it on his websites. Many of which have been closed down recently.

For the moment I have no proof as his latest site was removed by some nice person and he has not yet surfaced. BUT HE WILL.

I will not give the name of this person as it is not my job to do so although I will have his boards removed as soon as I find them active as TBH why the hell should we pay when others get it for free.

I dont mind in the least paying for the software as it is reliable and easy to modify and I only run the one copy and a test version I use to test new hacks on which is on my HD. I am also guaranteed any updates to the software as well as bug/security fixes.

When i first started running forums on the net I used EZBoard but it sucked big time and I wanted more control over my site for security of my members. I looked at the 2 main options UBB and vBull and decided to go for the new kid on the block as it looked nicer worked faster and was easy to install and move from server to server if I had to.

I tested the FREE versions of both software packages and found that I liked this one. So I PAID for it.

My friend BaldBouncer ran a forum on EZBoard and when I told him about the ease of use etc he too paid for it.

I can understand that the Mods are as sick as the Members over the "Please enter your details" problem, but there has to be an easier way.

Anyhow I have made a start by adding to my profile the names of several Admins on my forum who I wish to have assosiated with my name and details that I entered into MY profile.

These people are using my license on one single board namely www.modshack.co.uk/index.php and I wish for them to be able to post and participate in peace.

I TRUST the guys a lot but there is no conceivable reason why I should have to give them my details or them allow me access to thiers to add my details to thier accounts.

I have made a start so who is next ?

HM

[KuraFire]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by HairyMonster
I have made a start so who is next ?

It should be done my email or pm in future as this post has now degenerated beyond its topic. As I am sure will many more if it is not addresses soon.

Maybe some extra spaces in the profile for people to add "Assosiated Members" to ?

I have added mine to the signiture for now.

HM

Maybe also and option for the Main Account holders nickname to be displayed under thier name or avatar to visibly help mods locate the relevent users info.

HairyMonster

[AVATAR]

Main Account : HairyMonster
Registered: May 2001
Location:
Posts: 29

Or something Similar ?

Then Mods/Admins can click on the username of the account holder to see if he has the username added to his permision list ?

HM

That sounds sweet, a "Licence Holder:" thing under their name, or something, but it is still going to be hard on the people
that purchase this board, and are not going to work on it at all
o come here.. they have others working for them, that wil handle
all forums activity.

But yes, it does tend to ake you sick, when you read through a
thread and always without failure... come across "Enter your ...",
I feel I paid alot of money for this board, I should not have to
deal with your fight on piracy..(that's your problem/goal) We
should not have to see it every where.

I feel very sorry because I have asked for this to be split a coupe times, as it is destroying this poor guys hack thread. But the mods will not do it.... Perhaps they will just delete it all again and hope we forget, but we did not forget last time they delete it.
Because here we are again.

PM or Email, Good Idea!