Remove Intermediate Redirection Page

For some odd reason, I didn't see any request for such a feature, although as far as I know, vBulletin is the only bulletin board which uses this useless redirection system. I'm talking about the "Thank you for logging in...", "Thank you for posting...", "Please wait while searching...", etc. pages.

This hack (I'm not even sure you can call it a hack, it's just 1 line of code) will get rid of this page. It works with all the browsers, but just in case a VERY old browser is being used, the original redirection system will be used, so basically you have nothing to lose.

In the admin/functions.php file, find:

eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("standardredirect")."\");");

Before it, add:

PHP Code:

header ("Location: $url"); 


[JediKNight]

um... I've installed this hacks with my 2.2.1 and I am upgrading to 2.2.4 but don't know if it works fine for 2.2.4 ?
This is a very great hacks, I've been thinking of ."there must be something link this..."

anyway, thanks a lot.

Jedi

[Tommy Boy]

It is working fine for me, and I'm running 2.2.4.

[JediKNight]

Parse error: parse error in /home/petrusk/public_html/forums/admin/functions.php on line 807

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: vbdate() in /home/petrusk/public_html/forums/admin/sessions.php on line 357

Will the author upgrade this hacks to works with 2.2.4? and someone who had this hacks with 2.2.4 will you please upload the file so that people can use? thanks a lot.

Jedi

[bill-t]

Originally posted by Erwin
Nope, I take that back.

I tested the redirection code with NN 4 and NN6 and Opera - you get an error with it.

So I have removed the hack.

Good idea, but needs to be compatible with other browsers.

I have it installed on my board, browse my board with opera6 and no problem...

[CeleronXL]

Not sure if this has been said already because I'm too lazy to read it all, but I'm pretty sure the page is there to allow time to write the database. It's not instant.... There needs to be time in between...

[JTMON]

No, when it works, it works ok. Someone else said they thought that was it also but I didn't have a problem with it until the upgrade to 2.2.4 and I only upgraded the two files they said were needed for the security hole.

[JediKNight]

and I don't think there is any reasons that make this hacks discriminate over user's browsers..
Since PHP is server-parsed and then serve to end-user as HTML, the browsers only receive HTML (not php codes).. so if browser can't display the page for some reasons.. it's the browser's problem.

Jedi

[Tommy Boy]

Originally posted by CeleronXL
Not sure if this has been said already because I'm too lazy to read it all, but I'm pretty sure the page is there to allow time to write the database. It's not instant.... There needs to be time in between...

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[melondog]

The reason the redirect is there is so if a user refreshes the thread page, the post is not resubmitted. You should redirect to a blank page that redirects to the thread, to make it seem like no mid step is used, and then it takes them to the url. That is what I think should be done.

p.s. - I've done this on my test board.

[JTMON]

the only problem I see with that is that I read that before, tested it and couldn't reproduce the problem so I figured they fixed it.