Status of Logician Hacks (vb2 -> vb3 porting)

[Logician]

Hey there,

I receive many questions about the porting of my hacks so I wanted to inform everybody in this thread. I'll try to update this thread in time. Here is the status of my hacks:

Hacks Already Ported into VB3:
[vB 2.2.x] Dynamic Announcements: Programmable Forum Home Announcement/Message with conditionals 05.Sep.2002 173 => vb 3 version here
[vB 2.2.x] Trap Banned Members: They cant logout. 17.Apr.2002 63 => vb 3 version here
[vB 2.2.x] Message Editing Hierarchy 24.May.2002 42 => Xenon ported it here.
[vB 2.2.x] Clean Sweep Private Message Box 10.May.2002 49 => Erwin ported it here.
[vB 2.2.x] Download Thread 12.Jul.2002 224 => vb 3 version here
WebTemplates 3.x: VB Integrated Content Management System => vb 3 version here


Hacks Currently Being Worked ON:
N/A


Hacks Obselete:
These hacks are obselete and will not be ported into vb3 because vb3 already has them as a default feature:

[vB 2.2.x] Advanced Templates: Dynamic Templates Changing according to different conditions 08.Sep.2002 161
[vB 2.2.x] Confirm Unsubscribe From All Threads Requests 29.Aug.2002 24
[vB 2.2.x] Automatic Greeting Email/PM/Threads for Member Birthdays 10.Jun.2002 233
[vB 2.2.x] Change "Subscribe to This Thread" link to "Unsubscribe" if already subscribed 27.Feb.2002 85

Hacks I don't plan to port into vb3:
[vB 2.2.x] Logician NEWS: Drag Any Message to Your Main Page 31.May.2002 102
[vB 2.2.x] PM/Email Notification for Pending (Moderated) Messages 07.May.2002 4
[vB 2.2.x] Display Board Authorities in Forum Home 22.Jun.2002 19
[vB 2.2.x] Prevent Shouting (ALL-CAPS) in Subject Field (For Non-English Boards) 13.Feb.2002 5
[vB 2.2.x] Send Part of User's Reply with Email Notification 09.Feb.2002 40
[vB 2.2.x] Fast access to forum rules from anywhere
(If you need "Send Part of User's Reply with Email Notification" or "Fast access to forum rules from anywhere" hacks in vb3, open a thread in modification requests forum and pm the thread to me and I'll give you the hack code in your thread.)

Hacks Waiting in my to-do list to Port:
[vB 2.2.x] RealTime Template Compressor: Reduces page sizes, loads pages faster, saves Bandwidth 29.Aug.2003 85
[vB 2.2.x] Easy Unsubscription From Admin Email (Unsubscribe Newsletter Link ) 20.Mar.2003 8
[vB 2.2.x] Advanced Password Rules 23.Jul.2002 68
[vB 2.2.x] Greet Members' Xth posts via Email/PM/Thread automatically 14.Jun.2002 58
[vB 2.2.x] Display Thread Raters: Who rated how? 04.Jun.2002 30
[vB 2.2.x] Date blinks to get attention if viewed message is older than X days 22.May.2002 18
[vB 2.2.x] HTML Email Feature 03.May.2002 42
[vB 2.2.x] Fast Access to Visibility/Invisibility 28.Apr.2002 31
[vB 2.2.x] Show Thread Subscribers in All Threads 25.Mar.2002 22
[vB 2.2.x] Numeric Required User Profile Field 16.Feb.2002 8
[vB 2.2.x] Who might this New User be? 22.May.2002 162 => One note for who might this new user be hack: I need to find a different algorithm to port this hack because vb3 password system has changed so dramatically that it made this hack impossible to match new users for passwords. So this calls for some new thoughts and more work to port the hack. Thus this has lower priority in my to-do list atm.

As you can see I have quite long to-do list so I thank you for patience and understanding and extend my apologies if you are waiting for one of these hacks.

[AlexanderT]

Great list, Logician! I wish every major hack developer here would offer such a list

[the Sandman]

Of the Hacks in your To-Do List, the one I'd like to see soonest is Who might this New User be?

Thus this has lower priority in my to-do list atm.

What can we do to change your mind?? :squareeyed:

[Logician]

Originally Posted by the Sandman

Of the Hacks in your To-Do List, the one I'd like to see soonest is Who might this New User be? What can we do to change your mind?? :squareeyed:

If you ask Kathy to add it to her to-do list, you can consider it delivered. ^^ But even in this scenario I need to find a wise way to match passwords in the new password system which made it very hard for me to port this hack as it salts passwords uniquely.

[the Sandman]

Originally Posted by Logician

If you ask Kathy to add it to her to-do list, you can consider it delivered. ^^ But even in this scenario I need to find a wise way to match passwords in the new password system which made it very hard for me to port this hack as it salts passwords uniquely.

[high]* the Sandman goes to send Kathy a PM...[/high]

[extremeskins24]

Logician, what is Kathy's username? I would like to send her a PM concerning the hack as well. Like "the Sandman", I view this particular hack as virtually essential to maintaining decorum on our fairly large community. I've had the hack for over a year now and I simply couldn't imagine upgrading until it was in place. It's important in keeping the trash out and avoiding multiple registrations.

[Logician]

Kathy and Sandman are the owners and admins of Admin Zone Forums.

[Highlander]

Hacks Currently Being Worked ON:
[vB 2.2.x] WebTemplates 2.x: VB Integrated Content Management System 30.Jun.2003 160 : I don't want to promise ETA so as to not to let anybody down if I can't make it. But I work on it at the moment and I expect it to be ready with in 3 weeks. (Again no promises!)

what it means *smile*

30. june release date or 3 Weeks counted from beginning the first post would mean it would be ready in 2 weeks?

I know only one thing!
I waited sooo long before i convert my 2.3.0 board into 3.0.0, the only reason for this was the webtemplates could not be ported to vb3.0.0 .. so. in vb2.3.0 i worked many weeks on dynamic pages and it was a big hooray when the first user visited this new kind of website .. in just a few days this section (all webtemplate pages) appeared to be the most visited and most important websitesites on www.spieleplanet.com .. the dynamic and information in webtemplates could pull out nearly everything and nearly an infinity loop of options and layouts..

..but one, really bad day, the server collapes and much data was lost, i had to build up everything new from zero.
So i decided to upgrade the board to vb3.0.0, it is a also great thing this new version of vBulletin, but without the webtemplates www.spieleplanet.com is only driving on 50% of the possibilities users could have with the webtemplates

.. it is really naked now ..

one thing you have to know:
.. if i would win in a lottery. .maybe i will.. i will give you a part of it .. you do a very great job .. maybe one day i am millionare .. than you will be it too ..

..my baby www.spieleplanet.com is next to my wife a very importand thing to me.. and your works did this part to a very nice place where freinds, me and all the 10 Million visitors i had spend their time in the last 3 years

..so i would do anything to help you finishing up the news version webtepmplates.. just tell my a m if you need somthing ..

happy greeting from Germany
Daniel L. (spieleplanet.com)

[Logician]

wow very nice&praiseful comments thank you! I didn't know any of my hacks meant so much for some people. Let me give you some good news then: Vb3 version of webtemplates is mostly ready. I have some little work to polish it, then some more work to test it before releasing. Still no promises but I believe it will be released in 2 weeks.

Ps. I wish you win the lottery! ^^

[Boofo]

This is one of my favorites.

Fast Access to Visibility/Invisibility