Hacked yet again! So long phpBB

4563 Views 26 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Gil, Aug 18, 2005

Gil

Discussion Starter · Aug 15, 2005

Well today was the last straw! I am done with open source message boards. They are too easy for script kiddies to exploit and are just too much of a bother to maintain.

I will be attempting to figure out how this vBulletin software works over the next few days so bear with me.

Sorry for the down time it took a while to import the phpBB database and get all of the permissions set correctly.

You will probably have to upload your avatars again. Any other problems let me know.

Thanks for your understanding.

Gil

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #6 · Aug 15, 2005

People even script kiddies would first have to know about the other board even just to hack it lol . I tried the image line thing yesterday I will double check.

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #8 · Aug 15, 2005

Pvt. Cowboy said:
Am I deficient in brain cells, or has the "State Police Academy" sub-topic been turned into vapor?

Might have been vaporized either during the hack or the upgrade... I will look for it.

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #11 · Aug 15, 2005

Thanks, smiles should be fixed now...

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #14 · Aug 15, 2005

What browser are you using? They popup above the banner on mine (IE) maybe it depends on the ad. I will see about moving it

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #15 · Aug 15, 2005

frapmpd24 said:
Is there a link to bring the window up for the smiles or am I missing something? I was looking for those.

On the right side of the "Reply to Thread" input box. 15 show by defaul but there are over 150 available just click on the [More] link below the 15 default ones.

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #23 · Aug 16, 2005

KozmoKramer said:
One thing I've noticed Gil - the new format is remarkably faster that the PHP version was.

I cant believe how quickly topics open up now.

Yes I noticed that too, it's still php based but better codeing I guess. You get what you pay for (phpBB being free).

Some have mentioned that it looks like every other board out there but I guess that is because there are a lot of vB boards on the net. I have played with the idea of adding a few hacks to spice it up a bit but where this was purchased and I actually have tech support if I need it I am not sure I want to fudge with the code too much.

I will be looking for some other themes and adding them as I can but for now this is what we have.

As always I am open to suggestions and welcome your feedback.

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #25 · Aug 18, 2005

Pvt. Cowboy said:
Am I deficient in brain cells, or has the "State Police Academy" sub-topic been turned into vapor?

Just found this out on one of the vB support forums.....

phpbb2 with category hierarchy

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Heads up on this for anyone switching from phpbb2 with the category hierarchy mod. It only goes 1 deep.

Category (will import)
|
|
---- Forum (will import)
|
-----sub forum (will not import)

So before your import flatten your forum out.

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Too late now, sorry guys

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Gil

Discussion Starter · #27 · Aug 18, 2005

Pvt. Cowboy said:
Oh... I see.. the flux capacitor wasn't rerouted to the millenium falcon's warp drive transfer case, thus not enabling the sub-forum category heirarchy mod to load and mr. vB went poopies...

That Gil... makes perfect sense now... :-k

Actually the flux capacitor was rerouted to the millenium falcon's warp drive transfer case, it was just in the wrong gear at the time of the space warp.

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