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(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Hey folks ,

I used the search function for my question but the only answer I saw was in swedish (suomi or something like that ? (got no experience with those languages)) so I'm just going to ask the question once more but now in english smile. My swedish is bad :$ .

I have punbb forum version 1.2 and it keeps displaying the IP adress of every member . Various members found that function somewhat offensive so I promised them to turn it off . However , I look through the entire admin-menu and found no option that can turn those IP-adresses off !

Question : Is it possible to hide the IP's in a way ?? (that way may include altering various files , if nesc.)

Thanks on forehand

#---------[ 1. UPLOAD ]--------------------------------------------------------
#

    post_bb.php to /
    post_smile.php to /
    folder post to /img/
#
#---------[ 2. OPEN ]----------------------------------------------------------
#

    post.php


#
#---------[ 3. FIND (line: 455) ]-----------------------------------------------
#

    <a href="help.php#smilies" target="_blank"><?php echo $lang_common['Smilies'] ?></a>: <?php echo ($pun_config['o_smilies'] == '1') ? $lang_common['on'] : $lang_common['off']; ?>  

#
#---------[ 4. AFTER, ADD ]----------------------------------------------------
#

    <?php include("post_smile.php"); ?>

#
#---------[ 5. FIND (line: 457) ]----------------------------------------------------------
#

    <td class="puncon2"> <textarea name="req_message" rows="20" cols="95" tabindex="<?php echo $cur_index++ ?>"><?php echo $quote ?></textarea></td>

#
#---------[ 6. REPLACE with ]-----------------------------------------------
#

    <td class="puncon2"><?php include("post_bb.php"); ?><textarea name="req_message" id="post1" rows="20" cols="95" tabindex="<?php echo $cur_index++ ?>"><?php echo $quote ?></textarea></td>

#
#---------[ 7. SAVE/UPLOAD ]--------------------------------------------------
#

This here above is token from the install-guide (as I call it 2day tongue ) .

If I get this right (its written in some sort of telegram-style ) the steps should be like this (correct me for I might be mistaken )  :

1- Upload 3 files , the first 2 into the usual forum main dir. ? And then the last one in the forum/img directory ?

2- Open the post.php file that was already made with the implementation of the punbb forum ?

3,4 - I should find line 455 of the post.php file and add this line afterwards :
<?php include("post_smile.php"); ?>

5,6- I should find line 457 and replace it with another line that was given in the doc. ?

7- I should save and upload the newly manipulated post.php and overwrite the old one on the server . This should not affect the posts that people have made earlier on .

This took me 5 minutes to find out what it said .

** suggestion **

Maybe you should explain more details in the install-description ? The PunBB-installation was very easy due to the fact that it had a document understandable for even the most total n00bs on this planet (including me some time ago) .

I would suggest (do not see this as a offensive attack or anything) to rewrite the installation-guide so that even the total n00b understands it .

I'm thinking of trying this one on my forum as well . big_smile

Good luck on future projects m8 ... and keep modding big_smile

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(4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Frank H wrote:

You can mark a forum to be readable only by moderators and admins, there's a little checkbox for this in the admin forums interface.

If that doesn't do it, you can look on the EFAM Mod.

Thnx for the speedy reply . Unfortunately this is not exactly what I meant .


What I do mean is something like this :

If you're a "Lan"member you can visit the categories : Classic , News and LAN

If you're a "Work"member you can visit the categories : Classis , News and Work (but not lan for example)

Is this do-able ?

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(4 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Hey every1 , I'm a new but already satisfied PunBB user big_smile

Just a hour ago I installed the board on my website , and it suprised me that the installation was soooo darn easy big_smile
You did a great job in being user-frienly !

But now I have a general question regarding to the users on a forum .
I want some topics on my forum to be invisible to some users who have no business there . Is that function already implanted in the current verion of PunBB ?

If not , will it ever be a function in the near future ?