1 Reply by calebos

(8 replies, posted in General discussion)

@ Ishimaru

Replace your PSU with a better brand and power.
Im ok with Vista. Wont be trying any pre releases due to lack of time.

So far when I would compare Xp and Vista I would say Vista eats resources more but at least its a lot more stable and reliable than XP. I use it for more than 6 months now and I havent noticed any performance drops or increased loading times when compared to clean after install system. XP is really annoying with it slowdowns after a few weeks.
I even have XP installed on 2nd drive with only 1 application installed and after 3 weeks I already noticed it loads 10 times longer and locks up for no reason.
Also with Vista it is nice that if 1 application is giving trouble the OS/other running applications arent affected as much.
I dont think MS will change much in the 7 version. I would guess Vista came too early for most home computers and they will try to sell the same thing again hoping more ppl changed their computers to new technology.
The only thing that really pisses me off is the explorer setting where you dont see the full path but you need to click it to see where you are but prolly you can change it somewhere and Im too lazy to search.

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2 Reply by calebos

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Hello

I finished the basic main page stuff.

Im going to use 1 forum for newswriting.  I edited my mainpage php so it cuts the news item if the writer used a <eon> inside the post so the lenght is controlled on the main page. I got the links for stuff finished but Im still a bit confused with the login variables used by punbb.

Would some admin care to explain in a simple way what do I need to do (which variables and how) so I dont mess up anything and its done the same way as it is on punbb ? Precisely what are and what do they do

<input type="hidden" name="form_sent" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_url" value="http://localhost/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=3" />
<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="05b183b9678d9b2c43490bd35de77bfac0eea26e" />

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3 Reply by calebos

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Hello

Thank you for your reply.
Im looking at login.php and am I correct assuming its just the cookie thats keeping auth information ?
I got used to $_SESSION variable after proper login with the database. Is it possible to verify against cookie together with session var? That would eliminate the 'remember me' option...

Im sorry that Im so noobish with methods used over internet smile Just trying to be on the safe side.
Am I assuming correctly if i verify the login against the users table of phpbb in my custom main page script and create a cookie named like my phpbb config (or default name) just the way it is done by forum_setcookie function called in login.php I will be safe from harm?

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4 Topic by calebos

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Hello

Which way should one go to integrate his own database stuff with punbb ?
Should i add custom fields to forum database tables that are already in punbb or create additional tables with my own site specific information ?
I would gain a bit of flexibility at cost of performance if i would split these two apart.
However i would like to stick to user authentication in punbb.

Also could you point me to which variables are important when it comes to authentication  and how should I handle them 'outside' punbb on my main page? Is it enough if I put some $_SESSION var and direct it to forum pages ?

If you could point out what I should be careful with it would be really nice cause Ive always worked on Intranet with 0% chance of attacks.

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