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I've been tinkering with punBB for months and have integrated into my revamped site.
PunBB is a top product. The simple structure and code commenting makes it easy to work with.
Thanks to all for your help and support.
--Alan
Does the latest version (1.2.2) send email notifications of private messages?
I can't find a feature list for this mod.
If not, is there a way to do it?
Thanks.
--Alan
One of the most irritating but essential jobs that I and my moderators have to do is delete junk messages.
This could be made a whole lot less time consuming if there was a simple "Junk" button that would with 1 click move the message to a quarantine folder and return the mod to the forum list.
Could this be a future feature?
Thanks!
--Alan
Thanks for the quick reply!
Before I echo the message, would I not need to run it through the parser? censored words check? etc.?
I figured that it wouldn't yet be in a publishable form..?
Cheers
--Alan
Is there a slimmed down version of extern.php that just lets you pass a thread no. and then outputs that thread, having been through the various filters/parsers etc. ?
I'm keen to use such a script to publish articles on my site by putting them in the first port of a topic. Extern.php kind of does this but shows all messages in a specified forum and not a post from a specified thread. I guess I need a slimmed down version of extern.php but I just don't have the expertise to work out exactly what extern.php is doing (I have tried!).
Thanks
--Alan
Hi
I've used the instructions here to integrate with my site and just need a bit of help with authentication.
I use simple php if statement to see if the user trying to read a page is in the correct group, but what php command can I use if they are not?
Is there a simple 'kill' command that will prevent further rendering of the page or immediate redirection?
If they are in the correct group, I don't really want to have to surround the rest of the page in a php else clause.
Is there a simple elegant way of doing this?
Does that make sense?!!
Thanks
--Alan
Another MD5 lookup database:
This has just hit the digg front page so will now be very well known about.
--Alan
Spam is probably the biggest admin headache on my site (currently phpbb, switching to punbb soon).
Image verification on registration and using non standard variable names on submit forms does seem to stop the bots. However, some spammers do seem to have time to do manual registrations.
The most effective solution I've found is to have an active community of moderators who can quickly and easily move spam messages to a quarantine forum. When you're up against people and not bots, you need people to spot them!
To summarise, YES spam is a serious problem on big boards.
--Alan
I've just found this:
It's a new forum application, similar to PunBB.
Not necessarily a direct alternative but potentially a good source of ideas for PunBB.
--Alan
Bump! Sorry, I still need help with this.. (see above)
I emailed Chacmol (David) and he says that he won't be updating the migration tool to keep abreast of other mods (e.g. PM Mods).
He also indicated that the migration tool hasn't previously migrated PMs. Is that true? I thought I read that you could migrate PMs.
Does anyone know a way of migrating PMs from phpBB? This is major issue for me as I want to migrate a large board 14,000+ users and I'm going to upset a lot of people if they suddenly all lose their stored PMs.
All help appreciated.
--Alan
My plan exactly! I just don't know which versions of the PM mod work with the latest version of the migration tool!
Anyone?
--Alan
Is Chacmool still active?
I've sent an email but received no reply as yet.
--Alan
I can, (but have been advised against for perfomance reasons) call extern.php via an external reference and pass parameters to it thorugh the URL.
include('http://www.mysite.com/punbb/extern.php?action=active&show=5')
So how do I call it from the local file system AND pass parameters to it?
Do I have to copy the script and hard code the parameters in?
--Alan
Ok that makes sense.
Who maintains the Migration tool?
--Alan
Hi
I ran a test migration of my phpBB board to a standard PunBB installation (latest).
I installed Private Message System (latest) and ran the migration tool (latest) but PMs and avatars didnt migrate across with accounts. I got empty PM inboxes and no avatars.
What should I expect? Should the PMs be brought across?
Should avatars be set or do i have to move the image files to somewhere?
Is there some documentation surrounding the migration tool?
(RTFM.. I know!)
Cheers
--Alan
If you use firefox then this extension is particularly good for identifying css tags:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2104/
--Alan
Doh! I had bad bbcode.
Sorry, ignore!
--Alan
I've migrated a phpbb board to punbb but am finding that bbcode and smilies aren't being parsed.
A new message with [i m g] tags and some smilies display un-parsed.
They are also not parsing when viewed with extern.php (modded).
(BBcode, img tag and smilies are all enabled).
Anything I should check?
--Alan
Sorry to nag, but can anybody help me with a .htaccess entry to redirect links to threads on my old phpbb board to the same threads on my punbb board.
I don't know what to put in the .htaccess file and don't want to spend hours reinventing the wheel!
Thanks
--Alan
Please can you post the lines I need to insert into my .htaccess file to redirect old phpBB links to a punBB messageboard.
Thanks
--Alan
Both could be run in parallel without harm.
Up to Rickard I guess.
--Alan
sirena
Manuals need updating and I'm sure that Rickard doesn't have the time, or motivation.
A decent wiki that is setup from the start with a half-decent structure will function really well, especially with a community like this behind it.
Mod and Plugin authors can maintain their own documentation and solutions to common problems can be shared.
I think PunBB would benefit hugely from an official wiki and it wouldn't take more than an hour or two to get one started.
--Alan
Did this come to anything?
Is there a punBB wiki somewhere?
It would definitely be useful.
If there isn't one, I highly recommend MediaWiki.
--Alan
Great news.
I've searched this forum but can't find the .htaccess soultion, does anyone have it handy?
I'm converting from phpBB urls.
Thanks
--Alan
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