UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.0x] UBBNews Hack: 'slashbb' alternative

make sure you reinstalled the mod right? could be a goof.

WD, I have posted several times in this thread that we are using this script, we are (obviously) running 6.04e. I am running the same code you guys are, especially if you are using the template file I posted...

twice...

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hey hey

alright, it took me awhile to post this, because i feel real stupid and amateur at hacking, but i have a question...

i followed all 3 sets of instructions on how to set this mod up, and when i viewed my page, i get this error:

alright, im pretty sure that its because i didn't edit my perl path...which brings up the stupid part of my problem and question:

what do i do to the perl path?

thats what the top of my ubbnews.cgi file looks like...i dont know what to change about it

i added a perl/bin/perl directory to my site, but nothing works...

i checked the pervious pages but i didnt see any problems like mine...which i probably over-read...

sorry for sounding like an idiot, but at least i had enough "courage" to post this

please help, as im a "newbie in distraught"

BTW, my board's a 6.04a

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Hey,

I can't tell you what where perl is on your server but it will be the same path which you gave to your UBB when you set it up. Look in cp.cgi 1st line and it will tell u.

Usually #!/usr/bin/perl

reeeealllyyy....
:rolleyes:

thanks CTH...it works now

this hack is totally tight..heh

i appreciate the help, and thanks once again

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For some reason even now i get this error in my test.php3 page

Warning: readfile("http://www.trigunforums.f2s.com/cgi-bin/ubbnews.cgi") - Success in /web/sites/130/trigunforums/www.trigunforums.f2s.com/test.php3 on line 14

It says Success so does that mean it is working? or what? it doesnt show anything just that. so i am thinking there are more errors.

hey hey

my board and my site isnt on the same server anymore, and i was curious how i could incorporate the SSI of the new settings

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- To view specific forums via URL:

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would i have to change that (on my site) to the link of my new board addy...

it would turn out to be:

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- To view specific forums via URL:

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or what would i have to change, if it's possible...

i saw some replies to this talking about , but i'm not too sure on if that has to do with this or not...

if it's not a big problem to anybody, i would totally appreciate a little help

thanks

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You cant use ssi if your board is on a different server. I use php. Works very nicely. My board is on a subdomain and I pull the news onto the main domain in a php file.

Upped Dark Templar's zips to:

https://www.ubbdev.com/hacks/6/ubbnews.zip

ubbnews.cgi is now ubb_news.cgi, so pay attention when updating your files...

allen, u have both ubbnews.cgi and ubb_news.cgi in the zip. careless error maybe?

nice this is done i think look good now look at my site on mian page
thx every one that fix it

im totally not familiar with php..

is there any way to include the php feature in this mod, as im sure theres a few people who would love to do this also

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Allen,

I did found instructions for upgrading from 1.0 and 1.1 any special instruction to upgrade from 1.2 ?

thanks in advance.

Knutt Ballz

[ May 31, 2001 07:55 AM: Message edited by: Knutt Ballz ]

multi parted question...

saw this asked a few times in this thread, but never saw a (direct) answer.

is this hack available in a non-ssi form?

my bottom line: im looking for a hack that will display the 5 or 10 (for example) most recent active topics in a small table below the forum summary on ultimatebb.cgi. (again, without the use of ssi).

in v5's, this hack was developed by using a piece of the "slash bb" mod. any chance of an alternative revival?

Yes, most likely..:) I'll update the zip later today.

The only difference in these files, basically, was the addition of the base href to the actual cgi file to keep from having to do it on whatever page you have it SSI'd to.

Making the news.cgi file standalone is just a matter of adding $Header and $Footer in the appropriate places.

ok have any of you considered trying to add these features:

Be able to have different templates for different news sources

For some reason this hack doesn't work for forums over 9. It maybe a mistake on my part but I've heard other people have the same problem.

The different templates for different news sources would complete this hack for me. The reason I need this is because I have 6 websites that use the same UBB because it is a network. Each website has its own colors so I need different templates for each one. Do you guys know what I'm saying?

I get an internal server error...

http://www.puremadnezz.com/cgi-bin/ubbnews.cgi

don't use the ubbnews.cgi , it was an error in the zip file. Download this updated version of the UBB news...

https://www.ubbdev.com/hacks/6/ubbnews.zip

try using the ubb_news.cgi , it'll work .. I promise.

Yep! It worked. Thanks!!

I have 6.04e.I read the instructions of install.txt and I cant find the part which says
# *****************************************************
# ubb_news.cgi
# *****************************************************

>>>Find:

my $your_site_base_url = qq(www.sjanet.com/);

>>>Replace: (www.sjanet.com/) with the name of the parent directory to the file you call ubb_news.cgi from.

I dont have any of that text in the file which is in the zip.What do I have to do? Also should I use the instructions of ubbnewsupg1.1 ?? What do I have to use? ubb_news.cgi or ubbnews.cgi?

Thanks

That's another bug in the documentation. You don't have to change or find that anywhere. Just try the hack after you finish the last step that actually is there.. it'll work.

http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/ubb_news.cgi?

Remember to set all your settings in the control panel > UBB News Settings. enjoy.

Thanks for the info.I installed it corectly but ..
I cant see the news in my shtml page and I tried it everything.
I used the perl path of the ubb scripts and still nothing.
To give you a hint ,I installed also newspro and I used the command and it worked fine. So I did this,I moved the news.txt to the cgi-bin directory and I write in my shtml the command .I also wrote it without the slash / .In both cases the result was
[an error occurred while processing this directive] !! So I can see txt files but now cgi ??And how my forum is working fine? I have tried it all.Maybe someone can give me a hint

ask ya host, something with the SSI config on their end.

Is There anyway to just make a table code and put the title of the topic and their links in that table without the description?

yeh, you could just edit the template that is included in the zip and remove some of the coding to make it work.

I'm currently at work, so i forget the code pieces you need to remove.

how come Im getting this error after I activated UBB news in the control panel?

Undefined subroutine &main::set_vars_ubb_news called at /www/greenarcher.net/cgi-bin/cp.cgi line 259.

Thanks

I cant get any news to display at all. When UBBNEWS is switched off, it displays "News Off", but when switched on, it just displays a blank page. It doesnt matter what forum I try, it still displays a blank page.

What can I do ?

Regards
Paul

Hey I ran into the same problem you did -- for me, it happened right after I rebuilt the forum stat files in the CP.

However, to "fix" this, I simply re-uploaded the cgi and template files -- this seemed to do the trick.

Hope this helps!

Two issues:

1. ubb_news.cgi is pulling from the right forum, but the forum name displayed is incorrect! (e.g., I've specified that the news be pulled from forum #13, but its displaying the name of forum #12).

--> UPDATE: When building the news, the hack seems to be pulling from FORUM NUMBER X (which is good), but its taking the forum name from FORUM ORDER X when displaying the news items. (I guess this isn't an issue if your forum number and order number is the same.)

2. The link color of the name of the news poster is not using the specified style template.

Example: http://www.bfn2k1.com

[ June 12, 2001 10:23 AM: Message edited by: Mike ]

Temporary workaround to this is to manually update the order number for the forums in the category that contains your News forum.

e.g., if you created a new forum specifically for UBBNews, and it happens to be forum number 13, then re-order the forums in the category from:

1, 2, 3, 4

to:

13, 14, 15, 16

The intent of this is to match up the forum number and order number.

Mike:

Maybe you could help me out here:

how come Im getting this error after I activated UBB news in the control panel?

Undefined subroutine &main::set_vars_ubb_news called at /www/greenarcher.net/cgi-bin/cp.cgi line 259.

Thanks

Hi,

anyone out there who can tell my how I ad a template to ubbnews so that it doesn´t just show the news but also fits into the site when you have a layout with a navigation on the left ?

I put it in the template file on almost every place, but I get an error or it is shown in every news...

Thanks
Dennis

My guess is that you did not correctly hack the cp.cgi file -- I would recommend restoring backup files of your board from before you attempted to install the news hack, and to try going through the process once more.

Yup! I was able to fix it but there are some problems still.

http://www.greenarcher.net/cgi-bin/ubb_news.cgi

How come the title of some forums is different with that of the post? (ex. Sports and Games should be UAAP Action but the post belongs to UAAP Action)

If it cannot be fixed is there a way to remove the forum title?

Btw. how do you change those blue links into green?

Thanks

This has to do with how the hack treats the Forum Number and Forum Order Number - to get around this, read my earlier post above.

Wish I could tell you - guess we need to wait until a new updated version that properly looks up your style templates. (Or you can go directly into the code and hardcode a color scheme in yourself.)

Regards,
Mike

Sorry, but I wanna ask...

What is the use of it?

arg... there's sooo many fixes people made in this topic, it'd take a year to do it! Can anyone make a new install file and get it to me?