UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.1x] News Fader 4.1 Released!

Ok finally got this hack ported to 6.1. A very special thanks to LK and freeTV who helped port the hack to 6.1, and added a few code changes that I've implemented. Thanks again! Hack is very similiar to the 6.0X version, almost all code is in the same place. If you are upgrading your board from 6.0X, just re-install the entire hack by following the included Readme, there are no other upgrade instructions for the V2 series.

Post any bugs or problems here as well.

Enjoy!

Changes in 4.1
* Fixed a bug with the added Graemlins feature.
(Thanks LK!!)

Upgrade instructions for 4.0 TO 4.1 are available in zip file.

Current Version:
Download News Fader 4.1

Previous 6.1 Versions:
Download News Fader 4.0
Download News Fader 3.5
Download News Fader 3.1
Download News Fader 3.0

[ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: Slurpee ]

[ 11-02-2001: Message edited by: Slurpee ]

Nice... does it work with the accelerator?

Nice work.

I have a question, what is News Fader?

Yes this appears to work with the accelerator, at least it does on my test board.

If you are unsure what the News Fader is, see my board at http://www.vhforums.com. Now I haven't upgraded it to 6.1 yet, but it's the same thing on the 6.05 board. I have it working on a 6.1 test board, but I am not providing access to that currently.

[ 10-29-2001: Message edited by: Slurpee ]

Good to finally see this hack released for 6.1. Good work Slurpee. I will test it soon.

Good work.
thx .

Very good work, this hack work 100%. thx to all people who made this greats hacks for UBB.

My UBB http://nokiforum.com

Can I PM you my version with Total Posts and Topics?

I installed it on my 6.1.0.2 board
And the funny thing is that the Fader shows up but it won't fade, the text don't show up.

any idea?
Thanks

I am going to have to try again but it took out the first field in my CP and nothing was displayed on the web side. Pretty sure it is me since I am still new to this modificiation thing.

Absolutely, send it LK, will give ya full credit.

Did you make sure and upload fade.gif and fader.js to your non-cgi UBB directory?

Sent.

Also notice the new cp_news_fader.cgi, vars_news_fader.cgi and ubb_forum_summary.cgi for the new rules set by Charles.

Will check it out LK. LK, see your PM, there is an error in the file you sent me.

Try again

Got it, working!

Thanks for another great hack .

Guys, I'm about to upload 3.1 to the server. I advise EVERYONE who installed 3.0 to upgrade to 3.1 The code has been cleaned up A LOT (thanks LK) and the post and topic count feature works again. See my first post for the new download link.

i have 2 tiny problems.

1. if i want to update the news, i have to do it in the text file, update to my server, then do the samething in control panel then it work. If i just add or change news in control panel, it won't show up.

2. I use 3.1 now. I select dispplay both topic and post, but the topic and post didnt' show up. I went back to my control panel and see my previous selection uncheck.

Anyone know what the problem?

[ 10-30-2001: Message edited by: U574 ]

I installed the script and now when I go to Control Panel >> NewsFader Settings, it gives me an error message:

"Can't find string terminator ")" anywhere before EOF at /home/gamepro/public_html/needforbetterspeed/cgi-bin/cp_news_fader.cgi line 23."

Also the there is a bit of code on the very top of the page: Content-type: text/html .
I rehacked the script but I am still getting the same error message. I didn't get much sleep last night, and it is possible I made a mistake, any chance you could point me to the right direction, where to look for a fix?

Thx Laszlo

Open CP_NEWS_FADER.CGI and find the line print qq(Thanks to LK for 6.1 optimization
. Now add a ");" to the end of the line. Simple mistake.

OH, this line in your upgrade.txt file is very confusing:

Quote

quote:

You say to find that first line, then add all that stuff below it (which is already there...), then replace "that code" with what we found in the first place. By trial-and-error I figured you meant to delete all that code except for the original return ($PageTop); . Perhaps you should make that a little clearer .

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: Influenza ]

Guys I have fixed some mistakes with my code I made in haste today. If you are having problems, redownload 3.1 and re-hack your files and use the new files I put in there.

Influenza - Thanks for catching the problems. With regards to the update directions, I worded it the way I did to avoid confusion. If people seem to be having trouble understanding that, I will switch it.

Sounds like file permissions are off somewhere. Make sure that newsfader.txt in your non-cgi directory is chmoded 777.

Again sounds like permissions. Make sure that vars_news_fader.cgi is chmoded 777.

I rehacked the files and now I am running 3.1,
Still the same problem, the Fader is there but It won't fade, the text don't show up

All the files are in their proper directory

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: maurice ]

Great hack... I installed it on my ubb 6.1.0.2 board, but i get this error:

c:/inetpub/wwwroot/board/cgi-bin/ubb_forum_summary.cgi: syntax error at c:/inetpub/wwwroot/board/cgi-bin/ubb_forum_summary.cgi line 502, near "for:"
syntax error at c:/inetpub/wwwroot/board/cgi-bin/ubb_forum_summary.cgi line 506, near "add:"

Do you know what this is ??

Don't add the instructions (add:, replace with:, find:, etc) to the ubb_forum_summary.cgi

I downloaded the script again, it works great now, I can use all functions and edit the message from the control panel.

Great hack, thanks,

Laszlo

I still am loosing the CP's first field where the controls for the NF hack goes. Any ideas?

URL to your board please.

Slurpee, check your PM box

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: LK ]

What do you mean by losing? Explain.

OK I got it working!!

I had the MSN hack installed

So in the public_forum_summary.pl it sais


So I had to remove the //

How did I get so smart??
Thanks LK for letting me know

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: maurice ]

Hi,

how can i get the forum, topics, posts, last post and mods row under the newsfader!

Now with the hack it is above...

Sorry for my bad english...

Can anyone help me please???

Thanks

[img]http://www.212.227.240.108/board.bmp[/img]

Ok guys, LK came up with another breakthrough today so there is about to be a News Fader 3.5. I know all these releases are annoying, but we're just trying to get this thing running as smooth as possible, and this recent fix is a BIG HELP to putting in your headlines. You no longer have to worry about the ","", stuff that needed to be after each line, and you can now use all "" in your HTML tags. Also, the need for the newfader.txt file is now gone. At one time it was only like that for a possible SSI thing, but I've never bothered with it.

Ok check my first post to download the 3.5, and there are upgrade instructions. It's a very easy upgrade, apart from of course re-entering your news headlines again.

My test board is at:

www.pwrhouse.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

Basic install with just the print page hack installed.

Thanx!

Great, I have to login to access it!

[edit: incorrect smiley ]

[ 10-31-2001: Message edited by: LK ]

Ok just updated zip file again, with a little change to some code, BUT if you have already loaded 3.5 don't worry about it, your code will work fine. Just a little re-write, nothing that major to worry about if you've already got 3.5 working.

Ok, got it working It was the cp_common.pl file. It seems it wanted the proper formating. Typicaly I cut and past from the hack doument to the file. In this case I had to format it the same as the rest.

Thanx!!!

Cool SI, that damn wrap issue is really causing a problem. Never had to worry about it before, have no clue why I can't seem to get the wrap correct for some.