UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.3.x] [beta] hidden forum hack

not much to say about, this hack adds the option to hide specefic private forums.

I took easy's hack and modified it.

download: http://www.swaafxp.com/scripts/hack_download.php

everything else is written down in the text file

have fun [END]

This hack had tons of issues and never really worked 100 percent. Anybody willing to take the plunge to see if this one works?

Well im no expert but maybe ill give it a try lol

Also if i post something here and say a file is missing and it does exist... its just my stupidity... ill check after im all done

##############################
# open public_move_topic.cgi #
##############################

First off i think it should be .pl and there are no instructions with it...

UBB_LIB.CGI
#########
#find : #
#########

if ($this_forum[6] =~ m/private/) {

################
# replace with #
################

if (($this_forum[6] =~ m/private/) || ($this_forum[6] =~ m/hidden/)) {

Cant seem to find that

Found

UBB NEW REPLY

#########
#find : #
#########

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {

################
# replace with #
################

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post and is not going to see if forum exists (coz hidden)
if ($permission =~ m/hidden/) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12], 'hidden');
}

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

Shouldnt this be

########
#find : #
#########

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

################
# replace with #
################

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post and is not going to see if forum exists (coz hidden)
if ($permission =~ m/hidden/) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12], 'hidden');
}

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

Found - BTW I would delete my posts if i could

Found

Found

Finally found this one lol

home/zophcom/public_html/cgi-bin/cp_forums.cgi: syntax error at /home/zophcom/public_html/cgi-bin/cp_forums.cgi line 1047, near "} else"

I get that when i try to see the forum settings in the CP

Never Mind... Rehacked it and everything seems to be working.. i made a mistake before.. I am now trying to see if hidden works properly

So far.. Works like a charm

Great Job sn0p and Great Job e@sy. I'm sure anyone can install this hack

Sorry, UBB has encountered an unexpected, fatal error. This error is extremely abnormal. Please contact the board administration. The error text is:

Can't open '/home/zophcom/public_html/ubb/cache-VVTCS2XN/ubb_files/forum_page/Forum21/private-9VZ7RP37/forum21-1000.cgi'.

I was unable to find that file or directory. Please check the paths.

The exact error returned by the operating system is:
No such file or directory

Uhoh Thats what i get when trying to access forum

OK fixed that.... forgot to rebuild forum stat files

Seems to be working again... and lol ive made all but 1 of the replies on this topic

I recieved that error again this morning... I rebuilt forums stat files and it appears to be working but I'm not totally sure for how long

This hack has never been error free that I know of. Search the 6.1 and 6.2 beta forums and you'll see the threads that had the problems that never seemed to go away.

Yah I know.. lol .. Also when i give someone permission to view the hidden forum they cant see it... it may have to do with the file that had no instructions for it...

Seems like most of the UBBDev Haxxor's are avoiding this thread Even LK...

I think easy may have done some work on it recently, I do know it caused some problems when it came to upgrading the forum a while back.

Wasnt that with whos online?

My god you replied to a whole page.

And the only person who can save this hack is...LK

Yes, I am avoiding this thread. if you want it to work well, it has to have a total rewrite.

Do you plan on doing a total rewrite?

No, I hate this hack

Well then it's hopeless.

*Calls for someone else*

Yup If LK wont fix it who will? The hack author e@sy hasnt been around and the other guy who posted this hasnt replied... i guess if no one is gonna fix it ill just revert to my backup...

I saw e@sy online yesterday. Maybe he can still do it.

I use the old fashioned way, I have 2 licenses and two UBBs running. One is members access only and the URL is very obscure so noone knows it's there unless they have access. If someone else finds it they can't see anything unless they register and I have to approve them....

What's the difference between this hack and LK's Extended Category hack thats got hidden forum abilities within it?

Extended Category hack hides a CATEGORY, and the user can see it in ?category=X, so it only hides it from main forum summary.

I have rewrite the hack.

The user asked me if i have a version for 6.3 and my time is very short. So he want to convert this hack for 6.0 to 6.3. I told him to send the new Hack to me before posting here to test it. But he open a topic here before i said yes. So i do not know about the error's. In the last 3 day's i make a rehack of this one. Here is the link

http://ubbdev.de/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000004

danke e@sy

Little error in Who is Online fix. Zip files are updated.

Nice work e@sy.

Can anyone testify to the functionality of this hack with the new changes?

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