UBB.Developers Forums General Discussion Chit Chat Taking in hack requests

UBBDEV Members:
As ubb6 comes into full ball tommorow, January 31, we would like to get started on the first set of UBB6 hacks! Not just me, but this is for anyone who feels they want to make a hack. YOu know cal, Charles Capps, me, borg, Jigga Master and others are creating hacks which is stated in my previous post. But we always look for good ideas for new mods! You will be given credit for the idea (unless its been stated beforehand) in the docs and if the mod is possible, it might get done! (Am i starting to sound like DB?)

Read my previous thread below to find out whats already in the works.

-MM-

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MasterMind

i would like to see a 'hack' where as by checking just one check-box all of your forums styles are made the same as your default style (if that makes sense). maybe sumthing like this is already in ubb6 but if itsa not will some-one plz create it!!!

Thanks for replying!
UBB6 handles styles with templates allowing you to reset them to any color you want without deleting previous styles.

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MasterMind

Could it be possible to make a hack where a poll feature is included, much like what EZBoard uses? I've tried to insert html from places like pollit.com, etc, but it doesn't turn out just the way I like it. These polls would make things a bit more fun and interactive. Thanks

Infinite

tsk tsk mm, you don't gotta be so nice and formal to me - remember i made you that sig graphic - i thought the fero*nide* gave it away.....

infinite - sure it's possible. Alot of things are possible nowadays, but its alot of work.

Feronide - i knew who you were. I have no reason not to be nice to you.

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MasterMind

i know - but it sounded like the sort of reply you would give a newbie - no offence meant to you mm, and keep developin those mods of yours

oh, and its nice to see you still usin the image i made you in your sig, judging by the rate people (read: squage, spawn, skorpion =) around here chnage their sig image i thought you would have changed it long ago

UBB Code Buttons?

I know that some of the features are integrated in UBB6.0.

But what about this??
My users love this feature!!!

It's the first thing they want added back in every time I upgrade the version.

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Mr. Bill

I would like a journal script integrated into it.

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Peace Out,
DJLunacy
www.mp3.com/voi

MM, ... i have an idea, but i don't know if it's possible to make, but who knows. i am sure that there will be a posts and topics counter too for the ubb6 version, but a counter which displays how many posts are done since your last visit would be better, or a combo. what do u think about this?



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greetz
h4p3
OC Austria | www.overclockers.at

MrBill - Yes, ubbcodebuttons is in UBB6 - but not the colors, sizes, etc. I will be taking that on by putting all the codes in - then simple adding the JS button to go with it.

h4p3- more difficult with caching, but possible. I'll check with "cache-people" on that.

Feronide -

DJL - me too. I'll see about it.

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This message has been edited by MasterMind on January 30, 2001 at 03:14 PM

i guess i wanted to be a beta tester after all... just for u guys dont sound so much "we know it already" and all

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sleepless

haha. seriously...

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MasterMind

A simple request. Custom user text redone for UBB6, if needed. The one the admin submits from the cp and allows html.

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"A knifeless man is a lifeless man"
-Nordic proverb

Remember guys, the cache is going to make stuff a little more difficult in UBB6.

The thread view counter will be difficult, if not impossible to achieve easily, unless some really, really sneaky stuff is pulled off...

*edit* Custom user text is so simple that it's silly... You can achieve that through assgining one of the four avaiable extra fields in the Control Panel, then printing the field where required in the template.

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Liam: "...The only part I can't get to work is the actual equation: Poisson(X) = (A^X x e^-A)/X!"
Tim: "You've a mathematical function named w/ the French word for fish?"
-- as overheard on Flare.

This message has been edited by Charles Capps on January 30, 2001 at 03:42 PM

There will be a need to move these icons

to the bottom of the posts again. If you look at UBB6 you'll notice the more icons at the top it starts a additional line. Not very attractive. Yes I know its simple, most likely. Just nice to have it documented.

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Mr. Bill

This message has been edited by MrBill on January 30, 2001 at 04:02 PM

The Icons can be moved much easer from what Ive seen
One place Im going to need some help right away is my board uses free e mail and Ihave alot of members that use it.(everyone.net} I am not going to have any Idea where to put the HTML TO GET it running right away because I cant leave my board down long if I put this in the header or footer in the control panel would this work????????
I know just enough to get me in trouble
I would also like to Whos online back on my board asap......
But I know everybody here has been great

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done.

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I can't remember if this has been mentioned in your previous thread or not... but I would like to see the "Latest Threads" SSI pull to use that on another page, like UBBDev has here... Well, that's my request.

---Skorpion

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Is adult entertainment killing our children?
Or is killing our children entertaining adults?

Hacks I like to see documented for UBB 6 (Unless they are already in UBB 6! )

News Fader
Welcome Newest, Total Post Combo
Triple IM Hack
ICQ Hack
Custom User Status
Avatar Hack (I believe Allen already has it)
Attachment Hack
Last Username to Post In Forumdisplay and Ultimate.cgi
Custom Layout with IP Mod
Star Hack 2000
UBB Favorites
UBB IM's
Close Thread After Posting
Who's Online
Last Post In Profile
Karma (Warn/Praise) Mod
Memberlist

*phew* I hope that isn't too many I would love to see all of those documented for UBB 6, but I won't be disappointed if none of them are documented before tomorrow

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This message has been edited by Travis641 on January 30, 2001 at 08:54 PM

/me will tackle these in order:

News Fader - hopefully soon!
Welcome Newest, Total Post Combo - easy
Triple IM Hack - mega easy, almost done
ICQ Hack - done
Custom User Status - easy
Avatar Hack - done
Attachment Hack - hmm?
Last Username to Post In Forumdisplay and Ultimate.cgi - ultimate is done, forumdisplay is being worked on.
Custom Layout with IP Mod - yes.
Star Hack 2000 - 2001
UBB Favorites - yea.
UBB IM's - oh god no...
Close Thread After Posting - stock ubb6
Who's Online - done
Last Post In Profile - hopefully
Karma (Warn/Praise) Mod - working
Memberlist - working


Skorpion - in the works!

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MasterMind
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Attachment Hack - https://www.ubbdev.com/db/Forum8/HTML/000003.html

Unless when you said "hmm?" u meant you don't know when...

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http://www.zeldaglitches.com

i have a idea, how about making a hack that would combine UBB6 and Image Arcadia (my new favorite image indexing cgi)

so you could put code like [image132] and it would show a image from image arcadia's archive.

or you could make it print the tables and stuff in UBB posts, seeing as it has a template option.


http://arcadia.phatness.com <-- the url

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please visit my site and help it grow big.
http://www.fangamesforever.com

I hope by this you don't mean that you're trying to take over my hacks (OK, admittedly Memberlist isn't mine, I took over with v2.0 from Jeff Ross), that wouldn't be very friendly.

One thing to add, and this goes for all hack/module/whatever writers, please, please, please respect mod_perl! Don't take the easy way out by disabling the features that allows mod_perl to run, just so you can write sloppy code. Learn the cache and template systems and make them your friend. The Memberlist add-on is as guilty as any of them for using patched together code, but that's why I'm rewriting it from scratch for UBB6, and fully intend to make it compatible with mod_perl, caching, and templates.

Let's write this code correctly the first time folks.

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Leshrac
leshrac@magictraders.com
Founder, Owner - Magic Online Trading League (MOTL)
http://www.magictraders.com
MOTL Bulletin Board

I've wanted these 3 for some time now (and have posted about them in the suggestions forum, but since it was just weeks away from 6.0 they were probably a 'moot' point).

Anyway, here they are:

Country Profile Hack With Flag Display
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I have a large collection of mini-flags, and I would like to be able to display a little flag under each persons name/avatar area so people can see where that person lives via a image.

For a link to the images:
http://www.eternia.com/flags.zip

Birthday Profile Field & Birthday Image Display!
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Once a member's birthday comes around, it displays a little birthday hat icon in his posts that day.

Both of these have been done before for "other software", and they would add a notch to the coolness factor.

Favorite Quote
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Pick a random quote (that users enter into their profiles), and display them on either the forums front page, and/or via an ssi call via any .shtml file.

Thanks for the opportunity, MM!

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This message has been edited by Alien on January 31, 2001 at 02:31 AM

Someone mentioned the news fader - it's gonna hafta be a major modification... UBB6 has no announcement feature....

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Liam: "...The only part I can't get to work is the actual equation: Poisson(X) = (A^X x e^-A)/X!"
Tim: "You've a mathematical function named w/ the French word for fish?"
-- as overheard on Flare.

OK, I posted mine here https://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/000954.html is rather lengthy...

Uh, i meant YOUR working on it, Lechrac...

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OR someone could do it easily with CCs favorite external javascript files...

For the record, I'm working on cache-disabling and style template rotation.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISABLE THE CACHE AS A HACK.

Two reasons.

One, it can be already be disabled through the control panel.

Two, it will be a *TREMENDOUS* LOAD on your server. You will bring your server to a SCREECHING HALT.

DO NOT bypass the cache!

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Liam: "...The only part I can't get to work is the actual equation: Poisson(X) = (A^X x e^-A)/X!"
Tim: "You've a mathematical function named w/ the French word for fish?"
-- as overheard on Flare.

Agreed Charles and Leshrac...

One thing we'll need to tackle first is assigning profile fields to any modification that uses one... Navaho has already mentioned this in one thread. Assign now and it's yours to keep. Will be a huge time saver in the future regarding trouble-shooting and upgrading... and assist borg as well in his standardization for his vinkulum work.

Starting tomorrow I'll start a thread in the beta 6 forum regarding this... it will operate on a first come - first served principle, unless the majority agrees that it would be best for one to have precedence over another. We'll map out what fields are already standard for v6, leave them some growing room, and go from there... it is quite possible your mod might have field 51 assigned to it... Alien might want that one for his flags...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

I use a html flash intro page with a autoredirect on it why not attach your search engines to something like this unless Im misunderstanding what you talking about


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Is anyone working on making Sticky Threads UBB6 compatible?

Charles Capps: So it won't even work? That's a bummer!

speed: That is only going to give you a few hit's a day. Submitting the individual pages has all the advantages. People search for a specific problem. For example, execute this Google search for crs32.dll 1st page is my BB. Good for 200 hits a month. winsvrc.exe , 2nd position, over 7,500 hits since November 21....

So that's why!

The news fader (at least, the clientside fading javascript) is my work. It will be VERY possible to do even with the cache. For those of you who study it, it uses javascript to write the content. It just needs the actual headlines to be pulled in via a non-cached javascript.

Just a thought

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http://www.iamcal.com

Arie_S: Nope, it's most certainly possible. You just need to think outside of the box. Your problem can be solved very, very easily, without having to change much about the way UBB works, with luck. See your other thread .

(Okey, so getting SSI to call a CGI script and pass params might be a stretch to get working, but it CAN be figured out... )

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Liam: "...The only part I can't get to work is the actual equation: Poisson(X) = (A^X x e^-A)/X!"
Tim: "You've a mathematical function named w/ the French word for fish?"
-- as overheard on Flare.

Well if theres one thing Ive seen with software or just plain script if someone wants it to happen it usually does.
Imeen telling a hacker they cant do something is like telling your wife NO!!!
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This message has been edited by speed on January 31, 2001 at 09:04 PM

Sticky Threads <----HARD ONE

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