i think qasics idea is a great one, although i see the flaw that someone can take someone elses url and prevent someone from registering.
what infopop really needs to do is database thier information so that there is a little input box anyone can use to insert a site/url to check to see if the site returns true as a valid site, or false as a invalid site.
or something like that. there really is no other way, unless there is a way for qasic, if he wanted to, to queue the registrations and review them to make sure that url matches supposed ubb owner. its so confusing. * dpk smashes head into wall *
1. centralize all this, ubbdev maybe. register, gets enqueed, staff here review it, approve/deny, get a free key. 2. use that key to download scripts from other ubb mod sites which use a script provided that uses sockets or something to grab a data file from a central local which scans and checks to see if the key matchs one in the database that is approved. 3. maybe i'm just rambling again.
i really think qasic has a good idea, it just needs some fine tuning.
After so many complaints I finally checked the script and guess what, the user who had warezed my copy of Who's Online also left a nice gift ... he edit a url to gimp up my UBB address verification system.
Needless to say, the bug is fixed now and all should be fine. Thank you for your patience as I sorted all this out. All your PMs you sent me will be replied to.
quasic I understand what you are doing but you shall have to find a better way or simply accept the fact that there is no way hacks can be kept to licensed holder only. This is why we insist loudly that hacks do not include copywritten Infopop code.
I'll kill all messages like that then. I've got a few ideas of authenticating using Infopop's servers without using you. Thanks for the notice now. I'll edit my previous messages to reflect this policy.
Backing up ultimatebb.cgi ...Successful! Hacking ultimatebb.cgi ... 0 : 0 Found ... Hacked ... 1 : 1 Found ... Hacked ... 2 : 2 Found ... Hacked ... 3 : 3 Found ... Hacked ... 4 : Error on this line. You will have to manually hack this hack. Sorry!
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Well, shoot. The upgrade instructions said to redo ubb_forum_summary.cgi then upload the install script. Well, i saw the problem. The instructions said ONLY to click 'install templates'. Alright, guess i need to go back to english class, eh?
Everything seems to be working alright anyway. So i better not touch anything. Thanks anyway lk
qasic-upgraded and all work well! Thanks for this wonderful hack!
By the way, the hack is compatible with Show Member,Guest,Invisible Count Hack that I made. Look in the beta forum and it will tell you how to upgrade from 3,9 to 4.0