When I upload mods and hacks like this do I need to do it in ASCII like the instructions for UBBTHreads (Unix) or will Binary work?

I use smart ftp pro and set it to auto. It has never failed me yet.

Since you are familiar with my Host's funky permission settings do you have any suggestions on how I can add the Flash Games manually? It wont let me edit them with teh current settings of 755 and 644.As soon as I make the directories writeable by anyone other than the owner I get the 500 Error.

yeah <br />1) tell your host that his server is set up STRANNGEEE.. AND you NEED ability to set directories to 777<br />2) If he wont change it so that you can set directories to 777 without getting a 500 error I would probably look for another host...<br />3) when I upload 1.7 you won't be able to use it at all because it needs to write to several tables at once hence the following will only work for this version<br /><br />in your control panel or phpMyAdmin<br /><br />do the following SQL for each game<br /><br /><br />INSERT INTO `w3t_games` VALUES ('<shortname>', '', '<title>', '<description>', '<swf>', '<height>', '<width>', '<gif>', 29, '', '')";<br /><br />shortname is the internal name of the game for scoring<br />title is what ya wanna call the game<br />description is the description of the game<br />gif is the name of the shortname.gif file<br />swf is the name of the shortname.swf file<br />height and width should be determined by hunt and peck..

Here is the reply from my host after I sent him a link to the UBBThreads Permissions/Install page. Since you are the expert maybe you can explain why this setup isn't working for me and I will send him here. <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />This Thread may need to be moved to another section <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />Michael: <br /> <br />It makes no sense that your board would require that other website users (e.g., other clans on our webserver) be allowed write access to your files. When your scripts are executed, they are executed as _your_ user, not as someone else, so they have full access as long as you enable read/write/execute permissions for the _owner_. <br /> <br />You should never need or want to give other clans on the webserver access to your files, for security reasons. You should also be careful not to give global read access to any files that you do not want to be readable by other clans (for instance, configuration files that might have passwords in them). <br /> <br />In other words, your board will work just fine with 755 access to the directories and 700 access to all the scripts (php, cgi, and pl). Their install guide would appear to have been made for much less-secure (and improperly set up) systems, or single-user systems, where other rules might apply. <br /> <br />Here would be my recommendations. <br /> <br />* Any time it tells you to make a directory "777", make it "755", unilaterally. <br />* Any time it tells you to make a file or directory "666", make it "644", unilaterally. <br />* Additionally, chmod all files with a php, cgi, or pl extention to "700". If it uses cfg files, you should probably do it to those as well. <br /> <br />Those will work, and they will be much better in terms of security than what the install guide tells you. <br /> <br />-John

INSERT INTO `w3t_games` VALUES ('counterstrike', '', 'Counter-Strike', 'A Mini-Me sized version of our favorite server game', 'counterstrike', '500', '375', 'counterstrike', 29, '', '')";<br /><br />Produces<br /><br />Script: /usr/www/efs/ubbthreads/admin/dodbcommand.php<br />Line#: 107<br />SQL Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '"; ' at line 1<br />SQL Error #: 1064<br />Query: INSERT INTO `w3t_games` VALUES ('counterstrike', '', 'Counter-Strike', 'A Mini-Me sized version of our favorite server game', 'counterstrike', '500>', '375', 'counterstrike', 29, '', '')"; <br /><br />What did I miss?

try this<br /><br />INSERT INTO `w3t_games` VALUES ('counterstrike', 7, 'Counter-Strike', 'A Mini-Me sized version of our favorite server game', 'counterstrike.swf', '500', '375', 'counterstrike.gif', 29,,)";

I went ahead and used PHPMyAdmin's insert function-how cool is that tool? I had never used it before much until now. Boy was I missing out. <br /><br />On a side note- Is there a way to make certain games available only to certain groups? Say subscription members? Or maybe a section available only to members who are 18 and older if ya know what I mean.<br /><br />I would still like to have several games available to the general populace but I would like a bonus game roster available to my subscription members.

not uintil the next version <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> 1.7 will have all that and possibly more <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well quit yakking here and go finish 1.7 scroungr! <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />Your fans await the release. <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Did you have any input on that last post about my permissions issue? <br />Another thing Im a little peeved about is that they are unwilling to allow shell access or create a crontask for me so all my subscription features will not work.

yeah<br />1) tell your host that his server is set up STRANNGEEE.. AND you NEED ability to set directories to 777<br />2) If he wont change it so that you can set directories to 777 without getting a 500 error I would probably look for another host...<br />3) when I upload 1.7 you won't be able to use it at all because it needs to write to several tables at once hence the following will only work for this version<br /><br /><br />yeah thats a CS server right? That they have the game and the forums on the same server? That might be why they are anal about security. Yeah on my current server I can get shell if I want but I rarely find the need to do it since it has a front end.. It uses CPANEL.. does that server your on have a customer panel like ENSIM? PLESK? CPANEL? WEBMIN?

It has some sort of control panel but I am not sure what the make of it is. As for the CS server I don't think its on the same machine as the webserver as they have seperate IP addy's <br /> <br />*edit* <br />emeraldforestseattle.nuclearfallout.net (Web Server) tracert looks like its in L.A. <br /> <br />efs.nuclearfallout.net (CS Server) Thats at the Westin Hotel in Seattle at InterNap

so then As I said they shouldn;t have had any issue allowing a 777 directory on the server.. if they knew how to protect it.. When your time for renewwal comes up I would look for a better host offering what ya want for what ya can afford...

I had told Zarzal that I would post a link to all 5 Yeti games (no #6 on mine yet) and their "random" files necessary to get them working properly.<br /><br />Here you go<br /><br />That's the 5 I have, they should all function and save games.

insert and its works perfect. Thanks. Strange games <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Random/configurable welcome messages<br /><br /><img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I sent my host this<br /><br /> Do any of your other clients allow subscription and topic notifications from their Forums? How do they perform this without a cronjob?<br /><br />and he replied,<br /><br />Michael:<br /><br />Many forums packages have it built-in. When someone replies to the post, the forum checks to see if anyone needs to be notified of it, and sends out the email if necessary, for instance.<br /><br />I've never had anyone else ask for a crontab before.<br /><br />John <br /><br />am I correct in understanding that UBBThreads needs a Cronjob to do these functions?<br /><br />Sorry if I have strayed a bit off the Arcade topic <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I would ask someone who allows subcriptions to verify but yes as far as I know it requires a cronjob.. I would start looking for a better host for my forums.. the CS server well that I would keep with them if they are the ones with your CS host.

ChAoS<br />King of the Forest<br />Arcade XP: 0 Scores <br /> vs <br /> OdDmor<br />Perma-n00b<br />Arcade XP: 24 Scores<br /><br />what does this mean? I noticed it says the same thing no matter who I challenge,including you when you were on my board a minute ago,yours said 24 and mine was 0