OK, you ask the right people, you get the right answers... my firstborn child is gonna have to be named cal, but it looks like we have what we asked for:
http://www.ubbdev.com/db/cgi/ubbcount.cg...e=&number=8

This version finally fixes the "id and password in the url" bug plus, if you haven't updated your private messages in a while, it contains several display bug fixes that were fixed in the last version.

If you have already installed private 1.5b or 1.5c messages on your board, this is a drop in replacement. Just add the files dated for Sept. 2000 and you are set to go...

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- http://www.stand318.com

Hmm...thanx for the link Allen.
Finally the fix has been made
But was it really a big security hole though?
I don't really know why but I just love browsing through the CGI files of the PMs hack, I'll take a peak at this one too....

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Welp, I have 2 problems:

1: It does not recognize usernames. I did reinstall recently everything is working fine, so... My guess is that installing the meberlist will solve that, I will report back.

The other is that the Private messaging in Ultimate.cgi is showing up twice, at top and bottom of the forums. I am looking into it now, again probably a simple fix, but so you know.....


Make it 3 problems. It now assumes I am Tim+3dfiles, so maybe thats why the username not recognized problem. Well, I still think member list will fix it. I have login hack installed, so, it should know who I am URL to the board in my sig


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Got me. I tried adding memberlist, etc, nothing changed, same problem, I give up... for now, its late

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Well my two cents are as follows..

I had to add my header section html to the pmheader.html and leave the pmfooter.html empty. Also I went and removed all the $Header references. Why? Well this way all the screens in PM have the header and footer.(All the error screens too.) There is a weird thing too. I see a ? and nothing after it. Like privatesend.cgi? (In the browser url line) Not sure what's up there..

I see by other posts there is some other glitches.. That's why they call this forum BETA..LOL

I'll be playing with it and see how it goes.. Not going live with it though..

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it seems to work fine here... what is your experience with your account here?

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Can you make the mod like..

when the user is having a message and is currently online, then get a alert message using Java sciript or whatever....

or

if the user is just login and has a message, the get a alert message using Java sciript or whatever....


can you make this feature one private message?????????

This would be great for people to get private messgae instantly.. (like ICQ when they are online)



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Thank you

Opps - left some old code in privateread.cgi that screwed the cookies.

I've sent an updated copy to allen who will hopefully upload it sometime today.

Just a thought

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thanks cal... uploaded it to the site now.. will put it in the download as well... I never get to sleep...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

in ze download...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

LOL
keep up the good work Allen

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Looks like some used it, so must just be me it didnt work for Ill figure it out, probably hack related. Anyway, from the"too much time on my hands" department comes a typo in the instructions:

<TD valign=top $AltColumnColor1 colspan=5><FONT SIZE="$TextSize" FACE="$FontFace"><B><A HREF="$cgi_url/$privateprefs">Prefrences</A></B></FONT>



Prefrences = Preferences

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thanks Tim, my fingers get dyslexic at times... will fix it...

I see a few of them in there...

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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Minor stuff What always scares me (not from everyone) is when I see a typo. One wonders if there were also typos in the cgi... Then I wonder... how many typos in the who UBB that we dont know about

Anyway, I got it working. It appears I screwed up somewhere in adding it to Ultimate.cgi, probably a typo It still thinks I am Tim+3dfiles though and I dont know why. Oh well, everyone else seems to be using it fine.

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Hey,

2.0 is working great for me. I'm glad the password/username in url has gone

Only problem I've got which I had also with 1.5c is that my UBB codes won't work in messages or signatures only when using PM. And yep I'm do have it turned on too.

It's just a little thing on a completely brilliant hack

Besides I probably installed it wrong somewhere lol

TotalNewbie

Allen....

cool script but I did everything 4 times and cleared my threads and everything but this still happens..when I press send it just goes to a white screen with text showing the variables in the message I jsut sent including my pass! and It shows the variables for my server at hypermart! Why?

When you get the white screen, right click it and choose view source. Then see what is or isn't loading. It could be your header and footer files. A lost table element etc..

Did you check it in IE & Netscape?

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when I view source it's identical...it shows my environmental variables..I see nothing wrong..and it sends me the variables like who I sent message to..my pass, the subject and the message...and stuff... :confused

newbie, check your private.cfg and make sure that where you set the ubbcodes to "yes" that the "Y" is lowercase, I may have uploaded it set to "Yes" instead of the correct "yes".

Dr. Evil, I presume... did you make a "private" directory in you ubb cgi directory (again, all lowercase) and set permissions to 777?

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- http://www.stand318.com

I found a small problem. I installed everything and it works great for me, but when I click on the ignore list, it gives a 500 ISE message. Is there something I didn't do?

I made the private directory, installed the code letter for letter....yet get the error.

So confused.

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