THIS IS ONLY AN ANNOUNCEMENT... I repeat: THIS IS ONLY AN ANNOUNCEMENT This hack is NOT YET AVAILABLE. When it does become available, I'll post again here in Beta. Got it? Good.

Ok, you all know I've been shoving the "NEVER EVER EVER EVER DELETE AN ENTRY FROM THE FORUMS.CGI FILE OR A FORUM# DIRECTORY" down people's throats for ages now.

With good reason - doing either of the above can seriously FUBAR your UBB.

"Experts" can do it.... It's dangerous, but isn't incredibly difficult.

I have devised a small utility that can delete a forum successfully, and if there are no file permission problems, safely too. Yeah, there's a difference...

I am currently adding permission and read/write checks to it. When that's done, I'll release it as a BETA. That will be done tonight, unless I run into problems with private forums. (I do anticipate problems... There have been some changes in recent versions which I have been unable to comprehend... yet.)

I need volunteers who have expendable UBBs. Meaning that you wouldn't terribly mind if the UBB that you'll be testing this on does indeed become FUBARed.

For those that don't know what FUBAR is... F@#$ed Up Beyond All Repair... And I'm in no way kidding, if this thing malfunctions, your UBB WILL be FUBARed. Majorly. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

So, anyone wanna sign up? <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

I'll be glad to be a beta tester! I have an account at free.prohosting.com and I can install UBB on it. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

Send it over.. It would be great to have a nice way to get rid of fourms. My friend just Fubared his UBB by Nuking ALL the form dir's. I had to spend 25min to reinstall his UBB. So a nice tool would be great.


Thanks,

Lagg

I don't mind doing some beta testing for you Charlie, I have an expendable board that I only use for development so I can always install it on that. Goodness knows I've fuc*ed it up enough times on my own, I'm sure I don't mind doing so again for you... especially since I hav been one of the people desperatly looking for this hack. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

I will be able to test it as well..

Excellent... <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

You, the one who called me Charlie... You're automatically disqualified. My name is Charles, you will address me as that. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/tongue.gif" border=0>

The hack is nearly finished... I'm adding still more safeguards. I want to make sure NOTHING screws up.

Please note that it will NOT delete a forum if doing so would result in you having less than nine - this is to maintain compatability with possible legacy coding within the UBB.

Hey if you want get ****ty about it that's your problem, I was only trying to help. Sorry if I offended it was an honist mistake, I wasn't taking the **** I just thought your nick was Charlie Capps I miss-read, sorry for the offence.
You don't have to disqualify me, I quit already, I know where I'm not wanted, lighten up and don't take life so seriously.

Jeez, take some of your own advice. And calm down.

O.k. I'm calm now, sorry if I offended you Charles.

i'll take the job since he quit <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

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Charles,

you may add me to your list <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

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Ok, the main problem that has been run into is simple... I can't seem to get it to delete private forums. If I can't fix this problem by this time tomorrow, I'll release it without that funciton. So far my tests have been generally positive...

***... these forums have some of the lamest censors. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

Anyway, I wanna be a beta tester. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>

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Being a moderator of this board, I feel I should take up this job <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>
Anyway, I'd love to test, if I can ever get my board running (the forums won't show up in Ultimate.cgi, but EVERYTHING else works, so any idea's anyone?)

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I would love to test this out for you as well. Obviously, I undeerstand that it can mess up my ubb. But the question, can it do it quicker and more absolute than I can.

Let the testing begin.

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Count me in! <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>

Thanks for volunteering, folks. I'm currently performing some more testing - I really don't want to pass out something which will turn your hard drive into something resembling grape jelly...

When I'm done, you will all get mailed/PMed with the URL to the zip... Please don't distribute it, as it's quite prebeta... *L*

OOh... an alpha version. <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

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Stallion: It worked!! <IMG SRC="http://ubbdev.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>
I feel so dumb to totally forget that, I owe you, mate.

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