UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 Mod Questions Looking for Title Edit Hack

Does anybody know about a hack to allow Admin or Mods to edit the title of a thread, before I reinvent the wheel?

Yes I know about the "edit Subject" hack. Did you check the V5 Database for it?

It's not in the database that I can find.

Where is this puppy?

People need to do a SEARCH before asking for a hack!!!

##############################################################
# Edit Topic Subject
# Created By: Dave Downin ([email protected])
# http://www.arlo.net
#
# Last Updated: 07/04/00
##############################################################

What does it do?
* Allows the original poster, forum administrator or moderator
to change the subject of a message (by editing the first/original
message of a topic).
Tested on:
* This hack was created for UBB 5.45x
Make Backups of:
* postings.cgi

Install Instructions:


Open up postings.cgi and find:
----------------------------------------------------
if ($Name eq "TopicSubject") {
$TopicSubject = $Value;
$TopicSubject =~ s/<.+?>//g;
$TopicSubject = &UNHTMLIFY($TopicSubject);
}
----------------------------------------------------

Right AFTER it, add:
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if ($Name eq "NewTopicSubject") {
$NewTopicSubject = $Value;
$NewTopicSubject =~ s/<.+?>//g;
$NewTopicSubject = &UNHTMLIFY($NewTopicSubject);
}
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Next, find:
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&Lock("lock.file");
open (POST, ">$ForumsPath/$ExactPath/$topic");
foreach $thisone(@revised) {
chomp($thisone);
print POST ("$thisonen");
}
close(POST);
&Unlock("lock.file");
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REPLACE that with:
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if ($NewTopicSubject ne $TopicSubject && $NewTopicSubject && $in{'ReplyNum'} eq "000000") {
$NewTopicSubject = &CensorCheck("$NewTopicSubject");
@stats = split(/||/,$revised[0]);
$stats[4] = $NewTopicSubject;
$revised[0] = "$stats[0]||$stats[1]||$stats[2]||$stats[3]||$stats[4]||$stats[5]||$stats[6]||$stats[7]";
}

&Lock("lock.file");
open (POST, ">$ForumsPath/$ExactPath/$topic");
foreach $thisone(@revised) {
chomp($thisone);
print POST ("$thisonen");
}
close(POST);
&Unlock("lock.file");

if ($NewTopicSubject ne $TopicSubject && $NewTopicSubject && $in{'ReplyNum'} eq "000000") {
&UpdateForumSummary($number, $topic);
}
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Next, find:
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print <----------------------------------------------------

Right BEFORE that, add:
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if ($in{'ReplyNum'} eq "000000") {
$SubjectEdit = qq(

Thanks mucho Prince!

Where did you find this, at Dave's?
I search the regular forums and the database, didn't see this hack...

He probably found it in the V5 Modifications forum. It would have been available at Dave's database since he coded it.