UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.1x] News Fader 4.1 Released!

Looks good on my test board! Thanks.

I installed it with no problems - great hack as always.

I just can't figure out why the body width is a tad wider than the top and bottom table rows. (not a biggie though)

Check it out: http://www.planethex.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

- cuzz

[ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Cuzz ]

It's not wider here, but change the News Fader Width to 400/500.

once again, another cool mod

how would i go about moving the actual news down a line? the hack is working and everything, but it'd be real nice to be able to actually move the text down 1 line, because it's not centered with the picture and whatnot.

Slurpee & LK,

This hack ROCKS! I have just one question, though; is there an easy way to put the fader above this line of info--

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Note, my emphasis is on EASY!

Yes...
Try to put the newsfader code of public_forum_summary.pl after: (untested)[code][/code]And make " my $Top = qq~" - " $Top .= qq~" (.= instead of = and no "my")

[ 12-11-2001 01:01 AM: Message edited by: LK ]

Thanks, LK! It worked like a charm and looks sweet!

Everything Worked Great!

I have one small question, though.....
Is there a way to have the News Fader show up on the categoery listed view? (Instead of showing all of the forums, you only show the category names) ??

Thanks

6.2.0:
[code][/code]

[ 12-26-2001 10:35 AM: Message edited by: LK ]

Hmmm... I'm pretty new to UBB so first I tried installing this hack with MultiHack 2.0.1!
That didn't work for some strange reason...
Then I installed it manually and this time I didn't get even an error-message! It seemed to work fine and I configured it in the CP...
But when I went to my forum summary page, nothing showed up! Yes, everything was there like it was supposed to but the text just didn't show up!
I tried with different texts but it still wouldn't work...
I'm using UBB 6.1.0.3 on Windows 2000 Pro SP2... My webserver is Deerfield WebSite 3.1.11!

great, thanks

the link does'nt work

Hi,

I hope this is where I'm suppose to ask questions concerning NewsFader installation.

I just downloaded 4.1 and installed it without any obvious problems. It shows up fine in the CP. I make my chages and clear cache.

When I open the forums summary page I get:

An error has occured:


Undefined subroutine &main::forum_summary called at /home/bud/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi line 461.

I currently have installed Jimbos custom status/ranks.

Thanks for any direction

Geo
Rainner

Rehack a backed-up ubb_forum_summary.cgi

Hi,

I just rehacked my backup copy and still I get:

Undefined subroutine &main::forum_summary called at /home/bud/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi line 461

Q: This is the first time I decided to download my files, edit them and ftp them back up. I used NOTEPAD and did a copy/paste, sent it back up in asci, could this cause the problem? I generally log into the server with ssh shell and edit it with a linux editor but its long that way.

please let me know of any other ideas.

Thanks

Geo
Rainner

Do you have ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN/whatever?

I just installed icq because I didn't have any of the mentioned.

Geo
Rainner

It doesn't really help UIN?

Hi again,

I'm sorry but what is UIN?

Rainner

Thanks

ICQ#: 146314409

Thanks

Geo
Rainner

Hi LK

Thanks for the help. It elliminated the error message I was getting.

NEW PROB: When I try to update the news fader from CP, it says I do not have permission to access this area. I checked all my file permissions and they all look correct. Any idea what could cause this?

Thanks

Rainner

Rehack cp.cgi

Thats where the problem was. Thanks again LK!!!!

Rainner

Hi all,

First off the News Fader is awsome and works great thanks to LK's help.

I do have one more glitch and I'm not sure which file to maybe rehack.

In cp / newsfader settings / "Board Stats Disply"; if If I select anything other then "No Display", then my Newsfader only shows the News Fader Title on my board and no more. It also shows on the bottom of the window screen "Done but with errors on page". I did clear cache first.

Thanks again for all the help I have recieved here.

Rainner

Another Bug but spotted besided the above mention.

In my main forums, you see Topics and Post and their respective numbers corresponding to how many. When you go into any Forum that shows some posts, the posts don't show up anymore.

Any clues?

Thanks

Rainner

This is a continuation of the above two POSTS. They all need to be read together. Sorry for so many but I found more clues.

The posts/replies do not show up when I go into the specific forum for only 1 member when I'm logged in as that member.

If your not logged in or any other member name logged in, you see everything.

Just 1 user account is showing this problem from the above post.

We still also have the problem from 2 posts above in the newfader setup.

I will be saving and rehacking 1 file at a time and continue this way with any luck unless someone has some direction for me. Sorry again for so many requests.

Rainner

It shouldn't show up in forum page

If you mean that you clicked on 'back', and the main site was ultimatebb.php, it's a bug with IE/Netscape + JS.

Update on my probs!

I rehacked each file again and now got another bug fixed.

Once I rehacked public_forum_summary.pl, I found I had a end of line error.

One Problem fixed from above listed problems was: when in cp/newsfader settings, I can now select forum stats adn they show up.

Rainner

All Fixed and working Great!

Thanks for the excellent Hack! and help!

Rainner

Hi,

First hack , First time success , Congrats on an excellent peice of work.

Now the question !!

Is there a way for it to read news items from a text file? I want to use coranto to create a text file containg links to the top 5 news stories.

Many thanks
Paul

Question in the readme.txt is written:

CHMOD this
file 777


What does this mean?

Thanks.

I cannot find my Variables folder, where is this located?

I have a CGI-Bin and UBB folder as well as the SUB UBB folders and the Members folder.

???

Something weird happened where my UBB reverted back to 6.1.0.3 after a succesful upgrade to .4.

I am having trouble now, and have been rehacking everything and am still getting.

Undefined subroutine &main::CheckForNewPMs called at M:webusersV001U02YPZhtmlcgi-binultimatebb.cgi line 362.


I have one thing to do and that is private message box count on main page. I think that is the problem.

[ 01-23-2002 10:13 PM: Message edited by: DanielAc ]

[ 01-23-2002 10:14 PM: Message edited by: DanielAc ]

You used your old ubb_lib.cgi once.

a small stupid question but...
it may be my settings on netscape but does this work with netscape 6.2? cause when i test it on netscape 6.2 it's just blank (and i've tested it on other boards too,it's just blank),any suggestions? i'm using version 4.1 of this hack.thanks

Just completed the install and want to thank all those who made NewsFader a reality!

Working flawlessly on UBB 6.1.0 Public Beta 1.4

The CP controls are perfect

Hey slurpee, i sent you a PM about positioning of the news fader, if you could get back to me, big thanks

I know how to add flash movie(s) into the newsfader as a replacement for the newsfader image. When it's ok by the author of this hack i post the instruction.

Slurpee, or anyone that has any information on how to contact slurpee, I really would like to learn how to move the news fader as it's one of my favorite hacks.. thanks in advance.