UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.3.x] [beta] hidden forum hack

not much to say about, this hack adds the option to hide specefic private forums.

I took easy's hack and modified it.

download: http://www.swaafxp.com/scripts/hack_download.php

everything else is written down in the text file

have fun [END]

This hack had tons of issues and never really worked 100 percent. Anybody willing to take the plunge to see if this one works?

Well im no expert but maybe ill give it a try lol

Also if i post something here and say a file is missing and it does exist... its just my stupidity... ill check after im all done

##############################
# open public_move_topic.cgi #
##############################

First off i think it should be .pl and there are no instructions with it...

UBB_LIB.CGI
#########
#find : #
#########

if ($this_forum[6] =~ m/private/) {

################
# replace with #
################

if (($this_forum[6] =~ m/private/) || ($this_forum[6] =~ m/hidden/)) {

Cant seem to find that

Found

UBB NEW REPLY

#########
#find : #
#########

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {

################
# replace with #
################

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post and is not going to see if forum exists (coz hidden)
if ($permission =~ m/hidden/) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12], 'hidden');
}

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

Shouldnt this be

########
#find : #
#########

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

################
# replace with #
################

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post and is not going to see if forum exists (coz hidden)
if ($permission =~ m/hidden/) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12], 'hidden');
}

# check to make sure user has access/permission to post!
if (($permission =~ m/private/) || ($reply_restrict =~ m/restrict/)) {
&check_private_access($in{f}, $this_forum[12]);
}

Found - BTW I would delete my posts if i could

Found

Found

Finally found this one lol

home/zophcom/public_html/cgi-bin/cp_forums.cgi: syntax error at /home/zophcom/public_html/cgi-bin/cp_forums.cgi line 1047, near "} else"

I get that when i try to see the forum settings in the CP

Never Mind... Rehacked it and everything seems to be working.. i made a mistake before.. I am now trying to see if hidden works properly

So far.. Works like a charm

Great Job sn0p and Great Job e@sy. I'm sure anyone can install this hack

Sorry, UBB has encountered an unexpected, fatal error. This error is extremely abnormal. Please contact the board administration. The error text is:

Can't open '/home/zophcom/public_html/ubb/cache-VVTCS2XN/ubb_files/forum_page/Forum21/private-9VZ7RP37/forum21-1000.cgi'.

I was unable to find that file or directory. Please check the paths.

The exact error returned by the operating system is:
No such file or directory

Uhoh Thats what i get when trying to access forum

OK fixed that.... forgot to rebuild forum stat files

Seems to be working again... and lol ive made all but 1 of the replies on this topic

I recieved that error again this morning... I rebuilt forums stat files and it appears to be working but I'm not totally sure for how long

This hack has never been error free that I know of. Search the 6.1 and 6.2 beta forums and you'll see the threads that had the problems that never seemed to go away.

Yah I know.. lol .. Also when i give someone permission to view the hidden forum they cant see it... it may have to do with the file that had no instructions for it...

Seems like most of the UBBDev Haxxor's are avoiding this thread Even LK...

I think easy may have done some work on it recently, I do know it caused some problems when it came to upgrading the forum a while back.

Wasnt that with whos online?

My god you replied to a whole page.

And the only person who can save this hack is...LK

Yes, I am avoiding this thread. if you want it to work well, it has to have a total rewrite.

Do you plan on doing a total rewrite?

No, I hate this hack

Well then it's hopeless.

*Calls for someone else*

Yup If LK wont fix it who will? The hack author e@sy hasnt been around and the other guy who posted this hasnt replied... i guess if no one is gonna fix it ill just revert to my backup...

I saw e@sy online yesterday. Maybe he can still do it.

I use the old fashioned way, I have 2 licenses and two UBBs running. One is members access only and the URL is very obscure so noone knows it's there unless they have access. If someone else finds it they can't see anything unless they register and I have to approve them....

What's the difference between this hack and LK's Extended Category hack thats got hidden forum abilities within it?

Extended Category hack hides a CATEGORY, and the user can see it in ?category=X, so it only hides it from main forum summary.

I have rewrite the hack.

The user asked me if i have a version for 6.3 and my time is very short. So he want to convert this hack for 6.0 to 6.3. I told him to send the new Hack to me before posting here to test it. But he open a topic here before i said yes. So i do not know about the error's. In the last 3 day's i make a rehack of this one. Here is the link

http://ubbdev.de/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000004

danke e@sy

Little error in Who is Online fix. Zip files are updated.

Nice work e@sy.

Can anyone testify to the functionality of this hack with the new changes?

.

thankies a ton, private forums hidden. yeah LK its a wonder eh?

Ill give it a go later e@sy... Thanks a lot man

Why dont you just turn off category for a forum?
You can still get in there and post btw as long as you remember the URL.

thats what LK's hack does

Then why use a hack?

Oh I thought it just takes it off the listing.
Ooops my mistake.

thanks for this hack

been looking forward to this

Okay, I just finished hacking the files it works great on my test server. When the instructions say add behind, they mean add after.

It works great!

[code][/code]What it means, is that if the user can access ANY special forum, he can see this forum. You should make a check if there is THIS forum.

I have a test user at my test board that has access to two private forums and he can't see the hidden forum. What am I looking for LK?

Clarification LK...Are you strictly speaking of private or hidden forums? Examples:

A: You have 2 private forums. You give a user access to private forum A but not B. With this code you posted the user will be able to see both private forums A & B?

OR

B: You have 2 hidden forums. You give a user access to hidden forum A but not B. The code you posted the user will be able to see both hidden forums A & B?

I'm assuming you are speaking of "Hidden" forums strictly.

One thing I just noticed is that the forum and threads show up in the PNTF under "most popular topics within the past 30 minutes:" even if I'm logged out.

Okay, this fixed it;

ubb_pntf.cgi

find this twice;

if( (&GetForumRecord($in{f}))[6] =~ m/private/ ) {

replace it with;

if( ((&GetForumRecord($in{f}))[6] =~ m/private/ ) || (&GetForumRecord($in{f}))[6] =~ m/hidden/ ) {

public_pntf_summary.pl

find this;

if(($vars_forums{$number}->[6] =~ m/private/) || ($vars_forums{$number}->[3] ne 'On')) {

Replace it with;

if(($vars_forums{$number}->[6] =~ m/private/) || ($vars_forums{$number}->[6] =~ m/hidden/) || ($vars_forums{$number}->[3] ne 'On')) {

Find;

if((&GetForumRecord($number))[6] =~ m/private/) {

Replace that with;

if( ((&GetForumRecord($number))[6] =~ m/private/) || (&GetForumRecord($number))[6] =~ m/hidden/) {

Right on X!

I would like e@sy or LK to look at it and make sure that I didn't miss anything if they could.

Edit: apparently you can't move threads to the hidden forums.

Hmm...I guess just one of the drawbacks. Thks X for testing it. I still think this hack is a must have.

I just installed this (which has got to be the most time consuming hack

One prob I've had is that the hidden forums keep disappearing.

when i go view my PM's or goto recent visitors, when i click to go back to the front page the forums are gone.

The only way i can get them back is to open a new window and log back in.

Any ideas?

tia

stubbsy

sorry, link doesn´t work

yup link is dead, please fix

Thanks E@sy

Anyone else that's running this having a problem with the hidden forums "disappearing" for users who have permissions to access them?

I login, the forums are there. I close my browser session, open a new browser session and go to the forums. I'm still logged in, but my hidden forums are no longer visible to me. The only way I can seem to get them back is to go into my Control Panel and clear the forum cache.

I wondering if this might have anything to do with my using UBB Accelerator. When I installed the mod, I went over it 3 times with a fine-toothed comb just to be sure I got it all right, so I'm damn confident that it's not something I overlooked. However, I suppose that's not impossible either.

I'm running 6.3.0.1 and installed the mod from e@sy's page for this version of UBB.

http://vvvcentral.com/forums

Edit: I just disabled UBB Accelerator for testing purposes. I want to see if this problem continues without its use.

mmmmm.. doesn't work anymore

My DNS changed. It's back up now.

Okay - it's not the UBB Accelrator in and of itself. I disabled (as mentioned above) and people are still having trouble with the forums disappearing.

I've disabled caching to see if that has anything to do with it. Does anyone have any ideas at all?

Seems to work fine with caching disabled.

I don't have the first idea on how to rectify this.

^bump^

Hi...

i've installed this hack... but now i've got a problem... i cant move any topic becauce in the drop down menu my board dont show me my hidden Forums... and my function "Show Print Version" says me "This Topic is not exist..." .... and the Drop Down menu in puplic_forum "Go To Forum:" dont shows me the Hidden Forums.... can anybody helps me? .... thanx alot...

Baby Death

Because the forum is hidden think of it as an invisible forum, one that doesn't exist. If the forums show up in the drop down search or move option users who do not have access to the hidden forums will know they exist.

I think however that you can go into your CP and move the topics under Maintanence. In there you should be able to see every forum created. I think you can also take out the Search and drop down codes from the Hidden Forum hack so that your users can see the forums.

Hi...

@PrimeTime... thanx alot... i will test it...

Baby Death

Hope it works for you...It did for 6.3.1.1 and up. : :

I think this is one of the most useful hacks made. I'm surprised that people aren't all over it. PHPBB and other PHP boards offer hidden topics right out of the box.

All links don't work. Is there anywhere else that this script is available?

Will Infopop ever offer this as an out-of-the-box feature?

This is the link


http://ubbdev.de/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=2

Thanks!

OHHH nooo... I can't read the BBS, where the Hidden Form Hack is... http://www.fachinformatiker-world.de/forums/
Can someone help me?

Thank-You

BUZN_WILDLY

it's hidden

Whaa haa haa.. your telling me!
I can't find it...
STill looking for the hack though...

I need it too!!

Allen u got it? Ugg, I need this badly

I might have it on the pc at my old job... not sure tho. If I get a chance, I'll hunt it up if I go by there next week

ok that sounds good, thanx

no problem, that computer has prolly 1,000+ hacks on it and every version of ubb (including the beta releases) since maybe 5.45

Hmmm... I'm still looking...
No one seems to have a link to get this
great hack...

Can someone help me out?

Thank-You

Does anyone still have this hack?
All links in this thread are dead.

Bump, anyone?

Hmm, seems like noone has this hack?

Would a 6.1 hack work on a 6.3.1.2 board?

Come on guys, anyone willing to help me?

I don't think it's available anymore... if it were, it's definitely not supported on a version that old. If I see it, I'll post it, but I can't promise anything.

Just trying to see if anyone found it after a couple of months