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No, you cannot change the copyright in the footer.

File Name: Paid test File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 23 Sep 2009 File Category: Applications test Click here to download this file

Yes, slightly different. From my memory (which is spotty, so forgive me if I get something wrong) you can approach this in a couple different manners. The two most common are Master/slave setup - mostly handled at the mysql end. Application just calls to mysql, which then determines which server to pawn the request off to. Replication - application has to specifically separate select and update/insert/delete/etc queries to ensure that the "parent" is updated properly. As Charles said, we've experimented with that second approach, but haven't done large-scale tests, and given the nature of such functionality, it's not something we can just roll out without good testing first. :P

This is a side effect from transferring the data from the previous system to the new system. I will likely try to work out a way to "fix" this, but can't make any promises just yet. It's not an easy task and there's a lot going on atm already.

There is nothing in IPB specific to this. Generally a master/slave setup is handled at the mysql end. You feed IPB an IP address, and when it calls out to that IP to establish the MySQL connection, that server would determine which slave to pass the request to.

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As we are writing code, we do not take breaks to write documentation of the code just written. I'd be impressed to find any developers that actually document (externally) each line of code as they are writing it, properly. Firstly, developers are not the best people to document a product. They look at the product from a development perspective, tend to speak techie lingo, and generally aren't good at identifying issues to common users that need to be documented. If you are talking about code-level documentation, we use phpdoc comments entirely throughout IPB - feel free to extract them. We will be putting phpdocs online at some point, so if all of your complaints resolve around this, then it will be addressed in the near future. I gather, though, from most of your statements, that this isn't going to satisfy your requests. You are missing the simple "WHY" in all of this. WHY does there need to be a manual? Because out of several available means of documentation (inline help, getting started guides, our knowledgebase, articles on the resource site, the phpdoc I already mentioned will be going online for developers in the future) you think a manual is better? This is opinion. :) For a product our size, if you want an actual "manual" I don't see how it wouldn't be large. The 2.3 PDF file was 160 pages, for instance. I'll bite. If you give me a link to this documentation you're talking about, I'll take a look so we can compare apples to apples. Frankly, though, I don't spend my days browsing through our various competitor's websites. Again, all opinions. :) Inline help is new and will grow over time, but already it covers a large majority of things that customers inquire about. You simply have to use it. Guides WILL cover a number of scenarios. "How do I set up a new moderator" for instance. Why are articles a joke? Because you don't want to use them, or because you haven't found one you thought answered a specific inquiry you had? Many of our customers do find the articles very useful. There's a lot of useful how-to's, general information, developer-oriented code examples, and simple modifications in the articles area. How? Any user can edit any article. There are revisions and so on. It is in fact a wiki. ;)

It is a top priority. Documentation doesn't write itself, and our product is so large it can't be documented over night. But it's one of the top items on our internal to-do lists, and I believe this has been stated multiple times now across the forums.

Favorites will be converted over. Currently I have a script running converting download records, but favorites is after that.

File Name: Links System 2.1.7 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 21 Nov 2005 File Category: Major Modifications This mod will give you a weblinks section on your site, fully configurable in the ACP, which utilizies Invision Board's member, session, group, and templating systems. This mod is completely free, the only requirement for using it being that you must leave the copyright intact. Fully Integrated with Invision Power Board 2.0Settings are configurable through the ACPGroup permissions configurable through Manage Groups in the ACPSkin and language independent, fully editable via ACPAll Admin actions loggedAll Mod actions loggedTop level and one level of subcategories permittedAbility to add, edit, and delete weblinks (permissions configurable per group)Ability to upload a link "button" or "image"Ability to update the default weblink button via the ACPUses IPB's cache system to reduce DB Queries and save resourcesAbility to Search WeblinksAbility to Hide and Unhide links (set a link open or close)Ability to Hide and Unhide categories (set the cat open or close)Ability to rate links (permissions configurable per group)Ability to comment on links (permissions configurable per group)Ability to report broken links (permissions configurable per group)Random weblink block (configurable in ACP)Notes section (configurable in ACP)Top Link Submitters section (configurable in ACP)Affiliates block (ACP configurable)Linkback code with ability to upload/remove images (ACP configurable) Click here to download this file

File Name: Portal System 2.2.3 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Major Modifications Portal System 2.2.3 Major bug fixes! Demo: http://ipbmods.net Last Updated: 6/27/2005 Description: This modification will add a portal to your Invision Board 2.0. A portal is a front page, a center for your site where all the information can come together. This portal has several blocks (listed below) that come with it by default, and a Plugin API so mod authors can create, distribute, and replace blocks as time goes on. You can run this portal inside your forum root directory, or above it. Additionally, a sidebar manager is included, so you can carry a left-hand column site-wide (optional). Would you rather just get something out of the box with no room to grow, or the ability to expand as time goes on, and your site changes? That's what I thought, and that's what most of the member's I have spoken with have agreed upon. With that said, read on to hear some of the features of this portal... Features: Fully Integrated with Invision Power Board 2.0NEW! Ability to run portal outside of your forum rootSettings are configurable through the ACPNEW! Redesigned admin control panel layout makes managing your portal easierSkin and language independent, fully editable via ACPAll Admin actions loggedPlugin API designed to allow added functionalityNEW! Updated plugin list available on invisionize.comAll blocks can be turned on/off in ACPCustom block support, including block title, contents, and layoutNEW! Ability to enter your own PHP in custom blocks (use at your own riskAbility to set 1, 2, or 3 columns with full layout control via ACPNEW! Full control over the html layout (no more portal_template.html) via the Skin ManagerNEW! Site-wide 'Sidebar', with full configuration in ACP, separate from standard portal layoutUses IPB's cache system to reduce DB Queries and save resourcesDefault blocks include:Shoutbox with admin ability to delete/edit shoutsNavigation block, fully configurable via ACP, including all linksPersonal HTML block, editable per member, using cookies AND db support with intelligent HTML analysis to attempt to correct code that will break the portalNews rendering, configurable via ACPStatic OR scrolling latest replies block (configurable in ACPAffiliates block (requires Links System 2.x by bfarber)Active users blockStatistics block, using IPB's stats layoutWelcome block for members/guests with member id dependent information or login form for guestsTop Posters blockPoll, configurable via ACP (NEW! Random poll option)Custom user-created blocks configurable via ACP (NEW! Ability to enter php)Plugins blocks, configurable via ACPAs you can see, even out of the box this portal has everything you need and more to promote more activity in your forum, and to deliver the information your visitors want on the first page that they see when visiting your site. System has been through extensive beta testing, proving it reliable at it's current stage for production use. Full support provided via support thread here on IZE ONLY. Plugin Blocks currently available:All plugins hosted on IZE are now listed under the user contributed filesRandom File (included) by bfarber *Requires Download-SystemRandom Link (included) by bfarber *Requires Links-SystemIPS Random Gallery Image (outside link) by Dirhael (aka. CodeXP)RSS Feed Plugin (10 Latest Virus Threats) (outside link) by akconq *This allows any RSS feed, but with instructions for Sophos 10 latest virus threats *Instructions on how to change the RSS feed source includedRead the change log for the list of updates. Click here to download this file

File Name: Guestbook System 2.0.1 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Mid-Scale Modifications With IPB 2.0, you have a "VCard" for every member, automatically created based on the information they enter in their UCP. Well, with IPB 1.1, I had a guestbook mod that Kalite wrote that I loved, and when this feature was introduced, I wanted to put both mods together, but did not want to go through the trouble at the time. Well, now I have done so... :P There are two db queries that need to be run. If you previously used Kalite's Guestbook mod v3, then I have included a query you can run to convert the db table for usage with my mod. If not, just run the new install query instead. Files to edit: sources/profile.php /sources/admin/ad_groups.php /lang/en/lang_profile.php Profile View skin bits in the ACP I did not make an installer for this, so you will have to do the skin edits manually, one skin at a time. Sorry for that guys, but this is the first release of this mod so I wasn't going for anything fancy this time. ;) To Upgrade, completely revert/remove the changes and then readd all the skin changes. Most of the other changes would have been wiped out while upgrading IPB, but if not, the skin changes are the only ones necessary. Click here to download this file

File Name: Remove Old 'Moved To' Topic Links File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: XML Imports, Tasks, and Plugins This task will search out all the topics that are really just "Moved to:" links, and remove those that are 30 days old or older. This is useful if you wish to leave a link to the new topic when you move a topic, but do not wish for those links to stay there permanantly. This task will remove those links that are older than 30 days. Click here to download this file

File Name: PM on Topic Move/Delete/Approve File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Mid-Scale Modifications This is a very simple mod, with little to no configuration. Follow the edits, and this mod will send a pm to the topic author when one of their topics is moved/deleted/approved. That's all. The text can be edited in lang_global.php upon installation. Click here to download this file

File Name: Jokes System 2.0.2 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Major Modifications Jokes System 2.0.2 by bfarber http://ipbmods.net This mod will give you a system to add, edit, and manage jokes on your website. It supports all builit in bbcode, and user-added bbcode. Note: In testing with flash, it is important to note that you must set your board to allow flash to be posted, and the flash files you use in this system cannot exceed the dimensions you specify as the max flash dimensions in the ACP. Check the demo for a better understanding, but basically you install this mod, and you can add jokes to your site for people to amuse themselves with. You can set this sytem to automatically create a forum topic, or use a built in commenting system. You can rate jokes, and all items are based on group-permissions configurable in the ACP. To upgrade to 2.0.2 from 2.0.1 or 2.0.0, just upgrade ad_jokes.php, class_jokes.php and jokes.php to your site in the right folders. Done! Fixed topic posting bug in this release Click here to download this file

File Name: Recipes (or Tutorials) System 2.0.4 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Major Modifications This modification will add a recipes system to your website, configurable in the ACP. It is skin and language independent, meaning you can completely customize this to your likings. You must leave the copyright in tact to use this mod! If you would like to use this as a Tutorials System, you can do the included edits under the Optional Components folder Features of this mod: Fully Integrated with Invision Power Board 2.0Ability to add, edit and delete categoriesUp to 1 subcat supportedUtilizes IPB's caching system to reduce queries run on each pageSkin and language independent, fully editable via ACPAll Admin actions loggedAbility to configure all permissions per-groupAbility to set system on and offUses IPB's built in image libraries for image size managementAbility to add, edit and delete recipesIngredients automatically set to a listAbility to hide and unhide recipes (and to set recipes to require approval before going "live")Ability to search recipesEnjoy! Version 2.0.4 ONLY fixes the installer error. Changes in Version 2.0.3 5/17/2005 @ 7:04 PM EST 1) Error produced when number of top submitters not set 2) Recommend to friend option integrated 3) Auto-generated post include recipe thumbnail option in ACP 4) Updated db prefixes to use board variable in installer in all instances 5) Included SEVERAL scripts from Domen Lombergar 6) On editing a recipe page the div title said "add a recipe" 7) Error pages weren't using proper lang, so blank errors were produced 8) Recipe now are not hidden everytime you edit it 9) Hide time is being set to 0 in SQL on submit 10) On recipes page, hidden by member showed as author 11) Ability to use built in comments AND auto-generated topic 12) Ability to set inline comments 13) If requiring moderator approval of new items, topic was not generated 14) Ability to show all recipes by a user, Topics optional instructions updated 15) Updated top submitters to link to their recipes with #14 16) Added Config option for sizes of random images 17) Changed cache to only update views on page view (saw 99 queries run on one page...) 18) Fixed issue where recipes title was being stripped at 12 characters Follow the instructions in upgrade.txt to Upgrade Click here to download this file

File Name: Trivia System 2.0.3 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 09 Dec 2005 File Category: Major Modifications This mod gives you a Trivia System where members can start a "session" and answer trivia questions. You can manually add questions in the ACP, or import Trivia Packs. A couple of these packs can be found at http://tatarize.com/modules.php?name=Downl...wdownload&cid=5 I intend to offer more in the future on my site, both free and paid, but for now no questions included. There are a few config options, and as always is fully skin and lang independent. Let me know in the support topic if you have any problems. 7/11/2005 @ 12:22 PM EST Version 2.0.3 --Fixed the upload trivia pack function (was not working) Just upload ad_trivia.php source file to update. Click here to download this file

File Name: Custom Error Docs v1 File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 23 Dec 2005 File Category: Components This modification allows you to set custom error pages that pull up inside the IPB wrapper. Note: This modifications requires the use of .htaccess files, which is generally limited only to Apache web servers. Please verify that your server is running Apache, or that it is configured to use .htaccess files, before attempting to install this modification. If you are comfortable with setting up the error document redirects on your own, you can still use the component, and manually configure your server to send the error page requests to the pages listed in the included .htaccess file. What are custom error pages? Well, have you ever clicked a link and got that lovely "Page cannot be found" error in Internet Explorer? Or a "Internal Server Error"? Those are error pages, and are the default error pages that your browser is setup to display. Server's can define their own error pages. Commonly, this configuration is found inside your control panel (i.e. CPanel). Well, with this modification, you can setup your custom error pages to pull up INSIDE IPB, for completely seamless site integration. The language bits are all found in the included language file (so you can change them to your own language if you like), and this component requires absolutely NO file edits. When you upgrade IPB, you will NOT have to reinstall this modification! :D Comments and feedback welcome. Click here to download this file

File Name: Links System 2.3.3 Final File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 02 Jan 2006 File Category: Components Features of this mod: Fully Integrated with Invision Power Board 2.1Uses IPB 2.1's Component System. Only 1 file edit and 0 skin edits neededSettings are configurable through the ACPGroup permissions configurable through ACPSkin and language independent, fully editable via ACPAll Admin actions loggedAll Mod actions loggedUnlimited subcategories supportedAbility to add, edit, and delete weblinks (permissions configurable per group)Ability to upload a link "button" or "image"Ability to update the default weblink button via the ACPUses IPB's cache system to reduce DB Queries and save resourcesAbility to Search WeblinksAbility to Hide and Unhide links (set a link open or close)Ability to Hide and Unhide categories (set the cat open or close)Ability to rate links (permissions configurable per group)Ability to comment on links (permissions configurable per group)Ability to report broken links (permissions configurable per group)Random weblink block (configurable in ACP)Notes section (configurable in ACP)Top Link Submitters section (configurable in ACP)Affiliates block (ACP configurable)Linkback code with ability to upload/remove images (ACP configurable) This mod is a component, but it does require one file edit. This file edit is made to a language file so the email template will be available for links reported broken. No skin edits are necessary. This is the first release of the 2.1 version. Enjoy! // Edit - Fixed couple typos in install instructions // Edit - Fixed a couple issues with installation // 2.2.1 version - Fixed all issues reported in the support topic so far. // 2.2.2 version - Fixed all issues reported since 2.2.1 // 2.2.3 version - Fixed installer issue, typo, and issue with url for top submitters // 2.3.0 version - A whole slew of updates, new features, and upgrade instructions for v2.1.7 (beta) Update 5/10/2006 11:40 AM EST --Fixed installer, and (hopefully) fixed issue reported by Nightfox with multiple groups Update 5/11/2006 9:16 AM EST --Ok, fixed the multi-group issues for good :P // Edit 2.3.1 - Fixed security issue, please update Updated 8/19/2006 6:07 PM EST --Fixed affiliate rendering issue --Fixed missing lang big in manage hidden links page Updated 10/24/2006 8:28 PM EST 1) Fixed bug with users who have secondary group permissions causing an SQL error 2) Fixed missing "Allow images" setting Updated 11/11/2006 7:21 AM EST 1) Fixed bug allowing users to edit links without permission Click here to download this file

File Name: Rebuild IPB Settings File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 17 Mar 2006 File Category: IPB 2.1.x Tools Author: Matt This tool will loop through your IPB settings and delete duplicate/old ones and rebuild the settings cache afterwards outside of IPB. Upload this file to your IPB directory and visit it in your web browser. That's all. The status is printed on the screen afterwards. Click here to download this file

File Name: Rebuild Skins File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 17 Mar 2006 File Category: IPB 2.1.x Tools Author: Matt This is an important and useful tool we use rather often. This tool will do the following: --Check your skin directories to ensure they are writable --Recache your php templates to disk --Update the cache in the database --Update the skin_id cache in the cache_store table --Reset all members to the default skin This is useful if an upgrade has occurred and for some reason the templates did not properly write to the disk. Just upload the file to your root IPB directory and visit it in your web-browser Click here to download this file

File Name: IPSBeyond Skin! File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 13 Apr 2006 File Category: Professional Skins File Updated September 12, 2006. The "Contact Us" link was hard coded to the administrative e-mail of IPSBeyond. The "Customer Center" link was removed. Edit the "Contact Us" link in the bottom of All Global HTML > global_board_header. File Updated August 11, 2006. Includes Linear+ and Outline fixes, IDM Compatibility, bfarber Links compatibility, and a few other minor flaw fixes. If you have a bug to report with the skin, and can replicate it on IPS Beyond, please report it in the feedback forum. It's finally here! We realize many members have been waiting, and waiting, for this skin to be released, so without further ado, here it is. Warning: Most everything has been fixed with this skin, however, there are still a few minor quirks the developer is working on. Please see the "known issues" section for specifics. Upload the images set and specify a directory under the Skin Import/Export section in the Look and Feel tab. Make sure you upload the images under the images block. Then upload the skin in the skin section and specify a name. Lastly, go to the Skin Manager section, edit the Beyond skin, and assign the newly created images directory to the Beyond skin. Note: This skin does NOT work properly if you set your board "IN_DEV". You shouldn't be doing that on a live site anyways, so be forewarned. Please report glitches/bugs/oddities/requests to the linked support topic. Includes Gallery and Blog templates. And finally, enjoy. :) Click here to download this file

Exactly. We avoid ini_set calls because of several reasons 1) They're disabled on many hosts 2) I've seen some hosts end script execution when called (maybe a suhosin setting or something, can't remember) 3) There are many other avenues for setting this outside of IPB, no need for another method that's software-based that is much less reliable than the other methods

File Name: Check for admins File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 11 Jul 2006 File Category: IPB 2.1.x Tools This tool will check for any users in your database that have access to the administrative control panel, including users whose primary and whose secondary groups give them access. It has been seen where a hacker who has once gained access to the ACP will upgrade an account of their's setting their SECONDARY group to have ACP access, and in IPB 2.1 there isn't a clear cut way to see this via the board. This tool will find all those users, show you their member groups and IP addresses, so you can go in and remove any from your ACP that shouldn't have access. Credit for this script goes to Matt, I'm just adding it on his behalf Click here to download this file

File Name: Converter - Completely Unique Download System File Submitter: bfarber File Submitted: 10 Jul 2006 File Category: IDM 1.0 Modifications This converter will convert you from the "Completely Unique" download system to use IDM. All possible data is retained. Just install IDM as normal. Then upload convert.php to your idm_setup/ folder and visit it in your browser. Afterwards, reconfigure all your settings and categories, including permissions. Feel free to run any of the rebuild tools if you desire. Click here to download this file