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Topic: Several questions/comments

Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Subject: Several questions/comments
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 9:02pm

First, thank you for v9.02!

Now, for my questions/comments/reports:

Is there a link in the control panel to check the current version for updates as there was in v8?
Clicking the link for "Change Admin Username and Password" sends me to the Control Panel menu. This happened with v9.0 also.
In Membership admin, if I click the Administrator, I get a "Register New User" form. Where do I change the administrator email address? It is wrong in my member list.
It seems that after a relatively short period of time, all "Active" topics are no-longer active. If I'm logged-in on the control panel, after a short period of time, I get a message that says I don't have enough permissions, but I'm still logged-in to the forum. I just need to log-in to the control panel again. Is this a server-side problem?
I set the date format to mm/dd/yy in the control panel, but the Calendar event date format in new messages is still in the format of dd/mm/yy. Same with the member profile editor. This is nothing new, I just thought I'd throw it in here.

Thanks again!

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Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 10:41pm

3. From your profile.

4. yeah that happens to me too, glad i'm not the only one.

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Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:30am

Thanks for the reply.

3. I don't use the "administrator" profile as my own. Since I don't know the administrator password, and I cannot reach the profile through the control panel, how do I reset the password if the email address is wrong without editing the SQL table manually? Maybe it doesn't matter, since I don't use the account... I hate having loose-ends though.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:34am

http://www.webwiz.net/webwizforums/kb/admin_password_reset.asp - Web Wiz Forums - Admin Account Login / Password Reset

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Posted By: get_up
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:32am

have one question ? .

What about the Moderator rights , for example i dont want all moderators to Edit members profil but just some of them,all moderators rights seems to be just forums not for other things . .

I didnt see something like this in all 3 versions .

Borg are u planning such thing or waiting for mods about it .?

thanks

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 10:00am

If you don't want moderators to be able to alter forum profiles edit the includes/setup_options_inc.asp file

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Posted By: get_up
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 10:44am

hmm yeah i know that . But i mean , "not for all moderators" just some of them .

Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:04pm

boRg, Thanks for the link to the admin password reset instructions.

Would you mind addressing #1,2,4 and 5?

Thanks again!

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:30pm

1. Yes

2. This is only for the super admin account

4. Same as version 8 it uses session variables, if the server is resetting then it will log you out

5. This was the same as version 8, it is very difficult to have the drop downs display in a different order.

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Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 06 August 2007 at 11:09pm

1. Where? I've searched high and low. Does it auto-check when logging-in as admin? The control panel doesn't show the current version, so it would be helpful to find that link.

2. Thanks

4. Do you have a link or a FAQ to explain how to configure the server NOT to reset the session variables so frequently?

5. Thanks. I'll just edit the files myself.

Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 16 August 2007 at 11:18pm

Any news on #1?

I did some research on #4, and I think I got it worked-out.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 9:04am

1. There is already a link to check for updates which includes the present version number in the text description of the link. It's found in the admin section menu.

4. This sounds like a server issue, or you have another application on your site that resets the ASP session. When this happens all data stored in the web servers memory relating to read topics, login, active users, etc. is lost.

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Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 17 August 2007 at 3:20pm

I'm really not trying to be a pest here, but the menu item just doesn't exist:

I found this in admin_menu.asp:

If (Request.QueryString("C") = "setup" OR Request.QueryString("C") = "admin") AND blnLCode = True

The version check won't appear unless this logic is true. Something here must be failing.

Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 21 August 2007 at 10:04pm

Just to prove to myself that I wasn't losing my mind, I installed a fresh instance of the 9.03 forum under a "test" host name and new database on SQL Express.

The version check and a few other useful tools appeared in the admin menu! Yeah!!

However, to make them go away, enter your registration information. Whoops...

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 27 August 2007 at 9:37am

Some options like this are removed when you enter the license key. The reason being is that when using the brand free option many web designers like to have all trace removed including these options. Don't ask me why.

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Posted By: RadioActiveLamb
Date Posted: 27 August 2007 at 2:31pm

I agree. Seems strange. The Server Compatibility test is handy for those who have paid for the software as-well.

I'm good. Now that I know where to make the change, I'll be able to fix it for each version.