Search Function on forums
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Printed Date: 07 April 2026 at 2:29am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Search Function on forums
Posted By: Talon
Subject: Search Function on forums
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 5:53am
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I noticed that when doing a search on web wiz forums, that it is possible to see the TOPIC line of the private group rooms, by the general public and members. Is it possible to set the forums so that any SEARCH queries do not pull topic information from private rooms?
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:47am
It shouldn't do this.
Is the forum password protected on using the permissions system to prevent access?
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Posted By: Talon
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 11:47am
The permissions are set per group. So there is a private group of members allowed into these private rooms merely by changing their status to a this group by the admin.
Although we upgraded the database to v9, we are using the old version 7 forum interface. I looked in the forum admin pages and could not find where I could set up passwords for access to the private forums which are set up via group permissions.
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Posted By: Talon
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 12:16pm
boRg,
This morning I put a password on the two private rooms we have on our overall forum, and the SEARCH function using a normal user account reveals Topic Information (not the message body) from the Private Rooms.
Is there anything in the version 7 interface that can disable Search Queries from revealing anything from the private rooms? Or maybe something from Version 9 forums that can be used in a version 7 interface?
Again, our database is secured and upgraded to version 9.
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 12:27pm
You shouldn't run a version 9 database with version 7 as you will end up with a corrupted database.
You need to be using the database for the version you are running.
Upgrading your database and not the frontend will not secure your forum, as the database simply stores the data, it's the code in the frontend which reads, writes, and manipulates the data.
If you have updated your database to version 9 then update your frontend to version 9 ASAP before you end up loosing the lot by corrupting the database.
This will also sortout the issue you mention with version 7's search tools as version 9 has new improved, more secure, search tools (this is the code not the database).
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Posted By: Talon
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 12:41pm
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