This is the latest release of Web Wiz Forums, version 7, this latest beta version, beta 3, now also includes an SQL Server version as well as an Access version.

Many months and thousands of hours have gone into the development of version 7 of Web Wiz Forums, to bring you one of the most feature rich ASP BBS systems available, bring it in line with many of the advanced PHP and CGI BBS systems that have been available for many years.

Until now those using ASP have been limited to either paying vast amounts of money for ASP BBS systems or using free limited BBS systems. Well now you can get the following advanced features for free with Web Wiz Forums:-

• New faster forum engine
• Higher security 
• 160bit Encryption of passwords 
• Stored Procedures (SQL Server Version) for superior performance 
• HTML WYSIWYG post editor for Windows IE5+ users 
• Message text formatting 
• Animated Emoticon/Similes images 
• Avatar Gallery
• Unlimited User Groups 
• Private messaging
• Forum polls 
• Ladder system for member groups (optional)
• IP banning
• Email and email domain banning
• More powerful security options, select which groups can view, reply, post, etc. in each forum you setup
• Malicious code filters for higher security
• Multiple admins
• Improved email notification, subscribe and unsubscribe to any forum or topic
• Profile now includes AOL, MSN, Yahoo, etc. messaging details
• User configurable time off-set
• Image and file uploading (server components required)
• Larger avatars
• Last visit time stored in database for those using multiple computers
• Post preview for all posts
• Forum statistics
• Built-in email messager
• Private messenger system
• Active Topics Page
• Member groups 
• Create private password protected forums
• Images, hyper-links, FTP, and e-mail address can be added to posts
• Signature Preview
• Printer friendly version of posts for Topic printing
• Attach signature to messages
• Message quoting and editing
• Hot topics and new posts icons
• Guest posting (optional)
• E-mail activation of new memberships accounts (optional)
• COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) compliance
• Lock Forums for maintenance
• Lock old or closed Topics
• Move Topics between Forums
• Move Posts between Topics and Forums
• Set Forum Moderators
• Unlimited Topics, Posts, and Members
• Terms of Service agreement
• Email notification to forum members of replies to posts
• Email forgotten passwords to users at login
• Email topic to a friend
• Welcome e-mail sent to new users
• Support for Microsoft's CDONTS and CDOSYS, w3 JMail, Persists AspEmail, and ServerObjects AspMail components
• Extensive web based password protected Administration and Configuration Centre
• Searchable members list
• Message, Subject and Author full Search facilities
• Language file for easy conversion for non-English web sites
• Additional language files available
• Stored Procedures used on SQL Server version for higher performance
• Suspend or delete unwanted users accounts
• Configurable Bad word filter
• Anti-spam settings
• Forum statistics
• Active Users List, see who's on the forum at that time
• Auto Login
• Log-off user
• Cascading Style Sheets  
• Delete Topics or individual Posts by Forum Administrator and Moderators
• Well structured and commented code for simple modification and for learning
• Versions available for Access 97/2000/2002 and SQL Server 7.0/2000
• On-line database creation script for SQL Server 7.0/2000 version
• + hundreds of new features

Download the beta version new from:-
http://www.webwiz.net/web_wiz_forums/forum_download.asp - http://www.webwiz.net/web_wiz_forums/forum_download.asp

k... downloaded and installed the SQL version of b3...

installed it again... same problems.  It doesn't say beta 2 anymore, but it still says 'access denied' for the configuration and the forum setup.

I think I'll just wait until this is final.

You can't have set it up correctly, delete the database and try again as there should be no problem.

It still says version 7.0 beta 2 in the bottom of the forum - even in this forum...

Or am I missing something ?

It says beta 3 on mine!

Clear your cache!

Nice Job Borg! :) 

Beta 3 looks great. I do have a bug report.  It very well could be a user error but I thought I would share it.

When I created or replying to a topic and at the bottom above the post reply there is the chick box for Enable Forum Codes. If you click on the forum codes link a window pops up with some font info.  Under images and links if you click on my link nothing happens and if you click on my email I get a 404 error.  Also under the smilies, if you click on one from this window I got a debug error box.  The smilies work fine if you just click on them from the reply window.  I only get the problem when I click on them from the forum codes window.  I even tried it on this form with the same result.

Thanks,

^^^^^^^ I experienced the same as the above poster.  Also I dont know if this is a bug but when I use Dundas upload manager if I try to upload a jpeg with an uppercase .JPG extension, the Forum Code drops the file extension completely and the picture doesnt show up in the post.

[ P H u N K Y wrote: ]] It says beta 3 on mine! Clear your cache!

It was fixed  

(it was not my cache)

judo2000 wrote: Beta 3 looks great. I do have a bug report.  It very well could be a user error but I thought I would share it. When I created or replying to a topic and at the bottom above the post reply there is the chick box for Enable Forum Codes. If you click on the forum codes link a window pops up with some font info.  Under images and links if you click on my link nothing happens and if you click on my email I get a 404 error.  Also under the smilies, if you click on one from this window I got a debug error box.  The smilies work fine if you just click on them from the reply window.  I only get the problem when I click on them from the forum codes window.  I even tried it on this form with the same result. Thanks,

The forum codes pop up window is not for clicking on to add to your post, it is only there to show you what the forum codes look and display like.

Hi,

In my site run version 6.3 of Web Wiz Forum, but i download the version 7 beta 3.

Can i import my database to 7 beta 3??

Str8Dog wrote: Ok I have a fresh DB install. The render time on the default page is crazy long with only one active session.... This page was generated in 32.1758 seconds.

Unless you have 100 odd forums or the server you are on is very overloaded there is noway it would take this long to load up. The new version with the same amount of forums in tests takes less than quater the amount of time to load up over version 6 of the forum as there is many less database queries and only now two recordsets for the page over 6 in the previous version.

Could you tell me how you created the access version as i seem to be haveing a problem doing that

I origanily was using the acccess 2000 version 6.43 of the forum and i had no problems since it came with its ready made wwForum.mdb file

p.s great forum work i was abel to get version 6.43 running on my iss server within the first hour and i hardley know anything about asp ..

keep up the great work

Can I use the danish language file from the language file download page in version 7 ?

Or is it only compatible with older versions of the forum ?

In other words: they have to be rewritten ?

BTW - v. 7 looks real nice

No offical language files.

If you ask around you may find one for version 7.

Will this version support MYSQL or can it be modified?

George

Just one question.

I think that the new forum is more better then older one. More security and better design.

But, I have one question:

How can I transfer my old forum database to new forum? I've tried with simple copying old posts into new database, but with no success.

Is transfer of old database possible?

Thank you in advance...

mstrujic wrote: Just one question. I think that the new forum is more better then older one. More security and better design. But, I have one question: How can I transfer my old forum database to new forum? I've tried with simple copying old posts into new database, but with no success. Is transfer of old database possible? Thank you in advance...

This has been discussed a few times. People are working on an update script and is (hopefully) planned to be out with the final v7. It is beta right now so there is no real reason trying to get it to work with old posts.

Nigel sent me a brilleant one today, I shall try and upload it soon, but it runs off line on your own computer and basically copies all the data across from the old database to the new one, all done in access 2000.

Also as it copies all the data across to the new db it doesn't matter so much about adding a few new fields to the db as it is coping the data across instead on upgrading the old db.

GREAT job. One small problem: Create 2 categories, 2 forums in each category. Create one topic in first forum first category. reply to it. The frum will display Topics 1, Posts 2 for the Topic. Now, move the topic with the reply to another topic, or in another category. The "Topics" and "Posts" will remain for the old place where we don't have the topic anymore, and is 0, 0 for the place we moved the topic in.

Topic and posts counts are recalculated each time a post is made in the forum, for other things sometimes it is not possible like when moving posts, in these times if you cleck on the little admin control panel sign next to a forum you get some extra options (need to be logged in as admin) one of these options is to resync posts and topic counts for that forum. There is also an option in the admin area to resync post and topic counts for all forums.

i ran this script, it carried over most all settings.  a few minor things can be reworked, but for the most part, it's great!  when it converted, i ran the forums and the member counts were correct but there were zeros in all the forums, so i ran the admin - resync util and they all went back to normal.

Quick question borg, right now i have v6.34 Access - and will upgrade tothe v7 sql2k version.  i ran the upgrade, that gave me v7 access, if i do the MS access upgrade util and then pop in the SQL version of the forum files, should i expect or anticipate any big probs?  don't know if this has been done, i am goign to try it in a few days.

I love to penetrate others with often ask questions. ;)

whats the present status of the forum? :)

excuse my bad english....

I all of the started having a problem with my new forum.  It was working fine and now I get the following error:

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0cc1'

Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal.

/beta/forum/common.asp, line 226

which is the string blnFlashFiles = CBool(rsCommon("Flash"))

For grins and giggles I downloaded the forum again and tried using the default database and it worked fine.  If I use the converted database, i get that error. 

if I delete the lines:

blnFlashFiles = CBool(rsCommon("Flash"))
blnShowMod = CBool(rsCommon("Show_mod"))

the forums work fine.  Any ideas?

yes, ty for deleting my post here. an explanation of why would be nice. or maybe you dont want anybody to know about the Netscape issue?

no offense was intended.

It allowes the user to register but they don't receive a confirmation email.  What can I do to get the error to go away?

The URL to my forum is http://www.ocsirt.org/forum/default.asp - www.ocsirt.org/forum/default.asp

lost password page doesnt work

there is no link in the login page for the lost password page and when i try to go to lost password directly it redirects me to default

firestarter1984 wrote: lost password page doesnt work there is no link in the login page for the lost password page and when i try to go to lost password directly it redirects me to default

After you posted your message I checked mine and it also didn't work.  

All you need to do is log on as the administrator and go to the email notification setup area.  Configure the information and it will work.  Call your web host to find out what email configuration you should use.

After converting base and installation of the new version of a forum I began to receive this message on a mistake

Please help me.

Well - so far I've been able to figure out my problems.  But there are a few I can't.  The first one is when I post a poll, I get the following error:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a005e'

Invalid use of Null: 'CLng'

/forum/includes/poll_display_inc.asp, line 102

I did change my poll options to use up to 25 settings.  I don't know if that is what's causing it.  If it is, how do I get around that.

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Another thing, how do you change the colors in the color dropdown list?  I would like to remove the white & yellow colors because I have a white background.  I tried just deleting it, but that didn't work.  Instead of the colors, it shows me the code.

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Finally - from the admin section, I am unable to email members.  It gives me the following error:

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0cc1'

Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal.

/forum/admin/member_mailier.asp, line 73

Now, last time I got that error, it was because I was missing some fields in the database.  However, I'm unsure of which field I am missing.  When I compare it to the database the comes with the forums, it has all the fields.

The only problem I got is with the date time configurations, I couldn't sincronyse the date time in the rest of my site, because the forum just stop to work. But I think that is a good work anyway.

boRg if you want a portuguese language files full translated I could send it to you, just ask for it.

My pleasure!!!

Is this the full version of 7 or is that to come later? Cos, I really don't want to mod a beta and then have to do it again...

The latest version you are able to download is version 7 beta 3 but this board is 7 beta 4.  The full version is yet to come.

I've just got to say (upon my triumphant return) good work fellows, the new version just seems to get better and better.

egg

judo2000 wrote: The latest version you are able to download is version 7 beta 3 but this board is 7 beta 4.  The full version is yet to come.

The full version will be released when I finsh writing it which all depends on how much other work I have to do, how much time I spend in the pub, how much time I spend getting my van together for the summer, etc. etc.

It's at the bootm of the main forum page, but it needs enabling in the admin section on access versions of the forum, as access can't cope with the cosntent updates on busy boards required for the active users and so often courses the database to become corrupted.

If you are using the access version I only recommend that you enable the active users list if your forum isn't very busy.

I have only one problem using the post.

When I try to upload a image / file in a post I get the following error. 

Persits.Upload.1 error '800a001a'
Access is denied.
/forum/functions/functions_upload.asp, line 113

I configured the the file and image upload configuration.  I called my web host and they said to use Persits AspUpload.  So that is what I selected.  Can anyone explain to me what I need to do to correct this problem.

The instructions say I will need to make sure that the upload folder has write permissions and is inside the root of your website.

How do I give the folder write permissions? 

-boRg- wrote: It's at the bootm of the main forum page, but it needs enabling in the admin section on access versions of the forum, as access can't cope with the cosntent updates on busy boards required for the active users and so often courses the database to become corrupted. If you are using the access version I only recommend that you enable the active users list if your forum isn't very busy.

What would you say is "isn't very busy"? 10-15 active users? 50-100?
Thx!

. necronom .

For extra icons, I'm guessing you mean smilies?

If so, MadDog has a mod for this at

http://www.maddogs-asp.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46&PN=1 - http://www.maddogs-asp.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46&PN=1

-boRg- wrote: The full version will be released when I finsh writing it which all depends on how much other work I have to do, how much time I spend in the pub, how much time I spend getting my van together for the summer, etc. etc.

Beer and vehicular shenanigans must always take precendence over such matters... good on you...

Any chance of a 'serve beer' or a 'delete knobhead from pub' button on the forum? I'd be eternally grateuful...

doublelfan wrote: I noticed the report post link on here...is this a modification from beta3 to beta 4 or am I just blind and missing the admin option?

I'm pretty sure is from b3 to b4

After loggin in as administrator I get this: Variable is undefined: 'strTxtLockForumAlert' . In none of the languagefiles I can find this variable...

details: using wwf b3 (original files)

any ideas?

bob

i was wondering....

can you add a single person as a moderator?

or does it have to be a Group Level?

like so could you have...

"Moderators: Moderator Group, Member Name, Admin Group"

Scotty_32 wrote: i was wondering.... can you add a single person as a moderator? or does it have to be a Group Level? like so could you have... "Moderators: Moderator Group, Member Name, Admin Group"

No.  But you could make seperate groups for each person and name them the same as their username.  Then set that group's rights to those of moderators.  That way it would look like it's showing the individual's name even though it's still showing groups.  Also allows for easier ability to make one person admin of one topic but not another.

bobski wrote: After loggin in as administrator I get this: Variable is undefined: 'strTxtLockForumAlert' . In none of the languagefiles I can find this variable... details: using wwf b3 (original files) any ideas? bob

Maybe you got a corrupted version of the file.
Try re-downloading the forum and/or re-uploading the forum or even try to add at language.asp

Constr strTxtLockForumAlert = "u mesg here"

Thx Guys,

I uploaded the forum once more and now it's okay. Somehow something must have been corrupted (not the database, I repaired that)

Second thing I had to do was setup a DNS, somehow the wwf3b doesn't work dns-less (in my case)

well... ev is ok now!

bob

Excuse my ignorance but am I able to use beta 3 'msSQL_server_setup.asp' on an existing SQL database WITHOUT DAMAGING EXISTING TABLES & DATA

OR

am I ill advised to use beta 3 on a working version of 6.34??

I've got an 'Active Topics' problem that I would love to leave behind by 'upgrading' to V7b3

id like to request sum stuff

(id like the Forum like "yesterday" like sum people on the site, but hay!)

i think it would be kool if you could add users to moderate a Forum, and not just a "Group" cose sumone said you'd have to set up groups for each person which wouldnt be that good really

damm i forgot the second

Scotty_32 wrote: I think it would be kool if you could add users to moderate a Forum, and not just a "Group" cose sumone said you'd have to set up groups for each person which wouldnt be that good really

Actually, priviledge base on groups make more sense cuz that sorta bases on MS windows

To design your way, one would have to ask "how many moderators do you likely to set up to moderate a forum?" Not many. How are u gonna display them individually on the forum? Not feasible. How are you gonna control all their priviledges? Go into each user and set them?  Easier to set a whole group and when there are fewer groups in combination of different priv than there are users of different priviledges.

Sorry if I confuse you.

I lost the information in my database - I am not sure how I did it but I did.  The usernames, passowords, threads, posts and everything else is gone. I have kept a daily back up of the database so how do/can I retrive the files?

"boyohboy"

wot i ment was, id like to be able to add "Groups" AND "Users" to Moderate a Forum,

think of it like this, wot if you want lets say "Moderator Group" AND just 1 person to mod a forum? and you only want to have that 1 user mod on that 1 forum?

so you see, id like to have Groups AND Users,

i understand that if you have like over 10 moderatin a forum it would better to use a Group, but wot if you only want just 2 users? and you dont want them to Mod on an other forum?

It would make it extremly complex, not just from a programming point of view, but also from a user point of view to have two systems, one where moderators can moderate a forum becuase of there group and another sepporate system where you can set individual users to moderate sepporate forums.

well, you could always Check the "-WebWizGuid Fourm Skins" but i think they will be released when the FINAL V7 is released, Plavua (soz forgot how to spell ya name) has made a couple and posted em in the Skins part of this sites forum

umm i was wondering....

why do you have a "Read Only New Posts" icon?

i mean if its Read only there cant be any new posts, cose you cant post to it, there for it dont really make sence... anyone wanna tell me why we have a Locked Topic New Posts icon?

(just as proof ill post it below )

Open Forum [no new posts]	Read Only [no new replies]	Password Required
Open Forum [new posts]	Read Only [new posts]	No Access

Well... just because you have Read Only access doesn't mean everyone has...

A different group might have full access to that forum and can happily post all the messages they like, making some new replies for you to read...

no, "Locked" means NO ONE can post, not even the Admin

if you cant post in it, (cose ya lets say a Guest) it has the No Access

so i dont get the "Locked (new posts)" icon

I thought that icon legend at the bottom referred to what access you have to the forum - not the locked state of the forum

am i wrong there?

oh  oh well
i might be wrong, you might be wrong
who knows
i sure as hell dont

well still if  means theres a new post in the topic how can ya have a new post in a closed topic?

hang on... i was wrong... if you have read only access to a topic it still shows the normal topic icon...

BUT

maybe since last time you visited there were some new replies and THEN the topic was locked

that would explain it

i think

i dunno  i'm confusing meself now...

Quite easy really.

The Topic is locked as at the time you are viewing it but contains Posts you have not read and you are not prevented from so doing. Therefore, it may not have been locked when you last viewed the Topic but in any event someone HAS been able to post since.

A Moderator can unlock, reply and relock immediately of course.

Hope this helps
Nigel

now play borg's part in this and translate that into asp
(without looking at the code.. haha)

Set using combination of 3 parameters -
Locked Y/N
Permission to view Y/N
New Posts since last visit Y/N

So 8 possibilities.

Seriously djscout, you are absolutely right - Never forget the hard work and tortuous logic Borg has produced. Above all, what a fabulous job he has made of it. I am the first to take my hat off to him

Take care
Nigel