• Improved Active Users List so that it can now be used in the Access version without fear of corrupting the database
• Some new animated emoticons
• Bug fixes

Great -boRg- !

Can you give a quick explanation of what you did to the active users function that makes it work better with Access? I don't expect a huge dissertation on the subject (you've got better things to do with your time) but a simple "I'm using application variables rather than a database update" or whatever would be nice...

Thanks for your hard work.

Very nice feature with the "Member(s) online:"

hey borg, where can we post ideas for the next version? my idea was for an option to be added that when a mod changes something the administrator gets emailed the details..  to supervise the mods like..

Great work Bruce!

-boRg- wrote: Upgrading To upgrade from 7.52a, to 7.6 just replace the changed files listed in the Version History file with the new files.

Should that not be 7.51a or did I miss something

Just would like to know !

In the admin statistics page I get the following error:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01f4'

Variable is undefined: 'SortActiveUsersList'

/forum/admin/statistics.asp, line 450

I also have another problem with new users trying to activate their account. They just get an error message telling them to contact the forum administrator. I can se them but their accounts are not active.

What can I do about this?

NEWBIE question....

Can I use my current 7.51a database with this new revision OR must I use the db that came with the 7.6 version?

-boRg- wrote: You have it exactly right. An array stored at application level is now used to store the active users in the forum. This will mean less hits on the database, but more memory used on the server. So check with your web hosts first that they are OK with you using application level veriables.

3 quick questions:

1.  is MS SQL version also coded in this manner

2.  if ISP doesn't allow app. variables then we would need to turn off active users?

3. is memory usage based on name, ip, author ID or other?

Not wanting to spam, i'd just like to say i like the way the versions are coming out.

I rather have a (patch style) update every few weeks then whole new versions every many months

- Helps understand the forum better
- Use the new funtions sooner
- Improvements are applied faster
- Easier upgrade processes
- Increased interest and tweaking in the applications

only to name some.

Congrats Bruce, you're one hell of a programmer

Supremo wrote: I rather have a (patch style) update every few weeks then whole new versions every many months

Yes, it would be helpful if there was a FULL VERSION and then also an UPGRADE VERSION with just the incremental changes.

It is a pain to download the whole thing just for a couple of files that changed.  And, I would like to look at the version history before downloading to see if I want to upgrade.

I am heavily modifying the forum, and there are some things that I may not want to change. 

Looking at the history file these files have change

1. group_details.asp - fixed javascript bug on page
2. member_control_panel.asp - hyperlink closing tag missing
3. register.asp - same as above
4. email_notify_subscriptions.asp - same as above
5. printer_friendly_posts.asp - changed so that each post is displayed in it's own table so that formatting is not carried over.
6. emoticons_inc.asp - added new emoticons to this file and new images in the smileys folder

The following files are changed for the new non-database active users tracking
1. active_users_inc.asp
2. default.asp
3. active_users.asp
4. functions_common.asp - in both the main forum and admin section
5. statistics.asp

Since I have customized my wwf, would you recommend only updating the first 6 files.  Would that be a safest wat to start the update? 

http://www.mbd2.com/forum/ - www.mbd2.com/forum/

The last files dealing with active users may involve more time then worth at the moment. I have a lot of stats on the front page.

Is there a spead increase too?  Reading above post and little confused.  Running Acess version. 

Thanks

Dale http://www.mbd2.com/forum/ -

ljamal,

I don't agree with you about v7.6 not increasing the speed of these forums for Sql Server.

See my post:

http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=7365&PN=2 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=7365&am p;PN=2

Thanks BoRg

I will have to set some time aside to make the update.

Dale

No problem ljamal,

Just didn't want anyone who read this part of your post

ljamal wrote: Agreed, especially when there very minor changes that don't effect one version. Such as the change for the Active Users which really didn't affect SQL Server users.

and to think that it didn't affect Sql Server Users.  It definitely does.  I only tested Sql Server and the only big change in 7.6 was the change to application variables for tracking Active Users. It has a big affect on both versions. 

A question:

1. group_details.asp - fixed javascript bug on page
2. member_control_panel.asp - hyperlink closing tag missing
3. register.asp - same as above
4. email_notify_subscriptions.asp - same as above
5. printer_friendly_posts.asp - changed so that each post is displayed in it's own table so that formatting is not carried over.
6. emoticons_inc.asp - added new emoticons to this file and new images in the smileys folder

The following files are changed for the new non-database active users tracking
1. active_users_inc.asp
2. default.asp
3. active_users.asp
4. functions_common.asp - in both the main forum and admin section
5. statistics.asp

Is this the only changed files?
Because it's means that you haven't touched the other files, and i think it's not correct, because there is some tiny changes in files, like in Common.asp (change of version).
Is there's any other files with this kind of changes?

I just wanted to say how I love the way the forum is developing. Top maks for keeping up the good work.

There's something wrong in my forum:

1. In my v7.6 forum, it seems that the number of Members online is not correct. For example, my forum has 3 members, but the number I see can be 20 or much more. The name of many of them is strange to me. They are not my members.

2. I have a problem in Unicode support. Sometimes, strange character is shown. Some of my members are Vietnamese and they want to type Vietnamese. How can this be solved?

Thanks.

Back to problem number 1.

I think all guests have the name Guestx, with x is a number. Is it right? And the others, I saw their nicks, but, I have an error message that I cannot view their profiles. I've checked my database, I don't see their registrations.

mbd2 wrote: Since I have customized my wwf, would you recommend only updating the first 6 files.  Would that be a safest wat to start the update?  http://www.mbd2.com/forum/ - www.mbd2.com/forum/ Dale http://www.mbd2.com/forum/ -

Can I get a copy of the skin you use? And what version are you using? I'd like to enable the feature you use for email verification, etc.

RHBurton

I using version 7.5 and I modified my skin file to reflect different holiday seasons.  I have two so far and working on Christmas.  I simply remark out the color not used for that holiday.  email me at mailto:dale@mbd2.com - dale@mbd2.com subject skin file. and I will send you my skin file. 

http://www.mbd2.com/forum/ - http://www.mbd2.com/forum/

Hi! I have 7.5 version and would like to update it yo v7.6
But I can't find 7.51a for download...:-(
May I just perform 7.5 -> 7.6?

Thank you!

Hello everyone...

Firstly, I would like to thank the author for making this utility (and all the other utilities to that matter) free for anyone to use. Then, I want to say that I appreciate the interface, the design, the work, and the effort that has been put into it thus far. Indeed, it is a monumental effort considering the fact that very little is open source for the Windows world. This is revolutionary in a sense.

I wish this were a version for .net and open source at the same time. I have seen free stuff for .net, but not open source in the true sense of the word. With that, I mean that the source code for the .dll files is hidden.

Now, I went ahead and decided to use this tool on my site. However, I am running into some problems. I keep getting an Internal server error. For the most part, I fix the porblems in the code as I go along to make it run smoothly but it just raised a red flag because It is becoming tiring and I sort of feel uncertain what to expect. So, I wondered if I simply did something wrong during the installation or downloaded the wrong version!

Did anyone have to do any custom error fixing in the code, or did the code run smoothly for all of you?

Sincerely,

Nour

-boRg- wrote: You don't need to upgrade to inbetween versions, just upgarde to the latest.

Thank you! I will update board to the latest version...

Dear boRg,

No changes were made to the script mentioned above until after the the errors appeared. I am not sure about the problems with the ADO because I don't own or administer the server itself. I will have to check.

Thanks for your reply,

Sincerely,

Nour

hi borg,

i'm just wondering if there's an easy way to upgrade from version 7.01 - or do i need to upload the new version and stick in the old database?

thanks, emmett

Oke,
I downloaded the 7.6 version, but now 7.6 works on a new database. How do I connect the 7.6 version tot the database of my older 7.01 version.

Maybe a very stupied question, but I can't seem to solve it yet 

Greetings,
Ivar

is it normal to have a message like this after every messages posted in EVERY forum:

< => var google_language="en"; var adHB=true; < = src="http://www.brinkster.com/adplace.js"> < =>wDoL("top","IS2XPLI"); < =>wCls("IS2XPLI"); < =>wDoL("btm","IS2XPLI"); < =>showA("IS2XPLI");

so, whats up with it?!

check this url to see what im talkin about

http://www26.brinkster.com/neosanctuary/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2&PN=1&TPN=1 - http://www26.brinkster.com/neosanctuary/forum/forum_posts.as p?TID=2&PN=1&TPN=1

dangbinh wrote: Thanks. Back to problem number 1. I think all guests have the name Guestx, with x is a number. Is it right? And the others, I saw their nicks, but, I have an error message that I cannot view their profiles. I've checked my database, I don't see their registrations.

R u using a free webhost ? if yes, then this problem will be there as free webhosters share resources to save money which causes these kinda problems.

it happened with me2 but either disable it or move 2 paid webhost.

Very pleased with your answer, india. I do think so. Thank U.

I've been facing another problem.

If I come into my site as a guest, there's nothing to say about. But if I log in with my account, when there is RTE on the screen, error messge boxes appear, that "A runtime error has occured". They always appear when I move my mouse over the RTE. All files are from version 7.6. I've tried re-upload files named beginning with "RTE", the state is not changed.

I also cannot use buttons to define text color, text size,...

What's happening?

A friend of mine says that he doesn't see any error message box, but he could not define text color. He's running WindowsXP, while I'm running Win2K. All critical updates are updated, virus definition is up2date. Is there anything wrong?

I'm hosting on 1ASPHost.com

What can I do now?

PS: I saw another topic named 100mb hosting message  on this forum. Maybe I'm facing the same problem with its creator. But the fact that I cannot define text color happened before 1ASPHost started to add advertisements to my site. I've visited some other forums on http://www.domaindlx.com - www.domaindlx.com and the same thing appears.

I've tried disable the RTE as you, show, but when I clicked on the reply box (how should I call it now?), error message boxes still appear.

Thank you for the great software !

I'm having the same problem when I roll over the text box on my site... and, I'm not using a free host.

The error is a Runtime error, Object Expected.  Line 327.

Here's line 327:

<td align="center"> <a href="JavaScript:openWin('printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=10' ,'printer_friendly','toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=1 ,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=640,height=390')"><img src="forum_images/print_version.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0" alt="Printable version"></a>

Any ideas???
Thanks!

P.S. Not sure if this is related, but for some reason I don't see any file calling the RTE_message_form_js.asp file...

Upgraded from 7.01 to 7.6... get this error...

ADODB.Recordset error '800a0cc1'

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

/forum_topics.asp, line 424

Use SQL Server. Any Ideas?  It works fine under the Active topics (if you select Active Topics) However, choosing a thread within, it doesn't work.. we get this error...

Great Upgrade!

It runs like a champ except for just one minor bug I'm noticing...

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a005e'

Invalid use of Null: 'Replace'

/novvaforums/functions/functions_format_post.asp, line 875

That keeps comming up in the "Printable Version" popup at the very end... It only occurs in topics with more than one post.

It basically cuts off the last post in a topic... Any idea what can be done to fix it?