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[prisoner 24601]

I don't run 4, but I saw the same issue after upgrading to the newest 3.8.x patch.

1. Under vBulletin Options : Site Name/URL/Contact Details, set the forum URL to what it says when you...

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> No such thing as a stupid question.
Yes. Yes, there is.

Example: I'm a computer tech. User calls me up and says the computer doesn't start. He watches me walk to the computer....

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It's got a few more features, it's a bit easier to administrate and it'll have support for a longer time.

I haven't upgraded my forums because there's a bug with teh search engine (I reported...

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I hope to clear up some confusion:

* You pay your $175 and you can download 3.8.5 OR 4.0.x OR both. You can use 3.8.5 as your "production" forum and 4.0.x as your test forum...

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You need to type ....

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> last year I spent over $1000 on a custom vb3.8 skin and graphics and it's pretty cool
Then please remember that, unless your theme developer keeps up with the vBulletin revisions, you're stuck...

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"Put everything back" is a little vague. Best steps:

1. You backed up everything, including your database and forum directory, right?
2. Restore your backup. That's...

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I'd say that you might want to check permissions on the /forums/admincp folder on the server.

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A couple questions:

* Which version of vBulletin?
* Which browser are you using to upload? Did you try another browser? Does anyone else have a problem?
* Do you have any...

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Yes, you can. It's pretty simple to do that with phpMyAdmin, for instance.

Standard cautions: backup everything. Make backups of your backups. Make sure your backups work. If you've...

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Yes. It's also the recommended way of doing things when you go to 4.x (I asked, earlier).

As to the other issue, I saw a similar problem in 4.0.x and I think there was a fix posted. You...

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The working code, in a PNG snapshot. The big issue is to make sure you don't use {option}.

By the way, the code to make BBCode not run in a post is [noparse]....

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Ah. Two different issues.

First, on the BOLD issue, I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the Replacement Variable Manager really does just replace text with text, not BBCode entries. Especially...

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http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/what_is_sticky

They need Moderator rights or better. You might want to check on vBulletin.org to see if there's a mod that can give this right to other...

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The login issues are probably caused by the "cookie salt" changes in 3.8.4pl2 and later and probably can be resolved the same way: user has to log out and then delete his cookie for your forum...

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I can think of a few ways to do it with phpMyAdmin -- i.e. emptying database tables in SQL -- then you'd have to run several maintenance scripts in the ACP. You can mass-delete users in the ACP, but...

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Appropriate manual entry: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/bb_code

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First, I think borbole's idea will work to a point. The problem will be if the MODs installed/created multiple database tables.

So, here's another procedure:

I've done this...

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There have been known issues about using Firefox 3.6.x and vBulletin (see http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...ting-on-forums --...

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I don't question questions anymore.

Admin Control Panel -> Custom BB Codes -> Add New BB Code

Please look in the vBulletin manual on how to create BBcodes.