Server OS reload = no vBulletin forum!!!

[JVRudnick]

Hello all..
had a runaway server, so had to do a complete OS reload and then restore from backups. DID make the mySQL backups too. Reinstalled everything...

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[JVRudnick]

thanks Steve..that worked out fine.

:-)

Jim

[JVRudnick]

Yes...but

thanks Steve....that is the way to do this...however...that removes the actual forum category and the 2 forums beneath completely if someone is a guest.

what I...

[JVRudnick]

Hello all.

wondering...is it possible to let GUESTS view some forums but not others without forcing them to Register?

anyone know?

Jim

[JVRudnick]

Thanks Steve...all is ALMOST well...

my forum is backup and running....but for a small problem. in phpAdmin, it reports that 6 tables are "in use" - and when I try to repair them...

[JVRudnick]

Hey all..

using Plesk/w2k3/IIS6....and MailenablePro.

I have a website that I'm in the process of rebuilding, and it's a vBulletin forum. The thing is, that until it's up...

[JVRudnick]

Hmm...

I have full RDC to the server, as it's my own ded server. So I logged in, stopped mySQL, copied the folder with the dbase etc in it over to the proper Data folder under mySQL, then...

[JVRudnick]

Hello all...

after a rather violent spam/virus attack, my server is backup and running fine (w2k3/IIS6) and my forum - www.teen-terminal.com is the problem. It uses a mySQL dbase, and I...

[JVRudnick]

Resolved

For others who may get the same error message with the same setup...

It seems that somehow, the folder that contains the php directory to allow the group users to...

[JVRudnick]

Thank You Steve..

but the 'host' is me! it's my own ded server..and I've made no changes etc to the basic php/forum setup in months...

can I ask, might you know how to "re-work"...

[JVRudnick]

my apologies...i'm totally beyond my ken here.....

Jim

[JVRudnick]

great! Now when you try to even enter a post I get the forumdisplay.php page with that same error up top above the header....

Warning: file(http://teen-terminal.com/forums/gallery/cran...

[JVRudnick]

me again, and now on our teen forum I get this up top above the Header...

Warning: file(http://teen-terminal.com/forums/gallery/crandom.php): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!...

[JVRudnick]

Our teen forum (www.teen-terminal.com) has been running nicely on php and vB and today about an hour ago, all of a sudden I get errors on screens...

like this --
PHP has encountered...

[JVRudnick]

ahh...I see others have already commented on this...and I AGREE TOTALLY with Grover et al.

WE NEED to be able to setup and manage our banning functionality -- much better than exists now....

[JVRudnick]

dang...that wouda' been great!

is it on a wish list somewheres?

Jim

[JVRudnick]

is there a way in vBull for the MODs themselves to be able to ban an IP?

So far, the only way that I, an admin can do so is by logging in as an Admin.

???

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[JVRudnick]

thanks Steve...too bad there aint an OVERALL checkbox that coulda done the same thing...but I did it one by one....sigh...

Jim

[JVRudnick]

Hello all...

After digging thru the 3.5 Admin area, I can NOT find a spot to allow a MOD, when removing a thread to click the "Physically remove this thread" radio button....

[JVRudnick]

Are you sure? I think you are....but...well...

okay, I hear you..but this is so very stubborn as a problem. Here's the email itself (pared down) that you can quite easily see that yes,...