5.4.0 and php 7.1 upgrade question

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Good to know.
Thanks for your fast response!

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I'm currently running vb 5.3.4 patch level 1 and php 7.0 on ubuntu 16.04.1. I'm interested in upgrading to vb 5.4.0 but see that it is recommended to have php 7.1
I've read that there is no official...

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I see now, I had the HTML turned off but Allow Link BB Code was enabled.
Thanks

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Is there a way to disable HTML in a users signature? Ideally I would like to remove HTML in registered users and keep the HTML in moderators....

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Thanks, this is very helpful.

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Is there a guide somewhere that defines what all the style variables and template names refer too? It seems I'm spending a lot of time making educational guesses and trial and error attempts to see how...

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My banners our 720px wide. When my browser width drops below 720px, the banners are cropped. I'm trying to make them responsive so the entire banner is visible. So far I haven't been able to do this....

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That worked perfect!
Thanks for the fast help

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I moved my forums and database to a local server (localhost) for some testing I want to do. I need to change my site URL but not able to login to do this. http://localhost/admincp directs me to my production...

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When I try to login it opens a mini-window of my forums. Why does it do this and how can I log in? (See attached screen shot)

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Thanks, the spam filter was the problem....

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My new site doesn't mail the registration activation emails like it should. The pop window displays properly after I submit the registration form. All other email features work fine. I've tried different...

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good idea, thanks for you quick response!

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I added a site logo to the header through the site builder Header button. Now I would like to remove the logo but there doesn't seem to be an option for that. Is there something I'm missing?

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I want to have a channel that has to go through a moderation process before it gets posted live. Is it possible to have the moderators for that channel be alerted by email when a post needs to be app...

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We are moving our current forums server to and upgraded server (php 5.3.2 to php 7). Do you know if I can reinstall my vb 4.1.11 to run on php7 and then do the upgrade to vb5?

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I've installed a fresh version of VB5 and would like to import my database from VB4 into my new version of VB5. What's the best approach for me to do this?

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Thanks Wayne, that all make sense. I'll have to dig deeper into the config files to find where to make those changes...

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I renamed the .htaccess and both config files. I added my own database info for the config.php in the core directory like instructed. I installed more PHP modules which helped fix some of the earlier...

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I've done this same VB4 to VB 5.3.3 upgrade on my I-Mac running a localhost without any problems at all. All my upgrade issues came into play when trying to do the same upgrade locally on a ubuntu operating...