Retrieve remote file and reference locally

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I regret I have to share many of the sentiments here. I was initially excited to hit the vb5 demo page looking forward to seeing how the vB development team were bang on track to right all the previous...

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I had that thought as I started reading this thread. I wonder what the hell happened that vBulletin 4 went from seemingly being the absolute worst product known to man, to becoming the greatest thing...

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When the option "Retrieve remote file and reference locally" is checked on our site, it results in a red x error. I assume this would be triggered by a PHP configuration server setting. What...

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I see you've successfully reproduced the issue we've all been reporting. But is any priority given to fixing these bugs with Impex anymore? I know Jerry would have sorted this out within days when he...

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I suggest you open Impex and have a look for yourself if you don't believe me. vBulletin 4 target is in there as a target board option.

I know it's trying to use vB3 schema for attachments...

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vBulletin 4 support was introduced back in December 2009:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...=1#post1882675

As Trevor...

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What did you mean by this Paul:



There is a vBulletin 4 importer built into the current public impex build. You get to choose between vBulletin 3.x and 4.x as target when you...

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Are you seeing DB errors when you attempt to import attachments? If so it's a known issue and a ticket in the bug tracker is open about it:
http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/IMPX-400
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Yes it's a bug in the attachments import step introduced in v1.103.

I reported it here also:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...-attachments-i...

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I've noticed the current version of Impex is running into database issues when attempting to import attachments into vBulletin 4.x systems. I'm having to manually create the following tables in order...

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Looking to patch a 4.1.0 PL2 site I'm seeing this in the patch package:
install/includes/class_upgrade.php

Does this need to be run in some way? Your announcement says no db changes...

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Of course not. But as has been demonstrated since the IB acquisition played out, it is very difficult to recreate a team that shares the same amount of passion, vision, talent and chemistry as those who...

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Irritating maybe but he's not too far wide of the truth with his assessments of the situation. I've been caught up in a few of these deals myself, and never have things ended particularly well for customers...

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The link points to the patch for 3.8.4-3.8.5:
softwareid=vb_patch384

Changing the ID to softwareid=vb_patch386 appears to work.

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FYI: the patch links in the members area are for 3.8.4-3.8.5 security fix.

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The phrase is not installed on 3.8.5. So I think it's safe.

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Can you not just use the 3.8.5 version of the FAQ script?

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Sorry I meant bypass running the upgrade.php script. There are logistical reasons why we want to do this.

Obviously we skip implementing the template changes but none are required in this...

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Hi guys,

Would it be safe to bypass the installation script to upgrade forums running 3.8.5 and bring them up to 3.8.6?

I believe there is one MySQL query that needs to be...

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Hey Jerry

Glad to know you are still around in some capacity. I hope you can get a look at my ticket soon.

I did a manual compare through 350 posts that contained <span>...