VB4 vs VB3 Security?

[|Jordan|]

Yeah, but despite its age and the fact that most VB sites are still using it (at least based on what ive seen), it's been getting targeted by hackers a lot less often.

I know Internet Brands...

[|Jordan|]

With all the recent security issues VB4 has been having, is it really worth upgrading a VB3 forum to VB4? More features dont really matter to me, its the security that matters.

VB3 has...

[|Jordan|]

Nevermind. I figured it out by replacing the if statement from the newthread button (in FORUMDISPLAY template) with:

<vb:if condition="$GLOBALS[forumid] == 11">
...

[|Jordan|]

Problem is, new posts for these forums are made via a form and i still want users to be able to reply to the created threads.

[|Jordan|]

I have 3 forums where posting threads are disabled for everyone (even admins). How do i disable the "Post New Thread" button just for these forums?

[|Jordan|]

A few months ago Facebook discontinued their connection API. Doesnt this mean that its impossible for facebook accounts to register on a forum?

[|Jordan|]

I renamed content.php to news.php and i updated the index.php file to point to it. But when i click on a news article, it still goes to content.php, how do i fix this?

[|Jordan|]

Isint that a high? I remember in the VB3 days that if your forum home had more than 30 queries, it was excessive.

[|Jordan|]

Is it normal for the CMS to have a high number of queries? My CMS has 44 queries with all widgets disabled and 46 queries with all widgets enabled. Is there any way to decrease the queries? Im already...

[|Jordan|]

I'm trying to design a style for my site and i got everything squished into 800 pixels wide, but im facing a problem with the member page.

You can see what im talking about in the attached...

[|Jordan|]

Ah, now i understand.

Sometimes you've gotta dumb it down for us common folk.

[|Jordan|]

The field isint empty for all users. For users that have the field filled out it doesnt display for them either.

The field displays fine when used in postbit, but it does not display at...

[|Jordan|]

The custom fields are not set to private, i dont understand why they dont display. They display fine in the postbit though.

You can see on this thread above the signature is the steam graphic....

[|Jordan|]

All the profile fields that im testing for have content in them (some users), but despite that, the content still doesnt show up in any users' line.

Even if i put the field without the if...

[|Jordan|]

Template: showgroups_usergroupbit
Page: http://www.gamers-union.net/showgroups.php

<tr>
    <td class="$bgclass"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$user[userid]">$user[musername]</a></td>

...

[|Jordan|]

I tried that, it isint working. Here's one of the codes from the default template:



My code follows the same $user[fieldX] and it still doesnt display....

[|Jordan|]

Im trying to edit my showgroups.php page to display data from custom profile fields.

I can't get any data from my custom profile fields to display. I've tried <if condition="$us...

[|Jordan|]

Wouldn't that be negated by using a caching system like Xcache?

I have a little question myself, can i replace a vbulletin phrase with text? Because im trying to do that and so far it isint...

[|Jordan|]

Are 3.7 plugins compatible with 3.8 ? or has the code changed so much that its 100% that they are no longer compatible?