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I wouldn't go for any *nuke thing... both php and post nuke are overbloated and complicated... Well, that's just my personal opinion, though. As I said earlier, give it a try, it's the only way you'll know if it fits your needs

You have to upload the image to a folder on your website and then put an IMG tag here, pointing to the image's URL. So imagine your site is www.gurlsite.com and you uploaded the image with the "screen.jpg" name to the root of your public_html folder: the code you'd have to put here would be this: >[IMG=http://gurlsite.com/screen.jpg] Hope this helps EDIT: Oops... Head Guru beat me to it...

OK, so I was really sleepy last night and my explanation was worthless... Here's a (hopefully) better one (although Rickvz already posted it too): phpBB's templates are separated for each of the webpages' sections. You have a general template for the header, a general template for the footer and several templates for the body depending on which page you're browsing. So if you're looking at the forums index.php page, it will load the "overall_header.tpl", "index_body.tpl" and "overall_footer.tpl" templates. If you go to another page, it will load the corresponding "*_body.tpl" template and so on. These *.tpl files are stored in a directory named "templates" in the root of your phpBB installation. Inside that directory you'll find one other directory, named "subSilver". This is the directory for the "subSilver" theme. If you install other themes, you'll have to create the corresponding directories here. But for now, go inside the "subSilver" directory and take a look. You have all the template files there The one you're looking for is "overall_header.tpl". Inside, after scrolling down a little (or perhaps it's easier if you use the find command from your editor), you'll find the following code: ><td><a href="{U_INDEX}"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif" border="0" alt="{L_INDEX}" vspace="1" /></a></td> You want to change the {U_INDEX} to the URL of your website (keep the "" around it). You'll probably also want to change the {L_INDEX} to some other text - this is the text that will popup if you hold the mouse cursor for a couple of seconds over the logo. There. I hope this helps you out.

Twisted, what's that b2 thing you're talking about? I searched google for it but I found nothing that resembles a CMS (Content Management System). Can you point me an URL? Thanks in advance. EDIT: OK, forget it, a second attempt on google brought me my answer: http://cafelog.com/ Thanks anyway

I'd say they both have the same level of difficulty regarding instalation. As for using them.... I don't know for sure, since I only used MT for a few days to give it a try. It seemed a little strange during the first minutes but then it became clear and I found it pretty easy to work with. Perhaps easier than phpBB but then again, it's two completely different pieces of software with different purposes, so I don't think I can compare them just like that But you don't have to learn PERL to use MT. Give it a try, it's pretty simple to install and it's the only way you'll find if it suits your needs. Suggestion: don't install the .cgi files in the CGI-BIN directory (read the instalation instructions to know what I'm talking about). Instead put all of the files in the same directory and make the .CGI files executable (chmod 755). It'll save you some trouble.

PerlDesk is a commercial script (perldesk.com) so I don't think TCH will just throw it in a reseller account... Check out perldesk.com for more information - by the way, they also have PerlBill (perlbill.com)which is PerlDesk's big brother with some nice extra features.

TO change the link, find the HTML code that looks like this: ><a href="http://www.desertduckflyers.com/forums/index.php"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif" /></a> and change the URL text string right next to "href" in the begginning of the line. It's plain HTML, you should learn it NOTE: I'm almost falling asleep so my explanations might not be very clear. Let me know if this is the case and I'll try to make it clear. As for the calendar, I believe that phpBB does have a calendar add-on. Go to phpbb.com and look for it. Also try searching google for "phpbb calendar" or "phpbb mod".

First of all I'd like to recall you that Open Source software does not necessarily mean free... The "free" of Free Software (which is a different thing from Open Source Software - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-softwar...or-freedom.html ) doesn't mean the software is free - it means YOU are free to do what you want with it (sort of). This can be a little confusing but I won't go into details here. You can check out the GNU and Free Software Foundation homepage for more information about Free Software and Open Source. Just think about it this way: Open Source means that the software's source code is available to the public - it does not mean the software is free. "'Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free'' as in 'free speech', not as in 'free beer'." As for the authentication thing, here's a few links you might want to try: http://google.com - search for 'php auth system' (why do people keep forgetting about this?) http://zend.com http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/webd....asp?ct=21&ob=3 (http://www.tutorialfind.com/ for tutorials about other things) http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/progra.../php/index.html (http://hotwired.lycos.com/ for tutorials on other things) http://phpbuilder.com http://www.sitepoint.com/ Good luck!

You may want to try mnogosearch. I can't remember the web address but if you search google it will certainly get you there And while you're at it, why not search for "php search engine", or "perl search engine" too?

Well, the first thing I can tell you to learn about security is: don't use an Access database! Actually, don't use IIS, either... OK, don't start a flame war here about how good or bad MS products are, ok? Seriously, now. About the PHP scripts being visible to every user on the server: that only happens if the server is not configured properly. TCH's servers don't allow me to see any files that don't belong to me, whether I use FTP or CPanel to browse the filesystem. So you don't need to worry about that, your passwords would be secure in a PHP script. Well, at least as secure as anything on a webserver can be As for the rest of your problem, a good approach would be to, as kweilbacher already said, to keep the database server behind a firewall, not available to the outside, and create your scripts (on the TCH server) to access the database through a 'proxy' or something... or you can also configure your database server to allow only your webserver to access the database, though this poses a security risc...

If any limit is to be imposed, I'd prefer it to be 30 seconds. Not more than that. Here's why: as some people already mentioned, some times we need to test scripts and so we need the ability to send/receive several e-mails in just a minute or less. And another thing, that I don't think anyone mentioned: what if I need to send an urgent e-mail and get blocked by the server? What about receiving an urgent e-mail? It happened to me before: I needed to receive an e-mail with some important stuff and I was already late for class (the stuff I needed was for the class). I didn't manage to get the e-mail, got pissed at my friend who sent the files because I thought he didn't send them but later I found out that my ISP was limiting the checking of e-mails to once every 15 minutes...... no need to say that in that very same day I changed ISP So if you are indeed going to impose those limits, please think really carefully about what you do so you don't hurt your customers.

Well, I'm one of those guys who gets every information he needs from the internet What I mean is that if you look for some tutorials, you'll find loads of them. I've been working with PHP since the beginings of version 3.0 (some years ago) and I've learned a lot by myself, by reading tutorials, reading code from other people... But don't get me wrong - I don't think an online tutorial can replace a book! But in some cases, people don't have the money to buy technical books, which are very expensive (at least here in Portugal). In those cases, online tutorials can do the trick just as well. PS - For those of you who haven't been paying attention, the keyword here is goolge...

OK, first of all, IPB (Invision Power Board) doesn't need any special priviledges besides the regular create table, drop table, insert, select, modify, etc... As for the password, you always have to provide it somewhere in your scripts, or else they won't be able to access the database. The way I like doing it is having a config.inc file somewhere, which is included in every scipt that needs to access the DB. That way you don't have to put it in every script nor in a session variable nor even give it to your users. As for the reason why we can't set those permissions, yes, that's because we don't have access to the "mysql" database, which is where all that information is stored and fetched when needed. Raul

Nice piece of code, erik. Thanks for sharing it Just a little question: is the format you use compatible with Apache's format? I'm asking this because if it is, it's great, since you can use the same log processing tools used to process Apache's logs

When I said "your user" I meant you, as in "your username", or "your entity inside the webserver" Anyway, what you say makes sense, I guess. I don't know that much about MySQL administration, though, but from what I know, for you to be able to do that, you'd have to have access to the "mysql" database, where all the important information (usernames, passwords, permissions, etc) is kept, so it also makes sense that you can't change that info, because if you could change it, it would mean that you could change other users' info too. Raul

I agree with Paul - it's just a link, so CPanel shouldn't care for what you get from that link.. as far as it's concerned, it could even be a I AM A SPAMMER site. It should be no different to the Cpanel software. At least that's how I see it and IMHO it would be the best way to structure CPanel, because of issues just like this one - upgrading one of the third party tools it uses. Raul

Those errors are all because your user doesn't have permissions to perform those operations. For isntance, to create a new database you have to do it through CPanel's MySQL manager. Raul

I completely agree with you, beth. I just pointed out those options because that's what section31 was asking about. But I also hate not being able to see the address of the webpage I'm browsing... Raul

I don't think TCH has mod_perl installed. I grabed the perl script in the help section of the site - http://help.totalchoicehosting.com/toolspage.htm - and loaded it into my server. Here's the part about the modules: Perl libraries installed Library CGI v2.752 installed The library mod_perl is not installed Library www-perl v5.69 installed Library DBI v1.34 installed Library DBD::mysql v2.1022 installed Library URI v1.23 installed The library Apache is not installed Library Digest::MD5 v2.23 installed Library Crypt::SSLeay v0.49 installed Hope this clears it up for you.

I meant sending an HTTP header from the server, not having a domain pointing to your server. With PHP, for instance, you have a header() function that allows you to do just that. But for what you want, I believe that frames are the only way out. If you'd own a server, you could also use mod_rewrite but unfortunately, that's not an option here... Raul

OK, that's great Thanks for clearing that up for me, ykwong Raul

That's the way we all get treated here at TCH Welcome aboard and get ready for more outstanding support!

Sorry, I didn't seem to get your question, then. Could you please elaborate a little more?

I believe that with a redirector, people will always see the URL you want to hide, just before they get redirected... not sure about this, though. As for the frames approach, yes, it would work. *EDIT* I forgot about one type of redirection - through HTTP headers! I was only thinking about the redirect HTML metatag. If you send a redirect HTTP header, the browser will be automatically redirected and the user will not see the address he's been redirected from.

Nice! I'd like to have one myself but I would't put it to good use, since I only have one cable connection... I could always try to convince my parents that an extra DSL connection was really not too much... and then I'd get one of those for me... :D