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Dumplin Looks nice. Also signed your guestbook. For whoever may need it, there are some flash tutorials for phpBB here: http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/ Greg

harvey I did think there was that many bad words. Most of them I've never even heard of. Best thing to do is just take your time and enter them yourself thru admin. I think what your speaking of thou is a query you have to do thru phpadmin for the database. Just pick the words thay offend you and you can always add more at any time. Just a thought. Greg

I haven't used phpBB in a few months. But if I remember right, the double login was a extra security feature added to the 2.015 update. Also for some great support you can also try this site: http://www.phpbbstyles.com/ Greg

This is also a handy guide: http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/ Easiest thing to do is download that page to your desktop, to read at your leisure, without having to go online. (the guys have answered your question but here is the login part) http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/#section3 Greg

Thanks, Mine wasn't woking earlier but now it's ok. Funny thing I didn't do any updates or changes, and it's already pointing to http://mail.google.com/mail greg

owatagal, Thank you so much for taking the time to look at that for me. As an after thought, what with over 350 some modules, I would guess they know what they're doing. And like you say, I've already got it working. Again thanks. (oh-what-a-gal) greg

Thanks much all for the replies owatagal This was a core hack for xoops. And I was just pleased that I got it to work. I agree that http://localhost/test/mylinks/1.htm looks friendlier than http://localhost/kiss_2/mylinks+viewcat.cid+1.htm and if it's more secure even the better. However my knowledge of all this is very limited. What I did was download the hack. I installed 3 files, simplified_url.php and loadpage.php and the .HTACCESS File I wouldn't have a clue on how to achieve your shorter url. I don't expect you to do this, but if you have the free time (sometime) you can download the hack HERE and maybe give me a clue on what to alter or add, or I could post the files here. thanks greg

Does this make for a better url that can be indexed by search engines. As an example: Before: http://localhost/test/modules/mylinks/viewcat.php?cid=1 After: http://localhost/test/mylinks+viewcat.cid+1.htm Thanks greg

Thanks for pointing out my stupidity.

Received this by way of Email. Found it interesting. LIFE IN THE 1500'S The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: These are interesting.. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold." (Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust." Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer." And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! Greg

Thanks David Greg

Not sure where to post this but. Downloaded a directory script and part of the install directions are: >) set parameters of your database 1. Database Host. Usually 'localhost'. If not sure contact your hosting provider. 2. Database Socket. Usually '/tmp/mysql.sock'. If not sure contact your hosting provider. 3. Database Port. Usually '3306'. If not sure contact your hosting provider. 2 and 3 I don't have a clue what the settings are on my "local server". I'm using xampp. How can I find out what the socket and port settings are? This at the time is just for my local server not TCH. Just want to see if it's (the script) worth a darn. Thanks

Thanks Bruce

Just noticed I don't see a PR any more on websites I visit. Did they stop it or is just a glitch in the system? Even googles site has no PR Greg

Something like this? http://www.xoops.org/modules/repository/si...cid=94&lid=1123 Thanks borfast for the help. Greg

I've been playing around with xoops and it fits all my needs. Plus they seem to have good support. That said. Has TCH had problems with websites using xoops? Is it a big resource hog? What is it that causes different cms to be resource heavy? Is it the amount of querries or ? and how does one go about checking the resource requirements? Lots of ???'s Thanks Greg

Just thought I'd jump in and say here's a nice php form generator. Free download. http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/ Greg

kiwicra, I found this very usefull to learn how to admin. your phpBB. I just did a "save page as" and keep a copy on my pc. http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/ Greg

abinidi I just installed 1.0.4 on top of the current version. With no problems. Greg

How many hits do you think mysite.com must get in a day. It seems like most scripts you can download have mysite.com as the default url. Its got to be quite a few. Greg (I've got to get a new avatar. I"m really not that angry looking

Thanks much Patricia for the suggestion. Will take a look. (Happy BirthDay Greg

First off you won't be sorry if you sign up TCH. and in regards to a dating script, you take a look at this thread at SitePoint http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109913 Greg

Thanks Raul, Well I'll play around with it and see if it meets my needs. Had a go with Mambo, just seems a bit on the heavy side. Also tried Limbo, but it's still fairly new and lacks in support. I'll take a gander at Drupal. Thanks Greg

Hi, Ran thru most of the posts here dealing with xoops and was just wondering if someone is currently using it? I have it installed on my local server and it seems pretty nice. The support and docs. are also very good. They even have a tutorial download "xoops for blondes" which was great. And I'm not even blonde. So if someone is using it or has in the past, your thoughts would be helpful. Thanks Greg

Cute pic. Looks just like my Lab that I lost last March after 16 yrs. If only people could get along like that. Greg