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This is the second time I have had this request (or maybe the same person on the proxy2 forum). This I answered it there as well. Open lib/gb.class.php and find >order by x.id desc limit replace it with >order by x.date asc limit Still think it's a strange request.

The vulnerability was reported over two years ago when Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 was released. The exploit exists in 2.2 and 2.3 hence 2.3.1 was released.

Now if people would actually visit the official forums of the scripts they have problems with they would find that there is a patch to the Advanced Guestbook 2.2 login exploit. The exploit only exists in 2.3.1 where a user has updated from 2.2 and kept the sessions.class.php file from 2.2 to fix a login loop which I have since fixed. Did you lose any entries when they "hacked" your guestbook? I use the term hacked lightly as they are just kiddies that found an exploit published on the net that was so simple they could actually use it.

May be worth checking your php ini file. See what settings are there. Possibly the CMS uses the old fashioned $HTTP_GET_VARS style instead of $_GET and the old style is not supported by default in PHP5.

That makes no sense. PHP 5 supports all of PHP 4's functions so anything written for PHP 4 should work fine with PHP 5.

Question is why would you want to switch? Last I checked PHP5 supports everything PHP 4 does.

One of the first things I disable when installing XP. As stated above it makes the text fuzzier in an attempt to soften the harshness on LCD screens. Clear type, or anti alaising, was designed to soften the edges on LCD/TFT monitors. Makes everything look like a pdf to me.

I use Xampp lite on my usb stick so i can work on my guestbook script wherever I may be. It's a simple single folder job with no installation needed.

Webhosts that offer PHP 5 are few and far between. Anybody who writes publically available scripts that require PHP 5 is in need of a reality check as they will not be getting many users. PHP 5 is great with a lot of excellent new functions but a script that is written for public use needs to be written with the common lowest denominator in mind which is PHP 4.3.x

Yes I just had this problem when I tried updating my plugins. Not to sure if it was the translation pop up extension or the adsnse extension. Used to get this a lot when Firefox was still in beta. They should allow you to easily remove extensions. Hopefully this will be fixed in 1.1 or possibly 1.5 or 2 as these are the milestones they are aiming at.

If you are running a site that is mainly forum based then I recommend Invision as it has a lot of whistles and bells (far to many if you ask me). phpBB is smaller with less options but has a lot of modifications available to add things you want and is less database intensive. Having said that I downloaded a snapshot of phpBB Olympus (phpBB 3) and it is a major update compared to phpBB 2 but no release date as yet). Phorum is a very basic board but is apparently very fast.

>die('This software is unsupported in any and all respects. By removing this notice (found in common.php) you are noting your acceptance of this. Do not ask support questions of any kind for this release at either area51.phpbb.com or www.phpbb.com. Support for this version will appear when the beta cycle begins');

Heck is that what that long message says. The message that you have to manually delete from the script before you can use it? And there was me thinking they released a new version every hour just because they cared.

I'd go with the post it here idea. It's likely to get lost on hotscripts. Some of us find reading code relaxing. Errrrr no I never said that, I'm not a geek, honest :|

Yup Advanced poll 2.0.3 is very popular.

Wow forget 2.0.14, I ust installed the latest snapshot of phpBB Olympus talk about a major overhaul. A heck of a lot more powerful. Can require password complexity, force users to change password every x days, lock out a user after x failed logins and pretty much control everything from Admin.

I wasn't laughing at you but at phpBB's stupid idea of making you run the update file from a directory that you have to delete before the forum will work.

It's funny because the update_to_latest.php has to be run from the install directory but you are told to delete that once used. In fact the forum wont work if it exists.

You don't need to be graphics heavy to be fancy. You can achieve a good looking site using CSS. Also remember that for things like gradients and blocks of colour you really only need a pixel wide image and so a small file size.

I also noticed that on the login box it now says Login using your Google account. So what else will Google be adding ? I can see Google becoming like Yahoo/MSN with thisng like web space, profile, personal home page (like MSN spaces) as well as the browser and messenger they are apparently working on.

I've done the update manually. Can't say I saw that much that could be classed as security fixes. Some of it was just replacing $_SERVER with $HTTP_SERVER_VARS.

So is Advanced guestbook I just think Viper is a tad OTT for a guestbook.

A friend who was helping with a dating site says that all the software out their is a pile of s**t but you could try aewebworks.com

I've been busy working on a guestbook based upon the Advacned Guestbook code. It is pretty much complete but I need some beta testers. So if you fancy helping me out by beta testing then PM me or email me. It has a lot of features which I wont list. I don't expect you to use it as a live guestbook but rather use it and abuse it till it breaks and then tell me how it broke lol.