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Spikecity God Member Offline Beer anyone ? Posts: 2630 Location: New York Joined: Apr 16^th, 2002 Gender:	Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Jan 11^th, 2005 at 1:05pm	Print Post
	Dear Mod Writers, With Y2 we have entered a new generation of YaBB code, with it's own specific rules which are different from mods written for SP1.x. Rules that define a compliant mod for Y2: 1. separate lng file (no additions allowed to any of the standard lng files) 2. new user variables are added to the <userid>.vars file using the UpdateUsers subroutine. (no new separate user files allowed) 3. new board variables are added to the .info file using the UpdateBoard subroutine. (no additional files per board/cat allowed). 4. Do no use crypt() anymore but instead use the built-in MD5 encryption. 5. do not write new user/board/cat subroutines as all of them are available in System.pl for general use of updating, adding, deleting or changing the appropriate data. Upon loading a user all variables in .vars are available as ${$uid.$<username>}{'<variable>'} where names between <> refer to the user and the value you need. Please make as much use of the new user/board/cat infrastructure as possible as this is what makes Y2 blazing fast. Every new file you introduce/open/close will decrease performance dramatically. Enjoy, Ron

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Tea-Master Forum Administrator Offline Posts: 1945 Location: north germany Joined: Oct 21^st, 2001 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #1 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 3:57pm	Print Post
	6. There is a special section for the settings of mod's in the admin-center which should be used. Do not add settings to other pages!

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ironwing God Member Offline I love YaBB 1 Gold! Posts: 2330 Location: Sonoran Desert Joined: Nov 20^th, 2001	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #2 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 7:44pm	Print Post
	Some mods can have alot of info stored about each member. Will moving that info to the .vars files create a significant performance hit if that info has to be loaded to memory every time a user does anything as opposed to only when needed? For example the TravelMap mod will store a hash of up to a couple hundred items for each user that chooses to create maps for themselves. As written, this info is stored in a separate user file and will only be read when someone views a user's map. If that hash is written to user.vars files instead it will be read every time the user does anything or anyother user accesses a page with info about a user who happens to have a map. Dan

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Kong God Member Offline Is it just me or is my back hairy??? Posts: 858 Joined: Aug 2^nd, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #3 - Jan 12^th, 2005 at 9:43pm	Print Post
	I just want to clarify.... When creating a mod for YaBB2, for any settings the mod requires to be set a new secion within "Intalled Mod Settings" specifically for that mod. Not any other place in Admin center. Right?


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JannoL Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1.31! Posts: 165 Location: Home Joined: Jul 27^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #4 - Jan 13^th, 2005 at 3:49am	Print Post
	ironwing wrote on Jan 11^th, 2005 at 7:44pm: Some mods can have alot of info stored about each member. Will moving that info to the .vars files create a significant performance hit if that info has to be loaded to memory every time a user does anything as opposed to only when needed? For example the TravelMap mod will store a hash of up to a couple hundred items for each user that chooses to create maps for themselves. As written, this info is stored in a separate user file and will only be read when someone views a user's map. If that hash is written to user.vars files instead it will be read every time the user does anything or anyother user accesses a page with info about a user who happens to have a map. Dan Maybe that mod could be rewritten to not store that amount, i don't know how that mod is written but I think it's best to try to follow the rules and guidelines or we might end up with all kind of strange stuff, as I am learning I also have discovered a lot of "bad" coding for yabb 1 mods and also my own but I'll try to learn.

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Spikecity God Member Offline Beer anyone ? Posts: 2630 Location: New York Joined: Apr 16^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #5 - Jan 13^th, 2005 at 10:58am	Print Post
	ironwing wrote on Jan 11^th, 2005 at 7:44pm: Some mods can have alot of info stored about each member. Will moving that info to the .vars files create a significant performance hit if that info has to be loaded to memory every time a user does anything as opposed to only when needed? For example the TravelMap mod will store a hash of up to a couple hundred items for each user that chooses to create maps for themselves. As written, this info is stored in a separate user file and will only be read when someone views a user's map. If that hash is written to user.vars files instead it will be read every time the user does anything or anyother user accesses a page with info about a user who happens to have a map. Dan Dan, We have had this discussion between the devs often and it turns out that no matter what you do with a user you need to load the info anyway and loading one file up into a hash seems more effective then to load multiple files into multiple hashes. It's the open/close actions that seem to induce the biggest load on the server.

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Spikecity God Member Offline Beer anyone ? Posts: 2630 Location: New York Joined: Apr 16^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #6 - Jan 13^th, 2005 at 10:58am	Print Post
	Kong wrote on Jan 12^th, 2005 at 9:43pm: I just want to clarify.... When creating a mod for YaBB2, for any settings the mod requires to be set a new secion within "Intalled Mod Settings" specifically for that mod. Not any other place in Admin center. Right? Yes Sir !

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LoonyPandora God Member Offline Daft Cow? Posts: 1705 Location: London Joined: Jun 27^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #7 - Jan 13^th, 2005 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	Quote: Yes Sir ! Not quite I'm afraid - It's changed in the latest weekly build, previous to that you were correct though - there is a new header called "BoardMod Mods" - and each mod should have it's own settings section under that header. Installed mod settings no longer exists, as it could get a bit confusing, since everything that is in there is a default feature, and not an installed mod.

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Spikecity God Member Offline Beer anyone ? Posts: 2630 Location: New York Joined: Apr 16^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #8 - Jan 14^th, 2005 at 9:42am	Print Post
	LoonyPandora wrote on Jan 13^th, 2005 at 8:46pm: Not quite I'm afraid - It's changed in the latest weekly build, previous to that you were correct though - there is a new header called "BoardMod Mods" - and each mod should have it's own settings section under that header. Installed mod settings no longer exists, as it could get a bit confusing, since everything that is in there is a default feature, and not an installed mod. As you see developments are fast so I stand corrected

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LoonyPandora God Member Offline Daft Cow? Posts: 1705 Location: London Joined: Jun 27^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #9 - Jan 14^th, 2005 at 10:07am	Print Post
	Quote: As you see developments are fast so I stand corrected Blink and you'll miss it

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Kong God Member Offline Is it just me or is my back hairy??? Posts: 858 Joined: Aug 2^nd, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #10 - Jan 20^th, 2005 at 9:23am	Print Post
	I have some questions about when creating mods for YaBB2. I see the BoardMod Mods section in the menu and under it is No Mods Installed which links to... AdminIndex.pl?action=none I assume that when setting up a mod it should add it self to that menu in the same fashion... "file\|Mod Name\|\|", where file is the .pl will be the file for that mod to set it up. It saves to a mod specific .txt file in the Variables directory. Is there anythign else that needs to be done for that? Do we manually remove the No Mods Installed?


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LoonyPandora God Member Offline Daft Cow? Posts: 1705 Location: London Joined: Jun 27^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #11 - Jan 20^th, 2005 at 9:37am	Print Post
	The no mods installed thing will be removed/changed - it will only be shown if there are genuinely no mods installed. Other than that, you are spot on

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Kong God Member Offline Is it just me or is my back hairy??? Posts: 858 Joined: Aug 2^nd, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #12 - Jan 20^th, 2005 at 9:40am	Print Post
	LoonyPandora wrote on Jan 20^th, 2005 at 9:37am: The no mods installed thing will be removed/changed - it will only be shown if there are genuinely no mods installed. Other than that, you are spot on I figured it would be that way but just thought I would check to be sure. IS there anything that should be added to indicate YES a mod is installed or do you expect it simply to display No Mods Installed if there are no other entries for that section?


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LoonyPandora God Member Offline Daft Cow? Posts: 1705 Location: London Joined: Jun 27^th, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #13 - Jan 20^th, 2005 at 11:10am	Print Post
	If there are no entries for that section, it will show no mods installed. There is nothing you have to add to show that a mod is installed, other than the item in the menu itself

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Kong God Member Offline Is it just me or is my back hairy??? Posts: 858 Joined: Aug 2^nd, 2002 Gender:	Re: Compliance Rules for Y2 mods Reply #14 - Jan 24^th, 2005 at 8:25am	Print Post
	I just thought of something. If a mod does not require any settings to be set should the mod still add itself to that list? And if so, how would they do it without causing an error on clicking the link?


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