FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 - BoardMod Support Forum

FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 - BoardMod Support Forum http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=newssp FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 - BoardMod Support Forum en-us BoardMod Support Forum Thu, 23 May 2013 04:42:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 [DONE] User's More Membergroups! http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1019108135 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1019108135 Thu, 18 Apr 2002 06:35:35 +0000 Allow Users to belong to more then one membergroup....I haven't tested this one yet(because my homework is killing me), but can someone take a look at the code and check it? don't think there should be any flies in this code(my frog ate them all <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/grin.gif" border="0" alt="Grin" title="Grin" />) So...happy modding, and remember: Teenagers write the best mods(right omario?) <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/tongue.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue" title="Tongue" /> Download from attached file, EDIT: or wait for the updated version, which checks ALL fields for admin/gmod privs, board access etc [DONE] Collapsable YaBB Front End http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1019135790 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1019135790 Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:16:30 +0000 Collapsable YaBB Front End Download Download the mod <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/mods.php?dl=456&filename=Collapsable_YaBB.zip" target="_blank">here</a>. The pic in the zip is a screenshot and doesn't need to go to YaBB images! Please ignore the attached file. About This mod allows members to compress their board index to show only those categories that they are interested in. <a href="http://www.ofpeditingcenter.com/snYpir/screenshot.jpg" target="_blank">Screenshot</a>. Features * The 'new message' and 'no new messages' icon is used when categories are compressed to give an indication of whether or not the collapsed category contains new messages. * Collapsed category details are saved in a small file for each member, meaning that the collapsed settings are 'permenant' for each member (ie no cookies). Versions 1.3 - To be used on a board with essentilly a 'normal' boardindex.pl file 1.3 B+C OPTS - To be used if you have installed the 'More Board and Category Options' mod by cae. 1.3 CELLHOVER 1.1 ADDON - Install this with boardmod after installing 1.3 if you use the Cellhover 1.1 addon. Addon by Mac. Cheers dude! Compatibility Both versions work fine with the advanced IM mod and global moderators. More Board and Category Options version included. An addon for use with Cellhover 1.1 is included also. History 1.3 (B+C OPTS) - files made by the mod are deleted as they should be 1.2 (B+C OPTS) - added icon showing if there are new posts in a category - only displays when cat is collapsed 1.2 (B+C OPTS) - categories defualt to expanded when .cat file is modified 1.1 B+C OPTS - No conflict error will occur during install when this mod is installed after the 'more board + category options' mod by cae. 1.1 - Removed code that upgrades old .cat files Installation Use boardmod to install either version 1.3 or 1.3 B+C OPTS. Then install the CELLHOVER 1.1 ADDON if you need to. Upload modified files to your server. Comments Please make comments or suggestions! I have already sent this verison to the database, but if any bugs come up, i'll fix them and re-send. <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> Adding fields to registration page SP1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1020936936 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1020936936 Thu, 09 May 2002 10:35:36 +0000 Thanks to <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?action=viewprofile;username=t-master" target="_blank">T-Master</a> for this tutorial <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> Oh btw the german version of this tutorial is attached as a .txt file <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the following you can read how to add new fields to the registration page and how to display the inputs in the profile and im's. It's just following the instructions alternately and is just a cuted mod-file - but pay attention to the following 3 things: - "MyFieldText" is to replace with the text which u want to display next to the value of the new field ( in profil, posts and im's ) - you have to increase the 20 in "$userprofile{$user}->[20]" as high as u have already new entries in the user-files ($member.dat)  This could also happen throw mods. So plz check before if an other mod added something to the Userfile! - "name="myinput"" is to replace with a new indentifying name, which is not yet used in your script. (this means: for one new field, one new name) OK let's go... To Display the new input next to a post or an im Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><edit file> Sources/Load.pl </edit> <search for> $userprofile{$user}->[9] = $userprofile{$user}->[9] ? qq~<a href="aim:goim?screenname=$userprofile{$user}->[9]&message=Hi.+Are+you+there?"><img src="$imagesdir/aim.gif" alt="$userprofile{$user}->[9]" border="0"></a>~ : ''; </search> <add after> $userprofile{$user}->[20] = $userprofile{$user}->[20] ? qq~MyFieldText: $userprofile{$user}->[20] ~ : ''; </add> </pre> To Display in profil while modifying: Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><edit file> Sources/Profile.pl </edit> <search for> <td width="320">$txt{'35'}: </td> <td><input type="hidden" name="username" value="$INFO{'username'}">$INFO{'username'}</td> </tr><tr> </search> <add before> <td width="320">MyFieldText: </td> <td><input type="text" name="myinput" size="25" value="$memsettings[20]"></td> </tr> <tr> </add> </pre> To allow special characters in the new field, conversion of the input-text to html and writing into the Userfile. In this example there are only alphanumeric characters allowed! In case of submitting an input with not allowed characters there will be displayed an error message ( which you should edited <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> ). ( the following will be executed while modifying the profil ) Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><search for> &fatal_error("$txt{'75'}") if($member{'name'} eq ''); &fatal_error("$txt{'242'}") if($member{'name'} !~ /^[\s0-9A-Za-z\[\]#%+,-|\.:=?@^_]+$/); </search> <add after> &fatal_error("Please ENTER something into the Field MyFieldText") if($member{'myinput'} eq ''); &fatal_error("Please ENTER only characters into the Field MyFieldText") if($member{'myinput'} =~ /[^a-zA-Z. ]/); </add> <search for> &ToHTML($member{'name'}); </search> <add after> &ToHTML($member{'myinput'}); </add> <search for> print FILE "$FORM{'hideemail'}\n"; </search> <add after> print FILE "$member{'myinput'}\n"; </add> </pre> If you want that a user needn't to insert something in MyField, delete the whole line with "eq ''" out of the add-after-tag. If you want to allow more or/and other characters, the following sites would be useful: ( adding search criteries / Regular Expressions ) <a href="http://www.linuxuniversity.org/dev_track/perl-class/week5/lesson5.html" target="_blank">http://www.linuxuniversity.org/dev_track/perl-class/week5/lesson5.html</a> <a href="http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions" target="_blank">http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions</a> <a href="http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/" target="_blank">http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/</a> To display while viewing the profile Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><search for> <td>$txt{'68'}: </td> <td>$memsettings[1]</td> </search> <replace> <td>MyFieldText: </td> <td>$memsettings[20]</td> </tr><tr> <td>$txt{'35'}: </td> <td>$memsettings[1]</td> </replace> </pre> To display at the registration ( here it'll be displayed after the password fields ) Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><edit file> Sources/Register.pl </edit> <search for> <td width="40%">* $txt{'82'}:</td> <td><input type=password maxlength="30" name=passwrd2 size=30></td> </tr> </search> <add after> <tr> <td width="40%">* MyFieldText:</td> <td><input type=text name=myinput size=20 maxlength=25></td> </tr> </add> </pre> maxlength for the input field can be modified. Here will be checked also for the allowed characters in the new field and if it's allowed to insert nothing. Code:<pre class="code" style="margin: 0px; width: 90%; overflow: scroll;"><search for> &fatal_error("($member{'username'}) $txt{'37'}") if($member{'username'} eq ''); &fatal_error("($member{'username'}) $txt{'99'}") if($member{'username'} eq '_' || $member{'username'} eq '|'); </search> <add after> &fatal_error("Please ENTER something into the Field MyFieldText") if($member{'myinput'} eq ''); &fatal_error("Please ENTER only characters into the Field MyFieldText") if($member{'myinput'} =~ /[^a-zA-Z. ]/); </add> <search for> print FILE "$FORM{'hideemail'}\n"; </search> <add after> print FILE "$member{'myfield'}\n"; fclose(FILE); </add> </pre> So i hope that was all  *g* Btw: If you want to use this in one of your mods you should replace all displayed texts with variables and to declare them in the language-file! Perhaps it's also better to write the data in new (extra) files instead of adding them to the userfile. This increases the compatibily with other mods! Greetings T-Master PS: In case of problems please post here so i can modify the tutorial above! <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> [DONE] More Board/Category Options 2.0 SP1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1026304097 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1026304097 Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:28:17 +0000 As this is done, all support requsts/bug reports now go in their appropriate forums <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> Name: More Board and Category Options 2 Version: 2.0 Description: The mod gives you a new link on the admin-Center: More Options for Boards/Categories It allows you to 1. Passwort protect boards 2. Set an icon for every board/category which will be displayed on the BoardIndex 3. Define which membergroups/users are allowed to a) start topics, b)post replies to topics, and c) are allowed to view topics, for each board of your forum. Ponts to take into consideration: ~ When a user logs into a password protected board, it sets a cookie to say access has been granted. This cookie is deleted when the user logs out or after a certain time limit has expired which is set using the standard "Default Length for login cookies to last (in minutes)" admin setting. ~ Guests can log into password protected boards, but they do not have a logout option, so the cookie will remain active until the time limit expires! (if this is a problem we could always set up a second "Guest" time limit.) ~ Enter usernames and membergroups (including the special tags) into the appropriate boxes in comma, seperated, lists. Please note that these are CaSe SeNsItIvE! Post dependant membergroups should be AMM compatible. ~ Administrators are immune to all password or access checks, Global Moderators aren't! ~ When entering Catagory and Board picures, you can enter just a filename and extention if the file is in your YaBB Images directory, If the file is stored anywhere else, you can enter the URL or path relative to the YaBB.pl file. ~ I don't think this has been tested for compatibility with the announcement boards mod, but I suspect you could run both. (But why would you want to!) ~ You may have noticed the new look admin panel in this version - just use the drop down selector to choose which catagory/board you want to edit, then wait for the information to load! ~ "YaBB Administrator" is not a group. Administrator, however, is. Post dependant group's should be entered in as the text you have in "Edit Membergroups" within the admin center. What thismeans, therefore, is that if you have called "YaBB God", "Cool guy", you enter in Cool Guy" in the more boards and category options text box. ~ If both user and membergroup text boxes are empty for a function such as post, rpely, or view, it is assumed that users have FULL access to that function for that board! Instructions: For users upgrading from version 1.2 of this mod: 1. Write down all your settings 2. Uninstall the 1.2 version of the mod 3. Overwrite your old MBCOptions.pl with the one from this zip file 4. Delete all .mbo and all .mco files from your boards folder 5. Install the mod using boardmod 6. Reapply your settings fromt he amdin center <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> For new users: 1. Put the images included in the zip file into your yabbimages directory 2. Put MBCOptions.pl into your sources directory 3. Install the mod using boardmod (read <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/faq.php" target="_blank">http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/faq.php</a> if you do not know how to install mods) Authors: Omario, BHRA Webmaster Screenshots: Categories: <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/catediting.jpg" target="_blank">http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/catediting.jpg</a> Boards: <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/boardediting.jpg" target="_blank">http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/boardediting.jpg</a> Download: Ok, use this zip file: <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/mbc2.zip" target="_blank">http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/attachments/mbc2.zip</a> [DONE] Hide Post Counts V1.0a NL & UK http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1026410270 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1026410270 Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:57:50 +0000 Do you have members that make it a competition to get the highest mailcount anyway they can generating piles of useless oneliners and smiley only posts ? Then you will definitely want this feature. Hide User Post Count V1.0 UK & NL This mod gives you the option to hide the members post count in the message threads avoiding a "who has the most posts" competition on your board. The numbers are still visible for admins and Global Moderators. This option is of course controlled from the admin center. [Done] Advanced Log Analysis Mod http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1028194505 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1028194505 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:35:05 +0000 <center><a href="http://www.philtalk.de/mods/AdvancedLogAnalysis.zip" target="_blank">Downloed Advanced Log Analyis Mod 1.0</a></center> This mod nakes a more informative forum log analysis. You see the forum log analysis if you follow the link "View forum access log" in your admin center. The mods makes following changes - sort the IP's by number - display names in IP list, instead of login names - link to profiles in IP list - better recognition of browsers - recognition of robots - sort the browsers by number - links to browsers - better recognition of operating system - sort the operating system by number - the list of visited pages is substituted by lists of top boards, top threads, and top profiles - sort the referring pages by number - hard coded text moved to english.lng Installation: 1. Upload the file ShowClick.pl to your source direction. 2. apply the mod The sub ShowClicksLog of Admin.pl is moved to ShowClick.pl to make it easier to update this mod, if new browsers, robots, or operating system are supported. You will have then only to make a new upload of ShowClick.pl and no deinstalltion of the former mod version is necessary. I wait for your comments In particular I'm interested to know which kind of lists you would like to get better informations about what the user have done. Uwe [Done] Advanced System eMails Mod http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1028625890 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1028625890 Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:24:50 +0000 <center><a href="http://www.philtalk.de/mods/AdvancedSystemEmails.zip" target="_blank">Advanced System eMails Mod 1.2</a></center> The idea is to make a mod which allows to template all system emails and which adds some system emails. Here the features:<ul><li> fully editable with control center</li><li> possibility to template the post notification emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the the instant message notification emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the register welcome emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the register password emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the password reminder emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the profile change emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the send topic emails with many different tags,</li><li> possibility to template the admin emails with some different tags,</li><li> new hacker warning emails with many different tags,</li><li> added new member notification emails with many different tags,</li><li> new junior member gratulation emails, full member gratulation emails, senior member gratulation emails and god member gratulation emails with many different tags,</li><li> new emails for deletions of members by members or admins with many different tags</li><li> random quotes mod is fully supported</li></ul> To see the eMail Control center and to get an overview about the tags look at <center><a href="http://www.philtalk.de/mods/demo/advemail.htm" target="_blank">a screenshoot</a></center> of this mod (of course with my own template). Compatibility Issues: <ul><li>If you have installed Notify Plus, take the compatible variant of this mod. Post notification emails then not will be supported by this mod because they are supported by Notify Plus itself.</li><li>If you like to install the InstantMessage Box, do it before you install Advanced System eMails Mod</li><li>If you like to install Notify Once 1.0 do it before you install Advanced System eMails Mod</li><li>If you have the New Member Notification Mod by Gekko deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System Emails.</li><li>If you have the Personal Mail Footer mod by Mac deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System Emails.</li><li>If you have the Add Referal Link to Welcome E-mail mod by Scott deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System Emails.</li><li>If you have the Boardlink in Mail Mod by Mac deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System eMails</li><li>If you have the Deleted Member email mod by Sonic deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System emails</li><li>If you have the Edit Welcome Email by The Big Cheese deinstall it. All what this mod makes is one of the features of Advanced System emails</li><li>This mod is compatible with Advanced Registration Options, but not with EMARO</li></ul> Installation:<ul><li> apply mod</li><li> upload advemails.txt to your variable directory</li><li> upload YaBB.pl and english.lng to your YaBB directory</li><li> upload Admin.pl, AdminEdit.pl, InstantMessage.pl, LogInOut.pl, Post.pl, Profile.pl, Register.pl, SendTopics.pl and Subs.pl to your sources directory</li><li> if you like quotes or sayings: upload a file quotes.txt to your variable direction with one quote or saying per line (not necessary)</li><li> to make the file quotes.txt editable via control center upload random quotes mod (not necessary)</li></ul> Quote feature: The following installations are not neccessare. The mod works also without this, but then the [quote]-tag is not available in your system emails. <ul><li>if you like quotes, sayings or changing advertisments in your emails: upload a file quotes.txt to your variable direction with one quote, saying or advertisment per line</li><li>if you like you can make the file quotes.txt editable via control center. For that upload random quotes mod 2.(This mod is made by Demon Slyer. (A variation of this mod which is compatible with language modifications you find at <a href="http://www.philtalk.de/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi?action=modpage" target="_blank">my modpage</a>).</li><li> if you use the quote mod only for system emails and not the <yabb quote>-tag in your template you can increase the speed of your message board if you after the random quote mod apply my No YaBB Code Mod (You get it at <a href="http://www.philtalk.de/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi?action=modpage" target="_blank">my modpage</a>).</li></ul> Comments are welcome. Uwe Advanced Instant Message Box 2.0 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1039167910 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1039167910 Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:45:10 +0000 As a little present to Nikolaus i released the Final Version of AIMB 2.0 now - finally! <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/grin.gif" border="0" alt="Grin" title="Grin" /> New in V2.0: - BuddyList - Prev-Next Links to IM-Display - List ALL Messages on IM-Display - checkbox for checking all IMs for delete - whole Subject cell is now a link to view the IM - Admin can see the IP of the sender - moved IM-Preferences completely to Modify-Profile - Bug with multiple IMs fixed - Storage Box (thx to Homey for the idea and his mod) - IM Preview choosable - User can choose to view IMs in same window or in a new window - user online status - option for admins to send all users an IM by MemberGroups - security popup on deleting messages - SP1.1 style icons - Instant Message restrictions - enable/disable popup and sound as default for new regged users - ability to call Instant Messages back from recipient - print Instant Messages - ability to setup an auto-away message - reply/quote without open Instant Messages - percent of box - usage if Instant Messages are limited Get the mod <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/mods.php?searchfor=aimb_2_sp11-final.zip" target="_blank">here</a>! EDIT: Just a note - InstantMessage.pl includes already much mods which affects InstantMessage.pl like Add more MemberGroups and Advanced System Emails..... Mods that never can be found..... http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1039899229 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1039899229 Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:53:49 +0000 Ok here is list of some mods that can never be found for download on this site.. Even tho.. you find post in the new mods for sp1 section saying that this mod was realeased , when trying to download them you get this.. 404 internal error, site no found , links dont work or you just cant find them all in the mod database. Here goes the top 20 Missing Mods <s>Password protected forums mod</s> <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=newssp;action=display;num=1027311443" target="_blank">MenuItemsSP1 mod</a> <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=newssp;action=display;num=1024155879" target="_blank">Forum Staff Page</a> <a href="http://boardmod.yabbforum.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=newssp;action=display;num=1027457461" target="_blank">Admin Mods All SP1.1</a> Quick Login Front page login Addon - File Attaching [Upload avatars] (Not existing, will be built into next version of File Attaching) SpoilerMod2. (Great new YaBBC feature!) Better Links Mod Safeurl MOD 1.0 Random Member Mod Quick Login While Posting 1.0 SP1.1 LinkPage Mod <s>Boardquotes mod</s> Redirect Mod Exp Hack - Experience Bars/Meters Mod YaBB Link Exchange Project MOD menu_mod.zip Remote Login Script Members control panel mod Do you know where they are ? If so, it will be good to post a link here for each one of them , so people could download them..... Unlike other people i have been lucky when i installing a mod... They all seem to work fine for me even if they are beta mods.. So far i have a total of 14 mods on my board .. All working fine ... I had to modified some of them myself to make them compartible with my other mods... If anybody needs help installing a mod or writing a mod let me know... Peace..... EDIT: Just made a few links to the mods I found; I'll find more later CAPTCHA Spambot Protection for YaBB 1... MADE EASY http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194790373 BoardMod Support Forum/FINAL Mods for YaBB 1 SP1/1.1 http://www.boardmod.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194790373 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:12:53 +0000 Yes, it's true... <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/shocked.gif" border="0" alt="Shocked" title="Shocked" /> Hope lives on... <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> A quick disclaimer before moving on, this is not an "official" BoardMod "mod", but I nevertheless hope that this is the appropriate board to be posting this on. I apologize if I've biffed. After years of you all's helping me, I'm relishing this opportunity to give back a little something,... moreover, to the old-school YaBBers using a highly "customized" version of YaBB 1... that doesn't lend itself to the standard upgrades, at least not at this point. So, moving right along,... I busted some hump with a fine chap over at <a href="http://www.bumblebeeware.com" target="_blank">Bumblebeeware.com</a>, Mark, who, in all honesty, did most of the bustin', on getting his "CAPTCHA for Perl" integrated into the registration page of my YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.1 forum,... and we succeeded. It's actually a fairly painless mod that can easily be manually installed. (Although, if the BoardMod guys here want to make this an official BoardMod "mod", that would be fine.) <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/grin.gif" border="0" alt="Grin" title="Grin" /> So, let's get to it... Attached hereto is a file "Register.pl.zip". In it is a file "Register.pl.htm". View it in your browser. As you scroll down, what is in red, bold font is the modifications/additions that need to be made in the "Register.pl" file. (What's in regular black font is the rest, which includes a BoardMod "mod" or two, for which you'd want to account.) "Register.pl" is the ONLY YaBB file you need to modify. From there, go ahead and get yourself "CAPTCHA for Perl" over at Bumblebeeware.com. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.bumblebeeware.com/captcha/" target="_blank">http://www.bumblebeeware.com/captcha/</a>. Just one note, to use it for YaBB registration, you have to put it in the same directory as "Register.pl", i.e. the "Sources" directory. Point being, you'll be ditching the "captcha" directory in the "CAPTCHA for Perl" instructions. Also,... MORE GREAT NEWS,... NO Perl Modules or Libraries are required!!! That's really it!!! To see it in action, drop on by: <a href="http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?board=;action=register" target="_blank">http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/cgi-bin/theGridiron/YaBB.cgi?board=;action=register</a>. I'd be honored to help folks get this working. I'm sure Mark over at Bumblebeeware.com would be too, but I'd like to save him some work by acting as the first line of support here. (Just to note it, <img src="http://www.boardmod.org/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/boardmod/cheesy.gif" border="0" alt="Cheesy" title="Cheesy" /> my main "original", albeit miniscule, contribution to this is the implementation of the javascript "refresh" code in the "captchaerror" and "captchanofile" sub-routines, which brings the user back to the registration page automatically. This is actually a bit crucial as the CAPTCHA image MUST be refreshed and using the back button doesn't always get it done.) One final peripherally related note, I am employing "CAPTCHA for Perl" ALONG WITH Andy Murdoch's decoy bot-filter "trick": <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?num=1149617510" target="_blank">http://www.yabbforum.com/community/YaBB.pl?num=1149617510</a>. This also works like a charm. The way I see it, each of these methods, "CAPTCHA for Perl" and Andy's decoy trick, will not just protect my forum, but also help conceal one another. You can NEVER have too much protection against (Russian) spambots!!! Well, have a GREAT weekend, my fellow old-school YaBBers!!! 8)