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Re: "Could not insert forum post"
  • 2004/8/5 3:56

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Ok I know this is an old post, but I ran into this very problem and have found the solution and thought I would share.

For security reasons, when you post a reply etc, the site checks that you have actually come from a page on the forum using what is called a HTTP_REFERER. This ensures that database entries can only come from the right page, and stops any external scripts (and would-be-if-they-could-be hackers)from entering info from souces OTHER than the forum reply page itself.

Unfortunately, some firewall and web filtering software, such as some versions of Zone Alarm, block HTTP_REFERER's by default.


# Disable WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter
# Disable any "ad blocking" software
# Disable any Pop-up blockers
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Zone Alarm Pro:

1. Click Privacy
2. Click Cookie Control
3. Click Custom
4. Uncheck "remove private header information"
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Windows XP's Internal Firewall

1. Open XP's Control Panel
2. Double-click Networking and Internet Connections
3. Select Network Connections
4. Right-click on the connection to disable, then select Properties
5. On the Advanced tab, clear the Protect my computer or network checkbox
6. Press OK
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Norton Internet Security 2002 (or earlier)

1. Open NIS or NPF.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Internet Security or Personal Firewall. (This step is not always needed.) The Options window appears.
4. Click Advanced Options.
5. Click the Web tab.
6. Click Add Site. A new site/domain box appears.
7. Enter www.88wp.com and click OK. The site name now appears in the left frame of the Advanced Options window.
8. Click the name of the new site.
9. Click the Privacy tab.
10. Check the "Use these rules for..." box.
11. Change the Referrer from "Block" to "Permit."
12. Click Apply, and then click OK.
13. Click OK to close the Options window.
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Norton Internet Security 2003/2004

1. Open NIS or NPF.
2. Do one of the following.
* In NIS/NPF 2003, click Options > Internet Security or Personal Firewall (This step is not always needed), and then click the Web Content tab.
* In NIS/NPF 2004, double-click Privacy Control, and then click Advanced.
3. Click Add Site. A new site/domain box appears.
4. Enter www.88wp.com and click OK. The site name now appears in the left frame of the Options window.
5. Click the name of the new site.
6. Click the Global Settings tab.
7. In the "Information about visited sites" section, clear "Use default settings."
8. Click Permit.
9. Click OK to close the Options window.
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Techincal Information about HTTP_REFERER's

(for the geeks who care)

When you click a Web page, your browser notes the current page that you are on and sends that information to the server of the new Web page. This way, the server for the new Web page knows the last Web page that you viewed.

For example, if you are on www.symantec.com and click www.microsoft.com , the browser sends www.microsoft.com the information that you are currently viewing www.symantec.com. If you block referrer information, the server of the page you are requesting to see does not know what page you saw last. By default, Norton Internet Security (NIS) and Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) block this information. Some Web sites require this information before they allow you to see their pages.




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Re: Thinking About Switching From php-Nuke...
  • 2004/3/24 15:46

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I like this topic hehe (And if you know me at all I -have- to put my 2 cents in lol)

1. You know when you download a new module for phpnuke and you have like 20 diff files that have to go in 20 diff folders? Sucks right? Guess what .... with XOOPS its one folder, drop the whole folder in your modules folder and thats it! (Does the happy dance)

2. You know when you get a new phpnuke module and 9 out of 10 times they dont work? Sucks right? I have never ever ever had this problem with xoops! XOOPS has some of the most devoted developers and community members of any CMS I have ever delt with :)

3. Ever had your phpnuke site exploited? Ya that -really- sucks! Well my team set up a test site (xoops) all of default settings and beat the **** out of it and guess what .... still standing strong :)

4. You know when you first install phpnuke, you have to open this file add this line and this other line and do a bunch of crazy things? With XOOPS you click click click and your done. Took me under 1 minute to install with no coding :)

5. If you have a request or need of a paticular module or modification to make your life and site easier and so on, all I can say is "Ask and you shall recieve". XOOPS developers and community seem to always be on top of things and are always looking for a new challange. (One of the things I greatly admire about this community.)

6. I could honestly go on and on and fill up a database on this topic lol

In short, I used to be very fond of phpnuke, developed themes and modules for the system as well and so on. I just got really tierd of the lack of support as well as the HUGE amount of exploitable areas. Once I installed XOOPS there was no turning back. I have since created and devoted my team of developers to this project. We love it! The community is awsome! The XOOPS team are SO devoted to the project. As for support ... take a look around this site, you will find page, after page, after page, of help documents, members helping members and so on. I give up most respect to the XOOPS project and to all who are involved.

Phew, after all that I suppose I could have just said "Just use it!" lol



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Re: Mydownloads submit, remove the http:// ? i tried all.
  • 2004/3/23 16:35

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Why can't you just type in for example
{XOOPS_URL}/files/file.zip?
or
yoursite.com/files/file.zip?

Im not sure I understand why you need to remove the http:// part, I get that they are located on your server which is kool, but linking them via http:// shouldn't be an issue.

As far as having your files folder within the main directory, yoursite.com/files/file.zip that shouldn't be a problem either. Although moving the files will resault in having to re-add them all or at the least edit each download entry.

Could you explain more of the issue your having using the http:// method?



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Re: Multi language module installation problem
  • 2004/3/23 16:27

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Few things you should check on:

Make sure the folder includes everything it should.
From what your saying it isn't picking up on the xoops_version.php
(Which is kind of important lol)

The xoops_version.php should be in the main module folder
modules/blah-module/xoops_version.php

Another thing to check on is that you got a complete download, sometimes if your internet connections times out for a split second or even the server you are downloading from, it can mess up your whole download. So in short you may need to re-download and re-install the module :)



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Re: theme_blockleft.html not compiled?!?!
  • 2004/3/23 16:18

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Try going to your templates_c folder and removing the generated theme-name-leftblock.html (Or whatever you have it named) Then refreshing your page.

When creating themes I have the same trouble, I have to remove the generated theme files once I update or change them in order to see the changes.



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Re: how to adjust table width of poll block
  • 2004/3/23 16:12

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In the templates_c folder you will see a filed named something like:

db%3Axoopspoll_block_poll.html

Open that file in a html editor, if you dont have one you can just open it in notepad. The first bunch of lines will look something like this:

<?php /* Smarty version 2.5.0, created on 2004-03-03 14:16:57
         compiled from db:xoopspoll_block_poll.html */ 
?>
<?php $this
->_load_plugins(array(
array(
'function''cycle''db:xoopspoll_block_poll.html'9false),)); ?><?php if (count((array)$this->_tpl_vars['block']['polls'])):
    foreach ((array)
$this->_tpl_vars['block']['polls'] as $this->_tpl_vars['poll']):
?>
<form style="margin-top: 1px;" action="<?php echo $this->_tpl_vars['xoops_url']; ?>
/modules/xoopspoll/index.php" method="post">
<table class="outer" cellspacing="1">


*
Ok now where you see the last line I have there:

<table class="outer" cellspacing="1">



Try changing it to this:

<table width="100%" class="outer" cellspacing="1">


That should make the block be the full width of the column.
Be sure you save it with the exact name as it started.


Hope that helps :)



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Re: poll font and color
  • 2004/3/23 16:03

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Your poll block should automatically take on which ever theme you are using, the font and color should already be set in the themes style.css

If you know what you are doing you can edit the size and colors in the themes/whatever-theme/style.css file.

Be sure to make a back up copy of the file before you mess around with it just in case of a problem :)



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Re: No forums
  • 2004/3/22 15:09

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Can you not scroll your page down?



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Re: No forums
  • 2004/3/22 14:40

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Make sure you are logged in as admin then try to go to this url

http://yoursite.com/modules/newbb/admin/admin_forums.php?mode=addforum

This should display the add a forum section and it will look like this:

Click here to view screen shot.



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Re: No forums
  • 2004/3/22 14:06

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Are you sure you have installed the forums module?

Where exactly are you trying to add them from?




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