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Re: What do you think about moving to GitHub? - 15 years ago

GitHub is great, though it doesn't necessarily subsume Trac ticketing. Decentralized VCSes are good, however!

by Ambush Commander - Announcements

Re: Module: HTML in Messages - 16 years ago

Fair enough. I'll probably continue maintaining the HTML Purifier module. Not having caching is going to be slow >.>

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: HTML in Messages - 16 years ago

Ooh, does this mean I get to stop maintaining the other HTML Purifier Phorum module? ;-)

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: HTML Purifier - 17 years ago

Updated to be compatible with HTML Purifier 4.0.0. Some other user-friendly changes too!

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: HTML Purifier - 17 years ago

What did you use as your migration file?

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Built-in ability to hide anonymous user emails - 18 years ago

Obviously, I should check the config options more carefully. How's this for an amended request: hide emails to regular users, but show them to admins.

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Support

Built-in ability to hide anonymous user emails - 18 years ago

Phorum, by default, displays emails anonymous users enter. This has been a nasty surprise for more than one anonymous poster on my forum. Now, I know there is a Mailhide module, but I was wondering if there was a built-in way to hide anonymous emails. Thanks!

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Support

Re: Apparently, I didn't post my mod correctly... - 18 years ago

Ok, thanks. I'll go back and upload my modules. Do I need both zip and tar.gz, or will one suffice?

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Hack/Mod Requests

Apparently, I didn't post my mod correctly... - 18 years ago

...because it's not showing up on the auto-generated module list. I think it's because I didn't attach it, but here I'm confused: does the auto-generation script actually extract the files, look at the info.txt file, and then post accordingly?

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Hack/Mod Requests

Re: Emerald in blue? - 18 years ago

Heh, if everyone keeps changing the colors, maybe we shouldn't call it "emerald" anymore... how about "gemstone"?

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Templates

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 18 years ago

Updated module can be downloaded here:

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Module: HTML Purifier - 18 years ago

Filter Your HTML the Standards-Compliant Way! Note: PHP5 only! The HTML Purifier Phorum Module is a module that enables raw HTML input into the forums. "Now wait!" you may be thinking, "Doesn't that pose a security risk?" Normally, yes, it would, but we are using a spiffy library (written by me) called HTML Purifier that has bullet-proof XSS protection due to its wh

by Ambush Commander - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 18 years ago

Hi, I upgraded my forum to 5.2.6 and noticed some problems with the module (mainly with the migration code--regular usage doesn't seem to be affected). I'll be re-releasing the update module soon. Thanks!

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Message caching - 18 years ago

According to Phorum52News, message caching was added to Phorum. However, even when it is enabled, my module's format function still gets called. How does it really work?

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Support

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 18 years ago

Unfortunately, I have not yet, because until recently, the 5.2 series was beta. Now that it is stable, I will look into compatibility. Thank you for the heads up. If you attempt to use the mod on 5.2, please share your experiences. Thanks!

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Re: Tagger Hack: Retrieving threads from db - 18 years ago

I considered using the meta field, but decided against it. If I had implemented it that way, I would need to do a table scan in order to find the rows that had what I wanted.

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Hacks

Re: Tagger Hack: Retrieving threads from db - 18 years ago

Search overloading would work quite well. What I'm concerned about are the little "extras" that are in phorum_db_get_thread_list(). For example, the SQL statement for selecting threads contains a few extra gems: it checks for approval status, it checks the sort column, and it uses an index. Presumably, this could expand in the future, so it's slightly non-forwards compatible,

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Hacks

Tagger Hack: Retrieving threads from db - 18 years ago

I am currently working on a "tagger" mod/hack for Phorum that will enable users/admins to "tag" posts, search for posts with certain tags, and generate "tag clouds", ala del.icio.us. It's a project primarily for my own needs, but if someone else finds it useful, good for them. I have managed to bang out a working (albeit private) prototype, but I'm not h

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Hacks

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 19 years ago

To maintain PHP4 compatibility (static keywords are not recognized by PHP4). Our deprecation cycle is synchronized with PHP's, so support will be dropped this December.

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 19 years ago

Mmm... why is ctype support disabled? To get rid of the E_STRICT warnings, replace the packaged HTML Purifier with the -strict version that you can download from the website.

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

Got it. Thanks for answering my questions.

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

QuoteIf it makes caching data in meta too clunky, then you can also remove existing cache data from the meta array at the start of the editing process from the module. If the editing process doesn't need it and if it will be regenerated afterwards, then it's safe to dump it there. That's quite a sensible recommendation and I will be sure to use that technique on my next mod rele

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

Ah. It's a textbook example of Client Session State then. :-) Most people would have implemented this using the $_SESSION variable, but I can definitely see the advantages to this approach. It lends itself well to clustering too (although I'm not sure Phorum has those capabilities). The main problems with it are data size (which, as you note, isn't very large, although that make

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: Password change should prompt for original password - 19 years ago

Filed as with patch. Currently not configurable, but really, it shouldn't need to be. It's not disruptive (people don't change their passwords everyday) and it makes good sense.

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Development

Request for Trac account - 19 years ago

Could I have a Trac account for submitting tickets/patches to the system? It's a pain to have to type my name every time I submit a ticket, and it doesn't appear that I will receive email notifications when tickets I open are updated. I submitted a number of recent patches under the name "Edward Z. Yang," specifically: - - - - This bug's a quicky to fix:

by Ambush Commander - Phorum Development

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

QuoteThere are good reasons for sending this data to the browser and not store it locally. It makes a lot of things a lot easier and straight forward to handle in the code. One of my concerns is that it's wasteful behavior, especially if the form is being generated even for reads (like read.php). It's not killer, but I'd really like to know why things are managed like this. It

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: HTML Purifier Phorum Mod: enable WYSIWYG - 19 years ago

Updated to 2.0.1.1. The new version is a lot better in terms of stability, so please upgrade to it.

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Modules / Add-Ons

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

Looks good. Thanks for the speedy fix. For future reference, to you prefer bugs be reported here or in the bug tracker?

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: phorum is taking down my server...please help ! - 19 years ago

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by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support

Re: Signing data with newlines in it - 19 years ago

This module reproduces it: <?php /* phorum module info hook: posting_custom_action|phorum_test_meta_signing_posting title: Meta signing reproduce mod desc: This module reproduces a signing bug for the meta field in $messages. After enabling it, attempt to edit a post. Don't use it in production environments */ function phorum_test_meta_signing_posting($message) { // le

by Ambush Commander - 5.1 Phorum Support