MyBB Community Forums - Included Suggestions / Feedback

503 for errors

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:52:58 +0000

Whenever I have mysql errors with my site I run the very real risk that Google will index the error page.

So today I sought a solution. I'd like to recommend that this be added to MyBB.

Edit inc/class_error.php

find:

			@header("Content-type: text/html; charset={$charset}");

Add before it:

@header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable');
@header('Status: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable');
@header('Retry-After: 1800');

Effectively this tells Google and other search engines the service is not available and to try again in 30 minutes (1800 seconds).

Please MyBB consider this change. It's good SEO.

Hook request in recount_rebuild.php

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:10:34 +0000

I think that it's useful to add an hook in admin/modules/tools/recount_rebuild.php just before

$form_container->end();

because there is no way to show a custom rebuild tool in that list

Removing a Theme IMGDIR restriction

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:43:41 +0000

Currently this code exists in global.php

if(!@is_dir($theme['imgdir']))
{
	$theme['imgdir'] = "images";
}

This prevents me from using an external server for my images. It will not recognize http://img.domain.com/images if I chose to break up my server load.

Please consider a small change to allow external image servers.

reputation_start hook

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:44:44 +0000

I am requesting a reputation_start hook in reputation.php as one does not exist. There is one for reputation_end and for actions like do_add but not to start the page.

Thank you.

Global Hook Request

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:54:21 +0000

if($mybb->usergroup['canview'] != 1)
{
	// Check pages allowable even when not allowed to view board
	$allowable_actions = array(
		"member.php" => array(
			"register",
			"do_register",
			"login",
			"do_login",
			"logout",
			"lostpw",
			"do_lostpw",
			"activate",
			"resendactivation",
			"do_resendactivation",
			"resetpassword"
		),
		"usercp2.php" => array(
			"removesubscription",
			"removesubscriptions"
		),
	);
	if(!($current_page == "member.php" && in_array($mybb->input['action'], $allowable_actions['member.php'])) && !($current_page == "usercp2.php" && in_array($mybb->input['action'], $allowable_actions['usercp2.php'])) && $current_page != "captcha.php")
	{
		error_no_permission();
	}
	unset($allowable_actions);
}

In globals.php there is that section which will prevent a page access. It would be nice to see a hook there to allow plugin authors access to add more there.

editpost.php hooks

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:52:08 +0000

This:

$plugins->run_hooks("editpost_start");

is run twice.

At the beginning of editpost.php and after:

if(!$mybb->input['action'] || $mybb->input['action'] == "editpost")
{

Edit:
Although we are able to know if we are in the second or in the first, I am not going to check that in my plugin as I don't know which one will remain so I will have to run 2 extra queries
Edit 2:
Nevermind, there's no need to run 2 extra queries as long as I just validate permissions when submitting the post after being edited. But if I wanted to validate permissions (it was my initial idea) before the edit post page is displayed, it wouldn't work properly

Sticky threads have no CSS distinction

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:09:32 +0000

As per subject. A user asked me how to change the css for stickies...I looked and to my surprise they are not differentiated from regular threads at all.

It would require core file changes or a plugin to actually correct this.

Hopefully the suggestion will be considered.

A fix would probably require a new template based on forumdisplay_thread and a new theme css definition.

Small typo?

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:16:53 +0000

In class.core.php

line 134

$protected = array("_GET", "_POST", "_SERVER", "_COOKIE", "_FILES", "_SERVER", "_ENV", "GLOBALS");

should be

$protected = array("_GET", "_POST", "_SERVER", "_COOKIE", "_FILES", "_ENV", "GLOBALS");

???

Make PM report post URL clickable

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:13:51 +0000

Small thing, but if you choose to get reported posts via PM, the URL to the post isn't clickable; is there a reason for this?? I'm sure it would be quite easy to make it clickable, just to save people having to copy and paste...

New Thread Theme Issue

Sat, 23 May 2009 22:14:08 +0000

Another OCD moment

Username:
Thread Subject
Post Icon:
Your Message:

(No colon after subject).

"I want to post a poll" should also have a space before it to make it inline with the rest of the options.

If it's too trivial, go as bogus...

Make Recount Process Automated

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:06:42 +0000

Automate the recount process instead of having to click Proceed for each page.

Also, I don't know how possible it would be but perhaps have some kind of mathematical check to find the maximum number per page for each item so people don't get errors.

Usage of phpinfo() in gd_version() of captcha.php

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:35:33 +0000

In gd_version() of captcha.php, you parse the phpinfo() result to retreive the GD version if GD is loaded.

GD provide the method gd_info() which return the version.

It's:
-> More easy to code
-> More easy to read
-> More efficient when phpinfo() is disabled by web hoster ;-)

"User(s) viewing this thread" functionality

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:09:45 +0000

Just a bit of rounding out MyBB function-wise.

In addition to the "User(s) browsing this forum:" when viewing forums, add a "User(s) viewing this thread:" function when looking at specific threads.

Similar to the first one, have an option to turn it on or off in the Admin CP.

Where user is on Who's Online.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:30:50 +0000

I think it'd be good to see where the user is whilist veiwing who's online, and i mean specifically, eg: veiwing this thread or posting reply to that thread...

Suggestion: Quote in quick reply

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:40:55 +0000

I really love the quick reply feature, but it would be nice if we could quote posts in the QR.

In vBulletin you can click the extra button below each post to jump to the quick reply and you then have an option to quote the post.

Am I missing this or is it not implemented?