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If you can't get Archive mode to work with the Sambar Server..

Open ./archive/global.php

find the first instance of...

$endpart = substr(strrchr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "/"), 1);

and replace it with...

$endpart = substr($_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'], 1);

Then the archive mode will work just fine...

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']

will always = index.php, because it's the first valid file found in the URL

This is because Sambar matches the first valid file found in the directory (./archive) requested in the requested URL. Because Sambar does not have mod_rewite you could create a fake one to use forum wide using this same method. Also Sambar cleans 'ORIG_PATH_INFO' so it is safe to use without worring about what it may contain!

So what I am saying is that you can create a fake mod_rewrite for your forum doing the same thing on all your forum pages

Like, instead of links being...

http://www.site.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=2

you can have them as

http://www.site.com/forumdisplay.php/2

or showthread

http://www.site.com/showthread.php?tid=3

can be

http://www.site.com/showthread.php/3

Then just add the simple handler in your global.php file to convert back to what the script should process!