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Re: 8.0.0 Changelog Discussion Gismo der erste 1 hour ago

I'm honestly disappointed that it supposedly took 14 years to release UBB.threads 8.0. After all this time, the changes feel incredibly underwhelming. Apart from updating some libraries and adding PHP 8 support – which should be a basic maintenance task – nothing truly significant seems to have changed.

The software still looks and feels like it's stuck in the early 2000s. There’s no sign of modern design principles, mobile-first layout, or meaningful UX improvements. It’s far from the screenshots and previews that once promised (https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/233673/an-update-on-version-8) something fresh and modern. In that sense, the update feels more like a rebranding of the old rather than a real step forward – almost like a repackaged legacy product.

I really expected more after all these years. It’s disheartening to see how little progress has actually been made.

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Version 7/8 Support

Re: Very slow web server response times isaac 04/08/2025 10:23 AM

If you want to block the entire class a network, add the following to your .htaccess

Code

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all

# Broad violator range
deny from 47.0.0.0/8
</Limit>

If you want be more specific, add the following to your .htaccess

Code

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all

# Singapore common violator ranges
deny from 47.74
deny from 47.79
deny from 47.82
deny from 47.84
deny from 47.88
deny from 47.89
</Limit>

If you want be more near exact in what you limit, add the following to your .htaccess

Code

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all

# Singapore specific
deny from 47.74.128.0/17
deny from 47.79.0.0/20
deny from 47.79.48.0/20
deny from 47.79.96.0/19
deny from 47.79.192.0/18
deny from 47.82.0.0/18
deny from 47.84.0.0/16
deny from 47.88.128.0/17
deny from 47.89.88.0/24
deny from 47.89.91.0/24
deny from 47.128.0.0/14
deny from 47.235.1.0/24
deny from 47.235.4.0/24
deny from 47.235.6.0/23
deny from 47.235.19.0/24
deny from 47.235.21.0/24
deny from 47.235.30.0/24
deny from 47.236.0.0/15
deny from 47.241.0.0/16
deny from 47.245.64.0/18
deny from 47.246.1.0/24
deny from 47.246.39.0/24
deny from 47.246.58.0/24
deny from 47.246.62.0/23
deny from 47.246.106.0/24
deny from 47.246.157.0/24
deny from 47.246.158.0/23
deny from 47.246.160.0/20
deny from 47.246.196.0/22
</Limit>

source for country list
IP2Location - Block Visitors by Country
https://www.ip2location.com/free/visitor-blocker

TO AVOID POSSIBLE HOST VIOLATIONS, DO NOT ADD TOO MANY DENY REQUESTS

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How Do I?

Forum Topic Disabled but.......... FREAK 04/01/2025 4:05 PM

I disabled some forum topics and they can't be seen upon coming to the site.

I have found that people somehow still have access and are posting inside the topic.

The intent was an April Fools joke and that I would bring the forum topics back to life but now I see this issue instead.

How is this possible?

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How Do I?

Embedding photos with HTML problem klhansen 03/31/2025 3:09 AM

We've been attempting to modify some posts to embed photos within the post so they track better with the text in how-to style threads. Embedding the photos goes well enough, but many are too small to show the information without taking over the page. But when the photos are embedded, they disappear from the thumbnail view, so can't be clicked and enlarged to show more detail. The photos are still in the attachment manager listing when in edit mode, but aren't available for the usual member to view.

Attached is are screen shots of a post we've been working on in both normal and edit mode.

Can anyone help so we can have both embedded photos and the clickable thumbnails displaying on this type of post? We were able to do that previously (an earlier software version perhaps?)

Thanks in advance.

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Admin Zone

Re: Dedicated server specs to handle medium forum usage? Gizmo 03/27/2025 1:11 AM

That should be more than fine, I'm running UBBDev and a handful of other sites on a 4gb ram vps with access to 4 cores.

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Admin Zone

Re: User acceptance of site/forum cookies (compliance) Gizmo 03/27/2025 1:07 AM

Unfortunately if you were to turn cookies off you would be unable to login, stay logged in, or do pretty much anything...

A JavaScript "approve cookie use" code from freely online would be the perfect scenario, as the site just won't work if they don't allow cookies to be set. I myself have used the one at shareaholic before but it works the same as Isaac's suggestion.

The usable internet requires cookies, just disable them in your browser and let me know how fast you re-enable them while you're trying to use the internet as you would normally.

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Version 7/8 Support

Re: Database changes between 7.5.5 and 7.5.8? isaac 03/24/2025 5:08 PM

within the install directory are files named altertableX-X.X.php. each of these contain the table updates applied for that version during the software update process.

looking at the files, i see that there was a single update from 7.5.1 to 7.6.0. iirc, the update was mostly for the WhosOnline list. but if you open the php file in a text editor, youll see everything performed then.

there were no databae changes between 7.5.5 to 7.5.8.

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