UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 6 Version 6 Support Adding New Gramlins

I'm attempting to add new graemlins to my boards so I chekced the admin guide and step 2 told me this:

2. In your UBB.threads™ control panel, click the “Add a Graemlin” link.

The problem is I don't have the add a graemlin link. My boards are here:

http://messageboard.cinescape.com/harrypotter/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=

I'm pretty new to admin-ing so please excuse me if there is a completely obvious solution.

These are the options I do have in my control panel (sorry it's so long)...

Settings
Edit config settings
Edit theme settings

User Management
Show / Edit Users
Approve new users
Delete inactive users
Delete old messages
Assign a moderator
Ban a User / IP
Unban User / IP
Send email to users

Forum Management
Create a forum
Edit or delete a forum
Change Forum order
Create a category
Edit or delete a category
Sort the category order.

Post Management
Approve posts
Expire threads
Close threads
Open threads
Keep threads
Unkeep threads
Delete posts from a user

Group Management
Create a new group
Rename a group
Mass group change

DB Management
SQL command
Optimize tables

Information
User stats
Message stats
Post stats
Forum info
UBB.threads Info

Templates
Edit a template

Styles
Create stylesheet
Edit a stylesheet

Filters
Edit bad emails
Edit reserved names
Edit bad words
Edit titles

Includes
Edit Generic Header
Edit Forum Headers
Edit Generic Footer
Edit Forum Footers
Edit closed message
Edit header-insert
Edit Privacy statement
Edit Board Rules
Edit COPPA insert

Scottyelf,

It looks like you are running UBB.threads version 6.0.3. The ability to add more graemlins was added to the Control Panel in version 6.1. I suggest upgrading to the newest version of UBB.threads to access this feature and many others. To view the changes to UBB.threads see the version notes here.

Please let me know if you have additional questions.

Thanks!

Jana Ballard
Infopop

*smacks forehead* I see!

Thanks for the swift help <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Scotty

Actually I do have 1 more question.

We have the boards rating system on my boards. Is there any way to turn it off/delete it/ replace it - It's becoming a bit of a bad joke for my users who gte rated negatively by big groups of people.

Log in to the Admin section, and click on Edit config settings. From there, select User Settings and scroll to the bottom. The last option is "Do you want to enable the User Rating system?". You can select no here! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Hmmm I don't seem to have that option in my config settings. My config settings are all in one hige list and I don't have any options for just user settings. In any case I checked all my config setting - No option for that I'm afraid.

It's no biggie though if there's no solution right now though.

Thanks <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

The config setting for turning off user ratings was added in 6.1 or 6.2. In your version, turning off user ratings would require editing templates.

Turning off thread ratings requires editing templates even in 6.2.

This thread should help you with removing the ratings under earlier versions of threads. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

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Thanks a lot again everyone! I promise to start helping other people's problems when I've learnt something but for now I have another question!

Is there any way to change a users post count in my version?

Thanks again! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

This SQL Query will help you:

UPDATE w3t_users
SET U_Totalposts='xxxx'
WHERE U_Username='usernamegoeshere'


Put the new number of posts that you want where I have xxxx and put the user name in the appropriate place. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

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If we ever meet remind me to buy you a drink! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Boy today I'm getting offered drinks and steaks. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

This is making me hungry and thirsty.

Glad it works for you. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

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Oh you so knew I'd be back with more questions! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

I was wondering about the rating system again. (we found a way to change peoples rates to prevent abuse of the system)

Is it possible to change what graphic is actually used instead of the stars? At the moment it is set by default to:

http://messageboard.cinescape.com/harrypotter/ubbthreads/images//star.gif

However I would really like to use something a little nicer!

Thanks in advance to all you wonderful people!

You could replace the file star.gif with a different one.

As Dave_L pointed out simply create a new image and name it the same so it overwrites the old image <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

We offer many different images Here Stop by anytime <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

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Sorry for being a pain guys but at the minute I don't have admin access to the servers etc necessary to edit or completely change the files.

I don't suppose there is any way to change the link to a different gif thorugh my admin panel as opposed to changing the actual star gif is there?

Not rating images.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

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