CFMBB Forums

Testing out this forum

2008-06-24T06:26:09-07:00

Hey, Looking for a new forum host on my site, just testing this one out. :P:P forumtester

RE: blog.cfc getEntries function

2008-06-17T08:35:41-07:00

Got it. 3 a.m. Regards.

blog.cfc getEntries function

2008-06-17T08:08:16-07:00

Having difficulties modifying getUsers function to be able to retrieve entries by a username or userid using MySQL. Please advise. Thanks in advance.

Dear Rick

2008-06-06T04:36:56-07:00

I would be willing to help you out with this project. The world needs a ColdFusion forum that doesn't suck. Send me a PM if you need any help and I will see what time I can give. Oh and GO IRISH!!

Force External Link to Open in New Window?

2008-05-28T18:13:08-07:00

Fairly simple question, but maybe not a simple answer: I have the CFMBB running in an iframe on my site. This works great up until the user clicks an external link in a message or signature. The new page stays in the iframe and doesn't fit well. I was wondering if there was a way to check for, and subsequently act on, an external vs. internal link on the forums. The idea is that if a user is simply clicking around the forums, they stay in the same window. As soon as they click an external link a new window/tab is opened (target=_blank or something similar). I've seen a few wiki's that have this option in the admin settings, but didn't see one for CFMBB. I know you can use BB code to specify a new window such as: [link=external=http://www.... ...but each poster would have to remember and use this in the right spots. Any ideas?

CAPTCHA not working

2008-05-28T14:02:07-07:00

We run Coldfusion 6.1 on Linux which I think is the culprit for this issue. The error thrown is: [b]This graphics environment can be used only in the software emulation mode.[/b] Try it out here: [url=http://www.proginet.com/bb/genCaptcha.cfm]www.proginet.com/bb/genCaptcha.cfm[/url] I also added this fix, which still didn't fix it: [url=http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_18747&sliceId=2]Adobe Technote[/url]

Subscription Options throwing error

2008-05-27T21:31:18-07:00

When I toggle to subscribe it works fine. However when I toggle to unsubscribe the following error happens (see attached) We are running MySQL, 6.1 on a Linux box. If you want to try it out go here: [url=http://www.proginet.com/bb/]Link[/url]

Setting Locale

2008-05-16T02:09:16-07:00

I have locale=it_IT in blog.ini.cf. I set locale in the init portion of Application.cfm : I check at the end of layout.cfm and the locale is set as Italian(Standard) as expected. But as soon as I call any other page it reverts to English (US). I have done a global search in the all application and there are no other "SetLocale" with the exception of /admin which I believe is out of reach. Please advise. Thank You.

RE: Image URL's in Forum Sigs

2008-05-13T19:48:26-07:00

no worries!

RE: Image URL's in Forum Sigs

2008-05-13T19:03:13-07:00

Thanks! I won't bother you again for a while.:wink:

RE: Image URL's in Forum Sigs

2008-05-13T18:36:20-07:00

No, the BBML parser doesn't do the BORDER=0 so people GET that the image is clickable if there is an anchor around it. That being said, you could add the following into your template to remove the border from the images. [code][/code] Alternatively, if you only want to remove the borders on the signatures.... [code][/code]

Image URL's in Forum Sigs

2008-05-13T18:22:48-07:00

I hate having to come back here with every stupid little question, but I can't for the life of me figure this out... I have forum signatures that contain images that are clickable links. They have the annoying blue (or red) border around them, usually due to a missing border="0" in standard html. However, I don't know how to set this in the bbml, or in the page display. Is there something I'm missing?

RE: Posting Error Using Access Backend

2008-05-12T20:44:24-07:00

[quote="rickroot"]it's probably missing some parenthesis on the FROM clause. Access requires that each JOIN in a multiple join environment be enclosed in parens. Cuz it's freakin' lame. so make sure you've got this. [code]SELECT ... FROM (((A inner join B on ...) inner join C on ...) inner join D on ... WHERE ...[/code][/quote] Yup, that was it. Was in the thread.cfc file. I'm hoping to set up a SQL database to use, but as of right now all I have is Access. Thanks for the help!

RE: Posting Error Using Access Backend

2008-05-12T20:22:03-07:00

it's probably missing some parenthesis on the FROM clause. Access requires that each JOIN in a multiple join environment be enclosed in parens. Cuz it's freakin' lame. so make sure you've got this. [code]SELECT ... FROM (((A inner join B on ...) inner join C on ...) inner join D on ... WHERE ...[/code]

Posting Error Using Access Backend

2008-05-12T19:40:11-07:00

Hello, I've successfully installed CFMBB, and am able to log in, create users, modify settings, etc. However, I get an error every time I attempt to post a new topic: Detail [Macromedia][SequeLink JDBC Driver][ODBC Socket][Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'A.forumidfk=B.id inner join cfmbb_conferences C on B.conferenceidfk=C.id'. ErrorCode 42000 Message Error Executing Database Query. NativeErrorCode -3100 The actual error email that is generated is much bigger, but I didn't want to copy/paste the entire thing here. I've read all the instructions on using Access, and have modified the .ini file, as well as the users.cfc and forum.cfc file. Any ideas?

Success at running3wide.com

2008-05-01T16:35:28-07:00

I want to report success at running3wide.com although I am still having a few issues every once in awhile with "null pointers". I think the software is a great open source project. I wanted to use Cold Fusion since that is the best language I am familiar with, but this ColdFusion is so advanced for me that it looks foreign to me, but I am learning. I want to say that I have the software integrated fairly well into my site, inclduing theme and user accounts, but I am still trying to integrate into the existing authentication system tied to the main application. I am still working on it. The entire site is still in development and testing, so I am glad that I was able to implement this forum software without any major problems so I can focus on other things. Thanks again and great job with it! I truly appreciate the efforts!

Success!

2008-04-25T16:02:00-07:00

I've been able to successfully install cfmbb as part of our intranet. This latest install fixed the bug regarding edit postings. The README file instructions for including the dsn information to Application.cfm page on line 18 may be incorrect. This is line 18: [code][/code]

RE: CFMBB 1.24 Released

2008-04-23T20:55:01-07:00

found a bug already, apparently the "announcement" status of items isn't updated in the cache when you set or unset the announcement status.

CFMBB 1.24 Released

2008-04-23T20:53:41-07:00

Here's the stuff from the changelog: [code]v1.24 - 4/23/2008 - DATABASE CHANGE - do this statement manually: alter table cfmbb_threads modify name varchar(100) null default ''; - include/udf.cfm: improved sortQuery() method to protect from abuse attempts - includes/udf.cfm: added bbml support for youtube embedding - includes/bbcode_control.cfm: adjusted for youtube embedding - cfcs/messages.cfc: fixed bug #29 (see cfmbb.riaforge.org) - improved parameterization of url parameters for sorting to prevent errors being generated by spambots - more spambrot protection - don't generate error emails when spambots pass invalid arguments to attachment.cfm and rss.cfm - Added captcha to user registration to prevent help prevent spambots from registering - Added a robots.txt file to prevent search engines from hitting certain pages - modified login.cfm to be more user friendly. Errors now appear in the area that generated them, and anchors are used to scroll automatically to that part of the page. - integrated the MarkItUp editor for editing posts when BBML is enabled. - login form uses CFIMAGE when running on Coldfusion 8+ instead of imagecfc - changed location of thread title in messages.cfm and put it in an

tag for improved visibilty to humans and search engines [/code]

RE: Great idea

2008-04-23T19:08:08-07:00

oops, accidentally deleted this content