Module functions affected by Sentinel

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:59 am

Raven, Bob, Chatserv

I am hoping that maybe you could offer some assistance with some problems that I am having.

It appears that some add on modules do not work well with Sentinel ( v 1.2.0), I believe they are affected in the same manner as the Your Account module is before you make the changes to the four functions in the index.php (or the four separate files in the NSN Version). I am still pretty green at correcting these kind of issues and PHP coding in general so I am at a bit of a disadvantage.

I have friends who are experiencing the same problems with the same modules that I am. We all have found that commenting out the include function for Sentinel in the mainfile.php restores full functionality to the affected modules, but this of course leaves the site open to exploitation.

I have searched all of the top Nuke resources extensively, as well as the developers sites and have found no mention of this problem, yet it definately exists. I initially found out about it when my members began requesting help with these aspects of the site. When I went to do a walk through with them I found the problem... The features were not working properly. Because I had experienced the problem with the YA module, I commented out the include function in the mainfile and voila... the modules worked again.

Currently I am having these specific problems:

FriendFinder 2.1.3 - Members are unable to use the "Edit user" feature becaue when they click on the link, it merely refreshes the page, just like the Your Account module did before the fix was applied.

Hot or Not 2.0 - When viewers (members or anonymous) try to browse the available images, they are not able to navigate beyond the first page (via the navigation at the bottom off the module) of images because when they click on the any of the navigation links (i.e. Back :: 1 2 :: Next) the page merely refreshes just like the Your Account module did before the fix was applied.

I have reviewed the code in each of these modules to see if they could be fixed in the same manner as the Your Account module, but there are big enough differences that I was unable to correct the problem without crippling the modules... meaning that I feel my understanding of PHP is not yet of the caliber needed to fix these modules so that they work with Sentinel enabled.

I would love for one or more of you to look at these modules and see what needs to be changed to satisfy Sentinel.

I can grant Admin, PHPmyAdmin and FTP access to whichever of you three wish to take a look.

Also, maybe there should be a dedicated forum to this type of issue?

Thank you for your time. I look forward tou your response.

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Could you look at you server error log and see if there is a specific error that is being thrown?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:21 am

I need links to the downloads for those two modules for me to look at what is interacting with Sentinel and causing the problems.

Please either send me the complete packages at webmaster(at)nukescripts(dot)net or give links here and I'll download and test those out and try to find a fix for you.

Most likely it's going to be very similar to the YA fix but won't know for sure until I get into them.

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:30 am

I am going to reply to Raven and Bob in this post. Smile

Raven: The server error logs displayed no information regarding the modules after duplicating the page refresh problem in each.

Bob: Yes sir, I can send both to you and will in the next few minutes.

Thank you both for the extremely fast reply.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:53 am

Hello Gentlemen.

I was just wondering if either of you have had a chance to look at those two modules that I sent you.

Thanks!

Curtis H

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:24 am

I have not gotten them from you as of yet.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:34 am

Well that is weird... I emailed them the same day. would you email me at clh at curtishancock dot com

I will reply with the zipped attachments

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:56 pm

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:36 pm

Got em and will look at them this evening (EST).

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:41 pm

Thank you so much Bob!

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:58 pm

In Friend Finder's modules/FriendFinder/index.php file find lines 699-702:

Code:

    getusrinfo($user);


    $result1 = sql_query("select ffusername,sex, birth, degree,oicq,selfintro,stapro,city,postcode,location, object, method, other, photo, keyword,time, click, song,film, marriage,tel,country,user_occ,havechild,wantchild,drink,smoke,race from ".$user_prefix."_user_profile1 where ffusername='$userinfo[username]'",$dbi);


    $row = sql_fetch_array($result1, $dbi);


    if (($userinfo[username] != $cookie[1]) AND ($userinfo[user_password] != $cookie[2])) {

and change to:

Code:

cookiedecode($user);


    getusrinfo($user);


    $result1 = sql_query("select ffusername,sex, birth, degree,oicq,selfintro,stapro,city,postcode,location, object, method, other, photo, keyword,time, click, song,film, marriage,tel,country,user_occ,havechild,wantchild,drink,smoke,race from ".$user_prefix."_user_profile1 where ffusername='$userinfo[username]'",$dbi);


    $row = sql_fetch_array($result1, $dbi);


if ((is_user($user)) AND ($userinfo[username] == $cookie[1]) AND ($userinfo[user_password] == $cookie[2])) {

They copied the lines directly from YA so it's the exact same issue as YA.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:31 pm

In Hot or Not's index.php file find line 145:

Code:

     if ($count == 0 && !$unrated) Header("location: modules.php?name=Hot_Or_Not&cat=$gl_cat_id&h_op=unrated");

and comment it out like so:

Code:

     //if ($count == 0 && !$unrated) Header("location: modules.php?name=Hot_Or_Not&cat=$gl_cat_id&h_op=unrated");

I don't see why the logic is failing once Sentinel is added but that is the line that keeps forcing you back to the first page.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:55 pm

BobMarion wrote:

In Hot or Not's index.php file find line 145:

Code:

     if ($count == 0 && !$unrated) Header("location: modules.php?name=Hot_Or_Not&cat=$gl_cat_id&h_op=unrated");

and comment it out like so:

Code:

     //if ($count == 0 && !$unrated) Header("location: modules.php?name=Hot_Or_Not&cat=$gl_cat_id&h_op=unrated");

I don't see why the logic is failing once Sentinel is added but that is the line that keeps forcing you back to the first page.

Ok I applied the first change (Friendfinder) and that works now as it should. Thank you!

I applied the second change (HotorNot) and am still experiencing the page refresh issue.

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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:30 pm

What link does that I just went there browsed a little voted once it was all good?

Edit: I see I think the paging links at the bottom of the page?

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:37 pm

Voting is not the problem, the problem is that the navigation at the bottom of the module does not work, if you click on either the "next" link or the next sequential number the pages refreshes instead of going to the next page of images.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:03 pm

Yes, the links at the bottom of the page. They only refresh the page. Sad

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:57 pm

I have stared at the code in this module for hours Bang Head

and just can't find where Sentinel is affecting the TOP portion. Of course the way this module is coded may be part of it since it uses the old sql layering system and you get lost trying to trace the route it takes. I'll look at it again tomorrow when my eyes aren't falling out of my head.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 6:02 pm

Thanks Bob, I appreciate that you have made time for me. Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:59 pm

BTW, are either of these paid scripts? I'm thinking of adding FriendFinder to my site if it's a free script Smile

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:11 am

Yes sir they are both free. Sorry it took me so long to answer, I had to reinstall my OS on my workstation last night.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:04 am

I know that I am probably bugging you guys, but have you had any luck with that Hot or Not module? That seems to be one of the hottest, most visited areas of my site and I would love to get it running properly but just do not have the knowledge necessary to figure out the solution myself. Sad

Curt

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:37 pm

I'll look at it some more over the weekend. I've been trying to get a few of my other scripts updated the past few days which has me being slow on this.

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:42 pm

I tried to download the modules from the link posted above but it seems the zip is no longer there, could you provide a download url so i can check into this?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:58 pm

Try this link: [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] <- removed from server

Let me know when you get and I'll pull it back off the NG server Smile

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:04 pm

Got it, thanks Bob.