Anybody heard of this hack.

Hi. Let's see if I can explain this correctly. I want to be able to include a link in all posts (old and new) of a user or set a signature in all posts of a user that has never had a signature.

Does anybody know of a hack that would do something like that? I'm trying to update (include a link) the user account I use for all my rss posts. I want to include either a signature or a link in all posts (thousands of posts).

Thanks for your time.

might work if you rebuild posts.......not completely sure though

adminCP>maintenance

rebuild post cache or update post counter

I AM NOT SURE OF THIS, ANYONE CARE TO CHIME IN?????

might work if you rebuild posts.......not completely sure though

adminCP>maintenance

rebuild post cache or update post counter

I AM NOT SURE OF THIS, ANYONE CARE TO CHIME IN?????

You'd need to edit the profile of the user to turn on the signature, then add the link in.

I also believe there may be an update signature thingie in adminCP>maintenance (but have not checked).

Either way though, the link would need to be active BEFORE any counter updates to take effect.

However, I'm not sure how ethical it would be to do such a thing without the consent/knowledge of the user in question.
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You'd need to edit the profile of the user to turn on the signature, then add the link in.

I also believe there may be an update signature thingie in adminCP>maintenance (but have not checked).

Either way though, the link would need to be active BEFORE any counter updates to take effect.

However, I'm not sure how ethical it would be to do such a thing without the consent/knowledge of the user in question.
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i dont think there is a update signature......i looked.

and yes of course you would have to have the sig set how you want it before rebuilding posts.

and i think he trying to edit his RSS bots sig, so i dont think the bot will mind....lol :P

i dont think there is a update signature......i looked.

Drat...

and yes of course you would have to have the sig set how you want it before rebuilding posts.


I like to state the obvious ;) it sometimes surprizes me how many people NEED to hear the things that 'go without saying'.

and i think he trying to edit his RSS bots sig, so i dont think the bot will mind....lol :P

I'm gunna start a new thread on RSS bots.

Thanks guys. I ran an sql query and updated all the RSS bot's signatures.

For anybody trying to solve this problem here is what I found:


http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1398810

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169615

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163711


For anybody trying to solve this problem here is the SQL query to run:


UPDATE post SET showsignature='1' WHERE userid='xxx';

...with 'xxx' being the USERID NUMBER of the member.


Thanks to all for your help.

I like to state the obvious ;) it sometimes surprizes me how many people NEED to hear the things that 'go without saying'.

Anyone who's been on this site for any length of time knows that, more often than not, it is necessary to "state the obvious". ;) Never, ever take it for granted that anything goes without saying, lol.