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10 most Recent Topics - YaBB Development & Mods https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl en-us YaBB Development & Mods Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:08:30 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss YaBB 2.7.00 Revision: 2044 30 General Board - Is YABB Still Alive https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776048970/14#14 YaBB Development & Mods/General Board https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776048970/14#14 Fri, 29 May 2026 05:11:52 GMT @ pyragony54 It seems that you are basing your decision not to convert your forum to SMF at least in part on a misunderstanding about SQL databases: there is no 128 MB cap on their size. It is possible, however, that your hosting provider has imposed such a limit. A few years ago, I moved my website and forum from a web hosting provider to my own virtual private server (VPS) running cPanel to avoid what I considered an unreasonable restriction (the blocking of visitors using the Tor network). The monthly cost is modest (about €30 per month), and I'm very glad now to have full control over size quotas and other limitations. Before converting my forum from YaBB to SMF, I was encountering an issue that perhaps could be addressed in YaBB 2.7: the forum index would frequently become corrupted, which would result in some forum pages becoming inaccessible, and the list of recent posts would instead display very old posts. I would have to rebuild the forum index every few days. I have noted a few advantages of SMF over YaBB with my own forum. Perhaps the most important is that the forum is now "mobile-responsive" and is easily readable on a smartphone. I've also been able to use an SMF mod (Optimus) to help optimize the forum for search engines. I also had Claude AI Opus 4.7 write a modification of the default SMF template to implement microdata tags to make message threads eligible for Google's Search's "rich results." I imagine it would be possible to do all these things in YaBB 2.7 as well, and the AI tools you're using would presumably facilitate that. I wish you many more years of health and happiness! (I'm 62 myself.) One more thing about the conversion script that I mentioned earlier in this thread: it has a bug that causes regular users to be unable to post messages. Claud AI's Opus 4.7 helped me to quickly troubleshoot and fix the problem on my own forum, but the conversion script I've linked to on my website (georgemaschke [dot] net) still has the bug. Here is a summary that Claude generated for me: Quote: <div>The YaBB-to-SMF 2.1 converter incorrectly assigned imported users' post-count group ID to both id_group and id_post_group in smf_members, rather than setting id_group = 0 (Regular Members) and letting id_post_group carry the post-count tier independently. The result: 6,000+ users had their primary group set to a post-count group like "New User," which doesn't carry the standard Regular Members permissions — so they couldn't view profiles, reply to posts, etc. The fix was a single UPDATE setting id_group = 0 for everyone in groups 12–17, followed by SMF's built-in post-group recount. If you eventually decide to report this upstream, the SMF developers might appreciate knowing — it's the kind of bug that affects every YaBB migration silently, since admins (with id_group = 1) never experience the symptoms themselves. </div> Talk it Up - bots https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1760591040/2#2 YaBB Development & Mods/Talk it Up https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1760591040/2#2 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:28:25 GMT 100.24.0.0/13 101.47.0.0/18 102.89.83.0/24 102.129.232.0/24 103.51.2.0/24 103.61.240.0/24 103.87.236.0/24 103.90.227.0/24 103.97.46.0/23 103.104.28.128/25 103.109.56.0/24 103.115.197.0/24 103.119.177.0/24 103.122.254.0/24 103.123.60.0/23 103.129.125.0/24 103.133.174.0/24 103.137.72.0/24 103.153.42.0/24 103.165.51.0/24 103.180.113.0/24 104.28.62.0/24 104.28.64.0/24 104.28.139.0/24 104.28.143.0/24 104.37.30.0/23 104.129.13.0/24 104.165.205.0/24 104.168.0.0/17 104.194.203.0/24 104.207.38.0/24 104.222.171.0/24 104.223.0.0/19 104.223.32.0/20 104.223.48.0/22 104.223.52.0/23 104.223.54.0/24 104.223.59.0/24 104.223.60.0/22 104.223.64.0/19 104.223.96.0/20 104.223.112.0/21 104.223.120.0/22 104.223.126.0/24 104.233.32.0/20 104.234.19.0/24 104.253.247.0/24 106.37.0.0/16 106.38.0.0/15 107.20.0.0/16 107.22.0.0/16 107.23.0.0/17 107.161.86.0/24 107.161.87.0/24 107.161.92.0/24 107.163.160.0/19 107.172.0.0/14 108.165.146.0/24 108.187.16.0/20 108.187.240.0/20 108.187.248.0/21 109.72.224.0/20 109.107.186.0/24 109.176.48.0/21 111.0.0.0/10 113.160.0.0/11 113.224.0.0/12 114.119.128.0/19 116.128.0.0/10 116.179.0.0/16 119.248.0.0/14 123.4.0.0/14 123.6.0.0/16 123.16.0.0/12 128.14.90.0/24 128.241.224.0/19 135.148.0.0/17 135.148.128.0/18 136.144.19.0/24 136.144.35.0/24 136.226.54.0/23 136.243.0.0/16 138.226.0.0/16 140.248.36.0/23 141.94.0.0/16 141.95.0.0/17 141.98.11.0/24 142.147.128.0/17 144.31.1.0/24 145.239.0.0/16 146.19.216.0/24 146.59.0.0/17 146.70.211.0/24 147.92.55.0/24 147.135.128.0/17 149.71.56.0/24 149.88.22.0/24 149.88.106.0/23 149.202.0.0/16 150.228.104.0/23 151.240.205.0/24 151.241.216.0/24 152.42.224.0/20 154.17.153.0/24 154.29.225.0/24 154.85.4.0/24 154.198.7.0/24 155.94.128.0/18 155.94.192.0/19 155.94.224.0/21 155.94.232.0/23 155.94.240.0/20 155.117.189.0/24 158.69.0.0/16 158.173.128.0/17 158.173.156.0/24 159.26.99.0/24 159.148.218.0/24 162.19.128.0/17 165.154.182.0/24 166.88.23.0/24 166.88.140.0/24 168.222.28.0/24 170.23.0.0/16 172.84.176.0/24 172.121.6.0/24 172.121.28.0/24 172.121.72.0/24 172.121.74.0/24 172.121.75.0/24 172.121.76.0/24 172.121.79.0/24 172.121.81.0/24 172.121.84.0/24 172.121.88.0/24 172.121.89.0/24 172.121.90.0/24 172.121.91.0/24 172.121.92.0/24 172.121.93.0/24 172.121.94.0/24 172.121.95.0/24 172.121.97.0/24 172.121.116.0/24 172.121.117.0/24 172.121.118.0/24 172.121.123.0/24 172.121.127.0/24 172.121.131.0/24 172.121.138.0/24 172.121.148.0/24 172.121.149.0/24 172.121.160.0/24 172.121.172.0/24 172.121.173.0/24 172.121.174.0/24 172.121.178.0/24 172.121.184.0/24 172.121.188.0/24 172.121.192.0/19 172.208.0.0/13 172.225.6.0/24 172.225.134.0/24 172.225.190.0/24 172.225.194.0/24 172.225.240.0/24 172.226.108.0/24 172.226.112.0/24 172.245.0.0/16 172.245.61.192/27 172.252.0.0/16 172.252.30.0/24 172.252.43.0/24 172.252.47.0/24 172.252.51.0/24 172.252.139.0/24 172.252.163.0/24 172.252.164.0/24 172.252.177.0/24 172.252.199.0/24 172.252.213.0/24 173.234.144.0/21 173.234.248.0/21 173.239.214.0/24 173.254.207.0/24 173.254.209.0/24 173.254.210.0/23 173.254.213.0/24 173.254.214.0/23 173.254.216.0/23 173.254.220.0/23 173.254.230.0/24 173.254.250.0/23 173.254.250.64/26 173.254.252.0/22 175.146.0.0/15 176.117.107.0/24 177.234.136.0/21 178.17.48.0/21 181.214.0.0/16 184.72.64.0/19 184.73.0.0/16 185.45.15.0/24 185.107.56.0/22 185.115.108.0/22 185.181.246.0/24 185.191.171.0/24 185.213.154.0/24 185.246.119.0/24 185.248.85.0/24 188.130.185.0/24 188.165.128.0/21 188.172.235.0/24 191.101.157.0/24 192.3.0.0/16 192.111.136.0/22 192.198.108.0/24 192.210.128.0/17 192.227.240.0/24 192.227.247.128/26 192.229.64.0/20 192.238.144.0/20 192.252.214.0/24 192.253.234.0/24 193.32.249.0/24 193.36.224.0/24 194.59.30.0/24 194.104.11.0/24 194.127.199.0/24 195.80.150.0/24 195.177.94.0/24 196.240.254.0/24 197.211.52.0/24 198.20.172.0/22 198.23.215.0/24 198.46.128.0/17 202.14.4.0/22 202.46.62.0/24 202.131.96.0/19 202.131.126.0/24 204.152.208.0/22 204.152.212.0/23 205.234.254.0/24 212.56.49.0/24 213.255.212.0/22 213.255.232.0/21 216.45.55.0/24 216.73.172.0/22 216.152.224.0/20 217.64.126.0/24 217.113.192.0/20 217.154.126.0/24 217.182.0.0/16 219.154.0.0/15 220.181.0.0/16 YaBB News - htaccess issues https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776824470/1#1 YaBB Development & Mods/YaBB News https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776824470/1#1 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (pyragony54) Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:09:21 GMT Correct, I've had that happen quite a few times. It occurs when the attack is too intense. The IP address then appears more frequently in Guardian. A server error is the result. I don't think it can be fixed. I then block the IP address in the firewall. YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support - Linked images not being displayed. https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776969241/6#6 YaBB Development & Mods/YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1776969241/6#6 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:02:49 GMT Well, I did end up finding a bug my fix added. When you started a new post, or tried to modify an existing post, there was a box containing gifs for a bulleted list, that intruded into the edit box where you needed to type your post. You could still type your text to post or modify, and everything worked fine, but the intruding box covered up some of what you were typing. Pretty annoying. I ended up editing the PostBox.pm file, adding the dreaded to the div producing the intruding box, and it disappeared. Amateur hack, I know, but it worked. At this point, I'm more interested in salvaging a working forum I can archive than saving every bell and whistle the software offers. I don't know if any of this will be anything anyone needs, but if they do, here it is. YaBB Administration - Help - Old Forum https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1700262868/24#24 YaBB Development & Mods/YaBB Administration https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1700262868/24#24 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Dandello) Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:04:34 GMT Assuming Setup.pl (Assuming version 2.6.12) worked AND IF you had no mods, you MAY be able to run the conversion tools to retrieve the old data from your old forum even though it doesn't work. YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support - My Message Board is in Perl - 500 Error Internal https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1774274150/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1774274150/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (DaveC) Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:55:50 GMT I have an older message board. I am a car guy and not too computer savvy and everything was working fine until it wasn't as they say. My Message Board location is: Due to site rules I am unable to supply a link. I was wondering if someone may be able to help. Thank you, Dave HTML5 and CSS - Profile CSS mod https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1759663263/5#5 YaBB Development & Mods/HTML5 and CSS https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1759663263/5#5 chimohe@gmail.com (TripAmillion) Sun, 5 Oct 2025 11:27:28 GMT <a href="https://tripamillion.com/ProfileCSS.html" target="_blank">https://tripamillion.com/ProfileCSS.html</a> Mods Wanted (New Mods) - Default message display font-size https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1448736808/2#2 YaBB Development & Mods/Mods Wanted (New Mods) https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1448736808/2#2 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:43:11 GMT Hello YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support - Opensuse vsftp https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1747410183/0#0 YaBB Development & Mods/YaBB 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 Support https://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1747410183/0#0 no-email@yabbforumsoftware.com (Tiny Tim) Fri, 16 May 2025 15:43:03 GMT Anyone had issues self hosting with their own hardware with vsftp and apache? Anyone got any pointers or a favourite config? cheers, Tim