Some info on our CNBYA 500 work-in-progress

Worker Joined: Oct 05, 2003 Posts: 107 Location: Illinois

ok thanks Richard

Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:44 am

In my not so humble opinion, there isn't a software app out there without a bug, or 10. And a lack of features? don't ge me started... But about support, there isn't a CMS anywhere that has anything like the support I've had from nukers of all versions. (Of course burnout, boughtout and bummed out never goes away, but we muddle on, because we love to nuke.)

RavensScripts

Worker Joined: Aug 22, 2006 Posts: 192

Please can someone tell me....If I am patient and wait for the new CNBYA version 5 to be released, will it work with RavenNuke76 v2.02.02 Distro of PHP Nuke, which is what my new site is currently running?

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yes cause many of the testers use it with ravennuke.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:56 am

Thanks Hitwalker.nl Wink

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

menelaos61 wrote:

Hi guys,
Actually I'm really spending quite some time in finishing up the next release to our testers. Bugfixing, securing, speeding up, etcetera.

I know i can do a little better in communicating and manage the expectations a little better, but as is said real life, my marriage, work, and some of my church-projects all take up a lot of time too.

The main reason why CNB Your Account is such a huge project is that we try to achieve multiple goals:
1) functionality - a million times better than standard phpnuke user management
2) flexibility - we like to put the admin in full control of the process
3) security - we try to maximise the quality of the design for improved security
4) speed - there was a lot of redundant code in CNBYA and a lot of double functions
5) quality - we want to code in such a way that the output is 100% W3C compliant.

The next release will be a big step into these directions.
It is worthwile to stay tuned.

Cheers,
Richard (menelaos61)

Richard, can you give us an update? Can you send me a copy so that we can start the integration with RaveNuke(tm)? Can you post a link where we can get the latest released version?

Raven

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:31 pm

gsicard wrote:

Hi CNBYA Devs. I have returned from the Middle East and am anxious to put the latest beta through it paces. I have CNB Your Account 5.0.0_A2 installed on www.caucasian.org which is an active site.

Please ensure you send me the next release when it is ready.

Best regards,

Gary

Gary,

Can you send me a copy of your 5.x release so we can start the integration process into RavenNuke(tm)? Thanks!

New Member Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 5

Hi Raven,

If you get a hold of CNB Your Account 5.x, can you share a copy with me?

I would like to test out on my website. Been waiting for this release for very long time...

With Regards,

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:43 pm

Gaylen,
I emailed it to you a few minutes ago. But you can also Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! it from my site

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:52 pm

I was working on this last year and haven't heard anything in many months.

What the status is, I have no idea. I can say that I submitted a great number of fixes, modified the code to be completely W3C compliant and discovered a few show-stopper issues that needed to be laid to rest (login and cookie status issues in certain browsers).

I was hoping that Six would take the project back over, but alas I don't know what his position is on that.

I'm more than happy to keep working on it, but one of my concerns was how it was "growing" in support of so many new features including the totally new Captcha system, OSCNuke Support and many other security and optional information features.

It is in fact a great solution; however, it really needs some concentration in the areas of:

1) Cookie(s) management: Including elimination of the test cookies and other unnecessary "testing only" cookie/session management functions

2) Securing (validating) queries from potentially harmful manipulation, a little work on validating the structures and queries themselves.

3) The mailer features need stabilization (enhancement was underway to offer more mail handling features) that needs to be either completed or removed in favor of adding them in the next release.

4) OSC and other commerce: Integration needs to be completely or removed in favor of adding this feature in the next release, or simply making it an option with defined "line by line" mods described. (Could be put in that, Work on it after release box).

As the login/logout bugs (cookies/session management) were show stoppers (sometimes it wouldn't let you login, sometimes it wouldn't let you logout, depending on the browser), until that is resolved, I don't see this code even being made available to anyone outside of the approved development team. Hopefully, someone (that someone really being menelaos61 or sixonetonoffun) will pick up the ball and let the rest of the Alpha development team know what they want to do.

Steph

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:20 pm

GSicard, Thanks!

registered · New Member Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 18

Hello and thank you for the link. I go on my side capacity to begin the French translation. Greetings.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:01 am

Since Php-Nuke 8 just released, I think we should develop CNBYA 5.0 based on this recent release.

Moving forward based on this version of Php-Nuke regardless of what phpnuke.org releases in the future, all work should be based on one stable version of nuke.

So many releases of Php-Nuke and so many security issues and bugs is not going to move any developement forward!

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

I agree, just not with the version you picked. 8.0 isn't stable. 7.6, with Raven's enhancements and multitude of fixes, would be a much better choice IMO. 5.0 has already been tested with 7.6, but there are several issues outstanding.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:28 pm

Ok I am very impressed with the Alpha 2 version so far, although there are still several bugs, but most can be worked out fairly easily since they are similar to the bugs found in the 4.4.2 version. The logging out issue is a major problem tho at the present time. There is some strange cookie problems going on there. One issue I really need addressed it the user promotion problem that when a user is promoted to admin status his user level remains the same. He has nuke admin access like he should but his forum status does not change. I plan on integrating it to where you do not have to go into the forum admin area to change the level of a nuke admin to a forum admin. It should be changed there also when you promote the user to superuser.

Also there are some screen refresh problems that need fixed. When you are making changes or going to different areas in the account you come up with blank screens which if you refresh the browser it comes up. So the simplest fix would be to add a meta refresh code after those areas to solve that problem.

But anyway it is looking good so far.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:37 pm

I hadn't seen the refresh problems, but also hadn't done extensive testing, either. It hasn't changed much in a while, although menelaos stated on this site that he hoped to restart the testing by the end of the year. Getting closer...

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:28 am

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I plan on integrating it to where you do not have to go into the forum admin area to change the level of a nuke admin to a forum admin.

I would have to disagree with you on that one - what happens when you create a nuke admin but do not actually want to give them Forums admin permissions? You might want to give them Moderator status instead so they can can move/edit/delete posts but not everyone will want them to be able to create forum categories, forums (or delete them!) or even mess with the basic configuration.

If you were thinking of syncing them together, it would be better IMO and more flexible to offer the option of no user change for forums, moderator status, admin status.

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It should be changed there also when you promote the user to superuser.

That sound ok as by its very nature, a super user should have access to everything.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:37 am

Well as it is setup now, if you promote them to superuser then they would have access to the forums admin area to make changes anyway, their user_level just does not change, but the access is still there. And I only want the level changed if you promote them to "superuser" . If you do not want them to have Forum Admin access then you would just not choose that option when you promote them. You can pick each area you want them to admin. This would only effect superusers which can administer every area of the site.
I am not planning to have it change the Rank status because people have different rank setups so that would not be a good idea, but the user_level is constant no matter how they have the forums setup.

Hangin' Around Joined: Jul 15, 2004 Posts: 44

Well why is impossible to get hold of a Beta of this,I have mailed and mailed and got response once,but never reciewed any beta ? can someone help to get hold of a beta version

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:10 am

Hi kennyW - I could not get the Beta either but I do have the Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! version running smoothly on a couple sites.

Raven, do you have a package with the tweaks you made several months ago. I would like to give it a try.

Gary

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:54 am

I wouldnt mind a test version as well. I would like to test a few addons I personally would like to see added to this, make the correct changes and such.

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:46 pm

D ,like gsicard posted above its downloadable here..
http://www.molosserdogs.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=54

that means its out in the open now.... Laughing

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:04 pm

lol, not so much in the open now.

I get this message:

Quote:

Bandwidth Protection Hacker Trap
Hotlinking restrictions are in effect
etc etc

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:06 pm

well in firefox its starts to dowload,so no problem...
the download shouldnt be available for public..... Laughing

but i didnt do that..

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:09 pm

Your right works in Firefox. Smile