Messages posted by: Carbonize

If you are running version 2.3.2 yes. If you installed via cPanel then odds are you are using version 2.3.1 as cPanel are damn slow to update and I personally blame them for a lot of sites getting defaced.

What was your previous version? 2.2? 2.2 had a very well documented exploit that allowed anybody to login to the admin section.

In all three attacks the attacker has accessed the admin section and edited an existing entry and so the existing entry has been lost to you. The problem of images not showing has been discussed before and is down to the base_url variable in admin/config.inc.php which needs setting correctly.

Ok after numerous requests I have decided to write this mod to let you add a test to make sure the poster is human. It's not infallible and will not stop human posters from spamming. If you don't fancy trying to edit the files yourself you can find them pre edited at http://carbonize.co.uk/AG/

For Advanced Guestbook 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 (instructions for 2.2 are after)
For 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 follow 2.3.2

Open templates/form.php

Find

replace that with

next find

Replace that with

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php UNLESS you are using the guestbook as a module in PHP Nuke in which case make these changes to index.php

For 2.3.1 find

replace with

For 2.3.2 find

replace with

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find

replace that with

Next find

and replace that with

Now find

Replace with

Next find

and replace it with

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find

and replace it with

Save and close the file and you are done.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2.2

Open templates/form.php

Find

replace that with

next find

Replace that with

Remember to change the question to make it unique to your site.

Save and close the file

Now open addentry.php

find

replace with

Save and close the file.

Now open lib/add.class.php and find

replace that with

Next find

and replace that with

Now find

Replace with

Next find

and replace it with

Save and close the file.

Finally open lang/english.php (If your guestbook is not in English open the appropriate language file and change the messages into your own language.

Find

and replace it with

Save and close the file and you are done.

if you have changed your files from 2.2. to 2.3.x (where x is 1 or 2) then you will need to have ran my upgrade script.

I don't do any work on the Advanced Guestbook except for the mods I write. I am personally working on an offshoot of Advanced Guestbook called Lazarus.

This i one of the feature requested listed in the sticky thread under the heading Increase email field size to 60 characters

Did you do an update from 2.2 to 2.3.x?

You edit the file called config.inc.php that is found in the admin folder. You fill in the details of the MySQL database it is to use. you then save the file and upload the lot to your webspace. You then visit the install.php file in your web browser, fill in your MySQL details again and then click install. The guestbook is then ready to use.

www.carbonize.co.uk/reset.zip and I recommend updating to 2.3.2. Simply download 2.3.2 and overwrite ALL files EXCEPT admin/config.inc.php.

errrrrrrrrrr you are remembering to change the mysite.com to your domain in the urls?

Sounds like the location of your server is wrong in the config file. You probably have it set as localhost but for you it is not. You will have to check in cPanel or ask your hosts for the correct location.

www.carbonize.co.uk/reset.zip and look at www.carbonize.co.uk/Board for my simple anti spam solution.

Looks correct to me. Send me the session.class.php file from your lib folder so I can check it please. webmaster@carbonize.co.uk

The text you refer to is in the language file. In this case lang/english.php