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IceBB Security Hole

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

A little while ago, David informed me that someone was trying to inject SQL using IceBB’s search function and it was triggering MySQL errors. Luckily, I had code in mysql.db.php that would e-mail the board administrator after 10 MySQL errors to let them know that something might be wrong. I took a look at the [...]

IceBB 0.9.2 Development Update: Admin Control Center

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Well, like David, I too have been working on IceBB. I’ve mainly been focusing on the Admin Control Center, as it’s being redesigned and recoded for IceBB 0.9.2. I really like what I’ve come up with for the temporary skin, but maybe that’s just because it’s based on David’s excellent skin work. Here’s a quick [...]

AJAX r0×0rs, don’t abuse it

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

A while ago, someone discovered AJAX. He’s been implementing many features using it in his forum software, which some people decided to also implement. Now he’s started adding bloat that serves no real purpose other than “wow, this is cool.” All this does is slow down the browser and cause problems for users of older [...]