|
|
| Hi, I have been using the archive script on various forums and really like it. In SE terms I think it's very good and it's certainly very helpful - so thanks! I know it's quite an old script so am not sure if it is still being supported but I have however just found a big fault and wondered if anyone could help with it? Whilst the script only shows those categories of the forum that are publically viewable - it still shows postings from within private/restricted sections. To explain with an example: Ok say in phpBB you have set up a Private category for certain members called: Closed Room. You have set the permissions correctly in phpBB so that it only shows to those members that have been authorised to view it. With the Archive script index page you will see all the other categories of the forum but would not see the Closed Room as it is not publically viewable. Now if there was a posting in the category Closed Room with a title "my first posting here" and posting number 1200 you will find that there is a page in the archive called: /archive/my-first-posting-here-1200.htm However it should not show that posting as it is a private section. Now you won't be able to navigate to it from within the archive script but it is there and is picked up by Google. Basically what i'm saying is that the script is letting postings in restricted sections be displayed. This became apparent to me when postings in a private moderators category were found in Google :oops: Was this meant to be like that? Is there a way to block postings from certain restricted categories from appearing in the archive?? I do like the script and would like to continue using it but have had to take it down at the moment until I can resolve this. Any help appreciated! Thanks Steve |
| Thank you very much, Steve, for this bug report. It is certainly an issue that we will try to solve as soon as possible. |
| Hi Madwolf, Many thanks for the reply - I don't suppose you have been able to find a solution to this yet have you? Looking at the script it looks like the problem lies when the posts are pulled from the phpBB database. At this point it could check the forum_id data that is listed on the posts record. I had thought that one way to get round this is to add another part to the sql query that pulls the postings from the phpBB database. Say you could specify a couple of forum id numbers that relate to the private sections in a config file - then when it searches for the postings it also checks forum_id against those numbers listed in the config file?? Any help/suggestions appreciated! Cheers Steve |
