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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 1223293" data-attributes="member: 87">As usual, &quot;the sky is falling&quot; types are the first to respond and state a list of myths in a panic that shows gross ignorance of how the software that drives these boards works.&nbsp; Part of this is my fault - I assume to much - so once and for all lets dispel the myths:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He's gonna remove all the body links and put them in the drop down menu!!&nbsp; NO!!!!!!! 
 
Incorrect.&nbsp; In fact, without totally rewritting both Post Nuke &amp; V Bulletin this is impossible.&nbsp; The drop down menu is, at best, a supplement to the existing system.&nbsp; The menu that will be used is the one on the top of the Dusk site - that very one - same code. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He's gonna hack and crash the system, NO! 
 
That accusation I find extremely insulting.&nbsp; I'm going to great pains to make sure this transfer doesn't disrupt anything.&nbsp; Much of this involves setting up and running a private mirror of the ENWorld site on my laptop.&nbsp; I have gotten the news section working and I'm ready to test it.&nbsp; VBulletin promises to be more difficult as attested by the fact that WotC hasn't managed to integrate their menu system into it (incedently, my system uses the same JAVA as theirs - both are created by Macromedia Fireworks) 
 
The mod on the news site involves the inclusion of two lines of code.&nbsp; The worst thing they could do is interfere with the JAVAscript that's already a part of the boards.&nbsp; The database of messages isn't at risk, and if a problem arises the offending lines can be removed. 
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[QUOTE="Michael Morris, post: 1223293, member: 87"] As usual, "the sky is falling" types are the first to respond and state a list of myths in a panic that shows gross ignorance of how the software that drives these boards works. Part of this is my fault - I assume to much - so once and for all lets dispel the myths: [list=1] [*][b]He's gonna remove all the body links and put them in the drop down menu!! NO!!!!!!![/b] Incorrect. In fact, without totally rewritting both Post Nuke & V Bulletin this is impossible. The drop down menu is, at best, a supplement to the existing system. The menu that will be used is the one on the top of the Dusk site - that very one - same code. [*][b]He's gonna hack and crash the system, NO![/b] That accusation I find extremely insulting. I'm going to great pains to make sure this transfer doesn't disrupt anything. Much of this involves setting up and running a private mirror of the ENWorld site on my laptop. I have gotten the news section working and I'm ready to test it. VBulletin promises to be more difficult as attested by the fact that WotC hasn't managed to integrate their menu system into it (incedently, my system uses the same JAVA as theirs - both are created by Macromedia Fireworks) The mod on the news site involves the inclusion of two lines of code. The worst thing they could do is interfere with the JAVAscript that's already a part of the boards. The database of messages isn't at risk, and if a problem arises the offending lines can be removed. [/list] [/QUOTE]

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