I just found a terrible bug/issue. For a while, mambohacks/joomlahacks.com was offline. I realised that, during this time, the Joomla-SMF Forum backend configuration is also unavailable.

Looking through the source, i realised that admin.smf.php, smf.class.php, and functions.smf.php makes frequent calls to the variable $MAMBOHACKS, which is defined as "//MAMBOHACKS.COM".

I understand (roughly) that this is to allow the admin backend to connect to mambohacks.com in order to check for patched files..? But isn't it a really bad idea to have a certain function(s) of my site be dependant on another site..? Can't the "patched" version of the files be resident somewhere on my site too..?

i tried re-installing, but the problem ensues. the link doesnt point right

it still works with CB's login, at least there's no issue that i see

this version does not require register globals right?

ok i found out why the bot doesnt register the posts and keeps making new threads. it's because of the   i added behind the prefix.

but the problem of the 404 page with the url www.mysite.com/topic=xx.new still remains, and the [P][/P] issue

i realise this problem (of discussion threads not registering with the mambot, thus the total number of posts remains at 0 and everytime you click the link, it starts a new thread of the same topic) happens everytime i try to edit the parameters of the discussionbot, and the only way (at least the way i see it), is to reinstall the mambot.

i'm using smf 1.1 rc1 and joomla 1.0.2

ok, i just deleted and reinstalled the mambot, and it works for only 1 post. subsequently, when i click on the mambot link, it opens a 404 page with the url www.mysite.com/topic=15.new

i supposed 15 is the number of times new discussions have been made, but i dont know what to make of it all...

Also, i realise that the mambot includes [P][/P] when quoting from the article. [P] doesnt exist in smf right? cus it keeps showing in the quote in the discussion thread, and is rather unsightly

i have a weird problem. Every time i click the link, it starts a new thread under the same topic all over and over again. The number of comments under the news article always remain at 0.