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DO´s and DON´Ts [updated]
by
08 Jan 2002
Hi! I´m not a real coder but fanatic hacker  DO´s a) ALWAYS BACKUP your DB befor hacking!!!!!!!! b) ALWAYS BACKUP your Boardfiles befor you start to hack!!!! c) Always read instructions carefully and check twice step by step that you don´t miss any code. If you have done a big hack and it doesn´t work it´s much harder to go through the whole hack again. DON´Ts a) NEVER "search" and "replace" (as often told in the install instructions) BLIND! Check the code for changes made and integrade them by hand! If you always do this you will get no problems with hacks when your board gets more and more "hacked" and you don´t find the "search" code anymore. b) If you have to replace a code DON´T do it! Do a // OLD // infront of it (if you write in php files) <!-- code --> (if you write in HTML) and after it add the new code! If you do this you will never have problems to find code in your files even if a hack changed it before!  c) NEVER hack your board online! Install a webserver on your compi and hack your board offline! If the hack works you can easylie copy it to your online Board! A very good and all in one webserver is "FoxServ" you can get it here: http://foxserv.linuxmax.net/portal.php If I missed some tips i will add them later but this I think is a good start for everyone! Hehe Greetings StarBuG |