I was wondering if anyone had a way to export the posts to an external file. I'm cleaning up my system and have several blogs that are basically static at this point. I want to pull the posts for them and archive them, but while I can pull it from the… More »

Ran code through easy coding standard (ECS): https://github.com/easy-coding-standard/easy-coding-standard which upgraded the b2evolution arrays to PHP 8 standards, etc. Manually fixed the arrays in b2evo installation file(s) to correspond to PHP 8 -- as… More »

With the help of ChatGPT I was able to migrate posts, comments and users to a Wordpress site. After revising the script 12 times after error messages, we made it. But maybe the experts among you can have a look? <?php // Database connection settings… More »

So, after a few years of being unable to do anything to my site, I'm finally able to update it, which means upgrading to the latest b2evo. However, I'm getting a LOT of errors, mostly "Deprecated" and "Warning: Cannot modify header… More »

I've got a blog and frequently report spam to the centralized blacklist. I haven't seen an update import new blacklist entries since July 2013. Is that intentional? Admittedly, I'm still running an old version (v3.3.3). Do I need to upgrade for it to… More »

I have a quite big DB (more than 100,000 records) and the normal backup process (only for DB) always ends in fatal error. I run the heavy db maintenance cron once a month, so I thought to add _backup.class to the end of _heavy.db.maintenance.job, after… More »

Hello, I have different instances running on different webservers /hosters. I think about closing one webhost service and domain, but I don't want to loose my content. I am using 6.11.7 in the instance I want to close and 6.11.5 in the other. Is there a… More »

The install always stops with this error's if i try to use some demo data and users. only if i install without anything the install works. but then the login is not working. with the hash salt problem. the database was created with utf8mb3_general_ci… More »

Hello, my RSS Feed does not sort in order of latest posts, but in the sort order customized for "all" (sort order of start page). Does anyone know where and how to hack codes to change sort order for rss? Thanks in advance and regards, Will More »

B2evo Version 7.2.3 Problem1. an error message that was resolved by editing [/inc/_core/_param.funcs.php] Lines 1400 and 2319 The variable [$err_msg,] now requires a value so I amended to [$err_msg = false,] More »

I definately think developing the export functionality for B2 would be a great idea. Not necessarily to move a blog but simply to maybe export to a PDF file or as such. With B2 being such a great software and the move into publishing blogs (ie turn them… More »

I have been running 6.11.3-stable for some time. In March 2022, I tried manually upgrading to whatever version was the latest stable version at that time. While the upgrade worked, the skin had issues. I use pixelgreen. There were issues with the link… More »

Hello, I've inherited a php forum with a blog. The forum stopped working a couple years ago with a major php update. The previous owner got the forum back online but that was about it. I've since updated php again and fixed/updated the forum. Before I… More »

Hi, I have just upgraded an old blog (last used in late 2018) to 7.2.5. After some fiddling to get php working (it doesn't like 8.1 which the rest of my site is running on) I have a Blog that works in a web browser. I get a stack of skin errors when I… More »

Hello, Today, while looking at the analysis results, I discovered an idiosyncratic hack attempt (see Fig. 1) - It is likely to be a java injection. (alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83)) ) via ?disp=>… More »

(Screenshot upper half there is a diff between unpatched file (left) vs patched file; whereas lower half of screen shows patch, as ensues below) Had seen a few of those 500s in error.log file(s). Began to investigate the issue and subsequently... ---… More »

If you haven't already done so through auto upgrade, it is highly recommended that you upgrade to b2evolution 7.2.5 stable NOW! https://b2evolution.net/downloads/7-2-5-stable All prior versions of b2evolution should be regarded as unsecure and… More »

Hi eveyone, I finally got b2evolution working in docker. Still work in progress, but with the example provided it worked for me. https://hub.docker.com/r/z8bulon/b2evolution Maybe it helps someone, or you could provide feedback about the 'good the bad… More »

Hi I'm trying to use paste_preprocess, as I did in b2evo6.10.2 where it worked fine, but in 7.2.5 I cannot make it work. I first tried copying my code from 6.10.2. In _tinymce.plugin.php, after $init_options['autocomplete_options_url'], I insert:… More »

I began a b2evo project to the school. It will be my exam work (maybe). My English is not very good, sorry for that. I've begun b2evo just now. My future goal is to translate b2evo to my mother language. Is there any possibility to do a bilingual blog… More »

I'm a blue collar guy aka craftsman. There's a few of my older projects here so it's a portfolio site to the public. Privately, there will be Manual collections, one for each upcoming project. I've moved on from electric sign fabrication to doing… More »

Hello, I limited "Search" (in features) only for posts (no comments, no files …) But this caused the following error: Notice: Undefined variable: search_input_type in …/inc/widgets/widgets/_coll_search_form.widget.php on line 391 If I activate… More »

Hello, does anyone know how to disable ?disp=mediaidx for anonymous users? In recent months, hotlininking developed into a real plague and sometime it starts by crawling images via ?disp=mediaidx. I figured out how to disable it for all users (by… More »

Hello, since few weeks I detect unauthorized access directly to media folder and evocache folder in blogs. In the analytics it looks like this (see fig. below). B2e Analytic shows a link that does not work although HTTP response shows 200. (It can't… More »

I realized that via China Mobile Communications the folder media > blogs > [blog] image files were called. It happened with IP 117.148.130.28. I checked chmod of the folder. It is set to 755 - is this correct or should I change it to 750? Thanks… More »

There is a new update. v 7.2.4 It is not available for a Download and Install, it must be done via Auto upgrade. Tried and it went smoothly. Ms F Planque is still alive and kicking :) More »

Where do you advise putting media elements associated with a skin? I've noticed that for the sample skin, the images are in media/shared/global/[something]. Not knowing much about this, it would seem logical to include those elements in the… More »

Hello: I am stumped trying to install b2evo. I am trying to install it locally. I have xampp and apache and mysql are running according to xampp's gui. I have version 7.2.3 stable. I used the myphpadmin supplied with xampp to create a user with all… More »

I followed the instructions to setup but when I go to https://domain.com/blog/install/index.php, the page displays ok and fill out the required information and hit "update config file", my browser then says "this is a non-secure… More »

need some help please i want transfer my host to another one so is there way i can do that without lose any data ? am looking for answer so soon please More »