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I re-uploaded segue2.zip Pre-mod – it now includes the above mods plus the ones listed in this post

adapon.ph/gus/segue/segue2.zip (749k)

[color=red]PLS NOTE: If you already have phpBB installed, (1) back up your files before you make any major changes to them and (2) save your original config.php someplace – if you lose this, you are really screwed. The config.php file that comes with these pre-mod is an empty file[/color]

Global Announcements
Links
Merge Threads
Topic Ratings

################################################################# 
## Mod Title:   Global Announcment mod 
## Mod Version: 1.0.6
## Author:       Niels Chr. R&#40419; Denmark < ncr@db9.dk > 
##               mods.db9.dk
## 
## This mod is for phpBB2!! ver 2.0.0
##
## This mod, makes it posible to post global announcements 
## vieweble in all forums, it suppport auth level, which 
## means you can define in forum permissions, who have 
## right to post global announcements, note though that 
## if you have given this righ in one forum, then it gives 
## no meaning to restrict it to the same user in another 
## forum - the post is global 
##
## There is a know isue this this mod, a global announcement 
## will still "belong" to the forum where it original was posted,
## this means that if a user reply to sutch a post, then they 
## will be redirected to that forum, nothing to do about that, 
## also when using seach, it will be displayed in the original 
## forum
##
################################################################# 
## 
## Installation Notes: 
## 
## if you are using a prefix to you DB tabels then you have to 
## add this to the SQL commands, e.g. "phpbb_users" instead of 
## just "users" - ONLY in the initial SQL commands, not in the 
## php code ! 
## 
## The most important thing to keep in mind is, take your time, 
## make sure you are finding the correct lines to modify, then 
## take care to paste the new code. 
## 
## Please also keep in mind, if you are using more than one 
## language file or theme at your site, you will need to edit the 
## corresponding files for each occurrence.  Good Luck! 
## 
################################################################# 
## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All 
## Files Related To This MOD and the Database
################################################################# 

# 
#-----[ ADD SQL ]------------------------------------------ 
# 
ALTER TABLE forums ADD auth_globalannounce TINYINT (2) DEFAULT '3' NOT NULL AFTER auth_announce

# 
#-----[ ADD SQL ]------------------------------------------ 
# 
ALTER TABLE auth_access ADD auth_globalannounce TINYINT (1) AFTER auth_announce 




################################################################# 
## Mod Title: Links 
## Mod Version: 1.0.3 
## Author: R. U. Serious <r.u.serious@handykoelsch.de> - 
##                       www.handykoelsch.de
##
## Description: This MOD adds a link list to your site. 
##      Admins can add categories. Everybody can add links and
##      assign them to one (or more) categories. Also every User
##      can manage their own private favorites.
## 
##                  install_links_db.php
##                  links_schema.sql,
##                  update_from090.sql
## 
############################################################## 
## 
## Author Note: 
## This mod is good to use on smaller or medium sized boards. 
## It has only been tested with mysql so far.
## Make the appropiate changes to your database 
## (run install_links_db.php from your main phpBB-directory).
## If you don't have any category, you will receive error
## messages. The last 3 lines add an example category/link to 
## my site. I'd be happy if you'd let the link to my site in 
## there :-)
## 
## Put links.php in your main phpBB-directory.
## Put *.tpl in templates/subSilver/
##
## This basically uses the colors of your style, except for 
## the navigation bar on the left. Edit the color values in 
## links_body.tpl to suite your needs.
##
## There are a few "switches" which are explained. Look in 
## links.php
## 
## They are for anonymous adding links, BBcode enable, 
## default-category etc.
## 
## AT LEAST CHECK THE DEFAULT CATEGORY; YOU WILL GET ERROR 
## MSG IF IT DOES NOT EXIST!
##
################################################################# 
## 
## Make sure the following files are in your root directory:
##                  install_links_db.php
##                  links_schema.sql,
##                  update_from090.sql
## 
## Run install_links_db.php and then delete it
## 
################################################################# 

################################################################# 
## Mod Title:   Users Can Rate Topics
## Mod Version: 1.2.3
## Author:       Nivisec < nivisec@hotmail.com > - http://www.nivisec.com/
##               Note:  E-mail me as a last resort, please try the forums
##                      below first.
##  Get Tech
## Support At:   http://www.phpbbhacks.com/forums/
## Description:  Allows users to rate a topic based
##               on an Admin defined scale.
##
## Features:     Extensive Admin control panel.
##               Anon IP checking (if wanted).
##               Does authorization checking per user basis
##                   to not display un-viewable links/forums.
##               Each forum can be set to a seperate authorization
##                    method for rating.
##               Define your own rating scale of 1 to MAX.
##
## Latest Version At:   http://www.nivisec.com/mods/
################################################################# 
## 
## Author Note: 
## Be sure to run rate_topics_table to install, or
## uninstall if you want, the data needed in your
## database.
## 
##-----[ UPLOAD AND RUN ]------------------------------------------ 
## 
## rate_topics_table.php
##
## Make a link to rate.php if you wish to have a
## very detailed listing of all the rating information.
##
################################################################# 

################################################################# 
## MOD Title:       Merge Topic MOD
## MOD Author:      Shannado <sven@shannado.nl> (Sven) http://www.shannado.nl/forumorg
## MOD Description:     Moderator will be able to move a topic to an already running topic. And a moderator is able to move
##          individual posts to a runnning topic.
## MOD Version:     1.0.3
##      
##############################################################