Post Content Find / Replace 1.0.0

[dzv3]

It has been released as an add-on so those who wish/need to use it are able to.
I don't see the need to make it a core feature as a lot of owners will never make use of it, or if they do it will be only once after importing.

it could be bundled in a repair.php kind of file like vB had it in their do_not_upload directory

 

[Wired]

it could be bundled in a repair.php kind of file like vB had it in their do_not_upload directory

Good idea!

 

[Grover]

it could be bundled in a repair.php kind of file like vB had it in their do_not_upload directory

Yeah, I also would like to know which things do not work properly when I ever decide to convert my vB 3.8 board to XenForo. I understood now that Quotes do not work for instance: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/vb3-8-migration-quotes.4018/ , so is there more that we need to take care of? A central overview (I didn't search yet) or package would be very welcome yes.

 

[Paul B]

Anything that involves BB Code (of which quotes is one), is likely to require some sort of manual intervention.

Embedded YouTube video for example is [media=youtube]GvGcwqMPRW0[/media] here.
On my site it is [youtube]GvGcwqMPRW0[/youtube] so all of those instances will require editing to suit.

 

[ijeffers]

Can someone tell me if I'm being thick or whether something isn't set up properly?

I uploaded the Add-on files to /library and installed the add-on.
Went to Tools, selected Post Content Replacement Tool

In the Search box put

[YOUTUBE]

In the Regular Expression box put

#\[YOUTUBE](\w+)\[/YOUTUBE\]#siU

In the Replacement String put

[media=youtube]\1[/media]

It then displays the matches along with the correct replacements.

Ticking the Save box however, it never seems to save the changes to the post.

 

[DSF]

On my site it is [youtube]GvGcwqMPRW0[/youtube] so all of those instances will require editing to suit.

Same BB her.

With 2 simple querys is was ok now

UPDATE xf_post SET message = REPLACE(message, '[youtube]', '[media=youtube]');
UPDATE xf_post SET message = REPLACE(message, '[/youtube]', '[/media]');

 

[alpukn]

Does this work with Beta2? I am getting ' The requested page could not be found.'

 

[Mikey]

Not working here :/

It finds lots of posts, I tick save changes and run it again, and nothing is replaced.

 

[CyberAP]

Not working here :/

It finds lots of posts, I tick save changes and run it again, and nothing is replaced.

The same problem.

 

[Kier]

Not working here :/

It finds lots of posts, I tick save changes and run it again, and nothing is replaced.

Isn't this missing an escaping backslash? #\[url]http: should be #\[url\]http: surely?

 

[yavuz]

Does this work for beta 2 and where do we put the files ? thanks.

 

[CyberAP]

Isn't this missing an escaping backslash? #\[url]http: should be #\[url\]http: surely?

Doesn't work.
I have an expression that searches for [YT="Video Title"]Youtube code[/YT]
Here it is: #\[YT=.+\]("|'|)(\w+)\1\[/YT\]#siU
I tick SAVE RESULTS, then press Proceed. After that I get I list of matched posts with Replacement text but this doesn't change anything! I think there is some problem with Cyrillic characters.

 

[Mikey]

Isn't this missing an escaping backslash? #\[url]http: should be #\[url\]http: surely?

the addon finds all the posts it needs to, so the regex works, however I tick "save" and nothing happens..

 

[WoodiE]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but I've downloaded this zip file and extracted it on my desktop - now where do I upload the "PostReplace" folder?

 

[yavuz]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but I've downloaded this zip file and extracted it on my desktop - now where do I upload the "PostReplace" folder?

I've asked the same question but haven't received an answer yet

 

[Shadab]

You'll have to upload the PostReplace directory inside the /library/ directory of your XenForo installation. The same directory has a "addon_PostReplace.xml" file, which is to be uploaded via Admin Panel.

 

[yavuz]

Thank you, at least someone heard our voice

 

[WoodiE]

Thanks Shadab! I was able to install it without any issues.

 

[WoodiE]

Not working here :/
It finds lots of posts, I tick save changes and run it again, and nothing is replaced.

Was you able to find a fix for this as I'm having the same issue. Finds posts and everything looks correct, check Save Changes and nothing gets changed.

 

[Jaxel]

It is so interesting that should be included in the Beta 2 by default

It absolutely should not! Regular Expressions are EXTREMELY powerful; so much so that I pretty much have a college degree based completely around them (Biomedical Informatics; mapping the human genome). Being that powerful they are also extremely dangerous! Unless you have a full understanding of how Regular Expressions work, specifically PCRE, you shouldn't ever be using a mod like this.

If you insist on using a mod like this... I recommend you get the following program: http://www.regexbuddy.com/