Plugin Support when the Author has Vanished

[hellomandie]

Hi there!

I am using the Board Description Images plugin created by Shrike, who I see has not been active since 2015. Suddenly, this plugin simply stopped working for me and I was wondering if anyone out there has found a way to fix it. 

Could anyone help a girl out? I would very much appreciate it.

*Mandie

[Kami]

I can't help with this since I'm not a plugin writer, but it would be best for you to link to the plugin in question as well as your forum (the latter more of a just-in-case thing).

The ideal situation would be that Shrike left the build open, meaning that someone could edit the plugin directly / tell you how to edit it and continue support that way. You can easily tell if you go to Admin > Plugins > Build Plugin​ and see if the Board Description Images plugin is listed there. If it is, great! That will make it pretty easy for the plugin writer who takes this on.

If not, though, your options get a bit more limited, in that someone would have to write on essentially a patch for that plugin t​​​hat would make it compatible with whatever changes were made that rendered the plugin nonfunctional. Alternatively, someone would have to re-write the plugin in its entirety, which depending on complexity may not happen until v6.

Best of luck!

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hellomandie

Have had this happen to me a few times. It is really frustrating, I know, and I'm sorry you're going through it. It is doubtful Shrike will return, though of course they could, and if Build isn't open like Kami said, then the best option is probably a custom code. I'd suggest <a href="http://adoxographyv2.boards.net/">adoxography</a> to search for premade codes and/or request someone helps you with a personal one for your site. You need to read the rules if you do and this is by no means an official proboards-company site, but it is one of the best resource ones with many premade options and very talented helpers. Having hover descriptions for boards is pretty common nowadays so there should be plenty of coders there who have done it enough times to help you (I imagine).