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With d3pipes>=0.54, you can send Ping from any pipes just inserting Ping joint.
You should know the ping rule of d3pipes.
- Minimum interval is 30 minutes.
- Just send a ping when the data in pipe is different from previous ping
And you shold also check whether the pipe is active/public.
Both RSS/DISP should be checked in pipe admin.
I've just released Protector 3.13 with anti auto registering bots.
(You can search it by petro@dnati7.org , george-walker-bush.info or boss@villa9.org)
If you installed Protector correctly, just copy the plugin filters_disabled/postcommon_register_insert_js_check.php into filters_enabled/.
No core hacks needed.
Since I don't like Captcha (it's not friendly with visible handicapped), I make it as JavaScript.
You should check a guest can register after enable the plugin.
You can also check the bots will be rejected by turn JavaScript off.
Note:
If you access via "Reliable IPs" in Preferences of Protector, this plugin never stop registering.
The versions of 2.0.14/15/16 from xoops.org are troublesome because they lost basic compatibilities before 2.0.13 though they are numbered as 2.0.x.
To be honest, I want to say "use XOOPS 2.0.16a-JP instead of such a buggy version" 
However, I had declared "I don't stand each side of cores".
Then, I have to support my modules against 2.0.16 from xoops.org
At first, I've modified "altsys" which should be the foundation of D3 modules.
Almost works were executed with the feature of tplsadmin.
Let's try altsys-0.55 with 2.0.16, and report bugs to me.
And I doubt why the incompatibility of the template system is not fixed at all.
If class/smarty/xoops_plugins/resource.db.php is fixed by the patch, All of Xoopsers -Core team-, -module developpers-, and -pure users- must get a lot of benefits. (I assert it!)
I expect it to the new core team of xoops.org strongly. 
d3pipes implements Ajax for constructing a pipe from various joints.
You can see
- Reordering by drag&drop
- Different forms corresponding to each joints
Just copy JavaScript library named "common/lib" into your XOOPS.
http://xoops.peak.ne.jp/md/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=104
And you can also see from the picture - the admin theme is made by bcool's taka.
http://demo.2bcool.net/
(bc_admin01)
This is a very good theme for the altsys's feature of "admin in theme".
(Update the altsys into the latest version if you use the feature)
refer
http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/
Though this is a fatal (sudden-death) vulnerability, it is not the default setting.
If you dare to change the value of mailmethod from "php mail()" to "sendmail", change it to the other values.
I've just released Protector-3.04 with this check.
If you leave such a setting, protector alerts "phpmailer security hole! Change the preferences of mail from "sendmail" to another, or upgrade the core right now!" to you.