############################################################################### # Error.lng (Error text definitions) # ############################################################################### # YaBB: Yet another Bulletin Board # # Open-Source Community Software for Webmasters # # Version: YaBBForum 3.0 # # Packaged: July 26, 2026 # # Distributed by: https://yabbforum.nz # # =========================================================================== # # Copyright (c) 2000-2026 YaBB (yabbforum.nz) - All Rights Reserved. # # Software by: The YaBB Development Team # # with assistance from the YaBB community. # ############################################################################### $errorlngver = 'YaBBForum 3.0'; %error_txt = ( ## General Errors ## 'error_occurred' => "An Error Has Occurred.", 'untrapped' => "Untrapped Error", 'cannot_open' => "Unable to open", 'cannot_open_dir' => "Can't open directory", 'cannot_open_language' => "Can't find required language file. Please inform the administrator about this problem.", 'cannot_delete' => "Unable to delete", 'not_completed' => "An error has occurred and this action could not be completed. Sorry for the inconvenience.", 'not_logged_in' => "To perform this action you must be logged in. If you don't have an account yet, please register.", 'logged_in_already' => "You are logged in already with the user ID: ", 'no_access' => "You are not allowed to access this section.", 'not_found' => "The information you are trying to access is not available to you.", 'not_allowed' => "You are not allowed to perform that action", 'only_numbers_allowed' => "This field only accepts numbers from 0-9", 'user_not_exist' => "User does not exist", 'members_only' => "Sorry, this service is for registered members only.", 'email_no_access' => "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this user's e-mail address.", 'no_subject' => "The Subject field was not filled out. It is required.", 'no_message' => "The Post or Message Body was not filled out. It is required.", 'no_recipient' => "The Recipient field was not filled out. It is required", 'no_email' => "The e-mail field was not filled out. It is required.", 'no_name' => "The Name field was not filled out. It is required.", 'no_ip' => "IP not found, please change \$user_ip in $lang", 'no_username' => "The User ID field was not filled out. It is required.", 'no_password' => "Password field is empty", 'no_action' => "No action specified.", 'no_info' => "No info specified in url", 'password_mismatch' => "Passwords are not the same.", 'bad_credentials' => "User ID / Password mismatch.
The User ID you specified does not exist or you entered a wrong password.", 'invalid_character' => "There is an invalid character detected in the", 'invalid_email' => "Please enter a valid e-mail address.", 'invalid_picture' => "Invalid Board Picture Input.", 'no_secret_answer' => "You need to fill out an answer to the question asked", 'no_verification_code' => "The Verification code was not filled out. It is required.", 'wrong_verification_code' => "The Verification code was not the same as the image presented on screen, please go back, refresh (hit F5 on most browsers) and try again.", 'invalid_verification_code' => "Verification code contains invalid characters. Only a-z and 0-9 are valid", 'form_spoofing' => "ALERT Form Spoofing Detected coming from IP address:", 'post_flooding' => "The last POST request from your IP was less than", 'denial_of_service' => "The last POST request created an error message: ", 'speed_alert' => "Posting this fast is considered spamming.
You are only allowed $spam_hits_left_count more attempt(s) after which you will be banned as spammer.", 'tsc_alert' => "One of the form fields contains text which is considered spam.
You are only allowed $spam_hits_left_count more attempt(s) after which you will be banned as a spammer.", 'speedpostban' => "You are currently banned from posting due to possible spamming.
After $detention_left second(s) your ban will automatically be lifted.", 'truncation_error' => "Please make sure you have 'fake truncation' turned on in your Settings.pm file.
\$faketruncation = 1;
Could not truncate file", 'referer_violation' => "This action is not allowed from an outside domain.
Action is: ", 'egg' => "Self Destruct Sequence Started!
", 'domain_not_allowed' => "You may not register with, post as a guest or change your e-mail address to one from the domain", 'module_missing' => "Module(s) or functionality needed not installed on this server.", 'low_diskspace' => "The available disk/hostspace is low. The forum was put to maintenance to avoid file corruption. Please notify the administrator of this error.", 'invalid_key' => "Masterkey is invalid.
This should be a text string between 8 and 24 characters long.", 'wrong_pass' => 'The password you entered is not correct', 'corrupt_member_file' => "The member data file is corrupt. Please notify the administrator of this error.", 'no_admin_passwrd' => "You need to fill in the correct administrator password to enter the Admin Center.", 'default_password' => qq~You are still using the YaBB Setup default password. Please login to your User profile and change your password to something more secure.~, 'missingvars' => 'Something bad has happened. Please inform the Admin of this forum of what you were doing when this error occurred.', ## BoardIndex ## 'collapse_no_member' => "You must be a member to use the collapsible/expandable categories.", 'collapse_invalid_state' => "The state you specified was invalid. Please go back and try again", 'collapse_no_usercat' => "User category file not found - please try refreshing the board index (back then F5).\n If you receive this message again, please inform an administrator.", ## Guardian ## 'proxy_reason' => "Proxy Access to this forum is denied.", 'referer_reason' => "Access to the forum from the current URL is prohibited.", 'harvester_reason' => "This harvester is denied access to the forum.", 'request_reason' => "The Request Method you tried to use is not allowed here.", 'string_reason' => "Your URL contains words not allowed here.", 'clike_reason' => "It's useless to try to CLIKE hack this site as it does not run MySQL.", 'union_reason' => "It's useless to try to UNION hack this site as it does not run MySQL.", 'script_reason' => "You tried to use scripting in the URL or form input, which is not allowed.", ## InstantMessage ## 'im_deleted' => "Message was already read by recipient, therefore was not called back.", 'im_deleted_multi' => "At least one of the recipients has already read the Message, therefore no Message was called back.", 'im_members_only' => "Personal Messaging is only for members", 'im_low_postcount' => "You are only allowed to send Personal Messages if you've reached a post count of $numposts.", 'im_spam_alert' => "You are trying to send a personal message to too many users at once. This is being interpreted as possible spamming.", 'im_bad_users' => "The following member(s) could not be messaged.
The member name(s) is/are either invalid, or they have you on their ignore list: ", 'cannot_find_draftmess' => "Draft Message cannot be found.", 'im_folder_exists' => "A folder with this name already exists.", ## LogInOut ## 'not_activated' => "Your account is not activated yet
Please activate it by clicking the link in the e-mail you received.", 'time_out' => "You did not activate your account within $preregspan hours.
As a result your pre-registration has been removed.
Please re-register.", 'wrong_code' => "Your activation code is wrong.", 'admin_login_only' => "Only the administrator can login at the moment, because our forum is in Maintenance Mode.
Please try again later. Thank you.", 'wrong_id' => "The User ID you submitted is invalid. Please try again.", ## Mailer ## 'net_fatal' => "Net::SMTP fatal error", 'smtp_error' => "SMTP Error", 'smtp_unavail' => "SMTP connection could not be established", ## Post/ModifyMessage/Poll ## 'topic_locked' => "This topic is locked, and you are not allowed to create or modify posts.", 'time_locked' => "The Administrator has set a time limit of ", 'change_not_allowed' => "You are not allowed to change this post", 'delete_not_allowed' => "You are not allowed to delete this post.", 'split_splice_not_allowed' => "You are not allowed to split or splice this topic; you must be a staff member to do this.", 'no_perm_post' => "You do not have permission to post new topics in this board", 'no_perm_reply' => "You do not have permission to reply to topics in this board", 'no_perm_poll' => "You do not have permission to post polls in this board", 'no_perm_att' => "You do not have permission to post attachments in this board", 'no_board_slash' => "The board field does not accept / in the query string", 'no_cat_slash' => "The category field does not accept / in the query string", 'no_board_backslash' => "The board field does not accept \\ in the query string", 'no_cat_backslash' => "The category field does not accept \\ in the query string", 'no_board_topic' => "This topic doesn't exist on this board.", 'bad_postnumber' => "BAD post num", 'file_overwrite' => "A file on the server already exists with that name. Please rename your file before attaching.", 'file_not_open' => "Could not open a new file on the server, check the paths and chmods", 'invalid_format' => "Invalid File Format. Valid files are", 'file_too_big' => "Attachment is too big by approx. ", 'dir_full' => "This attachment causes the attachments directory to exceed its maximum capacity by approx. ", 'file_not_uploaded' => "Could not upload file", 'useless_post' => "Only spaces and line feeds is not considered a useful contribution.", 'no_question' => "Please supply a poll question.", 'no_options' => "Please provide at least 2 poll options.", 'poll_not_found' => "The poll could not be found", 'no_vote_option' => "Please select an option to vote for before voting.", 'locked_poll_no_delete' => "This poll is locked so your vote could not be removed", 'locked_poll_no_count' => "This poll is locked so your vote could not be counted", 'ip_guest_used' => "A guest has already used this IP address to register their vote", 'ip_member_used' => "A member has already used this IP address to register their vote", 'voted_already' => "You have already voted in this poll", 'guest_taken' => "The user ID or e-mail address given is already taken by a member.
Conflicting name or e-mail: ", 'quote_too_long' => "The text you have tried to quote is too long. Please shorten it.", 'no_links_allowed' => "Sorry, you are not allowed to post messages containing active links to websites or images before you have posted $minlinkpost normal messages.", 'no_siglinks_allowed' => "Sorry, you are not allowed to create a signature containing active links to websites or images before you have posted $minlinksig normal messages.", 'attach_name_blocked' => "Your attachment name contains a word which is not allowed on this forum.", 'attach_file_blocked' => "Sorry, you cannot upload an attachment with that file name.", ## MoveTopic ## 'move_not_allowed' => "You are not allowed to move topics...", ## Profile ## 'invalid_password' => "Invalid password.
You have entered an incorrect password.", 'no_user_slash' => "The user ID field does not accept / in the query string", 'no_user_backslash' => "The user ID field does not accept \\ in the query string", 'not_allowed_profile_change' => "You are not allowed to change this person's profile.", 'no_profile_exists' => "The user whose profile you are trying to view does not exist.", 'current_password_wrong' => "Your Current Password is incorrect", 'no_admin_password' => "You need to fill in the correct administrator password to make changes to this profile.", 'password_is_userid' => "For security reasons, you cannot use your user ID as your password.", 'name_is_userid' => "For security reasons it is not allowed to have a Screen Name the same as the user ID.", 'name_taken' => "This screen name is already in use by another member.", 'name_censored' => "You have used one or more censored words in your screen name. Please go back and change your screen name. The word, or words that caused the problem are:", 'name_too_long' => "Please shorten your screen name. It is too long.", 'invalid_birthdate' => "Invalid input in one or more of the Birth-date fields.", 'not_allowed_gender_edit' => "You are not allowed to edit your gender.", 'not_allowed_birthdate_change' => "You are not allowed to change your Birth-date.", 'id_reserved' => "The user ID you tried to register contains a reserved name. Please try another user ID. Reserved name: ", 'name_reserved' => "The screen name you tried to register contains a reserved name. Please try another screen name. Reserved name: ", 'cannot_kill_admin' => "As a security feature, you cannot delete the account with user ID: ", 'email_taken' => "The following e-mail address is already being used by a registered member. If you feel this is an error, please go to the login page and use the password reminder with that address.", 'invalid_template' => "This is not a valid template name.", 'invalid_language' => "This is not a valid language name.", 'invalid_time_offset' => "Time offset must be +/- and numeric.", 'invalid_postcount' => "The 'number of posts' box can only contain digits.", 'cannot_regroup_admin' => "The Administrator with user ID of 'admin' cannot be set to a different membergroup.", 'session_time_out' => "Profile Session timed out.", ## Register ## 'email_mismatch' => "The e-mail addresses do not match.", 'registration_disabled' => "The registration feature has been disabled on this forum.", 'no_registration_logged_in' => "You cannot register while logged in.", 'banned' => "Banning Notification.", 'system_prohibited_id' => "User ID prohibited by system", 'id_alfa_only' => "User ID may only contain numbers and letters (example: yabber69)", 'id_taken' => "The user ID you tried to register already exists.", 'id_to_long' => "Please shorten your User ID. It is too long.", 'realname_to_long' => "Please shorten your Screen Name. It is too long.", 'email_to_long' => "Please shorten your e-mail. It is to long.", 'already_preregged' => "This user is already pre-registered.", 'email_already_preregged' => "This e-mail is already pre-registered.", 'already_activated' => "This user has already been activated.", 'prereg_expired' => "This user was not pre-registered or the allowed time span of $preregspan hours expired.", 'prereg_wait' => "Your user account has not been approved yet. Please be patient.", 'no_regagree' => "You cannot register unless you agree to the registration agreement.", 'no_reg_reason' => "Without giving a reason for applying for membership we cannot process your application.", 'no_verification_question' => "You didn't answer the verification question. Please go back and try again.", 'wrong_verification_question' => "The verification question is wrong. Please go back and try again.", 'censor1' => "The user name you have chosen has a word that is banned on this forum:", 'censor2' => "The e-mail you have chosen has a word that is banned on this forum:", 'censor3' => "The screen name you have chosen has a word that is banned on this forum:", 'bad_bot' => "Oops - we don't serve your kind here.", ## Search ## 'search_disabled' => "The search option has been disabled", 'result_too_high' => "The requested number of results is higher then the maximum number allowed by the system", 'no_search' => "Please specify a search string.", 'no_search_slashes' => "The search field does not accept / or \\ in the query string", ## SendTopic ## 'no_board_send' => "The board is missing from the query.", 'no_topic_send' => "The topic is missing from the query.", 'sendname_too_long' => "Please shorten your name. It is too long.", ## Admin Stuff ## 'announcement_defined' => "The forum can only have one board defined as a Global Announcement board", 'recycle_bin_defined' => "The forum can only have one board defined as a Recycle Bin", 'board_defined' => "A board with this ID already exists", 'cat_defined' => "A category with this ID already exists", 'no_delete_default' => "For security reasons you are not allowed to delete or change the 'default' template.", 'invalid_template' => "Not a valid Template Name.", 'no_group_name' => "Please Enter a name", 'no_post_number' => "Please Enter a number", 'invalid_post_number' => "Invalid post amount", 'double_group' => "You can not have two member groups with the same name:", 'double_count' => "You can not have two post dependent groups with the same post count.", 'no_groupname_change' => "You can not change the name of a post independent group.", 'invalid_value' => "You have entered an invalid value for this item: ", ## Permalinking ## 'no_board_found' => "The board you referred to does not seem to exist (anymore).", 'no_topic_found' => "The topic you referred to does not seem to exist (anymore).", ## buddy list ## 'self_buddy' => "You cannot add yourself to your own buddylist - you egomaniac!", ## advanced tabs ## 'tabext' => 'A tab for the same action or with the same name already exists.', ## MemberGroups ## 'newpostdep_gmod' => 'Sorry, Global Mods cannot modify Post-dependent users because the Maintenance->"Rebuild Memberlist" must be run after and that function is only available in Maintenance Mode, so it would deny your login.', ); 1;