Authors not users.  If you had no stories that would come up.  Regardless. Fixed in SVN.

I'll fix in the SVN tonight.

Your host doesn't have GD support enabled which is required for the captcha image to be created.

There's no option to share the authorprefs and info tables.  You'd have to edit just about every file in the site.

You really need to explain the nature of the problem better next time.  You said it was in the shoutbox archive NOT in the shoutbox.  Fixed ...

I think partially fixed in 3.5.1.  I've updated the SVN with a better fix.

The only way you'd get that is if you had no authors on your site. 

What are you finding unusable?  eFiction 3.5.1 or the SVN repository?

No tthe collation.  That was left to the default of your mySQL server.

Talk to your host.  Seems like you're having troubles with the mySQL server.

Have you tried repairing your tables?

Check your config.php file.  It looks like you're just not connecting to your database.  If you can edit your config to connect, you sh...

I can't remember whether the reviews popped up  in 1.1 standard, but I doubt it.  If I did take it out it was because it was a type of ...

You sure you don't have an out-of-date shoutbox there?  My archive is showing correctly.  Either way it'll be fixed in 3.5.1...com...