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Misc Forums => Website Suggestions => Topic started by: Seldom Seen Slim on May 15, 2019, 09:48:20 AM
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Here's a note that Bob Clancy just sent. Please be ready for stuff to be funky and also be ready to let us know if you're having issues.
Bob said: "Thinking, Forum rebuild starting 6/3. All the prep work the week before. I plan on hanging around all the week of the 3rd, for glitches, and to find and re-install add-ons. Right now, I don't know what people like or use.
Major job, gotta take extreme care and make everything redundant/reversible as much as possible."
Hold on tight!
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Hopefully, it won't be a whole lot different. Will go down that Monday, backed up, then restored to the new software (same stuff but the latest version). That shouldn't take all that long, figure a day. We'll see.
BtWE
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Bob also told me:
"Be warned it's gonna take some time/hours/$. No cuttin' corners."
Be prepared to NOT try and send notes to him or me saying that the danged thing is broken. We'll know it!
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You have this old Hot Rod you've been driving forever, the key is on the dash, the starter button is right next to it, there are enough gauges & a few switches to make $hit work. Then somebody says, you need to up-date your system!
So after all the new whizbangery is done you park your old bones in the same comfy old seat & .......WTF!! :?
There's this "thing" from another time & dimension looking at you & now you need to learn a new language to start that old Hot Rod. So you decide to call Wiz for some help but it goes straight to voicemail. Well, I'll send him a text message rather that wait for all that intro BS that we don't need to listen to every time cuz nobody checks their voicemail. Then you hit send & the fire sprinkler in the garage goes off & the windshield wipers start working automatically & the headlights come on & you're thinking, I gotta get outa here but there's no door handle any more & what the f..k happened to the window winder! Being old skool you're packing a Leatherman titanium so you whip it out & go for the gnarly wood saw thing & jam it in the side of the window. It shatters but the stick-on tint is keeping it together so you beat it to death with your elbow then realize you can't fit through there because it's a 5 window with a 4" chop!
Right then your 5 year old granddaughter comes out of the house with a smart phone surgically attached to her left hand & shuts everything off then say's "what r ya dooin?"
Progress, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
Sid.
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Love the analogy! That's the way I feel about new cars, my CRX is a '91, truck a '74, tractor a '48. I feel like that about software too, and use ancient versions to do my work.
Problem is.... the forum relies on PHP, which gets 'upgraded' and older versions get unsupported, and eventually removed from the server. Out of our control. This upgrade is totally driven by that. The host (1and1) is currently supporting the older PHP versions... for a cost, and for a while. Eventually, they'll go away, then the Forum would die a horrible death. So this is a gotta-do-it thing. Like something is going south on your car, and you know it, and have warning.... do you fixum now? Or wait until something really gets destroyed? :-o
BtWE
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My business has a tech support forum using SMF and we are going through exactly the same thing right now. In fact we had a crash yesterday from an auto update that didn't like our out of date forum version. I can say from experience that Bob and Jon are not doing this just to Plymouth you guys off. You would be way more pissed off if they didn't update!
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BtWE,
When you are done updating this site can you do the one between my ears?
Podunk
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BtWE,
When you are done updating this site can you do the one between my ears?
Podunk
Won't work in a vacuum Terry! :-o :-D
Couldn't let that one pass wheel man! :cheers:
Regarding the other comments - now you know why the restore point was devised! :dhorse:
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Thanks for the "early warning" Slim!
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If you received as many notes, emails, texts and calls as I do when the site/Forum gets farkled -- you'd post a note well in advance and keep talking about it so everyone knows.
This method oughta reduce the number of those contacts by at least 10%. :roll:
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Yah- you oughta post this in every thread on the board. Might get another 5% drop...... :wink: :wink: :cheers:
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Or maybe post something on the home page as well as when forum is clicked it goes to a message that says update in progress, coming back as soon as possible :-D
Keep up the good work BTWE :cheers:
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Hey Bob, you have to get the forum back up by the 6th... no one wants to miss Stupid Joke Friday :roll: :cheers:
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Didja ever wonder about the high-tech discussions that Bob Clancy sends my way about thewebsiteand Forum maintenance? Here's one he sent yesterday about the upcoming re-do:
"Yo,
Spent all frikkin day yesterday getting *my* shit in order, upgraded the MRider forum (exactly the same as LR except teeny) and figured out what works. My original plan, I found out, wouldn't work. (Do a new install of the latest version, then import the old database..... have to do an in-place 'upgrade' instead, as it modifies the database too). VERY thankful for that MRider forum. Also upgraded my gallery (Coppermine, same as LR). Now I'm all off the "extended PHP support".
Have a good plan, ready for Monday. Going to duplicate the forum then upgrade that version, leaving the original intact. If it's all well and good, then blow away the original, after all the boys and girls check it over.
Onward,
B
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Well, we're baaaaack..... but not done. After a zillion tries and fails, it looks like the bottom line is the database is too big for the host.
So I'm going to scratch my head a bit and figure some way around it. I'm thinking next Monday morning, I should be ready to try again. Probably break it apart into Current Topics and Archives... like Speedweek 2013 isn't getting a lot of activity. :-D
Thank you all for your patience, and it'll be up for Stupid Joke Friday!
BtWE
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Welcome back!
Mike
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Well, we're baaaaack..... but not done. After a zillion tries and fails, it looks like the bottom line is the database is too big for the host.
So I'm going to scratch my head a bit and figure some way around it. I'm thinking next Monday morning, I should be ready to try again. Probably break it apart into Current Topics and Archives... like Speedweek 2013 isn't getting a lot of activity. :-D
Thank you all for your patience, and it'll be up for Stupid Joke Friday!
BtWE
Bob, Thanks for taking care of the site. :cheers:
Don
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Y're welcome!
BtWE
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All of your work is appreciated.
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Well, we're baaaaack..... but not done. After a zillion tries and fails, it looks like the bottom line is the database is too big for the host.
So I'm going to scratch my head a bit and figure some way around it. I'm thinking next Monday morning, I should be ready to try again. Probably break it apart into Current Topics and Archives... like Speedweek 2013 isn't getting a lot of activity. :-D
Thank you all for your patience, and it'll be up for Stupid Joke Friday!
BtWE
It sounds like most major projects, once you get into them there are lots of stumbling blocks along the way. The only way you find them is to start working at it.
Thanks for approaching it such that you could bail and take another approach without sacrificing what was already there. I'm sure you have a much better idea of what's required to make the conversion a success.
We appreciate the effort to ensure the integrity of the site and keep it moving forward. Thanks Bob C. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Pete
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Pete,
I really liked a KLR Kawasaki motorcycle forum, I think the guy hosted it at home. Anyway, the server died, and the backup was corrupt. The whole thing died. Totally.
So, I'm really really careful about this! :-o
BtWE
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BobC,
Thanks for the web work. :cheers:
Did you go to NMSU in Las Cruces?
Regards,
HB2 :-)
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Not NMSU, but UNM.That was in the early to mid 80's. Finally graduated at the tender age of 40. Before that, it was Montana, Michigan, and Utah. Turns out, both Jon Wennerberg (Seldom Seen Slim) and I went to Michigan Tech a couple years apart.
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Don't worry Bob, we won't hold your Alma Maters against you.... and yes it does come as a surprise that Slim learned all those English language rules at Michigan Tech :roll: didn't realize it was a Comma Cop school :wink:
:cheers:
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My senior adviser was Dr. Burton Fryxell, Humanities Dept. head guy, and he'd be rolling in his grave if he thought I was cutting youse guys any slack. :cheers:
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Well, this sucks. After spending a big chunk of 8 days working on it, fixing one problem, getting a little further in the "upgrade", running into another..... I find that some forums can't be successfully upgraded on some servers. It has to be rebuilt locally, then the whole upgraded thing uploaded. I can't do it, and am looking into help from someone who can. No details yet, and the pain ain't over! :dhorse:
Many thanks to everybody for your patience. I had to keep it shut down so when I was upgrading the database (trying to) folks wouldn't be adding to the old version, and lose their stuff.
So... thanks again! :cheers:
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Thanks for caring and taking care Bob. We do understand when things don't always go as planned. Most of us have gone through some of those types of issues ourselves.
Pete
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Thanks, Pete. "Tar Baby" isn't enough to describe this thing. :-o
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Weird, my avatar disappeared.
It doesn't appear that anyone else's that posted today did.
No big, just weird.
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Keep on the good work!!!!
Patrick
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Don, it must be just folks in SW Oregon that have avatar trouble. I can see Gus swinging the sparkler.
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Don, it must be just folks in SW Oregon that have avatar trouble. I can see Gus swinging the sparkler.
Yup, this is a geographical problem. I can see it. I think we should blame Google.
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Don, it must be just folks in SW Oregon that have avatar trouble. I can see Gus swinging the sparkler.
Well, our fire restrictions did just go into effect. :?
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Update problems? :? Rebuild problems? :? Avatar problems? :?
Don't worry the driver-less cars will be just fine! :evil: :-o :-D :cheers:
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Woody, I think they said the same thing about Chernobyl.
John
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Test reply
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Reply two
mod w/attach
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third, .jpeg attach smiley added :cheers:
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Another test post :dhorse:
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5x5 here, no old pics or avatars though.
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That was quick, nice job and my avatar is back. :cheers:
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Glad to see Slim finally paid you Bob! :-o :cheers:
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This is looking good!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Pete
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Whew! After 2 weeks of thrashing around, it turned out the server we're on (a big name outfit) was such that I couldn't do the upgrade on it. So another feller rebuilt it on his own machine (which I couldn't do) and then put it up for us. I'm still tidying it up. Dude's a hero! :cheers:
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Where am i, where am i, its all new
Well done, :cheers:
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Thanx Bob!!! Good Job :cheers: :cheers:
Regards,
HB2 :-)
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Now my avatar's disappeared. Maybe I'll just wait a few days and see if it finds its way back, :-D :-D :-D
Pete
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Now my avatar's disappeared. Maybe I'll just wait a few days and see if it finds its way back, :-D :-D :-D
Pete
I see it! Another one is missing, and I can see it too. This is weird.
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In some peoples eyes that description may fit me as well! :-D :-D :-D
Pete
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This it?
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And this should be bobc's.
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I cleared my cache, and can still see 'em..... BUT looking at the 'attachments' directory, I do a 'save as' to get the file name, and can't find it. avatar_753.png for Peter Jack. Maybe it has one of the encrypted names?
Also, logged out and came in as a Guest... still could see them.
WAIT! Krash got 51827.png as a filename.... there is an encrypted filename that starts with that:
51827_4eea9.... etc etc. Downloading it, that's the avatar. So it IS on the server.
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File names are hashed for security reasons, yours is 58934_3d17fa28b42bb0b74da5396795e33d7c913c983b. If you change it to 58934.png you can view it as a normal image file, that's how I posted it. IIRC there was a database change around 2.0.6 (officially, there were none in 2.0 branch), something to do with mime_type in smf_attachments. I'll try something .......
Can't get into pma at ionos, nothing I can do til it comes back up.
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Guys, Krash is the Real Good Guy that got this forum upgraded for us. :cheers:
Duh, what's pma?
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Crap, it's what I thought it was. mime_type is blank for some attachments, that causes them to not display. Just fixed yours by manually editing the field (I see it now). Should be able to fix it by running mysql queries, but a little leery tinkering with your production db. Can you do a quick backup via SSH?
You can see them because it only happens in IE (I think), you must be using different browser. I see the missing avatars in FF.
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I'll go into Maintenance mode, but it only takes literally a couple minutes.
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There are over 55,000 attachments. Do you know offhand if any of them are other than image files, i.e., txt, pdf, etc.?
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Yes, XLS for sure, I do believe PDF's too.
Yes, I'm Firefox I see what you mean about IE
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This it?
It is! Thank-you. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Pete
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Peter Jack, Sir,
We have attachments that are images.... you're on here a lot more than me. Aren't there some spreadsheets (xls) or pdf's?
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This is what I've found so far -
bmp - 2
png - 1400
jpg - 55248
jpeg - 2
gif - 101
txt - 8
pdf - 245
doc - 26
docx - 0
xls - 84
xlsx - 0
Can you think of any others?
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No, I can't come up with more
WAIT.... mpg is listed as permissible. I can see an audio file, mp3 or something, but there'd be very few if any.
Ah, pma = PHPMyAdmin
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I would say yes there are but they're a very limited number. To be perfectly honest I don't really pay attention to what types the attachments are.
Pete
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Checked all the allowed file types, there are also a couple of bmps, which are not on allowed list.
I'll run the queries now.
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Okeedokee. I don't know how important it would be if we dropped a few 'other' file types. Probably not very.
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(http://www.thekrashsite.com/pics/nuclear.gif)
Ok, we're still here and missing avatars are back. That should fix pretty much all missing attachments.
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That's scary!!!!!!!
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THANK YOU! Did you put in mime types? I'm wondering how you figured out what the file types were. I can look at the database tomorrow (using PMA!)
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Searched the table with this query for each file type -
SELECT id_attach FROM smf_attachments WHERE fileext='xls'
Here's the output from the queries -
8 rows affected. (Query took 0.0825 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'text/plain' WHERE `fileext` = 'txt' AND `mime_type` = ''
26 rows affected. (Query took 0.0627 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'application/msword' WHERE `fileext` = 'doc' AND `mime_type` = ''
245 rows affected. (Query took 0.0555 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'application/pdf' WHERE `fileext` = 'pdf' AND `mime_type` = ''
55244 rows affected. (Query took 1.3360 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'image/jpeg' WHERE `fileext` = 'jpg' AND `mime_type` = ''
101 rows affected. (Query took 0.0684 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'image/gif' WHERE `fileext` = 'gif' AND `mime_type` = ''
1385 rows affected. (Query took 0.0933 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'image/png' WHERE `fileext` = 'png' AND `mime_type` = ''
84 rows affected. (Query took 0.0482 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'application/vnd.ms-excel' WHERE `fileext` = 'xls' AND `mime_type` = ''
0 rows affected. (Query took 0.0438 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'image/jpeg' WHERE `fileext` = 'jpeg' AND `mime_type` = ''
2 rows affected. (Query took 0.0820 seconds.)
UPDATE `smf_attachments` SET `mime_type` = 'image/bmp' WHERE `fileext` = 'bmp' AND `mime_type` = ''
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I'm in IE and don't see Peter Jack's or Harold Bettes avatars....or Seldom Seen Slim's (that's Jon the site owner)
Thanks for the explanation. fileext is the thing I didn't know was there.
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I see all avatars in IE, clear browser cache and do a hard refresh.
While we're here, noticed some annoying things about how user options are configured, I believe they're default settings in 2.0, and really shouldn't be:
- Returns to message index after post, should return to topic.
- PMs are shown all, should be displayed as conversation, most recent on top.
- Sent PMs are not saved by default, they should be.
These are Profile options, but most users don't know (or care) that they're there. They can be set for all members in Admin -> Current Theme -> Member Options. These are my personal preferences, I use them on my production forums to make life easier for my members.
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Ok, I'll try IE again.
Update: the hard refresh worked.
I'll look at those options, they make sense to me. The hazards of not actually participating in the forum a lot.
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You have to make the changes in two places to make them effective for all members -
- Configure guest and new user options for this theme (15 options currently set.)
- Change current options for all members using this theme
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Ok, I'll do that.
Sure do thank you!
BtWE
PS, used to show ages and a person's 'title' too. Something else to look at, but it's GREAT that it's working!
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used to show ages and a person's 'title' too.
That's two different things, believe age was displayed by a mod, I have a list somewhere..............
Yeah, it was - Display Age and Location next to posts 1.0 (https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=638), last updated to 1.1.3 twelve years ago. Don't think there's a 2.0 mod that does that. Might not be too difficult to custom code it.
Not sure which title you're referring to, you should see membergroup (Admin) and post count group (New Folks). What else was there?
You should also enable Quick Reply in member options, I use it all the time.
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You're a night owl!
Age isn't important, no biggy.
"Title"... I mean Signature. They're good!
'Night!
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Sigs should have carried over from 1.1.21. There's also personal text, it displays below avatar, it's enabled, and I've enabled custom titles, members need permission to use that.
Going offline shortly, be back on sometime tomorrow afternoon. Make a list of anything you need or doesn't work right. I have this topic on notify, or you can post at thekrashsite.
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Thanks! I'm t'bed....
I'll dive in tomorrow. I'd say it's in just the tweaking stage now!
B
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Minor problem. My profile is showing UTC rather than my actual local time. I can't find where to fix it. Otherwise all good here.
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Minor problem. My profile is showing UTC rather than my actual local time. I can't find where to fix it. Otherwise all good here.
Jacksoni,
Well, it was set to Azerbistan or some such (for real, the default).
Click on Profile
That will bring up a summary.
There should be a menu iten that says "Modify Profile". That will give a dropdown that has a "Look and Layout" option. Take that.
There's a Time Offset. The forum time is set to Chicago. My 'auto detect' worked right and gave me "-1" for Mt. Time.
That should do it.
BtWE
Update: Mt. Time should be "-1", right? Well, I was an hour off, had to set it to 0. Daylight savings, I bet.
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Slim must be asleep - location, location, location!
When opening unread posts, clicking on the subject line goes to the first post - thought it used to go to the last post.
Hey it used to say how old I am but I forgot! :-( :-o
Few details to resolve but great job so far guys! :cheers: :cheers:
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My info and details are still on a post or in my profile.
But, no Avatar.
Bf
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The new site does look good.
Bf
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Woody, clicking on the title of the topic has always sent ya to post #1, and clicking on the "new" button sends you to the most recent post/the first post in the topic that you haven't read.
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My info and details are still on a post or in my profile.
But, no Avatar.
I see your avatar. Clear your browser cache and do hard refresh (Ctrl+F5).
When opening unread posts, clicking on the subject line goes to the first post - thought it used to go to the last post.
If you click on unread posts link in your user panel (top left), it takes you to message index, which displays all topics with new posts. Click on topic title, goes to first post in topic. Click on last post widget (http://www.landracing.com/forum/Themes/default/images/icons/last_post.gif) (far right), takes you to last post in topic.
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Bob, I've created a second attachments directory (/attachments2) and made it active, all new attachments will go there. You can backup /attachments, then not have to do it again, no new files will be added. It's not a good idea to have 55,000 files in one directory, makes it difficult to do backups, and also can cause problems with file management. FileZilla and Ionos file manager both list 55,300 files in /attachments, while admin attachment settings and PMA show 57,184, that's the actual number of rows in smf_attachments. 55,300 is probably the limit for your ftp server (it's more commonly 9,998), it's a configuration parameter on the server and can be changed by host. The files are all there, you just can't see the remaining 2,000 or do anything with them.
Also restored your custom registration agreement from 1.1.21 install.
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Okay, Avatar is back. Cleared the browser on the tablet I use.
Not sure how to do a hard Refresh on this.
It is an 8-inch Samsung 4E.
Thanx.
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Guys, I am amazed at what all you had to do to upgrade this forum. I am the administrator for a relatively small forum and we are having a heck of a time upgrading our platform (phpbb).
It appears that Tapatalk is broken - at least on my phone.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Jim
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Tapatalk has not been installed on new forum. I strongly advise against it, it's caused serious security problems for SMF forums, and was removed from the SMF mod site some time ago because it failed to comply with coding guidelines. I've suggested installing a responsive theme, they're designed to adapt forum view to mobile devices, and there are quite a few available for 2.0. You can look thru them here (http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?action=search;basic_search=responsive), maybe have a poll to select one that everyone likes. There's also a responsive mod for default Curve theme (what you're currently seeing here), but I don't especially like it :-P.
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Will we have access to the "Photos" again at some point?
Thanks, Don
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Would have to ask Bob. Looks like there was a gallery installed in old forum, would have to install updated version here if one is available.
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Really sad about Tapatalk. That app was absolutely great to getting all of the unread posts for all the forums. Kind of a quick one stop shopping app.
I did some research and see why you do not want to install the app.
I hope you can find a way to make it easy for us to see all the unread posts from all the forums on one screen.
Jim
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There are two links below username at top of forum when you're logged in, 'Show unread posts since last visit.' and 'Show new replies to your posts.', you should see them when viewing forum on a phone. Does either do what you want?
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I looked for the unread option before I posted, but missed the link at the top.
That should work fine.
Thanks
Jim
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My avatar disappeared with the first upgrade. I've tried "upload an image" with no luck. :?
I really liked the "old" display of members' age and address with their posts.
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Well.... another problem.... I thought things were really quiet, I haven't been getting email notifications of the new posts.
I'll catch up.... spent all day yesterday under the hood of a Subaru. Almost got stuck forever under there.... :-o
PS, the Gallery is a known issue, it'll be fixed soonly.
BtWE
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Krash,
Did you fix the create_function error in Load.php, and upgrade to PHP 7.1? I set it to 7, had the error, set it back to 5.4, now it's at 7, so the Gallery has a problem.
Just wondering, if so, THANKS!
BtWE
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Ok, the Gallery is back, spot check, it looks ok to me.
BtWE
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Thank you, Photo Gallery works. :cheers:
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Not sure if I am missing something obvious, but cannot see the Outbox in 'My Messages'. I don't use it very often, so helpful to be able to remind myself what I have sent.
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SMF 2.0 does not save sent items by default, you have to enable it in Profile. It's stupid, I can fix it for all members, will do that shortly.
Done.
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My avatar disappeared with the first upgrade. I've tried "upload an image" with no luck. :?
Fixed it, try upload again.
I really liked the "old" display of members' age and address with their posts.
That was a 1.1 mod that's not available for 2.0. Will see if I can custom code it.
Done.
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Looks like all attached photos from posts after the 17th or 18th are gone!
One example: http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php?topic=17014.msg323719#msg323719
Or is it just me?
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Trying a new one now.....
Looks good, there were a couple days in crossing over from the old forum to the new one. And the attachment directory was over-full, so they're going to a new place now. I can poke around in the database and *maybe* figure out what happened and fix it without messing things up, but probably the best thing is for the poster to just put them up again.
BtWE
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Looks like all attached photos from posts after the 17th or 18th are gone!
One example: http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php?topic=17014.msg323719#msg323719
Or is it just me?
It could be you.... I see the pics in that post.
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I get a note for each picture saying "attachment not found".
Pete
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The one thing I do notice, or at least I think I do, is that the print appears to be a little smaller than it was before. It could be just these old weldor eyes.
Can it be made a little larger for the sake of all of us older folks? :-D :-D :-D
Pete
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Pete, on my Apple (all of 'em, for that matter) you can change the magnification of the screen to your preference by:
Press command plus the + button to step larger, and Command plus the - button to shrink. Mine's set to 120% for these cataract surgery-limited close focus eyes.
I assume Wintel machines have a similar ability.
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Trying to "Quote" a post now goes to "Quick Reply", which is not what I want. Could this be restored to prior operation?
In 'Build Diaries', "Belly Tank Build" thread, the photo links in Replies 399 & 400 give me a "not found" message. :?
My avatar now works- hurrah!
And thank you for putting members' ages and addresses with their posts.
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The one thing I do notice, or at least I think I do, is that the print appears to be a little smaller than it was before. It could be just these old weldor eyes.
Can it be made a little larger for the sake of all of us older folks? :-D :-D :-D
Pete
Ctrl + on a Win machine. Ctrl - to go the other way.
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Looks like all attached photos from posts after the 17th or 18th are gone!
One example: http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php?topic=17014.msg323719#msg323719
Or is it just me?
I shuffled some files around, that fixed the ones in the above topic. Are there others? This WAS a one-time thing, they got mixed up in the crossover.
BtWE
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I get a note for each picture saying "attachment not found".
Pete
Same thing this morning but if I open the link in another window they appear!
This quick reply has no emojis! :-(
Must be Bill Gates updating his bank account!
Looks like Bobc fixed while I was posting! Thanks!
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I get a note for each picture saying "attachment not found".
Pete
Same thing this morning but if I open the link in another window they appear!
This quick reply has no emojis! :-(
Must be Bill Gates updating his bank account!
Looks like Bobc fixed while I was posting! Thanks!
I see what you mean about quoting. I'll add it to the list.
BtWE
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Trying to "Quote" a post now goes to "Quick Reply", which is not what I want. Could this be restored to prior operation?
In 'Build Diaries', "Belly Tank Build" thread, the photo links in Replies 399 & 400 give me a "not found" message. :?
My avatar now works- hurrah!
And thank you for putting members' ages and addresses with their posts.
Ok, "Quick Reply" is turned off. We need them smileys! :dhorse:
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Can it be made a little larger for the sake of all of us older folks?
I can make overall font larger, or just posts/pms. I don't see the forum like most people, use a 23" display, at reduced resolution (makes everything larger), in IE with larger text.
Made everything larger, how's that?
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It looks better to me. Thanks! :-D :-D :-D
Pete
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Ok, I've installed Responsive Curve (with some modifications and cleanup). Everything should look the same on desktop/laptop, but forum should be easier to view/use on tablets/phones. I don't use a phone, I'm viewing it in Firefox responsive emulations, but looks like it should to me. Still needs a few more tweaks.
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Looked on my phone, pretty nice. Had a bit of trouble navigating, but I think a lot of that is fat fingers, plus I seldom use my phone for the web so I'm learnin'.
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The one thing I do notice, or at least I think I do, is that the print appears to be a little smaller than it was before. It could be just these old weldor eyes.
Can it be made a little larger for the sake of all of us older folks? :-D :-D :-D
Pete
Ctrl + on a Win machine. Ctrl - to go the other way.
Holy crap. I can actually see now! THANKS
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Ok, needing feedback for t-shooting. At the very bottom of the pages, on most pages there's a Kudos Laser Engraving ad. Does anybody besides me see it? Does anybody get a grey box with a red circle, where it's failed? Some pages have neither, like this write-a-reply page, that's probably a setting.
Thanks,
BtWE
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Ok, needing feedback for t-shooting. At the very bottom of the pages, on most pages there's a Kudos Laser Engraving ad. Does anybody besides me see it? Does anybody get a grey box with a red circle, where it's failed? Some pages have neither, like this write-a-reply page, that's probably a setting.
Thanks,
BtWE
Neither appear on my screen.
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I have a very light gray rectangular box. Inside is a darker gray what looks like a puzzle piece and the words ~~ '' this plug-in is not supported '' ~~ next to it.
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I have a very light gray rectangular box. Inside is a darker gray what looks like a puzzle piece and the words ~~ '' this plug-in is not supported '' ~~ next to it.
Hah! That's what I needed.
Thanks,
BtWE
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I did not see the ad (top and bottom of this page) until just now, when I enabled Adobe Flash which Edge really dislikes.
Mike
Now the top ad has been replaced by the donation request.
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Yeah, it's a Flash/browser problem. I ought to replace the Flash ad with something else.
The Kudos ad appeared at the top for a minute, as I was experimenting with ad settings. The top should be 'Donate" and Kudos at the bottom.
Tx,
BtWE
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bobc, FireFox, Rt-click: allow Adobe flash to run it. :cheers:
I miss the question mark emoji! :cry:
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Thanks! I see it in FF and IE, Chrome gives the Flash option. I hafta do something so it's there automagically, nobody wants to give permission to an ad. :-D
On my list are a lot more emojis, they're kinda fun.
BtWE
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I have 'Donate' at the top but not even a hint of Kudos at the bottom. On an iPad.
The larger font is still a shock, but if others like it I'm sure I will eventually get used to it. :?
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Flash is eol, Adobe finally dropped it due to persistent security issues that they couldn't fix. Some browsers still see it by default (IE11), most do not. Some just ignore it (FF67), some display an error message or broken image. It can be manually enabled in some browsers, or viewed with a plugin, but it's best not to use Flash, especially for ads, because you don't know who, if anyone, can see them.
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Yup, Flash will go.
Got that Jon?
Thanks,
BtWE
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Been riffing on the header, how does it look on different devices?
Also added new 'Home' button to main menu, goes to landracing.com website. 'Forum' button is now forum home (main index).
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Also added new 'Home' button to main menu, goes to landracing.com website. 'Forum' button is now forum home (main index).
I noticed that and it is nice to be able to get back home. :-D
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Thomas Wolfe was wrong???
Mike :evil:
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Thomas Wolfe was wrong???
Mike :evil:
If he could have waited for the forum upgrade it would have changed everything. :roll:
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Age and number of posts is back.
The personal text out of the Forum profile used to be below the avatar now it's below the location.
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Kudos ad is at bottom of pages now.
LTA 7/2013 ~~ should be below Avatar.
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LTA 7/2013 ~~ should be below Avatar.
Above or below post count?
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Above or below post count?
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Above.
Thanx
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FWIW the Kudos ad is on the bottom of the page tonight, didn't notice it there this morning, pretty sure it wasn't there yesterday.
Everything else seems to be working well for me.
Thanks to the Q&A after the change I've even learned how to make print larger for easier reading! :cheers:
Ed
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Above or below post count?
Above.
Thanx
Hmm, that's not where it goes by default. Unless someone modded the code, it would be below post count. I can probably move it without breaking anything, but I think it looks better if all personal info is together (personal text, age, location).
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And the smiley thingies are acting wonky (technical term)
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:-( 8-) :cheers: :mrgreen: :roll: :dhorse:
What are they doing/not doing?
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:-( 8-) :cheers: :mrgreen: :roll: :dhorse:
What are they doing/not doing?
Jerrr, you fall off the wagon :roll: :cheers:
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and hit your head :-o
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?..No... :|
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And it does this too.....
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Hmm...That`s odd...It WAS adding ? to my ?.
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LIKE THAT !!! I did not insert the ?
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1 - ?
2 - ??
3 - ???
4 - ????
Dunno , looks ok to me. (http://www.thekrashsite.com/pics/idk.gif)
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It's me with the old weldor's eyes again. They're way smaller and more orange than they used to be and the one with all the question marks around the top of the emoji is missing. They all used to be the same color and size as the two with the mugs of beer.
Pete
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Looks like there were only two smiley sets on old forum, they're both the same, and they're smaller and darker than the set you've been using since forum was upgraded. Also seems that smiley selection option is not working correctly. I'll tinker with it a bit.
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Now I'm officially jealous.... you gave Jon his own comma cop :police: :cheers:
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Don't be jealous Stainless, he gave you one too. :angel:
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This might not be related to the update:
When I receive a new private message I read it- and usually send a reply. But I continue to get a pop-up window saying I have a new message. After logging out and back in the pop-up message is gone- usually.
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I found the same thing Jack.
I'd also like to see the emojis changed so they're all like beating the dead horse and the toasting with beer mugs. I find the new orange ones much harder to see.
Pete