Bugs, Fixes, New Features (Old)
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Bugs, Fixes, New Features (Old)
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 09:36AM
I'm starting a proper thread to address bugs, fixes, and new features. If you see problems, please post them here (and change the subject so it will be easier to keep track of). I'll also cover the new features as I activate them.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/2005 12:46PM by CowbellGuy.
Quoting
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 09:38AM
OK. Quoting is fixed for real now. Should work like it used to. For you people using flat view, the link is now below each message, so you can quote whichever message you want.
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Re: Quoting
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: March 05, 2004 09:48AM
Age, will there be a way to switch from threaded to flat view and back within the thread?
Re: Quoting
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 09:50AM
It was discussed in the user name/real name thread. It doesn't look like the developers care, so after I get all the major stuff sorted, I'll try to do that.
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Attachments
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 10:33AM
You can now attach files to messages. For now, just .jpg or .gif files up to 250k. They won't be shown in the message. Just as a link that others can download.
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Flat view?
Posted by: Hillel (---.ngs.org)
Date: March 05, 2004 10:53AM
Thanks for your continued hard work on this site, Adriano. A quick question: How do you create a flat view of a selected topic? There used to be a "button" near the bottom of a selected thread, but I can't find it. It's likely I'm being blind and/or dense, so please forgive.
Re: Flat view?
Posted by: kaelistus (---.mak.com)
Date: March 05, 2004 10:55AM
Hillel, go to my profile, and set it from there..
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Re: Flat view?
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 10:59AM
Yep. What he said. This was being discussed in the user name vs. real name thread, so I guess I should mention it here too. For now, the only way to do it is to go to My Profile > Forum Settings and select it there. I'm going to try to make a quick link like it used to be when all the major problems are fixed though.
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Next Message / Previous Message
Posted by: crodger1 (---.abtassoc.com)
Date: March 05, 2004 02:06PM
Age,
next message and previous message used to work temporally (so you could find the first new message in a previously read topic and just hit those buttons to move forwards in time). The new ones just move down the list seqentially, right (as opposed to temporally)?
Chris
next message and previous message used to work temporally (so you could find the first new message in a previously read topic and just hit those buttons to move forwards in time). The new ones just move down the list seqentially, right (as opposed to temporally)?
Chris
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: pat (---.er.usgs.gov)
Date: March 05, 2004 02:19PM
This is minor, but I would prefer to that the threads not paginate, i.e., that all messages in a single thread be on a single page. Or to be able to set that.
Also, the Profile has a field called "Real Name" (which became unfilled with the version change). You could possibly hack the display to use that.
Also, the Profile has a field called "Real Name" (which became unfilled with the version change). You could possibly hack the display to use that.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: rhovorka (---.stny.rr.com)
Date: March 05, 2004 02:30PM
[Q]pat Wrote:
This is minor, but I would prefer to that the threads not paginate, i.e., that all messages in a single thread be on a single page. Or to be able to set that.[/Q]
I agree, and was just going to suggest that.
This is minor, but I would prefer to that the threads not paginate, i.e., that all messages in a single thread be on a single page. Or to be able to set that.[/Q]
I agree, and was just going to suggest that.
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Show new posts
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.loyno.edu)
Date: March 05, 2004 03:23PM
Is that one of the features that's going to be brought back? Very useful for those who check the eLF frequently.
Re: Next Message / Previous Message
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 04:18PM
[Q]crodger1 Wrote:
Age,
next message and previous message used to work temporally (so you could find the first new message in a previously read topic and just hit those buttons to move forwards in time). The new ones just move down the list seqentially, right (as opposed to temporally)?
Chris [/Q]
The database design and much of the functionality was altered significantly to improve speed and this might be one of the casualties. I'll look into it when I get a chance, but I have a hunch that won't be possible any more.
Age,
next message and previous message used to work temporally (so you could find the first new message in a previously read topic and just hit those buttons to move forwards in time). The new ones just move down the list seqentially, right (as opposed to temporally)?
Chris [/Q]
The database design and much of the functionality was altered significantly to improve speed and this might be one of the casualties. I'll look into it when I get a chance, but I have a hunch that won't be possible any more.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 04:23PM
Well, I can increase the number shown per page. It can get unwieldy with very long threads, but definitely something I can do if that's what people want.
As for the name thing, the old version used to look up user information for each message in a thread to get the name info. The new version writes the author name with the message to save db calls and speed things up. (That's 100 extra database calls every time you load the page if the thread has 100 messages). There are also other reasons. When Facetimer decided to start posting as other people, some of them requested I change the names, which was a pain in the ass. That's not possible now. It's going to stay like this. But like I said, if you want to make a new account, I'll change all your old posts to reflect the new name.
As for the name thing, the old version used to look up user information for each message in a thread to get the name info. The new version writes the author name with the message to save db calls and speed things up. (That's 100 extra database calls every time you load the page if the thread has 100 messages). There are also other reasons. When Facetimer decided to start posting as other people, some of them requested I change the names, which was a pain in the ass. That's not possible now. It's going to stay like this. But like I said, if you want to make a new account, I'll change all your old posts to reflect the new name.
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Re: Show new posts
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 05, 2004 04:25PM
All the code I wrote for that page is now obsolete with the new database design. Storing the new message info in the database was my own hack, so I knew how to get at it easily. That's now built in to the new version, so it will have to all be rewritten. I'd like to get at it eventually, but I'm not sure if or when it will happen.
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Re: Flat view?
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 08, 2004 09:16AM
Just testing. [q]Please ignore
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Unclosed tags
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 08, 2004 09:25AM
If someone (Keith 
) leaves tags open, it should no longer affect anything outside their post.
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Signature Formatting
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 08, 2004 12:55PM
Signatures should be properly formatted now, and quoting should automatically strip the signature.
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Users unable to access forum after login
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 09, 2004 12:51PM
Well, this one stumped me but good...
After working with a couple members for a few days I finally figured out the problem. The problem occurred when users selected "Threaded" for the Thread Override - List in their Forum Settings. That means on the main page, every thread was fully expanded and because of a bug in the code, instead of showing 25 threads, it showed them all. If you had enough patience and it happened before the apache page timeout, the PHP buffer would fill up and it would return an error. If not, nothing happened. And while this was happening, the database and CPUs were tied up, probably causing the slowness. Until they fix this, I've switched everyone to a flat list view and disabled the option to change it.
Now I'd like to clarify the option itself. There were (and once it's fixed, will again be) 2 relevant options in the user preferences.
Thread Override - List governs how the list view (the page you see when you log on) is displayed. If set to "Flat", there's one line per thread. If there are new messages in that thread it will say "new". If set to "Threaded", each thread is completely expanded out so there is a line for each post with it's subject and author. This makes for a very large list page that I (and I think most people) find hard to navigate. Very few people used this, making it hard to pinpoint the problem.
Thread Override - Read governs how the page where you actually read the posts is displayed. "Flat" simply lays out an entire thread chronologically on a single page. "Threaded" shows the single post you're reading at the top and the subjects for the whole thread expanded out in a tree below it, with links to go to the other messages in the thread.
The two are completely independent, and what most of you probably intended to change was the Thread Override - Read option. Once the list view bug is fixed, that option will return, but make sure you're getting what you want with that.
After working with a couple members for a few days I finally figured out the problem. The problem occurred when users selected "Threaded" for the Thread Override - List in their Forum Settings. That means on the main page, every thread was fully expanded and because of a bug in the code, instead of showing 25 threads, it showed them all. If you had enough patience and it happened before the apache page timeout, the PHP buffer would fill up and it would return an error. If not, nothing happened. And while this was happening, the database and CPUs were tied up, probably causing the slowness. Until they fix this, I've switched everyone to a flat list view and disabled the option to change it.
Now I'd like to clarify the option itself. There were (and once it's fixed, will again be) 2 relevant options in the user preferences.
Thread Override - List governs how the list view (the page you see when you log on) is displayed. If set to "Flat", there's one line per thread. If there are new messages in that thread it will say "new". If set to "Threaded", each thread is completely expanded out so there is a line for each post with it's subject and author. This makes for a very large list page that I (and I think most people) find hard to navigate. Very few people used this, making it hard to pinpoint the problem.
Thread Override - Read governs how the page where you actually read the posts is displayed. "Flat" simply lays out an entire thread chronologically on a single page. "Threaded" shows the single post you're reading at the top and the subjects for the whole thread expanded out in a tree below it, with links to go to the other messages in the thread.
The two are completely independent, and what most of you probably intended to change was the Thread Override - Read option. Once the list view bug is fixed, that option will return, but make sure you're getting what you want with that.
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Additional smileys
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: March 09, 2004 05:34PM
I'm assuming we'll get the list of extended smileys back? I don't think I could live without bananaman.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: March 09, 2004 05:35PM
Another small item. When I click POST, it throws me out to the list view instead of keeping me in the read view. Is this a bug, a temporary change, or a "new feature"?
Server e-mails
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 09, 2004 05:40PM
Server e-mails now work again for things like forgotten passwords.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 09, 2004 05:41PM
That's the way the old forum originally did it before I hacked it to do it the other way. Not sure if it will be possible with the new version, but I'll look into it when I can.
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Re: Additional smileys
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 09, 2004 05:42PM
Yeah, I just have to rewrite the smiley page to use the new smiley plug-in.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: March 09, 2004 08:56PM
Age, I think you have solved my access problem with the Thread Override - List. I always set my preference for that and as soon as I did it on the new List, I couldn't get on. I could if I accessed through another browser without the cookie set, but once I signed on, boom, I couldn't get on.
Thanks for your persistence.
Thanks for your persistence.
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User Profile
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 10, 2004 01:08PM
I've added a field for AOL Instant Messenger in the user profile.
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Re: pagination value
Posted by: pat (---.er.usgs.gov)
Date: March 10, 2004 03:40PM
I don't know whether you took off the pagination completely or set it to either a high value or a ridiculously high value, but I ran some numbers anyway.
For the past calendar year (March 10 2:00pm 2003-2004, n=1275):
Where the annoyance level is on a thread length is a matter of personal taste and bandwidth, but I would conjecture that either 100 or 150 would be good default large values for number of posts per page.
Keep in mind, too, that Rich and I fear change, and would prefer any settings that make this forum look like Kyle's original CHDF.
For the past calendar year (March 10 2:00pm 2003-2004, n=1275):
Where the annoyance level is on a thread length is a matter of personal taste and bandwidth, but I would conjecture that either 100 or 150 would be good default large values for number of posts per page.
Keep in mind, too, that Rich and I fear change, and would prefer any settings that make this forum look like Kyle's original CHDF.
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Re: pagination value
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 10, 2004 03:47PM
Well, keeping in mind that, you, Rich, and probably everyone else on here fears change like the plague, I think I set it to something like 500. If you want it set lower, I can do that, but I'm going to need confirmation from more people lest I get yelled at again
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Re: pagination value
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 04:00PM
[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:
Well, keeping in mind that, you, Rich, and probably everyone else on here fears change like the plague, I think I set it to something like 500. If you want it set lower, I can do that, but I'm going to need confirmation from more people lest I get yelled at again
[/Q]
500 is too low, set it higher.
Well, keeping in mind that, you, Rich, and probably everyone else on here fears change like the plague, I think I set it to something like 500. If you want it set lower, I can do that, but I'm going to need confirmation from more people lest I get yelled at again
[/Q]
500 is too low, set it higher.
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Re: pagination value
Posted by: ben03 (---.CRMLLC.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 04:10PM
i second that ...
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Re: Additional smileys
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 10, 2004 04:39PM
Extended smileys are back 
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 04:45PM
Yes! 
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 06:19PM
I'd actually be in favor of a much lower number. As was discussed about post-game discussions, many times the original thread wanders off topic and many might like a new thread started. Again as with the post-game discussions, those of us who go to the games can quickly spin through the game thread and then go to the post-game and spend our time. Smaller threads would encourage that; maybe 50-100?
As an aside, Age thanks again for your work, I was able to sign on at work effortlessly today, and came home to enjoy a quick openning by just clicking the eLynah icon. You solved it with the thread problem, however I still like the threaded list and the ability to go right to the newest post on a thread.
As an aside, Age thanks again for your work, I was able to sign on at work effortlessly today, and came home to enjoy a quick openning by just clicking the eLynah icon. You solved it with the thread problem, however I still like the threaded list and the ability to go right to the newest post on a thread.
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Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 07:03PM
I assume thread length isn't something that can be set on an individual basis.
I'd probably vote for something between 50 and 100, esp. judging from Pat's chart. If this were a democracy...
I'd probably vote for something between 50 and 100, esp. judging from Pat's chart. If this were a democracy...
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 08:14PM
[Q]KeithK Wrote:
If this were a democracy... [/Q]
You mean...instead of the Ayatollah Manocchia?
If this were a democracy... [/Q]
You mean...instead of the Ayatollah Manocchia?
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: March 10, 2004 08:56PM
Age, several of the pages on the main website are showing mysql connection errors. For example. the championship belt.
More importantly, the password for elfuser is visible in the warning messages.
More importantly, the password for elfuser is visible in the warning messages.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: Avash (---.twcny.rr.com)
Date: March 10, 2004 09:03PM
I actually noticed this a while ago, so it's not a problem with the new forum, but I'll mention it anyway....
I noticed that for the Archives on elynah's main page, if you go to 2001-2002, none of the links to the highlights or video streams work.
EDIT: only clicking on the Red/White game and the Wilfrid Laurier exhibition game works on the 2001-2002 archive page.
I noticed that for the Archives on elynah's main page, if you go to 2001-2002, none of the links to the highlights or video streams work.
EDIT: only clicking on the Red/White game and the Wilfrid Laurier exhibition game works on the 2001-2002 archive page.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 09:35AM
Thanks. I accidentally posted the password when I posted a script I wrote on another site and forgot to update those pages. For the record "YES" is not the password. Just means it was using a password
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 09:38AM
When I couldn't find one of my photos from 2 years ago on my own damn website a couple weeks ago, I realized the main site was in dire need of an overhaul. Now if I could just find the time...
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 09:48AM
The 2001-02 Archive is now working again. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Time Zone
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 09:54AM
Sorry about the time being off by an hour. Thought I'd fixed that, but now it should be good to go.
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Private Messages
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 11:48AM
Private messages are a new feature to the forum. Members with accounts can send private messages to each other. There's a "Send A Private Message" link on the user profile page which will automatically fill in the address you're sending to.
Alternatively, you can go to My Profile, then select "Send A Private Message" from there, but you'll need to know the user name.
If you have messages waiting, a notification link will appear at the top of the page.
You have to be logged in for all this to work.
Alternatively, you can go to My Profile, then select "Send A Private Message" from there, but you'll need to know the user name.
If you have messages waiting, a notification link will appear at the top of the page.
You have to be logged in for all this to work.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: March 11, 2004 08:46PM
For some reason, when I edit my Hockey Least post, it changes the thread to an announcement.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 11, 2004 08:51PM
Yeah, I noticed. I keep changing it back. Not sure why, but I'll take a look at it tomorrow.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: jy3 (---.nycap.rr.com)
Date: March 12, 2004 09:28PM
u know about it and will when get back - all the edits and posts of the game thread were separate announcements 
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 13, 2004 09:50AM
There's a problem with the editing page which I mentioned earlier. That problem only happens when someone edits the first post in a thread. It's kind of annoying, but will be fixed soon. Please don't edit the first post. Thanks.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: ugarte (---.ny325.east.verizon.net)
Date: March 14, 2004 09:35PM
Age: when you quote a post with an embedded quote, the program doesn't include the internal quotes. You end up with:
[q]First quote Second quote[/q] instead of [q]First quote [q] second quote[/q][/q]
[q]First quote Second quote[/q] instead of [q]First quote [q] second quote[/q][/q]
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.wan.networktel.net)
Date: March 15, 2004 09:00PM
Is there any way to easily implement an "ignore poster" feature like the USCHO board has?
Editing problem fixed (sort of)
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2004 11:36AM
The problem with editing the first message in a thread turning it into an announcement has been fixed. The problem where it always made the name and e-mail editable when you edit a message is also fixed (or more like I added a kludge until the Phorum people get off their asses and fix it properly, but it should work).
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: March 18, 2004 12:34PM
This seems to be new behavior today.
I noticed that all links go to _parent or _self instead of _blank. No more popup windows. Not sure if this is better or worse, only that it is different.
I noticed that all links go to _parent or _self instead of _blank. No more popup windows. Not sure if this is better or worse, only that it is different.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2004 12:40PM
Oh right. Had to replace the file that handled that and lost a bunch of changes. I'll fix that.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)
Date: March 18, 2004 02:00PM
I'm getting certain threads showing up as "new" without any actual new material.
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Messages incorrectly marked "new"
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 18, 2004 02:04PM
The Phorum people said they're going to take a look at the problem when they get a chance, but for now, if you click "Mark All Messages Read" on the list page, the problem should go away (for a while).
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: RichH (---.stny.rr.com)
Date: March 19, 2004 03:57PM
When I click on a post author to see their profile I get the message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: phorum_date() in /var/www/html/elf/profile.php on line 63
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 19, 2004 04:50PM
Mysterious elusive function, there. Still haven't found it, but I commented out the line for now. Should work.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: jeh25 (---.ri.ri.cox.net)
Date: March 21, 2004 01:51PM
[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:
You mean...instead of the Ayatollah Manocchia?
[/Q]
TFF!
You mean...instead of the Ayatollah Manocchia?
[/Q]
TFF!
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 22, 2004 11:43AM
This problem has been fixed properly now.
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Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: RichH (---.stny.rr.com)
Date: March 22, 2004 02:39PM
When using my bookmarked address: [elf.elynah.com] or [elf.elynah.com]
I get the headings and links titled: "array array array" and no posts. I found I have to use the url [elf.elynah.com] in order to see posts. I can change my bookmark, but maybe others using the above urls are also having problems.
I get the headings and links titled: "array array array" and no posts. I found I have to use the url [elf.elynah.com] in order to see posts. I can change my bookmark, but maybe others using the above urls are also having problems.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New Features
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 22, 2004 02:41PM
Nuts. Thought I got that. Did another full upgrade this morning and probably copied the wrong file. Anyway, it's fixed now, thanks.
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Feature request
Posted by: pat (---.er.usgs.gov)
Date: March 23, 2004 09:14AM
Can we have two different "new" labels? One for "new post in thread" and one for "new drivel about the Rangers"?
Also, the favicon.ico is gone.
Also, the favicon.ico is gone.
Re: Editing problem fixed (properly)
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 23, 2004 03:16PM
This problem's been correctly fixed now.
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Threaded List view working properly
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 23, 2004 03:19PM
For those who like to use it, threaded list view should work properly now.
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Re: pagination value
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 23, 2004 03:20PM
I'll set this to 100. If y'all want something else, come to a consensus and let me know.
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Current Visitors
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 23, 2004 04:09PM
The link at the footer of the page now shows a window with users with accounts who have visited in the last 10 minutes.
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Re: Current Visitors
Posted by: Avash (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: March 23, 2004 10:03PM
wow, assuming that all users "recently on the forum" are shown (is that right?), there are a LOT of lurkers
Re: Current Visitors
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: March 24, 2004 08:56AM
Yep, they're both set to the last 10 minutes, so the difference between current visitors and recently seen users is the number of lurkers.
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Re: Quoting Quotes
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: April 02, 2004 10:49AM
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
[q]Blah blah blah
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
[q]Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/q]
Blah Blah blah[/q]
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2004 10:50AM by CowbellGuy.
Re: Quoting Quotes
Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)
Date: April 02, 2004 10:53AM
[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/Q]
Blah Blah blah[/Q]
[/Q]
Multiple level nested quotes should just keep the light background color.
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Re: Quoting Quotes
Posted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)
Date: April 02, 2004 11:09AM
[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/Q]
Blah Blah blah[/Q]
Multiple level nested quotes should just keep the light background color. [/Q]Good work. EDIT: Um... I think there may still be a problem.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2004 11:10AM by ugarte.Re: Quoting QuotesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: April 02, 2004 11:15AM
Regular expressions suck. It should be fixed now.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)Date: April 02, 2004 11:45AM
[Q]ugarte Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/Q]
Blah Blah blah[/Q]
Multiple level nested quotes should just keep the light background color. [/Q]
Good work. EDIT: Um... I think there may still be a problem.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 04/02/04 11:10AM by ugarte. [/Q]And ... EDIT: not quite.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2004 11:45AM by ugarte.Re: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ben03 (198.16.0.---)Date: April 02, 2004 11:59AM
[Q]ugarte Wrote:
ugarte Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/Q]
Blah Blah blah[/Q]
Multiple level nested quotes should just keep the light background color. [/Q]
Good work. EDIT: Um... I think there may still be a problem.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 04/02/04 11:10AM by ugarte. [/Q]
And ... EDIT: not quite.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 04/02/04 11:45AM by ugarte. [/Q][/Q]
Age, I added another bracketed "/Q" after the last one and things seem to be working with that in place.
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Let's GO Red!!!Re: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)Date: April 02, 2004 12:05PM
[Q]ben03 Wrote:Age, I added another bracketed "/Q" after the last one and things seem to be working with that in place. [/Q]I knew that, Ben. I was just letting him know that it wasn't happening automatically.
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quality tweets | bluesky (twitter 2) | ALAB Series podcast | Other podcasts and writingRe: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ben03 (198.16.0.---)Date: April 02, 2004 12:28PM
just checking ... b/c you didn't actually say that you were aware
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Let's GO Red!!!Re: Quoting QuotesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: April 02, 2004 02:09PM
I think the quoting in this thread just got hosed somewhere. Tried a new complex test and it worked ok.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)Date: April 02, 2004 03:45PM
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
ugarte Wrote:
ugarte Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
CowbellGuy Wrote:
This is about as fixed as it's going to get. Quoting a quote should automatically put the quote tags in now. However, it doesn't make the "Somebody Wrote:" line at the top of a quoted quote bold.
I did make a change so a quoted quote has the original background color.
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blah[/Q]
Blah Blah blah[/Q]
Multiple level nested quotes should just keep the light background color. [/Q]
Good work. EDIT: Um... I think there may still be a problem.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 04/02/04 11:10AM by ugarte. [/Q]
And ... EDIT: not quite.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 04/02/04 11:45AM by ugarte. [/Q]
Age, I added another bracketed "/Q" after the last one and things seem to be working with that in place.[/Q]And for me it ...
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quality tweets | bluesky (twitter 2) | ALAB Series podcast | Other podcasts and writingRe: Quoting QuotesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: April 02, 2004 04:00PM
What part of "this thread" didn't you get? Something got hosed in previous quoting in this branch of this thread and it's not going to get right on its own so stop trying. If it happens elsewhere, I'll look at it.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Quoting QuotesPosted by: ugarte (65.217.153.---)Date: April 02, 2004 04:29PM
[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:
What part of "this thread" didn't you get? Something got hosed in previous quoting in this branch of this thread and it's not going to get right on its own so stop trying. If it happens elsewhere, I'll look at it.[/q]The part in which "this thread" applied to both sentences. Touchy, touchy ...
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quality tweets | bluesky (twitter 2) | ALAB Series podcast | Other podcasts and writingRe: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)Date: May 27, 2004 09:10AM
Age, I'm noticing a problem again with random, incorrect New! icons on the list.php page. Just noticed it this morning.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: May 27, 2004 09:18AM
Yep. They haven't really fixed the problem in phorum code. They claim to have done so somewhat, but it still does it after a while. You'll just have to click "Mark All Messages Read" to clear it once in a while.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: Greg (---.cust-rtr.swbell.net)Date: May 28, 2004 08:53AM
I would love an option to have threads displayed with posts last in first out, a la USCHO. Or at minimum to jump to the last page of the thread when linking to it from the thread list.
Note however that eLynah is amazingly professional and none of this should be construed as a complaint, yadda yadda...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2004 08:54AM by Greg.Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: ugarte (68.161.191.---)Date: May 28, 2004 05:00PM
[Q]Greg Wrote:
I would love an option to have threads displayed with posts last in first out, a la USCHO. Or at minimum to jump to the last page of the thread when linking to it from the thread list.
Note however that eLynah is amazingly professional and none of this should be construed as a complaint, yadda yadda...
[/q]I was just about to write the same thing, though I probably wouldn't have bothered praising the site. I should work on that.
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quality tweets | bluesky (twitter 2) | ALAB Series podcast | Other podcasts and writingRe: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: Jacob '06 (---.twcny.rr.com)Date: July 23, 2004 03:32AM
The 2 page post on next year's schedule doesn't change to read unless you view the first page even though the most recent posts are on the second page. I don't know if this falls in the category of random errors with the New! feature mentioned above.Reporting spamPosted by: jtwcornell91 (---.178.202.134.xXx.ftwrth.tx.charter.com)Date: September 15, 2004 01:28PM
Suggestion: a "report this post" feature so Age can be quickly alerted when we get hit by a spam bot.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/2004 01:31PM by jtwcornell91.Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)Date: September 15, 2004 01:30PM
[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:
Suggestion: a "report this post" feature so Age can be quickly alerted when we get hit by a spam bot.[/q]
We have to be careful with that...we don't want to inundate Age with messages about Facetimer's posts.
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Is next year here yet?Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: September 15, 2004 01:37PM
There is/was/will be a "report this post" feature in Phorum. At the time I did the template for eLF, it wasn't working yet, so I got rid of the link, but it may be working now. I suppose I'll look into it at some point.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyUpdate, new message flagsPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: September 23, 2004 12:53PM
I just did another software update and it seems to have hosed the new message flag info in the database. Sorry about that. You should probably just click "Mark all messages read" on the home page to reset it.
There will be more features coming now like following threads in your control center, reporting messages, and things like that. Stay tuned.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyThe NEW eLynah.comPosted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)Date: October 08, 2004 04:44PM
Will the forum be affected? I just ask since I usually come directly to the forum, bypassing the main page.
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Is next year here yet?Re: The NEW eLynah.comPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: October 08, 2004 08:23PM
Nope, it's only the main multimedia site with, primarily, photos and videos that will be affected.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: Chris 02 (---.icsincorporated.com)Date: October 25, 2004 08:50PM
Has the forum been optimized for a screen resolution greater than 800x600 now? It seems that I always have to scroll to the right to read the various threads. I'm using the flat view btw. I have experimented with 1024x768, but I'm still just working with a 15" monitor, so text gets pretty small at the higher resolution.
Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: October 25, 2004 10:30PM
Last time I updated the language file got updated with it and some of the menubar language ended up longer than it used to be so the window gets stuck being as wide as the menubar contents across the top. I've been meaning to rename and move some of that around.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: Avash (---.twcny.rr.com)Date: November 07, 2004 08:13PM
Just wondering - is the Sportscenter top 10 clip of the Mark McRae goal vs. BC still on the site somewhere?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2004 08:14PM by Avash '05.Re: Bugs, Fixes, New FeaturesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: November 07, 2004 08:42PM
Oops. Missed that one. I'll put it up tomorrow.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck Daddyprivate messagesPosted by: Ben Rocky '04 (---.twcny.rr.com)Date: November 15, 2004 12:49PM
Age-
I cannot find a way to open messages sent to me that do not have a subject line.
-benRe: private messagesPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: November 15, 2004 01:01PM
I'm hoping they fixed that in the source. I've got to do another update soon. At any rate, all the subjectless PM's should have a "no subject" subject now.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddySwitch View!!!Posted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: November 16, 2004 04:14PM
So it took a lot longer than planned, but you can now switch between flat and threaded view on the list page and message page. There is a "switch view" link at the bottom of the list page and top of the message page. You have to be logged in to use it.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyVermont game thread trashedPosted by: David Harding (---.client.comcast.net)Date: November 20, 2004 12:14AM
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /var/www/html/elf/mods/bbcode/bbcode.php(105) : regexp code on line 1
Fatal error: Failed evaluating code: stone3law@aol.com in /var/www/html/elf/mods/bbcode/bbcode.php on line 105Re: Vermont game thread trashedPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: November 20, 2004 12:50AM
I have no idea what the deal was with those. I deleted the two offending messages.
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"[Hugh] Jessiman turned out to be a huge specimen of something alright." --Puck DaddyRe: Vermont game thread trashedPosted by: DL (---.hr.hr.cox.net)Date: November 20, 2004 08:51AM
Guess I posted into the wrong place...
still happening over here.Re: Vermont game thread trashedPosted by: CowbellGuy (Moderator)Date: November 20, 2004 09:23AM
Sorry, I had to delete the thread. There were orphaned messages and it was generally a mess.
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