ELynah Forum Update

[CowbellGuy]

And just to be clear, I have nothing against the rating concept. It was just a terrible mod that I had to modify extensively just to make it work at all, and it barely did at that. If someone writes a better one, I'll be happy to implement it. I did write the Twitter mod from scratch, but I was more motivated to make that happen because I find it a lot more useful. Writing a new ratings mod is not high on my list.

[Trotsky]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

That's what Stalin said.

[Aaron M. Griffin]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

That's what Stalin said.

+1

[RichH]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

The leaderboard is gone, so I'm claiming victory, based on the 60 +1s I clearly got overnight on my "curling sweatshirt" post.

[RichH]

New Feature!

Tweets will now be embedded directly into your posts. You just need to paste the link to an individual tweet, et voilà:

https://twitter.com/#!/Whougunacollins/status/185910547429068800

If you're not sure how to got to an individual tweet link, click the "Open" link on a tweet, then click "Details"

Bug report (maybe?): I just saw a big error message across the top of the forum (which didn't disrupt anything on the page) that read:

"Unexpected situation on installing the Embed Tweet module: running the install queries from file ./mods/event_logging/db/mysql/1.php failed. The error was You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '( log_id INT UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY auto_increment, source ' at line 1"

I reloaded once with the same error, but entering a sub-forum made it go away.

[CowbellGuy]

Yeah, yeah. Perils of messing with a production server. Was switching to an updated version of the mod. All is well now.

[marty]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

           
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[jtn27]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

The leaderboard is gone, so I'm claiming victory, based on the 60 +1s I clearly got overnight on my "curling sweatshirt" post.

Are there even 60 people that read this site on a daily basis? And if we're claiming victory based on a system other than most total points, I'd like to point out that I was the only person on the leader board to have been a member of this forum for less than 6 months (and one of just a handful to be a member for less than 5 years). If we assume that I would have continued earning points at the same rate and extrapolate to see how many points I would have earned had I joined in 2005 like many of you did, I think I would be the clear winner.

[jtwcornell91]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

The leaderboard is gone, so I'm claiming victory, based on the 60 +1s I clearly got overnight on my "curling sweatshirt" post.

Are there even 60 people that read this site on a daily basis? And if we're claiming victory based on a system other than most total points, I'd like to point out that I was the only person on the leader board to have been a member of this forum for less than 6 months (and one of just a handful to be a member for less than 5 years). If we assume that I would have continued earning points at the same rate and extrapolate to see how many points I would have earned had I joined in 2005 like many of you did, I think I would be the clear winner.

There's just one small problem with you calculation: the +1 button was only around for 5 months. :-P

[KeithK]

During the season I am pretty sure there are at least 60 readers.  Now that it's just a bunch of us arguing off-topic things maybe not :-).

[jtn27]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

The leaderboard is gone, so I'm claiming victory, based on the 60 +1s I clearly got overnight on my "curling sweatshirt" post.

Are there even 60 people that read this site on a daily basis? And if we're claiming victory based on a system other than most total points, I'd like to point out that I was the only person on the leader board to have been a member of this forum for less than 6 months (and one of just a handful to be a member for less than 5 years). If we assume that I would have continued earning points at the same rate and extrapolate to see how many points I would have earned had I joined in 2005 like many of you did, I think I would be the clear winner.

There's just one small problem with you calculation: the +1 button was only around for 5 months. :-P

I'm going to pretend you didn't say that and claim victory anyway.

[Roy 82]

Also, I'm sorry but I had to ditch the +1 thing. It was buggy and apparently really inefficient with database calls. It was very noticeably slowing down page loads and putting unnecessary burden on the server.

SUCK IT, TROTSKY!

The leaderboard is gone, so I'm claiming victory, based on the 60 +1s I clearly got overnight on my "curling sweatshirt" post.

Are there even 60 people that read this site on a daily basis? And if we're claiming victory based on a system other than most total points, I'd like to point out that I was the only person on the leader board to have been a member of this forum for less than 6 months (and one of just a handful to be a member for less than 5 years). If we assume that I would have continued earning points at the same rate and extrapolate to see how many points I would have earned had I joined in 2005 like many of you did, I think I would be the clear winner.

The winner is the person who has donated the most money using the tiny Paypal button on the right.

[andyw2100]

I had an issue yesterday (8/26/12) morning using Windows XP and Chrome. Although the issue seems to be resolved now, and had an easy work-around, I thought I'd mention it, as this thread seems to be set up for just this kind of thing.

For some reason I was unable to correctly log in. I would log in with my username and password, which were recognized, but the forums would appear as if I was not logged in, and would not show me any unread counts. I then tried Firefox, and it worked fine. Just to check I tried Chrome again, and the problem was not resolved. This morning I tried Chrome first, and everything was back to normal.

Just thought I'd mention this in case it helps Age or anyone else.

[CowbellGuy]

I had an issue yesterday (8/26/12) morning using Windows XP and Chrome. Although the issue seems to be resolved now, and had an easy work-around, I thought I'd mention it, as this thread seems to be set up for just this kind of thing.

For some reason I was unable to correctly log in. I would log in with my username and password, which were recognized, but the forums would appear as if I was not logged in, and would not show me any unread counts. I then tried Firefox, and it worked fine. Just to check I tried Chrome again, and the problem was not resolved. This morning I tried Chrome first, and everything was back to normal.

Just thought I'd mention this in case it helps Age or anyone else.

That's kind of an odd one. Sounds like it's hanging on to a cache or not reading its cookies. Let me know if you see that behavior again.

[CowbellGuy]

The mobile template is back! A new mobile template will be displayed for mobile clients (which are automatically-identified). Let me know if you find any problems.