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Title: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 09:09, 09 May 11
Hello guys,
Yesterday we upgraded the forum software to the latest version. As a result some things are not working - these need to be adjusted manually and I'm on it.
On a relevant note, but not connected to the above, we had a server problem this morning as you may have seen; the machine was rebooted and all seems fine.
On either case, let me know if you encounter any weirdness,
Gryzor
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MacDeath on 09:59, 09 May 11
Yeah I noticed this monrning... Hope all is gonna be ok.

Youtube links do not work anymore (if you hadn't noticed...)

Good luck and may the Force be with you. ;)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: TFM on 15:50, 09 May 11
The spoiler doesn't work any longer (see Devilmarkus posts)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 03:55, 10 May 11
My post suffers the same fate from lack of Spoiler!  :(  But I'm hoping that's one of things you're going to mend!  ;D 

I saw that thing with the server, weird cause I was getting different messages and one with a Search Bar along with the CPCWiki Logo (minus the forum)  ;D
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 04:14, 10 May 11
Thanks for posting your findings. Quite a few things don't work at the moment. Just fixed the Spoiler thing, but others are more difficult to fix. Have some patience guys, eventualy all will be back to normal :)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 05:08, 10 May 11
Spoiler fixed. Was it a bit different before?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 05:08, 10 May 11
Country Flags fixed
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 05:09, 10 May 11
Ajax Notifications added - see if you can spot them :)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 05:09, 10 May 11
"Like" system added. We'll discuss this elsewhere, too!
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 06:39, 10 May 11
Just wondered what the medal.gif next to your name was supposed to look like. Some members have it as a "X" cause the file is missing where we would have a stars next to our name?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 06:41, 10 May 11
Ooh... I have forgotten about that one. I think the medal was meant for those who have donated, will try to locate it.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 11:25, 10 May 11
Unread and Replies has been reinstated at the top!
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 11:47, 10 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 05:09, 10 May 11
"Like" system added. We'll discuss this elsewhere, too!
Quote from: Gryzor on 06:41, 10 May 11
Ooh... I have forgotten about that one. I think the medal was meant for those who have donated, will try to locate it.
Quote from: Gryzor on 11:25, 10 May 11
Unread and Replies has been reinstated at the top!
Added Multi-Quote, and this time it works perfectly, too! You just add or remove quotes and then you hit Reply. Took a lot of work, this one...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MacDeath on 14:02, 10 May 11
Gryzor said :
Quote1 Like

Spoiler: ShowHide
What is this I don't even...


could we have a tutorial on all those functions ?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 14:45, 10 May 11
Medals reinstated for supporters :)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 14:45, 10 May 11
Quote from: MacDeath on 14:02, 10 May 11
Gryzor said :
Spoiler: ShowHide
What is this I don't even...


could we have a tutorial on all those functions ?

Not so hard to figure out. But, as I said, I'll start another thread for this.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 07:39, 12 May 11
WebCPC functionality reinstated!

[cpc=http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=634.0;attach=408,-s&koh,1]CPC6128[/cpc]
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: TFM on 16:32, 12 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 07:39, 12 May 11
WebCPC functionality reinstated!

[cpc=http://cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=634.0;attach=408,-s&koh,1]CPC6128[/cpc]

*** PROGRAM LOAD FAILED ***
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: robcfg on 22:45, 12 May 11
Works fine here!  8)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MiguelSky on 02:24, 13 May 11
It refuses to work with my recent installed IE9...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 08:27, 13 May 11
Ooh I'm not going to support IE9 :p

But I just tried it on my box with IE9, it works fine. What does it give you?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 08:28, 13 May 11
RSS Feeder re-enabled!

As you can appreciate, this was quite a big software update...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: steve on 12:09, 13 May 11
Now the site won't let me log out.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 12:30, 13 May 11
Kill your cookies ;)
Then logout should work, too
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 12:32, 13 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 14:45, 10 May 11
Medals reinstated for supporters :)

What are supporters? I think everyone who posts here is a supporter... Or did I get that wrong? ;)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 13:17, 13 May 11
Quote from: Devilmarkus on 12:32, 13 May 11
What are supporters? I think everyone who posts here is a supporter... Or did I get that wrong? ;)

Financial Supporters I thought they were?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 13:56, 13 May 11
Quote from: CP/M User on 13:17, 13 May 11

Financial Supporters I thought they were?

Well, if, I didn't see any money yet :(
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MaV on 14:02, 13 May 11
Quote from: Devilmarkus on 13:56, 13 May 11
Well, if, I didn't see any money yet :(

Look for the manager in this forum. He's the one who absorbs the money.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 14:06, 13 May 11
Hmmm you mean that's the reason why Gryzor drives a Lamborghini and I still walk by foot?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MaV on 14:14, 13 May 11
Quote from: Devilmarkus on 14:06, 13 May 11
Hmmm you mean that's the reason why Gryzor drives a Lamborghini and I still walk by foot?

Does he belong to their caste of politicians who ruin their country?

I thought he had a job in graphics?
:P
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Bryce on 14:17, 13 May 11
Quote from: CP/M User on 13:17, 13 May 11

Financial Supporters I thought they were?

Why do I keep thinking of Yoda when I read this sentence :D

Bryce.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MaV on 14:20, 13 May 11
Quote from: Bryce on 14:17, 13 May 11
Why do I keep thinking of Yoda when I read this sentence :D

Bryce.

This sentence when I read, of Yoda why do I keep thinking?


There you are, corrected that for you. ;)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 15:08, 13 May 11
Hahahaha :D

Those are old donations, they went to Kangaroo. We didn't get any donations after the move (weird?)...

In marketing I am, graphics not.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: arnoldemu on 15:13, 13 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 15:08, 13 May 11
Hahahaha :D

Those are old donations, they went to Kangaroo. We didn't get any donations after the move (weird?)...

In marketing I am, graphics not.
I am confused.

My understanding was that Kangaroo's hosting was expensive.
Markus' hosting in comparison is very much cheaper...?

So is there now a need to donate to keep it going?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 15:16, 13 May 11
Kangaroo's hosting didn't cost a dime, since it was hosted at his company; as a marginal cost, then, it was non-existent (even if Kangaroo has put himself down as a donor of some €3000 IIRC???). People did donate money though, some of them a lot.

Markus is paying for the host now, but when we had a donation system up noone stepped forward... And it's the limiting factor why we haven't moved to a much better host by now (well, as far as I'm concerned).
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 15:22, 13 May 11
The actual costs are about 40€/year.
So a donation is not really necessary but would help to keep the forum/wiki online.

I will try to explain:
- A donation brings much motivation
- Also 40€ is money ;)
- Actually we use ~20Gb of webspace. So we still are far away from 100Gb available. But when the day will come, that we need more, we also have higher costs.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 00:12, 14 May 11
That's all very confusing, cause I was under the impression the people who had medals beside them had contributed in the past. At least I thought that was what I had seen on the Wiki and thought that was the reasoning behind why some members had medals.  :-\
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: TFM on 00:28, 14 May 11
Guess that thread needs a split now  :police:
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MacDeath on 17:14, 14 May 11
Hi...
Don't know if it was allready talked about...


When I am in "post reply" window, I see the different editing options as text, not icons...
is this normal ?
How can I switch back into Icons ?


Thx.


Picture related.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 17:24, 15 May 11
Ooh yes, it happens here too. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll look into it.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: andycadley on 20:56, 15 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 15:16, 13 May 11
Markus is paying for the host now, but when we had a donation system up noone stepped forward... And it's the limiting factor why we haven't moved to a much better host by now (well, as far as I'm concerned).
Well the fact it say's on the front page "Currently there is no need to donate. Please consider helping the CPC-Wiki in other ways, donating your time instead." might have something to do with it.
P.S. Am I the only person for whom all the editor buttons are missing images?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Devilmarkus on 22:42, 15 May 11
Quote from: andycadley on 20:56, 15 May 11
Well the fact it say's on the front page "Currently there is no need to donate. Please consider helping the CPC-Wiki in other ways, donating your time instead." might have something to do with it.

Changed it... ;)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Ynot.zer0 on 13:15, 16 May 11
Quote from: andycadley on 20:56, 15 May 11
P.S. Am I the only person for whom all the editor buttons are missing images?
they're missing for me too....
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 08:05, 17 May 11
Before the changes took place "the CPC Wiki" Logo right up the top was a link to the Main Page to the Wiki, will that be changed back to that please?

Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 08:29, 17 May 11
-Logo fixed - now directs to the main CPCWiki site.

I'll try and tackle the icons issue now...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 09:22, 17 May 11
-Posting icons fixed. Thanks to all those who reported it!
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Bryce on 09:36, 17 May 11
Grrrr, I was hoping you wouldn't notice that bit with the Logo. On ModernDark64 I always used that to refresh the Forum page, now that I'm back to default, I keep ending up back in the wiki :D

Bryce.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: arnoldemu on 09:42, 17 May 11
Quote from: Bryce on 09:36, 17 May 11
Grrrr, I was hoping you wouldn't notice that bit with the Logo. On ModernDark64 I always used that to refresh the Forum page, now that I'm back to default, I keep ending up back in the wiki :D

Bryce.
F5 is your friend.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 09:48, 17 May 11
Well, there's no pleasing everyone :D

That said, below the logo there's a "Home" link ;)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Bryce on 10:13, 17 May 11
The logo is bigger and easier to "hit" than the home button :) F5 is fine, but it doesn't bring me back to the home page.

Bryce.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 10:17, 17 May 11
Arghhhh! Then user Opera, put the forum on SpeedDial and hit the combo key. I'm sure there are shortcut solutions for other browsers as well :p
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MacDeath on 12:48, 17 May 11
This looks better with icons, also I was used to them, the text was sort of... erf... not that good.

Thx.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 07:36, 18 May 11
Yes, because the text was actually the ALT text of the images...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 01:55, 24 May 11
There seems to be a problem with the add multi quote feature. I'm assuming that if I click on the add multi quote, the text from that quote will be included with the second quoted message that I click quote on, this doesn't seem to be happening, which means I have to click on quote for the first message I want, copy that and exit and click on the second bit.

Or is there something I'm not doing right there?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 14:19, 24 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 07:36, 18 May 11
Yes, because the text was actually the ALT text of the images...
Quote from: CP/M User on 01:55, 24 May 11
There seems to be a problem with the add multi quote feature. I'm assuming that if I click on the add multi quote, the text from that quote will be included with the second quoted message that I click quote on, this doesn't seem to be happening, which means I have to click on quote for the first message I want, copy that and exit and click on the second bit.

Or is there something I'm not doing right there?
As I said before, you have to click on multi-quote on each separate message, then click reply. It just worked for me :)
There are some cases where it will fail, presumably because it works with cookies - haven't managed to track it down yet. But this post is proof it works!
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 09:47, 25 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 14:19, 24 May 11

As I said before, you have to click on multi-quote on each separate message, then click reply. It just worked for me :)

Well it's not working for me and I just tried that and got no quotes. And yes I've tried different combinations - all no good!  :(

QuoteThere are some cases where it will fail, presumably because it works with cookies - haven't managed to track it down yet. But this post is proof it works!

Unfortunately it seems to be failing for me everytime I want to do this, all I can do is copy my first quote and add it into the second message I'm quoting. May mean a slight delay but at least it works.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 11:12, 25 May 11
Well, mind giving your system specifics?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 11:47, 25 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 11:12, 25 May 11
Well, mind giving your system specifics?

WinXP running IE8, my security and privacy are set to Medium-High, Javascript I'm unsure - 1.3 I think. Nothing fancy, though I do have anti-virus software (as anybody would).
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 15:09, 26 May 11
Can't get it to work with f*cking IE... Will look a bit into it but I wouldn't have too much faith :(
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 09:52, 27 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 15:09, 26 May 11
Can't get it to work with f*cking IE... Will look a bit into it but I wouldn't have too much faith :(

It might be this stupid Adobe Flashplayer which is screwing things up (if you think IE is bad, then Flashplayer is definitely worse on my computer!  >:( ).
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 11:30, 27 May 11
Yet Flash should not appear in the forum pages...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 22:59, 27 May 11
My Privacy is set to medium-high which has an impact on 3rd party cookies which can do things with my details without my explicit consent. Perhaps this is preventing the use of the multi-quote option?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 06:22, 28 May 11
Well, why don't you try it and tell us? :)

I did try toying around with privacy settings (in IE9 it doesn't go below 'medium'! WTF?) but got nowhere...
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 08:30, 28 May 11
Quote from: Gryzor on 06:22, 28 May 11
Well, why don't you try it and tell us? :)

And reveal all my secrets to the world?  :o

I've kept my privacy Medium-High, however I've excluded this site which comes up "cpcwiki.eu" so cookies can be used only on this site. Even with this enabled though I still cannot produce multi-quoted posts.

QuoteI did try toying around with privacy settings (in IE9 it doesn't go below 'medium'! WTF?) but got nowhere...

Got nowehere as in multi-quoted posts still worked? Or got nowhere as in IE is nowhere near as good as the other web-browsers?
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 09:34, 29 May 11
Not working :(
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: MacDeath on 11:02, 29 May 11
QuoteThe ultimate Amstrad CPC community!
This is on the upper right of the page...

Quite good and true but wouldn't it be better to get

The ultimate international Amstrad CPC community!

The "international word is quite... accurate and then it won't hurt more nationalistic sites or peoples (the ones who rarely come here because they speak bad english....)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Ygdrazil on 12:36, 29 May 11



This is a good sugestion :-)

Quote from: MacDeath on 11:02, 29 May 11
This is on the upper right of the page...

Quite good and true but wouldn't it be better to get

The ultimate international Amstrad CPC community!

The "international word is quite... accurate and then it won't hurt more nationalistic sites or peoples (the ones who rarely come here because they speak bad english....)
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 10:20, 30 May 11
Quote from: MacDeath on 11:02, 29 May 11

The "international word is quite... accurate and then it won't hurt more nationalistic sites or peoples (the ones who rarely come here because they speak bad english....)

"Calling International Rescue" has a nice ring about it!  :laugh:  Though seriously are people really put off because of different languages? I'm still checking out the German section occassionally which may not make a lot of sense through an interpreter, German Dictionary helps cause it also includes common sentences, better than nothing I suppose. I also have a look at the Spanish ESP which has some interesting stuff on it!  :) 
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: McKlain on 10:33, 30 May 11
Call me naive but isn't this that we all use called the world wide web? To me the "international" word sounds redundant.  :police:
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 10:34, 30 May 11
Well, then it wouldn't be as catchy... plus, it *is* bigger than the localised ones, ain't it?


@McKlain: It's teh interwebz anyway! :D
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 10:48, 30 May 11
There's a very good chance the world will know what your talking about if you use a word like "Micro$loth", isn't there?  :-\
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: AMSDOS on 08:33, 04 June 11
I cannot quite recall, though I thought before the Forum Upgrade when you signed in (at the top) it would take you straight back to where you were previously? So if you were replying to something, it would take you straight back to that reply box, or if you were in a certain section it would take you back to that. Now when you sign in it reverts back to main forum screen which is a little annoying. True I am somewhat impatient to quibble over minor details, unfortunately that's just in my nature!  :(
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: McKlain on 09:31, 04 June 11
Quote from: CP/M User on 08:33, 04 June 11
I cannot quite recall, though I thought before the Forum Upgrade when you signed in (at the top) it would take you straight back to where you were previously? So if you were replying to something, it would take you straight back to that reply box, or if you were in a certain section it would take you back to that. Now when you sign in it reverts back to main forum screen which is a little annoying. True I am somewhat impatient to quibble over minor details, unfortunately that's just in my nature!  :(

In regards of usability that should be the standard behavoiur, staying in the page that you were before login in.
Title: Re: Forum Software Upgrade
Post by: Gryzor on 06:43, 06 June 11
Hmmm if it is so it means they changed it in the forum code. Can anyone else confirm this?
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