Author Topic: Forum updates (Read 34002 times)

JeffT · « **on:** April 24, 2007, 09:59:21 pm »

Tonight around midnight, the forums will be going down for approximately a couple of hours for software updates.

Thanks for your patience.

Waffles · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:03:21 pm »

Thank you for the heads up!

superjaz · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:45:28 pm »

what will we do!?!?

JeffT · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2007, 04:13:00 am »

The forums are back up. Thanks.

JeffT · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2007, 08:15:37 pm »

Tonight the forums will be down again, starting about midnight, and lasting hopefully just a half hour, for minor updates.

JeffT · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2007, 12:57:29 am »

Back up.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2007, 09:13:51 am »

Maybe it's just my technological ignorance, but what are the updates?

guspasho · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2007, 08:46:37 pm »

Quote from: "Washougal_Otaku"

Maybe it's just my technological ignorance, but what are the updates?

You mean you don't know???

:wink:

superjaz · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2007, 11:16:00 pm »

Quote from: "guspasho"

Quote from: "Washougal_Otaku"
Maybe it's just my technological ignorance, but what are the updates?

You mean you don't know???

:wink:

I know !!! I know!!! updates are when things get improved n new stuff in added or stuff s changed thats what an update is yay!!!!!!!!!! updates woot
(do i get a cookie now)

JeffT · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2007, 12:29:55 am »

Quote from: "Washougal_Otaku"

Maybe it's just my technological ignorance, but what are the updates?

Two updates:

New captcha. (The spammers somehow started to figure out the one we put in a few weeks ago.)

Fixed minor database corruption (a known phpbb bug) that prevented us from making a certain configuration change.

superjaz · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2007, 09:55:30 am »

(so no cookie?

)

guspasho · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2007, 02:20:34 pm »

Well, techncally, you were right, so I guess I do owe you a cookie. After all, you so kindly brought cookies to a few of the previous events.

superjaz · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2007, 05:54:43 pm »

yay!!! c isfor cookie ad thats good enough for me
woulda brought cookies to the last meetibg but i no there mabye for the next one i might do brownies mmmm i love chocolate

Vondan · « **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2007, 08:59:39 am »

Quote from: "superjaz3p"

yay!!! c isfor cookie ad thats good enough for me
woulda brought cookies to the last meetibg but i no there mabye for the next one i might do brownies mmmm i love chocolate

Just because Gir is green don't be adding anything green to the brownies

superjaz · « **Reply #14 on:** May 22, 2007, 01:24:53 pm »

Quote from: "Vondan"

Quote from: "superjaz3p"
yay!!! c isfor cookie ad thats good enough for me
woulda brought cookies to the last meetibg but i no there mabye for the next one i might do brownies mmmm i love chocolate

Just because Gir is green don't be adding anything green to the brownies

you can't tell me what to do i do what i wannaa doo!!!!
i gonna sing the doom song now....doom

caitsith511 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2007, 05:09:11 pm »

Quote from: "superjaz3p"

Quote from: "Vondan"
Quote from: "superjaz3p"
yay!!! c isfor cookie ad thats good enough for me
woulda brought cookies to the last meetibg but i no there mabye for the next one i might do brownies mmmm i love chocolate

Just because Gir is green don't be adding anything green to the brownies

you can't tell me what to do i do what i wannaa doo!!!!
i gonna sing the doom song now....doom

its true ^^;

kylite · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:23:04 am »

The forums, they look and feel different. I like it.

guspasho · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2007, 12:31:58 pm »

Welcome to the new forums. The first thing you'll notice is that the tracking of your read posts is significantly improved - after the initial conversion. For now, you'll have to catch up and click "mark as read" or "mark all messages as read". Once you do that the first time the forums will keep track of what is new for you, even if you log out without reading it!

Lots of other features... I invite you to explore around and try it out.

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2007, 04:21:18 pm »

Quote from: guspasho on July 08, 2007, 12:31:58 pm

Welcome to the new forums. The first thing you'll notice is that the tracking of your read posts is significantly improved - after the initial conversion. For now, you'll have to catch up and click "mark as read" or "mark all messages as read". Once you do that the first time the forums will keep track of what is new for you, even if you log out without reading it!

Lots of other features... I invite you to explore around and try it out.

Ack! Changes! *hides*

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2007, 04:23:42 pm »

Wait! Why am I not "Man Faye" anymore?

guspasho · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2007, 04:50:39 pm »

Dang it. Something was bound to go wrong. If anyone notices anything else that appears wrong post it here and I'll see if I can fix it.

Runa · « **Reply #21 on:** July 08, 2007, 04:52:00 pm »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 04:23:42 pm

Wait! Why am I not "Man Faye" anymore?

... don't you think that's an improvement? You look much cuter as a bunnygirl.

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #22 on:** July 08, 2007, 04:54:14 pm »

Also, your post count doesn't go up when you post new things

RoamingGnome · « **Reply #23 on:** July 08, 2007, 05:14:22 pm »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 04:54:14 pm

Also, your post count doesn't go up when you post new things

Ha ha ha Mr Mustash this is your punishment for trying to become the king of spam.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #24 on:** July 08, 2007, 05:17:47 pm »

Quote from: jasonqdavis on July 08, 2007, 05:14:22 pm

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 04:54:14 pm
Also, your post count doesn't go up when you post new things

Ha ha ha Mr Mustash this is your punishment for trying to become the king of spam.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Greyman · « **Reply #25 on:** July 08, 2007, 05:44:42 pm »

Awww, I like all the new features, but I prefer the look and feel of the older site. Is there anyway we can have the option of choosing between the forum themes to select the old one?

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #26 on:** July 08, 2007, 05:46:03 pm »

Quote from: Greyman on July 08, 2007, 05:44:42 pm

Awww, I like all the new features, but I prefer the look and feel of the older site. Is there anyway we can have the option of choosing between the forum themes to select the old one?

I second this.

Pretty please?

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2007, 05:49:39 pm »

Quote from: totemo_oishii on July 08, 2007, 05:46:03 pm

Quote from: Greyman on July 08, 2007, 05:44:42 pm
Awww, I like all the new features, but I prefer the look and feel of the older site. Is there anyway we can have the option of choosing between the forum themes to select the old one?

I second this.

Pretty please?

I third this motion! And that's coming from the forums top poster!

guspasho · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2007, 06:50:09 pm »

Not really. The theme we had before was unique to the type of message board we used before, phpBB. I don't think the developers designed a similar theme for the new type of message board we adopted, SMF. I'll try to find an alternative theme for SMF though.

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2007, 06:57:25 pm »

Quote from: guspasho on July 08, 2007, 06:50:09 pm

Not really. The theme we had before was unique to the type of message board we used before, phpBB. I don't think the developers designed a similar theme for the new type of message board we adopted, SMF. I'll try to find an alternative theme for SMF though.

Why did we switch away from phpBB. I've managed it before and liked it. But SQL is much better I'll admit.

guspasho · « **Reply #30 on:** July 08, 2007, 07:16:07 pm »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 06:57:25 pm

Why did we switch away from phpBB. I've managed it before and liked it. But SQL is much better I'll admit.

Because SMF is much better

phpBB was over five years old and required mods to get any features, and you had to spend a lot of time figuring them out to get them to work, much less work with other mods in place. This forum is much newer and all these features are built in, ie I didn't need to mod them in.

There are lots of other cool features, like the cookie tracking working properly so your unread posts stay unread when you log out, and logging in doesn't become a burden on some people who don't log in regularly.

Also, for anyone else who hasn't seen it, Mustash has started this thread where people are discovering the various new features of this board: http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?topic=4770.0

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #31 on:** July 08, 2007, 07:37:35 pm »

Are you going to change the forum Titles back?

Negima · « **Reply #32 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:07:17 pm »

What on earth??!!!! O.O
Look!!!! My post count!!!! It jumped up as though my old account came back to life!!!

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #33 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:09:13 pm »

My Post count isn't changing as I post again...

Negima · « **Reply #34 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:15:32 pm »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 10:09:13 pm

My Post count isn't changing as I post again...

Wait, I think it is. It looks different this time.....

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #35 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:20:39 pm »

Quote from: Negima on July 08, 2007, 10:15:32 pm

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 10:09:13 pm
My Post count isn't changing as I post again...
Wait, I think it is. It looks different this time.....

Oh! your right, never mind

guspasho · « **Reply #36 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:05:29 am »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 08, 2007, 07:37:35 pm

Are you going to change the forum Titles back?

Yes, we are working on that. There are some kinks to work out...

Quote from: Negima on July 08, 2007, 10:07:17 pm

What on earth??!!!! O.O
Look!!!! My post count!!!! It jumped up as though my old account came back to life!!!

When your old account vanished it left your old posts behind, orphaned. So we guessed at which belonged to whom and merged your old posts with your new account

The same for the other two who lost their accounts once upon a time.

guspasho · « **Reply #37 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:23:14 am »

Forum calendar!

http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?action=calendar

Yes, you can create your own events. Yes, you can start a topic somewhere and tie it to the calendar event. The default forum for that is Anime News but you can change that depending on your event; just don't clutter up Anime News with irrelevant stuff, ok? Keep spam in the spam forum.

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #38 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:03:39 am »

Quote from: guspasho on July 09, 2007, 10:23:14 am

Forum calendar!

http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?action=calendar

Yes, you can create your own events. Yes, you can start a topic somewhere and tie it to the calendar event. The default forum for that is Anime News but you can change that depending on your event; just don't clutter up Anime News with irrelevant stuff, ok? Keep spam in the spam forum.

WOW! Ok, I'm liking this forum better, and better...

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #39 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:22:58 am »

So why doesn't your post count go up if you post in the "SPAM" forums?

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #40 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:31:16 am »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 09, 2007, 11:22:58 am

So why doesn't your post count go up if you post in the "SPAM" forums?

Maybe because they want the post count to better reflect how much a person is actually contributing to the online convention community as opposed to showing how much they are goofing off.
>_> <_<

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #41 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:33:16 am »

Quote from: TomtheFanboy on July 09, 2007, 11:31:16 am

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 09, 2007, 11:22:58 am
So why doesn't your post count go up if you post in the "SPAM" forums?

Maybe because they want the post count to better reflect how much a person is actually contributing to the online convention community as opposed to showing how much they are goofing off.
>_> <_<

Most of your posts are in the Spam forums too! SEE: http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=144;sa=statPanel

Trumby · « **Reply #42 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:50:51 am »

Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 09, 2007, 11:33:16 am

Quote from: TomtheFanboy on July 09, 2007, 11:31:16 am
Quote from: Mr_Mustash on July 09, 2007, 11:22:58 am
So why doesn't your post count go up if you post in the "SPAM" forums?

Maybe because they want the post count to better reflect how much a person is actually contributing to the online convention community as opposed to showing how much they are goofing off.
>_> <_<

Most of your posts are in the Spam forums too! SEE: http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=144;sa=statPanel

Whether his posts are there or not isn't really relevant, as he sees what they most likely want the post count to reflect. It's like that on a few forums I frequent, the off topic (or spam in the case of this forum) forum doesn't count towards your post count.

I do have a question about these new forums though...it's not keeping me logged in. Is there anything special I need to do for that other than check the "always logged in" box?

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #43 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:31:32 pm »

Quote from: Trumby on July 09, 2007, 11:50:51 am

I do have a question about these new forums though...it's not keeping me logged in. Is there anything special I need to do for that other than check the "always logged in" box?

You have an "always logged in" button? I couldn't find it.

guspasho · « **Reply #44 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:55:57 pm »

I've noticed that too. Even though I told the forums to keep me logged in "forever" I was logged out when I came back after something like an hour of inactivity.

I also had some difficulty logging in last time. I got something that looked like a DB connection error. That may be related.

I'll see what the support forums say when I have some free time.

Trumby · « **Reply #45 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:28:36 pm »

Quote from: TomtheFanboy on July 09, 2007, 02:31:32 pm

Quote from: Trumby on July 09, 2007, 11:50:51 am

I do have a question about these new forums though...it's not keeping me logged in. Is there anything special I need to do for that other than check the "always logged in" box?

You have an "always logged in" button? I couldn't find it.

Yeah, you have to hit "login" at the top and it'll take you to a login screen itself, instead of just logging in on whatever page you happen to be on.

And doing that and choosing "forever" gives me the DB error as well.

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #46 on:** July 10, 2007, 07:45:32 am »

Well, it seems better today at work.
My computer had me logged in when I opened the bookmark for the forum, so I'm fine now.

I'm using IE6 on Win 2K for reference.

superjaz · « **Reply #47 on:** July 10, 2007, 08:55:28 am »

i still am wondering if i am in tron
shoulda read this post before makeing new thread oh well
it will take some getting used to
i just need to find that mark all post as read button

JeffT · « **Reply #48 on:** July 10, 2007, 07:55:28 pm »

Quote from: guspasho on July 09, 2007, 10:05:29 am

Quote from: Negima on July 08, 2007, 10:07:17 pm
What on earth??!!!! O.O
Look!!!! My post count!!!! It jumped up as though my old account came back to life!!!

When your old account vanished it left your old posts behind, orphaned. So we guessed at which belonged to whom and merged your old posts with your new account

The same for the other two who lost their accounts once upon a time.

Yes, and we merged the old PMs (both sent and received by those accounts) also. So you can read them again.

This happened back in January 2006 but we just didn't get around to fixing the problem until now. And we never did figure out why it happened; probably a phpbb bug.

Mr_Mustash · « **Reply #49 on:** July 11, 2007, 10:19:56 am »

I would like to lodge a formal complaint against taking away our Spam post count. I know that being a spammer has about the same effect as being a /b/er but I liked having a high post count! I think that a post count should reflect how much time you put into the forums, even if it is just spam. I've gotten to know many of the con goes from the spam thread. And we've all become good friends!

*Puppy Dog Eyes* So please... *sniff* give me back my post count...

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