Restored forum bugs thread

[Viridis]

Woo, the forums proper are back. Great job, guys!

Was told to post here if we see any bugs, so...
I'm missing the image that forms the yellow box around my name. Also, the little Deadpool emoticon that was in my status.

I'm looking for the files on my computer now. If you want to look for them in the server files, the forum code says they were stored at:

http://forum.nuklearpower.com/picture.php?albumid=67&pictureid=186
and
http://forum.nuklearpower.com/picture.php?albumid=67&pictureid=187

Edit: Deadpool emoticon (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/th__deadpool__by_Ugghhzilla.gif) and yellow box (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/dptext.png)

[shiney]

The images are stored on Brian's server and are not locally accessible. Also any forum.nuklearpower.com link is kinda useless. :B

[Viridis]

Thought as much. Continuing to search my local files for the yellow box.

Edit: found it. (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2383368/dptext.png)

[A Zarkin' Frood]

The whole forums look weird. All the images are wrong. This depresses me. The banner is also gone. This isn't a bug. But it definitely looks weird.

[Viridis]

I have the box back! Thank you.

Hm, the other icon doesn't seem to be working, even though I see you changed the code.

[shiney]

Viridis: fixed.

If anyone has the other icons and stuff we used to use, please link and provide. I would like to get us far away from this horrifying awfulness we're currently at.

[Meister]

Here are Lev's custom background and sparkle.gif. Can't not have that.

[shiney]

Lev should be sorted out now.

[Bells]

Hey guys, this is really great and way faster than i thought it would be! Great to be back home.

Quick heads up i don't know i this is on my end or not... all the Thread buttons and "Send a message via X" icons have white jags around them. I clicked in a bunch of places and options and everything else seems ok

[Meister]

Yeah, they're all designed to work with a different background colour. Gonna fire up Photoshop real quick and fix the most glaringly obvious ones.

These are rather more images than I anticipated. Gonna have to pick a more economic approach here.

[Eltargrim]

So hey! Thanks for getting this place up and running :D

One question: I have avatars and info-boxes on the left, when I'd rather have them at the top. Is this something that can be changed by user preference?

[shiney]

I don't believe so. Meister is giving this a test run to see how it works out. If it sucks we'll shitcan it but it streamlines things a little bit more.

That said -- I am outta here for now. If anything horrifying goes on or explodes Brian knows how to get ahold of me. Catch you all on the flip side.

[Meister]

Actually I think I've read of a way to do it! Give us a bit of time to get the basic stuff sorted out and we'll look into it.

[bluestarultor]

I'd been meaning to save all the atom symbols before the wipe, but I never got around to doing so. If you need buttons or other graphics made, I can handle it if you like, provided a bit of free time.


Edit: I DO have the old 8-Bit logo in both original and improved (transparent BG) forms if you want them, but I think this might actually be a good time to think up something new.

[shiney]

You're gonna want to update the links in your sig, bluesy. We'll worry about the images ourselves for just now but there might be a competition in the future to make a new imageset for icons and whatnot as NPF is more related to all Brian's works now, rather than 8bit exclusively.

On that note, when you GIS nuklear power, it comes up with Robo as the first two returns. I think that speaks volumes for B-Clev!

[rpgdemon]

It's worth mentioning: The "Forgot your password" thing doesn't work. It directs you over to the "HEY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING HERE" forum page.

[rpgdemon]

I -can- get all the icons by the way, with a bit of time. Here's one for now.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070708014817/http://forum.nuklearpower.com/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif

[shiney]

Fixed the password thing.

[bluestarultor]

Here's an aesthetic issue: users with long names expand the DIV. Squeeb is the first example of this I noticed, but I know there are others with long handles like Bard who are going to really make the lines irregular.

[rpgdemon]

Hrm. The wayback machine is being weird today, just incredibly laggy, but I can grab the rest soon as it gets back into gear.

Almost found all the image addresses, through some cache-searching.

[rpgdemon]

http://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/statusicon/user_online.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/lastpost.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif

Here are three so far. Sorry for the crazy fifty billion posts.


http://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/quote.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/edit.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/reply.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/multiquote_off.gifhttp://web.archive.org/web/20071004212330/forum.nuklearpower.com/images/buttons/quickreply.gif

Edit: Gonna keep adding more to this post, I guess.

[Meister]

Feel free to make a new thread for this, makes things easier for those of us who can put the images where they belong.

[rpgdemon]

Alright. And since Internet Archive is being crazy slow, I'm going to start uploading them to my own site, if that's cool?

[Meister]

Absolutely. If you want to be really thorough about it you can pop 'em in a zip file and attach it.

Meanwhile though I'm gonna look for the thread where we had these images made way, way back - it's a very long shot but maybe there's a complete directory still here somewhere. But do carry on!

[rpgdemon]

Alright, well, I'm gonna grab some lunch while you do that. Haven't eaten all day. XD

Another thing worth noting is that the stylesheet seems a bit messed up for the smileys on the right. Dunno if the More link (And the alt text for the smilies) was always a hard to see white, but figured I'd mention it.

[Meister]

No dice on that thread. I can't even find it.

Don't go to too much trouble over these images - if we can get the thread icons and edit/quote/etc. buttons for now, that's enough. Just so the place isn't a complete eyesore anymore with those jagged white borders. Everything else we'll fix as time passes.

[Mike McC]

For me, there's a broken image atop next to the thread name, on a link that says 'reload this page'. It's also borken when outside of the threads as well.

[phil_]

So, some special characters aren't showing up correctly in old posts. Like ? being é and I think ellipses are ?€?. I'll find out when I submit this post if it applies to special characters input after the forum came back.

Edit: My accented e turned into a question mark. Neat.

[Mike McC]

So, some special characters aren't showing up correctly in old posts. Like ? being é and I think ellipses are ???. I'll find out when I submit this post if it applies to special characters input after the forum came back.

Edit: My accented e turned into a question mark. Neat.The server probably needs it's unicode fixed up. Though, special characters screwing up during a database transfer is pretty common.

[phil_]

I even found some apostrophes that had gone sour while re-reading the comic thread just now. Freaking apostrophes.

[rpgdemon]

The broken image is coming from THIS being missing.

http://www.ngamesrpgs.com/files/navbits_finallink.gif

Gonna throw it in the image thread as well, just so it's all in one place.

[synkr0nized]

Here are Lev's custom background and sparkle.gif. Can't not have that.

OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE

[Mike McC]

The "automatically detect DST settings" option doesn't seem to be working properly.

[Viridis]

The 'Mark forums as read' button doesn't work, and returns this error:
Your submission could not be processed because a security token was invalid.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

[shiney]

Mark forums read: fixed.

[shiney]

Updated locales/unicode so hopefully some of the special character problems will have disappeared. Keep me informed.

[shiney]

the automatically adjust for DST requires Javascript and you have to visit the main User CP page for this to take effect, as its the only way we could actually think of doing this since it requires reading the time from the client machine.
Not sure if that has any effect on your stuff, Mike? If it's on my end I'll look further into it.

[Viridis]

I think my time is still off by any hour, despite being set to the right time zone and having 'Automatically detect DST' on.
Mark forums read: fixed.
Still getting the error.

[shiney]

I might need to update the server clock too. I'm not 100% sure. I'll keep checking into it, off to breakfast now though.

[Mike McC]

Not sure if that has any effect on your stuff, Mike? If it's on my end I'll look further into it.Yeah, I went in, checked it and confirmed it was to automatically check. Nothing. Set it to always on and back. Nothing. Set it to always off and back. Nothing. So it does need some work still :(

Edit: Okay, it just looks like the server time is an hour fast, as turning DST off makes it the correct time, while it should be on. (I forgot the specifics of how DST worked [durp], and so reread about it. It's a simple fix after all YAY.)

[shiney]

Well, server clock is [[supposedly]] set to EST, but I'm not sure if DST is currently enabled/in action on the server itself, so I'll check into it later tonight. For now, my car is a shithole, and I aim to take steps to rectify.

[Meister]

By the way, everyone, I turned new user registration back on.











Uhm, let's not talk about that in the yearly performance review, hm?

[Aldurin]

can we haz teh 8-bit iconz bakc? My sig is making me look like a baby-thief without the indication that it's a quote of Red Mage.

[Fenris]

can we haz teh 8-bit iconz bakc?

When you put it that way...
No.

[shiney]

Messed around with time settings. May not take place until a reboot...but it should be set properly now. System clock for whatever reason was set an hour ahead. Derp.

[Squall Leonhart]

Messed around with time settings. May not take place until a reboot...but it should be set properly now. System clock for whatever reason was set an hour ahead. Derp.I just had something wrong happen which I think has something to with it. I'll post it anyway in case you guys should know.

I just responded to this thread (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1031696#post1031696) a few minutes ago with this post (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031696&postcount=20). You'll noticed It's about an hour earlier, because I was set at -6 when I should have been at -5, due to Daylights Saving. I've changed the settings already, and it seems to be fine now, but I'll keep that post as it is so you see what I'm talking about.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I was wondering what the hell was wrong with the threads lately. Changing my time settings in my forum CP should fix it right?

[Mike McC]

I just had something wrong happen which I think has something to with it. I'll post it anyway in case you guys should know.

I just responded to this thread (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1031696#post1031696) a few minutes ago with this post (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031696&postcount=20). You'll noticed It's about an hour earlier, because I was set at -6 when I should have been at -5, due to Daylights Saving. I've changed the settings already, and it seems to be fine now, but I'll keep that post as it is so you see what I'm talking about.Minor bug due to the server time being changed. It'll clear up once the hour is up (there's like 20 minutes left). The posts'll still be out of order (since it goes by when they where posted according to the server time) but oh well.

[Squall Leonhart]

Minor bug due to the server time being changed. It'll clear up once the hour is up (there's like 20 minutes left). The posts'll still be out of order (since it goes by when they where posted according to the server time) but oh well.I gathered as much, but just the same, in case someone else is having trouble setting their time and I thought they should know even though I could "fix it" in the end.

[shiney]

Clearly the unicode stuff is still being a problem so I will probably have to update the webserver in its entirety so I can be sure I have access to all the necessary locale commands and suchlike.

[Mike McC]

I'll assume the Unicode thing is still on the docket, but I've been running into the dreaded '?' character replacement in a couple of my posts today.

[shiney]

Yeah I figured out how to update it I am pretty sure but it needs a reboot first.

[rpgdemon]

Yeah I figured out how to update it I am pretty sure but it needs a reboot first.

And we all know what happened last time. :P

[shiney]

No, that was all because of mySQL...I fixed that problem too.

[rpgdemon]

Good to hear. XD

[Mike McC]

When going to 'Mark forums Read' via the 'Quick Links' drop down menu, I get this error message:vBulletin Message
Your submission could not be processed because a security token was invalid.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.It works normally via the link near the bottom of the main forum directory.

[Viridis]

Yeah, I mentioned that a few weeks ago (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031585&postcount=34) then shiney said it was fixed (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031591&postcount=35).

[Mike McC]

Yeah, I mentioned that a few weeks ago (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031585&postcount=34) then shiney said it was fixed (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1031591&postcount=35).Well, he likely only fixed one of them then, assuming that they worked off the same bit.

This is the reason I gave the specific problem.

[shiney]

Alright, I should be able to fix that as well. I'll dig into it shortly.

[Mike McC]

Susribed threads in the User CP never seem to disappear until "Mark All Forums Read" is hit, regardless of how long they've been marked read. And occasionally threads that were previously marked read in the User CP will suddenly be marked unread without any new posts being made.

[shiney]

Augh.

Meister or Fenris, do something!

[Geminex]

Not a bug, but not important enough to have its own thread:

There's no such thing as a Temporarium. Anyone who says otherwise is mad. MAD, I tell you!
However, hypothetically, if there had been a Temporarium, then it hypothetically would've been in phpbb, and would've hypothetically had a number of somewhat-useful features, such as the ability to save drafts or a function that alerts you to new replies being posted in a thread to which you are replying.

Hypothetically, either Meister or Shiney may have offered that some of these features could potentially be implemented on these forums.

So, what's up with that? Neither of them are vital, of course, and not worth too much work, but is there some easy way to implement those features, or others?

[Fenris]

Augh.

Meister or Fenris, do something!

Dude I wouldn't even know where to begin.

[shiney]

Dammit. I'll figure something out when I don't have so much on my plate.