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Main => Rules and Announcements => Topic started by: Kindred on February 22, 2012, 10:49:46 PM

Title: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 22, 2012, 10:49:46 PM
Ok...   I think I found the problem.
It looks like the Glacier and Glacier2 themes has some bad interactions with the system and the various mods that we use.
That's unfortunate, since they were nice themes with some nice features...   but that's how it is, I guess.

I may be playing around with some features in the next week or so, but we should be good to go now!


Oh.. final thing - You may notice that our blogs have gone away.   I have all the former data - I need to figure out how to get it into the new format, since the old system was outdated and no longer supported.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: The GrimSqueaker on February 22, 2012, 10:53:37 PM
Excellent work sir, you're a gentleman and a something else.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Zilverscale on February 22, 2012, 11:32:04 PM
Great work!

Good to see everything back where it needs to be! ;)
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Irisado on February 23, 2012, 06:26:19 AM
That's an impressively quick fix.  Thank you.

Just one question.  Will the list of options for the UserCP be made available by hovering the mouse over it as they used to be at a later date, or has that been disabled for the time being?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Benis on February 23, 2012, 06:47:03 AM
Great work Kindred, thank you for your effort! I also like the fact that twitter-facebook silliness is gone. :)
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 23, 2012, 07:50:45 AM
Just one question.  Will the list of options for the UserCP be made available by hovering the mouse over it as they used to be at a later date, or has that been disabled for the time being?

Which list is that?
(I forgot what I had added previously... lol)
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Benis on February 23, 2012, 08:15:18 AM
I think Irisado meant the Forum profile, User settings and some other options that were easily accessible through that tab.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Irisado on February 23, 2012, 09:09:21 AM
I think Irisado meant the Forum profile, User settings and some other options that were easily accessible through that tab.

Yes, that's what I was referring to.

Before the crash, if you hover the mouse over User CP the list contained account settings, forum profile, and one other which I can't recall myself now, in addition to the bookmarks, which is currently there.  Having forum profile accessible in this manner is particularly useful in my opinion.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Killing Time on February 23, 2012, 10:11:59 AM
Good work on getting everything back up and running...

...but I seem to be having slow down and timeout issues again in a similar way to before these latest troubles.
Am I the only one?
Is there something intrinsically wrong with the current set of themes?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 23, 2012, 10:32:11 AM
seems to be running at speed for me...

I'll see about adding the menu items back in
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Farceseer Syranaul on February 23, 2012, 12:15:25 PM
In the Who's Online area, what do the pirate flags mean?  Also, will the online notification (the green light that lets you know if they are logged in) in people's posts return?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Irisado on February 23, 2012, 12:20:11 PM
Also, will the online notification (the green light that lets you know if they are logged in) in people's posts return?

That's still there for me (assuming you mean the one by your user name).  Are you seeing something different in its place?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Benis on February 23, 2012, 01:41:14 PM
There is a slight change of graphics on the pm bubble if the user is online (like a yellow-beige ball or something), you can also hover over the pm button to see if the user is online or not.

EDIT: the square you are referring to is not visible in the basic theme but other themes still has it. You can still see if a person is online through the pm quick button as mentioned though.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Alienscar on February 23, 2012, 03:13:39 PM
Good work on getting everything back up and running...

...but I seem to be having slow down and timeout issues again in a similar way to before these latest troubles.
Am I the only one?
Is there something intrinsically wrong with the current set of themes?

Nope it's not just you I find the site is still running slowly as well.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Farceseer Syranaul on February 23, 2012, 04:03:35 PM
That's still there for me (assuming you mean the one by your user name).  Are you seeing something different in its place?
There is a slight change of graphics on the pm bubble if the user is online (like a yellow-beige ball or something), you can also hover over the pm button to see if the user is online or not.

EDIT: the square you are referring to is not visible in the basic theme but other themes still has it. You can still see if a person is online through the pm quick button as mentioned though.
I see what Benis is referring to about the PM button.  If I look into a person's profile, I see an on/off line indicator.  Now that I know what to look for.  I'll be fine.

There is a slight increase in time in opening threads.  Nothing major, but its there.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 23, 2012, 04:56:23 PM
hey... can everyone see the "blog" link in the header?  If so, do you see my post? Additionally, do you have a "my blog" link under the header/menu item?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Zilverscale on February 23, 2012, 05:23:19 PM
unfortunately, the old system was decrepit and unsupported.

I will be trying to recover the blog CONTENTS form the old system... but this new one looks nice.

I do note that you need a minimum of 8-10 lines to make the entry look halfway decent. LOL!

Ah well, time to write a novel!

Thats the text in it?
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Benis on February 23, 2012, 05:26:05 PM
Yes and yes to your questions, Kindred.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Rakuall on February 23, 2012, 06:53:43 PM
hey... can everyone see the "blog" link in the header?
Yes.

If so, do you see my post?
Yes.

Additionally, do you have a "my blog" link under the header/menu item?
No. Assuming I'm not a dumbass and you mean the little drop down like on 'Media' 'My Messages' etc.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 23, 2012, 07:19:28 PM
good...   you actually should not.

Currently only staff and penguins should see the my blog link
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Mon'Tau on February 23, 2012, 08:34:39 PM
I clicked the blog link icon that's with all your contact details under your avatar there, but all it did was take me to the homepage for 40kO.

I too can see the blog section in the header, and I see the post, but I have no "My Blog" thing, despite my penguinhood.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 24, 2012, 11:38:38 AM
Really? hmmmm.... how odd.

try going to this link (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?blog=20951)

do you see your user info to the right? and maybe an option to create something?



argh....   damned portal is screwing up the blog.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Changeyname on February 26, 2012, 05:30:41 PM
Random glitch, not a real problem but worth reporting in case it cascades into many more problems

The newbie link url blocker is stopping the Twitter feed link in the top post of threads
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 26, 2012, 06:23:39 PM
really? How odd...
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Spectral Arbor on February 26, 2012, 07:29:07 PM
I'm not sure if it is significant, but I used to have a bunch of check boxes when I went to look at my unread posts / replies. I could check off the boxes of messages I had no interest in, then "Mark selected as read". I can no longer do this.

It might be a setting I've forgotten about or something of that nature. I'm using the "SMF Default Theme - Curve" Theme, if that means anything.

If there's a way I can get that back, please let me know.

Thanks!
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Irisado on February 27, 2012, 06:18:29 PM
Just a small thing, but I've noticed that the moderation tags don't seem to be displaying correctly, i.e. the text is no longer coloured and in italics in the box, so it doesn't really stand out any more if the mod tags are used.
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: azore24 on February 27, 2012, 07:19:17 PM
hey... can everyone see the "blog" link in the header?
Yes.

If so, do you see my post?
Yes.

Additionally, do you have a "my blog" link under the header/menu item?
Yes.  Though, I'm a penguin (honk honk) so according to you, that makes sense.

Azore of Ath-Ron
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 27, 2012, 11:15:04 PM
Oh yeah... I have to fix the mod text colors again
Title: Re: And we're back!
Post by: Kindred on February 28, 2012, 02:12:06 PM
ARGH!   One issue...
http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=156746.msg2674569#msg2674569 (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=156746.msg2674569#msg2674569)

the old blogs appear to be non-transferable. If you had a blog here and want one again, follow the instructions in the linked post.