Glest Board Changes

[Omega]

Tried to replace the topic smilies before, but ran into a database error, and I can't fix that without direct root access to the database... However, once I convert to SMF 2, it should be fixed. Of course, I'll need someone with root access to the database to install SMF 2, so that's the only roadblock. I'll ask the Glest Team later about this...

[ultifd]

SMF 2.0 Candidate 4 and SMF 1.1.12 have been released
smf_1-1-11_to_1-1-12_patch.mod
Should we update to 1.1.12?

[Omega]

Done. You won't notice much difference though. Mostly just security enhancements and minor bug fixes. SMF 2.0 RC4 is still where all the new shiny stuff is (coincidentally, it looks great).

Mixed on whether we should upgrade to 2.0 soon, especially since RC4 is brand-spanking new, and even SMF recommends not to use the 2.0 series for boards because it may be unstable. I've found no problems, but then again, the Glest Board is far larger than my puny test board... Plus, because of wierd database table names, I couldn't (yet) impliment a board backup into a testing copy...

The board may take a moment longer to load initially due to all pages being re-cached.

[ultifd]

Done. You won't notice much difference though. Mostly just security enhancements and minor bug fixes. SMF 2.0 RC4 is still where all the new shiny stuff is Wink (coincidentally, it looks great).

Yep, I know. I checked the changelog...so I thought we still might as well upgrade.
As for the RC, I guess we can wait...currently I guess it is ok, besides the bots here and the smf mod problem, but those aren't really critical problems.
Anyways, cool. 

[titi]

Currently the glest board is very very slow. Is it maybe related to these updates or is it something different.

Update:
SOmething is different now, and the forum is fast again. Before it was offline for some minutes just showing an error message that smc cannot get a database connections. But now it works again.

[Omega]

Hmm, that wouldn't be related to the upgrade. Prob the server. Though the server caching would slow it down slightly after I updated it.

[ultifd]

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[Omega]

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Excellent. Verified. Nice work Glest Team. Would hate to lose the beloved board, especially since advertisers jump at the chance to snag domains when they expire.

[John.d.h]

It turns out that the GAE moderators don't have controls over the request sub-board.  I would suspect the same is true for MG moderators other than Titi.

Can the topic be changed to add [Implemented v0.3.2]? I'd do it but I don't have moderator access to the subboard.

Hadn't noticed 'til now, but neither do I 

[Omega]

Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. I would have assumed that permissions on boards would have been inherited too, but apparently I was wrong. Manually gave them moderator status on their child boards as well. Sorry about that...

[hailstone]

Thanks John and Omega. 

[ultifd]

Looks like the board still hasn't accustomed to DST...researched and looks like it is a SMF problem...since DST occurs at different times all over the world.
Maybe this mod will help...too bad I think it isn't compatible with 1.1.12 :/

[Omega]

Looks like the board still hasn't accustomed to DST...researched and looks like it is a SMF problem...since DST occurs at different times all over the world.
Maybe this mod will help...too bad I think it isn't compatible with 1.1.12 :/

First of all, a quick test of post times...

Hmm, yes, it does seem to be slightly behind... A temporary fix is to change your timezone to make place for that extra hour (do so in your profile settings).

But, wait.... *tests* Aha! I managed to get that mod to work. There should now be a lot more choices for timezones on your profile, which should also correctly have DST. Hmm... not appearing at the moment... May take a while to appear on the site, depending on the speed of the server caching...

EDIT:
<-- Has now succeeded in totally confusing himself.

[ultifd]

Alright! But I still don't see the timezones thing on my profile... maybe it takes a really long time.'
For some reason, the auto-detect for the time offset is broken now...everytime I click it it goes -3.

[Omega]

I see why too... It makes a change to the theme to display in the profile... 0.2 RC has methods to apply those fixes to other themes, but 1.12 can only apply to the default theme. I'll try to manually do this...

Oh...Em....Gee... That caused far more problems than it fixed... Something got corrupted, and the profiles page was destroyed, causing the entire theme to eventually collapse (I'm sure some of you noticed). We're on the default at the moment, and I can't seem to get a working glest theme... On it at the moment.

[ultifd]

Yeah, I figured that out. Good luck on (reuploading???)/fixing the Glest theme. Thank you for your time for all of this...but the time on the board is... somewhat important.
But at least the good part is that the timezones are up...and the board itself.
heh, every time I see the original theme of SMF, it seems so bright now...
Edit: haha the activity bar actually looks better now than in the Glest theme... :/

[Omega]

Yeah, I figured that out. Good luck on (reuploading???)/fixing the Glest theme. Thank you for your time for all of this...but the time on the board is...important.
But at least the good part is that the timezones are up...and the board itself.
heh, every time I see the original theme of SMF, it seems so bright now...
Edit: haha the activity bar actually looks better now than in the Glest theme... :/

I don't understand... All my files are uploading fine, and full filesize, but when the board extracts them, all the files are empty (caused a lot of trouble before I realized the empty files, which crashed the entire board). I'll have to try and get it to work a bit better...

As a note though, I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the time zone's working properly here... They seem to be going totally wonky on the glest theme, and that will take a while to fix. They will probably have to be disabled, at least temporarily (sorry).

You prefer how the activity bar looks here? Is that how you'd prefer it to look on the Glest theme (that's easily possible, thanks to HTML5 gradients).

[ultifd]

As a note though, I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the time zone's working properly here... They seem to be going totally wonky on the glest theme, and that will take a while to fix. They will probably have to be disabled, at least temporarily (sorry).

That's fine. I hope sooner or later that it'll work with the Glest theme though. I mean it's not a big thing, but that mod would be useful, as it would be easier to choose the correct time/timezone.

You prefer how the activity bar looks here? Is that how you'd prefer it to look on the Glest theme (that's easily possible, thanks to HTML5 gradients).

Well, I'm not sure.on the Glest theme, the activity bar's red and green color  kinda seems to be too dark to me. I mean it isn't that dark, but dark enough so it kinda doesn't fit. I like how it is on the normal theme, but I'm not sure how it would look like on the Glest theme. I guess we could try it later.

[Omega]

Yay! Success. Everything seems to be working fine now. Because I had to use a *slightly* older version, and it may be missing some modifications brought in by mods, please report anything that isn't working right. I'll begin offline tests to try and see if I can get the proper time zones working in v2.6, as well as improve on the colors of the activity bar (I also want to change the spacing of the bar. I'll play around with relative positioning for that). I'm also veeeery curious on why there seems to be a blank slot in the theme selection page (from your profile page). Seems to be a bug, but I can't find any associated folders for it. But then again, I can't check the folders directly, so no clue. But it's not harming anyone, so it's low priority.

I decided against removing the time zone thing, since it seems to be harmless enough for now, and should work if you switch to the default theme, change your time zone, then switch back (tested, and seems to be working for me, though I can't confirm any other timezones. Anyone?).

Changes required for v2.6:
*Modify theme to allow the activity bar to appear on profile summary page.
*Modify theme to allow the advanced time zone selection to appear on profile look and appearance page.
*Fix the javascript in the clock to include proper language tag.
+Fix the image linking for the logo (unknown error makes me use weird relative paths that I have to update with each new release).
+Change the activity bar to be gradient colors that more closely relate to the theme.
-Sleep...

[ultifd]

OK. Hopefully somehow it will work later, and that the developer will update it. Since, it is a good and useful mod for SMF.

I decided against removing the time zone thing, since it seems to be harmless enough for now, and should work if you switch to the default theme, change your time zone, then switch back (tested, and seems to be working for me, though I can't confirm any other timezones. Anyone?).

Works for me. Then again, I think we both "use" the same timezone. :/

Changes required for v2.6:

Hmm...it still says v2.5. (At least, right now)

Again, thanks.

[Omega]

OK. Hopefully somehow it will work later, and that the developer will update it. Since, it is a good and useful mod for SMF.

I decided against removing the time zone thing, since it seems to be harmless enough for now, and should work if you switch to the default theme, change your time zone, then switch back (tested, and seems to be working for me, though I can't confirm any other timezones. Anyone?).

Works for me. Then again, I think we both "use" the same timezone. :/

Well, it's not the mod itself. It's compatible with this version of SMF, but it's conflicting with something in the theme (man, I can't wait to be able to use version 3 for the RC... All the themes for the 1.1.x versions of SMF were based on another theme, and thus, is extremely messy... The new version of the Glest theme is much cleaner, better looking, stabler, and more fun [note to self: experiment with partial transparency in drop down menus]).

Hmm...it still says v2.5. (At least, right now)

Oh, the version of the theme I uploaded is 2.5 (up from 2.4, the previous version, because I had to make some minor fixes to make it work again, and because the board gets fussy when I throw in new versions with the same version number). 2.6 will be the next one, which will bring out those features.

[ultifd]

Oh, the version of the theme I uploaded is 2.5 (up from 2.4, the previous version, because I had to make some minor fixes to make it work again, and because the board gets fussy when I throw in new versions with the same version number). 2.6 will be the next one, which will bring out those features.

Heh...I'm kinda confused now. I remember now that the features that you're talking about, they already are on the forum if you use the SMF default mod, at least the activity bar on the profile page. (This was why I thought that the version # was wrong.)

[Omega]

Oh, the version of the theme I uploaded is 2.5 (up from 2.4, the previous version, because I had to make some minor fixes to make it work again, and because the board gets fussy when I throw in new versions with the same version number). 2.6 will be the next one, which will bring out those features.

Heh...I'm kinda confused now. I remember now that the features that you're talking about, they already are on the forum if you use the SMF default mod, at least the activity bar on the profile page. (This was why I thought that the version # was wrong.)

Well, some mods use modifications to the theme in order to be displayed. When I first installed the activity bars, they were improperly formated because the theme didn't contain the necessary changes. I quickly modified it to show the green and red bars that it does today, but forgot about it on the profile page, etc. The default theme should always have them because it's the only one that mods can apply to in 1.1.x.

[Gabbe]

huh this isnt usual 

what is it for?

[Omega]

huh this isnt usual 

what is it for?

It was an image that was missing before... Never noticed it was missing till recently, and remembered to throw it in when I fixed the themes. Not totally sure what it means... Something like new post while you were active or something??? Your guess is as good as mine. (You may have noticed sometimes that one of the images didn't load on the board index. That was because this one was missing).