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by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:35 am UTC

I'll be moving the forums between machines tonight.
At some point the forums should magically roll back a few minutes for you.

This should solve a decent number of the recent issues.

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:15 am UTC

And ... done?

Plenty of stuff broke and needs to be corrected I'm sure (I know a number of things that I didn't plan to have working yet).

Please report any issues.

by **poxic** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:16 am UTC

Besides "view active topics" being reduced to a single topic (this one)?

by **rath358** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:23 am UTC

Umm... I'm having an issue adding attachments. No screenshot because it wont let me give you one.

Code: Select all: QL ERROR [ postgres ] ERROR: value "2235733826" is out of range for type integer [] SQL UPDATE phpbb_config SET config_value = int4(config_value) + 204862 WHERE config_name = 'upload_dir_size' BACKTRACE FILE: includes/db/postgres.php LINE: 177 CALL: dbal->sql_error() FILE: includes/functions.php LINE: 191 CALL: dbal_postgres->sql_query() FILE: includes/functions_posting.php LINE: 2215 CALL: set_config_count() FILE: posting.php LINE: 1108 CALL: submit_post()

by **rath358** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:27 am UTC

Also, the link to the comic at the top seems to be broken, and I had a random indent partway down the topic list right after the update, though that was probably a single time issue. Using echo, by the way.

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:29 am UTC

rath358 wrote:Umm... I'm having an issue adding attachments. No screenshot because it wont let me give you one.
Code: Select all
QL ERROR [ postgres ] ERROR: value "2235733826" is out of range for type integer [] SQL UPDATE phpbb_config SET config_value = int4(config_value) + 204862 WHERE config_name = 'upload_dir_size' BACKTRACE FILE: includes/db/postgres.php LINE: 177 CALL: dbal->sql_error() FILE: includes/functions.php LINE: 191 CALL: dbal_postgres->sql_query() FILE: includes/functions_posting.php LINE: 2215 CALL: set_config_count() FILE: posting.php LINE: 1108 CALL: submit_post()

Yah, that was one of the ones I knew - basicly I didn't re-apply any of the custom patches yet. Tell me if it is fixed?

by **TheGrammarBolshevik** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:34 am UTC

So, has this restored the ability to upload and use avatars?

by **videogamesizzle** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:34 am UTC

I think the "magical rollback" caused FG to do the Time Warp or something.
In a couple of threads I just posted in, a couple of posts popped out of existence, and the threads all jumped back to previous page positions, like they had never been bumped. The only other forum I looked at recently was FaiD, and nothing changed there.
I don't know if this has something to do with the move, or if it's on my end or what, but it seems to have happened around the move time.

by **Vohu Manah** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:36 am UTC

videogamesizzle wrote:I don't know if this has something to do with the move, or if it's on my end or what, but it seems to have happened around the move time.

This is in General and Linguistics too.

And the forum no longer prevents me from rapid posting, as evidenced in the rant thread.

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:37 am UTC

videogamesizzle wrote:I think the "magical rollback" caused FG to do the Time Warp or something.
In a couple of threads I just posted in, a couple of posts popped out of existence, and the threads all jumped back to previous page positions, like they had never been bumped. The only other forum I looked at recently was FaiD, and nothing changed there.
I don't know if this has something to do with the move, or if it's on my end or what, but it seems to have happened around the move time.

Yep, that would be what I was talking about.
Those who read announcements were warned. Those who don't I don't feel sorry for.

by **TheGrammarBolshevik** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:40 am UTC

The "unread posts" feature is giving me all kinds of weirdness. Sometimes a topic I've already read will show up in orange and work normally, but other times it will show up orange in spite of having no new posts, and clicking the little orange page icon takes me to the first post of the thread. Other read topics appear to be staying read, and some topics that have had this problem have remained marked read upon other views.

by **videogamesizzle** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:40 am UTC

Ahhhhkay. That makes sense. *makes note to actually check that important box at the top of the page every now and then*
The avatar uploading seems to be up and kickin' again, as I can now holiday-ify my avatar, so I must say thanks and good job, davean!

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:48 am UTC

Eventually, once the search re-index finishes, and my performance test moving "huge thread" is done things should be faster too!

by **rath358** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:54 am UTC

As long as the almighty creator is on, I have a humble suggestion.*
Add a "return to the forum last visited" link to the spam report thank you and already reported pages, in addition to the "return to the thread last visited" option. Not an issue, I guess, but an optimization.

*disclaimer: I have no clue how hard and/or time consuming this may be, and if it is total bollocks, please treat it as such.

by **lanicita** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:18 am UTC

rath358 wrote:As long as the almighty creator is on, I have a humble suggestion.*
Add a "return to the forum last visited" link to the spam report thank you and already reported pages, in addition to the "return to the thread last visited" option. Not an issue, I guess, but an optimization.

*disclaimer: I have no clue how hard and/or time consuming this may be, and if it is total bollocks, please treat it as such.

Site/Forum Issues should go in the Site/Forum Issues subforum, please. This thread is only for reporting problems with previously-working features of the fora. Thank you.

by **michaelandjimi** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:32 am UTC

Some attachments (for example, in this thread) are unshowable, and I believe it occurred in conjunction with the avatar trouble. At least, that was what I was told. Are they retrievable, or lost forever?

by **skeptical scientist** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:51 am UTC

davean wrote:Please report any issues.

Latex support (math/imath tags) seems to be broken.

by **diotimajsh** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:58 am UTC

I'm seeing broken avatars for (to use examples already in this thread) davean, poxic, Vohu Manah, and skeptical scientist. That's after clearing my cache too, just in case. The others's avatars do show up for me, though.

Edit: heh, and myself too. Do we need to reupload them?

by **Zeroignite** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:07 am UTC

I had deleted my av during the troubled times, and re-uploaded as soon as things looked fixed. Everything looks shiny to me.

by **skeptical scientist** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:08 am UTC

diotimajsh wrote:I'm seeing broken avatars for (to use examples already in this thread) davean, poxic, Vohu Manah, and skeptical scientist. That's after clearing my cache too, just in case. The others's avatars do show up for me, though.

Edit: heh, and myself too. Do we need to reupload them?

I noticed that too. I assume we have to re-upload them, and unfortunately I'm in Maui and don't have a copy of my avatar on my laptop (let alone the xmas version!)

by **Zohar** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:37 am UTC

I don't know if this has anything to do with the change, but this particular thread (and only this one) keeps appearing as "unread" but when clicking the "vew unread messages" for it it just gives the thread itself, with no new messages at all.

by **thicknavyrain** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:49 am UTC

poxic wrote:Besides "view active topics" being reduced to a single topic (this one)?

I seem to be experiencing the same problem.

Edit: Some of the search results seem to be a little off too, for example searching "ThickNavyRain" returns with only one result instead of the dozens it used to return with. The same thing happens for lots of other search items.

by **Ubik** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:14 am UTC

poxic wrote:Besides "view active topics" being reduced to a single topic (this one)?

It's this way for me too, but view new posts link works. I'm not even sure what is the difference between those two.

thicknavyrain wrote:Edit: Some of the search results seem to be a little off too, for example searching "ThickNavyRain" returns with only one result instead of the dozens it used to return with. The same thing happens for lots of other search items.

Maybe there is still some indexing or something going on and only part of the messages can be found until it is ready?

This topic seems to be under Board index » High Culture » Food according the breadcrumb trail. Hopefully that's not a sign of something being wrong.

by **joshz** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:43 pm UTC

Aw, of course it happens the day I start to not have access to my computer to reupload it. :P

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:17 pm UTC

Ubik wrote:
poxic wrote:
thicknavyrain wrote:Edit: Some of the search results seem to be a little off too, for example searching "ThickNavyRain" returns with only one result instead of the dozens it used to return with. The same thing happens for lots of other search items.
Maybe there is still some indexing or something going on and only part of the messages can be found until it is ready?

davean wrote:once the search re-index finishes

Ubik wrote:This topic seems to be under Board index » High Culture » Food according the breadcrumb trail. Hopefully that's not a sign of something being wrong.

It is a global announcement, it is everywhere.

by **Sungura** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:23 pm UTC

Since you wanted issues reported, I think this goes here. Avatars are working (well except for those who need to re-upload theirs) but the smilies still are not all showing: in particular:

And the others are...the funky shaped ones now not the rounded faces. (I did clear cache/cookies. Prosilver Left. Forums.)

by **davean** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:55 pm UTC

skeptical scientist wrote:
davean wrote:Please report any issues.

Latex support (math/imath tags) seems to be broken.

That was the big thing I knew of being wrong - should be fixed now.

by **Sungura** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:56 pm UTC

I can't seem to edit my prior post in this thread, but the smilies are back now! Thanks!

by **joshz** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:37 pm UTC

This entire thread keeps getting marked unread for me. (prosilver left, forums.)

by **Naurgul** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:26 pm UTC

Thanks for fixing stuff, monsieur l' admin! Two problems I noticed:

The favicon's gone.
There's no link back to the comic.

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:48 pm UTC

If I view this thread, it'll be marked read like it should. But if any new posts are made, the entire thread will be marked unread instead of just the new posts.

by **TheGrammarBolshevik** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:22 pm UTC

I seem to be getting the opposite effect: The thread appears completely unread again until a post is made, at which points links will take me directly to the new post.

Edit: I recall having this problem when moving one of my own boards, and that I had to go nuclear and just mark the entire forum read. I'll see if doing the same thing here fixes it.

by **headprogrammingczar** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:26 am UTC

Right now forums.xkcd.com has the echochamber.me logo.

by **davean** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:34 am UTC

headprogrammingczar wrote:Right now forums.xkcd.com has the echochamber.me logo.

I've liked the idea of every advertised statement being verifiable true. I think this would pass that test.

by **joshz** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:03 am UTC

davean wrote:
headprogrammingczar wrote:Right now forums.xkcd.com has the echochamber.me logo.

I've liked the idea of every advertised statement being verifiable true. I think this would pass that test.

wait, what? (I see the problem too, fwiw)

by **J the Ninja** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:19 am UTC

joshz wrote:
davean wrote:
headprogrammingczar wrote:Right now forums.xkcd.com has the echochamber.me logo.

I've liked the idea of every advertised statement being verifiable true. I think this would pass that test.
wait, what? (I see the problem too, fwiw)

forums.xkcd shows the echochamber logo with prosilver, but this new bit of awesome with subsilver:

Spoiler:

subsilver ftw

by **davean** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:04 am UTC

Naurgul wrote:Thanks for fixing stuff, monsieur l' admin! Two problems I noticed:
The favicon's gone.
There's no link back to the comic.

These should now be fixed.

by **Earlz** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:42 am UTC

Davean, have you reuploaded your own avatar because I can not see yours.. I get the "user avatar" alt text

by **poxic** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:23 am UTC

Yeah, mine seems to have vanished.

by **lanicita** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:51 am UTC

Sungura wrote:I can't seem to edit my prior post in this thread, but the smilies are back now! Thanks!

Did you click on this thread from FaiD? Global announcements seem to think that they are part of whatever subforum you click on them from, so if it was through FaiD, it might think that you have no edit powers. Try clicking on it from General or something.

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