Errors after new reinstall of forum software - 11/26/2017

[MOD8]

Please make an ongoing list here that can be referenced and addressed.

[Frank Cannon]

Found an error. I see that @RoosGirl is still able to post freely here. Can the technical team do something about that?

[Frank Cannon]

Oh, are you here?

You know that the restraining order says you can get no closer than 4 posts from me.

[truth_seeker]

I still cannot post a picture, they way it was possible just a few days before this.

[Frank Cannon]

I still cannot post a picture, they way it was possible just a few days before this.

[roamer_1]

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292265.msg1523899/topicseen.html#new

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292230.msg1517374/topicseen.html#new

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292008.msg1517374/topicseen.html#new

[roamer_1]

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.0.html

[roamer_1]

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,291416.0.html

[roamer_1]

Reply dialog [More] smileys page is boned.

[Cyber Liberty]

Emojis are still down.  So are the ones under "More".

Added:  No emojis at all work with Firefox, a couple work with IE, both while posting and displaying after the posting.

[Cyber Liberty]

Posts are missing here and there, the database appears to be damaged.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,241405.msg1522136.html#msg1522136

[roamer_1]

Orphan thread: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,203641.0.html

[Gefn]

Emojis are still down.  So are the ones under "More".

Added:  No emojis at all work with Firefox, a couple work with IE, both while posting and displaying after the posting.

I only see one emoji. Ironically it's 

I miss them :(

P.S. I'm on Safari.

[Suppressed]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm confused about whether another reset is planned for 11/26/2017, as implied in the lounge.

Please post errors you see after new reinstall of forum software - 11/26/2017

[Suppressed]

Links under YouTube videos show as being "no longer available"

[ConstitutionRose]

I view updates with suspicion and trepidation.  I really, really, really hate it when they trash everything and you have to reload.😠😠😠😠😠😠

Glad the forum is back.

[ConstitutionRose]

Well, now I have a bug to report.  When I hit the preview button I received an error...message box blank.

[Elderberry]

Many topics have missing Subjects, and some have Bodies missing, as well.

[Bigun]

Once a great Notion thread is orphaned ( Has no title)

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,203641.0.html

[mystery-ak]

Looks like most of the smileys are a jumbled mess..I hope I don't have to delete and reinstall them..most are in my photobucket account and I can't move them..

[mystery-ak]

I don't care about the orphaned threads..most are just news stories.....I repaired Once a Great Notion...the toons seem okay from the few threads I checked....

let's try and get most of the smileys back if possible..the preview box and a few other important functions.

[Mike C.]

e-mailed pookie's toons to myself (11-23 & 24) this morning at 9:45am MST for forwarding to my gop buddies.   NO JOY !

[mystery-ak]

e-mailed pookie's toons to myself (11-23 & 24) this morning at 9:45am MST for forwarding to my gop buddies.   NO JOY !

I sent it to my gmail address and it never came

I sent it to my hotmail address and there was no problem..it came right away..

[Cyber Liberty]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm confused about whether another reset is planned for 11/26/2017, as implied in the lounge.

Oh please God, no!  I think that was the date in the time zone when life was finally restored.

[roamer_1]

BTW, I don't know who all is in on this tech team (though I know @Oceander is surely in it)

I don't know exactly, but I do know what it is when the place catches fire and is burning down... I've seem !!PANIC!! mode many a time... And this one feels like a box of Cheetos (puffy, slightly stale), and a few cases of Mountain Dew.

Thank you to tech and admin for what you are doing right now, on top of what you do all the way along. It'd be easy for this thread to start feeling like HellDesk, especially as you start shaking the giggles out of what's left...

So again, thank you very much! Your efforts are appreciated!

[Applewood]

Personally,  I think this mess is all Frank Cannon's fault.  He posts too many pix of good looking babes. 

[Cyber Liberty]

Personally,  I think this mess is all Frank Cannon's fault.  He posts too many pix of good looking babes.

I dunno.  His latest one.....

[Cyber Liberty]

You don't like Selma?  I think she's cute, in a bite your head off kind of way.

Nope.  Don't like her, but that's because I'm a guy with red-colored blood.  I have been harboring suspicions that may have broken the Forum.

[WingNot]

Nope.  Don't like her, but that's because I'm a guy with red-colored blood.

Be nice.  Vampires need love and your  too.

[Cyber Liberty]

Be nice.  Vampires need love and your  too.

Eff 'em, they can settle for your wine.  At least it's not Zinfandel.

[WingNot]

Eff 'em, they can settle for your wine.  At least it's not Zinfandel.

IV some Cab.  Mainline it!

[GtHawk]

Tried to change my Avatar and got this error message.
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.

[mystery-ak]

Tried to change my Avatar and got this error message.
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.

let me try..send me your link in a pm

[roamer_1]

Please revisit http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.0.html

Title is " Roy Moore Dated 'Younger Ladies' For Their 'Purity,' His Pastor Friend Says "

Showing up as:
" Re: Roy Moore Dated �Younger Ladies� For Their �Purity,� His Pastor Friend Says "

in mentions...

Maybe just nix the quote marks and let er rip...

[Oceander]

Tried to change my Avatar and got this error message.
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.

Try again; I think I've fixed that glitch.

[Oceander]

Please revisit http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.0.html

Title is " Roy Moore Dated 'Younger Ladies' For Their 'Purity,' His Pastor Friend Says "

Showing up as:
" Re: Roy Moore Dated �Younger Ladies� For Their �Purity,� His Pastor Friend Says "

in mentions...

Maybe just nix the quote marks and let er rip...

Still looking like that?  It should be using utf8, so there shouldn't be a problem with character sets.

[roamer_1]

Still looking like that?  It should be using utf8, so there shouldn't be a problem with character sets.

Yes it does... Dunno why it is even showing up... It's merged into http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?msg=1524349

which is titled "Re: Pastor says Roy Moore was seeking the 'purity of a young woman' "

But seeing both in Mentions (both titles)

No biggie, but I went in under the old title to reply to a mention and it ganked it up (Forbidden on post)

Post fine if under the new title.

Dunno, but something is fubar...

[Oceander]

Yes it does... Dunno why it is even showing up... It's merged into http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?msg=1524349

which is titled "Re: Pastor says Roy Moore was seeking the 'purity of a young woman' "

But seeing both in Mentions (both titles)

No biggie, but I went in under the old title to reply to a mention and it ganked it up (Forbidden on post)

Post fine if under the new title.

Dunno, but something is fubar...

Maybe just manually correct the bad post and see if it reoccurs.

[roamer_1]

Maybe just manually correct the bad post and see if it reoccurs.

They are mentions. They aren't my posts... I can't correct them 

[roamer_1]

Maybe just manually correct the bad post and see if it reoccurs.

Wait... I see... Look upthread from here http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.msg1524267.html#msg1524267

Several posts untitled or incorrectly titled...

 

[mystery-ak]

@Oceander

I just looked at a my Mentions and I have a few links to threads like that

Re: Trump Tears Into Jeff Flake Over His Hot Mic Comment: Says GOP is �toast� if it becomes the party of Trump and Roy Moore.

Re: Alabama Secretary of State: If State GOP Pulls Support for Moore and He Gets the Most Votes, Election Would Be �Null and Void�

[roamer_1]

ugh 10 PAGES of untitled. There's the problem right there...

[Oceander]

ugh 10 PAGES of untitled. There's the problem right there...

Send me the topic id number and the text the subject line should have, and I'll see if I can have a go at fixing them all at once.

[roamer_1]

Send me the topic id number and the text the subject line should have, and I'll see if I can have a go at fixing them all at once.

topic ID should be correct in this link:

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.0.html

Title should be [Pastor says Roy Moore was seeking the 'purity of a young woman'] if going with current

Correction range is #1-#231

But be careful with the last few posts some have incorrect titles rather than no titles if that matters

[jpsb]

Who is that horse faced, flat chested woman with stringy legs and a no ass?

[jpsb]

I view updates with suspicion and trepidation.  I really, really, really hate it when they trash everything and you have to reload.😠😠😠😠😠😠

Glad the forum is back.

There is only one way to update. Buy a new server and update that if everything is ok put the new server on line and keep the old one as a backup.

[Oceander]

There is only one way to update. Buy a new server and update that if everything is ok put the new server on line and keep the old one as a backup.

It's a little easier with SMF - if I hadn't gotten lazy about it.  Here's how:
(1) put the forum into maintenance mode so the database server is not accessible from outside;
(2) make a copy of the entire file directory (not the database, just the files, like the php scripts);
(3) execute the update/upgrade package;
(4) if it works, great - keep the old copy as a safety backup just in case;
(5) if it doesn't work, no sweat - delete the corrupted file structure, and copy the file directory from step (1) back into it.

I've never had a problem with an SMF-approved update/upgrade not working, so I got lazy and forgot to copy things.

It's basically mostly my fault.

[Oceander]

topic ID should be correct in this link:

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292197.0.html

Title should be [Pastor says Roy Moore was seeking the 'purity of a young woman'] if going with current

Correction range is #1-#231

But be careful with the last few posts some have incorrect titles rather than no titles if that matters

That's odd, because they're showing up just fine as single quotation marks for me.  Do you have the text encoding on your browser set to utf8 or unicode?

[Cyber Liberty]

Who is that horse faced, flat chested woman with stringy legs and a no ass?

"A National Treasure."   

[roamer_1]

That's odd, because they're showing up just fine as single quotation marks for me.  Do you have the text encoding on your browser set to utf8 or unicode?

Yes. They show up fine inthread for me too (where the title is present)

They are showing up ascii only in mentions, and only on old mentions to untitled posts, where the untitled posts retain the old title in mentions.

New posts on that thread (that have the new title) show up in mentions under the new title.

So I see BOTH the new and the old title in mentions - and it is the old title that is spitting ascii