1 Reply by xconspirisist

(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Thanks for the recent progress! blog.punbb.org will keep me (and others) satisfied for a while smile

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2 Reply by xconspirisist

(142 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

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Total number of registered users: 128
Total number of topics: 1,913
Total number of posts: 21,246

Rows: 257863
Size: 8.1 MB

Although, the size of the db is actually more like 20mb when exported for a backup.

By the way, I'm not sure if it's been mentioned, but: http://punbbig.shacknet.nu

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3 Topic by xconspirisist

(2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Hey. I realize you're all busy, but is there any way to catch up on punbb news more frequently? It would be nice to have something like a weekly update, just to prove you're all alive and whatnot.

I personally check the punbb frontpage every day for new news, I'm sure others do as well.

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4 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Ah well. Cheers guys. I really appreciate the high quality of releases you keep on putting out.

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5 Topic by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

I checked out the most recent revision from SVN. Is PunBB 1.3 in a stable-enough state to start writing extensions? I can't wait much longer! smile

Cheers guys, keep up the good work.

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6 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Proberbly means I'm using the wrong commads. I appologise for the convotopic.

Mind pasting the command that you used? (presuming you're using *nix).

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7 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Very strange. Are the versions of phpmyadmin the same? Are the versions of punbb the same?

Also, check that the update was successfull, and that all the topics, members and posts are in fact being inserted into the database.

I'm willing to help out over some form of instant messaging.

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8 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Well I've not used svn much. I'm trying to get it via nix. Keep getting request's for usernames and passwords. Is the SVN repository not anonymous?

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9 Reply by xconspirisist

(5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

If you get a puncture, you don't buy a new bike. Diagnose the problem instead of circumventing it.

1) How do you know it's taking two seccons to include common.php?
2) If you have ssh/cli access to the server, run "top", and tap f5 a few times on the problematic pages.
3) Do you have any mod's instaled?

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10 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

A downgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 would proberbly not create these errors. I think it's a proceedual problem.

1) When you say exporting your database, are you using PHPmAdmin, cli, or even a PunBB plugin?
2) Are you inserting your sql back into a clean database? Try dropping the database and creating it again to prevent any residual data.

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11 Reply by xconspirisist

(3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

I believe PunBB 1.3 will have the feature you need - posting moderation.

As for hiding posts as soon as they are posted, you could hide the forums from a certain group.

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12 Reply by xconspirisist

(5 replies, posted in Programming)

Nasty sad

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13 Reply by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Brilliant stuff. smile

Aside from copying/pasting the source code from trac, is there any other way to get development snapshots?

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14 Topic by xconspirisist

(9 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 discussion)

Is development of PunBB slowing down? 1.2.12 has been out for a while. If you're just keeping everything stable, I guess that's cool, but I'd like to know either way smile

Thanks for all the time an effort that you put into PunBB.

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15 Topic by xconspirisist

(2 replies, posted in Feature requests)

If I were to write VCard support, would you implement it into the main source?

* Uploading VCards to the server, where they are read, information added to the users profile, then the vcard is disposed of.

* People may download profiles in a VCard format which are generated on the fly.

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16 Reply by xconspirisist

(4 replies, posted in Programming)

Sorry, the example kinda complicates things moreso than the real problem. We're using lots of different databases on the same code base. Where www.example.com/blah is the database to be used for www.example.com/code/index.php?database=blah.

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17 Reply by xconspirisist

(4 replies, posted in Programming)

The problem is images not working, I think, the cause is that they're being rewritten to a file as you suggested, so I changed it to:

RewriteRule ^(.*) /thatDirectory/?invalidDir=$1

But that didnt work either?

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18 Topic by xconspirisist

(4 replies, posted in Programming)

This is the bit of my .htaccess which matters, in the root directory:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^(.*) /thatDirectory/index.php?invalidDir=$1

If somebody goes to www.example.com/images, it goes to images okey.

If somebody goes to www.example.com/thisDirectory/, while "thisDirectory" does not exist, it should forward to "www.example.com/thatDirectory". The name of the directory that doesnt exist should be passed to the page via a HTTP_GET_VARS variable.

At the moment, it forwards and reads files in "thatDirectory", which exist, but when it needs to reference things like style.css and images, they dont work.

I think, this is because the script is coming from "www.example.com/thatDirectory", I think that reqresite files, like .css, images and etc, are being referenced by "www.example.com/thisDirectory" (which does not exist).

Hope that all makes sense. Thanks.

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19 Topic by xconspirisist

(0 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 modifications, plugins and integrations)

Here is a mod I've just written for my forum to support basic lists in bbcode. This is my first released mod. Put this in include/parser.php. Just below the normal array lists. Try about line 320. 

    if (strstr($text, "[list]") == true) {
        $pattern[] = '#\[list]#';
        $pattern[] = '#\[/list]#';
        $pattern[] = '#\\+(.*?)\\n#';
        $replace[] = '<ul class = "post-list">';
        $replace[] = '</ul>';
        $replace[] = '<li>$1</li>';
    }

Then structure your lists something like:

  • + item 1
    + item 2
    + item 3

Note 1: the code is contained within an IF statment, to check that a [list] tag exists, before it replaces <li> on list items. This is because, someone could have a + at the begining of a new line, and it would therefore be converted to a bullet point.

Note 2: Check the html output of your page to test the mod works, because bullet points might not show up as a result of CSS. You might need to add your own rules. Something like:

UL.post-list {
    list-style: square;
}

Anyway, let me know how you get on with the code.

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20 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

I have used my forum as the testing forum. I am testing it by checking server loads, script execution time, page generation time, and just generally monitering the file sizes on a moderatly active forum. It seems quite flawless at the moment, althogh I am not conformatable with realeasing it yet. Although the code is functional, I am sure there are some bugs there somewhere.

I might of found a good solution to the file size issue - Simply, instead of ziping / unzipping the read posts file on each page view, do it when the user logs off. Although, this could have problems if a user closes the browser window, or similar.

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21 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

I have a working implimentation of this now. It is quite messy at the moment, but will be cleaned up in the next few days. File sizes are a possible issue, I might look into gziping / ungzipping them, but that undoubtably would have a big preformance hit. At the moment, I notice very little difference in performance though. I hope to post a alpha realase in a few days.

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22 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

That is why I hope to use files, opposed to the database.

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23 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

lynx. smile

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24 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

The only thing is, to reduce space further I'd like to have the *cookie* store topics that have not been read

so that would involve writing to every "cookie" when a post is made, say you have 2000 users, 10,000 posts and 500 of the users have never logged on since they first visited, your going to end up with massive load time for making a post and loads of huge files on the server

No, I suggested that a central index is made of topics, in heindsight, this could just be taken from the database I guess. This index is written to the *cookie* when a user logs in. Obviously this needs a lot more thought, will post back in a few days with some solid specifications / initial implimentation.

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25 Reply by xconspirisist

(35 replies, posted in Feature requests)

I've been thinking about this a lot - It's almost a 'must have' feature for me. Personally I dont like the cookies / javascript, as they're client side. If you move to another computer / browser, all the new topic info is lost, not to mention browser compatability. I am looking into doing this on server side at the moment, although cant predict the knock on effects this might have on page loading times and the like. The method behind my madness, is to store what would be cookies, server side just as small text files. Obviously these could be dynamicly gziped to and forth as a user logs in, therefore saving some space. This way restores cross browser compatability, if the user moves to another computer it will be fine too. The only thing is, to reduce space further I'd like to have the *cookie* store topics that have not been read, as storing topics that have been read will just use a lot of space over time. Possibly build this index of new topics into the *cookie* at login.

Opinions / comments?

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