Site Update

[Troy]

I tried to do this over the weekend but it took nearly a whole day to transfer all the files to the new server (lots of pictures). I finally got it all set up this morning so I'm going to go ahead and transfer everything today at 12:30 Eastern time. You should initially see a message that the site is being updated and then (hopefully) you'll see an updated forum on the new server. Sorry for any inconvenience but there doesn't seem to be a really good time to do this and it's long overdue.

Troy

[hemi68charger]

Thanks Troy for the hard work you put into this forum.............. It's much appreciated................   

Troy

[moparstuart]

Thanks Troy for the hard work you put into this forum.............. It's much appreciated................   

Troy

[The70RT]

Thanks for all the hard work Troy. I'm glad you got it back up, I was starting to have withdrawl symptoms or like the dog ran off and now he's back 

[Troy]

Hmmm, some things still seem weird. I'll probably skeep playing with it for a while.

Troy

[Silver R/T]

works fine for me, good job on the site

[Manfred318]

Looks good  Ive not had any thing to keep me occupied all afternoon except for the porn, but that gets old after awhile. Thanks for gettin the site back up and running
My current time is off by an hour tho.
Edit: Time problem fixed

[69chargerboy]

Thanks Troy for the hard work you put into this forum.............. It's much appreciated................   

Troy

I Second, Third and Fourth that statement! Thanks!!!! 

[The70RT]

I noticed on my resto thread some pictures are not up and you have to click on

Powdercoated.JPG (116.35 KB - downloaded 163 times.)
P1010164.JPG (122.45 KB - downloaded 123 times.)
P1010167.JPG (120.37 KB - downloaded 84 times.)

to view them, unless it is because my puter out here in the garage is running slow tonight 

[Dans 68]

Thank you for the good work. 

Dan

[Lowprofile]

Yea, I was having the same trouble




btw, thanks for all the hard work on the site bro. 

[Troy]

I noticed on my resto thread some pictures are not up and you have to click on

Powdercoated.JPG (116.35 KB - downloaded 163 times.)
P1010164.JPG (122.45 KB - downloaded 123 times.)
P1010167.JPG (120.37 KB - downloaded 84 times.)

to view them, unless it is because my puter out here in the garage is running slow tonight 

That's what I'm working on. All old attachments no longer show up under the post (but they are there if you click on the link).

Troy

[squeakfinder]

Aww, this mite explain why I had to log in again. No problems though, thanks Troy for giving me something to look forward to at the end of a hard days work. 

[Nacho-RT74]

I noticed on my resto thread some pictures are not up and you have to click on

Powdercoated.JPG (116.35 KB - downloaded 163 times.)
P1010164.JPG (122.45 KB - downloaded 123 times.)
P1010167.JPG (120.37 KB - downloaded 84 times.)

to view them, unless it is because my puter out here in the garage is running slow tonight 

That's what I'm working on. All old attachments no longer show up under the post (but they are there if you click on the link).

Troy

GREAT!... I like better if they show up automatically!

rest, is untill now GREAT! I like better this look!

[Blue Pentastar]

Troy as always great job thanks for all your hard work. I am sure it never seems to be done.

Mike Schrader

[Daytona R/T SE]

I noticed on my resto thread some pictures are not up and you have to click on

Powdercoated.JPG (116.35 KB - downloaded 163 times.)
P1010164.JPG (122.45 KB - downloaded 123 times.)
P1010167.JPG (120.37 KB - downloaded 84 times.)

to view them, unless it is because my puter out here in the garage is running slow tonight 

That's what I'm working on. All old attachments no longer show up under the post (but they are there if you click on the link).

Troy

Yup, I'm having the same problem. I've got to click on the links and load the pics individually....Standing by... 

[Troy]

I think that's fixed - although I had to hack the forum code to do it (which means it will likely break the very next time I have to change anything). I'll see if there's a better "fix" after I have some sleep. Apparently finding the new server wasn't too difficult for anyone. Let me know if anything else is screwy.

Troy

[rt green]

thanks for your hard work. i enjoy this site

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Yeah, me have to clicky for the pic's.
Thanks for having this site Troy.

[Khyron]

Troy, just asking? but did you remember to check the box: "Display image attachments as pictures under post ?" In the attachment settings?

[tan top]

Thanks Troy for the hard work you put into this forum.............. It's much appreciated................   

Troy

     yep agreed  thanks Troy 

[PocketThunder]

Damn this new format is kind of neat.  It should only take me a couple hours to get used to it, i'll get on that right away! 

[Troy]

Troy, just asking? but did you remember to check the box: "Display image attachments as pictures under post ?" In the attachment settings?

Yes, but that has no effect on this problem. Funny, I read about 40 posts on the SMF forum that stated exactly the same thing. This has been around since the switch to 1.1 and it doesn't appear that anyone has posted the fix. Well, from what I can tell, there's a new IF statement that checks to see if the attachment is an image and anything posted before the update returns false. There's a new "attachmentType" column in the database but it isn't used so, as far as I can tell, it's actually checking the size ("width" and "height") to see if it's an image. That information doesn't exist in the database for the older attachments since those are new columns in the 1.1 branch. The update seemed to hang when it got to the "thumbnails" so maybe that's what it was supposed to be fixing. I guess it overloads the system when you have 88,000 pictures...

Troy

[Magnumcharger]

Troy, just asking? but did you remember to check the box: "Display image attachments as pictures under post ?" In the attachment settings?

I guess it overloads the system when you have 88,000 pictures...

Yeah, sorry about that.

[moparstuart]

Troy, just asking? but did you remember to check the box: "Display image attachments as pictures under post ?" In the attachment settings?

I guess it overloads the system when you have 88,000 pictures...

Yeah, sorry about that.

yeah me too   

[SeattleCharger]

88,000 pics, wow,      thanks for hard word on site,  works great,    hope the pic thing is figured out and you can post the cure on the SMF forum to help the other computer brainiac hacker dudes.   

[Brock Samson]

 Question boss...

Where's the last 10 posts/replies who's on line options normally at the bottom of the log in page?...
'n why is all the type fonts so big?.. 

& thanks for your work over the years keeping us bunch of yahoos hooked up and such.

[moparstuart]

Question boss...

Where's the last 10 posts/replies who's on line options normally at the bottom of the log in page?...
'n why is all the type fonts so big?.. 

& thanks for your work over the years keeping us bunch of yahoos hooked up and such.

yeah i cant imagine how much trouble we would be out causing if we were not here. 
The outside world is better off with us here .

[Brock Samson]

  Troy:
taking your response from geeman's other thread..

It looks like about 100,000 other sites too. That's why they call it a "template". In the beginning, Cuda-Challenger.com looked a lot like us but they were forced to update a lot sooner. Honestly, there isn't a lot of difference other than color and more of the buttons are rounded. It will change again.

Troy

i guess i'l get used to it.
still it was cool to click refresh on the last ten posts thingee and get caught up really quick...
Oh and I figured out the who's online tab too...

[69*F5*SE]

Things are looking good Troy. The pictures are showing up now too.     Ted

[Troy]

Having lots of pictures is great! Until you need to move them or do any sort of bulk operation.

I'm still playing with the settings. Any "features" that were changed in the new version generally go back to the default (usually off). The recent posts for example used to be on/off but now you can choose a number. I'll turn that back on. I'm still playing with settings to see if we've lost anything or gained anything useful. Sadly, one of the reasons for the upgrade was the image resizer.... which still doesn't work. I'm saving that for another day.

Troy

[71_Charger_R/T]

WHOA, NEW LOOK!!!  Hey this is really nice!  Like all the others have said.... Thanks Troy.  Your hard work behind the scenes is greatly appreciated. I'm sure you do more than we all realize. Please keep up the good work. This is like my garage away from the garage.

[Charger_Fan]

Looks good, Troy!
At least all the avatars are still on the left. At two of the other forums I frequent, they all ended up on the right & the site owners can't seem to figure out how to make 'em go back. Although, those sites are on PHPBB, so maybe it's different than this one.

I just noticed another thing...this site seems to be REALLY fast now! Is that part of the upgrade?

Troy, just asking? but did you remember to check the box: "Display image attachments as pictures under post ?" In the attachment settings?

I guess it overloads the system when you have 88,000 pictures...

Yeah, sorry about that.

yeah me too   

Not me, I supply most of my own.
The only bad part about that is if I ever close that pic host account, they'll all turn to the dreaded ><

[Khyron]

Yes, but that has no effect on this problem. Funny, I read about 40 posts on the SMF forum that stated exactly the same thing. This has been around since the switch to 1.1 and it doesn't appear that anyone has posted the fix. Well, from what I can tell, there's a new IF statement that checks to see if the attachment is an image and anything posted before the update returns false. There's a new "attachmentType" column in the database but it isn't used so, as far as I can tell, it's actually checking the size ("width" and "height") to see if it's an image. That information doesn't exist in the database for the older attachments since those are new columns in the 1.1 branch. The update seemed to hang when it got to the "thumbnails" so maybe that's what it was supposed to be fixing. I guess it overloads the system when you have 88,000 pictures...

Troy

what about the repair_settings.php?

[Troy]

It does exactly what it says - repairs settings (usually file paths and such). Those are all fine. If you upload a new image it works but the existing images don't. The same thing happened on Cuda-Challenger when they upgraded but I don't think they ever got it fixed (and then they accidentally deleted most of the files any way which made it a moot point). My only other option seems to be to re-run the update and hope it doesn't make matters worse. Since I've got it working now I'm not going to mess with it. I may use the old server to test a few things since I still have it for a couple of days.

Troy

[bordin34]

It looks really good, but that white space on the top right is begging for a banner.

[Khyron]

It does exactly what it says - repairs settings (usually file paths and such). Those are all fine. If you upload a new image it works but the existing images don't. The same thing happened on Cuda-Challenger when they upgraded but I don't think they ever got it fixed (and then they accidentally deleted most of the files any way which made it a moot point). My only other option seems to be to re-run the update and hope it doesn't make matters worse. Since I've got it working now I'm not going to mess with it. I may use the old server to test a few things since I still have it for a couple of days.

Troy

sounds good, i'll check a few things on my end too

[69_500]

Thanks for the update on the site Troy.

Seems cleaner, and more streamlined.

Ah who am I kidding, I can hardly tell what has changed.

[69_500]

Although I'll really like it if that image resizing actually works. That is the main reason I'm so lazy about posting pictures. I get distracted when I start sorting through folders on my computer to resize a picture, and next thing you know I forgot what picture I was looking for.

[runningman]

Troy, looks great...........thanks for all your work! 

[400/6/PAC]

Hey
I like the warning that tell's You if another post was made while viewing.
Thanks Troy

[Troy]

Hey
I like the warning that tell's You if another post was made while viewing.
Thanks Troy

Haha, I think I turned that off. Last time everyone complained because Each time it goes back to the edit screen you need to upload any attachments all over again. For example, if a person were to start a thread about their new car or some progress on a project and needed to upload a bunch of pictures they'd get derailed by that message as soon as people started responding. It may take several attempts to get the post to go through and it's very frustrating. Maybe that's fixed in this version but I kinda doubt it.

Troy

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Hey
I like the warning that tell's You if another post was made while viewing.
Thanks Troy

Haha, I think I turned that off. Last time everyone complained because Each time it goes back to the edit screen you need to upload any attachments all over again. For example, if a person were to start a thread about their new car or some progress on a project and needed to upload a bunch of pictures they'd get derailed by that message as soon as people started responding. It may take several attempts to get the post to go through and it's very frustrating. Maybe that's fixed in this version but I kinda doubt it.

Troy

There seems to be a choice in your profile to turn this on & off

[A383Wing]

I don't see any icons at the bottom to send members a PM.....

Or am I blind?   

Bryan

[Troy]

I don't see any icons at the bottom to send members a PM.....

Or am I blind?  

Bryan

At the bottom of what?

Troy

[mikesbbody]

Thanks for all your hard work Troy  The new look is great!

[Khyron]

At the bottom of what?

Troy

At the bottem of a users post there used to be optinal buttons to click directly to someones PM box, also for IRC, Yahoo and the like. They're gone now

BTW: I love having a quick reply again.

[Troy]

Man, we've always had a quick reply. Ok, I know which icons are missing now. Lemme see where the settings went to.

Hey
I like the warning that tell's You if another post was made while viewing.
Thanks Troy

Haha, I think I turned that off. Last time everyone complained because Each time it goes back to the edit screen you need to upload any attachments all over again. For example, if a person were to start a thread about their new car or some progress on a project and needed to upload a bunch of pictures they'd get derailed by that message as soon as people started responding. It may take several attempts to get the post to go through and it's very frustrating. Maybe that's fixed in this version but I kinda doubt it.

Troy

There seems to be a choice in your profile to turn this on & off

That is correct.

Troy

[Troy]

The setting says "Show view profile button under post?". Not the most descriptive thing is it? (Because you can view the profile by clicking on the user name so I didn't think it was necessary to have a button.)

Troy

[Troy]

Apparently they've added a Buddy List to the new forum software - which broke the previous Buddy List mod. I think I have successfully transferred all the previous Buddies to the new format. Now I just have to clean out all the old mod code.

Troy

[Charger_Fan]

The setting says "Show view profile button under post?". Not the most descriptive thing is it? (Because you can view the profile by clicking on the user name so I didn't think it was necessary to have a button.)

Troy

That's the way it used to be on the old (Jesse's) site, if I recall. So us old timers shouldn't have a problem with that...it's just all these newbies that'll be lost for a while.

Thanks for all you're doing, and I'm glad you know WHAT you're doing. Me, I bet I'd screw it up royally.

[Troy]

Ok, I figured out the image deal - the install screwed up. Hopefully that's all that didn't work correctly. I ran the update on the old server and it went perfectly fine (in less than 15 minutes too) so I copied the data. After that I promptly broke the old server trying to make the image resizer work and now it's completely dead. I'm not too excited about trying that here now.

Troy

[Troy]

Got the image resizer to work and it's pretty disappointing. All it does is make clickable thumbails but the original image still has to be within the limits. Glad I didn't break the server for that!

Troy

[XS29J8]

I tried to do this over the weekend but it took nearly a whole day to transfer all the files to the new server (lots of pictures). I finally got it all set up this morning so I'm going to go ahead and transfer everything today at 12:30 Eastern time. You should initially see a message that the site is being updated and then (hopefully) you'll see an updated forum on the new server. Sorry for any inconvenience but there doesn't seem to be a really good time to do this and it's long overdue.

Troy

Hi Troy. the site looks great and does remind me of cuda challenger.com now.............I use firefox for most of my browsing and the site won't let me login. I went back thru explorer and was able to sign in easily. Is firefox not allowed or is there a glitch?

Steve

[Troy]

Hmmm, I kept the same cookie name in the hopes  that it wouldn't require people to log in again. I guess that failed but it could be the source of problems for anyone having difficulty logging in. I did notice that I had to log in several times while I was installing and testing (using Firefox 3). Try deleting any cookies from dodgecharger.com and see if that helps.

Troy

[The70RT]

I have no problem getting on with I. E. or Mozilla.

[Dans 68]

Using Firefox 3.03 (on a Mac) I only needed to sign on the one time....

Dan

[Silver R/T]

I've noticed that some of my older pm's in inbox are not there anymore. I guess they got deleted to clean up some space?

[Troy]

I've noticed that some of my older pm's in inbox are not there anymore. I guess they got deleted to clean up some space?

I didn't delete anything. According to the backups you have exactly the same number of PMs as you did before the upgrade. The oldest one currently in your inbox is from the end of July 2005.

Troy

[73TXRallye440]

what about the option if you put your mouse over the thread title line it gives a synposis of the first portion of the post without clicking on it?

[Troy]

what about the option if you put your mouse over the thread title line it gives a synposis of the first portion of the post without clicking on it?

I broke that. I'll see if I can get it working again.

Troy

[BigBlockSam]

Hey Daddy-o . I'm digging the changes in the site. i find myself  exploring other sections . beside the Aero section.

i think it's easier to navigate now . if you need donations let me know .            Rene

[nakita7]

I don't mind the upgrade at all, but, as stated already by others, it looks a lot like C-C.com. I understand it's a template and all that, and I don't mind if it's the same template, but could you at least change the colour from blue to something else? Just an idea...

[Troy]

From a different thread.............

Yeah, yeah, working on it. I had to pick the default theme to get some of the features I wanted but I working on migrating to another. I wanted to make sure it was functional before worrying too much about the looks.

Troy

Yes, the template will change. Yes, the color will change. It could be worse... I could have lost all the pictures, deleted all the posts, or broken half the site...

Troy

[nakita7]

 

[Brock Samson]

 I noticed the " show last ten posts"  function has been replaced by the thread titles of the last five.. 

 

[Charger-Bodie]

I noticed the " show last ten posts"  function has been replaced by the thread titles of the last five.. 

 

The last posts feature is still there , just scroll down a little further.

[Troy]

I noticed the " show last ten posts"  function has been replaced by the thread titles of the last five.. 

 

The last posts feature is still there , just scroll down a little further.

Yep, in the "Forum Stats" just under "Latest Post: ...". The one at the top (if there was one) with the user information is gone along with the PM stats. I'm probably going to remove that latest post list but I'm still playing with the layout.

Troy

[69*F5*SE]

Thanks for all you do with the site Troy. I feel blessed that we all have a place to come together and share information etc..  Ted

   

[bull]

I don't mind the upgrade at all, but, as stated already by others, it looks a lot like C-C.com. I understand it's a template and all that, and I don't mind if it's the same template, but could you at least change the colour from blue to something else? Just an idea...

It looks just fine as-is IMO. I'm never on C-C.com so I don't give a rat's a$$ if it looks the same or not.

[Silver R/T]

site works nice, loads fast, good job Troy

[Brock Samson]

   


  So Boss what's the deal with the chat room?..
It's been more then a year now...
I miss the 'ol crew..