2020 site conversion/upgrade issues

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 16th, 2020, 12:48 pm

Should be posted in this thread.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 16th, 2020, 1:25 pm

This is the error on the Administration side of the site. It is effecting 13 registered users.

[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file [ROOT]/includes/acp/auth.php on line 406: Undefined offset: 503
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file [ROOT]/includes/acp/auth.php on line 412: Undefined offset: 503
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/adm/index.php on line 150: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3897)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/adm/index.php on line 152: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3897)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/adm/index.php on line 153: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3897)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/adm/index.php on line 154: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3897)

Post by **JRM88** » February 17th, 2020, 12:39 pm

found this when i clicked on my messages....

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 17th, 2020, 1:11 pm

JRM88, please try again, and let me know if that issue is resolved.

Post by **JRM88** » February 17th, 2020, 1:26 pm

SuperStalker wrote:JRM88, please try again, and let me know if that issue is resolved.

All good now...

sorry it took a while.... picking up the Senior kid's eyes.... lol .....and then discovered the muffler is coming off the car.....so had to order a new one because the flange of the muffler broke off.... every thing we own is one big money pit!!

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 17th, 2020, 1:39 pm

JRM88 wrote:
SuperStalker wrote:JRM88, please try again, and let me know if that issue is resolved.
All good now...

sorry it took a while.... picking up the Senior kid's eyes.... lol .....and then discovered the muffler is coming off the car.....so had to order a new one because the flange of the muffler broke off.... every thing we own is one big money pit!!

I think the muffler on this site has some issues....

Post by **JRM88** » February 17th, 2020, 1:39 pm

SuperStalker wrote:
JRM88 wrote:
SuperStalker wrote:JRM88, please try again, and let me know if that issue is resolved.
All good now...

sorry it took a while.... picking up the Senior kid's eyes.... lol .....and then discovered the muffler is coming off the car.....so had to order a new one because the flange of the muffler broke off.... every thing we own is one big money pit!!
I think the muffler on this site has some issues....

maybe its flange broke off too

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 18th, 2020, 12:04 pm

I am not sure that the migration to the new host was without errors. The ACP functions, but there are some issues with permissions. I am considering a migration to PHPBB 3.1, at least. That will not be as forgiving, e.g., some style sheets will not be compatible, rsred for example.

PHPBB 3.0.14 is the last update to PHPBB 3.0.xx, and is no longer supported. It does not mean it will not work, but it is not forward compatible with 3.1.x and higher.

Another example would be attachments. As a Founder or Administrator, posting attachments is not an issue. For Registered Users with standard permissions, any attachment over 50 KiB will be rejected as too big, despite Administrative settings to the contrary.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 19th, 2020, 12:59 pm

The attachment issue should be resolved. If the image exceeds parameters that I specified, it will appear as a link in the thread. Please report any issues in this thread. There are still ongoing issues with permissions for a handful of registered users.

All registered users that were removed for inactivity, are welcome to register again.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 19th, 2020, 2:13 pm

Pruned the Chit Chat forum.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 21st, 2020, 9:04 pm

Today, this site felt like this.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 24th, 2020, 4:01 pm

Added gibbs as moderator for NASCAR and Contests forums. Thanks, gibbs. Thanks to all moderators

Fixed some path and display issues with the Racin and BF_Vista styles.

RS_Vista needs some tweaking. The colors are all over the map and it is hard to read.

All other styles are functioning normally, with the following two known exceptions:

Halloween: There is an issue with returning to the User Control Panel after exiting it and returning to the main forum. The UCP will display properly if changing to Halloween from another style, but once the user exits the UCP to the main forum, a blank white page is displayed if attempts are made to re-enter the UCP.

rsred: returns an Invalid form selection when trying to vote in polls.

If there are other issues, as posted earlier, please report them in this thread.

Thanks,

SS

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 24th, 2020, 4:20 pm

This error is still present. Originally, it occurred for 13 registered users. That is now down to five. Eight users who have been inactive for over three years were pruned from the forum. The following registered users still invoke this error when attempting to administer permissions for their accounts. As best as I can determine at this time, there is no impact on the ability to use the forum. The error is on the Administration side of the site. I am still investigating this issue and hope to resolve it soon.
bchat
Chrisg
LA Bill
off the pace
vegas0307

That's cuz we're special.......

Post by **vegas0307** » February 25th, 2020, 9:09 am

From vegas: I posted the above remark ("That's cuz we're special") but you can't tell by looking at the post. Is that part of the problem?

Do I need the clown face in my avatar to post in here?

Post by **JRM88** » February 25th, 2020, 10:32 am

vegas0307 wrote:From vegas: I posted the above remark ("That's cuz we're special") but you can't tell by looking at the post. Is that part of the problem?

Do I need the clown face in my avatar to post in here?

That's so bizzare

I'm going to post from that post, too

Post by **JRM88** » February 25th, 2020, 10:32 am

SuperStalker wrote:This error is still present. Originally, it occurred for 13 registered users. That is now down to five. Eight users who have been inactive for over three years were pruned from the forum. The following registered users still invoke this error when attempting to administer permissions for their accounts. As best as I can determine at this time, there is no impact on the ability to use the forum. The error is on the Administration side of the site. I am still investigating this issue and hope to resolve it soon.
bchat
Chrisg
LA Bill
off the pace
vegas0307

That's cuz we're special.......

hmmmmmmm

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 25th, 2020, 12:20 pm

Ok, feel free to try to edit this post. Do not delete it

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 26th, 2020, 11:21 am

Ok, that's better. Now, go live the rest of last night and today all over again

I downloaded the site backup, extracted the file and then imported it into the database, and that brought most of the threads from 2/21 - 2/25 back. It is somewhat tedious to process a backup in that manner, but whatever works.

It is not Groundhog day anymore

Post by **JRM88** » February 26th, 2020, 11:39 am

Um.....SS...if you are telling me to edit it...I can't....

If you're telling Miss Vegas....well, she'll have to let you know..

LOL

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 26th, 2020, 11:42 am

That's good. You should have edit capability for the Chit Chat forum, but that should not have extended to Announcements.

If all of the moderators could pick a post in this thread that is not their own, and try to edit and post the change, that would be appreciated. Do not delete anything in the original post, just add some simple text to let me know that you were in there and who you are.

Thanks in advance.

edit: My verdict on the last few weeks is that the site code, although functional, is just old. Old is not bad, but it is old.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 26th, 2020, 12:13 pm

I have verified that the following error occurs when voting in a poll, using these styles: rsred, Racin, RS_Vista, and BF_Vista. Halloween will post poll choices, but do not use Halloween. There is an issue with getting back into the User Control Panel. If some good user would not mind switching their style to Holidays, prosilver or subsilver2, and then report the results in this thread, that would be helpful.

The error: The submitted form was invalid. Try submitting again.

RacerX · Post by **RacerX** » February 26th, 2020, 12:47 pm

Glad to hear the site will remain going.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 26th, 2020, 2:18 pm

Fixed the permission issue, although it is not a fix so much as it is a bypass. When coding, if something doesn't work, bypass it by ignoring it. It's sloppy, but effective. Why it only effected a small portion of users, is what bothers me.

The green text is what I commented out in the functions.php file. Now, to see if it broke anything else. If something else is broken, there should be no impact on the forum side of the site. This is an ACP side problem.

{
case E_NOTICE:
case E_WARNING:

// Check the error reporting level and return if the error level does not match
// If DEBUG is defined the default level is E_ALL
if (($errno & ((defined('DEBUG')) ? E_ALL : error_reporting())) == 0)
{
return;
}

/** if (strpos($errfile, 'cache') === false && strpos($errfile, 'template.') === false)
{
$errfile = phpbb_filter_root_path($errfile);
$msg_text = phpbb_filter_root_path($msg_text);
$error_name = ($errno === E_WARNING) ? 'PHP Warning' : 'PHP Notice';
echo '[phpBB Debug] ' . $error_name . ': in file ' . $errfile . ' on line ' . $errline . ': ' . $msg_text . ' ' . "\n";
// we are writing an image - the user won't see the debug, so let's place it in the log
if (defined('IMAGE_OUTPUT') || defined('IN_CRON'))
{
add_log('critical', 'LOG_IMAGE_GENERATION_ERROR', $errfile, $errline, $msg_text);
}
// echo ' BACKTRACE ' . get_backtrace() . ' ' . "\n";
}*/

return;

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 26th, 2020, 2:35 pm

A note to our users, eeff and LA Bill.

The User log file shows that both of you changed your passwords on or around February 20, 2020. The recent problems with the database backup should not have impacted that change, but if either of you have any problems logging in, I can reset your passwords so you can login and reset them to your preference.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 27th, 2020, 4:24 pm

That didn't work.

Attempted to install a Gallery Mod today.

Fail. Not compatible.

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 28th, 2020, 2:22 pm

Until further notice, do not use the Halloween style. It is not returning properly to the User Control Panel.

SS

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 28th, 2020, 2:35 pm

The Halloween style is now functioning normally. Check it out, it's pretty cool

Post by **SuperStalker** » February 29th, 2020, 12:59 pm

Some housekeeping information

Deleted a bunch of Bots. They have not accessed the site since 2013

AdsBot [Google], Alta Vista [Bot], Ask Jeeves [Bot], FAST Enterprise [Crawler], FAST WebCrawler [Crawler], Francis [Bot], Google Desktop, Heise IT-Markt [Crawler], Heritrix [Crawler], IBM Research [Bot], ICCrawler - ICjobs, ichiro [Crawler], Metager [Bot], MSN NewsBlogs, Nutch [Bot], Online link [Validator], Sensis [Crawler], SEO Crawler, Seoma [Crawler], SEOSearch [Crawler], Snappy [Bot], Steeler [Crawler], Telekom [Bot], Voyager [Bot], W3 [Sitesearch], W3C [Linkcheck], W3C [Validator], YaCy [Bot], Yahoo MMCrawler [Bot], Yahoo Slurp [Bot], YahooSeeker [Bot]

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 1st, 2020, 1:33 pm

Everyone should now have access to the new sub-forums.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 1st, 2020, 5:05 pm

There are four new styles available. I plan to add more. They need a bit of tweaking in order to get the RS logo's to display. Check them out, they won't break anything. Some of the smilies look rough around the edges.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 2nd, 2020, 12:58 pm

Added strikethrough option in the posting body menu.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 2nd, 2020, 3:44 pm

rsred style may look goofy and funny. I am trying to upgrade it's functionality.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 2nd, 2020, 4:54 pm

Polls now work properly in all styles.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » March 6th, 2020, 1:11 pm

Overall the entire experience is improved.

Thanks

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 8th, 2020, 3:32 pm

PHPBB3 light reading

Space Potato · Post by **Space Potato** » March 28th, 2020, 2:51 pm

Could we have it so if someone posts a link that it opens the link in a new page rather than moving away from this page?

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 30th, 2020, 2:17 pm

Space Potato wrote:Could we have it so if someone posts a link that it opens the link in a new page rather than moving away from this page?

That is a good suggestion, but it is on the lower end of the priority list right now. It may not make it in the initial upgrade, but it will be implemented soon, I expect within weeks, but maybe days, if I do not run into complications with the coding breaking other things on the site.

Thanks.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 30th, 2020, 3:50 pm

For the time being, right clicking on a link posted in the forum will allow the user the choice of opening the link in a new window.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » March 31st, 2020, 10:24 am

Thanks for saving the classic red. Appears as if it took some effort.

Still easiest on the eyes imo.

Post by **SuperStalker** » March 31st, 2020, 10:36 am

Users may have to go into Profile settings, and respond again to the question that asks how the site was found, and set it to Other, which will eliminate the question from appearing in your profile that is attached to posts.

RacerX · Post by **RacerX** » April 1st, 2020, 1:24 pm

I feel like the number of stars being not the same for everyone is really hurtful to some. Can everyone please have the same number of stars, so those with less stars won't feel lesser of a person than others who have more stars?

Thank you to your prompt attention to this unfortunate, and I'm sure, unintentional slight.

RacerX · Post by **RacerX** » April 2nd, 2020, 9:57 am

I think Comrade Bomy is threatening us on the NASCAR page.

I suggest he learn to type anglish like the rest of us.

Probably a Kyle Busch fan.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » April 2nd, 2020, 12:53 pm

RacerX wrote:I think Comrade Bomy is threatening us on the NASCAR page.

I suggest he learn to type anglish like the rest of us.

Probably a Kyle Busch fan.

Open his links

Post by **SuperStalker** » April 2nd, 2020, 2:50 pm

I decided to infect Comrade Bomy with the COVID-SS virus.

Four of the six new users users that registered were of foreign origin. I approved them anyway, with the knowledge that they would out themselves if they were porn hustlers or spammers.

It didn't take long.

In loving memory of Comrade Bomy :pron:

Louie · Post by **Louie** » April 2nd, 2020, 3:06 pm

SuperStalker wrote:I decided to infect Comrade Bomy with the COVID-SS virus.

Four of the six new users users that registered were of foreign origin. I approved them anyway, with the knowledge that they would out themselves if they were porn hustlers or spammers.

It didn't take long.

In loving memory of Comrade Bomy

Pron....that’s so us.................in double ought 4.

RacerX · Post by **RacerX** » April 2nd, 2020, 6:50 pm

Louie wrote:
RacerX wrote:I think Comrade Bomy is threatening us on the NASCAR page.

I suggest he learn to type anglish like the rest of us.

Probably a Kyle Busch fan.
Open his links

I ain't touching his links.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » April 2nd, 2020, 7:40 pm

RacerX wrote:
Louie wrote:
RacerX wrote:I think Comrade Bomy is threatening us on the NASCAR page.

I suggest he learn to type anglish like the rest of us.

Probably a Kyle Busch fan.
Open his links

I ain't touching his links.

He makes his own links, just like Jimmy Dean.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » April 2nd, 2020, 7:42 pm

jlb wrote:ahhh.... pR0n.... that brings back memories stretching all the way back to when R1 was still a half-way decent site.

I wound up at R1 because some exhibitor rent-a-bimbo thrust an R1 mousepad in my hand at a CART race.

I hope she’s aged well

Post by **JRM88** » April 2nd, 2020, 11:18 pm

RacerX wrote:I feel like the number of stars being not the same for everyone is really hurtful to some. Can everyone please have the same number of stars, so those with less stars won't feel lesser of a person than others who have more stars?

Thank you to your prompt attention to this unfortunate, and I'm sure, unintentional slight.

RacerX · Post by **RacerX** » April 2nd, 2020, 11:35 pm

Louie wrote:
jlb wrote:ahhh.... pR0n.... that brings back memories stretching all the way back to when R1 was still a half-way decent site.
I wound up at R1 because some exhibitor rent-a-bimbo thrust an R1 mousepad in my hand at a CART race.

I hope she’s aged well

That was you?!?!?!?!?