I swapped templates (millenium earth) and now most of the links are buggered, I can't get to the shoutbox, and I can't see a template selector. Help!
You could delete all your cookies for the toadfishmonastery.
I can just remove the template. I think I will cause that one stinks. The only other one that sort of works is ja_avoir_ex I think.
Sorry folks. I was working on upgrading the site. I was hoping that I would get it all done before something bad happened.
Thanks. Cookies are easy but I didn't realise that'd be all it took.
Darren,
Don't know if you're seeing it in the shout box, but Meromorph is saying he can't post due to session timeout.
I suggested he:
Checked he had cookies enabled
Checked his pc clock was right
Cleared cookies and tried from scratch
or
used Firefox with Live Headers extension to have a look at what was going on.
I don't think he was on to see the suggestions though, and he may not, or may not be able to, scroll back that far.
Hope they are sound suggestions (I'm a Microserf more than a php/Java type).
Goto toadfishmonastery.com/forum and log out then log back in.
I had already done all those things (It wont let me logout (session error))
I just did them all again. If you get this post(this Time), it was Cookies...
And apparently, iIt was. 8)
Thank you for your help. :D
As soon as I get the style sheet straight this problem will go away. Just a couple more days.
I did a little fixin' and it should be okay now. I have to get my template issues fixed then everything will be fine. I have to upgrade to Simple Machines forum RC3 and upgrade the Bridge to 1.1.6. After that it'll be peachy.
Let me know if anybody is having login issues now that I have republished the SMF header include mambot. If you are still having issues get rid of your cookies and goto toadfishmonastery.com/forum and login. If you still have problems after that let me know and I will work with you to fix it.
Sorry, but I was right in the middle of fixing things up when the "event" happened. Anyways, a couple more days and it will all be straighted out and we'll have some color around here.
Thanks,
Darren
Thank you for devoting the time to the site...
and it's good to have Meromorph back ;D
Many thanks MentalBlock for rescuing me.
I was "logged in forever" - literally. Even shutting down and powering off and on my computer would not log me out of here.
Although I am delighted to be here, a life permanently locked into a Monastery is not quite what I am after.
I can now logout whenever I choose. Wonderful.
Even better, the site has speeded up and a host of other problems I was having with it have disappeared.
MB,
An old friend of ours tried to register here as Aspitriglos, but now says
"Now I am in a total deadlock.
Can't log in because password is rejected.
Requested new passwords don't reach me.
New registration under other name is rejected because "There is already
one registered under that email address".
Could you try to find the site admin to delete that registration, so I can
try anew.
"
Could you clear it out please so he can retry? And maybe say so here so he can see it?
Thanks very much.
Quote from: beagle on September 26, 2006, 04:30:56 PM
MB,
An old friend of ours tried to register here as Aspitriglos, but now says...
I deleted the account. It looked normal. The account was registered and activated.
MB
Very odd. I just had 3 or 4 pop-ups telling me I had a PM on this site, but no such PM was listed.
Dear MB,
I have this tiny problem...
All the topic names appear in red. It's not that I don't like it, but it's very difficult to read it on the dark background and it hurts my eyes a little.
And I'd like to ask something. Back in the Other Place I Won't Be Mentioning I had the title of Alcohol Boy, written under my name. I got vey used to it and I like it very much. What I wanted to ask you, is it possible to get this title, instead of the title of newbie?
Thanks...
Maybe MB should make sure you qualify by putting you through a certain drinking game test. Along the lines of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Puff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Puff)
but "Here's to the health of Cardinal Toadfish".
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on September 28, 2006, 03:49:47 PM
And I'd like to ask something. Back in the Other Place I Won't Be Mentioning I had the title of Alcohol Boy, written under my name. I got vey used to it and I like it very much. What I wanted to ask you, is it possible to get this title, instead of the title of newbie?
Thanks...
Hi Kiyoodle,
If you go to the place where you added your avatar, there is field where you can add you personal text. This will do the job for you.
Nick
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on September 28, 2006, 03:49:47 PM
Dear MB,
I have this tiny problem...
All the topic names appear in red. It's not that I don't like it, but it's very difficult to read it on the dark background and it hurts my eyes a little.
And I'd like to ask something. Back in the Other Place I Won't Be Mentioning I had the title of Alcohol Boy, written under my name. I got vey used to it and I like it very much. What I wanted to ask you, is it possible to get this title, instead of the title of newbie?
Thanks...
I changed your title.
For the red topic names hit refresh on your browser. The style sheet had to get updated because I had a double doctype in my html.
MB
Yay... thanks! I really appreciate this!
You get an applaud from me directly!
;D
I tried to send Darren a PM, but I have a sneaking suspicion it didn't work. If it did, Darren, please post here.
Thal
WOW. "View the most recent posts on the forum" makes reviewing the latest posts a snap. This will make modding and smiting a breeze.
Getting a lot of "Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again." errors. Including when I tried to edit this into the above post. Any suggestions?
Oh, and "Your session timed out while posting. Please try to re-submit your message." when trying to post.
Delete the Cookie and try again. (worked for me :P )
It's hit-and-miss. Sometimes a couple of previews clear it up (resets cookie?).
Try using the forum outside of Joomla by going to toadfishmonastery.com/forum. Sorry. All this should be cleared up by this weekend.
MB
Minor issues. Glad we've got you to cover 'em!
I think this may be a recurring problem. At least, I have heard other people complain of it...
The text box for the chat is black with black lettering...rather impossible to read.
Try refreshing your browser. If that doesn't work tell me what browser you are using. That should have been corrected Sunday night.
MB
Darren, I manually reset Al Dante's Password via the Administrator panel, and emailed it to him. It tells him "Password Incorrect". ???
Does it still say that or did you fix it? Sorry. I am a little slow today. :wheelchair:
MB
I did it again twice (from the Home page and from the Forum (???)
I've emailed him that one and he's gonna try again... :-\
Hmmm... He has zero post. I think I have had to delete accounts with zero post. Every time I believe.
MB
Another way of clearing up some problems for MicroS**t users is apply registry repair fixes available from the MicroS**t site..... any, all, :beta: :beta: :beta: :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: :taz: :taz: :taz:
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on October 03, 2006, 12:38:34 AM
Try refreshing your browser. If that doesn't work tell me what browser you are using. That should have been corrected Sunday night.
MB
Thanx MB. That worked.
Quote from: Agujjim on September 29, 2006, 08:38:15 PM
Getting a lot of "Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again." errors. Including when I tried to edit this into the above post. Any suggestions?
Oh, and "Your session timed out while posting. Please try to re-submit your message." when trying to post.
Still getting both errors here.... and have tried logging in and out. Sometimes I get the second error when trying to logout. :P
Usually have to preview before posting to clear it up, but certain things still catch me... sometimes can't applaud. Deleting cookie may help... I'll check as I haven't done it on this comp yet.
What browser are you using? Are you using the forum wrapped in Joomla or stand-alone?
MB
Firefox, Joomla-wrapped. Didn't twig I could go standalone (though thinking back I noticed this in other posts... didn't register).
Better to go stand-alone? Errors are sporadic and unpredictable, and not major at the moment.
It's really odd. I use FireFox/Joomla wrapped also but I haven't see a Session Timeout since I upgraded the forum. Maybe it's cause I am admin?
It might make a difference to go stand-alone.
MB
Okay. I am not an admin now. Let's see if I can post. ;D
I'm a little slow most days, but at least I keep at it.
The only technical difficulty I'm having now is that when I PM here, I get a wild, wavy line of text where I'm quite certain buttons are meant to be that would read "Quote with reply", etc.
Otherwse, it's working great!
That's I CSS bug that I have yet to look at. ;D
MB
No big whoop. The function still works, it just wants to be prettier.
:istad:
Hmmm....
I was having a really odd problem with admin functions. I deleted my cookies and it all went away. All I see know is the bug with PM buttons.
Anybody else still having problems?
Off topic. Who is exanglo? I noticed he/she registered but has not clicked on the confirmation email.
MB
New-ish Omnian crossing over to the dark side. ;) Not a spambot.
BTW... haven't heard from the Shoe yet, so I've no idea if he's got things working or not.
I think I see another clue to the session verification problem. I have my FireFox browser set to remember me but IE6 is not. I get the session verification bug in IE6 not in FireFox. Anybody think of anything else? ;D
MB
No but I can throw a spanner in the works or a fly in the ointment or maybe a red herring. I am using IE6 without remember me and I don't have the problem (W2K) - but I used to get it but even then I didn't have remember me set. Being MS maybe it depends which bit of the registry is corrupt. ;D
I'm using IE6 (set to remember me). I get session verification problems the second time (separate logon) that I click on Admin. And yes, I have to delete the cookie to fix it,
I have FireFox set to remember me.... ???
I'm using IE6 (set to remember me). I get session verification problems about once or twice a day. No discernable pattern, sometimes it works (actually most times) then I will get an error. The error can happen the first time I attempt to paste/applaud/change profile etc in a session or it can (less often) occur during a session when I have previously been posting OK.
When I get an error, I go to http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/ (http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/), which I have saved as a favorite, and log off and back on there and that fixes things. If you get these problems I suggest you might like to follow the link and add it to your favourites.
BTW, after fixing the problem, if I go "Back" to the previous page, rather than navigating to it by typing the URL or clicking on the usual favorite link, the error returns and has to be "fixed" again. Don't know if all this helps find out what's going on, but I am sure everyone here appreciated the efforst being made to fix the problems.
Nick
I've added the monastery to the top of my favorite places list also, it is definitely "my favorite place" on the web!
OK, for the FIRST time ever, I got a Session Error.
I was trying to Applaud somebody. Must be contagious...Aggie :o
;)
Now it won't let me post this...
"
The following error or errors occurred while posting this message:
Your session timed out while posting. Please try to re-submit your message. "
FEH...
And then it worked...???
Quote from: Quasimodo (The Meromorph) on October 13, 2006, 01:24:47 AM
I'm using IE6 (set to remember me). I get session verification problems the second time (separate logon) that I click on Admin. And yes, I have to delete the cookie to fix it,
When I have that problem I have been clicking logout (no matter how many times it takes) and then log back in and it works.
MB
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on October 14, 2006, 04:19:33 AM
OK, for the FIRST time ever, I got a Session Error.
I was trying to Applaud somebody. Must be contagious...Aggie :o
;)
Now it won't let me post this...
"
The following error or errors occurred while posting this message:
Your session timed out while posting. Please try to re-submit your message. "
FEH...
It's supposed to say something like you can't change karma more than once an hour. If you're wrapped in Joomla you get this message first then you get the session timeout problem. If you're using smf standalone you don't get this error.
Mongo not know.
Is OK, Mongo. Me not know either...
It fix self, and me happy pawn in game of life. :D
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on October 14, 2006, 11:36:48 AM
It's supposed to say something like you can't change karma more than once an hour.
Hey, I like that !!!! Banish the happy clappies. Let's have real meaning to our Karma. :D :D :D
Just one quick note to our tech admin extraordinaire: when accessing the site from www.toadfishmonastery.com I get a 'page doesn't exist' but when I remove the 'www.' it works. It might be something with the DNS.
Just to let you know. ;)
Hmmm.... I get redirected to toadfishmonastery.com which is the way it is setup. Do you still confirm this problem?
Thanks,
MB
I just tried and it is working fine. It may have been the DNS of my ISP, afterwards I had to refresh a number of pages.
Thanks anon! I would rather hear about such things as not hear. :D
MB, my Duje! It's come to our attention that comments cannot be made by siblings wishing to comment in the Museum Gallery comment boxes. Anything we can do about that?
Hi Opsa,
Who cannot make comments? Are they logged in?
MB
I was logged in and coul'nae make nor read the comments...Remember, I are a technodoofus.
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on January 09, 2007, 01:23:48 AM
I was logged in and coul'nae make nor read the comments...Remember, I are a technodoofus.
You clicked on the picture to see it full right? Not full screen just full. Like here (http://toadfishmonastery.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=4&page=view&catid=1).
Worked Ok for me.
BN
I can see the comments but cannot add or edit them.
If you want try logging out and back in. ???
Didn't change anything... :-\
My Darren996 login is fine. He's just registered.
What do you see? No red Xs to delete comments and no add comments box? You can see the boxes that say garbage like "Nice Pic!"?
I changed you to a Publisher. Let me know if that makes a difference.
I'm such a technodoofus my computer committed suicide...
It's been wanting to for months, and finally did. If I ever have my own computer to screw up, instead of Dan's, i'll try again.
I seem to have lost the ability to upload content.
I looked and looked for the "upload content" menu link, but it seems to'ave vanished.
Anyone have any thoughts?
(and I can't seem to locate the LOGOUT link as well... *sigh* )
Oooookaaaay. I STILL don't see "log out".
But. I noticed a tiny (really REALLY small) red "dot" underneath my log statistics (at the left side of the form).
I hovered over it, but nothing "popd up".
Experimentally, I clicked it.
Viola! It logged me out.
A log-back in, and NOW I have the "upload content" and other menu items.
But, I STILL don't have "log out" (except for that cryptic tiny red dot ;D )
I guess, in the words of Rosanne-Rosanna-Danna:
"Never Mind"
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on January 09, 2007, 04:16:49 AM
My Darren996 login is fine. He's just registered.
What do you see? No red Xs to delete comments and no add comments box? You can see the boxes that say garbage like "Nice Pic!"?
I changed you to a Publisher. Let me know if that makes a difference.
Nope, no change. :(
Edit:
I tried Bob's trick and I got
An Error Has Occurred!
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again.
And it wouldn't log me out... ::)
Sometimes mine logs me out when I take a long time to write a post, but I just go to the home page and it automatically logs me back in again. I'm not even sure i know how to log out.
I don't think I can upload any pictures in the gallery, either. (Poor MB, he's probably hiding!) I did manage to re-name some of the toadfish photos, though.
Try going to http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php (http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum/index.php) and then selecting logout.
I found when I was having these problems earlier that doing this seemed to work and resolved any little problems I was having. Haven't had any recently so I cannot verify that this still works, but it might be worth a try.
I'm not sure why this makes any difference but it just seemed that "going naked" on the forums helps somehow.
Bluenose
If you have problems logging out just keep punching the button 'til it logs you out. The logout button at the top of the forum is as good as the one in the left column menu.
I am so sorry these problems exist. I just don't have them myself so it is difficult for me to troubleshoot.
MB
This may help...
I normally come direct to the forums...
I tried going to the Monastery home first, it didn't help. ::)
I logged out of the forums, after going in direct.
I logged in at the Monastery Home.
Then it worked! :o
Now it works from both! :D
For those that don't know. The forum program is SMF. Joomla is wrapping SMF. When you see the Toadfish Monastery picture at the top you are wrapped in Joomla. If your browser URL starts with http://toadfishmonastery.com/forum then you are unwrapped.
If you are having trouble with a particular problem with something try logging in and out from Joomla (wrapped) then try it again.
If you get that Session Verification error don't hit the back button, just keep punching logout.
Mero,
Thanks for your help with this. Let me ask you this. What worked when you logged in from Joomla.
MB
The session things turns up for me in the last 2 days occasionally.
Usually copying the content, closing the window and then call the thread again (paste the copied part and hit Post immediately after) works.
is there maybe a timer that blocks Post that are not sent within a certain time after calling the reply menu to create a post?
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on January 11, 2007, 11:01:49 AM
Mero,
Thanks for your help with this. Let me ask you this. What worked when you logged in from Joomla.
MB
The Toadfish Gallery, editing, adding comments, etc. The mysterious buttons people had been talking about appeared and worked...
BTW, Is this what you referring to when you poisoned my mind with an image of you 'posting unwrapped'?
I thought you meant posting naked! Perhaps my reaction makes more sense now you know that?
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on January 11, 2007, 12:08:10 AM
If you have problems logging out just keep punching the button 'til it logs you out. The logout button at the top of the forum is as good as the one in the left column menu.
Hmm. I don't see any logout button in either place.
Can we put pictures in the gallery yet?
The logout-button in the Joomla version is a small red circle on the left, under the login form, right under the "Show new replies to your posts" part.
Ohhhhh... ::)
What would I do without you, Alcohol Boy?
Thanks!
Quote from: Swatopluk on January 11, 2007, 12:13:22 PM
The session things turns up for me in the last 2 days occasionally.
Usually copying the content, closing the window and then call the thread again (paste the copied part and hit Post immediately after) works.
is there maybe a timer that blocks Post that are not sent within a certain time after calling the reply menu to create a post?
Nope. It's just a bug... Try *copy* *go back one page* *refresh* then try your post again.
I think I need to reinstall SMF and Joomla.
Quote from: Opsanus tau on January 11, 2007, 07:35:52 PM
Hmm. I don't see any logout button in either place.
Can we put pictures in the gallery yet?
The logout button in the upper left would only appear in the forum.
You should be able to upload pictures to the gallery. Click the upload media button (http://toadfishmonastery.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&page=mediamgr&Itemid=4) in the User Menu.
MB
Quote from: Opsanus tau on January 11, 2007, 10:31:12 PM
What would I do without you, Alcohol Boy?
:blush:
You're testing my humbleness. ;D
You're welcome Opsa, it's always a pleasure to be of service.
I'll see if I can upgrade the forum tomorrow morning.
I went ahead and did it just now.
Is everything still working?
MB
Wow! I finally duplicated it!
Looks like if you leave the forum open wrapped then come back in after a while and try to post you get the session verification file error.
I don't have this problem at sedonaview.com I believe. Can someone verify that?
MB
I have been having some technical difficulties.
First one was an "Internal Error" (a 505 I think) and the second one was a Joomla window saying that the monastery is unavailable.
Both happened tonight.
The second one happened already once during the week.
Is there some work going on on Joomla or the Monastery? Or is it me?
I got that too... probably a DreamHost blip, as it knocked out another DreamHosted site I visit. The message seems to depend on whether you are trying to hit the forum or the main page.
They seem to happen on a semi-regular basis and not last too long....
Me too. Few times last few days.
DreamHost and buy sites just don't go together.
Yeh - I hadn't bothered to mention it as had noticed similar probs with another DreamHost site at the same time....
Maybe they just need to rename the Dream part of their name?
Quote from: Griffin NoName The Watson of Sherlock on March 26, 2007, 11:36:26 PM
Me too. Few times last few days.
Me three. I just go take a nap, and it's all better when I get up again!
When I am a few paychecks into my new job I am getting business FIOS and a new server. I start the 29th. ;D
Yeay MB! You go, Duje!
:hug:
DreamHost is just awful. Everything else is worse or un-affordable. Business FIOS and a new server should be the bomb-digity. ;D Dual 64 bit Xeons, Adaptec SATA II raid card with five 300Gb drives set for RAID V.
Any linux gurus out there?
It'll be shared with all my other sites but they don't get that much traffic.
Unix but not Linux.
It's about the same is it not? I've played with Linux. I have setup a shared hosting environment but I am not a guru. It'd be good to have some help.
Do you know if there are any distros setup for shared hosting out of the box? If there isn't it would be sweet to do that considering the availability of business FIOS and the price of dedicated hosting.
I've never explored differences between Linux and bare Unix. My unix is solid and extensive apart from I never patched the kernel. So theoretically Linux ought to be a doddle.
I don't know of any shared hosting environments out of the box, but I'd be surprised if there aren't any - theoretically. Are you talking about hosting your own sites on your own server? I have known a few people do this; don't underestimate the hassle and time it takes !!
I do code development on Linux and Windows and Solaris, but don't know a lot about web technologies on Linux (I worked for a web company until recently, but was on the Windows Server/IIS side).
I would have thought it'll be pretty similar to Solaris or other big Unixes for you (except you'll get to spend less time with fsck ;) ). The installation of something like SuSe is much more automated and easy than most big Unixes I know, but unless you check the install screens carefully it might default to installing every bit of freeware ever written in a back bedroom.
The obvious stuff still applies, install the minimum stuff you need, patch it, check at CERT etc for known vulnerabilities, run the fewest daemons you can and use Iptables/Ipchains and/or a hardware firewall.
Use the automatic update program etc. As compared to Aix/Solaris etc you need to be aware that there will be stuff on the supplied disks with security holes in; e.g. three or four ftp servers of which hairy Linux gurus know never to use two (actually most would only ever use SSH, but you get the point).
I like Suse (though I liked it more before Novell took it over), but others favour Red Hat or Debian (the Linux flavour favoured by true Linux afficionados seems to change every month, and there are hundreds of them).
One thing to watch out for is that exotic hardware may not be supported for some time (until somebody keen writes the driver). More a problem with new graphics cards in desktops than with the sort of industry standard Xeon/Adaptec server hardware you describe.
You almost certainly know this already, but twin Xeon machines sometimes have fans that sound like an RB211 at full thrust. I wouldn't plan on keeping one in your living room.
The first server I ran was Fedora Core 4. Fedora was pretty easy to setup and maintain. Doing the weird stuff was an adventure to say the least. I set up Samba once and actually got it working. What a nightmare, but I don't need that stuff.
I need a firewall which I may run on a separate machine. I need Apache, PHP, MySQL and SFTP. All that I have done, but it would be nice to have a second set of eyes on it. I guess I need X11 so someone else can look at it. I've done that to. Is X11 secure over the Internet? Maybe we need VPN too.
I have run a bunch of different distros of Linux and they all install a lot of junk. It's pretty easy to un-select it all.
My last server had big noisy fans. I placed the server on the other side of the house so I wouldn't bother me. After a while you kind of tune it out.
I don't like Suse much since they are in bed with Micro$oft now.
There's no hurry to get off DreamHost. I'll get everything setup to our liking and then switch one of my other sites over to the new server and see how it goes. My sites are constantly under attack by hackers according to the logs so any security problems should be readily evident.
I'd be very wary of using X11 over the internet outside of a VPN or similar. I might be out of date, but it was always considered a forest of security problems, and in my last place they wouldn't put it on public servers at all, even if outside access was blocked by the firewall.
Maybe someone here is more up to date on this.
Yep, I always found Samba a pain to set up; generally pinched the samba.conf (or is it smb.conf?) from a working machine and nudged it in the right direction.
In my experience the security area that tends to get most overlooked is SQL Insertion, but I'm sure all your PHP is beautifully executed using stored procedures, as of course is my web stuff (cough).
I used to use Bob Toxen's book "Real World Linux Security", but don't know if it's still considered a standard.
X11 on VPN should be fine. I'll block it at the firewall so it can't get out except in VPN.
Most all the stuff here is third party. I keep up with the updates. There's not a lot going on here.
I'll have to check out that book. Thanks for the tip!
I think I will use this Linux distro:
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition
I've heard good things about it, but not used myself.
My Linux experience is mainly code development on SuSE, and use of Exim as a MTA front-end for a Windows Server domain Exchange environment (the thought of connecting Exchange directly to the internet through ISA server scared the willies out of me, both products being so complicated I never felt totally confident you could be sure they were locked down). Call me paranoid; Watchguard firewall with automatic intrusion detection to iptables firewall to Exim, rejecting many mime types and running three commercial virus engines and clamav and Spamassassin, to Microsoft ISA server to Exchange running another virus checker.
There seems to be a problem with the calendar (or maybe it's just me).
The link on the left (above the logout button) says that the calendar is "disabled".
I can access it via the homepage, but it seems I am not able to make any modifications in it... I wanted to add Darlica's Birthday to the events.
Is it me, or is the calendar really disabled?
That's a Joomla-SMF issue.
Both Joomla and SMF offer a calendar. Since multiple calendars are a bit redundant, we use the Joomla calendar, not the SMF calendar.
The Joomla calendar can be accessed by hitting the "events" link on the left, nearer the top, outside of the forum-related "box." You can add and such from there.
In a bit, I'll look into editing or removing the SMF calendar link to avoid confusion.
Thanks!
It's weird. It appears that although I can access the calendar from the homepage (was able to do it earlier as well), it seems that I'm not really able to edit/add events.
Either I am blind and can't see the buttons that there have been earlier, or somehow I'm restricted from doing so.
(anyway, could someone add Darlica's and Pachy's birthdays to the calendar, so I don't forget it later, please?)
Ooh, I totally forgot I was supposed to do that.
Removed the dysfunctional SMF link, made the Joomla link up top read "Calendar."
Gotta run - don't have time to add birthdays. Will look into later.
Quote from: Kiyoodle the Gambrinous on August 19, 2007, 01:23:20 AM
It's weird. It appears that although I can access the calendar from the homepage (was able to do it earlier as well), it seems that I'm not really able to edit/add events.
Either I am blind and can't see the buttons that there have been earlier, or somehow I'm restricted from doing so.
(anyway, could someone add Darlica's and Pachy's birthdays to the calendar, so I don't forget it later, please?)
If you'd like to try and do it yourself, just make sure you login from the home page. You should be able to add the events. Let me know if you have trouble.
I tried it several times. I always login via the homepage.
There's just no "add event" or "modify event" button for me. There was one some time ago, but there's none now.
Or I am blind...
Did you click on a calendar date? There should be two links that look like "Add an Event" and "My Events" at the bottom of the main window of the calendar.
Here's what I get by clicking an event:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/calendar.jpg)
And here's the bottom of the page:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/calendar2.jpg)
(sorry for the large size, but I couldn't get it smaller, as it got too small to recognize things)
I see that when I upgraded my configuration was lost. Try it now and see what you get.
The next thing we should work on is your Shout box. It doesn't look right.
OK, Everything fine with the calendar now.
The shoutbox looks fine on the homepage, it looks like in the picture only when in the calendar.
Thanks for your help!
Alpaca, see how funny the Shout box looks on a calendar page? The Shout box should only appear on the home page. It appears that the calendar thinks it is on the home page. I surmise this from the page title. What do you think the problem is here? I'm kinda befuddled. ???
I'll hack around and see what I can come up with.
Edit: Okay, should be fixed. It was weird. Something's wrong with the calendar component, apparently. The link on the left was one of those nifty Joomla "link to component" things, but that link was trying to go to some malformed URL. Upon trying to fix it, I discovered that the events calendar wasn't in the list of available components.
Naturally, when confronted with a deeper problem like this, I did the only right thing - I circumvented it with a lame hack instead of fixing the root cause. :mrgreen: The link is now a simple URL-based deal, and should work fine.
Quote from: AlpacaThe link is now a simple URL-based deal, and should work fine.
Well, I still get that weird shoutbox in the calendar... :)
And MB, I forgot to thank you for fixing my problem... Thanks... :)
Interesting, Kiyo. You're going there from the link on the left, right? No bookmark or anything? Refresh and clear cache and all. After that, if the problem persists, post another screenshot, woncha?
Did as you said, cleared cache etc, but the problem persists:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i5/bronko84/calendar3.jpg)
I access it via the homepage, the link on the right.
I've tried to ust the weird shoutbox and wrote something in it (it is possible to write in it). Pushing the send button, brought me back to the homepage, without the thing I've wrote appearing. The button "smileys" didn't bring any reaction. The "sound" button actually shut down the sound of the shoutbox and stayed that way in the homepage...
The general problem: The shoutbox has multiple elements. One or more of these elements think that the calendar page is the homepage. One or more think that it isn't. Some things work, some things don't.
I'll work on it a bit. By the way, does the problem still occur if you go directly to the following url: http://toadfishmonastery.com/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=29
Edit: Okay, assuming that the above URL works fine, then the problem ought to be fixed.
Note for MB: Incredibly, incredibly nasty hard-coded hacking needed to fix. See calendar module's PHP file. Admin panel option didn't work the correct way.
The shoutbox is gone from the calendar. Great work 'Paca!
Whew. Thanks.
When I go to Serious/Science and click "Great Speaking Cephalopods! Squid Language?" I get
Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 72351744) (tried to allocate 131052 bytes) in /home/.lars/toadfish996/toadfishmonastery.com/components/com_smf/smf.class.php on line 341
I'm confuzzled. I'm USUALLY confuzzled though, so it's not uncomfortable or anything... :mrgreen:
I've seen it also. If you get that then just try again. We only get 60Mb of ram with NightmareHost so if we go over something gets squashed. It was you that time.
Maybe we should all be rationed :ROFL:
MB, memory allocation errors were coming up for me a few days ago, too, but for different topics. Cephalopod topic wasn't posted yet.
I suspect it's either a shared hosting thing, or an "SMF-doesn't-clear-out-memory-after-use" thing for high traffic times.
Theoretically it should just cause a wait or a nice message would be even better - patience, all your friends are overloading our system. My bets a mixture of bugs and those fancy things called "limitations" +/- one of Alpaca's guesses. Otherwise it would happen more, although that argument doesn't entirely wash with suddenly happening two times in a couple of days.....
Could be the change in bridges. I'll check the cache settings.
Caching disabled. It says right on it that if you have memory problems disable this feature bug.
Quote from: MentalBlock996 on August 22, 2007, 12:13:45 AM
Caching disabled. It says right on it that if you have memory problems disable this feature bug.
Yeh! Right!
** has that phrase caught on in the US?
I can't download attachments (like Bluenose's above).
I get "page not found" and/or "unable to find server".
My settings are all set to allow downloads.
Anyone else got this problem?