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January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 28 Jan 2017, 12:07
by Jools
Our forum will go offline at 1300 GMT today so I can install phpBB 3.2. Although this is forum software, it also is at the backbone of the site in terms of the templating engine, security and much of the layout too. It also means we can upgrade to running on the php7 platform which is about 15% faster than current versions.
It's interesting to note we installed phpBB v2.0 in 2003 (IIRC), V3 came in 2007. So,we've been running it for nearly 15 years - a long time in internet terms.
Overview of the major new features here:
https://www.phpbb.com/about/launch/
I will post here when we are back online, I would expect a fair amount of fine tuning the layout etc once I've got the upgrade done.
Cheers,
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 28 Jan 2017, 20:36
by Jools
Well, we are back up. A lot of layout / tuning to do!
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 28 Jan 2017, 21:27
by bekateen
Thanks as always for keeping this site up and modern.
I know you're in the early stages of tweaking the formatting, so this is no criticism whatsoever. But I want to share this photo, showing what I saw (using mobile phone) on the forum page just a few moments ago. I laughed with gusto trying to imagine what I was seeing.
Good luck, Jools.
Cheers, Eric
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 11:08
by Jools
Hi Eric,
So the good news is that particular layout issue is fixed. Building a few behind the scenes things at present. Going to focus on layout tonight and tomorrow morning. I think once that time has past then it's time to start "snagging".
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 15:05
by bekateen
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 17:31
by Colin Keightley
Is my cats and my aquaria part of the upgrade too?
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 17:52
by Jools
Yes, it is, every page on the site. I think my cats is broken, looking at that now...
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 18:42
by Colin Keightley
Sorry thats kind of what I was getting at, one of those things that seems clear in your own head but if you read it back makes not a lot of sense.
Dont envy your huge task I run a club website using BB2 and has been since 2005 im being pushed to update the site but its been heavily modified so is a very daunting task.
What did you use to convert the forum database to BB3
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 19:04
by CarpCharacin
I noticed a few issues. in 3.2, a lot of the image icons are replaced with Font Awesome including the editor icons, and those aren't showing up.
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 19:05
by CarpCharacin
Colin Keightley wrote: ↑29 Jan 2017, 18:42
What did you use to convert the forum database to BB3
I'm pretty sure that there is a built in converter.
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 30 Jan 2017, 06:46
by Jools
Colin Keightley wrote: ↑29 Jan 2017, 18:42What did you use to convert the forum database to BB3
phpbb2 to phpbb3 requires you create a new instance; so it's something you can play with in a production environment without too much pain. However, that takes you to phpbb3.0. 9 years on, we're at 3.2, I think you need to do the 3.0 to 3.1 and then to 3.2 upgrades one after the other. Mods mostly won't work as you work through these, fewer and fewer do but then many features that you used to need mods for are now part of the core build. I'd say it was worth doing if for no other reason that security.
Hope that helps,
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 30 Jan 2017, 06:48
by Jools
CarpCharacin wrote: ↑29 Jan 2017, 19:04
I noticed a few issues. in 3.2, a lot of the image icons are replaced with Font Awesome including the editor icons, and those aren't showing up.
Yup, they're fixed now. Overall page layout and colours need tweaks. I don't think uploading will work (it's been re-written in phpBB3.2 and I need to find out how). Let me know issues as you find them, we've got the core platform up and running now. That was a big one!
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 30 Jan 2017, 13:32
by lfinley58
Hi Jools and all.
I have noted that all text on the site is of a smaller font size than it was before the upgrade (everywhere else I go is unchanged). Is this size change part of the upgrade?
Lee F.
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 18:41
by CarpCharacin
When I click on the "My Blogs" link by your username, it just says this
Also, the font size seems kind of small.
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 02 Feb 2017, 21:37
by CarpCharacin
I noticed another issue. You don't show up as an administrator on the team page Jools.
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 03 Feb 2017, 07:39
by bekateen
Hi Jools, on AquaticRepublic, I tried to add a spawning report for Copella arnoldi, but received the following error:
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'fileupload' not found in /home/webcat/aquaticrepublic.com/common/includes/my_blog_validate.php:38 Stack trace: #0 /home/webcat/aquaticrepublic.com/common/my_blog.php(238): require_once() #1 /home/webcat/aquaticrepublic.com/common/my_blog.php(101): arn_myblog_guts(NULL, 2760, 902, 0, 'validate', 'bekateen') #2 {main} thrown in /home/webcat/aquaticrepublic.com/common/includes/my_blog_validate.php on line 38
Cheers, eric
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 04 Feb 2017, 11:34
by Atmichaels
Error when trying to "change species, keep data" from my cats:
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'fileupload' not found in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/common/my_fish.php:250 Stack trace: #0 /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/common/my_fish.php(98): arn_my_fish_guts(45764, '6777', 'validate', 'change_species_...', 'Atmichaels', '') #1 {main} thrown in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/common/my_fish.php on line 250
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 07 Feb 2017, 12:52
by Silurus
Images on the top left corner are partially obscuring the "quick links" menu:
- Screen Shot 2017-02-07 at 8.48.57 PM.jpg (31 KiB) Viewed 24188 times
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 08 Feb 2017, 19:36
by flatfish
Hi, I have been sent a my cats update reminder email to update a species that I only added yesterday. cheers
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 26 Feb 2017, 09:55
by Jools
flatfish wrote: ↑08 Feb 2017, 19:36
Hi, I have been sent a my cats update reminder email to update a species that I only added yesterday. cheers
Can you send me the email - I'll check out the details.
Cheers,
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 26 Feb 2017, 09:58
by Jools
Silurus wrote: ↑07 Feb 2017, 12:52
Images on the top left corner are partially obscuring the "quick links" menu:
Screen Shot 2017-02-07 at 8.48.57 PM.jpg
The text size (across all platforms) is now correct (and final, hopefully!). This means the hamburger / quick links bit should be reasonably easy to hit. I am planning to change the navigation tabs across the top of the screen, so when I do that I will finesse the Quick Links too if they are still a bit fiddly to click on.
Cheers,
Jools
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 26 Feb 2017, 19:42
by flatfish
Hi Jools,
after your changes its working fine now.
cheers
Darren
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 14 Mar 2017, 20:19
by Koi-fantast
Not really sure on where to write this but I give it a go. It doesnt work looking at book reviews on the page. Has that got to do with any upgrade?
Re: January 2017 :: Major forum upgrade
Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 07:23
by Jools
Koi-fantast wrote: ↑14 Mar 2017, 20:19
Not really sure on where to write this but I give it a go. It doesnt work looking at book reviews on the page. Has that got to do with any upgrade?
It's not the upgrade, but the book review pages were not working. The erros (for my records) was:
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[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/books/books.php on line 11: require_once(../common/functions/display_article.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../common/functions/display_article.php' (include_path='.:') in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/books/books.php on line 11
This is now fixed. Thanks for taking the time to report.
Cheers,
Jools
