I've brought the site back up.
I am NOT finished ... though all of the database critical stuff in which it would be bad if folks tried to roam around is done. As there was a nice tidily long list of folks who decided to try to roam around anyway even during the downtime window, I tried to get all the critical stuffage done and out of the way so the Forum Addictions could be fed. :P
That being said, I do know of a fair number of things that still need to be taken care of.
For right now, though, I'm getting out of work and going home.
I'll post again when I get there.
I was just checking to see if it was fixed yet or not! ;D
Of course.. I did start doing that at 9 am... and came back.. every hour or so.... :P
I noticed. And yes, it caused issues. And no, it didn't break anything per se` that couldn't be fixed. And no, you weren't the only one who was persistant. And yes, when it got particularly troublesome and time consuming, I insituted bans. :P
All of those have been removed now, however.
Going forward, there are a number of things that I am aware of and will continue working on throughout tonight and tomorrow.
- Blogs are intact, but they did not import properly.
- Most pictures imported, but without actual names ... these will need to be edited in by hand.
- Any picture that was outside acceptable dimension size was not imported, and will need to be entered in individually.
- Entering in a Shout while posting at the same time may cause the page to refresh.
- Attached pictures in posts may be cut off for some.
- Downloadable media did not import and will need to be re-uploaded by hand.
- User statistics data is still raw and needs to readjusted.
- Some group and user permissions need to be adjusted for some side blocks.
- Quote DB did not import at all, though the old one is archived.
- The ability to "ignore" individual boards is no longer functional, although one can still collapse individual categories.
The above are the major ones ... there are other ones as well.
When I'm done with all that, I'll post further on a number of the changed and added features.
*snuggles Ime*
stop. This is enough for today and tomorrow. Eventually everything will be back again, when you can get to it.
Thank you. We are truly blessed by your gift of time and talent.
:smitten:
I only checked three times today, but that was to put up my important announcement.
But now I forget what it was. Oh well.
Oh cool I like the birthday thing on the side. Happy Birthday, Katu and Hennac.
I logged out of the site at 7:51am! I was a good girl!
And Danke Ime!
:bdg
ooo. I forgot to log out...
But I left at 6am or so my time and didn't come back until 6:30pm. Got the admin log in. Then when I err...heh. Checked back at 7 or so, it was up!
Good thing I was away most of the day. Or I'd've been banned too.
I popped in the morning, and forgot that the site was down. Once I realized it, I really did try to stay away. I didn't attempt too many times, I don't think.
*raises a hand shamefaced*
Got Blogs working. I will admit that the other system for blogs was much more configurable and nice. I'm going to see if there's a way I can "call" on the old system just for bloggage. Dunno. Something to ponder.
The Downloads button .. well, I'll get that fixed. I lost the one I was going to use somewhere :o ???
Downloads Button fixed.
Chat down earlier today, now back up, with handy dandy new button.
Issues with overlarge sigfile images fixed
Erm, so how exactly do I edit the descriptions of the pictures? XO PM'd to say I should have access to, but I jsut went in and can't figure it out ...
:gld ... actually I AM stupid ....
Does that mean you figured it out?
Nope, it means i'm stupid. :(
Me go snag XO and go look.
I'm very confused by the gallery.
#1, there's a bunch of stuff simply missing. For example I uploaded a bunch of screenshots from EoF beta, only one is there but there were many more than that in the gallery.
#2, I can't edit any of the images to change their names or comments, so I went through last week and added comments to all the ones I could remember. Now I see some of the images I commented on have had totally different changes made different from my comments, some of them have been added as comments below the picture but the actual change I was requesting hasn't been made, and other times nothing's changed at all ...
Totally confused ... how can I fix the images I uploaded? If someone can tell me the best way in small words that would be very helpful. :)
Quoteadded comments to all the ones I could remember. Now I see some of the images I commented on have had totally different changes made different from my comments, some of them have been added as comments below the picture but the actual change I was requesting hasn't been made, and other times nothing's changed at all ...
This, I can explain. Comments have to be approved. Once approved, they are added by the software as comments below the picture. Last night I went through the gallery, picture by picture and edited the picture, adding the Title based upon the information given in the comment. In some cases, I "condensed" or reworded to make the Title less lengthy. In some other cases, I deleted the comment if I used the entire comment, sometimes not.
I did not go through the entire current gallery, as it is somewhat time consuming. Was only able to make it through the first category. Thus, whilst some pictures have comments and no titles, some have comments and titles, and some have only titles. Also, I did not delete any pictures even if the comment suggested it "should" be, due to the fact that management prefers nothing be deleted.
Quote#1, there's a bunch of stuff simply missing. For example I uploaded a bunch of screenshots from EoF beta, only one is there but there were many more than that in the gallery.
This I answered here, earlier in this thread:
Any picture that was outside acceptable dimension size was not imported, and will need to be entered in individually. The old gallery and the new one are not the same ... ergo, I had to do a bulk import ... Images entered individually get resized if they are too big ... images entered by bulk if oversized simply don't get imported, thus needing a manual entering. I simply haven't gotten the time to do this yet.
All members have the rights to edit/delete etc any image they themselves upload into the current system. As I (as Webninja) imported the bulk of what is in there they are tagged by the software as being "owned" by me.
Ime, what can we do to make this enormous task less time consuming for you?
Ah! Enlightenment! It just seemed odd to me that some things were changed and some weren't, but now that makes sense. :)
What Lyrima said!
I ~think~ I have around 90% of them titled now. The ones left without a proper title are mainly the WoW pics in Sagafamily In Game and some pictures in Funky Woojoo ... and a couple baby pics ... Babies look all the same to me ... ;) :smiley6600:
Aye. I hear you. I am reminded of Bill Cosby every time I am asked to coo over a baby. He said in one of his old comedy routines that after his wife gave birth to their baby he looked at her and said "My dear, you have given birth to a lizard!"
"All babies look like Winston Churchill to Cerebus." - Cerebus