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Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 02:23 AM
Hello everyone :)

These forums were skinned and hacked in a matter of a few days by myself. Along the way there will be some changes along the way.

Todo's (17 out of 20 fixed so far):

1) <strike> Smilies</strike> - Added a load and will do a few more over the next few days
2) Table bug on header in Firebird browser - Will be fixed with final header design
3) <strike> Funny table for oversized attachments</strike> - A known bug in VB which Jelsoft are working on for VB3
4) <strike> Subforum new thread not displaying </strike> - VBulletin hack limitation but Vbulletin 3 will resolve this :)
5) <strike>Email notification</strike> - PHP bug which will be fixed before the end of the week
6) <strike>Navigation links at the bottom of the post pages</strike> - Edited Template - Fixed
7) <strike>Forum time</strike> - Fixed
8) <strike> Private message tracking is not available </strike> - Fixed
9) <strike>Buttons</strike> - New Buttons done
10) <strike> PM max limit </strike> - Fixed. Set to 400
11) <strike> Welcome panel buttons</strike> - Minor template change, fixed
12) <strike>Double Quote in PM </strike>- VBulletin bug. Fixed with new release coming soon
13) <strike>Buttons not colouring correctly on read posts </strike>- VBulletin bug in 2.3.0, will find a workaround asap but new buttons should help which are now in place
14) Milestones showing on new posts search - Looking for a hack to do that as it is hardcoded. A week max hopefully
15) <strike>Javascript bug in quick reply</strike> - Thanks to lsevald. Should now be resolved
16) <strike>Attachment upload limit</strike> - Minor config error - fixed!
17) <strike>Ad/review images changed</strike> - Done!
18) Avatars! - To-do
19) <strike>Hot Threads</strike> - Now on the page and working :)
20) <strike> Downloadable PM's hack</strike> - Not compatible with VB 2.3.0

Anymore you get.. post them here and I will add them to the list and strike them off when they are resolved :)

///EDIT/// VB3 is ever closer. I have the almost final beta on a test board running on my private /dev server. It emcompasses a tremendous amount of new features. The final "gold" code should be here within another month or two. Then an awful of problems will be resolved :)///EndEDIT///

-Dan :cool:
Keebler
4 Jun 2003, 02:27 AM
Weird problem: If a subforum was posted in last, it shows the poster from the subforum, but is shows the title from the last MAIN forum post. Hence if I post a thread “HI” in the main forum, and you post a thread titled “GO” in the subforum, it would have the title “HI” matched with your name in the latest thread column. Also, when Marc posted in programming before anyone did in Software, his name appeared on the latest post list but no title appeared at all.
Blackhawk says he only gets e-mail for PMs and not subscribed threads. It’s been confirmed by mack.
Need the chain of navigation links at the bottom of the post pages
I believe the forums are reading the server’s time (in EST) as GMT. (Hence, all times are off)
Private message tracking is not available
the buttons
PM max limit


whew... good luck with THAT... :p
mmonnin
4 Jun 2003, 02:37 AM
What a list for ya. Keebler has everything I found so far.

And go check my thread in Feedback. You will like the pic I attached as an example.
Cyclonite
4 Jun 2003, 02:42 AM
Not really a bug, but the "Mark All Forums Read" button is RIGHT below the "View New Posts" button. And, twice, I've already accidentally clicked the "Mark All Forums Read" instead of "View New Posts." It really kind of screws things up because you no longer know what is new. ;)
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 02:42 AM
1) That is a limitation of the show thread hack. I waiting for an update of it called Vbulletin 3 ;)

2) Email will be live once TK can confirm the php is working correctly. That will be resolved shortly

3) Navigation.. give me a day

4) TK will fix the time by an hour (it needs to be summer time GMT)

5) Il turn tracking on tomorrow once I have finished up the PM hack for posts. Patience.. this was launched early!

6) Buttons - Tomorrow daytime :)

7) Pm limit is 400.
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 02:43 AM
Trekky8472 said
Not really a bug, but the &quot;Mark All Forums Read&quot; button is RIGHT below the &quot;View New Posts&quot; button. And, twice, I've already accidentally clicked the &quot;Mark All Forums Read&quot; instead of &quot;View New Posts.&quot; It really kind of screws things up because you no longer know what is new. ;)
Il move it tomorrow :) its 2.42am here and I've just done a two day 600 mile round trip. Go easy on me guys! Il get to all of these in the next day or so!
Cyclonite
4 Jun 2003, 02:44 AM
No rush, pal. Go take a nap or something. :)
Keebler
4 Jun 2003, 02:50 AM
/me adds the perrenial Milestone/View New Thread issue :rolleyes:
mmonnin
4 Jun 2003, 02:51 AM
OH yeah forgot one thing. All these yellow and blue boxes that are supposed to show if you read the post or not. Well on my post above there is a yellow box which says I have not read it yet. Dont think that is right. Same goes for threads, group forums and front index page. The yellows only change to blue when you click mark all threads as read.
FAH_WW
4 Jun 2003, 09:34 AM
Back again ;)
lsevald
4 Jun 2003, 12:01 PM
I'm getting a JavaScript error in the thread views:

Line XXXX
Char XX
Unterminated string constant

I'm using IE6SP1 http://short-media.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Looks like it's the quick reply form validation code. Possibly this line which spans over several lines (in red):


&lt;script&nbsp;language=&quot;javascript&quot;&gt;
&lt;!--
var&nbsp;postmaxchars&nbsp;=&nbsp;20000;
function&nbsp;validate(theform)&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;(theform.message.value==&quot;&quot;)&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alert(&quot;Please&nbsp;complete&nbsp;the&nbsp;message&nbsp;field.&quot;);
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return&nbsp;false;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;(postmaxchars&nbsp;!=&nbsp;0)&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;(theform.message.value.length&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;20000)&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="red">alert(&quot;Your&nbsp;message&nbsp;is&nbsp;too&nbsp;long.\n\nReduce&nbsp;your&nbsp;message&nbsp;to&nbsp;20000&nbsp;characters.\nIt &nbsp;is&nbsp;

currently&nbsp;&quot;+theform.message.value.length+&quot;&nbsp;characters&nbsp;long.&quot;);</font>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return&nbsp;false;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else&nbsp;{&nbsp;return&nbsp;true;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;else&nbsp;{&nbsp;return&nbsp;true;&nbsp;}
}
function&nbsp;checklength(theform)&nbsp;{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;(postmaxchars&nbsp;!=&nbsp;0)&nbsp;{&nbsp;message&nbsp;=&nbsp;&quot;\nThe&nbsp;maximum&nbsp;permitted&nbsp;length&nbsp;is&nbsp;20000&nbsp;c haracters.&quot;;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else&nbsp;{&nbsp;message&nbsp;=&nbsp;&quot;&quot;;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alert(&quot;Your&nbsp;message&nbsp;is&nbsp;&quot;+theform.message.value.length+&quot;&nbsp;characters&nbsp;long.&quot;+mes sage);
}
//--&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;

Lasse http://short-media.com/forum/images/smilies/punch.gif
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 12:05 PM
Thank you Lasse :)

It was copied straight from a hack on VBulletin. What is the best way to fix that?
lsevald
4 Jun 2003, 12:28 PM
NP Shorty http://short-media.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif Making it into a single continous line of code should do it:


<pre>alert(&quot;Your&nbsp;message&nbsp;is&nbsp;too&nbsp;long.\n\nReduce&nbsp;your&nbsp;message&nbsp;to&nbsp;20000&nbsp;characters.\nIt &nbsp;is&nbsp;currently&nbsp;&quot;+theform.message.value.length+&quot;&nbsp;characters&nbsp;long.&quot;);</pre>

Lasse
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 12:32 PM
Lasse...

You are awesome mate! :D Il fix that in a mo. Brill!
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 02:14 PM
Done. Hopefully that will fix that bug. Lasse you are a star mate ;)
lsevald
4 Jun 2003, 02:16 PM
Looks good Shorty :)

Glad I could help,
Lasse
mmonnin
4 Jun 2003, 07:20 PM
I see the blue/yellow thing was fixed. Better colors too.
Enverex
4 Jun 2003, 07:30 PM
I have about 800 avatar images if you want a browsee.

NS
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 08:04 PM
NightShade737 said
I have about 800 avatar images if you want a browsee.

NS
How many??!! :wow:
shwaip
4 Jun 2003, 09:05 PM
I think the "Pop up a box when you receive a Private Message?" option is broken. I (being the cool guy I am) got a couple, and haven't gotten the popup.
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 09:08 PM
Mines been going all afternoon... lol .. check you arent being blocked by a stopper in a browser ;)
shwaip
4 Jun 2003, 09:18 PM
I'm running IE6 with no pop up stopper or w/e.
Keebler
4 Jun 2003, 09:24 PM
Shorty said
Mines been going all afternoon... lol .. check you arent being blocked by a stopper in a browser ;)

omg yes... trust me, it works! :p

//edit: If the page doesnt finish loading before you click a link, it will not popup.
Shorty
4 Jun 2003, 09:29 PM
General Keebler said
Shorty said
Mines been going all afternoon... lol .. check you arent being blocked by a stopper in a browser ;)

omg yes... trust me, it works! :p

//edit: If the page doesnt finish loading before you click a link, it will not popup.
That is also true! :o
LawnMM
5 Jun 2003, 10:33 AM
Here's some kinda little goof...no biggie but bug none the less. Its listing my folding sigs thread as the most recently posted in the folding forum, but jaz as the most recent poster. Jaz didn't post in my thread, he posted in a noteable milestones post.

Its displaying the thread and poster independant of eachother er somethin...
Shorty
5 Jun 2003, 10:58 AM
That could be related to displaying the subforums on the index page. Il look into that in the next few days :) but I believe that is a limitation of the hack used.
LawnMM
5 Jun 2003, 06:38 PM
Np, just passin anything that catches my eye along!
Shorty
5 Jun 2003, 06:41 PM
LawnMM said
Np, just passin anything that catches my eye along!

I *think* I have pretty much nuked 99% of any possible bugs. I could have delivered the board un-modified but I just wanted to make some cool additions to things :)
lsevald
6 Jun 2003, 06:22 PM
I don't know what the purpose of this javascript function is, but it's broken in the same way as the previous JS bug Shorty http://short-media.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif I get the JS errors when reading my PMs:

Line: XX
Char: 96
Error: Unterminated string constant


1:&lt;script&nbsp;language=&quot;javascript&quot;&nbsp;type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;
2:&lt;!--
3:function&nbsp;aimwindow(aimid)&nbsp;{
4:window.open(&quot;member.php?s=&amp;action=aimmessage&amp;aim=&quot;+aimid,&quot;_blank&quot;,&quot;toolbar=no, **********no,menub
5:
6:ar=no,scrollbars=no,width=175,height=275,resizeable=yes,status=no&quot;)
7:}
8://&nbsp;--&gt;
9:&lt;/script&gt;

Lasse

EDIT: I numbered the lines to make it easier to read (word wrap kicked in). Line 4, 5 and 6 should be one line of code not three.
Shorty
6 Jun 2003, 07:01 PM
That could be PM related as I had to change some of the templates for things :)

Thanks for the headups again Lasse! You the JS master!

Il take a look at it in a mo when my main rig is re-installed and patch the flunky script :)
MrBill
7 Jun 2003, 03:44 AM
Yo Short One,

I did not see this posted as a bug, so here goes:

I hit reply to a post tonight but I was not logged in, so I received the log in screen. I logged in and received the attached error message. I believe this was happening on the old icrontic forum too.
Necropolis
7 Jun 2003, 04:56 PM
If you look on the main page you see this...
Necropolis
7 Jun 2003, 04:58 PM
Once you go into the software subforum you get this...
Tried clearing my cache, still the same.
Dont know if its a problem, that I leave to you guys.
Necropolis
7 Jun 2003, 05:07 PM
Ahhh, its done it again. Same on IC16-UK
Shorty
7 Jun 2003, 05:07 PM
MrBill said
Yo Short One,

I did not see this posted as a bug, so here goes:

I hit reply to a post tonight but I was not logged in, so I received the log in screen. I logged in and received the attached error message. I believe this was happening on the old icrontic forum too.

That is a Vbulletin bug which Jelsoft have promised to fix with the new release of VB.. version 3 :) We shall be upgrading as soon as a final release is available.

Necropolis_uk said
Once you go into the software subforum you get this...
Tried clearing my cache, still the same.
Dont know if its a problem, that I leave to you guys.

That is a limitation of the hack used. This is only temporary until the newest version of VB (see previous post). The core functionality you see here that I hacked into the board is already a default in the new VB. I just didn't want to deliver you guys a board without a few nice touches until a new release of the software was available. So I hacked it to the very best I could until the new release arrives to all VB subscribers.

VBulletin 3 has been a long time in production but the number of functions it provides over the existing version (2.3.0) is immense. Looking forward to upgrading to that in the next 2 months :)
Necropolis
7 Jun 2003, 05:09 PM
Does this mean that posts are dissapearing into the unknown?
Shorty
7 Jun 2003, 05:10 PM
Necropolis_uk said
Does this mean that posts are dissapearing into the unknown?

No :) The hack is unable to determine the last thread posted on. It can however detect the last poster. That is why the poster name changes but the thread title does not.

It's a purely visual issue with subforums stacking on the forums homepage. Nothing more.
Necropolis
7 Jun 2003, 05:12 PM
Aha,

Now it makes sense. Had a look in the Linux, BSD & other OS subforum and sure enough, there is a post from EMT. :aol:
shwaip
9 Jun 2003, 08:29 PM
There were 4 posts since my last visit, but there were not 4 (new?) threads. Is the thread count supposed to be the # of new threads, or the number posted in?
Shorty
9 Jun 2003, 10:39 PM
Wierd.. Il look into that. I know there are some VBulletin bugs which are fixed in VB3.. have to check their errata on it :)
Bad_Karma
11 Jun 2003, 01:15 AM
I don;t klnow if this is a probelm or not or whether its my browser's fault or not. I'm running Opera 7.10. When not logged in I see a forum link I want to post on so instead of loging in I hit the post reply button and then get taken to a login screen. After filling in my name and password I get taken to a page that says No specified article has been chosen, Instead of being taken to a reply to post page. It used to work but now I just get The no article specified page. Any thoughts?
mmonnin
11 Jun 2003, 02:23 AM
MrBill posted about that in this thread. Its first post on this page at least for me.

It will do that to me too if I am not logged in but once I am and using cookies it works fine.
Shorty
14 Jun 2003, 04:04 PM
There are few bugs in VB 2.3.0.. I have just grabbed the public beta of VB 3.0.0. VERY impressive. Very feature packed and totally awesome. Soon alot of the old bugs will dissapear :)

Can't wait to upgrade!
Geeky1
14 Jun 2003, 09:31 PM
dunno if this is on here yet, but I still get the same problem I had @ icrontic where if I type a quick reply and hit post without logging in first, it makes me log in (which is expected) but then comes back with the "no thread specified" error... :banghead: :aol:
Shorty
14 Jun 2003, 09:41 PM
Shorty said
That is a Vbulletin bug which Jelsoft have promised to fix with the new release of VB.. version 3 :) We shall be upgrading as soon as a final release is available. :)

Posted back on page 3 of this thread ;)
Cyclonite
15 Jun 2003, 10:06 PM
The two "eek" faces have the same code. They both use : eek :
Shorty
15 Jun 2003, 10:14 PM
Il change one ;)
Shorty
15 Jun 2003, 10:15 PM
Now :wtf:

Is... : wtf: (without the extra space) :)
Cyclonite
16 Jun 2003, 12:26 AM
Thanks! I think wtf suits it more anyway. :wtf: ;)
Animal
20 Jun 2003, 02:57 PM
its nojt so much a bug, but the edge of the forum closed button doesn't really match the forum colours.... might look better if it was made transparent with the background or something ;)

it looks alright on this background, but on the blue at the bottom it doesn't.
Shorty
20 Jun 2003, 03:01 PM
oooops.. missed that one ;)
danball1976
21 Jun 2003, 06:02 AM
There is also another bug. The forum can't display more than 3 nested quotes without screwing them up.
mmonnin
21 Jun 2003, 06:12 AM
Its been reported already danball. Its a Vbulliten problem that should be fixed with v3.
danball1976
21 Jun 2003, 06:43 AM
Oh, ok. I didn't know that
Spinner
21 Jun 2003, 07:53 PM
With reference to the main page, I thought I might point out the time is one hour behind for 'LONDON'.
Shorty
21 Jun 2003, 07:54 PM
Yep ;) I did mention that to the coders earlier ..hehehe
Spinner
21 Jun 2003, 08:04 PM
Oh good, I was starting to think that London had a different time zone to the rest the UK.

I was thinking about driving down there, just so I could get an extra hour out of the day.:)
Shorty
21 Jun 2003, 08:05 PM
One more hour of UT practice :D

Thats the spirit my man!
Shorty
23 Jun 2003, 10:58 AM
http://short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=766

Should help with the thread not specified bug :)
mmonnin
23 Jun 2003, 01:59 PM
When I clicked on that link I was able to see the log in boxes. I guess my cookies didnt work for some reason. I know I wont have problems posting this but I would have to log in if I were to post in that thread after clicking that link.

Why would I have to log on after clicking a link?
danball1976
24 Jun 2003, 02:46 AM
I saw the login boxes too when I clicked that link
Bad_Karma
24 Jun 2003, 10:13 AM
I am running mozilla firebird version 0.6. I was browsing this post:

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=10072#post10072

and got this wierd result with some people's sigs. It's probably just the browser not properly displaying the images. Just thought i'd let you know just in case.
Shorty
24 Jun 2003, 10:36 AM
Those sigs are in an < iframe > .. I think that _may_ have something to do with it but Im not 100% sure.

Il look into a little more as that is a wierd error :confused:
danball1976
24 Jun 2003, 11:10 AM
Oh, wow! That is an <'iframe> in a table in my sig. Why would mozilla not support it?

Makes me not want to use Firebird even more - it is beta right?

What is used for code in F@H:

<'iframe src="http://www.realm7677.com/fah/fah.php?user=100.97.110.98.97.108.108.49.57.55.54&bg=2" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" height="34" width="430" frameborder="0" scrolling=NO><'/iframe>
Bad_Karma
24 Jun 2003, 11:32 AM
It is really wierd because it doesn't happen all the time I should have mentioned. That's why I think its browser related.

Dan, yeah firebird is in beta. Overall I like it better that Opera. It's the fastest browser I have ever used.
danball1976
24 Jun 2003, 11:34 AM
I guess that might get fixed in later revisions hopefully.
Bad_Karma
25 Jun 2003, 10:55 PM
Wierdness galore today. What do you think? I hit reload 5 times and it all came back the same. Take a look.
Park_7677
25 Jun 2003, 11:17 PM
The last one I claim :(


It's an error. Not really my fault, but I can add some stuff to avoid it. I'll do so ASAP.


What Happens:
The stats update every hour, and sometimes the Stanford server gets loaded and takes forever to display stats. PHP will timeout in 30 seconds and when it does the cache is screwed. When the cache is bad, the script is ending tables that don't exist and creating the look you see in Bad_Karma's post.


Consider it fixed...


- Park_7677
primesuspect
26 Jun 2003, 04:19 PM
all of the sudden my cookies are acting weird. I've noticed a couple of things: 1) My email notifications are still flaky, and 2) All of the sudden I'm only seeing 1 or 2 or even no new posts every time I visit. So this morning, I fired up the site on my home computer and it said "131 new posts in 35 threads" and then I closed the browser and came to work. When I get to my office, I load up the site, it says "1 new post in 1 thread" ... I haven't read any posts period, and lately I've been missing tons of posts.
a2jfreak
26 Jun 2003, 05:58 PM
This reminds me of "The Wizard" when the "cool kid" says, "I just love the Power Glove; it's so bad."

shwaip said
I think the "Pop up a box when you receive a Private Message?" option is broken. I (being the cool guy I am) got a couple, and haven't gotten the popup.
a2jfreak
26 Jun 2003, 06:12 PM
Never used Firebird, but I have Mozilla 1.4RC1 or 1.4b (forget which) and I don't get this.

I've not stayed up on Mozilla like I used to, so is Firebird different from the Mozilla browser (as it stands right now?) or what?

I think after 1.4 Mozilla browser will be rebranded as Mozilla Firebird.

Bad_Karma said
I am running mozilla firebird version 0.6. I was browsing this post:

[ Image Removed ]

and got this wierd result with some people's sigs. It's probably just the browser not properly displaying the images. Just thought i'd let you know just in case.
Bad_Karma
27 Jun 2003, 08:57 AM
a2jfreak said
Never used Firebird, but I have Mozilla 1.4RC1 or 1.4b (forget which) and I don't get this.

I've not stayed up on Mozilla like I used to, so is Firebird different from the Mozilla browser (as it stands right now?) or what?

I think after 1.4 Mozilla browser will be rebranded as Mozilla Firebird.



I think Firebird was rewritten from scratch instead of rewriting the Mozilla Browser. I have never used the mozilla browser but after using Firebird I must say I like it alot. I personally think its faster than Opera and seems to be more stable than IE explorer. You can get more information from this site:

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/
danball1976
17 Jul 2003, 12:14 AM
danball1976 said
I saw the login boxes too when I clicked that link

I'm still getting the login boxes when I click a link that is within this forum. Plus when I login, I get the "No thread specified" notice when logging in on the window that pops up.
Straight_Man
17 Jul 2003, 12:28 AM
Ditto. And when clicked into forum thread from email sub notify got same also.
TheBaron
1 Aug 2003, 10:31 PM
using the "mark all forums as read" button, the redirect back to index doesn't work. it looks like theres an extra "s" on the end
TheBaron
1 Aug 2003, 10:35 PM
OR maybe that just happened the one time ... wierd. I'm using IE 5.whateverisnewest for the mac (just dont ask)
Geeky1
1 Aug 2003, 10:38 PM
Mac?
Straight_Man
1 Aug 2003, 10:46 PM
The forum "new messages" index appears to use the last login time as a search base. The link to mark all forums read works on the main index page, top link. I have to login to the main index pages login to get the login to behave right.

Maybe if we use those for now the site can be used until the next vBulletin version is released. Shorty has said that he is working on a site, but does not have the new final release of vBulletin 3.0 yet. Opera 7.11 works as I described above on Short-Media, so does Netscape, and Opera logs into Hotmail also.

Not complaining, just telling what I do here. IE 6.0 in XP misbehaves due to privacy settings, if I get rid of cookie limits on IE 6.0 it works as I outlined above. Netscape works in XP the same way, have to let the site have free cookie use to track right usnig the links as above.