Changelog, Bugs, and To-Do [Updated -- 04/22/2009]

[Caltsar]

This thread contains the changelog for all parts of the site.

[Changelog]

• 04/22/2009 - Forum: Reinstalled base forum software.  All mods removed, all styles removed, users and posts preserved.
• 12/24/2007 - Forum: removed the graveyard
• 12/24/2007 - Forum: moved Test board to 'Site Stuff'
• 12/24/2007 - Forum: combined RIP and Archive boards and moved to moderator/admin area, then cleaned them up
• 12/24/2007 - Forum: removed old banned accounts
• 12/22/2007 - Forum: did some membergroup and permissions cleanup. If anyone has any problems, let an Admin know.
• 09/14/2007 - Forum: fixed the use of curl_ (where _ is a space)
• 09/14/2007 - Forum: Added a new test forum in case you have a problem you want to figure out, doesn't count posts.
• 05/03/2007 - Forum: Removed "topic solved mod because it was causing problems with an error.
• 04/24/2007 - Site: Optimized a few functions, added news posts to the RSS feed.
• 04/16/2007 - Site: Added new Ads to the main page, archive page as well once I fix the bugs in the layout. These go through project wonderful.  They seem to target comics more.
• 04/15/2007 - Site: In the archive, Comic dropdown now defaults to the page you're on.
• 04/14/2007 - Site: added an rss feed of the comic
• 04/14/2007 - Site: Added the ability to browse without seeing filler comics
• 04/03/2007 - Site: added csyelus.com to point to the forum.  forum.altermeta.net links will still work indefinately.
• 04/02/2007 - Site: pointed kuvrahk.com to the main site, altermeta.net still works.  kuvrahk.info points to the kuvvie FAQ (hey, it was a free domain, thought it'd be fun)
• 04/01/2007 - Site: Changed Thumnail view of comics to be split up into chapters instead of one huge blob.  You can thank me later
• 04/01/2007 - Forum: Fixed Serene Forest theme.
• 04/01/2007 - Site: Consolidated layout, made things more organized, finally styled links, added another search box to comic pages, cleared up wording, moved ads, removed some ads, and generally prettied things up.  Also made some source code bugfixes.
• 03/29/2007 - Forum: Updated Default Theme's Stylesheet so images shrink to fit the forum post's width.
• 03/28/2007 - Forum: Updated registration agreement to remove erroneous adult content wording.
• 03/25/2007 - Forum: Moved all rest in peace topics back to their respective forums.  Screwed up with a blanket move.  RIP is for requested "deletions" now.
• 03/25/2007 - Forum: Added CAPTCHA mod to allow guest posts (with verification).  This should keep the spam away so guests can post again!
• 03/25/2007 - Forum: Added Mod to mark topics as solved. Only enabled in the Tech Talk Board.
• 03/24/2007 - Forum: Added "Tech Talk" Board.  Why?  I like to have a focus on that kind of stuff
• 02/14/2007 - Forum: Moved all posts inactive for 90 days or more to "Rest In Peace".
• 02/14/2007 - Forum: Added the "Move old Topics" Mod.
• 02/14/2007 - Forum: Upgraded to SMF 1.1.2.
• 02/10/2007 - Site: Added a taglist feature to the main site.  just add "&tagview=list" to the end of the url when you can see the full size comic.  When you click the links, it'll show all comics with that tag. If you get an error, add a ? before the &.
• 01/12/2007 - Forum: Changed to SMF, nothing wrong as of this time.

[Known Bugs]

• Forum: Not all features work on non-default themes.
• Forum: Mods and admins have a theme quirk on boards with the topic solved mod enabled.  Not too bad, so I'm not fixing it at the moment. (just pushes something a line down)

[To-Do List]

• Nothing to do yet.

[Adder]

All comic links in the Wiki are not linking to the archived "old comics" but rather to non-existant pages.

eg. Link in wiki: http://altermeta.net/archive.php?comic=14
Actual link: http://altermeta.net/oldarchive/archive.php?comic=14

That is all.

[Caltsar]

I don't maintain the wiki.  Feel free to update anything you want there yourself
That's just too big of a job for me alone.

[Adder]

I tried to correct it {shortly after realising it's a wiki} but got a syntax error, even though I only edited a URL. Will keep trying.

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Yep, keep getting this error:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

    (SQL query hidden)

from within function "SearchUpdate::doUpdate". MySQL returned error "1016: Can't open file: 'amsearchindex.MYI' (errno: 145) (localhost)".

[Caltsar]

did you make an account first?

[Adder]

I actually didn't {since I didn't know you needed an account to edit wiki}.

However, now I have made an account and successful edited a few pages... exept I still get the same error message. The page is changed when I back into the wiki and find it again. Also, the "search" box seems to yield the same/simlar error.

[Caltsar]

I'll look into it, and I did make all pages protected by default to avoid any spam bots that come through (they screw up the entire site)

[Caltsar]

Town Hall changed so guests can't post.  Spambots ruined the fun for everyone

[Caltsar]

Changed to SMF, nothing wrong as of this time.

[Sparky Bluefang]

Was there a reason for the change? Or was it always planned and PUNBB was a stepping stone?

A couple things:

-What's the deal with the MODs? Are we all Global Mods now or are there going to be groups  set up for individual forums?

-I don't know of there is a setting for this, but having out 'real' name displayed instead of out account name is rather confusing. If there isn't a setting for this, would it be possible to do a little SQL script to change every one's name to be their account name? That would be really simple.

-I'm also missing the old styles. Is there any change they may be coming back? If you're planning on this and you need help with the template conversions, let me know.

With the few minutes I've been playing around, I do like the new software.

[Caltsar]

the moderators will back in groups once I get the time

the real name was just an artifact of the conversion to SMF, you can change the display name yourself if you wish, I don't have the time to do it myself.

There will eventually be a style to match the original site, though it'll take a few months to complete on my schedual.  Any help I could get will be greatly appreciated.  I can give you the style I'm basing it off of if you wish.

As far as why SMF was chosen?

Relatively easy to make new styles
VERY customizable
Free
Code is up to date and stable
easy to keep up to date
Excellent permissions system
has a PunBB database converter

Why I didn't stay with PunBB?

Too many permissions bugs, I wasn't able to keep it up do date.

[Sparky Bluefang]

Good reasons for updating =P

Sure I'll help with working on the themes. You can either email me the files or send me a link to where I can grab them.

I'll probably end up downloading the source code so I can study it as well (First and foremost so I can get implementation ideas to improve my own PHP web projects). When I look at the DataBase stuff, I can write up a small SQL script that will reset the names automatically. If that is something you want.

[Caltsar]

nah, the SQL script won't be needed (all I need to do is clear out the display name bit)

anyway, if you download the source, I'm going to be basing the template off of the YaBB Classic template (though I haven't started, feel free to look through templates until you find one you like)

Okay, clearing out the display name didn't work <.<;;;;

Uhm... people can change it themselves.  It isn't that difficult.

[Caltsar]

Changed: Added site changes to this thread

New tagging feature (see first post)

[Caltsar]

Added 3 items to changelog, installed a new mod, upgraded SMF