Please post anything you find that doesn't work as you would expect it to.

I already know about missing smilies and will sort as and when i get time.

Hopefully most things should behave -0 but if not let me know.

CA

I noticed we've lost stickies and the PW Index. All members, notify me here of what's missing and I'll get to it. http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1371240992/0#0

okay I'm aware that every single link either on the forum or the internet at large is still pointing to the old forum.

Working on it - just need to find out if what I intend to do will kill everything I've spent the last week doing - or not :-)

Bear with me.

okay I know about the pictures - got to upload all the forum attachments to a new folder (some idiot deleted them this afternoon :whistle: ) - hopefully they'll all be working again tomorrow.
Only 14,700 files to go :-)

Lightning fried my phone system the other day and it did damage the DSL server for the area so it may not be this program.  When I click a topic, it takes 30 seconds to a minute to load and then open.  I am not computer savvy so I don't know if it's the program, my computer or what.  Posting a message takes about the same time.

it's your end - sounds like you need to either replace your adsl microfilters or get the phone box rewired.

forum access yesterday (june 15th) would have been patchy anyway as I was moving all the new stuff back to the old folder having first deleted the old forum completely.

It should all be working from now on.
I still have to get all the attachments re-uploaded (only 8,000 to go) back to the file I deleted yesterday (yeah well if it was easy we wouldn't call it 'hindsight' :-) 

After that I'll redo the template and style sheets from scratch so expect some weird cosmetic changes over the next few days.
Somewhere in the mass move around yesterday I lost the navigation bar. so redoing the templates from sacratch ought to fix that.

But on the whole - things should start to settle down in the next week.

any other: issues post here or pm me.

I sort of thought it probably was, I can't watch a vid, either.  The box is about waist high, it's down by the end of my driveway, after the storm, there were pieces and parts scattered all over the ditch, the wiring looked like burned spaghetti.  Oddly enough, I didn't loose phone service, everyone past me did though.  Something about where I live seems to attract lighting, I've got surge protectors on everything, I have still lost stuff to lighting. :'(

I get randomly forced to log off while browsing the forum, but still go to the page I wanted (no error messages, redirects, or anything). If I click the log in button it tells me I'm already logged in and if I keep browsing I will get logged back in. Most pages are the old slinging.org template, but I can tell instantly that I've been forced off because the forum loads with the YaBB standard blue template. Every time I see a blue background I cringe. I can't post and I can't use my mod powers.

I also get a server error (500) when I try to search the forum for old posts.

NOt sure if it belongs in this thread but I noticed I'm now a "senior member"! I know thats cause of my post count I'm definitely still in the beginning stages of my slinging and still am a Junior not a Senior.
Other than that logging in seems a bit buggy at times. Happy slinging!

I don't know if it's just me, but I can't find the Market Place or the Slinger's Guide sections of the forum now. Are they gone or am I just missing something about the updated forum software?

-Timothy Potter

I can still see and navigate to both.

Put me in the "Can't see" group :)

And about not seeing, I don't see the "personal pictures" too.

The personal pictures is not a bug per se.
Try these links.
http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Mall
http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Slingers-Guide

Not allowed to see these sections

Masiakasaurus wrote on Jun 17^th, 2013 at 5:07pm:

The personal pictures is not a bug per se. Try these links. http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Mall http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Slingers-Guide

Thanks for the links, but when I click them I get a "You are not allowed to access this section" notice. Could it be that those boards are currently only available to moderators?

-Timothy Potter

That's good, believe it or not. It means we know for sure that there's a bug.

The forum rule that you can't reply to a topic in all caps means that anyone who replies to my slinging questions thread will have to change the thread title or else they get an error message.

It looks like the "quote" button on a post doesn't work for me (I'm on Firefox).


Quote:

But the brackets does if written by hand

Confirmed on Safari (iOS). The JavaScript from the quote button doesn't work.

I got the all caps warning too. And every time I click to go to a forum I get booted off the internet. If I just click on 'last post' it works okay...

I have tried to reply to a post on ask questions here and get a message saying "it appears you are using caps, which is against form rules". Not using caps. Using cell phone. :-?

Change the title of the post from "Re: Ask Questions Here [all caps]" to something not in all capital letters. I can't even include the phrase in a post that contains proper grammar.

that should be sorted - i've switched off the caps thingy.

also just spotted possible solution to one of the main problems while messing around on a clients pc.

the blue website is slinging.org
the green one is www.slinging.org

Soon as i get back to my pc I'll re-edit the paths.pl file and put them all on www.slinging.org.
with luck (and a few prayers)  that ought to sort most of the current issues out. 

What happened to my favorite site?? Please tell me my screen is fizzing out and displaying BLUE. It's freaking me out!!!

What did i miss...??

Why has everyone changed it?? Life made sense...

I was happy??

Why change????

Am i having a flashback???

@Greenman welcome to the new improved semi-finished site.

Ok. I like the workability of the site. BUT!!! I am still SERIOUSLY FREAKED OUT AT ALL THE BLUE!!

Can i complain to any one? Suggest we change to Earth Tones. Like Brown or Green??

:) ;) :D ;D

Seriously. The blue is freaking me out.

Slinging and all of the "Earth Projectile {Stuff} should be BRONW OR GREEN.

The BLUE is SERIOUSLY FREAKING OUT MY OCD. It's all wrong. Like in a "Monk" way wrong. :( :(

Blue is fine. You'll thank them later, Mr. Monk.

(Old member, returning. Sorry, I can't remember my old nick unless it was MWBailey or Banjoslinger)

I believe C_A's global announcement answers your question. http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?virboard=1;num=1371228360

I was exploring the User CP, and when I clicked the "Options" link under the "Profile" tab, I got the following error message:


Quote:

Can't open directory (www.slinging.org/yabbfiles/avatars)! Please inform the Administrator of this forum that the $facesdir setting must be fixed immediately. Verbose: No such file or directory

It's been so long since I did anything with my profile that I don't remember what was on the options page, so I'm not really missing it, but I thought I'd post the error message in case it's a bigger problem.

Thanks for all the work on the new forum!

-Timothy Potter

I can´t find the FAQ-section.
Watching the picture thread on General slinging discussion and the new Lahun sling thread on Project Goliath I also noted that most of the attached pictures are missing ("attachment deleted").
In the last one I thought to re-attach one of my pictures, but the function for adding pictures disappeared.
I´ll better wait with posting.

You´re doing great work with the new forum. Good luck and many thanks.

Use the "missing stickies" thread here in Administration for sticky problems. C_A knows about the picture issues as well.

Another problem with Firefox and pictures :
I can't see the pictures in threads like "5 new paddles" and "Pictures of slings and slingers"
But I can see them under Internet Explorer

Is there a new procedure for posting them? I can't make head nor tail out of the instructions. Seems as if some terms need clarification or some steps were left out.

Can't post pictures. How do you do it???

Unable to add an avatar in my profile options

Can't open directory /yabbfiles/avatars
inform Admin $facesdir setting must be fixed

No such file or directory

Don't know if it's my settings or the whole program but, when I use IE, I have to force refresh of the page (for example the boards index) to see if there is any change or to make the blinking dot disappear.

If logged in as myself I can not see Avatars or photos in topics.
if using the default guest login I see both avatars and photos in topics.  :o

May not be relevant: Firefox Browser 16.0.2 & 22.0
Same behavior with Chrome Version 27.0.1453.116 m

No photos, avatars, quotes, etc. If you click quote it doesn't work.
Chrome  27.0.1453.116 m latest version.
Logged in.

squirrelslinger wrote on Jun 25^th, 2013 at 4:08pm:

No photos, avatars, quotes, etc. If you click quote it doesn't work. Chrome  27.0.1453.116 m latest version. Logged in.

Quote works for me and I have Chrome. No prob with avatars, either.

I think the problem is partly down to browser and cookies caches on people's machines.
Try and clear those and it should help.

I'm hoping to reduce our current 2 yabbfile folders to just one where it used to be.
As well as reduce the templates folders from the current 3 to the expected 2.

Which will either fix some things or break some other things.
:noidea:

There is still some weirdness going on that i hope to fix.

I need enough time to sit down and have a proper session on it (and maybe even read the manual).

But it is interesting that it's working with chrome though. 

Possibly java updates are needed ?
(don't know if yabb uses java - but that might be one explanation)

I just need the time and inclination to coincide on the same day :-)

Re: Bug report thread - for issues with new forum
Reply #40 - Today at 09:41

I think the problem is partly down to browser and cookies caches on people's machines.
Try and clear those and it should help. (No Help :P)

Problem also happens on two different telephone browsers
Opera 14.0.1074.58201 and Firefox 21.0

Since Quote button is not functional I had to cut'n'paste

HurlinThom wrote on Jun 25^th, 2013 at 10:47pm:

squirrelslinger wrote on Jun 25th, 2013 at 4:08pm: No photos, avatars, quotes, etc. If you click quote it doesn't work. Chrome  27.0.1453.116 m latest version. Logged in. Quote works for me and I have Chrome. No prob with avatars, either.

Tried with "Exploder"; quote works and I can see avatars, but theyr'e smaller.

Still not getting access to Mods Thread and I can't see any pictures from anybody. :noidea:

I think it's all down to which files your user account is accessing.

for example - my test account: crashtestdummy. everything works.

but my old account curious_aardvark - i don't get pictures or quotes etc.

it's not logical. but once i've got the time to sit down and move everything into the old folders and check all the paths, permissions etc. I'm hoping it should get sorted.

you can try logging out of the forum and then clearing all browser caches, cookies etc.
And then close your browser, reboot the computer and try logging in from scratch.

Hopefully that'll set your user on the new files and settings.

For the record how are people using portable devices: phones, tablets, game consoles etc effected ?

When I enter the forum, I am not signed in according to the top welcome message. When I sign in, I get a message that says I am already signed in.  All is fine and well after this unless I close my browser.

Same for me.... I get the "please login" thing, then it says I'm already logged in.

@crashtest....
Steven
Interfector Viris Spurii
*****
Online

Problem also happens on two different telephone browsers
Opera 14.0.1074.58201 and Firefox 21.0

Since Quote button is not functional I had to cut'n'paste

Start new Topic and Mark as Read buttons not working

yeah - I should have some time this weekend to have a go at it all.

Just got a kindle fire hd with shattered screen to try and fix.

Although after 3 hours yesterday and the screen I removed does not look like the replacement part I bought.
Plus lots more broke than first looked like.

But other than that don't think I've got anything urgent this weekend.  So should be able to spend a few hours 'playing' with the forum and seeing if anyone on the yabb forum has ideas.

I'm hoping after I've amalgamated everythig into the old folders that things ought to play nice.

But can't see how that applies to my own getting two different layouts from the same url :noidea:

I've noticed that some people are "senior members" while others are still being labeled with that Latin system (funditor, etc.). I was just curious what the differentiation was.

It's a bug.

Hello all,
I've been trying to make a Shepherd Sling (It throws real shepherds!) for a class project, however, there are no photos to go along with the tutorials for the two shepherd slings posted by Lakeslinger.
This makes the project just about impossible.
Can this be fixed, or were they killed off permanently by the update?

any thread that currently says: 'attachment deleted' is lying.

Attachments are still there. But for some reason the forum is currently denying the existence of the attachment folder for some users.

Some users can see the pics and attachments - some can't.
:noidea:

I'll get it fixed eventually.   

Just downloaded the cap paul template direct from the server - so  can categorically state that we haven't lost any files, pics or attachments.
For some reason the forum software is claiming the attachments folder is either not there or has wrong permissions.

As far as I can tell both are incorrect: ie it's both there and has all the correct permissions - so it's probably the bloody paths file again.
Just got to copy the backed up forum to my workshop pc and I'll try and fix it.

Also the variances between older and newer user accounts does seem to be independant of web browsers.
which makes even less sense.
On the bright side, I'm almost pathologically stubborn, so I can guarentee that at some point everything will be working properly. Just bear with me folks - this stuff is fiddly and whether something work or not can depend on some pretty obscure and tiny detail in an obscure file.
User friendly it's not.

To be honest it's worked better and sooner than I thought it would :-)

And in case anyone hasn't worked it out yet - crashtestdummy=curious_aardvark
we is one and the same :-)

I'm still having the problem of the forum telling me that I'm a guest and then telling me that I'm already logged on. Now I see the regular, brown forum template no matter of I'm logged in or not. So that's a plus. [smiley=thumbup.gif]

If a picture was posted prior to the second update, it's gone.  If it was posted after the second, it may be there or it may have to be opened, down at the bottom of the message.

any file attachments that have ever been uploaded to the forum should be there. All file attachments that have ever been uploaded to the forum are in the attachments folder. 

the pictures that don't currently display or show a link(on my computers anyway) are the ones that link to photo server websites - but I've always had issues with american based photo server links anyway.

I'll leave it a few days and see if any of this sorts itself out.

And then I'll see if the yabb guys have any more ideas :-)

Still can't get into the "Mod" thread. It doesn't even show up on my list of threads. :noidea:

yeah i know - far as I can see it's all ticked.

Well, most pictures attachments are back, but there seems to be some problems :
In this thread , in #15 and #16 Jaegoor wants to show us how scary is a slinger. When we open the picures, we see Mauro's method for a knife leather handle...

ah - look at the file names.

obviously been overwritten - I'll have a look for the originals and change names and upload when i get a chance :thumb:

Ok, Caldou au rapport !

I can see the linked pictures when I'm not logged in. I can't when logged in.

The Guide section seems to have disappeared, I guess the project is not dropped ?

I can't quote a post from a thread. But I can quote it when I'm in the "see the last ... posts" page from the bottom of the index page.
And what "Mark and quote" is meant to do ?


That's all for now ^^

I don't know if there's a separate topic for this, but the quote button isn't working for me.

"Mark as read" does not work. However "mark unread" works.

quote button isn't currently working for anyone.

I'm hoping all the problems are related so when i figure out what's causing it and fix it - it 'should' fix tham all.

I can live in hope :-)

I'll stick this here as well.

if you can't see pictures and avatars.
go to your control panel (user cp)
Click Profile.

Then select Options.

confirm your password.

scroll down to the bottom where it says:
'which template would you like to use. '

And select: Old Yabb 2.1 style - modded.

And that should sort it.

I know this loses the custom menu at the top of the page - but I'm working on that.
Hopefully it's just acut and paste html job.

we'll see  ;D

slowly but surely - we're getting there.

Email notification doesn't work

yeah I vageuly remember that being discussed on the yabb forums as a fundamental bug in this release.

As I've never used it - can't say.

But definitely rings a bell as something I've seen on the yabb forums.
Not sure there's anything I can do about it though :noidea: 

I know it was mentioned some time ago, but I was just wondering if the Slinger's Guide and Market Place sections of the forum are still available to anyone, because I haven't been able to see them since the update. If they are still there, does anyone have any ideas of what I could do to access them?

-Timothy Potter

go to user control panel,  go to options, change your style to -
old yabb 2.1 style modded

and yep, they still work.

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squirrelslinger wrote on Sep 15^th, 2013 at 9:25am:

go to user control panel,  go to options, change your style to - old yabb 2.1 style modded and yep, they still work.

I have the same settings as you described but it does not work for me.
If I try the direct links (
http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Mall and
http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Slingers-Guide ) I get "System Information
You are not allowed to access this section."

hm... can you take a screenshot?
talk to CA, he actually knows what the heck to do.
i just try to help...

sounds like you need to logout and log back in again.

Weird system. if your home router has changed ip address, you need to re-login.

Some things will work, like you can post a new message. But a lot of stuff won't work, like you can't edit the message you just posted. Weird, but that's how it works.
You just need to check the tool bar right at the top of the forum to see if you need to logout and in again.

And hey, good to see a ubuntu user squirrel :thumb: 

Thanks for the ideas.

I've already had my settings on the old yabb 2.1 style modded for some time now, but can't see those sections. I tried the links in Teg's post and get the same result as he did, and logging out and in doesn't seem to change anything. Perhaps it's some issue on my computer. Anyway,  let me know if anyone finds out what the problem is.

-Timothy Potter

I still can't post attachments or pictures on my posts. 

oh yeah - don't forget the thing about new password.
I'll have a look now.

ah ha - on the left hand side was a small button that said: 'collapse/expand additional features.'

Clicked that and it opened up the whole picture attachment feature - also you hadn't changed to the new template.

If you click the little plus next to the attachments you can add additional pics.

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problem fixed :-)

I just noticed, http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl is the brown template and http://www.slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl is the blue template.

I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but when I click on the Slinging.org logo to return to the home screen, it says I am signed out until I enter a post.

it will do as you are reloading the site and you don't appear to have your browsers configured to save your login details.
Also that does not go directly to the forum.
use this link instead:

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Sorry, CA, but you're misunderstanding.

This happens to me, as well. 

I can copy and paste the right address (http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl) straight from the link you just posted or use the bookmark I have saved.  Either way, I always come in not logged in.  See image.


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kUd1m9zNs3o/Xx2dpT_-DiI/AAAAAAAAK78/BdX3y63yLjs6B9Vyjxi1PW2Ysj6A5l1bwCK8BGAsYHg/s0/2020-07-26.png





But if I click a link, in this case--Administrative, I'm automatically re-logged in with my saved details.  See image 2


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NpaerKdlvUA/Xx2drHIgaEI/AAAAAAAAK8A/Q2YvLbnBCE8XBSS5GjtVzo58hX_ey965wCK8BGAsYHg/s0/2020-07-26.png



All I did for these examples was to click my bookmark and then click "Administrative".  If I go back to the main forum now, I will stay logged in until the last forum tab is closed.  The only thing I can guess might be happening is that the forum is making the check for saved username/pass AFTER everything loads.  So we're being logged in, but we can't see it until we click another page.

Hope this helps.