We are happy to bring you the first Release Candidate of Simple Machines Forum. We hope this new version is more stable, usable, and generally better than the previous - as we always do.
Some of the major changes made in this release (compared to beta 6) are:
- Parse errors in templates are displayed better.
- A preview column has been added to Edit Forum News.
- Ban center restyled and now includes an interface to view ban logs.
- Added "Male to Female ratio" and "Users Online Today" to the statistics page.
- Added avatar management (in Attachment Manager.)
- Board themes can now override the user configured theme.
- If new replies are made between reading a thread and replying, a warning message can be displayed.
- Admins can now change their member's usernames
- Viewing members from a group now has a new template, with options to easily add and remove members from said group.
- Option to upload smileys in the smiley center
- New smiley manager interface, including an easier admin interface and the option of adding a popup window.
- Cleaner admin interface with easy links to the most used areas.
- Search has been optimized for faster performance and many new options added to the admin interface for it.
- It is possible to set default theme settings for all users, and to force settings on members.
- Addition of database sessions to enable the forum to work correctly on poorly configured servers.
- Several new options added to the member's "look and layout" section of the profile.
- When posting a message, any errors generated will not result in the post being lost.
- The post screen will now warn you if new replies were added whilst making your post.
- Many package manager improvements. (it almost works properly now!)
- It is now possible to add as many options to a poll as you wish with javascript.
- You can limit the amount of attachments that can be added to a post.
- People can register with a wider variety of characters in there name, plus more internationalization.
Please see the changelog for a (much much) more detailed list.
We would much appreciate it if you would give us constructive feedback on this release, as well as bug reports. These are two of the things that really help a project grow and strive.
Some changes have been made that require template changes. For the most part, you should be able to use your old templates... but without these new features.
If you are upgrading from Beta 6, you only need to use the "update" package because it includes just the changed files. However, if you have any mods installed it would be better to use the "upgrade" package. Remember that you can use the "upgrade" package to go from any previous version of SMF. You can also use it to upgrade from YaBB SE.
You can always find information posted here about things like installation (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6765.0), upgrade (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6832.0), and more. As development continues, you will see more and more tutorials, FAQs, and manuals for SMF - this is just another part of development.
http://www.simplemachines.org/download.php
Thank you for everything,
The Simple Machines Team
Congratulations, to the team and their efforts, with this milestone .... will try it right away!
added
worked in 5 minutes .... i only get an error in the admin center in the 'hello' part, it wants to say hello_guest (which should never happen in the admin center i guess) ...
FANTASTIC!
Woohoo! been waiting a long time for this :)
nice work, flawless from beta5 :-)
By the way... what are the requirements for SMF? PHP 4.3.0/4.2.0/... ?
Because the Informations given in http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6765.0 aren't 100% true... (SMF runs with PHP 4.1.0, but for everything to work you'll need at least PHP 4.3.0 (i think this should be mentioned - otherwise people probably think you say "4.3" is recommended because of php-security-bugs)) ...uhmm and the zlib-extension should also be mentioned... at least its used in the package-manager....
-jm2c-
Quote from: SnowCrash on August 10, 2004, 07:15:40 AM
By the way... what are the requirements for SMF? PHP 4.3.0/4.2.0/... ?
Because the Informations given in http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=6765.0 aren't 100% true... (SMF runs with PHP 4.1.0, but for everything to work you'll need at least PHP 4.3.0)
Perhaps that's why the Installation Guide specifies 4.1.0 as a requirement but 4.3.0 as a recommendation?
;D i already changed my posting, peter... i think it should be mentioned that some things work differently if you're not using PHP>=4.3.0 ... like the missing gd_info or that dumpdatabase works slightly different.... nothing important (i guess it really doesn't make much difference), but i think that could save you troubles if someone installs it on 4.1.0 and it behaves different than expected....
Awesome. Great work all :)
Hmm... I don't mean to be whiney, but ... the quote tags still don't function properly on my board :'(
Is there any way to update all the posts somehow so that all the quote tags will be recognized properly?
The symptom is still as described in this post (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=13466.0)
upgrade went smooth, thanks for all the hard work to everyone :)
Quote from: Burpee on August 10, 2004, 08:24:12 AM
Is there any way to update all the posts somehow so that all the quote tags will be recognized properly?
Open phpmyadmin and run the following query (assuming your tables have the smf_ prefix):
UPDATE
smf_messages
SET
body = REPLACE(body,'[quote=','[quote author=')
WHERE
body LIKE '%[quote=%';
[/quote]
Congratulations! Can't wait to try it out! :D
Quote from: Søren Bjerg on August 10, 2004, 08:43:50 AM
I get this instead of a selectable row of smilies on the "post message" screen:
Quote<br /> <b>Notice</b>: Undefined index: description in <b>/blabla/httpd.www/forums/Sources/Load.php(1090) : eval()'d code</b> on line <b>505</b>
:-/
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=14937.0
Quote from: Tau Online on August 10, 2004, 09:26:40 AM
Quote from: Søren Bjerg on August 10, 2004, 08:43:50 AM
I get this instead of a selectable row of smilies on the "post message" screen:
Quote<br /> <b>Notice</b>: Undefined index: description in <b>/blabla/httpd.www/forums/Sources/Load.php(1090) : eval()'d code</b> on line <b>505</b>
:-/
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=14937.0
Got it... reposted in there.
Congrats guys...looks great so far...
Oh great, to see release of SMF!
Thanx A Lot Team!
Quote from: TeeZee on August 10, 2004, 08:32:58 AM
Quote from: Burpee on August 10, 2004, 08:24:12 AM
Is there any way to update all the posts somehow so that all the quote tags will be recognized properly?
Open phpmyadmin and run the following query (assuming your tables have the smf_ prefix):
UPDATE
smf_messages
SET
body = REPLACE(body,'[quote=','[quote author=')
WHERE
body LIKE '%[quote=%';
[/quote]
Thnx... worked great :)
Awesome news!
Congrats SMF team, and thanks for the forum! :D
Great work SMF team for the time of the release, more than professional. :o
Well, let's go put this fresh beast to work, I hope it delivers, it should? :P
A bientôt...
the phpbb to smf converter aren't updated...
Sorry for my bad english, but i'm spanish.
Excellent!
Good work!
Once I upgrade to RC1 from Beta 5, and for some reason, I want to go back to Beta 5, will I be able to?
Thanks!
I just attached changelogs, one from beta 5 public to beta 6, and one from beta 6 to RC 1.
looks good so far.. but I think I'm going to have to redo my custom theme >_<
otherwise runs great!
~Kriana~
Quote from: Mysterio on August 10, 2004, 12:06:19 PM
Excellent!
Good work!
Once I upgrade to RC1 from Beta 5, and for some reason, I want to go back to Beta 5, will I be able to?
Thanks!
Not that I'm aware of, but what is the reason you want to "downgrade"
Just incase something screws up my forum, like if there's too many bugs(Which I highly doubt), but still a little paranoid anyways.
Then if I really wanted to, I could just simply go back to the previous version which is Beta 5, which should clear everything up.
Just being cautious I guess.
Quote from: Mysterio on August 10, 2004, 12:41:58 PM
Just incase something screws up my forum, like if there's too many bugs(Which I highly doubt), but still a little paranoid anyways.
Then if I really wanted to, I could just simply go back to the previous version which is Beta 5, which should clear everything up.
Just being cautious I guess.
Make backups... always make backups.
-[Unknown]
hehe... that I will do.
Actually, I already made backups.
I'm going to go ahead and see what happens. I'm sure everything will be fine. All I'm really worried about is if my forum's default theme(Chat Bubbles) will work with the new release.
The upgrade did not work for my forum.
I was using beta 5 and I downloaded the upgrade to the RC1. After upgrade.php did it's stuff I get this error:
Table 'myforumname.smf_sessions' doesn't exist.
Also, my forum was upgraded to beta 5 from phpbb 2.0.8.
Any ideas what I can do to fix it?
Thanks.
Quote from: disasm on August 10, 2004, 01:03:50 PM
The upgrade did not work for my forum.
I was using beta 5 and I downloaded the upgrade to the RC1. After upgrade.php did it's stuff I get this error:
Table 'myforumname.smf_sessions' doesn't exist.
Also, my forum was upgraded to beta 5 from phpbb 2.0.8.
Any ideas what I can do to fix it?
Thanks.
Please try running upgrade again... make sure it completes successfully.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 10, 2004, 01:05:02 PM
Please try running upgrade again... make sure it completes successfully.
-[Unknown]
I double checked the upgrade output and everything went successfully the first time. However I have run it a second time and it seemed to fix the problem. The only thing I did differently was the first time I had all three boxes checked. The second time I only had the maintenance mode box checked.
Thanks.
*Jaws Drop*
Finally... the moment has come.
When I try to convert my phpBB forum to this next version of Simple Machines (Congratulations for the next version), I have a problem in the messages conversion:
Quote(this may take some time)
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 4194304 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2918 bytes) in /home/webcindario/ptoinformativo/********/phpbb2_to_smf.php on line 697
What's the problem? When I tried to convert my phpbb to SMFb5 (the last public version) all work good, but the
[quote]something[/quote]
don't work and my phpbb forum have a lot of quotes...
Please, help me.
Great work !! ;)
I would just like to add my voice to the choir singing the praises of the whole of the Dev Team.
I for one really appreciate all the hard work, blood, sweat, tears, toil and incredible amount of time and effort it must have taken to bring this project to this point.
Thank You and very hearty Well Done to you all.
QuoteWhen I try to convert my phpBB forum to this next version of Simple Machines (Congratulations for the next version), I have a problem in the messages conversion:
Quote
(this may take some time)
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 4194304 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2918 bytes) in /home/webcindario/ptoinformativo/********/phpbb2_to_smf.php on line 697
What's the problem? When I tried to convert my phpbb to SMFb5 (the last public version) all work good, but the
Code:
Quotesomething
don't work and my phpbb forum have a lot of quotes...
Please, help me.
as i understand it, you have a problem with the max dump size set in your php.ini for your mysql databases... i think that your problem is solved here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=14259
Hi,
I've just updated from BETA 5 to RC1. It worked great at first but after a while of using it I now only have a blank page. Do you know whats causing this?
Have a look here (http://www.stuffitall.com/forum/).
Thanks,
Josh.
Please post support issues to support area. This topic isnt for that. Thanks.
QuoteHi,
I've just updated from BETA 5 to RC1. It worked great at first but after a while of using it I now only have a blank page. Do you know whats causing this?
Have a look here.
Thanks,
Josh.
i had the same problem and just reuploaded the whole update package and went to upgrade.php and now everything's a-ok ;)
Do NOT use Smart Ftp. It misses ALOT of files, inorder for the upgrader to work you will need to reupload 5 times for it to fully upload all the files.
We love the smf team thanx to all who made this avalibile
QuotePlease try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator.
Just upgraded my forums from yabbse 1.5 which had a good database full of members. Now when I try to login it gives me that error. Anyone else having this problem?
Quote from: « † ÐëepÇuT¹ † » on August 10, 2004, 02:47:28 PM
QuotePlease try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator.
Just upgraded my forums from yabbse 1.5 which had a good database full of members. Now when I try to login it gives me that error. Anyone else having this problem?
Dont spam: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=14967.0#msg126135
One topic is enough.
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=14930.msg126123#msg126123
Thanks.
Quote from: CartDestr on August 10, 2004, 01:34:41 PM
When I try to convert my phpBB forum to this next version of Simple Machines (Congratulations for the next version), I have a problem in the messages conversion:
Quote(this may take some time)
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 4194304 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2918 bytes) in /home/webcindario/ptoinformativo/********/phpbb2_to_smf.php on line 697
What's the problem? When I tried to convert my phpbb to SMFb5 (the last public version) all work good, but the [quote]something[/quote]
don't work and my phpbb forum have a lot of quotes...
Please, help me.
Try upgrading to RC1 from Beta 5 and see if that solves the problem.
upgraded it from beta 5 and all works 100% no problems at all... ;D
I have a question.
I installed Beta 5(Just testing something) in another directory on my webserver, then did everything to make it work.
What's weird is, is that when I log on to my test forum, then on my other perm. forum, my username gets logged out for some reason, and vice versa.
Why is it doing that?
It is because I'm using the same MYSQL db information as the other forum?
That's the only thing that's happening, nothing else is changed on either of the two forums.
Thanks.
Quote from: CartDestr on August 10, 2004, 01:34:41 PM
When I try to convert my phpBB forum to this next version of Simple Machines (Congratulations for the next version), I have a problem in the messages conversion:
Quote(this may take some time)
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 4194304 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2918 bytes) in /home/webcindario/ptoinformativo/********/phpbb2_to_smf.php on line 697
What's the problem? When I tried to convert my phpbb to SMFb5 (the last public version) all work good, but the [quote]something[/quote]
don't work and my phpbb forum have a lot of quotes...
Please, help me.
Okay, you're the second person to say that. Can you paste an exact example of a phpBB quote? I was under the impression it looked like this:
[quote="author"]words[/quote]
Or:
Quote from: authorwords
Which parses fine.
As to the messages conversion issue, your server is limiting the amount of memory PHP can use... please try asking your host to temporarily increase this.
Quote from: Mysterio on August 10, 2004, 03:31:18 PM
I have a question.
I installed Beta 5(Just testing something) in another directory on my webserver, then did everything to make it work.
What's weird is, is that when I log on to my test forum, then on my other perm. forum, my username gets logged out for some reason, and vice versa.
Why is it doing that?
It is because I'm using the same MYSQL db information as the other forum?
That's the only thing that's happening, nothing else is changed on either of the two forums.
Thanks.
Both installs are using the same cookie name. This is in server settings, I think... you should make them different.
-[Unknown]
Excellent! It worked!
Thanks a lot, [Unknown]!
Quote from: « † ÐëepÇuT¹ † » on August 10, 2004, 02:41:05 PM
Do NOT use Smart Ftp. It misses ALOT of files, inorder for the upgrader to work you will need to reupload 5 times for it to fully upload all the files.
That's funny... SmartFTP uploaded all files for me in first attempt. It has never missed a single file.
Boy, that's one heck of a way to start a very popular thread ;)
/me leaves quietly
*suddenly heard from just beyond the thread*
WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!
really easy upgrade. thanx :D
Quote from: Søren Bjerg on August 10, 2004, 04:56:05 PM
Quote from: « † ÐëepÇuT¹ † » on August 10, 2004, 02:41:05 PM
Do NOT use Smart Ftp. It misses ALOT of files, inorder for the upgrader to work you will need to reupload 5 times for it to fully upload all the files.
That's funny... SmartFTP uploaded all files for me in first attempt. It has never missed a single file.
For me and other people I know, it almost always misses files.
Awesome, now all we have to do is to countdown to RC2 :P
What does it mean for the software to be named a release candiate? Does it mean that the feature set is complete, and all need to be done is to fix most (if not all :D)the bugs?
Also, I would like to use a fast and simple forum software. Am I looking at the right place? :P.
Sorry If my questions aren't appropriate in this thread. 8)
Quote from: « † ÐëepÇuT¹ † » on August 10, 2004, 06:41:11 PM
For me and other people I know, it almost always misses files.
One of those weird things, I use it all the time and have done loads of upgrades (charter member boards, not all of them small ;)) without problems
Quote from: Cal on August 10, 2004, 07:42:14 PM
What does it mean for the software to be named a release candiate? Does it mean that the feature set is complete, and all need to be done is to fix most (if not all :D)the bugs?
Also, I would like to use a fast and simple forum software. Am I looking at the right place? :P.
Yes on both counts.
I find the SMARTFTP is actually "Dumb" FTP... I stopped using it and went to WSFTP for windows or just used Linux to FTP my stuff.
I will be looking forward to getting this version running on my test setup tonight and this weekend upgrading the rest.
Thanks for all the hard work.....
Quote from: Cal on August 10, 2004, 07:42:14 PM
What does it mean for the software to be named a release candiate? Does it mean that the feature set is complete, and all need to be done is to fix most (if not all :D)the bugs?
Also, I would like to use a fast and simple forum software. Am I looking at the right place? :P.
Sorry If my questions aren't appropriate in this thread. 8)
A Release Canidate is basically the features for the final release, although they continue to fix bugs. We are still however adding features, although it is no longer the main focus.
And (to my understanding) new features are for 1.1, not 1.0 which will only see big fixes.
Feel free to smack me if I'm wrong.
Just upgraded over beta 5 with no hint of a problem. It looks good, folks...wonderful job!
Question:
Which version should I use?
I have Beta 5 Public installed
Upgrade or Update?
Please advise. thanks
I had Beta 5 Public and update wen't well with the update package.
Just needed to change again some custom template files. (Like removing half of the bbc buttons :P and add a custom profile field.)
Quote from: Andero on August 10, 2004, 11:42:32 PM
I had Beta 5 Public and update wen't well with the update package.
Just needed to change again some custom template files. (Like removing half of the bbc buttons :P and add a custom profile field.)
Did you look at the new option to disable bbc tags?
-[Unknown]
Nice work ya'll
I was looking forward to the new smilie settings
All the other changes look nice also!
Alrady upgraded yesterdays afternoon and everything went fine
Really nice work ;)
Seems to be working perfectly. =)
Bad news is my favorite template got messed up. :(
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 11, 2004, 12:01:42 AM
Did you look at the new option to disable bbc tags?
Heh thanks, didn't notice it until now. :) This is good thing since I have mostly young users on my board who just love to play with effects like glow and such.
Nice work guys! :) Flawless upgrade as usual. :P
- Rpg Cyco
Um.... Something went wrong?
QuoteSorry, the copyright must be in the template.
Please notify this ' . "forum's" . ' administrator that this site is using an ILLEGAL copy of SMF!
then it's full of php code....
I thought SMF was free?
it is, but the license clearly states that you have to display the copyrights and may not change them
How? I haven't changed anything!
Just ran the upgrade, and this suddenly happened!
Quote from: CERT on August 10, 2004, 10:34:30 PM
Question:
Which version should I use?
I have Beta 5 Public installed
Upgrade or Update?
Please advise. thanks
Update.
Quote from: jannar85 on August 11, 2004, 09:00:21 AM
Um.... Something went wrong?
QuoteSorry, the copyright must be in the template.
Please notify this ' . "forum's" . ' administrator that this site is using an ILLEGAL copy of SMF!
then it's full of php code....
I thought SMF was free?
The terms of having SMF for free is including the SMF copyright somewhere in the template, without it, it is illegal.
But I haven't changed anything regarding the template :'(
I just deleted some of the old files, and moved over the new ones....
How can I change it?
Quote from: jannar85 on August 11, 2004, 09:11:03 AM
But I haven't changed anything regarding the template :'(
I just deleted some of the old files, and moved over the new ones....
How can I change it?
Hmmmmm, can I have a link to your board?
You need the theme_copyright() function somewhere in the template...
Can't you just add me to your msn, and we'll talk there, since I have a password protected forum.
I don't want to post them here. So. MSN is faster as well.
[email protected]
Check you have uploaded all the templates and language files.
I've got help :) Works like a charm :)
i get this error when i try to log in
Unable to load the 'main' template.
Upgrade went smoothly, all is well ... great new version, thanks guys :)
The news preview is nice, but I think the textarea box is too small...
I noticed a change: In the old version, the newsbox resized to fit all the content, now it just creates scrollbars, but it looks so ugly, so i just changed the line in index.template.php:
<div style="height: 50px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px;" class="smalltext">', $context['random_news_line'], '</div>
To:
<div style="height: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 5px;" class="smalltext">', $context['random_news_line'], '</div>
Now, the newsbox is always stretched to fit all the content..
Hope i helped anyone...
I may be leaving RC1 and prefer using Beta5 which is far more stable than Rc1!
Quote from: whtgoogle on August 12, 2004, 09:17:08 AM
I may be leaving RC1 and prefer using Beta5 which is far more stable than Rc1!
What a load of rubbish. The only real problems in RC1 are people having to adapt some old templates. I've seen no bugs worth noting more than that.
ok my dear friend, you feel rubbish of written fact which is true in deed,
http://www.webhostinglance.com/forum
create an a/c there, and try to log inif u can!
check ,
I am not good at php, i am worse,
you are good and my friend sachin is also , and he told that there are many errors in RC1!
You have some weird redirect thing going on there. When I try logging in as:
Username: Grudge
Password: test
It reports no username so something is redirecting and losing it. You sure it's not modified at all, or otherwise that you have a badly configured server somehow? It's not something exhibited by others.
yes the same thing happened to me,
any solution grudge, or should i install again!
Grudge's test account works with me, using FireFox...
As you can see here (http://www.webhostinglance.com/forum/index.php?topic=2.0)
QuoteSome changes have been made that require template changes. For the most part, you should be able to use your old templates... but without these new features.
What changes need to be made to the templates to use the "new features"?
Quote from: ROGUE-Master on August 12, 2004, 12:44:42 PM
QuoteSome changes have been made that require template changes. For the most part, you should be able to use your old templates... but without these new features.
What changes need to be made to the templates to use the "new features"?
The simplest way to answer this question is to use a program like Beyond Compare, diff, or ConTEXT, to compare the old and new files.
-[Unknown]
Upgraded with no problems at all! :)
Quote from: whtgoogle on August 12, 2004, 09:27:06 AM
ok my dear friend, you feel rubbish of written fact which is true in deed,
Since you seem to be the only person reporting such problems, have you considered the fact that maybe, just maybe it's being cause by something that you have done and is not actually an SMF bug?
Wait a second guys no fair. How come we don't get to try out Beta 6??
Just kidding guys, don't beat me up.
-Jazhawk
Quote from: Jazhawk on August 12, 2004, 04:15:51 PM
Wait a second guys no fair. How come we don't get to try out Beta 6??
Just kidding guys, don't beat me up.
-Jazhawk
Beta 6 was a charter only beta.
I just loaded the upgrade and this thing simply works. Again good job guys.
-Jazhawk
On my test forum I have updated from Beta 5 and seem to be having problems when using the forum with a template I made in Beta 5.
Examples:
Admin login page
Notice: Undefined index: support_credits_title in /home/*****/public_html/forum/Sources/Subs.php on line 1240
When viewing Administration Center
Notice: Undefined index: support_credits_title in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Subs.php on line 1240
Notice: Undefined index: support_credits_title in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 162
Notice: Undefined index: support_credits_title in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 163
Notice: Undefined index: support_credits_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: modSettings_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: maintain_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: edit_permissions_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: theme_admin_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: package_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: smileys_manage_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
Notice: Undefined index: registration_center_info in /home/**/public_html/forum/Sources/Admin.php on line 164
If I go in to the Current Theme's Settings the whole thing goes bananas with errors throughout finishing with
Unable to load the 'set_settings' template.
As it's only my test forum i'll play around with it and see if I can find out where it's going wrong. Maybe I missed a file or something.
You have old language files... did you change anything in Admin.english.php?
If you didn't change it, just delete it from your theme. It will then use the default one, which has been (hopefully?) updated.
-[Unknown]
Wow !
[Unknown] ! I've seen some fast replies but Jeez ! ;D
Thanks for that, I'll do that and let you know what happens :)
All sorted.
Thanks [Unknown]
:D
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 10, 2004, 04:01:36 PM
Quote from: CartDestr on August 10, 2004, 01:34:41 PM
When I try to convert my phpBB forum to this next version of Simple Machines (Congratulations for the next version), I have a problem in the messages conversion:
Quote(this may take some time)
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 4194304 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2918 bytes) in /home/webcindario/ptoinformativo/********/phpbb2_to_smf.php on line 697
What's the problem? When I tried to convert my phpbb to SMFb5 (the last public version) all work good, but the [quote]something[/quote]
don't work and my phpbb forum have a lot of quotes...
Please, help me.
Okay, you're the second person to say that. Can you paste an exact example of a phpBB quote? I was under the impression it looked like this:
[quote="author"]words[/quote]
Or:
Quote from: authorwords
Which parses fine.
As to the messages conversion issue, your server is limiting the amount of memory PHP can use... please try asking your host to temporarily increase this.
Thanks!
i am gonna install again,
sachin yesterday looked, and found some changes over my database, which is causing some problems.
some sort of sql query error he said,
Upgrade went well.. still having that darn cookie problem though.. =o\ I click always stay logged in and when I close and reopen.. I'm signed out.. =o\ oh well.. guess people will have to deal until this is sorted out.. unless there's something else I need to change???
Quote from: silentbob on August 13, 2004, 06:59:45 AM
Upgrade went well.. still having that darn cookie problem though.. =o\ I click always stay logged in and when I close and reopen.. I'm signed out.. =o\ oh well.. guess people will have to deal until this is sorted out.. unless there's something else I need to change???
Try turning on "META refresh" for now in Feature and Settings.
-[Unknown]
I tried that option.. when I log in again I get this :
QuoteAn Error Has Occurred!
You will have to wait about 5 seconds to login again, sorry.
=o\ ... any ideas?
Quote from: silentbob on August 13, 2004, 07:32:32 AM
I tried that option.. when I log in again I get this :
QuoteAn Error Has Occurred!
You will have to wait about 5 seconds to login again, sorry.
=o\ ... any ideas?
Did you actually wait that long to try again? Login is time limited.
-[Unknown]
no because even though that option error shows.. I'm logged in..
Quote from: silentbob on August 13, 2004, 07:34:47 AM
no because even though that option error shows.. I'm logged in..
The same problem for me, as said by sachin,
it is that some changes have taken in your sql database, so it does happens.
Sol : i hope you must install again.
It has nothing to do with any SQL changes. I don't know what the problem is but this isn't the thread for talking about bugs, we have a whole board for that.
Quote from: Grudge on August 13, 2004, 08:45:48 AM
It has nothing to do with any SQL changes. I don't know what the problem is but this isn't the thread for talking about bugs, we have a whole board for that.
Yup, Sorry. i saw a post above related to my error so i did.
Wow That's great SMF 1.0 RC1. :D
It looks like I came back just about time.
gonna try it this weekend
Cheers
I upgraded from YaBB SE 1.55 (or whatever it was!) to the SMF RC1 and it was extremely smooth. My forum users (160 of them) are all extremely pleased with the new functionality and I have actually had comments about the improved speed as well.
Your software goes from strength to strength... thank you so much!
SDMR
Man I haven't been here for a while. Man do I want to try this new package!
Quote from: <? Piranha($fx); ?> on August 13, 2004, 04:15:26 PM
Man I haven't been here for a while. Man do I want to try this new package!
No reason not to. Careful though, it might spoil your forum needs :P.
My upgrade went smooth wit zero errors!
Quote from: sdmr on August 13, 2004, 03:48:08 PM
I upgraded from YaBB SE 1.55 (or whatever it was!) to the SMF RC1 and it was extremely smooth. My forum users (160 of them) are all extremely pleased with the new functionality and I have actually had comments about the improved speed as well.
Your software goes from strength to strength... thank you so much!
SDMR
Glad to hear it. :)
Wow, not a whole lot different really but my theme stayed in place which I love.
Also, the little new features I have actually seen are nice, and the admin center is a little friendlier, too.
Excellent. Now I just need a good YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1 converter for a site I visit frequently so I can convince them to move to simple machines (no, I can't convince them to convert to YaBB SE first, unfortunately).
Keep up the outstanding work!!
The PhpBB converter worked really smooth...
I had a forum on sourceforge (for product support) and that was using PhpBB 2.0.10
I had a it of trouble moving the database to a new host - in the end all I got was a completely broken installation with only the posts and the users in the right place...
Anyway - the converter thankfully did not convert any settings - so the boards went up real smooth 8)
The software is getting really great - and the last time I tried SMF was beta 5 which is sooo buggy compared to RC1
Great work guys! ;D
Quote from: Room11 on August 15, 2004, 03:28:56 AM
The software is getting really great - and the last time I tried SMF was beta 5 which is sooo buggy compared to RC1
Which options were so buggy? It worked for me.
Quote from: Daniel D. on August 15, 2004, 04:35:25 AM
Which options were so buggy? It worked for me.
Lots of bugs were fixed between beta 5 and RC 1.
I know that, but I would not describe it as buggy. ???
If you relied on one of the features that had a bug then I could see it being considered as buggy. :P
Quote from: David on August 15, 2004, 04:42:45 AM
If you relied on one of the features that had a bug then I could see it being considered as buggy. :P
I give up. :P You won!! ;)
I ran through the upgrade, and it did its thing just fine, but once I loaded up the forum, the fonts were much much larger than before. I tried re-uploading my beta 5 template on top of it, but it made no difference. In the meantime I downgraded back to beta 5, but left RC1 on my local server to tinker with. Before I spend forever trying to track it down myself, does anyone know which files have changed to be causing this?
Quote from: FyberOptic on August 15, 2004, 01:19:55 PM
I ran through the upgrade, and it did its thing just fine, but once I loaded up the forum, the fonts were much much larger than before. I tried re-uploading my beta 5 template on top of it, but it made no difference. In the meantime I downgraded back to beta 5, but left RC1 on my local server to tinker with. Before I spend forever trying to track it down myself, does anyone know which files have changed to be causing this?
This is caused by a bug in older versions of Internet Explorer, which even 6 is backwards-compatible with. The fonts will be the correct size in other browsers, or in "standards compliance" mode.
Anyway, what you need to do is open your index template (probably Themes/converted/index.template.php, etc.) and look for this:
// The main sub template above the content.
function template_main_above()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt, $modSettings;
// Show right to left and the character set for ease of translating.
echo '
<html
Replace it with this:
// The main sub template above the content.
function template_main_above()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt, $modSettings;
// Show right to left and the character set for ease of translating.
echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html
This will include the xhtml document type so Internet Explorer will do it correctly.
-[Unknown]
I gave it a shot, and sure enough, it worked. The ironic part is that I've usually had the doctype tag CAUSE the trouble with font sizes, and ended up removing it from many pages on the site I manage to make them display correctly for everyone.
In any case, I certainly thank you a lot for the help.
yes thanx! it works fine now!
i get this error where my smilies are supposed to be
<br /> <b>Notice</b>: Undefined index: description in <b>/usr/data2/hosted/secret/forum/Sources/Load.php(1090) : eval()'d code</b> on line <b>505</b>
i reuploaded the whole sources folder so i dont know what to do now
I'm not an expert...
But that sounds more like a problem in your templates than in your sources...
I've finally caught up to the current version, installed RC1 on my live forum with no problems at all, and the users have noticed a speed increase, or they imagine they have if there shouldn't have been. ;)
/me takes hat off to SMF team.
Thank you!
Quote from: ms_ukyankee on August 17, 2004, 08:57:16 AM
I've finally caught up to the current version, installed RC1 on my live forum with no problems at all, and the users have noticed a speed increase, or they imagine they have if there shouldn't have been. ;)
/me takes hat off to SMF team.
Thank you!
SMF support i s the best.
What's new in RC1+?
Quote from: Daniel D. on August 15, 2004, 04:35:25 AM
Quote from: Room11 on August 15, 2004, 03:28:56 AM
The software is getting really great - and the last time I tried SMF was beta 5 which is sooo buggy compared to RC1
Which options were so buggy? It worked for me.
well - for a start - the package manager did not work
Quote from: Room11 on August 17, 2004, 04:25:59 PM
Quote from: Daniel D. on August 15, 2004, 04:35:25 AM
Quote from: Room11 on August 15, 2004, 03:28:56 AM
The software is getting really great - and the last time I tried SMF was beta 5 which is sooo buggy compared to RC1
Which options were so buggy? It worked for me.
well - for a start - the package manager did not work
And I would've told you it didn't work too... it didn't work before Beta 6 at all.
-[Unknown]
It didn't? ???
FANTASTIC NEWS on the new SMF 1.0 RC1 release . . . . ;)
Well to start off with I downloaded all 3 versions you have up, reasons for all three . . . . .
1. I am the webmaster of a local Computer Club Site, planning to add the New Install version on that site this week. ;)
2. I have had a TEST copy of the Beta 5 up for members of the below site ever since the Betas were available for us to play with. I will try the Update version on this one. ;)
3. As Webmaster of the Jack Nicklaus Golden Bears Den Web Site for about 4 years now.
That site has been running YaBB-SE 5 for a long time now. And I am going to try the UpGrade version on this Forum. :)
BUT! I have a question befor I do the UpGrade on the YaBB-SE site.
Below is a link to that so some of the GURU's here can check it out as it is still on YaBB-SE and give me some INPUT on my questions below.
And look how I have added the Template on that forum into a Table on the site and how it displays with my Header and Menu with the original template in the left cell of the table.
My question is when I do the Upgrade on this YaBB-SE 5.5 version to the RC1, will it import all my color sceams and also leave the Header and the Menu on the left side like it now shows, after the upgrade?
Or will it change things around some and I lose some things since it is not the Stock YaBB-SE Template?
Thanks for any INPUT on this befor I start setting any of these new packages in motion.
http://www.goldenbearsden.com/yabbse/index.php
Snuffy . . . . . 8)
The SMF upgrader will automatically convert your YaBB SE template for you. :)
Thaks Dave, I think I ask this once befor in another thread and I tried Upgrading the YaBB-SE with the Beta-5, and had some problems with it.
So we had to revert back to the YaBB-SE version at that time and still on that. But wanted to check and see if maybe in the RC1 that maybe some issues had been maybe adjusted in the conversion of yabb that may make it smoother this time . . . .
I'll give it a whirl soon and see, BUT! will remember the 3 most important things to do first :
1. BACKUP
2. BACKUP
3. BACKUP
Snuffy . . . . . . . . ;)
I have found 3 bugs, well atleast things that don't work in the new vertion and I want to see if any could help me out.
1. index.php?action=search > Run a search > Error:
Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'forum'
File: C:\Web\forum\Sources\Search.php
Line: 362
2. index.php?action=smileys;sa=addsmiley > Error loaded at top of page:
Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in C:\Web\forum\Sources\ManageSmileys.php on line 505
3. ummm, I can't find it but I know it's there it looks like error #2, oh well not a big deal.
Quote from: neonet01 on August 18, 2004, 12:45:54 PM
1. index.php?action=search > Run a search > Error:
Access denied for user: '@localhost' to database 'forum'
File: C:\Web\forum\Sources\Search.php
Line: 362
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15029.0
Thanks.
I've got a problem where users can't link to external avatars. The setting is checked in the admin area, the width/height is set to 0.
It seems fine for the admin, but for normal users, they can't change it.
Any help would be appreciated :)
Quote from: Owen on August 20, 2004, 03:50:57 PM
I've got a problem where users can't link to external avatars. The setting is checked in the admin area, the width/height is set to 0.
It seems fine for the admin, but for normal users, they can't change it.
Any help would be appreciated :)
Please check the permissions to make sure they have permission to use remote avatars.
-[Unknown]
Where would this be? If it is under "forum preferences" under the Avatar sub-heading. Then it is already checked. If not, then I haven't seen it and please can you direct me to it ;)
Upgrade from beta5 went smoothly and I was able to preserve my theme changes using ConText.
SMF is getting better and better, thanks guys! Keep up the good work!
Quote from: Owen on August 20, 2004, 04:03:28 PM
Where would this be? If it is under "forum preferences" under the Avatar sub-heading. Then it is already checked. If not, then I haven't seen it and please can you direct me to it ;)
Admin -> Edit Permissions -> Ungrouped Members -> Allow "Choose a remotely stored avatar".
And, so you know, it seems the upgrade may be causing this permission to be lost. We are investigating the issue.
-[Unknown]
w00t,
time to test this version myself asap ;D
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 20, 2004, 04:13:12 PM
And, so you know, it seems the upgrade may be causing this permission to be lost. We are investigating the issue.
Indeed, it does.
may be grudge is working on packages and soon be coming to us all.
Quote from: whtgoogle on August 21, 2004, 10:57:11 AM
may be grudge is working on packages and soon be coming to us all.
I am not going to say this again. I am
very very busy at the moment. I have a demanding time at work so am working long hours there. In addition I am working on another project beside this for someone AND am trying to develop for SMF. I can say for some confidence there will in no way, shape, or form be ANY new packages coming from me for several months from now. I will try to fix the bug I am aware of in the buddy list and post moderation mods but that is it - I simply do not have time to make new mods so please stop going on about it as it simply will not happen! There are plenty of other people out there who will contribute besides me. ;)
Quote from: whtgoogle on August 21, 2004, 10:57:11 AM
may be grudge is working on packages and soon be coming to us all.
Let me second this - please stop "stalking" Grudge :P. It's great that you appreciate his hard work, and I assume all of the team's hard work, but too much is too much.
Thanks,
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 10, 2004, 05:57:55 AM
- Admins can now change their member's usernames
Where ?
FaSan
In their profile..... right where the username is displayed in Account Related Settings...
-[Unknown]
Yes, it has a little "change" link underneath it. (To help you find it further!)
Quote from: Grudge on August 24, 2004, 06:31:02 PM
Yes, it has a little "change" link underneath it. (To help you find it further!)
Ok I See... is very little 8) Thanks
FaSan
Upgrade from SMF Beta 5 went without any hitches...absolutley fantastic! Just the SSI a bit strange looking but that's a small price to pay. Seems to be a little slower but that's probably the brilliant internet service they provide in Ireland :P
Wanna say thanks from myself and my users of the forums.
Love live SMF :D
Whats the bug in the buddy list mod? It seems to work fine for me!
Successful upgraded from Beta 5 Public to RC1 Public, without no problems.....
Finally, urls ends with .htm, google likes that, i'm so sure. That's a good point.
Only seems that spanish languague is not translated completely, i hope in the next days helping in this task.
Thank you for all.
:(
I get this Error screen :
---------------------------------------------------
An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to load the 'Themes' template.
---------------------------------------------------
This is the thread in Administration and Functionality that lists the problems . . . . . http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15708.0 HELP !
Upgraded my SMF b5 to RC1 smoothly!!!! :) thanks SMF Team!
Quote from: Snuffy on August 25, 2004, 11:46:07 AM
:(
I get this Error screen :
---------------------------------------------------
An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to load the 'Themes' template.
---------------------------------------------------
This is the thread in Administration and Functionality that lists the problems . . . . .
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=15708.0
HELP !
OK I did some more work on this got some things working now as suggested over in the thread above.
But still have one Biggie problem, can't Logout as Admin and then from a Guest log in and make a regular account.
As when I click Logout it will not log me out as Admin . . . . Any IDEAS on Why?
(se the thread linked in quote above for more info)
Snuffy . . . . 8)
Quote from: el-brujo on August 25, 2004, 03:47:25 AM
Successful upgraded from Beta 5 Public to RC1 Public, without no problems.....
Finally, urls ends with .htm, google likes that, i'm so sure. That's a good point.
Only seems that spanish languague is not translated completely, i hope in the next days helping in this task.
Thank you for all.
Might be a good point if Google didn't already have all 8,452 topics in my forums indexed with the yabbse url's.
Quote from: lbyard on August 31, 2004, 03:19:00 PM
Quote from: el-brujo on August 25, 2004, 03:47:25 AM
Successful upgraded from Beta 5 Public to RC1 Public, without no problems.....
Finally, urls ends with .htm, google likes that, i'm so sure. That's a good point.
Only seems that spanish languague is not translated completely, i hope in the next days helping in this task.
Thank you for all.
Might be a good point if Google didn't already have all 8,452 topics in my forums indexed with the yabbse url's.
I think [Unknown] said once that SMF is compatitle with Yabb SE URL's (meaning that it understands them) so if you upgrade all existing links still work.
And if you turn on queryless URL's, the "old-style" URL's don't stop working.
Quote from: Elissen on September 01, 2004, 03:28:40 AM
I think [Unknown] said once that SMF is compatitle with Yabb SE URL's (meaning that it understands them) so if you upgrade all existing links still work.
And if you turn on queryless URL's, the "old-style" URL's don't stop working.
Yup.
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on August 21, 2004, 02:58:00 PM
Quote from: whtgoogle on August 21, 2004, 10:57:11 AM
may be grudge is working on packages and soon be coming to us all.
Let me second this - please stop "stalking" Grudge :P. It's great that you appreciate his hard work, and I assume all of the team's hard work, but too much is too much.
Thanks,
-[Unknown]
yes i like his work, and i appreciate him.
Fasan, u can change the username in admin settings
under View/delete members
go there and edit the username of the user
really ?
I got the "Load.php(1090)" error, came here, sure enough someone else already encountered it, and fixing it was indeed a no-brainer.
Smoothest upgrade I've ever had for a message board. Big Kudo's from myself and my users on this one.
Just updated our old Supermod board to SMF RC1. Worked like a charm - no problems at all :)
Big ups to the team!
Congrats ,
welcome
I upgraded and only had one error due to SmartFTP failing to upload all the files i'd requested. Repeated the upload several times and it worked like a dream.
Well.. nogo here.. I get this:
The upgrader found some old or outdated language files.
which is weird because I use an unaltered beta5 install..
and on top of that the board is now completely messed up.. To say I am unhappy is an understatement.. :(
Quote from: paulheu on September 09, 2004, 06:44:00 PM
Well.. nogo here.. I get this:
The upgrader found some old or outdated language files.
which is weird because I use an unaltered beta5 install..
Did you upload all the language files from the upgrade zip file?
-[Unknown]
yes, using Total Commander (windowsXP). I use TotalCommander for all FTP traffic and never have problems.. now I am stuck with a wrecked forum.. This one just started, so it's no big deal to re-install from scratch, but I have another one running which I will definitely not update just yet..
Still it could be I am jumping the gun and missing something I should have read (in which case may this be a lesson to all.. ;D ), but I was under the impression it was a matter of copying all files in the upgrade archive over and running upgrade.php (through the browser)..
Some people have experienced ftp clients eventually not... uploading certain files.
I recommend you manually upload just the Themes/default/languages folder. If the upgrader still won't work, you might try downloading one of those files, eg. index.english.php, and making sure it's RC1.
In theory, you shouldn't have this trouble - no one else has reported it.
-[Unknown]
And todays lesson is..
make sure you install ALL themes, inclusing the extra ones (like Dutch) if you use em..
double Duh..
All good now! 8)
Now if SMF paypal procedure would stop asking for my CC (which I do not have) and just take my money..
Quote from: lbyard on September 10, 2004, 05:26:56 AM
Almost one year now: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=1715.0. Yawn!
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=1828.0 :-X
Hi,
I was able to upgrade my SMF 1.9 Beta 5 public to the new SMF 1.0 RC1 however what happens now is that i cannot login to the forum now, only view the posts. I cannot log in as Admin or as any other user either. I keep getting an error saying "Report to admin" (thats funny).
This means that all my members cannot log in now and the others (new members) can no longer join.
I really dont know what to do now. The steps I followed are as follows
1) downloaded the SMF 1.0 RC1 upgrade zip file
2) copied all the files(overwritng the prev) to the server
3) viewed index.php
4) deleted upgrade.php (as per the warning)
5) set the board back from maintenace
6) Logged out and can never log in again.
What should i do?
Please upload upgrade.php once again, and access it (instead of index.php, before deleting anything.) It will give you a "go" button to click, such as to execute the upgrade itself.
-[Unknown]
will try it out and be back soon.
anyway why wasnt any readme etc included?
just before i start letme get this clear once. All i have to do is
1) upload the files (overwriting the old ones)
2) open the upgrade.php file
3) wait for it to finish and then
4) delete the file after this
is this right?
Quote from: The One on September 10, 2004, 05:23:25 PM
just before i start letme get this clear once. All i have to do is
1) upload the files (overwriting the old ones)
2) open the upgrade.php file
3) wait for it to finish and then
4) delete the file after this
is this right?
Yes.
-[Unknown]
it worked out fine. anyway itwould have been easier if there was a readme or somethign else. :)
...some peole just dont realiize and respect the amount of work that goes into software like this.
I am fully satisfied with RC1, its the best i've ever had, since i moved from yabbgold. cant wait for the final release, you guys are doing a marvellous job
Great Work!!! !!!
Let the SMF software do the talking because it does a much better job then the rest.
I noticed users do no longer have their (custom) avatars after updating to RC1.. How can I fix that?
Quote from: paulheu on September 15, 2004, 04:47:15 PM
I noticed users do no longer have their (custom) avatars after updating to RC1.. How can I fix that?
It's a permission; just go and allow "choose a remote avatar".
-[Unknown]
Quote from: paulheu on September 09, 2004, 07:25:50 PM
Now if SMF paypal procedure would stop asking for my CC (which I do not have) and just take my money..
If you've got a check card, just use that, and then make sure you've always got enough money in your bank account to cover any paypal transactions. The reason they ask you for your credit card is because they want a backup source in case there's ever a problem transferring money from your primary source (such as your bank account).
Quote from: Oldiesmann on September 15, 2004, 05:20:06 PM
Quote from: paulheu on September 09, 2004, 07:25:50 PM
Now if SMF paypal procedure would stop asking for my CC (which I do not have) and just take my money..
If you've got a check card, just use that,
It's been resolved (and payed for..)
Hello
One question... It's possible give guest users? (how in phpbb)
I need this option beacuse all the users of my forum use first the option of guest one or two days before register...
Thanks...
Sorry for my bad english ::)
Ok, I found the solution in the spanish forum:
Quote from: PeterPaul on April 03, 2004, 08:24:46 AM
Vete a:
ADMINISTRACION >> EDITAR PERMISOS
y en "Invitados no registrados" dale a MODIFICAR
Y pon ESTABLECER en:
Publicar nuevos temas
Publicar respuestas a temas
Tema propio:
Cuelquier otro Tema:
I dont need help now, dont reply this menssaje ;D
Help!
I have just run the upgrade from yabbse 1.54 to this release, everything seemed to go okay, but I get this error
Notice: Undefined index: time_format in /home/sites/site242/web/yabbse/Sources/Load.php on line 2358: Undefined index: time_format
/home/sites/site242/web/yabbse/Sources/Load.php
235
How can I fix this?
Quote from: qm on September 17, 2004, 02:47:01 PM
Help!
I have just run the upgrade from yabbse 1.54 to this release, everything seemed to go okay, but I get this error
Notice: Undefined index: time_format in /home/sites/site242/web/yabbse/Sources/Load.php on line 2358: Undefined index: time_format
/home/sites/site242/web/yabbse/Sources/Load.php
235
How can I fix this?
This is because you deleted/cleaned Settings.php before upgrading. The upgrade.php expected you to have some settings in Settings.php.
To fix this, go in to Admin -> Edit Features and Options, and set some missing settings.
-[Unknown]
I can't get the board up and running and trying to access admin.php directly ends up in a hacking attempt!
Quote from: qm on September 17, 2004, 03:19:52 PM
I can't get the board up and running and trying to access admin.php directly ends up in a hacking attempt!
Don't access Admin.php directly; use index.php?action=admin. Another option would be to try using repair_settings.php from the tools and converters part of the download page.
-[Unknown]
Hmm, the repair_settings works, but I can't get it to accept the default theme url, default theme images url or the default theme directory. It recommends some settings that I choose, click save settings, and it just comes back saying Values not found? Nearly there I suspect!
Quote from: qm on September 17, 2004, 03:55:23 PM
Hmm, the repair_settings works, but I can't get it to accept the default theme url, default theme images url or the default theme directory. It recommends some settings that I choose, click save settings, and it just comes back saying Values not found? Nearly there I suspect!
Perhaps the database connection information is wrong, then?
-[Unknown]
Seems ok. Just doesn't want to know about the last three items mentioned. Do I assume it then writes a new settigns file, coz it is not doing that.
Bloomin odd! I could install a fresh version of smf, but it just does not want to know with an upgrade! So I have gone back to my old yabbse board and all is well again...thank goodness!
I must admit, I am reluctant to try again,4 hours of fiddling was horrendous.
Is it possible to back up my old mysql database, then import the data in to a new one with a fresh installation of smf?
Quote from: qm on September 17, 2004, 05:27:29 PM
Is it possible to back up my old mysql database, then import the data in to a new one with a fresh installation of smf?
Actually, the upgrader will offer a similar option - it can create copies of all the tables with a different prefix. Should anything go wrong, you can switch YaBB SE to use the backup prefix and it should work.
Are you sure that, after uploading the upgrade files, you ran upgrade.php? Because, if you did, YaBB SE wouldn't work unless you restored that backup - which you may have done, I'm just suggesting a possibility. It's easy to miss such little details.
If those settings wouldn't save, and the database details were right, the themes table must not exist. If that table does not exist, upgrade.php did not complete properly.
If this is the case, my earlier comment about cleaning/deleting Settings.php is moot.
-[Unknown]
Yes I did run the upgrade.php. It had a couple of table errors, but stated that I could ignore those.
The mysql database is kept on a different server which I don't have direct access to. I did a database dump after getting yabbse to run again, and noticed that there are some smf prefixes in it that weren't there before when I did a database dump this morning.
I tried a fresh install of smf using the smf_ database prefixes, as the original database file doesn't have any prefix set. When the smf started up everything was fine, except no data. When I went back in to the admin and removed the smf_ prefix, it just crashed again!
So currently I am back to where I was with the old yabbse board and it seems to be running fine.
Quote from: qm on September 17, 2004, 05:56:02 PM
Yes I did run the upgrade.php. It had a couple of table errors, but stated that I could ignore those.
The SMF upgrader does not tell you you can ignore anything; I think you were using a YaBB SE upgrade.php - such as for 1.4.x -> 1.5.x. Can you make sure it's the one from SMF? It should be at least 100 kb (as it makes A LOT of changes, all of which have to work, few of which can be skipped/ignored when coming from YaBB SE.)
QuoteThe mysql database is kept on a different server which I don't have direct access to. I did a database dump after getting yabbse to run again, and noticed that there are some smf prefixes in it that weren't there before when I did a database dump this morning.
That's odd; Both the upgrader and SMF won't create tables without your knowledge or at least prefix.
QuoteI tried a fresh install of smf using the smf_ database prefixes, as the original database file doesn't have any prefix set. When the smf started up everything was fine, except no data. When I went back in to the admin and removed the smf_ prefix, it just crashed again!
Of course it did, your database was still YaBB SE. SMF requires a SIGNIFICANTLY updated one, and as such it failed when you did this...
-[Unknown]
yes that was the problem, and old upgrade.php file, for some reason it did not get overwritten.
Anyway, I have installed and upgaded ok now, but although everything is viewable, I can't log in, the page is not available when I do that, any ideas?
All working well now, must have just been a slow server or something. Thanks for your help, really appreciated it!
Well Hello [Unknown], I did it last night and things went like a charm on switching my Ole' YaBB-SE over to RC1 . . . ;)
With this switch I now have 3 forums that I admin to and thay all are now on SMF totally . . . ;D
I think the over 200 users I have on this one will be happy in the morning when they wake up and find I have switched the forum over to the new SMF.
I checked out about all I can think of and did not find anything that is causing any problems as of now, and don't think I will . . :D
Now I need to find some time and work on learning how to make it look like I had it before on the YaBB-SE where I had the menuing down the side and all with my site Logo on the top. I guess it is time to play with learning PHP editing and finger that out, and make my own Theme.
BUT! wanted to say "THANKS" to the full Dev Team here @ SMF for all the time and dedication that they have and are putting into this great forum software.
Keep Up The Fantastic Work Team . . . . . :)
Snuffy
GBD-Admin . . . . . . 8)
Quote from: Snuffy on September 19, 2004, 04:34:45 AM
BUT! wanted to say "THANKS" to the full Dev Team here @ SMF for all the time and dedication that they have and are putting into this great forum software.
So do i!
I upgraded four boards from 1.3.0, 1.4.1 and 1.5.4 to SMF RC1 without ANY mentionable problems. One has more than 1.800 users and 50.000 posts, another has a single 10.000 posts box, everything went really fine!
Special thanks to the upgrade/converter maniacs!!!
Another Update?
at the bottom of this forum it says RC2 ???
Quote from: Trekkie101 on September 25, 2004, 09:37:31 AM
Another Update?
at the bottom of this forum it says RC2 ???
That means that RC2 is very close to being released :)
I'm looking forward to seeing the change list... :D
Ok, this clears things up for me. I was getting worried when my admin mentioned it was outdated. I hate missing upgrades. So its not released yet.
i really can't wait, either... RC1 was awesome, with RC2 and tons of bug fixes (at least i supposet hat's what the major changes are) i expect even better. SMF is awesome
We just have to wait for the changelog or availability of RC2, but im quiet happy with RC1
"BUG FIXES! for RC1?"
I see no bugs in RC1, so this new RC2 can only be Additions of Goodies and nice to have controls and Extras and the like!
Now that is not a patch, that my friend is an UpGrade~!
Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream Thank You Dev Tream
;)
Thanks Devs for your work. I using SMF for a few days and i must say it's awesome!
I have it integrated in postnuke with the recent pnSMF module (does anyone know how to convert the attachments using the phpbb2_to_smf from a pnphpbb forum?)
I can't be a chart member, but of course i'll donate money to keep the good work up.
If everyone would donate for example 5 bucks for time to time, or at least, for each release (if they consider it ok) we could help the devs to keep the forum up2date ;-)
Yeah, I was worried aswell b/c my admin console showed me a new version which I couldn't find in the downloads section. Good to know all is well. Hope it gets released as soon as possible but not until totally stable. RC1 works like a charm though.
Thanks dev,
Phil
seems SMF 1.0 RC2 is avaiable for charter members. whats the difference, anyone know?
I think it's just bugfixing.
BTW
will this be the last RC before Final release?
ok, anyone know which bugs were fixed? there should be a list of notifications available to public!
(so we want to become paying members all of us!)
There are a lot of bugs fixed. The changelog will be released when 1.0 RC2 is released.... it's not that far off.
-[Unknown]
ok thank you!
i have a custom template (or rather, the great template called Curve, which i have modified a lot). i also had to modify some files not in the templates' folder, now i'm a bit scared of upgrading -- might it make my site not to work?
i guess that if i were to upgrade, i cant skip the file/files that i have modified?
Templates/themes from 1.0 RC1 should continue to work...
Any source file modifications you made will have to be redone.
-[Unknown]
I have this strange problem, that if i log in, and then for example my browser crashes and i later go to my forum, i am still logged in - and cant log out!! it says session error.
in the loginout.php source file, in function logout(), i removed checksession('get') and then it worked!
is there a security trouble with removing this checksession('get') function here, or could i leave it removed? at least it works now!
Yes, if you remove that it is possible to, for example, log you out when viewing a post/topic automatically, such that you cannot delete that post or topic without quick moderation or logging in without leaving it in a separate window.
-[Unknown]
not quite sure i understand what you mean.
but is there another fix?
If your browser crashes, it probably screws up your cookies. Closing all browser windows, and possibly restarting, may solve the issue.
If it does not, you can try clearing your cookies, or deleting your cookies for that domain.
-[Unknown]
actually, its enough that i just quit my web browser without logging out from the forum, for it beeing impossible to log out next time i go to the forum with that browser (am using mac, have tried safari, netscape, internet explorer, opera), logged in "forever".
yes i can delete my cookie and this solves the issue, but i am confident most of my forum users cant / dont know how to/ delete the cookie.
it says:
"An Error Has Occurred!
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again. "
And it wont let me log out.
I can guess, that it has something to do with this: when i open the browser again (the second time - when i cant log out), i am assigned a new session id that does not match with the one in the cookie, and this is the reason it wont let me log out?
Now, is it possible for me to add a link in the error message (above mentioned) that, when clicked, automatically clears the cookie? How to do this?
Thanks for your help!
Your browser is instructed to delete the cookie once it closes; because it does not close properly, this doesn't happen properly.
I've used Firefox for quite a while, and even had it crash (because of things I've added to it, usually...) and I've never had any problem logging out.
-[Unknown]
thanks for your quick replies.
still., this happens for all of my browsers.
i still wonder, is it possible for me to add a link in the error message (above mentioned) that, when clicked, automatically clears the cookie/session?
I have the same problems using IE6.0
In my case it doesn't even work when I clear out the Cookies, offline files, it just won't Log out
The only thing that does work for me is logging in on another computer.
Then i'm able to log on again using my own computer...
Really annoying :(
R3Mo
Link, please.
-[Unknown]
You mean my forum?
it's http://www.wijhelpenje.nl (Dutch)
Thanks for your reply!
R3Mo
Seems to work fine for me. Did you enable database driven sessions, or no?
-[Unknown]
Quote from: R3Mo on October 10, 2004, 06:18:45 PM
I have the same problems using IE6.0
In my case it doesn't even work when I clear out the Cookies, offline files, it just won't Log out
The only thing that does work for me is logging in on another computer.
Then i'm able to log on again using my own computer...
Looks like a mess with frames. Almost sure you dont have the login/logout problem when you work with the direct forum link:
http://www.wijhelpenje.nl/forum/index.php
Remark: your forum template is not browser proof. It messes up with Firefox.
I know it's a mess at the moment, but i'm working on it ;)
@[Unknown]
Yes, yesterday evening i've enabled the database driven sessions..
But using both database driven sessions, or cookies, it still gives the same error..
QuoteAlmost sure you dont have the login/logout problem when you work with the direct forum link:
http://www.wijhelpenje.nl/forum/index.php
I've made that index page yesterday, before yesterday the link www.wijhelpenje.nl went directly to /forum/index.php
And, of course, with the same problem
Thanks for your replies!
R3Mo
in file Sources/LogInOut.php i deleted "checkSession('get');" in the function "Logout()".
this solves the problem - now it is always possible to log out.
Quote from: rascal on October 11, 2004, 03:31:44 PM
in file Sources/LogInOut.php i deleted "checkSession('get');" in the function "Logout()".
this solves the problem - now it is always possible to log out.
Of course, I hope you undertand that you just created a security hole. If you're fine with that, I hope you want make eyes at us when/if someome malicious exploits it.
-[Unknown]
yes you tried to explain that it was a security hole (though i didnt really get how).
it was something about ppl being able to force-log out me.
but without this fix, that is when it could become impossible to log out - thats an even worse security hole. If, say, i sit at a library and am logged in as Admin and suddenly cant log out(!), and often library comps are protected so i cannot manage/delete cookies, then that computer is "forever" logged in with admin account on my forum, and anyone that passes by can do whatever they want with my forum.
i say: leaving an exploit that enables users to force log-out me is bad, leaving a bug that sometimes makes me unable to log out is catastrophic.
You can always force a logout by deleting all cookies. Which you anyways always should do when you surfed in the library ...
Why are you posting still in this topic?
RC2 is out:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=17961.0
If you have problems and still are on RC1 -> time to upgrade to RC2!
but i say - it is not always possible to delete cookies. and i have alot of non-computer ppl on my forum, who dont even know what a cookie is.
If i in the error message that appears (when log out is not possible) could add a link that says "try delete cookies", and if by clicking that link the cookies is automatically deleted (the forum cookies) - that would be fine.
but how to do that?
is this fixed in RC2? i doubt. the developers dont consider this as a bug
Quote from: rascal on October 16, 2004, 03:18:32 PM
is this fixed in RC2? i doubt. the developers dont consider this as a bug
Rascal, you are having problems. Please post about this issue in General English Support (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=9.0). This is not something I can fix without your cooperation, which you have not been very willing to give.
This is something that can be fixed on your end, not on ours.
-[Unknown]
ok i am really sorry if i have been rude. i really want to cooperate, but i am new to this and dont know that much about the forum. i will post in general english..
but i dont understand what you mean - on my end, you mean i should change the code or do you mean i should fix my webbrowsers in some way?
Locking this thread - the last post was splitted into a separate topic which is moved into the graphics/templates support fourm.
This is not a support thread - nor is RC1 the current version.
Please all upgrade to RC2. If you have questions or problems then please don't hesitate to use our support forums.