great release

see my forum hxxp:www.gameftps.com [nonactive]

Quote from: chaos_gamer on January 01, 2006, 08:16:50 AM
great release

see my forum www.gameftps.com

cool site! gr8 job!!

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 07:44:09 AM

Quote from: Aitor on January 01, 2006, 07:21:48 AM

Quotewhats that, subdreamer??

A CMS with smf integration.

www.subdreamer.com

oh okay
thanks!
in what way is it used for smf?

Forum Integration

Not only does Subdreamer offer its own member system, but it also allows complete integration with phpBB 2, vBulletin 2, vBulletin 3, Simple Machines Forum 1, and Invision Power Board 2.

With integration, you can login from any page, display top posters, display forum stats, integrate usergroups, and so much more!

Quote from: peterstannard on January 01, 2006, 08:22:48 AM

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 07:44:09 AM

Quote from: Aitor on January 01, 2006, 07:21:48 AM

Quotewhats that, subdreamer??

A CMS with smf integration.

www.subdreamer.com

oh okay
thanks!
in what way is it used for smf?

Forum Integration

Not only does Subdreamer offer its own member system, but it also allows complete integration with phpBB 2, vBulletin 2, vBulletin 3, Simple Machines Forum 1, and Invision Power Board 2.

With integration, you can login from any page, display top posters, display forum stats, integrate usergroups, and so much more!

cool !
so is it like a portal like mkportal ?
i use smf 1.1 rc2 + mkportal
@ my site @ http://tech-ultimatum.uni.cc
can i use subdreamer too?

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 08:24:38 AM

Quote from: peterstannard on January 01, 2006, 08:22:48 AM

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 07:44:09 AM

Quote from: Aitor on January 01, 2006, 07:21:48 AM

Quotewhats that, subdreamer??

A CMS with smf integration.

www.subdreamer.com

oh okay
thanks!
in what way is it used for smf?

Forum Integration

Not only does Subdreamer offer its own member system, but it also allows complete integration with phpBB 2, vBulletin 2, vBulletin 3, Simple Machines Forum 1, and Invision Power Board 2.

With integration, you can login from any page, display top posters, display forum stats, integrate usergroups, and so much more!

cool !
so is it like a portal like mkportal ?
i use smf 1.1 rc2 + mkportal
@ my site @ http://tech-ultimatum.uni.cc
can i use subdreamer too?

Subdreamer isn't free.

OMG its paid!
Theres no free version

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 08:27:37 AM
OMG its paid!
Theres no free version

No.

Why not look @ their site

Quote from: peterstannard on January 01, 2006, 08:29:12 AM

Quote from: Prasad007 on January 01, 2006, 08:27:37 AM
OMG its paid!
Theres no free version

No.

Why not look @ their site

hmmmm... i just did!
forget it, dont want un-paid softs

WoW 
Happy new year 

Hi folks,

I'm also enthusiastic about the new release but ran into a problem while test-updating a backup site (always start with a test site ... ;-)).

I was updating from SMF 1.1RC1 to RC2, language pack german (which I copied as required), no extra modules, Theme reset to classic YABB.

First thing that was remarkable was that in the upgrade dialogue there was no "Convert the existing template and set it as default"-checkbox.

However, everything seemed to work out fine until I visited /myforum/index.php (after deleting the update script):

The content-part of the theme from the header on down was eliminated, just empty boxes ... neither the admin section nor any boards would come up ...

Did anyone get similar results? Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance!

Thorsten

tries,

It won't ask to convert your theme, as if you are coming from RC1 it should preserve your existing themes.

Are you sure you are using the RC2 German language files, that sounds like the language entries are missing?

I suggest you create a topic in the support board, with a link to the test board if possible..

Cheers,

Grudge

QuoteI could produce a patch file for RC2, but it would be so huge it would take forever to make the changes manually.

Why would I need to make them manually with a patch file? Not sure if you have ever used phpBB's patch file method but what it does is run from the command line & processes everything automatically; the only stuff you have to do manually is if it can't find the specific spot it wants to input/change code (usually happens on heavily modified boards) & it'll then spit out the required info on what you need to do manually... it then continues on to the next part; it doesn't abort if it can't do something as each code change is seperate.

QuoteWhat I used to do back in the days of using YaBB, was before an update I'd get my modded install, and an unmodded install and use diff (or any comparison tool, I actually used boardmod) to list all the differences. I then overwrote the old install with the new files and went back and manually made my changes.

Could you recommend a good comparision tool?

Quote
Also, not much will change between RC2 and Final, just a few bug fixes I hope. That said, if you're not that bothered about upgrading to RC2 and want to avoid hastle maybe you should wait for Final to come out before upgrading?

Well I would like to upgrade as it sounds like it has some nice new features that would come in very handy; I actually haven't installed any mods; just modified some files to add in my logo & stuff.... actually, come to think of it I think I have only modified the template files.... they won't be touched by this upgrade right?

dvd-man,

How did you make the template changes, did you modify the "default" theme, or create a new theme.

We highly recommend that you never modify the default theme, but assuming you have I recommend the following:
1) Before upgrading, from the admin panel create a new theme, called "site" or similar
2) Make this theme the default for your site.
3) Any templates that you have manually changed in the default folder, copy into the new theme folder

What this does, is mean that by default SMF uses the templates in your new theme, but if a template doesn't exist it takes it from the default folder.

Now, you've effectively got a backup of all your modified files in your "site" template. Upload a copy of RC2 and upgrade. You'll probably find that all your changes are still there and working fine after the upgrade - it's only if you've modified lots of the core templates like Admin that you may have to update them. As always, take a backup of the whole lot before upgrade so you can go back if needed

On the subject of patching, it sounds like phpBB tool is much like boardmod. What SMF *normally* does is use the package manager for updates. This is effectively the same as phpBB's tool, except it is all done server side so you never need to mess around on your own PC.

I normally use UltraCompare for comparison which isn't free. You can look here for free ones?

Quote from: dvd-man on January 01, 2006, 10:11:40 AM
Not sure if you have ever used phpBB's patch file method but what it does is run from the command line & processes everything automatically;

This is a fairly big update though, did phpBB provide a patch file to upgrade from phpBB 1 to phpBB 2?

Grudge: Luckily, no.... I have a custom theme installed which I modified. Does that mean I am good to go?

Btw... what do you mean "upload a copy of RC2?" Don't I just upload all the files over the top of the current ones & that's it?

Ben: No idea, I started with phpBB around 2.03.

dvd-man,

If all the modified files are in a custom theme, then it's fine. The RC2 package basically involves overwriting your install, yes. Then you just run upgrade.php after uploading.

As always, do ensure you backup, just incase

Grudge

Ok.. I'll give it a go! Thanks Grudge!

I love the Core!

but...there are several SSI issues with RC2... Some includes don't work properly, like this one:

<?php
$array = ssi_recentTopics(10, null, 'array');

foreach ($array as $recent)
{
echo '
<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $recent['topic'] . '.from' . $recent['newtime'] . ';topicseen#new" title="Board: ', $recent['board']['name'], ' - Poster: ', $recent['poster']['name'], '">
', $recent['subject'], '
', $recent['new'] ? '' : '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $recent['topic'] . '.from' . $recent['newtime'] . ';topicseen#new"><img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/new.gif" alt="' . $txt[302] . '" border="0" ></a>', '
</a><br>';
}
?>

Instead of taking me to the newest post, it takes me to the topic itself.

Does this need some modification?

Great news, I can upgrade and test just before I move my forums to SMF, great, now all I have to do is redo my code changes

frost, I'll add it to the things to check.