Current Bug and Development List

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:33 pm

In no particular order:

Two or three people are having issues using Bulldrek e-mail through Outlook. [Toon's error message: "The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.bulldrek.com', Server: 'mail.bulldrek.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E"]
<s>Photo Album thumbnails are not working, and the template seems to be broken. Server might not have correct image libraries installed.</s> Fixed. Total idiot admin issue right there.
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Changing your profile or viewing comments in the Album returns the following error messages:

Warning&#58; Cannot add header information - headers already sent by &#40;output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/functions_validate.php&#58;332&#41; in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 505 

Warning&#58; Cannot add header information - headers already sent by &#40;output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/functions_validate.php&#58;332&#41; in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 507 

Warning&#58; Cannot add header information - headers already sent by &#40;output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/functions_validate.php&#58;332&#41; in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 508

Looks [to me, with my non-existant knowledge of PHP debugging] like all the errors are occuring on line 332, if that helps.</s> Fixed.

Some unresolved disagreement on whether or not Announcement links belong in the header.
Users are unable to change fonts in their signature.
Templates other than Bulldrek have not been updated to 2.0.6.
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The Private message section has two links for each box - two links for inbox, two links for sentbox, etc.</s> Fixed.
The left-hand margin - the Username field - sometimes draws far wider than is called for.

Current as of 9/3/04.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:37 pm

Just as a side note. I solved my Outlook's problem with my account, but only by using Charter's (my cable modem provider) address as the outgoing mail server. Jusing mail.bulldrek.com as the outgoing mail server does not work with Outlook. At least not with the default settings, and I don't know what/how to change it. It works, but I had to cheat.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:56 pm

Is anyone still getting the errors in functions_vaidate in their profile? I think that's been fixed, though there is now an error in usercp_avatar...

3278 · Post by **3278** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:01 pm

The profile edit gives me these messages:

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/usercp_avatar.php:625) in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 505

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/usercp_avatar.php:625) in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 507

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/sites/site41/web/includes/usercp_avatar.php:625) in /home/sites/site41/web/includes/page_header.php on line 508

Thanks, Sal!

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:58 am

Bishop wrote:Just as a side note. I solved my Outlook's problem with my account, but only by using Charter's (my cable modem provider) address as the outgoing mail server. Jusing mail.bulldrek.com as the outgoing mail server does not work with Outlook. At least not with the default settings, and I don't know what/how to change it. It works, but I had to cheat.

Check to see if you've got the authentication for outgoing mail switched on.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:24 pm

Yeah, I tried that. Still get the same error message that Toon posted.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:54 pm

Is there /anyone/ who can use mail.bulldrek.com as their outgoing mail server? Any time I've ever had an e-mail account that wasn't given to me by my ISP or that wasn't free webmail, I've had to use my ISP's outgoing mail server. Sometimes, you even have to authenticate with them via the appropriate checkbox. What I'm saying, though, is that this appears to me to be not a bulldrek.com server issue, but rather "the way it works." It's certainly how it's been explained to me for use on the old 3278.org servers, and the old bulldrek.com servers.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:58 pm

No, it's not the way it works, it's the way the server's been configured. It won't accept any SMTP requests from outside it's domain, most likely.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:39 pm

I am really not sure what to tell you guys. Under Eudora, so long as it is set to Never Use Authentication or Only Use if Available, and the checkbox is set to Always Check Mail Before Attempting to Send, it all works fine. Out of sheer curiousity, try setting the outgoing server to www.bulldrek.com, I've successfully used the www prefix in the past, too.

Toon · Post by **Toon** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:16 pm

Kai wrote:Under Eudora, so long as it is set to Never Use Authentication or Only Use if Available, and the checkbox is set to Always Check Mail Before Attempting to Send, it all works fine.

I must be daft. I still cannot find the Never Use... or the Always Check... checkboxes in my copy of Eudora (of course it could be that I'm using Eudora Light and that could make a difference, but I don't know.)

Kai wrote:Out of sheer curiousity, try setting the outgoing server to www.bulldrek.com, I've successfully used the www prefix in the past, too.

Nope. Doesn't make a difference.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:04 pm

Ah, yeah Eudora light is funky...let me post up the exact wording of the options tonight and maybe you can search on it to figure out how to enable it in that at least, or maybe Outlook.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:59 am

I can sucessfully send messges using mail.bulldrek.com using Mail for OS X.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:40 pm

Photo album fixed. I feel pretty stupid about that one.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:54 pm

Did I just get an erroneous email about a new PM? There wasn't one.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:04 am

Here's a [tiny] bug we never fixed. In previewing a message or a PM, there's still a line of underscores above the signature, which we've removed in the threads. Would anyone object to me fixing this [minor] bug?

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:11 pm

Not at all

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:19 pm

FYI, I think there's something 'interesting' going on with the mail server, I have had trouble recently trying to connect to it outside of webmail. Will poke upstream about the outlook issues again as well as a general concern that it isn't working properly

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:45 pm

While trolling through a couple pages of the Embassy trying to find the bugs 32 referred to last night, I found a couple features that had been either accepted or discussed without any decision.

IRC Template: http://www.bulldrek.com/viewtopic.php?t=4084
Upload Space: http://www.bulldrek.com/viewtopic.php?t=4350
bbCode Removal: http://www.bulldrek.com/viewtopic.php?t=3693
Lexicon: http://www.bulldrek.com/viewtopic.php?t=2643
Forwarding/Multiple Recipients of PMs (Mentioned offhand in several topics)

These are all really old - Lexicon goes back to the end of 2002 - and there's no huge pressure to implement them, but they might be things worth voting on again.

Edit: Oooh. Looking back through the Lexicon thread, this would be stupid-easy to implement on the Support site with a wiki.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:22 pm

Okay.

IRC
So we'd still be connecting to the DS server, yes? That is the one major restriction on hosting, no IRC servers. If its already written or whatever, I think that's all 32

Upload
Well, damn. Seemed we reached a concensus and it just stalled out. Have had a lot more experience with file uploading since then, lemme go see what script I was refering to there and why...

bbCode
We still up for this or did we all learn it by now?

Lexicon
Um, sure

Wiki sounds like an excellent way to do it. I nominate Sal to get sent a page template and make it work, can I get a second?

Mass PM
Argh, that one is totally my fault, I have the hack for that on the HD at home.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:28 pm

Kai wrote:Lexicon
Um, sure Wiki sounds like an excellent way to do it. I nominate Sal to get sent a page template and make it work, can I get a second?

Eh, what the hell. I've got plenty of time to kill, of late.

Post by **Control** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:34 am

Extra underscores on Preview removed. Bug fixed. Please notify if any extra signature underscores are spotted in posting, previewing, or private messaging.

Post by **Control** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:35 pm

Spam users cleared.

Options on statistics page expanded to 20, to show hinge point on user post counts, and absence thereof on posts/topics.

Attempted to rebuild smilies database. Was reprimanded by webhost. Need to avoid this action in the future.

Post by **Control** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:23 pm

Spam users cleared.

Installed user word count mod. Only appears on userprofile and viewtopic; should also appear on memberlist, with sort options.

Post by **Control** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:40 am

Spam users cleared.

Disabled registration by a better means than freespeech's "no take-backsies" method.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:51 pm

Control wrote:Disabled registration by a better means than freespeech's "no take-backsies" method.

What the fuck? How can someone try to register when there's no submit button on the page? Let's try something a little more extraordinary.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:09 pm

Well, this is just ridiculous. Time for the big guns.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:20 pm

If that doesn't do it, I'm gonna kill a nigga.

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:34 pm

I have no idea what they're doing, but your reaction here is pretty good. Almost makes me want to try to sign up for a new account.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:11 am

I think I may finally have gotten it. No new registrations since my last precipitous action, anyway, which is a good sign.

Liniah · Post by **Liniah** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:26 pm

W00t! Go you!

And I agree, pretty good monologue...

3278 · Post by **3278** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:27 am

Well, thank you.

This seems to have done the trick, and better yet, existing users can still register new accounts, which means any of you should be able to make accounts for anyone you'd like to bring into the fold, so long as you're logged in.

Post by **Control** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:23 am

Performing backup, as Bulldrek forum is displaying dangerously abnormal behavior.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:32 am

And tomorrow, after perhaps our host has forgiven that egregious use of bandwidth, I'll attempt the most daring backup yet, which may prove so dangerous to the world that I'll be forced to keep it all to myself.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:32 am

Abnormal behavior from Bulldrek proper isn't normal?!?

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:51 am

It's being even more abnormal than normal! If that's not chillingly terrifying, I don't know what is. I can't wait to see what happens when someone posts in it...if they can.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:40 am

3278 wrote:And tomorrow, after perhaps our host has forgiven that egregious use of bandwidth, I'll attempt the most daring backup yet, which may prove so dangerous to the world that I'll be forced to keep it all to myself.

Note to self: don't ever, ever try that again.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:18 am

What did you do, 32? What did you do?!

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:50 pm

Man, I want to reply with a quote-appropriate response, but I can't think what that's from.

Anyway, a literal response is that I tried exporting the Bulldrek database into Excel format, because there are certain mathematical functions I can much more easily perform with Excel than with, say, SQL. But this database is a monster that eats servers, and I need to stop poking it.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:56 pm

*hands the Ball a bigger hammer* This always works for me. Oh, by the way, remember years ago, when I broke a screwdriver, using it the correct way? Twisted that fucking steel shaft until it broke? Yeah, well..it's much easier to break one using it as a pry bar on a rear caliper..the damned thing exploded. I almost lost an eye.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:54 pm

Uh yeah....do not poke the way over reasonable MySQL performance sized DB lest the host find you and nuke you from orbit for killing the entire server cluster....IIRC though there are SQL to Excel converters if you have ssh access to SQL export one table at a time

3278 · Post by **3278** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:11 pm

Bishop wrote:Yeah, well..it's much easier to break one using it as a pry bar on a rear caliper..the damned thing exploded. I almost lost an eye.

I was recently using a dremel to shear the exhaust manifold bolts on the Cherokee - preparatory to replacing the exhaust - and had the cutting disk break, which is no surprise, since they break like glass when you use them. But I forgot I wear tiny glasses now, which are no substitute for real safety glasses. Put a big chunk of the disk on my lower eyelid, and of course thought, "Well, yeah, it's hot, but it'll cool down in a second. Okay, a couple seconds. Okay, any second now! Ow, ow, sonofabitch!" I almost lost an eye.

We're dumb.

Post by **Control** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:11 pm

CSS3 transitions added to links, bringing Chrome and Firefox 4 to the "fading links" table IE has been on [via Javascript] for a few years now. No solution for older Firefox at this time. Added only to [bulldrek] theme, and not to any of the minimalist themes; if anyone on [inverted] or [stripped] would like it, discussion should ensue.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:01 pm

Those links are supposed to glow in Chrome like they do in IE?

3278 · Post by **3278** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:33 am

Yeah, they should fade in over a period of about a half-second, and then fade out when you mouse off. I used the "transition" property of CSS3, which is awesome. I really wish I had the time to apply the things I've learned to Bulldrek: I'd rebuild the board from scratch. But you'll all have to settle for incremental eye candy updates for the time being.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:32 am

Ah, I wasn't seeing the changes due to caching. Cute.

I'm really hoping CCS3 is going to standardize some cross-browser things. I'm getting sick and tired of trying to figure out why something doesn't work on IE when working on Corrosion.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:57 am

That was my hope, too, but I have to implement the CSS in four different ways...and it still doesn't work on IE! [It should work on 9 or something? I don't know.] I can't understand why browser manufacturers can't get together on at least a couple of these very basic standards, like, say, HTML5 and CSS3. *sigh*

Post by **Control** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:12 pm

Registration has been re-enabled, with administrative approval of all new user accounts. This should accommodate any users coming from Animalball, without flooding the board with spam users. Captchas may also be enabled, depending on volume of user applicants.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:51 pm

Of course, I'd rather just use Freespeech, but this is where everyones' testes are. Hearts, I mean.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:11 pm

Unbelievable. I've been getting about one registration an hour from spammers. It's no big deal, because I just delete them, but maintenance when I'm gone for a few weeks is going to be unwieldy. Looks like I need some captchas and such.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:55 pm

I get about 20 - 40 bullshit account registrations a day on wRx, but almost none of them pass the account activation stage.