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Re: Help Desk

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:43 am
by Diebert van Rhijn
Kevin Solway wrote: However, the old posts should be indexed along with the new ones, with regard to the forum's own search function, so I'll see what I can do.
Google's indexing process is not known to be a very reliable or consistent alternative since they could change the content of their index day by day and also Google spiders often only parts of a forum or site. It's a very incomplete search method for forums and I'd be surprised if everything would be found with it especially when time goes by.

phpBB version 3 has two different search engines available, one of its own (default) and one mysql option that might be more heavy on the server but I'm not sure about the issues. I do know there's under phpBB admin panel section maintenance an option to delete and re-create search indexes. What appears to happen now is that the index is only added to after writing a new post but was not created after importing the old database. Re-indexing might take a while though and slow the board down for a while, perhaps an hour or so.

If I'm reporting old news for Kevin then of course my apologies. It's just that I've played with this myself recently and discovered this behavior too.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:15 pm
by Imadrongo
Seeing as you don't like aliases and also because I am not too fond of this random one I created for this forum, you could change my username to 'Neil Melnyk' if you please.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:12 pm
by Dan Rowden
You'll need to re-register as that username. We have many powers but the ability to change your name as a user isn't one of them.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:14 am
by Elizabeth Isabelle
Actually, Kevin can do that.

The thread where he announced he could.

It will probably take him a while to get to it, as he is likely to be less available for the next 10 days or so.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:37 am
by Dan Rowden
Well, yes, he can if he goes into the code and makes changes; it's easier to just register with the new name.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:54 am
by Imadrongo
There should be an easy way for admins to change it. phpBB allows members to change their own if that setting is enabled.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:46 am
by Elizabeth Isabelle
Dan Rowden wrote:Well, yes, he can if he goes into the code and makes changes; it's easier to just register with the new name.
If he didn't want to do that, why would he make a post offering to?

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:46 am
by Dan Rowden
Well, I didn't follow your link; I assumed it was in relation to the user issues we had with the change-over. If Kevin wants to do it, good luck to him, but, of course, he won't be back in Australia till after the 17th. It's still easier to create a new username. That will take, like, 5 minutes, tops.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:49 am
by Matt Gregory
But if he does that then his posts will no longer be associated with his name.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:48 am
by Imadrongo
phpBB provides a way without going into the database manually. Any admin should be able to do it in the admin control panel.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:41 pm
by Dan Rowden
I'll investigate.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:46 pm
by Dan Rowden
My only concern is that if I change your username in your profile that it won't associate all your past posts with the new one. I won't make any changes without knowing that will happen.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:15 pm
by Imadrongo
Thanks.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:07 pm
by Dan Rowden
You're welcome. I never knew this feature was possible. Thank God for admins ignorant of their real power.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:48 pm
by Sapius
Just testing to see this gets posted.

I got this message earlier.
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Out of memory (Needed 1677264 bytes) [5]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.

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Edit - preview - submit.

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All A okay.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:33 am
by Elizabeth Isabelle
I just got the same thing a moment ago.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:54 am
by Sapius
I'm getting it off and on again. At times on connecting to the site, and if I go through, then while clicking just about any link.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:18 am
by Carl G
Me, too. Off and on, yesterday and today.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:23 am
by Dan Rowden
Seems to be some database teething problems. I'm sure Kevin is working on it. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:50 am
by Elizabeth Isabelle
No worries. Just letting you know what's going on at our end.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:29 am
by Carl G
This new server sucks. It's the antithesis of Genius. Delays or inability to open windows just about every day for a week. Why are we stuck with this new format?

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:29 am
by Carl G
P.S. Mucho trouble posting this and the above.

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:54 pm
by Kevin Solway
Carl G wrote:P.S. Mucho trouble posting this and the above.
What was the problem when you posted your messages? Delays? Error messages?

Re: Help Desk

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:32 pm
by Carl G
Kevin Solway wrote:
Carl G wrote:P.S. Mucho trouble posting this and the above.
What was the problem when you posted your messages? Delays? Error messages?
General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Out of memory (Needed 1677264 bytes) [5]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.