Smart Community
General => Important Board News! => Topic started by: dsmart on November 21, 2016, 06:06:34 PM
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OK, so finally I got around to installing stand-alone forum software on the server. The bbPress plugin forum for Wordpress (which my blog site uses) is awful - and not just in performance. It's good for posting articles (e.g. my scoops and musings (http://www.dereksmart.org/forums/forum/main/)) and light discussions only.
Anyway, most options are in your profile, and are self-explanatory.
You can also chose which theme you want to use if you don't like the default one. Some are "responsive" (works well on mobile).
There is a special Goon only "Smarties" group which is "approval only". Go to your profile and request it via the Group Membership link. If you're a known Goon, it will be approved. Once approved, you will have 6 (the highest) Yellow stars in your display name, as well as certain other perks (e.g. ability to read/leave profile comments etc)
INSTALLED MODS
- Additional Membergroups on Profile (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=620)
- ENotify (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2198)
- Login Security (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2181)
- Member Notepad (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=788)
- Most Popular Topic Today (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=937)
- nCode Image Resizer (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1197)
- Ohara YouTube Embed (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3268)
- Profile Comments (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=436)(admin, GM or Smarties permission required)
- Quick Ban on Account Delete (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2427)
- SMF Staff Page (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=348)
- Tapatalk 4.4.1 SMF 2.0 plugin (https://tapatalk.com/download_SimpleMachines.php) (Tapatalk mobile installation instructions (http://www.dereksmart.com/forum/index.php?topic=8.msg358#msg358))
- Threads Participated In (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4121)
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@Fooma are you still having trouble posting images? Attachment uploads are disabled, but you can still post external image links.
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I'm dumb and cannot find the Group Membership link.
AFAIK, normally on SMF forums, it shows up after Buddies/Ignore List in the Modify Profile menu.
But there doesn't appear to be one there.
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(http://s3.thingpic.com/images/YL/iCKKJXfFy4osFtTvXokjDwJQ.gif)
Works now I think. I have to use the posting icons and not manually [ IMG ] [ /IMG ]
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You can't image BB code if you are using the WYSIWYG editor (the default). So to switch, just click on that "Toggle View" arrow.
You can also change your profile to disabled WYSIWYG editor by default.
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Weird. I just reset it. Try it now.
I'm dumb and cannot find the Group Membership link.
AFAIK, normally on SMF forums, it shows up after Buddies/Ignore List in the Modify Profile menu.
But there doesn't appear to be one there.
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Weird. I just reset it. Try it now.
Now it's there.
Thanks.
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I am here to stand in solidarity with the Internet Warlord. I hope the rest of the SA superstars that were regular posters on your sub migrate over here as well. Thanks for the invite.
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I have enabled post attachments. Try not to go crazy with it please. You can still use external in-line links to imgur etc as that saves bandwidth on the server.
Also remember that the WYSIWYG post editor is disabled by default. This will allow you to use BB code.
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Weird. I just reset it. Try it now.
I'm dumb and cannot find the Group Membership link.
AFAIK, normally on SMF forums, it shows up after Buddies/Ignore List in the Modify Profile menu.
But there doesn't appear to be one there.
Also dumb here, can't find it. I wonder if I need to make a post first.
Edit: yes that did it, just make a post first.
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The board notifications are being signed by "The The Smart Community Team". :what:
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Thanks. Will fix.
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I have installed a bunch of useful mods. Most are pretty straightforward. But if you want to read up on them, the list is below. Check the OP.
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Is the Profile Comments mod enabled? I'm not seeing the comment section on the profile pages.
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Is the Profile Comments mod enabled? I'm not seeing the comment section on the profile pages.
Only admins can see those.
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admins and GMs can now see profile comments
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I removed the Twitter mod as it didn't seem to work correctly
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I installed Like Posts (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3708), but it only works on the two core (default) themes.
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Added Ohara YouTube Embed (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3268), you can now embed YouTube/Vimeo videos.
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I'm dumb and cannot find the Group Membership link.
AFAIK, normally on SMF forums, it shows up after Buddies/Ignore List in the Modify Profile menu.
But there doesn't appear to be one there.
Yeah, I don't have that option, either.
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I'm dumb and cannot find the Group Membership link.
AFAIK, normally on SMF forums, it shows up after Buddies/Ignore List in the Modify Profile menu.
But there doesn't appear to be one there.
Yeah, I don't have that option, either.
Read the OP. Once you request it, you have to wait for it to be approved. Then you go back in your profile and "set" it.
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Nevermind.
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Can I join the Smarties group?
Been a member on the SA since 2009, though there I am mostly a lurker since I stopped playing EvE online (Goonswarm corp FTW) and now I just read some stuff there. :)
:lurkmore: :parpcorn:
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Can I join the Smarties group?
Been a member on the SA since 2009, though there I am mostly a lurker since I stopped playing EvE online (Goonswarm corp FTW) and now I just read some stuff there. :)
:lurkmore: :parpcorn:
Read the OP. As long as you have an SA account, just request membership for a Smarties tag and wait for it to be approved.
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- Removed Like Posts due to it only working with the default theme
- Added nCode Image Resizer (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1197)
- Added Quick Ban on Account Delete (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2427)
Still trying to figure out where to download/install the Tapatalk 4.4.1 SMF 2.0 Plugin which doesn't appear to be in the list of mods, but from the SMF community forums, some people have it installed (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=550023.0).
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- Added Tapatalk 4.4.1 SMF 2.0 plugin (https://tapatalk.com/download_SimpleMachines.php)
- Download the Tapatalk mobile app for iOS or Android
- Login to Tapatalk (create account if you don't already have one) or login with Facebook or GoogleID
- Search for "derek" or "smart community"
- Login to forum using your forum account
- Add/Follow the forum and/or a specific user
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Over the weekend we did some hardware upgrade and data migration. Everything seems to be back to normal.
If you were posting on the forum during this period, because we forgot to set it to "maintenance mode", that's why anything you posted today, is gone. We restored everything from the latest backups from yesterday, ahead of the server shutdown.
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Did some quick maintenance this morning.
Also added/updated...
Embed Facebook BBCode (https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4062)
[facebook]{facebook URL}[/facebook]
[facebook width={x}]{facebook URL}[/facebook]
Embed Instagram BBCode (https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4059)
[instagram]{instagram ID}[/instagram]
[instagram width=x height=x]{instagram ID}[/instagram]
Ohara YouTube Embed (https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3268)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={ID}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={ID}&{Parameters}
http://www.m.youtube.com/watch?v={ID}
http://youtu.be/{ID}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=[ID]
http://vimeo.com/[ID]
http://vimeo.com/channels/[channel name]/[ID]
http://vimeo.com/group/[ID]
http://vimeo.com/album/[ID]
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I noticed some irregular topic/post counts in General Chatter section, so I ran maintenance on it. We did lose the "PC Gamer" article topic though. But I was able to copy and paste it, then recreate it (http://www.dereksmart.com/forum/index.php?topic=81.0).
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I have installed OneAll (http://www.oneall.com/) which allows new and existing users to login using their social media account.
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Fixed an issue with OneAll login with Facebook and Twitter.
NOTE: It supports Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and YouTube only
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- Removed OneAll login package
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I am experiencing some issues with Chrome in some forums when trying to reply or modify a post. If you are having the same issues, please let me know as I am trying to track it down.
Worst symptom is that you can't type anything in the input box due to major lag or something.
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Sorry guys, I upgraded the board last night and forgot that I left it in maintenance mode. Which is why only mods and admins could login. I only found out when I got an email from the Tapatalk plugin.
I also removed some Smileys which were causing slowdowns. The ones which remain, are now accessible via the drop-down [more] button.
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If you are using Chrome, and experiencing slow-downs when viewing icons in the [more] category, you should enable GPU Rasterization.
To fix the issue in Google Chrome, do the following:
1) Load chrome://flags in the web browser's address bar.
2) Search for GPU rasterization. Alternatively, load chrome://flags/#enable-gpu-rasterization directly.
3) Switch its state to enabled.
4) Restart Google Chrome.
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Yesterday I fixed an issue (had to open a ticket with Microsoft, which they quickly addressed) on the server side whereby board/thread/subscriber notification emails sent to some domains (e.g. @live.com, @outlook.com) were not being sent due to blocklist issues. This required me to revise the server SPL records in the Cloudflare settings, as well as set up DMARC configs for better email handling.
Note that you should still add dereksmart.com to your email spam filter or some emails are likely to also go directly to spam.