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BETA TESTERS REQUESTED (Oops...too late)

Started by Strolen Sep 26, 2005 158 posts Locked

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    #121
    We might need a new thread for New Bugs

    The Spell Checker died 10/26/05 @ 2220 PST Reboot?

    When I click through my profile to see all my posts, it will not let me see page 2 or 3. Actually there are no longer any numbers there for me to click.

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    #122
    I have mentioned this before, but now it is just crazy!

    What happened to the Categories (NPC's, Lifeforms, etc)? When I click on a category with a major number of submissions, like "Combative NPCs" very few results actually show. From 0-3, depending on the INFLUENCE.

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    #123
    Because 90% of the current submissions only have one category.

    Phase I is _us categorizing them_

    So view a submission, read it, click on edit and mark the appropriate categories.

    It is a slow and painful process and must be done on EVERY submission.

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    #124
    Not sure where it was Moon, but AG helped me figure out how to fix the blockquotes.

    http://www.rpgcitadel.com/content.php?node=1182

    And realized through that simple example that any special formatting you want that we can define as a reusable type format.

    We can do that to through CSS. So Blah can format Blah in an infinite number of ways.

    So if you have some specific styling you want for headings and such in submissions. We can get fancy if you like.

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    #125
    I believe the appropriate response, after "Thank you" is

    Cue Mad Scientist Lab backdrop
    Cue Lighting, Thunder
    VO: "Muhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha!"

    I have format love for boxes. It comes from elder days of actually manually pasting up pages to be reprographed and printed. Would you like me to send you the list of my three favorites (as they are performed in word). Not only do I use them (a bit too much if given the chance), they will be useful for others too.

    Quickly Igor, to the car. I feel a need for more boxes.... muhahahahahahahahah.

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    #126
    Sure, email those suckers over. Since the attachment thing is still currently broken.

    :)

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    #127
    Took a small look on the page, and I think we could also need the "Next Page" feature. You know, if there are a lot of posts for a given category, a way to see the other pages.

    Just an idea. :P

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    #128
    Hey Moon, if you copy and paste the Codex or Scroll and resort it in word (or whatever) and do whatever organizing changes you are proposing and email it to me at

    strolen@strolen.com as if there is any other.

    If you already emailed, K9, my spam filter targeted it and destroyed it, send it again and tell me so I can look for it.

    MANFRED:

    Crap, you are right!!!! Moon pointed it out and I lost that note in the great desk cleaning of 2005 and forgot. MAJOR oversight on my part.

    On the list for fix'n today! THanks

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    #129
    Took a small look on the page, and I think we could also need the "Next Page" feature. You know, if there are a lot of posts for a given category, a way to see the other pages.

    Just an idea. :P


    Fixed.

    I tried to trim a query by using a different function call, but it returned the same number as the limiting query. So the number for total pages and how many per page was the same.

    I put it back the way I had it (I didn't think I would not do something like that) and now it works as it used to.

    Thanks!

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    #130
    To do:

    Hints/Tips for all blank ones on submission page.

    Need plot categories solidified. Just need something. to start. Always fix it later (with the annoyance of having to recategorize everything....)

    Happy with the site intro? Never too late on that one!

    -----
    Citadel Explained
    Explanation of Codex, Scroll, Freetext and how to use it for the layman.

    I also need to just print it out and edit it. That was just taken from the forums, quick edit and format and put up. I need to *really* write it to be helpful.

    How to link with the brackets instructions.

    ------
    Finish categorizing everything else, to include the plots when we figure that out.

    FAQ
    Might be obsolete if I write Citadel Explained well enough.

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    #131
    Long live the Next Page feature!

    Oh, and you probably have it somewhere: add the freetext option to forum-posts.

    (And, you could also make me an admin for the rpgcitadel page - a few of my items need changing their category, too.)

    *runs away celebrating the Next Page*

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    #132
    I double checked, and you are an admin.

    ?

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    #133
    But then, how can I change an Item into a Lifeform?

    ---

    Found a link of the [ item=x ] kind to another post, it points nowhere... will those be converted some day, or do we have to do it?

    ---

    Here and there seem a few comments be missing... but they are actually counted as being there - see this. Seems to be bound to the Barbarian Horde only.

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    #134
    If you find something that needs its TOP category changed, I need to do that through the database itself. That is a feature that isn't added but it is very easy for me to do.

    For those, you can edit them, and then set their condition to "Requires Edit" (or something like that). I will look through them (I know the two that really are being removed) and update categories. I am guessing it will be fairly obvious. If not, just throw a comment on it.

    The link thing, yes, a few seemed to slip through...they were suppose to be automatically updated. So you basically have to go to the old Citadel, figure out from the id what they were linking, and manually update that.

    There are a couple anomalies that I can't figure out and I just need to fix, that might be one of them. There is also a submission with one vote and a rating of like 17.

    Just keep pointing them out and I will do something with them. :)

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    #135
    The idea seeds are broken when the "day theme by Kate" is used. It generates the following list of errors and warnings:

    Warning: main(./theme/day/idea.tpl.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/strolen/public_html/idea.php on line 98

    Warning: main(./theme/day/idea.tpl.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/strolen/public_html/idea.php on line 98

    Warning: main(./theme/day/idea.tpl.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/strolen/public_html/idea.php on line 98

    Warning: main(): Failed opening './theme/day/idea.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/strolen/public_html/idea.php on line 98

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    #136
    Crap, forgot about ideas.

    Didn't I mention before that Ideas just bug me? :)

    They are good, but just annoying to code. They should just *work*.

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    #137
    Man, I still haven't finished ideas. Forgot about them again till now even though AG reminded me quite a few times. Now too tired.

    What I *did* do was add some sorting options to the right column stuff.

    So, if you view Codices, for instance, you can sort by major category and/or by ratings etc.

    Does the same for author so you can break stuff down. Realized it would be handy when trying to find an item made by a certain person. A little easier now.

    Not sure if I mentioned it elsewhere, but I have put up all the themes. Kate's Day is the one that probably looks the best. The rest I still need to mess with their CSS files to make them look a little better. They all use the same core files so they should all work fine, just aesthetics.

    Kate also said she is working on a new castle and set of themes for our header. Another 1000 themes to choose from. Same format so no big deal plugging them in though so yeah us.

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    #138
    Some feedback

    A) My Experience Points keep dropping for no known reason. Today I logged on and found the total to be 5, even though that is but a fraction of what my comments, items and such should have availed me.
    B) There is no chat. People do not like that. I guess I better work faster. "I need time. It is all that I require!"
    C) Some people are confused. You know me, I talk and I burrow and I get to the bottom of things. The confused souls are in doubt about these things:
    XP - "What the hell do I need XP for? Why can't I vote as much as I want to"
    Complexity - "Where am I? Where is everything I once knew?"
    Chat - see above

    But most of those I have talked to give Kate much credit. The "Princess Castle" (To quote Scras) is well loved. Yes, Kate's contribution is appreciated. (Heh, I love it meself).

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    #139
    Hmmmmm.... I noticed this:

    Guest (68.142.251.65) 12:24:57 AM Nothing, or nothing you can see...

    Okay, what can a guest do that an administrator cannot? That got me worried ;)

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    #140
    had me curious too

    off the smf board
    Nothing means nothing.  Viewing a topic that doesn't exist.  Viewing a pretty little error message.  Nothing to speak of.

    -



    Might get quite a few of those with the site being forwarded over here and tons of new stuff. I need to make sure the redirect goes to the homepage.

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    #141
    Are we still beta-testers? :)

    Quite a different feeling to test something and to use it. Then, let me add the set of complaints #123674109. :twisted:

    - seeing there is a new comment on a thread, and actually finding it is not the same, especially for long threads with lots of posts. We need to make it obvious somehow (recent comments/posts?). Also, we need to display the number of comments where we decide if we want to hide or show them.

    - view last posts from last login may not be quite yet working, possibly something with logout time; seeing stuff from last x days is ok

    - forum looks terribly ugly. Taking the pictures of good ole Citadel will make it look MUCH better, and more readable.

    - EDIT: we should also take old emoticons, at least partially. Where is the twisted emoticon gone? :o
    Life is simply not the same without the twisted emoticon. ;)

    - I am working on a, well, lower quality monitor and the main picture and page title look not so pretty... could be the settings though.

    - hate the chatroom's auto-focus. Have an ancient mouse without a wheel, so can't scroll, unless clicking first elsewhere. Arrrgh.
    *looks up to heavens in expectation of a new chatroom*

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    #142
    Firefox related errors:
    -There are big, ugly black borders around the two upper graphics on the forum.
    -The comments are not viewable when a submission is listed as a scroll. (Open firefox and check out a scroll. You will see)

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    #143
    Common bugs:
    -Okay, I voted 4.5 for Captains ghost story "Return to Me". I wanted to nominate it to Hall of Honour status too, but..... Where is the Hall of Honour nomination link? Eh?
    -I added "Return to Me" to my favourites. Well... I would rather that the link appeared beneath the Favourites title, rather than to the left of it :)
    -I voted 4.5. Before I voted it was 10 votes / 4.33 average submission and AFTER I voted it became an 11 vote / 4.31 average submission. Surely a vote higher than the average ought to pull the overall score UP?

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    #144
    The search function is very, very slow. You might want to put up a "Search in progress" text or something.

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    #145
    http://ancient.rpgcitadel.com/ag_images/injectionbug.jpg
    This could be a problem.... (Above the header = duplicated text from the bold section of the submission)

    I notice that the text begins with a ' and that brought my thoughts to SQL injection. But I also notice that the opening braces are hidden while the closing ones are shown. Anyways: This must be dealt with soon

    Edit: I FOUND THE REASON:
    The summary cannot handle " (double quotation mark) Plain and simple. I have not tried any hostile code, but this could be a security breach. Perhaps not this bug all by its lonesome, but combined with other bugs, this could become an exploit. *Dramatic music in the background. The Citadellian flag is displayed, tattered and torn, with flames in the background*

    When you see this bug, before Strolen has repaired it, replace double quote with single quote " -> '

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    #146
    Cheka Man appeared on the forums telling us that MH had gotten accidentally posting a Cheka Man submission under the wrong author. Given the huge amount of transfers we do manually, this had to happen sooner or later. It has probably happened before, but this one was the first to be noticed.

    Anyway: When MoonHunter and I tried to edit the submission and change the author ID to the correct one, nothing happened.

    So, because Cheka was all stressed out, I manually deleted the society and reposted it. I lost 3 XP in that process.

    My points?
    1. There is a bug here.
    2. Admins should not lose XP when they do admin stuff.

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    #147
    Yes, there is something wrong, I am halfway sure that Cheka was the one that lost the XP though since it was his submission. I don't want to code the ability to change IDs either because doing that will screw up the counting that is updated when submissions are put in and removed.

    I will double check the code, but I think that whoever submission it is is the one that gets hurt by the process.

    I will see how easy it is incorporate a check if the author != logged_in and logged_in == admin maybe. You still gotta get dogged if you do that to your own stuff. :)

    Will look at it though and see if I can figure something out.

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    #148
    Man! Now I gotta create another user and build his rep ut to admin status. Man! :p

    Seriously: Believe me! I had 3 xp more before I deleted it. I watched the tally closely before and after. I am sure.

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    #149
    :)

    OK, ok.

    I added an extra query getting the author id of the submission being deleted and that is the person that is going to get dipped. I can't make any exception like if an admin does it, because then when you delete something for real they don't get dipped, after all, you are always an admin.

    I will replenish a few XP for ya. Moon, how many you think you lost by now?

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    #150
    It doesn't matter, I gave you enough to cover any deficiencies that might come up.

    NO MORE BELLYACHING.  ;)

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    #151
    Ummmm... is that an unfinished feature?

    Have voted before on the Scroll Golem, now wanted to add some text. Clicked Edit, got redirected to http://www.rpgcitadel.com/content.php?node=1192&action=EDIT&comment_id=6523#edit

    Seeing no place to type, I have done it just for fun anyway... and it was possible to write.

    Seems like we have an invisible editing field. :what:

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    #152
    hmmmm. It seems I don't have any obvious text appear to show you are editing a comment.

    Basically, the editing field is the comment box at the bottom. When you have text in there it is more obvious that you are editing something but when all you did was vote then it is blank.

    But, if you went to that link, you can type into the normal comment block (which at that moment is an edit block) and it WILL add text to your solo vote. Go to another comment of yours that has text and edit it and maybe it will make sense.

    I will try and put some text on it to say "You are Editing This Comment" with a link to it or something to make it more obvious.

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    #153
    I know you did some work on that anti-admin-lose-xp thing. But I just deleted Dragon Lord's wrong vote on "Xoct Sauce" by CP (he voted too low and was unable to delete his vote) and this message popped up when I did so for him (on my screen):

    » » » You have earned -3 XP! « « «

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    #154
    I tried to create a Quest and the following error message popped up:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: my_addslashessafehtml() in /home/strolen/public_html/mod.php on line 232

    I used , and html in the text.

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    #155
    Quest bug should be fixed. Sorry 'bout that.

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    #156
    I posted the Quest but nuthin happened. Then I chose "View all Quests" and got the following:

    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/strolen/public_html/theme/castle/mod.tpl.php on line 170

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    #157
    crap, ok will try and fix it and test it and let you know when it works. Ran out of time tonigh.

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    #158
    Ran out of time with the background.

    You CANNOT add quests yet. Maybe you can edit them...don't know.

    All the other questions...you tell me. They all sound fine. Might need a new thread to discuss this as I think many many more questions and suggestions will continue to crop up as this continues.

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