Post migration (3.x to 4.x) fix it list.

[gav240z]

I could make them a lot smaller. To be honest it was a 5 min job.

[gav240z]

3 hours ago, Rickers said:

Is there anyway to turn the member group images off? I find them too big and distracting - I probably have the unpopular POV though

I've made them about 1/3 the size, so they are smaller than the member avatar's now and much more of an icon. On the plus side they are now about 1kb in size each. So tiny.

[andyk_79]

What is the criteria to be set as a donating member - I'm showing as a standard user but to be fair it's probably been a year since I last donated

[gav240z]

I think when I migrated to the new forum software I merged all donating members in with regular members and only since post migration have I started to add users to the donating members group.

At some point I'm planning to set up donating members on a yearly subscription basis. So if you donate you get a year free of advertising etc.. I just haven't done it yet.

[hmd]

1 hour ago, gav240z said:

 I started to add users to the donating members group.

 

you forgot to add me then ;:

[gav240z]

12 minutes ago, hmd said:

you forgot to add me then ;:

PM me your paypal details, I don't see a donation under the email address linked to your Auszcar account.

[CBR Jeff]

5 hours ago, gav240z said:

PM me your paypal details, I don't see a donation under the email address linked to your Auszcar account.

Me also Gav

Just looked and the email address should line up.

Thanks

Jeff

[gav240z]

On 6/25/2018 at 2:23 PM, hmd said:

you forgot to add me then ;:

 

18 hours ago, CBR Jeff said:

Me also Gav

 

Just looked and the email address should line up.

 

Thanks

 

Jeff

 

 

On 6/25/2018 at 12:36 PM, andyk_79 said:

What is the criteria to be set as a donating member - I'm showing as a standard user but to be fair it's probably been a year since I last donated

I was looking for a Basil Faulty! FINE!...

But instead I found this clip and I kind of think it's almost more appropriate.

 

 

[gav240z]

Updated first post.

Unfortunately to restore the members avatars that were lost in the upgrade would require reverting back to the old database / version and applying a patch and then re-upgrading. At this stage we're too far down the rabbit hole to go back considering everything else is working well. So for those members who lost their avatars I'm sorry, you'll just have to pick a new 1 or re-upload your old 1 (I can help you find the old 1 if required?).

Alternatively I'm trying to see if I can get a list of impacted members and fix the most active users avatars for them manually (not sure how big this list will be, it might be 10, 100, 1000)..

1 of the reasons I didn't do the upgrade right away was that I wanted the software provider to iron out the majority of bugs in the upgrade process before I went ahead, this goes to show, you can't always avoid all of them!

[24 Dat]

10 minutes ago, gav240z said:

But instead I found this clip and I kind of think it's almost more appropriate.

 very appropriate and i know exactly what you mean

You're doing an awesome effort and the site is looking great, a real improvement

[gav240z]

On 6/24/2018 at 8:10 PM, dat2kman said:

Gav,

attempted the activity streams thing to "since last visit" however, it wont accept my request.

i CBF'd wading through "unread content"

Can you perhaps give me a few more details? What do you mean it won't accept your request?

Also what is your ideal "unread content" view? The feature is pretty flexible and allows me to make quite a few changes.

If there is a consensus view as to what members want to be able to see that the current settings don't allow, let me know?

I've attached 2 images that show how I can customise this. Open to suggestions?

Or I can create a new stream item that tries to emulate the old behavior, but in all honesty I've forgotten how the old 1 works exactly, so if you guys remember please let me know?

[dat2kman]

Gav,

where it says "time period"

and the dot, "since last visit"

i attemt to select that dot, but it wont accept that selection.

as far as all the other chouces there,,,,, way to complicated!

[CBR Jeff]

Thanks for sorting it out Gav.

Thanks for all your work but best of all thanks for your sense of humour. I laughed so much I spilt my wine…. Then I laughed some more and watched that clip again.

 

Jeff

[gav240z]

20 minutes ago, dat2kman said:

Gav,

where it says "time period"

and the dot, "since last visit"

i attemt to select that dot, but it wont accept that selection.

as far as all the other chouces there,,,,, way to complicated!

I assume you mean under "Create new stream" I just tried it also and it appears like some kind of bug. I will need to investigate that, as it was working before a minor patch I implemented recently and I'm getting no javascript errors when I try and select the options. So not sure what's going on there.

I agree it's a bit overwhelming with all the options. It does however appear to be very flexible. I'll have to check and see if there is a way to configure it to behave like the older version as the default option and allow others to override it, I also think part of it will be just adjusting to how it works. I've got more comfortable with it after the upgrade, but it's still not perfect.

[RAP260]

Ok, so out of interest I just tried to create a new custom stream using my phone ( android ). And I can't select any options. 

 

Rob 

[gav240z]

2 minutes ago, RAP260 said:

Ok, so out of interest I just tried to create a new custom stream using my phone ( android ). And I can't select any options. 

 

Rob 

Yes I had the same issue, I think there is some JS issue. Will need to look into it. It worked when I first migrated, but I applied a subsequent patch and I have a feeling that broke it!

[gav240z]

PS refer to first page of this topic. My to-do list is growing - not shrinking... damn!

I do this kind of thing all day at work (bug fixes)... oh dear.

[gav240z]

So there is about 500 members impacted by the avatar issue. I'm slowly manually going through them.

[gav240z]

Updates.

1. Fixed bandwidth exceeded error.

2. Fixed just over 100 of 500 broken avatars...only 400 to go lol..

3. Implemented favicon (must be done via theme settings) will adjust from VZC -> AZC soon! (reminder of how to do it here)

4. Implemented social network icon when sharing posts/links on Facebook etc..

5. Implemented header logo in emails.

 

[gav240z]

On 6/26/2018 at 6:35 PM, dat2kman said:

Gav,

where it says "time period"

and the dot, "since last visit"

i attemt to select that dot, but it wont accept that selection.

as far as all the other chouces there,,,,, way to complicated!

So I spoke to the software publishers and they told me unfortunately the selection problem is a known issue and will be addressed with an upcoming bug/fix release. No ETA yet on when it will be available. But I'll see what can be done about making changes to the default behavior.

So in the short term kind of stuck.

 

[RAP260]

It's OK @gav240z, we understand you're doing your best...... 

 

Ps. This clip is not family friendly.... Well... I suppose... That would depend upon your family

 

Edited June 28, 2018 by RAP260

[24 Dat]

On 6/27/2018 at 9:47 PM, gav240z said:

Updates.

2. Fixed just over 100 of 500 broken avatars...only 400 to go lol..

 

 

@gav240z cant you just ask everyone who has this avatar problem to reload there image (or a new one) in the format you need?

[CBR Jeff]

18 minutes ago, 24 Dat said:

@gav240z cant you just ask everyone who has this avatar problem to reload there image (or a new one) in the format you need?

That’s what I did. Took me ages because I’m not much chop with computer stuff. But once I worked it out is was simple (like most things in life).

 

Jeff

[gav240z]

3 hours ago, 24 Dat said:

@gav240z cant you just ask everyone who has this avatar problem to reload there image (or a new one) in the format you need?

 

3 hours ago, CBR Jeff said:

That’s what I did. Took me ages because I’m not much chop with computer stuff. But once I worked it out is was simple (like most things in life).

Jeff

Ok.

So how about this for folks who want to beat me to the punch.

Step 1.  Go to this spreadsheet.

Step 2. You'll need to know your member ID. You can see this in the URL when you click on your own profile link.  Using CBR Jeff as the example. You'll see his URL is:

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/profile/103565-cbr-jeff/

The 103565 part of the URL is his member ID, your member ID will be different.

Step 3. Looking in the spreadsheet find this number in column A

Step 4. Now that you have your member ID, go to column C and click on the URL here. This will take you to the path of your avatar (this is where it was stored in the older 3.x version of the software).

Step 5. To update your profile photo (avatar) go to your username in the top right hand corner and click on the down arrow.

Step 6. Go to Profile, then on the far left click on the profile photo button.

Step 7. You will need to save your old avatar to your desktop or similar (local drive).

Step 8. Then upload the image again and save.

NB: For some reason it won't allow you to specify a URL that is this site, so you have to download and re-upload the image. It's a little annoying...

 

[gav240z]

As to why it matters?

Usability is part of it, often I remember users based on their profile / avatar rather than username.

However also when you go over very old threads you see old members (who may have gone away for a while) but sometimes they come back later and it can help with remembering who they were etc..

It's also nice to see the avatars next to each post. It's amazing how empty it feels without it.

I could have written a script to go through and patch them all, but I figure if I do like 10-50 a day / week then I'll have it done eventually.