http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...orum.cgi?post=177835

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Very strange to see an announcement by you :)

Lots of cool stuff there though!

Yeah, but Alex fled the country (for Perl Whirl) before releasing to get back at me for going away and making him release 1.1.0 while I was away

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Does it make any changes to any of the sql tables?

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Just one - it adds a column named 'user_jump_to_unread' to the User table to keep track of whether or not the user wants to jump to the first unread post or to the root when clicking on a thread.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Whoops!

Anyone who downloaded, you'll need to download again. Read this for an explanation: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...orum.cgi?post=177854

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Hehe no wonder Alex normally does this :)

Sorry Im just joking...Im sure you know...

Oh?

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=174562#174562

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Ahhh haha

What a bunch of scatter brains

*sigh* I hate to do this again, but for anyone getting an error message like "Can't locate GT/SQL.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...) at .../install.cgi line 7009.", please download the package again. If your upgrade worked, ignore this post.

I was sure I'd already fixed this bug a couple of days ago, but it seems I fixed it in the wrong place and so it never made it into the active code.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Yes, I got that error message. I'll download again but I'm just wondering - why did it erase some of the globals that I'd just edited (such as table background colors, font colors, etc)?

To download again - do I have to have the link sent to me again or can I just use the last link I received earlier?

Uh oh, unfortunately that was a 1.1.0 bug - globals are now stored in the "local" directory of your template directory so that they will not be overwritten in future upgrades. Sorry about that!

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

You can use the same link; the filename (gforum-1.1.1.tar.gz) hasn't changed.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

There's still something screwy:

http://www.surviiivor.com/...newforums/forums.cgi

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Hmm, I can get there by changing forums.cgi to gforum.cgi. But there are some odd things going on - it almost looks like your User table was wiped. Is this an import?

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

I always forget the upgrade changes it back. It did wipe the user table though-- I'm going to try it again and see if it's something I screwed up when I was copying the database to the test one or if it's something the script did. It also appeared to have deleted my templates.

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That did the trick, many thanks!!!!!

Hey good job with the forum customization!

Thanks.

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You should add UBB5 import to that list Jason

Adrian

Hi Jason,

Tried to run import.pl for UBB5 and encounter the following error

GForum::Config (25105): Unable to load './GForum/Config/Data.pm': No such file or directory. at /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/koi/cgi-bin/forum/admin/GForum.pm line 91.

Please advice.

Can you take a look at the header of import.pl, and tell me what it lists for Revision:?

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

You have to have Gossamer Forum up and running properly before you run the import. Likewise, the forum you're importing from also has to be running properly before the import. Go into admin.cgi and configure Gossamer Forum before you import. One note about the UBB5 import, is that the total number of imported users it outputs at the end is wrong It's actually half that number. I haven't had a chance to fix it yet (it's just a cosmetic thing).

BTW, thanks for letting us use your forum for the UBB5 import testing.

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

The current UBB5 is running. GForum is also running containing data imported by GT staff during testing. What I did was as follow :-

• Download GForum 1.1.1
• Upgrade GForum
• Run import.pl and encounter the above error.

I have sent informations via support form and you may wish to take a look to see what has gone wrong ?

For the purpose of testing, I have also completed another fresh installation of GForum 1.1.1 and run import.pl and also encounter the same error.

MY current UBB5 running at

/path/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi

Is it correct to use the following as source when running import.pl

import.pl --type=UBB5 --source=/path/ubbcgi --clear--database

Question about your nice site custimization (it looks great).

Where were you able to change the row color for Category and then Sub-category titles? Any tips appreciated.

Hi Jason,

Header of import.pl as follow :

#!/usr/local/bin/perl5
# ==================================================================
# Gossamer Forum - Advanced web community
#
# Website : http://gossamer-threads.com/
# Support : http://gossamer-threads.com/scripts/support/
# CVS Info :
# Revision : $Id: import.pl,v 1.11 2002/01/12 22:36:21 jagerman Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 2001 Gossamer Threads Inc. All Rights Reserved.
# Redistribution in part or in whole strictly prohibited. Please
# see LICENSE file for full details.
# ==================================================================
#

nice job on the site ... lot's of thought obviously went into the forums and design.

Hope this doesn't raise a stir ... but how about making the brown into a green like the island? The brown sort of distracts me ...

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

I have:

<%if cat_depth > 0%><tr bgcolor="<%c_medlight%>"><%else%><%header_row%><%endif%>

where c_medlight is the subcategory color. This was a long time ago, if it doesn't work for some reason let me know and I'll look into it more. :)

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Where is there brown? There's orange that matches the sky behind the island, but no brown.

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hmmmm .... my studio display monitor is prety good on color. OSX

let's see what I got here (Mac view perspective -- hope you don't mind)

top area with image.
studio viosion -- shows an orange along the left/right of the image
sony mulitican 17sf II -- not tweeked (monitor colors) show a darker orange closer to the background of the images

the apple monitor is showing the biggest contrast between background and image .... while the sony covers the difference ...

graphic cards are almost identically ... same ATI but the sony is on the version with TV output ...

row with forum name - threads - posts ...
you're right ... it's the same rusty orange as the background around your main image.
this is the area I mentioned above ... green didn't work? (just wondering ... thought it would blend a little more in a top down type of thing .... since you have the ocean color theme going on )

the island image is great! I really like it!


Please don't get me wrong ... I'm not bitching ... just mentioned what I thought


cheers!

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

On your forum main page you have:

> 9598 spoiling geniuses and 2 losers.

What does that mean? Did you hack the source to see how many members and how many guests were online?

- wil

No problem, thanks-- I'll check it on my Mac at work and see how it looks.

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That's had more questions on our board than any of the new forum features :) Nope, it's just a number I put in the template to make people wonder. :)

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Macs just have a darker view of the world. Not much you can do about it and the numbers (at least for me) don't really justify worrying about it

I got a question for you. Do you have your Photopost and the Gossamer membership data tied together?

Inquiring, non-programmer type, minds want to know!

Yeah, I had to hack the photopost script to death to do it, but it wasn't too difficult. It's a quality script if you're looking for that sort of thing.

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hi,

hehe ... oppostite acutally ... seems mac OS likes a brighter ?? color ?? (fogot the actual word but ...) than M$ does.

True apple only shares 5% of the market.

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

5% is pretty generous, I think it's more like 2.5% domestically? Maybe that accounts for the dim view from Jobs land

It's a matter of perspective, my images look dark on a mac and mac images look blown out to me...I can't think about it too long or I get a headache.

-Scott (who has no wish to rehash the age old argument)