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[Richard]

Hi, since the upgrade I can no longer open twitter links, cheers

that’s probably not the upgrade. It will be the browser v’s Twitter and the shifting sands of privacy.

Either way,

what browser, what device, what operating system ?

suspect it’s because you are not logged in to Twitter

 

[elSpike]

Hey @Richard, just checking on how things are tracking with the attachment cache rebuild?

Thanks again for everything you do.

 

[Richard]

Hey @Richard, just checking on how things are tracking with the attachment cache rebuild?

Thanks again for everything you do.

It won't work via the browser, waaaaayyy too many images and it just times out after an hour or so -- so I have to learn how to do it via the command line -- which I haven't done yet.

But now you mention it, I'll be back onto it in the evenings.

 

[mannyk]

that’s probably not the upgrade. It will be the browser v’s Twitter and the shifting sands of privacy.

Either way,

what browser, what device, what operating system ?

suspect it’s because you are not logged in to Twitter

Thanks Richard, no Im not logged into twitter. It was working before, is why I asked. I think I will leave it be for the moment. Ta

 

[crackson]

The 'add ski.com.au to favourites' banner that was playing up was actually an android11 banner and not a site feature.

 

[Richard]

Thanks Richard, no Im not logged into twitter. It was working before, is why I asked. I think I will leave it be for the moment. Ta

When you say; "I can no longer open Twitter links"

Do you mean you do not see the card like this anymore;

Or do you mean that the links within the twitter card no longer work??


Also, are you on desktop or mobile?

 

[Snow Blowey]

When you go to Active Topics the displayed list is quite short. When you hit "view more" you go back to the top of the list. Any way to make this start at the extra topics displayed? Or simply show more in the original active topic list.

 

[CarveMan]

When you go to Active Topics the displayed list is quite short. When you hit "view more" you go back to the top of the list. Any way to make this start at the extra topics displayed? Or simply show more in the original active topic list.

Hit 'Latest Posts' and remove all the filters, select 'Save Default' then hit 'Filter'

 

[Snow Blowey]

Thanks.

 

[mannyk]

When you say; "I can no longer open Twitter links"

Do you mean you do not see the card like this anymore;

Or do you mean that the links within the twitter card no longer work??


Also, are you on desktop or mobile?

Thanks Richard, as in your first sample or both really.
Im on a laptop running win10.
I am also seeing posts where there is nothing there, Im assuming its a image of some sort.
Im not much of a computer tech person.
These things have changed since the upgrade, but not a biggy.
Cheers

 

[ecowain]

As of this afternoon (Saturday), when a notification turns up, it now doubles up. The normal bell icon, as well as the avatar icon both show little flags. Makes me think that I’m double loved! Why would that be?

thanks.

 

[Richard]

Hey @Richard, just checking on how things are tracking with the attachment cache rebuild?

Thanks again for everything you do.

The nano-bots are now at war with the attachments...

Hopefully the process does not die, will take some hours

 

[KylePee]

As of this afternoon (Saturday), when a notification turns up, it now doubles up. The normal bell icon, as well as the avatar icon both show little flags. Makes me think that I’m double loved! Why would that be?

thanks.

I have noticed as well. Assumed Richard is playing. The reason appears to be that nested under the profile avatar, is another instance of the notification bell. As I say, assume Richard is adjusting things

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

As of this afternoon (Saturday), when a notification turns up, it now doubles up. The normal bell icon, as well as the avatar icon both show little flags. Makes me think that I’m double loved! Why would that be?

thanks.

yep, that happened here too
it appears to have stopped

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Hit 'Latest Posts' and remove all the filters, select 'Save Default' then hit 'Filter'

this advice should be included somewhere in the help or support area

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

something that comes up nearly every day somewhere in the forum - the paywalled media link
unfortunately there are numerous local and international sites that provide only the merest glimpse of their content unless you pay
in such instances it would be good if forum members posted a pdf of the story they’re linking, instead of a link that offers nothing
a tutorial on how to do it would be easy
someone once suggested that it might be a breach of copyright, but I doubt that would be an issue

 

[CarveMan]

something that comes up nearly every day somewhere in the forum - the paywalled media link
unfortunately there are numerous local and international sites that provide only the merest glimpse of their content unless you pay
in such instances it would be good if forum members posted a pdf of the story they’re linking, instead of a link that offers nothing
a tutorial on how to do it would be easy
someone once suggested that it might be a breach of copyright, but I doubt that would be an issue

What I try to do is view the paywalled page in ‘reader mode’ in my browser which makes it much easier to cut & paste into a thread.

 

[73RNR]

@Richard

 

[Richard]

something that comes up nearly every day somewhere in the forum - the paywalled media link
unfortunately there are numerous local and international sites that provide only the merest glimpse of their content unless you pay
in such instances it would be good if forum members posted a pdf of the story they’re linking, instead of a link that offers nothing
a tutorial on how to do it would be easy
someone once suggested that it might be a breach of copyright, but I doubt that would be an issue

technically it’s a breach of copyright, but also... highly unlikely that ad-hoc cut n' paste in will be pursued. It's not like the business model of this forum profits from plagiarism.

The more likely pursuit is an account holder repeatedly sharing paywalled content into a community - which is a breach of T&C - that might end up with a fuss between the masthead and the subscriber, if the masthead discovered it was happening and could also identify you.

 

[Richard]

As of this afternoon (Saturday), when a notification turns up, it now doubles up. The normal bell icon, as well as the avatar icon both show little flags. Makes me think that I’m double loved! Why would that be?

thanks.

Yes.

So this is definitely a thing. As @KylePee surmised, it was self-induced but is a bug introduced with the latest upgrade of the forum core -- which then necessitated an upgraded of the UIX theme - both of which I upgraded yesterday in succession and it immediately appeared.

I've looked at it closely and it's a style/css thing. Have reported it to the authors of the UIX theme - it does not appear on the xenforo default theme.

 

[parkmonkey]

This is bugging me a bit

 

[CarveMan]

This is bugging me a bit

>>

Hit 'Latest Posts' and remove all the filters, select 'Save Default' then hit 'Filter'

 

[parkmonkey]

>>

But doesn‘t work on active topics which is the default return forum menu on the iPad and iPhone

 

[CarveMan]

But doesn‘t work on active topics which is the default return forum menu on the iPad and iPhone

Yeah when I press the lightning bolt I then press Latest Posts - loads super fast so no biggie

 

[Richard]

This is bugging me a bit

It's bugging everyone - including me, and I got a plan on a fix I need to test in dev first.

But that comes after all the image thumbnails have been processed (at 50% - another 24hr should do it -- 200,000 images to crunch is taking a toll on the server CPU) .

Then, the search index needs to be rebuilt - I finally got the AWS elasticsearch instance reconnected on Friday - now the index needs to be rebuilt.

So I reckon by about Wed I *may* have the Active Topics first 20 <-> view more thing sorted.

 

[parkmonkey]

Probably should have read the thread, people who comment after not reading threads also bug me

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

technically it’s a breach of copyright, but also... highly unlikely that ad-hoc cut n' paste in will be pursued. It's not like the business model of this forum profits from plagiarism.

The more likely pursuit is an account holder repeatedly sharing paywalled content into a community - which is a breach of T&C - that might end up with a fuss between the masthead and the subscriber, if the masthead discovered it was happening and could also identify you.

surely it rates as fair use?

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

It's bugging everyone - including me, and I got a plan on a fix I need to test in dev first.

But that comes after all the image thumbnails have been processed (at 50% - another 24hr should do it -- 200,000 images to crunch is taking a toll on the server CPU) .

Then, the search index needs to be rebuilt - I finally got the AWS elasticsearch instance reconnected on Friday - now the index needs to be rebuilt.

So I reckon by about Wed I *may* have the Active Topics first 20 <-> view more thing sorted.

I followed @CarveMan advice, which he has posted at least twice ie use the filter settings

 

[Darb]

is search borked?

I can't get any results for things like "camping thread", or "sunset" ... no results found. Tried a few different ways, seems borked

 

[KylePee]

is search borked?

I can't get any results for things like "camping thread", or "sunset" ... no results found. Tried a few different ways, seems borked

Yes, read up a few posts. Search index needs rebuild

 

[MickM]

All my options for a new post are greyed out?

Only thing I can do is upload a file.

Account is still active

 

[cold wombat]

surely it rates as fair use?

Rule of thumb, 10% is normally considered fair use, but worth noting that is not a de jure rule. Fair use is very contextual (in theory).

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Rule of thumb, 10% is normally considered fair use, but worth noting that is not a de jure rule. Fair use is very contextual (in theory).

plenty of links about this subject - this site looks like it might have a lifetime of reading
and a wiki of course!

 

[Sandy]

@Richard The search function had a big gap between the upgrade and back to 2017, but now it doesn't seem to find anything older than the upgrade.

 

[Richard]

@Richard The search function had a big gap between the upgrade and back to 2017, but now it doesn't seem to find anything older than the upgrade.

Brand new elasticsearch server connection is now in place - with no index whatsoever -- I could not make the old elasticsearch instance work -- was too old a version after the XF 2 upgrade I suspect 5.5 v's 7.1 now -- I did find the autoupdate setting on the new instance so that should mitigate that.

A few more days -- the thumbnail processing is down to the last 10,000 images so I should be able to start the search rebuild tonight -- which I expect will take a full 24 hours or more.

 

[Richard]

All my options for a new post are greyed out?

Only thing I can do is upload a file.

Account is still active

Do you mean start a new thread??

 

[MickM]

Do you mean start a new thread??

Hi Richard, when I reply to an existing thread. Nothing is active even font etc

 

[Richard]

Hi Richard, when I reply to an existing thread. Nothing is active even font etc

Right..

Click the brackets [ ] you are in BB code mode. It now remembers and holds state between posts if you select that mode.

 

[currawong]

Right..

Click the brackets [ ] you are in BB code mode. It now remembers and holds state between posts if you select that mode.

It's easy to accidentally hit that [ ] icon. I seem to do it every few days on the phone. when aiming for the three dots on the right

I realise you can't do anything about it just saying how it happens

 

[MickM]

Right..

Click the brackets [ ] you are in BB code mode. It now remembers and holds state between posts if you select that mode.

Ah, the old BB mode!!

Got it. Excellent. Cheers for the solution.

 

[Richard]

It's easy to accidentally hit that [ ] icon. I seem to do it every few days on the phone. when aiming for the three dots on the right

I realise you can't do anything about it just saying how it happens

What is in the three dots on the right that is so compelling?

 

[currawong]

undo/save

frequently start replying to something and then think better of it

 

[Hyst]

I have no right to see my own content!??? I must be a bad boy.

 

[Doonks]

I have no right to see my own content!??? I must be a bad boy.

Can you expand?

 

[Hyst]

Can you expand?

If I go into my profil, I can choose "Your content" (my content)

I used to be able to read alle the stupied stuff I have been writing. But now I get error "you are not allowed to view ..." or something like that.

Off course I do understand the system does not want to show all the stupied stuff I have been writing - but I like to keep treek of my stupidities.

 

[cold wombat]

If I go into my profil, I can choose "Your content" (my content)

I used to be able to read alle the stupied stuff I have been writing. But now I get error "you are not allowed to view ..." or something like that.

Off course I do understand the system does not want to show all the stupied stuff I have been writing - but I like to keep treek of my stupidities.

Wait till search is back.

 

[Doonks]

If I go into my profil, I can choose "Your content" (my content)

I used to be able to read alle the stupied stuff I have been writing. But now I get error "you are not allowed to view ..." or something like that.

Off course I do understand the system does not want to show all the stupied stuff I have been writing - but I like to keep treek of my stupidities.

As CW says above, the search engine is borked. Richard is rebuilding the index.

 

[Richard]

Search is back.

@Sandy, let me know if you find missing teeth in the index as you go about your day please.

Also, @elSpike @CarveMan @cold wombat @POW Hungry @Claude Cat @Ian D

In the attachment rebuild process I discovered that approx 30K uploaded images are missing from between early July and mid Sep 2020.

They are in AWS S3 storage and somehow missed the mega image migration of XF2 upgrade. So they are not lost but... it's going to be an effort to migrate and re-organise the folder structure -- and then rebuild thumbnails just for that (not insignificant) batch.

So.. if you find missing images in historical threads - please report here so that I can confirm it is indeed just the known gap detailed above that is missing -- and not some other random time period as well.

 

[currawong]

a couple of trial searches were great

now if i could only remember what i was unsuccessfully searching for recently ...

 

[cold wombat]

Search is back.

@Sandy, let me know if you find missing teeth in the index as you go about your day please.

Also, @elSpike @CarveMan @cold wombat @POW Hungry @Claude Cat @Ian D

In the attachment rebuild process I discovered that approx 30K uploaded images are missing from between early July and mid Sep 2020.

They are in AWS S3 storage and somehow missed the mega image migration of XF2 upgrade. So they are not lost but... it's going to be an effort to migrate and re-organise the folder structure -- and then rebuild thumbnails just for that (not insignificant) batch.

So.. if you find missing images in historical threads - please report here so that I can confirm it is indeed just the known gap detailed above that is missing -- and not some other random time period as well.

This thread is an excellent cure for anyone thinking of running a forum!