Some forum issues to be aware of...

Sauce · May 16, 2021, 06:56:13 AM

How do you post twitter links so they appear in the forum as they used to?...or is that not possible

Hoofer · May 16, 2021, 07:26:14 AM

What happens to messages which are started before the "clock runs out" and apparently saved AFTER time has expired?

supsalemgr · May 16, 2021, 08:21:31 AM

I attempted to start a new thread and I could not paste a link. Any suggestions?

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 11:25:44 AM

Quote from: supsalemgr on May 16, 2021, 08:21:31 AMI attempted to start a new thread and I could not paste a link. Any suggestions?

Are you clicking the link icon (just above the smiley with the question marks on top) and entering your link into that box? After you do, it will present the link a second time in the dialog box, before you commit to post. Not working, though?

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 11:29:53 AM

Quote from: Sauce on May 16, 2021, 06:56:13 AMHow do you post twitter links so they appear in the forum as they used to?...or is that not possible

Testing

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1390996248417775616?s=20

How did they appear before? Did they embed?

supsalemgr · May 16, 2021, 11:38:21 AM

Quote from: Grammy on May 16, 2021, 11:25:44 AMAre you clicking the link icon (just above the smiley with the question marks on top) and entering your link into that box? After you do, it will present the link a second time in the dialog box, before you commit to post. Not working, though?

Sorry, but I do not follow you. I do not see a link icon.

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 11:39:29 AM

Just a suggestion (regarding the timezone). If this does not appear in the Settings.php file

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$db_character_set = 'utf8';
I would add it. There was a bug that caused the DB to not correctly set UTF8; I don't know if they fixed it or not. It almost seems to me as if it wasn't dealt with.

Just a thought. But an overwrite may settle it, anyway.

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 11:42:10 AM

Quote from: supsalemgr on May 16, 2021, 11:38:21 AMSorry, but I do not follow you. I do not see a link icon.

If you see the smileys when you are posting, there's an icon that looks like a chain link with a tiny green spot. It is just to the left of the "envelope" (email) icon. You'd probably see "YouTube", then to the right of that, the "image" icon, then just to the right of that, the "link" icon.

Solar · May 16, 2021, 11:58:09 AM

Quote from: Grammy on May 16, 2021, 11:29:53 AMTesting

https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1390996248417775616?s=20

How did they appear before? Did they embed?

I think he was referring to the video links. And no, they aren't posting as the should. The video is supposed to embed here, as posted below.
Give Taxed a bit of time, he is after all, a professional programmer, nothing is beyond his grasp.

https://twitter.com/youngbuddha33/status/1390996576370372608

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 12:03:28 PM

Quote from: Solar on May 16, 2021, 11:58:09 AMI think he was referring to the video links. And no, they aren't posting as the should. The video is supposed to embed here, as posted below.
Give Taxed a bit of time, he is after all, a professional programmer, nothing is beyond his grasp.

https://twitter.com/youngbuddha33/status/1390996576370372608

Ah. If Twitter, there's a mod for that.

Solar · May 16, 2021, 12:04:19 PM

Quote from: Grammy on May 16, 2021, 12:03:28 PMThere's a mod for that.

An Icon? Or some more crap we need to install?

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 12:08:28 PM

Quote from: Solar on May 16, 2021, 12:04:19 PMAn Icon? Or some more crap we need to install?

Well, I'm still assuming that Sauce did mean Twitter, but maybe not.

I've not kicked the tires on 2.1RC3 on any of my test sites, so I'll do that this week, but if embedding Twitter posts is not a feature of 2.1, then there is a mod that will accomplish that. The parsing is dead easy, just two edits.

But that may not be something you guys want.

Solar · May 16, 2021, 12:11:24 PM

Quote from: Grammy on May 16, 2021, 12:08:28 PMWell, I'm still assuming that Sauce did mean Twitter, but maybe not.

I've not kicked the tires on 2.1RC3 on any of my test sites, so I'll do that this week, but if embedding Twitter posts is not a feature of 2.1, then there is a mod that will accomplish that. The parsing is dead easy, just two edits.

But that may not be something you guys want.

Nah, we want it all, we should be able to embed any video out, be it Rumble or what have you.
It would appear that this roll out by SMF was a bit premature, they left out soooo much.
They left the heavy lifting to the end user.

Grammy · May 16, 2021, 12:15:27 PM

Quote from: Solar on May 16, 2021, 12:11:24 PMNah, we want it all, we should be able to embed any video out, be it Rumble or what have you.
It would appear that this roll out by SMF was a bit premature, they left out soooo much.
They left the heavy lifting to the end user.

Well, 2.1RC3 is a "release candidate" and not recommended for production forums, but a lot of people are forging ahead with it, anyway. Many of them hope that this will light a fire under SMF to make finalize 2.1 and make it stable. (Me, included, ha.)

taxed · May 16, 2021, 12:17:06 PM

Quote from: VVet69 on May 16, 2021, 06:13:06 AMSame issue here with the forum time and message time stamps: I am in EST, Profile set to UTC time, I see all times off by 3 hours; when I change to EST times are off by 8 hours. Check with your provider and find out to what time zone the Web Server OS is set? Also, does the time zone not take into account Daylight Savings Time offsets?

Yeah, the timezone functionality is broken. The updates we're going to apply may fix it. If not, we can isolate it.