1. Due to issues with external spam filters, QQ is currently unable to send any mail to Microsoft E-mail addresses. This includes any account at live.com, hotmail.com or msn.com. Signing up to the forum with one of these addresses will result in your verification E-mail never arriving. For best results, please use a different E-mail provider for your QQ address.
    Dismiss Notice
  2. For prospective new members, a word of warning: don't use common names like Dennis, Simon, or Kenny if you decide to create an account. Spammers have used them all before you and gotten those names flagged in the anti-spam databases. Your account registration will be rejected because of it.
    Dismiss Notice
  3. Since it has happened MULTIPLE times now, I want to be very clear about this. You do not get to abandon an account and create a new one. You do not get to pass an account to someone else and create a new one. If you do so anyway, you will be banned for creating sockpuppets.
    Dismiss Notice
  4. If you wish to change your username, please ask via conversation to tehelgee instead of asking via my profile. I'd like to not clutter it up with such requests.
    Dismiss Notice
  5. Due to the actions of particularly persistent spammers and trolls, we will be banning disposable email addresses from today onward.
    Dismiss Notice
  6. A note about the current Ukraine situation: Discussion of it is still prohibited as per Rule 8
    Dismiss Notice
  7. The rules regarding NSFW links have been updated. See here for details.
    Dismiss Notice
  8. The testbed for the QQ XF2 transition is now publicly available. Please see more information here.
    Dismiss Notice
Mail delivery issues Usernames Rule 4 Clarification Username Change Requests Disposable Email Addresses Ukraine Rule update XF2 testbed available

Xenforo - Do you guys want it here?

Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by Vanathor, Nov 23, 2014.

Page 4 of 7
  1. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Although, hmm. It says 'appropriate for dedicated or VPS servers'. Ours is a shared server, it's not dedicated or a VPS.
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #91
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  2. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    The host you use has a twenty-four hour tech support line on their website. And they do hosting for Xenforo on their end, so they should be able to tell you whether or not the site can run the expanded search.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #92
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  3. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    It takes a while to get through their support. They're rather slow. :/
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #93
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  4. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    Googled.
    https://xenforo.com/community/threads/total-noob-starting-his-first-forum.80678/
    According to this, the issue is not performance issue per say (at least for a small site like ours) but from needing a framework called elastisearch installed on the server to make Expanded Search work. So unless we can find a different host for a dedicated or cloud server solution, this is not an option.

    For the fifty bucks remaining, I am thinking it would probably be better used to buying some decent forum skins right off the bat.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #94
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  5. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2013
    Messages:
    7,610
    Likes Received:
    53,691
    It's at least potentially possible that, since Arvixe advertises XF support, they already have ElasticSearch. Something to ask about, anyway.
     
    alethiophile, Nov 25, 2014
    #95
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  6. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    True. So the elegee should still probably ask.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #96
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  7. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    I have spoken with the Arvixe support, and they say that yes, enhanced search can be used by shared hosts such as us.

    I will refrain from buying right now, until we get the server up and going on xenforo. Then I will add it.

    Anyone know if SB uses it, or are they using the default?
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #97
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  8. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    Both SB and SV use expanded search. They get all the fancy bells and whistles.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #98
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  9. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Looking into Xenforo styles... wtf. $35 for a forum skin?
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #99
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  10. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    Found one that I shared on IRC that everyone seemed to like.

    http://www.xenfocus.com/skins/fusion_dark/index.php

    Only thirty bucks to boot.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #100
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  11. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    28,458
    Likes Received:
    112,119
    Tanuki says we should give 1 like for every post in new system to a certain tanuki. :3
     
    Biigoh, Nov 25, 2014
    #101
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  12. enthalpy

    enthalpy 大幻梦森罗万象狂气断罪眼！

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2013
    Messages:
    2,171
    Likes Received:
    632
    I chipped in a bit extra. It should be enough to cover the cost of whatever theme - let me know if more's needed.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    enthalpy, Nov 25, 2014
    #102
    Ddmkm122 and Student of Zelretch like this.
  13. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    I'd 'like' your post, but that has to wait till the actual forum move :p
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #103
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  14. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Okay, so, forum move not happening tonight.

    I have an installation of Xenforo set up(it was easy too, fuck $50 for XF to do it themselves), and I'm importing a database backup of this forum to test the importer and see what bugs crops up. It's not exactly quick even for our size, and I can see why it took SB a week to do it.

    If things work out, I will open the test forum(again) for people to browse and check out. Note: the test forum will not survive, so don't post anything you don't want to lose. Assuming that nothing bad crops up, I will lock the forum tomorrow night and start the move. It may not be done by morning, but it should be by noon the next day.
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #104
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  15. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    How does setting up a copy of xenforo on the test site with the importer actually differ from just doing it properly once, short of bug checking I mean. Wouldn't it be simpler to set up the test, see if it works, and once any bugs are worked out, simply redirect the url address to the main forum?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #105
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  16. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Because the backup database isn't current. Any posts made, users registered, or anything else done after it was created wouldn't get transferred.

    Plus, attempting it on the master database could fuck up the forum and lose it all if a bad bug came along.

    Better safe than sorry.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #106
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  17. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    Ah. Also you will probably want to purchase the Search Enhancer by the time you do the install, because it will take time for it to scour the board and populate a search database.

    Also, have you acquired the Fusion Dark theme people seem to like yet?
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #107
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  18. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Not yet. I'm more concerned with getting a working forum, then worrying about styles.
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #108
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  19. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    But proper aesthetics are a working forum [​IMG]
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #109
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  20. Smuthunter

    Smuthunter Begone Thot!

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2013
    Messages:
    20,881
    Likes Received:
    84,114
    Does this have something to do with why all the likes vanished?
     
    Smuthunter, Nov 25, 2014
    #110
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  21. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    Yes. The board was upgraded to SMF 2.0.9 from 2.0.4 in preparation for the board migration to Xenforo, which required removing addons such as the multiquote and likes.

    They would have been lost in any case, upon the move, so its not like its a huge loss.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #111
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  22. Smuthunter

    Smuthunter Begone Thot!

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2013
    Messages:
    20,881
    Likes Received:
    84,114
    Easy for you to say, you didn't have 3500+ of them! @_@

    My record! My beautiful record! :'(
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    Smuthunter, Nov 25, 2014
    #112
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  23. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    I'd say that is encouragement upon the move to pump out more glorious content to generate your like count, yes?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 30, 2014
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #113
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  24. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2013
    Messages:
    7,610
    Likes Received:
    53,691
    And I had only just reached 1:1 ratio, too. :p

    I suppose I will have to do something dramatic. Maybe I'll write snips for every quest I'm reading, or something.
     
    alethiophile, Nov 25, 2014
    #114
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  25. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    28,458
    Likes Received:
    112,119
    Tanuki must start from scratch too... tanuki likes were massacred.
     
    Biigoh, Nov 25, 2014
    #115
    Ddmkm122 and Atropa like this.
  26. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2013
    Messages:
    2,910
    Likes Received:
    12,700
    Alright, so, I have the test forum working as it should, I think.

    So, go here and check it out. Post, start convos, check profiles, the works.

    Note, clicking home or the logo will bring you back to this forum instead. I haven't bothered fixing that.

    EDIT: fixed broken link
     
    tehelgee, Nov 25, 2014
    #116
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  27. DuskAtDawn

    DuskAtDawn Of the Thousand Faces

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2013
    Messages:
    2,425
    Likes Received:
    11,984
    It's fixed now and OHGODTHEBRIGHT!

    Also, I've noticed running quests is a great way to farm likes; during my short stint as a GM, I got a 1:2 post:like ratio. Just think of it as encouragement.
     
    DuskAtDawn, Nov 25, 2014
    #117
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  28. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    THE BRIGHT. Theelegee, please get the forum skin and add it. Seeing everything not being so BRIGHT will make it easier to test...
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #118
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  29. DuskAtDawn

    DuskAtDawn Of the Thousand Faces

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2013
    Messages:
    2,425
    Likes Received:
    11,984
    *blink, blink*

    I've got a follower? How'd the hell that happen?

    Not Vanathor, someone who hasn't been on since midday yesterday. Did this forum have a follow option? I never noticed it.
     
    DuskAtDawn, Nov 25, 2014
    #119
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
  30. Vanathor

    Vanathor 『Back In Black』

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2013
    Messages:
    7,847
    Likes Received:
    18,591
    It's called the 'Buddy' System. Click someone's profile and see. It carries over apparently.
     
    Vanathor, Nov 25, 2014
    #120
    Ddmkm122 likes this.
Page 4 of 7