SMF Forum

[Nod]

I've upgraded the unnamedforum to Simple Machines Forum software and I'm having an issue. I installed Akismet to block spam and it seems to be causing some sort of problem in the mySQL database. When someone tries to post now it crashes the entire forum and displays Database Error: User 'my_username' has exceeded the 'max_updates' resource (current value: 60000). I've deleted Akismet but I'm still having the problem. Any suggestions?

N/M fixed it.

[gangals]

And now to scald you.

Since you did resolve this problem, would you care to post a detailed resolution so if others happen to have the same problem, they won't run into continuous dead ends, such as your post...

[Nod]

Oh, it's a bug where you have to modify it (askimet) if you're using a skin other than the default. I just turned askimet off (Not lazyness, I just don't currently need it.) but there are instructions on what to change where you download the package. GANGALS COME POST ON MY NEW FORUM PLEASE!! I'm begging. I'm literally on my knees as I type this. There's only two people right now but that's because the lazy fucks aren't moving from the old one to the new one and some of the members disapeared (Trevelyn, Raptor, Kelso.)
</sporadic begging for members>

We're looking for developers so for those of you who are familiar with PHP and just general web design, or if you're just an SMF expert for some odd reason feel free to apply. No nubs will be accepted though. Only the uber 1337 super users that are the regular posters at phonelosers.org!

The link in my sigline is the link to the new version. I sent Arbie a message to change the url on the link in the sidebar but I don't know if he's gotten to it. (Answer: Nope.)

[trevelyn]

whoa sorry i didnt know ye changed, ive been so busy.  why havent you joined mine? bastard.

[gangals]

whoa sorry i didnt know ye changed, ive been so busy.  why havent you joined mine? bastard.

Because your signature doesn't link and we're all lazy bastards.

[Nod]

whoa sorry i didnt know ye changed, ive been so busy.  why havent you joined mine? bastard.

I can't ever get your forum to come up anyways. I even changed the host file. No luck. Of course if you wanted to add all the stuff that you have on your forum to my forum and be a developer (read as administrative powers) on my forum with not just your own section but also authority over the whole thing then I'd definately be willing to do that. As it stands with my current server provider you could even have your forum there in SMF, phpbb2 or whatever forums software you want to run as long as it doesn't take up more than one mySQL db. I only get three and I think I'm going to be needing the other one for wordpress.

Honestly I just want to use you for your coding skills but you'll be getting something out of it too. I'm hoping that by beefing up staff and staff capabilities (Coders, graphic designers, etc.) we can do things to attract users and eventually ad revenue.

[Reverend Greed]

Let me know if you ever need help.

[Nod]

I need help! For some odd reason my global moderators can't view the general board. I've checked the permissions by board and by group and I can't figure out why it won't work. That's the only board that seems to be having the issue. I'm wondering if I shouldn't change the boards permissions to local and see if there's something in there I can change but it doesn't seem like that would be the problem since all the other boards show up for them and they are set to global. I'm having a bunch of bugs and problems with SMF but it's still infinately better than proboards. I guess I should have experimented with it a little more before I started having people move to the new site but I just couldn't stand all the ugliness and lack of function that proboards has anymore. So right now I'm the only staff member on the site (Not a problem since only four or five people have moved from the old site to the new one out of fifteen or so.) which isn't a big deal but I'd really like to get it fixed since there are members who were already mods that I would like to make mods again and the developers membergroup to work on too. Any and all help is very much appreciated.

[Reverend Greed]

First off, you did the right thing by switching to SMF.  Personally, it's my favorite forum software.

Regarding your permissions issue:

Go to:  Admin > Go to the "Members" block on the left hand side > Membergroups > Under "Regular Groups" select "Modify" next to Global Moderators >  Visible Boards:  Click on [ Show boards ]

Check to see if ALL the available boards are check-marked.

On another note, your "Staff" board is visible to guests.  Did you intend that?

Also, get rid of the SMF logo next to your forum logo.

Open index.template.php of your theme:  SMF11 > Themes > Your theme > index.template.php and find:

Code: [Select]

<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/smflogo.gif" style="margin: 2px;" alt="" />
And remove that entire line.

[Nod]

I'm gonna do that right this second.


Both problems are fixed. Apparently I was looking at the wrong permissions the whole time. Geeze I'm lame..

[Reverend Greed]

It's not being lame - it's just getting you in the right direction.

[Nod]

I'm getting pretty good at going through code again though on the upshot. PHP doesn't look really complicated. In fact it kind of reminds me of Java or JavaScript. The plan is to eventually be able to write and contribute to other members in writing mods to add new and interesting features to the forum as we go. E-mail, an in-forum instant messenger (I've seen this done before in JavaScript and CGI and it looked pretty cool.) but for right now I'm just trying to get everything working and looking the way I'd like (Thanks for the help with the SMF logo. That was really starting to get on my nerves and I didn't want to have to wade through code not knowing wtf I was looking for but hoping I'd know when I saw it. It's just so TEDIOUS!) and smoothly. Wow, I just now realized how much I parenthesize random tangents I go off on. Maybe it's time to get back on the ritalin!

[Nod]

I just noticed that it's showing the news display twice. .My own mediocre attempt at humor has been highly amusing to myself.. wtf is up with that? Something in the skin that makes it display in the skin that makes it appear in the same table cell as the search bar? Kind of annoying. I'm gonna take a stab and say there's two solutions for this. One is to shut up about and the other is to fix it. My laziness says to go with the first one but I should probably fix it. Any suggestions? I'd much rather have the larger news display as it's more apt to be seen and much easier to read.

[Reverend Greed]

I just noticed that it's showing the news display twice. .My own mediocre attempt at humor has been highly amusing to myself.. wtf is up with that? Something in the skin that makes it display in the skin that makes it appear in the same table cell as the search bar? Kind of annoying. I'm gonna take a stab and say there's two solutions for this. One is to shut up about and the other is to fix it. My laziness says to go with the first one but I should probably fix it. Any suggestions? I'd much rather have the larger news display as it's more apt to be seen and much easier to read.

Very easy:

Go to Admin --> Configuration box on left hand side -> Current Theme --> and make sure "Enable News?" is deselected.

[Nod]

I should probably RTFM...