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LittleEddie is currently offline LittleEddie

 
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Hi All,

Changing the Forum Shocked Scared

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.Lurking

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! Hit Computer I don't know how they are going to handle it Asleep at cptr But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here Nana nana bubu looks like it's a big job, have fun
Work at computer

ROFLMAO ROFLMAO ROFLMAO


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Well done Ron - sounds as if the upgrade was quite a task. However, you had it all back up and running after a few days - a groups of banks in the UK have been having much worse problems following an "upgrade".

However, is it possible to show images directly on the Forum? In the way you can on this forum: http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15485 The images do not have to be stored on the forum server, a link to Flickr works fine.


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LittleEddie wrote on Fri, 29 June 2012 23:21
As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.[img=images/smiley_icons/lurking.gif]Lurking[/img]


LOL

I miss the stars...

edit: And it looks like those hated smileys aren't shown correctly in quotes, that's an impormevement, of course.


[Updated on: Sun, 08 July 2012 08:36]

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Forum upgrade Sun, 08 July 2012 09:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nmid

 
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The 1st thing I missed was the black look of the forum.. the white and the cherub looked way too unlike stars!
Then I saw the update notice... Looking forward to our space look, before I get used to this pristine futuristic white space station look Smile

speling chk is qte nce..



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Test Laughing



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Ron wrote on Sun, 08 July 2012 10:41
Test Laughing


Interesting.... quoting works for me, maybe it's only for 'old' posts.



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LittleEddie wrote on Fri, 29 June 2012 17:21
Hi All,

Changing the Forum Shocked Scared

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.Lurking

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! Hit Computer I don't know how they are going to handle it Asleep at cptr But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here Nana nana bubu looks like it's a big job, have fun
Work at computer

ROFLMAO ROFLMAO ROFLMAO


Test, to see how quote looks after posting.



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Nmid's 1000 Sun, 08 July 2012 13:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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One more post Nmid and it will be 1000 from you!

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Hey...
An old post regarding your query:

http://starsautohost.org/sahforum2/index.php?t=msg&th=26 8&start=0&rid=370

Maybe the reasons still apply...bandwidth + not sure if size can be specified...

Not sure if one can limit the images shown to only be form other hosts....maybe...can be fudged...

I guess Ron can confirm.

Smile


[Updated on: Sun, 08 July 2012 13:51]




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I don't see a way in the admin controls to disable images inside posts.


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trophy.gif  Cookies & Re: Nmid's 1000 Sun, 08 July 2012 16:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nmid

 
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Yea, I was thinking about staying at 999, but I think 1337 looks nice too Wink.

Btw, how long are the site cookies valid for?
I seem to have to relogin everytime I close my browser, or I come back after 4-5 hours.


[Updated on: Sun, 08 July 2012 16:51]




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nmid wrote on Sun, 08 July 2012 16:35
Yea, I was thinking about staying at 999, but I think 1337 looks nice too Wink.

Btw, how long are the site cookies valid for?
I seem to have to relogin everytime I close my browser, or I come back after 4-5 hours.


Hmm, the session timeout is 1800 seconds, and the cookie timeout is 86400 seconds.



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LittleEddie wrote on Fri, 29 June 2012 23:21
Hi All,

Changing the Forum [img=images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif]Shocked[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/scared.gif]Scared[/img]

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.[img=images/smiley_icons/lurking.gif]Lurking[/img]

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! [img=images/smiley_icons/hit_cptr.gif]Hit Computer[/img] I don't know how they are going to handle it [img=images/smiley_icons/asleep_at_cptr.gif]Asleep at cptr[/img] But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here [img=images/smiley_icons/nana.gif]Nana nana bubu[/img] looks like it's a big job, have fun
[img=images/smiley_icons/work_at_cptr.gif]Work at computer[/img]

[img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img]



Mmmh...

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Re: Update Notice Mon, 09 July 2012 11:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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LittleEddie wrote on Sat, 30 June 2012 02:51
Hi All,

Changing the Forum [img=images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif]Shocked[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/scared.gif]Scared[/img]

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.[img=images/smiley_icons/lurking.gif]Lurking[/img]

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! [img=images/smiley_icons/hit_cptr.gif]Hit Computer[/img] I don't know how they are going to handle it [img=images/smiley_icons/asleep_at_cptr.gif]Asleep at cptr[/img] But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here [img=images/smiley_icons/nana.gif]Nana nana bubu[/img] looks like it's a big job, have fun
[img=images/smiley_icons/work_at_cptr.gif]Work at computer[/img]

[img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img] [img=images/smiley_icons/roflmao.gif]ROFLMAO[/img]




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Ron wrote on Sun, 08 July 2012 20:19
LittleEddie wrote on Fri, 29 June 2012 17:21
Hi All,

Changing the Forum Shocked Scared

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.Lurking

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! Hit Computer I don't know how they are going to handle it Asleep at cptr But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here Nana nana bubu looks like it's a big job, have fun
Work at computer

ROFLMAO ROFLMAO ROFLMAO


Test, to see how quote looks after posting.


Weird... And I haven't tickd the disable emoticons in either message.



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nmid wrote on Mon, 09 July 2012 20:49
Ron wrote on Sun, 08 July 2012 20:19
LittleEddie wrote on Fri, 29 June 2012 17:21
Hi All,

Changing the Forum :shock: :scared:

As someone who's still playing a 17 year old computer game I don't know if I take change well.:lurk:

Then there's the people out there still running Windows XP and playing Stars! :hitcptr: I don't know how they are going to handle it :asleepatcptr: But then again, they may not notice it for a few weeks..months....sometime around 2015

Just funning here :nana: looks like it's a big job, have fun
:workatcptr:

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:


Test, to see how quote looks after posting.


Weird... And I haven't tickd the disable emoticons in either message.

Emoticons disabled..



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Another query.. I see we can create polls here, but I was unable to see that option in private game sub-forums.
Is that intentional?



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BeeKeeper wrote on Sat, 07 July 2012 23:40

However, is it possible to show images directly on the Forum?


Images on the forum? WHAT IS THIS MAD ALCHEMY?
http://i.imgur.com/RLHuh.jpg

Nope, it seems to be broken, image links are converted to url links despite being enclosed in [img] tags.


Do we really have to worry about bandwith anymore? I think most phones can handle image-posting just fine.


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Its not broken..its off! Smile

Reply to any of these messages and you will see on the left hand side of the text area:

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It may have something to do with

1) Subdomain cookies? Not sure..I use www.starsautohost.org/ sometimes and starsautohost.org/ sometimes...
2) Browser....I normally use FF but session times out or I lose the session as soon as I close the window....but in IE and Chrome, even if I close it, I can go back to it....maybe it a cache thing....but I have way too much in history at the moment to clear it out.....maybe someone else who can clear their whole cache and history can confirm...
3) Logging in from one browser to another...not sure...

Need to do some more testing...

Anyone else having session time out problems?



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Re: Cookies & Re: Nmid's 1000 Tue, 10 July 2012 11:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ron wrote on Mon, 09 July 2012 02:22
Hmm, the session timeout is 1800 seconds, and the cookie timeout is 86400 seconds.


86400 sec... that's 24h.
It used to be much longer, didn't it? Which was quite comfortable.

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Altruist wrote on Tue, 10 July 2012 11:09
Ron wrote on Mon, 09 July 2012 02:22
Hmm, the session timeout is 1800 seconds, and the cookie timeout is 86400 seconds.


86400 sec... that's 24h.
It used to be much longer, didn't it? Which was quite comfortable.

Hmm, it used to be 7 days, which seems excessive to me.



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Ron wrote on Sun, 08 July 2012 14:29
I don't see a way in the admin controls to disable images inside posts.

Found it, its set on a forum by forum basis, and can be inherited. Now turned on for this forum.



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Ron wrote on Tue, 10 July 2012 18:10
Hmm, it used to be 7 days, which seems excessive to me.

Hmmm, excessive why? Surely needing to re-login every 24 hours is worse? Asleep at cptr



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Ron wrote on Tue, 10 July 2012 21:15
Found it, its set on a forum by forum basis, and can be inherited. Now turned on for this forum.

It doesn't seem to include icons inside signatures. Confused2



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