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Notice: third upgrade attempt

Paul
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Posted 06/30/09 - 06:55 AM: Subject: Notice: third upgrade attempt	#1
I'm going to try the upgrade yet again shortly. Based on previous experiences, the site is likely to erase itself by about 9PM PDT, and if that happens I'll revert to a backup which will lack any posts made between the upgrade and the suicide. So, you might want to keep backups on your computer of posts you make meanwhile. The erasure of threads seems to happen on some sort of user action, something that somebody here does about twice a day but which I don't do in my testing and nobody on my other forums does. So I do need you to continue using the forum the way you normally do, so that you do whatever it is that causes it. There's a possibility that it involved the "pain and suffering" thread posted by sonofsocrates, since it was on a view of that thread where the blanking was first detected to have happened, but that may have been coincidental. If you see any error messages, please report them immediately.

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Posted 06/30/09 - 07:55 AM:	#2
The new "Preview" button does not work properly. When I click it, my post is submitted, which obviously defeats the purpose. Please fix this ASAP! And yes, it happened with this one. Thanks.
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Posted 06/30/09 - 07:58 AM:	#3
As I said yesterday in reply to that, preview works in every sceario I can imagine. Please tell me what web browser and version number you're using and whether you're using the WYSIYWG or plain editor with it.

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Posted 06/30/09 - 08:03 AM:	#4
Paul wrote: As I said yesterday in reply to that, preview works in every sceario I can imagine. Please tell me what web browser and version number you're using and whether you're using the WYSIYWG or plain editor with it. I never saw your reply yesterday; I was too busy working on posts, right up until the crash. I have Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.090206-1233 and am using the plain editor. Also, I was just editing my earlier post in this thread, and when I hit the "Preview Changes" button, I got this message: Philosophy Forums wrote: Potentially dangerous query intercepted: UPDATE wsnforumclone1_comments SET id = '573089', linkid = '35746', postername = 'aletheist', message = 'The new \"Preview\" button does not work properly. When I click it, my post is submitted, which obviously defeats the purpose. Please fix this ASAP! And yes, it happened with this one. Thanks. I forgot to mention--it happened yesterday, too, after the upgrade and before the crash.', time = '1246377358', linkname = 'Notice: third upgrade attempt', validated = '1', ip = '64.219.133.233', ownerid = '26926', lastedit = '1246377506', type = 'regular', approved = '0', votes = '0', hide = '0', typeorder = '3388', lasteditby = 'aletheist', catid = '9', editreason = 'More information', preventedit = '0', inhidden = '0', deleted = '0', deletionreason = '', usernoteon = '0', modnote = '0', filefield = '0', deletedby = '0', parentids = '', disablesmilies = '0', disablesig = '0', title = '', icon = '', originalmessage = 'The new "Preview" button does not work properly. When I click it, my post is submitted, which obviously defeats the purpose. Please fix this ASAP! And yes, it happened with this one. Thanks.', disablehtml = '0', disablewsn = '0', flagged = '0', wysihtml = '0', unrevised = '0', internalto = '0', hasinternal = '0', invisibleto = '', hostname = 'globalbc.burnsmcd.com', voterids = '', voterips = '' WHERE id=573089 -- Please report this message to the site administrator.
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Posted 06/30/09 - 08:12 AM:	#5
Another comment--it used to be that when I would hit the "quote" button to respond to a post, the quoted text would be broken up into paragraphs to match the original formatting. Now, I just get one long paragraph. Is this a bug, or was the change intentional?
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Posted 06/30/09 - 08:15 AM:	#6
Adjusted the protection code to only check topic titles and not post titles. Previewing this reply in IE6. Okay, found IE6 problem.

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Posted 06/30/09 - 08:33 AM:	#7
Microsoft says they've finally fixed their button handling bug in IE 8. I'll consider whether it's worth spending the next few days rewriting everything to deprive everyone else of pretty buttons for the sake of those using broken browsers from previous millenniums.

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Posted 06/30/09 - 10:06 AM:	#8
Paul wrote: Microsoft says they've finally fixed their button handling bug in IE 8. I'll consider whether it's worth spending the next few days rewriting everything to deprive everyone else of pretty buttons for the sake of those using broken browsers from previous millenniums. Not necessary on my account. I have IE 8 on my computer at home, but my employer is obviously very conservative about implementing upgrades. It is as if letting us spend time on sites like Philosophy Forums is not important to the company. Thanks for the explanation.
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Posted 06/30/09 - 10:24 AM:	#9
I found a way to rewrite the buttons into input elements for IE 6 and IE 7 users while keeping them as buttons for everyone else, so preview should work for you now. Will fix the quotes problem shortly.

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Posted 06/30/09 - 11:20 AM:	#10
Paul wrote: I found a way to rewrite the buttons into input elements for IE 6 and IE 7 users while keeping them as buttons for everyone else, so preview should work for you now. The buttons have returned to their old look for me, but now the preview is the same plain text as what I am editing; none of the formatting tags are being converted. Your call whether to mess with it any further. Paul wrote: Will fix the quotes problem shortly. Great! I really appreciate your efforts; so how do I become a sponsor and make a donation to show my gratitude?
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