Author Topic: Army.ca To Do List (Read 14675 times)

Mike Bobbitt · « **on:** April 07, 2010, 16:52:09 »

In light of all the recent changes, I've put together a to do list of outstanding problems. If you see something that's not on the list, please let me know about it. If it's already on the list, I'm aware of it but haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

As I resolve problems, I'll remove them from this list.

Smilies and spellcheck don't work on the DWAN
Header block with avatar/userinfo/ads is still not quite right
Chat censor is 4'ed
Chat presence in menu bar stays too long after a user exits
User albums in the gallery do not work.
Trim mod_security logging
Increase quote text size (use override CSS)

Thanks!
Mike

GAP · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2010, 17:08:30 »

one small item...increase font size in quote boxes...they're hard to read that small (blind old guys

)

put this thread on front page so it's easy to find.

NikN · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2010, 21:04:46 »

Nothing to add to your list, however thank you for your continued efforts and dedication to keeping this amazing community going!

Regards,

Nik

Shamrock · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2010, 21:22:25 »

I think you may need to add lists to that list. None of your bullets are showing up this end or in a previous review I attempted to enlisten.

E.R. Campbell · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2010, 22:00:27 »

I see the bullets in your review.

George Wallace · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2010, 08:52:59 »

I find the individual Threads easy to read, but the Recent Posts pages not so easy to read. It is difficult to figure out who posted and where the quotes begin and end. The large grey numbers tend to disappear/blend into the darker background of the even numbered posts.

PMedMoe · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:45:51 »

Since yesterday, when typing a reply, the text box (and subsequently text) extends beyond the edge of the page so that it is not visible until it wraps around to the next line. Not sure if it's just on the DWAN or not but can let you know this evening.

milnews.ca · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:50:37 »

One more for your list:

Search box on front page doesn't seem to work (any word I've tried comes back with nothing found, including classics like "infantry" and "Afghanistan")

Not huge, since I use Google as well, but thought you'd like to know.

GAP · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:53:22 »

But isn't Mike still rebuilding the search database?

Bruce Monkhouse · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:53:57 »

Yes, but I think it has it's own thread.

George Wallace · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2010, 09:57:01 »

Quote from: Mike Bobbitt on April 07, 2010, 16:52:09

In light of all the recent changes, I've put together a to do list of outstanding problems. If you see something that's not on the list, please let me know about it. If it's already on the list, I'm aware of it but haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

As I resolve problems, I'll remove them from this list.

Smilies and spellcheck don't work on the DWAN
Header block with avatar/userinfo/ads is still not quite right
Menu bar fills up the error log
SMF menu selections are white on white
Chat censor is 4'ed
Chat presence in menu bar stays too long after a user exits
Gallery logins are not working
Gallery browse/filename fields are white on white
User albums in the gallery do not work.
Links directory doesn't work
Trim mod_security logging
Rebuild forums search index (change admin timeout when complete)
Resume bidirectional backups

Thanks!
Mike

SEARCH index is already on his "TO DO" list.

milnews.ca · « **Reply #11 on:** April 08, 2010, 10:23:06 »

My f**k up, then - didn't connect the two.

George Wallace · « **Reply #12 on:** April 08, 2010, 21:08:47 »

It is 2112 hrs and I think that several of the different parts of this program have their "Clocks" running haywire. Look at the Time Stamp on this post, the Time Stamp on the same post in my profile, and Time Stamps on MilPoints and all these are different records.

Reply # 10 above isn't even recorded in the MilPoints data.

George Wallace · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2010, 08:13:32 »

Just an example of how off your MP Clock is; I just logged on and made one post at about 0805:

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Date User Amount Description

2010-04-09 12:03:32 George Wallace 10 Re: BOOT REGULATIONS: issued vs. non-issued vs. non-standard boots (TODAY)
2010-04-09 11:52:51 George Wallace 20 Congratulations! You've been online for 8,329 Hours!
2010-04-09 01:18:46 George Wallace 10 Re: TASER OPINIONS? (YESTERDAY)

2010-04-09 01:08:48 George Wallace 10 Re: Army.ca To Do List
2010-04-09 00:47:10 George Wallace 10 Re: Military commander charged in 2 Ontario murders, confinement and sexual assault.
2010-04-09 00:35:45 George Wallace 20 Congratulations! You've been online for 8,328 Hours!
2010-04-09 00:33:28 George Wallace 20 MP
2010-04-09 00:13:06 George Wallace 10 Re: BMQ July 2010
2010-04-09 00:01:11 George Wallace 10 Congratulations! You were Earner #5 for 2010-04-07! (YESTERDAY)

Journeyman · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:03:39 »

Mike, until the Search function is sorted out, maybe add Mike O'Leary's words to the Search page

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When you find problems with the search function use Google as an alternative. Add site:army.ca to your search to limit results to the forum.

This will also work for site:navy.ca, site:air-force.ca, or other versions of the Milnet.ca url.

George Wallace · « **Reply #15 on:** April 10, 2010, 10:44:38 »

Mike

I think some of the "clocks" in the site are running on Local time, while others are on Zulu time. Does that cause 'conflicts' in the programing?

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2010, 10:54:43 »

George, you're right about the times... the server has it's time, the forums have an offset, and every user can adjust with another offset. Regular scripts like the MilPoints stuff just rely on the server time, which seems to be stuck at GMT. I updated the timezone last night, but it reverted back to GMT at some point. I should be used to computers not listening to me by now...

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2010, 10:57:40 »

Shamrock, I can see your (and my) bullets just fine... Are they still invisible for you? Anyone else? What browser are you using?

GAP, I'll see what I can do about adjusting the quote text size. Sometimes big things turn out to be easy and sometimes small things end up being difficult. This is one of the latter unfortunately.

Moe, I haven't seen misbehaving reply boxes yet... are they doing that consistently or just once in a while?

George Wallace · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2010, 11:06:18 »

WHOA! All the text has now changed to a light shade of orange.

PMedMoe · « **Reply #19 on:** April 10, 2010, 11:06:49 »

Orange? I'm getting brown which is really hard to read..... $:-\$

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #20 on:** April 10, 2010, 11:09:52 »

DO not adjust your set...

George Wallace · « **Reply #21 on:** April 10, 2010, 12:46:16 »

From DHH

Today in Canadian Military History

■10/4/1917
Private John Pattison of the 50th Battalion, C.E.F. at Vimy Ridge threw hand grenades into the German emplacement, killing and wounding some of the enemy. Before the five remaining defenders could recover, Private Pattison charged the position and overcame them to earn the Victoria Cross.
■10/4/1937
The Foreign Enlistment Act is passed by Parliament and is designed to prevent Canadians from volunteering in the Spanish Civil War.
■10/4/1953
No. 1 Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force, completes its move from Paris to Metz, France.

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #22 on:** April 11, 2010, 18:18:14 »

The search index is now complete and searching works as well as it ever did.

George, are those items for the military history calendar?

George Wallace · « **Reply #23 on:** April 11, 2010, 18:21:07 »

Quote from: Mike Bobbitt on April 11, 2010, 18:18:14

The search index is now complete and searching works as well as it ever did.

George, are those items for the military history calendar?

~~No, they aren't.~~ Sorry ...... Yes they are. I found them by accident on DHH website, and noticed they weren't on our calendar. I tried to input them, but couldn't.

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #24 on:** April 11, 2010, 18:26:06 »

Thanks George, I've added them now. (A day late, and for the sake of argument, a dollar short too..)

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Author Topic: Army.ca To Do List (Read 14675 times)