OSDev.org needs to....

chase · Post by **chase** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:01 pm

Hopefully sometime within the next month I'll be starting the work on upgrading everything to PHPBB3 and the latest MediaWiki. I'll also be upgrading the OS for the server.

Do you have any issues with the site? Such as sometimes not getting emails or errors about the database being down. If so how often?

Now would also be a good time to make suggestions for things to do with the site. From PHPBB3 modules and themes to anything else. I may not be able to implement everything but I'd like to hear ideas.

bewing · Post by **bewing** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:49 am

I never have overall site issues, but I do have occasional trouble getting BBcode for URLs to work. I'm not sure why, I kinda doubt it's fixable, and it's not a big deal. I think I saw Combuster have the same problem a month ago. Just thought I should mention it, since this thread is here.

(edit: I realized that the url problem I was having is that the system chokes on () and a few other "special characters" in URLs, even when they are inside a url BBcode tag. Gotta use the %hexcode escape method.)

JamesM · Post by **JamesM** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:26 am

I'm still getting those phpBB database errors. Got a few more around 13:00 GMT yesterday.

AJ · Post by AJ » Thu May 22, 2008 1:37 am

How about integrating a search box in to the top of the forum page rather than having a separate search link? This may encourage people to search the forums more before posting a question.

Also, an early request here for keeping something similar to the mtDark scheme which is a lot easier on the eyes than the phpBB default.

Cheers,
Adam

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:55 am

bewing wrote:I never have overall site issues, but I do have occasional trouble getting BBcode for URLs to work. I'm not sure why, I kinda doubt it's fixable, and it's not a big deal. I think I saw Combuster have the same problem a month ago. Just thought I should mention it, since this thread is here.

The only problems with links I can imagine:
1) they are just _too_ long and stretch the window
2) they contain spaces which causes bbcode to fail (there's still %20 though)

I agree with AJ: a light-on-dark theme would be very appreciated. Subsilver is terrible. the mtDark and mtDark2 themes are used enough to keep or rebuild them.

I got the database error just once - When I got back an hour later everything was working again

wishful thinking: maybe adding a new emoticon

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:59 am

One thing I hate about PHPBB3 is the user info box on the right side of posts instead of the left, also, it's a bit Web2.0 for my tastes.

Is there any reason to upgrade to it? I rather like OSDev and the mtdark2 theme..

JamesM · Post by **JamesM** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:39 am

A vote here for the subSilver theme - I find the mtDark themes 'orrible!

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:47 am

Luckily for you it comes with phpBB for free

Zacariaz · Post by **Zacariaz** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:39 am

I have been unable to find a sample of the "mtDark" theme, however I am general much against light on dark themes. It does work on occasion, but if it doesn't...
Well, I hope it does.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:19 am

Zacariaz wrote:I have been unable to find a sample of the "mtDark" theme, however I am general much against light on dark themes. It does work on occasion, but if it doesn't...
Well, I hope it does.

It's a theme that's unique to "this" forum...

As part of the merger of MegaTokyo OSDev forums and OSDev.org, members and posts were moved here, chase was also kind enough to design 2 themes that made users feel at home.

A Sample? Go into your profile and select either "mtDark" or "mtDark2", personally, I like the second one.. definitely easier on the eyes.

chase · Post by **chase** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:20 am

Brynet-Inc wrote:One thing I hate about PHPBB3 is the user info box on the right side of posts instead of the left, also, it's a bit Web2.0 for my tastes.

Is there any reason to upgrade to it? I rather like OSDev and the mtdark2 theme..

Since PHPBB is such a popular forum software there are a lot of automated hacking attempts against any website running it. Once you get so far behind the most recent version you are going to get hacked. There are also some nice features in the new version.

I'm sure we can make a theme similar to mtdark2 for PHPBB3, after all we made it for PHPBB2.

Zacariaz · Post by **Zacariaz** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:22 am

Brynet-Inc wrote:
Zacariaz wrote:I have been unable to find a sample of the "mtDark" theme, however I am general much against light on dark themes. It does work on occasion, but if it doesn't...
Well, I hope it does.
It's a theme that's unique to "this" forum...

As part of the merger of MegaTokyo OSDev forums and OSDev.org, members and posts were moved here, chase was also kind enough to design 2 themes that made users feel at home.

A Sample? Go into your profile and select either "mtDark" or "mtDark2", personally, I like the second one.. definitely easier on the eyes.

That explains why google only showed osdev search results

Anyway, I tried them and I can't say that I like any of them, but it doesn't really matter.

chase · Post by **chase** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:36 pm

JamesM wrote:I'm still getting those phpBB database errors. Got a few more around 13:00 GMT yesterday.

I just tweaked the database settings some more and restarted it. I think between googlebot, hacking attempts and the increased user load we might have been hitting the max number of database connections. Let me know if you still see them from this point on.

If your curious, there is an attempt to hack in to the site or flood the forums and wiki with spam about every three tenths of a second. Right now someone is running a script that is attempting to add spam to every single page in the wiki.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:49 pm

chase wrote:If your curious, there is an attempt to hack in to the site or flood the forums and wiki with spam about every three tenths of a second. Right now someone is running a script that is attempting to add spam to every single page in the wiki.

I used to run a personal website and experienced quite a few hack/spam attempts as well.. it's unbelievable how many malicious scumbags are out there..

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:40 pm

Botnets are nasty things... Some stats of my own server:

Breakin attempts since feburary 4th this year (3 and a half months)

Code: Select all

deimos log # cat auth.log | grep sshd | grep -i invalid | wc -l
206523

Attempted spamposts: (visit the link for actual stats. NSFW warning though)

Code: Select all

http://dimensionalrift.homelinux.net/combuster/botnet.php:
filtering on keyword... <censored> <censored> <censored>
SUM(offences)
14635

(for comparison, begin february (02/02) the counter mentioned 11008)

Compared to osdev.org though, my site just isn't popular enough