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Everything posted by Randy Calvert
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Just as a side datapoint, I don’t have the biggest community, but our SQL database is 12GB. That does not include the search index as we utilize elasticsearch. The database size itself does not matter much. IPB is written in an efficient manner to handle big amounts of data with well engineered indexes and queries to reduce the amount of overhead associated with finding data. Slowness tends to come from other things such as high CPU load from a high number of concurrent users, an unoptimized MySQL configuration that does not properly get to utilize enough RAM, etc. Ive been able to squeeze absorber 30-40% from my prior setup by focusing on server optimization. (Though your specific results might obviously vary.)
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Issues related to IPBOARD Migration toward subdomain
Randy Calvert replied to Orelie's topic in Technical Problems
To fix your license key, login to the IPB Client Area and choose Manage Purchases. Find your instance and there should be a section there to change your address. Also… here’s a dumb idea. It’s possible your browser cache is still calling some old URLs. Have you also flushed your browser’s cache? -
Issues related to IPBOARD Migration toward subdomain
Randy Calvert replied to Orelie's topic in Technical Problems
If you’re typing in the admin CP address and it’s forwarding you to the old address one of two situations is happening: - Your conf_global.php was not updated correctly. (You need to update both the server path AND the domain address in the file) - You have a server/network level redirect in place. Your hosting provider would have to change that if it’s used. -
Issues related to IPBOARD Migration toward subdomain
Randy Calvert replied to Orelie's topic in Technical Problems
If you have modified the conf_global.php with your new address, I would next login to the AdminCP, click on Support (upper right of the screen) and then rebuild the system cache. That should force rebuilding most of the various caches for you. -
Upgrade 3.4 to 4.6.9 error converting UTF8
Randy Calvert replied to dutchsnowden's topic in Technical Problems
Yes. On large conversions, that can happen. I believe it’s moved to URL refreshing instead of the in-line refreshing. This could happen with other large reprocessing activities like if you ever need to rebuild the search cache or rebuild all topics etc. You’re still in good shape! -
Upgrade 3.4 to 4.6.9 error converting UTF8
Randy Calvert replied to dutchsnowden's topic in Technical Problems
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A trip down memory lane!
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Have you tried logging into the Admin CP, clicking the support link in the upper right hand corner and then clearing the system cache? (Middle right of the page)
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When I converted a 15 year old forum last year from Xenforo (which was converted from vBulletin), all of the IP history was lost. All of the addresses show up as the loopback address of 127.0.0.1. So I’m guessing this would be good only for as long as you have been running IPB. 🙂
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Good luck! I’m fortunate that I was given access to the old server. So I was able to export everything myself. Sounds like you’re battling just to get started.
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If you want IPB to import attachments, avatars, etc you’ll also need to provide the paths to those. The converter will ask you where to find them. So just make sure you have the files dumped somewhere and know the path. You don’t have to deal with permissions or editing scripts though at this point.
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You would not need Admob. It’s designed for native apps. PWA (Progressive Web Apps) create a wrapper basically around a Mobile friendly website to make it look/feel like a native app when in fact it’s just making standard web calls. It would have its own icon on the phone screen, you can suppress the browser controls itself, etc. You can continue showing just normal Google Adsense ads or whatever you’re using to monetize your site.
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Known Issue Deleting quotes on mobile device
Randy Calvert replied to stu_m's topic in Technical Problems
I’m posting this from an iPhone right now. I quoted this message earlier and then the quoted text box. At that point I see a crosshairs option in the top left of the quoted text box. Click on it. At that point the entire box should be highlighted in a blue outline. Once you see that blue outline, then click delete. That will remove it for you. This works when I tested in both Safari and Chrome. -
If you’re doing that, just toss the files somewhere in a sub folder, and then restore the MySQL database. If you want to actually access and login to the old instance you’ll need to edit the Xenforo config file to specify the new absolute paths and URL (and possibly the DB credentials). You will also need to fix some file permissions. If you’re not bringing the old board actually online you just need the files and database to point the converter to it.
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I moved my Xenforo files to a different folder location. (I moved it to a folder called archive.) The reason I did this was to still have the old board available for reference if I needed. That let me put my IPB files in the site root.
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how to pin multiple topics in the same category
Randy Calvert replied to OptimusBain's topic in Technical Problems
You can pin as many topics as you like. From the page that lists all of the topics, check the box next to each topic you want to pin. At the bottom of the screen will be a button that looks like a pin. Click it and choose “Pin”. If this does not work, try switching to the default theme. It may be possible your theme is either out of date or broken. -
User IP Addresses, Spam-Defense & Google Fonts
Randy Calvert replied to Vakarian96's topic in Technical Problems
1. There is a setting to prune the IP address from user posted content after X days. I don’t believe there is a way of saying don’t log IP addresses in any shape or form. (For example registration or password reset etc) 2. It’s transmitted to IPS, so yes an external service. It’s not happening in your instance. 3. I don’t believe so in the default Theme. I could not find a setting to toggle this. However if you create a custom theme, or modify the existing theme code you could achieve this. -
My biggest challenge was when I did the conversion, I consolidated some of the groups. On the old Xenforo instance, there was Supporters2018, Supporters2019, Supporters2020, etc. When I moved the site to IPB, I made a new Supporters group and consolidated all of them into the one group. The only “challenge” I had was that users groups ended up listing “Supporters” multiple times. Outside of that, it was pretty painless. After the conversion and before you turn back on your new board, I would suggest making sure you go back and check permissions for each member group as those don’t automatically get set. Personally I would run through EVERYTHING to make sure all of your settings are correct. You’ll spend several days afterwards catching minor oddball things. Like needing to add permissions for mods to bypass rate controls etc.
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I converted a site from the 2.1 Xenforo pretty painlessly. It did take awhile, but this site had 10K members and over 5M posts and over 400K a private messages. At least on the 2.1 converter, topic redirects worked for me. You have to make sure to keep the converter installed afterwards I believe.
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It’s not displayed in the UI that I’m aware of, but the database would be stored in your conf_global.php file in your main public_html folder.
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plugin doesn't show up on ACP marketplace
Randy Calvert replied to OptimusBain's topic in Technical Problems
If an app is only flagged for version 4.5 it won’t show in ACP for 4.6. You would find it in the IPS marketplace website but it won’t let you install it and instead just give you info about the file. The only way to install it from marketplace is for the file to be flagged as being valid for the release you’re running. When (if) version 4.7 is released and folks are running it…. It will once again disappear from the marketplace for those users until it is flagged as being compatible with that version. For users that already have the app installed, it will remain installed. You just can’t install a new app that is not known to be compatible with your current version whatever it is. -
I’m not aware of a comprehensive list of each permission. However to answer your questions… The messenger option controls allowing someone to edit the default permissions for notifications. (Email, push notifications) and allows an admin to specify if a member can edit their own settings from the default. The mobile app settings are no longer used. I assume you’re not running the latest version of IPB as that option would not appear any longer in the new versions of the software. Logs/Settings/Diagnostic tools all apply I believe to the resources in the support section. Regarding permissions… there are more permissions to grant than what you showed in your screen shot. Check along the top as there should be things like Forums, Converters, and options for other apps you might have like Commerce and Pages. It might be worth upgrading to the latest version and then checking to see what permissions you have available to grant a limited admin has changed also. One question I might pose is what are you wanting someone to be able to do in the AdmincCP specifically? It might be easier to approach helping that way.
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Best Practices for Scaling in AWS
Randy Calvert replied to Randy Calvert's topic in Classic self-hosted technical help
Hey @Jordan Miller… a crazy idea here… I loved the interview you did with Charles earlier. As a follow up, what about a session around IPB’s CiC offering? Maybe with Lindy or someone else who is familiar with the CiC architecture. The idea would be to: Show the value of having a fully hosted solution and all of the work that goes into making it a premium offering. (It would be a great response to the “well I can host it with X provider for only Y per month”) It would show the work that goes into developing an enterprise class solution and show the thought that went into various areas around those key areas such as redundancy and availability that others don’t have to think about with the hosted solution. It would provide thought leadership around best practices on things self hosted customers could take if they wanted to put in the time/effort to do things themselves. The idea would be to promote better and more secure communities for everyone which is in all of our interests. I understand that a video might be difficult, but this could also be a series of blog posts as well. Would love to collaborate on something if you’re interested. -
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