princed.org (phpBB forum + webpages)

[Falcury]

Apparently only the host can modify SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE directly.
And I can't modify the SQL (from the admin panel, at least) in order to add SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 to it.

Should I revert the change I made? Or make the configuration slightly stricter again?
Or try to switch to the "MySQL Fulltext" search backend (some documentation about the search backends can be found https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... rver/]here, near the bottom of the page)?

[Aram]

Falcury. it would be nice if the forum looked like facebook or YouTube... what would people put on the post like it or not.

[Falcury]

Falcury. it would be nice if the forum looked like facebook or YouTube... what would people put on the post like it or not.

You mean adding 'like' buttons to posts, or something similar?
Maybe there is an extension for that. I found these:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2246576
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2259046

[Aram]

You mean adding 'like' buttons to posts, or something similar?
Maybe there is an extension for that. I found these:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2246576
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2259046

For example here is so

[Norbert]

The idea of allowing users to down vote posts doesn't sound appealing to me.
Adding a thumbs up option also doesn't sound very appealing, but at least not as bad as having people down vote posts.

[Aram]

Norbert, I have one suggestion for you...

[Norbert]

Norbert, I have one suggestion for you...

There's no need to ask my permission to give me suggestions.
If you have suggestions, feel free to just type them in a post.

[Aram]

There's no need to ask my permission to give me suggestions.
If you have suggestions, feel free to just type them in a post.

I want to talk about www.popot.org

[Norbert]

There's no need to ask my permission to give me suggestions.
If you have suggestions, feel free to just type them in a post.

I want to talk about www.popot.org

I don't understand why you announce you want to talk.
First you write you want to talk, then you write the subject you want to talk about.
Why don't you just write what you want to say?

Also, there is a popot.org thread on this forum...

[Aram]

Falcury. it would be nice if the forum looked like facebook or YouTube... what would people put on the post like it or not.

You mean adding 'like' buttons to posts, or something similar?
Maybe there is an extension for that. I found these:
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2246576
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2259046

Sorry friend, I didn't know it was a hosting and you can't do it.

Falcury. it would be nice if the forum looked like facebook or YouTube... what would people put on the post like it or not.

[Falcury]

From this thread:

The 7-zip is for the smaller size (so the forum accepts it), and the zip is because the forum doesn't accept 7z files.

I added 7z as an allowed extension for forum attachments.
The maximum size for attachments is currently set at 5MB. I could increase that limit, if needed.

[Norbert]

A possible downside of having a large(r) attachment limit is that the full website backup size increases.
And maybe there's an increased chance to run into the account's quota limit.

Maybe we should ask Enrique to ask his content provider to add SSL (https) to www.princed.org and forum.princed.org.
And while he's at it, he could ask them to also add it his employer's website (www.cloodie.com).
I think the content provider is HostMonster (hostmonster.com), even though the whois says Enom.
I don't think HostMonster has free SSL, but the 'related' BlueHost does.

[Falcury]

Maybe we should ask Enrique to ask his content provider to add SSL (https) to www.princed.org and forum.princed.org.

Yeah, HTTPS seems to be more or less mandatory these days. I sent him an e-mail.

[Norbert]

I sent him an e-mail.

Thanks.

[Falcury]

It is likely that I will be mostly absent this month, due to other obligations.

To keep everyone up to date on the switch to HTTPS: Enrique is looking at alternatives to the current shared hosting provider. Most likely a dedicated server or a VPS. No timeline yet, but it's on the agenda.