10/30 Server Outage

Hello

Apologies for the unscheduled downtime. Try to plan these things or do online updates, but sometimes it doesn't work out.

While the server was down, a number of punchlist items were worked on.

1.) Recently users have been reporting the return of forum slowness. Particularly in the last week of August, I saw the server CPU hitting 100% regularly. Some of them are also reporting getting AJAX errors as well. I can’t replicate these, but sometimes the site does take time to load.

2.) Changed the way the server is backed up.

3.) I’ve had several users report there is an issue where if some people post a link to media like Youtube, the forum auto converts it, while others post a link and it does not auto-convert.

4.) Whenever someone uses tapatalk to post on the forum, they get “Illegal use of $_POST” if they make a new post.

5.) Confirm our picture posting is configured correctly, including avatars. Some users have mentioned sideways photos, but I read this can be an issue with Iphone uploads.

6.) Backend updates and patches.

If your issue is on this list, please post updates about it.


I can personally say I posted a threat via tapatalk and did not get the error described in #4.

Not directly on the list, but if on Tapatalk.... if I use "Moderate -> Edit" on an existing post, I still get the $illegal use of $_POST" error.

Responding to a thread hasn't been a problem.

Odd, because I have Tapatalk enabled on my site's forums and editing an existing post hasn't been a problem. But it's not using phpBB on the back end.

Messrs. Olesen and Primrose:

είναι ελληνικό για μένα
eínai ellinikó gia ména

Or otherwise, "it's Greek to me".

Just some notes about photos posting sideways. Some phones will set an option in the posted JPEG file about what orientation it should be displayed at. Unfortunately, some software does not recognize the option. The best you (ie those posting the pics) can do is pull it over to a desktop, open it up in Gimp or FireAlpaca, rotate it, and save it as a corrected JPEG... and then blame the *)!@#*( Joint Photographic Experts Group for such a (RANT REDACTED).

Seems as if post Oct 30, my photos again post sideways.

Mr. Wolf, I haven't the vaguest regarding what you immediately address. All I know is that what used to work, no longer does:

post1654823.html#p1654823

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:24 am Seems as if post Oct 30, my photos again post sideways.

Mr. Wolf, I haven't the vaguest regarding what you immediately address. All I know is that what used to work, no longer does:

post1654823.html#p1654823

Interesting. The preview is rotated but when one clicks on it the picture is oriented correctly.

Most interesting, Mr. Lurker

justalurker66 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:00 pm

Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:24 am Seems as if post Oct 30, my photos again post sideways.

Mr. Wolf, I haven't the vaguest regarding what you immediately address. All I know is that what used to work, no longer does:

post1654823.html#p1654823

Interesting. The preview is rotated but when one clicks on it the picture is oriented correctly.

Mr. Norman, let me know what you do not understand so that I can address them.

That said, I read this and say that the software that makes the preview images doesn't respect the rotation option in the JPEG picture format. I don't know what software is used, though; the site owners will need to file a bug about that.

phpBB is open source community product, so a bug report may or may not work.

It may also be driven by an underlying Linux package such as GDImage or Imagick. My forum's software will use either one for all the needed image handling. Having a slightly out of sync version can make a huge difference.

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