Forum Technical Issues

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by KJo » Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:51 am

We will have to make categories. Let us rethink this, not just copy BRF. I think BRF's format got stale so this is a good opportunity. Also, have a fresh set of threads when required.
I will post my proposal and we can work on refining it.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:08 am

1. SSL Certificate will be done ASAP.
2. YT embedding may take a bit of time. Need to install the extension.
3. Twitter need to check. If a standard phpbb extension package is available, we can do it.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:09 am

KJo, you didn't reply to my e-mail. Please do.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:19 am

OK. SSL is added. Thanks Shravan.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Gus » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:54 am

Might need to setup email verification.

Atish is reporting at the other place that his name and email is taken here.

Added later - can we set a link to reset password sent to email. So original owners of email can reset and get access to their registered names?

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:47 am

I enabled email verification. Also deleted Atish and Srikumar.

I request everyone to go back to the BRF thread and post confirmation. I will start deleting suspicious ones soon.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by KJo » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:52 am

Dileep wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:09 am
KJo, you didn't reply to my e-mail. Please do.
Saar, just replied.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:01 am

We seem to have a problem with database access. User administration activities takes a lot of time. Will check.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by shiv » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:05 am

Hi folks.
Good luck with this forum. Will try and contribute. On BRF I have said for years (decades now) that we need new quality forums.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Rajesh_MR » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:19 am

Question: Is there a plan to use email confirmation to ensure right emails are used to register?

I am using same user name in BRF and here

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Rajesh_MR » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:21 am

shiv wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:05 am
Hi folks.
Good luck with this forum. Will try and contribute. On BRF I have said for years (decades now) that we need new quality forums.
There was an attempt to create India-Forum in mid 2000s. Is it still there? I used to browse that while in US but stopped on R2Iing in 2005

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by shiv » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:37 am

Rajesh_MR wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:21 am
shiv wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:05 am
Hi folks.
Good luck with this forum. Will try and contribute. On BRF I have said for years (decades now) that we need new quality forums.
There was an attempt to create India-Forum in mid 2000s. Is it still there? I used to browse that while in US but stopped on R2Iing in 2005
No idea. India Forum did not have the culture of BRF I mean it was not uncultured but BRF was a mil-strat focused forum.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Sachin » Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:11 am

Not reporting a technical issue. But just wanted to know how the forum admins here managed to pull the entire thread repository from the BRF forum to here? Does phpBB have a kind of "export and import" facility? The moving of the GDF to the BGF was done really quickly and with military precision. This was like a classic execution of a "Disaster Recovery Plan". Congrats on that!

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Dileep » Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:39 am

We used the famous tool "boots on the ground".

No, we did not move the thread repository. Users signed up with their BRF handles, and created threads with the same name. The only thing interesting is that I decided to take initiative to register the domain, and shravan offered a neat hosting platform right away. In fact, jamwal also offered his hosting service, but we had already made progress with Shravan's hosting. Then I spent a few hours configuring the thing, and we are in business.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by jamwal » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:13 am

Sachin wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:11 am
Not reporting a technical issue. But just wanted to know how the forum admins here managed to pull the entire thread repository from the BRF forum to here? Does phpBB have a kind of "export and import" facility? The moving of the GDF to the BGF was done really quickly and with military precision. This was like a classic execution of a "Disaster Recovery Plan". Congrats on that!
It should be possible at least in theory. I shall try it soon as a possible means of backup

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Marten » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:24 am

Dileep wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:39 am
We used the famous tool "boots on the ground".

No, we did not move the thread repository. Users signed up with their BRF handles, and created threads with the same name. The only thing interesting is that I decided to take initiative to register the domain, and shravan offered a neat hosting platform right away. In fact, jamwal also offered his hosting service, but we had already made progress with Shravan's hosting. Then I spent a few hours configuring the thing, and we are in business.
Please share your vision on the logo. I shared a cropped image on chacha mail.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Morgoth » Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:12 am

Webmasters can we replicate the BRF forum skin or look and feel for "seamless" navigation ? :)

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by V J » Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:26 am

V J wrote:
Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:19 pm
As in, what # of post to what # of posts = what rank?
I want rank of Mashtaar Gunneri Sarjunt like in the movie Sootur :mrgreen:

Request #2 can we please have the YouTube embedding thing so that videos appear in their full thumbnail glory

#3 On those same lines, if we can somehow figure out a way to embed a tweet too so that people don't have to copy-paste its contents to quote it.
Same for other popular media, social media platforms - if there is a way to do something like that.

Cheers - VJ
Dileep wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:08 am
2. YT embedding may take a bit of time. Need to install the extension.
3. Twitter need to check. If a standard phpbb extension package is available, we can do it.
Absolutely Super Job Dileep ji and thanks for addressing my suggestions. Now plis address the one in neela :D

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by pushpen » Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:02 pm

Welcome to "Bharat Ganrajya" mail goes to spam.
I think admin need to use some email like bharatganrajyaforum@bharatganrajya.com instead of bharatganrajyaforum@gmail.com.
Also setup SPF, DKIM or DMARC verifications

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Tanaji » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:37 pm

The SSL certificate should also include bharatganrajya.com. Currently it only includes www.bharatganrajya.com although both domains resolve to the same address.

Super job Dileep in such a short time!

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Neela » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:42 pm

Is there a way to change the theme folks.
My middle aged eyes cant handle all the blue.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by arshyam » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:43 pm

Dileep wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:47 am
I enabled email verification. Also deleted Atish and Srikumar.

I request everyone to go back to the BRF thread and post confirmation. I will start deleting suspicious ones soon.
Saar, had to change my regd email. Posted about it on the BRF thread. Otherwise my handle is on the list you posted there.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by sandy » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:19 pm

tanaji wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:37 pm
The SSL certificate should also include bharatganrajya.com. Currently it only includes www.bharatganrajya.com although both domains resolve to the same address.

Super job Dileep in such a short time!
Done. But i have kept it both http and https

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by Tanaji » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:28 pm

sandy wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:19 pm
tanaji wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:37 pm
The SSL certificate should also include bharatganrajya.com. Currently it only includes www.bharatganrajya.com although both domains resolve to the same address.

Super job Dileep in such a short time!
Done. But i have kept it both http and https
Thank you sir. But I get a bad certificate error for www.bharatganrajya.com now. I am using Firefox v56 as my browser. I would suggest you verify with one other person in case it is just me.

Thanks again.

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Re: Forum Technical Issues

Post by sandy » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:34 pm

tanaji wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:28 pm
sandy wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:19 pm
tanaji wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:37 pm
The SSL certificate should also include bharatganrajya.com. Currently it only includes www.bharatganrajya.com although both domains resolve to the same address.

Super job Dileep in such a short time!
Done. But i have kept it both http and https
Thank you sir. But I get a bad certificate error for www.bharatganrajya.com now. I am using Firefox v56 as my browser. I would suggest you verify with one other person in case it is just me.

Thanks again.
Will check. and that error happens when some third party links are using http in this site instead of https... in css or other places.

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