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The Pub / Re: Not using version numbers as such
« on May 27th, 2013, 09:54 PM »
Quote from Arantor on May 27th, 2013, 07:06 PM
Would that really be any worse than what users do now with SMF?

If just one person gets it right that wouldn't have otherwise, that's a net win, yes?
and how many may get it wrong? :P either way people will get it wrong or not remember correctly
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The Pub / Re: Not using version numbers as such
« on May 27th, 2013, 07:05 PM »
good luck with people remembering the name that they have installed or upgraded to. i bet in a short amount of time some users will have issues remembering which version they are running.
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Off-topic / Re: Concerning Email Option on Registration Screen
« on May 27th, 2013, 04:02 PM »
Quote from Arantor on May 27th, 2013, 03:50 PM
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The scenario is that a spammer sees a member allowing members to send them emails. They want to trick them into sending back an email, so they use the forum email system to send an email asking for help. I just tried it and I got an email with the other member's email as the sender. So if they reply via email - the original sender has their email address. This is all going on outside the PM system.
Really? Ah, well, another thing I didn't realise SMF did that I need to change. The list is surprisingly long at times.
yep that does happen, but it should state that it is not a message coming from the PM system, the user has to input a subject for the message, that should make it pretty clear that it does not come from the forum. also the person sending the email does NOT get the users email address they are sending to, just that use gets the user sending them an email address. so i dont see the real issue unless the person getting the message does not take care in who they reply to. also it is clear a warning on the email page that your email will be visible to those that you send the message to. also the email sent will come from the forum's email server which some email services may mark as spam as it is not coming from the same domain as the email address.

we cant protect our users from being dumb and stupid all the time.
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Off-topic / Re: Concerning Email Option on Registration Screen
« on May 27th, 2013, 03:54 AM »
even if their email is selected as viewable, no one can actually view it but the admin directly. in 2.0 there is a form to send the message. so the other users never see the email address of the other user they are sending the message to.
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Off-topic / Re: Concerning Email Option on Registration Screen
« on May 27th, 2013, 02:59 AM »
admin -> security and moderation  allow viewable email addresses which should stay UNCHECKED
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Off-topic / Re: Concerning Email Option on Registration Screen
« on May 27th, 2013, 02:34 AM »
you do know that in 2.0 the email address is not actually visible unless the option is changed in the admin panel? so for smf this really is not that much of an issue, a user browsing the forum cant just collect everyones email addresses.
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Bug reports / wrong browser title for PM sent box
« on May 21st, 2013, 08:05 PM »
when you view the sent box for PMs it has the same title as the inbox, ideally it should say it is the sentbox or similar.
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Archived fixes / Private Message code block does not scroll
« on May 21st, 2013, 07:59 PM »
here if you have a code block in your PM that is wider then your screen the whole message becomes that wide and adds a scrollbar for the whole message. in smf the code block gains its own scrollbar so the message stays the same width as all the others. it is much easier to read a message that is narrow and scroll the code block. of course opera browser

also minor issue, if you are looking at the sent messages, if the text of the message is short the width of the message is going to be shorter then other messages so the delete button does not line up between different messages
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Off-topic / Re: Oh, I meant to share this a while ago
« on May 16th, 2013, 09:34 PM »
i wonder why more people that use VB5 are not trying to convert to smf :P
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Features / Re: Permissions UI, latest experiment
« on May 14th, 2013, 09:57 PM »
Quote from Arantor on May 14th, 2013, 08:27 PM
if they don't have the permission (but aren't denied), neither is ticked.
i think this part may be confusing for some admin, and as a result they would deny everything as the box is there. remember that most admin are not too smart and unless it is clearly stated in many places that if the allow and deny boxes are not checked they dont have any permission they would assume something has to be checked.
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Off-topic / Re: I Can't Install SMF 2.1 Alpha
« on May 13th, 2013, 09:22 PM »
the change to install_2-1_mysql.sql was one word/column. that should not cause the install to fail and the change is in the members table not the settings table.

if you are having issues with the install really using sm.org is the best place to request help so they can track down the issue and fix it in the correct files.
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Off-topic / Re: I Can't Install SMF 2.1 Alpha
« on May 13th, 2013, 08:54 PM »
well considering that very few [that i know of] have installed 2.1 i doubt you would get much help/support here. of those that have installed 2.1 all have done so successfully.

in your steps you NEVER state that you have run the install.php file. without details of every step you have taken no one can help you. also you have not stated what database server you are using as 2.1 [and 2.0] support multiple databases. looking at install_2-1_mysql.sql it does include the queries to create the settings table.
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Off-topic / Re: I Can't Install SMF 2.1 Alpha
« on May 13th, 2013, 08:23 PM »
so you did not copy the install.php file and the sql files to the main folder?

also you dont need to create the settings_bak.php file you move the Settings.php file to the main folder and let the installer populate the file.
Posted: May 13th, 2013, 08:22 PM

also this forum is not really a place to get smf support as i understand, issues with 2.1 should be posted on sm.org so the developers can help with the issues and fix any bugs that may exist. by posting here you will not get help from the developers and most likely they will miss the bugs that may be posted.
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Off-topic / Re: I Can't Install SMF 2.1 Alpha
« on May 13th, 2013, 08:14 PM »
have you read http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/User:Emanuele/guide/How_to_create_an_install_from_repo ?

it sounds like you have not as you dont create a Settings_bak.php or copy anything into Settings.php the install script should do the work for you.
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Archived fixes / Re: Minor suggestion to some modify profile labels
« on May 8th, 2013, 01:44 AM »
dup of http://wedge.org/pub/bugs/8065/notification-links-bug/