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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #59 from previous page: March 22, 2009, 07:33:08 PM »
@Wayne: go ahead and may the force be with you :pint:
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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #60 on: March 22, 2009, 09:47:57 PM »
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I'd be happy if the site worked with Safari. I always get 400 error from the Apache server whenever I get futher in from the index page.


Uh, I've been visiting this site with Safari for years, never had any issues with it.  Sounds like a PEBKAC related problem.


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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #61 on: March 22, 2009, 10:10:43 PM »
@gurthuk
I sometimes get that error in Safari. Deleting all amiga.org cookies fixes it.

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20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #62 on: March 22, 2009, 11:09:36 PM »
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Wayne, you call all people not to panic, but yet you did. How hard is it to set up a PHP5 server and a.org on it to test if it's running like it always did?
I even have an obscure Windows based webserver, running PHP5 and Xoops 2, and it just runs fine.



Problem solved.  Didn't anyone else see the message above?

I am glad things won't have to change and that Amiga browsers will still be able to access this site, even though I usually visit from my MacBook using Firefox, I would still like to be able to visit here in the future from my Classic Amigas, AmigaOS4.x (if I ever get one) and MorphOS computers.
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #63 on: March 22, 2009, 11:50:52 PM »
Well, the oldest version I could find is Xoops 2.0.14-RC1. Which I believe is what AROS-EXEC runs on.
That installed with no issues on Apache 2.2 with PHP 5.2.6.
So far so good.
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #64 on: March 23, 2009, 12:44:54 AM »
IMO, Amiga.COM may be running out of time (and $$)
hopefully.
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #65 on: March 23, 2009, 02:40:47 AM »
@Argo,

2.0.7 is roughly 2 years earlier than 2.0.14.

@everyone

First, thanks very much for your understanding and support.

As I said, I just want everyone here to understand what's happening.  It's kinda my job to make sure everyone understands so that if we have a day or so of scrambling to fix problems, you won't go all insane and start forest fires in the name of the Amiga religion (it's a joke, albeit bad, sorry).

Hopefully everything will go without a hiccup.  If not, we'll do whatever's necessary and worst case scenario, my concentration will be on saving the data, building a new site, and making the old (current) data at least accessible in online archive form.

I don't like change any more than the rest of you, but the fact is that we're dealing with data that's quite literally up to 14 years old in some cases.  Literally hundreds of thousands of records, literally 50 or so tables and literally a thousand or so fields between them.  That's what you get when you don't auto-delete forum posts, links, pictures, or anything else for 10 years or so.

Again, I get the snarky comments from a limited few, and I understand how -- in these days -- I should count my blessings that this thread hasn't turned into open fighting.  

I also understand the "irony of an Amiga site which isn't usable by Amigas" but for Pete's sake..  You either trust that I will do everything in my power to provide service for them, or you don't.

All I'm asking for is a little patience (if the worst happens) and a little faith.  Hopefully in a month or so, we can all sit around laughing about "the much to do about nothing thread".  :)

Have a great night ladies and gents.

Wayne

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #66 on: March 23, 2009, 02:46:16 AM »
Wayne, I do not know if this is of any help or not.. but here goes.

http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=18176&forum=14&post_id=100624

I`ve just sucessfully set up XOOPS 2.0.6 on PHP5. But I had to make some modifications.

First of all, I had to change name of 'clone' methody of XoopsObject in kernel/object.php, because this name is reserved in new PHP. Then it turned out that PHP get_class() function is now case-sensitive, so I wrapped all calls with strtolower(). My patch is here: http://ares.4lo.bytom.pl/pavcio/downl ... isc/xoops-2.0.6-php5.diff

But that`s not all. After patching the XOOPS source I realized that PHP crashes (!) sometimes when Smarty is outputting some templates (?). I tried to debug it but after several hours I left it. I`ve replaced old Smarty bundled with XOOPS with new version - 2.6.2. Now everything works fine and it`s much faster!
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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #67 on: March 23, 2009, 03:41:09 AM »
@whiteb

Thanks.  So, probably not as easy as I'd hoped, but maybe not deadly.  I wonder what he means by "I've replaced old Smarty bundled with Xoops".  I'll have to ask him to elaborate because after all these years, I have no idea what files that entails exactly.

Wayne
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #68 on: March 23, 2009, 03:51:33 AM »
Bugger, I assumed development moved faster.

Wouldn't happen to have a copy of 2.0.7 hanging around? Well, a copy of what is up on the server actually. Since I know you have fiddled with the code.


Well, at least AROS-EXEC should be safe should there hosting change over to PHP 5.
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #69 on: March 23, 2009, 06:19:28 PM »
A preliminary look it seems that you just install smarty in to htdocs\xoops\htdocs\class\smarty.

http://www.smarty.net/quick_start.php

 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #70 on: March 23, 2009, 07:37:10 PM »
It looks like you'll be able to get your current version of Xoops running on PHP 5, but if that doesn't work out I might be able to help.

I'm a PHP developer by trade and I would be willing to help out with a data migration script and a "lite" Amiga-friendly interface for whatever CMS you migrate to.
 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #71 on: May 01, 2009, 09:05:04 AM »
Yes, go ahead with the upgrade.

As for the historical data, I am sure you can find a way of keeping most of data.

The areas most of interest to me is the News and the Forums mainly.

 

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Re: Amiga.org may be running out of time
« Reply #72 on: May 01, 2009, 01:37:26 PM »
Wayne, if you do decide to go the drupal route I sent you a PM on the migration scripts module. Its not that bad to do it, and just about everything will move over just fine.

Here is the link if your inbox is flooded and it didnt go through: http://drupal.org/node/63796
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