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WardoggKC130FE

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #30 on: June 12, 2011, 01:35:31 PM »
I like the new look and its good to be back.  One question though, are we going to get back the "view my replies" and "view new topics" buttons?
Look top right. They are links.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #31 on: June 12, 2011, 01:40:12 PM »
Now, if only you could find a way to keep the spambots from getting through registration.
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #32 on: June 12, 2011, 01:48:25 PM »
Now, if only you could find a way to keep the spambots from getting through registration.

2.0 should be better for that.  The captcha looks more a bit more complicated and there's the option to make the user answer a question in addition to the captcha.  We'll see how it goes..

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #33 on: June 12, 2011, 02:22:50 PM »
Someone needs to purge the member list (of spambots), but there are 800 pages so it would probably take forever. 
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #34 on: June 12, 2011, 02:51:33 PM »
Also do remember that it's easy to set up a dozen or so spambot accounts manually and have them lie dormant. This is achievable in minutes. The forum will never be 100% spam-proof.
Here's an explanation for ya. Lurk moar. Every single point you brought up has been posted, reposted, debated and debunked. There is a search function on this forum, and it is very easy to use.

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Space Cowgirl

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #35 on: June 12, 2011, 03:28:18 PM »
Well, no forum is 100% spam proof, but spambots have already got past the anti-spam countermeasures today. Stop Forum Spam has some mods that might help http://www.stopforumspam.com/contributions

I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #36 on: June 12, 2011, 03:46:36 PM »
If the site theme is changed at some point, does that mean that it has to be down again for any length of time?

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #37 on: June 12, 2011, 03:59:43 PM »
I absolutely hate this theme.  This is not just a case of "its new so it sucks," nor is it just a hater hating.  it is awful.
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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #38 on: June 12, 2011, 04:29:43 PM »
I have to admit...I'm not a fan of the quote boxes.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #39 on: June 12, 2011, 04:45:55 PM »
I have to admit...I'm not a fan of the quote boxes.
neither am i. If there was anything why I liked TFES, it was because quoting looked tidy and organized. Actually, I thought SMF was way better than other forum software mainly because of that. Now it looks like every other lame forum.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #40 on: June 12, 2011, 04:49:48 PM »
I have to admit...I'm not a fan of the quote boxes.
I agree with Wardogg... for once.  :P
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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #41 on: June 12, 2011, 06:37:12 PM »
Ooops.  I mistyped in the post.  But anyway, following your link I get:
Not Found
The requested URL /forum/index.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.theflatearthsociety.org Port 80


That's really odd. index.php is redirecting you to index.html for some reason.

Could you download GNU wget for Windows and paste the output of wget.exe -S http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?action=recent (in the command prompt) here? This will allow us to see exactly what HTTP headers are being returned by the server.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2011, 06:41:43 PM by Parsifal »
I'm going to side with the white supremacists.

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WardoggKC130FE

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #42 on: June 12, 2011, 07:27:18 PM »
I have to admit...I'm not a fan of the quote boxes.
I agree with Wardogg... for once.  :P

It happens to all the forum members eventually.   Nothing to worry about.    :P

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #43 on: June 12, 2011, 08:11:59 PM »
You have all forgotten the worst part.

WHERE IS THE CHRISTMAS THEME?! WHERE IS IT?!
Recently religious due to the impending rapture.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #44 on: June 12, 2011, 08:32:22 PM »
Ooops.  I mistyped in the post.  But anyway, following your link I get:
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The requested URL /forum/index.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.theflatearthsociety.org Port 80


That's really odd. index.php is redirecting you to index.html for some reason.

Could you download GNU wget for Windows and paste the output of wget.exe -S http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?action=recent (in the command prompt) here? This will allow us to see exactly what HTTP headers are being returned by the server.


Thanks!  :)  I will try Mr. Tech Support Nice Guy.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #45 on: June 12, 2011, 09:10:42 PM »



That's really odd. index.php is redirecting you to index.html for some reason.

Could you download GNU wget for Windows and paste the output of wget.exe -S http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?action=recent (in the command prompt) here? This will allow us to see exactly what HTTP headers are being returned by the server.

christ. I hate Vista. I downloaded wget thing, I told it to run.  Nothing happened, it doesn't appear in applications, it doesn't appear it programs, it doesn't appear anywhere except as the exe. on my desktop, it short it is lost.

I'm too stupid to follow your advice.  I'll try again later.  :'(

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #46 on: June 12, 2011, 09:28:37 PM »
double-clicking it won't run it. I think it needs a command-line execution with the parameters Parsifal specified. Then, it will probably generate an output file with the required diagnostic data.

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Parsifal

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #47 on: June 12, 2011, 09:47:30 PM »
christ. I hate Vista. I downloaded wget thing, I told it to run.  Nothing happened, it doesn't appear in applications, it doesn't appear it programs, it doesn't appear anywhere except as the exe. on my desktop, it short it is lost.

I'm too stupid to follow your advice.  I'll try again later.  :'(

As parsec said, it needs to be run on the command line. You need to open a command prompt by going to Start -> Run and typing cmd.exe, and you need to be in the folder where the file is (you can do this with cd C:\whatever). Then type wget.exe -S http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?action=recent.

This is annoyingly convoluted in Windows, and if you were on a GNU/Linux or BSD system you would already have some version of either wget or curl available.
I'm going to side with the white supremacists.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #48 on: June 12, 2011, 10:00:40 PM »
You guys are so sweet.  :-*   I did run on it on a command line but I have now solved the problem by emptying every last thing out of the cache instead of just the default clear cache (which was the first thing I did when the problem arose and about twenty more times to boot.)

Thanks again.  :)

Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #49 on: June 14, 2011, 02:12:50 AM »
A darker theme would be nice.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #50 on: June 15, 2011, 02:18:36 PM »
I can't put my finger on what it exactly is, but somehow I find browsing the Show new replies to your posts really annoying.
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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #51 on: June 17, 2011, 06:41:48 AM »
I still hate this theme
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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #54 on: June 19, 2011, 10:22:10 AM »
It's true, but there are better ones than the one that was up though.  Thx
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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #56 on: June 25, 2011, 04:39:25 PM »
Now, if only you could find a way to keep the spambots from getting through registration.

2.0 should be better for that.  The captcha looks more a bit more complicated and there's the option to make the user answer a question in addition to the captcha.  We'll see how it goes..

There's a mod that compares the memberlist and new regs to the SFP spammer database. It blocks known spambots from registering. This mod plus the questions might actually stop the bot invasion http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1547
I'm sorry. Am I to understand that when you have a boner you like to imagine punching the shit out of Tom Bishop? That's disgusting.

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Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #57 on: July 04, 2011, 12:47:43 PM »
Christmas?
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=156

That's one of the most visually offensive things I've ever seen.  Consider it installed.

Re: We're back and better than ever!
« Reply #58 on: August 30, 2011, 07:43:01 AM »
It is learned that it is particularly interesting.

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« Reply #59 on: August 30, 2011, 07:50:10 AM »
^ My money is on PizzaPlanet. Strange behaviour, obsession with Japan, unfathomable humour.