Difference between revisions of "User talk:Jake"

Revision as of 18:34, January 2, 2012

Server transfer and file uploads

Hi, any idea how long the transfer will take and when we can upload again because, don't mean to sound hasty or anything, but with the new episode recently airing, we would like uploads? Thanks, Solar Dragon ^{(Talk • Contribs.)} 12:31, 5 December 2011 (EST)

I was worried about the new episode too, so I actually purchased some emergency disk space for the server. I've just applied the changes and switched over to a new kernel, so you should now find that uploads are re-enabled. This is a temporary solution to a problem growing by the day, so I'm definitely going to try to move us to the new server ASAP. If you don't mind, could you please contact some of the other staff members and ask that they surrender their email accounts after deleting all personal information from it? Sadly, it doesn't look like we'll be able to offer staff email accounts on the new server. (At least until I figure out a way to override some of the system in a way that doesn't breach security.) Thanks! --Jake 16:28, 5 December 2011 (EST)

I can't access my account via web portal (forgot my password - Thunderbird remembers it). I moved it all to a local folder, do you think this will delete it form the account. I doubt there's that much personal info in there but thought I'd check.--Cook879 16:54, 5 December 2011 (EST)

It's asking for a security code and I have no idea what it is... ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 17:07, 5 December 2011 (EST)

The security code should be in one of the first emails you received. I may have also posted it in a forum PM. If you still can't find it, just let me kow and I'll manually do it. :) --Jake 17:14, 5 December 2011 (EST)

For some reason, the folder I was sure I saved it to has gone. Also, I can't find it on the forum. The Solar Dragon 17:22, 5 December 2011 (EST)

I sent you the code in a PM just now. :) --Jake 18:23, 5 December 2011 (EST)

Christmas Logo

Could you please change the logo to this for Christmas? Thanks --Smiley12 16:32, 20 December 2011 (EST)

I've created a work around using Common.css but it looks bad on the new skin. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 16:49, 20 December 2011 (EST)

I've altered the new skin to prevent Common.css from changing the logo. Seasonal logos will definitely be implemented in the new skin soon. Right now I'm preparing for the server migration, which will occur either tomorrow or Thursday. I expect that the database will only need to be locked for a few hours at most. :) --Jake 18:56, 20 December 2011 (EST)

Broken image

Hi Jake, for some reason, the image here is broken. I've tried moving the image which has worked a lot of the time but it did nothing. Do you have any ideas why? Thanks, ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 04:28, 23 December 2011 (EST)

It seems to be a recurring problem. See The Three Stooges and this image's thumbnail. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 05:07, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Looks like the path to the image thumbnail program has changed on the new server. All thumbs should now generate correctly. :) --Jake 07:27, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Thanks :) ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 09:10, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Piwik

Piwik appears to have totally crashed and hasn't updated all day. Is this a problem you can fix? ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 17:10, 23 December 2011 (EST)

It looks like the archival script wasn't running. All stats should now be available in Piwik, and will continue to update at five after each hour (XX:05) as usual. --Jake 21:05, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Blacklist Wikia

Hi, could you possibly blacklist Wikia so that we never have to deal with another Wikia link here again please? Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 18:30, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Is there a spam problem with Wikia? If not, I don't really think it's in our best interest to block them just for the sake of blocking them. --Jake 21:05, 23 December 2011 (EST)

New skin on other wikis

Sorry about another post here but could you enable the new skin on the other wikis under our name as the default please? Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 19:10, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Done. :) --Jake 21:05, 23 December 2011 (EST)

Erm, when I went on fanon, this showed up: "Fatal error: Class 'AdvertisementHandler' not found in /home/karrottc/simpsonswiki/fanon/w/skins/simpsons.php on line 74". Also, can you repair the old merch wiki logo on the merch. wiki AND the fanon logo? Thanks, Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 03:29, 24 December 2011 (EST).

All logos need changing, though I don't think German ever had one.--Cook879 06:50, 24 December 2011 (EST)

No, because I translated "WIKISIMPSONS" to german on google translate and it came out the same, "WIKISIMPSONS", so no need for a German logo. Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 08:58, 24 December 2011 (EST)

We never had a logo on there though, it was just the default instructions. See this.--Cook879 09:16, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Oh, I forgot that would happen. It's why I didn't install the new skin on those wikis immediately. It has some dependancies on some custom classes I wrote for the main wiki. I'll look into fixing it soon. :) --Jake 11:41, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Imagemap extension

Could we have an Imagemap extension, like this one? link. Thanks --Cook879 06:15, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Sure! It should be installed now. :) --Jake 11:44, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Cheers Jake :)--Cook879 14:27, 24 December 2011 (EST)

Fanon wiki

The fanon wiki is not accessible, and says "Fatal error: Class 'AdvertisementHandler' not found in /home/karrottc/simpsonswiki/fanon/w/skins/simpsons.php on line 74" on the main page, implying that the wiki is unaccessable due to the new skin. Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 16:30, 27 December 2011 (EST)

Yeah, that's exactly what's happening. I also can't seem to pin down what the problem is, because that class does exist. For now I'll have to switch it back to the Vector skin. --Jake 18:30, 27 December 2011 (EST)

Random page

Hi,

I think it would be better if "Random page" on the left side wouldn't include appearance pages, only the main pages. FatHomer^Talk 08:48, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Yeah, I agree. I don't think there's any easy way for me to modify the random page functionality, but I'll look into it for sure. --Jake 09:19, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Good :) How do i verify my email adress to my piwik account? FatHomer^Talk 15:48, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Log into Piwik, and click the 'Settings' link near the top of the page. You can then change your email to a valid email account. :) --Jake 15:51, 2 January 2012 (EST)

I tried to change my email on piwik, and it came up with "You can't access this resource as it requires an admin access for at least one website." What's the problem, I clicked save and that's what came up? Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 16:24, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Same happened to me earlier, however, I'm not getting "Unable to start session." when I go to Piwik :S The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:39, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Oh, I guess I've got to change the emails for you. In that case, feel free to give me your new email only if you use email reports from Piwik. I didn't realize it was impossible to do. Are you able to access Piwik now? I had to change some file permissions earlier which caused that error temporarily. --Jake 16:56, 2 January 2012 (EST)

No, still unable to access Piwik. Email is wikisimpsons@talktalk.net. ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 17:00, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Hmm, that's really odd. How about now? (I've changed your email by the way.) --Jake 17:06, 2 January 2012 (EST)

Working now :) ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 17:34, 2 January 2012 (EST)