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Life as admin...
« on: September 17, 2017, 05:49:45 PM »
>become admin
>GTM is 65GB, no simple auto backups...
>Can't upgrade to PHP 7.1 cuz SMF and Media wiki is too old
>MediaWiki version is 1.25.1, current is 1.29.1
>SMF is 2.0.13, with mods to really make upgrading to 2.0.14 a hassle
>Dreamhost can't make a backup of GTM, cuz it is 65GB
>Dreamhost limits number of SFTP connections, making manual backup real slow

How was your day?
« Last Edit: September 18, 2017, 08:43:59 AM by apanx »

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2017, 06:12:20 PM »
sounds like its just time to nuke gtm
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2017, 06:16:54 PM »
when do you bring back playground
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2017, 06:43:20 PM »
im sorry for all the times I used the image uploader
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2017, 07:01:10 PM »
I don't understand any of that

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2017, 08:07:45 PM »
Who needs backups anyway? If we lose everything, we can just start from scratch.
im just waiting for meganerdbomb to come along and kick things into gear.

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2017, 04:07:33 AM »
Idea! Conpress it!

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2017, 08:12:01 AM »
Now you see what I have been dealing with for years!!!!!

smf and vBulletin were ALWAYS updating on me and making me redo all those mods all the time!

I am old and tired of doing it.

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2017, 09:25:09 AM »
>Upgrading SMF to 2.0.14
>sh**ton of plugins have made modifications of old files. But they can't undo changes as files have been modded since then.
>kind of manage to get upgrade to kind of work
>Switch to PHP 7.1
>sh**ty plugin using deprecated MySQL calls killing all posting

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2017, 09:26:03 AM »
Well I can (sh**)post again so pretty good
also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2017, 09:28:38 AM »
I recently made a backup of the current Asbestosstar.com , i need to check how many GB's that is.....

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2017, 10:21:49 AM »
>trying out Akismet antispam plugin
>fails to block spam at all, instead giving error message and letting spam post through
>looking for suitable image host replacement
>personal image gallery plugin costs $49
>let's use attachment plugin instead
>purging file and image host
>content filter on forum has replaced hell with heck in filenames in posted urls, so stuff like Shell gets renamed to Sheck.
>6500 unread administrative mails from forum
>virtually all of them mail not getting through cuz Dreamhost is banned as mail sender
>Gmail no longer viable solution for this
>ends up registring mail account on Zoho for outgoing forum and wiki mail.

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2017, 10:34:25 AM »
>content filter on forum has replaced hell with heck in filenames in posted urls, so stuff like Shell gets renamed to Sheck.
alright this is the best thing i have read all week
Clash Cubes 1 - Grey Matter (Runner-Up)
King of Karnage - Sideshow Freak (Runner-Up, Best Engineered)
Rust In Pieces - Paper Cut 3 (Grand Champion, Most Dangerous Bot)
Wheely Tag Tournament - Ion Thruster (Grand Champion, along with Ounces' DiSemboweLment)
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2017, 01:30:03 PM »
>trying out Akismet antispam plugin
>fails to block spam at all, instead giving error message and letting spam post through
>looking for suitable image host replacement
>personal image gallery plugin costs $49
>let's use attachment plugin instead
>purging file and image host
>content filter on forum has replaced hell with heck in filenames in posted urls, so stuff like Shell gets renamed to Sheck.
>6500 unread administrative mails from forum
>virtually all of them mail not getting through cuz Dreamhost is banned as mail sender
>Gmail no longer viable solution for this
>ends up registring mail account on Zoho for outgoing forum and wiki mail.

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We have unlimited space on the server, so just backup database Mysql and such when you make major change and leave other as is.

I can give you a myfolderz.com email if you need it!

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2017, 10:30:03 AM »
Website administration is the worst thing on the planet and this is exactly why I don't do it anymore.  :dumb)
The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2017, 01:26:15 PM »
Attachment test!

kittenlovethisthreadzh8_zps5129bd43.jpg

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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2017, 01:31:43 PM »
FAIL! ..... no likey

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also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2017, 01:39:47 PM »
FAIL! ..... no likey
https://gametechmods.com/forums/tutorials-and-tips/how-to-use-insert-attachment/

Do you see my attachment?

If so, what do you see when you click it??

I see an image I have to use the slider to see ..... not my full image.

I see this ...




When I should see this!


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Re: Life as admin...
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2017, 01:45:26 PM »
FAIL! ..... no likey
https://gametechmods.com/forums/tutorials-and-tips/how-to-use-insert-attachment/

Do you see my attachment?

If so, what do you see when you click it??

I see this same setup, tbh it seems like a downgrade from the previous system.

I see an image I have to use the slider to see ..... not my full image.

I see this ...

(Image removed from quote.)