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• Scroll bars in phpBB forum posts

  I just posted a complaint on a phpBB forum about most posts being framed with scroll bars making it necessary to scroll down and across to read each post.
  After a bit of a debate it turns out that being the only Mac user and the only Safari user I am the only one experiencing this problem. It doesn't happen with Firefox.
  Is there any way of tweaking Safari to stop this happening.

  Thanks for the suggestion but it didn't make the slightest difference.
  Have a look for yourself:
  http://www.lro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15344
  Scroll bars in Safari but not Firefox.

• Integrating own website layout into phpbb forum

  Hi,
  I have been searching everywhere for some help on how to integrate my own website layout with phpbb forum.
  For exmaple please see http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk that is my website.
  I would like my forum to look like this http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/forums but with my own website layout.
  Is this a big job and can it be done?
  Currently I have just done an I Frame but it looks rubbish and needs sorting asap.
  If there is another topic which covers this please let me know and ill take look.
  Please help and thanks

  Gary thankyou for your response, I have read that page before which is why I already have my forum in an IFRAME. http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk/forum
  the main forum page is on  http://www.caremoreconstruction.co.uk/phpbb
  There are a couple of reasons I dont want to use an IFRAME:
  1. I would constantly have re- alter the size when I new topic or post is made
  2. I dont think IFRAME's are google bot friendly ie content isn't searched for that particular page.
  3. Some browsers my have compatibility issues's
  Also thanks David for letting me know about the I FRAME pointing at my local server. I didnt even know it wasnt working because my apache software was running.
  Just need a starting point as to which files I would need to change.
  Cheers

• Firefox not remember password fot phpbb forums :(

  Firefox have problem with phpbb forum. Password remember function is not functional. Maybe some internet banks too (Opera not have this problem...)

  There is a difference between remembering the name and password in the Password Manager and a "remember me" check box on a web page to log you in automatically.
  The latter involves the creation of a special "remember me" cookie that is stored on your computer and that is send to the server.<br />
  If this "remember me" cookie is removed or gets corrupted or is not send to the server then the server won't remember you and you will have to sign in once again.
  * Create an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep such a cookie, especially for secure websites and if cookies expire when Firefox is closed
  In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
  *do not clear the Cookies
  *do not clear the Site Preferences
  *Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
  *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
  Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, passwords, and other website specific data.
  Clearing cookies will remove all specified (selected) cookies including cookies with an allow exception that you would like to keep.
  Some websites like the Yahoo server use autocomplete=off to prevent Firefox from saving form data like name and password.
  You can remove autocomplete=off with a bookmarklet to make Firefox store form data like names and passwords.
  *http://kb.mozillazine.org/User_name_and_password_not_remembered
  Note that Firefox won't auto-fill saved form data automatically when autocomplete=off is used, so you need to double-click the empty name field to get a drop-down list.

• IPhone and PHPBB forums?

  Anyone know of any applications that can browse PHPBB forums easily? If not, this would be a great addition to the community of apps on the App Store. Just a thought... Surfing a PHPBB forum is quite tideous work and hopefully someone makes an App for this

  Why not contact http://www.phpbb.com/ and ask them to do it?

• Examples of using phpbb forum with iWeb site?

  I'm in the process of converting my site to iWeb using a non .mac host and I'd love to see some examples of anyone using a phpbb forum with their site.
  Thanks in advance!

  Hi Mireille,
  I know that iWeb won't support the forum per say but I should be able just have that specific page of my site point to the forum (not using iweb). I was just curious if anyone has done this and if they had any advice. Hopefully someday iweb will support forums as its a large part of sites like mine. I remember reading about the iframe so I'll look into that too. Thanks!
  Chris

• Problems when installing phpbb forum

  I am trying to setup my own forum with the phpbb source. What i have done are:
    1. Install Apache (pacman -S apache) and then uncomment the line:
            LoadModule php5_module             modules/libphp5.so
    in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Apache runs with no problem (/etc/rc.d/httpd start)
    2. Install php (pacman -S php) and then uncomment the line:
            extension=msql.so in /etc/php.ini
     Php has been tested and displayed by web browser with a test.php file:
                 <html>
                 <head>
                 <title>PHP Test Page</title>
                 </head>
                <body>
                 This is Arch Linux, running PHP.
                <?php
                phpinfo();
                ?>
                </p>
                </body>
                </html>
       3. Install mysql (pacman -S mysql) and started successful. mysql user and group are found in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
          Install the dbase:
           #mysql_install_db --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql
          Add root user:
           #mysqladmin -u root password '1'
          Login into mysql successful:
           #mysql -u root -p
        4. Install phpMyAdmin successful
            using web browser to login: http://localhost/phpMyAdmin
            to create a database, user (called ABC), as well as password for this user.
         5 Install phpbb package (pacman -S phpbb)
  The problem is that when try to install phpbb in :http://localhost/phpbb/install/install.php i got the error message:
  "The PHP configuration on your server doesn't support the database type that you chose"
  I tried to remove apache, php, mysql and installed again but it didn't help even when i try to update the whole system (pacman -Suy).
  Can anyone give me a clue to fix this error ? i got stuck with this problem for many days.
  Thank you very much!

  This is the code i used to check my php installed by pacman:
  <html>
                 <head>
                 <title>PHP Test Page</title>
                 </head>
                <body>
                 This is Arch Linux, running PHP.
                <?php
                phpinfo();
                ?>
                </p>
                </body>
                </html>
  I can't not see the parameter:  --with-mysql=/usr/lib/mysql listed in the ./configure command.
  When i download and compile the php source code with this parameter, i can see it with my test.php code above.
  I can now install and run my phpbb forum perfectly with my php.
  The problem is not with the phpbb package (installed by pacman -S phpbb). I think the problem is with the php installed by pacman -S php.
  How can i solve this problem ???

• Text not showing up on PHPBB forum posts

  There are 2 forums I visit regularly that are powered by phpbb. They work completely fine, but when I click on a post to read it, the text shows for about one second, then the post's box extends and there is nothing in it. If you want to look at one of the forums and see if it does the same for you, look here: www.sims99.com/bbs. If anybody could help me fix this, it would be greatly appreciated!

  Dumb me - you gave the first link in your first post. That's what I get for looking at my computer before my first pot of coffee for the day. ;-)>
  I have tested the first forum in both Safari and Firefox. I am getting a php error message from the servers for the second forum.
  For the sims99 forum, I am sometimes seeing what you are seeing using Safari. Sometimes I can read the posts and sometimes the text clears, the box expands down the page, and it remains empty. I cannot determine why one time I will get the blank, expanded post boxes and other times I will not. I will be able to read a topic, go back to it to see blank boxes, but then be able to read it, or not, on the third try. I can see no pattern.
  Using Firefox, I am getting a more consistent pattern. I will click on a topic. The text will appear and then clear. I will momentarily see both horizontal and vertical scroll bars in each post box. These will then disappear and the text will come back.
  This behavior is not generic to php boards but is caused by how this particular forum was set up. I have not seen this behavior in any other php - or other - forums.
  All browsers on both Windows and the Mac cache pages on your computer to speed up surfing the web. Sometimes what is in the cache interferes with refreshing or using a page. To clear the cache in Safari, click on the Safari menu entry and choose "Empty Cache". However, in this particular case, clearing the cache had no effect.
  For now, if this is a forum you want to use, it does work using Firefox, so you might want to download and try this browser. I find that it is a good idea to keep an alternate browser on hand for when Safari comes across a web site it chokes on. There are close to a dozen very good to excellent browsers available for OS X and Firefox is one of the best, but you will find other users who will give you excellent reasons why they think some of the others are the best. Even in the Windows world, you will find that not all web sites are well behaved in all browsers.
  Two things you can do are to report this forum to Apple and to the forum's webmasters. To report the problem to Apple, go to the Safari menu and click on "Report Bugs to Apple" while you are on the forum. If you click on "More Options" you will be able to include the page source code and/or a screen shot. Give as much information as possible in the description. I cannot find webmaster or site contact info for the forum, but most of the announcements are posted by a user named Nova, you you might want to send a description of the problem to this user using the PM (Private Message) function.
  Congratulations on getting a Mac. I think you will continue finding it an excellent experience. And these forums are an excellent place to learn things, either by specifically asking questions or just by scanning the various topics.

• Uploading PHPBB forums

  Can this be done? I would like to upload a forum to use inreplace of a blog. How can I do this?
  For example, lets say my website is web.mac.com/travis.royer, i would want to be able to make a web.mac.com/travis.royer/forums. Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?
  Thanks

  This doesn't answer your question, but here's a way to make your forum or whatever appear in the nav bar of your iWeb site:
  http://web.mac.com/varkgirl/iWeb/Aardvarkland/Nav%20Bar.html

• Forum doesn't display correctly at 800x600

  I have my browser window at 800x600 because I like to do other stuff while I have it open.  However, the Arch forum is too wide for this and doesn't scale down like other phpbb forums.  I suspect this is either because of the Google ads or the AUR/Bugzilla/Wiki links.  Could this be fixed?

  dibblethewrecker wrote:Hmmmm - that sounds like I spent time for nothing there....
  Not at all.  Just that me complaining about a few extra pixels was a bit of overkill on my part.  Sorry for being nitpicky.
  And thanks for making it look nicer.

• Why aren't my logged-in sessions sustained on certain forums?

  I belong to a large list of auto enthusiast sites, and recently several of them have started required me to log in each time I access the site, even though I always check boxes like "Remember me each time I visit" when I log in.
  It can't be a cookie problem. I have cookies that are several years old on this MacBook Pro, transferred over from my previous Powerbook G4, which were in turn transferred from my old Quicksilver desktop. I always keep cookies off until I need to log in to a site, and when I am firmly established there I turn the cookies off again. Its been working that way for me for years and until now I was never asked to log in - my sessions always persisted.
  The problem started with a phpBB- based system about two months ago, after they upgraded their software. Then it spread to another phpBB forum.. Next, a vBulletin system started requiring log-ins each time I went there, and now its happening at another vBulletin site.
  I thought it was a phpBB problem until it happened on those two vBulletin sites. Its nothing that I can't get around simply by logging back in, but I'd like my sessions to persist indefinitely like the scores of other sites I'm on.
  What is going on here?

  Hi Chuck, Welcome to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
  I suspect it depends on the site set up and not your system.
  If I quit Safari then Apple Forums make me login but Broadband Reports and MacFixit do not. I saved AFs in my Keychain so it's just click the blue button.

• Will there performance improvement over separate tables vs single table with multiple partitions?

  Will there performance improvement over separate tables vs single table with multiple partitions? Is advisable to have separate tables than having a single big table with partitions? Can we expect same performance having single big table with partitions? What is the recommendation approach in HANA?

  Suren,
  first off a friendly reminder: SCN is a public forum and for you as an SAP employee there are multiple internal forums/communities/JAM groups available. You may want to consider this.
  Concerning your question:
  You didn't tell us what you want to do with your table or your set of tables.
  As tables are not only storage units but usually bear semantics - read: if data is stored in one table it means something else than the same data in a different table - partitioned tables cannot simply be substituted by multiple tables.
  Looked at it on a storage technology level, table partitions are practically the same as tables. Each partition has got its own delta store & can be loaded and displaced to/from memory independent from the others.
  Generally speaking there shouldn't be too many performance differences between a partitioned table and multiple tables.
  However, when dealing with partitioned tables, the additional step of determining the partition to work on is always required. If computing the result of the partitioning function takes a major share in your total runtime (which is unlikely) then partitioned tables could have a negative performance impact.
  Having said this: as with all performance related questions, to get a conclusive answer you need to measure the times required for both alternatives.
  - Lars

• [SOLVED] Cookie settings for Arch Linux forum

  I really do like the Arch Linux forum.
  It is fast, plain and simple; perfect for a distro which is the same
  But one thing is bothering me; the cookies.
  The arch forum is the only forum for me where the 'new post' colored picture at the left side of the forum parts is not unmarked after reading the new posts.
  After I have read all new posts, I do 'mark all topics as read' (the link at the right top) to have this result.
  For example phpbb forums do have cookie settings where the forums which are read, automatically turn the 'new post' icon off; it is not colored but the normal color again.
  Can it be that some forum settings are not completely right and this should be also the case at the Arch forums?
  Hope I have explained it that way you can understand what I mean.
  Jan
  Last edited by Lontronics (2007-03-03 17:07:04)

  Yes, and it has nothing to do with the cookie (except a session).. at least i hope it doesn't cuz that would just make me twice as glad that we switched away from that horrid chunk of code called phpbb.
  And on that note, search around a bit, because this has already been explained like three times.

• Allow change of forum username

  Hi There,
  This isn't a critical issue but I think it would be easily solved.
  I initially signed up with my full name as my forum username, now I don't like my full name anymore 8-)
  I administer a couple of phpBB forums myself and I know it's possible to enable the ability of the user to change their username in the profiles window.
  I know, I could just start a new user, but it's taken me since the summer of 2003 to accumulate the meager number of posts to my credit and I really don't want to start over. Plus, I've had this user around for a year and a half now and I don't really want to reset that clock either. (aren't computer geeks anal retentive 8-)
  Like I said, I know this isn't earth shattering, but it is really easy to allow users to change their usernames in phpBB and even if the board admin could enable it long enough for me to change my name and then disable it again, I'd be very VERY happy (OK, I'm easily pleased 8-)
  Unless there's a specific reason the arch forums don't allow this, Could y'all please turn it on?
  Thanks!!!
  John E. A.

  I always thought the username acted as a key in the database, which would make it hard to modify.... that's why they have to be unique? I haven't looked at phpBB code, so I'll take your word for it...
  If its really not that hard, I'm sure you could PM apeiro and ask him to change your name for you. If you explain how to do it and how its not that difficult and act extremely polite, he may even do it.  However, he's a very busy man and it won't be high on his priority list.
  Dusty

• Please Test My Forum

  Hi can you please test my new phpbb forum and tell me what
  you think.
  Forum Link

  You should know this by now then, please *do* not double or
  triple posting in Dreamweaver forums for one same topic.
  This will just to confuse participants as to keep track of
  participation path or following disucssions if posted more than
  three forums all together. So, please try to pick the appropriate
  forum to address your post question.
  Good luck with your own forums. Cheers!