Oh, also looks like signatures may have been truncated to 255 characters. I’m not sure what the old limit was, but apparently it was at least slightly longer than that.
Oh, also looks like signatures may have been truncated to 255 characters. I’m not sure what the old limit was, but apparently it was at least slightly longer than that.
I think I got it raised now. But unfortunately old signatures have been truncated, and I couldn’t figure out any way around it.
Sorry about that. I had budgetlightforum.com on the whitelist but not budgetlightforum.ddns.net. So, if you were using the temporary address it didn’t recognize the referrer.
It’s fixed now. At least, I think it’s fixed. Please let me know if it’s not.
The site uses a HTTP Referer check because most of my bandwidth was being used for hotlinking on random people’s blogs. At first I tried serving up a different image, an animated gif of Kermit the Frog humping a stuffed bunny, but that didn’t really help. It was funny, but didn’t improve the bandwidth situation. So instead I redirected those requests to a password-protected directory. That worked. The downside is that I have to add every domain (like BLF) to a whitelist if I actually want to host images from other sites.
BTW, if anyone is interested, I’ve mostly updated the BLF stylesheet for the Chrome “Stylish” extension.
This basically re-themes BLF to make it a little easier on dark-adjusted eyes — a dark theme instead of the default bright white theme. I put the files up here: http://toykeeper.net/torches/css/
… and here is an example of how it looks (click for full size):
It’s not complete yet, but it’s getting there. There are a bunch of little details I haven’t chased down, like why there’s a big blank spot at the left side. Someone else wrote this originally, I updated it a bit, then after today’s site upgrade I had to update it quite a bit more. So, I’m not totally familiar with every line of CSS… but it mostly works.
I’m apparently having DNS issues. In my work computer and phone on wifi (home and work wifi) the “slow dns” link just redirects back to the same “we’re back” splash page. I can’t get to blf at all.
On my phone on LTE everything is working perfectly
Oh, also looks like signatures may have been truncated to 255 characters. I’m not sure what the old limit was, but apparently it was at least slightly longer than that.
Glad someone is getting a kick out of it!
I am definitely the world’s worst coder, and Drupal definitely has fantastically awful documentation. :-/
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Thank you SB. Great job, gorgeous result.
I think I got it raised now. But unfortunately old signatures have been truncated, and I couldn’t figure out any way around it.
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Thanks SB.
Time for a
AARRGhhhhhh!! where's my
gone??!!!??!
I snagged it right out of your hand. Trust me, I need one.
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lol – the first one was for you, but I guess you need a couple!
Back at you sir!
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Ahhh! that’s better
Looks great, thanks SB!
I remember a time, when I searched for lights to fit my needs. Now I search for needs to fit my lights.
Sorry, here is one more TO-DO:
Every time I open a thread with Toykeepers signature in it I get a Request:
AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED
A username and password are being requested by http://toykeeper.net. The site says: “forbidden use of bandwidth — view http://toykeeper.net/leech.txt for details”
About to be very annoying.
Looking good, glad to be back in business! Thanks, SB
Aspiring Fhashlightaholic!
Same here
I noticed that too. I’m sure she’ll tweak her server rules soon to support the new IP address.
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Thanks for the hard work. BTW it’s not only my dns that is slow:
$ dig @ns3.ramnode.com budgetlightforum.com
[…]
budgetlightforum.com. 14400 IN A 23.226.225.231
whereas:
$ host -a budgetlightforum.ddns.net
[…]
budgetlightforum.ddns.net. 60 IN A 170.75.162.59
So I guess something went wrong somewhere.
Oh and If a newbie like me can ask for a search box…
Same here- just close the pop-up and keep going. LOOKING GOOD SB!
Phil
Thanks a lot to everyone for their encouragement and appreciation!
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New engine seems fine, thanks for the hard work. One question tho, is there any way to get old PMs back or they are gone for good?
Seems like the signature line needs to be aligned at the bottom.
I think it’s just that some users have empty lines in their signatures.
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Sorry about that. I had budgetlightforum.com on the whitelist but not budgetlightforum.ddns.net. So, if you were using the temporary address it didn’t recognize the referrer.
It’s fixed now. At least, I think it’s fixed. Please let me know if it’s not.
The site uses a HTTP Referer check because most of my bandwidth was being used for hotlinking on random people’s blogs. At first I tried serving up a different image, an animated gif of Kermit the Frog humping a stuffed bunny, but that didn’t really help. It was funny, but didn’t improve the bandwidth situation. So instead I redirected those requests to a password-protected directory. That worked. The downside is that I have to add every domain (like BLF) to a whitelist if I actually want to host images from other sites.
xkcd.com/1603 Li-ion battery safety 101.
What I do
Thanks for reminding me about that, I put a big notice on the first post in this thread.
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Aaahhh. BLF and a cup of coffee. What a great way to start the day! THANK YOU.
Everyone likes a Free Upgrade
Thank Yo for all your hard work!!!!!!!!!
BTW, if anyone is interested, I’ve mostly updated the BLF stylesheet for the Chrome “Stylish” extension.
This basically re-themes BLF to make it a little easier on dark-adjusted eyes — a dark theme instead of the default bright white theme. I put the files up here:
http://toykeeper.net/torches/css/
… and here is an example of how it looks (click for full size):
It’s not complete yet, but it’s getting there. There are a bunch of little details I haven’t chased down, like why there’s a big blank spot at the left side. Someone else wrote this originally, I updated it a bit, then after today’s site upgrade I had to update it quite a bit more. So, I’m not totally familiar with every line of CSS… but it mostly works.
Thanks a lot
That big blank spot is where the ad should be. Are you running an ad-blocker?
I’m apparently having DNS issues. In my work computer and phone on wifi (home and work wifi) the “slow dns” link just redirects back to the same “we’re back” splash page. I can’t get to blf at all.
On my phone on LTE everything is working perfectly
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