Welcome back PS Forums

WAS · February 25, 2022, 01:25:30 AM

I missed you.

Matt · February 25, 2022, 01:38:37 AM

We've updated the forum to SMF 2.1.1, which is the latest stable release (previously we were on 2.1 RC2).

reCAPTCHA is reenabled for new user signups, which might help reduce spam.

The Planetside themes weren't 100% compatible with 2.1.1 and I had to make some changes. I see that there are still a couple of things that we'll need to fix, but I think it's functional enough to open the doors again

Dune · February 25, 2022, 03:08:32 AM

Good that the forum is back!

Balletdude · February 25, 2022, 03:29:01 AM

I actually missed it a lot. I may not comment much as I think the people asking questions probably know more than already.

Hannes · February 25, 2022, 03:44:23 AM

Great!! It felt somehow weird not to reach the forum.

Hannes · February 25, 2022, 05:10:06 AM

One absolutely unnecessary thing to possibly change (imho): for topics I (users) have posted in, a question mark might be a bit confusing (for new users at least...).

Hannes · February 25, 2022, 05:12:58 AM

Tadaaaa! I just reported the first spammer. Could it be, it's a relic of the previous version forum? I hope so...

cyphyr · February 25, 2022, 06:28:08 AM

Glad the forum is back, missed my daily dose of TG.

One change I have seen is I can't find the "unread posts" link any more. Is it gone or just hidden?

digitalguru · February 25, 2022, 08:18:40 AM

Good to see the forum back!
Something significant has been switched on as my inbox is filling up with notification emails that weren't sent for the last year (60+ and counting!)
Hope these are set now and it's not just the system going bonkers, missed that feature as I missed a lot of thread posts that way in the past.

Dune · February 25, 2022, 08:54:45 AM

I didn't find unread posts either, but changed some stuff in my account settings and now it's back. Don't know what I changed, though.

Matt · February 25, 2022, 10:14:22 AM

The "Unread posts" and related links were missing when I launched it last night, but I fixed it shortly afterwards. It may need a refresh, or possibly a clearing of the cache. If it's still missing, let me know.

Hannes · February 26, 2022, 05:43:59 AM

Matt, please check the user signup procedure again. I just reported a russian spammer who sent ten posts at once.

Dune · February 26, 2022, 08:56:49 AM

And 2 more from other spammers, just now...

WAS · February 26, 2022, 11:44:36 AM

I think we need a custom question. Something only real people will answer. Maybe an easy to find word on the main website, or a math question.

Also the forum theme is looking really good considering issues I saw originally. The only thing that's immediately bothering me is the quick reply / post buttons don't have a style class anymore at all, and should be floating to the right.

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.post_button_container {
  float: right;
  margin-top: 5px;
}

Also I noticed the notifications/daily notifications aren't working again. Is there no tasks set up for them? I think you can use cronjobs or just have it run whenever index.php is accessed.

WAS · February 26, 2022, 08:07:08 PM

PS reCAPTCHA really isn't enough to secure things these days. reCAPTCHA 3 is even bypassed, and scripts available to do so all over. You need things bots just can't do, and unique security questions are one way to do that. Considering these are bots trained to use forum systems, they're pretty sophisticated, and probably using these exploits. And it's easy to detect reCAPTCHA versions to determine a patch to apply.