I believe I have found a slight error in Charles' recent updates to Flare. Among the new features is the ability to change the board time displayed to my own time zone, so of course I went right ahead and did it, changing the number in the box from 0 to 3. At the same time, I also changed the display for the dates. They had originally been set to be displayed as MMM dd, yyyy (ex: January 1, 2003), I changed it to MM-dd-yyyy (ex: 01-01-2003).
Now, these are the only things I changed. Now, when I come to Flare, all the times and dates are very very wrong. The times are still set to the old time of PST (-3 hours). The date, however, is completely gone, and is merely displayed as '3'. So right now, at 10:59pm EST, this post will be displayed as '7:59 PM 3'.
In other words, you have some explaining to do Charles...
If you're wondering, I'm using IE6 on WinXP Home.
Addition: I've also now realized, that in everyone's profile, the dates of registration and their birthdays are displayed as '12:00 PM'. I've found this to be displayed for everyone I click on.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Please visit this page, save the output, then mail to [email protected]. Thanks...
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Done and Done
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Thanks. This looks buggy - logging out, then back in SHOULD fix it...
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
That appears to have fixed it. Thanks Chuckles.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Charles, I also had to log out, then log back in before the changes took effect. (I'd tried reloading the front page, but the times remained the same.)
But because I'm currently running from Apple's new Safari browser (which is still in public beta and slightly buggy) I had to go in and directly delete all of my cookies in order to log out. I then quit the app, reopened it, and logged in.
Everything's running fine now. This is a great feature, and I'm glad it's finally come to UBB.classic! Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
*sigh*
It's doing it again now. Everything worked fine before, but now that I've come back to Flare again, everything is back to the wrong time and the date being displayed as '3'. Please tell me I don't have to log out/in everytime I visit Flare... Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I'm running Mozilla 1.1, and it works fine for me. I didn't have to log out or anything.
BTW, Matt, in your sig, the line is "what have we found", not "what have you found".
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Tried that. As soon as I leave Flare and come back, the time is still 3 hours off, no dates, and there's that 3 again at the end.
And sig fixed. Blame whatever lyrics site I used.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
For once I'm having no problems on my end! Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Charles, I figured I'd be helpful (seeing as how there aren't many other Mac users here) and try out the problem on all my browsers: OmniWeb 4.1.1 (latest version), Chimera Navigator 0.6.0 (December 20 build), and Internet Explorer 5.2.2 (latest version). In all three cases, logging out and then back in solved the problem, just like the others.
However, with Apple Safari I didn't have those 3's pop up -- I just had to log out and in for the time change to take effect at all. Not sure what the difference was, though.
Aside: There's a big CSS rendering bug in IE which screws up the background and shifts the content so the window has to scroll left to see everything. I've gotcha two screenshots (same page, for the second I just scrolled down for effect):
I never use IE anymore, so that's why I've never noticed this before; I've kept it around mainly for those rare cases where I want to compare browsers, or for those asinine sites that require IE for whatever reason.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Aha! Yes. The same thing happens on the iMac at the Baron office at the uni, only the board is shifted up also.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
That is an IEMac thing that I'm ignoring... it has a LOT of parentoffset problems that, for instance, prevent it from working with the new OpenTopic/UBB.x UI. Similar problems can be recreated by using Gecko or IE6 to view this demo... pull down a menu and note where it comes out. %)
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
works for me, log out and log in.
Thanks! Now I can see when people have recently posted or not. Working out PST was annoying. And do you guys get Daylight Saving or something?? I though East Coast America was 17 hours behind East Coast Australia (non summer time). *shrug*
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
So far, mine seems to be working OK - I think. One question: Individual times of each last post to thread and Forum listings pages are OK, but the You Last Visited indicator at the top of the front page remains set to PST time - is that meant to happen?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I have just changed it, and for some reason the board has now decided that I haven't read the private messages that I have in my inbox from several months ago.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Uhh... Charles? Those 3's are back again... and I haven't done anything specific with the cookies as far as I'm aware -- not logging out or in or updating the "last visited" icons...
(And I'm still using Apple Safari, so I guess that proves that this is a universal problem rather than a cookie problem. Though now that I think about it, I can't see why it would be a browser/cookie problem if the time is provided by UBB... )
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
My 18's are back too.
Posted by Nimrod Pimding (Member # 205) on :
Really? I'm stuck in my 20's.
Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I had cunningly planned to stick around in my 10's... didn't work out.
Posted by Nimrod Pimding (Member # 205) on :
Yeah, those growth inhibitor pills gives you gas like there is no tomorrow.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
I should point out that I'm in class now using IE5 for Mac, and it's doing the same thing with the times and 3s. So maybe its something with my user name or whatever. I'm being drowned in 3s Charles! Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Since no one has gone for the obvious here, I shall now do so.
Scan for dekyon fields.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Yes, why didn't I think of that......
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Charles, I think I might have a clue for the recurrance of the 3's... given that I only notice them in the morning when I first visit Flare, I'm wondering if the preferences are somehow reset whenever the local time turns past midnight, and the glitch recurs and substitutes the integer for the full date and time.
Maybe you already thought of this, but I just thought I'd pass this on -- hope it helps! Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
i still say we should listen to whoever has 3 pips.
decompress the main shuttlebay perhaps?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
heheheh
I have 18 - what was that option?
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
only if you have 5 or more uniforms.
(actually.. i have 24 pips.. on 6 uniforms)
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
If it's any consolation, Charles, the new time feature works perfectly for me. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Mike: He would only need three: two four-star admirals and a lieutenant.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
the admiral pins are all one piece.. unless of course you were suggesting that he was using *gasp* nonregulation Trek memorabilia!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
They may be one piece, but there are still individual pips making up the piece.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
yeah, but to make the actual...
never mind. this is stupid.
BTW i remember a comic where Q was screwing around and had a jester version of a fleet uniform with pips going all the way around the collar.. guess he found the way to outdo a marshal.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Thanks, Charles! Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Umm... er...
It appears I spoke too soon. After posting the message I noticed that the time on my post was off by three hours... despite the fact that my time offset was still set to 3 in my profile.
I also just tried to "re-save" the setting by resubmitting my profile even though I didn't change anything; that hasn't had any effect. I also tried reloading the browser window to make sure it wasn't just a cache problem; it's not.
Sorry... Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Try changing the offset to something else, say, 2, then changing it back to 3. The cookie won't be reset unless it has changed. You can also try changing the time format
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Nope, it's still giving me Pacific Time. I tried changing the number to 1, saving the changes, and then going back to 3 -- that didn't work. I tried zapping all my cookies and then logging back in, that didn't work either.
I'm not sure what exactly's wrong here, Charles... sorry to have to report this grief. Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Same here. The '3's are gone, the date is correct, but my time is on Pacific, even though I've fiddled with it like MM here has.
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
Right - do another dumpcookies, and mail to me...
Posted by Nimrod Pimding (Member # 205) on :
Mine seems to act up as well. It does not add 9 hours like I put in.
Posted by Nimrod Pimding (Member # 205) on :
.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Okay, I've just realized that it is, in fact, not working for me, either. The only problem is that it won't adjust the time, though. The time format and date format work fine, which is why I didn't notice.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Okay, it was working for me but its not anymore. I dumped the cookies, too. Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
OKay folks - Ctrl + Shift + Reload - it should work afterwards...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
For anyone else using Mozilla, try just Ctrl-Reload.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Yay!!!! My heroes!
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Just a test to see if it worked...
And it did! Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Works here too.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Charles Capps: OKay folks - Ctrl + Shift + Reload - it should work afterwards...
What about us poor Mac users, Charles?
Anyway, I deleted all my Flare cookies, and logged back in -- it works fine now.
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
![[Cool]](cool.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
)
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Confused]](confused.gif)