🆕 Forum Update Log (Nov. 2018)

This will be a locked thread listing out various changes and improvements made to the forum as they happen. Some of the items will mirror the migration todo list but others will be independent.

This is something I should have started from the beginning but since I didn’t, this will only include changes approximately since the writing of this post.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Set the servers to automatically restart if they crash (Done a few days ago).

Re-arranged the forum categories. (Done a few days ago).

Added the “Watched Topics” to the navigation bar. This is the same as using “Recent” topics with the filter but this is one click instead of two.

Turned on link previews.

• Unfortunately this is a paid service and it could cost $99 - $250 /month.
• There is an open source server we can run to do this but that will take time.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Updated the email template headers. Still needs a little work but I think they look good so far.

Manually uploaded a few missing avatars.

Deleted a ton of old spam from 7 years ago. (WIP)

Reported issue about checkbox formatting

Started consolidating the Patron Support threads

Monday, November 26, 2018

Filed a few bugs with NodeBB.

Tuned OS settings for better performance on database server.

Moved mongodb data to external XFS volume.

• Volumes are highly redundant (think always backed up)
• Volumes make snapshot backups easier (one click)
• The database prefers the XFS filesystem for performance.

Set play-by-forum categories to “Ignore” for all users.

Tried to figure out why the digest email did not get sent

Discovered that Ignored Categories never show up on the Filters

Added a Navbar item (looks like a video game controller) to view all of your watched games.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Tried to figure out why digest email is not getting set

Enabled Facebook login

• You can also enable Facebook on your existing account by editing your profile

Enabled Twitter login

• You can also enable Twitter on your existing account by editing your profile

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Added the Sponsor badge to our sponsors

Added signature permission for Sponsors and me (as a test, we all should know I don’t like signatures)

Looked at the analytics, traffic to the forums is up 30%

Friday, November 30, 2018

Upgraded to NodeBB v.1.11.0

Debugged issues with online vs. invisible status

Debugged issues with search

Reported bugs in NodeBB 1.11.0

Reconcilled patron badges