[geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.9.0 update

Tom websitemaster at cogeco.net
Mon Mar 5 12:40:37 EST 2012 

Yeah I had thought of that (but no time). Add in a feature request for it
(and a patch if you are able :-)

Tom

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[mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of cordiste
Sent: March-05-12 12:04 PM
To: Geeklog Development
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.9.0 update

Thanks for the exemple.

Maybe we can add a list of the dynamic blocks on the admin block page :

Near line 427 of the admin/block.php file add to listblocks function
something like:

	$leftblocks = PLG_getBlocks('left');
	foreach($leftblocks as $block){
			$retval .= ADMIN_simpleList('', $header_arr, '',
                           $leftblocks, $options = '', $form_arr='');
    }

And something similar for right dynamic blocks. Also, maybe a word or two
can explain or remind to admins to look at the config for those blocks
settings.

Ben


2012/3/5 Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net>:
> Take a look at the polls plugin in Geeklog 1.9.0 as an example. In the 
> configuration it offers those options.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of cordiste
> Sent: March-04-12 6:16 PM
> To: Geeklog Development
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.9.0 update
>
> Tom,
>
> I tried to install paypal plugin and got the unknown column 'tid' error.
>
> The suggested solution is to create a dynamic block, but I also need a 
> config setting to allow admin to choose to display or not this block, 
> plus 2 more settings to choose side and block order.
>
> Would there be a preferred solution for centralized management of blocks?
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> 2012/3/4 Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net>:
>> Maybe the best spot for the Emergency Rescue Tool would be the 
>> install directory (with a link to it on the main install page). The 
>> install script doesn't break when the site goes down so it should 
>> still be accessible and it will get deleted once the site is running 
>> and the user removes the install directory.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
>> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Tom
>> Sent: March-04-12 8:51 AM
>> To: 'Geeklog Development'
>> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.9.0 update
>>
>>>> So we really need to get the plugin authors on board for this one.
>>
>> I posted this a couple of weeks ago in the mailing list about my 
>> thoughts on
>> this:
>>
>> Geeklog has changed the way it handles topics and how they are 
>> assigned to stories and blocks in 1.9.0. For most plugins this should 
>> not
> affect them.
>> While Geeklog 1.9.0 will not be released for a couple of months I 
>> wanted to give the developers a heads up on what has changed.  When 
>> the RC is released I will also be posting this information on 
>> Geeklog.net
>>
>> For plugins that create blocks or manipulate blocks within the blocks 
>> table there could be problems. If your plugin supports center blocks 
>> there could also be problems.  Upgrading a Geeklog site to 1.9.0 with 
>> plugins that are currently installed that do this could cause the 
>> site not to function. These plugins should be disabled before 
>> upgrading Geeklog.  I also wonder if we should include a version of 
>> Suprsidr's Geeklog Emergency Rescue Tool along with this release in 
>> case a webmaster has problems. (with Suprsidr permission of course)
>>
>> http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/20100222022417548
>>
>> Anyways, I am currently modifying the Geeklog Fourm to support 
>> Geeklog 1.9.0. Here is what I have found:
>>
>> Since topic assignments for blocks are now stored in the topic 
>> assignment table installing Geeklog 1.9.0 will break the forum (the 
>> forum attempts to use the topic column in the blocks table which does 
>> not exist anymore). The forum has 2 blocks. The forum menu which gets 
>> enabled and disabled and the latest forum posts block. After looking 
>> at the code the best/easiest way to fix this issue while still 
>> supporting Geeklog 1.6.0+ is to make these blocks dynamic. See:
> http://wiki.geeklog.net/index.php/Dynamic_Blocks.
>>
>> The forum also has an issue with the center block. It attempts to 
>> check the stories table to see if it is featured for the current 
>> topic so it knows where to place the forum center block (above or 
>> below the story). This causes a sql error since story topic 
>> assignments are now stored in the topic assignment table. I may 
>> create a new Geeklog plugin function call for this so plugins can get 
>> a true or false answer instead of having the plugin itself querying these
tables.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
>> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dirk 
>> Haun
>> Sent: March-04-12 5:16 AM
>> To: Geeklog Development
>> Subject: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.9.0 update
>>
>> I have a feeling that the 1.9.0 release will cause a lot of breakage, 
>> especially with plugins. I've been running into all sorts of small 
>> issues all morning .
>>
>> For example, the Forum plugin fails to install due to the use of the
'tid'
>> field when adding a block. The MySQLi class is more picky about 
>> things than the old MySQL class, which also seems to affect some 
>> plugins (including the Polls plugin, which did call 
>> mysql_real_escape_string() directly in the plugin upgrade code
somewhere).
>>
>>
>> So we really need to get the plugin authors on board for this one.
>>
>> We also need to make it really clear this time that there may be 
>> issues when trying out early versions - including the risk of the 
>> site no longer working due to plugin incompatibilities.
>>
>> Any thoughts on how to best approach this?
>>
>> bye, Dirk
>>
>>
>> --
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