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I had found the issue, however, it really is broke. The problem is two fold: Google appears to also be crawling as if it were a mobile device, and thus search results from a mobile device will result in links to sites based on a mobile view. Due to #1, Google has cached links from a much older TapaTalk install, and through numerous updates, the welcome.php file that is in the link no longer exists.Bing doesn't appear to do this, and Yahoo uses Bing technology. If you do use Google from a mobile device, and click on a link that goes to the STEP forum, you will now receive an HTTP 404 error if it's an older cache. The way around this is to go back to Google, click settings (three vertical dots) and select "Request Desktop Site". That will update the search results and you will get the actual link to the forum instead of the very old TapaTalk cached link. Works in Chrome and Firefox browsers in Android.

Found the issue, and we are working to resolve it. No ETA.

Google is storing the URL with the smartbanner portion in the path, so I'm guessing they probably crawl the web acting like a mobile device as well, since that is the only time the taptalk smartbanner will show. Beyond that, it's likely that the smartbanner referrer portion of the Tapatalk addon is not working correctly. We'll explore options and see if we can't resolve this.

Display of BCF's was handled by a template. It's fixed now.

I've always bought OEM versions and have not had any issues with upgrading hardware. The gotcha is that at some point the automated activation over the internet will fail, but calling the 800 number to do the activation over the phone always worked. At least in the past (likely mostly still true), Microsoft used the following 8 categories for determining the hardware ID, but I've never had to re-activate due to optical or hard drive changes/additions: Display AdapterSCSI AdapterIDE AdapterNetwork Adapter (including the MAC Address)RAM Amount Range (e.g. 0-512 MB)Processor Type and Serial NumberHard Drive Device and Volume Serial NumberOptical Drive (e.g. CD-ROM)The few times I've built systems completely from scratch (versus upgrading here and there), I ended up upgrading the OS as well, so I don't have any experience in that regard. But I do a couple things to make it easier. After I do a fresh install of the OS, I update it, then image the OS drive with Clonezilla (most any imaging software will work). No additional software installs, so it is pristine minus the Microsoft security/recommended updates. Re-installing the OS is then just a matter of restoring the image, and no re-activation is required. If changing hardware, I always boot into the existing OS afterword, and let it re-activate. If the automated re-activation failed (very rare if existing OS), I would call the 800 number and be activated within 5 minutes. Then proceed with a new disk image.Likewise, I've also re-installed the OS with no changes in hardware and had not had any problems with activation.

Also check out Waterfox. 64 bit browser based on Firefox (currently my default browser). Consumes more memory than the 32 bit Firefox (Firefox: 140MB single default tab, Waterfox: 175MB single default tab), but there is a noticeable improvement in page load speed and responsiveness. All Firefox extensions work in it, and it loads from the same profile that you have been using with Firefox.

Thanks for the excellent information Greg.

Links are being sent out correctly. That is most likely a client side, or service side if you are using an e-mail service, issue. In other words, something is specifically re-writing "global&section" to be "global§ion". It's not on our end.

I updated the wiki configuration to allow members of the STEP group to see the edit source option for pages with forms. That is the preferred method for editing. Disabling this form.

Launchy is similar windows help in some ways, however far more powerful. For applications I start to type what I want too launch, and usually within 2 characters I'm off and running. The cases where that isn't unique, you get suggestions which are better than Windies search. I never use the start menu to launch anything anymore. Documents can just as Walt be managed, and everything can be designated with aliases if it makes it easier to remember. Really, you know what you want to execute, so why drill down through a large menu system, or be forced to manage icons on the desktop that add to clutter? I was a skeptic of Launchy when I first tried it out. Took me a good month of resisting for no good reason, and now it is essential to my workflow for both home and work, providing significant gains in productivity.

Easiest to maintain for the Wiki means that articles use wiki syntax. It's much easier too change the skin too reflect changes wiki-wide and pesticide consistency than it is to have to deal with massive edits due too over use of html. Templates also make things easier by keeping the more complex coding as a resource, where edits can also be applied to multiple consumers. Both of which will be supported by the visual editor, further making it more accessible to those that don't want to learn wiki syntax, but would still like too contribute. Consistency in presentation is also a key factor, though we will need to come up with a solution to support games beyond Skyrim, which will include providing alternate, and somewhat unique, styling. Templates are definitely the way to go too avoid storage messes among other things, so you're doing good.

Keep in mind that wikis that have varying styles such as aspiring different games, do so such that standard wiki text provides a consistent look and feel. That is what needs to be strived for. A visual editor will be coming probably someone soon, which will open editing to more people, mostly those that don't want to learn wiki text, much less attempt to confirm to a look by also embedding html. Wiki text should be used in articles, not html. It isn't a website engine, and we want consistency, and ease in editing for all. C complex layouts should be relegated to templates. Everyone is free to do what they want on their user pages, but main articles need consistency. Also, suggestions are always welcome for improving the main theme for layout such that everyone benefits. We'll be putting together some guidelines for the wiki soon.

I personally don't care if they change the Start Menu, or completely remove it. Launchy makes it irrelevant for me.

Great work DoubleYou. Of general note, the HighslideGallery plugin isn't intended to do the things that are being compared against here. It's function is purely for the displaying of images in a gallery when they are clicked. The look of the thumbnails in-page is up to the coder, either individually, or through templates such as this one.

No redirect enabled in that context, and there won't be one to either the forum or wiki.

Yup, makes sense.

Could you expand on what you mean by potential URL issues? Do you mean when passing them as a parameter? In general, I also like named parameters. The caveat to that is for simple templates that only take one or two parameters. Named parameters are pretty much a necessity when dealing with large templates (in terms of number of parameters that can be passed in), but I'm also a minimalist where it makes sense and prefer the road to less typing. This template would fall into my caveat bucket. It only accepts one parameter or none, and in context it still makes sense without a named parameter. Less typing is a bonus. The one thing that could be added is to accept the key word "both" along with nothing to do the full clear to provide consistency of intent. I'll also add that it's also fairly common, even for large templates, to have a mixture of both named and non-named parameters to a template. In these cases, the non-named are used to specify required arguments, and are usually small in number (say 1-3). The named parameters are then used for optional arguments.

The code you suggest DoubleYou allows any value to be passed in, not just "left" or "right", with a default case to "both". It may be less code, but it ends up allowing for bogus HTML. I don't see forcing a "method=" identifier giving any real benefit. As has been mentioned, globally replacing all occurrences can be tricky, and I don't see any significant gain when compared to folks needing to learn a new way of using it.

Not sure what happened there, but it was the apostrophe in Can't so was probably some conversion malfunction. I edited the post title and the issue is gone on my end.

The Mod forum is set to a closed system for tags, so you can only set one pre-defined prefix, and apply only the associated list of tags. I'm not sure who added the two lines you mention above, but you are right in that they need to be removed. Either that, or it is intended now for folks to apply tags adhoc, in which case the ability to add tags needs to be opened up. I'll defer to Z on what his intended plan of action is on this so this can be straightened out.

We don't have any RSS feeds setup for the forum. WIKI RSS FEEDS: Personal watchlist https://wiki.step-project.com/api.php?action=feedwatchlist New pages https://wiki.step-project.com/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&feed=rss Recent changes https://wiki.step-project.com/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss

Copy works to post images. Go to the image in your Copy folder on your desktop. Right click the image and select Copy Actions->Copy Public Link Use the copied link for the image tag.

I don't have a generic VM to share, and even if I created one it would be around 2GB. Not easy to share. It would be far easier for you to install CentOS in a VM and install Apache/PHP/MySQL for an environment. It would be easier for you to download a pre-made image with a LAMP stack installed such as this one.

No ETA.

We'll need time to play with IPB v4 before going live. Ideally, I hope default capabilities will be sufficient and we won't need to rely on an addon.