nsj0806 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Whats going on Its in the Plugins, Tutorials and Trouble shooting forums Its been going on all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguba Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 It's also been going on in the Monthly Skinning Competition thread. Quote aguba.deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 It's been dealt with, don't worry about it. It was stopped about 6 hours ago, but the forum upgrade resurrected some of the spam we had already deleted (it actually migrated the forum state from before I locked the old one, so ~1 hour worth of posts or deletion efforts were lost) Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avril CQ Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 It's been dealt with, don't worry about it.It was stopped about 6 hours ago, but the forum upgrade resurrected some of the spam we had already deleted (it actually migrated the forum state from before I locked the old one, so ~1 hour worth of posts or deletion efforts were lost) You guys must feel horrible 'bout that. -sends good vibes- Quote That graphic designer wannabe XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 You guys must feel horrible 'bout that. -sends good vibes- I feel sorry that all these weird things have happened. I pray it will not happen again. And congratulations to all moderators and to Rick, you did the right things and acted fast. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Well, I acted as soon as I woke up anyway! I just won't go to sleep ever again However, CMD and BB were online during the attack and had no real defense because being a Mod doesn't let you do things like ban IP's. They have now been promoted to admin. The forum has also been upgraded to phpBB 3, and hopefully I can fine tune the permissions and configuration better now. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Don't forget about Ash! :wink: He was online for the first two hours (2am to 4am PDT), during which time it was 2 on 2 for a while, then 2 on 4, but he needed some sleep and had to log off. Of course, it only got worse once he logged off... *shudders* Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Well, I acted as soon as I woke up anyway! I just won't go to sleep ever again However, CMD and BB were online during the attack and had no real defense because being a Mod doesn't let you do things like ban IP's. They have now been promoted to admin. The forum has also been upgraded to phpBB 3, and hopefully I can fine tune the permissions and configuration better now. As I said, thank you very much. And congrats to our new admins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I just won't go to sleep ever again And we will sit back and watch as the quality of Paint.NET slowly but surely goes downhill... Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Is this worth an entry in your blog, Rick (migration and so on)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I was thinkin' about it. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I was thinkin' about it. Well, it wouldn't be a mistake I think. I don't know, has the search engine to be changed? As I played with google custom search I had to say which sites I want to search, and the adress has changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I was thinkin' about it. I think this is a serious enough change (meaing the forum upgrade) and an iunfortunate event (spam) to merit a blog entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 You could mention the new features PHPBB3 gives users, such as the ability to flag messages for moderation. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yeah, I saw that little ! button Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 You could mention the new features PHPBB3 gives users, such as the ability to flag messages for moderation. How to do this? Via the red exclammation mark (!) down there? EDIT: Meanwhile it was answered. And I still have problems with the new forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yep. If you see an inappropriate message, you can click that button to report it as such. The mods now have a handy little moderation queue where that post will show up. This will help you help us keep the forum clean in the case that there is an inappropriate post you see before we do. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yep. If you see an inappropriate message, you can click that button to report it as such. The mods now have a handy little moderation queue where that post will show up. This will help you help us keep the forum clean in the case that there is an inappropriate post you see before we do. Nice on the one hand, able to be misused on the other. I have seen people on this forum I consider able to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 No matter how many times a report button is clicked, it only shows up on our list once. I've also noticed on profile screens, we can "warn" users. 8) Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Glad to see you back, BoltBait. And thanks for reply. Edit: As I see, the bmw mark hasn't made it yet... I will let it there, maybe it shows up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Since all the craziness is over, shouldn't this be moved to the Overflow? Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I like the little dot next to topics I've posted on. Not that I post enough to really need it, but for some reason it makes me smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidCore Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yeah, Wow, I cant seem to figure out HOW or WHY someone would do that, but Rick... Definatley a blog entry... Fake Edit, Oh Gosh! I need to teach ICEMAN how to use the new forum! *Shudder's and runs and leaps under covers of couch* What is and why isn't it on? Quote My DA | My Googlepage!| My Cursors | MY Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I don't know what [ flash ] is but it sounded annoying so I disabled it. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 allows users to embed Flash movies into their posts. Really not something I'd want. Regarding the inevitable misuse of the Flag for Moderation button: Even if someone decides to flag messages that needn't be flagged, it's still up to the moderators to decide if the message marked deserves to be edited. We will still only moderate the post that deserve it. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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