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2018-11-17

06:05 PM Bug #10722 (Resolved): StatPress performance & migrate to per-site Google Analytics
We disabled StatPress for new users some time ago, but for existing users, it's a true beast. The database tables are... Boone Gorges
05:59 PM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
I've run the scripts on the following tables:
- postmeta https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/976af...
Boone Gorges
10:41 AM Bug #10721 (Resolved): Site template description not visible on iOS
Using iPhone, only see template screenshots in selector, no descriptive text or links to demos. Lots of white space b... Luke Waltzer
10:39 AM Feature #10712: Open Site Template demo links in new window?
Think js warning plus instruction on how to open in new window would do the trick Luke Waltzer
10:33 AM Feature #10712: Open Site Template demo links in new window?
We could add one of those "you are about to leave the page" JS warnings if someone has entered something into the for... Boone Gorges
10:31 AM Feature #10712: Open Site Template demo links in new window?
Yes— I’m aware of accessibility issues and best practices here... but are we asking people to enter information (site... Luke Waltzer
10:13 AM Feature #10712: Open Site Template demo links in new window?
I agree that we should not open links in new windows. I was a big fan of target="_blank" in the early days of the web... Matt Gold
08:20 AM Bug #10720: GES email queue triggers many failed user lookups
adding Ray as a watcher Boone Gorges
08:17 AM Bug #10720 (Resolved): GES email queue triggers many failed user lookups
When BP sends emails, it sets the From and Reply-To field using the BP_Email_Recipient class. We (in RBE and in bp-cu... Boone Gorges

2018-11-16

10:06 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Luke - I've opened #10712 to discuss it. Boone Gorges
09:57 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Boone-- did we discuss opening links to Demo sites via the Site Template picker in a new window? Might make sense in ... Luke Waltzer
10:06 AM Feature #10712: Open Site Template demo links in new window?
From https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/9943#note-30:
> did we discuss opening links to Demo sites via the Site Te...
Boone Gorges
10:03 AM Feature #10712 (Resolved): Open Site Template demo links in new window?
Boone Gorges

2018-11-15

04:47 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
I feel like the Commons has just gotten a really good scrubbing with a hard-bristle brush. Thank you so much for clea... Matt Gold
12:31 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Quick follow-up related to the update_metadata() issue - I tracked it down to pressforward. More details https://gith... Boone Gorges
12:11 PM Bug #10564 (Resolved): PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
I have fixed many more instances. See https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/search?q=10564&type=Commits.
Lo...
Boone Gorges
01:52 PM Support #10709 (Resolved): PressForward theme activation
Sure thing. I've enabled the theme for that site, but have *not* activated it - I'll leave that for you to do yoursel... Boone Gorges
01:50 PM Support #10709 (Resolved): PressForward theme activation
Can the pressforward theme be activated for this website:
sejungsageyim.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Paul Hebert
12:04 PM Bug #10705 (Resolved): SimplePie throws many errors on PHP 7.2
Added in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/ba4a86493c88e73d210d46041e6b126ad0437f7b. Seems to be wo... Boone Gorges
11:47 AM Bug #10702: Plugin Package tag appearing incorrectly at top of plugins.php
Awesome - thanks, Ray! Boone Gorges
12:40 AM Bug #10702 (Resolved): Plugin Package tag appearing incorrectly at top of plugins.php
Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/427d3217e28fe97a0171c175a0e789cbced7eec0
The problem ...
Raymond Hoh
12:15 AM Bug #10702: Plugin Package tag appearing incorrectly at top of plugins.php
Hi Boone, can you see if you pulled the latest changes from the @cac-plugin-packages@ submodule on production?
I f...
Raymond Hoh
11:43 AM Bug #10706 (Resolved): bp-multiple-forum-post triggers query loop on AJAX heartbeat
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/bp-multiple-forum-post/commit/74b7c368b682d30733a88eca69fc7b0e4417835a looks... Boone Gorges
11:39 AM Bug #10706 (Resolved): bp-multiple-forum-post triggers query loop on AJAX heartbeat
Previously: #6746
Something about the way that BP's AJAX heartbeat activity query works causes bp-multiple-forum-p...
Boone Gorges
12:54 AM Feature #10659: Post to multiple groups via email
> One thing I wonder about -- to what extent should we be worried about the spam issue? should there be some mechanis... Raymond Hoh

2018-11-14

11:10 PM Bug #10705 (Resolved): SimplePie throws many errors on PHP 7.2
See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36669. This will likely never be fixed in WP, so I'm going to put in place... Boone Gorges
11:04 PM Bug #10704 (Resolved): the-events-calendar filling error log due to bad database queries
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/902df21471cfdb34abc5f049d5ad6a8576162d0f This seems to solve it. ... Boone Gorges
11:02 PM Bug #10704 (Resolved): the-events-calendar filling error log due to bad database queries
I've opened a support issue describing it: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-due-to-incorrect-postme... Boone Gorges
07:00 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
A number of themes have been completely removed as part of this initiative in conjunction with #10034. See https://re... Boone Gorges
06:58 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
I've completed the process for themes:
- arras-theme https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/623b5f78d...
Boone Gorges
03:19 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Thank you, Boone! Matt Gold
03:00 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
A bunch more updates. Some are hotfixes (as in the case of abandoned plugins). Some are cases where I've determined t... Boone Gorges
03:53 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Things seem to have cleared up for me as well. Apologies for the delay, and thanks, Paul for checking your feeds. Man... Lisa Rhody
12:55 PM Bug #9068 (Resolved): PHP 7.2 compatibility
Closing in favor of #10564 Boone Gorges
12:55 PM Bug #10701: Site creation performance
I've verified the wp_installing() change - it cuts the number of queries in half - and pushed it to production https:... Boone Gorges
11:32 AM Bug #10701 (Resolved): Site creation performance
Performance during site creation is abysmally slow. This is largely because of database i/o: large numbers of tables ... Boone Gorges
11:44 AM Bug #10702 (Resolved): Plugin Package tag appearing incorrectly at top of plugins.php
At https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s I'm seeing a "Plugin Packages: Mu... Boone Gorges
10:35 AM Bug #9235 (Resolved): Better RBE error messaging when duplicate content is detected
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Design/UX #4350 (Resolved): Option to exit 'Create a Group' setup
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Feature #9942 (Resolved): Plugin Packages
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Feature #9940 (Resolved): CUNY OneSearch widget
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Feature #9939 (Resolved): Campus branding widget
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Feature #9938 (Resolved): License widget
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Design/UX #9651 (Resolved): Leaving site w/ multiple users
Boone Gorges
10:34 AM Feature #7112 (Resolved): Add Copyright option/question to users on blog creation wizard
Boone Gorges

2018-11-13

05:42 PM Bug #10700: White screen: page not loading/rendering
Awesome, thanks Boone! Laurie Hurson
05:37 PM Bug #10700 (Resolved): White screen: page not loading/rendering
Thanks for the report. It looks like there was an error in this morning's release that led to some Anthologize files ... Boone Gorges
05:25 PM Bug #10700 (Resolved): White screen: page not loading/rendering
Hi Boone,
One of the faculty members I worked with in the past emailed me this afternoon asking if her site was do...
Laurie Hurson
05:32 PM Bug #10560 (Resolved): PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Thanks, Paul. Not sure what I can do about the slowness of fetching. Latency is likely due to the slowness of fetchin... Boone Gorges
03:32 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
It looks like it's working for me.
It's still incredibly slow, though.
Paul Hebert
11:15 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Lisa, could you please check to see whether importing is working properly, and report back when you get a chance? Boone Gorges
03:05 PM Design/UX #10439: Create Style Guide for Commons
Thanks for sharing the initial research, Sonja! I've added Ray as a watcher, as he may have opinions regarding implem... Boone Gorges
09:07 AM Design/UX #10439: Create Style Guide for Commons
For this project I'm looking to create a living style guide (incl. pattern library) – it will be driven by design, bu... Sonja Leix
02:30 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
One more post-release todo for me that I forgot to mention: changing the privacy level of the demo sites, so that the... Boone Gorges
02:28 PM Feature #9943 (Resolved): Site templates
Thanks, Luke - this is great.
The "Site Layout" section on cdev's https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/sites/create/ now re...
Boone Gorges
02:15 PM Feature #9801: Add courses item to main Commons nav
Boone Gorges wrote:
> In Anna's case, the issue is likely that the groups are hidden. The Courses directory, in this...
Matt Gold
02:13 PM Feature #9801 (Resolved): Add courses item to main Commons nav
Marking resolved in advance of tomorrow's release. Boone Gorges
02:12 PM Feature #9801: Add courses item to main Commons nav
In Anna's case, the issue is likely that the groups are hidden. The Courses directory, in this iteration, won't show ... Boone Gorges
11:44 AM Bug #10675 (Resolved): NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
Tentatively closing. Boone Gorges
11:16 AM Bug #10332 (Rejected): Dropped from Commons group
Unfortunately, we only recently started adding the kind of logging info we'd need to be able to debug this further. G... Boone Gorges
11:10 AM Design/UX #10658: Condense sitewide footer
Tentatively putting into 1.15 but we may consider moving back, depending on implementation details. Boone Gorges
11:04 AM Bug #10581 (Rejected): Commons seems quite slow today
Thanks, Raffi. We're undergoing a process of identifying latency issues. See eg #10684 and related performance tickets. Boone Gorges
11:02 AM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
I've integrated into the CircleCI setup. https://circleci.com/gh/cuny-academic-commons/cac/tree/1%2E13%2Ex (I had to ... Boone Gorges
10:51 AM Feature #9942: Plugin Packages
> I just noticed that the Plug In Package picker has Lorem Ipsum text in the description field immediately below the ... Raymond Hoh
09:36 AM Feature #9942: Plugin Packages
I just noticed that the Plug In Package picker has Lorem Ipsum text in the description field immediately below the he... Stephen Real
10:50 AM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
Thanks for the sanity check, Ray!
Last night, I ran the conversion script for _options tables, and then put https:...
Boone Gorges
10:45 AM Bug #10682 (Resolved): DiRT Directory Client runs unneeded database queries
This seems to take care of the worst offenders. Boone Gorges

2018-11-12

11:02 AM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
> Ray, could I ask you to do a review of what I've done so far?
Thanks for the well-researched post, Boone.
Th...
Raymond Hoh
10:09 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Scott was able to access the site and make the changes. Demos are now populated with content, visibility set to "Disc... Luke Waltzer

2018-11-11

10:08 PM Feature #9801: Add courses item to main Commons nav
Hi Boone,
One note. I spoke to a colleague Anna Akasoy, last week who told me that she is teaching a few courses o...
Matt Gold

2018-11-10

12:56 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Quick follow-up - there may have been a cloning issue with roles not being copied properly - please give another quic... Boone Gorges
12:52 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Luke/Scott - Can you please let me know what you mean by "edit"? Exactly what are you doing, and exactly what are you... Boone Gorges
09:00 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Boone: Scott is reporting that though he's an admin on https://academic-portfolio-template-demo.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ ... Luke Waltzer

2018-11-09

10:39 PM Bug #10675: NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/c9d582f4009ae8840dd48918b9f038725d3bf048 is a more permanent work... Boone Gorges
06:53 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Oh! sorry... my misunderstanding! Lisa Rhody
06:49 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Hi Lisa - I've already ported the change to the Commons (that's what I meant in comment 8 above). Please let us know ... Boone Gorges
06:38 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Thanks, Boone and Ray. We have a couple projects waiting on the fix, and I'm glad to hear that there's a short term s... Lisa Rhody
02:31 PM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
I was seeing lots of instances of this fatal in the error logs, so I've applied the fix from the PressForward repo as... Boone Gorges
04:13 PM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
wp_bp_activity is another high-impact place to make this change, since it's a single table, and is updated frequently. Boone Gorges
12:32 PM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
Ray, could I ask you to do a review of what I've done so far? Two things:
1. I wrote a script that converts all op...
Boone Gorges
04:07 PM Bug #10686 (Resolved): BuddyPress Docs should limit activity filtering to cases where activity scope includes Docs types
Implemented in https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-docs/issues/645 and merged into the Comons in https://githu... Boone Gorges
03:28 PM Feature #10687: Stop mirroring BP last_activity to usermeta
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/c88ba8bddfff0fa32a847b2c7858201c9b29805b Boone Gorges
03:11 PM Feature #10687 (Resolved): Stop mirroring BP last_activity to usermeta
This was an easy win so I went ahead and implemented. Boone Gorges
02:38 PM Bug #10690 (Resolved): wp-post-to-pdf should use writeable cache location
Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/34e46ca7e85a6ba29c15330b46d22b709a63a1de Boone Gorges
02:38 PM Bug #10690 (Resolved): wp-post-to-pdf should use writeable cache location
The wp-post-to-pdf plugin (which has been abandoned for some time) uses tcpdf, which needs a cache location for thing... Boone Gorges
02:26 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
In https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/77ddf400f6dc9e81a8b85faef48970f59de9e7fc I added a composer se... Boone Gorges
02:22 PM Bug #10689 (Resolved): Featured Image Error
Hi Chloe - Thanks for the report. This is due to an incompatibility between the GalleryPress plugin and some recent s... Boone Gorges
12:00 PM Bug #10689 (Resolved): Featured Image Error
I get a HTTP error message when try to set a featured image for posts on the GC Art History Commons page. Screenshot ... Chloe Wyma
10:28 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Thanks, Luke.
I've cloned all content and settings in the following cases:
teaching-template -> teaching-template...
Boone Gorges
09:19 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Ok, Teaching Template is done. Please clone https://teaching-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ to https://teaching-templ... Luke Waltzer

2018-11-08

10:45 PM Feature #10684: We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
I've done some thinking and research about how this might be best effected, and I have a couple notes to jot down.
...
Boone Gorges
05:42 PM Feature #10684 (Resolved): We should short-circuit wpdb charset check
Looking over the processlist log, I see that there is some correspondence between (a) moments when there are many 'sl... Boone Gorges
09:06 PM Feature #10687 (Resolved): Stop mirroring BP last_activity to usermeta
Our usermeta table is bloated, and writing to it takes a (relatively) long time. Let's implement https://buddypress.t... Boone Gorges
05:55 PM Bug #10686 (Resolved): BuddyPress Docs should limit activity filtering to cases where activity scope includes Docs types
See #10685. The same is true of Docs. See bp_docs_access_protection_for_activity_feed(). Boone Gorges
05:50 PM Bug #10685 (Resolved): Social Paper activity filter should only apply when activity scope includes SP types
Social Paper filters activity queries to ensure that items related to private SPs are not included in activity stream... Boone Gorges
05:43 PM Bug #10679 (Rejected): Site response time
Thanks, Scott. This is part of ongoing performance issues, which we're monitoring and attempting to debug. Nothing to... Boone Gorges
02:37 PM Bug #10679: Site response time
Response time is now much better. Nov 8 - 2:30 PM scott voth
01:54 PM Bug #10679 (Rejected): Site response time
I have noticed both yesterday and today that the site has long response times. For example, Nov. 8th from 1:30 to 2:0... scott voth
05:13 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
wordpress-thread-comment: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/40af153b040305b0ce528bbb47dc9d6980ab0a3b Boone Gorges
05:11 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Here's one from bdpress: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/ffd40d2d9c0100f23e92456b9ba81be7ed2daa90 Boone Gorges
04:07 PM Bug #10682: DiRT Directory Client runs unneeded database queries
DDC hides the user tab when the displayed user has no tools. https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/0fe5... Boone Gorges
04:03 PM Bug #10682 (Resolved): DiRT Directory Client runs unneeded database queries
I'll see if I can narrow some down and eliminate. Boone Gorges
04:07 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Boone-- https://academic-portfolio-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu is ready for cloning to https://academic-portfolio-te... Luke Waltzer
03:54 PM Feature #10681 (Resolved): Avoid domain mapping database query for *.commons.gc.cuny.edu domains
Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/db8399518d6a00b897a594f721bbc3b1e1ba155a Boone Gorges
03:52 PM Feature #10681 (Resolved): Avoid domain mapping database query for *.commons.gc.cuny.edu domains
The very first database query run on every pageload is to the domain mapping table, which determines whether the curr... Boone Gorges
03:36 PM Bug #10680 (Resolved): wp_bp_activity table has extra 'component' index
Looking into some other issues, I see that the wp_bp_activity table has a component_name index (which is provided by ... Boone Gorges
01:19 PM Support #10657: child theme problems
Thanks, Marilyn. I've created her account and added her as a watcher here. Boone Gorges
12:12 PM Support #10657: child theme problems
She would like to be added to Redmine. I let Matt know on the ZD ticket, and here's her contact info in case you'd li... Marilyn Weber
11:30 AM Bug #10678: Newsletter Plugin Not Sending Out Newsletters
Hi Mark - Thanks very much for the additional info, which helps me narrow down what's happening.
We do not use WP'...
Boone Gorges
07:23 AM Bug #10678: Newsletter Plugin Not Sending Out Newsletters
When I say "again" I am simply referring to the fact that my last bug report was in reference to the same plugin.
...
Mark Webb
10:21 AM Support #10663: Access "Trash"
Hi Kristen - Thanks fo the follow-up. I still don't see anything in the database indicating a page called 'open-acces... Boone Gorges

2018-11-07

10:03 PM Bug #10678 (Reporter Feedback): Newsletter Plugin Not Sending Out Newsletters
Hi Mark - I am unfamiliar with the way that this Newsletter plugin works. Could you please provide me with more speci... Boone Gorges
09:56 PM Bug #10678 (Reporter Feedback): Newsletter Plugin Not Sending Out Newsletters
Hi,
The Newletter plugin for the CPCP website (https://cpcp.commons.gc.cuny.edu) is again having issues. Newslette...
Mark Webb
05:29 PM Bug #10675: NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
Interesting. Thanks, Boone, for this continuing work Matt Gold
05:05 PM Bug #10675: NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
The Freemius tool seems kind of icky generally. In https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/3a8add2802f596... Boone Gorges
03:46 PM Bug #10675: NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
Hotfixes:
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/1a89462e0d091490653f22569c7d8b17bdaa8371
https://gith...
Boone Gorges
03:40 PM Bug #10675 (Resolved): NextGEN Gallery and other tools using "Freemius" cause excessive db i/o
Spotted while examining recent performance issues: Plugins that use the Freemius library https://github.com/Freemius/... Boone Gorges
09:02 AM Support #10663: Access "Trash"
Hi Boone,
I'm just following up because this is the exact URL i'm looking for: https://gcdidev.commons.gc.cuny.edu...
Kristen Hackett

2018-11-06

12:13 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
... Luke Waltzer
12:03 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Luke, thanks very much for the update.
Your plan sounds good to me. To be clear, I assume you mean that each of 't...
Boone Gorges
10:51 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Just an update on where we are with this process; Boone, please let us know if you see any red flags.
Paul and I...
Luke Waltzer
11:08 AM Bug #10665 (Resolved): Runaway database queries triggered by some BPGES queue events
Updated in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/7c756ab6909104df5fbea180862163d14affd6eb Boone Gorges
11:05 AM Bug #10665 (Resolved): Runaway database queries triggered by some BPGES queue events
See https://github.com/boonebgorges/buddypress-group-email-subscription/issues/158
I'm going to port the most rece...
Boone Gorges
11:05 AM Design/UX #10658: Condense sitewide footer
Thanks, Sonja!
Matt Gold
10:40 AM Design/UX #10658: Condense sitewide footer
I'll take a stab at this to make sure the condensed footer looks good on smaller devices too. Sonja Leix
08:27 AM Feature #10659: Post to multiple groups via email
Thank you, Ray. I could use this functionality on an almost daily basis, because I am often, for instance, sending up... Matt Gold
02:39 AM Feature #10659: Post to multiple groups via email
It's possible, but it will require some changes to RBE to allow multiple "To" addresses.
Currently, only one "To" ...
Raymond Hoh

2018-11-05

05:02 PM Support #10663 (Rejected): Access "Trash"
Sounds good. Thanks! Boone Gorges
04:47 PM Support #10663: Access "Trash"
Hi Boone,
I myself am not too sure what happened.. - but I assumed I had put it in the trash and that's why I coul...
Kristen Hackett
04:40 PM Support #10663 (Reporter Feedback): Access "Trash"
Hi Kristen - I think you have *access* to "Trash", it's just not appearing in this case because you have no pages wit... Boone Gorges
04:14 PM Support #10663 (Rejected): Access "Trash"
Hi Boone,
I'm trying to recover a page from the trash on the site: gcdidev.commons.gc.cuny.edu
I believe the pa...
Kristen Hackett
02:27 PM Support #10657 (Reporter Feedback): child theme problems
Thanks, Marilyn. Some responses below. Please let Alison know that she's welcome to participate directly here on Redm... Boone Gorges

2018-11-04

12:44 PM Feature #10659 (Duplicate): Post to multiple groups via email
Increasingly, I have announcements that I need to post to multiple groups. Though we have an interface that allows us... Matt Gold
12:00 PM Design/UX #10658 (Resolved): Condense sitewide footer
Perhaps this should wait for our redesign, but in the interest of improving the site in the meantime, I wonder if the... Matt Gold

2018-11-03

06:27 PM Support #10657 (Abandoned): child theme problems
Alison Slon, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Technology at BMCC, has written to Zendesk with the follow... Marilyn Weber

2018-11-02

01:58 PM Feature #9801: Add courses item to main Commons nav
A brief update to note that Matt's assistants completed the review of courses earlier this week. This morning, I wrot... Boone Gorges
10:27 AM Support #10606 (Resolved): problems with testing environment
Thanks, Marilyn! Boone Gorges

2018-11-01

08:59 PM Support #10606: problems with testing environment
Feel free to close this now, thanks again! Marilyn Weber
03:36 PM Bug #10654 (Resolved): Trashing bbPress item can cause one zillion db queries
A request to
[REQUEST_URI] => /groups/[groupname]/forum/topic/post-transcripts-indexes-here/?action=bbp_toggle_...
Boone Gorges
01:33 PM Publicity #10647 (Resolved): Add JTD to list of Publications on the Commmons
Hi - This has been added. scott voth

2018-10-31

09:34 PM Publicity #10647 (Resolved): Add JTD to list of Publications on the Commmons
Hi Scott --
can you please add this new journal to the list of publications on the CAC? Thank you!
https://comm...
Matt Gold
05:06 PM Feature #9939: Campus branding widget
Thank you for testing, Scott! I don't want to try making per-theme adjustments this late in the game, but let's defin... Boone Gorges
02:17 PM Feature #9939: Campus branding widget
Just tested and looks great. Using 2012 theme, the brand might look better if it was left aligned, but that can be d... scott voth
05:06 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Thanks, Scott! The behavior is expected - the academic portfolio template currently on cdev only has Jetpack activate... Boone Gorges
02:20 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Jetpack was the only plugin that was automatically activated when I tested the Academic portfolio. Not sure if an iss... scott voth
04:51 PM Bug #10645 (Resolved): Facebook link in groups
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Gina. Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/f3d2277... Boone Gorges
11:32 AM Bug #10645 (Resolved): Facebook link in groups
I just attempted to add the CETLS Facebook page to the BMCC CETLS group. I added our Facebook id and the Commons gene... Gina Cherry
10:16 AM Bug #10605: cac-onboarding email sending routine can cause near-infinite db requests
Deployed! Let's see what happens. Boone Gorges

2018-10-30

10:49 PM Bug #10605: cac-onboarding email sending routine can cause near-infinite db requests
> I'm tempted to deploy these changes as a hotfix. I'd do it at a time when I'll be around to catch any fatals that m... Raymond Hoh
01:02 PM Bug #10605: cac-onboarding email sending routine can cause near-infinite db requests
Thanks for having a look, Ray!
The fact that this loop only appears to occur during the deprecated mail filters is...
Boone Gorges
02:21 AM Bug #10605: cac-onboarding email sending routine can cause near-infinite db requests
> The simplest fix I can see for the Commons is to unhook `bp_core_deprecated_email_filters()`. Ray, do you see a pro... Raymond Hoh
05:07 PM Bug #10574 (Resolved): Typing an apostrophe breaks free-entry portfolio fields
Found it! I was using a bad technique for converting an HTML string to a jQuery object. https://github.com/cuny-acade... Boone Gorges
04:55 PM Bug #10595 (Resolved): Confirmation page after site creation has double footer
Thanks, Marilyn.
I found the issue, which is related to site templates. During the site cloning process, I wasn't ...
Boone Gorges
01:06 PM Bug #10633 (Duplicate): Tribe__Meta__Chunker->is_supported_post_type runaway queries
Thanks, Ray! I lean in the direction of a broader fix than just addressing the email tokens. I think we ought to swit... Boone Gorges
02:43 AM Bug #10633: Tribe__Meta__Chunker->is_supported_post_type runaway queries
> The issue here feels very close to #10605, but that other bug presumably wouldn't be addressed by the `switch_to_bl... Raymond Hoh

2018-10-29

03:23 PM Bug #10629 (Resolved): 'tags' blog tag cloud causing runaway queries
I've disabled (but not removed) the plugin in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/791d70c1cd65631a2d3... Boone Gorges
02:07 PM Bug #10629 (Resolved): 'tags' blog tag cloud causing runaway queries
From recent performance logging, I see that the tag cloud on individual posts at http://tags.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ can... Boone Gorges
03:12 PM Bug #10633: Tribe__Meta__Chunker->is_supported_post_type runaway queries
I think that this specific issue could be at least mitigated by BuddyPress. I've opened https://buddypress.trac.wordp... Boone Gorges
02:34 PM Bug #10633 (Duplicate): Tribe__Meta__Chunker->is_supported_post_type runaway queries
Two times in the last three days I've gotten emails from my long-running-request tool that indicate some sort of prob... Boone Gorges

2018-10-28

03:26 PM Bug #10595: Confirmation page after site creation has double footer
Happening for me as well. Marilyn Weber
03:24 PM Support #10606: problems with testing environment
That was it. I'll update the instructions. Marilyn Weber
07:12 AM Support #10606 (Reporter Feedback): problems with testing environment
Hi Marilyn - Make sure your /etc/hosts file is pointed at 146.96.128.252, not 146.96.128.253 (note the final 2 in pla... Boone Gorges
08:43 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Boone,
Your theory about the Hosts file is correct. I added one of the new sites to the Hosts file and Chrome starte...
Stephen Real
08:07 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
Screenshot of Chrome Window After clicking the link to a site called Green Monster. Page re-renders identically when ... Stephen Real
08:06 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
I've confirmed the activity behavior and fixed it in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac-site-templates/comm... Boone Gorges

2018-10-27

04:51 PM Bug #10356: RBE error
Belated thanks for this, Ray. the email looks good Matt Gold
03:32 PM Support #10606 (Resolved): problems with testing environment
When I change the hosts file and try to go to https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/, I get a "There is a problem with this web... Marilyn Weber
11:07 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
I'll take a look at these issues later, Steve, though at a glance, it sounds like the activity thing is a legit bug a... Boone Gorges
10:53 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
As of 10:30 on Saturday morning, I cannot get to my recently created sites (Purple Moose and Red Rooster). The sites ... Stephen Real
10:38 AM Feature #9943: Site templates
When I create a new site from a template, several posts that Paul wrote as part of creating the template, are showing... Stephen Real

2018-10-26

03:02 PM Bug #10605 (Resolved): cac-onboarding email sending routine can cause near-infinite db requests
Here's an odd query loop coming out of one of my debugging tools:... Boone Gorges
02:51 PM Bug #10604 (Resolved): bbPress forum edit screen causes excessive queries
Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/111ca0c0ec6431ee0ca6b114b3be5769b0e3222f and deployed as... Boone Gorges
02:47 PM Bug #10604 (Resolved): bbPress forum edit screen causes excessive queries
bbPress puts a "Forum" dropdown on the topic edit panel, which is customized for BP. See https://bbpress.trac.wordpre... Boone Gorges
02:07 PM Support #9886: cuny.is SSL
cuny.is is now SSL-only, so we're all set here. https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/db380aa0d5babfc19... Boone Gorges

2018-10-25

05:29 PM Feature #9943: Site templates
Ray, I've added some integration with cac-plugin-packages: https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac-site-template... Boone Gorges
10:24 AM Feature #9943 (In Progress): Site templates
Implementation note (to self and Ray) that at least one template site must have a plugin package activated (Teaching ... Boone Gorges
02:59 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
Boone Gorges wrote:
> By "all sites" I mean that the toolbar is visible across all subsites in the network. So, for ...
Sonja Leix
01:46 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
Click events anywhere on the toolbar are registered as the same sorts of events in GA, but we know which specific ite... Boone Gorges
01:44 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
the admin bar also has two parts -- the part aligned to the left, which replicates the main site nav bar, and the par... Matt Gold
01:38 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
By "all sites" I mean that the toolbar is visible across all subsites in the network. So, for example, at https://gce... Boone Gorges
01:35 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
Thanks Boone for these insights! Very interesting indeed!
For a future nav design considerations it would be intere...
Sonja Leix
02:40 PM Design/UX #10598: CUNY User Surveys
Matt Gold wrote:
> Hi Sonja -- here is a link to discussion forum threads in our team related to surveys. https://co...
Sonja Leix
02:31 PM Design/UX #10598: CUNY User Surveys
Hi Sonja -- here is a link to discussion forum threads in our team related to surveys. https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/gr... Matt Gold
02:30 PM Design/UX #10598: CUNY User Surveys
Stephen shared:
*2016 Survey presentation* – Here is a presentation that was published with an analysis of the resu...
Sonja Leix
02:29 PM Design/UX #10598: CUNY User Surveys
Stephen shared:
*2016 Commons Survey* – This analysis of the survey is more granular than the previous document I s...
Sonja Leix
02:27 PM Design/UX #10598 (Resolved): CUNY User Surveys
I'm simply creating this ticket to start a list of relevant CUNY user surveys that have been conducted in the past an... Sonja Leix
02:35 PM Feature #10576 (Resolved): plugin needed for ESRI Story Map
Thanks for sharing these details, Olivia.
The plugin you've linked seems way more complex than what you need. That...
Boone Gorges
02:03 PM Bug #10588 (Resolved): Missing social icons in Lucid Theme
Thanks for the report, Jessica.
It looks like this is a bug in the Lucid theme that only became evident with a Com...
Boone Gorges
01:44 PM Bug #10597 (Resolved): cuny.is admin unavailable
It works now. thanks. I think I may have seen a Db restart notice from IT, so maybe it had something to do with that.... Matt Gold
01:43 PM Bug #10597 (Reporter Feedback): cuny.is admin unavailable
I'm not seeing the same thing. I can access cuny.is/admin without a problem. I see two possibilities:
1. It was a ...
Boone Gorges
11:19 AM Bug #10597 (Resolved): cuny.is admin unavailable
it looks to me like the administrative interface for cuny.is is unavailable, likely due to recent work on the server ... Matt Gold
01:17 PM Feature #9942: Plugin Packages
Raymond Hoh wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback, Sonja. I've added the "i" info icon to the dashboard widget.
Thank...
Sonja Leix
10:34 AM Feature #9942: Plugin Packages
> I wonder if the notice "Some plugins are inactive..." on the dashboard widget will grab admin's attention the way i... Raymond Hoh
10:18 AM Bug #10595 (Resolved): Confirmation page after site creation has double footer
Not sure if this is happening on production, but noted on cdev. See screenshot.
If this is an easy fix, I'll put i...
Boone Gorges

2018-10-24

06:21 PM Feature #10421: Creative Commons license needs to be updated?
Thanks, Boone. The thing that's tricky about this is that we should probably let all members know if there is a chang... Matt Gold
12:33 PM Feature #10421: Creative Commons license needs to be updated?
Bumping this ticket - Matt, could you review Ray's comment above and let us know what you think needs to be changed? ... Boone Gorges
06:10 PM Feature #10229: Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
very interesting. thank you, Boone. Matt Gold
12:29 PM Feature #10229 (Resolved): Remove 1 item from main nav bar when we add courses
Circling back with some info that we've gathered from our new custom Analytics events. I wish we'd done this a while ... Boone Gorges
04:44 PM Bug #10588 (Resolved): Missing social icons in Lucid Theme
We are using Lucid for https://jtds.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ (site is still in development, but I can grant admin access ... Jessica Murray
01:08 PM Bug #10581 (Rejected): Commons seems quite slow today
Slower than usual. Raffi Khatchadourian
12:34 PM Feature #502 (Duplicate): Create Site Templates
This ticket has merged with #9943, so let's continue discussion there. Boone Gorges
12:32 PM Feature #10226: Add "My Courses" to drop down list
We'll have to address some of the conceptual questions about course "membership" before moving forward with this. Boone Gorges
12:29 PM Design/UX #10580 (New): Primary nav item review
This is primarily about the main nav under the Commons logo throughout the main site, but probably also affects the "... Boone Gorges

2018-10-23

11:58 PM Feature #10576 (Resolved): plugin needed for ESRI Story Map
Hi Boone!
I would like to embed an ESRI Story map into an article on the GCDI Tagging the Tower Site (https://dig...
Olivia Ildefonso
02:01 PM Design/UX #4350: Option to exit 'Create a Group' setup
thanks, Sonja! Matt Gold
12:46 PM Design/UX #4350: Option to exit 'Create a Group' setup
Matt Gold wrote:
> Thank you, Ray! this looks good to me. I've added Sonja as a watcher and temporarily assigned thi...
Sonja Leix
10:36 AM Design/UX #4350: Option to exit 'Create a Group' setup
Thank you, Ray! this looks good to me. I've added Sonja as a watcher and temporarily assigned this issue to her for h... Matt Gold
04:22 AM Design/UX #4350 (In Progress): Option to exit 'Create a Group' setup
Resurrecting this one since it's an easy win.
I've implemented the "Cancel" button during the group creation proce...
Raymond Hoh
11:48 AM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Let's keep this open as they trickle in over the next week or two. Boone Gorges
11:47 AM Bug #10356 (Resolved): RBE error
About to ship this. Thanks, Ray. Boone Gorges
11:47 AM Bug #10553 (Resolved): File category view persists after clicking away
buddypress-group-documents uses a cookie to save this setting (or, at least, our fork does). I've added some logic th... Boone Gorges
11:36 AM Support #10529 (Resolved): Plugin Request - https://wordpress.org/plugins/sign-up-sheets/
Added in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/be474badcf66bb81e5e55ae3a4f5f2f0d76eb47b. It will be ava... Boone Gorges
11:35 AM Feature #10354: Opt out of Having a Profile Page
Added Sonja as a watcher. We need to settle some conceptual questions about what it means to be a Commons member etc ... Boone Gorges
10:52 AM Bug #10363 (Resolved): Domain mapping for CETLS site
Boone Gorges
10:52 AM Support #10407 (Resolved): toolbar problem
Closing due to lack of feedback. Please feel free to reopen if the problem recurs. Boone Gorges
10:51 AM Bug #10537 (Resolved): jpegs not showing
Thanks! Boone Gorges
10:51 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Thanks, Ray. It looks very likely that the fatal error is related. I'll take a bit of time to dig into PF and maybe o... Boone Gorges
09:05 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Thanks to you both, Ray and Boone, for following up! Let me know if I can help. Lisa Rhody
10:50 AM Bug #10561 (Resolved): CETLS site redirecting to GC
Sorry for not following up on Friday. A few hours after I sent the inquiry to IT, Lihua replied that they had, in fac... Boone Gorges
10:49 AM Bug #10562 (Rejected): Commons is down
Closing in favor of #10564. Boone Gorges
10:48 AM Bug #10563 (Resolved): cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
Lihua responded that he hadn't changed anything, which means I must have done it at some point. Let's close this tick... Boone Gorges
10:47 AM Bug #10565: Escape Characters show in Academic Interests on People Page
This has uncovered a more serious problem in #10574. I'm pushing it out of this release so that we can get a broader ... Boone Gorges
10:46 AM Bug #10574 (Resolved): Typing an apostrophe breaks free-entry portfolio fields
Haven't tested across browsers, but at least in Firefox:
1. Edit portfolio
2. Create 'Academic Interests' field
...
Boone Gorges

2018-10-22

06:05 PM Feature #5016: Allow comments to be posted on events
I meant to bump this last week, so bumping now.
If we want this in 1.15, let's discuss how important this feature ...
Raymond Hoh
06:02 PM Bug #9235 (Staged for Production Release): Better RBE error messaging when duplicate content is detected
> It would be really helpful though if these error message emails included the subject of the email and the forum the... Raymond Hoh
11:58 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
I came across a fatal error while debugging some PHP 7.2 stuff on Friday, but forgot to mention it.
I opened an is...
Raymond Hoh
11:13 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
For my own notes: wp-content/blogs.dir/3479/files/pressforward.log Boone Gorges
11:12 AM Bug #10560 (In Progress): PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Thanks for the report and the screenshots, Lisa. It's hard to pin down what might be happening asynchronously, so I'v... Boone Gorges
10:26 AM Bug #10560: PressForward Feed Reader hung up on TLC feed; won't retrieve other feed items
Was finally able to interrupt the feed retrieval process and start over, but it ended up hanging on another feed.
...
Lisa Rhody
11:02 AM Support #10571 (Reporter Feedback): newsletter queue problem
The DISABLE_WP_CRON message is annoying but is likely not new, and it's not clear to me that it is related to the cur... Boone Gorges
10:45 AM Support #10571 (Abandoned): newsletter queue problem
This is related to https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/10290 - Rukshana Jalil writes "I am trying to figure out why m... Marilyn Weber
10:56 AM Bug #10570: CUNY DHI landing page broken after menu bar
Thanks, Boone! Lisa Rhody
10:52 AM Bug #10570 (Resolved): CUNY DHI landing page broken after menu bar
Thanks for the report, Lisa. It does appear to be due to a PHP 7.2 incompatibility. I've fixed it in https://github.c... Boone Gorges
10:29 AM Bug #10570 (Resolved): CUNY DHI landing page broken after menu bar
The page was working fine until a new post was published. When the new post was published this morning, the rest of t... Lisa Rhody
10:41 AM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
backtype-connect caused some fatals due to incorrect use of wpdb::prepare(). Fixed in https://github.com/cuny-academi... Boone Gorges

2018-10-19

04:26 PM Feature #9942: Plugin Packages
Ray, in today's meetings, the team finalized the spec for which plugins will be included. We'd like the following cha... Boone Gorges
03:59 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Thanks, Ray.
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/66fcd9aed135fc097cde087f0c4cc1f9ee1310c6 contains...
Boone Gorges
03:32 PM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
I fixed a few other fatal errors unrelated to the PHP 7.2 upgrade that showed up in the logs:
https://github.com/cun...
Raymond Hoh
01:59 PM Bug #10564 (In Progress): PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Renamed the issue so we can track other problems with plugins and themes since the PHP 7.2 deployment.
Plugins:
-...
Raymond Hoh
11:51 AM Bug #10564 (Resolved): PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Deployed as a hotfix on production here - https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/b827169a6e77861bc966e0f... Raymond Hoh
11:48 AM Bug #10564: PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Thanks for catching this - I have already found some other bugs in a theme and put hotfixes in place. I will open a s... Boone Gorges
11:46 AM Bug #10564 (Resolved): PHP 7.2 Incompatibility Problems
Saw this in the error logs.
Sociable is one of the plugins we hide from sites that do not have it already activate...
Raymond Hoh
02:27 PM Support #10556 (Resolved): Access to PressForward Theme
Done. (It's enabled, but not activated.) Boone Gorges
01:19 PM Support #10556: Access to PressForward Theme
Let's put it on the in.commons.gc.cuny.edu website. Paul Hebert
01:29 PM Bug #10565: Escape Characters show in Academic Interests on People Page
Thanks for the report - I'll have a look. Boone Gorges
01:27 PM Bug #10565 (Resolved): Escape Characters show in Academic Interests on People Page
On the members page https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ there is escape character shown. Did not show on the person’... Chris Stein
11:38 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
Sounds good. I'll follow up with Lihua shortly. Boone Gorges
11:37 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
I didn't add the @session_save_path()@ entry. Raymond Hoh
11:33 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
I don't recall adding session_save_path() to cac-env-config.php. Did you? I wonder if Lihua did it as part of the mig... Boone Gorges
11:26 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
I looked at the server logs and saw this:... Raymond Hoh
11:25 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
Some of these are coming back after a cache flush. Boone Gorges
11:22 AM Bug #10563: cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
If you find instances, please share URLs.
https://medieval.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
https://americanstudiescp.commons...
Boone Gorges
11:18 AM Bug #10563 (Resolved): cllicking on links from site menu leads to 500 error
https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/sites/
viewing as non-logged in user
Matt Gold
11:27 AM Bug #10561 (Reporter Feedback): CETLS site redirecting to GC
Hi Gina - This should be working now. Please have a look. Boone Gorges
10:47 AM Bug #10561: CETLS site redirecting to GC
Thanks, Gina. The GC IT is undertaking a major upgrade of the server infrastructure today and I suspect this issue is... Matt Gold
10:24 AM Bug #10561 (Resolved): CETLS site redirecting to GC
The CETLS site (http://cetls.bmcc.cuny.edu, https://bmcccetls.commons.gc.cuny.edu/) is currently redirecting to the ... Gina Cherry
10:58 AM Bug #10562: Commons is down
Thanks! Marilyn Weber
10:56 AM Bug #10562: Commons is down
Hi Marilyn - The Commons is undergoing a server migration. See https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2018/10/12/system-main... Boone Gorges
10:55 AM Bug #10562 (Rejected): Commons is down
Tom Harbison submitted a Zendesk ticket ":15-10:20 various pages on the Commons were loading very slowly for me. From... Marilyn Weber
 

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