Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Buffistas Building a Better Board ++

Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


Tom Scola - Nov 30, 2016 5:47:28 am PST #3859 of 4671
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Another big issue is that after the PHP upgrade in January, all new database records that are created are encoded as UTF-8, whereas all previous database records were Latin-1. So if you go back and read any old posts, you will see a lot of ⬧s.

I was thinking of writing a script to go through and update all the old records and reencoding any that aren't just plain ascii to utf-8. (I did this manually already for a few things like the quotes, and § ita §'s username. The main problem being that it would take a long time to complete (weeks or even months), and there is the possibility I could fuck up the board's database.


Jessica - Nov 30, 2016 8:17:13 am PST #3860 of 4671
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Buffista product tenets:

All planning poker must be done with kittens.

After planning, post-its must be copied on to the sprint board using a system of different colored pens.

Anyone who suggests building an experience map will be staked.


Jon B. - Nov 30, 2016 9:44:39 am PST #3861 of 4671
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I've added some issues, investigating the logging out issue, fixing a concerning security flaw, and coming up with a plan for a better mobile experience.

Gud: Do you have the keys to ftp/ssh? i.e. Can you pull updates to the main site?


Calli - Nov 30, 2016 11:09:38 am PST #3862 of 4671
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

No Kanban? Y'all gotta work the Kanban.


amych - Nov 30, 2016 2:49:23 pm PST #3863 of 4671
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Buffista product tenets:

These would honestly make my daily standup a million times more fun. And I already do all my estimating with giant foam D&D dice as a (manager-approved) statement of how silly I find the whole thing.


-t - Nov 30, 2016 3:45:32 pm PST #3864 of 4671
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And I already do all my estimating with giant foam D&D dice

That is genius.


Gudanov - Nov 30, 2016 8:02:48 pm PST #3865 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping

Gud: Do you have the keys to ftp/ssh? i.e. Can you pull updates to the main site?

I have nothing.


Laura - Dec 01, 2016 3:41:13 am PST #3866 of 4671
Our wings are not tired.

I don't seem to be able to register a new user. Brendon wanted to join so he could talk tech, but we get the error screen when we try.

He is actually super hesitant to join because he considers it my playground and is big on privacy and stuff, but I assured him I would make blinvisible all my posts complaining about and trashing him.


Gudanov - Dec 01, 2016 5:38:58 am PST #3867 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping

I would check that, but I can't log out. Once I've got things running locally, then I can see what is broke.


Laura - Dec 01, 2016 6:20:19 am PST #3868 of 4671
Our wings are not tired.

I can log out when I uncheck 'remember me' in the profile. I tried adding the user on his machine that isn't logged in as anyone, and on mine logging out and trying register.