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#1 Dev Diary
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:51 pm
by stigzler
I should have done this a year and a half ago! This is a place for the trials and tribulations of software development! Of course, I can't give too much away - I don't want these other buggers nicking my ideas.
Webpages: had a bit of a result. Found some really quick and effective ways to speed up the serving of webpages in IIS. See
here for more details. I'm sure there's some more tweaks I can make to ensure the caching facility is prolonged.
#2 Good code syntax highlighter extension found for phpbb
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:54 pm
by stigzler
Here:
OxCom
Can change themes in settings + pick from many languages.
bbcode: [syntax=vb]Code here[/syntax]
vb.net example:
Code: Select all
'Cycle through visible PageEditors and update any that contain the changed DynamicImage
For Each pe As DockWindow In dockController.DockWindows
If pe.UserControlType = "GameInfoz.PageEditorUC" Then
'This is a page editor window
Dim peuc As PageEditorUC = pe.Control
Dim dils As List(Of mSelectorList) = peuc.mpage.SelectorLists.Where(Function(x) x.ID = s.ID).ToList
If dils IsNot Nothing Then
For Each dil In dils
peuc.UpdateDesignItemOnPropertyChange(s)
Next
End If
End If
Next
#3 MantisBT partially synced
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:53 pm
by stigzler
Day aims: code a pluing that syncs wordpress/phpbb registrations with MantisBT
Frustrating day. Mood:
Having gotten the wordpress/phpbb sync working nicely with the BridgeDD plugin for wordpress, I moved onto trying to sync to MantisBT (the bug tracker) on new registration. Some success there - managing to grab the relevant details and populate the mantisBt database.
However, as ever the devil was in the detail. For true synced authenticaiton, I needed to leverage phpbb auth from MantisBT. Research produced some promising solutions, but got stuck on a pesky file permissions error when trying to include a phpbb file in my mantis plugin. Ventured into IRC 'chatrooms' (although I don't see many people chatting, despite lots sat in the room).
Feels a bit intractable - forum postings made - let's see if we get any help.
Overall, very happy with the way the new website and forum are looking.
#4 Optimal site setup for speed
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:11 pm
by stigzler
Following on from my general IIS setup guide
here I've found further optimal settings:
- Don't use any wordpress cache plugins
- Do enable zlib.output_compression in your php.ini and set zlib.output_compression_level = 9
- Don't use IIS output caching (this caused some strange behaviours where only the homepage would load).
#5 Caching hell
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:53 pm
by stigzler
Ignore that last post. Don't enable the zlibl, it causes php errors. Also, do use a caching plugin as it speeds up browsing for non logged in browsing. If you enable page caching on w3 total cache you get odd behaviours. Transpires caching and iis are a dark art
#6 MantisBT sync up and running
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 12:54 am
by stigzler
I knocked together a quick plugin that grabs user registrations/password changes in wordpress and syncs them with MantisBT.
Details here
#7 Forum Updates
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:54 pm
by stigzler
Added ranks and a reputation system to the forums. I do love phpbb - free, fast, 20 years old but still looking great.
#8 Chat function added to forum
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:57 am
by stigzler
#9 Once more unto the breach... Controls database
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:23 pm
by stigzler
Having procrastinated spectacularly, it's back into the main code. It's getting tricky (involving setting up an implementing the controllers + controls functions of OGZ) and there's quite a few layers of abstraction involved. Think that's why I've been avoiding it a bit.
However, the bare bones is done, just need to do all the admin FE stuff. I've also built it in so that it works as both a controls database for different system's games and controls, but also as a database for controllers that you can plug into your PC. This all goes back to getting position-able items (such as the selection list) with controllers, not just keys. This was some time ago and been down a rabbit hole since then. Still, forced me to confront one of the main features of my app: a controls database.
Glad I'm back on it.
#10 Another one bites the dust...
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:38 pm
by stigzler
Finally.... I've just sorted a bug that has been bothering me for ages. A simple small thing that irritated me no end. It has to do with the .net TreeView control not rendering transparent images properly. It would render them thus:
- treeview2.png (7.45 KiB) Viewed 243608 times
Transpires it's a bit of a bug in the control. Found a hacky solution (see
here). Final result:
- treeview1.png (7.98 KiB) Viewed 243608 times
(The above a test case, not OGZ)
Aaahh..
This coding malarkey's bonkers. Sometimes it's the smallest thing that has the biggest impact..
