Forum Activity for @brian

Spam Spam Spam Spam!

Using Jamroom

Just an update that a couple weeks ago I finally got around to updating the Spam Blocker module so it's much easier for other modules to integrate into it's spam checking features. Since the profile bio is such a common target for spammers we'll get the profile module updated to check that field. This is something that was on my list for a very long time and it finally got done
updated by @brian: 02/26/18 07:07:11AM

Spam Spam Spam Spam!

Using Jamroom

Anytime you allow users to add content your site that they are 100% in control of (say the Profile Bio) then you're going to get spammers. Make sure you're using the Spam Blocker module with "new user probation" enabled.

minor bug report

Using Jamroom

I can't replicate this here. When it comes to online users (list and counts) there is no difference between a master admin and a regular user:

1) users are any session with a user_id > 0
2) visitors are any session where user_id = 0
3) bots are any session where the user_name begins with "bot:"

It's all based on user_id - not whether a user is a master admin, admin or regular user.

Seo Audit Says "Server should use compression (e.g., gzip)" ?

Using Jamroom

Right now everything coming out of your JR site is gzipped except HTML. The reason the HTML is not gzipped is that when gzip compression is enabled the process cannot be "disconnected" from the client after it has sent it's data. Jamroom has to be able to disconnect from the client so the process can become a worker process to process queue entries.

This is something I've know about for a long time and will eventually workout a different method for spinning up worker processes, but that's a very big job that has not been started on yet.

Note that your speed should be pretty fast regardless of the gzipping of HTML however, since everything else (that is usually a lot bigger such as Javascript and CSS) is gzipped.

audio import

Using Jamroom

You can't - your Jamroom sites lives out on a server - that server does NOT have access to your local hard drive. You will need to upload the audio to the audio_files directory.

minor bug report

Using Jamroom


Master admins would only be included in users - not visitors - and I don't see any issue with it here. Master admins are being included in the online user count.

Comment box not displaying correctly for some users

Using Jamroom

Correct - you have to click the checkbox to get back to the form (since there may be additional elements in the form that need to be handled) - then submit the form like normal.

syntax error

Installation and Configuration

Because you are entering bad content into the editor - that is what that message is telling you. Your content must be valid template code (smarty) - which is basically HTML and smarty functions/variables. If you are entering Javascript you must have spaces around all brackets - { and } .

Comment box not displaying correctly for some users

Using Jamroom


The comment is here - it's just you're not seeing due to caching. I'm looking into it - I believe I know what the root cause is and it comes down to needing to reset the forum view cache for users that are involved in a thread when a new post is added to a thread.


It sounds like the same caching issue. There have been some low level changes in caching recently as we update modules to try and be more "targeted" towards cache resets - as a system gets busier it becomes costlier and costlier to simply reset an entire profiles cache every time an item is updated. I think we're seeing the effect of that here, but I have to do some testing to be sure.
updated by @brian: 02/22/18 02:56:51PM

Comment box not displaying correctly for some users

Using Jamroom

This is correct - this is the new mobile enabled editor in Jamroom Core 6.1.6. Your users will see this is they are using a mobile device or a table with a small resolution.