Allowed HTML Tags (will have to be revised, no longer works)

[Kingfish]

Bug: Imported files & images no longer appear.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to Doing the Math thread
2. Find the missing image and click on it.
3. See the value below.

The selected attachment does not exist anymore.

The file ./../files/15191_3b7db0f0fb5f9f3aed9089ccb9fb508a does not exist.

Every imported image on the thread is like this. Same problem with files.

If the bug has been previously reported, then please accept my apoligies. Hopefully this will get cleared up soon.
~KF

[Lock]

Also looks like extended characters were lost in the upgrade... eg André-Marie Ampère now displays as André-Marie Ampère
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Lock

[Lock]

Any word on this please?

Attachments.jpg

I'd rather see 3-4 days of messages lost rather than 3-4 years of attachments!

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LocK

[Lock]

Any word on this please?

Attachments.jpg

I'd rather see 3-4 days of messages lost rather than 3-4 years of attachments!
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LocK

Getting there! This one for example still missing in action:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=53524

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watt looks like jpg files aren't displaying but can be downloaded then give this error msg:

FileFormat.jpg

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L

[D-Man]

I'll bet that they will be lost forever.

[Jeremy Harris]

I'll bet that they will be lost forever.

I hope not, as there is masses of fantastic information in all those attachments. The extra work it will mean in answering questions when we can't reference old threads with the answers will be enormous.

Here's hoping it's just a glitch with the database and not a total loss of all attachments.

Jeremy

[Kingfish]

Bug: Imported files & images no longer appear.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to Doing the Math thread
2. Find the missing image and click on it.
3. See the value below.

The selected attachment does not exist anymore.

The file ./../files/15191_3b7db0f0fb5f9f3aed9089ccb9fb508a does not exist.

Every imported image on the thread is like this. Same problem with files.

If the bug has been previously reported, then please accept my apologies. Hopefully this will get cleared up soon.
~KF

Update: We have progress! JPGs appear to work as do ZIP files now, however PNGs still do not render. Particular characters from pre-update are still corrupted (there's one in my sig).
~KF

[Lock]

JPGs appear to work...

Not all:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=53816

(filename displays in the thread as Rudge_Coventry_Rotary.jpg)

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[Kingfish]

Agreed; this is restoration in progress

I have resolved to edit my posts where I uploaded attachments and retarget them back to my domain. I am hesitant to edit the incurred typos because this can be corrected through a couple paths, namely:

• Restoration from backup with proper character translation
• Development of substitution scripts

It’s not rocket science; I do this pretty often as part of my normal gig. Sadly I am standing on the sidelines watching the imagined drama unfold and unable to help because the technology that I know and use is incompatible with the host and environment.

Think about it: This began on Feb 28th and now we’re a week later and there are still problems. This tells me a lot about the ES as an application. I don’t think it is much of a stretch to guess that the part that is missing is a rock-solid daily backup & restoration plan with a reliable host.

Now it could be that the host was targeted and the files corrupted, but that shouldn’t affect the previous day or two or twelve if the content is burned off to BR; kinda hard to corrupt a history of physical data. But this gets into supposition, though difficult to ignore given the state of today and the evidence at hand.

Regardless, my modus operandi is changed henceforth, and all future resources will derive from my servers.

O’ cruel is the world, KF

[phyllis]

Most of the pics are broken, some have strange colors below the break too.