Site changes

weird errors? Is anyone else getting weird errors on the top of all the pages? this is what I got on the home page.

* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache_block WHERE cid = ‘comment:0:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 26.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = ‘a:2:{s:7:”subject”;s:15:”Recent comments”;s:7:”content”;s:1168:”Thanks!1 hour 46 min agonmoved this5 hours 14 min agonBeauty! Can't wait to try it7 hours 5 min agonNew Recorder and Cataclysm Update!7 hours 6 min agonNew Recorder and Cataclysm Update!7 hours 7 min agon4.09 hours 42 min agonBe glad to help out. I13 hours 57 min agonSkipped step interactions: I15 hours 38 min agonCheck out this page:15 hours 56 min agonPosted some questions for15 hours 57 min agon“;}’, created = 1290119153, expire = -1, headers = ”, serialized = 1 WHERE cid = ‘comment:0:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache_block WHERE cid = ‘fb_social_likebox:likebox:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 26.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = ‘a:2:{s:7:”subject”;s:0:””;s:7:”content”;s:115:”“;}’, created = 1290119153, expire = -1, headers = ”, serialized = 1 WHERE cid = ‘fb_social_likebox:likebox:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache_block WHERE cid = ‘profile:0:mix_and_match:r.2,7:https://www.wow-pro.com/‘ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 26.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = ”, created = 1290119153, expire = -1, headers = ”, serialized = 0 WHERE cid = ‘profile:0:mix_and_match:r.2,7:https://www.wow-pro.com/‘ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache_block WHERE cid = ‘userpoints:-1:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 26.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = ‘a:2:{s:7:”subject”;s:14:”Bitsem’s karma”;s:7:”content”;s:35:”You have 43 karma“;}’, created = 1290119153, expire = -1, headers = ”, serialized = 1 WHERE cid = ‘userpoints:-1:mix_and_match:r.2,7’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache_block WHERE cid = ‘chatroom:0:mix_and_match’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 26.
* user warning: Unknown column ‘serialized’ in ‘field list’ query: UPDATE cache_block SET data = ‘a:2:{s:7:”content”;s:283:”General ChatAddon QuestionsAdmin Chat“;s:7:”subject”;s:12:”Active chats”;}’, created = 1290119153, expire = -1, headers = ”, serialized = 1 WHERE cid = ‘chatroom:0:mix_and_match’ in /home/wowpro/public_html/includes/cache.inc on line 109.

At some point, stickied postsAt some point, stickied posts had a different background. This made it easy on the front page to see what was stickied and what was new. Would like to see that return if no one minds and if it’s not too much trouble 🙂

No idea if you have anyNo idea if you have any control whatsoever over the chat plugin, but I’ve heard some people express an interest in it playing a sound when a new chat comes in.

Thanks I feel bad being aThanks 🙂 I feel bad being a party pooper on the shiny new editor, though! Hopefully we’ll find a solution that has the best of both worlds.

I’ve just been copyingI’ve just been copying everything to Notepad++, editing and copy/pasting it back. Luckily, my guides are so new that I’ve still had them saved in Notepad++. lol.

I agree with that as well.I agree with that as well. Ideally, the “new” tag should be bold and in a different color, something flashy like red or green. 🙂

It’s disabled at the moment,It’s disabled at the moment, you can turn it back on by choosing a different input format. Will try to find a solution tonight.

A possible solution that hasA possible solution that has worked for EVERY guide I've messed with, even the really complex ones – copy paste everything from the actual view into the rich text editor. BUT – No idea what that will do to your actual code. You'd be completely locked in to using the editor after that, though theoretically you can roll it back with the revisions tab. I would test on something other than your huge pally guide though. Basically Snowflake, at this point the editor is preventing people from even being able to work on their guides. I would honestly suggest removing it until a fix for this problem has been found.

I just took a peek at my WiPI just took a peek at my WiP guide after you mentioned this rich text thing and formatting. The formating looks alright in guide form (the only thing that got messed up was table widths, I’ve seen this in other guides though, and not a huge deal), but when I go to edit…*SCREAM!!!*Oh god, wall of massive text. Everything got fused together almost onto one single line. What a nightmare, makes me feel like crying. That’s gonna take a while to unravel…

Shadow CategoriesClass guides, leveling guides, guides in other languages. I think there were a few more. I think they are tied to the node at the top of those books – I know for a fact changing the node’s name does not get rid of them. I’m betting creating a new node, reassigning the sub-categories to the new node, and deleting the old one will get rid of them. Once we get the orphaned pages all in their new homes, I’ll work on this. It’s not critical at all, but I’m betting it will confuse the heck out of people who don’t know why those extra categories are there.

I just wanted to say that theI just wanted to say that the site is looking AWESOME 🙂 Thanks so much for everything you’ve done, Snowflake, and the quick responses to bugs and suggestions from the community. You rock!

Disabling rich textDisabling rich text definitely does not fix the issue. The mangling happens when the guide/comment is loaded into the editor. When you disable rich text, it remains mangled. It would need to not be loaded into the rich text editor in the first place to fix the problem.

I’d agree with this!I’d agree with this!

New commentsLove the new look and layout Snowflake, only thing I'd say is if the "new" tag above new comments was put on the right, instead of above the title of the new comment, it'd be a lot easier to pick out the new comments while scrolling down through them all

Rep guidesWhen I was moving rep guides, I didn’t see any sub categories. I just put them all in the Reputation Book.

Excellent! This will makeExcellent! This will make sorting so much easier! Even I could do it! 😛

TrueI guess once the Cata guides are finished, they really wouldn’t be reused that often. That’s what made me think of it in the first  place. lol.

Cool!Coo!l Awesome Snowflake! You are awesome. Awesome.

Voila:Voila: https://www.wow-pro.com/orphan_pages

Where exactly did you see theWhere exactly did you see the “shadow categories”?

I see the problem but I’m notI see the problem but I’m not sure if there is actually a solution. Can you disable rich text and does it fix the issue? Will try to find an option to disable it on specific user roles.

Good ideaIs definitely implementable. But how often are screenshots reused?

It’s true that it was moreIt’s true that it was more intuitive. It’s just that Workflow changed a bit with this Drupal version and the old module isn’t used anymore. Will see if I can accomplish the same with the new feature 🙂

Is back.Is back.

That’s actually quite easy toThat’s actually quite easy to implement. Will try to add the block tonight or tomorrow. Soon there will be more admin functionality anyway 😉

Haha, corrected that…Haha, corrected that…

Should be fixed now, justShould be fixed now, just tell me if it occurs again.

Fixed!Fixed!

Needed guides is on theNeeded guides is on the navbar twice.

Something is REALLY funkySomething is REALLY funky with guide display. Just started maybe 30 minutes ago. Sometimes guides display normally, but in general they don’t display at all. The guide page loads, there are no errors, the comments and everything else display – but the guide is blank. But when you go to reply, it shows, or when you go to edit it.

LOL!LOL!

Ironically, on the facebookIronically, on the facebook page, “quality” is misspelled as “qulity”.

Hehe, no worries.Hehe, no worries.

Damn it. I tried to edit yourDamn it. I tried to edit your comment, and all I did was screw up the layout further. So sorry Ji :/Ok, you were right, there is a little problem with the WYSIWYG editor.

An idea for a feature for usAn idea for a feature for us admins/moderators – some way to automatically generate a list of “orphaned guides” – guides that are not members of any book. Low priority, just throwing an idea out there 😉

Recent EventsI also miss the Recent Events page. Will it be back?

WorkflowDid we lose the workflow settings in the upgrade? I can no longer see anywhere to set a guide as “Finished”, “Work-in-Progress”, or “Abandoned”. Yes the same things can be accomplished with the “Publishing options” secontion of the guide editing page, BUT – the workflow stuff was more intuitive for users, I think. Any chance of seeing those return at some point?

Alright. All the categoriesAlright. All the categories exist. I’ll add a link to them on the Nav bar.

They are mostly empty though, will need some lovin! If you have any questions about how to help organize guides, leave a comment or ask in chat!

PS – CHAT IS AWESOME 😀

You should be able to see anYou should be able to see an Outline tab at the top of a guide, and using it you can categorize the guide.

OkayI can’t even remember where I saw the create book option  anyway. lmao.

I haven’t finished actuallyI haven’t finished actually making the category pages yet, it’s in progress, should be done in an hour maybe.

Nope, does not work. Let meNope, does not work. Let me show you the comment I mean, and you can try to edit it and see what happens. Basically, the issue is not spaces, it’s newlines.

https://www.wow-pro.com/wowpro_user_blogs/guide_declutter_purge#comment-32237

Also it seems that newlines entered into this editor don’t show up in comments.

Essentially, the editor is AWESOME for new users and people unfamiliar with using BBCode or HTML for formatting, but for power users such as myself… I don’t like having my hand held, I like to be able to do EXACTLY what I want to do with my formatting. If the editor didn’t mangle things when it loaded them, I wouldn’t have an issue with just hitting “Disable rich-text” – but as it is, an option to disable it on a per-user basis would be MOST welcome 🙂

Guide writing guidesI’ve spent quite a bit of time with these lately. lol. I’ll try to find them and get them classified. 🙂

Small thing for someday?Just a small suggestion. Would it be possible to make our oun “library” of screenshots? User shots that we could use for guides? I think in the end it would save time for a lot of users and encourage more guide writing participation. Back to Ashenvale for me! 🙂

I’ve found a temporary fixI've found a temporary fix for this.Go to "input format" and choose "Full HTML".Keeps the spaces and everything, as far as I can tell 🙂

So the WYSIWYG is awesome…So the WYSIWYG is awesome… BUT there’s a major problem with it. It removes ALL white space when loading in a comment or guide for editing. And some of that white space was not trivial, but was actual formatting white space. This completely ruins some comments and guides. I like it a lot but if that cannot be fixed, please allow us to disable it by default so it does not mangle our comments and guides. Not super urgent, but definitely something that will cause me a LOT of wasted time if it is not eventually fixed 🙁

OutlineX Class Guides – Self explanatory. All Class guides would go here.

      X Death Knight
      X Druid
      X Hunter
      X Mage
      X Paladin
      X Priest
      X Rogue
      X Shaman
      X Warlock
      X Warrior

X Reputation Guides

      Azeroth – Factions All Azeroth factions – old + Cataclysm, all would be up to date for Cataclysm.
      Outland – Factions All Outland factions
      Northrend – Factions All WotLK factions

X Achievements, World Events, and Collectibles

      X Achievements
      X World Events
      X Collectibles

X Gold Making Guides – All large gold making guides. Smaller ones could be possible combined into a Wiki to keep organization and quality at a high.

X Guide Writing Guides

X Leveling and Questing Guides

      X Alliance Guides
      X Horde Guides
      Questing Guides – Daily quests, specific quest chains, etc.
      X Cataclysm Guides – will be rolled into normal guides at launch

X Dungeon and Raid Guides

      Dungeon Guides – Guides to individual instances, could be further organized into level brackets.
      Raid Guides – Guides to raid instances, could be further organized into level brackets.
      PvE Roles – Guides for tanking/ healing/ dps – Not for class specific guides.

X Player vs. Player Guides

      Arena Guides
      Battleground Guides
      Other PvP Guides

X Profession & Tradeskill Guides

X UI, Macros, and PC Protection

X New Player Guides

X Guild Management Guides

X WoW-Pro Addon – All pages and guides on the addon.

X Guides in Other Languages

X WoW-Pro Archive – Old guides archived here or guides that will need to be added to or updated etc…

NOTE: There seem to be some creepy “shadow categories ” – categories that once existed, but now do NOT. They show up in the Outline menus, but you can go to any of the pages nor assign any pages to those categories.Any idea how to make them go away?

I will get on that ASAP!I will get on that ASAP!

I’ve been checking mostI’ve been checking most dungeon/instance guides in WoWPro and I can help classify those. I see I can create a new “book”/section if needed, but I think it would be helpful if you admins/mods define the main (first parents) “books”.

AwesomeI really like the new theme and all the new features.  Love the WYSIWYG text editor, that's a huge improvement!To all our dear Trusted Members and above, we would greatly appreciate your help with the reorganization of the guide categories. So if you got some spare time, your help is much appreciated with that. ps: Snowflake rocks!