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Sorry, I mean if I go to http://www.metservice.com/warnings/thunderstorm-outlook and right click the first image and save as a PNG on my computer, then try to upload that file it is consistently reproducible for me. By raw I was meaning straight from metservice server unmodified.
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David wrote: Mon 09/04/2018 10:22 Sorry, I mean if I go to http://www.metservice.com/warnings/thunderstorm-outlook and right click the first image and save as a PNG on my computer, then try to upload that file it is consistently reproducible for me. By raw I was meaning straight from metservice server unmodified.
Ok I see now. Try saving it as a gif. And this works fine for me.
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So, what happened yesterday to the forum? Thanks for sorting it out and getting it back online!
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Hi!

The forum ran out of disk space (rotational logs etc) and it crashed the MySQL database. Then MariaDB would not restart due to an unknown reason. MySQL was then repaired.

>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 3079505920 [Note] InnoDB: Percona XtraDB
>> 5.6.36-82.1 started; log sequence number 265623609
>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 2483026752 [Note] InnoDB: Dumping buffer pool(s) not yet started
>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 3079505920 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.
>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 3079505920 [Note] Recovering after a crash using tc.log
>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 3079505920 [ERROR] Can't init tc log
>> Jun 17 02:56:41 weatherforum.org.nz mysqld[6258]: 2018-06-17 2:56:41
>> 3079505920 [ERROR] Aborting
>> Jun 17 02:56:43 weatherforum.org.nz systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main
>> process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>> Jun 17 02:56:43 weatherforum.org.nz systemd[1]: Failed to start
>> MariaDB database server.
>> Jun 17 02:56:43 weatherforum.org.nz systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Unit
>> entered failed state.
>> Jun 17 02:56:43 weatherforum.org.nz systemd[1]: mariadb.service:
>> Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Should be good now.
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The "Pink Thing" above, won't go away even clicking onto it.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 05/08/2018 23:48 The "Pink Thing" above, won't go away even clicking onto it.
Not by clicking the 'X' ?
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Willoughby wrote: Mon 06/08/2018 16:19
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sun 05/08/2018 23:48 The "Pink Thing" above, won't go away even clicking onto it.
Not by clicking the 'X' ?

Thanks Will. Has now. #-o
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Hi. I cannot update my signature. It reports the error "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct.".

I have a weather station banner in my signature which has been there for a long time, but now it doesn't like it and won't accept any changes to the signature while that remains in there.
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David wrote: Thu 03/01/2019 21:28 Hi. I cannot update my signature. It reports the error "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct.".

I have a weather station banner in my signature which has been there for a long time, but now it doesn't like it and won't accept any changes to the signature while that remains in there.
I'll see if I can update to the latest phpBB over the weekend. This should fix this issue.
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An update has failed, so I had to revert to a disk image backup made before the failed update.

A couple of recent posts will have later times to when they were actually posted.

Edit: another update is being attempted now.
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David wrote: Thu 03/01/2019 21:28 Hi. I cannot update my signature. It reports the error "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct.".

I have a weather station banner in my signature which has been there for a long time, but now it doesn't like it and won't accept any changes to the signature while that remains in there.
Try again now if possible as the update has been completed, thanks! :smile:
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Willoughby wrote: Sat 05/01/2019 21:01 Try again now if possible as the update has been completed, thanks! :smile:
Unfortunately the issue seems to still be there. But thanks for the effort!
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David wrote: Sat 05/01/2019 22:04
Willoughby wrote: Sat 05/01/2019 21:01 Try again now if possible as the update has been completed, thanks! :smile:
Unfortunately the issue seems to still be there. But thanks for the effort!
But I can see it again now :)
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It was never not there as far as I'm aware - it just won't let me alter anything.
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Managed to update to banner image - just replaced the old file on the server instead. Can't update my links to https though, but not too much of a problem as I have the correct redirects in place on the server.

It looks like my new banner is a little large now that I see it on the forum... might try to downsize it a little.
edit: downsized by around 10%.
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Users can now paste image contents and snips from their clipboard, to make it a whole lot easier to share content.

Does not work in Quick Reply - Full reply only
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Don't forget to let me know any other suggestions that could be implemented on here! :smile:
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The server ran out of disk space and crashed the MySQL logs again and I was away from my laptop to rectify this.

It should be all good now.
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Thanks Will :wave: appreciate what you do to keep this forum running.
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Thunder081 wrote: Sun 11/08/2019 16:42 For some reason I can't embed public facebook video's here anymore?
Are you using Firefox? If so it'll automatically block Facebook tracking (and it's videos) across the web.
You can whitelist weatherforum.nz here:
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Willoughby wrote: Tue 13/08/2019 18:04
Thunder081 wrote: Sun 11/08/2019 16:42 For some reason I can't embed public facebook video's here anymore?
Are you using Firefox? If so it'll automatically block Facebook tracking (and it's videos) across the web.
You can whitelist weatherforum.nz here:

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Hey I know why now it's cause I'm using a browser called Brave that blocks ads and stuff. I used Microsoft Edge and it was working.
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I polled the database this morning to show forum activity over the years.

You can see the effect other social media has had with a drop off in posts from about 2012 as Facebook became prolific. June 2006 was the forum's biggest ever month with record snow events over the south and Christchurch in particular. Also the Winter/Summer swings are quite notable.
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Willoughby wrote: Sun 08/09/2019 12:34 I polled the database this morning to show forum activity over the years.

You can see the effect other social media has had with a drop off in posts from about 2012 as Facebook became prolific. June 2006 was the forum's biggest ever month with record snow events over the south and Christchurch in particular. Also the Winter/Summer swings are quite notable.

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However, it has been pretty stable since about 2013, which is when i think two members left, both of whom had been very frequent and prolific posters.
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Forum's been a bit slow for me of late. Particularly bad right now, this post reply page took over 30 seconds to load
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David wrote: Wed 11/09/2019 13:09 Forum's been a bit slow for me of late. Particularly bad right now, this post reply page took over 30 seconds to load
Hmm that's interesting, thanks - I will monitor. Nothing out of the ordinary currently for me.
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TonyT wrote: Sun 08/09/2019 13:10

However, it has been pretty stable since about 2013, which is when i think two members left, both of whom had been very frequent and prolific posters.
I think Brian is back.... Welcome back Brian :smile:
Don't what happened to Michael, there has been a lot of SW gales up there at the moment? <3
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