ober Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 The main site will be back... we're working on a complete re-write so it will take a little time. We just ask for your patience. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseatingweeds Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I'm interested in what vulnerabilities you've found. I have a site with static pages (with includes) and an SMF forum. I'm also about to develop a database driven site, with my own applications, along with an SMF forum. Willing to share any info? I must be a pain in the ass though, no ads up. What are hackers doing attacking this site though? Do they think it's special because it on php? Why don't they attack something that needs a good bashing? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Ok I'll be patient as long as I know its coming back for sure. Just with how great this place is, its very upsetting, to lose here, I was having a lot around actually :'( and nothing even came close to phpfreaks forums alone so.... so I'd be staying here anyhow no matter what I guess, even if you didn't bring the site part back..... you guys helped me out majorly when I was just starting php, so seeing what seemed to be the start of this site falling was very upsetting and I am very hugely relieved you guys aren't abandoning this site like I first thought I've also been reading back through this and seen I was a little jumpy, I apologize, but like everyone else I was just upset and seeing a large part of phpfreaks gone Hope everything goes well and I am now waiting patiently and continuing to use the forums, PHPFreaks rock i echo your thoughts 100% - i too was virtually a complete beginner when i first came across the site, so I as much as anyone else wants it back. All I can say is, there's a lot of exciting input going into the redevelopment so watch this space closely. All of us involved in the development process are very keen to get things back up and rolling, but as ober said, things will take a little time. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I'm interested in what vulnerabilities you've found. I have a site with static pages (with includes) and an SMF forum. I'm also about to develop a database driven site, with my own applications, along with an SMF forum. Willing to share any info? I must be a pain in the ass though, no ads up. What are hackers doing attacking this site though? Do they think it's special because it on php? Why don't they attack something that needs a good bashing? Long story short, it doesn't have anything to do with SMF. They hacked us through SQL injection via the main site. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Hopefully with the new changes, a new upload system will be in place that allows tutorials in more format's than just the one it was before. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 What formats are you proposing? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Maybe allow a PDF or something that can be created out of the site then uploaded into a format it will accept. I think the main reason that Tutorials were not uploaded was the method they had to be created. There were no instructions so we were left scratching our head on how to even put one up. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Yeah, we'll be redoing that completely. Instructions will be much more readily available. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-475955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Maybe allow a PDF or something that can be created out of the site then uploaded into a format it will accept. I think the main reason that Tutorials were not uploaded was the method they had to be created. There were no instructions so we were left scratching our head on how to even put one up. Why was the other way difficult? If someone doesn't even know basic HTML then he is not sufficiently competent to write PHP articles/tutorials. The only other thing needed to know was that [PAGEBREAK] would make a page break. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-476166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I'm hoping that our development team will be able to make a few changes to the tutorial section. I haven't had ample time to write them up and present to them, but here is what I'm considering: (1) Allowing members to upload plain text (.txt) documents. The mods/admins get an email and they approve/deny it. If it is approved then have code parse that out and insert it into the database, delete the .txt file, and have a new entry that way...elimantes copy and paste and lets users submit tutorials without using a webbased interface/email. (2) Allow users to export tutorials. Basicially see a printer friendly version, a pdf version, or a .txt verion. Both the pdf and .txt would be downloadable. (3) Better commenting system Like I said, everything we decide on is pretty much put to a vote for fairness...I've yet to run all this by the dev team, but mainly cause I'm out of town and don't have time to do so. I will be doing so, though, because I've been thinking for a while of ways to improve the tutorial section. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-476259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cep Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I'm just going to say good luck guys with the redevelopment, looking forward to seeing what you produce Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-489291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepage Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Definitely looking forward to a new version of the site. PHPFreaks was a major part of me learning PHP, so I'm excited to see the results. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-490814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
prime Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Could we have an update on how things are coming along (not rushing just eagerly looking forward to this) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-490900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 We've got a design picked out and integration efforts with SMF are under way. Things are moving along but we're still a little ways off. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-490901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeserver Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 One-click bookmarking of posts. I keep changing browsers to test my web sites - usability / standards compliance / ... Syncing bookmarks between browsers is a royal pain. one small button next to the permalink of the comment/post will be great. Of course, you have to add the tables and stuff. But a simple machines mod may be available already... Could this help other phpfreaks users... Also, an imageless CSS skin/theme Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-493920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 We're talking about the main site, not the forums. And we're not adding a mod to the boards for bookmarking. Sorry. If you can't manage 2-3 clicks in your browser to bookmark a valuable resource, I feel sorry for you. Imageless CSS skin/theme? Sorry, but we're sticking with the core SMF theme. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-494131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeserver Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 We're talking about the main site, not the forums. And we're not adding a mod to the boards for bookmarking. Sorry. Got that. Never mind. If you can't manage 2-3 clicks in your browser to bookmark a valuable resource, I feel sorry for you. *One* valuable resource is something anyone would save to multiple locations on disk This set of forums has more like hundreds of good replies or threads. That's where the problem begins. ctrl+D begins to become troublesome for me. I jolly well understand that to add such a feature, you might have to divert quite some time and energy So fine I'll work around with something like a firefox extension for delicious / yoono / furl / ... Imageless CSS skin/theme? Sorry, but we're sticking with the core SMF theme. Ok. Opera is good for this Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-494162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 You could always suggest it to the SMF team. Perhaps they like the idea and will implement it in future releases. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-494163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Just thought I'd give everybody an update on this so you know it's actually being taken care of. The code for the new site has been written and is currently being tested. Had it not been for the fact that the owner of this site, Eric (aka phpfreak), has discarded the current layout, which has been picked by the other staff and recommended members, the site would probably have launched by the end of this week. Now we need to get a new layout however and that will obviously delay the release of the site. The site can most likely be expected to be released some time this month though. Thanks for your patience regarding this. Hopefully the mods and recommended members will participate in creating new awesome tutorials after the release of the site. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-514021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
prime Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I understand you guys used this as an excuse to design a new site, but seriously you could of left the old one up until this was ready. you were hit by an sql injection attack, i.e you had insufficient verifications on user input that went into an sql query, those type of vulnerabilities are easy enough to beef up defense against if you knew it was there Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-515166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I understand you guys used this as an excuse to design a new site, but seriously you could of left the old one up until this was ready. you were hit by an sql injection attack, i.e you had insufficient verifications on user input that went into an sql query, those type of vulnerabilities are easy enough to beef up defense against if you knew it was there How many times have you successfully restored a vulnerable site to usability? This was an extremely complicated and cleverly devised attack, not limited to SQL injection... hence it was not a simple task. It took a lot of very skilled and experience people weeks to track it down. And data integrity was the primary concern, so the site was taken down as a precaution. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-515214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeserver Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 (In reply to my own question about topic bookmarks above....) Bookmarking can be done by clicking "Notify" on any thread. Just be careful as to not disable when you click "notify" a second time - that is, read the popup message box for enable/disable. [pre]"Profile"(top nav bar on every page) -> "Modify profile" (tab on the left side) -> "Notifications and email"[/pre] Essentially the same thing as bookmarks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/90556-forum-site/page/2/#findComment-525806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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