Downtime 29th and 30th of September 2008

[hartiberlin]

Well, I just had to move the database again and that takes time.
Sorry for the inconvenience...
ALso I tried to fix the UTF-8 fonts problem, but currently the
fonts package is not available from Simplemachines.org

The database is now fully converted to UTF-8, but there are
still some missing fonts in the forum setup.

Have to wait, until the
smf_1-1-6_english-utf8.zip
is again available from
Simplemachines.org

Sorry, as theforum is already very big
and the database getting bigger and bigger,
it is not so easy to do all these steps just in 5 minutes only.

Takes time, if you need to import a 210 Mbytes database file
into a new database, as sometimes the hosting scripts also
put it into a que, so it is not instantly done.

Also I am will move the site soon to a new hoster and have to
prepare this move the right way and have to test a few things.

But I will let you all know, when the move will be made as
then for 1 or 2 days the forum will not be available due to the
DNS changes.

But now it is working again faster, as I am now again on a faster SQL server again.

Regards, Stefan.

[gyulasun]

Stefan,

Do you need this file smf_1-1-6_english-utf8.zip ?  It is here:

http://www.simplemachines.org/download/?languages;lang=english

rgds,  Gyula

EDIT  Just noticed it is has zero byte...   but smf_1-1-6_english-utf8.tar.gz is ok!

[hartiberlin]

Many thanks Gyula !
That saved my day !

Did not click that other link, stupid me ! 

[hartiberlin]

Well, I installed now the UTF-8 fonts,
but when I switch to English_UTF-8
in the admin panel,
there are then many errors like:

Notice: Undefined index: tp-admin2 in /....../overunity/Sources/Subs.php on line 2779

Notice: Undefined index: tp-admin5 in /....../overunity/Sources/Subs.php on line 2782

Also the strange characters are still there...

Well I have to read and post inside the SMF forum what this still could be.

Maybe the conversion of the database to UTF-8 did not run through without errors.

Also I see, that some of my personal messages are gone now.

But at least the forum is faster now again, as I moved it again to a faster
and not so crowded MySQL server.

[gyulasun]

Hi Stefan,

There was a mention of similar problem last month on the forum site of simplemachines.org, maybe it gives some hint for you?

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=261698.0

At the end, it just recommends using English but not  English-utf 8...

rgds,  Gyula