Staying Logged In Issue

This is a new thread dedicated to the “staying logged in” issue that has reappeared after I updated our backend to Expression Engine 2.4. The issue has been discussed in a few places but it would be more useful for me to consolidate the conversation to one place. Additionally, it provides a more prominent placement for the discussion.

This issue cropped up initially with our upgrade from Expression Engine (the Content Management System the site is built on) 1.6.8 to 2.3.1. At that point I was ...

microBBTFs: I Have Keys and I am not Afraid to Give Them Out

I am plodding along with the update. One of my main goals is simplifying our overall setup to make it easier for people to find what they are interested in *and* to make it easier for members to submit content. With that in mind I am streamlining the structure of topic specific areas. This includes changes to the way content areas are created and managed.

What’s this change all about?
In the past, I’ve created new blogs within Expression Engine’s Control Panel and then created new template ...

Squishing Bugs

Yesterday morning I updated our underlying CMS (Content Management System) Expression Engine. I needed to apply the maintenance release to better take advantage of the new caching system I’m using with the updated site. It wasn’t a major release and during my testing on my development system I didn’t notice any issues. Well, after applying the update to the site, a few issues have cropped up. I am working to squish those bugs.

To date: the bug affecting comment numbering has been fixed. I am ...

Update News: Question about Community Features

I’m trying to hash out some of the community features for my update? Not including Facebook and Twitter, what are the best online communities you visit regularly? If you have time to add why you like the site, please add the info to your comment, especially if you feel it’s a unique feature. Thanks!

IMPORTANT!!! Login with E-mail Address Soon to Be Required

UPDATE2: I have moved the requirement for e-mail logins to Monday, March 16, 2012 at 9 AM EDT. 

UPDATE: Logged in members may change their usernames by visiting the Username and Password account page.

Part of the ongoing upgrade includes revamping our archives and member pages. To allow me to provide stable, web-friendly URLs for each member’s combined member/profile/archive (something like http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/somepath/username), I am converting the login process from ...

Upgrade Update: New Servers, Email Logins, Mobile, Feature Requests, and a Lot of Other Stuff!

New Servers
Yesterday I ordered two new servers for the site! They should be built within the next couple of days at which time I will begin moving the site. With lessons learned from my first two server migrations, I expect the move to be relatively painless. Be on the lookout for updates about the timeline.

Updates
Since I’ve been asked by a few people…as I mentioned within the previous update thread, I am completely re-factoring the data structure and back-end template code for the site. ...

Upgrade Update and Schedule for Server Migration

Just wanted to provide a quick update on the progress on my ongoing updates…

The upgrade of our underlying CMS software did not complete without issue. Nevertheless, I have been able to fix most of the problems. I still have a few, relatively minor, outstanding bugs to take care of but, for the most part, the upgrade to the new version of EE is complete.

I am now in the process of re-factoring the underlying templates for performance and to prepare for the site redesign. On top of that I am ...

Please Excuse the Mess

It’s update time. The season is over and a slower news cycle is upon us. It’s time for me to roll up my sleeves and work on the site. First up is the transition of our Content Management System (CMS) from Expression Engine‘s 1.x series to its 2.x series. I had hoped to accomplish this upgrade last March but, unfortunately, some of the third-party scripts the site uses had not yet been updated to the new version, my personal life was much too busy and, frankly, I did not have sufficient funds to ...