NOTICE ABOUT PAST 13 HOURS

[matt]

In the battle to fix corrupted uploads, the board went through a series of restore processes, so if things seemed to go missing or revert to an earlier state for a while, that was why. This should be done at this point.

Unfortunately, whatever uploaded images or CAD files or macros or zips that got corrupted are irretrievable. I hired some help, and they weren't able to explain it or fix it. I apologize. There was some evidence of hacking.
That's the best explanation I've heard, but not totally convincing.

Anyway, we are back up and running using a restore from yesterday afternoon, so any changes or settings or other database transactions that took place between about 10 pm last night and 11 am this morning have also been lost, but everything else should be there.

Everything is a learning experience, so there are some new testing and security protocols going into place. Thanks for your patience. Return to whatever you were doing.

[mike miller]

In the battle to fix corrupted uploads, the board went through a series of restore processes, so if things seemed to go missing or revert to an earlier state for a while, that was why. This should be done at this point.

Unfortunately, whatever uploaded images or CAD files or macros or zips that got corrupted are irretrievable. I hired some help, and they weren't able to explain it or fix it. I apologize. There was some evidence of hacking.
That's the best explanation I've heard, but not totally convincing.

Anyway, we are back up and running using a restore from yesterday afternoon, so any changes or settings or other database transactions that took place between about 10 pm last night and 11 am this morning have also been lost, but everything else should be there.

Everything is a learning experience, so there are some new testing and security protocols going into place. Thanks for your patience. Return to whatever you were doing.

Sorry, Matt. I didn't mean to take the site down when I broke in.

[matt]

Sorry, Matt. I didn't mean to take the site down when I broke in.

A HA!!!! I knew it was you!!

[bnemec]

Return to whatever you were doing.

Matt, are you sure you want to apply that comment to everyone here?

[matt]

Matt, are you sure you want to apply that comment to everyone here?

There are some... ok, a LOT of things I just don't want to know. Ignorance truly is bliss.

[MJuric]

There was some evidence of hacking.

Man, DSS must be really nervous to pull a Russian "Solar Winds" on you.

[Krzysztof Szpakowski]

Sorry, Matt. I didn't mean to take the site down when I broke in.

We once had Prime Minister Miller in Poland. The effects were similar...

[DanPihlaja]

Just wanted to say thank you Matt for taking the time, energy, and apparently money to run this site. I hope that you can see the returns that you are getting on it, as it (so far) has kept the same type of social gathering that it was in the old SW forums.

So I just wanted to say that I really appreciate it.

[matt]

Just wanted to say thank you Matt for taking the time, energy, and apparently money to run this site. I hope that you can see the returns that you are getting on it, as it (so far) has kept the same type of social gathering that it was in the old SW forums.

So I just wanted to say that I really appreciate it.

Thanks, I do appreciate that.

[Roasted By John]

Thank you for what you're doing @matt

[zxys001]

Matt,..something just happened while viewing different pages,.. I was logged in but then was logged out?... are there two different web servers?

[matt]

Matt,..something just happened while viewing different pages,.. I was logged in but then was logged out?... are there two different web servers?

A couple other people have mentioned this happened when they were trying to download something from the Download extension, or possibly download an attachment that was stored in the Download area. The Upload/Download extension may be buggy.

No, there are not two different web servers.

Or was it something else?

[zxys001]

A couple other people have mentioned this happened when they were trying to download something from the Download extension, or possibly download an attachment that was stored in the Download area. The Upload/Download extension may be buggy.

No, there are not two different web servers.

Or was it something else?

Bingo!.. it was a "Download"... sorry, don't remember what it was, I clicked and.... it's gone (will try to find and post)

[mike miller]

A couple other people have mentioned this happened when they were trying to download something from the Download extension, or possibly download an attachment that was stored in the Download area. The Upload/Download extension may be buggy.

No, there are not two different web servers.

Or was it something else?

What happens is some links will log you out in the process of redirecting. The worst culprits are links to specific posts and the download center.

[matt]

Bingo!.. it was a "Download"... sorry, don't remember what it was, I clicked and.... it's gone (will try to find and post)

OK, thanks. That is at least good to know. I thought the Download extension was a good idea, but as the Admin is the only one who can upload, and now this logging out problem, I'm less excited about it.

[zxys001]

Bingo!.. it was a "Download"... sorry, don't remember what it was, I clicked and.... it's gone (will try to find and post)

..here are the pages which kick me out..

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=47
app.php/downloadsystemdownload?id=14

[matt]

..here are the pages which kick me out..

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=47
app.php/downloadsystemdownload?id=14

Thanks for that. I tried both of those links with my moderator account "matt" in chrome, and a user account "honk" in MS Edge, and I didn't get booted. I'll go back to the developer and see if this is something we can fix.

[zxys001]

Thanks for that. I tried both of those links with my moderator account "matt" in chrome, and a user account "honk" in MS Edge, and I didn't get booted. I'll go back to the developer and see if this is something we can fix.

Ok... for me, when that green "new" icon page displays, I had to "Login" again and all is good (so, two logins?)

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

OK, thanks. That is at least good to know. I thought the Download extension was a good idea, but as the Admin is the only one who can upload, and now this logging out problem, I'm less excited about it.

Looks like I can upload now. Am I supposed to be able to?

[matt]

Looks like I can upload now. Am I supposed to be able to?
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Yeah, actually! They hid the switch pretty well, but I found it eventually. We have 3 categories for upload stuff right now: cad files, macros/api, and documents. Let me know if you think of additional categories of upload stuff.

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Yeah, actually! They hid the switch pretty well, but I found it eventually. We have 3 categories for upload stuff right now: cad files, macros/api, and documents. Let me know if you think of additional categories of upload stuff.

Awesome Matt!

[AlexLachance]

Yeah, actually! They hid the switch pretty well, but I found it eventually. We have 3 categories for upload stuff right now: cad files, macros/api, and documents. Let me know if you think of additional categories of upload stuff.

Hey Matt,

About the upload, I just tried uploading one of the macros I use on there and it said .swp extensions are not allowed. Do you want us zipping them?

[matt]

Hey Matt,

About the upload, I just tried uploading one of the macros I use on there and it said .swp extensions are not allowed. Do you want us zipping them?

SWP extensions can be uploaded straight to the main forum, but it looks like the Upload/Download thing can't take them. The ones that are already up there are in a compressed format, so it looks like that's the best way to go.

The documentation on these extensions is non-existent. You never know the limitations until you find them (or someone finds them for you), and even then it might just turn out to be an (again, undocumented) setting.

tl;dr - Yes, please use compressed format to upload, thx.