Bits and Bobs 48

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

Seems to now.

Only problem is, absolutely everything I did with the theme has been ditched so I've got to (virtually) do the whole fecking customization thing again. I can't be arsed.

Thanks for your kindly assistance mind.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

If PHP 7 is the current release then isn't running PHP 5.6 hilariously unsecure? I have no PHP knowledge, I'm honestly just asking.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

No, is the answer.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2017 23:00

PHP 5 still gets bugfixes and security updates.

PHP 6 doesn't really exist.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:29

Was it the anonymous functions that made you think that required PHP 7, Grim...? I think they came in with 5.6.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:36

Aye. I've not used them (that I can remember), so I'm not sure which version they work in.

I'm looking into moving our work prod up to 7. What do you use?

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:59

England v Italy yesterday. I got home in time to catch the final 15 minutes or so of the first half (starting with that impressive drop goal) and the whole of the second. Would someone up to speed with the game's laws explain the loophole Italy were exploiting that was upsetting England?

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:03

I am no Rugby expert, but I think the jist was by failing to engage with the England players, no ruck was formed, so there was no offside line or anything like that, so the Italian players could get behind the ball and disrupt and confuse the English players.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:03

Still 5.6, but only because I've not really had enough time to properly research migration to 7.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Malc wrote:

I am no Rugby expert, but I think the jist was by failing to engage with the England players, no ruck was formed, so there was no offside line or anything like that, so the Italian players could get behind the ball and disrupt and confuse the English players.

basically. It's legal, but it's dodgy. It's been likened to Bodyline in the cricket

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:38

It is allowed and in line outs too.

It is hardly used, because as England showed you are not held, so can just pick the ball up and go.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:46

Thanks for those answers. Very much an unexpected tactic, then.

At least once you try something like that you only really get an advantage the first time as in future games the teams should be more prepared to know how to respond. Or just rewrite the laws.

Anyway, about Elliot Daly....

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:50

The laws don't need re-writing.

it just showed England's weakness at not adapting to the tactic

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:55

Yeah, there was nothing dodgy about what they did, it was just so easy to exploit that no-one has done it for decades, and forgotten how to exploit it. As soon as England went in for half time and were (presumably) told "run through the bloody great big gap it creates" it soon became clear why.

It made for some damned entertaining exchanges with the ref, though.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:57

Yes 'I am not a coach, I am a referee' had be chuckling.

I think once, England realised they would not get pinged for going (took 30 mins), the game changed.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

Jesus Christ, can someone help me again with this bloody website.

There's a Big Title section which just has one big bit of text and then two buttons.

When I change the text in the customise option during the live preview and then publish and save everything is fine. Then when I refresh the text goes back to the fucking default as if it hasn't saved at all.

I think this is the bit. Green Button and Red Button.

Quote:

.green-btn, .red-btn {
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
border: 1px solid #FFDD00 !important;
}

.green-btn:hover, .red-btn:hover {
background: #FFDD00;
border: 1px solid #FFDD00 !important;
color: #303030 !important;
}

.custom-button {
display: inline-block !important;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 13px 35px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin: 10px;
border: medium none;
}
.section-header h2 {
padding-bottom: 0px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.section-header h2:after {
content: '';
display: block;
height: 3px;
width: 40px;
background: #FD0;
margin: 8px 0 20px 0;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;

Anyone have any ideas, again? I will wubs you forever.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 13:35

If the text within the buttons/title is reverting back to the default, the CSS won't be at fault, but the theme itself. Have you tried making the amends in a different browser?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

Is that a problem sometimes? I'm doing it in Chrome but Edge is always pestering me to use it, so I'll have a go in that.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 13:39

Satsuma wrote:

Is that a problem sometimes? I'm doing it in Chrome but Edge is always pestering me to use it, so I'll have a go in that.

It shouldn't be, but it's worth a try.

I've seen some templates asking the user to clear browser caches following an update too in the past.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 13:39

Is this WordPress? Changing things in the Customise section rarely changes the actual website content, as far as I'm aware - you probably need to find the page/post that's got that title on it and edit it directly.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 13:44

Assuming you're still using Zerif Lite, is this the place where you're changing it?

Attachment:

zerif.PNG

(I must remember to remove the template from Under Logic when I'm done

)

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

That's the one. You can't change Big Title elsewhere without dipping into the code I don't reckon.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 14:02

Attachment:

test.PNG

Hmm. It works ok for me. I installed the template, customised the settings as you did, created a new page, set the template for that page to 'Frontpage' and it worked.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

I know. It's never been a problem before.

Anyway, I've kinda sorted it now by downloading another child version of the theme which seems to be working instead.

Seriously though, fuck the internet. It's proper shit. Apart from the pictures of sexy ladies.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

A Google search threw up someone else having a similar problem and it turned out their host was caching some files at their end and the user had to get that cache refreshed somehow. No idea if that's even at all likely in this case though.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 14:48

I read that as "catching some flies" and thought that was a fun turn of phrase for DNS issues

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

If someone pronounces URL as "earl" is it ok to hit them?

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 14:54

markg wrote:

If someone pronounces URL as "earl" is it ok to hit them?

Same rules apply as "dubdubdub" I guess

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Got it. I'll murder them for the good of all humanity then.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 15:00

Good man.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

markg wrote:

If someone pronounces URL as "earl" is it ok to hit them?

It's an obligation

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

Bamba wrote:

A Google search threw up someone else having a similar problem and it turned out their host was caching some files at their end and the user had to get that cache refreshed somehow. No idea if that's even at all likely in this case though.

Thank god I didn't have to do anything like that.

It's taken a few hours yesterday and until now to sort the fecking thing out (minus 45 minutes to watch The Walking Dead so I didn't murder anyone). My site never gets any usage anyway so it's all a rather pointless waste of time that I could do without.

Oh, and by the way, it's nice to see you back. :luv:

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

markg wrote:

If someone pronounces URL as "earl" is it ok to hit them?

Are they Irish or Merkin?

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 15:30

On the subject of websites, adamrobertwebdesign.com popped up as a facebook ad. "We produce beautiful, SEO optimised websites". No, no you don't.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

DavPaz wrote:

markg wrote:

If someone pronounces URL as "earl" is it ok to hit them?

Are they Irish or Merkin?

Neither. I honestly didn't know what the fuck they were on about when they asked if I could update an earl.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 15:57

devilman wrote:

On the subject of websites, adamrobertwebdesign.com popped up as a facebook ad. "We produce beautiful, SEO optimised websites". No, no you don't.

They really don't.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 16:07

I dunno. It's responsive, and loads real fast.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Nice simple theme, too.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2017 16:43

Doesn't require me to use a certain browser, and it doesn't download megabytes of images or scripts.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Satsuma wrote:

Oh, and by the way, it's nice to see you back. :luv:

Thanks man. :kiss:

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14360

Marvel does classic hip-hop covers with comic characters. And some characters I've never heard of. The Spider-Man one is cool though.

Some folks on here like comics though, so here you goes:

http://2dopeboyz.com/2017/02/24/marvel- ... ce=twitter

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:17

I'm pretty sure Storm Doris has ever-so-slightly moved my satellite dish away from the correct angle, or at the very least dislodged one of the cables running down from it. For the past few days I've had no trouble watching in standard definition but high definition broadcasts keep on breaking up. I might get a ladder just to check that the cables are secure, otherwise I might need to decide if watching in HD is more important than calling out an expert.

It could just be atmospherics and will soon pass.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

"An exceptionally well resourced dark arts operation"

Like...witchcraft?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Dammit Cavey!

Cavey · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:18

(Soz mate, moved it to politics thread where I meant to post

)

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:19

Cras wrote:

"An exceptionally well resourced dark arts operation"

Best Tripadvisor review ever.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Kern wrote:

I'm pretty sure Storm Doris has ever-so-slightly moved my satellite dish away from the correct angle, or at the very least dislodged one of the cables running down from it. For the past few days I've had no trouble watching in standard definition but high definition broadcasts keep on breaking up. I might get a ladder just to check that the cables are secure, otherwise I might need to decide if watching in HD is more important than calling out an expert.

It could just be atmospherics and will soon pass.

Sky boxes have a signal strength output buried in the settings menu somewhere; check that.

Cavey · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:24

Kern wrote:

Cras wrote:

"An exceptionally well resourced dark arts operation"

Best Tripadvisor review ever.

I suppose a correspondingly poorly resourced dark arts operation would have to be conducted outside in the rain with a dearth of the necessary candles, or something.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:25

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Sky boxes have a signal strength output buried in the settings menu somewhere; check that.

Yeah, the (Freesat) box says it's getting 85% rather than the usual 100% when tuned to HD services. SD still at 100. Might try a rescan later in the week before investigating further and probably breaking things. Or start investigating cable.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Christ, look at this fucking horror show:

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