[UCIMC-Tech] Website Newswires Not Updating, etc

[Chris Ritzo]

It is sort of related. The database on the site is so huge that it makes it
a problem to migrate. I updated the site a few weeks back to ensure that it
would be secure, but problems remain. Creating content (such as events for
the calendar) gives a WSOD now, and the site really need to have a Mollom
paid subscription if we're going to continue supporting anonymous posting.
There have been several instances of spam comments when the free
subscription is overwhelmed. Cron is definitely not running automatically.
The CiviCRM add-on is also messed up- I attempted an upgrade a while back
and it removed the top Civi Menu, and recently I checked the old donation
form which appeared to be broken as well.

Rather than focus on these small issues like whether the global newswire is
updating, we really need to gather a group of editors and admins to decide
what to do for an upgrade to the site. Kristina W began working on this as
an americorps member. As I see it, we need:
- a relevant news site that preserves the open publishing component of the
current site
- a separate organizational website about the IMC
- people to manage the sites and maintain them

I'm open to being a part of this group if anyone else is willing. My guess
from past experience- no one will step up and will just continue to expect
volunteer techies to fix or build things. This is entirely unsustainable.


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Josh King <jking at chambana.net> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I imagine this is related to the site migration work that Chris is
> doing. I'll take a look at this problem specifically when I get a
> chance; I'm guessing that the periodic cron jobs are not being run for
> the site.
>
> On Thu 03 Jan 2013 12:12:42 PM EST, Mike Lehman wrote:
> > I wanted to check in again on this issue to see if anyone has had a
> > chance to see what's up. The website is basically non-functional for
> > readers at this point and has been since the 31st.
> >
> > One additional issue I've found since a few days back when this
> > started with the website update is that user account settings are also
> > not accessible. I get this error message:
> > Fatal error: Class 'CRM_Contact_BAO_ContactType' not found in
> > /home/docs/ucimc.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module
> > on line 713
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 12/31/2012 9:33 AM, Mike Lehman wrote:
> >> More follow-up. Someone posted a continuing event to the Community
> >> Calendar.
> >> http://ucimc.org/content/middle-market
> >> It also does not appear to update the public calendar view when fresh
> >> entries are posted, as with the Newswires.
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On 12/30/2012 11:44 AM, Mike Lehman wrote:
> >>> There seems to be some issue with the Newswires updating from the
> >>> database. We've received several new articles (along with new spam
> >>> -- deleted), but these aren't visible on the Newswire on the front
> >>> page. They also don't appear on the separate Local and Global
> >>> Newswire pages. I looked at them to see if there was some admin
> >>> action needed, but they appear to be the exactly same as older
> >>> articles posted before the website update, which do appear properly.
> >>>
> >>> Also, the Recent Comments have disappeared from front page, not even
> >>> a link to them. However, they are available here:
> >>> http://www.ucimc.org/comments/recent
> >>> And this Comments page does appear to be updating properly, as
> >>> comments posted since the website update do appear on it, unlike
> >>> with the article pages as noted above.
> >>> Mike
> >>>
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