The Energon Pub

[Seibertron]

I made a slew of changes yesterday and today. Please let me know if you encounter errors (such as 404, 503, etc). Thank you.

[Sabrblade]

I made a slew of changes yesterday and today. Please let me know if you encounter errors (such as 404, 503, etc). Thank you.

I encountered a "Bad Gateway" message when trying to access this page from the email notification about 30 minutes ago.

And when accessing another thread from a different email notification from 5 minutes ago, I was automatically logged out of my account and had to log back in.

[Seibertron]

I made a slew of changes yesterday and today. Please let me know if you encounter errors (such as 404, 503, etc). Thank you.

I encountered a "Bad Gateway" message when trying to access this page from the email notification about 30 minutes ago.

And when accessing another thread from a different email notification from 5 minutes ago, I was automatically logged out of my account and had to log back in.

I just completed making changes a couple of minutes ago. Please let me know from this point forward as of 12:47PM Central time on March 18th, 2025 if you encounter new errors (i.e. not errors from prior to that time).

[Sabrblade]

The Captcha code image on the Contact Seibertron.com page is broken.

[Seibertron]

The Captcha code image on the Contact Seibertron.com page is broken.

I'll address this when I get home from Seibertron HQ after I get our stores packages done for the day and after I get my daughter to color guard!

[Emerje]

I'm just glad the forum search is back.

Emerje

[Seibertron]

I'm just glad the forum search is back.

Emerje

Does anyone remember why it went missing? Did I disable it for some reason? I don't recall doing that.

[Sabrblade]

I'm just glad the forum search is back.

Emerje

Does anyone remember why it went missing? Did I disable it for some reason? I don't recall doing that.

It disappeared in a site-wide update last November.

[Seibertron]

It disappeared in a site-wide update last November.

Unbeknownst to any of you, the link Sabrblade posted generated a "404 Not Found" page when it was clicked on. I just spent the last 4 hours or so debugging this issue which lead me down a wild path to some changes I made back in 2017 (I left notes in the code that I modified it on a certain date). Anyways, it was a long winding road to resolve this problem and come up with a solution and eventually I was even able to re-address the problem from 2017 with a better solution.

Whew. I think it's all working now. Sabrblade, you'll notice that the URL you posted is different than the one when you click on it (when you click on it, it's now missing t120472s25 and is formatted differently slightly so that the 404 error isn't generated.

The other issue that I addressed was some code I wrote back in 2017 to fix the old ".php.php.php" error that Dalton reported way back when. That's been addressed and the friendly URLs have been improved as well.

If you see anything that is out of whack after all of the changes I made tonight, please let me know so that I can look into those issues as well.

[Seibertron]

Looks like we've lost the "VIEW NEW POSTS" links. Oh well.

Same with the "View Your Posts" and the Search function.

The error I mentioned above was discovered when I merged the problem reporting thread with the "update on Seibertron.com's Database Server. The discussion in that topic seemed like it was very related to the problem reporting thread. But when that topic ID went missing because it was merged with this topic, that's where I discovered the problems I just spent the past 4 hours or so fixing.

[Seibertron]

Any problems to report? Any links not working? Any phpbb functionality not working how it used to?

[Emerje]

Any problems to report? Any links not working? Any phpbb functionality not working how it used to?

This is an old problem that didn't get fixed in this batch. For some reason the button for going to the newest post in this specific thread (ironically) always leads to a 404 error, while the button next to the name of the last person to make a post in this tread works fine.

Screenshot 2025-03-21 095509.jpg

I haven't seen this error in any other thread but this one.

Emerje

[Seibertron]

Any problems to report? Any links not working? Any phpbb functionality not working how it used to?

This is an old problem that didn't get fixed in this batch. For some reason the button for going to the newest post in this specific thread (ironically) always leads to a 404 error, while the button next to the name of the last person to make a post in this tread works fine.

Screenshot 2025-03-21 095509.jpg

I haven't seen this error in any other thread but this one.

Emerje

This has been fixed.

[Seibertron]

I also changed the forum list view and topic list view so that the fields like replies, topics, views, and posts were just informative lines of text under the relevant forum or topic instead of taking up so much space as a column. It's driven me crazy for years how wasteful those columns were. Now it's fixed. You might need to force your browser to grab the latest CSS file.

I also changed the forum list view and topic list view so that the fields like replies, topics, views, and posts were just informative lines of text under the relevant forum or topic instead of taking up so much space as a column. It's driven me crazy for years how wasteful those columns were. Now it's fixed. You might need to force your browser to grab the latest CSS file.

Having Display Issues? Try a Hard Refresh!

Sometimes your browser holds on to old files (like CSS), which can cause things to look broken or out of date. You can fix this by forcing your browser to load the latest version:

Desktop Browsers:

Windows / Linux:

• Chrome / Firefox / Edge:
  Press Ctrl + F5
  (Or hold Ctrl and click the Refresh button)

Mac:

• Safari / Chrome / Firefox:
  Press Command (⌘) + Shift + R

Mobile Browsers:

iPhone / iPad (Safari):

[] Tap the Reload icon in the address bar.
[] Or go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data (if needed).

Android (Chrome):

[] Tap the menu (⋮) > Reload.
[] Or go to Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data and clear "Cached images and files."

[Seibertron]

This is a test for special characters such as the following: ? ✅

[Seibertron]

This is a test for special characters such as the following: ? ✅

Look what doesn't cause errors any more?

✅ Common Emojis (faces, objects, symbols)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
❤️ ? ? ? ? ? ? ✅ ? ?
?️ ? ? ? ? ?️ ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ?️ ⏰ ⌛ ? ?

✍️ Accented & Foreign Characters
á à â ä å æ ç é è ê ë í ì î ï ñ ó ò ô ö ø ú ù û ü ÿ
Ā ā Č č Ď ď Ē ē Ģ ģ Ī ī Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Š š Ū ū Ž ž
Русский 文字 日本語 한국어 العربية हिन्दी ภาษาไทย

? Special Characters and Symbols
• ‣ ‼ ❗ ❓ ⁉ ☑ ✓ ✗ ✘ ✉ ✏ ⚠ ⚡
← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ⇄ ⇧ ⇨ ⇩ ⬅ ⬆ ⬇ ➤
★ ☆ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ☠ ☢ ☣ ✈ ⛔ ⛳

? Tech / Terminal Style

Code: Select all

>_ $ ./run.sh --force
# chmod +x file.sh
404 ❌ Not Found 
200 ✅ OK 
`Code` → ⌨ Terminal


? Box Drawing & Lines (good for formatting)

Code: Select all

┌──────────────┐
│ Hello World! │
└──────────────┘

╔═══╦═══╦═══╗
║ 1 ║ 2 ║ 3 ║
╚═══╩═══╩═══╝


[Sabrblade]

Hot diggity dog! Been waiting for when we can use those!

[Seibertron]

Please keep the error reports coming while I'm on a roll! More changes and improvements to come soon.

[Fires_Of_Inferno]

Should I be getting the ad block notification every time a page loads on the site? Like it came up on the main page, then it came up again when I clicked on the Forums tab, then it came up again when I clicked View Your Posts. Then it came up again when I clicked back to the Forums tab, and again when I clicked on this thread, then again when I clicked on the Postreply button.

[Seibertron]

Should I be getting the ad block notification every time a page loads on the site? Like it came up on the main page, then it came up again when I clicked on the Forums tab, then it came up again when I clicked View Your Posts. Then it came up again when I clicked back to the Forums tab, and again when I clicked on this thread, then again when I clicked on the Postreply button.

Thanks for the heads-up, Fires_Of_Inferno — it looks like our new ad block checker pulled a full-on Gremlins moment. You feed it a little code after midnight, and suddenly it’s popping up all over the place, causing chaos on every page. Definitely not what I intended!

I just updated the code so it now only shows once per day. Consider it more Gizmo, less Stripe from here on out.

On a more serious note — ads help keep Seibertron.com online and free for everyone. They power the galleries, news coverage, and forums we’ve built over the past 20+ years. If you’re able to whitelist the site in your ad blocker, it’d mean a lot and genuinely helps support the work behind the scenes.

Appreciate the feedback and your place in the community!

[Emerje]

Loving the updates!

...But I just got a 503 error coming to the forum just now from the front page using the forum button at the top.

Oh hey, while you're fixing things you want to fix my staff email? It hasn't worked for like 2 years now. I had sent a couple emails through the contact form and a post on the staff forum (which rarely gets checked anyway), but it never got fixed. I probably should have just PM'd you directly.

Screenshot 2025-03-23 023535.jpg

Emerje

[Bazillatron]

Forum is still dead like dodo.

Some post does not "pass premoderation" since january.

[Sabrblade]

I keep having to log back in every time I come the site on my laptop each different day, despite checking the "Keep me signed in" check box each time. This didn't start happening until very recently.

[Seibertron]

I would clear out your cookies and the cache for seibertron. I'm not experiencing this problem but I'm assuming that's what you are experiencing.


How to Clear Cookies and Cache for Seibertron.com

If you're having trouble with login, display issues, or anything else that might be fixed by clearing your browser's cache or cookies for just Seibertron.com, follow the instructions below for your browser:

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Google Chrome

[]Go to seibertron.com. []Click the padlock icon next to the URL. []Click Cookies and site data or Site settings. []Click Clear data or Delete cookies.
1. Reload the page.

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Mozilla Firefox

[]Visit seibertron.com. []Click the padlock icon to the left of the URL. []Click Clear Cookies and Site Data. []Click Remove.
1. Reload the page.

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Microsoft Edge

[]Navigate to seibertron.com. []Click the padlock icon next to the URL. []Click Cookies. []Click Remove for each cookie listed.
1. Refresh the page.

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Safari (Mac)

[]Click Safari > Settings (or Preferences). []Go to the Privacy tab. []Click Manage Website Data. []Search for seibertron.com. []Select it and click Remove, then Done. []Reload the site.

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Android (Chrome Browser)

[]Go to seibertron.com. []Tap the padlock icon in the address bar. []Tap Cookies and site data. []Tap Delete.
1. Reload the page.

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iOS (Safari)

[]Open the Settings app. []Go to Safari > Advanced > Website Data. []Search for seibertron.com. []Swipe left and tap Delete.
1. Close and reopen Safari.

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If problems persist after clearing cookies and cache, try restarting your browser or device.

Let me know if you need further assistance after you try the steps above. Thanks.

[Sabrblade]

I would clear out your cookies and the cache for seibertron. I'm not experiencing this problem but I'm assuming that's what you are experiencing.


How to Clear Cookies and Cache for Seibertron.com

If you're having trouble with login, display issues, or anything else that might be fixed by clearing your browser's cache or cookies for just Seibertron.com, follow the instructions below for your browser:

---

Google Chrome

[]Go to seibertron.com. []Click the padlock icon next to the URL. []Click Cookies and site data or Site settings. []Click Clear data or Delete cookies.
1. Reload the page.

Did exactly this multiple times on different days, but every time I even close my browser, open it back up, and come back to the site, I am still forced to log back in each time.