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threeone · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Location: Detroit, Michigan

Using PHP4 and B2 0.6.1

New posts are only visible in Post/Edit mode, and not from a browswer (e.g. to visitors or myself). I tried commenting out the header lines in blog.header.php, setting IE5.5 to ignore a cache and download the page as new each visit, and I tried viewing the page from another machine running IE6.

I don't see a connection here, but yesterday I installed w.bloggar3 on my Desktop, and tested it. I was able to make a post with it, and I could even view new posts in w.bloggar3's Post/Edit mode-- just can't view them from a browser. Any help is appreciated.

Matthew
http://threeonethree.com/threeone

dtdgoomba · Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 179 Location: Cambridge, MA

Is the server time and the your local time the same? I've read some of these threads and a few times the problem was that the posts were 'future' posts. Is that all in synch?

threeone · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Location: Detroit, Michigan

I double-checked the times/dates. In Post/Edit, the date and time of the post are in the same format as the old posts that are visible.

Matthew
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mikelittle · Joined: 11 May 2002 Posts: 376 Location: UK

Matthew,
it's not the date/time format but the time difference that you need to check.
on the options page there is a field 'Time difference:' which you need to set to the difference between your location and that of your hosting server.

For example, I am in the UK (timezone GMT), but my server is in Indiana, US (timezone GMT -5). So I have to set my time difference to 5 (that's +5)
If I set it back to 0 (I've just tried this) my newest posting disappears, it is suddenly in the future.

Hope this helps,
Mike
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threeone · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Location: Detroit, Michigan

No, the time difference is still set to zero, as my host's server is in the same time zone. Actually, no matter if I change the date to a date prior to- or in the range of- visibles posts, new posts are still not visible.

If it turns out that I have to re-install b2, how can I ensure saving of all previous posts, so that that can be imported to the new install? Won't the new b2 overwrite the data in my MySQL db?

Matthew
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macshack · Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 1204 Location: Phoenix, Az

Hi,

As long as your current version of b2 is recent, like 0.6.x, then you would not have to re-run b2install.php. Its job is to build the b2 needed tables and populate them with an initial set of data. You already have the DB and the b2 tables plus your data.

So just upload a new copy of the b2 files, overlaying your existing set. But keep a copy of your template and your current b2config.php to use in the new b2.

michael e

ryder2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

was the date the answer or did you have to upload the b2 files again?
i'm having this same problem.
thanks,
ryder

ryder2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

hi,

my posts will only update once i delete the temp files in my browser. i'm on a pc with IE 6.0. this means that user's are seeing old information until they clean their cache... doh!

thoughts?
ryder

macshack · Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 1204 Location: Phoenix, Az

Hi,

Look in blog.header.php around line 30+. If you find this:

ryder2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

thanks Macshack!

i just got it working with a recent post from you at :
http://tidakada.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=2144&highlight=caching

one thing,
in that topic you said to post:

/* Sending HTTP headers */
$last_modified_header = mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s', get_lastpostdate());
@header ("X-Pingback: $pathserver/xmlrpc.php");
@header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
@header("Pragma: no-cache");

and in this one you said to post:

/* Sending HTTP headers */
$last_modified_header = mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s', get_lastpostdate());
@header ("X-Pingback: $pathserver/xmlrpc.php");
if (!$is_winIE) {
@header ("Last-Modified: $last_modified_header");
@header ('ETag: "'.md5($last_modified_header.$pagenow).'"');
}

what's the difference in performance? will the site be quicker with one over the other? ie. do images have to reload etc. for both versions of code? does this affect images at all?

your help is greatly appreciated!
ryder

macshack · Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 1204 Location: Phoenix, Az

Hi,

Performance wise there should not be a big difference. This whole thing was an attempt to cut down on extra traffic of b2 pages. But IE wants to act rather funny. So Michel V changed the code to not to the two headers if this was an IE browser.

As far as the images are concerned, those should be fine. Cached as needed, they are retieved by the browser with a seperate request.

So did the change fix the refresh issue for you?

Kind regards,
michael e

KvdnBerg · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 4

Hi macshack, I had the same problem and tried your fix, seems to work for me.

Thanks!!

Karin

ryder2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 12

thanks Macshack!
yeah, i used the first code and it worked great.
ryder

webzies · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 2

nope, that doesnt work for me. i tried both commenting it out, and doing a lot of other crap. but they still dont work. And my server time IS the same as my blog time.

http://lifeistuff.acnova.com

macshack · Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 1204 Location: Phoenix, Az

Hi webzies,

To avoid any confusion, lets see if I understand your problem.

When you post new entries they are not being displayed in the main template, even with refreshes and what not. But they can be seen in b2edit. Also the post times seem to be correct and you do not have an offset set in the b2 options. Is all this correct?
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