Updating GameTZ to UTF-8
14-Feb-23 11:08am
#1 bill
I'm planning to update GameTZ to use UTF-8 character encoding on Monday, February 20th.
It will probably happen in late morning or early afternoon (US/Eastern time). The site will be down for about 10 minutes while I convert the database to UTF-8. Then, I'll release the software changes I made and restart the site.
If all goes well, it will just work and you won't even notice a difference. If you do notice problems (especially garbled characters), please let me know.
I have been evaluating this change to UTF-8 on my test server, but you never know with something like this once it hits the live site with lots of people using it doing different things. I plan to make a backup of the database beforehand, just in case things go very badly.
I'll post again on Monday before I start.
GameTZ is running on fairly old technology. While this change won't fix that, it will help modernize it a bit.
History that led to me realizing I needed to do this UTF-8 upgrade :
https://gametz.com/S...
https://gametz.com/S...
#1 bill
I'm planning to update GameTZ to use UTF-8 character encoding on Monday, February 20th.
It will probably happen in late morning or early afternoon (US/Eastern time). The site will be down for about 10 minutes while I convert the database to UTF-8. Then, I'll release the software changes I made and restart the site.
If all goes well, it will just work and you won't even notice a difference. If you do notice problems (especially garbled characters), please let me know.
I have been evaluating this change to UTF-8 on my test server, but you never know with something like this once it hits the live site with lots of people using it doing different things. I plan to make a backup of the database beforehand, just in case things go very badly.
I'll post again on Monday before I start.
GameTZ is running on fairly old technology. While this change won't fix that, it will help modernize it a bit.
History that led to me realizing I needed to do this UTF-8 upgrade :
https://gametz.com/S...
https://gametz.com/S...
14-Feb-23 7:24pm
#5 nonamesleft
I already noticed some changes on the non mobile site. I'm guessing they're related to the current transition?
#5 nonamesleft
I already noticed some changes on the non mobile site. I'm guessing they're related to the current transition?
14-Feb-23 8:12pm
#7 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
what changes?When you send an offer, you fill in the boxes of what you're sending and what gets sent to you. Those boxes used to have a clear outline. Now the outline isn't nearly as noticeable as it used to be. (On the PC site, old layout)
#7 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
what changes?When you send an offer, you fill in the boxes of what you're sending and what gets sent to you. Those boxes used to have a clear outline. Now the outline isn't nearly as noticeable as it used to be. (On the PC site, old layout)
15-Feb-23 7:15am
#9 bill
@nonamesleft I didn't intentionally change that. I don't think it could be character set related (what I've been working on [though I mostly haven't released it]).
Checking the offer creation page myself now, I don't see what you mean about it being more or less noticeable. I see that if I click on a text-entry box, it gains a blacker outline. Could that be it? Otherwise, I don't know what to make of what you're saying.
#9 bill
@nonamesleft I didn't intentionally change that. I don't think it could be character set related (what I've been working on [though I mostly haven't released it]).
Checking the offer creation page myself now, I don't see what you mean about it being more or less noticeable. I see that if I click on a text-entry box, it gains a blacker outline. Could that be it? Otherwise, I don't know what to make of what you're saying.
15-Feb-23 8:41am
#10 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
@nonamesleft I didn't intentionally change that. I don't think it could be character set related (what I've been working on [though I mostly haven't released it]). Checking the offer creation page myself now, I don't see what you mean about it being more or less noticeable. I see that if I click on a text-entry box, it gains a blacker outline. Could that be it? Otherwise, I don't know what to make of what you're saying.Maybe it is that. I went back and checked. I did update my browser very recently though. Could a browser update have an effect on how a page is presented?
#10 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
@nonamesleft I didn't intentionally change that. I don't think it could be character set related (what I've been working on [though I mostly haven't released it]). Checking the offer creation page myself now, I don't see what you mean about it being more or less noticeable. I see that if I click on a text-entry box, it gains a blacker outline. Could that be it? Otherwise, I don't know what to make of what you're saying.Maybe it is that. I went back and checked. I did update my browser very recently though. Could a browser update have an effect on how a page is presented?
15-Feb-23 9:14am
#11 bill
Possible but not likely. Maybe you could pm me with the specific page you are using and how it looks off? Whatever it is, I don't think it's related to the UTF-8 stuff.
#11 bill
Possible but not likely. Maybe you could pm me with the specific page you are using and how it looks off? Whatever it is, I don't think it's related to the UTF-8 stuff.
15-Feb-23 2:07pm
#12 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
Possible but not likely. Maybe you could pm me with the specific page you are using and how it looks off? Whatever it is, I don't think it's related to the UTF-8 stuff.It's really not a big deal at all. Not even a small deal. It's just something I noticed, and I was wondering if it was related to the change.
Sure. I'll PM some details.
#12 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
Possible but not likely. Maybe you could pm me with the specific page you are using and how it looks off? Whatever it is, I don't think it's related to the UTF-8 stuff.It's really not a big deal at all. Not even a small deal. It's just something I noticed, and I was wondering if it was related to the change.
Sure. I'll PM some details.
20-Feb-23 7:32am
#13 bill
Today is the day that I'll do this UTF-8 update.
I'll start in an hour or two. You may notice the site being down. I'll post when I'm done or if I have problems, etc.
#13 bill
Today is the day that I'll do this UTF-8 update.
I'll start in an hour or two. You may notice the site being down. I'll post when I'm done or if I have problems, etc.
20-Feb-23 9:34am
#15 bill
It is done.
Let me know if you notice any problems (especially garbled characters).
#15 bill
It is done.
Let me know if you notice any problems (especially garbled characters).
20-Feb-23 5:03pm
#16 Foxhack
Not sure if this is a bug or if something happened on the other trader's end: I just pended a trade with Snappy, I got a message from them and the email I got had garbled text. The text said,
> Hey m8, I’ll go for the 8.30 and PayPal you
But on the site, it said this:
> Hey m8, I’ll go for the 8.30 and PayPal you
Seems the email encoded the character he used in the offer incorrectly. It seems it's supposed to be this: https://www.compart....
#16 Foxhack
Not sure if this is a bug or if something happened on the other trader's end: I just pended a trade with Snappy, I got a message from them and the email I got had garbled text. The text said,
> Hey m8, I’ll go for the 8.30 and PayPal you
But on the site, it said this:
> Hey m8, I’ll go for the 8.30 and PayPal you
Seems the email encoded the character he used in the offer incorrectly. It seems it's supposed to be this: https://www.compart....
20-Feb-23 5:52pm
#17 bill
Thanks for letting me know. I think it may be a bug or at least something I may be able to fix. It definitely seems related to the UTF-8 changes too.
I was able to easily reproduce this. So, that should help me fix it as well.
#17 bill
Thanks for letting me know. I think it may be a bug or at least something I may be able to fix. It definitely seems related to the UTF-8 changes too.
I was able to easily reproduce this. So, that should help me fix it as well.
20-Feb-23 6:01pm
#18 bill
I should note that the app is also garbling special characters badly (worse, I think). I'm looking into that as well.
#18 bill
I should note that the app is also garbling special characters badly (worse, I think). I'm looking into that as well.
20-Feb-23 6:18pm
#19 bill
Hm, yeah... email notifications may not work well until I fix this. I'm seeing cases of email just not going out because of it. The module I use to send email does not seem to be utf8 aware...
#19 bill
Hm, yeah... email notifications may not work well until I fix this. I'm seeing cases of email just not going out because of it. The module I use to send email does not seem to be utf8 aware...
21-Feb-23 7:27am
#20 bill
I think I have that email garbling of special characters fixed.
I sent you a test message @Foxhack...
#20 bill
I think I have that email garbling of special characters fixed.
I sent you a test message @Foxhack...
21-Feb-23 8:04am
#21 Foxhack
The message looked fine here! I'm on mobile so I'm not sure what you did, but it wasn't garbled.
#21 Foxhack
The message looked fine here! I'm on mobile so I'm not sure what you did, but it wasn't garbled.
Updating GameTZ to UTF-8