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Desktop Whoas… am I the only one?

Published by Simion on September 30, 2007 in Dolphin and Ray. 3 Comments

Hey guys,

   I have posted to Victor and Andrey about it, and Igor was on my site fiddling with it ( no change) but I know that they are loaded down, but I really need to get this thing worked out FAST.  The Desktop loads and installs just fine. BUT the IM and Chat will not load… just a constand loading state.

  Also, is there a way to change the Icon instead of a stingray?

one last thing. I want to add other options to it like the Whiteboard. I added it in on the base in the “other” section but nothing shows on the desktop…. is there a step I am missing?

The main concern I have is the IM and Chat not loading….. can someone give me a hand?

uploading file error

Published by atermaner on September 30, 2007 in Misc. 2 Comments

hello i have problem with free ray 3.0 video upload… if i want (on localhost) upload some video (.avi, .mpg and .mpeg) the uploader say uploading file error and in my virtual server is “post_max_size” and “upload_max_filesize” is configured to 90mb… pls help me where is the problem? with music uploader is no problem upload is good and complete problem is only with video uploading…

Join form

Published by MichelSwiss on September 30, 2007 in Dolphin. 2 Comments

I don’t find in the join form builder any option to delete these useless and disturbing (for me) boxes *Member Login* and *Import Boonex ID*… Is the only solution to cut in the script ???

 I’d like to use more space for the left labels (i.e. to write *Confirm Password on a single line rather than on two lines) and to use the right column to write explanations about how to fill in the fields (like it was in Dolphin 5.6) which will be much more useful to my new subscribers.

This Join form is fundamental and has to be as clear and simple as possible ! I will not change one’s mind about that ! :-)

My failure

Published by tgarrett on September 30, 2007 in BoonEx, Dolphin and Ray. 12 Comments

In a previous post I indicated I had things working except for the Video Recorder. I was mistaken. So…

Freshly re-installed everything (Dolphin - Ray - Orca, and Ray Media Server) from latest available downloads.

RMS installed via psftp, and java 1.5 installed via putty, both while logged in as root.

Files requiring editing were edited via VIM while logged in as root and file permission changes were made via PuTTy while logged in as root.

Logged in as root with PuTTy and ran ray.sh and the RMS started, so…

Edited rc.local to run run_daemon.sh at startup, then restarted VPS.

After restarting the VPS, visited “http://www.boonex.com/products/ray/red5_tester.swf” to test connection. This page connected successfully.

However, when logged into the admin panel of Dolphin, I get a connection error when attempting to “admin” the video recorder. When attempting to “admin” the A/V chat, it comes up ok in the admin panel but when a member is logged into the front-end and clicks on chat it just hangs on “connecting.” Also, from the front-end the whiteboard responds with a connection error.

Getting very frustrated!

To recap - Running on HFW VPS with purchased licenses for all products.

What am I missing? What am I doing wrong? And yes, I’m ready to give up and pay you guys to install it. I’m not to proud to admit defeat.

Kindest regards,

G

I lost all my video files using BoonEx RMS

Published by shaneed on September 30, 2007 in Misc. 1 Comment

Hi, im using BoonEx RMS, and today i have seen that all the profile videos are gone. Can someone explain me why???  This is outrageous already. Why do you offer a free server if you delete people’s files?

Photos upload

Published by Divvy on September 29, 2007 in Dolphin. 2 Comments

I dont understand… I have tested in boonex.us and is working fine! Is boonex.us running 6.0.000.2?
But in my site don’t work!

I can upload photos, but my “avatar” don’t change… I stay with the default avatar. I click in “Make Primary” and don’t change also. What could be? Anyone else with the same problem?

Another thing…

When I try to upload some picture in here:
http://www.mysite.com/uploadSharePhoto.php

Appears this error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mb_strtolower() in /home/mysite/public_html/inc/tags.inc.php on line 39

Can someone help me fixing this?
I have translated my site english to portuguese… maybe is any conflict of languages, I don’t know….

P.S. When I click in “My Presence”, I have my real photo, not the default avatar.
Only in the site not appear…

Installation Error.

Published by daniel on September 29, 2007 in 4ppl, Barracuda, BoonEx, Dolphin, Expertzzz, Misc, Orca, Ray and Shark. 3 Comments

While attempting to re-install Dolphin (FREE Version) I came across something that has never quite happened to me before, after contacting my hosting provider, they’re proceeding with the installation after they can figure out what happened.

Ive included a screenshot here.

Does anyone know if Mogrify/Convert/Composite Binarys are absolutley required? It gives me the option of still proceeding with installation even though it cannot locate the binarys…

Has anyone else had those files deleted mysteriously? I havent even touched the usr/ directory yet.

**EDIT**-Problem Solved. Hosting Provider had to reinstall ImageMagick.

Dolphon+Ray: video chat question

Published by robin001 on September 29, 2007 in BoonEx, Dolphin and Misc. 12 Comments

Hello,

I noticed when I tested chat(clicked on tab) the option to do video chat or the options weren’t available, is this becuase I’m not running my own Ray Server?

I added screenshot to show you what i mean

Boonex.us
boonexchat.JPG
my chat tab
mychat.JPG

Languages files

Published by MichelSwiss on September 29, 2007 in Dolphin, Orca and Ray. 3 Comments

Hello Andrey :-)

I think that will add value to Dolphin, Ray and Orca if the package were coming with languages files (chinese, spanish, french, …)…

Maybe some of your dear users will be good enough to share their translation (I think that you already have russian and I will send to you french as soon as I will completed it).

Is that a possible idea for you to give us instructions about how to collect the language keys in the database to make a SQL language file ? And will it be possible for you to publish these translations (if any will be sent to BoonEx) on boonex.us to allow users to hunt missing keys or mistakes ???

Orca 1.2 Beta 3. Please test.

Published by Andrey Sivtsov on September 29, 2007 in Orca. 12 Comments

We have seen quite a few reports for Orca. We noted them all and worked on Orca mostly to improve situation with two major aspects - XSLT and encodings. Now, Orca is can be run with Server-side XSLT or client-side XSLT; and now it supports UTF-8 chars correctly.

We plan to test and release stable version of Orca shorlty and include it into Dolphin 6.0.0003 patch release, so please test it and let us know your results. In your comemnts, pelase make sure to let us know your browser and language settings.

Download here - http://get.boonex.com/Orca-1.2.Beta3

Server-side XSLT demo - http://www.demozzz.com/orca/beta/?xsl_mode=server

Good when your host supports XSLT properly, so your visitors never experince any problems, no matter which browser they use.

Client-side XSLT demo - http://www.demozzz.com/orca/beta/?xsl_mode=client

Less burden to your host, no XSLT support requirement, but expect only visitors with “this century” browsers be happy with your forums ;)

IMPORTANT:

Set default encoding for your Orca database to ‘utf8_unicode_ci’ before running Orca install.
Use ’server mode’ if your server has XSL support in php.
Use ‘client mode’ if you have not XSL support in php

You can switch between modes by adding ‘?xsl_mode=client’ or ‘?xsl_mode=server’ string to your Orca url
or you can permanently switch to the one or another mode by editing inc/header.inc.php file and change this line :
$gConf[’xsl_mode’] = ’server’; // client, server
change ’server’ to ‘client’ to enable client side XSL transformation.

Enjoy!

6.1 Feature Request - Splash Screen Chat/Forums

Published by Raguu on September 28, 2007 in Misc. 9 Comments

6.1 - Splash Screen Chat/Forums

I’d like to be able to do the following:

1. For Chat/Forums, I’d like to be able to place a splash screen describing the rules for each:

A.  How a thread might be locked
B.  Acceptable behavior (mutual respect, attack point not each other etc..
C.  Spam policies etc..

Admin defined information.

2. At the bottom of the screen, I’d like to require the user to have to select a checkbox that they agree to the terms.

3. User would only have to agree once before gaining access to Chat/Forum

Reply > Total free ray? Reality or absurdity?

Published by atermaner on September 28, 2007 in Dolphin and Ray. 2 Comments

hello… i want reply to user lukasmas and his topic Total free ray? Reality or absurdity?… i thinks - this is very good idea (respect lukasmas)… what ads you can give to ray widgets? for example - exist some referral program or you can give ads to your products “nothing with dolphin and for all products for comunitty builders” or you can give free ad-free version for interesting project or give ad-free version for small project or trial version… for example - if i have small site with dolphin (300 unique visitors) i will not be pay much money for ray… this is my idea about this topic - this people should get free adfree version (this is only example)… Please all - comment your stance and please sorry for my english…

Andrey - a simple answer would be nice

Published by zunibee on September 28, 2007 in Misc and Ray. 1 Comment

I paid for an ad free license for Ray video player last Saturday. I did not receive any email or anything. I went to unity and there is a blank license number. I removed the ad license from video player and tried to use the one that is blank. It came back as wrong license.

I submitted a ticket on 9/21 and got nothing. I submitted another ticket on 9/25 and still nothing. Its been a week since I paid you and I can’t get any information from BoonEx.

Payment Details

Transaction ID: 1A997641NT431904SCan you tell me the license number I should use? My user name on unity is zunibee.

All I am looking for is a simple answer or refund the money. Even if the answer was we are backlogged 10 days….an acknowledgment would be nice….

Maybe you need a couple of volunteer customer support reps. Their answers can’t be as bad as no answer at all.

To Andrey again

Published by bundyflavour on September 28, 2007 in Dolphin and Ray. 3 Comments

Hello again and excuse me for posting the same message again. I see that i didn’t receive an answear so I will post again the same post. hope this time i will have more luck. Thanks

Hello Andrey and welcome back.I hope you have the answear to my question because until now nobody resolved it.

Now that SmartPro 3 appear, please tell me this:
If I buy and install SmartPro 3 on my servers that accept RMS (ffmpeg, etc) would I have problems when your servers go down ? My chat/messenger/video uploads/music uploads will still work meanwhile the Boonex servers are down ?

This is my only question. I want to know for sure if they will keep working even in case the servers are down.

I red in the forums that when you have problems with your servers all Ray widgets stop working.

Please clarify me this Andrey.I need to know it in order to take a decision.

So, resuming my question:

I will still depend on Boonex servers if I buy the SmartPro 3 and install it on my own servers ? And in this case, will Ray still work even if your servers go down ? Are people going to be able to upload videos/music and use the chat and instant messenger and video recording without problems ?

Thank you and hope now you will clarify me this issue.

Pd: please excuse my english :p I am from Spain

Pd2: Also please tell me if all the Ray widgets will work properly if the servers are down, in case I decide to use your RMS and install the SmartPro 3 on a hosting which doesn’t support ffmpeg, …
Thank you

Video Recorder not working

Published by tgarrett on September 27, 2007 in Dolphin and Ray. 5 Comments

Initially couldn’t get Ray working correctly.

Performed fresh install with 6.0.0002 on HostForWeb VPS. To recap an earlier post, I purchased all licenses and have installed Ray Media Server on my VPS.

Seems that everything is working except the video recorder. When I log into the admin portion and click on Plugins/Ray Suite, I can click “admin” for A/V Chat and it works, but when I click “admin” for Video Recorder I get a connection error.

On the front-end of the site, when you go into chat and initiate an IM session with another user, you of course get the popup IM window. When you place your mouse cursor over the video icon the help text that pops up says that video is currently off.

Any idea why this would be and what I can do to correct this?

Thanks,

G

To Andrey…

Published by lumpen5 on September 27, 2007 in BoonEx, Dolphin, Expertzzz, Orca and Ray. 2 Comments

(This is  a repost of a response to another’s post. I am posting it here because peeps contacted me that it might be a good idea….I have kept the post the same, errors in spelling, etc.) 

Hey Andrey:

I feel for you bro! As a Pm for software Dev. it suks to release something, thing you have done a good thing, hit the milestones, grind out the code, check it as best you can, take that breather, then come back refreshed all to be hit by angry comments, some warranted, some not.

All software is buggy and reaching the coveted x.0 is part of the process of improvement, not perfection.
I mean honestly, how many people have upgraded to Vista from XP before SP1 will come out Microsoft threw billions of dollars at the new OS and it is raked over the coals!
And Dolphin is free! (sorry detractors but license/ping servers and “ugly” ads is not a violation of your internet right for free everything.)

Ok off my high horse…

To address your question about price packages, I have a suggestion. (Perhaps this exists, but If so I don;t know about it…)

What about hosting the entire community on your servers at a per month/quarter cost. By hosted I don;t mean the pinging and license servers, I am talking about the whole ball of wax - dolphin ray orca etc. on a server space. Allow folks to point their Domain to boonex so they can then build their site.

Keep the price low to encourage people to signup.

These “hosted” spaces would have the latest stable release. (people that want to build on their own server can of course go out on the bleeding edge.)

You can give people the option to continue using the boonex hosted option OR for (a small fee ) download their current user database from your servers which would allow them to setup their own site once they are ready and feel they have mastered the setup and created the space they want. Then when they move off you can give them a price point reduction on the “package deal” for being faithful to the boonex community.

This gives users:
1. security knowing that there will be a minimum of errors in the build package (that is hosted by boonex)
2. the experience to use the community software without boonex ads (which will compell most successful users to buy when they go on their own)
3. Give them time to create their site they way they want (self train) and after a few months move off to their own server (I bet at least 75% of the people who eventually move off would by the package instead of the free/ad version
4. This Generates revenue for boonex from people who would otherwise download the package themselves attempt a self install and grow disenfranchised from the product.

The truth of the explosion of the cms world is that all most of us can hope for is a small portion of the Facebook pie. Most CMS’ers get frustrated not so much by the software per se, but that their communities never get past they and their friends as members which tends to get them frustrated, berate the software as overly buggy, and pin it as the reason their community failed and then they go away - a hard point but a true one.

I say may 75% interested in hosted a community give up before 6 months due to lack of interest by either themselves or their target community.

Ok that’s it I guess.
 

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  • 5 lumpen5 Sep 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pmHmm not my best worded post grammatically. Hopefully everyone gets the gist. Sorry for that I was on a lunch break and had to be quick!

    • Total free ray? Reality or absurdity?

    Published by lukasmas on September 27, 2007 in BoonEx, Dolphin and Ray. 13 Comments

    Hi all. I has only one question. Please answer me - why is not free ray without ads or without “stupid” ads? Ads to boonex? Omg!!! I dont want support rival or support new rival community… Why you dont put to ray banners ads by google or something normall (nothing against you)? Thanks for answer to my question.

    Suggestions

    Published by josselin8 on September 27, 2007 in Orca and Ray. 1 Comment

    Hi all,

    1/ Have the possibility to disabled the Group forum in Group page.

    And disabled orca on Dolphin.

    Bye

    Male with female photo after joining

    Published by Divvy on September 27, 2007 in Dolphin. 16 Comments

    Hi guys!
    I need some help here…

    When a male join into my site, the default photo that appears in their profile, in an female photo.
    I dont know why this is happening… yesterday was fine!

    The only modification that I did today was in my admin panel:
    Settings -> Profile Fields Manager -> Edit LookingFor

    Replace:
    Female
    Male
    all

    With:
    Female
    Male
    Couple
    all

    And:
    Settings -> Profile Fields Manager -> Edit Sex

    Replace:
    Male
    Female

    With:
    Male
    Female
    Couple

    What I did wrong? Do you thing that is the cause of my problem with the default profile photo?

    Russian language Dolphin-v.6.0

    Published by mailfox on September 27, 2007 in Dolphin. 5 Comments

    Almost completely translated into Russian language Dolphin-v.6.0!

    Russian Language file

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