IRC log for #ldstech on 20110306

01:58.06*** join/#ldstech TimRiker (~TimRiker@bzflag/projectlead/TimRiker)
02:00.54TimRikerwaves
02:01.12kathryngzwaves back
02:01.24kathryngzasks, "How are you, Tim?"
02:02.33TimRikerreplies "fine, fine"
02:03.33TimRikeryou saw me playing with the hq reports? I was bored. :)
02:04.11kathryngzNo, I'm not sure how I would see that...
02:04.30kathryngzBut also, one of our earlier volunteers coded those reports--I just haven't had time to put his work in.
02:04.34kathryngzI hope you didn't do too much...
02:04.39kathryngzI could send you his stuff if you life.
02:04.45kathryngzs/life/like/
02:05.07TimRikerI just made it show all the areas and storehouses that are in the db. didn't play with the totals.
02:05.11kathryngzAlso, Rick or Ralph said they are the lowest priority, which is why I hadn't done anything with them yet.
02:05.25TimRikernods. I was just playing.
02:05.31kathryngzI hear ya...
02:05.44kathryngzI've been at this since 7:00 this morning and had to take a break or two myself...
02:05.53kathryngzBut I got a lot of little glitches fixed today!
02:06.25kathryngzBy the way, Add Users looks great!
02:06.37kathryngzOh... do you know why I can't get into phpmyadmin?
02:06.38TimRikerI did limit the user displays so that area folk only see those from their area etc.
02:06.41kathryngzMy hands are tied again...
02:06.47kathryngzPerfect
02:06.56TimRikerno, phpmyadmin was working for me... let me check.
02:07.03kathryngzWow, I sure wish we had a QA team to test!!!
02:07.16kathryngzI was thinking today--it's really amazing all that we've accomplished with very limited resources!!
02:07.28TimRikerit would be nice if the edit users would redraw to show the newly added user(s)
02:07.38TimRikeragreed
02:07.58kathryngzOur other screens do that via AJAX--donated labor, past orders, etc.
02:08.09TimRikershould add storehouse work? did you see I added all the storehouse countries?
02:08.12kathryngzI think I could add that if you like
02:08.20TimRikersure.
02:08.22kathryngzI did see that. Thank you!
02:08.30kathryngzAnd it should work... that was something I fixed today.
02:08.40TimRikermight want that in a table at some point. :/
02:08.42kathryngzIt was choking because of the new unit number field.
02:09.02kathryngzAgreed, or I thought maybe we could pull it from CDOL... but then again, maybe not...
02:09.06TimRikerdid you get the same list of storehouses from ralph? I added s-am-s and brazil, but not the others.
02:09.25kathryngzMy list of storehouses came from the old user guide, and I'm sure it's out of date.
02:09.32kathryngzDon't recall receiving anything like that from Ralph...
02:09.34TimRikerI have not found that info in cdol anywhere.
02:09.46TimRikerI'll forward the email...
02:09.55kathryngzSome time ago Tom sent me a spreadsheet with countries in it. I'll forward that to you.
02:10.06kathryngzIt's probably not quite current any more, but may still be helpful.
02:10.26kathryngzIt was sent to my AOL address so tell me if you don't get it in the next 5 min or so.
02:10.59TimRikersent
02:11.35TimRikerthe list does NOT have the alpha codes. neither does CDOL. I don't know where they come from.
02:11.57TimRikerI've entered some as Xnn so we know they are bogus
02:12.21kathryngzThat might be a Rick question. I also got the alpha codes I have from the old user guide...
02:14.04TimRikerstill catching up on email.. re-repacks.. can't the mgr just do inventory adjustments? ie: remove one 20kg bag, and add 20 1kg bags?
02:15.27kathryngzokay, I just sent the country list from tom via aol. let me know if you don't get it soon.
02:15.33kathryngzOr check your junk mail ;)
02:15.53kathryngzThey could... but I'd hate to make them do that if the system could handle it.
02:16.02kathryngzThat would kind of be a manual process...
02:16.39TimRikeryeah. tracking the lowest size with bulk items being multiples sounds sane.
02:16.47kathryngzFor a smaller storehouse it might not be so bad, but for a busier one...
02:16.59kathryngzThanks... I wanted to sanity check it with you before implementing it.
02:17.12kathryngzAnd also I couldn't get into phpmyadmin to make the changes anyway...
02:17.21kathryngzbut you say you could get in? I'll try again...
02:18.17kathryngzAha!!! I'm back in now.
02:18.25kathryngzThanks for the tip.
02:18.58TimRikerI just logged into phpmyadmin. works fine.
02:18.59kathryngzDid you see Rick's email about postponing training?
02:19.11kathryngzYep, I can get in now too. Not sure what was up this afternoon.
02:19.12TimRikerare you using the username/password I sent in that email?
02:19.16kathryngzI couldn't get in for a couple of hours.
02:19.26kathryngzYes, and it worked this morning, then stopped working, but now it works again.
02:19.34kathryngzI know I didn't fatfinger it because I copied it out of your email.
02:19.48kathryngzMultiple times, because I kept hoping it would work.
02:19.58TimRikerhuh. I dunno. someone else might be messing around on the server, I dunno.
02:20.13kathryngzYeah... hey, as long as it's working now, I'm happy :)
02:20.40TimRikeris deleting users working? if so I should change the home screen/login/etc to look at that field.
02:20.54kathryngzNot yet :\ sorry.
02:21.03TimRikerI was just testing. I'll nuke the smoots I added.
02:21.03kathryngzI'm still working on Edit Users.
02:21.12kathryngzthose were pretty funny :)
02:23.13TimRikerk. cleaned out the random smoots. Can you see/login as the chinese user?
02:23.24kathryngzLet me check...
02:24.03TimRikerit works here in firefox. that's a valid ldsaccount. eek
02:24.29kathryngzYes, I was able to log in as 陳淂琳
02:24.36kathryngzDo you see characters there, or just boxes?
02:24.42TimRikeranyhow, I've loosened up the ldsaccount charset tests. we should handle anything ldsaccount does now.
02:24.46kathryngzI only see boxes.. but the right characters show up on my screen.
02:24.49TimRikeryes! that showed fine. :)
02:24.50kathryngzVery cool!
02:25.09kathryngzApparently my settings still aren't right since I'm only seeing boxes.
02:25.10TimRikermight need to change fonts (not charsets) in xchat to get it to display.
02:25.14kathryngzThought I fixed that the other day.
02:25.21kathryngzOh... what font are you using?
02:25.35kathryngzLooks like I'm using some kind of console monospace font...
02:25.45TimRikerubuntu calls it Monospace 12. not sure what it really is.
02:26.03kathryngzOh... no wonder it works. You're on Linux.
02:26.43TimRiker:) I had issues with firefox though. the default font showed the latin1 stuff ok, but not the utf8 bits. I had to change to another font.
02:26.46kathryngzWell, my xchat says I'm using Monospace 9.
02:26.50kathryngzWould have thought that would work.
02:26.59kathryngzInteresting.
02:27.04TimRiker<PROTECTED>
02:27.13kathryngzlater.
03:24.46kathryngzGot the storehouse list. Thanks.
03:30.16TimRikercan you reliably duplicate the double login?
03:30.33kathryngzAll day today, yes.
03:30.39kathryngzBut did you just try to fix it? I could test again.
03:31.16TimRikerI have not changed anything, but i can't get it to happen  now.
03:31.30kathryngzInteresting... I'll take a look!
03:32.32kathryngzOkay, this is hilarious.
03:33.02kathryngzI promise that all day when I clicked the first time, the credentials appeared in the fields and then disappeared, and I always had to log in twice.
03:33.14kathryngzBut now, when I click the first time, I go right in, BUT....
03:33.27kathryngzwhen I log out and try to log back in, the double thing happens again!!
03:38.10TimRikerI'm logging out and back in, but I can't get it to happen.
03:38.28kathryngzLet me shut down my browser completely, then...
03:58.52*** join/#ldstech kathryngz (~kathryn@97-117-81-98.slkc.qwest.net)
03:59.05kathryngzSorry about that, my machine had a meltdown.
03:59.08kathryngzHad to reboot.
03:59.14kathryngzJust bringing up ff now.
04:02.37kathryngzWeird--ff is not coming up.
04:02.58TimRikerhmm. I dunno.
04:03.14kathryngzMaybe it's trying to update or something.
04:03.27kathryngzThis happens occasionally--it takes for ever and finally comes up.
04:03.28TimRikerwhere all are we expecting unit numbers/names? and what's the search scope?
04:03.54kathryngzNot sure I understand exactly what you're asking?
04:05.01TimRikerthere's a mockup of some wards. are we wanting that to include all the wards in a given area? that's a long list.
04:05.15TimRiker(when I say ward, I mean branch as well)
04:06.19kathryngzThe specs were than Areas should be able to look up any ecclesiastical leader within the area.
04:06.45kathryngzDon't know of HQ needs that... would the guys in Welfare have a different way to look up Church members?
04:07.08kathryngzAnd of course storehouse staff should be able to look up any ecclesiastical leader served by the storehouse.
04:07.17kathryngzDoes that answer your question?
04:08.23TimRikerkinda. :) does this include counselors? or just stake/district pres then ward/branch pres?
04:08.45kathryngzNo counselors.
04:08.49TimRikerk
04:14.14kathryngzJust upgraded ff and tried to log on to BSIR and the same thing happened. I'm clearing the cache, closing the browser, and trying again.
04:16.25kathryngzWell, now it's happening for me just like it was before today.
04:16.41kathryngzClick the link, credentials appear and disappear, then click the link again and I get in.
04:16.57kathryngzBut if it's not happening for you, something must be odd on my end.
04:17.04kathryngzI'll check it again tomorrow.
04:17.20TimRikerI've seen it before, I just can't get it to happen right now. wierd
04:17.54kathryngzYes, it's always weird (and unusual) when you can't *get* a mistake to happen again :)
04:18.30kathryngzWell, I'm going to sign off. I need to finish up a few things for Primary tomorrow.
04:18.59kathryngzAnything we need to touch base on?
04:19.09kathryngzHaven't heard back from Rick on Monday, but I assume we won't have training...
04:41.32TimRikerhttp://tech.lds.org/bsir/form_leaders
04:41.54TimRikerthere are a lot of stakes in an area.
04:42.37kathryngzThat's quite a list :)
04:42.54kathryngzIs there a geographical unit between stakes and areas that you know of?
04:43.19TimRikerno
04:43.32TimRikeris a dropdown with that many stakes usable?
04:43.43kathryngzI don't think so, but I was thinking an autoreduction box might be...
04:43.55kathryngzSimilar to the filter list boxes for past orders, donated labor, etc.
04:44.06kathryngzDon't know if you have seen those...
04:44.18kathryngzThe list is filtered as the person types.
04:44.25TimRikernot sure what you mean. 96 stakes there...
04:44.29kathryngzKind of like familysearch.org as well.
04:44.35kathryngzAre you in BSIR?
04:44.41TimRikerah. yeah. might have to.
04:44.48TimRikerwhat do you mean by that?
04:45.00kathryngzOops, meant ALPHA reduction, not autoreduction!
04:45.07kathryngzSometimes my fingers go faster than my brain :)
04:45.17kathryngzWhat do I mean by what? lol!
04:45.23TimRiker<kathryngz> Are you in BSIR? <- that
04:45.24kathryngzWhat do I mean by familysearch?
04:45.48kathryngzOh, just if you were, you could go to View Past Orders and use the filter box there to see what I mean.
04:46.03kathryngzWe wouldn't have to display the full list, we could just start to display matches as they type.
04:46.07kathryngzAnyway, it's one option.
04:46.19kathryngzBut a dropdown with that many stakes would be crazy, IMHO.
04:46.40kathryngzBy the way, how did you do that repeat of my question?
04:47.00kathryngzIt shows up in red for me... did the bot add "<-that" or did you type that?
04:47.11kathryngz~repeat
04:47.12infobotIf nobody answers your question, don't just repeat it. Spamming the channel and getting ignored/banned/silenced isn't going to get a faster answer; spamming is a function of time. More likely, nobody knows the answer (/msg apt ask), or you need to provide more information (/msg apt sicco)), or ask me about "rephrase", or ask smart questions.
04:47.20TimRikerah. ic
04:47.42kathryngzlove the bot :)
04:47.46TimRikerrepeat: just copy and paste.
04:47.53kathryngzHow mundane!
04:47.54kathryngz;)
04:47.56TimRikerheh
04:48.18TimRikeryour client makes it red cause it has your name in it.
04:48.30kathryngzAha.
04:49.21kathryngzIt looked different than the other ones that usually have my name in it, but maybe I'm just braindead.
04:49.22kathryngz:)
04:50.40TimRikerkathryngz, same as this?
04:51.02kathryngzNo, the other one had angle brackets around my name.
04:51.05kathryngzDid you type those?
04:57.24TimRikernope. copying in xchat gives me that.
04:57.34TimRiker<kathryngz> No, the other one had angle brackets around my name.
04:57.34TimRiker<kathryngz> Did you type those?
04:57.36TimRikeretc
04:57.47kathryngz<TimRiker> ah. ic
04:57.57TimRikerthat's it. :)
04:58.01kathryngzI learn something every day :)
04:58.35kathryngzWell, thanks for everything!
04:58.41TimRikerin a select list now..
04:58.50kathryngzThe billion stakes?
04:58.55TimRikerhttp://tech.lds.org/bsir/form_leaders
04:58.56TimRikeryes
04:59.21kathryngzTo be honest, it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
04:59.30kathryngzI still think as a user I'd like alphareduction better, though.
04:59.47kathryngzBut... in the interest of time, this is done :)
04:59.54kathryngzMaybe we should save filtering for BSIR 2.0.
04:59.57kathryngz:)
05:00.12kathryngzYour thoughts?
05:01.23TimRikernow how to I handle wards? no way I'm generating 96 different list of wards and hiding them.
05:01.35kathryngzOh, the horror!!
05:01.37kathryngz;)
05:01.46kathryngzSeriously, though... that would be awful.
05:02.03TimRikerso selecting a stake needs to trigger an ajax call to get the wards.
05:02.12kathryngzLOL! I was just going to say the same thing :)
05:02.57kathryngzIt was bad enough doing that as a hack on our little fake ward/stake dropdownss.
05:03.04TimRikeryeah, no making it happen will be the trick. I'm also hardcoding the area at the moment. need to tie into the db for the unit num
05:03.06kathryngzAnd that was only for two stakes!
05:03.15TimRikernods
05:03.32kathryngzs/drorpdownss/dropdowns/
05:03.50kathryngzHow odd... search didn't work with my typo :)
05:04.13kathryngzAnd probably it has to be immediately after the incorrect line, right?
05:04.47kathryngzWould you AJAX the wards in directly from CDOL?
05:05.12TimRiker<PROTECTED>
05:05.20kathryngzMakes sense.
05:05.37TimRikeryes. I'll add a sample now, but not ajaxed
05:05.45kathryngzPlus the fact that you actually do have to spell correctly the item you want to replace <g>
05:05.56kathryngzSounds good.
05:07.43TimRikerI don't see any districts... need some.
05:07.58kathryngzOh, yeah--there must be districts somewhere in the Area!
05:08.12TimRikerah, found the defines...
05:08.27kathryngzWay to go :)
05:08.43kathryngzWell, I'm calling it a night. Thanks again, and talk to you probably Monday.
05:08.54kathryngzwaves goodbye

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