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[Slashcode-general] change db username and password?

[Terry D. <td...@bi...>]

I want to change the username and password that my slash site uses to access 
mysql.  How can I do this?

Thank you for any help!
Terry




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[Slashcode-general] Slashcode install: Msql-Mysql-modules

[Joe <jc...@ca...>]

I am trying to install slashcode on a RedHat 7.1 box with mysql-3.23.36. I
have tried several times to install this module using CPAN and
Bundle::Slash. In the installation I have used every combination of
databases to test, username/password, and yes/no to MysqlPerl emulation that
I can think of. Mysql is running. The mysqlshow command shows the databases
I have created. I can connect to and view the tables in the default
databases from the mysql prompt.
Below is a copy of the errors shown on screen during the install. Any help
would be GREATLY apprecited!


Do you want to install the MysqlPerl emulation? You might keep your old
Mysql module (to be distinguished from DBD::mysql!) if you are concerned
about compatibility to existing applications! [n]
Where is your MySQL installed? Please tell me the directory that
contains the subdir 'include'. [/usr]
Which database should I use for testing the MySQL drivers? [test]
On which host is database test running (hostname, ip address
or host:port) [localhost]
User name for connecting to database test? [undef]
Password for connecting to database test? [undef]
Creating files for MySQL ....................
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgz
Using DBI 1.20 installed in
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/DBI
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql
Writing Makefile for Msql-Mysql-modules
---- Dependencies detected during
[J/JW/JWIED/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2216.tar.gz] -----
Data::Dumper
Running make test
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install

Re: [Slashcode-general] Slash and passwords

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

nt...@ha... (Nathan Thaler) writes:

> Okay, I was temporarily brain dead, I fixed the adminmail
> variable (it now has a valid address), but I'm still getting
> errors in vslash_error.log.

Without the text of those errors we can't possibly help you (and
I don't know what a vslash_error.log is, possibly your apache
error_log?).  First check:  did you restart Apache after
changing the var?
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 ja...@mc...

Re: [Slashcode-general] Slash and passwords

[Nathan T. <nt...@ha...>]

Okay, I was temporarily brain dead, I fixed the adminmail variable (it now 
has a valid address), but I'm still getting errors in vslash_error.log.


>At 19:04 -0400 2001.10.20, Nathan Thaler wrote:
> >[Sat Oct 20 21:33:17 2001] [error] Which was called
> >by:Apache::ROOTXXXXXXX::users_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/hXXXX/htdocs/use 
> rs.pl:42:Can't
> >
> >send mail 'Slash Site user password for cfore' to XXXX: mail From: error
> >(501 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address)
>
>It is in vars.  adminmail or somesuch.
>
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Slash and passwords

[Nathan T. <nt...@ha...>]

I plead ignorance: are you referring to a template, a directory (possible 
/var?), admin.pl, or something else?  I cannot find a template that 
resembles adminmail (or anything of the sort in the admin templates), nor 
any directory or file that resembles your criteria, nor any reference to 
the sender in admin.pl.  Could you please be more specific?


>At 19:04 -0400 2001.10.20, Nathan Thaler wrote:
> >[Sat Oct 20 21:33:17 2001] [error] Which was called
> >by:Apache::ROOTXXXXXXX::users_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/hXXXX/htdocs/use 
> rs.pl:42:Can't
> >
> >send mail 'Slash Site user password for cfore' to XXXX: mail From: error
> >(501 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address)
>
>It is in vars.  adminmail or somesuch.
>
>--
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Slash and passwords

[Chris N. <pu...@po...>]

At 19:04 -0400 2001.10.20, Nathan Thaler wrote:
>[Sat Oct 20 21:33:17 2001] [error] Which was called
>by:Apache::ROOTXXXXXXX::users_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/hXXXX/htdocs/users.pl:42:Can't
>
>send mail 'Slash Site user password for cfore' to XXXX: mail From: error
>(501 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address)

It is in vars.  adminmail or somesuch.

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[Slashcode-general] Slash and passwords

[Nathan T. <nt...@ha...>]

I still can't manage to get Slash to email users their passwords.  This is 
the error I get in my vslash_error.log:

[Sat Oct 20 21:33:17 2001] [error] Which was called 
by:Apache::ROOTXXXXXXX::users_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/hXXXX/htdocs/users.pl:42:Can't 
send mail 'Slash Site user password for cfore' to XXXX: mail From: error 
(501 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address)

I'm not sure where the sender address is specified in Slash.  It doesn't 
appear to be the ServerAdmin statement (specified in httpd.conf and 
vslash.conf), and I can't find anything in SendMail.pm.

Any ideas what's causing this problem?

Thanks,
Nathan Thaler

Re: [Slashcode-general] easy question for a change :)

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

D'oh!

Mine only looks that way because I changed the dispStory template. In the 
original, there is a highlighted headline that expands across the whole 
column, but I took that out and there is no way to actually get a visual 
clue like that to the column width.

I might make the center column a fixed width, a la yahoo news and umpteen 
other sites to keep the 2nd and third cols close, and also because I can 
imagine adding a 4th column someday... any thoughts?

Barry

At 02:46 PM 10/17/2001 -0700, barry wrote:
>when you extend the browser window to the right, do the boxes in the right 
>column move to the right without limit or do they stick close to center column?
>
>I just noticed the first behavior - not sure if I messed up tables or not 
>during my modifications....
>
>Thanks!
>
>Barry
>
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[Slashcode-general] easy question for a change :)

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

when you extend the browser window to the right, do the boxes in the right 
column move to the right without limit or do they stick close to center column?

I just noticed the first behavior - not sure if I messed up tables or not 
during my modifications....

Thanks!

Barry

[Slashcode-general] good new wrt ad server hookup and ssi

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

2 FAQs but never really answered are around hooking up a ad server and 
using ssi w/ slash.

I have put in a hairy week, but I can now report success w/ both. Give me a 
couple of days to write it up and I will share. I will wait a bit for any 
comments, then incorporate them and post them to the slashcode web site.

Thanks to Allessio who helped me in private, finally putting me on what 
turned out to be the right path.

Some prelims:

The ad server is called DAD, found at www.sklar.com. Its useful features 
are that it is mysql based, and runs as a mod_perl module. It appears to be 
unsupported at this point (no response to an email I sent), but it is 
nowhere near as complex as slash. It installs pretty easily except for 
these gotchas-

- one of the field names in the db has since become a keyword in mysql. 
Change all instances of "when" to "xwhen" in the schema file and any source 
code that references that field

- there are some drop down boxes in a form where you set the dates for ads 
to run - you need to update the values because they only go until 2000. 
Grep for 2000 and put in a new value for the years that suits your needs.


Also involved in the story are Apache::OutputChain, Apache::SSIChain, and 
Apache::Registry.

I hope my pending report will save people from either a hair-pulling 
experience, deciding on a lesser solution,  or giving up getting a 
semi-decent ad-server hooked up to their site.

Barry

Re: [Slashcode-general] New slash site...

[Dave H. <da...@da...>]

Brian Aker <br...@ta...> writes:

> Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> > If you care to have a look at it, I'd appreciate any comments you
> > might have as to the implementation.
> Personally I would try to customize the look and feel
> of the story boxes. 

I'm happy to leave it as it is. Ain't broke etc.

> Remove the feature box if you don't have 
> anything to put in it.

I will do soon :-)

> 
> > One question: it seems slow. It's on a two teir Apache on an Athlon
> > 500, but ab is only giving about a page a second. Any obvious things I
> > might have missed?
> Set mysql to log queries over a second, and see what is
> happening in the slow log. Is this site 2.1? If not
> I would consider it for a new site.

Is there a smooth upgrade?

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All the Purple Family Tree news		      http://www.slashrock.com
   Interim Technical Director, Web Architecture Consultant for hire

Re: [Slashcode-general] Box content question

[Scott J. <sc...@na...>]

Barry Caplan wrote:

> Unless you are editing/saving directly in the admin interface, you have 
> to run "template-tool  -u <sqlusername> -s <templatename>" in order to 
> get the template back in the db


No, I was using the admin interface. I'm not completely sure how to do 
it manually.

I've had slash sites running for about 3 weeks now, and am not much of a 
perl programmer. I am trying though! I got two o'reilly books (perl 
cookbook, programming perl, both 3rd edition) and am starting to read.

Anyway, thanks again!

Re: [Slashcode-general] Box content question

[Barry C. <bc...@i1...>]

Unless you are editing/saving directly in the admin interface, you have to 
run "template-tool  -u <sqlusername> -s <templatename>" in order to get the 
template back in the db

Barry

At 02:48 PM 10/17/2001 -0400, Scott Johnson wrote:
>>Oh - its not in the perl after all. it is in a template. Having a look at 
>>the 2.1.0
>>themes I found it in otherLinks;admin;default
>
>
>Well, I thought that was it. Made the change to that template by first 
>editing it, then by deleting the line in question outright, and still no 
>change reflected on the box in question. I re-started apache, then 
>restarted slasd, and still no luck. What am I doing wrong?
>
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Box content question

[Scott J. <sc...@na...>]

> Oh - its not in the perl after all. it is in a template. Having a look at the 2.1.0
> themes I found it in otherLinks;admin;default 


Well, I thought that was it. Made the change to that template by first 
editing it, then by deleting the line in question outright, and still no 
change reflected on the box in question. I re-started apache, then 
restarted slasd, and still no luck. What am I doing wrong?

[Slashcode-general] Box content question

[Scott J. <sc...@na...>]

When looking at the body of an article (when you click READ MORE), 
there's a box that appears on the lower right side titled "RELATED 
LINKS" that, on my site at least, displays the submittor's e-mail, "More 
on <topic>", and then "also by <person who posted story>". I'd like to 
re-word that last line, but can't find where to do it. Any ideas? Thanks 
in advance for any help you can give.

Re: [Slashcode-general] Basic Req's for Slash Site?

[<al...@ya...>]

 --- "Ian (Network Administrator)" <ia...@in...> wrote: 
>  
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Hi folks;
> 
> I'm getting ready to start a slash-type site of my own, geared as an
> open discussion forum about the university that I so happen to
> attend.

May I ask where? If you are UK based then we might be able to help you out.

 
> I'd like to get some general comments from the general mailing list
> about:
> 
> - - Minimum hardware requirements


This was discussed several times quite recently. A PC running Linux with 
at least a Gb hard disk and at least 256Mb memory, though 128 might work
ok for a low usage site, and far more is preferred. CPU speed is not really
a bottleneck as far as I know. 



> - - Quirks or other idosyncracries that I need to be aware of (other
> than what's in TFM)

It's written in perl - you need to be comfortable installing perl modules.
Making that easier is really outside of the slashcode developers control.
perl modules are being updated all the time and so it is difficult to
produce an idiot proof installation.

The major quirk is that slash sometimes pretends to be a fully blown portal package, 
but it isn't. It provides the same functionality as slashdot.org and if that
is what you want then slashcode is the tool to do it.


> - - Good hosting providers that would support slash

There is a pretty complete list of hosting providers on the slashcode.com website.

If you are in the UK you can talk to us www.OWAL.co.uk 

 
> Mind you, I have been toying with the code a little bit, but I've
> never been able to *actually* get the blasted thing to work (nor have
> I really tried to go and troubleshoot what my problems are).  

Go for it.
 

> Also, barring the access_log and error_log files that apache has,
> what logging does slashd have when it comes to logging IP Addresses
> and such?  

It runs through Apache web server so you get whatever you configure Apache to log.
What more do you want? Sessions logging? entry and exit points?
 
Why should slash log ip addressses? that is an apache job.

Slash logs its own internal behaviour, and it also logs a certain amount of page requests
so that it can send a daily email with the activity for that day.
But it is very simple - just saying things like 400 people viewed index.pl
and 100 people viewed topic so and so.


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Re: [Slashcode-general] New slash site...

[Brian A. <br...@ta...>]

Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> If you care to have a look at it, I'd appreciate any comments you
> might have as to the implementation.
Personally I would try to customize the look and feel
of the story boxes. Remove the feature box if you don't have 
anything to put in it.

> One question: it seems slow. It's on a two teir Apache on an Athlon
> 500, but ab is only giving about a page a second. Any obvious things I
> might have missed?
Set mysql to log queries over a second, and see what is
happening in the slow log. Is this site 2.1? If not
I would consider it for a new site.
	-Brian

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_______________________________________________________
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Re: [Slashcode-general] Has anyone been able to do a SSI replacement/kluge?

[Barry C. <bc...@i1...>]

At 09:34 AM 10/16/2001 +0300, Alessio Bragadini wrote:
Alessio,

I got most of what you suggested implemented with a minimum of fuss and 
bother, but I am still running into a gotcha....I can't find an answer to 
this in any documentation on the web...what happens when the url the SSI 
points to is virtual, and is handled by a Perl Handler itself?

Now I have the following (relavant) directives in my httpd.conf:

<Directory /usr/local/slash/site/slash/htdocs>
     Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes Indexes
     AllowOverride None
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
     AddHandler perl-script .pl
     PerlHandler Apache::OutputChain Apache::SSIChain Apache::Registry
</Directory>

# begin set up for the DAD ad server
<Location /dad>
  SetHandler perl-script
  PerlHandler DAD::public
</Location>

The ssi line I am trying to create in the slash template is something like 
this:

<!--#include virtual="dad/ad?group=[%"$this_section$extension"%]" -->

SSI seems to work fine from regular .shtml files, and I can access the ad 
server directly via URL so I am confident about most of the set up....

The down side is this: When I load a page, I get

[Tue Oct 16 22:19:18 2001] [error] Can't locate object method 
"content_type" via package "DAD::public" at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/DAD/public.pm line 57.

in my server error log file.

The code referenced in the error message is:
--------------------------
sub handler {
     my ($r)     = @_;
     my $content;

     $r->content_type('text/html'); #  <----line 57
--------------------------

I tried a number of variations:

1 - <!--#exec cgi="dad/ad?group=[%"$this_section$extension"%]" --> gives 
the same error
2- I dropped the ad server into the perl handler chain in all possible 
positions to no avail

Any more suggestions?

Thanks a ton!

Barry







>barry wrote:
>
> > I am trying to hook up a banner ad system that normally works vi SSI.
>
>The only clean way I know is to print out your SSI commands as usual
>(<!--#include--> and the like) and then feed the output to SSIChain a in
>a OutputChain that will post-process it. This has to be configured in
>Apache - see the documentation for Apache::SSIChain
>
>http://search.cpan.org/doc/JANPAZ/Apache-OutputChain-0.07/SSIChain.pm
>
> > I tried to modify the templates with various combinations of code that
> > looks like this (the intent is to make an actually http request to the url
> > that will serve the ad - the url works directly from the browser)
> >
> > [%
> > USE ua=LWP.UserAgent;
> > USE req=HTTP.Request;
> > %]
>
>IMHO you are trying to make a big mess of it.
>
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[Slashcode-general] seclev (again)

[Don S. <do...@se...>]

I'm REALLY curious as to what the various milestone levels of seclev are.
What can a person do at 1000 or 5000 or even 10?  Is there a chart or
something to let me know?  I'd like to assign some poeple as helpers on my
site but I don't want to give them all 10000 seclev if I don't have to.

Don.

Re: [Slashcode-general] Older stuff block not appearing - not solved yet, but easier questions...

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

At 11:14 AM 10/15/2001 -0700, Barry Caplan wrote:
>OK, poking around, after going through some dead ends, I think I see light 
>at the end of the tunnel -
>
>I have a section "articles" which most of the submissions have been 
>assigned to, but the main page is the "index" section referenced through 
>the code.
>
>- I have a articles_more block, and if I go to the url 
>[site]/index.pl?section=articles, I see the older stuff block.
>This makes me think I need to reassign the stories to the index section....
>
>- but as I mentioned before (see below) I had messed with the sections, 
>deleting some default ones that were not needed. I wonder now if I deleted 
>too much, perhaps an "index" section, because there is not one there now.

As far as I am aware (and looked at my default fry installation just now) 
there is no 'index' section. Some of the templates are marked with 'index' 
section, but that's used to generate the index page for / and each section 
itself.

>I kinda think I wouldn't have deleted something called "index" (but who 
>knows?) - can someone let me know if the default db has an "index" entry 
>in  the sections table? If so, what are the rest of the values?

You could grep the source that you installed for such info.


>If it is not necessary, then how do I reconcile the difference between 
>articles and the index section? IOW, when the admin assigns a section to a 
>submission, and there is no "index" choice, then "articles" seems like the 
>next best default choice... but those don't show up in the index_more 
>Older_stuff box.

I'd think they should. How "old" are the older articles in the db? maybe 
they're not old enough to be considered "older stuff". And make sure slashd 
is running, it's the one that would move the articles from being "current" 
to be considered "older stuff" and populate the olderstuff box.


  Shane

Re: [Slashcode-general] Has anyone been able to do a SSI replacement/kluge?

[Alessio B. <al...@al...>]

barry wrote:

> I am trying to hook up a banner ad system that normally works vi SSI.

The only clean way I know is to print out your SSI commands as usual
(<!--#include--> and the like) and then feed the output to SSIChain a in
a OutputChain that will post-process it. This has to be configured in
Apache - see the documentation for Apache::SSIChain

http://search.cpan.org/doc/JANPAZ/Apache-OutputChain-0.07/SSIChain.pm

> I tried to modify the templates with various combinations of code that
> looks like this (the intent is to make an actually http request to the url
> that will serve the ad - the url works directly from the browser)
> 
> [%
> USE ua=LWP.UserAgent;
> USE req=HTTP.Request;
> %]

IMHO you are trying to make a big mess of it.

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		-- The Eighth Networking Truth from RFC 1925

[Slashcode-general] Has anyone been able to do a SSI replacement/kluge?

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

I am trying to hook up a banner ad system that normally works vi SSI. I 
have it set up and installed just fine w/ .shtml files, but I am not having 
luck getting it to work in templates.

I tried to modify the templates with various combinations of code that 
looks like this (the intent is to make an actually http request to the url 
that will serve the ad - the url works directly from the browser)

[%
USE ua=LWP.UserAgent;
USE req=HTTP.Request;
%]

[% FOREACH extension = [ "_1a", "_1b"] %]
		<td align=left>
			[%
			req.method("GET");
			req.uri("$base_url$extension"); # this resolves to a valid url
			ua.request(req).content;
			%]
			</td>
			[% END %]

I set LOAD_PERL =1 in Template::Config, and added PerlModule LWP::UserAgent 
and PerlModule HTTP::Request to the apache directives. I have done the 
usual restart http routine, and have disabled slashd for now so that 
index.pl doesn't run w/o my wanting it to.

Here is the problem - every third or so time I reload the page, I get this 
error in the slash log file:
----------------------
no such context method/member: clone
[Tue Oct 16 03:13:02 2001] [error] 
/index.pl:Apache::ROOTvslash::index_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/slash/htdocs/index.pl:46:ID 
53, index;index;default : plugin error - Can't locate object method "error" 
via package "LWP::UserAgent" at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Template/Plugins.pm line 108.

[Tue Oct 16 03:13:02 2001] [error] Which was called 
by:Apache::ROOTvslash::index_2epl:/usr/local/slash/site/slash/htdocs/index.pl:276:ID 
53, index;index;default : plugin error - Can't locate object method "error" 
via package "LWP::UserAgent" at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Template/Plugins.pm line 108.
---------------

After that, sometimes the page loads ok, sometimes it doesn't.

It looks to me like I could use a destructor call to the 2 objects at the 
end of the template, but I tried that and it doesn't work either.

Is there a way to fix this code, or another way to either do a SSI from 
inside a template, or access a URL somehow - I don't really care right now 
which way I access the ads, just that I do....

Thanks!

Barry

[Slashcode-general] got my older stuff block back

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

Not sure exactly why but I seem to have done and now undone some of these 
things:

- in the sections table, I changed the artcount value to 5 for the "All 
Section" section from the default of (I think) 30. all other sections have 
the value of 10 for that column. I changed it back to 30.

- I also added a bunch of submissions, enough to total about 69 in the 
stories and 68 in the newstories tables (why the discrepancy - I don't 
think I have ever deleted stories from either table?)

soon after, the hourly stuff ran.

At that point, the block came back. I am not sure if I needed more stories, 
the artcount was causing a bug/discrepancy somewhere, or what. But there 
you go.

Barry

Re: [Slashcode-general] Older stuff block not appearing - couple more data points

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

- The template that is being used on the main page is index;index;default

- user.noboxes = 0 in that template

Barry

Re: [Slashcode-general] Older stuff block not appearing - not solved yet, but easier questions...

[barry <sla...@i1...>]

OK, poking around, after going through some dead ends, I think I see light 
at the end of the tunnel -

I have a section "articles" which most of the submissions have been 
assigned to, but the main page is the "index" section referenced through 
the code.

- I have a articles_more block, and if I go to the url 
[site]/index.pl?section=articles, I see the older stuff block.
This makes me think I need to reassign the stories to the index section....

- but as I mentioned before (see below) I had messed with the sections, 
deleting some default ones that were not needed. I wonder now if I deleted 
too much, perhaps an "index" section, because there is not one there now.

I kinda think I wouldn't have deleted something called "index" (but who 
knows?) - can someone let me know if the default db has an "index" entry 
in  the sections table? If so, what are the rest of the values?

If it is not necessary, then how do I reconcile the difference between 
articles and the index section? IOW, when the admin assigns a section to a 
submission, and there is no "index" choice, then "articles" seems like the 
next best default choice... but those don't show up in the index_more 
Older_stuff box.

Thanks,

Barry
At 09:46 AM 10/15/2001 -0700, barry wrote:
>I am still testing internally (this is just about the last critical thing 
>remaining before I start sharing w/outside testers!).
>
>A couple of weeks ago, the older stuff block on the main page suddenly 
>started appearing as I was entering a bunch of test articles. But I hosed 
>the DB and had to start over w/ new articles. I was also making a bunch of 
>changes to blocks and templates at the time.
>
>The upshot is I haven't seen the Older Stuff block since and I really want 
>it back :)
>
>- what is the relationship between the newstories table, the stroies 
>table, and the block in question?
>
>- I do have an index_more block, and its ordernum is set to a number no 
>other blocks (they all show up as expected) - I thought that might be the 
>problem). It is a "static" block and its section is "index". Does it 
>matter if it is a slashbox or not?
>
>- are there any variables I need to set in the admin interface that maybe 
>I changed inadvertantly?
>
>- isn't there supposed to be a variable max_stories or something like that 
>involved? I don't see it in the variables....
>
>I checked the archive on the slashcode site, I did not see anything 
>specifically describing this issue...
>
>Thanks!
>
>Barry
>
>
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