POP Forums for ASP.NET MVC3

New Comment on "Documentation"

JoshuaChr — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:08:52 GMT

Why aren't the configSections > SectionGroup > Razor & basepage settings just included with the web config? Or at least provide the complete code instead of a low-res png & half the code of the other.

Created Issue: Deleting post doesn't update topic last time/user [96]

jeffyjones — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:47:14 GMT

Fixed.

New Post: Security Error (MVC4 Beta)

jeffyjones — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:44:19 GMT

Those are all valid concerns. Getting more to a drag-and-drop install is certainly a long term goal.

New Post: Security Error (MVC4 Beta)

JoshuaChr — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:37:16 GMT

Ahhh for pure sh*ts and giggles I did 'rebuild' and everything went just fine. I guess something was stuck from the initial build that I had done.

As an aside, it might be helpful to update the documentation with more explicit things that need to be updated in the web.config file instead of assuming that the user is going to be a hard-core developer. I do mostly front-end work with .NET applications (and lots of them for many years now) and I've never had to make so many changes to a web.config file and I know for someone like me that grabs a lot of these projects for proof of concept kind of things, you may not always get straight up developers. Just sayin'.

Created Issue: EventLog write from ServiceModule tends to fail [95]

jeffyjones — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:18:12 GMT

Most users don't have write access to the event log. Refactor to reveal the real problem, that the app can't write to its database to log an error.

New Post: Security Error (MVC4 Beta)

jeffyjones — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:16:30 GMT

Yeah, I'm aware of that issue. It happens because the app doesn't have adequate trust to write to the event log. By default, that will usually be everyone.

That said, it usually happens because it can't write to the error log in the database, because the connection string is wrong or the database isn't there, or something along those lines. If you put a breakpoint in there, you'll probably find some kind of SQL exception.

Make sure you follow the setup instructions, and you should be OK.

New Post: Security Error (MVC4 Beta)

JoshuaChr — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:35:59 GMT

Hello! I just discovered your forum platform and wanted to give it a spin. However, I came across a security error when I try to run the web site and I'm hoping someone here that's more familiar with it's insides could point me in the right direction. This is the error that I am getting when I first try to access the site:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Security Exception

Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file.

Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. To create the source, you need permission to read all event logs to make sure that the new source name is unique. Inaccessible logs: Security.

Source Error:


Line 72: 				{
Line 73: 					var encoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
Line 74: 					EventLog.WriteEntry("PopForums", "PopForums couldn't initialize an instance of PopForumsServiceModule: " + exc.Message, EventLogEntryType.Warning, 0, 0, encoding.GetBytes(exc.ToString()));
Line 75: 				}
Line 76: 			}

Source File: C:\Users\jchristensen\Desktop\POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA\PopForums9\PopForums\Web\PopForumsServiceModule.cs Line: 74

Stack Trace:


[SecurityException: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched.  To create the source, you need permission to read all event logs to make sure that the new source name is unique.  Inaccessible logs: Security.]
   System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.FindSourceRegistration(String source, String machineName, Boolean readOnly, Boolean wantToCreate) +714
   System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.SourceExists(String source, String machineName, Boolean wantToCreate) +460
   System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.VerifyAndCreateSource(String sourceName, String currentMachineName) +124
   System.Diagnostics.EventLogInternal.WriteEntry(String message, EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID, Int16 category, Byte[] rawData) +470
   System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(String source, String message, EventLogEntryType type, Int32 eventID, Int16 category, Byte[] rawData) +204
   PopForums.Web.PopForumsServiceModule.SetupServices(HttpApplication application) in C:\Users\jchristensen\Desktop\POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA\PopForums9\PopForums\Web\PopForumsServiceModule.cs:74
   PopForums.Web.PopForumsServiceModule.Init(HttpApplication application) in C:\Users\jchristensen\Desktop\POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA\PopForums9\PopForums\Web\PopForumsServiceModule.cs:27
   System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +575
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +352
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +407
   System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +375

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272

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And to make things easier than typing out. I'll just attach screenshots of my IIS Site and App Pool settings:

IIS: www.joshuachristensen.net/IIS.png
App Pool: www.joshuachristensen.net/AppPool.png

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Created Feature: Parallelize mail delivery [94]

jeffyjones — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:05:18 GMT

Sending one at a time is slow.

Edited Feature: Refactor background services to remove dependencies on HttpApplication [93]

jeffyjones — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:04:09 GMT

Right now, to serve the folks who can't run services because they don't have access to their servers, the background services for e-mail, search indexing, etc., run from an HttpModule. That sucks, because it'll be harder to break them out and run them properly outside of the Web context. Not writing a service just yet, but starting this work.

Updated Wiki: Home

jeffyjones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:18 GMT

Project Description

POP Forums v9 is a forum app for ASP.NET MVC used as the core for several sites maintained by the author. It is not a science project, but a long-term commitment to great community.

The project goals of v9 are:

Use the database schema from v8.x with as few changes as possible.
Use ASP.NET MVC instead of Webforms.
Make the project open source under Ms-PL.
Be the best ASP.NET-based forum.
Not duplicate UBB's 1998 UI for the Nth time.

More information:

FAQ
POP Forums Version History
Live demo (new location)
Follow more on Jeff's blog.

Setup:

To set it up, check the installation instructions in the documentation section.

Read the post on how to use the Scoring Game in your ASP.NET MVC app.

Update: 4/16/12

We've got a beta ready to go for use with ASP.NET MVC 4, and it includes mobile sauce. Get the details and download here. This version is not recommended for production use. The demo site is running this version right now. This will be v9.3. At the moment, the plan is to release it with the final release of MVC 4, but if that takes too long, we'll refresh it and call it real before that. We're also waiting for the final release of jQuery Mobile v1.1.0.

The beta, without the mobile bits, is running on CoasterBuzz as of Friday the 13th, and we're learning all kinds of things with it running on a busy site.

On 4/6, we updated the demo forum to use jQuery Mobile v1.1.0 RC2, and it seems to behave more predictably.

Check out the current release: v9.2.1! This new version includes localization capability and the scoring game, as well as a few fixes. The only change from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1 is the addition of the Spanish resource file. You don't need to update unless you want Spanish.

Do you speak English and another language? We want to make POP Forums globally useful. Starting with v9.2, the app is easily localized. We have volunteers translating to Spanish, Dutch and German, and we'd love help for additional languages. Drop Jeff an e-mail to jeff@popw.com for more information.

Note that our demo forum has moved. You can find that here: http://popforums.com/Forums

Created Feature: Refactor background services to remove dependencies on HttpApplication [93]

jeffyjones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:28:09 GMT

Commented Feature: Deleted/undeleted individual posts don't expose moderation log [83]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:25:58 GMT

A post should show the moderation log button if it has been deleted or undeleted.
Comments: Fixed, with tests

Edited Feature: Deleted/undeleted individual posts don't expose moderation log [83]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:25:58 GMT

A post should show the moderation log button if it has been deleted or undeleted.

Closed Issue: Post links (link, reply, etc.) not visible in IE7 [86]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:11:30 GMT

CSS is borken in IE8. Big surprise.
Comments: Breakage is actually limited to IE7, not IE8. Will not fix.

Edited Issue: Post links (link, reply, etc.) not visible in IE7 [86]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:11:26 GMT

CSS is borken in IE8. Big surprise.

Edited Issue: HTML Encoding problem with Terms of Service [85]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:49:37 GMT

It looks like the terms of service is being double encoded. Apostrophe's and being rendered as #39; etc. See attached image.

POP Forums v9.2.1

Reopened Issue: HTML Encoding problem with Terms of Service [85]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:49:33 GMT

It looks like the terms of service is being double encoded. Apostrophe's and being rendered as #39; etc. See attached image.

POP Forums v9.2.1

Edited Issue: Image loading chokes on bad color profiles [88]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:49:22 GMT

For solution, see here:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DealingWithImagesWithBadMetadataCorruptedColorProfilesInWPF.aspx

Reopened Issue: Image loading chokes on bad color profiles [88]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:49:17 GMT

For solution, see here:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DealingWithImagesWithBadMetadataCorruptedColorProfilesInWPF.aspx

Edited Task: Refactor CSS [87]

jeffyjones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:29:11 GMT

Consolidate, less repetition, easier to include in existing apps.