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Help Desk > Tutorials > Personal and Group Web Accounts |
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Several updates were made to webpub, the student, employee and group web server, during the summer of 2006. Some of these services may effect web pages or applications that were written to work with older version of software running on webpub. If you are having trouble with a web page that previously worked before, check the items below for help solving your problem.
The MySQL database has been upgraded to version 5.0, from ver 3.23.33. All data from existing databases has been transferred to the new database. However, you may find that the new version does not allow some column names that had been allowed in the previous version. If your MySQL applications no longer work, you should check the MySQL online documentation to see if there has been a change that is causing your problem. For instance, implementation of the MySQL function password() has changed between versions, and applications written for ver 3.23.33 using this function will need updating to work properly with ver 5.
PHP version 5.1.4 is now running on webpub ( upgraded from PHP 4). You should check the PHP website for information about changes between the two versions.
A major change is that the register_globals directive is now turned OFF on webpub. This means that in order to use a variable passed to a webpage from a URL or form you should access the variable through the $_GET[] or $_POST[] array. See the PHP website for more information.
If you had a folder that was password protected using a .htaccess and .htpasswd file, you may need to edit the .htaccess file if the password protection is no longer working. If the line of the .htaccess file beginning AuthUserFile has a path that includes /Partition1 or /Partition2 you will want to remove the /Partition1 or /Partition2 part of the path. For example, a .htaccess file that starts
AuthUserFile /Partition2/dept/help/.htpasswd
should be changed to
AuthUserFile /dept/help/.htpasswd
After this change your password protection should work properly.
You may also find other places - such as WS_FTP saved sites - where you will need to remove /Partition1 or /Partition2 from a path name.
If your web page is located on webpub you can no longer use alleg.edu in your URL - you must use the full allegheny.edu. This applies to any virtual hostnames for sites hosted on webpub, for instance gap.allegheny.edu. Old URLs using allegheny.edu should work without any changes required.
Movable Type weblogs were updated to version 3.2, from version 2. You should notice several changes and improvements, including better spam filtering. Because of this, comments are once again allowed on all blogs. To accept comments from anyone you may need to change the Feedback settings of your blog.
There is a new default template for weblogs. Weblogs that were created in version 2 can be updated to the new default template by logging into your moveable type account, going to your blog's template page, selecting the templates you want to refresh, selecting Refresh templates from the More Actions dropdown, and clicking Go. You will then need to rebuild the site to see the changes on your blog. The StyleCatcher plugin has also been installed for easy changing of templates.
Summer 2007 update: The Movable Type software has been upgraded to version 3.35. Users will notice small interface changes when they log into their accounts. This version also does a better job of automatically deleting junk comments and trackbacks.
PmWiki has been installed on webpub for those wishing to use a wiki in their academic work. You can either request that we set up a wiki for you, or you can follow our instructions to set one up yourself. Wiki tutorials are available to help you get started using PmWiki.