Commons In A Box | Brock Nanson | Activity https://commonsinabox.org/members/brock-n/activity Activity feed for Brock Nanson. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:54:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4325e92e3e3e7ac061cb2aec04d5488b Brock Nanson replied to the topic Admin Area Suddenly Extremely Slow in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/admin-area-suddenly-extremely-slow/#post-3259 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 23:43:04 -0400 Well…. this was not a one-off problem.  The upgrade to 3.6 has caused the same issue.  The strange thing is, it’s only happening on the site running CBOX.  My other sites (one using BuddyPress, the other simple […]

]]> fce31467e09d5c25f01d5c1b4b0fb151 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Admin Area Suddenly Extremely Slow in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/admin-area-suddenly-extremely-slow/#post-3062 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:27:18 -0400 In case it helps someone else, the solution is here:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-site-admin-area-very-slow-after-352-upgrade?replies=3#post-4377128

It appears to be a WordPress issue with the […]

]]> fb1adc3addffe3773fac3e4b9c3150f0 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Admin Area Suddenly Extremely Slow in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/admin-area-suddenly-extremely-slow/#post-3042 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 22:35:09 -0400 I’m now thinking the issue is in the database somewhere.  Given that the delay is much like a DNS issue, I’m wondering if a problem in the database could cause similar timeout delays.  And if I’m right, you’d be […]

]]> d3ec6ab9c0ebcd5cccf332fdc1ac0631 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Admin Area Suddenly Extremely Slow in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/admin-area-suddenly-extremely-slow/#post-3026 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:43:51 -0400 I went in and re-did the WP update.  Then did the ‘update network’.  The error reappeared and is pasted in below, with some domain modifications to protect the […]

]]> 4fffaffa8e1ecbfb2ace76af2ee3b942 Brock Nanson started the topic Admin Area Suddenly Extremely Slow in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/admin-area-suddenly-extremely-slow/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:56:04 -0400 Trying to narrow down the cause, but figure this forum is the best place to start.

Running Multi-Site and using the stock CBox theme for the front page.  P2 Theme for the subsites below.

I logged into the […]

]]> d5bbae684932fbc3e4a3ca3d0d294d27 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Formating Home Page in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/formating-home-page/#post-2835 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:34:32 -0400 Hi Dan,

Thanks for your response.  It sounds like our default settings are about the same.  The left edge appears to be ‘Recent Network-Wide Posts’ and the right edge is ‘Members’.  The center area was ‘Recent […]

]]> 46b8ffdc66659aa54cab05e086f68bc7 Brock Nanson started the topic Formating Home Page in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/formating-home-page/ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:46:09 -0400 I have the CBox theme in use only on the root page of the site.  The subsites are all using P2 theme for the functionality it provides.  Therefore, the ‘home’ page is really just a jump point.

Out of the box, […]

]]> a1756ff9d541d297171067b47da54764 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Security threat - reeived a notice from my host of massive bot attacks in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/security-threat-reeived-a-notice-from-my-host-of-massive-bot-attacks/#post-2578 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:40:40 -0400 I’ve been using WangGuard without any apparent conflicts with the other two packages, but on a non – CBOX site (just buddy press). Give it a try! 🙂

]]> 5716098ce5ce80d6b1bf1a7fd88417af Brock Nanson replied to the topic How to deal with non-responding members? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-non-responding-members/#post-2570 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:17:11 -0400 Somewhere I thought there was a setting to disallow comments unless the moderator had approved at least one…?  Not a fully automated solution, but might be enough of a balance between automation and moderator effort.

]]> 6846d90601f3cc5e8c7b5599bf3924e4 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Security threat - reeived a notice from my host of massive bot attacks in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/security-threat-reeived-a-notice-from-my-host-of-massive-bot-attacks/#post-2564 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:02:09 -0400 I’ve got Better-WP-Security working side by side with WordFence on a BuddyPress (but non-CBox) site without any apparent issues. I’d say that WordFence functions more like a firewall, while Better-WP-Security is […]

]]> 32ecf6b9f1c29e135e444dae92d82568 Brock Nanson replied to the topic How to deal with non-responding members? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-non-responding-members/#post-2555 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:58:28 -0400 Maybe someone else will respond with the holy grail of splogger/spammer prevention, but I’ve found that it’s a very fine balance between restricting admission and opening the doors wide for everyone.  I do […]

]]> 4ea1438da524800bbec8bf0173a890f8 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Login Strangeness - Member of subsite only in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/login-strangeness-member-of-subsite-only/#post-2514 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:39:42 -0400 This looks like a good way to set up the defaults for a typical new user and I’ve now installed it before I forget it exists!

The issue I was having, however, was that a user of a subsite only (and NOT a user […]

]]> 1b03897335b27ec48b9433a908832758 Brock Nanson started the topic Login Strangeness - Member of subsite only in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/login-strangeness-member-of-subsite-only/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:11:03 -0400 Not sure if I’ve missed something in my configuration…:

– created a subdirectory subsite for a division that should not have access to the top level site or any of the other subdirectory sites.

– created a […]

]]> e8c3ae84835be6a30821c4e245155c2b Brock Nanson started the topic Better WP Security and Security Issues in General... in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/better-wp-security-and-security-issues-in-general/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:50:29 -0400 I’ve used Better WP Security on my other non-CBox sites with good success.  There are, however, plenty of settings that give warnings of conflicts with some themes and plug-ins.  Has anyone compiled a list of […]

]]> 4d26df97c6a0de2266fbc3e97836f25b Brock Nanson replied to the topic Avatar Not Trickling Down into Sites in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/avatar-not-trickling-down-into-sites/#post-2442 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:26:02 -0400 Ah!  After trying several fixes that didn’t mesh with the versions of WP and plug-ins I’ m using, I finally found a solution that works:

http://designhash.com/how-fix-buddypress-avatar-multisite/

Flow […]

]]> 4d1e48d74cf8d27088e3112e32ba8507 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Avatar Not Trickling Down into Sites in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/avatar-not-trickling-down-into-sites/#post-2441 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:42:51 -0400 Does anyone else have this problem?  Any guesses whether this is CBox-related, or a MultiSite issue?

]]> d3fb59c57195c545860eedcc95d7e6e0 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Managing spam in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/managing-spam/#post-2440 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:51:13 -0400 Good link.  I’ve been using WangGuard for some time now and it has been fairly effective.  Lately I want to say more have been getting through… but that is only my perception based on nothing tangible!  The name […]

]]> 0c38104f95b9872a64e230abfd14e9a8 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Memory size error in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/memory-size-error/#post-2439 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:22:07 -0400 Do you mean you set your php.ini file to allow 64 MB?  It looks like you’re essentially at the 64 MB limit… perhaps increase it more and see if the error occurs again, with a memory size close to the new allocation?

]]> ce232c12c875c6e5f067afa89333fdbc Brock Nanson replied to the topic Plug-in Upgrades Not Showing in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/plug-in-upgrades-not-showing/#post-2432 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:56:08 -0400 The method of deactivating the CBox plug-in appears to have worked.  I didn’t even have to go looking for updates – the list was fully refreshed when the plug-in deactivated.  Still, this would seem to be a kludge […]

]]> 1578151c5c47ee1b634be629a58be003 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Plug-in Upgrades Not Showing in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/plug-in-upgrades-not-showing/#post-2431 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:05:06 -0400 Was writing my update as you posted, MySchoolStuff!

I will see if your method works for me… but good to know I’m not the only one with the problem!

]]> bd90b1d0a68b1a95de1d782d2b16a466 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Plug-in Upgrades Not Showing in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/plug-in-upgrades-not-showing/#post-2430 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:03:42 -0400 A clue…:

I tried the ‘Update Network’ function and after some delay got this:
Update Network

http://blog.mydomain.ca/admin

Warning! Problem updating http://blog.mydomain.ca/admin. Your server may […]

]]> a45f41b67060aaab72f701ab42d4890e Brock Nanson started the topic Avatar Not Trickling Down into Sites in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/avatar-not-trickling-down-into-sites/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:58:20 -0400 My avatar as the super admin user, actually a gravatar, appears in every subdirectory site I am in, including the top level site.

One of my new users has been adventurous enough to add his avatar to the system. […]

]]> be1edb073e3f3467b9ef965ba958d286 Brock Nanson joined the group CBOX Classic Support https://commonsinabox.org/activity/p/2023 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:37:32 -0400 6f8a8f48f61f3d493f557a5ff56cca13 Brock Nanson started the topic Plug-in Upgrades Not Showing in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/plug-in-upgrades-not-showing/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:37:24 -0400 I have to ask the embarrassing question… how do you update to BP 1.7 (or any other plug-in update)?  I can’t find a mechanism to do plug-in upgrades at all!  I have, however, noticed once in a while that the […]

]]> 6255dc872356119ffce9dd1a2de60907 Brock Nanson replied to the topic BuddyPress 1.7 and the Toolbar in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/buddypress-1-7-and-the-toolbar/#post-2425 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:49 -0400 I had no luck… rather than hijack this thread, I’ll start a new one…

]]> 1dd8df0a5c1482439fdc4d97adc9889c Brock Nanson replied to the topic BuddyPress 1.7 and the Toolbar in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/buddypress-1-7-and-the-toolbar/#post-2415 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:23:02 -0400 I have to ask the embarrassing question… how do you update to BP 1.7?  I can’t find a mechanism to do plug-in upgrades at all!  I have, however, noticed once in a while that the toolbar shows upgrades are […]

]]> 49d094a975bab26127bef4d195ab4ed3 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Is CBox the best solution for my problem? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/is-cbox-the-best-solution-for-my-problem/#post-2414 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:22:46 -0400 In case Google leads someone to this post, I will close it off by saying I did install CBox and it is performing as hoped, using P2 Theme and the BuddyPress Template Pack.  Some odd formatting in a few places, but […]

]]> bb3f195d83de0847d80d2570f7073709 Brock Nanson replied to the topic Is CBox the best solution for my problem? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/is-cbox-the-best-solution-for-my-problem/#post-2330 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:00:03 -0400 Thanks Ray.  I’ve been running a simple BP installation for the last year or longer and a regular WordPress installation for probably two years, so I’ve had some basic experience with both flavours.  I’m running […]

]]> 7473b252ae053f8783d2d03c8db73d74 Brock Nanson started the topic Is CBox the best solution for my problem? in the forum Help & Support https://commonsinabox.org/groups/help-support/forum/topic/is-cbox-the-best-solution-for-my-problem/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:38:20 -0400 Any advice would be appreciated..

I’ve been experimenting with BuddyPress and the P2 theme in an effort to find a way to keep several work groups communicating.  The P2 top posting feature is key to the way the […]

]]> f48dfd9da83360e3ce275f832d2965f6 Brock Nanson became a registered member https://commonsinabox.org/activity/p/1884 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:08:37 -0400