IntraApps: Faculty – Add Chair department description data field
To provide more info related to a faculty who is the Chair of a department. A new data field “chair_desc” was added after “ischair” (last) data field. It’s implemented on 8/8/2022.
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Delete the unused Alumni website folders
The copy on this account is not used. It’s not just confusing but also taking up unnecessary disk space. It was zipped, downloaded, and then archived on Google Drive. Then its files on the remote server were removed on 8/3/2022 to save around 180 MB disk space.
Turn off Debug mode for Alumni websites
It was found that the Error Log kept growing indefinitely for last two and half year. Turn off the Debug mode to stop it from growing. Turn it on only when needed – developing new feature or for debugging purpose. .EDU site .ORG site The Error Log was first trunccated from 11 GB to 100 … Read more
Resolve Invalid Menu Option issue
A Menu Option was found invalid. Removed that Menu Option. Searched for that page and added it back to the Menu. Invalid Menu Option Steps to add page as Menu Option
Reduce Alumni website related file size
The Error Log file was found with 11.8 GB.The first log of that date is “01-Oct-2019 15:18:45 UTC”More than 2.5 years ago. It was then truncated to 100 MB.Most logged entries are Warnings, from Custom Mix Function plugin. Unless the issue is resolved, or the error log will continue to grow. Truncate the Error Log … Read more
Resolve the database server down issue
The database was found down on 7/28/2022 morning. After restarting the database server, sites went back to normal. Also the file limit was increased to prevent or reduce the possibility of Database being shut down again. A task page was set up to investigate the cause of high volume file open requests. Study: Investigate the … Read more
Transfer the Alumni site to a new server
Transfer both sites from current server to the Liquid Web server. Three stages Stage 1: Replicate current site content to the new server Set up a temp subdomain site (alumni.fivebranches.org) for the Alumni site (alumni.fivebranches.edu) Replicate site content to the new server Stage 2: Adjust / customize and verify both sites work as expected on … Read more
Update PHP version from the outdated v 7.3.33
Update the Control Panel – Plesk to a newer version that includes not-outdated PHP version. The Control Panel – Plesk is now updated to 18.0.45 and PHP version to 7.4.30 Warning from server backend Control Panel – Plesk PHP Supported Versions – Unsupported Branches Newer Plesk versionthat includes not-outdated PHP version The Control Panel – … Read more
Add photo field to “Search for Faculty” page to monitor Faculty photo status
To better monitor the Faculty photo status, the photo field is included in the table. If that field (or column in the table) is blank, there is no photo assigned to that particular Faculty member.
Faculty records housekeeping
Faculty photo is stored in the “photo” data field of the Faculty table. If that field is blank, it will display default avatar photo on the frontend pages. Even with photo file in the data field, still, it should be verified if the image file does exist on the server. Use the “Search for Faculty” … Read more