Report issues here - AND NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE!

Thanks Jack but i have checked and i have to use a proxy regardless of whether i use IE or FF, so im logged in with proxy now

Haha!, i'm a forum owner, web developer and troubleshooter (my own words ) for other forums around the world so i do have and use quite a few tools (you know what i mean ) but thanks for the advice!

I also found that there are threads with 1 reply but 0 views. The views get refreshed in the next refresh, is what i got to know.

In my opinion this link:

http://www.excelforum.com/usercp.php

...is the most important "starting view" and should be the offered landing zone for all returning peeps. For now, it's not even on the Menu Bar above. I think it should not only be added, but added in the #1 slot.

Vai you need to get your team to look at the template edits they've done if there is a problem with the posts and views, i suggest they take a good hard look at the footer template as i have pointed out before.

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Firefox out of alignment see pic. Firefox Image P.S Using proxy to access site as ip is still banned so having to provide a link to stored image

Simon, i am getting screen shots of the site on all the possible combination of browsers ... any issues should show up once that is done..
I use firefox and dont see the issue you pointed out so most probably its got to be the proxy you are using ..

Vai, you can see the problem yourself, right click, view source and check out the area near the bottom where it shows the stuff in the footer, you'll see some required code, you're missing a small piece!

My IP is working now thanks, and firefox issue is gone!

A new thing I have noticed is that during the upgrade not all the threads marked as [SOLVED] remained with the prefix [SOLVED]. I noticed this as I was going over the threads that I started and I am positive that with the exception of a small number they were all marked as [SOLVED]. Now only about 10% are marked as[SOLVED]. When I looked at other threads that posted on, again I see the majority without the [SOLVED] prefix. I can't tell how many were originally marked and which ones weren't. It's not a big deal unless someone is searching only for threads with a [SOLVED] prefix which seems to have been removed from the new search function.

Wow! I took a week off and I see a lot of "fun" has occurred..... interesting!

"Find all posts by ..." is still hosed.

Go to the profile page for any member, click About Me, and click Find all Posts by ...

There is no logic to what appears.

Thats pretty cool if you want to search every combination

hi,
1.I'm not sure if I'm the only one who faces with this, I think it takes too long to be loaded! it works for 5-10 minutes and then you need "patience" or close and open it again.
n.b no prbls with other forums/pages.

2. nav bar, "My post", the results should be the same with the results from Settings->view all subscribed threads...or not?!

The only up to date info about what's going on with the site seems to be on Twitter and that's patchy at best.

Dom

another error:

"Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/eforum/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 730

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ']' in /home/eforum/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 730"

final error for now:

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/eforum/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 4879"

Those errors are associated with template edits, the classic tell tale is your last error that you reported but all the others show template edit faults
EDIT: Or a faulty plugin (but the sensible money is on templates)

Who's Online doesn't identify which posts you are subscribed to.

Also, can't see who is viewing a thread when you are in that thread..

Where did those features go?

Hi guys, when you have a mo check this out http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...=1#post2675451 and the last 4 - 5 posts of that thread

Originally Posted by NBVC

Who's Online doesn't identify which posts you are subscribed to.

Also, can't see who is viewing a thread when you are in that thread..

Where did those features go?

Hey NBVC, Who's online does identify the posts you are subscribed to. I guess it wasnt working for a while as we were de-activating several features in the process of identifying the reason for the high load on the server. Its back in service and you can see the posts.
However, we have de-activated the feature of seeing who is viewing the thread that you are. We will restore it shortly after closely monitoring it to see if its putting any additional load on the server.

Originally Posted by abousetta

DB errors are still present on and off and when the website loads sometimes it takes a few minutes. Just got this error before a DB error:

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/eforum/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 602"

abousetta

Hey Abousetta, you should not be getting any dbase errors for now as we have found out the culprit behind the spikes in the server load - the skylight view being one of them. If you do face any errors (though you shouldnt) feel free to bring it to our notice.

Originally Posted by john55

hi,
1.I'm not sure if I'm the only one who faces with this, I think it takes too long to be loaded! it works for 5-10 minutes and then you need "patience" or close and open it again.
n.b no prbls with other forums/pages.

2. nav bar, "My post", the results should be the same with the results from Settings->view all subscribed threads...or not?!

You shouldnt be facing any issues with the pages loading as we have resolved the server load issue. We are still monitoring the server incase of any spikes.

e4excel, I would advise you to use google and advanced search for your screen name in excelforum.com. if you rember your key words ut would also help. Hopefully the sute will be functional sometime soon.

It is........

Originally Posted by Marcol

I got this message, from IE9

Eventually the "The Facebook Platform" icon appeared and all was well again.

I've noticed this is always the last item to appear/refresh, don't know if this script is maybe slowing the forum response time?

Do you get the same with FireFox?, you can do an experiment and turn off javascript then try loading the site and check the response time


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DB error 14-01-2012 15:00

Image not available


Nor was I able to upload a PNG file





EF att_docx.JPG

If it was from before December of last year, then, the search functionality is screwed up and can't find those... fix tba.

I can find posts back to June last year!


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from updates 12-26-2011, 12:36 PM

2. Search - only finds posts since upgrade - All attachments from the prior posts have been recovered. Considering the huge volume of attachments, this task took several days. By today, the team will complete the indexing of the old posts which will enable all users to complete their searches properly

i still can only find threads i started not ones i have replied to. is there some trick i'm missing? i know i can click on my posts and see them all now , and how do you search for an exact phrase say "onwards and upwards"
the search returns results where it finds onwards or and or upwards!

In keeping with this thread.......I don't seem to be getting notifications all the time from subscribed threads.


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As the last update 2 weeks ago can we assume that the technical team has broken, sorry I mean fixed things as much as they can and have now moved on to planning for the next disaster, sorry I mean upgrade?

Dom

Originally Posted by Domski

on to planning

If there was actually a plan, all this bull$%%t wouldn't have happened. Issues would have been minimal and easier to fix. Heck, if vai would have consulted with say...Simon from the beginning I am sure that there wouldn't have been 90% of the issues but there seems to be tensions on behalf of vai towards Simon (my own opinion) so I guess that was never in the cards. I wonder what the 'technical team' actually knows about development and I also wonder how big this 'team' is?

In all I think it comes down to the fact that there were so many issues that vai and his 'team' can't fix them because they don't know where to start. For me personally, I would dread coming into work if I had to fix a disaster like the one that has happened on this forum.

Hi Vai,

How much to 'buy' this forum ??

Snb, using several different web valuation tools online I get results ranging from $100,000 - $200,000 USD. Good luck!

Originally Posted by Paul

Snb, using several different web valuation tools online I get results ranging from $100,000 - $200,000 USD. Good luck!

Are you serious? Wow, I would never have thought it to be that high.

Almost makes one think a test forum could be a worthwhile investment.

Apparently this is due vBSEO and not vBET.

Hope it get's fixed eventually!

http://www.vbenterprisetranslator.co...ve/t-1299.html
http://www.wjunction.com/27-vbulleti...correctly.html
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...=1#post2166351

Perhaps we could have a wip round and have a "management" buy-out!?

OK, if we're not going for the buy-out, back on topic ...

Has something gone wrong with the rep system? Or am I just unlucky? Or do you get to a point where you no longer accrue rep points?

The last two reps I have had have had little grey boxes, as opposed to green or worse, red. So, I'm getting thank-yous via the rep system (which is nice) but no points.

And what do points make? A happy bunny!

Sad Bunny in Manchester, UK

lol
I received few minutes ago some ...grey rep! I do not know what it means, is it good or..bad?! well, not beeing green...it might be "so...so" )
the rep system, was it upgraded too?

@john55: thanks for the confirmation ... that sort of confirms that it is something to do with the system. Strike 1 ...

Vai should offer us, to compensate, a lot of points! and of course, "space" for many avatars! oh, yes, and a lot of rights!
well, i'm kidding.. lol

Grey means that the op rep allocation is zero.

@pike, thx!

@Pike: OK, that's one of those sentences where I know (and understand) all the words but have no idea what it means. Why would that be. The OPs are all out of rep? Like I said, why would that be?

Regards, TMS

@Martin: your meaningless drivel is a bit repetitive

It may be that if someone has never, or rarely, posted, they would have 0 rep power. Hence you get kudos but no points.

@OnErrorGoto0: possibly, 2 and 5 posts respectively ... but I'm sure I've had positive rep from low post count OPs in the past.

LOL.. Martin are you sure that Paris is the capital of France? But Alstonville is the tourist mecca of the world!
It happen when the OP posts a question but doesnt reply to the answer but gives rep points

@Pike: ah, that could make sense. They post, I reply, they rep me and then respond ... mmmm, seems strange that I've never seen it before and then I get two in a row, or rather, don't get two in a row. Thanks for the clarification. I'll keep my eye on this.

TM i've just repped you and now responding, i chose "I Approve" and left a comment, the next rep i give you will be "I Approve" but no comment so you can see any difference


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@Simon: thank you ... green box and 15 points, give or take (can't exactly remember what I had before)

I didn't think you could rep on the Water Cooler?

Regards, TMS

You can. But your post count won't increase if you only post in the Joke thread.

Originally Posted by jantonio

Apparently this is due vBSEO and not vBET.

Hope it get's fixed eventually!

http://www.vbenterprisetranslator.co...ve/t-1299.html
http://www.wjunction.com/27-vbulleti...correctly.html
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...=1#post2166351

vBET isn't used here but vbSEO is but the problems here are double barreled as the "Team" didn't create a proper test forum and check all compatibilities and actions but instead opted to try and make the upgraded forum have the function and feel of the previous version "Live"!, this was done without knowing if they would work, to add to this they need to have checked their php version, it's compatibility and changes that needed to be made like the "TYPE" issue in any sql.

The forum is now stable but they still have a way to go.


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TM now added rep without comment.


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@Simon: Thanks again ... another 16 points. Other than there not being a comment, I can't see any difference.

I've attached a picture so you can see the sequence of events.

Happy to keep testing

TMS Rep Example.jpg

Theres no picture attached, but what i can tell you is that the old rep system had "Positive, Neutral, Negative" choices, so a neutral one would have given the grey.


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@Simon: missed attaching it but went back to edit the post. Should be there.

Anyway, I'll try again.

TMS

@Simon,
thank you for watching this!
yes, I received rep from you, thank you, and there is the litttle green square!

john.jpg - this example was taken yesterday

If any one wants to give rep for being a down right great guy, I am here!!!!

Originally Posted by Marcol

@ simon
Further to Posts #236/8
With Firefox I got this error/problem - .... unable to complete due to long running script ... google-analytics.com\ga.js.21
This happened when signing on today (22 Jan) 08:45 GMT.

This is due to traccking code installed on the site, if the code is installed directly then it's a problem with Google delivering it, if it's added to a thrid party software like vbSEO or ad delivery system then it's a fault with them or the server delivering javascript

Originally Posted by Marcol

A further silght niggle with IE9
When hovering on a thread in "Todays Posts" the preview box only stays visible for a few seconds, it has always done this as long as I can recall.
However with Firefox the preview remains until the cursor is moved.

IE has pretty much always only shown the tooltip for a few seconds, really this just shows the superiority of Firefox, i don't think you can change it in IE9 settings unfortunately.


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@Vai: please fix the grey rep count problem. It shouldn't be that difficult and shouldn't have any major impact on other key functionality.

I enjoy the challenge of resolving problems and the gratitude of the people I help ... but I also enjoy the recognition.

I have continued to persevere through your difficult times but I'm going to stop posting in this forum until this is resolved.

Your rep's back up now


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I wish that were true.
The last rep I got ( a user with 89 posts) turned from green to grey since the last 'improvement'.

I also think that Vai deleted all modifications that existed before the 'downgrade'.
Can you please give any registered member a reputation power of 1.
Distributing neutral reps doesn't express the gratitude of new members, nor is a reward for helpers to help new members.
That can't be a sensible policy. I don't believe it was the case before the 'downgarade'

Can anybody restore the erroneously converted rep (form green to grey) in my rep scale ?

It has always been the case.

I'm amazed at how sensitive people are over this issue

Having trouble posting. After hitting "Post Quick Reply" it takes forever, and without touching any other button will result in a double post.

This is like Russian Roulette.

I really, really, don't want to compose my posts in Notepad, just so the forum does not eat them. And I don't want to have to go and delete a duplicate after every post I make.

Vai, get it together, please. There are thousands of vBulletin boards on the web, with bells, whistles and lots of functionality. How come they all run fine and this here forum struggles to maintain the most basic stuff?

Teylyn - i just faced the same problem almost 3-4 times in the past 1 hr. But i found a quick workaround till Vai n his team do something about it. When you get the msg asking you to wait 15/16 secs, dont wait !!!. Just refresh the page and your post will already be there.

hi arlu,
trust me I tried yr method and I rcvd that nice "database error...". what i did? I opened the forum in a new tab and as by magic my replay/post or whatever was there!

When you get the msg asking you to wait 15/16 secs, dont wait !!!.

I've never seen such a message. My browser tab is busy and the wheel is rotating, and it takes up to five minutes for it to load after a post.

Oh, I see. There is a time limit that keeps people from posting too many posts in quick succession. It's to deter spammers.

Of course, that time limit does not apply to moderators, so I never see that message. My browser just sits there and the tab icon keeps spinning ....

Vai, I'm getting really sick of having to wait for 5 minutes for my post to be rendered in a thread, only to find it's there twice.

Do something.

(why don't I just quit ....)

So we had an hour or so stoppage... what was "fixed" in that time?

NBVC, something like this "internal server error" ?!

I had that error. Just when I was thinking the increased ram had made a difference

I've been all over this forum this morning and have yet to have a problem. My fingers are now crossed in hopes that things might be alright for the moment.

EDIT: Even submitting this post to this thread was fast.

Hi Val,
I just answered this question..
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...uplicates.html
and clicked on "Post Quick Reply".
I waited for about 45 seconds (that is always bad) with the spinning hourglass. I then got a message of Website not responding.
I went back to the forum and it was there and my reply was there but it had the counter of 0 views and 0 replies.
My reply was there so the counter was off.

Maybe you need more memory? Maybe someone else was reading or editing the post and there are conflicts from multiple simultaneous users?

Hi Val,
I just answered this question..
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...uplicates.html
and clicked on "Post Quick Reply".
I waited for about 45 seconds (that is always bad) with the spinning hourglass. I then got a message of Website not responding.
I went back to the forum and it was there and my reply was there but it had the counter of 0 views and 0 replies.
My reply was there so the counter was off.

Maybe you need more memory? Maybe someone else was reading or editing the post and there are conflicts from multiple simultaneous users?

The exact message is "Website Cannot Display This Page". I got the same message trying to post this repy.

I'm getting real good at copying my message into notepad to save it, close my browser, login again, get back to the correct thread and pasting notepad back into the message area.
I guess I was a little premature in giving you the kudo's above.

Edit - Using the browser back arrow, adding some more text and clicking on post worked this time.

Originally Posted by MarvinP

Hi Val,
I'm getting real good at copying my message into notepad to save it, close my browser, login again, get back to the correct thread and pasting notepad back into the message area.

Haha, I've been doing that too for a while now.

Original posts counts as 0 posts

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...ste-macro.html
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-2007...2-columns.html

Since this would be censored in English, I'll put it in Spanish. Un otro día, la misma mierda.

@Leith: now that made me smile

Canned replies still don't work in the Go Advanced window!

Andy is right, probably related to the problem with Canned Replies & Infraction messages

Cleared cache and no change.

Your post does not comply with Rule 6 of our Forum RULES. Common courtesy is the order of the day. Avoid coarse language, provide feedback to suggested solutions, and take the time to thank those who took their time to help you.

Yes doing as you describe.

Managed to do this using IE9. Off to test in Firefox, my normal browser.

Your post does not comply with Rule 10 of our Forum RULES. Please acknowledge the response you receive, good or bad. If your problem is solved, please say so clearly.

Okay, now functioning in Firefox.