Feedback thread closed?

[Simon Lloyd]

I was about to thank Vai for the feedback in the feedback thread however it has been closed, i'm assuming ALL the issues in the thread were overcome.

Is that the case Vai/Shub? because the feedback threadis closed you will no longer get feedback so i have started this thread to help you along

[Simon Lloyd]

One or two JS issues still remain, details below:

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; InfoPath.3)
Timestamp: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:58:53 UTC


Message: 'vB_AJAX_NameSuggest' is undefined
Line: 1789
Char: 4
Code: 0
URI: http://www.excelforum.com/private.php


Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; InfoPath.3)
Timestamp: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:05:32 UTC


Message: 'threads' is undefined
Line: 1266
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.excelforum.com/exceltip-c...ad-closed.html

[Vaibhav]

Simon, That thread was for design feedback for the new design a few months back and not for general feedback .. We have a complete section where members can post feedback and browsing through a 33 page thread is of no use.

[broro183]

Vaibhav,

This is very disappointing...

Simon, That thread was for design feedback for the new design a few months back and not for general feedback .. We have a complete section where members can post feedback and browsing through a 33 page thread is of no use.

I completely agree that 33 pages is a lot to browse through BUT you have never taken the time or common courtesy to even write a one line comment in the other thread or respond to private/visitor messages to keep us informed.

Why did you not make this statement in the feedback thread, one, two, or even three months ago?


I'm not intending to start a dialogue regarding my next comments (or hijack this thread), however, as you've said, we are all entitled to our opinions. To be blunt, I feel that the lack of communication from yourself & Shub violates the principles underlying the Forum Rules (at least & especially Rules numbers 4, 6, 7 & 10). I am disappointed.


Rob

[Simon Lloyd]

If someone would like some fun try clicking on the Navigation Bar "Quick Links".............now you see it, now you dont!!!

Vai, the other feedback thread that is closed is to do with the new skin as you rightly pointed out however there are still issues that need resolving, please consider re-opening it.

[ratcat]

If someone would like some fun try clicking on the Navigation Bar "Quick Links".............now you see it, now you dont!!!..

Fun !!! I though I read that this problem was fixed and though my computer froze on me cos none of the buttons worked. Since there fixing the buttons they please including a code wrap button has well.

And just found out that the ALL the buttons in the 'Reply to Thread' are shot has well excluding the 'Submit Reply' and 'Preview Post'.

[Simon Lloyd]

Yes i see that all the formatting still doesn't work, if you are replying/editing a post and you need some formatting a very small guide is here http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/ge...-new-post.html i have only posted this as i could not be sure that noparse would work here.Vai feel free to delete the link if you find it inappropriate.

[Simon Lloyd]

The core JS files from the Clientscript folder need re-uploading to the forum root as the forum software is assuming that there isn't any javascript enabled or no javascript files, it's denoted by this .html?nojs=1# almost at the end of a hovered link.

If you see that expect the unexpected

[Domski]

Pretty much everything still seems knackered.

Seems very odd that it's taking this long to fix.

As for the feedback thread being closed I would hope Vai still gets someone to go through it and pick up the feedback that was left with good intention. It only descended into a general chat thread because nobody seemed to be taking any notice of it!!!

Dom

[teylyn]

@Simon,

I admire your attitude: you give recommendations to the owner of this forum on how to fix the problems here (which they probably would never have run into, had they kept you as an admin), so that this forum can thrive, despite their negligence in keeping the forum software up to date.

At the same time the owner disallows you to link to your site in your signature.

Hat off to Simon.

[Simon Lloyd]

@teylyn, granted i try to help and give suggestions but that is because an attack of any kind is wrong!, because of that attack the community has suffered and therein lies my responsibility.

I suspect the malware and script injection came from an unsecure admins PC who FTP to this site using FileZilla, FileZilla has a vulnerability in as much as it stores usernames and passwords in plain text in its files, if the user of the PC gets a virus, spyware or malware this vulnerability will be searched for and the details transmitted, the hacker then uses those details to inject to the site, checking the FTP activity will show a legitimate log in because they are using the original details.

For all of you using FileZilla, clear your passwords and usernames, never allow FileZilla to store them for ease of access later, always enter them fresh.

I also grant you that the forum software is not up to date, thats something that i have advised the owners of over the last couple of years, this particular version and patch level has XSS flaws (cross script security) and may enable a hacker to access usernames and passwords, specifically they target admin passwords, but none the less the vulnerability is there.

If Vai needs help he does know how to contact me

I appreciate your support too

[Simon Lloyd]

To all following the this thread, the functionality to your post tools and navigation links appear to be working again now.

[Domski]

Yep, they're back in action.

Dom

[martindwilson]

i must admit everything seems to be flying at the moment,thumbs up from me,its now about 3 x(ish) faster with chrome,and even ie8 is usable now lol

[royUK]

I find Chrome much faster than IE & FireFox

[Domski]

Mmmmm Chrome

[DonkeyOte]

...FileZilla has a vulnerability in as much as it stores usernames and passwords in plain text in its files, if the user of the PC gets a virus, spyware or malware this vulnerability will be searched for and the details transmitted, the hacker then uses those details to inject to the site, checking the FTP activity will show a legitimate log in because they are using the original details.

For all of you using FileZilla, clear your passwords and usernames, never allow FileZilla to store them for ease of access later, always enter them fresh.

Useful info. Simon - I use FZ myself for my own sites so this is useful info (not that I ever "store" passwords - user names I generally treat differently)

I find Chrome much faster than IE & FireFox

As for Chrome - it seems to be the best of the multi thread browsers IMO.
My browser preferences are Chrome, FF and IE in that order - though the for the latter I generally use the Chrome IE emulator.

[Simon Lloyd]

I don't want to keep dragging things up but faults in the new skin haven't been resolved yet, periodically i come across faults and switch back to the old skin and don't bother reporting the faults any more as they fall on deaf ears, but i suppose thats wrong so i'm going to start reporting them again here.

Javascript error:

Line: 2264
Char: 4
Error: 'vb_Ajax_NameSuggest' is undefined
Code: 0
URL: http://www.excelforum.com/private.php?folderid=-1

[pike]

Rep points to Symond for trying and not giving up even thought the odds of success are stacked against him.

[martindwilson]

The Longest Odds ever laid

The biggest odds that Hills(William hill bookies) have ever offered is 20,000,000-1 That bet was for Elvis Presley to ride into town on Shergar and then play Lord Lucan in the Wimbledon tennis final.
now are Simon's odds longer than that?

[Simon Lloyd]

I'm only posting the faults now so that members can be aware of them, so at least they will no what to expect and when.

[pike]

Keep up the good work.

[pike]

Vaibhav why dont you get Simon Lloyd to fix all these problem?

[Simon Lloyd]

Pike thanks for the vote of confidence. I think Vai and his team are happy with the result they have, people have accepted that there are flaws with the forum and are using the forums knowing that, however, i don't believe many users will know that this version of vbulletin has an xss flaw (cross script security), which has a vulnerability that hackers may use to obtain passwords, usernames and other data in your profile and even database access.

Make sure you change yours here frequently

[pike]

Thats a MAJOR concern!

[martindwilson]

save them time here's my password
*************** lol
but i have just changed my password accordingly to one i dont use anywhere else!

[Simon Lloyd]

save them time here's my password
*************** lol
but i have just changed my password accordingly to one i dont use anywhere else!

I think you may have typed too many *'s you typed 15 instead of 13!

[pike]

Martins password "wiki Mojito"

[teylyn]

or maybe

h0wt0s@yn0c0nv1nc1ngly

but that has too many characters for Martin to type after 11pm <duck>

[martindwilson]

what are you trying to say teylyn ? I resemble that remark lol

[Simon Lloyd]

Martins password "wiki Mojito"

Only 11 characters

or maybe

h0wt0s@yn0c0nv1nc1ngly

but that has too many characters for Martin to type after 11pm <duck>

....errrrmm a little more than 13

And yes Martin you do resemble that remark

[pike]

How to say no convincingly ?