What's not working with the forum?

[phil]

I know that the world time and the last post link on the main page is not working....anything else I have missed? :D

[Dave S]

Yer sorry Phil, every time I post have to log back in again eventho I’m logged in already :confused:

[phil]

Don't post then....next! :D

[phil]

Is it OK now Dave?

[Dave S]

hehehe......Phil UR the man :) yes all aok now mate thanks:cool:

[Chas]

When do we get the clocks back mate?

[siggy]

Originally posted by phil
Don't post then....next! :D

This was too funny. ROFL.

[Dave S]

Phil, its doing it again!! Sorry mate....might be because siggy nicking all my bandwidth :rolleyes:

[Martyn]

Originally posted by Dave S
Phil, its doing it again!! Sorry mate....might be because siggy nicking all my bandwidth :rolleyes:

Just a thought Dave, are you browsing the board with cookies?

[siggy]

I think cookie monster ate all the cookies.

[phil]

I was messing with the cookie settings earlier...you may have to log out and back in again to update them...sorry

[MechCD]

Yeah, my auto forward doesn't work. WHere it says "you will now be directed to your post. Click here if your browser does not forward you" (or whatever it says) It worked before, and now its not :(

[phil]

Originally posted by MechCD
Yeah, my auto forward doesn't work. WHere it says "you will now be directed to your post. Click here if your browser does not forward you" (or whatever it says) It worked before, and now its not :(


That's a problem with Opera...I am looking into it.

[siggy]

Phil don' t you have a headache from banging your head on the keyboard?:p

[dnar]

Originally posted by siggy

Phil don' t you have a headache from banging your head on the keyboard?:p

You poking fun at Phil's sig siggy???:D

[siggy]

Originally posted by dnar


You poking fun at Phil's sig siggy???:D

I was making fun of his Avatar.

[Dave S]

Originally posted by tril0Byte


Just a thought Dave, are you browsing the board with cookies?
Hi tril, no dont use cookies:)

[Dave S]

Originally posted by phil
I was messing with the cookie settings earlier...you may have to log out and back in again to update them...sorry
hehe....well gess wot!! sorry still no go:(

[phil]

What browser are you using Dave?

[Dave S]

Originally posted by phil
What browser are you using Dave?
Hi mate, IE 5.5 in W2KSP2 but the strange thing is I just posted a joke ok but when I came here I had to log in again, I will try some more posting on other threads and let you know wot happens :confused:

[phil]

Dave, you had "remember password" and "browse board using cookies" turned off in your profile. I have re-enabled them so see how it goes.

[Dave S]

Originally posted by phil
Dave, you had "remember password" and "browse board using cookies" turned off in your profile. I have re-enabled them so see how it goes.
Phil sussed it mate, if I do a “post reply” it works but if I do a “quote or edit” it don’t??

On the cookies thing, I have everything disabled no remember password, cookies etc me = paranoid!! I even have Norton blocking everything just I case IE misses it :eek:

PS i changed my profile back coz it made it woz:)

[phil]

There are a few glitches with this version....vBulletin rushed this out to patch a security hole. They thought the hole was such a big deal that they released this version (v2.0.3) before they planned to. I have made them aware of a few issues....just hope the fix it for the next release. Does browsing the bb with cookies and the password remebered work any better?

[Dave S]

hehe no big deal mate i will just post reply no problem at all dude, just now i know why i can work around it :)
I done a PS as you were posting, i'm one of these ppl who dont use cookies or any of the like:rolleyes:

Thanks Phil, i can live with this mate:)

[zhotfire]

Phil, some weird things have been happening... an example:
I log on
lets say 5 categories have unread posts in them
I enter a forum and start a new thread
I back out to view the main categories again and....
now only 2 categories are marked as having unread posts
WTF?
:confused:

[phil]

Thanks Tim but I don't know what could cause that. It is not a problem that I have seen here on any browser - I am currently using Opera 5 in Win2K and have tested in Nutscrape, Mozilla, IE and Opera for Linux.

I know that there is an issue with the Linux Opera browser, but I have sorted that with a little help from the vBulletin team.

[Stilgar]

Not sure if it is enabled, but we used to be able to mark all thread read. Is or can that be enabled?

[Chris Wolfe]

Originally posted by zhotfire
Phil, some weird things have been happening... an example:
I log on
lets say 5 categories have unread posts in them
I enter a forum and start a new thread
I back out to view the main categories again and....
now only 2 categories are marked as having unread posts
WTF?
:confused:
I've had this same problem. IE5.5 winME.

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Chris Wolfe

I've had this same problem. IE5.5 winME.

Me too. IE5.5SP1 Win98SE.

I've finally decided the best way to work around the problem is to open the page showing the unread flags (which seem to be correct whenever I sign on) and never refresh that page. Drill down, post if necessary, then BACK until I see it again from cache. (It's tricky hitting back 3x quickly after I post to get back to the screen I had before the post!

A better answer is to figure out what's up with the BB and fix it.

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Update: Is it possible that the cookie giving the time of last logon is being updated too soon? I just had it happen again. I do run Cookie-Crusher but I think I set it to accept cookies from this website.

[Bruce]

Originally posted by phil
Does browsing the bb with cookies and the password remebered work any better?

Works for me.

[phil]

Originally posted by zhotfire
Phil, some weird things have been happening... an example:
I log on
lets say 5 categories have unread posts in them
I enter a forum and start a new thread
I back out to view the main categories again and....
now only 2 categories are marked as having unread posts
WTF?
:confused:


I am looking into it.

[Bruce]

Originally posted by zhotfire
Phil, some weird things have been happening... an example:
I log on
lets say 5 categories have unread posts in them
I enter a forum and start a new thread
I back out to view the main categories again and....
now only 2 categories are marked as having unread posts
WTF?
:confused:

I think I just figured it out -- but I need to confirm it -- and I don't know how you can fix it.

I did a ctrl-N to open a second window.

If I'm already logged on, don't log me on again. Of course that means you have to somehow figure out if I logged out . . . .

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by Stilgar
Not sure if it is enabled, but we used to be able to mark all thread read. Is or can that be enabled?

Okay, if in bb original I don't see the mark all threads. If in tgc mode I do. Whats up?
Okay, a little more first page I see has it when I first log in. After that any page I look at its gone. Even the front page. But looking at it from this link (http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/) its there, but its gone on this link (http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1) .

I'm soooo confused :confused:

[phil]

Originally posted by Stilgar


Okay, if in bb original I don't see the mark all threads. If in tgc mode I do. Whats up?
Okay, a little more first page I see has it when I first log in. After that any page I look at its gone. Even the front page. But looking at it from this link (http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/) its there, but its gone on this link (http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1) .

I'm soooo confused :confused:


Stilgar, the mark all threads is at the top right and bottom right of the front page only (www.thegenomecollective.com/forum) as it marks all threads in all forums read. It was originally only at the bottom of the front page, but I added the link to the top as well (just under your "welcome blah") to make it easier since I added the world time table.

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by phil



Stilgar, the mark all threads is at the top right and bottom right of the front page only (www.thegenomecollective.com/forum) as it marks all threads in all forums read. It was originally only at the bottom of the front page, but I added the link to the top as well (just under your "welcome blah") to make it easier since I added the world time table.

It's still not showing here? http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1 This is the page I'm directed to if I click on the "Main Category"
It does work though if I go to http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/ or by clicking on "The Genome Collective" and ending up here
http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=
I know just don't click on "Main Category" :D

[MechCD]

Slowness or lag?



When i post, I usually click "home" to continue viewing, but my post won't show up until i hit refresh in that forum, or that post. Sometimes it gets kinda bad, I make a post, don't see it, and it gets like 5 replies until i rember to hit refresh.



I do not have cookies enabled.

[phil]

Originally posted by Stilgar


It's still not showing here? http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1 This is the page I'm directed to if I click on the "Main Category"
It does work though if I go to http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/ or by clicking on "The Genome Collective" and ending up here
http://www.thegenomecollective.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=
I know just don't click on "Main Category" :D



LOL....I know it is confusing, but it is only because we have the one catagory. If we had a few more catagories, you would see it makes sense that the "mark all" link be on the very first page.....as you say, don't click the "main catagory" :D

[phil]

Originally posted by MechCD
Slowness or lag?



When i post, I usually click "home" to continue viewing, but my post won't show up until i hit refresh in that forum, or that post. Sometimes it gets kinda bad, I make a post, don't see it, and it gets like 5 replies until i rember to hit refresh.



I do not have cookies enabled.


There is a cookie problem with this version and I have filed a report at vBulletin. Hopefully they will get of their butts and fix it..... but to be fair to them, they had to rush this version out (overnight) to fix a security hole. I will keep on at them - don't worry.

[Bruce]

It is working as designed -- but I'd like an improvement. Much like the The Mark-All-Threads-As-Read button, I would like something at the next level down -- Mark-This-Thread... or something like that.

A good spot would be the bottom of the thread.

(I realize it may not be possible.)

[siggy]

I think the "View new Post" and "Mark all post as read" are TOO close to each other. If I hit the wrong one then I have to post in all of the threads instead of just the new ones.:)

[Bruce]

What is going on? I've been out of town a full week. I come back, click on View New Posts and I only see 15 items -- all of them today.

How do I force the date of my last visit back to the day I left?

[phil]

That's funny....I have been away 8 hours and I have 2 full pages of new posts. I'll look into it.

[dnar]

Pretty sure its a cookie issue. I find that if I remain logged in for a long period & remain incactive, the BB logs me off, and then I loose new posts that would have otherwise be flagged.

This can be a nuisance, I have learnt to close my browser when leaving for any longer than say 10 minutes.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by dnar
I find that if I remain logged in for a long period & remain incactive ...

I didn't know you ever did that :D :D :D

[siggy]

Originally posted by dnar
Pretty sure its a cookie issue. I find that if I remain logged in for a long period & remain incactive, the BB logs me off, and then I loose new posts that would have otherwise be flagged.

This can be a nuisance, I have learnt to close my browser when leaving for any longer than say 10 minutes.

I have this same problem. I logged on this morning and It said I had 15 threads since my last visit. I left it open and hit the shower. When I game back it said I only had 8 threads. What happened?

[viperdog]

When I log in, I usually jump to "view new post". The listing shows the treads that contain new post but not the "(1,2,3)" page links so I don't have to load the first page of the thread and then drill down to the new postings.

So.. can we add those page links to the view new post function..and maybe a link like I see once I'm in a thread to "go to first unread post"..

Might save some bandwidth...

[dnar]

Originally posted by viperdog
When I log in, I usually jump to "view new post". The listing shows the treads that contain new post but not the "(1,2,3)" page links so I don't have to load the first page of the thread and then drill down to the new postings.



So.. can we add those page links to the view new post function..and maybe a link like I see once I'm in a thread to "go to first unread post"..



Might save some bandwidth...
???? Hit the icon to the far right of each thread listed. This takes you to the last post on the thread.

[viperdog]

That's great...features are added even before they are complained about...:D

OK so I'm an idiot..next time I'll push all the buttons before I open my mouth..thanks for the info, I see the button on the left does the other thing I wanted....

It's always the simple things that get yah....:cool: :confused: :D

/dweeb mode off/

[Bruce]

Originally posted by viperdog
When I log in, I usually jump to "view new post". . . .

Me too. Then I start from the bottom of the list and work up. If the list is long, I can refresh and find the new posts that occur while I'm navigating the list, leaving the ones I've seen at the bottom.

What's missing is a MarkAllForumsAsRead at the top of the search results page, which is where I am when I decide I'm finished. I have to do a HOME or a quick double "back" to get back to where I can push the existing button.

It's minor, though, so either way, the BB is the greatest -- as it the entire team.

Incidently, I like the boxes on the page numbers, top and bottom.:)

[phil]

Originally posted by Bruce


Me too. Then I start from the bottom of the list and work up. If the list is long, I can refresh and find the new posts that occur while I'm navigating the list, leaving the ones I've seen at the bottom.

What's missing is a MarkAllForumsAsRead at the top of the search results page, which is where I am when I decide I'm finished. I have to do a HOME or a quick double "back" to get back to where I can push the existing button.

It's minor, though, so either way, the BB is the greatest -- as it the entire team.

Incidently, I like the boxes on the page numbers, top and bottom.:)


OK, I'll see if I can find somewhere to put a mark all read link on that page. I am glad you like the page number boxes....I think they are well cool, but they don't render properly in Opera. Oh well, you can't please everybody all of the time :rolleyes:

[Bruce]

Unexpected BB behavior -- but maybe it is the way you intended it.

Opened the home page. Lots of orange -- new stuff (it has been a while). I plan on opening "View New Posts" (really, it's new Threads. Note popup Warning about private message, which I open in a new window, reply to, and close.

Back to the original window which has been carefully left in the "new" state with no forums visited. Click "View New Posts"
Nothing.

Apparently closing the private message window did a MarkAllThreads asRead for me.

Next time I'll minimize the private message window, rather than close it.

(That may be what happened in the top message on this page -- so I'll ask again:
>>How do I force the date of my last visit back to the day I left?
)

[phil]

Originally posted by Bruce
Unexpected BB behavior -- but maybe it is the way you intended it.

(That may be what happened in the top message on this page -- so I'll ask again:
>>How do I force the date of my last visit back to the day I left?
)



You can't I am afraid...all the info is stored in a cookie rather than server side. I have had a member of the vBulletin team check out the board and they say there is nothing wrong. Here is the thread I started asking for their help: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26196

I am doing all I can people, but the vB crew can't reproduce the problem....if they can't reproduce it, they can't fix it :(

[Bruce]

Originally posted by phil You can't I am afraid...all the info is stored in a cookie rather than server side.

Ok.
I suppose I could edit the cookie if I knew what units it was in.

Originally posted by phil I am doing all I can people, but the vB crew can't reproduce the problem....if they can't reproduce it, they can't fix it :(

I DO understand, and appreciate your efforts. Sure, I'd like the problem identified and fixed, but I can live with it. Don't take the pressure to heart. Life is too short to make a big deal out of it. :)

Was the scenario I posted reproducable? I hope so. (They didn't say in your thread.) It was on IE5.5-SP1.

Obviously something has to be done for the person that never clicks on the MarkAllThreadsAsRead button or the Logout button, so perhaps closing the browser window is SUPPOSED to perform a "pseudo-logout" and set the cookie to "now" as the last time a MarkAllThreadsAsRead was performed. So I guess the question becomes: Was it working as-designed?

Perhaps the method of dealing with multiple windows changed -- which might explain a dependency on which browser is being used. I don't think I've ever had a problem when I opened a single browser window. Maybe somebody else could comment here.

I'm not sure if the following is identical for all browsers. If I have multiple windows open, and I'm NOT using cookies, each window (probably) will have it's own environment. If DO use cookies, there is one set of cookies, so the time of the last MarkAllThreadsAsRead is the same in the global cookie environment. I'll bet that's the issue here. (No, I never wrote a single page of html or java in my life, so if I'm off base here, just forget it.)

I'm can't say for sure if the earlier version of vB was the same or different.

[phil]

Thanks Bruce....you can try disabling cookies from your profile and see if that works.


Whatever it is it is really annoying me. I paid for a working product and if it doesn't work on the most common browser out there, then in my opinion it isn't a finshed product. I paid the extra for vB as the tech support is included and so are free upgrades for a year. If there is a problem, obviously I want it fixed. The software is excellent overall, it is the the minor niggles that are annoying me!

[Dustin]

Not that anything's not working, but the hot topic thingy. Can you make it 25 posts or 250 views? Way too many threads are marked hot topic.

You're doing an awesome job Phil! Keep up the good work!;)

[phil]

Originally posted by Dustin
Not that anything's not working, but the hot topic thingy. Can you make it 25 posts or 250 views? Way too many threads are marked hot topic.

Done...it was 15 posts or 150 views!!


You're doing an awesome job Phil! Keep up the good work!;)


Thanks mate, I appreciate it :D

[Dave S]

yer ditto Phil UR the man:cool:

[Huggles]

Phil I think the BB looks great. I even like the pink folders.

[Dave S]

"pink folders" hehe girls:rolleyes:

[phil]

Originally posted by Huggles
Phil I think the BB looks great. I even like the pink folders.


Thanks Huggles, but the credit for the look of the BB should go to tril0Byte. He put in a lot of hours making all the buttons, the logo and figuring out the colour scheme.....I just keep it running :D

[Bruce]

Originally posted by phil
Thanks Bruce....you can try disabling cookies from your profile and see if that works.

I disabled cookies and it seems to help but that does not fix the problem.

It has something to do with multiple windows and/or other activities.

When I get a private message, the popup suggests you can open a new window now. If I do that, and proceed to read / respond / etc. I generally have some things missing by the time I get back to "all new". I've also had difficulties if I open a second window (say to search another web site to respond to a thread).

The last couple times I read the board, I followed an absolutely simple procedure -- one window, open something, Back to the "all new" list, open something else, Back, etc. and it worked EXACTLY AS ADVERTISED. I need to try the same thing with cookies.

Apparently if you multi-task multiple windows, it doesn't know how to handle it. Simple sequences work; power user style activities confuse it. That also makes it very difficult to establish a scenario for the debugging team, because when they test it with a straightforward approach, it works. Some "complicated" scenarios work; some don't -- so identifying the problem is the biggest challenge.

In earlier posts, a couple people talked about windows timing out. Obviously that's another possiblity that can't easily be identified, because when you discover the "ALL NEW' list is missing some stuff, you've generally been on for a while -- and if your path has been complicate, rather than straightforward, you've got two possible causes for the problem.

At this point all we can do is keep watching what works and what doesn't until we can clearly identify the problem. They can't fix a problem they can't identify, and we can't (yet) identify it either.

[Bruce]

I've been running with cookies but single threaded and it seems to be working fine. It really looks like a problem with multiple windows.

Exactly what activities cause the reset?

Pressing the MarkAllForumsRead button.
(Probably) Logout
(Probably) other things.

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On another note (and really rather trivial):

What would cause ViewNewPosts to list the appropriate fora, and for one (the last one, in this case, though I've only seen it once) to not have the left orange button (GoToFirstNewPost) to be missing?

[Bruce]

I visited the forum about midnight and read all the posts and did a MarkAllForumsAsRead. I came back about 0500 and read a few but did not MarkAllForumsAsRead. Now it's 1100 and I'd like to see what has happened since midnight.

The ViewNewPosts button reflects my 0500 visit. (which right now I'd rather it didn't, but I understand the update to the cookie)

(Enhancement 1:) I'd like to be able to reset the time last visited to about midnight. Since that's not available, (Enhancement 2:) a second choice would to be able to make a list of all forums that have posts since a specified time/date - - e.g.- 00:20.

In an effort to generate that list, I tried setting SearchForPostsFrom Yesterday AndNewer. This wouldn't work without additional modifiers. I tried a couple of options with wildcards and eventually got what I wanted.

One choice that I put in was "NOT doiuh03e" (which should return everything within the date range) but it didn't work. In fact (BUG 3:) it appears that the word NOT is processed as a normal word rather than being processed as a prefix operator. (I found this thread by searching for "not working" -- and it does contain both words in the title.)

[Stilgar]

Okay new one. I try to delete anything after reading or responding but private messaging says "You have 0 unread messages and 1 total messages in all your folders." But if I go to look there is none? Whats up?

[siggy]

Originally posted by Stilgar
Okay new one. I try to delete anything after reading or responding but private messaging says "You have 0 unread messages and 1 total messages in all your folders." But if I go to look there is none? Whats up?

Try changing the number of days that you want to view. I did 30 days and I can see the older ones I have not deleted. I also check all the folders. :D

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by siggy


Try changing the number of days that you want to view. I did 30 days and I can see the older ones I have not deleted. I also check all the folders. :D

That was it. Thanks Siggy.:D

[siggy]

any time Stilgar. Glad I could help :)

[eldiablo]

hm, i don't know if this has been mentioned before, and it may well be my fault, but on the main forums page (where it lists all the forums) the "new" icons seem to linger a while after i've read all of the posts/threads in that forum. this doesn't happen in each individual forum - there the threads are marked as read right after i've read them. is there a trick i'm missing? :confused:

[Dustin]

I've noticed the same thing. Doesn't bother me though.

[phil]

Originally posted by eldiablo
hm, i don't know if this has been mentioned before, and it may well be my fault, but on the main forums page (where it lists all the forums) the "new" icons seem to linger a while after i've read all of the posts/threads in that forum. this doesn't happen in each individual forum - there the threads are marked as read right after i've read them. is there a trick i'm missing? :confused:


Yup, hit the "mark all forums as read" link. This is not exactly ideal, but it gets the job done :rolleyes:

[Dustin]

Exactly what I do,

[siggy]

I try to avoid "mark all as read" someone could be posting at the same time, then I will miss something I can reply to.:D

[Dustin]

LOL! I never looked at it like that.:D

[Bruce]

What am I doing wrong? I haven't found anything that marks an individual thread as read.

Originally posted by eldiablo
hm, i don't know if this has been mentioned before, and it may well be my fault, but on the main forums page (where it lists all the forums) the "new" icons seem to linger a while after i've read all of the posts/threads in that forum. this doesn't happen in each individual forum - there the threads are marked as read right after i've read them. is there a trick i'm missing? :confused:

The only choice I've found is the MarkAll... button, and I have the same reservations as Siggy. It really should keep track of individual threads.

[eldiablo]

in linux using netscape 6.1, the java menu doesn't quite work right. it doesn't "retract" all the way, i.e., it sticks halfway out permanently. had to turn it off.

also, for some reason none of the forum pages will finish loading. i can't figure out what is left to load (looks complete), but i have to manually stop every page.

[phil]

Originally posted by eldiablo
in linux using netscape 6.1, the java menu doesn't quite work right. it doesn't "retract" all the way, i.e., it sticks halfway out permanently. had to turn it off.

also, for some reason none of the forum pages will finish loading. i can't figure out what is left to load (looks complete), but i have to manually stop every page.


I know exactly what you mean eldiablo...I have tested the bb with Nutscrape, Opera, Mozilla, Konquerer and IE. The Java menu is fully code complient, but Nutscrape and Mozilla don't like it. Oper is a bit funny also. This is not the fault of the code, rather the fault of the browser not fully complying to standards. IE6 is currently the most code complient browser available and it works perfectly.

I am unsure as to why you pages aren't loading fully, they work fine here on my Linux box.

[eldiablo]

Originally posted by phil



I know exactly what you mean eldiablo...I have tested the bb with Nutscrape, Opera, Mozilla, Konquerer and IE. The Java menu is fully code complient, but Nutscrape and Mozilla don't like it. Oper is a bit funny also. This is not the fault of the code, rather the fault of the browser not fully complying to standards. IE6 is currently the most code complient browser available and it works perfectly.

I am unsure as to why you pages aren't loading fully, they work fine here on my Linux box.

don't tell me microshaft and nutscrape are still arguing over java standards? :rolleyes: it's no big deal though. just letting you know - but you already did. i can't get it to work in konqueror, but that's probably because i don't know where to point it to run java. :rolleyes: still a stumbling noob here. :) guess i'll have to wait for the linux version of IE. :p

it looks like my browser is having trouble downloading a couple of the emoticons. i have bigger things to worry about now though.

[dnar]

Its Javascript, not Java (not at all related). The funny side of this is that Javascript was defined my Netscape NOT Microsoft, yet it is the Microsoft browser that works fine. FYI, Netscape named it "Javescript" ridding on the back of "Java" fame at the time.... doof!

BTW, Mozilla / NS both use the Gekko engine, yet Mozilla has no page loading problems. I experience the incomplete page loading on Opera for Linux too eldiablo, it gets real annoying. Mozilla is my choice these days, and it is real nice :D

[eldiablo]

Originally posted by dnar
Its Javascript, not Java (not at all related). The funny side of this is that Javascript was defined my Netscape NOT Microsoft, yet it is the Microsoft browser that works fine. FYI, Netscape named it "Javescript" ridding on the back of "Java" fame at the time.... doof!

BTW, Mozilla / NS both use the Gekko engine, yet Mozilla has no page loading problems. I experience the incomplete page loading on Opera for Linux too eldiablo, it gets real annoying. Mozilla is my choice these days, and it is real nice :D

you mean mozilla.org?

[dnar]

Originally posted by eldiablo


you mean mozilla.org?
Yup. 0.9.4 (http://mozilla.org/releases/) Although still beta, I cant fault it. (well one bug, with bad URL's when having more than one window open, sometimes). It sure is faster than Nutscrape!!! Go figure.

[phil]

Originally posted by siggy
I try to avoid "mark all as read" someone could be posting at the same time, then I will miss something I can reply to.:D


Sorry Siggy, I missed that comment :rolleyes: - Anyway, the forum uses session ID's to track what threads you can see. When you click the "mark all threads as read" link, the bb will check to see if there are any new posts and it will then display the new thread icons. So you won't miss even one post by doing this :D

[siggy]

Thanks Phil. That is excellent to know. <<HUGS>>

[eldiablo]

i'm suddenly having a problem where threads that i've read are showing up as having new posts when they do not. :confused:

anyone else?

[phil]

Clear your cookies and then set the "browse board with cookies" option in your profile.

[eldiablo]

Originally posted by phil
Clear your cookies and then set the "browse board with cookies" option in your profile.

already had that set. i'm thinking this had something to do with tril's cookie problem. it's working ok now.

[Hans Arne Iversen]

Opps forget it.:D

[phil]

Originally posted by Hans Arne Iversen
Opps forget it.:D


Ahh, a comedian? :D

[LBaker]

More like what IS working with the board! I check out a lot of the other teams bbs and this one is the fastest to load I've used. :D Just wanted to give ya a thumbs up Phil! ;)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Yeah, I second that. Great people, great board. Its a terrific gift to us all. I know you are out-of-pocket for the bandwidth and software. Are you taking donations? Would a paypal account be in order or do you only accept cash in small denominations?

D

[Bruce]

Agreed. :hugz: :hugz:

What can we do to help out?

[wylie]

dont want to whinge here...the time adjustment thingy is wrong....its taken an hour off Perth time probably due to the rest of the country going on daylight savings today.....any way to fix it?? (usually GMT +8:00 )...thanks!!!

But yeah....I agree....I use this board lots for not only me waffling but I have obtained some awesome free advice here.....I dont mind one bit putting something back.....

[phil]

Originally posted by wylie
dont want to whinge here...the time adjustment thingy is wrong....its taken an hour off Perth time probably due to the rest of the country going on daylight savings today.....any way to fix it?? (usually GMT +8:00 )...thanks!!!

But yeah....I agree....I use this board lots for not only me waffling but I have obtained some awesome free advice here.....I dont mind one bit putting something back.....


Thanks guys for the compliments and offers, but we have things covered :)

Wylie, you can adjust your time from within your profile.

[dnar]

mmm. The time jumped back 1 hour today, looks like the server (Linux) is set for daylight saving. Shame we dont run daylight saving here.... But I guess my curtains last longer this way.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[phil]

Yeah, it probably is. Even if it wasn't, some users would have to adjust their profiles to take into account DST :rolleyes: At least it is only 2x a year.

[dnar]

Originally posted by phil
Yeah, it probably is. Even if it wasn't, some users would have to adjust their profiles to take into account DST :rolleyes: At least it is only 2x a year.
2 x a year??? :confused: :confused: :confused: I thought it was for like every day for 3 months??? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[phil]

Originally posted by dnar

2 x a year??? :confused: :confused: :confused: I thought it was for like every day for 3 months??? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Duh, you only have to adjust your profile 2x a year to take into account DST :rolleyes: :D

[dnar]

Originally posted by phil



Duh, you only have to adjust your profile 2x a year to take into account DST :rolleyes: :D
Doooof. The curtains will like that. :rolleyes:

[wylie]

Looks like you & me are moving to Tokyo for the summer dnar!
I was more concerned for the farmers when we tried daylight savings....the cows became very confused...

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I saw a cow once.
:D D

[Bruce]

I hate to be the one that keeps bringing up issues on the bb. Things go so well, but I figure it never hurts to point out an area that might be improved.

1) Private Messages: The default of seeing 10 days should be changed to "forever" Keeping it cleaned out is a real chore when you don't seem all the messages, especially when switching between inbox, sent, (etc.) takes you back to 10 days.

2) When your PM box gets full, you do get a message at your home email, but you don't get one on the bb. How about the same kind of a popup as when you get new mail. (Put this one in the enhancement folder for the developers.)

3) I understood earlier that after you visit a thread and leave the bb, plus after a timeout, the thread is marked as read. This isn't working correctly. I came on the bb. Several threads contained new messages. PM popup -- and I opened a new window to read and respond to PM. I ran out of time, so I closed both windows WITHOUT EVER VISITNG A THREAD. Later when I reconnected, the threads had been marked as read even though I hadn't visited any of them.

4) All of my messages appear in italics. Marking part of a message as italics does not show any difference. I'm assuming this is a problem with fonts on MY machine. What fonts should I check?

[phil]

Hey Bruce, I am glad for the feedback. To answer your questions:

1) This is set within vB and it is not something I can easily change.

2) Same as above. This needs to be coded into the software.

3) Once you visit the BB (not necessarily a thread) and leave or remain inactive, you have 15 minutes to return and read those threads or they will be automatically marked as read. Again, this is coded into the software.

4) I think that you are right, as my messages appear ok on all my machines. Do you have access to another machine to test?

vB is by far the best forum software, but user feedback is always needed to promote continuous improvement for future releases.