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Hey Simon,
I am using Firefox and am not facing any problem. Just try refreshing the page a couple of times and it should work.
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I understand what you are saying but this is the first time that i have used Firefox to access the site, it's possible thats because im using a proxy, maybe it'll clear up when my ip is unbanned
Not all forums are the same - seek and you shall find
Simon cross check the IP off IE that Your using and check if FFox is the same -- tools/options / proxy -- auto detect etc
You static IP chap... does IE allow you log in im guessing as Your posting ok
Regards
jiuk
Simon cross check the IP off IE that Your using and check if FFox is the same -- tools/options / proxy -- auto detect etc
You static IP chap... does IE allow you log in im guessing as Your posting ok
Regards
jiuk
PS Your inbox is full - needs an empty
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
Proxys fine thou, dont worry
192.168.1.0 or 2 i guess
255.255.0 or 255
etc
try tracert see how she hops etc .... will tell You the problem area,, as You can follow the sent / received packets
Haha!, i'm a forum owner, web developer and troubleshooter (my own words) but thanks for the advice!
Happy New Year...
How this is possible... 1 reply, 0 views (I also view post so there must be at least 2)...
Never use Merged Cells in Excel
Yeah good spot thats odd incorrect - hope gets picked up !
Cheers for the screenA
Regards
jiuk
Vaibhav
The problem Your having is simple no one’s against updates or improvements or problems, blimey i was Admin on Ozgrid for years with Dave Hawley he had pesky fingers best of times and always bust the site, mostly badly he paid others for help often. I used to kill myself on that site getting things as i wanted and got nothing for it - i did manage to get funds to a few of us for covering internet costs as back then was costly so Dave funded bits for the admin works we did so i guess that’s pretty good
I was banned from Oz as has been documented by action nothing to do with me and look at OzGrid now... but Dave owns the site and i respect his ways forward
If I’m here or any other forum i don’t care - i will help or not i still don’t care that’s why i not doing anything like i did for 10 years sitting up alone to 3 or 4 am and going to work at 7am-8am.... so your get no thanks or pity from me, sorry You know ill tell it straight and as it is
Tip - say less in public and do more in private,,, thus stops the agro in fighting on the boards. and anything that’s pants edit the posts, and delete them later, next day or week no one will remember - if you get private message just say was tidying up oppps sorry and jog on. I never have problems this way
You might find lies simpler and less problematic and we can get posting and building this site otherwise good hands will be lost and that a disaster to any Q&A forum
You know i mean well, it’s a public forum so people will get a bit strong in the posts and will tell each other to get stuffed, after all they luck for free and help for free so the very respect people want from others they need to give to others then there will be harmony if not it turns into a right old bun fight and the odd custard pie !
It all about learning the game, blimey Jack suffered and learnt the hard way for years, if only I knew the easy way. I have been asked many times to help on here and other sites, I just smile and don’t get over involved for now it’s best for me, but I’ll help now and again
Regards
jiuk
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.
Yep tested this myself your both correct, thats for the info. the refresh does *** the changes, seems the cashe is not refresh as we might expect on each page change, not sure the fix. Sure the guys here will pick up on this reading what we have posted
Thanks again
Regards
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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.
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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..Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd
I use firefox and dont see the issue you pointed out so most probably its got to be the proxy you are using ..
Last edited by Vaibhav; 01-01-2012 at 07:07 PM.
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.
Happy new year zbor
I think its something to do with the indexing for search. The current search function we are using does not show results from the live current DB but it shows results from its own index which is updated every few hours. I will get it checked and get to the core of this issue but it should have to do some thing with the indexing methods we are using...
JIUK Thanks for the tips
I will put this suggestion to the mods and if majority of them agree we will can surely have this link as a quick link on the forum ... or the landing page for people after performing an action on the forum..
Simon, Your normal ip should be working fine now ... Also for what issue are you suggesting to check the template edits at the footer ?
https://rapidshare.com/files/3024256...om-7201541.zip Here are the results from the browser tests ..
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.
Please consider:
Thanking those who helped you. Click the star icon in the lower left part of the contributor's post and add Reputation.
Cleaning up when you're done. Mark your thread [SOLVED] if you received your answer.
Wow! I took a week off and I see a lot of "fun" has occurred..... interesting!
Where there is a will there are many ways.
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Oh yeh
Okay Friends !!! Good news
The Attachment conversion from DB to the file system has been completed successfully !!!
This has reduced the size of the Data Base considerably as attachments are now outside of the Data Base.
As an effect of this we should not see any Data base errors moving forward, and all the updates should take much less time because of the reduced DB size.
Thats pretty cool if you want to search every combination
Let me work on this tomorrow and get back to you, will try and make search work better with quicker indexing of the board ...
Erm that dont work as expected or Jacks guess planned, it gets as we say a bit funky!
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?!
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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.
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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)
Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-03-2012 at 05:35 PM.
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
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.
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.
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.
Last edited by Paul; 01-18-2012 at 10:43 PM. Reason: Moving posts not inline with this thread to new thread (re: MVP's); removed reference from this post to avoid confusion.
I can only find Threads since the Upgrade and not before that, How much more time would be required for this to start? A Tentative time-frame ....
Infact for sometime it worked but in a few days it again stopped working..
Warm Regards
e4excel
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.
I got this message, from IE9
Eventually the "The Facebook Platform" icon appeared and all was well again.Windows Explorer is not responding due to long running script
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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:31 PM.
It is........
Sorry for the delay in replying Simon.
I dissabled all addins in IE9 including javascript, things are better but still some delay in the facebook icon appearing.
Firefox is much faster, but not "instant".
It might be the laptop I'm using, connections seem a bit tawdry to all sites, but I'd expect all site responses to be proportional. Excel Forum is consistantly the slowest to respond with any browser.
I'll check again on my main machines when I get back to base sometime next week.
DB error 14-01-2012 15:00
Image not available
Nor was I able to upload a PNG file
EF att_docx.JPG
Last edited by snb; 01-14-2012 at 11:56 AM.
Hello,
Hope you can help me out...for some reason or another I'm not able to find any of my previous posts when doing a search or advance search.
Is something wrong?
Would appreciate any assistance given.
Antonio
If it was from before December of last year, then, the search functionality is screwed up and can't find those... fix tba.
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
Last edited by jantonio; 01-20-2012 at 05:05 PM. Reason: update
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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:29 PM.
I can find posts back to June last year!
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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:30 PM.
from updates 12-26-2011, 12:36 PM
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"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
the search returns results where it finds onwards or and or upwards!
Last edited by martindwilson; 01-17-2012 at 06:01 PM.
In keeping with this thread.......I don't seem to be getting notifications all the time from subscribed threads.
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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:30 PM.
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
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.
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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!
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.
Good luck.
Perhaps we could have a wip round and have a "management" buy-out!?
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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
@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
@pike, thx!
@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.
Last edited by OnErrorGoto0; 01-20-2012 at 07:21 PM.
@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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:29 PM.
@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.
TM now added rep without comment.
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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:28 PM.
@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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:28 PM.
@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!!!!
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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.
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.
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
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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:29 PM.
@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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Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 01-26-2012 at 09:29 PM.
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 ?
Last edited by snb; 01-26-2012 at 06:26 PM.
It has always been the case.
I'm amazed at how sensitive people are over this issue
Hope that helps.
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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?
Last edited by teylyn; 01-27-2012 at 06:17 AM.
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!
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.When you get the msg asking you to wait 15/16 secs, dont wait !!!.
@ teylyn
That's what I was getting at here After the upgrade - post issues here Post #276
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?
One test is worth a thousand opinions.
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.
Haha, I've been doing that too for a while now.
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Hey all,
We havent faced any issues since morning. The attachment issue has been rectified too. Feel free to post any other issues that come up and we will resolve it for you right away.
Appreciate your co-operation !!!
Canned replies still don't work in the Go Advanced window!
Andy is right, probably related to the problem with Canned Replies & Infraction messages
@AndyPope & Roy,
Got it fixed. If the problem still persists, please clear your browser cache and try again.
I've been reporting for some time (quite a few times) no that im not getting notifications from threads i'm subscribed to!
Cleared cache and no change.
Andy - are you doing this -
Click on Go Advanced of the "Quick Reply" text box, select dropdown in canned replies, right?
I tried the same after clearing the cache and it works.
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.
Do I assume canned replies aren't available to everyone or am I missing something?
Dom
I believe they are a feature for mods.
Fair enough
Add another one to the list.
I posted a reply(After waiting 5 mins for it to upload) and refreshed my page and my post is being registered,
see below.
But I clicked the programming forum and it is not saying that I have posted.
The screenshot's are taken in order, so that thread should be showing me being the last poster.
Now open the thread and my post is there???
Plus more DB errors...
Cool, it is happening to this sub forum as well
Something definitely still not right as latest post for the Water Cooler is showing as yesterday until you go into the threads themselves.
Dom
Last edited by Domski; 02-02-2012 at 07:02 AM.
@Leith: et maintenant, en français, un autre jour, la même merde
Sacrebleu! mon amí, est-ce la façon dont il va être toujours?@Leith: et maintenant, en français, un autre jour, la même merde
Google Me
Find me located here Simon Lloyd and what i'm about Here
The above is NOT a link to a forum so is NOT against Rule 13
Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 02-02-2012 at 12:57 PM.
I guess i will have to keep the google translator open all day
Evidemment. Plus ça change, plus c'est foutu.
And I can't get onto the last page of this thread now. Forum still running in complete joke mode!!!
Can anyone believe it's 2 months nearly since this farce began?
Dom
Last edited by Domski; 02-02-2012 at 07:08 AM.
Oh yes.Can anyone believe it's 2 months nearly since this farce began?
I too couldnt get into page 22 and tried clearing cache. It worked...in firefox..
That might work but it shouldn't be necessary. Most people occasional visitors won't know that they need to do that to view anything properly.
Dom
Lol, done in you mean!
The forum is, or seems to me, more stable, still some issues remain in view update..etc, i'm still not getting notifications of responses, Vai got in touch with me last night to look at this issue and asked if i would use another email address, i said i didn't want to as emails from the forum have been coming to my registered email address for the last 8 years!, why should they stop now?, i asked if he would run the email diagnostic in the forum software and thats where my response from him ended and i'm still waiting, fingers crossed
Google Me
Find me located here Simon Lloyd and what i'm about Here
The above is NOT a link to a forum so is NOT against Rule 13
Last edited by Simon Lloyd; 02-02-2012 at 12:57 PM.
c'est très probable, mon amiSacrebleu! mon amí, est-ce la façon dont il va être toujours?
Ooh la la, c'est la vie, oú sont mon pomme de terre?
Mes pommes de terre, actually, and the accent on 'oú' is the wrong way round (should be grave not acute).
When checking for unanswered threads using Advanced Search, I see threads showing 0 replies... but when I click on them, there are indeed replies... and they were replied to many hours previously....
@Dom: C'est peut-être avec la plume de votre tante.
Let's not taint the thread... please only post issues.
I can't give people rep points????
What do you mean by you cant give rep points?
I as in me, cannot give rep points.
Hi Dave,
pls check if you received 1 or 2 points from me!
NBVC, I thought that post you deleted was pretty much spot on! LOL.
@Dave - are you getting any errors when u try to give rep points? OR u dont see the star?
@JapanDave: what makes you say that? Is it just today or for a while?
Hey TMS, just today, I tried many times to give rep, and I just kept getting a frozen screen.
Using : Google chrome
Edit , @ arlu1201 , I see the star.
Clear browser cache and try again. If not working, try with a different browser.
I agree with OEGT0, what is the point of having to clear browser cache and change browsers?
So basically the advice is to change browsers and clear your internet data every five minutes or so, in order for the forum to work properly. Perhaps this could be made into a banner for the top of the main forum page.
I wonder if the Android app is as badly designed as this...
Most alarming that a company whose entire raison d'être seems to be web-related work can be this bad at running an internet forum.
@JapanDave: so it hangs up, what's new? You may find that you've actually given double rep points if it's the same issue as posts hanging.
Just to test the problem ... and perhaps cheer you up ... I tried to rep you. Went through without a hitch, and quite quickly. That's using IE9, no cache clearing or anything out of the ordinary.
Regards, TMS
TMS, you rep came through, I just could not give rep. I will try again.
Edit: Looks like things are OK.
It seems that you can't give reps in another language. Does giving reps need to be in English?
It would seem not - check yours. Might be an issue with special characters perchance.
This is one of the reasons why the Rep system really means nothing... if people just throw points around like candy...
I think getting rid of the Reps altogether (or perhaps making everybody a rep power of 0 so that you can still receive personal comments) is the better way to go.
@JapanDave
Apparently it does work after all.
(and you are welcome)
I know I'm more interested in the verbal confirmation the provided suggestions have worked...
I know this is off topic ... but I just want to express my opinion (and maybe the posts should be moved to a new thread.
Anyway, as I have said, I enjoy the challenge, I enjoy helping people, I appreciate the thanks ... but I also like the recognition in the form of rep points. When I've got 30,000+ posts and, presumably, a representative number of rep points, it probably won't bother me either.
I don't think it's the case that rep points are "thrown around like candy" but, if they are, it probably balances out the times when no rep points are given for solutions that might have taken time, thought and effort ... swings and roundabouts.
Regards
I agree 100% with TMS, there is no doubt a balance of candy reps and non-acknowledgments from people that get in with a question and get out with an answer. I like seeing my points increase and was dismayed when I got greys and lost some last week (or was that the week before
I agree too. Sometimes we spend so much time, effort n thought and of course patience in creating a solution for the user and we may or may not get reps. But they are still 1 of the motivating factors. Every morning, the UserCP is the 1st place i visit.
When a Mod hands out rep points to someone just to "test" the system, you're handing out significant number of rep points... is that then indicative of how much that person has positively contributed to the forum?
Cant mods reverse those test rep points?
No we cannot, only Admin can.
I have no way of knowing who has been giving "test" rep points. I would agree with NBVC on the system - it's not indicative at all of the effort of some replies. I've had rep added for asking someone to follow the Forum Rules!
Before the downgrading of this forum there was no 'candy throwing' repping.
The only way to test the reliability of the reputation system is to distribute rep's.
Don't confuse the reliability of the reputation system with the validity of a 'reputation'.
@NVBC:It's probably best not to discuss specific cases. Whoever that comment might be about, I'm sure that he has benefited and suffered from the anomalies of the rep system ... but then, don't we all.is that then indicative of how much that person has positively contributed to the forum?
@RoyUK:I totally agree. I've put hours into some long lasting threads and got little or nothing at the end. If the effort was on behalf of a new user with low rep power, that is not reflective of the effort I have put in and, quite possibly, of the amount they would like to thank me. On the other hand, I don't get to answer questions from people with high rep power as, more often than not, they're answering questions not asking them.it's not indicative at all of the effort of some replies.
As has been suggested by other mods in other threads, I have given rep for good ideas and approaches and replies where I have learnt something new. And I have had rep from mods where they have observed my contribution, unknown to me. And, for that, I have been truly grateful ... and it has balanced out the occasions when My efforts have gone unrewarded.
I am not sure why this is an issue for anyone. It doesn't cost anyone anything. It is a motivational tool ... as can be seen from the amount of discussion it generates. I think that I take a balanced approach to giving rep points, but there may be some exceptions and anomalies. But hey, it doesn't hurt anyone, the system prevents you (me) from rewarding the same individuals so, when the candy is dished out, it makes people happy, at least for a short while. As far as I know, I don't know anyone in the forum personally, so there is no incentive for me to give points where I don't feel they are deserved.
And, as a last thought, if anyone were to reverse any rep points that I had felt justified, for whatever reason, I would be one very unhappy bunny.
I think it is time to draw a line under this debate ... not that I want the last word ... or move it to its own thread.
Regards, TMS
The debate about the use of the rep system is somewhat moot to my mind: it is there, people use it and therefore it should work properly (as presumably it did once). It is clearly valued by some and ignored by others, but harms nobody that I can see. Can it be that hard to put it back as it was?
I certainly don't have anymore to say on the topic....
Agreed TM
@NBVC I do a little, unfortunately you might say...
The rep system seems to irk some but they are mostly those who have or will attain MVP status or be recognised for their undoubted skills that are beyond many of us. Personally I like to get that little something for the contribution I make even if it isn't technically amazing. It's as good a recognition other than the odd thank you I'm likely ever to get in the world of Excel forums.
Dom
Further to my "Not recieving email notifications" i know find that i cannot access the forum i keep getting a 404 error, but of course there's always the proxy which works brilliant
Log Off is still working
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