Forum problems

Vibe Rater · Post by **Vibe Rater** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:47 pm

Other very strange things are happening at my end. I was unable to post (either to reply or create a new topic). The board would just keep saying my username or password were invalid wwhenever I tried to post. I logged out and logged back in again, under the same username and password, and then I was able to post again. Hmmmm...

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:49 pm

maybe your cookie went bad?happens occasionally.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:54 pm

mmm oreos....

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 6:24 am

I haven't had that problem, has it happened to you more than once?And search still has short term memory loss

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 1:27 pm

When doing a search for keyword(s), the search engine can not find any thread that did not already exist prior to the down time.

msmyer · Post by **msmyer** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:16 am

When are we going to be able to IM again? I'm tried of seeing this message: Error Sorry, Instant Messaging has been temporarily disabled.....

Post by **NSimkins** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:18 am

quote:When are we going to be able to IM again? I'm tried of seeing this message: Error Sorry, Instant Messaging has been temporarily disabled..... They just upgraded the database last night in preparation for the forum upgrade. I believe now the next step is to get ZeroForum in here to perform the upgrade.

Post by **mkowdley** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:44 am

Yep. Unfortunately the way it works is that ZeroForum logs onto our servers to install the software. So if they find anything they need changed, they email us, we fix it, email them back, and then wait 2-3 days before they try again. So it is slow going. But it's in their court now and I can provide more attention to this now that I'm back from SEMA, so... hopefully soon!Mike K.

rasermon · Post by **rasermon** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:43 am

Michael Levine and Mike K.Thankyou for the software upgrade.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 9:07 am

Yes, thanks for the site and the upgrade Search now gives recently created topicsIM works File / avatar upload works

cohocarl · Post by **cohocarl** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 9:15 am

Looks good!

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:52 pm

However, the old trick of using "*" to search for more than the most recent 60 topics or whatnot doesn't work anymore.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:58 pm

i am unable to make my attachment appear on the screen!oh well, at least i can attach

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:59 pm

Uploading an image works now, but I can't edit the post to make the image "in line" When I submit the edit, the image tag gets stripped. However, I can get an image to show up inline if the image url is not on forums.genvibe.com/zerofileFor example, here's my avatar which is on forums.genvibe.com/zeroavatar/but if the image url is located in forums.genvibe.com/zerofile, the [IMG] and [/IMG] tags and the image URL get stripped from the post.?? (bacchus beat me to it)

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:12 pm

this is funny, the new avi's are rollin' out like crazy!

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:43 pm

I tried to attatch a pic on a post and show it righ in it, but it does not work.We ca attatch pic on post, but I cannot display it by using |IMG| |/IMG| trick

Sub-Vibe-R · Post by **Sub-Vibe-R** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:46 pm

Forget this, it show automaticly the pic in the post!!!Wow much better then before. No more cut and paste

Post by **NSimkins** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:48 pm

Quote, originally posted by Sub-Vibe-R »Forget this, it show automaticly the pic in the post!!!Wow much better then before. No more cut and paste Yes - I just turned that feature on. Not sure why it won't let you use the IMG tags. I'll add this to the list of questions about certain little features I have going.

Charlievibe · Post by **Charlievibe** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:53 pm

I LOVE this newer look...this is awesome!!!!!Thanks for all of your hard work and keeping us posted on the progress.

ArcsVibe · Post by **ArcsVibe** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:36 am

Just wanted to add my 2 cents and say to you and your team Nick great job!!! keep up the good work

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:50 am

Thread ratings seem to have disappeared from the forum indexes, along with the "Rate this thread" option at the bottom of each thread page.Also, the "Genvibe tip of the week" is gone, all I get up there now is the icon User ratings are gone, but that doesn't matter since everyone was always 100% anyway. (edit - they are still there, don't know why I didn't see them )On raginfish's note, Search seems to be ignoring the single * search because it's less than three characters, Is * a special case that can be set?

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:10 pm

Glad to see rate this thread gone. Found it to be excess clutter. Just my feelings.User ratings appear on my end...you're still @ 100%!

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:31 pm

I guess it was more of an observation than a complaint about the thread ratingsduh on the user ratings

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:54 pm

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »duh on the user ratingsI meant to say:"User ratings appear on my end...you're still @ 100%!"

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:58 pm

I meant to say "duh I feel pretty stupid for reporting that the user ratings were gone when they are actually still there. " @ me, @ you. I certainly should have been sure of their disappearance before I mentioned it. Can't figure out why I bothered to mention it anyway, as they are less useful than the thread ratings, since everyone is always 100%I used the thread ratings sometimes. Since nobody else ever really seemed to, I could rate a thread 5 stars and that would make it stand out. Used that as a way to highlight some that I was watching, made it easier to find them when they dropped down in the forum index. Also used it to tag ones that I thought were useful, to highlight them to fend off recurring new threads on existing topics. OK if they are gone, but didn't know if they were dropped on purpose.

MadBill · Post by **MadBill** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:12 am

As I gradually become aware of the changes since the recent major fixes/updates (Are they summarized anywhere?), I notice that ticking off the box for "Email me when a reply is made" no longer works. Did I miss something about this, is it a coincident problem with my computer, or what?

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:42 am

Nope, it's not just you!

Post by **NSimkins** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:05 am

Quote, originally posted by MadBill »As I gradually become aware of the changes since the recent major fixes/updates (Are they summarized anywhere?), I notice that ticking off the box for "Email me when a reply is made" no longer works. Did I miss something about this, is it a coincident problem with my computer, or what? Actually I was made aware that the forum software is not sending out e-mail properly. We've contacted ZeroForum on this issue and will await their fix.

Post by **NSimkins** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:44 am

Quote, originally posted by NSimkins »Actually I was made aware that the forum software is not sending out e-mail properly. We've contacted ZeroForum on this issue and will await their fix.Just finished testing and I believe the e-mail issue has been resolved. Please let me know about any others that may be lingering, other than already mentioned (I'm working on them! ).

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:42 am

Quote, originally posted by Sub-Vibe-R » Forget this, it show automaticly the pic in the post!!!Wow much better then before. No more cut and paste Quote, originally posted by NSimkins »Yes - I just turned that feature on. Not sure why it won't let you use the IMG tags. I'll add this to the list of questions about certain little features I have going.I like it the old way better. Is the current auto image display the final solution or an interim workaround?===========================================================3/27/2004 EDITjust to write them down without bumping the threadhere are problems I know of: in-line uploaded images If you upload an image to the forum, you can't edit your post to show the image in-line with the post. You can try, but when you submit the editted post, the [IMG] [/IMG] tags and everything between them is stripped from the post. You can still show pics inline if the URL to the image does not point to the forums. animated avatars If you upload an avatar, the forum software modifies the file, even if it does not need to resize it to be within the 70x70 limit. This causes any animation to be stripped from the avatar. Search search ignores any words 3 characters or less. This means you can't search for threads on ECU, CEL, AEM, gas, XM, EFI, amp, etc, etcEdit 6/28/2004Display uploaded images in line: http://support.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=344"Image tags linking to the ZeroForum server are not allowed for security reasons. Malicious users have used them to clear the authentication cookies of other members."So they just turned it off instead of figuring out a way to make it work while preventing "malicious users" from tossing cookiesanimated avatars http://support.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=333"The software converts the images after they are uploaded. They are always altered. The files are loaded and re-saved by an internal image library. This is done to verify that the images are actually VALID image files, and not just binary data uploaded by a malicious user.The library often changes and re-analyzes the image palette and changes the general structure of the image. "

Post by **NSimkins** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 12:49 pm

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »I like it the old way better. Is the current auto image display the final solution or an interim workaround?I would say it's safe to say interim workaround. Still testing and tweaking alot of very little things behind the scenes but overall progress is moving. I'll try to get an update here when we do anything more substantial.

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:28 am

Nick --Any word on some of these little issues being resolved?

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