WELCOME BACK! - Post any issues with the new site here

Live forum: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=44617

dmorris68

21-08-2006 11:05:35

Finally.

You may notice a few glitches here and there while we clean up a few things. For instance, post icons, the Gallery, etc. These should be cleared up before much longer. Otherwise we seem to be fully functional.

Please report any issues (that haven't already been posted) in this thread, so I have one place to look. Thank you!

Stroid

21-08-2006 11:08:39

nice work dmorris...so who owns the site now does admin still own it or did he sell it

dmorris68

21-08-2006 11:10:11

Tyler still owns it.

Stroid

21-08-2006 11:11:21

i c well thanks for your hard work im sure everyone here really appreciattes it +karma to you sir

EnergyDrinks4Free

21-08-2006 11:12:16

Hoorah.

FreeOffersNow

21-08-2006 11:33:02

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

murdoc

21-08-2006 11:35:01

I appear to be having problems logging in from firefox. I cleared the forum.freeipodguide.com cookie but still can't login...

JUNIOR6886

21-08-2006 11:42:52

its good to be back D

Aurelius

21-08-2006 11:46:32

i can't log in on firefox either but thank you for all your hard work getting this site back up. great to see a familiar forum )

dmorris68

21-08-2006 11:54:14

I had all sorts of login problems from FireFox too. Kept fooling with cookies and finally it took and everything worked okay. Just keep trying. Clear cookies. close all Firefox instances, and try again. The cookies could be cached by the browser or something, I don't know.

YourGiftsFree

21-08-2006 11:55:16

AH GOOD TO BE BACK WHERE IM APPRECIATED!

VrExe

21-08-2006 11:58:13

I can login on Firefox but I can't login on IE.

cwncool

21-08-2006 12:01:47

can you get rid of the "no icon" thing? It didn't used to be there and I think it looks like crap D

Wolfeman

21-08-2006 12:09:51

[quote67c9db5202="cwncool"]can you get rid of the "no icon" thing? It didn't used to be there and I think it looks like crap D[/quote67c9db5202]
There will be bugs for a bit, they are being worked on by priority and thats not #1.

TryinToGetPaid

21-08-2006 12:10:23

Whooo hooo.

A4F almost seemed interesting for a moment.

chillywilly

21-08-2006 12:23:22

Nice work, dmorris. Glad to have this place back.

CougarKid

21-08-2006 12:24:25

Excellent work, to whoever did the work. P

Good to be back.

Rampage575

21-08-2006 12:26:48

Holla bitches! Thanks dmorris and everyone who got this going again )

tml09

21-08-2006 12:28:48

Thanks dmorris and the dmorris-airs/ettes!

x323smostwantedx

21-08-2006 13:03:02

glad 2 be back

Killer722

21-08-2006 13:05:08

Sweet i can say fuck and shit on a freebie forum again. )

GiftMonsterKyle

21-08-2006 13:24:02

Nice to be back, I like this community more than A4Fs.

tylerc

21-08-2006 13:24:11

Thank you dmorris D

kdollar

21-08-2006 13:29:06

thanks D! talk about bad first impressions )

egyptianruin

21-08-2006 13:30:51

good work dmorris

justinag06

21-08-2006 13:35:03

yeah thanks dmorris, nice work

dmorris68

21-08-2006 13:47:39

[quote6e4a8d4281="cwncool"]can you get rid of the "no icon" thing? It didn't used to be there and I think it looks like crap D[/quote6e4a8d4281]
Fixed. One of many path-related issues to spring up. There will undoubtedly be more, just let me know as you find them and I'll get them fixed.

stackmjwiz

21-08-2006 13:50:16

Thanks David!

I really appreciate your hard work getting FIPG back on its feet.

cwncool

21-08-2006 13:50:43

[quote0238bda72f="dmorris68"][quote0238bda72f="cwncool"]can you get rid of the "no icon" thing? It didn't used to be there and I think it looks like crap D[/quote0238bda72f]
Fixed. One of many path-related issues to spring up. There will undoubtedly be more, just let me know as you find them and I'll get them fixed.[/quote0238bda72f]
thanx! also, is guest posting going to be allowed now? if not, can we get rid of the "username" field above the quick reply?

schf0ol3d

21-08-2006 13:52:48

Glad to have the forums back.

freaky1718

21-08-2006 14:03:24

finally wow

h3x

21-08-2006 14:14:59

Home Sweet Home )

Powerbook

21-08-2006 14:19:51

Thanks Dmorris!!!! You are a great person for doing this. I am sure all of us appreciate this. It's finally back and it feels good to be here. D

JKirk

21-08-2006 14:20:50

[quote4ba19ebe05="YourGiftsFree"]AH GOOD TO BE BACK WHERE IM APPRECIATED![/quote4ba19ebe05]

Yeah.... ?

Good work, Dmorris.

hamtaroking

21-08-2006 14:50:25

Good to be back.

Rewman

21-08-2006 14:51:33

THANK YOU!

great to be back.

nobody2000

21-08-2006 14:57:55

thanks for keeping this site going. It's a great help for everyone! You guys are all great.

irannaked

21-08-2006 15:33:15

OMG!!

haha, these past couple of day's have been torture with out anything to do.

so FUCK YEAH!!!


WOOO!!

EatChex89

21-08-2006 16:04:20

yaya! i'm glad to be back!

thanks dmorris

KnightTrader

21-08-2006 16:06:48

Thanks Dmorris, Kekekeke

MyungChunHa

21-08-2006 17:47:13

I have to log back on every time I close out my browser....Even when I check the box next to 'Log me in each time I visit'....

dmorris68

21-08-2006 19:36:59

[quote9c90b77199="MyungChunHa"]I have to log back on every time I close out my browser....Even when I check the box next to 'Log me in each time I visit'....[/quote9c90b77199]
Sounds like a cookie issue. The move to another host really screwed up cookies for most people. Make sure to delete all freeipodguide.com related cookies (to be sure, just delete all cookies). Then close your browser. Maybe reboot your PC just for good measure.

Once you get your cookies sorted out, the auto-login should stick. It does for me.

Iloveipods2

21-08-2006 19:40:48

sweeeet, goodbye a4f. it's good to be back, home sweet home D

ajrock2000

21-08-2006 20:10:59

Thanks dmorris and everyone, the forum is a LOT faster than it was before.

zr2152

21-08-2006 21:11:25

Awesome and thanks to everyone who kept this site going



I fell asleep 4 times when i was browsing the A4F forums..this forum is great

hehehhehe

21-08-2006 21:56:44

Thanks for your hard work dmorris.

ajasax

21-08-2006 22:01:45

Thanks DMorris! I know that must've been a lot of hard work, especially when you're not getting paid for it wink ++K

Chris

22-08-2006 18:43:12

Dmorris, I can't log in using Safari (Mac)

dmorris68

22-08-2006 19:18:19

[quoted13f3aece4="Chris"]Dmorris, I can't log in using Safari (Mac)[/quoted13f3aece4]
I don't have a Mac to troubleshoot that problem, but I expect it's the same sort of cookie related issue that some of us experienced with Firefox. There is nothing done on this site that causes a browser to not to be able to login, especially when it used to be able to. This sort of thing is virtually always cookie related -- phpBB is notoriously cookie-sensitive. Just delete all cookies, close all browsers, reboot for good measure, and keep trying. With Firefox I had to go through that procedure like twice and then it just started working. Others have reported similar Firefox experiences that started working after cookies were fixed. Since IE and Firefox have no issues with logging in (once cookies are fixed) it's almost certainly a problem on your browser's side.

Tholek

23-08-2006 20:38:16

OK, I noticed a html sig issue. (at least for me)

My sig, when I finally logged back in, had the image urls stripped out. The tags were still there, but no urls within them. Odd, I thought.

Anyway, I fixed it, and updated, but like before, there were only placeholders as if images were loading, but they don't. I go back into the profile, and it happened again. The urls were stripped out. shock

I thought maybe the code had been changed, so I added quotations around the urls (like regular html) but got red x's that time. So, I'm back with BBCode, but, of course, with the 500 character limitation, I had to do a lot of work of renaming and rehosting images so I could have shorter urls.

Not a major problem in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like a bug.

MyungChunHa

23-08-2006 21:51:29

[quote0fa19c544b="dmorris68"][quote0fa19c544b="MyungChunHa"]I have to log back on every time I close out my browser....Even when I check the box next to 'Log me in each time I visit'....[/quote0fa19c544b]
Sounds like a cookie issue. The move to another host really screwed up cookies for most people. Make sure to delete all freeipodguide.com related cookies (to be sure, just delete all cookies). Then close your browser. Maybe reboot your PC just for good measure.

Once you get your cookies sorted out, the auto-login should stick. It does for me.[/quote0fa19c544b]
Thanks, that should work...Just making sure that it wasn't anything wrong with the whole forum....

+KMA for bringing the site back up and keeping us updated while it was down....

dmorris68

24-08-2006 05:30:02

[quote67781f67b4="Tholek"]OK, I noticed a html sig issue. (at least for me)

My sig, when I finally logged back in, had the image urls stripped out. The tags were still there, but no urls within them. Odd, I thought.

Anyway, I fixed it, and updated, but like before, there were only placeholders as if images were loading, but they don't. I go back into the profile, and it happened again. The urls were stripped out. shock

I thought maybe the code had been changed, so I added quotations around the urls (like regular html) but got red x's that time. So, I'm back with BBCode, but, of course, with the 500 character limitation, I had to do a lot of work of renaming and rehosting images so I could have shorter urls.

Not a major problem in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like a bug.[/quote67781f67b4]
Unless it's an issue with the phpBB update from .19 to .21, nothing has changed code-wise that would affect HTML rendering. And since I hand-patched the update in from the list of files that changed between the verions, I would have seen them, and I don't remember anything in that area. Of course, by the time I was half way through, my eyes were crossing and I was working on caffeine-reinforced auto-pilot, so who knows. )

The same HTML tags that were enabled before are still enabled. Your links weren't referencing the old host, were they? I've never seen image tags disappear from a sig before. I can add an image to my sig and see if it happens to me...

[b67781f67b4]Edit[/b67781f67b4] Whoa, definitely a problem there! I added a gradient image to my sig table, and it stripped it back out, along with the anchor tag. I removed the background image from the TD, i.e. put it back the way it was, and it STILL strips out a lot of the HTML, including anchor link and font tag attributes. Had to fix mine directly in the database.

Apparently all tag attributes are being stripped. So it appears something squirrely is happening indeed with this new code. Until I can figure it out and fix it, nobody edit your HTML sigs, because you probably won't get it to keep everything!

VrExe

24-08-2006 06:16:34

Cleared the cookies and everything is working fine on IE now. )

I guess that's how the cookie crumbles.

Strike

24-08-2006 12:45:13

Woot! I'm back!

I had the old IP address in my host file so I couldn't get in. I had to use Web Archive to view this forum

Tholek

24-08-2006 16:23:56

[quote059d395007="dmorris68"][quote059d395007="Tholek"]OK, I noticed a html sig issue. (at least for me)

My sig, when I finally logged back in, had the image urls stripped out. The tags were still there, but no urls within them. Odd, I thought.

Anyway, I fixed it, and updated, but like before, there were only placeholders as if images were loading, but they don't. I go back into the profile, and it happened again. The urls were stripped out. shock

I thought maybe the code had been changed, so I added quotations around the urls (like regular html) but got red x's that time. So, I'm back with BBCode, but, of course, with the 500 character limitation, I had to do a lot of work of renaming and rehosting images so I could have shorter urls.

Not a major problem in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like a bug.[/quote059d395007]
Unless it's an issue with the phpBB update from .19 to .21, nothing has changed code-wise that would affect HTML rendering. And since I hand-patched the update in from the list of files that changed between the verions, I would have seen them, and I don't remember anything in that area. Of course, by the time I was half way through, my eyes were crossing and I was working on caffeine-reinforced auto-pilot, so who knows. )

The same HTML tags that were enabled before are still enabled. Your links weren't referencing the old host, were they? I've never seen image tags disappear from a sig before. I can add an image to my sig and see if it happens to me...

[b059d395007]Edit[/b059d395007] Whoa, definitely a problem there! I added a gradient image to my sig table, and it stripped it back out, along with the anchor tag. I removed the background image from the TD, i.e. put it back the way it was, and it STILL strips out a lot of the HTML, including anchor link and font tag attributes. Had to fix mine directly in the database.

Apparently all tag attributes are being stripped. So it appears something squirrely is happening indeed with this new code. Until I can figure it out and fix it, nobody edit your HTML sigs, because you probably won't get it to keep everything![/quote059d395007]

I'm glad to see I wasn't imagining it. )

Unfortunately I lost my original sig in the process, but I'll leave what I have now until things are sorted. Thanks for all the hard work.

Have a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper on me. ;)

dmorris68

24-08-2006 17:05:41

[quoteadff6921b3="Tholek"][quoteadff6921b3="dmorris68"][quoteadff6921b3="Tholek"]OK, I noticed a html sig issue. (at least for me)

My sig, when I finally logged back in, had the image urls stripped out. The tags were still there, but no urls within them. Odd, I thought.

Anyway, I fixed it, and updated, but like before, there were only placeholders as if images were loading, but they don't. I go back into the profile, and it happened again. The urls were stripped out. shock

I thought maybe the code had been changed, so I added quotations around the urls (like regular html) but got red x's that time. So, I'm back with BBCode, but, of course, with the 500 character limitation, I had to do a lot of work of renaming and rehosting images so I could have shorter urls.

Not a major problem in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like a bug.[/quoteadff6921b3]
Unless it's an issue with the phpBB update from .19 to .21, nothing has changed code-wise that would affect HTML rendering. And since I hand-patched the update in from the list of files that changed between the verions, I would have seen them, and I don't remember anything in that area. Of course, by the time I was half way through, my eyes were crossing and I was working on caffeine-reinforced auto-pilot, so who knows. )

The same HTML tags that were enabled before are still enabled. Your links weren't referencing the old host, were they? I've never seen image tags disappear from a sig before. I can add an image to my sig and see if it happens to me...

[badff6921b3]Edit[/badff6921b3] Whoa, definitely a problem there! I added a gradient image to my sig table, and it stripped it back out, along with the anchor tag. I removed the background image from the TD, i.e. put it back the way it was, and it STILL strips out a lot of the HTML, including anchor link and font tag attributes. Had to fix mine directly in the database.

Apparently all tag attributes are being stripped. So it appears something squirrely is happening indeed with this new code. Until I can figure it out and fix it, nobody edit your HTML sigs, because you probably won't get it to keep everything![/quoteadff6921b3]

I'm glad to see I wasn't imagining it. )

Unfortunately I lost my original sig in the process, but I'll leave what I have now until things are sorted. Thanks for all the hard work.

Have a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper on me. ;)[/quoteadff6921b3]

I can recover your old sig code from the old forum database if you'd like. ;)

Tholek

24-08-2006 17:26:31

Can you PM it to me? I'll make a decision once I can compare the two. ) (That is, unless it's a lot of work, then it's not worth it)

cwncool

24-08-2006 17:29:28

it never keeps me logged in even if i check the remember me box. it always did before. there could be a problem with the cookies. please look into this. D

TryinToGetPaid

24-08-2006 17:30:41

try clearing your cookies

cwncool

24-08-2006 17:36:58

i've already done that shrug

Tholek

24-08-2006 17:40:30

Did you do your entire cache and history too?

dmorris68

24-08-2006 17:53:19

[quote38933972ee="cwncool"]it never keeps me logged in even if i check the remember me box. it always did before. there could be a problem with the cookies. please look into this. D[/quote38933972ee]
The cookie problem isn't with the site, it's with your browser. Clear all cookies and temporary internet files (cache).

I think I need to make a sticky, I've explained this too many times... ?

dmorris68

24-08-2006 17:57:41

[quote390f01e2da="Tholek"]Can you PM it to me? I'll make a decision once I can compare the two. ) (That is, unless it's a lot of work, then it's not worth it)[/quote390f01e2da]
PM'd

cwncool

24-08-2006 18:05:31

[quote50d1eec398="dmorris68"][quote50d1eec398="cwncool"]it never keeps me logged in even if i check the remember me box. it always did before. there could be a problem with the cookies. please look into this. D[/quote50d1eec398]
The cookie problem isn't with the site, it's with your browser. Clear all cookies and temporary internet files (cache).

I think I need to make a sticky, I've explained this too many times... ?[/quote50d1eec398]
yeah. i've done that already and it still gives me the same problem. shrug

Tholek

24-08-2006 18:06:56

Thanks. )

jcpham3

29-08-2006 12:48:30

Way to go dmorris. That shitstain tyler is a real red-blooded cocksmoker. I think I'll aim him right now and tell him what a big loser he is.

jadem

30-08-2006 12:39:37

Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D

dmorris68

30-08-2006 13:30:38

[quoted805de31e8="jadem"]Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D[/quoted805de31e8]
Hmm, DNS update should have propagated long ago, unless you employer has an internal DNS that isn't being updated for some reason. Did you try to clear all cookies and temporary files/cache, close all browsers, reboot, etc.?

Also, try Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R to force a page refresh from the host, rather than from cache.

And you don't by chance have forum.freeipodguide.com hardcoded in your hosts file, do you? ;)

Wolfeman

30-08-2006 16:47:37

[quoteb705153932="jadem"]Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D[/quoteb705153932]
YAY 4 JADEM!!! We missed your ass pants dance

jadem

31-08-2006 04:05:48

[quoteefc41b4fbd="dmorris68"][quoteefc41b4fbd="jadem"]Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D[/quoteefc41b4fbd]
Hmm, DNS update should have propagated long ago, unless you employer has an internal DNS that isn't being updated for some reason. Did you try to clear all cookies and temporary files/cache, close all browsers, reboot, etc.?

Also, try Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R to force a page refresh from the host, rather than from cache.

And you don't by chance have forum.freeipodguide.com hardcoded in your hosts file, do you? ;)[/quoteefc41b4fbd]

I'll try all those things again once I'm at work and I haven't messed with hosts files. I work for a University...they have crap like that locked down. D Unless THEY did it lilooks around suspiciouslyli

johnjimjones

02-09-2006 07:17:34

Every once in a while when I click on a forum I get this login prompt from some uat.edu deal.....

bballp6699

02-09-2006 11:56:52

It's amir...

dmorris68

03-09-2006 06:58:18

It's probably a sig. Somebody had a PS3Grab sig for awhile that kicked off an auth dialog to their site every time you viewed a topic they had posted in. You'd get a dialog for each of their posts in the page, sometimes I'd have 4-5 dialogs stacked up.

OldManWrigley

03-09-2006 18:34:43

[quote31ea2d611a="jadem"][quote31ea2d611a="dmorris68"][quote31ea2d611a="jadem"]Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D[/quote31ea2d611a]
Hmm, DNS update should have propagated long ago, unless you employer has an internal DNS that isn't being updated for some reason. Did you try to clear all cookies and temporary files/cache, close all browsers, reboot, etc.?

Also, try Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R to force a page refresh from the host, rather than from cache.

And you don't by chance have forum.freeipodguide.com hardcoded in your hosts file, do you? ;)[/quote31ea2d611a]

I'll try all those things again once I'm at work and I haven't messed with hosts files. I work for a University...they have crap like that locked down. D Unless THEY did it lilooks around suspiciouslyli[/quote31ea2d611a]

And once again, I hate your avatar.....

Racist.....

-Dmorris, I've tried everything but am still getting logged out of FiPG and always have to relogin......(

johnjimjones

03-09-2006 18:36:09

It's fixed.

jadem

04-09-2006 08:47:18

[quotea0031cd901="OldManWrigley"][quotea0031cd901="jadem"][quotea0031cd901="dmorris68"][quotea0031cd901="jadem"]Getting to and logging into the site from home is fine. Not sure how long it'll be before I can from work (still getting the update page stating my dns needs to be updated).

But, great job on bringing the site back up! D[/quotea0031cd901]
Hmm, DNS update should have propagated long ago, unless you employer has an internal DNS that isn't being updated for some reason. Did you try to clear all cookies and temporary files/cache, close all browsers, reboot, etc.?

Also, try Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R to force a page refresh from the host, rather than from cache.

And you don't by chance have forum.freeipodguide.com hardcoded in your hosts file, do you? ;)[/quotea0031cd901]

I'll try all those things again once I'm at work and I haven't messed with hosts files. I work for a University...they have crap like that locked down. D Unless THEY did it lilooks around suspiciouslyli[/quotea0031cd901]

And once again, I hate your avatar.....

Racist.....

-Dmorris, I've tried everything but am still getting logged out of FiPG and always have to relogin......([/quotea0031cd901]

Actually, it's not racist. What Major Nagin said was racist and my avatar is making fun of it. If you don't like it, there's that nice little x in the sig line.

dmorris68

06-09-2006 13:55:24

[quote9544799a1b="OldManWrigley"]-Dmorris, I've tried everything but am still getting logged out of FiPG and always have to relogin......([/quote9544799a1b]
It has to be something on your end, and it's almost certainly a cookie issue. I really can't help you any more than that, as it works for me and AFAIK just about everybody else who took those steps I outlined.

JUNIOR6886

09-09-2006 17:47:23

on my main computer i still get the "FIPG is down while i consider its future" message along with the updated messages. It says if i still see the page my dns hasnt been updated and it should take a few days but its been like over 2 weeks now...

dmorris68

09-09-2006 19:09:40

[quote84e555f0de="JUNIOR6886"]on my main computer i still get the "FIPG is down while i consider its future" message along with the updated messages. It says if i still see the page my dns hasnt been updated and it should take a few days but its been like over 2 weeks now...[/quote84e555f0de]
It's either a cookie issue on your end, or you have a hosts file entry pointing to the old IP address. I've run across one other person who setup a hosts file entry once when DNS was having problems, and it caused them this same issue.

Assuming you've already followed the instructions I've posted (repeatedly) to clear out your cookies and temporary internet files, check your hosts file at C\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts to make sure there isn't a forum.freeipodguide.com entry there.

If it's neither of those, then I have to suspect your DNS, but if you can get here from another computer on your same network, then that rules out your DNS server. Maybe your Windows DNS cache is stale -- you could try opening a command prompt and entering [b84e555f0de]ipconfig /flushdns[/b84e555f0de] if all else fails.

sha316

09-09-2006 19:32:23

First of all, thanks a ton dmorris for bringing this site up and running again. Missed it so much.

I have a problem in subscribing to a thread. It still shows as I'm watching that topic, but I never get notification e-mails when a member posts something. Can you do something about it.

dmorris68

09-09-2006 20:49:13

[quote00a00a14cf="sha316"]I have a problem in subscribing to a thread. It still shows as I'm watching that topic, but I never get notification e-mails when a member posts something. Can you do something about it.[/quote00a00a14cf]
You're the second person to mention a problem receiving notifications when subscribing to threads. But it doesn't seem consistent -- the other person mentioned that some threads notify, while others don't.

Not sure what's up with that, there are a couple of other quirks left over from the move that I've got to get fixed. I'll add this to the list.

JUNIOR6886

10-09-2006 04:48:44

[quote6975ae7336="dmorris68"][quote6975ae7336="JUNIOR6886"]on my main computer i still get the "FIPG is down while i consider its future" message along with the updated messages. It says if i still see the page my dns hasnt been updated and it should take a few days but its been like over 2 weeks now...[/quote6975ae7336]
It's either a cookie issue on your end, or you have a hosts file entry pointing to the old IP address. I've run across one other person who setup a hosts file entry once when DNS was having problems, and it caused them this same issue.

Assuming you've already followed the instructions I've posted (repeatedly) to clear out your cookies and temporary internet files, check your hosts file at C\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts to make sure there isn't a forum.freeipodguide.com entry there.

If it's neither of those, then I have to suspect your DNS, but if you can get here from another computer on your same network, then that rules out your DNS server. Maybe your Windows DNS cache is stale -- you could try opening a command prompt and entering [b6975ae7336]ipconfig /flushdns[/b6975ae7336] if all else fails.[/quote6975ae7336]

lol i forgot about my hosts file....... D

dmorris68

10-09-2006 09:44:24

[quote8816f35596="dmorris68"][quote8816f35596="sha316"]I have a problem in subscribing to a thread. It still shows as I'm watching that topic, but I never get notification e-mails when a member posts something. Can you do something about it.[/quote8816f35596]
You're the second person to mention a problem receiving notifications when subscribing to threads. But it doesn't seem consistent -- the other person mentioned that some threads notify, while others don't.

Not sure what's up with that, there are a couple of other quirks left over from the move that I've got to get fixed. I'll add this to the list.[/quote8816f35596]
I have a theory as to what might be causing this notification e-mail problem. I was just looking over the last couple of News posts from our hosting provider, and saw this

[quote8816f35596]Outgoing Mail Filtering
Posted September 6th 2006
Outgoing mail filtering through MIMEDefang and SpamAssassin is in place now. This is used to ensure servers aren't sending out spams thereby causing the server to become blacklisted. It uses the same heuristics as your incoming mail filter, so it's fairly reliable on determining what is spam.

In the event that your e-mail is innocently marked as spam, you will get an automated notice that the e-mail was rejected. Just file a ticket for us to flush it from the quarantine and you should be fine. In the past four months we have received zero notices of legitimate e-mail being quarantined.[/quote8816f35596]

Basically what this means is that all mail outgoing through the host (including forum and PM notifications) is now subject to e-mail filtering, as incoming mail has been. From what I know of SpamAssassin, it can be quite tricky to tune and get working properly, and is known to mischaracterize messages as spam.

I don't know for sure that this is the problem, but the timing corresponds to about when I heard this notification problem started. Not sure what we can do about it other than either give it time to train up, or find another, public SMTP server (unlikely) to handle the outgoing mail.

jy3

26-09-2006 12:17:32

getting this in the file hosting part of the new post

hTTP Error 404
Sorry, the file you requested could not be found
Please check the referring url.

If you believe you have reached this page in error
you may want to check these reosources

li The Libsyn Support Blog
li The Libsyn User Guide
li The Libsyn Community Forums

megotcash

28-09-2006 16:15:25

for some reason...(some general code is messed up or what not), i seem to have a problem with using the "viewall" button on many of the topics. i can't really tell you every one that this happens on, but a good examplis is the video links one in off-topic.

when i click view all, i am brought to this link
http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=23426&viewall=1

yet, that doesn't bring up any page. i know the php should have you going to a "viewall" page, but somewhere there are a few links that go to a [b70d3a54805]"veiwall"[/b70d3a54805] page.

for instance...to get the entire thread of the video links to show up, i have to go to this link
http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=23426&veiwall=1


there are a couple times i have had this problem, and i think it is a pretty simple fix. i'll post again if i can figure out exactly which ones this does it on, but i assume there is some sort of general reason behind which ones do/ and which don't.

thanks!

megotcash

28-09-2006 16:20:36

wait..just realized that "veiwall" doesn't bring them all up either. f...i dunno, but something's screwed up.

dmorris68

28-09-2006 17:50:13

There is an issue with this new host regarding memory allocations. On the old host, we were basically unlimited, however on this host our RAM allotment doesn't allow to view all posts for topics that have lots and lots of pages. You'll get memory errors and erratic behavior. I would imagine the threshold would vary based on the number of active members at any given time. I've been meaning to remove the ability to view all posts just to eliminate this error entirely, but haven't got around to it yet.

megotcash

28-09-2006 19:00:34

[quoteef36b56952="dmorris68"]There is an issue with this new host regarding memory allocations. On the old host, we were basically unlimited, however on this host our RAM allotment doesn't allow to view all posts for topics that have lots and lots of pages. You'll get memory errors and erratic behavior. I would imagine the threshold would vary based on the number of active members at any given time. I've been meaning to remove the ability to view all posts just to eliminate this error entirely, but haven't got around to it yet.[/quoteef36b56952]

oh, ok D

Aurelius

22-10-2006 13:51:36

and we're back!!!

dmorris68

22-10-2006 19:25:20

[quoted8a02adacb="Aurelius"]and we're back!!![/quoted8a02adacb]
Yeah, the host had MySQL issues today, the whole box was down including the control panel.

guelah75

22-10-2006 19:46:24

when I click on "links" in posts, the redirect (www.barofsoup.com i think) doesn't load or redirect me to the "link" address

ajasax

22-10-2006 19:47:14

Oh I was wondering what happened. Also, the bar-of-soap domain doesn't seem to be resolving. Might just be that my DNS server is slow. The redirects aren't working.

Edit WTF is going on?
[quotee1afbab49a]Warning mysql_pconnect() User 'bosbos' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value 10) in /home/virtual/site211/fst/var/www/html/db/mysql4.php on line 104

Warning mysql_error() supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/virtual/site211/fst/var/www/html/db/mysql4.php on line 1107

Warning mysql_errno() supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/virtual/site211/fst/var/www/html/db/mysql4.php on line 1109
phpBB Critical Error

Could not connect to the database[/quotee1afbab49a]
Is 'bosbos' Admin's username? lol

egyptianruin

23-10-2006 09:44:04

[quotec9dc8f885c="guelah75"]when I click on "links" in posts, the redirect (www.barofsoup.com i think) doesn't load or redirect me to the "link" address[/quotec9dc8f885c]
same here

dmorris68

23-10-2006 10:00:21

[quote760f782fb1="egyptianruin"][quote760f782fb1="guelah75"]when I click on "links" in posts, the redirect (www.barofsoup.com i think) doesn't load or redirect me to the "link" address[/quote760f782fb1]
same here[/quote760f782fb1]
Still? I was having this problem yesterday, but today it's working. Could be a DNS resolution issue that only affects some people.

Killer722

31-10-2006 12:13:52

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but I think the forum clocks need to be set back 1 hour?

theysayjump

31-10-2006 12:30:09

Just change it in your profile back an hour. If you're -3, set it to -4.

J4320

13-11-2006 22:09:52

Has the forum been randomly running slow on some pages for you guys or is that just me?

Gooogler

19-12-2006 22:18:07

Sure am glad the forums are back up as of 4 months ago...

BD2006BD

10-01-2007 20:46:09

Can't you put up an ad here so you can afford a better hosting plan? Like place an ad where that conga ad used to be. I don't think people would mind much if there was one ad on here.

Wolfeman

10-01-2007 21:51:44

I've offered to throw in cash in the past -/

BD2006BD

10-01-2007 22:34:53

Yea.. and ad or even a paypal donate button. The little things might help. Maybe give people a star next to their name so they have "donater" status or something.

BD2006BD

31-01-2007 13:01:35

whenever the error message comes up (now the blockbuster ad), is the forum down for everyone? or are there still some people connected to it? (like the 25 users max, or whatever it is)

dmorris68

31-01-2007 13:43:03

[quoteb22e4b822b="BD2006BD"]whenever the error message comes up (now the blockbuster ad), is the forum down for everyone? or are there still some people connected to it? (like the 25 users max, or whatever it is)[/quoteb22e4b822b]
There will still be a lot of people connected (more than 25). It doesn't allocate one connection per logged-in member, it makes a database hit (or more) per page view, but each hit should be sub-second or at most a few seconds. So as long as there aren't more than 25 simultaneous database hits going on at any given moment, you can have dozens of members logged in without a problem. However since our ranks have recently grown dramatically, we're running into much more members online at once than we used to, and thus straining the DB connection limit.

BD2006BD

31-01-2007 13:45:59

ok thanks a lot.. thats what I was wondering.