Server Issues, Etc

[Venom]

Just to avoid any misapprehensions: my avatar is not affected by the distortions since it is square. But it shrunk in its over-all dimensions. (Feel free to make jokes about guys saying this last sentence.)

[thepast]

Ok, we've been messing w/avitar settings for 6 months because SOME people can't restrain themselves & upload these RIDICULOUS sized avitars that fill the screen & then some. If people could restrain their compulsiveness to have the largest avitar on the boards, then we wouldn't have to put restrictions on at all.

Now, as for the current bizarre re-sizing... I assume Tiger or Torq finally found the right setting that held to max the sizing out. I recommend if you distaste the resizing, you simply fix & re-upload your avitar. Would take about the same time that complaining about it does *laughs*... or you could just leave it morphed & complain... but I guarantee that due to the abuse of the avitar sizing by some folks, it isn't going to be increased any time soon. If the re-sizing is due to a different issue, I'll figure it out & look into it.

In the meantime, c'est la vie.

[thrall]

well.....i wasn't complaining.......i was asking a question.......*laughs too*

I asked if the avatars were set to a certain size limit....150x150.....or if it was some other problem.....

I agree with you about the ridiculous size of some the avatars.......along with the ones that move and flash.........lol

[Venom]

I hope my former 250x250 are not considered to be "RIDICULOUSLY sized". It had been the maximum size allowed ca. two years ago, when I had created mine. So I had thought it is okay to use it.

[thrall]

one solution.......

for those with smaller avatars....

mount your avatar on a black background that is 150 by 150........

[Thorne]

I use Norton and have no problem.

[craven]

i use norton for mac and have no issues at all

[his_girl_l]

craven -it IS a wonderful old work of art, in its original proportions.

Lady Godiva by John Collier, 1897

Glad you like it though - i love classical erotic art. And the way she is looking down, hiding behind her hair, is just pure serene submission.

Took me a long time to decide on an avatar - i liked a lot, but knew i would get sick of them pretty quickly.

Sorry, way off topic. Maybe i should start a thread on the stories behind peoples avatars.

Would love to hear yours for a start Craven.

[Baddbaddgirl]

I hate how grainy and distorted the avi's look now. I have tried to resize mine in a manner that makes it look better and reupload it, but it wont work.. seems to just stretch it back to the size admin feels looks best. Some of them look downright hideous the way they have been stretched, particularly if they were smaller than 150x150 to begin with.

[Torq]

Thread closed matter being handled, see site announcement thread.

T

[Torq]

Never been an issue with Norton
T

[leah06]

When I'm on a page for a while, then if I try to navigate around the site I get logged out. This is problem if I've been composing a PM or a long post. Sometimes I can log in, hit the back arrow, and retrieve my posting, but sometimes the back arrow just takes me to the "you are not logged in" screen. I recently started backtracking before re-logging in, copying my text and then pasting it in after logging in, but sometimes, once I get the first message that I am not logged in, I can't even backtrack to my message to copy it.

Today was the second time in two days this has happened, and it's very frustrating, and it's happened a bunch of times before.

I know that people spend a lot of time maintaining the site, and I'm sorry to complain, but I wonder if there's a simple fix for this? I don't think I'm the only one this happens to.

It happens whether I've checked "remember me" or not.

[thepast]

That is weird, rachel... I honestly haven't had this happen when I check the "remember me" button, so I don't know what to offer you as a suggestion... temporarily why not do cntl+c right before you post, that way it saves it just in case you need to re-post?

Maybe someone will have had this same experience & be able to offer up some advice??

[thrall]

This happens to me all the time.......lol...annoying isn't it

the fast and dirty fix is having two windows open....

one to the window you are working in..
the second open to ..currently active users....at the bottom of the forum....which seems to keep me logged in all the time.....



hope that helps

[thepast]

Well, it'll time you out. 15 min & you're out. So maybe that's part of it. Then when the server recycles, if you're posted, you're out. And, a third reason... have you paid homeage & your monthly blackmail $$ to the server yet? That's usually a root cause of why it doesn't like certain people...

[thrall]

Well, it'll time you out. 15 min & you're out. So maybe that's part of it. Then when the server recycles, if you're posted, you're out. And, a third reason... have you paid homeage & your monthly blackmail $$ to the server yet? That's usually a root cause of why it doesn't like certain people...

LOL..yeah i know it times out after 15 minutes...thats why having two windows open works..it seems as if being on currently active users....keeps you logged in....and doesn't boot you.....

If your making long posts, PM's or in chat....its a slick trick...lol


and...... is that what that thing on the side of the laptop is for...the slot for money???.and here i though it was a coffee cup holder...lol

Damn...it takes some big coins....thats one damn hungry server....lol

[Ozme52]

Okay, it happens... and the way to recover your post is to log in on that first screen that's telling you you're not logged in. If you do, it accepts the login and finishes the activity you were trying to do.

[orchidsoul]

I was going to suggest what Oz just did as it's happened to me many o' times. And whatever you do, don't hit the back button- you're guaranteed to lose everything. Though once in a while instead of logging me in and finishing my action it gives me a white, blank screen.

I wonder if there's a setting I can choose to not be timed out after 15 min?

[leah06]

Well, on some screens relogging in helps and on some it doesn't. When I'm posting to a thread, USUALLY relogging in helps - it doesn't take me back to what I was doing, it takes me to a blank screen but I can hit the back button until I get to my post again. On PMs, though, after I log in and try to backtrack it just takes me back to the you are not logged in screen.

I try to remember to copy my text before I post, but because this only happens for long posts and not for short ones, it's just hard to remember!

Thrall, I'm not too computer savvy. Could you please explain about the two screens in more detail? I'd really like to try that.

Thanks for everyone's help.

[thrall]

Well, on some screens relogging in helps and on some it doesn't. When I'm posting to a thread, USUALLY relogging in helps - it doesn't take me back to what I was doing, it takes me to a blank screen but I can hit the back button until I get to my post again. On PMs, though, after I log in and try to backtrack it just takes me back to the you are not logged in screen.

I try to remember to copy my text before I post, but because this only happens for long posts and not for short ones, it's just hard to remember!

Thrall, I'm not too computer savvy. Could you please explain about the two screens in more detail? I'd really like to try that.

Thanks for everyone's help.

ok...let me try....

you log into the forum...at the bottom there is an area that shows everyone who is on line...

click on the part at the upper left of that area that says "currently active users"...it will take you to a screen that shows you who is on line and what they are looking at...

shrink this screen...so its open and running...

now..open a "second" library window...you should already be logged in ........use this second library window to use the forum, PM system, and chat....


let us all know how it works for you hun.....hugs....i hope that helps.....

[thrall]

Okay, it happens... and the way to recover your post is to log in on that first screen that's telling you you're not logged in. If you do, it accepts the login and finishes the activity you were trying to do.

yeah.... ive tried that Oz....and i usually end up double posting........lol

[lucy]

When i know a post is going to take me a while to write i usually open openoffice (or word if that's what you use) and write it there to finally copy and paste it to the forum.

[tusayan]

When I try to access it from any link (button on main toolbar at top of page, clicking on my handle on top right box, etc.).

I get the database error window and refreshing the page doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[JamesMDenton]

Same is happening for me, as well as on the main site.

Database Error Database error
The BDSM Library database has encountered a problem.
Please try the following:

* Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
* Open the home page, then try to open another page.
* Click the Back button to try another link.

The forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

It's a vBulletin error, I wonder if the admins updated their vBulletin recently. I've run into the problem a few times on my forums.

Could also be an SQL database error.

Due to control panel as well as the main page being affected, but the forums being fine, I'd guess it has to do with the User Stats, New Posts, or Last Visited calls.

- J

[thrall]

the forum is up and down guys......give it some time...it will be back...

[Guest013109]

I'm having the same problem...

I cannot access my "User CP" nor private messages. I'm getting the same error message. Any ideas?

[Torq]

OK,, Everyone PLEASE just be patient

Having some difficult server issues working on same

PLEASE patience ,, all features will come back up soon!!

TY

T

[virgin 4 u]

i can get in to my mesage bank if someone sends me a mesage reciept and i press cancel on the next one if that is of any help the only problem in that being that it only works if you have a message from yesterday and you have to keep it open or you cant get back in until the server comes back up

[fourmaggie]

we all just have to be patient I guess...uuuugggghhhh...it sucks!!!......

[Torq]

Yes folks we are having site operation issues,,,

PLEASE just be patient,,,

it is being worked on non-stop since it went down

Again PLEASE have patience

Be Well

T