Server Issues, Etc

[Midnytedreams]

delia you need not bother T the pms are working , just the history in user cp doesn't work when you send message.

[thepast]

The "history" doesn't work?????

[MaxPayne]

[AnticipatingPain]

Thanks for the info....... it's been a long week without it lol

[thepast]

All right everyone...

EVERYTHING SHOULD NOW BE UP & RUNNING.

Thus...

Unless there's a further problem, PLEASE DON'T POST IN THIS THREAD!! We're going to try & use this post as a "post marker" & only read from here forward for issues...

Thanks to everyone for their patience as we've gotten everything back up & running. If you have specific concerns, please PM Torq or I & we would be happy to help you with your issue. However, if your problem is simply that you need a beating, or need to give one... well... you will have to visit chat for that ;-)

Enjoy your Holiday Season, everyone, wherever it might take you & whatever it might consist of!

[MitchC]

Just wanted to post to say I'm back into the forum under my regular name of MitchC. Thanks to Delia and Torq for their assistance with getting me back into the forum.

Mitch

[suissepervert]

Hi, thanks for bringing the stories back again.

Is there a chance to bring back the synopsis, or are they lost for good?

thanks again.

[suissepervert]

...and the story-codes?

[Torq]

Story codes and synopis will be re-done HOWEVER this process will take TIME!!!!!!

At present working on getting caught up on the backlog of 300+ stories first!

Thanks,
T

[switch bitch]

Hi Techs,
Is there an on going problem with the site or is the problem my side ?
Sometimes i carnt get in at all, sometimes im in will try and go to a different thread and "oops the link is broken" then i carnt get back in for an hour or 2.
Thanks Switchbitch

[thepast]

We've been encountering some up/down issues as we're tinkering w/the new server. Please just have a little patience--we're trying to get all the settings right over the last few days on the new server.

[switch bitch]

Thanks at least its not me.
cheers

[Tiger]

Really sorry for this everyone. I have been working around the clock on it.

[leo9]

I looked in on a thread I'd contributed to a couple of times ("Was Heinlein a Dom?"), and my posts had vanished. They weren't in any way controversial, so I've no reason to suppose they were removed. Has the recent server crash led to a loss of files?

[Torq]

IF the posts were done between 3/15/09 and 12/15/09 there gone! Otherwise send be link to thread and I'll look into!

T

[Ozme52]

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[leo9]

IF the posts were done between 3/15/09 and 12/15/09 there gone!

I guess they must have fallen into that hole, I thought one was later. But the really odd thing is that the thread no longer appears on my "subscribed" list. I guess it updates by checking for my posts on file, and if there aren't any now, it's not listed, even if it used to be.

[Torq]

OK, Folks,,
Latest server update after MANY hours of research, numberous sleepless nights Tiger and the team here have finally resolved the "issue".
As of today server has been COMPLETELY stable for days, no crashes, no issues what so ever.

For the chatters IF your getting "booted" from chat it is NOT! repeat NOT the server the problem would be on YOUR end, many reasons (see Chat Guidelines for info).

For Authors and story readers it will take TIME to re-build the THOUSANDS of stories that were effected (i.e. codes and synopsis) each one has to be re-built individually.
Additionally the story "backlog" has been caught up, IF any Authors are reading this and you submitted a story PRIOR to 1/4/2010 and it has not been posted PLEASE re-submit. IF you have recently submitted meaning AFTER 1/4/2010 those stories are stil "in process" PLEASE DO NOT re-submit those TY!!!

Once again ALLLLL THANK YOU for your patience in this matter.

Be Well
T

[Ozme52]

Two actually.

First: Remember the problems we had with the forum "displaying" wider than a single window? It's returned with a vengence. I use the standard I.E. 8 Browser, version 8.0.6001.18702 I have to scroll right to see the last two menu bar items.


Second: When I first link in to the forum, if I don't do something in the forum right away and "go" somewhere, it clicks over to some ad (that doesn't exist) and takes me to a generic search page like google suggesting alternative string searches. I literally can't stay "on site" long enough to browse down the page.

[Torq]

Other than a slight off center page,, Is anyone else having similiar issues???

Thanks
T

[Ozme52]

jeanne just went to sleep but said it was very irritating for her too.

So it's not... ahem... geographical

[Ozme52]

oh... and the text is running outside (and behind) the bounds of the quote-box as drawn by the software.

[Guera]

im not having probs. as described. I use Chrome (3.0.195.38 if that makes a difference) I do get random BDSM porn sites opening new windows on me, but I think my touch pad mouse is just a piece of you know what.

[Miner]

No issues at all, using Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7

[fetishdj]

I am using IE 8 and only get problem one.

Guera - a lot of BDSM sites are notorious for opening lots of windows. I used to have this problem until I disabled pop ups and then it stopped.

Another thing everyone needs to check is spyware/adware and viruses... run adaware (www.lavasoft.com) and see what comes up. Most PCs attract hundreds of adware intrusions which can cause all sorts of problems. Mostly these are harmless (in that they don't impact system performance, they still tell advertisers which sites you look at...) but some can be malicious either because they upload personal information/keystrokes (thereby risking someone else getting hold of your credit card number or passwords) or because they eat up processing power and/or bandwidth.

[Dick the Slaver]

I am having the same screen problem. I switched to a widesreen monitor. I taught it had fixed the problem but I was wrong.

[Thorne]

Running Firefox 3.5.7 and not having any problems at all. I also have the Adblock Plus and the NoScript addons, which stops a lot of the ad crap that tries to break through.

The biggest problem I have is, when responding to post in the forums, the time since my last visit will sometimes change and the new posts since my last visit will change, even if I haven't visited them. I suppose there's some sort of timer involved in that.

[Ozme52]

Second: When I first link in to the forum, if I don't do something in the forum right away and "go" somewhere, it clicks over to some ad (that doesn't exist) and takes me to a generic search page like google suggesting alternative string searches. I literally can't stay "on site" long enough to browse down the page.

This is where the browser tries to send me:

http://iframes.awempire.com/?t_id&rdr=afe

I think it's one of your front page ads.

[Torq]

Ok, will ry to 'answer' the issues,,,

First, as far as the text or overall image being "off-center" to the left, MOST of the time this only occurs when your in a smaller frame,,once opened to full frame MOST of this is gone. And at present theres nothing to be fixed, centering is a very touchy adjustment on the site, as needed we'll adjust.

Second, as far as being "linked" into another site upon entrance very odd and seems to be a singular issue, may be a filter/spam issue, may be something clicking in like a double mouse hit,??? unknown, nothing to fix here.

Third, reference posts there is no time limit on when they stay "on-top" of the area, once someone posts into another thread in same area the post is shifted, the most current posts are always on-top. Recomend in lieu of selecting the latest post/trhead from the far right column instead select the main catagory on the left and review all threads/posts.

Hopefully this answers the "issues"

Be Well
T

[Ozme52]

...and, due to a total meltdown of my motherboard, I treated myself to a new cpu.

And now, everything fits... It has to do with the combination of the text size you use and the resolution the member has. I can see everything on one screen-width now, and can recreate the problem by changing the text size I display (but it only affects the posts and not the menu bar) or I can recreate it in total by using the magnifier...

So... others who experience the problem can try altering their resolution.

In any case, thanx for looking into it.