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Attention! all Members & Guests - Please Read! => Repair Bays (Site Questions) => Topic started by: HAN SOLO on July 08, 2009, 11:31:04 PM
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Hey there Folks,
A few Members have informed me of this issue. I am doing a survey over the next week, of what is happening with all Members technically. I am interested to know when these things happen, what happens and if it happens to this Site in general, not other Sites that you frequent.
Please, try to be brief in recording your posts. I have to compile all these and speak to the proper people about what is going on.
Thank you,
HAN SOLO
MTFBWY
FX-SABERS ARBITER SQUAD
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Not sure if it's helpful to you but I'm a pretty heavy user of the forums and I've never experienced any issues, really ever. I use Firefox, dunno if that has anything to do with it.
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1. Picture uploading and even using links from Photobucket generates error page
2. Page refresh occasionally generates error page
3. Page loads partially, then errors off, (mostly in pic heavy threads)
Using firefox 3.0.11
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1. Page refresh occasionally generates error page.
2. Page loads partially, then errors off.
3. Failure to load any FX-Saber page, though internet was working fine (last night).
Running the latest version of Firefox.
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1. Picture uploading and even using links from Photobucket generates error page
2. Page refresh occasionally generates error page
3. Page loads partially, then errors off, (mostly in pic heavy threads)
Using firefox 3.0.11
I have the same issues.
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I've those issues as well, but I use Explorer. It may be the annual "Summer Cleaning" we go through each year, but unsure.
I seem to also have very long waits for a post to go through.
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Starting last night and most of the day today the board was either loading very slowly for me or not loading at all. I also couldn't post for the longest time until late today. Every time I tried to post I would end up getting just a white page. Things seem to be okay now and it's only this site I ended up having problems with.
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I have had a few issues recently of posting a message, and it not being there after I hit the "post" button....this has happened 5-6 times the past month.
Anyone else had this problem?
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Starting last night, the posting errors started for me. 'Had to try seven times (post, time out, restart forum, post) just to get a single post to stick.
It seems better today...but I'm still seeing random errors.
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1. Page refresh occasionally generates error page.
2. Page loads partially, then errors off.
3. Failure to load any FX-Saber page, though internet was working fine (last night).
This is what I was having happen.
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Starting last night, the posting errors started for me. 'Had to try seven times (post, time out, restart forum, post) just to get a single post to stick.
It seems better today...but I'm still seeing random errors.
I was having this same problem.
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1. Picture uploading and even using links from Photobucket generates error page
2. Page refresh occasionally generates error page
3. Page loads partially, then errors off, (mostly in pic heavy threads)
Using firefox 3.0.11
Same issues on my work PC
On my home PC, NO issues whatsoever.
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I use Explorer.
Last night was the first time having this experience, but here are the issues:
1. Trying to submit posts.
2. Page loads partially, then errors off.
3. Go back page and submit again, and post seems to go where intended.
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All day yesterday starting yesterday morning I had problems...though I was able to log in okay pages loaded slowly for me and after my first post which was slow but eventually went through, I found that any attempt to post 'hung' until I got white pages every time so was unable to post all afternoon and evening.
I use I.E.6 mostly but tried Google Chrome last evening and got no better results.
I did find things slow on other sites too but not as bad so I wondered if the problem was just me until I saw this.
Today is still slower than normal but at least I've had posts go through ok albeit slower than usual...today other sites work normally for me except I've had trouble getting on TCSS.
*submitted FYI*
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I have had the same issues using both I.E. 8 and Firefox 3.0.11. I had the same problem using both my desktop and my laptop, both of which have either browser installed.....it took me 12 tries yesterday to get 4 pictures to post in packbrew's CS-17 build topic....after that, I gave up and posted the link to the photoalbum.... ::)
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I've those issues as well, but I use Explorer. It may be the annual "Summer Cleaning" we go through each year, but unsure.
I seem to also have very long waits for a post to go through.
Me too and also the occassional "error in posting". This happens most frequently when someone is posting at the same time and it asks me to review the next post. If I do and still want to post, occassionally it malfunctions.
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The time it takes to post is a little slow. Other than that everything works fine. ;) ;)
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Last hour.
1. Pages not loading or timing out.
2. Broken links when I know it is a good link. I was reading the Jedi council discussion thread and going page by page. I know the next page was there but I got a few missing links before I finally could view the page.
3. Slow page loads.
EDIT
Using I.E
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I wonder... Ive been having none of those issues that are not the norm on my cell phone.
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Latest Firefox, long load and post
times, and sometimes no pics. Not even an X in the box, it's just blank space.
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I already took the poll. Yesterday was a very slow page load day and none of the pics were loading. No sigs, a few avatars but no photobucket linked pics. All were "x'd" on I.E.
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I have been having no issues with the forum since last week. ;) ;)
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Thanks Han for starting this......
Everyone,
It seems there is an issue currently with load times/timing out. Also, partial loading then errors. I will be getting with Senator Organa & Yoda to look into some of the issues. But for the main part, Keep this topic going with all of the forum problems you all are encountering....
Thanks-
Vader
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Thanks Han for starting this......
Everyone,
It seems there is an issue currently with load times/timing out. Also, partial loading then errors. I will be getting with Senator Organa & Yoda to look into some of the issues. But for the main part, Keep this topic going with all of the forum problems you all are encountering....
Thanks-
Vader
You're Welcome, Dark Lord of the Site. :D
I'll open the poll back up so we can get an ongoing poll survey.
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Problems loading the forum pages, it timed out several times before it finally loaded. Using FF.
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Im having the same problem right now too! very slow load or time out. FF as well.
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TYPE PROBLEM! FF ONLY
Problem corrected....for some reason, when I tried to type, the cursor would like, go behind and then go in the middle and do weird stuff, resulting in this...fiendish result, my keyboard worked fine and the forum worked fine in IE, only FireFox...
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Can't upload pics...get the error in uploading message that says it can't access the upload path. Tried loading pics from my external drive, then tried from the desktop location...same error.
K
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Upload them from photobucket. www.photobucket.com. Then just paste the URL of the image in between the IMG codes.
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I'll try it but are you saying the upload feature of the forums is down forever or is there an ETA of repair? Much easier than photobucket by using the forum uploader.
K
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I'll try it but are you saying the upload feature of the forums is down forever or is there an ETA of repair? Much easier than photobucket by using the forum uploader.
K
It is not "broken", just simply unavailable for us members to use. It was taken down because uploaded pics were taking too much space in the FX-Sabers database. ;) ;)
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Extreme difficulty in sending a pm. The line I am typing on disappears below the window so I am unable to see what I am typing until I get to the next line. It is almost impossible to go back and edit the pm.
I have had this happen once before on the forum about a year? ago.
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Extreme difficulty in sending a pm. The line I am typing on disappears below the window so I am unable to see what I am typing until I get to the next line. It is almost impossible to go back and edit the pm.
I have had this happen once before on the forum about a year? ago.
what browser are you using and what version of Windows and what is your screen resolution?
all of those cold effect that...
and for the record I use the latest version of Firefox and Chrome and have no problems with the forums. but I also have really fast DSL here at my office.
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I had that issue a few times when I downloaded the new piece of worm ridden filth of a new Microsoft Explorer. :D I uninstalled it and have not had too many issues since.
Like ALL Microsoft's products, they are made to fail. ;)
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My previous posted issues had gone away for a few weeks, but now I'm having a new one. Rarely happens while I'm moving around the forum, but when I'm surfing something else or come back to my PC after leaving the forums up like I always do its generated an IE error and closes after clicking through. Happened 5-6 times this week so far. Not getting it with any other sites and I haven't upgrade to the Internet Exploder yet so its not that. I guess I could try a different browser too, but so used to IE from all my work stuff not working with anything else >:(
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My previous posted issues had gone away for a few weeks, but now I'm having a new one. Rarely happens while I'm moving around the forum, but when I'm surfing something else or come back to my PC after leaving the forums up like I always do its generated an IE error and closes after clicking through. Happened 5-6 times this week so far. Not getting it with any other sites and I haven't upgrade to the Internet Exploder yet so its not that. I guess I could try a different browser too, but so used to IE from all my work stuff not working with anything else >:(
you are forced to use IE @ work? wow that stinks. try firefox. you will really like it. trust me.
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Oh I do like firefox, but a lot of my vendor apps simply will not run at all in anything but IE and that is all they are certified to work in. I have other tools that won't work in IE either so go figure. I have both installed on every machine I own so just a matter of retraining my mind to use the other instead.
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8/12
Timing out randomly, slow load times, not loading, reloading poorly. Using FireFox
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I've been having the same issues as Master Durangus. Using Firefox, until I saw this, I attributed it to my ISP in Kuwait...... I still think they have an impact on my issues, cause it is not only this site.
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I had the same issues as Aelde and MD earlier today. Everything seems to be working fine now though. ;) ;)
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There is definitely issues that occur with this site. When loading anything yesterday, whether it was a text response or pictures, there was either a significant delay or a straight time out.
I am using Firefox and have had no issues on any other sites that I have been posting threads in. RPF, Rebelscum, 501st Spec Ops, 501st Sith Lords, etc. etc. so it's obviously something involving this site specifically.
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I'm having the same problem as Darth Raijlin, I can't post a new thread at all. The other boards I post on seem to be working fine, so I think it's localized.
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I even tried using IE and it didn't change anything. Still can't load pictures.
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Are you using Windows? I'm on a Mac now, I'm going to see if this works any better.
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Everyone... I just spoke with Yoda and we are now working on the forum issues. (There are a few). Please be patient with slow-downs etc... they will be fixed shortly.
Also, Please continue using this topic to post any other issues so we can diagnose them as well (if you are able). Thanks.
-Vader
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Awesome, Vader, glad to hear they're getting worked out :). I also had problems sending PM's yesterday as well, so far - no problems today.
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Just FYI reporting that I've had long post times and 'hangs' with timeouts here today...not on other sites though.
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I've been having the same issues reported by Master Durangus. I also use Firefox. Up until I saw this, I just attributed the problems to my ISP here in Kuwait, and I'm sure they are part of the issue, as I have similar problems on other sites!
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I couldn't get to my inbox or my outbox earlier. The post times are long, and I can't seem to get any pics to upload. ;) :P
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Alright, I can post images now. Thanks, Vader!
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Hey everyone, just a thought.
I use Google Chrome and i never have these sorts of problems, on anything.
an error page every once and a while, but it always uploads correctly and never half loads.
Maybe thats the easiest fix.
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8/21
For the past...3-4 hours, I've been unable to get to the forum, it keeps on timing out time and time again...or I get there, click on a part and it times out. I tried FF and IE.
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MD, Ive had the same exact problems. I could not access the forum
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8/21
For the past...3-4 hours, I've been unable to get to the forum, it keeps on timing out time and time again...or I get there, click on a part and it times out. I tried FF and IE.
Ditto
It's been on and off for the last 3 or 4 hours.
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8/21
For the past...3-4 hours, I've been unable to get to the forum, it keeps on timing out time and time again...or I get there, click on a part and it times out. I tried FF and IE.
Ditto
It's been on and off for the last 3 or 4 hours.
Same.....
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Same here... glad it's up again!
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Same for me. Seems to be back to normal now.
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The same happened to me. It said there was something wrong with the server. :-\
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Sorry 'bout that, I dropped my wrench in the hyper drive, .......oopsie.
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Same here all last night and still doing it this morning. Can't even log in most of the time.
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Yeah... add me to that list....
Some pms I sent never worked..... frustrating since they were long ones I had to re-type :(
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Sorry 'bout that, I dropped my wrench in the hyper drive, .......oopsie.
Yeah, right on my head! :D
I cannot PM, Post or sometimes view a page. It's been like this for me almost ALL day and still is. Using IE.
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I keep getting a "timed out" message whenever I try to post - saying to go back and retry.
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I keep getting a "timed out" message whenever I try to post - saying to go back and retry.
me too on every post. I click refresh and it works... same on PM's.
does anyone know who hosts this forum? and who we contact about issues??? I can try and talk to them, I speak computers as well as star wars
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It happened again >:( Said something like Server Reset, etc..
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It happens with me 70% of the time. This has been going on for over 4 days now. >:(
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I did have a problem getting a page to reload last night with firefox. Said the server was not found.
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I just got "timed out" too while i was using firefox
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Access issues with the Forum ( as of late ) seem to be server related... rather than forum related.
This is just my suspicion... as both the main website at www.fx-sabrs.com & the forum were affected and were inaccessible.
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Same issues as above...said something about not being able to access the server. I went in through Safari, and it was fine, but that was several hours later.
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I've also noticed that it acts like it is not being able to contact the server. It's not constant either, comes and goes, and it does not seem to matter what time of day or night, either. Could it be that the site is getting more traffic than it can process?
Edit* I forgot to mention, I've been using Firefox since before I started coming here. IE seems to give way too many problems over here in the Middle East, no idea why. It is up to date, as far as software updates, last updated about a week ago. I was having these problems prior to the last update, as well. As I mentioned in a previous post, I thought the issue was due to my less than stellar ISP, then I saw this thread...
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I've also noticed that it acts like it is not being able to contact the server. It's not constant either, comes and goes, and it does not seem to matter what time of day or night, either. Could it be that the site is getting more traffic than it can process?
That's what I was wondering. I've been having the same problems mentioned above for the past week ("session has timed out", can't connect to server, etc.). I downloaded Firefox thinking IE might have been the problem.
Haven't had any problems...yet.
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I've been having similar problems accessing the site via AOL. (No AOL jokes, please. ;D ) When I go through IE, there's absolutely no problem. But on two separate machines, when I try to get on with AOL, I either get a server error, or a "404 - Not Found" error. Or even worse, it makes the browser go nuts and keep on reloading rapidly. If it actually stops, I get the "not found" error again, and the URL that appears in the address bar is something like " http://www.fx-sabers.com/PnRUX/PnRUX/SQdbO/SQdbO/VRpTM/forum/index.php " or " http://www.fx-sabers.com/TRPlS/TRPlS/LQXiK/NpRpN/NpRpN/NpRpN/LQXiK/QfOMQ/XUPKR/XUPKR/forum/index.php " or some similar jumble of letters between the ".com" and the "forum." Any ideas?
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Or even worse, it makes the browser go nuts and keep on reloading rapidly.
I've had that same problem this past week using IE.
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We just had a full site crash. Got the white page with the error message on it. The forum was offline approximately 5 or so mins.
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Yep, experienced the same thing.
DG
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Triple that! 8)
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I think it said something about the server :-\
Fortunately, it didn't last long ;D
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I'm finding lately when I write a long post the text will 'jump' up a line after typing each letter after a certain point so that the line I'm typing on is no longer visible in the text entry box, very disconcerting and making it almost impossible to spell or type correctly on long posts.
I know double posting is frowned upon but when you cant see what you are typing because the lines 'jumps' out of sight below the edge of the entry box and even if you pull down to see it the text jumps up to the top again with each letter typed its impossible to continue much farther than another line or two then one has to start another post.
I hope that glitch can be fixed soon.
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I just tried getting into the forum but was unable to and this time I copied the notice I got.
Here it is:
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
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Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.fx-sabers.com Port 80
It lasted less than one minute this time
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Hello,
i have a strange display issue. I think it is more related to my browser than to the forums itself. Since today most of the text and images have become very small. I can barely read it. For example the textbox im writing in now. Or the top left display where the personal messages are listed. I am using Firefox but could not find out why this has happened or what i may have clhanged. The home section of Fx-sabers is also kind of compressed. When i change font size it changes the font size of the threads but nothing else.
When i use IE (which i do not prefer) everything looks normal as it has with Firefox since last night. Any suggestions?
Probably it is a simple issue and im just to blind to see it.... >:(
Sorry if this is the wrong section to post in.
Edit: i think i found the problem. Looks like i have pressed Ctrl + - and this had zoomed things out. Just wondered why it did not show it somewhere...
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Hmm...try pressing the + and - keys on your keyboard, sometimes they can adjust the zoom of the page. It sounds like you "zoomed out" on Firefox.
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Im on firefox now, with no issues.
Sounds like u have something setup different, or a recent update in either the O/S or FF caused the changed. Check your fonts setting tools:options:content
It should be Times New Roman and size should be 16.
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Thanks you both Chewie and Master Durangus :)
It was exactly that thing with the - key that zoomed out.
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Terrible time today. I keep getting the IE error screen, "missing link".
Unable to pm currently. And posting takes at least 2-3 attempts. Page loads are slow.
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nothing's happening on my end of the line. I'll keep reporting in.
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1. Picture uploading and even using links from Photobucket generates error page
2. Page refresh occasionally generates error page
3. Page loads partially, then errors off, (mostly in pic heavy threads)
Using firefox 3.0.11
I have the same issues.
Me too.
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Thanks you both Chewie and Master Durangus :)
It was exactly that thing with the - key that zoomed out.
i luv the signature
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locked
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But never displays. This just began recently. Posting this through my phone, lol. No other website does it, my connectivity is fine. Any ideas?
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I was having an issue for a bit Sunday night but it has been fine ever since for me :).
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Hmm...all these tech savvy Jedi and no one can help? :-\
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Hmm...all these tech savvy Jedi and no one can help? :-\
wut? It happens from time to time, no biggie,
forum maintenance, server issues, attempted sith overthrow,
late last week it started getting laggy, probably something going on with the server or the host.
That said though, if u are still having problems, clear your cache, delete ALL cookies and history and try again.
topic merged w/ existing forum issue topic.
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hi guys as usual this may be the wrong place to post, sorry if so, but i can't bring up my 'unread posts since last visit' everytime i try it just says there aren't any?? i get my 'new replies to your posts' just fine. Anyone know if i'm doing something wrong?
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hi guys as usual this may be the wrong place to post, sorry if so, but i can't bring up my 'unread posts since last visit' everytime i try it just says there aren't any?? i get my 'new replies to your posts' just fine. Anyone know if i'm doing something wrong?
That just means you've read everything since your last visit.
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:) yeah i know. But after a few visits over 5 days or so there has been nothing there, considering the amount of posts this site gets there should be something in there. I normally get something even if i return after a couple of hours.
***UPDATE, I CHANGED MY PASSWORD AND NOW SEEM TO BE GETTING NEW UPDATES THANKS
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Lately I have issue getting notifications from the forum. Sometimes I get them minutes after the post was made in the thread, then again sometimes it takes one hour or I don't get a notification at all. I have noticed this agian recently when erv made a post in his CF sales thread. I received the notification one hour after the post.
There have been some posts in erv'v CF5 discussion thread that other members are experiencing the same notification problems.
There should be no problem with my mail settings, since they are on a private server and I know for sure they are not held up somewhere on the server.
I also have this problem with PM notifications. I received five PM's today and only got notifications for three.
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If you get a popup asking for login information for http://www.andersonsonline. com DO NOT put any info in
ADMIN has been notified.
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May I throw out a problem im having just to see if any one has this same problem as well,
when im trying to type up a long message or im editing my profile info once I go really far down the page it keeps bumping me up to the top and I cant scroll down I have to just type and then preview it to see if I spelt every thing correct, for example on my sig where it says my lightsabers after I get to my dark lords relic every thing below that I had to just type it out with out seeing it.
Please lemme know if we can get this fixed and if you are as well having this problem, thanks.
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May I throw out a problem im having just to see if any one has this same problem as well,
when im trying to type up a long message or im editing my profile info once I go really far down the page it keeps bumping me up to the top and I cant scroll down I have to just type and then preview it to see if I spelt every thing correct, for example on my sig where it says my lightsabers after I get to my dark lords relic every thing below that I had to just type it out with out seeing it.
Please lemme know if we can get this fixed and if you are as well having this problem, thanks.
I hate this issue and have just dealt with it for a couple of years. Very very annoying. >:( I was told it was just me. I know others that have the same problem. Doesn't matter what browser or computer I use either. It seems to be tagged to my account. :P
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May I throw out a problem im having just to see if any one has this same problem as well,
when im trying to type up a long message or im editing my profile info once I go really far down the page it keeps bumping me up to the top and I cant scroll down I have to just type and then preview it to see if I spelt every thing correct, for example on my sig where it says my lightsabers after I get to my dark lords relic every thing below that I had to just type it out with out seeing it.
Please lemme know if we can get this fixed and if you are as well having this problem, thanks.
I hate this issue and have just dealt with it for a couple of years. Very very annoying. >:( I was told it was just me. I know others that have the same problem. Doesn't matter what browser or computer I use either. It seems to be tagged to my account. :P
I have this problem as well. In fact when I hit the quote button, since it filled the box I had to cut that out just to type this. Once in a great while I do not have this problem but that is the exception.
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I have had this problem when using Internet Exploder, but it hasn't been an issue when using Firefox. ;)
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Hmmm perhaps I can try firefox, but I don't think it will work see right now I'm out and on my cell phone but it does the sane thing only worse I really can't scroll down on my phone.
Can some one let Yoda know maybe we can get this finally solved :P
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I have had this problem when using Internet Exploder, but it hasn't been an issue when using Firefox. ;)
I'll give that a try, thanks!
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I had the same problem with:
IE,
Safari
Google Crome
can't recall if I tried firefox.
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Hey guys.. anyone else having a prob with posting pics? all I get is (Cannot access attachments upload path! ) the pics are in my doc/pictures. I dont know how its not uploading them. any advice?
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The attachment function is disabled, so it is not possible to upload pictures to this forum from your computer....you must first upload them to a photo hosting website such as Photobucket or imageshack then use the appropriate coding for the image in your post.
If you're new to the forums here, you might want to read over this topic:
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=3725.0
It explains how these forums function.
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Thanks for the help!
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my problem is im not getting any pms or notifications anymore.. it started to happen last week
i can read my pms on here but im not getting any emails to say i have a message to my pc
its never happend before and thers alot of other who has this problem too....
i thought it was resolved as i got 1 pm the other day but then after that i missed loads
by the way... i also get that scrolling problem when im typing out a message and it keeps jumping me back to the top and i cant see what im typing
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I think the scrolling problem is actually an IE problem. Are you using Internet Explorer for your browser?
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by the way... i also get that scrolling problem when im typing out a message and it keeps jumping me back to the top and i cant see what im typing
Had same problem on my laptop, using Explorer
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I think the scrolling problem is actually an IE problem. Are you using Internet Explorer for your browser?
im using yahoo
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Try Firefox...I had the same issue with IE8, and when I switched to Firefox, it stopped.
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Ah......The Scrolling issue. I had to deal with it for a while when I got my computer back last year. And then while borrowing my father's. After trying out a few things, I figured it out. It has to do with your page break button. Some require it on, depending on your browser's settings and then the updated settings of that browser. Others require it off. For those sufferring that "slingshot" effect, go into your page break settings.
I hope this helps everyone!
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi77.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj79%2FFull_metal_24%2FTotal%2520randomness%2Fhalfthebattle.jpg&hash=a1025d7b2c5ca8326911e5237559d971b6ad7ec5) (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j79/Full_metal_24/Total%20randomness/halfthebattle.jpg)
(Whoever created this is a genius! Thank you so much! :D)
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the pm mail problem is still there i sometimes get a notification then i get none for ages??
its like it works once or twice then doesnt work for ages..
is it still being worked on? what exactly has caused it?
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Far as I know it has been resolved. I am getting all of my notifications. Sometimes they have a slight delay, but that is how it has always been. You might want to re-check your settings at this point.
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I got some for a few days and now they have stopped again too.
What settings are you referring to Luminara?
My forum settings nor my email settings have changed.
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My forum settings nor my email settings have changed.
nor have mine
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I haven't received one email from the forum since this all began. I typically average 5-10 emails per day on a slow day. Many of my emails are not the notifications either as I have not subscribed to many threads. Mine are admin emails that should be self generating.
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I guess I mispoke then. I have been getting my PM notifications for the past several days, as well as reported posts by members ???. If it is still an issue, we will alert the appropriate channels then :).
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I have also been getting the PM notifications as of late, so I haven't had any problems with it recently, though it was out a week ago.
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This place is running slower than a one legged Tauntaun.
Pages loads are incredibly slow and sometimes time out. ALL of my other sites are lightning fast as usual. FX-S is the only problem I'm having.
Still not getting my 10 emails/day. It's been months since I've gotten an email from FX.
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This place is running slower than a one legged Tauntaun.
Pages loads are incredibly slow and sometimes time out. ALL of my other sites are lightning fast as usual. FX-S is the only problem I'm having.
Still not getting my 10 emails/day. It's been months since I've gotten an email from FX.
Odd...I'm getting my notification emails again, but I am experiencing the same intermittent page load failures you've mentioned.
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Sidious is planning to to an update to the software again soon so I think that will
help cure some of the latest issues ;)
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Sorry for the Double posting but I wanted to make sure this was noted...
THE SITE WILL BE IN MAINTINENCE MODE for UPGRADING
Sunday March 6th between the Hours of 6 AM to 12Noon
PLEASE note during this time the site goes through updates and posts
or access may be limited during the upgrade so please be patient until
the upgrade is completed.
MTFBWY
always
YODA
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Thanks for keeping us apprised, Master Yoda. :) Luke, I've also experienced the timing out issues... but I am getting email notifications of PMs though, so that problem seems to have resolved itself for me, at least.
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Sorry for the Double posting but I wanted to make sure this was noted...
THE SITE WILL BE IN MAINTINENCE MODE for UPGRADING
Sunday March 6th between the Hours of 6 AM to 12Noon
PLEASE note during this time the site goes through updates and posts
or access may be limited during the upgrade so please be patient until
the upgrade is completed.
MTFBWY
always
YODA
Pardon my ignorance Master Yoda... but which time zone?
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THE SITE WILL BE IN MAINTINENCE MODE for UPGRADING
Sunday March 6th between the Hours of 6 AM to 12Noon
good. those are the hours that i sleep. :)
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Sorry for the Double posting but I wanted to make sure this was noted...
THE SITE WILL BE IN MAINTINENCE MODE for UPGRADING
Sunday March 6th between the Hours of 6 AM to 12Noon
PLEASE note during this time the site goes through updates and posts
or access may be limited during the upgrade so please be patient until
the upgrade is completed.
MTFBWY
always
YODA
Pardon my ignorance Master Yoda... but which time zone?
I am speculating, but since he is west coast I am assuming it is Pacific Time.
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Slow load times. Slow logon times. Posts/Replies timing out. User Profile edits slow/time out.
Firefox 3.5.17
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for me sometimes to load a page after i click on it it take for ever to go to the next page. but the page pops right up once it gets there. other times every thing is super fast with no problems.
im on chrome.
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Hey guys, what happened to the stuff at the top of the page (unread posts since last visit, responses to your posts, inbox stats)? They were there for a couple of weeks but just disappeared. Can someone bring them back? ;D
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Next to your tab bar on the forum (Home, Help, Search, etc) is a tab that has an arrow, ...yours is most likely pointing down, ..click on it to it points up.
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I bow to you, Lord Vader!
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This morning July 12 between 8-9am I could not get my saved URL to the light saber forum to load. It would just hang. After a few attempts of restarting the browser, the page loaded.
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My notifications of replies to my posts aren't working properly. Any tips, guys? It's never happened before, but since last night, it won't update for me properly.
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Been having 2 issues lately,
1. My notification of topics isn't working (missed out on the last 2 cf availability posts)
2. Having problems logging on from mobile device. I'll put in info and it tells me I can't look at member profiles without logging in
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i also never recieved my notification of the crystal focus availability last night
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SMF cannot connect. Been getting progressively worse all day.
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Currently being worked on. Thanks.
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i also never recieved my notification of the crystal focus availability last night
QFT
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Also haven't been getting notified if PM's lately either. Forgot to mention
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PMs and notifications are all working for me.
Just had another SMF connection problem though for about 10 minutes
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Hello. How come the screen jumps when my post or PM gets a bit long? It jumps up for some reason and its xxx to post on my smart phone. Does anyone els have this problem?
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Yes. That is why a lot of my build thread pics have wrong links. You can't keep the screen to te bottom. I asked about it before but no one noticed.
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mm that happens to me sometimes too.
only on my girlfriends latop though but not all the time.
on my PC it has never happened.
I have to use teh scroll bar to get to the bottom of the page, but then as soon as i press a key it jumps up a few lines and hides what im typing.
every time i press a key it flashes to the text im typing but as soon as i depress it jumps back up. weird
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happens on my computer, phone, tablet, other computer, school computers, library computers... every computer I have ever accessed the forum from.
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What browsers are yall using, what version too?
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Uh, my tablet is uh...idk. It is a samsung galaxy tab 10.1. my droid 2 global is also unknown. The pcs were internet explorer 8 and mozilla firefox latest version.
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Hello. How come the screen jumps when my post or PM gets a bit long? It jumps up for some reason and its xxx to post on my smart phone. Does anyone els have this problem?
I've had that problem for YEARS here and some of my more 'ubergeeky' fanboyish posts can be very long so this happens to me very frequently and yes its annoying since it makes 'editing' a post, adding italics, smileys etc almost impossibly unpleasant to bother with after a certain point in the post once it begins to get 'jumpy' length.
Oh and I'm on MS Tablet 2005 OS PC and using Internet Explorer 8 browser.
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I get that problem too on my phone. It's an iPhone running safari (whatever current version is)
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it is very comforting to know I am not the only one with this problem. next time I do a Build log, I might use 3 pages for the pictures so the links dont' get messed up.
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if you take ur time to place everything you can do it without getting wrong links.
its just slow and tedious
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IIt would be easier if it didn't auto scroll to the top.
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Hello. How come the screen jumps when my post or PM gets a bit long? It jumps up for some reason and its xxx to post on my smart phone. Does anyone els have this problem?
I've had that problem for YEARS here and some of my more 'ubergeeky' fanboyish posts can be very long so this happens to me very frequently and yes its annoying since it makes 'editing' a post, adding italics, smileys etc almost impossibly unpleasant to bother with after a certain point in the post once it begins to get 'jumpy' length.
Oh and I'm on MS Tablet 2005 OS PC and using Internet Explorer 8 browser.
That is not an issue with the forum, it's with your phone or your web browser. Internet explorer did that to me when I upraded a while back to version 8, so I switched to Firefox. Problem solved.
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Not to butt heads with you, but my phone, tablet, computer using internet explorer, computer :-\using chrome, computer using firefox, other computer running windows 7 with all 3 browsers, school computers on ie and firefox, and my mom's tablet all do it.
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Well, i'm using the latest version of firefox, and it's not doing it to me, and my computer is 5 years old.
EDIT:
I have also never experienced the issue on my smart phone, either. It's an Android HTC Incredible.
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FYI, you can make the post window larger by left-clicking and dragging the lower right-hand corner if you are using firefox.
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Good to know, thanks QGJ
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OK, I don't know if it's the good place to ask:
I encounter issues with PM and notification e-mails.
I didn't change anything in my profile but it's been several weeks (not to say months) that I didn't get even one email.
I checked my junk folder but I found nothing.
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it is a bit sketchy sometimes, but normally I get them between 20 seconds and 20 minutes after the event occurs. Except the Plecterlabs product availability thread, but no one gets that anyway. well, hardly anyone I guess. The notification system can't handle the amount of emails it needs to send at that point.
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OK, for the Plecterlabs thread I admit it, but even for "regular" threads (like this one) I get nothing.
Any idea someone?
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There is nothing you are doing wrong, and nothing further we can do other than wait for the new version to roll out. It's still getting tested, but hopefully it will resolve most forum issues.
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Sorry but what "new version" are you talking about?
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Sorry but what "new version" are you talking about?
I'm guessing the latest version of Simple Machines Free, which is what this forum runs on. We're on 1.1.11 here, the latest is 2.0.1
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Anyone else experience issues getting onto the site today? I couldn't get into it several times. Time outs, server resets, etc.
I just restored my laptop and installed programs and updates, but I doubt that is the reason why.
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early this morning I did. Kept going down around 2:00AM and coming back up. (EST)
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Anytime I post or pm, if I take longer than a minute to post it gives a timeout error. I have been cut and pasting the message then reloading the post window to paste it post it. It works fine that way but to type a message and try to post it I don't have enough time.
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That same thing has been happening to me today and i'm using the same kludge since I'm a slooooow hunt-n-pecker at typing and a MR saber length timeout isn't enough lol.
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its been doing this to me also i have to hit back then hit post again and that usually works
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I will fourth this
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Yeah that one has been happening to me too.
Another one for the iPhone users that can get quite frustrating...sometimes when refreshing, or just general browsing, the "home, help, search, profile, log out" buttons sometimes either just disappear or there will only be four of the five buttons up. Or the down arrow that hides your messages will actually be the button for home. Or there will just be random pictures that will represent those buttons or the borders for the website.
This happen to anyone else??
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I'm on my iPhone right now and haven't had that issue with the buttons dave.
However have been experiencing the server timeouts on my phone and my pc for about a week now.
Have to refresh pages to load them several times.
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Over the last couple of days, I've received multiple "Page Not Found" errors. If I go back and reload the page a second time, it'll pop up just fine. I'm using Blackberry OS 7.
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Yeah that one has been happening to me too.
Another one for the iPhone users that can get quite frustrating...sometimes when refreshing, or just general browsing, the "home, help, search, profile, log out" buttons sometimes either just disappear or there will only be four of the five buttons up. Or the down arrow that hides your messages will actually be the button for home. Or there will just be random pictures that will represent those buttons or the borders for the website.
This happen to anyone else??
I'll second this has happened to me twice.
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Anytime I post or pm, if I take longer than a minute to post it gives a timeout error. I have been cut and pasting the message then reloading the post window to paste it post it. It works fine that way but to type a message and try to post it I don't have enough time.
Me also. Galaxy ii Samsung. I thought I was alone lol.
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I get the timeout errors on my iPad too...
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Well the time out issue has been fixed ;D thank you for this!
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Hello. I'm having pm timeout issues again that started this morning. Thank you for fixing it before but could it be done again? Thank you very much fxsabers team. It times out while posting this also.
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I've experienced something like this for the last week using the last 2 most recent Internet Explorers (I think v8 and v9?). I go to reply, type it all up, hit post, and I get a Session Has Timed Out message. Sometimes merely hitting backspace takes me to the replay page with what I've written still there, and I hit post and it works fine. Other times if I just refresh the page with the timeout message on it it takes me to the thread index for the board, and I see my post is actually there.
Not a big deal, but yea, I noticed this.
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Ran into the same thing yesterday, we're lookin at it.
We had a similar issue last year, seems it was on the host end IIRC.
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Pms time out and won't send.
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I have gotten "connection Reset" error messages in the first 5 minutes I've been on this morning as well.
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I have gotten "connection Reset" error messages in the first 5 minutes I've been on this morning as well.
Same here :D
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I have gotten "connection Reset" error messages in the first 5 minutes I've been on this morning as well.
Same here :D
+1
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Mmmm... yes that's strange, I have got the same problem...
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I have gotten "connection Reset" error messages in the first 5 minutes I've been on this morning as well.
Same here :D
+1
+1 as well
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Same here.
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general problems staying connected ,posting everything very slow.? ???
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I have gotten "connection Reset" error messages in the first 5 minutes I've been on this morning as well.
Maybe its a sign that they're upgrading the system! ;D
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jup, same here
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Page cannot be displayed until i refresh every time i click a link. Just here.
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So frustrating :P
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errrm, i think im giving up today,.. just tried to post some advice on body armour and everything went blank AGAIN.
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These issues are continuing right now. It has to be a router or hosting issue.
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Getting this on every page, have to refresh page each time...
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=18817.180.
Reason: Error reading from remote server
Apache Server at www.fx-sabers.com Port 3128
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Getting this on every page, have to refresh page each time...
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=18817.180.
Reason: Error reading from remote server
Apache Server at www.fx-sabers.com Port 3128
Ditto.
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It looks like your service provider put a caching proxy between the internet and your webserver and that proxy is malfunctioning. Normally they're not allowed to do that. You guys should call them and scream at them.
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Getting a lot of
Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): The connection was reset.
since one or two days back, works when I reload the page
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I'm getting whitepages when I click on the button for here on my favourites bar...click a second time and it loads ok so no big deal but not usual
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I'm getting whitepages when I click on the button for here on my favourites bar...click a second time and it loads ok so no big deal but not usual
Saw this same thing twice today. Hitting refresh brought it up fine though
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whenever i hit "new replies to your posts" and check the replies and then hit "unread posts" all of the new posts won't appear, even though there are new posts that i haven't read.
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i can't see the link (on the top left of screen) to my inbox and new messages anymore :-\
i logged on using both my pc then on my phone. same issue.
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Try using the little arrow next to Home :D
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i can't see the link (on the top left of screen) to my inbox and new messages anymore :-\
i logged on using both my pc then on my phone. same issue.
next ot the home button hit the down arrow
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wow, i feel stupid! All the times i've logged out and in that screen has never been collapsed before.
thank you!
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Forget it ... That's why we are here ...To help ;)
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Trust me love, it's happened to EVERYONE (read 'it's happened to me') at one time or another.
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Trust me love, it's happened to EVERYONE (read 'it's happened to me') at one time or another.
Yes it has..... :-[ ::) ;D
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experiencing horrendous loading times of the forum pages seriously its taken me around 5 mins to navigate to this thread from search
pages are taking an average of 30 seconds to load up some times longer, been like this for a few days
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yup, its like im using dial up. kee kee kee. remember those days? 128k, if you are lucky, 64k if you are the average user :P
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i've been having that too, just today and yesterday though. probly from a lot of traffic on the rebellion thread
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did someone just press a button or something?? now its lightening fast ;D
edit hmm well it was quick for a bit.... seems to be a bit hit n miss at the mo
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I'm noticing extremely slow load times for several days now ??? not happening w/ other sites. anyone else??
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I'm noticing extremely slow load times for several days now ??? not happening w/ other sites. anyone else??
Me too.
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I'm noticing extremely slow load times for several days now ??? not happening w/ other sites. anyone else??
Yup. Spinning spinning spinning, ah there it is... :P
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same here ::)
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This site frequently goes through periods where it loads at a snails pace for me, when the rest of the web does not. Whether it is traffic or a problem on the software side I couldn't say, but it is definitely a recurring issue.
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slow load for me. almost thought I was getting timed out uploading the Axis post. Thought perhaps it was due to high traffic last night, but has continued today for me as well on my laptop and ipad.
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yes has been like that for me also lately
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I'm noticing extremely slow load times for several days now ??? not happening w/ other sites. anyone else??
same issue still present. all other sites load quickly. just checked my broadband connection - no problem there. whazzup??
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yeah me to i click on a page and it takes 30 secs to a min to load up, sometimes just hangs ther loading forever
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Mine was still really, really slow up until this morning. Now it's flying along, all fixed for me. Anyone else's running better now?
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100 percent better. Mine is always kinda slow (its not my connection) but it seems quicker now than ever in the last 4 years. haha
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Slow load time as well... ???
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Now I'm getting replies to some of my posts and to a pm THREE DAYS LATER :-\ getting a little frustrated here b/c the rest of my Internet is zipping along
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Yeah, i've been getting no emails and all day today i've been bombarded. No biggie but it is happening.
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hmmm, last night, no new messages.
This morning....17 new messages...
Speed seems to be fine today as far as load times, and I have a few days old PM's just getting to me to deal with, so if anybody out there is waiting on a response from me on something, please send me a little *hi* note if I haven't responded yet.
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Yeah, i've been getting no emails and all day today i've been bombarded. No biggie but it is happening.
Same here. An email notification for a PM comes through, and the PM is a few days old.
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We had the backend looked at for issues so hopefully that is the result of the problems clearing up.
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seem to be getting pms from ages ago today
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not really an issue,
my name, time logged in, and PM's are not showing
also, can't get avatar to show....
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not really an issue,
my name, time logged in, and PM's are not showing
also, can't get avatar to show....
Hit the arrow next to the Home button at the top. If it's pointing down it hides everything above the bar pretty much.
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gottcha......its back
thanks
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Looks like its trying to catch up...got email after email after email with PM notifications this morning.
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Extremely long load times for me today. just shy of timing out. also i was unable to access the forums twice for about 10 minutes each time.
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Extremely long load times for me today. just shy of timing out. also i was unable to access the forums twice for about 10 minutes each time.
Same for me as well.
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Extremely long load times for me today. just shy of timing out. also i was unable to access the forums twice for about 10 minutes each time.
I encountered the same problem : unusually long load times and two notifications of inacessibility.
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yup, all of the above ???
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Extremely long load times for me today. just shy of timing out. also i was unable to access the forums twice for about 10 minutes each time.
I encountered the same problem : unusually long load times and two notifications of inacessibility.
I have also had hideously long load times. hopefully the russian mafia hasn't infiltrated here.
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Extremely long load times for me today. just shy of timing out. also i was unable to access the forums twice for about 10 minutes each time.
I encountered the same problem : unusually long load times and two notifications of inacessibility.
Same here too :-\
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Not really a problem, but when I use the fun feature of changing the lightsaber at the top of the screen, lightsaber 1 and 4 are the same. Didn't know if anyone else caught this.
Also, a few threads are highlighted(Usually at the top of each topic) to where I cant read the font at all.
Other than that, site looks good :)
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the problem with the colors SHOULD be taken care of. refresh your browser cache (Ctrl-F5) to make sure....
Yes, the images are the same for the moment, 'cuase that's what I was given to work with. :)
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http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=39379.0
See this thread.
Maybe all issues have already fixed.
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Not really a problem, but when I use the fun feature of changing the lightsaber at the top of the screen, lightsaber 1 and 4 are the same. Didn't know if anyone else caught this.
Other than that, site looks good :)
It will eventually be changed to an Obiwan ANH for the 4th saber but I didn't have a matching image to go with the others at the time :D
the problem with the colors SHOULD be taken care of. refresh your browser cache (Ctrl-F5) to make sure....
Yes, the images are the same for the moment, 'cuase that's what I was given to work with. :)
Thank you for getting that taken care of so quickly 8)
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I'm not sure if this is a problem but Saber 1 and Saber 4 for the banner are both the Graflex.
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Thanks Master Yoda. It would be really cool if there was a 5th saber. Maybe a saber that wins "saber of the quarter!" lol ;) Just a suggestion 8)
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It does seem to take a bit to load pages (I use Google Chrome), but the thing i noticed most is when I already looked at a post, it usually disappears and this time it does allow the posts to go away, so I can concentrate on the newer ones I didn't read already. Hope that helps.
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To whom it may concern,
I am not able to add people to my buddies list. The search bar that finds the members you want to add is not there. Thank you! :)
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go to the member's profile page and click the [add to buddy list] link.
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Is there a way to turn off the social media junk that sits in the first post of each thread? Or at least move it to be less intrusive? It kind of sits right where the post text should be, and is very disjointed...
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no... it's there to get more leverage from social media for the site.
It just floats at the top of the first post of a thread. You'll get used to it. :)
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no... it's there to get more leverage from social media for the site.
It just floats at the top of the first post of a thread. You'll get used to it. :)
I understand why its there, it would just be nice if there was a preference to turn it off if you know you're not going to use it. Could it at least go into it's own box instead of floating? Especially on mobile it ends up looking like part of the post...
Thanks
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The fact that the buttons are not completely separated is intentional, so they are less intrusive while still being present inline.
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the Social Media buttons are a welcome addition and are actually long over due ;)
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dont know if this is only me but i been getting long page load times,
its anything from 8 to 15 secondes sometimes longer its been like this the last week or so
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i have the same problem of long load times since some weeks (maybe since the new forum is live)
it's no fun at all... especially on mobile devices...
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Getting long page load times too.
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Same here. Mobile is worse though.
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yeah i forgot to mention mobile iv basically stopped checking in on my iphone as it takes so long to load up anything its just not worth it
i usually log on every lunch time at work on my phone but havent botherd recently
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Thanks guys, we will mention it to YODA :).
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I also have long load and post times, exacerbated on a mobile device. I only use droid based mobile devices, i.e. phone and Kindle Fire, and am unable to view most pictures posted on the forum. Some I can see though. I think it may have something to do with which hosting site they're on, but it only started when the forum upgraded. (shrugs)
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I also have long load and post times, exacerbated on a mobile device. I only use droid based mobile devices, i.e. phone and Kindle Fire, and am unable to view most pictures posted on the forum. Some I can see though. I think it may have something to do with which hosting site they're on, but it only started when the forum upgraded. (shrugs)
Hey Solan I've been having the same issue of my Kindle Fire as well for a while now. Some pics I can see, others I can't. Depends on the site hosting the pics I suppose.
I know my Kindle was working just fine with the updated site for the first couple of weeks or so and then it got an update. I'm pretty sure the problem isn't with FX but whatever "fixes" they did to the updated software for the Kindle. Hopefully they'll get it resolved cuz it's driving me nuts.
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I am aware of the issue and am looking into the cause (it may be host related)
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I also have long load and post times, exacerbated on a mobile device. I only use droid based mobile devices, i.e. phone and Kindle Fire, and am unable to view most pictures posted on the forum. Some I can see though. I think it may have something to do with which hosting site they're on, but it only started when the forum upgraded. (shrugs)
Hey Solan I've been having the same issue of my Kindle Fire as well for a while now. Some pics I can see, others I can't. Depends on the site hosting the pics I suppose.
I know my Kindle was working just fine with the updated site for the first couple of weeks or so and then it got an update. I'm pretty sure the problem isn't with FX but whatever "fixes" they did to the updated software for the Kindle. Hopefully they'll get it resolved cuz it's driving me nuts.
Correct here. While the site is indeed experiencing some slight loadtime issues, the Kindle Fire is known to have an update recently that affected the viewability of alot of pics across the board and not related to any host issues FX may be experiencing.
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I can confirm loading times are extremely slow.
It almost looks like it is about to freeze up each time I refresh or click into a post.
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Some of it has to do with the host.... but load times are much faster this week than they were last week, after a few minor tweaks... Still not primo, but better
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hey VADER,
is there any progress with the load times issue? they are still dissatisfying, imho...
Cheers,
LB
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Yep suuuuuuper slow load times and either NO NOTIFICATION of PMs or I get one out of 10 and a week or two after the fact.
Time to change hosts?
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Possibly so. I am again looking at what can be doneto improve things on our current host, but there is only so much that can be done on a shared server
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I received a blast of PM notifications from numerous previous PMs.
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yeah, i get that from time to time too. i just ignore it now and delete them.
oh well, what can you do.
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I received a blast of PM notifications from numerous previous PMs.
Same here! I also get multiples of topic reply notifications
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Me too this morning. Not something that's happened before or any sort of ongoing issue, though...
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I'm up to 200 email notifications in the last 12 hours :-X
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yeah... so what happened is that the clog in the email queue got cleared (remember, people were complaining that they had no been receiving notifications) and all the queued emails got sent out after that.
it's just another symptom of the currently loaded server. We're looking into solutions. :)
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Ah glad I wasn't the only one 8)
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Same here. Emails are really a problem. It's not that bad for PMs, but I have a friend who said he tried to register, but he never got the activation email.
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Yea I'm not on here that much but since the relaunch load times have been painful for even the simplest pages.
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I use an iPad, iPhone and a laptop running windows Vista and have had zero issues with load times. However I did receive a handful of emails today notifying me of PMs that I received over a week ago. Don't know if that issue has been resolved as I just received a new PM email that was actually new.
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Ok Folks... we definitely seem to be making some improvements in load times after our little issue this past weekend.
I have also added a debug routine at the end of the page (waaaaay down at the bottom)
If you notice a slow load time on your view, please take a look at the bottom of the page
Page created in 0.131 seconds with 12 queries.
and then do me a favor... Copy, as I just did, the load time notice and reference what page you were trying to load.
If the load time is reaching the multiple seconds, then we know something is wrong... If (as you see here) the server load time is in far less than a second, but you are still seeing slow load, then there is something wrong with the network between you and the server and we can take a separate look at that.
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Page created in 6.522 seconds with 20 queries.
Running Google Chrome on Mac OS X 10.8.3. If it helps you, I have cleared the caches, used different browsers, reformatted my computer, etc., and the time to load was about the same, +/- 1.5 seconds.
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I noticed today that pages are loading waaaaay faster now! Way to go!
Lightsaber page Page created in 0.127 seconds with 23 queries.
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thanks Fat Ewok.... Browser should not matter. The page load times are server side.
If you saw page load times of .1 seconds, but it was still slow to load, then it would be a definite browser-side issue.
jedicri, thanks... I have seen a general improvement recently, which is good - but at some times, we still bog down, so I am looking into why (and if there is a consistent time that it happens)
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Yes I noticed that it isn't consistent at times but overall, a great improvement in load times.
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Is there any word on when the PM system will be repaired? It is frustrating to receive email notifications a week or two after the fact and in a huge onslaught of them at once. The forum host seems to really have issues with PMs
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+1
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+1 I didn't receive and email for over a month after the fact on my PM's
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at this time, the notification system is lowest on my priority list for "fixes". Once the system is fully optimized and stable at the new level, I will take a look at what is causing the backlog in the mail queues....
Althoughm that does raise the question:
I know that PM notifications are seriously backlogged...
Does anyone have notifications turned on for specific threads? If so, are those notifications also delayed?
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for me the topic notifications are faster by a lot, not ever taking longer than the rest of the day and they are usually immediate (at least recently).
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I only have the one set-up for Erv's announcements and that is generally on time though the May 4th one came through twice (once on time and again late on Sunday)
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I had this come up today
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache Server at www.fx-sabers.com Port 80.
Everything is know exactly what popped up. Since I got it again within 10 - 20 minutes of the first one.
Not to mention very slow load times.
Page created in 4.918 seconds with 16 queries.
Included the browser I am using because sometimes that is a contributor to issues.
Using Google Chrome Version 26.0.1410.64 m
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browsers can not cause server errors.... :)
What were you trying to do at the time of the error?
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Hello members of FX-SABERS
We apologize for the recent down time and are working on solutions to the issues we've been having
with the database and message errors etc...
I want to thank you all for logging back in, showing your continued support and enthusiasm for fx-sabers 8)
May the Force be with You
always
YODA and the FX-SABERS TEAM
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I am been having terrible difficulties with the website lately. Either it does not load, sits loading or just times out. This occurs on my Note 3, mac, and desktop so I know its not one device. Even sending PM's or checking posts takes forever and sometimes just does not happen.
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Having issues trying to start a new thread, im using a tablet running desktop sight and i get an internal server error
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?action=post2;start=0;board=65 (http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?action=post2;start=0;board=65)
Help please?
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Hi folks. Sorry, I seem to have missed a few comments.
the slow site was probably related to network stuff... it appears to be working correctly now..
Xene... I am not sure what's going on for you...
That link does not generate an error for me... and others seem to have been able to start threads since the 12th. Do you still have an issue?
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Hey there, maybe I'm being stupid. In the past whenever I have returned to the site, I have remained logged in. Now whenever I come back to the site, I must log in again. Every time I select, "forever" to just keep me logged in, but it just doesn't seem to stick any more. Has anyone else had this problem? Suggestions?
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check your browser settings for cookies... if you clear or do not allow cookies, then the site can not save your login...
Additionally, if you log out on ANY browser or machine, you will be logged out of ALL instances on ALL machines.
I can't recreate -- I just tried from three different devices and it maintained my login across all of them
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Super weird... doesn't seem to be the browser... cookies are enabled and it doesn't clear the cookies automatically.... I'm on other forums that maintain sessions using cookies and they're working fine... so strange... worked fine until the last couple of weeks. I assume it's me somehow as I'm the only variable here. I'm just not sure why it's happening.
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Did you, perchance, recently turn on "private browsing" in your browser?
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What happened to the logout? Also, the tool bar at the top of the forum is missing some other things?
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things are being worked on.
They should be resolved in 10 mins or so
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Hello everyone
As you can see Darth Vader is in the process of updating the forum, Please be patient while the
new images for the layout along with functions and settings get put into place ;)
We hope everyone will like the new look 8)
and of course a Big Thank you to Lord Vader for your help with this :)
MTFBWY
always
YODA
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and yes the recent posts should be view-able in the info center I'm sure He is working on it ;)
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Hey, I'm having a hard time being able to view my sent messages? Is this normal or a problem? When i click on sent it shows I have sent, lets say, 35 emails but it doesn't allow me to view them. Was this done by design?
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Well, first of all, the forum does not track emails... It only does what are called personal messages
Second, have you set your settings to save a copy of personal messages ? If not, then the system will not save copies of them.
I just confirmed that it works fine for me,
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Well, first of all, the forum does not track emails... It only does what are called personal messages
Second, have you set your settings to save a copy of personal messages ? If not, then the system will not save copies of them.
I just confirmed that it works fine for me,
I should've been clearer i meant PM's, sorry.
I was not aware of that feature, thanks for pointing that out vader!!!! just changed it.
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Simple Machines is just a REALLY bad forum engine. Archaic database structure. Lots of basic features that are missing. Poor API support. Poor mobile support. There's so many good ones out there with much better support and a much wider install like phpBB, MyBB, or vbulletin. Are there any plans to improve this or is Simple Machines something FX Sabers is looking to stick with for a while?
To be clear, this isn't meant as me upset with the community. On the contrary, the people here have been excellent. There are years and years of great information here. The problem is it's taking forever to data-mine and actually find it. Having a wealth of information is great, but if you can't actually find it or navigate it, you might as well have none.
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Simple Machines Forum is one of the BEST forum softwares out there...
it has the best security record of all of them... and almost any feature you THINK is missing can be added easily and quickly by the package manager mod system.
SMF also has a seriously impressive support community - so, I am not certain where you get the idea that other softwares have "better support" (while other softwares do also have excellent support, I am willing to compare SMF against them any day.
vbulletin is paid
phpBB, while decent, does not have the package manager -- and mods need to be manually installed by hacking the source directly.
myBB is not bad -- btu is far to simplistic, does not have the support community and does not have the extensions (mods) that SMF can do.
Oh yeah... disclosure... I happen to be the Project Manager of the Simple Machines Forum project and the Vice President of the Simple Machines corporation. :P
(thus demonstrating the impressive support.)
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I should've been clearer i meant PM's, sorry.
I was not aware of that feature, thanks for pointing that out vader!!!! just changed it.
Yeah, that feature is not immediately obvious. The next version of SMF has that turned on by default. :)
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Simple Machines Forum is one of the BEST forum softwares out there...
it has the best security record of all of them... and almost any feature you THINK is missing can be added easily and quickly by the package manager mod system.
SMF also has a seriously impressive support community - so, I am not certain where you get the idea that other softwares have "better support" (while other softwares do also have excellent support, I am willing to compare SMF against them any day.
No reason to be condescending. We can agree to disagree respectfully. I think it's a poor choice for all of the reasons I listed above.
Oh yeah... disclosure... I happen to be the Project Manager of the Simple Machines Forum project and the Vice President of the Simple Machines corporation. :P
(thus demonstrating the impressive support.)
Well this makes sense then why there is a bias towards it. I can now see there is no point to having a discussion on this issue and, therefore, will refrain with anymore retort.
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Except that your reasons which you listed are actually incorrect.
SMF does not have an archaic database structure.
SMF does not have missing features. It has a very SIMPLE feature set for INTENTIONAL reasons -- and then has mods for almost any additional feature that is desired.
SMF has perfectly fine API and SSI support (although such is not needed on this site, so that is not actually a consideration.)
SMF 2.0 (default) theme is somewhat limited in the mobile/responsive design. True... Although there is a mod which makes the Curve theme somewhat responsive... However, this site uses a fully responsive theme -- which means that your comment on mobile support is just plain wrong.
and... as already stated... SMF's support is actually very good. (heck, this site has the PM for SMF personally providing support!)
finally... while phpBB may have a wider install base - that does not make it "better". SMF has several features that phpBB is missing (like the package manager, which is huge) and SMF definitely has a wider install base than myBB (although, once again, more != better) (and vB is paid, so that should not enter into consideration - apples to pears)
In short -- there actually is not really any bias in my defense. All of the above statements are factual... and while you can have a disagreeing opinion, your opinion doesn't change the facts.