Sign In Join 



Forums Software! Your Questions Answered...

4247 messages,  Last post on Nov 04, 2009 at 6:08 PM

You are in the Automotive News & Views Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & claires


Messages Page 405 of 426
1
...
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
...
426
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion

#4036 of 4247
How about a "heads up" re Forums maintenance? by backy
Mar 22, 2008 (12:33 pm)
Reply
I found out today that something was going on with the Forums when I tried, unsuccessfully, several times to post some replies in some discussions, and none of them completed successfully. In each case, after about five minutes I got the typical browser error message that the page was not available. Then I noticed that "Read New Posts" was in an endless loop. A few hours later, things were working again.
 
When some kind of maintenance is going on in the Forums (and I don't mean the index updates, which only take a few minutes and for which we get a warning when they occur), would it be possible to post a general message on all the Forums entry pages, maybe even in the header on every Forums page, letting us know about the maintenance and that Forums functions like making new posts and viewing new tracked posts could be affected? Then we can choose to come back later, or try to proceed if we want to, but at least we'll know if things don't work it's not something with our PCs or network? That would be much appreciated.
#4037 of 4247
Re: How about a "heads up" re Forums maintenance? [backy] by steve_ HOST
Mar 22, 2008 (12:47 pm)
Reply

Replying to: backy (Mar 22, 2008 12:33 pm)

I heard it was a server glitch, not scheduled maintenance.
#4038 of 4247
Re: How about a "heads up" re Forums maintenance? [backy] by pat HOST
Mar 22, 2008 (4:16 pm)
Reply

Replying to: backy (Mar 22, 2008 12:33 pm)

Actually, when maintenance is scheduled, notices are posted at the top of all Forums pages. If you look back in this topic a little ways, you'll see that there is an ongoing unpredictable issue that has not yet been solved. My guess is that's what happened today.
#4039 of 4247
Re: How about a "heads up" re Forums maintenance? [pat] by backy
Mar 22, 2008 (4:45 pm)
Reply

Replying to: pat (Mar 22, 2008 4:16 pm)

OK, thanks for the info.
 
BTW, the reason I thought there was some maintenance being done is that while I was trying to post a reply to another post, a little photo of a car appeared just to the left of the original post, on the Post Reply page. I had not seen that before, so I thought a new feature was being added. I have not seen that little photo since (and didn't see it when I went back and successfully did the reply later).
#4040 of 4247
When & Why. . . by cdnpinhead
Mar 27, 2008 (1:38 am)
Reply
did the change take place that removed the left-margin tag that displayed the number of posts and signup date (among other things) for the poster? I realized awhile ago that it wasn't there because I couldn't immediately check a name I didn't recognize to see if it was the #1 post or the couple hundredth post from someone who'd been on the board for a year or two or the XXXXth post from someone who has the default "member since" date (13 Apr 01) who I hadn't crossed paths with before.
 
I realize it's still possible to get the information by clicking on the posters name, but I found having it immediately at hand useful, though I didn't realize it until it was gone.
#4041 of 4247
Re: When & Why. . . [cdnpinhead] by pf_flyer HOST
Mar 27, 2008 (4:10 am)
Reply

Replying to: cdnpinhead (Mar 27, 2008 1:38 am)

It's been a while, I don't remember exactly when the change took effect. As far as why, the information in the post is far more important than statistics about the poster isn't it? Especially since those stats are easily found without taking up space on the page.
 
Just an FYI, you don't have to click on the username for that info, just mouseover the username and that info pops up in a little balloon.
#4042 of 4247
Re: When & Why. . . [cdnpinhead] by Sylvia STAFF
Mar 27, 2008 (4:32 am)
Reply

Replying to: cdnpinhead (Mar 27, 2008 1:38 am)

When: March 13, 2008
 
Why: Members complained about the amount of space it consumed when the information could be viewed by mousing over the username (and even some don't like that feature)
 
We can't please all the people all the time - sorry.
#4043 of 4247
Server Updating by p0926
Mar 28, 2008 (10:36 am)
Reply
Having server issues again I see
 
-Frank
#4044 of 4247
Re: Server Updating [p0926] by Sylvia STAFF
Mar 28, 2008 (10:45 am)
Reply

Replying to: p0926 (Mar 28, 2008 10:36 am)

Page load? Posting?
#4045 of 4247
Re: Server Updating [Sylvia] by cdnpinhead
Mar 28, 2008 (11:43 am)
Reply

Replying to: Sylvia (Mar 28, 2008 10:45 am)

They didn't seem to be able to figure out what posts have already been read -- again. That was a couple of hours ago, but it appears better now.
 
When this happens (& it has several times over the past year or so), it comes and goes. It came this morning & (perhaps) it went.
 
Perhaps not.

Messages Page 405 of 426
1
...
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
...
426
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion
To POST a message, please Sign In.

New? Join Now!

Forum Tools

Please sign in.
Email Address:

Password:

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Enter Keyword(s)

Advanced Search

Browse by Vehicle



View All Vehicles
Advertisement
Ask the Community
See What People Are Asking

Browse by Board

Browse by Topic


View All Topics

Today's Chats

Advertisement