Breast Expansion Archive Forum
Discussions => Site Issues => Topic started by: gonZo on December 28, 2015, 07:50:47 AM
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As far as we currently know, the admins will be installing new forum software on Tuesday, December 29th. The forum will be out of service for an undetermined amount of time that day until the installation can be completed.
During the outage, you can stay in touch with us at www.twitter.com/@plzbearwithus. We will post status updates there if/when they are available. This twitter feed is safe-for-work, and will contain no traceable references to BEArchive.
After the forum is brought back into service, there will inevitably be bugs and misconfigurations. Please report any problems you encounter here in this thread. Here are some guidelines for bug reporting...
Please include the following information:
- URL of the page where the bug occurred
- Action that triggered the bug
- The INCORRECT functionality of the bug
- The CORRECT functionality you expected
- Is the bug repeatable? Persistently or intermittently?
Before posting, please read the earlier messages in the thread to make sure you're not reporting a bug somebody else already reported.
Please be as descriptive as necessary to clearly communicate the location and nature of the problem to the engineers. You may include screen-caps if they'll help you describe a problem. The 1-1-1 rule will not apply to screen-caps in bug reports posted in this thread; use as many as you need to illustrate the bug you're reporting.
If you're reporting a complex bug and you need to use multiple messages to post multiple screen-caps of it, give the bug an unique name (like "Thunderbird", or "Asparagus", or "Waldo") (be creative!) and mention that name in each message.
Thanks!
the moderators
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And may Glob bless us, each and every one.
Fingers crossed! ;)
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Note: the admins tell us that you'll need to create new passwords for your user accounts after the upgrade. You should see a popup window explaining the process to you. You will presumably need your regular username and old password to create the new login data.
Good luck, everybody. We hope to see you on the other side!
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gonZo
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I guess we will go back to zero in the post count again .... :(
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Hopefully not. Postcount data should be transplanted along with the user database. We'll see, though.
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Well, I put solvegas as my member name and I got a note when I logged back in that that account does not exist and I can't figure a way to get it back. I guess I'm sol001 like they say I am. Every time they " update " something shit gets fucked up. :( :'( >:(
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Well, I put solvegas as my member name and I got a note when I logged back in that that account does not exist and I can't figure a way to get it back. I guess I'm sol001 like they say I am. Every time they " update " something shit gets fucked up. :( :'( >:(
Maybe you didn't read the text in the yellow box when logging in? You need to re-validate your user account by clicking Forgot Password and following the instructions.
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^ I did and that is what is frustrating. I looked at the member list and noticed solvegas has at the end a black rectangle that I did not see anybody else on the list. I have no idea if the black rectangle means anything. ???
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^ I did and that is what is frustrating. I looked at the member list and noticed solvegas has at the end a black rectangle that I did not see anybody else on the list. I have no idea if the black rectangle means anything. ???
The black rectangle is a progress bar showing how much you've posted compared to other users on that page of the member list. The more you've posted, the wider it gets.
We've clarified the login window since you tried it. If you clicked Forgot password? in the login window (which you should have done) and then followed the instructions, the software should have sent you an email containing a link you could click to revive your solvegas user account.
If you didn't receive the email, it's probably because the email address we have on file for you is ancient and you don't use it anymore. If that's the case, submit a trouble ticket at https://botcomics.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new, and they'll revive your solvegas account.
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Mr. Gonzo
Poor Nimrod can not log into the forum.
He is on Windows 10 and that might be
a problem. I am still on Window 7 and
when I went through the steps to get
an older account active like you show it
worked fine. Nim did the same thing but
never got the verification e-mail. Mine
worked in seconds. :) :)
Nim started to fill out the service ticket
on the BotComic site but he just said
that it does not have the selection for
a Window 10 operating system in their
report form. Could it be that this is a
Windows 10 issue? It is a required field
so he can only proceed with the ticket
if he lies about what OS he has. :o
I like the new look of the forum. Any
assistance you can muster would be
so nice. Nim thinks it is looking better
also. Bunny Hugs all around! ;D
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Mr. Gonzo
Poor Nimrod can not log into the forum.
He is on Windows 10 and that might be
a problem. I am still on Window 7 and
when I went through the steps to get
an older account active like you show it
worked fine. Nim did the same thing but
never got the verification e-mail. Mine
worked in seconds. :) :)
Nim started to fill out the service ticket
on the BotComic site but he just said
that it does not have the selection for
a Window 10 operating system in their
report form. Could it be that this is a
Windows 10 issue? It is a required field
so he can only proceed with the ticket
if he lies about what OS he has. :o
I like the new look of the forum. Any
assistance you can muster would be
so nice. Nim thinks it is looking better
also. Bunny Hugs all around! ;D
Hi Kith,
Even if there's no choice for Windows 10 in the pull-down menu of the support request form, it doesn't mean the problem Nim's experiencing is Win 10-related. More likely is that the forum sent the re-activation email to the email addy he had on file... but maybe no longer uses or didn't check the right account?
That's a very common problem for users who created their forum accounts a while ago and have maybe changed their email addys since that time. Perhaps he can check the email he used when he registered, since that's probably where the reactivation message from the forum is sitting atm.
Otherwise, have him go ahead with the support ticket and just choose Win7 from the pull-down and mention in the text body to let them know he's using Win 10. But again: I suspect he's not checking the right email addy.
PS: I'm sending you a PM Kith containing the email addy that Nim has on file with the forum. That is the account he should check the inbox of. If he can no longer access that account, then he should proceed with the trouble ticket or just create a new account. Thanks. -Pal
Hi Kithara,
In this situation, Nimrod's operating system is irrelevant. If he fills out a trouble ticket, all they're going to do is make sure his login-name and password match the records, activate his account, and let him know at the email address he provides. I'm not sure how fast that will happen (we're testing it now), but it shouldn't be unreasonably long. –gonZo
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Requested new password. Got it, and logged in. Yay! All worked.
I know you will be dealing with others who have had real technical issues, so no rush...
BUT...
Will there be "adjustments" to the Forum design? This color scheme is hideous, and makes reading difficult (little contrast and such deep color behind text). Yes? Yes? Pleeeease? :)
Good work on the upgrade!
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Requested new password. Got it, and logged in. Yay! All worked.
I know you will be dealing with others who have had real technical issues, so no rush...
BUT...
Will there be "adjustments" to the Forum design? This color scheme is hideous, and makes reading difficult (little contrast and such deep color behind text). Yes? Yes? Pleeeease? :)
Good work on the upgrade!
I agree the color scheme is awful... way too bright and low contrast... and that's not even considering all the wasted space that causes one or two short posts to fill up a full HD display... SOOO much more scrolling around now needed to see all the replies since last visit. :( I've expressed this issue to admins more than once already, but by all means, do post such concerns here, since we'll direct them here to see user opinions.
Attached is a screencap of my display showing this thread (at 100% browser zoom w/medium text default in Chrome) on my 1920x1080 display... as you can see, my brief post: only a few sentences and your even briefer quoted post inside... fills up the whole screen! And that's before I attached an image... the stamp for which will take up half again more space. :(
Another m1nor issue: after posting to a thread, when the screen refreshes, sometimes you are returned to the newly updated thread (the correct behavior) but sometimes, you are returned instead to the list of all threads in that forum (incorrect behavior). I can't determine any reason why one happens vs. the other sometimes.
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Glad the forums are back, and also glad that you're looking into the layout issues. Thank you, and I hope that the upgrade didn't put too much of a crimp into your New Year's festivities.
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Another m1nor issue: after posting to a thread, when the screen refreshes, sometimes you are returned to the newly updated thread (the correct behavior) but sometimes, you are returned instead to the list of all threads in that forum (incorrect behavior). I can't determine any reason why one happens vs. the other sometimes. [/color]
Set Profile > Look and Layout > Return to topics after posting by default to TRUE
Pal says: thanks gonZo! Odd that it did return me to the post sometimes even when the box was unchecked.
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I agree the color scheme is awful... way too bright and low contrast... and that's not even considering all the wasted space that causes one or two short posts to fill up a full HD display... SOOO much more scrolling around now needed to see all the replies since last visit. :( I've expressed this issue to admins more than once already, but by all means, do post such concerns here, since we'll direct them here to see user opinions.
I would just like to echo both Palomine and BustArtist's opinion that the current forum color scheme is awful. Trying to read dark gray font atop of gray boxes is infuriating. I hope that someone can take the time to implement a theme featuring better contrast.
It would also be nice if a better chat plugin was implemented. The current shout box lacks key features such as private messaging and the interface does not scale with the window when it is opened. Some SMF compatible chat plugins include:
- Chatwee - http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4036 (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4036)
- Mibbit Ajax Chat - http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1256 (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1256)
- or heck, even the old AJAX chat - http://frug.github.io/AJAX-Chat/screenshots.html (http://frug.github.io/AJAX-Chat/screenshots.html)
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I agree the color scheme is awful... way too bright and low contrast... and that's not even considering all the wasted space that causes one or two short posts to fill up a full HD display... SOOO much more scrolling around now needed to see all the replies since last visit. :( I've expressed this issue to admins more than once already, but by all means, do post such concerns here, since we'll direct them here to see user opinions.
I would just like to echo both Palomine and BustArtist's opinion that the current forum color scheme is awful. Trying to read dark gray font atop of gray boxes is infuriating. I hope that someone can take the time to implement a theme featuring better contrast.
It would also be nice if a better chat plugin was implemented. The current shout box lacks key features such as private messaging and the interface does not scale with the window when it is opened. Some SMF compatible chat plugins include:
- Chatwee - http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4036 (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=4036)
- Mibbit Ajax Chat - http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1256 (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1256)
- or heck, even the old AJAX chat - http://frug.github.io/AJAX-Chat/screenshots.html (http://frug.github.io/AJAX-Chat/screenshots.html)
Thank you for the constructive post Ouro... Ajax is what was supposed to be installed (I dunno if it was the old or new one) but somehow we wound up with Shoutbox instead, maybe it came with the upgrade or something... I'm not sure. I agree that Shoutbox seems pretty much like our old lousy chat except for a few extra features (font/color) and it's missing private messaging, etc...
Before we ask admins to get and install a different chat, we'd like users to TELL US WHICH CHAT THEY WANT so we can all settle on something and then live with it. SO, would anybody like to suggest a chat package (that's fully compatible with the Simple Machines forum software that the BEA uses of course) such as any of the three Ouro mentioned or something else?
Please post your suggestions here (for now) and I'll keep track of "votes" and once the forum install has settled down (hopefully not more than a few days from now) I'll pass along whichever Chat plugin that got the most votes, OK?
Thanks. :)
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The entire "Testing & Off-Topic Discussion" section of the Forum (under "Miscellaneous") seems to have disappeared, taking one of my favorite threads on the BEA Forum (the "Why so few Indian/Pakastani [sic] models?" thread) with it. And I've been "downgraded" to a mere L cup.
I sorta agree that any time the Forum is upgraded, stuff gets borked. But, hey, at least my post count and my Bookmarks still seem to be OK! :)
Edited to add: When I'm logged into the Forum on Firefox, the entire "Testing & Off-Topic Discussion" section does not appear, (top) but when I'm not logged into the Forum on Chrome, it does appear (middle). The entire section also is invisible when I'm logged in on Firefox (bottom). If while logged in on Firefox, I try to go to the "Testing & Off-Topic Discussion" section directly (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?board=5.0), I get the message "An Error Has Occurred! The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you."
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System activating...
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NIMROD online!
Wow, this was a rocky transition for me. It took some doing but the support people over at BotComics (no relation) were very helpful after we figured out that my contact e-mail address had been deactivated (not deleted) by the service provider. Apparently this happened right about the time the forum was reworked so I did not get any of the reactivation links.
Hint: everyone should check that their contact information works, even if it did just a few months ago. Thanks to Gonzo, Palomine and Kithara for also lending a hand.
Still a tiny bit jealous that Kith clicked a few buttons and was right back on-line, must be a BEA Princess thing.
CHAT BITS:
I do not mind the lack of private messaging as I have only used it one or two times and only because someone else invited me to it. I prefer to talk as a group and get a overall conversation going. I have been on before when you can tell that the majority of people are off doing some other talk. I am not versed enough to speak about any of the other chat systems mentioned. I would say that the one with the greatest stability would get my vote.
NEW FORUM FORMAT:
I agree that the amount of screen real estate that is eaten up with open space, gutters, boxes, etc. feels excessive and there is a good deal of scrolling to read just a few items. If this is difficult to overcome I would suggest that the page jump links, i.e. (1,2,3...7) be easy to locate and activate as it sounds like threads that were previously 5 pages will now be 15.
Page contrast is only so-so, however I do like that there is a tone behind the text - but it is a bit dark. So, in stead of 80% black on 20% background, more like 90% black on 10% background would be better - IMO.
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Just got my password reset and logged in, so that's good...
Mobile version of the forums is far worse than the desktop version. And I concur with others: the color scheme and forum layout is... Suboptimal.
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And I've been "downgraded" to a mere L cup
Excitingly I got an upgrade...
I'd like to take this opportunity to thanks the admins for getting me back on the forum after finding my registered email hadn't been updated by me for some time.
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One thing I do like about the new Forum: you can click on an attached picture and toggle between displaying it as a thumbnail and as displaying at full size.
One thing I don't like about the new Forum: the pagination at the bottom-left of the screen is hard to hit because the numbers are so close to themselves. There's no longer any "First" and "Last" links either.
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And I've been "downgraded" to a mere L cup
Excitingly I got an upgrade...
Downgraded. Was at (I think) an E, now an A.
Down with reductions! All hail growth! ;D
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Wait, so the chat IS working? Because I can't access it. Tried two different browsers now.
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Wait, so the chat IS working? Because I can't access it. Tried two different browsers now.
Worked for me. Win 7 Home Edition, Chrome for browser. Popped up in a new window, though, so maybe a pop-up blocker got in the way?
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The new tab pops up, but there is nothing in it.
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Using the "History" button to look back at recent posts in the new "Shoutbox" chat, I copied verbatim the following comments from chat users about the new chatroom software in order to memorialize their feedback here for admins (who we hope will eventually install a better chat app). I've removed the usernames to protect the innocent. ;) The history displayed four short pages of chat activity (pull quotes below) and in that time, the only significant/positive comment was a user's glee that the auto-censor has not yet been re-activated (to auto-censor words prohibited by the BEA's payment processing company). Each comment was posted in the chat by a *different* user on or around January 7th, 2016:
User 1: "you used to be able to see who was in chat. is that gone?"
User 2: "One step forward and two back. :( With no private messaging... and a terrible interface. Oh boy." If we all pile on in the [link] thread and ask for some changes to the chat, someone might take pity and fix up something a little bit nicer than this."
User 3: "is anybody here? (lol) seriously. I can't tell if I'm the only one in here or not. I think I like this chat worse"
User 4: "wtf is this lol"
User 5: "if this isn't changed, BEA chat is dead in 1 month tops. lol. this may be THE worst chat program i have EVER seen in over 20 years of using the internet"
User 6: "no private messages either. and i can't see who's in chat. looks like i got timed out"
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Requested new password. Got it, and logged in. Yay! All worked.
I know you will be dealing with others who have had real technical issues, so no rush...
BUT...
Will there be "adjustments" to the Forum design? This color scheme is hideous, and makes reading difficult (little contrast and such deep color behind text). Yes? Yes? Pleeeease? :)
Good work on the upgrade!
I'd like to echo all of the above.
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Hey guys. I finally got logged in! ;D
I agree that this theme is broken in several different ways (yellow on white text, avatars stretching 100%, too much wasted space, etc)
I actually made a custom theme for the last version of the forum, but some weird stuff happened and it never got officially installed. I ended up just using it for myself as user stylesheet. :(
I can (and will for myself, at least) make a new theme for this version. I can work on it this weekend and probably get most of it done.
Attached is a rough idea of what I'll shoot for -- but probably a little flatter. (The broken images are because it's salvaged from Google Cache)
Let me know if anyone's interested in making this an official theme, or has any input/ideas.
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Doc, you're a miracle worker again. That looks fantastic and I'd use it in a heartbeat.
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BTW, I've had big problems manually resetting my password as described here: http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=9993699.0
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Apologies beforehand if this question has been or is answered in (any) other thread but I can't find my (old) massages anywhere... (and yes I've looked carefully).
I'd appreciate "instructions".
Kind Regards;
DollyNood
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Never mind........Found them!!!
Hiding the top Menu(s) is not the cleverest of features!!
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I have to agree with some above regarding the forum style, I have to literally move forward in my seat and squint at the screen to read some of the text.
The black on grey is ok if I increase the font size, but the yellow on blue gives me a headache. And the yellow on white.... :o
Overall new forum is great, although surprised you went with SMF and not PHPbb or even a pro board.
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I think they chose SMF because it's free, and because we were already using it, so it was an "upgrade" rather than a whole new installation.
We're talking about the contrast situation.
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Requested new password. Got it, and logged in. Yay! All worked.
I know you will be dealing with others who have had real technical issues, so no rush...
BUT...
Will there be "adjustments" to the Forum design? This color scheme is hideous, and makes reading difficult (little contrast and such deep color behind text). Yes? Yes? Pleeeease? :)
Good work on the upgrade!
Oh wait... what the...? My name got truncated to "BustArt"? Where are all my posts? I shrunk to an A-cup. Ok, so things did NOT go so well. Time to submit a ticket, me thinks. :(
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Oh wait... what the...? My name got truncated to "BustArt"? Where are all my posts? I shrunk to an A-cup. Ok, so things did NOT go so well. Time to submit a ticket, me thinks. :(
Here's the problem: when you go through the 'Forgot Password' process, if the script finds more than one user ID with your email address, it assigns you the ID created most recently. In your case, that is a temporary ID you briefly used in 2007. (Solvegas has exactly the same problem.)
So yeah, click "Support" in the black bar at the top of the page and submit a trouble ticket, and Customer Support should be in touch with you in the next day or so. (They're kinda swamped.)
Good luck,
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gonZo
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Where do I log out?
I clicked on the menu where the login is and there is no logout option.
I can't find a logout option.
Does the buddies/ignore list only apply to messaging?
Thanks!
Mouseover your name or avatar at the top of the page to reveal a drop-down menu containing the Log Out command.
Buddies/ignore applies to forum posts as well as PMs. –gonZo
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User 5: "if this isn't changed, BEA chat is dead in 1 month tops. lol. this may be THE worst chat program i have EVER seen in over 20 years of using the internet"
I can't help but to share that sentiment. Which is a shame since I rather liked the chat, even if it wasn't the most active. As it is I see no good reason to bother with it.
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Any chance of this fiasco, namely being able to access Unending BEA, being resolved soon?
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It's affecting the whole site, not just the Undending BE, so hopefully they're working on it.
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Any chance of this fiasco, namely being able to access Unending BEA, being resolved soon?
Possibly, but there's really no way to tell. The issue was reported to the admins about 2.5 hours before you posted, and they haven't replied yet.
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When you submit a new post, the WISIWIG editor appears to double all the newlines.
You can verify this by editing your post (all your newlines will indeed be doubled)
You can also see this by just hitting Preview.
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I got this message before posting on the Lisa Lipps thread.I had no problems posting there but it's encouraging people to make multiple threads on the same subject.
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I still can't find any logout option anywhere.I did exactly what gonzo said and there is no option anywhere.
I clicked everywhere on my profile.
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This is the menu when I am logged in and where the login option is.There is no logout option there.
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If you look at the blue bar at the top of the page, and put the mouse pointer on the large ? symbol, you should see a drop-down menu the last item of which is Logout.
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top right corner next to your avatar
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I still can't find any logout option anywhere.I did exactly what gonzo said and there is no option anywhere.
I clicked everywhere on my profile.
tdotter, if you scroll to the top of the page, and rest your cursor on top of your username, you will see a dropdown menu. The last item on the menu is "Log out".
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I notice that menu does not show up if you're on a mobile device.
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I notice that menu does not show up if you're on a mobile device.
Tap the 'three horizontal lines' icon in the upper right area of the page.
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Yes, I know about that menu. I'm talking about the other menu the last couple of posters mentioned, that doesn't show up.
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I misunderstood. Never mind. :o
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Examining the theme's default templates, it looks like the "user menu" that's shown when the screen is small was removed from the main template... :/
The code for that menu should be right where the BEA logo is displayed.
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Bug on mobile site: usernames not displayed with posts. Reproducible.
(from Andrat2000).
Bug on mobile site: user actions drop-down menu missing. No way to log out. Reproducible.
(from Adama and Dr_Fashizzle)
Bug on full site, chat: Who's Chatting only displays your name. Reproducible.
(from Palomine and others)
Usability problem on full site, chat: window refresh rate is 8 per minute; should be more like 15 per minute.
(from Palomine)
Usability problem on full site, posts: insufficient contrast between text and background.
(from many users)
FIX: background color lightened, text color darkened 8jan16
Bug on full site, 'Forgot Password' script: when it encounters 2 or more user IDs with same email address, script chooses which ID to reactivate unintelligently; it should choose the account matching the requester's username, or the account with highest postcount.
(from gonZo)
Bug on full site, avatar display: if an avatar is a link to an image in the attachments database, instead of scaling the image down until its largest dimension is 125pixels, it scales a tall image down until its smaller dimension is 125pixels. Reproducible.
(from Escher) (repaired a few by hand -gonZo)
Bug on full site, when posting: red-box warning is displayed, prompting users to create new threads instead of replying to existing threads if they hit reply after a thread has been inactive for 4 months, which runs contrary to the archival goals of the forum. Reproducible.
(from Palomine)
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All the avatars are now round instead of square, I know its the style of the forum, but it plays havoc with the corners of my triangle (and a lot of other peoples where the edges have been cropped off). Not a major problem though, just need to make a smaller icon that fits into a circle.
Yeah, that's not so much a bug as it is an "unfortunate feature". :-\ I fixed it for you.
(Your avatar would make a good-looking Frisbee.)
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Note: in posts, the color of the "speech balloons" has been lightened, and text has been darkened to solid black.
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What is the maximum height of avatars now, as some of them seem awfully large and take up a lot of screen real estate ?
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Avatars are still 125x125pixels, but if you want the whole avatar to show up inside the circle, you need to leave about 10 to 15 pixels of margin on all 4 sides within the 125x125 square.
Images larger than 125x125 are automatically scaled down and their aspect ratios are maintained.
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I think there might be a bug somewhere, this is what I'm seeing :( (its an extreme example, just to show the size of avatars now, most are normal size)
<edit> I think it's because the large ones are attachments (http://forum.bearchive.com/attachments/xxx.jpg) and not avatars (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=xxx;type=avatar)
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I think there might be a bug somewhere, this is what I'm seeing :( (its an extreme example, just to show the size of avatars now, most are normal size)
<edit> I think it's because the large ones are attachments (http://forum.bearchive.com/attachments/xxx.jpg) and not avatars (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=xxx;type=avatar)
You're probably right, but could you please send me URLs for pages where you're seeing these? Also, your OS and browser info.
Thanks,
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gonZo
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I think there might be a bug somewhere, this is what I'm seeing :( (its an extreme example, just to show the size of avatars now, most are normal size)
<edit> I think it's because the large ones are attachments (http://forum.bearchive.com/attachments/xxx.jpg) and not avatars (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=xxx;type=avatar)
You're right about the whole thing: it only happens to avatars that are links to the attachments database, and only tall ones. Thanks for reporting it!
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I think there might be a bug somewhere, this is what I'm seeing :( (its an extreme example, just to show the size of avatars now, most are normal size)
<edit> I think it's because the large ones are attachments (http://forum.bearchive.com/attachments/xxx.jpg) and not avatars (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=xxx;type=avatar)
You're right about the whole thing: it only happens to avatars that are links to the attachments database, and only tall ones. Thanks for reporting it!
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It's odd -- i saw this get fixed server-side on friday. For instance, the following avatars from the example screenshot should be 125px tall:
http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=501476;type=avatar
http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=249013;type=avatar
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The bug hasn't been fixed server-side yet. I manually fixed the two in Escher's bug report (plus 1 more in the same thread).
The bug only applies to avatars that were linked to files in the attachments database prior to the installation of the new software, so it's more prevalent in old threads.
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sorry if that has already been asked but to me all buttons look weird kind of japanese chars. i m running it on my android device with opera.
Ok here is one sent from my computer. Done from my mobile was impossible.
PS: if necessary for analysis I can provide more screenshots.
(http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9993700.0;attach=507800;image)
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The bug hasn't been fixed server-side yet. I manually fixed the two in Escher's bug report (plus 1 more in the same thread).
The bug only applies to avatars that were linked to files in the attachments database prior to the installation of the new software, so it's more prevalent in old threads.
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Interesting. This can also be fixed with some simple CSS in the site's theme file...
/* avatar icons need to have max width and height (125 + 10 for borders) */
.poster img.img-circle
{
max-height: 135px;
max-width: 135px;
}
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Thanks, I'll report it that way.
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sorry if that has already been asked but to me all buttons look weird kind of japanese chars. i m running it on my android device with opera.
Ok here is one sent from my computer. Done from my mobile was impossible.
PS: if necessary for analysis I can provide more screenshots.
This is interesting. Your browser didn't download the custom font that they are using for icons. I do get this font on chrome (and opera) on iOS... I think lack of support for custom fonts is a known issue for opera mobile on Android. Try upgrading your Opera to a newer version or switch to a different browser with better standards support like Chrome (yes, i pains me to say that, but...)
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Don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I noticed that at least one word which is/used to be verboten ("Book of Face") now shows up in a thread, unasterisked.
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Don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I noticed that at least one word which is/used to be verboten ("Book of Face") now shows up in a thread, unasterisked.
Yes, I noticed this too... not sure if I wrote it down someplace, but ALL the autocensored words can now be typed out intact. Presumably, the BEA's billing company has the same rules it's always had, so we'll make a note and get that list of censored words back into efect ASAP. Thanks Zook. :)
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Don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I noticed that at least one word which is/used to be verboten ("Book of Face") now shows up in a thread, unasterisked.
Yes, I noticed this too... not sure if I wrote it down someplace, but ALL the autocensored words can now be typed out intact. Presumably, the BEA's billing company has the same rules it's always had, so we'll make a note and get that list of censored words back into efect ASAP. Thanks Zook. :)
FYI: It's interesting that The Book of Faces isn't in the "Do not use the following words (with or without asterisks) in your posts" list on the Rules page (Although The Spaces of My is)...
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Don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I noticed that at least one word which is/used to be verboten ("Book of Face") now shows up in a thread, unasterisked.
Yes, I noticed this too... not sure if I wrote it down someplace, but ALL the autocensored words can now be typed out intact. Presumably, the BEA's billing company has the same rules it's always had, so we'll make a note and get that list of censored words back into efect ASAP. Thanks Zook. :)
FYI: It's interesting that The Book of Faces isn't in the "Do not use the following words (with or without asterisks) in your posts" list on the Rules page (Although The Spaces of My is)...
Facebøøk shouldn't be in the censored words list –we only prohibit direct links to that site– but myspäce shouldn't be there either, because we removed that restriction altogether. We'll fix it when we can.
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Don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I noticed that at least one word which is/used to be verboten ("Book of Face") now shows up in a thread, unasterisked.
Yes, I noticed this too... not sure if I wrote it down someplace, but ALL the autocensored words can now be typed out intact. Presumably, the BEA's billing company has the same rules it's always had, so we'll make a note and get that list of censored words back into efect ASAP. Thanks Zook. :)
FYI: It's interesting that The Book of Faces isn't in the "Do not use the following words (with or without asterisks) in your posts" list on the Rules page (Although The Spaces of My is)...
Facebøøk shouldn't be in the censored words list –we only prohibit direct links to that site– but myspäce shouldn't be there either, because we removed that restriction altogether. We'll fix it when we can.
LOL. Everyone's been afraid to say "**24**" for no reason? LOL. ;D
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Facebøøk was in the censored words list so the autocensor would break any facebøøk links posted in the forum, but that's the only reason. It's perfectly ok to mention or discuss facebøøk. We apparently forgot to announce it in the rule update thread, but it was stated many times in various other threads.
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Ah. You learn something every day :)
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Perhaps I just don't see it but in the old forum there use to be underneath the small greeting under the top bar which welcomed you ( Hello Solvegas ) with a reading of the time you have been in the forum, ie days, hours and minutes. If you want to find out what it is now, you have to go to the stats section at the bottom and look for it. Could we get that back ?
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That seems to be gone.
But, go to your avatar/name at the top of the page, choose Edit Profile, then click Profile Info, then choose Show Stats.
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Thanks Gonzo. :)
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I've noticed that there haven't been any new updates to the User Gallery since end of last year. Was the gallery affected by the forum update? Sorry if this has already been answered, I didn't see anything that mentioned this.
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I've been wondering about that too. ???
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"cup sizes" displayed with avatars have no connection at all to post-counts.
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Confirming Mark Crandall's report that the user gallery is not working properly.
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Thanks to the late René Magritte for our new "no avatar" avatar.
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Thanks to the late René Magritte for our new "no avatar" avatar.
Nice! :)
(Note, i had to shift-reload to get it)
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Thanks to the late René Magritte for our new "no avatar" avatar.
:)
I've noticed something slightly curious, though one couldn't really call it a bug. If I look at the forum while not logged in, I see the times of posts displayed using the 12-hour clock, suffixed by "AM" or "PM". But when I'm logged in, I see the times of posts displayed using the 24-hour clock. It's hard to see why it should be different, as there doesn't seem to be anything under "Account settings" or "Profile" that would allow one to specify which time format should be used.
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Thanks to the late René Magritte for our new "no avatar" avatar.
:)
I've noticed something slightly curious, though one couldn't really call it a bug. If I look at the forum while not logged in, I see the times of posts displayed using the 12-hour clock, suffixed by "AM" or "PM". But when I'm logged in, I see the times of posts displayed using the 24-hour clock. It's hard to see why it should be different, as there doesn't seem to be anything under "Account settings" or "Profile" that would allow one to specify which time format should be used.
Hi JH,
You need to adjust a preference:- Mouseover your username near the top right corner of the window, and choose Edit Profile.
- On the Profile page, mouseover the Modify Profile button, and choose Look And Layout.
- On the Look And Layout page, choose the desired date and time display format from the drop-down menu to the right of the Time Format label.
- Then click the Change Profile button at the bottom of the page.
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Thanks to the late René Magritte for our new "no avatar" avatar.
And thanks to you as well gonZo! :)
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Thanks for that, gonZo. I think I must have been ignoring the Modify Profile link on the assumption that I would only be able to modify the setting initially shown on selecting Edit Profile.
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When links are included in the body of a Forum post, it's very hard to tell that they are there. They are underlined, but very faintly and hard to see unless your mouse happens to hover over them. In the old forum, it at least changed the text color for links so they were very easy to see.
Also, "nice one" on the Magritte -- my favorite artist. :)
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Man, the site gets REALLY pissy if you try to log in from two different web browsers. Same "Too Many Login Attempts" error that I get when I try to change my password. Happens in Chrome and Firefox.
You mean logging in with one browser while already logged in with another browser? Or are you logging out from one, then logging in from the other? –g
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I probably should've thought of this sooner, but of course the forum upgrade overwrote the extra file types we added as allowable extensions (video/music/etc...). ShallowHal mentioned he'd been having trouble ULing a mov file (which has been done before many times) so of course, it was the overwrite. Fixed now.
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I got spit once signing after the change. the one thing the I notice though is I always have to sign in even if I don't logout
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I got spit once signing after the change. the one thing the I notice though is I always have to sign in even if I don't logout
Yeah, it looks as if session cookies expire after 15 minutes on inactivity, instead of staying live for 24 hours (or longer?) as they did before.
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Is there some kind of automatic avatar that is assigned to users that don't have one?
There are several different users that have this same guy in a hat avatar that is posted below.
It's a little annoying because I can't see a user's name in a post unless you click on their profile.Every time I click on this avatar it is a different user.
Yes, that's the avatar that's automatically displayed for users who don't have avatars. Previously, the "no avatar" image was a white question mark on a blue background.
The 'bug' isn't the image we display, it's the absence of usernames on the mobile version of the site. –gonZo
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Using the search tool:
Also (not a bug per se) you get the red-box "wait 5 seconds" warning if you search and then do another search right afterwards... which is to be expected given the less-than-great nature of search (seems no less impaired than last time). This warning could/should be turned off: we didn't need it before and probably don't need it now.
Using the search tool:
Noted: functionally, the search tool seems little improved from how it worked before, which is odd considering how much time passed between the old version of the forum software and the current/new one. Honestly, it seems to pale in comparison to the way search works at other websites, though (for all I know) it has something do do with the database here rather than the tool itself. I do see that when you use it now and click on a result (it really helps even more to narrow your search to a specific sub-forum if you can... even moreso than before the upgrade) you are almost always sent to a post in the thread that is OLD: many posts and/or pages BACK from the current/latest post in that thread. That's a bit of a PITA, since (if you're just trying to locate the thread to append to it... probably the most common use for search) you usually want to see what's most recent in the thread as a whole, so you must click to load the latest page. Not the biggest deal ITW, but it does mean loading a whole page of posts and attachment stamps (usually the page is from so long ago that it's not cached anymore) which is a waste of site bandwidth. IIRC, the old tool usually dropped you there, at the latest page, which was better.
Added later: I THINK that search might be providing the link to the OLDest post in a thread, even though there's nothing about the oldest post usually that makes it a better match that the newest post. :-\
Text editing in posts:
When editing the text of an existing post, it seems hard to tell when you've also selected a carriage return/blank line in the body text, so you must select text and then manually backspace to remove blank lines to be sure. Maybe not a bug, but also a bit of a PITA.
Forum stats:
Like a lot of other settings, the Most users online at one time number got re-written/over during the upgrade. ATM, it now reads "Most Online Today: 144. Most Online Ever: 193 (January 07, 2016, 03:52:33 PM)" but we all recall that the most online at once was in the 370s some years ago. 371 I think maybe... though perhaps some made a cap or remembers for sure. It'd be nice if that could be manually corrected to reflect the correct historical record. Not a big deal though.
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sorry if that has already been reported but i don t see members names. that s quite annoying
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When links are included in the body of a Forum post, it's very hard to tell that they are there. They are underlined, but very faintly and hard to see unless your mouse happens to hover over them. In the old forum, it at least changed the text color for links so they were very easy to see.
Yes, that is highly annoying. The workaround I use is to use the underline tag around links.
Another, minor, bug which I just noticed today: if you try to add a thread to your Bookmarks, whether or not it's already in your Bookmarks, you will get the "The topic was successfully added to your bookmarks!" message. Before the Forum "update", if you tried to add a thread to your Bookmarks when it was there already, you'd get a "The topic is already in your bookmarks" message.
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Don't know if it was mentioned before ...
A) On mobile device (my example android phone and a chrome clone browser) in the thread list I see no columns, while on Desktop Browser I do:
- Replies / Views
- Last post
That appears to be a bug in our software. I have seen columns in thread lists in Safari on my phone, but now I can't get it to display that way.
B) Then at the top of a forum/subforum in the mobile version it only shows " Breast Expansion Archive Forum " and eg. "General Discussion". The subforum "Discussion inbetween misses". On Desktop Browser version all is available as usual. This behaviour makes it difficult
I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you're trying to describe here.
C) in member search on desktop browser it shows: " View All Members
| Search For Members". On mobile device it only shows a light blue and dark blue box without text.
Bug in software. At least the buttons work, though. Thanks for your reports! –gonZo
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sorry if that has already been reported but i don t see members names. that s quite annoying
yes. seems so. tdotter mentioned it above and gonzo answered and I mentioned it in that other thread some time ago ...
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The search button is useless and does nothing. At least before it would work once in a while but right now ... nada. Anybody else with this problem ? ???
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The search button is useless and does nothing. At least before it would work once in a while but right now ... nada. Anybody else with this problem ? ???
Hi solve, based on your bug report here and in the GF Keisha Evans thread, I went ahead and tested the Search tool a couple different ways... it seems to work about the same as it always does (that is to say: not great, but sorta). Please see the attached cap-within-a-cap to see my search settings and results... in case you're setting something differently.
Also, I've already reported as a bug the fact that the Search tool results now link the user to the oldest possible post within a thread, whereas the most recent post would probably be more appropriate (all else (search relevance) being equal of course). :)
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:-[ I'm embarrassed to admit that I was pressing the WRONG button. I'm still used to the old way in which the search button was in a different place. I saw on the upper right corner where my avatar is ( courtesy of gonzo who provided it to me ) a magnifying glass icon and I figured that was the search button. Sorry to annoy you guys. :-[
Pal says: not a prob solve... just relieved it's not yet another bug we have to report to admins. :)
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Sol, clicking the magnifying glass icon doesn't do anything, but when you move your cursor over it, it should expand into a search textfield with which do searches like the old forum did. That search field only searches inside whatever board you're on: if you search while on the Off-Topic board, it only searches inside the Off-Topic board. But if you're on the forum's main index page, it searches all boards.
Please try that and let us know if it works for you.
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B) Then at the top of a forum/subforum in the mobile version it only shows " Breast Expansion Archive Forum " and eg. "General Discussion". The subforum "Discussion inbetween misses". On Desktop Browser version all is available as usual. This behaviour makes it difficult
I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you're trying to describe here.
For example on desktop I see this: "Breast Expansion Archive Forum" "Discussions" "Site Issues" "BUG REPORT THREAD for 12/29/2015 FORUM SOFTWARE UPGRADE"
on a mobile I only see this: "Breast Expansion Archive Forum" "BUG REPORT THREAD for 12/29/2015 FORUM SOFTWARE UPGRADE"
It makes it impossible to have a quick short cut to go to let's say the subforum "Site Issues".
Now I understand. Thanks for the additional explanation. Yes, the subforum name should be displayed and navigable in thread view. That's probably a bug. (I say "probably" because the programmer necessarily downscaled the features when porting the desktop version to the mobile platform, and I don't know what items were removed intentionally vs what items are misconfigured.)
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Just an FYI... gonZo and I test-drove the new chat (Ajax Blueimp) tonight and it works very well... I think most users will be quite happy with it (supports private chatting, embedded images, etc... plus, it seems stable at least for the hour we kicked the tires).
A few config tweaks need to be made and then admins will make it public... perhaps as soon as in the next day or two. :)
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Now I understand. Thanks for the additional explanation. Yes, the subforum name should be displayed and navigable in thread view. That's probably a bug. (I say "probably" because the programmer necessarily downscaled the features when porting the desktop version to the mobile platform, and I don't know what items were removed intentionally vs what items are misconfigured.)
Yes I believe there are trade offs for space between desktop and mobile version. I'm just asking myself if it wouldn't be better to reduce the size for mobile avatars to let's say half height/half width or even reduce more to 1/3 of the surface area. Make the space smaller between avatar and post and between end of post and break line to next post and the space between the break line and the avatar, too. This gives back enough space to have the full path displayed again.
I agree with your suggestions, but they probably go beyond what the admin/tech can fix by adjusting configuration files. I'll point them out to the tech, but I don't know whether he'll be able to fix them, or whether the owner will authorize the cost of doing that.
Don't know if it was mentioned before ...
A) On mobile device (my example android phone and a chrome clone browser) in the thread list I see no columns, while on Desktop Browser I do:
- Replies / Views
- Last post
Please try this. After logging into the forum on your phone, find a subforum that contains unread messages, and click this icon next to it: (http://forum.bearchive.com/Themes/Redsy/images/on.png)
On my iPhone, this displays a list of threads with unread posts, with the Replies/Views and Last Post columns visible. I just want to make sure your browser can display it. –gonZo
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This is not a complaint This is just FYI for the mods:
I now access the Forum on Firefox. Until the change-over, I used Windows XP, god help me. That's still the easiest platform for me to download images, but I am unable to "quote" a post on Windows XP.
(But I am surely the last person here with XP.)
Glad to see our posting numbers back. I miss having our relative cup sizes included.
I almost have made this a stand alone post: Since the redesign, I don't come here as often. I may easily be mistaken, but it looks to me that site visits are down, forum-wide. (Still waiting for some old-timers to come back.)
The feature I miss most is the ability to see ALL new posts since my last visit, and the ability to mark them "all read," clearing my forum cache. That way, I could see all new posts, every visit.
Anyway, Pal and Gonzo: Is site traffic down? The same? Even better?
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This is not a complaint This is just FYI for the mods:
I now access the Forum on Firefox. Until the change-over, I used Windows XP, god help me. That's still the easiest platform for me to download images, but I am unable to "quote" a post on Windows XP.
(But I am surely the last person here with XP.)
Glad to see our posting numbers back. I miss having our relative cup sizes included.
I'm not sure we'll be able to get cup sizes back. They were based on a particular way of organizing member-groups in the forum software, and for technical reasons, we're no longer organized that way. And since there are 103,470 members in the database, a do-over would be a tall order.
I almost have made this a stand alone post: Since the redesign, I don't come here as often. I may easily be mistaken, but it looks to me that site visits are down, forum-wide. (Still waiting for some old-timers to come back.)
Most of the users who reported having trouble getting back in seem to have been reactivated. Yes, we're missing a few people (I can think of 3 offhand). I think there's a certain point where this stops being about technical hurdles and starts being about people's temperaments. If somebody has a legacy here (based on postcount, reputation, or whatever), and getting his/her account reactivated seems overly arduous, he/she might not react well to that. On the other hand, it would tend to motivate other people. (Ugh. Write this paragraph off as a verbose shrug.)
The feature I miss most is the ability to see ALL new posts since my last visit, and the ability to mark them "all read," clearing my forum cache. That way, I could see all new posts, every visit.
To globally see all new posts in the whole forum, choose this (and the displayed page will also include a "Mark All Messages Read" button):
(http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9982211.0;attach=549359;image)
To see them by board category, click here:
(http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9982211.0;attach=549361;image)
To see them board-by-board, click the icon next to a board on the Main Index page:
(http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9982211.0;attach=549365;image)
...And you can mark all messages read board-by-board by clicking here on each board index page:
(http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9982211.0;attach=549363;image)
Anyway, Pal and Gonzo: Is site traffic down? The same? Even better?
Initially, attendance was better than before, but now it has tapered off to about the old normal. In terms of new posts, it was initially slow, but has climbed back to something close to what it was before.
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GonZo, in one of your screen captures, you show a forum area entitled "Original (offline) Plume". That is an area that I've never seen, either prior to the software update or after it. Is it something that only appears because you are a moderator?
Right. It's an old version of the Plume that contained discussions that are prohibited by the forum rules. Threads that were deemed rule-abiding were moved from there into the version of the Plume that is now online.
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GonZo, in one of your screen captures, you show a forum area entitled "Original (offline) Plume". That is an area that I've never seen, either prior to the software update or after it. Is it something that only appears because you are a moderator?
I believe that was something only available to moderators during a period of forum cleanup.
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^ Responding to Gonzo, above:
I have tried the "unread posts" tab many times. Right now it returns a total of three posts, from several forums. That surely is a glitch.
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This may be a small issue, but in the old thread once you opened up a thread the number of views was listed. Now when you open a thread it no longer tells you the number of views. I preferred the old way, any way we can get this back?
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^ Responding to Gonzo, above:
I have tried the "unread posts" tab many times. Right now it returns a total of three posts, from several forums. That surely is a glitch.
Not necessary. If those several forums are all in the same category-cluster of forums, and those three posts are the only new posts in that cluster, then it's working correctly. (I'm not trying to argue with you, and you could very well be correct about a glitch, but your description of the situation doesn't establish that anything's working improperly.)
Have you tried using "New Posts" from the dropdown menu under your avatar at the top right?
LATER: Just did some checking, and you're right: the Unread Posts buttons' results are WAY off. Will report.
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Views per thread are still listed on the index page of the board containing the thread. Views per attachment are still listed under each attachment.
(Unless you're on the mobile version of the forum, in which case views per thread is only displayed under certain conditions.)
Are you saying that the number of views per message used to be listed when you opened up a thread?
(And right after you reply, I'm going to merge this with the Bug Reports thread.)
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Are you saying that the number of views per message used to be listed when you opened up a thread?
Yes, that's right. I remember that because I have a database of models on my laptop and they are listed under view amounts and not alphabetically. I updated it periodically by clicking on a link in the spreadsheet. However now, once you open a thread, the number of views is not shown.
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Hmmm...
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I have already posted this in the "site looks awful" thread, but I suspect it got overlooked.
Not a bug, just ergonomics.
I log in and go straight to my user drop-down top right to get the latest posts (or replies). If you are logged out, it would be great if there was a "login" link up there to click on.
TIA and keep up the good work
I responded to your post in the other thread 12 days ago. There are some serious bugs in the forum that still haven't been fixed, so rearranging interface elements onscreen is not currently a top priority. Your request is a good one, though, and we hope to be able to do some fine tuning of the interface at a later date. –gonZo
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Not a bug per se, but an ergonomics/usability issue... the previous/next buttons at the top and bottom right-hand corners of every thread page are too close to the print button in the black button bar. I've hit print by mistake at least half a dozen times so far (ironic, since I haven't had a printer connected to my PC full-time in over a decade ;)). Personally, I think that the previous/next buttons should be on the LEFT corners of the page, next to the page number indicator/selector, preferable NEXT to the page numbers rather than above or below them (to save vertical space).
Yes, I know having previous/next near the page #s could make people think that previous/next refer to pages (within a thread) rather than threads (within a forum) which is what they're for (moving to the next or prior thread). This is easily remedied by adding the word "thread" ...i.e.: previous thread/next thread or something like that.
As I wrote to ftl03 immediately before this post, this kinda falls into the second tier of adjustments that I hope the admins will have time to make. But right now, there are problems in registration, the databases, and other things that need to be fixed first.
I added this to the tech's list this morning, and it looks like it could fit under page numbers without increasing the height of the overall page, so that's a more workable solution. Also increased font size to 17 point as RTPoe requested. See attachment. –g
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Not a bug per se, but an ergonomics/usability issue... the previous/next buttons at the top and bottom right-hand corners of every thread page are too close to the print button in the black button bar. I've hit print by mistake at least half a dozen times so far (ironic, since I haven't had a printer connected to my PC full-time in over a decade ;)). Personally, I think that the previous/next buttons should be on the LEFT corners of the page, next to the page number indicator/selector, preferable NEXT to the page numbers rather than above or below them (to save vertical space).
Yes, I know having previous/next near the page #s could make people think that previous/next refer to pages (within a thread) rather than threads (within a forum) which is what they're for (moving to the next or prior thread). This is easily remedied by adding the word "thread" ...i.e.: previous thread/next thread or something like that.
At least make the font bigger, and maybe bolder....
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Whenever I click on my profile and the index of my messages or recent posts,I have to switch to landscape on my iPod touch in order to read the header.
It is fine when I click on a message or recent posts of mine and I don't have to switch to landscape.
See below.
Regular view:
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Landscape view:
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Whenever I click on my profile and the index of my messages or recent posts,I have to switch to landscape on my iPod touch in order to read the header.
It is fine when I click on a message or recent posts of mine and I don't have to switch to landscape.
See below.
Regular view:
Higher up onscreen (above the top edge of your screencaps), inside the black 'Profile Info' button, there's a small circular icon with an arrow pointing to the right. It controls whether you want to view this screen in a one-column or two-column format. You're currently in two-column format, and the screen's not wide enough to display the content in portrait orientation. If you tap the small circular icon, it'll switch to one-column format and things should improve significantly. Please try that and let us know if it's better.
Thanks!
-gonZo
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Yes,it works fine now.No more having to switch to landscape.
Thanks for your help,Gonzo.😀
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I seem to have broken this thread when I edited my post:
http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=9993979.0
All I did was add a line of text and switch one png screen capture for a different one. Initially, the screen went black after I clicked "Post".
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@ Liam:
Thanks. There's evidently some kind of bug that makes it possible to damage threads that way. I removed your final post and PMed you as much of it as I was able to recover. Please try to post the message again, but check the integrity of the png before posting it.
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but check the integrity of the png before posting it.
I have no idea how to do that. I have a vague understanding that image files can become "corrupt", but in what way I don't know. The file behaves normally in Windows 10.
Could the thread breaking have anything to do with the attachment's dimensions? It's a screen capture of that entire thread, 1263 x 7816.
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but check the integrity of the png before posting it.
I have no idea how to do that. I have a vague understanding that image files can become "corrupt", but in what way I don't know. The file behaves normally in Windows 10.
Could the thread breaking have anything to do with the attachment's dimensions? It's a screen capture of that entire thread, 1263 x 7816.
Yeah, it could. I don't know why, but another thread broke recently when an excessively wide or tall image was uploaded to it. If you'll slice your image into a pair of 1263 x 3908 pngs, you can upload them in consecutive messages as an exception to the 1-1-1 rule.
Checking an image just involves opening it in 3 or 4 different apps to make sure they can all handle it without choking.
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Today, I found that the Forum gives the "**<number>**" treatment to certain words, even though they aren't on the Forum's banned words list:
cele brity (rendered as "**29**" without the space)
drin king (rendered as "**94**" without the space)
dru nk (rendered as "**92**" without the space, even though "punchdrunk" comes through OK)
sle ep (rendered as "**82**" without the space, even though "asleep" comes through OK)
sle pt (rendered as "**84**" without the space)
Weird.
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Today, I found that the Forum gives the "**<number>**" treatment to certain words, even though they aren't on the Forum's banned words list:
cele brity (rendered as "**29**" without the space)
drin king (rendered as "**94**" without the space)
dru nk (rendered as "**92**" without the space, even though "punchdrunk" comes through OK)
sle ep (rendered as "**82**" without the space, even though "asleep" comes through OK)
sle pt (rendered as "**84**" without the space)
Weird.
Soon enough all our entries will be nothing but stars and numbers. ;D
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When the software was upgraded last year, it unfortunately came with a much longer list of prohibited words, many of which are common words like "sleëp" and "entränce", that are perfectly harmless in conversations between people like us, but are apparently useful in discussions about räpe and other forms of sexual abuse.
The software has a low opinion of its users. :-X
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That's ludicrous! Given that, AIUI, the filtering is done at the behest of the company that handles the site's credit card payments, is there no alternative - slightly saner - list of banned words that the said company could be persuaded to let the site use? Alternatively, is there no alternative company that the site could switch to using for processing its credit card payments?
It seems to make no sense at all that one can't use words here that would be perfectly acceptable on F*a*c*ebook or Twitter, or indeed almost anywhere else on the Web. (Apparently F*a*c*ebook is a banned word!)
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We share your frustration, but there is a wide gulf between the lowly moderators and the BEA managers who make decisions about things like business partners and their requirements. I suggest the ümlaut as a workaround; it's fairly unobtrusive, and the autocensor doesn't recognize the forbidden words.
And yeah, we added Fäcebook to the list ourselves years ago when our users were doing too much linking to it from here.
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I've been trying to download pictures from this thread but it always gives me the below message when I click on a picture to download.
I have tried at least 5 times over the last month and it's always the same thing.I have had this problem a few other times when trying to download pictures from other threads as well.It seems to be from older threads.I have no problems with the threads that are usually posted to.
Here is the thread:
http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=239260.50
I'm on a mobile device.
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I understand that the 24/7 rule does not apply for this thread.
This happened to me yesterday when I tried to log out.
Not a big deal.It only happened to me once but I thought I would report it.
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I just clicked on the two pictures that I posted and it gives me the exact same message that is in the pictures.
Weird!
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Yeah, you're getting the "network connection was lost" message when the forum software can't find the full-size image that matches the thumbnail. It happens on various attachments throughout the thread, but not on all of them. Some of the images seem to have become lost or corrupted. I would try to get someone to look into the problem, but we currently don't have a technical staff at all.
If you mean you can't load the two pictures you posted in this thread, I'm not having that problem.
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This is a strange one.
I clicked on this thread 5 times and I get the below pop up everytime.I've clicked on several other threads and it does not happen on any other thread but this one.
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This is what always pops up when I click on the above thread.
I've seen the same problem. This usually happens when somebody has linked an image from a password-protected site into the thread, but I don't see any images in the thread that would cause that. The other possibility –and I'm betting it's the cause– is that somebody who has posted in the thread has a link to an image on a password-protected site in his signature. —gonZo
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Here's a weird one. I was trying to attach what I thought was a 1.6 MB .GIF file to a post on the "Lovely Lilith" (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=9994763.0) thread. The .GIF came from her Clips4Sale store, and was a sample of one of her videos.
Every time I would click the "Post" button, I would instantly be taken to a "Create a new topic" page, as if I was trying to create an entirely new thread. I did this about four or five times, and then decided to take a closer look at the .GIF in question in Preview. I opened the file, and then tried to "Export" it. When I did that, the 1.6 MB .GIF expands to a 17 MB file (still supposed a .GIF though).
Normally, if you try to attach a file of any sort that is larger than ~3 MB, you'd get an error message. In this case, I am being taken to a "Create a new topic" page instead.
Even stranger, while I am making this post, I tried to do it again so that I could screenshot it. Instead of taking me to the "Create a new topic" page, now the "upload" just seems to go on forever, until I close the tab.
I'm on OS X 10.8.5, and I'm posting from Firefox v.48.0.2.
This isn't a worthwhile answer, but sometimes there's just something wrong with a file that makes it really confuse the forum software during an upload. It may be that the file was corrupt, or it may have been compressed using a protocol that your Mac and the forum software don't know how to handle. You eventually got the image to load, so we'll just shrug and be thankful for that. ;) —gonZo
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Update:
Now I see that the image did get attached, but because of this weirdness it was double-posted, and now I can't get rid of the duplicate post, which is here (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9994763.0;attach=691431;image).
Here's a weird one. I was trying to attach what I thought was a 1.6 MB .GIF file to a post on the "Lovely Lilith" (http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php?topic=9994763.0) thread. The .GIF came from her Clips4Sale store, and was a sample of one of her videos.
Every time I would click the "Post" button, I would instantly be taken to a "Create a new topic" page, as if I was trying to create an entirely new thread. I did this about four or five times, and then decided to take a closer look at the .GIF in question in Preview. I opened the file, and then tried to "Export" it. When I did that, the 1.6 MB .GIF expands to a 17 MB file (still supposed a .GIF though).
Normally, if you try to attach a file of any sort that is larger than ~3 MB, you'd get an error message. In this case, I am being taken to a "Create a new topic" page instead.
Even stranger, while I am making this post, I tried to do it again so that I could screenshot it. Instead of taking me to the "Create a new topic" page, now the "upload" just seems to go on forever, until I close the tab.
I'm on OS X 10.8.5, and I'm posting from Firefox v.48.0.2.