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Thanks to everyone for bearing with us in the transition to the new software. Please use this thread to report any bugs you find. Also, most of the features are set on default, so if you're missing any features, let me know and I'll turn them on.
Bug List:
Prngr44:
On the root page of the forums, I'm seeing the following at the top of the page:
'); var sidebar_align = 'right'; var content_container_margin = parseInt('290px'); var sidebar_width = parseInt('270px'); //-->
Jeffbx:
Posting of some special characters seems a little wonky...
& &
That was two ampersands
FIXED
mcs328:
I would make a special case for the 4 marks in the Political forum just because sometimes things get heated and polarizing. There might be a knee jerk reaction to mark someone from opposing political views especially in an election year. Just something to keep in mind. Maybe a minimum number of post counts or rank to mark someone as a spammer to avoid one guy with 4 accounts banning a longtime member.
Leon:
Facebook Connect not working.
Leon:
Share to Facebook in both main deal page and single deal view not sharing the correct content. (twitter works though)
Prngr44
03-27-2012, 07:43 AM
On the root page of the forums, I'm seeing the following at the top of the page:
'); var sidebar_align = 'right'; var content_container_margin = parseInt('290px'); var sidebar_width = parseInt('270px'); //-->
mcs328
03-27-2012, 08:24 AM
Not a bug really but on the Deals page. When you scroll through the merchants, the arrow is on the right side of the merchant name and it's pointing away. Shouldn't it point toward the merchant name. Cosmetic s***estion.
Oh and my post counts should be *ahem* higher than DF. :P
mcs328
03-27-2012, 08:25 AM
? What's wrong with s u g g estion?
attgig
03-27-2012, 10:36 AM
maybe because someone thinks the boots are that ugly??
just u g g is ***
On the root page of the forums, I'm seeing the following at the top of the page:
'); var sidebar_align = 'right'; var content_container_margin = parseInt('290px'); var sidebar_width = parseInt('270px'); //-->
Wow weird. I'm not seeing that at all. Which browser are you using? Does anyone else see it?
Not a bug really but on the Deals page. When you scroll through the merchants, the arrow is on the right side of the merchant name and it's pointing away. Shouldn't it point toward the merchant name. Cosmetic s***estion.
Oh and my post counts should be *ahem* higher than DF. :P
Yeah, the whole 'arrow pointing away' thing seems to be a vBulletin thing. It's pretty much everywhere. :|
We all strive to be as prolific as DF...
maybe because someone thinks the boots are that ugly??
just u g g is ***
There is a reason why U G G is banned. When we were on the old vBulletin software, spam protection was pretty much nonexistent, so we were getting hit by a ton of spam bots. The U G G boots spambot was particularly horrible, so I just got fed up and just banned the word altogether. The new site uses reCAPTCHA for new user registrations, so it should filter out a lot of the less sophisticated bots.
Another thing I love about the new system is the ability for users to give other users infractions. If 4 users mark another user as a spammer, the spammer is automatically banned.
Markel
03-27-2012, 04:31 PM
Not a bug, but I kind of miss Coins as the favicon.
Not a bug, but I kind of miss Coins as the favicon.
Uploaded Coins as favicon.
Markel
03-27-2012, 07:45 PM
Uploaded Coins as favicon.
Yay! Welcome back Coins! :woohoo:
LPMiller
03-27-2012, 08:09 PM
Ok, I'm stumped, how do I create a news page? I read the FAQ, but I'm not seeing a create an article thing anywhere.
Ok, I'm stumped, how do I create a news page? I read the FAQ, but I'm not seeing a create an article thing anywhere.
I sent you an email, LPM, but I think the server switch glitched the email. Let me resend it.
Jeffbx
03-28-2012, 04:34 AM
Posting of some special characters seems a little wonky...
& &
That was two ampersands
mcs328
03-28-2012, 08:30 AM
There is a reason why U G G is banned. When we were on the old vBulletin software, spam protection was pretty much nonexistent, so we were getting hit by a ton of spam bots. The U G G boots spambot was particularly horrible, so I just got fed up and just banned the word altogether. The new site uses reCAPTCHA for new user registrations, so it should filter out a lot of the less sophisticated bots.
Another thing I love about the new system is the ability for users to give other users infractions. If 4 users mark another user as a spammer, the spammer is automatically banned.
I would make a special case for the 4 marks in the Political forum just because sometimes things get heated and polarizing. There might be a knee jerk reaction to mark someone from opposing political views especially in an election year. Just something to keep in mind. Maybe a minimum number of post counts or rank to mark someone as a spammer to avoid one guy with 4 accounts banning a longtime member.
I would make a special case for the 4 marks in the Political forum just because sometimes things get heated and polarizing. There might be a knee jerk reaction to mark someone from opposing political views especially in an election year. Just something to keep in mind. Maybe a minimum number of post counts or rank to mark someone as a spammer to avoid one guy with 4 accounts banning a longtime member.
Good call. Now, users who have been here for 180 days and have over 1,000 posts can give infractions. Hopefully I set it up correctly!
Personal rant: the front end of this new software looks modern, but the backend admin is as archaic as it was 10 years ago.
GA_Punching_Bag
03-28-2012, 03:22 PM
Please test the infractions function on this user.
Hey I'm a spammer! Buy all my UGG boots! Woot!
Posting of some special characters seems a little wonky...
& &
That was two ampersands
Testing & & &
Markel
03-28-2012, 05:07 PM
please test the infractions function on this user.
Hey i'm a spammer! Buy all my ugg boots! Woot!
ban him!!!!
Hey Leon, how does one go about giving the spam infraction?
Can you guys see this icon?
http://images.gotapex.com/leon/GA_infraction.JPG
If not, it might be because I need to update the counters. It'll have to wait till later tonight since that process is pretty server intensive.
Markel
03-28-2012, 08:13 PM
Can you guys see this icon?
Nope - not there
Napoleon54
03-28-2012, 09:18 PM
This is what I see. Opera v.11.61 FWIW
http://s16.postimage.org/jqab6uppv/punchingbag.png
Napoleon54
03-29-2012, 05:10 AM
Got it. Opera 11.61, Firefox 5.01, IE 8... all displaying it. Woo hoo!
mcs328
03-29-2012, 06:56 AM
Shenanigans!!! Leon doesn't have an infraction icon for his postings!! :kiss: So It looks like I have to give a reason for the infraction too. So is it 4 in one category within 10 days or 4 total in any category in 10 days? How does the Warning checkbox weigh in on this?
Shenanigans!!! Leon doesn't have an infraction icon for his postings!! :kiss: So It looks like I have to give a reason for the infraction too. So is it 4 in one category within 10 days or 4 total in any category in 10 days? How does the Warning checkbox weigh in on this?
This is pretty new to me. I *THINK* this is how it works:
The warning is just that.. a warning. It doesn't assign the offender any infractions. The 10 day thing means that the infractions expires in 10 days if they shape up.
However, I'm not 100% sure how it works. That's why I created "GA_Punching_Bag" for you guys to test it on. :smash:
EDIT: I disabled the Infraction Message Requirement. You no longer have to give a reason.
I just enabled another feature: User Reputation
This would be a nice contrast to the infractions. With the user reputation function, you can approve or disapprove a user's post. It's the star icon next to the infractions icon.
gwilks98
03-30-2012, 12:31 AM
I'm trying to do a search for posts by my username and I can't seem to get any results. I know I posted in the political forum before the cutoff and I don't even see those posts.
By the way, nice upgrade guys!
I'm trying to do a search for posts by my username and I can't seem to get any results. I know I posted in the political forum before the cutoff and I don't even see those posts.
By the way, nice upgrade guys!
I'm guessing it has to do with the counters. I was unable to update them - I'll try to get to them tonight when there's less traffic.
gwilks98
03-30-2012, 07:10 AM
I'm guessing it has to do with the counters. I was unable to update them - I'll try to get to them tonight when there's less traffic.
no sweat. Thanks Leon.
(And my kudos was genuine, not sarcastic :shakehand)
Prngr44
03-30-2012, 08:37 AM
Wow weird. I'm not seeing that at all. Which browser are you using? Does anyone else see it?
I tried on a couple other browsers and it's not there. Work makes me route through an outdated Firefox install to browse.
mcs328
03-30-2012, 09:07 AM
So the reputation thing. How is this visible to every one? And how can we abuse it? Just like the infraction ability, say I want to disapprove of the post...does the post become fainter, bolder, pushed down, pushed up, or require some additional step to view due to low rating...etc
So the reputation thing. How is this visible to every one? And how can we abuse it? Just like the infraction ability, say I want to disapprove of the post...does the post become fainter, bolder, pushed down, pushed up, or require some additional step to view due to low rating...etc
The reputation system is mostly used in conjunction with some other website features. It can be set up to simply be a vanity thing or it can be set up so that users witha certain reputation points get "promoted." Promotions can be as superficial as simply getting a few vanity privileges all the way to becoming a super moderator. It just depends on how it's set up. I'm still trying to figure out how to use it as a simple vanity feature. Ill move up from there once I figure it out completely.
no sweat. Thanks Leon.
(And my kudos was genuine, not sarcastic :shakehand)
Updated all the post counters. Should be working now.
Markel
03-31-2012, 04:20 PM
I have noticed that some statistics seem to keep growing:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd480/Markel1951/stats-1.jpg
Also, the image embedding via the "Insert Image" doesn't seem to be working.
I have noticed that some statistics seem to keep growing:
Also, the image embedding via the "Insert Image" doesn't seem to be working.
Ah yes. Those numbers are quite inflated. One of the more annoying problems with the new software was that the login session would timeout too quickly, requiring us to relogin multiple times a day. We got sick of it and make the timeout 10,000,000 seconds. The side effect of that is that the system considers anyone who even looked at the site as currently on. Hopefully we'll find a way to extend the login session without overextending the cookie.
The embed images is turned off for now because we don't have unlimited bandwidth and hard drive space. For now I would recommend something like http://imgur.com/
mcs328
04-02-2012, 08:17 AM
The Wiki section looks like it's repeating itself.
Airencracken
04-05-2012, 11:40 AM
Lack of a dark theme. ;)
Lack of a dark theme. ;)
Added a couple really quick. Be warned. They aren't pretty and refined yet.
renovation
04-11-2012, 12:25 PM
very slow loading of the forums in explorer 8
also in firefox !
Hey guys, sorry about the outage yesterday and most of today. Here's what happened:
Basically vBulletin's CMS loves to save everything into the database including images and cache. We were on a shared server space and our queries got to be too much that it was bringing down SQL and affecting the performance of of other sites. The admins had to shut us down and we opted to move to a dedicated server. The move took a long time because of the sheer amount of data we have (over 1 million rows). When bringing the site back up, the admins forgot that they had previously renamed the VBSEO folder to troubleshoot some problems. Because of this, when the site was migrated, nothing would load. By this time the original admin's shift had ended and another admin was on the task. He/she thought it was a migration error and tried transferring it over 1 or 2 more times over, which caused more delays.
By then I had remembered the original admin saying that he renamed the VBSEO folder, so I renamed it back and the site seemed to work... until we got another database error. That took a while to fix and when it was brought up, our dev quickly moved the caching system from the DB to files. Hopefully it'll be more stable now. *CROSS FINGERS*
Markel
04-16-2012, 04:42 PM
Just glad that after the last change I remembered how to get my favicon reset back to Coins.
I finally figured out the server issue. All I had to do was turn off a single module.
Apparently VBSEO (a 3rd party SEO software designed specifically for vBulletin) and vB 4.1.12 (the latest version of vBulletin) don't like each other.
Thesifer
04-22-2012, 01:30 AM
I still can't get directly to the forums. I have tried direct linking, which worked even on the new site until recently..
And I've tried the nav button at the time. I have to get here through roundabout ways or it can't be found. It looks like the error is because nothing is actually in /forums/ or /forum/ anymore.. Looking at this threads URL It seems to be at /public_html/ (Which isn't actually a correct placement for a forum.. So maybe they placed it incorrectly it in the migration?)
Markel
04-22-2012, 09:40 AM
The link I use is http://www.gotapex.com/forum.php (http://www.gotapex.com/l.php?r=276737/www-gotapex-com-forum-php) which seems to get me to the top forum page.
I still can't get directly to the forums. I have tried direct linking, which worked even on the new site until recently..
And I've tried the nav button at the time. I have to get here through roundabout ways or it can't be found. It looks like the error is because nothing is actually in /forums/ or /forum/ anymore.. Looking at this threads URL It seems to be at /public_html/ (Which isn't actually a correct placement for a forum.. So maybe they placed it incorrectly it in the migration?)
Yeah, the SEO is all messed up. We had certain things set and then we installed VBSEO, which rewrote all the links. Then we uninstalled VBSEO because of the issues it was causing and now the links went all weird on us.
Napoleon54
04-23-2012, 08:58 AM
I use the New Posts link as my bookmark, haven't had any problems. http://www.gotapex.com/search.php?do=getnew (http://www.gotapex.com/l.php?r=276787/www-gotapex-com-search-php-do-getnew)
Could use a link at the bottom of the page to return to the index of the forum you are currently browsing (or even change from one section to another)
number_one
04-24-2012, 06:01 PM
I've noticed improvements with speed and with the search functionality for deals over the last week or so, and that is great. However, it would be really nice for the search box on the deals page to just filter the deals by the criteria rather than take you to a forum results page. You lose the ability to just scroll down the page to see the full details of each deal (i.e. you have to click on each one to get the details). It's better than it used to be before a week ago (i.e. search for "dell" -> see results list -> click on a result -> see thread with link to deal -> click on link -> finally see full deal details), but still not as pleasant as it was before the new system.
cruelpupet
04-27-2012, 05:09 PM
So we got hacked earlier?
584
Yup. I don't recommend going to that link, btw.
I've noticed improvements with speed and with the search functionality for deals over the last week or so, and that is great. However, it would be really nice for the search box on the deals page to just filter the deals by the criteria rather than take you to a forum results page. You lose the ability to just scroll down the page to see the full details of each deal (i.e. you have to click on each one to get the details). It's better than it used to be before a week ago (i.e. search for "dell" -> see results list -> click on a result -> see thread with link to deal -> click on link -> finally see full deal details), but still not as pleasant as it was before the new system.
Hi, thanks for registering.
You are absolutely correct about the search function. It is not even close to where it should be. vBulletin's CMS is a little weird and not nearly as robust as we need it to be. We are currently looking to fix it and we are simultaneously looking into other options (just in case it comes to that).
mcs328
04-27-2012, 08:31 PM
i like to report a bug earlier today :hehehmm:
Markel
05-05-2012, 08:16 AM
Coins!!!! I want Coins back!!!!
Coins!!!! I want Coins back!!!!
Coins is back! :)
mcs328
06-20-2012, 12:37 PM
The blog link is full of spam. It goes on for pages and pages. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Markel
06-20-2012, 03:40 PM
The blog link is full of spam. It goes on for pages and pages. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
:stupid: I was thinking along the same lines. The spam filters don't seem to be working for the blog.
Markel
07-25-2012, 03:53 PM
Not exactly a bug, by I notice that the calendar does not go beyond 2010.
LPMiller
08-11-2012, 05:08 PM
Leon, News posting seems to be completely borked for me. All the tools are gone and everything comes out in one continuous paragraph.
Markel
08-12-2012, 12:43 PM
The ability to add links, pictures, etc. is missing now.
Thesifer
08-14-2012, 02:11 AM
Are you sure it's missing? I have it, right above this message. Although it takes a while to load. Looks like it's using a very of TinyMCE or something related. A little slower than what was used before. Probably a larger memory footprint.
Markel
08-14-2012, 05:34 PM
Are you sure it's missing? I have it, right above this message. Although it takes a while to load. Looks like it's using a very of TinyMCE or something related. A little slower than what was used before. Probably a larger memory footprint.
Ah, I had to enable scripts for cloudflare.com (I have the NoScript addin for Firefox).
mcs328
08-16-2012, 09:55 AM
When I signed in using the fields at the top of the page, my password shows up!?! It says it was a failed login attempt. If I do it again, that's 2 failed logged in attempts and my password isn't hidden. If I login using the form instead of the fields at the top, then it lets me log in correctly. Something fishy up there.
renovation
08-17-2012, 07:03 AM
there been a lot of problems for me to even get to the forums. no problem logging in if the forums load. but at times im getting a 404 error message trying to surf to gotapex .
Ah, I had to enable scripts for cloudflare.com (I have the NoScript addin for Firefox).
Hi Markel,
Did enabling the scripts for Cloudflare fix the issues for you?
Markel
08-18-2012, 08:30 AM
Hi Markel,
Did enabling the scripts for Cloudflare fix the issues for you?
Yep.
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