*** FORUM UPGRADE / OFFLINE SOON ***
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URL: http://www.MetalMusicArchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1135
Printed Date: 21 Dec 2024 at 8:59pm
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Topic: *** FORUM UPGRADE / OFFLINE SOON ***
Posted By: m@x
Subject: *** FORUM UPGRADE / OFFLINE SOON ***
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 12:29pm
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Hi all, I will upgrade the forum software to v9.69 in the next hours and will have to shutdown the forum in the process for 1-2 hours. Thanks M@X  |
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 2:40pm
That may give me a reason to not be online for an hour or two!  
------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 2:41pm
BTW... awesome new emoticons! Love these:   
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 10:49pm
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 12:13am
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I see the collab zone posts are now showing up on the 10 new posts column, wonder if they're visible to non-collabs as well? Otherwise looking good ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow">  <- Click on this!
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 4:39am
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Couple of things I have already noticed.
My sig is not showing.
I am not receiving emails for either MMA or PA.
Edit:  Typical my sig appears on the post I say it isnt.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 8:12am
Emails are being received now  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 1:55pm
| Good, any other problems ? |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 3:25pm
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m@x wrote:Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2010 at 3:25pm
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2010 at 4:27am
Email receipt has become very sporadic again, I have just 4 mail from both MMA and PA in the last 12 hours.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2010 at 6:10am
| I am trying to understand that... thanks for reporting |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2010 at 1:26pm
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Damn! Here's why the EMAIL NOTZ are not always sent out From: WEBWIZ ADMIN Source: http://www.webwiz.co.uk/forums/email-notification-not-working_topic28468_post143882.html Email notifications are not sent to yourself, as you would know you have posted. If you subscribe to a topic then email notifications are sent for the first time someone replies going on the last date of your last visit to the forum, another post notification for that topic will not be sent again till after you have re-visited the forum. To test to see if post notification is working you need two accounts. With the first subscribe to a topic and then logout the forum. Then with the second account login to the forum and post a reply to the topic the first account is subscribe to. The report post feature will send a report to moderators and admins, but not to yourself, again as there is no point in reporting a post to yourself. If you still don't get email notifications check with your mail server admin what requirements are needed to send emails to remote mailboxes as you may need to use authentication settings. Please comments, but think and take a deep breathe before posting, it may be a wise solution ? Share your toughts, constructive please. I guess it's to limit the notifications sent, some members are not even active and were sent out notz. Sounds interesting for this, but ... i'll wait comments from active members. |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2010 at 2:21am
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I understand but don't agree.
As an Admin it will cause issues with monitoring and moderating troublesome threads and personnel.
The Reporting Button is one thing but watching a thread is a completely different story.
Can you disable it or is it part of the new features of the upgrade?
My Inbox was nigh on empty this morning and when I first opened the forum ALL the posts had been marked as read already!
another post notification for that topic will not be sent again till after you have re-visited the forum.
In which case I should have received emails at the moment I logged back in; but I didn't.
If you still don't get email notifications check with your mail server admin what requirements are needed to send emails to remote mailboxes as you may need to use authentication settings
Is a tweak required with the settings, as mentioned above?
It must be a headache for you mailto:M@x - M@x . ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 7:56am
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I was rather hoping for the old avatar size to be kept around here, but this is not too bad. I'd probably like it if I had a massive screen, but on my 13 inch Mac it takes up surprisingly much space. ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 7:57am
| ^ what is the screen resolution of your MAC Pekka ? |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 7:59am
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^ Actually I tested it on 1024x768 (still the most used) and it was kind ok very acceptable and nice, since you avatars are all cool
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 8:03am
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I'm using 1280x800. Thanks for taking them down in size a bit, I can live with these ones very well even if I'm not in love with them ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 8:05am
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1280x800, at least you have a very large width. I suppose you will get used to them quickly, I think 1024x768 users will need more time though
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 9:42am
| I don't know how I feel about the bigger avatars. Sometimes it seems that due to their size, a message of 1 to 2 lines can take up the majority of my screen. This is coming from someone who recently switched to a 1440x900 monitor BTW. |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 9:50am
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^ Don't forget that signatures are also equally an important factor in this lost of display space Let's use it as is for a while and keep me posted on the appreciation of this later Fair ?
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 10:41am
I'm fine with that. 
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Posted By: Balthamel
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2010 at 5:02pm
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Im quite fond of my avatar thanks ------------- 
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Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 6:10am
*BUMP*
mailto:M@x - M@x ,
This new email system following the update sucks donkeys balls!
 Is there really nothing that can be done to revert back to what we had previously?
I've just come back from a weekend away to find 3 emails in my inbox!!!???
*sigh*
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 7:21am
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On my end, I now understand better the new email notz system... and did not miss any discussions with it. Have you? I mean if you were used to follow discussions in your email notz, probably. But this new system bring back people on the forum to read the posts. Let me know, maybe I am missing something, Thanks |
Posted By: Colt
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 9:15am
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Ok np mailto:M@x - M@x just giving you some feedback.
I did use the notz for following threads and it is not necessarily an issue for members but unfortunately for forum moderation it is a backward step.
I also see PA admin feel the same way " the bad news is that the email notifications are inconsistent, I think I understand the new system, which I'm not crazy about, but even that doesn't seem to be working all the time.
EDIT - I think the email notifications have quit again." Edited by Easy Money - Yesterday at 14:43 I'm all for improvements but just for me this one isn't but hey I guess I'll get used to it!
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2010 at 8:25pm
Uh oh... I just got this in the general forum twice: Error
Only members with sufficient permission can access this page.A security error has occurred with authentication. Please ensure that all cookies are enabled on your web browser, you are not using a saved or cached copy of the page, and your Firewall/Proxy settings are not hiding or masking your IP address. EDIT: and the post didn't appear either ------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2010 at 10:38pm
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^I've been having that on PA several times. ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2010 at 4:17pm
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Hmm... the "Metal Music Forum" link doesn't appear to be working. It leads to a URL that looks like this: http://forum/" rel="nofollow - http://forum/ Does anyone else have this? ------------- Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2010 at 4:19pm
That appears to be the case. It felt like I was RickRolled! |