Forum issues

[Robino1]

Can you guys keep a running update on whats being looked into in the first post of this thread so we don't keep asking the same questions over and over. For example I can't delete conversations and it's difficult to search through 17 pages to see if there's any updates or progress.

Those are being worked on as we type. I have to admit, it is confounding the guys working on it. XF is not playing nice with messages pre XF

The best suggestion I have at the moment is to do what you just did: Ask at the end of the thread. Most people do not read the first post after that first time.

 

[dannyv45]

Thank you for the update. I've been trying to follow this thread as much as possible to say up to date but must admit the questions are coming in faster then I can read them

 

[Robino1]

Thank you for the update. I've been trying to follow this thread as much as possible to say up to date but must admit the questions are coming in faster then I can read them

They seem to be slowing down, now that tapatalk is working again! Whewwwwwww !

 

[Semiretired]

While it is marginal and still much faster than the old forum. I have noticed that the forum is a little slower responding today. So let's be careful what bells and whistles we ask for and do not end up with a turtle for a forum as far as response time goes. All things need to be weighted to give the best of all worlds...

Just my opinion...

 

[Robino1]

I have noticed that the forum is a little slower responding today.

I've noticed the same. It could be the work that is being done under the hood trying to find out what the hell is going on with deleting old PM's.

 

[VapingTurtle]

and do not end up with a turtle

HEY!!! What's wrong with a turtle???

 

[Uncle]

I've noticed the same. It could be the work that is being done under the hood trying to find out what the hell is going on with deleting old PM's.

OOOO - "You" Used A "BAD" WORD ! ! !

SO - I Guess It's To The "SIN-BIN" With "Yourself" . . .

 

[retired1]

 

[Semiretired]

HEY!!! What's wrong with a turtle???

Nothing wrong with Turtles - especially Green ones. Just enjoyed one the other night - Deeelicious...

On a serious note. ECF was down for two days - the transferred everything without dropping any of the old stuff. Yea, they have a few quirks and have a few add ons to complete. They could have taken the time to finish everything and then bring ECF back on line with a "Complete" package, but it would still of needed tweaks because there is no way that they would have thought of everything - no matter how good they are. Now this could have taken weeks to complete - I vote for two days and having patience while they complete their upgrades instead of the latter taking weeks and still needing tweaks...

 

[AndriaD]

Nothing wrong with Turtles - especially Green ones. Just enjoyed one the other night - Deeelicious...

On a serious note. ECF was down for two days - the transferred everything without dropping any of the old stuff. Yea, they have a few quirks and have a few add ons to complete. They could have taken the time to finish everything and then bring ECF back on line with a "Complete" package, but it would still of needed tweaks because there is no way that they would have thought of everything - no matter how good they are. Now this could have taken weeks to complete - I vote for two days and having patience while they complete their upgrades instead of the latter taking weeks and still needing tweaks...

I totally agree; the 2 days without ECF was bad enough! It's workable just as it is, and they're working on all the dangling strings...

Still think they did a remarkable job.

Andria

 

[daleron]

Those are being worked on as we type. I have to admit, it is confounding the guys working on it. XF is not playing nice with messages pre XF

The best suggestion I have at the moment is to do what you just did: Ask at the end of the thread. Most people do not read the first post after that first time.

Ah .... okay
Was coming to see how to get rid of those conversations

 

[Robino1]

OOOO - "You" Used A "BAD" WORD ! ! !

SO - I Guess It's To The "SIN-BIN" With "Yourself" . . .

And just yesterday you loved me *sigh* I see how fickle you are.....

Nothing wrong with Turtles - especially Green ones. Just enjoyed one the other night - Deeelicious...

On a serious note. ECF was down for two days - the transferred everything without dropping any of the old stuff. Yea, they have a few quirks and have a few add ons to complete. They could have taken the time to finish everything and then bring ECF back on line with a "Complete" package, but it would still of needed tweaks because there is no way that they would have thought of everything - no matter how good they are. Now this could have taken weeks to complete - I vote for two days and having patience while they complete their upgrades instead of the latter taking weeks and still needing tweaks...

I transfer my love to you!!

 

[DC2]

And just yesterday you loved me *sigh* I see how fickle you are.....

I take it you didn't notice the sin bin that he put you in?

 

[Robino1]

I take it you didn't notice the sin bin that he put you in?

I did notice he threw me under the bus

 

[DC2]

I did notice he threw me under the bus

If that's "under the bus" I think my wife would like to join you.

 

[Evi|grin]

I'm sorry it is giving you a headache. As soon as they work out the more pressing issues, they will be working on a darkened theme and fine tuning the way the way the forum presents itself.

Everything takes time. Patience grasshopper..... please?

As a technical admin and mod on another forum i know things come up but it literally took minutes to add a theme to phpBB v3 and IIRC it was fairly simple in vBulletin also. Its my opinion this type of issue should have been addressed before the migration even took place. Forum software often times have 2 available themes by default or at least the ability to integrate them before the migration.

My last forum migration went to a test server first so admins and mods could get familiar with it before the members. It also let us address the vast majority of issues before the actual migration.

Thank you

 

[retired1]

Sure, it you're going to buy something "out of the box", it may be possible to do what you describe.

The existing theme was done from scratch. This site is heavily modified. Buying something "out of the box" doesn't cut it with ECF.

 

[Uncle]

Okay - I know those in power who are working on the priorities have more then enough to do . . . However, I am really really upset right now and NEED to mention what happened so that a possible fix can be done . . .

Long story short - I was writing a post with a number of edited multi-quotes - it took over an hour to respond to those quotes and was just finishing up after adding & editing a few of the things I found wrong . . . When all of a sudden, after clicking on "Preview" to check that everything was alright before I posted "My" message . . . WAM BAM . . . POFF . . . Almost all of the post disappeared . . . All that was left was just 2 quotes (out of the 10) and "My" Responses to those quotes . . . I even went back to the "Undo" option icon and tried to undo everything prior to the "Preview" . . . Low and Behold, it undid a couple of edits and left me with nothing else but those same 2 quotes/responses. . . To say I was upset is an injustice . . . . . . is more like it . . .

However, I took a breath and remembered that when this type of situation happen in the past, if I just closed the window and went back to the thread to open it again - then go to the reply box where there was a "Add Saved" box and click on that to re-enter what was "Saved" before the window was closed with all the previous content (except for possibly one or two edits) miraculously appeared - SUCH A TIME SAVER . .

Well - To say the least that did not happen and all that was "saved" was the same 2 quotes/responses . . .

So -Is there any way . . . 1) Hopefully to find or a work around to retrieve what I wrote in that post ? ? ?
2) Can this issue be addressed and/or fixed some time again hopefully in the near future ? ? ?

THANKS ! ! !

 

[Semiretired]

I transfer my love to you!!

I feel special now!!!

 

[retired1]

So -Is there any way . . . 1) Hopefully to find or a work around to retrieve what I wrote in that post ? ? ?
2) Can this issue be addressed and/or fixed some time again hopefully in the near future ? ? ?

Click on the little diskette, there's an option to save as you go (as in more often than the auto save). As for the one that you lost? Stuff happens. Sorry.