New Forum Bug Reports

[BigMike]

I have set a maximum width and height limit to any and all images posted in the Shout Box! today.

I have tested this with FireFox (1.5.0.9) and Internet Exploder (6.0.3790.1830) and it works well.

I can adjust this size limit if needed.

The new Shout Box! version, with the limited frame width and height, prevents large images from effecting the rest of the forum index page, but it did not restrict displaying large images.

The idea is to restrict the Shout Box! to smilies.

Please let me know if your browser is having difficultly viewing images in the Shout Box! and what Browser software and version you are using.

Regards,
BigMike

[79coyotefrg]

yes  its making it freek out man,  some smilies  are HUGE  then back to normal,  making my computer  freek out too

[79coyotefrg]

   its gonna BLOW 

when im on the shoutbox and it refreshes  my  curser  goes NUTS

just started it  when you was "testing"  earlier 

[BigMike]

what? how is that possible.......... It is just a style command that is only activated if an image exceeds my limits (currently set at 80x80).

Are you using Microcrap Internet Exploder?

[79coyotefrg]

it beats me man  but  its  acting weird,   its like my cusor  blinks  for every smilie that has to load,  sometimes the smilies  load bigger than normal,  other times they are smaller than they should be

[Rocksurfer]

I'm sorry I wasn't as specific with what I was trying to say, I wasn't referring to coding and such what I was referring to was the old emails sent to you about the issue. I was thinking that the board should have its own email address that your trusted mod and admin would have access to.  It would be somewhat like this thread but for people who cannot post on the board because they are having trouble getting signed up or other board issues that a mod could read and alert you about the problem instead of when you have some free time and start thumbing through all the email you get.

I was thinking you would place a link to the email address promentally on the board and the reason it is there for feedback and help getting logged in or activated so that they didn't get buried in your account until you have the time to look through them.

At that point it wouldn't take as long for you to find out there is an issue that has grown large enough to consume a good portion of the little time you have to 1 correct the issue and then fix it for the people affected.

[Rocksurfer]

it beats me man  but  its  acting weird,   its like my cusor  blinks  for every smilie that has to load,  sometimes the smilies  load bigger than normal,  other times they are smaller than they should be

I just had that happen to me when I first logged in. When I loaded the board the smileys were really big as was the text until I logged in, but since I logged in they've been normal.

[79coyotefrg]

there s a log  of sorts  that  holds the names of people trying to activate  there account,  i  think i told mike i could check on that  for him  but but  either i was dreaming that  or he didnt respond to me 

or  he's  just ignoring me altogether 

[BigMike]

Ok, apparently people are complaining about the Shout Box in the Shout Box instead of reporting trouble in the BUG REPORT THREAD located here, so I am just going to disable the code I just installed and try to resolve it tomorrow in the morning.

Sorry for the trouble. I want this feature so I will continue to pursue it.

BigMike

[BigMike]

Ok, the new feature has been disabled.

Cya
Mike

[79coyotefrg]

what am I    chopped liver     

[Rocksurfer]

I think it's a great feature limiting the size, it will keep people from posting images that belong in threads and other inappropriate images that have to be deleted immediatly due to thier offensive nature.

[79coyotefrg]

Are you using Microcrap Internet Exploder?

um  yea 

i think  windows xp  and  compuserve 

[BigMike]

Dang, just like that a 800 pixel wide image has been posted. Its not that pictures are uncool or anything, its just that its a shout box. If you want to share images, then I think a thread would be more appropriate for security measures.

[DTB]

what am I    chopped liver     

[79coyotefrg]

I think it's a great feature limiting the size, it will keep people from posting images that belong in threads and other inappropriate images that have to be deleted immediatly due to thier offensive nature.

i totally agree

[Rocksurfer]

what am I    chopped liver     

Mooooo!

Are you using Microcrap Internet Exploder?

Ha, you could be right about that. I was on earlier with Netscape and it didn't do that.

Glen if your computer meets the system requirements I'd go with Netscape or some other browser IE sucks, I'm stuck with it on this computer since I have Me and you need XP to be able to run Netscape. Netscape has tab options like the others that allow multiple pages to be opened without having to load more programs using all your resourses.

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

Here's a link to netscapes browser, I think Mark knows what your system can handle so ask him if you could use it. I like it a lot but only have it on my laptop.

[79coyotefrg]

Mark has the good computer  im running one withcrayon  all over it  my brother sent me, i had netscape internet for awhile and hated it,  this  is  identical  to  aol  the way  the browser  is set up with the button across the top

[Rocksurfer]

I take back what I just said, I just downloaded Netscape Browser to my Me computer and it works great. The last time I checked it was not Me compatable but when we were talking about it I checked and now I can use it and immediatly downloaded it.

[Wermz84]

Ok, apparently people are complaining about the Shout Box in the Shout Box instead of reporting trouble in the BUG REPORT THREAD located here, so I am just going to disable the code I just installed and try to resolve it tomorrow in the morning.

Sorry for the trouble. I want this feature so I will continue to pursue it.

BigMike

When are you trying, I can try it on some different machines and check it out.  I can use ie6, ie7, and firefox and let you know if anything weird happens.. 

Are you using Microcrap Internet Exploder?

I love that exploder option..   

[95pinoyT4R]

The site is not letting me read my personal message.

[kneedownnate]

I bet it will after introducing yourself in the newbie section and posting 8 more times

[6.72:1]

Ok, apparently people are complaining about the Shout Box in the Shout Box instead of reporting trouble in the BUG REPORT THREAD located here
BigMike

Where else would we complain about the shout box other than in the shout box?

Haha....

[ranger]

The site is not letting me read my personal message.

You're supposed to have a predetermine number of post in order to view PMs thanks to the spammers.

[BigMike]

I plan on removing the limitation for PMs for new members *eventually*

[Willy Mammoth]

"The last post from your IP was two seconds ago try again later"

[Duffil]

any reason I can't upload a new avatar?

[jimbo74]

any reason I can't upload a new avatar?

i haven't been able to do that in awhile, but i think mike actually set my profile that way

[Rocksurfer]

Change mine all the time with no problems.

[BigMike]

"The last post from your IP was two seconds ago try again later"

Stop posting so dang fast. Put a Crawler on your computer!

any reason I can't upload a new avatar?

There shouldn't be any problem with the Avatar system.
One thing I did change to help reduce the load on the database and hence increase the overall speed of the forum, was to no longer have the avatars database driven.

So now, instead of the forum going through the database to figure out permissions for avatars and such, they are just uploaded to a new directory and accessed directly.

What I have noticed with this change, is that when I upload a new avatar to my profile, the page reloads and the same avatar exists. I recently discovered that this is because the file name is not changed (server side), and so for those browsers who have already cached my image, they will need an actual page reload to refresh the image in the browsers cache.

If this has happened to you, then simply view the image by itself, and then reload it by using F5 or your refresh button.

The newly uploaded avatar should replace the old one and you'll be set.



BigMike