may 13th, Site Situation, management side of things...

[nexialys]

Hello everybody, sorry for the mess, we're trying to clean right now...

In the last hours, there was a major breakdown in the database. Trying to reconstitute the pieces of data that was updating, the hard-drive that is hosting the database decided it had enough and shut down because it was full... this is why the entire site was down this morning...

Since then, it was complicated to navigate thru the site because i had to deactivate the addons system that was giving more features to the forum... this also was fixed and the actual features remain.

Now, the next days:

For the end of this week, we will have to shut-down the site in various moments of the days because we will make tests and clear the database of the useless elements that are haunting the site for years... So we have to appologize right now for the troubles that may come in the next days.

The server status... some people commented the actual situation to not be different from what it was before the CF2 upgrade, but i have to comment myself on saying that what you had in the past was related to the whole system used to run your forum... too much hacks, too much gadgets coded on the fly, and a hard-drive not happy to deal with all that work to do... so the site was always slow, always breaking down. Right now, it is different... the problems we faced since the upgrade are related to the size of the database only... too big, too fat, we have hard time moving it from one room to the other, it stuck in the door not wide enough... (i hope the image is clear here!)... so in the next days that's what we will act on... making this fat database take a diet and slim down... a lot. for that, we need time, your time, sure, but also the time for us to fix everything once and for all... John is our web-techy, he is very efficient, but need a nap from time to time, so that's why we do not work on this 24/7...

Some words on the upgrade itself, and the loss of a lot of things on the site; basically because it was needed for the security of the site and for the complexity of the work done or to be done, we had to deactivate a lot of additions to the site, and they will be replaced or upgraded in the next days and weeks... but there again, it takes time.

As an example, the Living Avatars... a lot of members complained about the move from "one avatar + one dollie" to "one dollie avatar"... the system is also not the best we could find because of the lack of consistancy in the image manager, but we're going to have it working perfect in no long... The dollies are not gone, they are just in a different Doll House. The change was a difficult decision to make, but for server performances and the flexibility we had, it was a no-choice avenue... Living Avatars or no more dollies... I hope you understand, this is not based on some members requests but to the life of this site... when the dollies were implemented first, they were driven by an engine created for a small community of 50 to 250 members... you are 1000 times bigger... this is complicated to run from the server side, and hard to manage from the browser side also... anyway thanks to Ravenscape and her team for all the efforts to make this cool gadget work nickel!

Another difference is the Blessings engine... everybody complaints about it, and i know it is not giving the results you had in the past. Th blessings are not calculated the same way, each time the server is shut down the system is missing some donations or subscriptions, and the bank is far from being what it is supposed to do... BUT we fixed them all in the background. The engine author John Jakubowski was kind enough to help me fixing the missing pieces, and i will put everything back before the end of the week... at least i do not have to clear 5000 entries of wrong bank credits.. :)

btw, about lost blessings and wrong counts, we try to fix everything, so if you REALLY lost some big amount of blessings since the upgrade, just say so...(PM me!) because we actually have all the blessings in hands and in bank inside the database, so i can hit the counts and verify that you were not fooled. Some guys may have lost some transactions like gifts or donations, and the system tracked them all. but remember that the banks flaw even had you come back to what you had in the upgrade and you may have some millions of blessings lost somewhere if a friend gifted you with this... remember that there is nobody above me for the blessings... i have the biggest count, so if someone say that he had like 5 millions, sorry but it is impossible.

Reps... Oh Reps... fixed in most parts, missing some calculations, but i'm checking all this with Rep Daddy who is devoted to make this fun thing work perfect for all...



Permissions, Privileges... a big piece of what we have faced in troubles for the last 10 days... but this is coming to an end, we're putting the next days to fix the missing links and everybody will have their levels back with their identifications and ranks and everything you can imagine as a dedication ... the reason why it was unfinished in the last days is simple; everybody is lost in translation... the guys who coded this forum software forgot to give us a proper documentation with the new tools and features, and actually the entire staff is trying to learn the whole thing... the upgrade was like moving from a 2 rooms appartment to a 8 rooms country-house... the guys need to learn how to clean the house, how to feed the donkey too...

The Special Features you had in the future are to be replaced or upgraded... the Blogs forum is yet to be merged with the new Blogs system, but seems that you already find some fun with the new one, you populate it a lot, i like it. The Public Groups is also a fun thing, maybe not used at its full potential right now, i'm trying to get some addons to it so you could have your own little forum inside CF.com... yeah yeah, no more need to start a forum outside, you will have your own place here! a lot more features will be added from time to time on CF.com, but we need the site to be fixed from the inside before adding anything big, because the server machine is far from liking me right now...

Site Subscribers are not forgotten... you are acting a great addition to the site by helping financing it... We try hard to bring back your privileges, but i need the teams to help me on that, and for now, they try to understand how the new forum works, so they are not focussing on me... sorry for that, i will try to have some coffee and bring them some food so they can help me helping you! and i have some surprises for all supporters in the next weeks... (like these private forums i just talked about!)...

Regular members, non subscribers, you are not left aside... once the site is up and running properly, you will find new additions and a better brwosing on this site as well... we had hard time fixing a real theme for the site, i hope you all like my two Sky variations (i like that new tagline, don't you?), i'll try to listen to all your grievances/suggestions/complaints in this new era...

So this is, a little resumé of the situation. I'll try to keep you update on all the site activities until everything is fixed... and after, for sure, if you want me to stay !

oh, btw, use the Bug Reports (http://christianforums.com/tracker.php?projectid=1) forum if you face a strange situation...

[LeeD]

Good stuff....hope everyone enjoys the update!

[Rep Daddy]

Awesome. Thanks so much Nexia for giving us the scoop. Prayers for the team and it's fearless leader.

RD

[jessesgirl]

Thank you so much for all the information. I know the main thing the members want is to stay informed. Thank you for doing that for them/us! :wave:

[Tiffanya]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post and keep members updated, I am sure (I hope) they will all be grateful.

By the way, hello Lee :wave: nice to see you posting here too :)

[Angeldove97]

Thanks Nexia!! Good luck :)

[LeeD]

We hope to make a lot of progress tomorrow and the rest of this week. :)

[nexialys]

Yeap, Reps were fixed, unfixed.. i looked at the 50 cap, deactivated it... i suppose that will help, if not, Rep Daddy can help me...

for the Blessings Bug, it seems that something was modified today that i was not aware of... points are growing fast since the shutdown... will take a look, this is monstruous again.
Thanks Nex. Just so you know, the rep system is no longer fixed though, even though it says so in your note.

The rep system -was- fixed.. when the blessings and stars were down. We were actually having a great time in the rep forum, we were giving out our rep power again.. but when everything came back to normal? Nope, no more rep power.. back to 50-points-a-rep.

Just incase you didn't know :)

[Tychicus2]

Getting lots of Blessings while Repping :scratch:

Ty

[Rep Daddy]

Test it out on me. LOL

[nexialys]

yeah... hopefully for you, i deactivated the "Multiply Reputation Awards by Reputation Amount" setting... it was reactivated by some strange event occuring during the dropdown this morning.. i will check the old blessings you had this morning and reevaluate your real blessings... hopefully you were not 5000 playing with the reps in the last hours.. lol

[nexialys]

Actually we're back to reps being "half fixed".. we have rep power back, which is great, but we have unlimited reps to give haha.
I'd rather keep the rep power and the unlimited part than go back to what we had!! lol :D
actually, the way the Reps are calculated will be negotiated with Rep daddy, in your own forums, because this is not the goal of my announcement, i hope you understand.. lol

but main thing is fixed now--- i hope

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

Getting lots of Blessings while Repping :scratch:

Ty
testing..ill see how many

[Rep Daddy]

FTR:

The pre software upgrade was set at:

[1] 40 reps per day for site supporters...
[2] rep power was calculated as follows:



1 point for every 1000 posts ... PLUS
1 point for every year (365 days) a member of CF ... PLUS
1 point for every 1000 rep points earned

[3] newbies start with 10 rep points.


RD

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

well..it seems to be fixed now

[Angel4Truth]

I have a question about the SS - would Cf consider extending it for one month for all SS to account for about a month working on the site and loss of SS - the reason i ask is because my SS and several others were gifted - i was gifted the month of april and may - so for many of us untill the site is working properly we wont have been able to utilize it.

Thank you so much for all your hard work

[Julina]

good to finally know all of this! :)

[nexialys]

I have a question about the SS - would Cf consider extending it for one month for all SS to account for about a month working on the site and loss of SS - the reason i ask is because my SS and several others were gifted - i was gifted the month of april and may - so for many of us untill the site is working properly we wont have been able to utilize it.
I will bring this to the persons in charge, i can't take position on this right now...

[barb754]

Nexialys~

I want to thank you for all the info you have given us. It keeps us SS in touch of what is going on:)

God bless you and all the staff working on CF2.

[Spudgrandma]

Thank you for all the hard work and thank you very much for the info, it is much appreciated.

God Bless
Spudgrandma

[Altalia Slosky]

Thanks for keeping us updated Nexi and thanks for all your hard work!

[RoseyK]

thank you all for your hard work. I really appreciate it. I love chatting with everyone here on the threads. :hug::hug:

[stumpjumper]

Thanks for the update Nexialys.

[HisLilyWhitePrincess]

Thanks Nexia :)

[snoochface]

Thanks very much for the update, nexia. :hug:

I don't know how much trouble this would be, but I'd like to make a request that the top of the page, where our Last Login Timestamp, and Blessings amount is listed, that the Rep Amount be listed there again like it used to be. Checking my rep number was one of the first things I did when I logged in (to see how many reps I got while I was gone, LOL) and now I have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to see instead of just at a glance at the top. Is that possible?

[A Gazelle]

Hello everybody, sorry for the mess, we're trying to clean right now...

In the last hours, there was a major breakdown in the database. Trying to reconstitute the pieces of data that was updating, the hard-drive that is hosting the database decided it had enough and shut down because it was full... this is why the entire site was down this morning...

Since then, it was complicated to navigate thru the site because i had to deactivate the addons system that was giving more features to the forum... this also was fixed and the actual features remain.

Now, the next days:

For the end of this week, we will have to shut-down the site in various moments of the days because we will make tests and clear the database of the useless elements that are haunting the site for years... So we have to appologize right now for the troubles that may come in the next days.

The server status... some people commented the actual situation to not be different from what it was before the CF2 upgrade, but i have to comment myself on saying that what you had in the past was related to the whole system used to run your forum... too much hacks, too much gadgets coded on the fly, and a hard-drive not happy to deal with all that work to do... so the site was always slow, always breaking down. Right now, it is different... the problems we faced since the upgrade are related to the size of the database only... too big, too fat, we have hard time moving it from one room to the other, it stuck in the door not wide enough... (i hope the image is clear here!)... so in the next days that's what we will act on... making this fat database take a diet and slim down... a lot. for that, we need time, your time, sure, but also the time for us to fix everything once and for all... John is our web-techy, he is very efficient, but need a nap from time to time, so that's why we do not work on this 24/7...

Some words on the upgrade itself, and the loss of a lot of things on the site; basically because it was needed for the security of the site and for the complexity of the work done or to be done, we had to deactivate a lot of additions to the site, and they will be replaced or upgraded in the next days and weeks... but there again, it takes time.

As an example, the Living Avatars... a lot of members complained about the move from "one avatar + one dollie" to "one dollie avatar"... the system is also not the best we could find because of the lack of consistancy in the image manager, but we're going to have it working perfect in no long... The dollies are not gone, they are just in a different Doll House. The change was a difficult decision to make, but for server performances and the flexibility we had, it was a no-choice avenue... Living Avatars or no more dollies... I hope you understand, this is not based on some members requests but to the life of this site... when the dollies were implemented first, they were driven by an engine created for a small community of 50 to 250 members... you are 1000 times bigger... this is complicated to run from the server side, and hard to manage from the browser side also... anyway thanks to Ravenscape and her team for all the efforts to make this cool gadget work nickel!

Another difference is the Blessings engine... everybody complaints about it, and i know it is not giving the results you had in the past. Th blessings are not calculated the same way, each time the server is shut down the system is missing some donations or subscriptions, and the bank is far from being what it is supposed to do... BUT we fixed them all in the background. The engine author John Jakubowski was kind enough to help me fixing the missing pieces, and i will put everything back before the end of the week... at least i do not have to clear 5000 entries of wrong bank credits.. :)

btw, about lost blessings and wrong counts, we try to fix everything, so if you REALLY lost some big amount of blessings since the upgrade, just say so...(PM me!) because we actually have all the blessings in hands and in bank inside the database, so i can hit the counts and verify that you were not fooled. Some guys may have lost some transactions like gifts or donations, and the system tracked them all. but remember that the banks flaw even had you come back to what you had in the upgrade and you may have some millions of blessings lost somewhere if a friend gifted you with this... remember that there is nobody above me for the blessings... i have the biggest count, so if someone say that he had like 5 millions, sorry but it is impossible.

Reps... Oh Reps... fixed in most parts, missing some calculations, but i'm checking all this with Rep Daddy who is devoted to make this fun thing work perfect for all...



Permissions, Privileges... a big piece of what we have faced in troubles for the last 10 days... but this is coming to an end, we're putting the next days to fix the missing links and everybody will have their levels back with their identifications and ranks and everything you can imagine as a dedication ... the reason why it was unfinished in the last days is simple; everybody is lost in translation... the guys who coded this forum software forgot to give us a proper documentation with the new tools and features, and actually the entire staff is trying to learn the whole thing... the upgrade was like moving from a 2 rooms appartment to a 8 rooms country-house... the guys need to learn how to clean the house, how to feed the donkey too...

The Special Features you had in the future are to be replaced or upgraded... the Blogs forum is yet to be merged with the new Blogs system, but seems that you already find some fun with the new one, you populate it a lot, i like it. The Public Groups is also a fun thing, maybe not used at its full potential right now, i'm trying to get some addons to it so you could have your own little forum inside CF.com... yeah yeah, no more need to start a forum outside, you will have your own place here! a lot more features will be added from time to time on CF.com, but we need the site to be fixed from the inside before adding anything big, because the server machine is far from liking me right now...

Site Subscribers are not forgotten... you are acting a great addition to the site by helping financing it... We try hard to bring back your privileges, but i need the teams to help me on that, and for now, they try to understand how the new forum works, so they are not focussing on me... sorry for that, i will try to have some coffee and bring them some food so they can help me helping you! and i have some surprises for all supporters in the next weeks... (like these private forums i just talked about!)...

Regular members, non subscribers, you are not left aside... once the site is up and running properly, you will find new additions and a better brwosing on this site as well... we had hard time fixing a real theme for the site, i hope you all like my two Sky variations (i like that new tagline, don't you?), i'll try to listen to all your grievances/suggestions/complaints in this new era...

So this is, a little resumé of the situation. I'll try to keep you update on all the site activities until everything is fixed... and after, for sure, if you want me to stay !

oh, btw, use the Bug Reports (http://christianforums.com/tracker.php?projectid=1) forum if you face a strange situation...


thanks a bunch for the update . . . thanks for all the hard work you are putting into this . . .

[Rep Daddy]

Cool rep power and total reps both show on posts WOOT!

[DarylFawcett]

Thank you for this update.

[AdJesumPerMariam]

Many, many thanks :)

[flaglady]

Neat, impressive, super, awesome, amazing and - um - dang, I ran out of superlatives!!

[RuthD]

Thank you all for the information. I am just confused still.lol

[JoyforJESUS]

nexialys

Thank you for the update. I am bookmarking this page so I can watch for further updates.

I know that ALL OF YOU are working your fingers, toes, and noggins off to get this site to "better than before"!

Keep in mind, that all of you need clear heads, and as long as you keep us updated I am sure we will continue to support you!

May God Bless you.

Joy

[Lindon Tinuviel]

nexialys

Thank you for the update. I am bookmarking this page so I can watch for further updates.

I know that ALL OF YOU are working your fingers, toes, and noggins off to get this site to "better than before"!

Keep in mind, that all of you need clear heads, and as long as you keep us updated I am sure we will continue to support you!

May God Bless you.

Joy


Well, THERE'S the problem!

nexia's been coding with his toes!

[pgp_protector]

Thank you so much for the updates.

[nexialys]

Well, THERE'S the problem!

nexia's been coding with his toes!
Come on Lindon, i asked you to keep this detail private... tsssss

[Tonks]

ha...good luck. i feel like i've fallen down the rabbit hole. did you figure that this would be a full time gig?

[Snowyyy]

Thank you very much! :pink:

[Moriah_Conquering_Wind]

Great work Lee & Crew. :thumbsup:
Complicatedly plug-in/modification-rich forum sites bes NOT easy to upgrade in the slightest. You all done great, and you nexialys bes a gem. :)

[Tonks]

Cool rep power and total reps both show on posts WOOT!

of course the bigger question is how the heck i keep getting reps when the foolish thing is turned off???

[DerSchweik]

Nexia - thanks for the update!!! Very very helpful and appreciated!!

[Valentine]

Good stuff....hope everyone enjoys the update!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Nexia!!! This well crafted and informative update is reallllllllllly appreciated!!

Awesome. Thanks so much Nexia for giving us the scoop. Prayers for the team and it's fearless leader.
RD

Thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of those of us who so enjoy the privilege of repping others and the fellowship and good will it brings. It too is deeply appreciated.

We hope to make a lot of progress tomorrow and the rest of this week. :)

Thank you, LeeD. Your attention to the needs of the membership is also deeply appreciated. :groupray:

[JoyforJESUS]

Keep on plugging along, by the time you get the "site up to par" we might just have figured our way around again! :)

[karen freeinchristman]

Thank you! :)

[TheDag]

of course the bigger question is how the heck i keep getting reps when the foolish thing is turned off???
I've asked about this previously and Richard (Mac?) replied with

You can hide it, but people can still rep you in PDA Mod.

[~renuka~]

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk170/ritacheng526/Thank%20you/thankyou_8.gif

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/amthorne1/YouAreABlessing.jpg

[4Everloved]

I love all the new changes. I am enjoying being back at CF.

One thing I don't like or understand: there is no way to give out blessings to other users, either that or I am just blind. What am I missing?

[Tychicus2]

I love all the new changes. I am enjoying being back at CF.

One thing I don't like or understand: there is no way to give out blessings to other users, either that or I am just blind. What am I missing?

From what I understand...

It's temporarily disabled... It's on the list of things to fix...:thumbsup:

Ty

[rmw8855]

Thank you Nexia - I appreciate all of your hard work.

Don't forget to get some sleep ^_^
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[pdudgeon]

Nexia, thanks for all your hard work, thanks especially for the new skins.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

CF has needed techs who could stay on top of things for a very long time. I'm glad that you've been hired, and hope that this will be a permanent thing.:amen::clap::clap:

be sure to stop by the staff lounge and stock up on the donuts.:P;)^_^

[Jere209]

Hello everybody, sorry for the mess, we're trying to clean right now...

In the last hours, there was a major breakdown in the database. Trying to reconstitute the pieces of data that was updating, the hard-drive that is hosting the database decided it had enough and shut down because it was full... this is why the entire site was down this morning...

Since then, it was complicated to navigate thru the site because i had to deactivate the addons system that was giving more features to the forum... this also was fixed and the actual features remain.

Now, the next days:

For the end of this week, we will have to shut-down the site in various moments of the days because we will make tests and clear the database of the useless elements that are haunting the site for years... So we have to appologize right now for the troubles that may come in the next days.

The server status... some people commented the actual situation to not be different from what it was before the CF2 upgrade, but i have to comment myself on saying that what you had in the past was related to the whole system used to run your forum... too much hacks, too much gadgets coded on the fly, and a hard-drive not happy to deal with all that work to do... so the site was always slow, always breaking down. Right now, it is different... the problems we faced since the upgrade are related to the size of the database only... too big, too fat, we have hard time moving it from one room to the other, it stuck in the door not wide enough... (i hope the image is clear here!)... so in the next days that's what we will act on... making this fat database take a diet and slim down... a lot. for that, we need time, your time, sure, but also the time for us to fix everything once and for all... John is our web-techy, he is very efficient, but need a nap from time to time, so that's why we do not work on this 24/7...

Some words on the upgrade itself, and the loss of a lot of things on the site; basically because it was needed for the security of the site and for the complexity of the work done or to be done, we had to deactivate a lot of additions to the site, and they will be replaced or upgraded in the next days and weeks... but there again, it takes time.

As an example, the Living Avatars... a lot of members complained about the move from "one avatar + one dollie" to "one dollie avatar"... the system is also not the best we could find because of the lack of consistancy in the image manager, but we're going to have it working perfect in no long... The dollies are not gone, they are just in a different Doll House. The change was a difficult decision to make, but for server performances and the flexibility we had, it was a no-choice avenue... Living Avatars or no more dollies... I hope you understand, this is not based on some members requests but to the life of this site... when the dollies were implemented first, they were driven by an engine created for a small community of 50 to 250 members... you are 1000 times bigger... this is complicated to run from the server side, and hard to manage from the browser side also... anyway thanks to Ravenscape and her team for all the efforts to make this cool gadget work nickel!

Another difference is the Blessings engine... everybody complaints about it, and i know it is not giving the results you had in the past. Th blessings are not calculated the same way, each time the server is shut down the system is missing some donations or subscriptions, and the bank is far from being what it is supposed to do... BUT we fixed them all in the background. The engine author John Jakubowski was kind enough to help me fixing the missing pieces, and i will put everything back before the end of the week... at least i do not have to clear 5000 entries of wrong bank credits.. :)

btw, about lost blessings and wrong counts, we try to fix everything, so if you REALLY lost some big amount of blessings since the upgrade, just say so...(PM me!) because we actually have all the blessings in hands and in bank inside the database, so i can hit the counts and verify that you were not fooled. Some guys may have lost some transactions like gifts or donations, and the system tracked them all. but remember that the banks flaw even had you come back to what you had in the upgrade and you may have some millions of blessings lost somewhere if a friend gifted you with this... remember that there is nobody above me for the blessings... i have the biggest count, so if someone say that he had like 5 millions, sorry but it is impossible.

Reps... Oh Reps... fixed in most parts, missing some calculations, but i'm checking all this with Rep Daddy who is devoted to make this fun thing work perfect for all...



Permissions, Privileges... a big piece of what we have faced in troubles for the last 10 days... but this is coming to an end, we're putting the next days to fix the missing links and everybody will have their levels back with their identifications and ranks and everything you can imagine as a dedication ... the reason why it was unfinished in the last days is simple; everybody is lost in translation... the guys who coded this forum software forgot to give us a proper documentation with the new tools and features, and actually the entire staff is trying to learn the whole thing... the upgrade was like moving from a 2 rooms appartment to a 8 rooms country-house... the guys need to learn how to clean the house, how to feed the donkey too...

The Special Features you had in the future are to be replaced or upgraded... the Blogs forum is yet to be merged with the new Blogs system, but seems that you already find some fun with the new one, you populate it a lot, i like it. The Public Groups is also a fun thing, maybe not used at its full potential right now, i'm trying to get some addons to it so you could have your own little forum inside CF.com... yeah yeah, no more need to start a forum outside, you will have your own place here! a lot more features will be added from time to time on CF.com, but we need the site to be fixed from the inside before adding anything big, because the server machine is far from liking me right now...

Site Subscribers are not forgotten... you are acting a great addition to the site by helping financing it... We try hard to bring back your privileges, but i need the teams to help me on that, and for now, they try to understand how the new forum works, so they are not focussing on me... sorry for that, i will try to have some coffee and bring them some food so they can help me helping you! and i have some surprises for all supporters in the next weeks... (like these private forums i just talked about!)...

Regular members, non subscribers, you are not left aside... once the site is up and running properly, you will find new additions and a better brwosing on this site as well... we had hard time fixing a real theme for the site, i hope you all like my two Sky variations (i like that new tagline, don't you?), i'll try to listen to all your grievances/suggestions/complaints in this new era...

So this is, a little resumé of the situation. I'll try to keep you update on all the site activities until everything is fixed... and after, for sure, if you want me to stay !

oh, btw, use the Bug Reports (http://christianforums.com/tracker.php?projectid=1) forum if you face a strange situation...
:clap::wave: Thank you for all the hard work, and for the update here and throughout this thread.
God bless

[gratefulgrace]

Nexia that helps me understand and realize that the change is very necessary not just for change sake. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

[zfawnz]

subscribing

[jelvenko]

Nex, thank you for the update on how things are going. The new site is looking better all the time. The new skins are great! And I can't wait to see what other surprises are in store as more and more bugs get worked out.

Kudos to everyone who is involved with the upgrade. Thank you for all your hard work. Just don't get completely burned out. Take some time to rest and recharge your batteries. Coffee, donuts, energy drinks... Or if you don't like that stuff, just some toast, eggs, and orange juice. Thank you again for all the hard work. :clap::clap::clap:

[krstlros]

Thanks for the info.

You folks are doing an awesome job. Keep it up.

Guess this is a lesson for all in patience and fortitude. :)

As a Site Supporter, I feel like I should send all of you an appreciation gift. :) Without all of you, this site would have been a done dea.

[tpony298]

I like the new forum It takes me awhile to learn the navigation though, but when I got it it is really easy. and if a feature is not working, I just figure, "Lord, you deal with this, I'am going to take a nap...I do and He does

[Valentine]

I like the new forum It takes me awhile to learn the navigation though, but when I got it it is really easy. and if a feature is not working, I just figure, "Lord, you deal with this, I'am going to take a nap...I do and He does

:thumbsup: Excellent!!

[brokenandhumbled]

the problems we faced since the upgrade are related to the size of the database only... too big, too fat, we have hard time moving it from one room to the other, it stuck in the door not wide enough... (i hope the image is clear here!)... I used to have that problem too! Then I discovered diet and exersize! lol.^_^

.. John is our web-techy, he is very efficient, but need a nap from time to time, so that's why we do not work on this 24/7...Awww....bless him. Hope he gets all the rest he needs. Poor guy, he must be shattered. Well I for one am impressed at all the work that has been done....and sooo quickly! :clap:

and actually the entire staff is trying to learn the whole thing... the upgrade was like moving from a 2 rooms appartment to a 8 rooms country-house... the guys need to learn how to clean the house, how to feed the donkey too.....And the C.F halls echo with the sound of praise for the staff who worked so hard. :thumbsup: Hey, we got a donkey? lol. Can I have a comfey chair in my room? lol

because the server machine is far from liking me right now...Well...you seem like a fine guy to me! Perhaps the server will warm to you once it has adjusted to it's new surroundings. lol.

so they are not focussing on me... sorry for that, i will try to have some coffee and bring them some food so they can help me helping you!I make a nice cuppa and I got donuts AND chocolate eclairs! Will that keep em focussed?


:bow:Thanks to ALL the staff for their hard work!! You are awesome! :bow:

[EZRida4JC]

Tarzan.. :cool:

he say..

UNGAWA!! :D


(Never knew a word with so many meanings... :P


esp after upgrades!) ;)


Arfa ^_^

[Shadowcat]

Nexialys, thank you for the update and thank you also to others who are fixing bugs and getting things up and running - everyone is doing an awesome job :hug: :hug:.

[TexasSky]

Thank you for all of the very hard work.

[Jere209]

Nexi, This may have been asked before, but I haven't found it.
Will we be able to report offensive posts?

Thanks!

[jayh]

:thumbsup:

EZRidaJC wrote: (? Quote!)

Tarzan says U N G A W A!

U kNOw GRATITUDE ABOUNDS (to) WORKERS ALL. :clap:


Adding my thanks and appreciation for all your labour. :yum: Great site!!

[kittystorm92]

Prayers go out to all who are working on getting CF up and running smoothly. Thanks for all your hard work!!!!

[MeekOne]

Yeap, Reps were fixed, unfixed.. i looked at the 50 cap, deactivated it... i suppose that will help, if not, Rep Daddy can help me...

for the Blessings Bug, it seems that something was modified today that i was not aware of... points are growing fast since the shutdown... will take a look, this is monstruous again.Hello there! :wave: You may already know but reps are limited to giving only 40 at a time now and you cannot rep a person again once you've repped them. I don't know how it was for regular members, but site supporters could rep anyone as many times as they wanted as long it wasn't the same post. We did have a limited amount of 40 per day though. I miss that a lot. I know we have a ways to go, but thought you may want to know that. :)

Nexi, This may have been asked before, but I haven't found it.
Will we be able to report offensive posts?

Thanks!The report button is desperately needed, there are many mods around, but we are not catching all the offenses as soon as they happen, and we need that report button back to keep the site as clean as we can. :)

Prayers go out to all who are working on getting CF up and running smoothly. Thanks for all your hard work!!!!Absolultely! :clap: Thanks for all your hard work here! :clap:

May God bless your work here on CF! :clap:

[~StarMaker~]

Kudos!!! :clap: :wave:

To all those working on the site and those trying to keep us updated with information.

Grace and Peace,
Starmaker

[Watchman4hm]

And to all those who arent sharing everything with the people who help pay the bills..Shame on you!:sigh:

[Rep Daddy]

Reps are working very slowly using Internet Explorer but not all with Mozilla/FireFox

[~StarMaker~]

Reps are working very slowly using Internet Explorer but not all with Mozilla/FireFox

I tried to rep you but it said I had to spread reputation around before I could rep you again :scratch: :sigh:

Are they at Rep Power now?

Starmaker

[Rep Daddy]

I notified geocajun of the pass some around thing. That is a simple adjustnment I think.

[~StarMaker~]

I just tried to Rep someone else and it locked up... Using IE

Will go try again :wave:

Starmaker

[snoochface]

Reps are working very slowly using Internet Explorer but not all with Mozilla/FireFox

I just repped you with Firefox. It was a bit slow but the box came up and worked fine.

Now, it also gave me the option to go as high as 3381 points, not 40 like it had been doing. That's the option I selected, so if it worked properly your rep should have gone up by that amount.

I'm interested to know if it worked right.

[~StarMaker~]

I just tried to rep someone different and got this message

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 22577908 bytes) in /var/www/html/reputation.php(380) : eval()'d code on line 15

[Spudgrandma]

I notified geocajun of the pass some around thing. That is a simple adjustnment I think.


I sure hope so, it would not let me rep someone I had not repped since yesterday and had repped like 15 since.

I'm not really complaining here, just venting, I do not like IE..Did I mention that I don't like IE. I want my Firefox or Opera (it does not work in Opera either.)

[~StarMaker~]

Got the same message when I tried to Rep Snoochface...

:sigh:

Starmaker

[Rep Daddy]

I sure hope so, it would not let me rep someone I had not repped since yesterday and had repped like 15 since.

I'm not really complaining here, just venting, I do not like IE..Did I mention that I don't like IE. I want my Firefox or Opera (it does not work in Opera either.)


In Firefox right click on the rep icon and select open link in new tab. This will work but is slow too.

[snoochface]

Got the same message when I tried to Rep Snoochface...

:sigh:

Starmaker

I just repped you and the box came up, gave me the option of 3381 points again. Let me know if your rep # actually changed because, stupid me, I keep forgetting to check before I rep. :doh:

[pgp_protector]

In Firefox right click on the rep icon and select open link in new tab. This will work but is slow too.

If they're creating the rep pages in the system memory before sending it to the user, this new rep system will kill the server.

[Spudgrandma]

In Firefox right click on the rep icon and select open link in new tab. This will work but is slow too.


Your not kidding, do the words paint dry ring a bell.

But, I managed to rep you for my full repability. :clap::clap::clap: And pushed you to 152 :clap::clap::clap:

[pgp_protector]

Your not kidding, do the words paint dry ring a bell.

But, I managed to rep you for my full repability. :clap::clap::clap: And pushed you to 152 :clap::clap::clap:


If you do Tools, Page Info, what size do you get for the rep page ?

[Spudgrandma]

If you do Tools, Page Info, what size do you get for the rep page ?




HUH?????

[snoochface]

I don't think my rep number changed from PGP's rep. :scratch:

[snoochface]

If you do Tools, Page Info, what size do you get for the rep page ?

96.29 KB (98,605 bytes)

[Spudgrandma]

Not sure if this is what you are talking about and I could not get it to copy all the info but the under size it was 5,684.96 KB (5,821,394 bytes)

[snoochface]

When you click the icon to rep, in that box you should be able to right-click and View Page Info. That will give you the size PGP is asking for.

[snoochface]

128.61 KB (131,692 bytes)

[pgp_protector]

Yep that's what I was afraid of.
Us Repzillas will kill the server with the massive Rep Pages :D

[snoochface]

They are almost as big as this thread page showing 40 post per page. Why are they so huge?

[Rep Daddy]

geocajun and I are working together on this a bit.

[Tychicus2]

All I get are...

You need to spread Reps or Fatal Error pages...

The one time it did come up it was a max of 600,000 rep points allowed and it appeared to have a list from 600000 all the down to who knows where.

I think the pick your reps list is part of the problem.

Just my .02

Ty

[pgp_protector]

They are almost as big as this thread page showing 40 post per page. Why are they so huge?

Well take my page for example, you've got to create a
<option value="######">######</option>

Tag 186598 times.
So this is about 40 Bytes for Each Rep number 40 X 186598 = 7,463,920
Add a bit for the rest the code & you've got massive page size :D

[Agent101]

what happened to the chatbox??? :scratch: :confused: i can't seem to find it anywhere!

[pgp_protector]

All I get are...

You need to spread Reps or Fatal Error pages...

The one time it did come up it was a max of 600,000 rep points allowed and it appeared to have a list from 600000 all the down to who knows where.

I think the pick your reps list is part of the problem.

Just my .02

Ty

Yep :D
If they want to give the option of 0 to Max reps they should make it a Text box input with a Check that you're not going over your max reps.

[Angel4Truth]

Wouldnt it be easier to just get rid of the drop down and let us send our normal rep power?

[Tychicus2]

My page was almost 23,000,000 bytes in size

It took almost 10 minutes to do one Rep :sigh:

Ty

[Tychicus2]

It maxes out the reps at 600,000 currently.

My Rep power is higher than that :scratch:

Ty

[pgp_protector]

My page was almost 23,000,000 bytes in size

It took almost 10 minutes to do one Rep :sigh:

Ty

I guess that will slow down your repping :D

[Rep Daddy]

I am working with GEO. He is setting the daily max to 1000000 and is looking for how to return it to before. He is checking for other plugins.

The goal is 40 reps per day at one's rep power and no pass around restriction.

Given him time to see what he can do.

RD

[pgp_protector]

So the most we can give is 1 Star Total (About 6 Reps) for me ?

[Rep Daddy]

Hang on, Geo has to grab dinner and will call me afterwards so we can talk through the options.

Give us some time. We're working. It will not be solved tonight but I think we can improve it for now.

[snoochface]

So the most we can give is 1 Star Total (About 6 Reps) for me ?

How does that work out? :scratch:

[Angel4Truth]

Feel free to test all reps issues on this post - want to do all i can to help :)

[~free~]

Hang on, Geo has to grab dinner and will call me afterwards so we can talk through the options.

Give us some time. We're working. It will not be solved tonight but I think we can improve it for now.
What???? You guys are taking time to eat at a time like this??? :D :P

I appreciate the time and effort you're giving this. :)

[pgp_protector]

I am working with GEO. He is setting the daily max to 1000000 and is looking for how to return it to before. He is checking for other plugins.

The goal is 40 reps per day at one's rep power and no pass around restriction.

Given him time to see what he can do.

RD

How does that work out? :scratch:

If I'm reading RD Post Correct, the daily max is 1Million (1 Star)
Given that each one of my reps is about 200 Thousand, I would hit that Daily max with 5 Reps.

That's why I was hoping for clarification from RD or GEO

[Angel4Truth]

Unless he means the daily max is how many reps we can send :swoon:

[pgp_protector]

Unless he means the daily max is how many reps we can send :swoon:

That may be true also, though I don't think anyone has 1 Star Reping Power... Yet.

But I know some are working towards it ;)

[Angel4Truth]

Pgp you can test it out by sending me 5 reps then seeing if you can send a 6th :D

[Tristan3]

I think Gazelle is the closest and she is closing in on 800,000.

Why the limit at 1,000,000 points a day?

Tristan

[Rep Daddy]

Play around a while. Geo will call me in a while and we'll try to figure out something that will at least do for the time being.

[Rep Daddy]

Right now we are not finding a way to set the clicks at 40 per day.

[Angel4Truth]

Repzillas inner feelings about now :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5wpX6WM8k&feature=related

[Watchman4hm]

If you do Tools, Page Info, what size do you get for the rep page ?

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24924913 bytes) in /var/www/html/reputation.php(410) : eval()'d code on line 22

[Tristan3]

I can rep but it takes a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG time :sigh:

Tristan

[Angel4Truth]

Since we are having to wait to pass it around (reps) are we limited to 20 again also?

[Tychicus2]

Still

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 28150016 bytes) in /var/www/html/reputation.php(410) : eval()'d code on line 22

When I try :sigh:

:wave:
Ty

[snoochface]

If reps can't be set at 40, take the limits off them. Does it really hurt something to have no limits on reps? I mean, like, ooooooooh look at all the meaningless virtual points that person has, that's not fair???

[FriendsFellowship]

Right now we are not finding a way to set the clicks at 40 per day.

This is a standard vBulletin parameter.

It shouldn't be such a problem to find it or set it.

:mad:

[Rep Daddy]

Rep Update

Geocajun and I worked on the rep system some this evening trying to set the new software to the old settings.

I thought it would be simple but we hit some snags. The current set up creates a drop down box with a variable amount of reps you can give. For folks with MANY reps this makes it very slow to load. Also there are some quirks.

To rep with IExplorer you right click on the rep icon and then select open link in a new tab. Mozilla FoxFire seems to work a bit better but is also slow.

Another snag is setting the reps per day to 40. That doesn't seem to work. So to avoid rep inflation (like the blessings boom) I am suggesting he set a max rep points given at 3,000,000 per day.

Now for MEGAzillas this is less that you should have, but if the cap is higher and folks are not restricted in the number of times they can rep in a day ... we will have repflation.

Also, he and I have not been able to talk again tonight so I am PMing this to him so he knows what I have communicated. He can post any corrections.

Please be patient, at least we are trying some stuff until the settings can get restored fully. This is a partial step (frustrating yet still a bit of progress).

So, let's see what happens.

RD

[~StarMaker~]

Thanks for all your work on this Rep Daddy :clap:

I would Rep you but I still cannot Rep :wave:

Grace and Peace,

Starmaker

[snoochface]

I can see why blessings inflation could be a problem, since blessings are a) used to purchase things on CF, and b) an incentive to be a Site Supporter.

But I truly fail to see what the big freaking deal is if there is "repflation". So what? Who cares? They're just points, ways that people can say something positive about another person's post. There really needs to be limits on this?

[snoochface]

I can see why blessings inflation could be a problem, since blessings are a) used to purchase things on CF, and b) an incentive to be a Site Supporter.

But I truly fail to see what the big freaking deal is if there is "repflation". So what? Who cares? They're just points, ways that people can say something positive about another person's post. There really needs to be limits on this?

[Rep Daddy]

snooch you will have a hard time hitting the limit. I want to avoid those who miss this window getting way out of sync with others.

[Rep Daddy]

Thanks for all your work on this Rep Daddy :clap:

I would Rep you but I still cannot Rep :wave:

Grace and Peace,

Starmaker

RD accepts IOUs ;)

[snoochface]

I'm just saying, in general. It seems like a good thing to be able to rep more people. I don't know why it has to be limited for anyone.

[Angel4Truth]

The spread it around before repping a certain person cant be set either?

[Rep Daddy]

The spread it around before repping a certain person cant be set either?

Yes it can and that will be adjusted.

[~StarMaker~]

RD accepts IOUs ;)


Actually I paid in advance ;) :thumbsup:

Starmaker

[~StarMaker~]

Someone just suggested in another thread that the drop down box have percentages instead?

Can that be done? Then everyone would only have 10 numbers 10/20/30 % etc?

Starmaker

[Rep Daddy]

so true

[Spudgrandma]

Rep Update

Geocajun and I worked on the rep system some this evening trying to set the new software to the old settings.

I thought it would be simple but we hit some snags. The current set up creates a drop down box with a variable amount of reps you can give. For folks with MANY reps this makes it very slow to load. Also there are some quirks.

To rep with IExplorer you right click on the rep icon and then select open link in a new tab. Mozilla FoxFire seems to work a bit better but is also slow.

Another snag is setting the reps per day to 40. That doesn't seem to work. So to avoid rep inflation (like the blessings boom) I am suggesting he set a max rep points given at 3,000,000 per day.

Now for MEGAzillas this is less that you should have, but if the cap is higher and folks are not restricted in the number of times they can rep in a day ... we will have repflation.

Also, he and I have not been able to talk again tonight so I am PMing this to him so he knows what I have communicated. He can post any corrections.

Please be patient, at least we are trying some stuff until the settings can get restored fully. This is a partial step (frustrating yet still a bit of progress).

So, let's see what happens.

RD

Yes it can and that will be adjusted.


Okay, I'm confused (NSOA) Is there no way to set it at 40 or they are not sure how to do it and this limit of 3,000,000 per day is a temporary fix until they figure things out. Sorry, there has been so much information and I'm having a hard time sorting everything out.

Thanks RD

God Bless
Spudgrandma

[Rep Daddy]

A limit is a temp fix. The 40 reps per day requires some programming (I think). Geo may be better able to answer this.

[Angel4Truth]

For those that cannot rep because your reps are too high ive seen some say they can do it if they right click and open the rep in a different window itself so maybe this will help

[Spudgrandma]

A limit is a temp fix. The 40 reps per day requires some programming (I think). Geo may be better able to answer this.


Thanks RD, I appreciate the info.

Please check this out and add your prayers:
I would like to ask for special prayers for a wounded soldier who is having another surgery tomorrow. Here is a link to the thread for prayer and more of what happened. We can flood the heavens with prayers for this brave young man. His screen name is TR....PRAYERS FOR TR (http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=7198359)



God Bless you all!
Spudgrandma

[Tychicus2]

For those that cannot rep because your reps are too high ive seen some say they can do it if they right click and open the rep in a different window itself so maybe this will help

Doesn't work for me :sigh:

:wave:

Ty

[Ariella]

why does there need to be any cap on how many reps and how much someone can give? if thats there rep power they should be able to use it - currently having a list of all the numbers which we could choose from makes one very long long list; and if we can choose the rep power we give to a person; how soon before we have a lot of upset people :doh:

[geocajun]

I am suggesting he set a max rep points given at 3,000,000 per day.


done

[geocajun]

Okay, I'm confused (NSOA) Is there no way to set it at 40 or they are not sure how to do it and this limit of 3,000,000 per day is a temporary fix until they figure things out. Sorry, there has been so much information and I'm having a hard time sorting everything out.

Thanks RD

God Bless
Spudgrandma

Right now we cannot limit how many times you can give reputation, but rather we can only limit how many reputation points you can give. We have set a limit of 3,000,000 temporarily. If you had a full rep power of 500,000 then you could only give your full rep power 6 times, or half your rep power 12 times, etc .. that is what you are choosing in the drop down menu (which I hope we can get rid of).
We are looking into a way to restore the functionality that was in place before the upgrade.

[Angel4Truth]

Can it be fixed where SS dont have to rep several other people (pass it around) before repping the same person again?

[FriendsFellowship]

Right now we cannot limit how many times you can give reputation, but rather we can only limit how many reputation points you can give. We have set a limit of 3,000,000 temporarily. If you had a full rep power of 500,000 then you could only give your full rep power 6 times, or half your rep power 12 times, etc .. that is what you are choosing in the drop down menu (which I hope we can get rid of).
We are looking into a way to restore the functionality that was in place before the upgrade.

Setting the reputation limit should be a simple setting:

AdminCP> VBulletin Options>User Reputation Options> 'Daily Reputation Clicks Limit'

This is from the Vbulletin forum. Finding the setting should be a snap.

[geocajun]

Setting the reputation limit should be a simple setting:

AdminCP> VBulletin Options>User Reputation Options> 'Daily Reputation Clicks Limit'

This is from the Vbulletin forum. Finding the setting should be a snap.

yep, should be simple ;)

That isn't how it works though for us. Our plugin seems to be in mid development and we need to pick back up on where it was left off..

[Spudgrandma]

Right now we cannot limit how many times you can give reputation, but rather we can only limit how many reputation points you can give. We have set a limit of 3,000,000 temporarily. If you had a full rep power of 500,000 then you could only give your full rep power 6 times, or half your rep power 12 times, etc .. that is what you are choosing in the drop down menu (which I hope we can get rid of).
We are looking into a way to restore the functionality that was in place before the upgrade.


Thanks for the info....I guess we are back to that awful (patience) word. LOL

Again, Thank You!

[geocajun]

Can it be fixed where SS dont have to rep several other people (pass it around) before repping the same person again?
working on that

[~renuka~]

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg218/reni1950_photo/703784jl3qt1u4ao.gif

[Angel4Truth]

working on that
thank you :thumbsup:

[FriendsFellowship]

yep, should be simple ;)

That isn't how it works though for us. Our plugin seems to be in mid development and we need to pick back up on where it was left off..

The reputation system is part of the basic Vbulletin system. It shouldn't rely on a plugin.

[FriendsFellowship]

Here's a link to the official vBulletin manual page which describes how to set the parameters of the reputation system.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/vboptions_reputation

[Ariella]

oh great :clap: hopefully they can follow that and get it fixed - thanks for the link for the techs marty! :thumbsup:

currently someone with 10 rep points could rep a few thousand times and rep 3 million points i guess; while someone with 500,000 points would only be allowed to rep 6 times unless they restrict what they share out and even then you have to spread reps around to rep the person you want a second time

[~renuka~]

I have not understood neething.............tell me I can rep..................I am glad!!!

[A Gazelle]

Thanks a bunch Rep Daddy . . .

How many times do we rep before we can rep somebody again . . .

[joyshirley]

Doesn't work for me :sigh:

:wave:

Ty


I use IE and it doesn't work for me, either, whatever I do. I appreciate everyone's efforts on this. :thumbsup:

[Rep Daddy]

I just tried t in ie and gave you reps but it is really slow loading the page that allow you to rep. The problem may be the huge amount of reps you have now and the software's current approach to handling reps. try it in a sock account and it will likely work.

[Rep Daddy]

Thanks a bunch Rep Daddy . . .

How many times do we rep before we can rep somebody again . . .

Not sure where geo set the limits.

[Rep Daddy]

Right now we cannot limit how many times you can give reputation, but rather we can only limit how many reputation points you can give. We have set a limit of 3,000,000 temporarily. If you had a full rep power of 500,000 then you could only give your full rep power 6 times, or half your rep power 12 times, etc .. that is what you are choosing in the drop down menu (which I hope we can get rid of).
We are looking into a way to restore the functionality that was in place before the upgrade.

Thanks Geo. I greatly appreciate your helping us!!!!

[joyshirley]

I just tried t in ie and gave you reps but it is really slow loading the page that allow you to rep. The problem may be the huge amount of reps you have now and the software's current approach to handling reps. try it in a sock account and it will likely work.


Yes, I think that's what it is, Steve, cos it says.....

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 26783521 bytes) in /var/www/html/reputation.php(410) : eval()'d code on line 22

Thank you for the reps. :)

[Watchman4hm]

snooch you will have a hard time hitting the limit. I want to avoid those who miss this window getting way out of sync with others.


You mean it would be a shame for the High ups to have someone pass them while they were asleep...rotflol!

[~StarMaker~]

Yes, I think that's what it is, Steve, cos it says.....

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 26783521 bytes) in /var/www/html/reputation.php(410) : eval()'d code on line 22

Thank you for the reps. :)

I still get the error message as well. :sigh:

:wave::wave::wave:

Good Morning !

Thanks for working on this. :clap:

Any word on being able to put percentages in the box or get rid of it?

Starmaker

[Rep Daddy]

I had hoped this could be resolved with a few easy settings but it looks like some programming will be needed. I appreciate Geo doing what he could. I am sure Geo will let the tech staff know the status.

My guess is that removing the drop down box (thus removing the option of selecting the number of points to give with each rep) will be needed.

But Lee has assured me it will get fixed.

RD

[Tychicus2]

Thanks for all your work on this Rep Daddy :clap: :wave:

God Bless,

Ty

[LeeD]

But Lee has assured me it will get fixed.
Yes, it will DEFINITELY get fixed. I ask that you all be patient as the new tech I hired cannot start until Monday. That doesn't mean it will be fixed Monday either as he needs to completely understand what is going on here and pick up the broken pieces before he can begin making changes / progress. Pray and be patient.

[geocajun]

The reputation system is part of the basic Vbulletin system. It shouldn't rely on a plugin.
yes and no - we have several reputation plugins on the system right now. You seem familiar with the vbulletin system so you should be able to tell that we aren't using the native functionality.

[~StarMaker~]

Yes, it will DEFINITELY get fixed. I ask that you all be patient as the new tech I hired cannot start until Monday. That doesn't mean it will be fixed Monday either as he needs to completely understand what is going on here and pick up the broken pieces before he can begin making changes / progress. Pray and be patient.

Does this mean that Nex is no longer with us?

Starmaker

[joyshirley]

Yes, it will DEFINITELY get fixed. I ask that you all be patient as the new tech I hired cannot start until Monday. That doesn't mean it will be fixed Monday either as he needs to completely understand what is going on here and pick up the broken pieces before he can begin making changes / progress. Pray and be patient.


Thanks so much for coming in and telling us this, Lee. :)

[~renuka~]

so nex no longer working????

[geocajun]

Yes, it will DEFINITELY get fixed. I ask that you all be patient as the new tech I hired cannot start until Monday. That doesn't mean it will be fixed Monday either as he needs to completely understand what is going on here and pick up the broken pieces before he can begin making changes / progress. Pray and be patient.
I confirmed with Nexia that this was a bug that he was in the process of fixing. I'll explain the way its working to our new developer when he starts.

[~renuka~]

I confirmed with Nexia that this was a bug that he was in the process of fixing. I'll explain the way its working to our new developer when he starts.
hmmmm

[Jere209]

Is it 24 hours we have to wait before repping the same person again? and, will the multiple repping come back when this bug is fixed? In other words, is this whole thing related to ONE thing?

[Rep Daddy]

COOL NEWS


Looks like geocajun isolated the problem and got it repaired!!!!!!!

[geocajun]

I just spoke with Nexia about the problem in more detail. He had installed a plugin (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=146438) which was supposed to increase our functionality but it ended up breaking it. I have disabled the plugin and it seems that things are back in order.

We are now set to 40 clicks per day, and 5 people have to be repped before you can rep a person again.
When we get the site supporter stuff back in place we'll work around the 5 clicks per day

COOL NEWS


Looks like geocajun isolated the problem and got it repaired!!!!!!!

he rocks. Quick! everyone rep geocajun!! :)

[Rep Daddy]

I think it is fixed now

[synger]

I know a lot of this is about the reps, but I didn't want these questions to be lost in the other topics:

Nexi, This may have been asked before, but I haven't found it.
Will we be able to report offensive posts?

Thanks!

Yes, you will. My understanding is that getting reports back up and running is one of the priorities. Until then, if you run across an egregious violation of the rules, you can send a PM to a mod of that forum with the URL of the post. Moderators are now listed at the BOTTOM of the forum pages.

what happened to the chatbox??? :scratch: :confused: i can't seem to find it anywhere!

It's another of the things that was turned off during the initial upgrade, and may be re-added later.

[joyshirley]

COOL NEWS


Looks like geocajun isolated the problem and got it repaired!!!!!!!

I just spoke with Nexia about the problem in more detail. He had installed a plugin (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=146438) which was supposed to increase our functionality but it ended up breaking it. I have disabled the plugin and it seems that things are back in order.

We are now set to 40 clicks per day, and 5 people have to be repped before you can rep a person again.
When we get the site supporter stuff back in place we'll work around the 5 clicks per day.


That's really awesome!! Thanks so much!! :clap:

[~renuka~]

how would we know how many reps r left.....to start the repping games;)

[~renuka~]

Is it 24 hours we have to wait before repping the same person again? and, will the multiple repping come back when this bug is fixed? In other words, is this whole thing related to ONE thing?
u have to rep 5 people before you can rep the same person again

[Rep Daddy]

you should have 40 per day. try and see.

[~renuka~]

I just spoke with Nexia about the problem in more detail. He had installed a plugin (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=146438) which was supposed to increase our functionality but it ended up breaking it. I have disabled the plugin and it seems that things are back in order.

We are now set to 40 clicks per day, and 5 people have to be repped before you can rep a person again.
When we get the site supporter stuff back in place we'll work around the 5 clicks per day



he rocks. Quick! everyone rep geocajun!! :)
http://images.zwani.com/graphics/you_rock/images/7.gif

[~renuka~]

you should have 40 per day. try and see.
I have 40 per day ....I wanna know hiow many reps are left....or howe many people I can rep

[Rep Daddy]

and 5 people have to be repped before you can rep a person again.
When we get the site supporter stuff back in place we'll work around the 5 clicks per day

I talked to cajun and the software has been set to allow reps without passing around.

[kittystorm92]

you should have 40 per day. try and see.

RD I get the message stating I've given out too much and that I have to wait.

[~renuka~]

I know a lot of this is about the reps, but I didn't want these questions to be lost in the other topics:



Yes, you will. My understanding is that getting reports back up and running is one of the priorities. Until then, if you run across an egregious violation of the rules, you can send a PM to a mod of that forum with the URL of the post. Moderators are now listed at the BOTTOM of the forum pages.



It's another of the things that was turned off during the initial upgrade, and may be re-added later.
and mods are keeping a constant eye....in one of the threads a lot of abuses were being hurled and in a minute the posts were gone!!!!

[~renuka~]

I talked to cajun and the software has been set to allow reps without passing around.
thats right I repped u twice in a row

[~renuka~]

RD I get the message stating I've given out too much and that I have to wait.
Hi Kitts

[Jere209]

nm

[Jere209]

Or maybe it's taking a bit to register?

[arborvita]

Happy to report that the rep system has been fixed. :)

[LeeD]

I think it is fixed now
Is it 100% functional now?
so nex no longer working????
That is correct.

[Lindon Tinuviel]

Fare thee well, nexia. I will miss him.

[Rep Daddy]

Is it 100% functional now?


As far as I can tell.:clap:

[Rep Daddy]

Also a word of thanks to nexia for working with me in the earlier phases of this and thanks to geocajun for finishing the task!

[arborvita]

Global announcement regarding reps have been posted. :)

[MeekOne]

Thanks for all your work on this Rep Daddy :clap: :wave:

God Bless,

TyYessireebob!! Thank you!! :clap:

Yes, it will DEFINITELY get fixed. I ask that you all be patient as the new tech I hired cannot start until Monday. That doesn't mean it will be fixed Monday either as he needs to completely understand what is going on here and pick up the broken pieces before he can begin making changes / progress. Pray and be patient.:clap:Thank you, Lee, for helping us! :clap:

COOL NEWS


Looks like geocajun isolated the problem and got it repaired!!!!!!!geocajun ROCKS!!! http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/ylsuper.gif
Happy to report that the rep system has been fixed. :)Yay!!! :clap::cool::clap:

[kittystorm92]

I guess we still have that 24 hour clock for Repping. Way can't we just have our Reps all at once at a certain time everyday and be able to use them when WE CAN!!!!? I really hate having to wait for the clock to tell me OK now you can Rep, when it's late at night.

[Tychicus2]

Also a word of thanks to nexia for working with me in the earlier phases of this and thanks to geocajun for finishing the task!

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Thank you !!!!

Reps are working :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Ty

[RadicallyTransformedMom]

I talked to cajun and the software has been set to allow reps without passing around.
woot woot!:amen::thumbsup::clap:

[FriendsFellowship]

Yea! Good rep news! :clap:

[Ariella]

thanks for fixing part of the reps problem :thumbsup:

does anyone know whats happening with the posting problem?

[buttercup2000]

Thank you all for all the work you are doing for CF2. Much appreciated. :clap:

[~renuka~]

when will the pets appear???

[Tychicus2]

Thanks so much for fixing Reps :clap:

Are other things being worked on now or are we waiting until Monday to start ?

Things like pets, the bank, post order etc...?

God Bless,
Ty

[FriendsFellowship]

Me thinks there is a problem in the CF camp.

Nexialys hasn't been on since 14th May 2008 06:11 AM, and somewhere I read the LeeD hired some new who couldn't start til Monday.

So, who knows?

[Tristan3]

I heard through the grapevine that Nex is no longer with us?

Tristan

[flaglady]

That would be correct. nexia has moved on to other pastures ...

[Rep Daddy]

I don't think it's been announced. After Nexia resigned, LeeD engaged a new project leader to complete the update, SirAdrian.

SirAdrian likes adrenaline sports like skydiving and bungee jumping, so I think he'll enjoy working on the upgrade here. :D

fyi

[Jere209]

I am wondering about the SS problems? Nexia had mentioned there was alot of "surprises", good ones, that were going to be forthcoming. Will those things be conveyed to Geo? and, will they still be applicable and instituted?
Thanks for the hard work Geo...
God bless

[flaglady]

We sincerely hope so. We are looking forward to them as well.

[Jere209]

We sincerely hope so. We are looking forward to them as well.

Me too. :) Thank you for replying.
Love the avatar. :)

[Jere209]

I think the Lion should be the mascot of CF now.. Lol, everyone has him in their avatars..I love him...

[redneckfollowingchrist]

so is ther any progress with all the oter upgrades

[FriendsFellowship]

so is ther any progress with all the oter upgrades

I think we'll have to wait for the new guy to get on board.

[redneckfollowingchrist]

so they dont know when everyhting will be back.... waithing for the chatbox

[FriendsFellowship]

so they dont know when everyhting will be back.... waithing for the chatbox

I think that sums it up!

[Tychicus2]

It would be nice to see another announcement from the new guy after he gets his feet wet, so to speak, to know what is being worked on next? i.e. Reports/Bank/pets/etc.

Not demanding anything, just a suggestion :wave:

Thanks,
Ty

[Jere209]

so they dont know when everyhting will be back.... waithing for the chatbox

I think they are working on things as fast as they can. ;) I notice things here and there changing almost daily. Sometimes I can see the frames on the pages changing, so I know they are hard at it.
Probably as in most project undertakings, they are taking the most important and working their way to the least of them. I'm sure we'll see more changes coming!
We all just need to have patience. I think they have done an awesome job considering the things they've been up against. Both of which were predicted and unpredicted.
Kudos to the teams! :clap:

[redneckfollowingchrist]

that adn the pets but im really not worried about that

[LeeD]

Yes, next week we will have a full time techie back in the saddle. He will have his hands full in simply getting caught up on the situation here, but progress WILL BE made! :D

[Spudgrandma]

Yes, next week we will have a full time techie back in the saddle. He will have his hands full in simply getting caught up on the situation here, but progress WILL BE made! :D


Good to hear, I'm looking forward to things back to normal. :thumbsup:

[tall73]

Yes, next week we will have a full time techie back in the saddle. He will have his hands full in simply getting caught up on the situation here, but progress WILL BE made! :D

Since you are reading this directly, thanks for these updates! Having a real search feature back is fantastic, and the other updates have been good too. I realize not everyone will love it, but I like that you are putting board performance first.

[Tigg]

Came on to thank Nexialys and the dude is gone. Well, I hope he aquires a better job, more pay, etc. God bless him.
And good luck to the new dude. Think he/she will need it.
Guess the dear Lord sent me to this site to learn a bit more patience.

-Peace-

[pgp_protector]

Good to hear, I'm looking forward to things back to normal. :thumbsup:


I'm not.

Not at least if you're using the last year or so of instability, bugs, changes as normal ;) :)

[flaglady]

Hee hee! agree wit ya there, pgp!

[Rep Daddy]

SirAdrian starts tomorrow

WOOT!

[Tristan3]

SirAdrian starts tomorrow

WOOT!

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

[Spudgrandma]

I'm not.

Not at least if you're using the last year or so of instability, bugs, changes as normal ;) :)


Well I actually meant normal in that everything is running the way it should be with no problems. ;)

[joyshirley]

SirAdrian starts tomorrow

WOOT!


Cool cool!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[~renuka~]

whats that???

[joyshirley]

whats that???


Hello, renuka :wave:

Sir Adrian is the new tech guy who will be working on CF as from Monday. :)

[edb19]

Monday is today

new upgrades should be coming soon :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Tychicus2]

Praying for no more glitches along the way :pray:

God Bless SirAdrian,

Ty

[Rep Daddy]

Gonna be a busy time on the staff side.

[ladyt28]

Is all of this work being done by volunteers?

[snoochface]

Is all of this work being done by volunteers?

There is a paid technical staff.

[WhiteWillow]

:pray: for the new guy,thanks for this update thread as well :thumbsup:

[cfFosterANGEL31]

nothing of here about pets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhiteWillow]

And..where do you find the time where your reps kick back in? It once told us at so and so time..you'll have reps..Do we just guess and keep track ourselves now?

[MeekOne]

nothing of here about pets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I miss my pet rock Rocco. :sigh:

[redneckfollowingchrist]

what about the chat box?

[flaglady]

Yep - all of the above are on the "To-do" list. Will take a goodish while though. Lotsa patience being asked of you all. ;)

[Jere209]

Flaglady,
Will we be able to customize our profiles the way we did our homepage on the old CF? I thought maybe it would be one of the perks of the SS *hoping* :).
I don't know if this coding is the same type as let's say, Yuku's or Ezboards, but I know they have profiles there like this. So, just wondering. :)

[ravenscape]

Flaglady,
Will we be able to customize our profiles the way we did our homepage on the old CF? I thought maybe it would be one of the perks of the SS *hoping* :).
I don't know if this coding is the same type as let's say, Yuku's or Ezboards, but I know they have profiles there like this. So, just wondering. :)
Yes. It won't work exactly the way it did at CF1, though. This version of vbulletin doesn't support html code in the profile page. But we will be able to add backgrounds, colors, change fonts, etc.

[Jere209]

Yes. It won't work exactly the way it did at CF1, though. This version of vbulletin doesn't support html code in the profile page. But we will be able to add backgrounds, colors, change fonts, etc.
:clap::thumbsup:I kinda thought so. yippee..that's the way the other ones work too. :)
hugs Raven

[IamRedeemed]

I really appreciate all that you all are doing.
The new features are great! Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

http://www.thedollpalace.com/cute-text/qt-binText.php?&tp=tx&t=Good%20job%21&fs=20&fi=2309&tc=%23CC0066&oc=%23ff0000&ta=1&ow=0&&tp=ap&bg=%23ffffff&ft=3

[Ann M]

Thank you for all your wonderful work. Please make sure you get some sleep, coffee and Vitamin D :)

[A Gazelle]

http://media.superpimper.com/glitter_graphics/Hello/hello-129.gif (http://www.superpimper.com/graphics/glitter_graphics-MySpace-Hello-filename-hello_129.gif.htm)

[TheDag]

any word on when the bank will be back and we can get our blessings we had stored there returned to us?

Edit to add:
just in case anyone was wondering all you need to do is ask and you shall receive I have found out.

[karen freeinchristman]

This is a really helpful thread, but I'm wondering if we could take the link off the front sign-in page? It seems to be the first thing newbies might see, and go to, and become very confused! Everytime I go to log on, I see that link first, and so wanted to ask if anyone else thinks that should be taken off now that it has been a while? If no one else thinks so, I'm ok with that, too. :sorry:

[wierdradicalrib]

when will the chatbox be back up?

[ravenscape]

CHECK THIS THREAD FOR THE CURRENT UPGRADE STATUS: http://christianforums.com/showthread.php?t=7236180



I am closing this thread now because the new thread will contain future updates, not this one.


Thanks,

Raven
Team Joy