Transfer pains and complaint department

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:28 pm

OK, this new incarnation remembers me, but each time I go off the forum and come back on it wants me to long on again. I click the box to automatically log me on, but it doesn't cooperate. I'm on Mozilla Firefox if that matters.

Joe

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:44 pm

I am having the same problems and I use FF as well. Matter of fact, I am going to go check my cookies out right now...

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:45 pm

This version is not holding the automatic login.

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:46 pm

Same problem and I do not use FF

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:47 pm

I am using microsfts browser and it does the same thing.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:48 pm

Yeah, looks like there are a few of us that have that same problem.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:49 pm

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:58 pm

OK guys, here's what happened. The cookie didn't match up with the website. A small enough little glitch and easy to overlook. We've reset the cookie info so that NOW it should work. It was driving me nuts too - but I couldn't find the WHY.

Now I have, reset it and it SHOULD work fine now. Dump your cookies and try it again, please advise if you experience any further such problems.

Thanks!

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:09 pm

Nope, still doesn't work.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:15 pm

I dumped my cookies and started again and that fixed it for me. Well, at least for now.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:32 pm

Guys,

We're still trying to iron the bugs out. This new version of the software enhances security and also facilitates moderation and admin duties. It's going to take us all a bit of time to figure things out, but don't sweat it - we'll soon be feeling at home here again in spite of the paint job and such.

Anyway, there's a few issues to work out. So, PLEASE, if there's something that's not working right, post it on this thread. This will give us all a standard place to post our problems so that we can work out any issues that pop up. I'll be merging the threads on automatic logins with this one for a start.

Thanks!

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:39 pm

Old Savage wrote:Nope, still doesn't work.

OK. Try this. Hold down the control (ctrl) key and then push the F5 key at the top of your keyboard. This should force a refresh of your IE browser. If that doesn't work, try emptying your cookies and relogon...

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:45 pm

I have too many things running with passwords and user names right now, I don't dare dump the cookies unless I can do them just for Leverguns. Is that doable?

Joe

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:49 pm

J Miller wrote:I have too many things running with passwords and user names right now, I don't dare dump the cookies unless I can do them just for Leverguns. Is that doable?

Joe

Firefox, right?

Go to:

Tools

Options

Click on "Security" then "Show Passwords"

Select levergunscommunity and delete it. Then try again.

That should do it, I think.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:54 pm

OK, followed your instructions, found two passwords for Leverguns in there. Deleted them both. Logged back on. Will see what happens next time I go off and come back on.

Joe

gunslinger598 · Post by **gunslinger598** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:55 pm

IT worked for me ....

So far anyway..

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:14 am

Why are none of my posts posting?

I attempt to post and my responses are erased. I can't even use the "Back" button to try again.

I keep getting some kind of "Save Draft" BS.

P.S. Well, OK. Maybe it's operator error.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:49 am

Quote-"sobenk,here is the link to your original post http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=6975. Seems the search function(also used the advanced search function) is not working for older posts.I found your original article by a manual surf search. " I put in "Rye" then "Whiskey" in the search box in the upper right corner and only found the one recent post dated after the software upgrade

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:02 am

I also tried "1886"(as a test just in case "whiskey" was being blocked by some possiable security protocal) in the search window and only showed 3 posts using "1886" all dated from june 7 2008.

shawn_c992001 · Post by **shawn_c992001** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:14 am

My post count went down for some reason.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:37 am

AmBraCol wrote:
J Miller wrote:I have too many things running with passwords and user names right now, I don't dare dump the cookies unless I can do them just for Leverguns. Is that doable?

Joe

Firefox, right?

Go to:

Tools

Options

Click on "Security" then "Show Passwords"

Select levergunscommunity and delete it. Then try again.

That should do it, I think.

OK, I did that and that problem was solved. Thanks for the help.

Joe

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:47 am

Jaguarundi wrote:Quote-"sobenk,here is the link to your original post http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=6975. Seems the search function(also used the advanced search function) is not working for older posts.I found your original article by a manual surf search. " I put in "Rye" then "Whiskey" in the search box in the upper right corner and only found the one recent post dated after the software upgrade

OK. One of the problems we had was in the indexing of the site. There were some symbols and such that the system choked on. We're working at reindexing, but I don't know if we'll be successful or not. The board was slow as molasses and there were "too many connections" failures and such. SO FAR today it seems to be running smoother. You might try searching again, so far all the old stuff I've searched for has shown up.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:50 am

shawn_c992001 wrote:My post count went down for some reason.

During the process of getting set up again the post counts sere re-synced. So if for some reason you had posts that were deleted for some reason (part of a nuked thread or from classifieds) then when they were resynced only the current posts were counted. Mine took a hit too...

Such is life.

OJ · Post by OJ » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:19 am

I'm just glad we're up and running again - this forum is the best!!

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:20 am

Here's a minor glitch I ran into. My "notification of new reply" email link from the TX Summer Safari on the old board links me to this thread instead of that one...

Malamute · Post by **Malamute** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:23 am

"I have too many things running with passwords and user names right now, I don't dare dump the cookies ........"

I said something to that effect to a friend once, he replied, "just use the same name and password for everything, with maybe 2 or 3 variations for different levels of security". Boy did that simplify things!!!

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:44 am

So there were some posts with problems but I believe it was a quite limited number, if you count drop significantly it would had to have been counted wrong before because the total number of posts was very close.

As for the search....

I let the rebuild run for 12 hours and it appeared to still be running but I was counting indexes and didn't see the records increasing so I finally gave up.
I of course started this like a fool on my laptop so that was not such a great idea. If Paul wants I can delete the index and start this on another one of the dozen machines

sitting in my office at home and close my eyes on it for a few days. The rebuild is smart enough to do php refreshes during the rebuild so it won't time out. Looking at the admin panel it appears built but you really just can't tell...

Well actually I just did a SQL query on the new wordlist index it's significantly smaller then before however there is a wordlist and a wordmatch what the begezes they are used for exactly I don't know for sure. This software has a good support forum I'll poke around for answers on this in the next couple days. I have to admit I take of a lot of sites/forums for a groups but this one is big and gets a lot of posts. I'm used to having more categories for selected interest but whatever works.

By the way I appreciate all the thank you, I will help ANY gun (well pro gun) related site to the best of my ability. What I would ask in return is that if you are a collector and have a favorite make/model also consider looking up to see if there is a collectors organization and consider supporting them by joining a year and giving them a try. Many of these supply excellent journals that are limited only by what they can afford with membership dues and most are all volunteer organizations. Of course NRA is good but I'm just trying to help the little guys as well... I suspect their are a few that attended the NRA show hope you made it to collectors row, I'm not saying all of them, but many of them spend their own money and of course time to put on the display and encourage interest. I try to talk to anyone and everyone who shows and interest or has a question.
I hope (I don't think) I broke a rule by preaching but that's my one pitch....

Regards.

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:47 am

awp101 wrote:Here's a minor glitch I ran into. My "notification of new reply" email link from the TX Summer Safari on the old board links me to this thread instead of that one...

Ekk ooh, ouch. hum....

With the lose and recovery/rebuild of the forums I bet the ID's probably have changed.

Unfortunately I think that's going to be something we will have to live with.... I have no idea if you post another "hi" if it recreates that or not to the forum or maybe you have to change your option to no notification and then back on and then post. I'm just guessing here...

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:50 am

[quote="Malamute"]"I have too many things running with passwords and user names right now, I don't dare dump the cookies ........"

You can dump specific cookies in the browser options.

By the way for those who "leave" and come back, the cookie expiration is currently set to 1 hour...

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:01 pm

DavidFagan wrote:
awp101 wrote:Here's a minor glitch I ran into. My "notification of new reply" email link from the TX Summer Safari on the old board links me to this thread instead of that one...
Ekk ooh, ouch. hum....

No biggie, like I said it's minor and I tend to keep a pretty close eye on that thread anyway...

I figured it might give a head's up to others who were wondering wha'hoppen?!?

Thanks for all your help!

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:08 pm

awp101 wrote:
DavidFagan wrote:
awp101 wrote:Here's a minor glitch I ran into. My "notification of new reply" email link from the TX Summer Safari on the old board links me to this thread instead of that one...
Ekk ooh, ouch. hum....
No biggie, like I said it's minor and I tend to keep a pretty close eye on that thread anyway... I figured it might give a head's up to others who were wondering wha'hoppen?!?

Thanks for all your help!

That's strange, the Leverguns Texas Safari topic ID number is 3989 while this thread's number is 7542 I've NO idea how the two would get mixed up. We DID move the safari from "sticky" to "announcement" to clean up the look and enable folks to diferentiate between the "Forum Stuff" and the regular BS...

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:38 pm

AmBraCol wrote:That's strange, the Leverguns Texas Safari topic ID number is 3989 while this thread's number is 7542 I've NO idea how the two would get mixed up. We DID move the safari from "sticky" to "announcement" to clean up the look and enable folks to diferentiate between the "Forum Stuff" and the regular BS...

Ah, this may explain it:
If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click thefollowing link:viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3989&p=94643&e=94643

If you want to view the topic, click the following link:viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3989

The first link may be taking me to the latest post, period instead of the latest post in that thread.

Lefty Dude · Post by **Lefty Dude** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:59 pm

Been having trouble with log in for the past several days. No recogonition at all.

Dumped my Cookies, and here we are. Worked for me.

Thanks, Guys.

Post by **David** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:10 pm

Just a FYI...
I have the old v2 up and did a search for 1886, 829 matches.
So I think the 12 hours wasn't enough

90K posts however it a lot to index...

old goat · Post by **old goat** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:54 pm

...When I click on the return arrow, after reading an ad in the Classified section, I get a "web page expired" message. This happens only in the Classified section. Is it my computer, or the new program? (It only happens here)

...old goat

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:21 pm

AmBraCol wrote:
shawn_c992001 wrote:My post count went down for some reason.
During the process of getting set up again the post counts sere re-synced. So if for some reason you had posts that were deleted for some reason (part of a nuked thread or from classifieds) then when they were resynced only the current posts were counted. Mine took a hit too... Such is life.

Mine took a 50 post hit or so myself - but I think, given my count, most are probably pretty happy with that (and wishing it was more!!!)!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:35 pm

Hobie,
How do I change my password without removing myself to the stone age?

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:33 am

If it is like th old forum (we'll just have to try), once you change the PW I'll have to re-activate you. Let me know when and I can look for the activation message and make it happen very quickly. Unfortunately, I've been busy with familial responsibilities this week and haven't been on much.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:09 am

mescalero1 wrote:Hobie,
How do I change my password without removing myself to the stone age?

I ain't Hobie, but here's how it's set up. We're allowing user authentication now. So far no spammers (there WEREN'T - I'll check again today) Anyway, you go to your user control panel (look up above at the top left corner of the forum it says right there "user control panel") and poke around until you find where you can set a new password. The system should send you a note that you'll need to follow the instructions on to enable your account again.

I'm going to slip this one into the "Transfer Pains" thread...

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:37 am

The logon appears to be solved.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:54 am

Paul,

A couple questions about the Global Settings.

I noticed we now have to type in BRITISH ENGLISH. When did Bush abdicate the presidency and surrender us back to being a British colony?

And all the time zone settings are European. I'm not sure but I think we're in North America. Correct me if I'm wrong.

All this is tongue in cheek really, but is there a way to get this set for AMERICAN English and North American time zones?

Joe

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:04 am

OK, so my question got bounced over here to the "IGNORE" section. So how about an answer then?

Joe

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:08 am

J Miller wrote:Paul,

A couple questions about the Global Settings.

I noticed we now have to type in BRITISH ENGLISH. When did Bush abdicate the presidency and surrender us back to being a British colony?

And all the time zone settings are European. I'm not sure but I think we're in North America. Correct me if I'm wrong.

All this is tongue in cheek really, but is there a way to get this set for AMERICAN English and North American time zones?

Joe

Well, we've got no other language packs at this time. So, ol' bean, you must now affect a limey way of speaking. Keep a stiff uppah lip and all that.

As for time zones, the time listed is international standard time, based on the "Greenwich Meantime" IIRC GMT -5:00 is Eastern Standard Time and you can count down from there clear out to Alaska and Hiwaii...

Once we get a US English language pack we'll set it up (hopefully they'll provide one) in honor of the founders of the site and forum who are all united statians. The time settings, well, it makes it easier for folks over seas (a healthy section of the fraternity) to have a global sense of the time on the posts and such. Central Daylight Time means nothing outside of the US, but GMT -6:00 (or -5:00 in DST) CAN make a bit of sense once you get the hang of the system.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:09 am

J Miller wrote:OK, so my question got bounced over here to the "IGNORE" section. So how about an answer then?

Joe

Uh. Well, Joe? If you'd give a feller a chance to type it up...

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:13 am

J Miller wrote:OK, so my question got bounced over here to the "IGNORE" section. So how about an answer then?

Joe

And I'd appreciate it if you would be so kind as to point out any of the issues above that have been "ignored". We're doing our best to iron things out but we're human and something may have slipped through the cracks. It's not intentional, but all the moderators are volunteers, just doing our best to keep things running smoothly. A gentle reminder of specific issues is appreciated as we also have regular jobs we need to hold down to put food on the table and in some cases for even more important reasons. So if we're "ignoring" something it's not intentional. Either it's slipped through somehow or we're working on it as time allows.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:15 am

And I should just let it go, but THIS is the thread we try to keep a tab on "things to do". It's a more appropriate thread for your question than the avatar thread was. THAT'S why it was moved, to make it easier to drop over to the appropriate thread to check on "need to do's" not out of some underhanded attempt to "ignore" your question.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:05 pm

Paul,

I apologize. I'm sorry for the attitude. I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the world today.

As for the language, could we at least try for Australian English?

They got more style.
For the time, there's a clock in every room of this house and no two say the same time. So it don't matter really.

Joe

Post by **AmBraCol** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:52 pm

Apology accepted. We ain't perfect - none of us - and that's where patience helps a lot.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:42 pm

Paul and Hobie, I just want to say again that it ain't no big deal how I have to sign on or what time the post says, Just thank the good Lord that we have this forum.

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:37 pm

Well, gentlemen,

I am thankful for this forum. I appreciate it, and I have benefitted treamendously from the knowledge that you good people have shared with me. I like hanging out here, too. This has been a glitch-free changeover for me. Thank you, to all involved with this forum.

Now I gotta throw in this: I miss the most recent "old format":

It was very clean, and uncluttered. My favorite part of it, though, was the abillity to easily see a new posting, without straining to see any differences among the threads. It was not busy, and it was my favorite layout. I wanted a screenshot of the actual Leverguns page, but that rarely loads up anymore.

Shawn