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3 October 2023 at 16:39 #39018
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
Post your comments, report bug, etc on the new forum format here.

Dave (Sillyoldduffer), Colin from Model Boats and Myself have spent a lot of time testing the forum and found many issues, some small bugs and some big ones. At the time of writing (10.30am on the 12th) there is still a lot we would like to see fixed or changed. Some of it may happen before going live some of it may not but we have done our best to get the forum to a usable state and hope you won’t be as disappointed as we are. Hopefully some things will improve over the next week or so as the bugs are ironed out but unfortunately some things will take a lot longer.
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18 October 2023 at 15:51 #675753
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
I’ve bumped this to the top as Iexpect this thread to get rather busy
18 October 2023 at 17:37 #675763
John Hinkley
Participant
@johnhinkley26699
Had a bit of trouble trying to get onto the site this pm. I kept getting a 504 error from the site. I put it down to the number of people attempting to access the site. That seems to have been solved and signed in OK. First impressions are favourable based on my limited experience with it. Well done everyone involved in the transfer, it can’t have been easy and obviously threw up some unexpected problems leading to the extended timescale.

John
18 October 2023 at 18:10 #675764
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
Evening John

You and one other member have been able to sneak in as it does not look like the site will officially go live until tomorrow morning

feel free to have a look around and try a fe wof the test threads out.

J

PS sorry no prize for being the first member to post on the forum but good for the Mods to see you got in OK.
19 October 2023 at 13:41 #675822
Thor 🇳🇴
Participant
@thor
Well, the forum is finally up again, thanks to Jason and Dave for the time spent testing the new forum. I like the new look but it seems to be slower than the old one. Teething problems?

Thor
19 October 2023 at 14:37 #675840
Grindstone Cowboy
Participant
@grindstonecowboy
Thanks folks! Things I have noticed so far:

1) Passwords are now case-sensitive (they were not before)

2) Initial login was rather slow, circa 45 seconds

3) Opening this thread was, on first attempt, impossible (gave up after five minutes), but two more tries and it came down to 15 seconds

I’m sure it will settle given time.

Rob

Edit – less than 10 seconds to post
19 October 2023 at 14:40 #675845
noel shelley
Participant
@noelshelley55608
Yesterday it told me my browser was out of date ! I spent half last night trying to update it and failed as I know little about how to use this thing and it’s 14 years old. Now 14:00 on the 19th it lets me in with no trouble, I didn’t even have to enter any details ! Yes it seems VERY slow, no doubt I will get used to it, but it’s back ! Thank you to all who have worked to get it back and running. Noel.
19 October 2023 at 14:40 #675846
Oldiron
Participant
@oldiron
Glad to see the forum up again. Looks to have been a bigger job than at first thought. It was a real slow process logging in. Only 17 minutes from opening the icon on my desktop to getting here. Also had to navigate that terrible Capcha thingy. I hope that improves very quickly. Not sure I like the “participant” title under username. Would be better as “forum member” or similar.

regards
19 October 2023 at 14:44 #675847
Dave Halford
Participant
@davehalford22513
Old log in remembered by the site, no noticeable slowness except for a fractional pause changing screens.

Submit however is much slower.

+ I am not a number, I’m a free man ;O)

+ who stole the smileys and more importantly when will the latest post list be working?
19 October 2023 at 15:13 #675882
Journeyman
Participant
@journeyman
Managed to log in OK trying to edit ‘Profile’ all I get is a white page with my user name in large letters at the top. Wanted to put my avatar logo back but…

OK cancel that the avatar seems to already be there?

John
19 October 2023 at 15:13 #675883
Tony Jeffree
Participant
@tonyjeffree56510
I don’t seem to be able to modify my profile – for example to add a photo – I can see that others have achieved this, so there must be a way? I get taken to a page headed “Tony Jeffree” but which doesn’t allow me to do anything useful.
19 October 2023 at 15:14 #675885
Oldiron
Participant
@oldiron
Not goiungh to be a good experience if all posts with pictures have to wait for moderation.

regards
19 October 2023 at 15:16 #675866
Ches Green UK
Participant
@chesgreenuk
Site looks good. Maybe a bit too much White Space but I guess that helps mobile users?

I had logged in OK about 5 mins ago. Read the Red Box ‘Forum Help/Faq’ and then hit the mouse Back button to return to the Forum but got the ‘Checking Secure Connection’ message…which hung.

Probably just a teething issue.

Anyway, well done on the progress.

Ches
19 October 2023 at 15:16 #675874
Oldiron
Participant
@oldiron
Juist browsing through the forum and tried to look at my profile, there is nothing there but “oldiron”. Nothing else and no way to edit it.

Then got this>> ??
19 October 2023 at 15:17 #675890
Oldiron
Participant
@oldiron
19 October 2023 at 15:19 #675900
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
Afternoon

Yes there has been a recent problem that is slowing things down, Admin are working on it.

I’ll have a look at the profile thing it was one area that has not been giving too many problems except e-mail notifications
19 October 2023 at 15:22 #675903
Oldiron
Participant
@oldiron
Good luck with the fault finding and updates. Think I will check back in a few days.

Thanks all

regards
19 October 2023 at 15:23 #675907
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
Profile edits showing OK for me as a MOD, will take a look with my basic members account.

What you should be able to do is click profile on the green bar, then the secnd option that comes up “profile” and then “Edit”

As there are no albums you won’t see “photos” below your avatar. Also “posts” won’t show how many. If you wnat to see someones posts, click their avatar and then activity or gallery for images.
19 October 2023 at 15:25 #675910
Jason Ballamy
Participant
@jasonballamy
Editing of profile OK for me as a normal member too
19 October 2023 at 15:28 #675913
Journeyman
Participant
@journeyman
The ‘Under Maintenance’ logo still appears in the browser tab

Although perhaps it should stay for the time being!

John
19 October 2023 at 15:30 #675933
Journeyman
Participant
@journeyman
Profile now available to edit, perhaps I am to impatient.

John
19 October 2023 at 15:32 #675937
john halfpenny
Participant
@johnhalfpenny52803
I’m here, finally. Is there a ‘new posts’ button? It looks like we have to view each sub-heading.
19 October 2023 at 15:36 #675942
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
There is (was) a “Newest Topics” down the right side but it has just gone AOWL and I have let admin know. Not quite as good a sthe old one and you can’t click anything to get a longer list but it is being worked on. It is something the Mods have been asking for a lot.
19 October 2023 at 15:37 #675946
vic newey
Participant
@vicnewey60017
Forum is running slow for me although all my other various forums are at normal speed, took ages to sign in but now it’s going a bit faster.

One question, we used to have a “latest posts” section so you could see straight away stuff that might be of interest, is it there somewhere and I missed it? or perhaps can be implemented sooner or later?

EDIT: I see the same question was asked while I did my one finger typing
19 October 2023 at 15:39 #675953
JasonB
Moderator
@jasonb
Admin and developer sare still sorting some problems so you may find things time out or are not available from time to time.

It was felt better to get something up and running that stay offline even longer.
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