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Hello MoFos,
Well, as most of you probably saw/heard, we switched servers yesterday. The forums came back online this morning. We had some problems (a few of you may have seen intermitten "Forbidden" messages), but Rob, who owns the server, was incredibly helpful and diligent in tracking them down, and they should be gone by now.
More importantly, of course, is that you should all notice fewer errors of any kind (server, database, etc), and pages should load a lot quicker than they have in the last few months. If you're reading this, please do me a small favor and reply to let me know whether or not you you've yet noticed any change in reliability and load times. It's much quicker for me, but I'd like to know if others are experiencing the same jump in performance. I hope so. :)
Thanks for your patience over the past few months, and enjoy the new server!
Oh, also, there should be far more guests browsing the forum than usual. Shortly before we switched servers I removed the load limit from the forum, which may have been holding some guests back (members, I believe, are exempt from it). Upon deactivating it and moving to the new server, we saw an instant jump, from about 90-100 total users (members and guests combined) in the middle of the day, to 250 or 270. It's at 160+ as I write this. So in addition to being faster, MoFo should be more active from here on out. Especially with summer coming up. :)
In summary: yay.
Yup, everything seems a lot better so far. I can finally post in the shout box and the pages load a lot faster.
ash_is_the_gal
02-24-06, 03:51 PM
awesome Chris! i am actually excited...haha.
and yeah, the page load is quick and i haven't gotten any error messages all morning...yay :)
Tacitus
02-24-06, 03:58 PM
MoFo is so fast now that pages are loading before I've even clicked the link! Maybe that's just excitement clouding my judgement...
I'm not getting any email notification of posts in subscribed threads though - checked my profile options and everything seems fine there. ;)
adidasss
02-24-06, 03:59 PM
well, i can't say for sure now because it always used to be slow in the afternoon ( it's evening now )....but so far so good....very nice and fast....
In summary: yay.
Seconded, and recommend for immediate promotion to woo!
Everything's running a lot smoother. :)
And my lumbago has cleared up completely
SamsoniteDelilah
02-24-06, 04:06 PM
http://www.adeepplace.com/cards/hurray.jpg
Hurray!!!
Thursday Next
02-24-06, 05:16 PM
It has been much faster. I haven't had any of those 'The server is busy, please try again later' messages so far...
SamsoniteDelilah
02-24-06, 05:40 PM
Ok, one issue: I just got an email from Tacitus saying he can't open the PM I sent today.
I think there might be an email issue or two, so I'll be looking into that. Shouldn't be a big deal, though.
Ok, one issue: I just got an email from Tacitus saying he can't open the PM I sent today.
What happens when he tries?
42minus71
02-24-06, 05:47 PM
I've noticed the sites got a lil' more pep in it's step, bruh. Solid migration. Those DB errors were a killer. As a sysadmin, I was thinking it was time for me to get down and start hacking up a stable server for you at one of my peoples colo's. Glad everything is live and in effect now.
Thursday Next
02-24-06, 05:52 PM
Hey, what happened to all the green dots? Is that just me not seeing them?
I turned rep off for the moment. I'm...experimenting... :idea:
Hey, what happened to all the green dots? Is that just me not seeing them?
There's a new deal. You have to shoot 50 i-pods to get each dot back.
My User page has been replaced by a far more streamlined, almost google-like page, incidently. It now says... "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_username() in /home/movieforums/public_html/community/usercp.php on line 395"
I tried to parse. Really i did. (Actually that's a lie)
The page was there an hour ago tho. I'm fairly certain of that... ;)
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EDIT - Excellent. Will we get horoscope animals instead? I covet the donkey from Au hasard Balthazar.
Dammit, i said things wrong again di'nt i
There's a new deal. You have to shoot 50 i-pods to get each dot back.
My User page has been replaced by a far more streamlined, almost google-like page, incidently. It now says... "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_username() in /home/movieforums/public_html/community/usercp.php on line 395"
I tried to parse. Really i did. (Actually that's a lie)
The page was there an hour ago tho. I'm fairly certain of that... ;)
Yeah, sorry about that. That was a very odd error. Still have no idea why it popped up, but that particular bug should be squashed by now. :) Let me know if you still get it after a hard refresh.
Travis Bickle
02-24-06, 06:04 PM
Great stuff! Much faster now.
Does hard refresh mean pressing the refresh button lots of times?? I've done that. No joy.
Some mouse protests.
SamsoniteDelilah
02-24-06, 06:18 PM
I think there might be an email issue or two, so I'll be looking into that. Shouldn't be a big deal, though.
What happens when he tries?
I'm still not getting email notification, the quick reply windows aren't showing and there's no link on my page at all for PMs. I was able to read your last one but exited the window before I replied. When I logged into mofo next time the PM link in the top right of the home page had disappeared and I couldn't get to it from the User panel - kept saying I didn't have access rights. :(
....now when I click reply to any topic it's telling me I don't have access rights so I can't even post. :(
Does hard refresh mean pressing the refresh button lots of times?? I've done that. No joy.
I believe it involves peppermint soap and a wire brush.
I believe it involves peppermint soap and a wire brush.
Not lavendar oil and a massage? Where's the justice eh?
Cheers for all the revamps anyway Yods :). I'm hitting the sack now, but i'm sure all will be rosey over the coming days.
*dreams of lightsabers for all*
And light-shields for the privileged few. With trained monkeys. And aardvark repositories...
Does hard refresh mean pressing the refresh button lots of times?? I've done that. No joy.
Some mouse protests.
A "hard refresh" is holding on Control and hitting F5. That usually sorts out cache problems, which is probably what it is, because I had the same problem, changed a line of code, and it worked. Let me know if that (and a cache cleansing, perhaps?) does the trick. :)
I believe it involves peppermint soap and a wire brush.
Tacitus was listed as "Awaiting Email Confirmation." Do you happen to know if he updated his email address lately? If so, he'd need to click on the link in the confirmation email sent to him to have normal access. Of course, I realize with the email thing, that may have been a problem, but in any event that's what was causing it. I just manually changed his status to "Registered," so he should be able to access everything now.
Tacitus
02-24-06, 07:04 PM
Aha! Thanks Chris. :D
The confubulation probably occoured when I changed my email addy to check if that was the reason why I hadn't been getting post notifications. The conformation email never arrived so I guess I was on 'probation access'... ;)
Revenant
02-24-06, 07:36 PM
Whoosh. Click and your there. I like fast. And I'd like to thank Yoda and Rob for making it all possible.
Ash_Lee
02-24-06, 08:48 PM
Good as new :)
I turned rep off for the moment. I'm...experimenting... :idea:
so this is just temporary then?
I miss my dots...:bawling:
No problems as far as I can see, except the site logged me off once when I entered the "General Movie Discussion" section. Hasn't happened since, and it may have even been my computer. It seems faster though:cool:
Caitlyn
02-25-06, 12:23 AM
Wow... I don't have time to jog around the block anymore while waiting on pages to load... :cool:
Thanks Chris... :)
Chris, anytime I click on the User CP, all I get is this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_username() in /home/movieforums/public_html/community/usercp.php on line 395
Tacitus
02-25-06, 07:04 AM
Chris, anytime I click on the User CP, all I get is this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse_username() in /home/movieforums/public_html/community/usercp.php on line 395
Same with me, and I've refreshed so hard that my PC is now looking at me funny.
Still no email notification either. :)
did a great job yoda on the server...it's really moving...
but i'm with tacitus...no email notification at all...wondering what was happening...
oh and i get that fatal error thing too
SmegFirk
02-25-06, 11:11 AM
All is well here
Pyro Tramp
02-25-06, 12:03 PM
I miss the rep system.
I miss the rep system.
Just a reminder if the rep system is restored, I had 27 dots. ;D
Austruck
02-25-06, 08:04 PM
I was getting a little too obsessive about those dots anyway. Probably an unhealthy thing... *koff*
Austruck
02-25-06, 08:05 PM
OH, the pages do load very fast now, though. Forgot to mention that part.
Austruck
02-25-06, 08:08 PM
One last thing ... a pet peeve in all my years on MoFo: Is there some way to make sure that Box Office info is UP TO DATE every week? I can't imagine what visitors think who come here and see that box horribly out of date. I would think having the box office listings there, handy, in a very timely fashion (by Sunday afternoon when they come out) would be a draw for more people -- to come and check *here* for that info each week, instead of elsewhere.
But instead they come here and get a box office listing from weeks or months ago. It just irks me. If I can help personally, let me know, Yoda.
I want to change my avatar, :( I am getting the error thingy like others, i suppose all these things will be fixed in due time. :D
One last thing ... a pet peeve in all my years on MoFo: Is there some way to make sure that Box Office info is UP TO DATE every week? I can't imagine what visitors think who come here and see that box horribly out of date. I would think having the box office listings there, handy, in a very timely fashion (by Sunday afternoon when they come out) would be a draw for more people -- to come and check *here* for that info each week, instead of elsewhere.
But instead they come here and get a box office listing from weeks or months ago. It just irks me. If I can help personally, let me know, Yoda.
I'd be willing to change it weekly, I've got nothing else to do ;)
Austruck
02-26-06, 01:38 AM
I just know it can't be THAT much effort ... and yet it would make the place look that much more professional. A movie site with out of date movie info is just ... scandalous. ;)
A movie site with out of date movie info is just ... scandalous. ;)
:yup: that is why i never read that section :yup:
:yup: that is why i never read that section :yup:
We have that section? :D
Ophelia
02-26-06, 01:56 PM
Same with me, and I've refreshed so hard that my PC is now looking at me funny.
I have the exact same problem....I tried the control and F5 thing. All I managed to do was turn up the volume on my lap.
Caitlyn
02-26-06, 02:32 PM
I want to change my avatar, :( I am getting the error thingy like others, i suppose all these things will be fixed in due time. :D
Click the link on the top right to your messages and then look on the left side… there should be links to access your control panel there… :)
Thanks Caity, I think i will keep my pussy a little longer :D
Tacitus
02-26-06, 07:02 PM
Thanks Caity, I think i will keep my pussy a little longer :D
Mrs Slocombe! :D
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc29b3127cce90560a042f6400000016108AZt2zli5atj
Austruck
02-26-06, 07:46 PM
Why, I think we already have an entire thread for this....
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=7506
John McClane
02-26-06, 08:43 PM
One last thing ... a pet peeve in all my years on MoFo: Is there some way to make sure that Box Office info is UP TO DATE every week? I can't imagine what visitors think who come here and see that box horribly out of date. I would think having the box office listings there, handy, in a very timely fashion (by Sunday afternoon when they come out) would be a draw for more people -- to come and check *here* for that info each week, instead of elsewhere.
But instead they come here and get a box office listing from weeks or months ago. It just irks me. If I can help personally, let me know, Yoda.I use to do that but, at times, I just could never find the time. It don't seem like much to go and do it but, it can be difficult to keep it up to date.
EDIT: If it's possible, having the site pull the box office results off of a RSS feed would most definitely keep it up to date. Good old http://www.movies.com has an RSS you could use. Just so long as their got credited for it there's nothing wrong in using their feed. Of course, it only gives the top five movies.
Austruck
02-26-06, 08:44 PM
Fair enough, but I have virtually no social life to speak of, which is why I volunteered to help. ;)
Can you guys try the User CP again? I made a change that might fix the problem.
Email should be working now, too. If anyone else is having problems with notifications and the like, let me know.
As for the box office: it seems easy enough, but remembering it every week, and finding the time and effort to sit down and do it, is surprisingly challenging. If anyone would like to volunteer, I'd be glad to give them a shot at it. :)
it works yoda, thanks...no more fatal error...
good job
Austruck
02-26-06, 11:17 PM
If no one else wants the job, I'll do it. I'm usually fairly free on Sunday afternoons and could pencil this on my weekly to-do lists. If it's just the discipline of remembering to do it and gathering the info, bear in mind that I had to do this very thing when I did radio prep work with Graham in the late '90s. (Remember that?) Box office was a small part of that, but it was a part. You'd have to show me how to do it, but that's okay with me.
Let me know if no one else wants it.
John McClane
02-26-06, 11:45 PM
As for the box office: it seems easy enough, but remembering it every week, and finding the time and effort to sit down and do it, is surprisingly challenging. If anyone would like to volunteer, I'd be glad to give them a shot at it. :)Never again for this guy!! :eek: Too scary!! Lol. :)
Austruck
02-26-06, 11:48 PM
P.S. Yoda, I meant you'd have to show me how to get the info onto the site. I know where and how (and when) to get it.... in case that wasn't clear.
Xui Wan
02-27-06, 06:00 AM
heh ok well first time logging on since before the weekend and hi yoda im sure we havent formally met yet but im yes u guessed it Xui Wan heh and i have read many of your posts, and followed threads and what not... interesting, many very good points and a very great concern for your corner of the galaxy! impressive i must say!
I have actually had more trouble posting this time around. the loads were much longer... maybe its my pc :( the cp was easy to get to and yeah im pretty new and still finding areas that interest me. im not exactly sure of how the rep system effected me as i am so new, though i think that maybe a system where it is clearly posted by ones rep points or by their name that they are a master or rookie (been around the site long or very new to the site!) just a thought though i mean its good to know whose commenting on your posts... says i heh! well mmmhmm heh haves a swell eve mwahahaha!!
I've actually found a good way to update the box office numbers that even I can probably do reliably. I appreciate the offers, though, and will keep them in mind if my laziness, against all odds, actually stops me from keeping it current even now.
Thursday Next
02-27-06, 02:01 PM
Can you guys try the User CP again? I made a change that might fix the problem.
It now seems to be entirely missing, including old rep points on the user cp page...
Austruck
02-27-06, 02:03 PM
My CP page works fine. I already assumed the rep points box would be missing, though, and it was. Otherwise, the thread stuff is all there, etc. etc.
Yeah, the rep points are supposed to be missing; the rep systen has been turned off for the time being. I'm asking if the error on the User CP page is still there for anyone.
Ay. The CP page is back and not talking in latin or anything.
Caitlyn
02-27-06, 02:53 PM
User CP works fine for me...
Revenant
02-27-06, 02:56 PM
Luckily I've not had a problem with my CP.
John McClane
02-27-06, 05:15 PM
I've actually found a good way to update the box office numbers that even I can probably do reliably. I appreciate the offers, though, and will keep them in mind if my laziness, against all odds, actually stops me from keeping it current even now.May I inquire as to how you'll be doing that? I'm curious. :) Lol.
One thing that is still the same for me is that I keep getting automatically logged out if I take a few minutes to type a longish post. I just lost a post and since my time is limited these days I won't try to re-type it. I was hoping wuth the new server this wouldn't be happening. Is it on my end? Do I need to do something different in my settings of my Internet Explorer?
One thing that is still the same for me is that I keep getting automatically logged out if I take a few minutes to type a longish post. I just lost a post and since my time is limited these days I won't try to re-type it. I was hoping wuth the new server this wouldn't be happening. Is it on my end? Do I need to do something different in my settings of my Internet Explorer?
That's a new one on me. Have you always had this problem?
Is anyone else getting logged out after just a minute or two?
ash_is_the_gal
02-28-06, 02:16 PM
I'm not, but I've heard others say it.
the one thing that keeps happening to me is that I'll come on and read all the new posts then when I come back later on in the day all the ones I already checked are still showing up as new.
I'm not, but I've heard others say it.
the one thing that keeps happening to me is that I'll come on and read all the new posts then when I come back later on in the day all the ones I already checked are still showing up as new.
Are you sure those aren't new posts in the same thread? Because that happens a lot.
If you're sure, then I would suggest hitting the "Mark All Forums Read" link when you're done, which is what I usually do. Lots of people, on this forum and others, have problems with posts being marked new...I think it's still a pretty inprecise feature. But marking all forums as read usually does the trick for me.
John McClane
02-28-06, 04:55 PM
Just so you know, you can't view the BO page. It pops up a bunch of error codes and then goes black.
That's a new one on me. Have you always had this problem?
Is anyone else getting logged out after just a minute or two?
I never had that problem until about a month or so ago. When it started happening I was able to hit the back button and copy & paste what I had just written if the log in box appeared. Today, however, when I hit the back button everything was wiped out.
Caitlyn
03-01-06, 01:23 PM
That's a new one on me. Have you always had this problem?
Is anyone else getting logged out after just a minute or two?
I've always gotten logged out if I stay idle very long (normally about five minutes)... After losing numerous posts, I copy and paste a lot now…
Is anyone else getting logged out after just a minute or two?
:nope:
Tacitus
03-02-06, 10:42 AM
Is anyone else getting logged out after just a minute or two?
That was happening to me just after the server switch but had settled down until I logged in last night on the other PC. It's fine on this one though...
Pyro Tramp
03-02-06, 10:33 PM
*sigh* At least it means i'll be winning
http://currents.ucsc.edu/04-05/art/crystal.05-01-24.jpg
MyRobotSuit
03-03-06, 07:48 AM
Hey, don't clog up this thread with crap!
http://www.miniontv.co.uk/images/mel.gif 1MP
thmilin
03-07-06, 02:43 AM
help! yoda, i went away on friday, i came back on sunday, and now every single time i go away and come back to mofo, on either my work laptop or my home computer, i have to relog in! even when i ask it to remember me. what is UP? stop the madness!
I have changed a grand total of zero things on the site since Friday, so I can only imagine it's a cache issue of some sort. I've been careful not to tinker with things like the login/cookie system...not even a little.
SamsoniteDelilah
03-07-06, 02:16 PM
help! yoda, i went away on friday, i came back on sunday, and now every single time i go away and come back to mofo, on either my work laptop or my home computer, i have to relog in! even when i ask it to remember me. what is UP? stop the madness!
I'm getting this too, whenever I click the yellos 'forums' key at the top of the mofo pages, I get the sign-in boxes as if I'm looking at the forums while not signed in. If I click the "back" browser button, it signs me right back in, though. That might work for you, too.
Yoda, if it is a cache problem, the way to fix it is to clear out the cache?
Could anyone who is having this problem do me a small favor? When you experience it next, before doing anything, please check the address bar, and see if it begins with http://www.movieforums.com or just http://movieforums.com -- that may make the difference. If it's the latter, try entering the "www" to see if that fixes the problem. Either way, please let me know what happens. :)
ash_is_the_gal
03-07-06, 03:04 PM
Could anyone who is having this problem do me a small favor? When you experience it next, before doing anything, please check the address bar, and see if it begins with http://www.movieforums.com or just http://movieforums.com -- that may make the difference. If it's the latter, try entering the "www" to see if that fixes the problem. Either way, please let me know what happens. :)
Thanks Yoda! that did work! (for me at least) :)
SamsoniteDelilah
03-07-06, 03:39 PM
Could anyone who is having this problem do me a small favor? When you experience it next, before doing anything, please check the address bar, and see if it begins with http://www.movieforums.com or just http://movieforums.com -- that may make the difference. If it's the latter, try entering the "www" to see if that fixes the problem. Either way, please let me know what happens. :)
Bingo. That's exactly the difference.
I do believe a "woohoo" is in order.
http://www.twitchfilm.net/pics/John-Woo.jpg
I turned rep off for the moment. I'm...experimenting... :idea:
Sooo....are you going to let us in on what your experimenting with? A different type of rep system or non at all...or...???
Anonymous Last
03-08-06, 11:57 AM
Sooo....are you going to let us in on what your experimenting with? A different type or rep system or non at all...or...???
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d76/nonylast/madscientist.jpg
We have been discovered and need a new cover up.
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showpost.php?p=300541&postcount=18
Don't worry - the new world order will take everyone by surprise. It will be.... fluffy, yet merciless (http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/fozzieming2.gif)
Austruck
03-09-06, 11:08 AM
Now that's just ... scary. Plus, I was hoping for a kitty.
Erm, just posted some. Possibly... inappropriately. Oh dear.
Here's some puppies (http://www.monorails.org/webpix%202/Puppy01.jpg) to make up for it.
Pyro Tramp
03-10-06, 07:01 PM
The site seems a bet screwy atm, but it could just be my computer. Having trouble moving through pages of threads, there's a new grey box above and after thumbing, something different happens. Yeah, not quite sure what it is but yeah.
Piddzilla
03-15-06, 05:27 AM
Chris, I have two problems.
When I am logged in on MoFo and, for instance, want to go and check the shoutbox or the forum overview I almost always get logged off. But not for real, because if I leave the site I am still logged on when I return. And sometimes when this "log off" happens I can still post and so on, but often I have to log back on the forum.
The other problem is similar. When I log off I always get a message saying something like that I'm not really logged off and click here to be logged off. So I do that, but sometimes recently I've been logged on allready when I return to the site, even if I logged off "for real" the previous time.
Just thought you should know these things.
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing a barage of pop-ups today?
I've always had a few pop-up ads, nothing too bad... but today the little buggers seem to be more aggressive than unusual. I've been here maybe 15 minutes and I've already clicked off 33 pop-up boxes.
http://media.fastclick.net/w/pc.cgi?mid=83384&sid=5634
http://media.fastclick.net/w/pc.cgi?mid=100748&sid=5634
http://media.fastclick.net/w/pc.cgi?mid=99072&sid=5634
Edit: Whatever was going on this morning seems to have calmed down. I can now click without my mouse spinning and spinning and three ads popping up at once. :)
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