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Post any and all bug reports related to the new design here! :)
Please note that I've got quite a few items on my to-do list that had to wait until after launch, so please be as considerate as possible by making sure the bug in question is, well, actually a bug, and perusing the thread before posting a bug to make sure it's not a duplicate.
I'll do my best to address things quickly. :)
Hmmm, maybe it takes a minute, but I tried rearranging the movie lists and it didn't seem to change?
Are you seeing the confirmation message at the top of the page when you drop a list into a new place?
Yeah, but then I go to check again, and it's back to the default order.
It shouldn't be doing that. Works for me. Using Chrome.
Ha! I see the problem now. Hilarious. Okay, one second.
Try it now, if you please.
Shouldn't the change show on the dropdown above our avatar, too? Or does that remain default?
The Rodent
02-27-14, 01:18 PM
Ahaa!
The little drop down arrow that allows page navi on threads isn't there anymore...
Mesmerized
02-27-14, 01:18 PM
The Youtube button doesn't work. I have to enter manually.
Shouldn't the change show on the dropdown above our avatar, too? Or does that remain default?
Nice catch! I never noticed that. I'll have that update run automatically.
In the meantime, I think you can force it by saving your lists (any list, even without changing anything).
Ahaa!
The little drop down arrow that allows page navi on threads isn't there anymore...
Aye. I plan to bring this back in short order, it just became obvious it was one of those "fix this the week after launch" tasks. Don't worry, it's coming back!
Funny how something you just found out about becomes absolutely necessary so quickly, huh? :D
The Youtube button doesn't work. I have to enter manually.
Working fine here. Can you PM me your browser details by going to (www.whatismybrowser.com)? Make sure to do a hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) and then try one more time, just in case there's some caching weirdness going on.
Cool, thanks Yoda.
Okay, this one's really weird. I go to edit a list but I can't change anything. On the navigation bar it says "log in", but my avatar is showing next to the User CP. I tried logging in but it wouldn't work.
Cool, thanks Yoda.
Okay, this one's really weird. I go to edit a list but I can't change anything. On the navigation bar it says "log in", but my avatar is showing next to the User CP. I tried logging in but it wouldn't work.
Whoops, had the login/logout flipped. Try that now.
Re: can't change anything. You sure? There aren't any checkboxes...you just hold your mouse over the titles and click. It's all fancy now.
Austruck
02-27-14, 01:31 PM
Minor thing -- not even anything really "wrong" ... just weird.
When I first click on the MoFo forums link and come here, the MOVIE FORUMS at the top is in a serif font... for about 5 seconds ... and then it switches to the sans serif font you have everywhere else.
Whoops, had the login/logout flipped. Try that now.
That's good now.
Re: can't change anything. You sure? There aren't any checkboxes...you just hold your mouse over the titles and click. It's all fancy now.
Yeah, I tried clicking on titles but nothing happens.
Austruck
02-27-14, 01:32 PM
Hey, are we going to get the post numbers back? They really help me, when I first come to a thread or post, to know just how far into the discussion I am. (Post #12 feels a lot different from seeing Post #3,012.) :)
Minor thing -- not even anything really "wrong" ... just weird.
When I first click on the MoFo forums link and come here, the MOVIE FORUMS at the top is in a serif font... for about 5 seconds ... and then it switches to the sans serif font you have everywhere else.
Yeah, that happens sometimes if the font doesn't load right away. I'll have a look at hiding it until the font is loaded, if possible. I assume this is something that happened just once and now doesn't, because it's all cached and whatnot?
Hey, are we going to get the post numbers back? They really help me, when I first come to a thread or post, to know just how far into the discussion I am. (Post #12 feels a lot different from seeing Post #3,012.) :)
Maybe. I'm trying to keep things relatively clean and that felt like one thing too many. But I might slot it in next to the timestamp on the right. Kinda wanna see how much people miss it.
Austruck
02-27-14, 01:38 PM
I noticed this on my "square" (not widescreen) second monitor. It does not happen on the widescreen monitor, though:
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd446/Austruck/MoFo_zps0b355ae6.jpg (http://s1220.photobucket.com/user/Austruck/media/MoFo_zps0b355ae6.jpg.html)
Ah, it's because the text is wrapping. Should be fixed now.
Austruck
02-27-14, 01:41 PM
Yeah, that happens sometimes if the font doesn't load right away. I'll have a look at hiding it until the font is loaded, if possible. I assume this is something that happened just once and now doesn't, because it's all cached and whatnot?
I got it to do this twice. (I tried to get it to do it again because at first I thought I was seeing things.) :) Not a big deal, of course, and it was only for a few seconds anyway. I think I was mostly asking for an explanation (which you provided) rather than a solution. It's all good.
I do miss those post numbers, though... a lot. Really, a lot. :D
Yoda, I tried to edit the lists via the Lists link on the navigation bar. It works there, but not when I go through them via the "View/Manage Your Lists" page.
Austruck
02-27-14, 01:43 PM
Ah, it's because the text is wrapping. Should be fixed now.
It's fixed, but the "Movie Reviews" sub-line is still wrapping on the square screen.
Ah, I think you're seeing the "View List" page rather than the "Edit List" page. That makes sense. I think I removed the Edit button and didn't put it back in. My bad. :modest: I'll have that up again in a minute.
It's fixed, but the "Movie Reviews" sub-line is still wrapping on the square screen.
Noticed that after posting the last time; should also be fixed.
honeykid
02-27-14, 01:53 PM
Has the multi-quote option gone?
Love the new Favourite Movies layout. It looks fantastic.
Multi-quote is like the post numbers in that it's gone...maybe. I don't have a very good sense of how often people use that feature, or how much it'll be missed, but if there's a backlash I can probably shove it under the More Options menu.
rauldc14
02-27-14, 02:00 PM
Is the creeper option gone for good? By saying that I mean on the front page when u hover over usernames you can't see what they are looking at.
That is almost definitely coming back. I'm using a different tooltip script now, and I had some trouble late in the process getting it to work nicely with that, so I decided to have another look post-launch. I'll give it another try. But I'll be back, even if I have to use a completely different script on the home page. Not the most efficient thing in the world, but I think it's worth it.
Harry Lime
02-27-14, 02:15 PM
Gspan when hovering over:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13154&stc=1&d=1393524803
Austruck
02-27-14, 02:43 PM
Noticed that after posting the last time; should also be fixed.
Yup, all fixed and pretty now on every line! Beautiful! The light-up logo is a stroke of brilliance, by the way. :)
The Rodent
02-27-14, 02:48 PM
Just spotted...
Alien 3 in my faves list dropdown next to my avatar... it says AlienA3...
Ah yes, superscript weirdness. Thanks; onto the list it goes. Hopefully I'll be able to plow through a bunch of these over the next couple of days.
Thursday Next
02-27-14, 06:23 PM
I may just be looking in the wrong place, but I don't see where you search for movies in the movie lists. Like if you've just watched a movie and you're not sure which lists (if any) it's on, is there no longer a search box for that?
Good eye; that'll be back soon! Sorry for the inconvenience in the mean time.
cricket
02-27-14, 06:33 PM
In my profile, I have Goodfellas as my favorite movie. But if you click on the star next to my avatar, it's in 4th. It started doing that before the new design.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
02-27-14, 06:33 PM
on my lists page, it says "Last Updated: 16128 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago." pretty sure i've updated it since then, though.
The Rodent
02-27-14, 06:35 PM
In my profile, I have Goodfellas as my favorite movie. But if you click on the star next to my avatar, it's in 4th. It started doing that before the new design.
Try just updating the list...
Remove Goodfellas from the list, then add it back in... then save.
My pic for my faves weren't showing for me, so I did the list again, then saved and it was fine after that.
Might just need a refreshing.
In my profile, I have Goodfellas as my favorite movie. But if you click on the star next to my avatar, it's in 4th. It started doing that before the new design.
Can you go to your Favorite Movies (http://www.movieforums.com/community/favorites.php) page and save them? That should take care of it--and add the posters to your profile, too.
I'm kind of torn on whether or not to track down these transitionary favorite bugs, since 99% of them should be solved by just saving them. The first time you do that it moves everything over to the new system.
on my lists page, it says "Last Updated: 16128 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago." pretty sure i've updated it since then, though.
Ah yes, I forgot to hide that if there's no value (since the old system didn't track things the same way). Should be fixed in a moment.
P.S. it's actually because you traveled in time. Always make sure you haven't traveled in time before submitting bug reports. I'm a busy man.
cricket
02-27-14, 06:48 PM
I went in my profile and saved them, and then the star was gone next to my avatar. So I went in, deleted them, added them again, saved them, and the star is still missing. I'm on an iPhone.
Aha, found it! Star's back.
Thanks a lot, that was very helpful. I'm gonna clean up the favorites/post code a little bit more soon, but for now it should be functional again.
Of course, this means that your phone wasn't automatically shown the mobile style, instead, but one bug at a time. ;)
:love: the new look :yup:
cricket
02-27-14, 07:01 PM
I never use the mobile website on any site I go to. I always seem to prefer the desktop version.
No worries, I'll definitely be programming in an option for mobile users to switch to the full version if they want it (though there might be a short period where it's not ready yet--sorry in advance). But it's supposed to display the mobile version by default. Pretty sure the problem is relegated to iPhone users at the moment (oh, just them. Hardly anyone!).
cricket
02-27-14, 07:21 PM
I assumed I was already looking at the desktop version. Idk?
You are. :) What I mean is that it's supposed to be showing you the mobile version by default, simply because you're using a mobile device. Obviously, that detection is a little spotty at the moment, so I need to fix it. But once I do, I'll add an option so people like yourself can choose to use the "full" version, if they want.
cricket
02-27-14, 07:26 PM
Got it. Everything looks really got btw.
Thank you! And thanks for powering through the bugs. It's super helpful to track this stuff down right out of the gate.
Cobpyth
02-27-14, 07:34 PM
When you hold the cursor over the subforum titles, the first letter is still visibly marked with <span> </span>
Like this:
http://i58.tinypic.com/35idfk3.png
That's all I'm noticing at this point.
Nice one, I would've never thought to check that. Should be fixed in 5.
Cobpyth
02-27-14, 07:38 PM
Nice one, I would've never thought to check that. Should be fixed in 5.
It's fixed! :up:
Masterman
02-27-14, 08:03 PM
Ermmmm how to explain!. All of a sudden my layout has changed to a simple version on my iphone. Can't I use the desktop version but still through my phone?.
cricket
02-27-14, 08:06 PM
Looks like I'm stuck on the mobile site now.
donniedarko
02-27-14, 08:07 PM
I often don't see the posters for the favorites on a profile
on my page I only saw them when I clicked edit
Masterman
02-27-14, 08:08 PM
Looks like I'm stuck on the mobile site now.
I really hope that can be changed.
Yeah, I literally just upgraded the mobile detection script. I'll try to get an option up soon for you guys.
cricket
02-27-14, 08:10 PM
He's probably working on it right now.
I often don't see the posters for the favorites on a profile
on my page I only saw them when I clicked edit
That's because those users haven't updated their favorites. A little over half the favorites in the database were matched up to common titles automatically, but for the rest, it's waiting for them to confirm that the database has matched up their text with the right film. I'm going to give users at least a few weeks to do that before I match them up directly, at which time you'll see posters on profiles even if the user hasn't checked on them.
Masterman
02-27-14, 08:11 PM
Yeah, I literally just upgraded the mobile detection script. I'll try to get an option up soon for you guys.
:) thanks.
This was probably addressed, but where did my friends go?
Frightened Inmate No. 2
02-27-14, 10:57 PM
they left you
The Gunslinger45
02-27-14, 11:01 PM
Yeah I just noticed my friends list is not on my profile.
The Rodent
02-27-14, 11:03 PM
No friends?!?!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3BokuzemM1M/Tt4s3QdRE9I/AAAAAAAACIc/J_0ALLV9TPQ/s640/HDHuT.BlogSpot.com+%252818%2529.jpg
Sexy Celebrity
02-27-14, 11:08 PM
Wait -- are the friends gone?
That was so stupid, anyway. I never saw the point of friends.
Harry Lime
02-27-14, 11:38 PM
I never saw the point of friends.
Me neither. Friends are overrated.
Anyway, updated/ordered my lists on my profile and even though it says it will change it for my posts as well it doesn't look like it's updating.
Yeah, working on that; it's reordering them on profiles, though, but needs to be fixed for posts.
Re: friends. The system really didn't do anything. I do have a few ideas for something to replace it, like letting users "follow" each other so they can see a combined Activity Low for everyone they follow. I'm open to ideas on that front.
The Rodent
02-28-14, 12:33 AM
Just had a whole bunch of glitches...
Site taken ages to load a page... when it does, all I have is a blank white page.
Then, when it actually loads the page, avatars and pics people have posted are just the little black square with an x in it.
I'm about 95% sure that's a connection problem, especially with pages half-loading with broken images.
Anyway, updated/ordered my lists on my profile and even though it says it will change it for my posts as well it doesn't look like it's updating.
Can you give it another try and let me know if it's fixed now?
The Rodent
02-28-14, 12:39 AM
Seems fine now :(
Not sure what that was tbh... didn't have to disconnect/reconnect etc...
If happens again I'll check my signal stats...
Harry Lime
02-28-14, 12:53 AM
Just testing something
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13166&stc=1&d=1393563161
Okay, some fixes:
1) You can now search the lists for movies again on the lists home page (http://www.movieforums.com/lists). This'll get nicer/better when the area gets its proper overhaul, but for now, you should be able to find stuff just like before.
2) Now, when you go to view your own list, it'll automatically bring up your Edit List page instead, since they now look virtually identical now and you might want to check things off it, anyway.
3) Thread prefixes have been recolored to be legible on the dark background.
4) Nobody reported this, I don't think, but the "X of Y seen" tooltip for lists is now populated for all users. Most lists are an even 100, so the percentage is easily converted into a seen/unseen total, but a handful aren't, so this should be helpful for those cases. You can see it by holding your mouse over the list percentage on user profiles, and on their View All Lists page.
Oh, and I get a kick out of this one: I made it so that hitting enter on the Lists search submits the form the same as clicking the Search button, since a fair number of people have done the former over the years and then posted a question or bug report about it.
Powdered Water
02-28-14, 10:35 PM
I haven't had a single problem yet. Nice work, buddy. :up:
Update: more fixes! Well, hopefully.
It should be detecting mobile devices pretty reliably now, and displaying the mobile style automatically (except for those of you I've sent a style reset link to, that is). But you can now go into your Edit Options page and switch to the full desktop style, if you prefer. It'd be a big help to me if anyone on mobile can a) verify that they're getting the mobile style by default, b) verify that switching to desktop works, and most importantly, c) verify that switching to desktop "holds" the next time you come back.
Pretty sure it should be good, though. :) Thanks for all the help tracking this stuff down, guys. This is, thankfully, probably the most tumultuous time, bug-wise (right after a launch), and it's actually been pretty smooth sailing all things considered.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 02:54 PM
I noticed you'd added the Go To Last Post on the pinned reviews threads.
I meant to mention that... but you got it already
Yeah, I didn't really want to because it doesn't look great and it forced me to bump those link sizes down to make room, but we need to have something up there to get to the end quickly.
Really looking forward to diving into User Reviews more. Lots of fun stuff we can do now with this new system. I'll probably always be too busy with tech stuff to write reviews consistently, so it's time to hand over the reins to you guys and run that whole area off of your awesome contributions.
wintertriangles
03-01-14, 03:10 PM
So, you can no longer hover over a user on the homepage and see what they're doing, this is an outrage
That's coming back. Someone asked about it on page 2 (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1045053#post1045053):
That is almost definitely coming back. I'm using a different tooltip script now, and I had some trouble late in the process getting it to work nicely with that, so I decided to have another look post-launch. I'll give it another try. But I'll be back, even if I have to use a completely different script on the home page. Not the most efficient thing in the world, but I think it's worth it.
I'm also probably going to move the Who's Online display around (and spruce up the full page). That was one of the things that got shorter shrift as I scrambled to get this out before the Oscars. I'm probably making another pass at that and the home page in general, when I get a chance.
The Sci-Fi Slob
03-01-14, 03:17 PM
Youtube videos aren't working.
Loading fine here. Is there one in particular? 10-1 odds it's got a busted URL.
I do want to expand the system so that it can automatically detect and convert all sorts of URLs so that nobody has to think about it (this is on my list), but at the moment it won't work with https or the shortened URLs YouTube spits out. But it's been that way for years, too.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 03:20 PM
I concure... the Youtube button won't work.
I'll try typing in the [] code...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b235FzE8L28
The Rodent
03-01-14, 03:21 PM
Seems to work if you type the bb code in... using the Youtube button doesn't work though...
Okay; I'll let SF Sci-Fi Slob clarify whether that's what he meant.
Remember guys: be as specific as possible! :) I don't know what you're looking at, so if you say the videos don't work, I have no idea if that means the button, the code, or the embedded player the code spits out. Feel free to be completely pedantic: it helps me track things down faster.
Assuming you're both referring to the button, would I be correct in assuming you're both using Firefox?
The Sci-Fi Slob
03-01-14, 03:25 PM
Yeah, I'm having the same problem as Rodent. I'm using Firefox.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 03:27 PM
I'm using Windows Explorer 11 For Windows 7
The YouTube button just doesn't do anything. Clicking it used to put the bb code in for you then you just paste the url of the video in the middle and done.
Now, clicking it doesn't do anything at all.
Word. I've had scattered reports of this. I'll see what I can do. I may be bugging one or both of you via PM for some more in-depth debugging.
I know this is pathetic, but I can't even figure out how to do a search.
It's kind of hidden in plain sight, but it does sorta blend in. It's in the header:
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13186&stc=1&d=1393703589
It's all fancy and fades in right there.
That's the problem. All it does is take me to the home page.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 04:15 PM
Search Bar is working fine for me...
The Rodent
03-01-14, 04:26 PM
Lol!
Was just throwing it out there as Yoda knows what my server is, so he knows what's working compared to what isn't...
Powdered Water
03-01-14, 04:29 PM
Well, this morning it looked like that Intermission forum was there and now its gone again. Here's the screen shot you asked for.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 05:11 PM
Spotted a problem...
The dropdown box to choose between Mobile and Full Site in the options page...
Only has the Mobile Version...
Masterman
03-01-14, 05:26 PM
Search bar isn't working for me either.
That's the problem. All it does is take me to the home page.
Search bar isn't working for me either.
Lemme guess: are you both viewing the site on a tablet, or else on a very small (less than 1050 pixels wide) resolution?
Spotted a problem...
The dropdown box to choose between Mobile and Full Site in the options page...
Only has the Mobile Version...
Well, first off, is this happening when using the mobile style, or when using the desktop style?
Second, could you double-check it for me? One of them will be selected by default, and it may be Mobile even if you're on desktop. You'll need to open the menu to be positive.
Well, this morning it looked like that Intermission forum was there and now its gone again. Here's the screen shot you asked for.
Ha. That's the weirdest thing. I'm guessing it's some wrapping problem. I'll drop you a PM to debug, if that's cool.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 06:18 PM
Yep, just had another look... I'm on the laptop using Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7.
I click the dropdown box that allows to choose between Mobile and Full Site, and all there is, is the Mobile option.
The Rodent
03-01-14, 06:19 PM
My Mobile is still down at the moment, so I can't let you know about the Mobile... :(
The Rodent
03-01-14, 06:22 PM
Edit... ignore... it's there now...
The Rodent
03-01-14, 06:23 PM
Oh dammit... that's weird...
For some reason it's there now... I feel like a plonker now... should have checked before I screen grabbed it.
No worries, just glad it seems right now. :)
The Rodent
03-01-14, 06:26 PM
Yeah, weird...
It wasn't there, now it is...
False alarm then.
If it happens again, I'll get a screengrab that works :D
Masterman
03-01-14, 06:31 PM
Lemme guess: are you both viewing the site on a tablet, or else on a very small (less than 1050 pixels wide) resolution?
Yeah, ime viewing the site on my iphone.
Okay, in that case it's probably a bug I noticed before the launch and have on my list. It's very odd.
I'll try to figure it out. In the future, though, if you're posting a bug report and using something other than a normal desktop computer, please mention that upfront. In this case, mentioning that would've almost certainly have helped me identify this as the same bug from before right away. :)
Masterman
03-01-14, 06:44 PM
Okay will do.
Cool. I'll assume Mark's using a smaller device too and give it another go. It's a really perplexing bug. I can't even make sense of it conceptually. So I'm looking forward to the "Aha!" moment that I presume is coming when I figure it out.
I'm using about a 14" Dell laptop with a 1366 X 768 resolution.
Okay, gents, please try it now.
teeter_g
03-01-14, 08:37 PM
Ran into something a minute ago. I am unsure if it is a bug or just a problem with my connection. Tried refreshing several times and it didn't make it any better. There was a thick white bar at the bottom of the screen and it wouldn't let me click on anything except the button to go to the home page. It also wouldn't let me comment. It quit when I went to the home page. Went back to that page and it did it to me again. Doesn't seem to be doing it now though. Went back a second ago and it was fine.
Hmmm, is it still happening? A screenshot would help, because I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean.
As a general rule, anything that looks like the page half loading or partially loading that goes away after a refresh or two is usually just a connection issue.
As you requested Yoda I'm posting here as well with my question about searches. As I said once you've done a search and you then look at the search results the keywords you searched for are not highlighted like they used to be. That's something I always found to be very handy, particularly if it was something in the middle of a large post or a particular film hidden in someone's list of 100 films or something
As I said I don't know if it is a bug or if it's just the new way of things around here.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
03-01-14, 09:39 PM
i just got two reps, and the notification appeared on the search icon instead of my avatar.
Daniel M
03-01-14, 09:40 PM
How do I get the mobile version on my phone? At the moment it's showing the full site.
i just got two reps, and the notification appeared on the search icon instead of my avatar.
Ah yes. Love it when fixing one bug creates another. Should be fixed in a bit.
EDIT: should be fixed. Let me know if it recurs. Were you on a tablet/phone/smaller screen, out of curiosity?
How do I get the mobile version on my phone? At the moment it's showing the full site.
UserCP -> Edit Options. First option.
cricket
03-02-14, 02:23 AM
Not a big deal but it takes a little more to +rep someone. I have to press it twice now instead of once and it takes a couple seconds longer to go through.
I assume by "now" you mean it wasn't before, though something taking a second to load sometimes isn't really a bug. And the server load here is still minuscule, so I'm pretty sure it's on the other end.
As for clicking, I find clicking anything small on a touch device (I assume this is still on the iPhone?) is pretty hit and miss no matter what, and touch screens often register the first click as equivalent to a hover effect.
I know you prefer the desktop version, but if you decide to try the mobile style (per the instructions in the post just above) you should find everything a lot easier to click on. :) It's bigger, and there's no hover effect for the touch screen to try to interpret in lieu of a click.
cricket
03-02-14, 02:30 AM
It's since the new design; what happens is that I now have to click on the icon, and then +1 shows up above it, and then I have to click it again, and then it takes a couple seconds. Before, I'd click it once and it would go through almost instantaneously.
Yup, that's the phone: it's trying to give you the option to tap something once to get the hover effect you'd normally get by placing your mouse over it, with the second tap actually clicking it. I assume you've encountered this before, if you generally browse desktop-optimized sites on your phone.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
03-02-14, 05:14 AM
is putting quotes around a search supposed to make it search for exactly that phrase? because i just tried a couple, and they didn't work.
The Rodent
03-02-14, 07:36 AM
Whoa!!
Just had a weird experience... the site went like this for about 10 minutes...
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q552/The-Rodent/Untitled-1copy_zps3e742dc3.jpg
is putting quotes around a search supposed to make it search for exactly that phrase? because i just tried a couple, and they didn't work.
Nope, the search isn't boolean. Shouldn't be necessary.
It's also the same search we had before. It's been kind of funny getting bug reports or questions about things that haven't actually changed, but which people are only noticing/asking about now.
Whoa!!
Just had a weird experience... the site went like this for about 10 minutes...
:laugh: That's pretty funny.
Probably not a bug, though--crazy, temporary layout things like this are almost always connection problems on the user side. Stylesheets not loading, for example, or pages only half-loading.
Going forward I think I'd rather you guys PM this type of stuff to me, since it's usually just a connection issue that goes away shortly anyway, and there's already a lot in this thread to comb through.
The Rodent
03-02-14, 01:06 PM
I was getting a white page for a while.
It had the exact same layout as the new look, but there was just no colour and all the links were in blue...
Yeah, that means the stylesheet isn't loading. I always feel bad blaming this stuff on a wonky connection, but 99 times out of 100 that's exactly what it is.
I've noticed this happening a few times. Sorry the image is kind of small.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f145/ifiswan/fde5909b-2de0-4fe8-b1ee-4e49db6f76af_zpsb8d22f28.png
I can't open my profile. :/
This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view.
Mmmm Donuts
03-05-14, 05:35 PM
I can't open my profile. :/
This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view.
Same here.
The Rodent
03-05-14, 05:37 PM
Yep... and me.
Daniel M
03-05-14, 05:38 PM
Same here so I guess it means Yoda is messing around with something in the code, so I wouldn't worry :)
Yeah, more improvements! <3
The Rodent
03-05-14, 05:41 PM
More than likely... his avatar is on the Who's Online Box... but on the Who's Online Page, he's not there... means he's in the secret place, playing with the secret toys.
I wonder what else is in store for us. :D
Daniel M
03-05-14, 05:47 PM
Yeah, more improvements! <3
Well, hopefully I'm right now :p
Wow, that is super weird. Looking into it now. Hang in there.
Okay, all fixed, sorry about that. I had an extra curly brace somewhere, which isn't that weird, except that usually that throws an error so that I notice the problem right away, but this time it just mucked with something else.
Didn't mean to get your hopes up; no improvements to the profile...yet. ;)
That's cool. I just needed to make sure I wasn't going to sleep with my post count on 666.
I've noticed this happening a few times. Sorry the image is kind of small.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f145/ifiswan/fde5909b-2de0-4fe8-b1ee-4e49db6f76af_zpsb8d22f28.png
Yeah, I noticed this the other day as well, but I was already knee deep in the video embedding stuff so I wanted to finish that first. I'll have a closer look.
Just wondering, are you planning to do something with the rep system ever?
Let's keep this thread for bug reports only, please. :)
If you want to toss out ideas for the rep system, I'd suggest starting a new thread. If you just wanna ask me a few questions about it, then a profile comment or PM would probably be the way to go. Glad to participate either way. Though whatever you do, you'll probably want to be a lot more specific; "something" and "ever" encompass a heck of a lot.
Is anyone else having major issues trying to manage their posts?
I'm trying to post my first review since the design overhaul and I'm having major problems. As usual I've already written the review out and have copied and pasted it over. The first issue is that I cannot choose any other font except for Arial. When I write the reviews originally it is in Times New Roman and usually keep it that way for my reviews but it's immediately transferred to Arial and I can't change it to anything else.
For some reason a lot of words have also been run together. So for example what should read as "the film is very well directed" could come out as "the film isvery welldirected." As part of my reviews I include sections of film trivia which I usually wrap in quotes to distinguish it from the rest of the review. When I attempt to do this however it throws the text all out of whack. I can get round this however by just writing out the code manually.
Think there was another issue or two as well but can't think at the moment
EDIT - Another issue I'm having is that no matter how many times I set the review up correctly when I preview the post it has somehow created big gaps between paragraphs that weren't there before
I'm gonna guess that you're probably writing it in Word or something like that, formatting it a ton, and then copying it over here, which can cause a lot of problems because the editor's trying to preserve formatting that wasn't created for it. So these are probably all the same issue: there are probably layers upon layers of code already in there when you move it over.
Try formatting inside the text area rather than inside whatever program you're using, and let me know if that helps. If not, I'll PM you to debug further.
Skepsis93
03-08-14, 09:40 PM
I can't remember if you said this was expected or not, but I can't access the mobile version on my phone. I've been through Options and mobile style is selected, but I'm getting the desktop version.
Try it now, if you would.
Did you say it was an iPhone?
Skepsis93
03-08-14, 09:48 PM
An iPhone yeah. Working fine now.
and since I'm here, I should let you know that I was just able to give myself a +rep on the mobile version. I'm guessing that's not a permanent feature, but if it is I like it. :p Just don't tell JayDee.
An iPhone yeah. Working fine now.
That's good to know. That might help me with some other stuff I've been wondering, too.
It would be a big help if you could pop back in after a bit and confirm two things for me, though: 1) whether or not you still get the desktop version on your computer (as opposed to getting mobile on both), and 2) whether or not you still get the mobile version on your iPhone the next time you visit, IE: whether it holds across visits/after the browser is shut down.
and since I'm here, I should let you know that I was just able to give myself a +rep on the mobile version. I'm guessing that's not a permanent feature, but if it is I like it. :p Just don't tell JayDee.
Ha! I can't even fathom how that could be happening--you shouldn't even be seeing the thumb, and the code on the backend checks for duplicate user IDs, too. Or so I thought. I'll take a quick look. That's pretty funny, though.
Skepsis93
03-08-14, 10:02 PM
It would be a big help if you could pop back in after a bit and confirm two things for me, though: 1) whether or not you still get the desktop version on your computer (as opposed to getting mobile on both), and 2) whether or not you still get the mobile version on your iPhone the next time you visit, IE: whether it holds across visits/after the browser is shut down.
So far so good. I have both going right now and they're both doing what they're supposed to. Closed and re-opened Safari and I'm still on the mobile version.
Ha! I can't even fathom how that could be happening--you shouldn't even be seeing the thumb, and the code on the backend checks for duplicate user IDs, too. Or so I thought. I'll take a quick look. That's pretty funny, though.
Yeah, I did a double-take when I saw the thumb next to my name, and I couldn't resist checking to see if it would actually let me do it. :p I got a notification with +rep from myself and everything. I shouldn't have said anything. Could've went on a self-rep spree.
The Rodent
03-08-14, 10:05 PM
The Just In Box has gotten stuck for me now too.
Skep's post above has said Just Now for the past 3 minutes in the box...
The Rodent
03-08-14, 10:08 PM
Just a thought...
Clocks have changed to Daylight Savings...
Yup, I was literally just writing that when I refreshed to see if anyone had put it together yet. Check out the Edit Options (http://www.movieforums.com/community/profile.php?do=editoptions) page--there's a setting to detect it there. My guess is you and Cob both have it turned off, for whatever reason.
The Rodent
03-08-14, 10:13 PM
I'll have a look.
UK clocks don't change this year until March 30th...
Yeah, I did a double-take when I saw the thumb next to my name, and I couldn't resist checking to see if it would actually let me do it. :p I got a notification with +rep from myself and everything. I shouldn't have said anything. Could've went on a self-rep spree.
The first half--the thumb showing up at all--I was able to figure out right away. There was a certain circumstance (only on the mobile style) where it might show up for you on your own post, which I've just fixed. But I'm looking at the script that processes the request when you hit the thumb, and it looks fine. It checks to make sure your ID doesn't match the one of the post's creator. Weird.
I might PM you for a little light debugging, if you don't mind, just for my own sanity, even though just hiding the thumb should be enough.
The Rodent
03-08-14, 10:16 PM
My settings was on Auto Detect...
Just hasn't detected my time.
This happens every year tbh. US clocks and UK clocks change on different weeks and the MoFo Board never seems to realise until a few hours afterward.
Am I the only one having trouble with the forum today? The pages have been thrown all to hell all day. I assumed it was a problem everyone would be having but as no-one else has mentioned it it appears to be just me
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/JayDee87/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/JayDee87/media/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg.html)
Cobpyth
03-09-14, 09:47 PM
Am I the only one having trouble with the forum today? The pages have been thrown all to hell all day. I assumed it was a problem everyone would be having but as no-one else has mentioned it it appears to be just me
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/JayDee87/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/JayDee87/media/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg.html)
The problem is that you're using internet explorer. ;)
The Rodent
03-09-14, 10:04 PM
It's the Matrix Bullet Time you've been searching for by the look of it.
While the site does look its best in Chrome or Firefox, it still renders quite nicely in IE 10, and 11, and it looks like he's using 10 there. So it might be rendering in some old compatibility mode. To check this, hit F12 and look at the top of the panel that comes up: there should be options for Browser Mode and Document Mode. Make sure it's rendering in anything other than IE10, and Standards.
Also I mentioned this before, but I know not everyone keeps up with this thread, so I'll repeat it: if you're experiencing weird layout bugs, it's almost always a problem with the browser or the connection, especially if nobody else is reporting similar things. In those cases, please PM me about it. :) I'm always glad to debug the problem, but it's usually a case-by-case thing, so it makes more sense to deal with it directly, so the universal bugs can go here.
Thanks Yoda. :up: I am completely clueless with that kind of thing so I'm very grateful for the help. It is now fixed for me.
Glad that helped--weird things can trigger IE's different modes, so I'll add a to-do item to see what kind of things may have done it.
Miss Vicky
03-09-14, 10:26 PM
Am I the only one having trouble with the forum today? The pages have been thrown all to hell all day. I assumed it was a problem everyone would be having but as no-one else has mentioned it it appears to be just me
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/JayDee87/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/JayDee87/media/Forumsbug_zpse5c76805.jpg.html)
I had that issue too using internet explorer on both my desktop and my netbook. I ended up using chrome instead, but if the same issue happens on my work computer I simply won't be able to MoFo at work anymore.
Dang, why didn't you say so? :)
Try the instructions I mentioned above, if you're using a version of IE newer than 8.
Miss Vicky
03-09-14, 10:32 PM
Dang, why didn't you say so? :)
Because I'm a bad MoFo? :shrug:
Try the instructions I mentioned above, if you're using a version of IE newer than 8.
I got it working now using those instructions.
I should let you know that I was just able to give myself a +rep on the mobile version. I'm guessing that's not a permanent feature, but if it is I like it. :p Just don't tell JayDee.
:eek: A self-repping thumb?!!! :eek: Oh man I WANT one of those!!! Oh Yoda please please please!!! I'll try that old childhood favourite - you can make it both my birthday and Christmas present.
honeykid
03-10-14, 12:09 PM
:eek: A self-repping thumb?!!! :eek: Oh man I WANT one of those!!! Oh Yoda please please please!!! I'll try that old childhood favourite - you can make it both my birthday and Christmas present.
+ repped, so you don't have to. ;)
Miss Vicky
03-10-14, 03:52 PM
So all of a sudden the site is viewing normally on internet explorer, but when I try to click "Log In" nothing happens. I tried changing the settings using the instructions for the previous issue, and it still won't work.
Yeah, I've been fiddling with some things this afternoon to try to get it vaguely usable in old-to-ancient versions of IE. I'd still strongly recommend using Firefox or Chrome, or even just a moderately-less-old version of IE.
I'll see about getting a graceful fallback for the Login link. And I'll probably PM you to debug, if that's okay.
Okay, I just came up with a (fairly convoluted) workaround so that, if you're using an older version of IE (and also, I hope, a newer version running in Compatibility Mode), the Log In link will just take you to a plain log in page. Let me know if that helps.
Skepsis93
03-10-14, 05:22 PM
Right now I can't scroll down through the results after searching for a movie in the lists section. Using Chrome.
http://i.imgur.com/1kYtLDV.png
When i go to Forums about half way down the page the writing disappears :yup:
Now its working :goof:
Woohoo, I just fixed a subpixel rendering problem that nobody mentioned and maybe nobody ever noticed that only manifests when activating keyframe animations. Yay.
Skepsis93
03-13-14, 01:54 PM
I understood about three of those words.
I like talking about this stuff, so in case anyone's curious:
Subpixel rendering is when browsers have to round pixels off. If you have an area 100 pixels wide, and two things inside it set at 50% width, they'll be 50 pixels each. No problem. But if the area's 99 pixels wide, they might be rounded up or down.
Keyframe animations allow you to animate things on browsers that support it--for example, the film reels on the New Thread and Post Reply buttons.
I'm still not sure why, but for some reason when you had your mouse over those buttons and the animation was active, it caused some other elements on the page to shift over a pixel or so. I fixed the problem in one case by removing the percentage-based width and getting the same effect by using pixel-specific margins on each side, and in another by specifying a minimum width.
There's still a teeny, tiny little bit of weirdness with the text shadows on some of the elements in the latter case, but it's so minute and hard to notice that even I, pedantic as I can be about this stuff, don't really mind. For now.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
03-13-14, 10:05 PM
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13298&stc=1&d=1394758929
this just happened a couple times on my usercp. i'm using safari, but i switched over to chrome and got the same thing.
That happened for 5 minutes while I was fiddling with things earlier, but I fixed it hours ago. Weird.
Lemme try something real quick...okay, should be good. Had the fix on one page (Subscriptions) but not the other. Thanks.
Woohoo, I just fixed a subpixel rendering problem that nobody mentioned and maybe nobody ever noticed that only manifests when activating keyframe animations. Yay.
Is that English? http://www.smileys4msn.com/displaysmiley.php?show=2816
Frightened Inmate No. 2
03-14-14, 09:06 AM
Woohoo, I just fixed a subpixel rendering problem that nobody mentioned and maybe nobody ever noticed that only manifests when activating keyframe animations. Yay.
i don't think we could have understood this less if you talked like the real yoda.
Skepsis93
03-14-14, 10:09 PM
Just realised that the tweets on the front page aren't updating. I'm still getting the one about choosing the new popcorn rating icon.
Austruck
03-14-14, 10:30 PM
Skepsis ... Yoda doesn't tweet as much as he'd like to -- like, rarely. Could it not be updating because there just aren't new tweets?
Skepsis93
03-14-14, 10:44 PM
Yoda's posted plenty of new ones since the one that's showing on my front page.
Austruck
03-14-14, 11:14 PM
Ah... then he must have restarted. He said earlier that he doesn't keep up with it like he should.
Yoda... you're on your own. ;)
Yeah, that on the to-do list. I had a script for pulling tweets from the site which I loved, and used all over the place, but Twitter went and changed their API, so it needs to be reworked. I figured this one was relatively low priority, though.
Skepsis93
03-15-14, 10:08 AM
I figured as much. Thought I'd point it out just in case. :)
Sexy Celebrity
03-16-14, 04:11 PM
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13304&stc=1&d=1394997031
I deleted that comment you left me in my profile comments last night, Yoda, and it soft deleted it, and you can barely read the text that says "this comment has been deleted by." Just thought you might wanna fix that and make it readable.
Yeah, that's on the list too. But never hurts to make sure--thank you. :)
As you are probably beginning to notice, The List is pretty long.
Did knock a few items off recently, though, in The Shoutbox. It's comin' along.
Alien 3 in my faves list dropdown next to my avatar... it says AlienA3...
Okay, this should be fixed--ditto for anyone with an accented é in their favorites, like anyone who chose Amélie. Thanks for your patience guys. :)
The Rodent
03-17-14, 12:23 PM
Just had a look, it's working :up:
christine
03-17-14, 07:36 PM
Am I being really dim but when I go in to update my lists I can't cross through more than one. Is that right?
Hmmm, no, definitely no! Could you try something for me? Could you try clicking around on the title/label a bit? Sometimes if you click right where the line-through goes, it can fail to register.
I've got an item on my list about making these much easier to click on, so it might be something like that.
christine
03-17-14, 07:58 PM
Ok thanks Yoda I've managed to making the crossing through work on my PC, but it's murder trying to do it on an ipad so if you could make it easier to click on that'd be great :)
Ahhh, it was on an iPad. Makes sense now. I'll see if I can make that a tad easier.
christine
03-18-14, 03:39 AM
Thanks :)
Am I the only one having problems with searching just now? Instead of bringing up results that include the entire phrase being searched for it's giving results that include any singular word from the search. This means that almost no search comes in at under 1000 results
For example if I were to type in Edward Scissorhands it brings up 987 results which feature 'Edward' Norton amongst other things. It certainly never used to do that. Is there a reason it's being so un-specific?
We're using a new search system, but it's one that should significantly improve the relevance of the returned results. A few more changes are probably forthcoming, but for the moment, you should be able to narrow down the results with the advanced search criteria--which is what it sounds like you're using, since the default title search returns 7 for that term.
The goal is to show you what you're looking for, after all, and not to return the fewest results possible. Are you actually having trouble finding anything?
The Rodent
03-20-14, 05:49 PM
Just tried to update my Banner... keep getting this.
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, root@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Tried several times...
Can't reproduce, so I'm guessing this has to do with the image--and probably its size. Can you PM me a link to it?
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:00 PM
No link, but I've uploaded other images just fine. I guess something went wrong with the image when I photoshopped it.
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:06 PM
It was smaller than the one I'm using now tbh.
The one I have now is 204k jpg, the one I tried was only about 100k jpg.
It was basically the image I have now, just stylised to look like stained glass.
I've deleted it now, but will try another go in a bit.
I saw an image that fits that description on your profile when you first posted this. I think it went through, even though it presented you with an error.
Also, I know this is probably annoying, but if there's any way you could email me the image (attachment, imgur upload, whatever), that'd let me test a few things, and I'd really appreciate it. :)
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:10 PM
I'll have a look in the recycle bin :)
Yeah, that stained glass one was a different one. That uploaded just fine but didn't look great on the forum... so I adjusted the colours, made it look brighter and stuff... but the forum refused to take the updated one.
Got it. Definitely weird. This seems to happen every now and then, where the server doesn't like some otherwise normal image. It probably has its reasons...I try not to make eye contact with it. ;D But yeah, if you find a copy, that'd be cool.
Sexy Celebrity
03-20-14, 06:16 PM
I've had that happen before with profile banners and even images I've tried to upload for a post on here.
I think it has something to do with the image itself. Maybe file corruption, I don't know. Maybe the size is too large. I don't have/don't remember what images I used when this happened, but usually, a fresh resave in a program (I'm talking make a brand new file of the same image, not just hitting "save" again) -- maybe under a different file type -- will correct it.
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:18 PM
This is weird.
For some reason my trash bin wouldn't allow me to restore. Def something wrong with the pic.
Ended up having to delete completely.
Photoshop has done stuff like this before. I've made an image in the past, saved it, then it hasn't appeared anywhere. Then, a few days later it'll show up but the CPR won't allow me to open it, delete it, move it... anything.
After a hard reboot of the computer, the image was then found in the recycle bin.
Sexy Celebrity
03-20-14, 06:19 PM
Is it just that image that did that? Can you restore other files?
Dude, don't be uploading haunted images to my site.
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:20 PM
I can restore others no problem.
Just that one pic I made half an hour ago must have had something wrong with it.
Sexy Celebrity
03-20-14, 06:21 PM
I wonder if you could upload it to something like Imgur.com
Like you Photoshopped it on top of a Native American Burial ground and then cropped it over a well containing a drowned Japanese girl.
The Rodent
03-20-14, 06:23 PM
It's gone now. I had to delete it. Nothing else I could do with it, I got totally locked out from it by the CPR.
I think it was the FBI. They were controlling my Photoshop program using a Google van.
Holden Pike
03-21-14, 02:21 PM
Oh, and I have been meaning to tell you, Yoda: on my work computer, I am not able to update the lists. It appears to mark them, but then doesn't save it.
This through my Windows 8.
Thanks for the report; between that and the iPad thing, I'll have to sit down and take a look at making this a little easier to use, even if it means disabling a couple of the fancier effects for certain devices and browsers. Hopefully it won't be too long before I've got an update for you guys on this.
Daniel M
03-21-14, 02:26 PM
I've noticed when viewing pages no on the forum (like Lists) the notifications red box will display the number of all your unread PMS, where as in the forum, as long as you check your inbox, it only shows once since. If you get me. Reminds me I did to mark PMs as unread if I've already read them in my email.
Nothing important, but thought I'd mention it :p
Whoops, forgot to update a variable--should be good now. Thanks for that.
TheUsualSuspect
03-24-14, 07:58 AM
The mobile version doesn't work. If I'm not signed in, then it's a mobile version. Once I sign into my account it looks like the regular site.
Just changed something--still happening?
TheUsualSuspect
03-24-14, 03:22 PM
Works now. Thanks.
The submit reply buttons are still off centre, but I can deal.
Just realised that the tweets on the front page aren't updating. I'm still getting the one about choosing the new popcorn rating icon.
Yeah, that on the to-do list. I had a script for pulling tweets from the site which I loved, and used all over the place, but Twitter went and changed their API, so it needs to be reworked. I figured this one was relatively low priority, though.
Fixed! :)
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=13304&stc=1&d=1394997031
I deleted that comment you left me in my profile comments last night, Yoda, and it soft deleted it, and you can barely read the text that says "this comment has been deleted by." Just thought you might wanna fix that and make it readable.
Also fixed.
Sexy Celebrity
03-25-14, 03:46 PM
Yes, that's fixed.
Woohoo. There's still a lot to do but I triaged some of the remaining to-do items and I can kinda see daylight there, excluding the bigger projects and the stuff that might not be necessary/possible/whatever.
When I click the Netflix links on any of the lists, this comes up.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f145/ifiswan/cdc098ce-d339-4c60-81f3-475902e72564_zps05db7ed2.png
Just tried one at random from your lists and it searched fine; can you point to a specific link on a specific list that's doing this?
I thought it did that when you use the MoFo link and Netflix didn't carry the film. At least that's what I got when they didn't.
I tried all the links for the unchecked movies on the Sight and Sound's Directors Poll, and it did that for all of them. I tried a few on some other lists and it did the same thing.
Ah, it looks like it's limited to the edit page, rather than the display page. Should be fixed in just a moment, thanks. :)
Miss Vicky
03-26-14, 02:40 PM
IE is all funky again.
This is what it looks like when I try to reply to a thread.
Just to confirm, is the site in general funky again (because that would be surprising and confusing), or just the editor? If the latter, is it all editors or just the one on the Post Reply page?
Miss Vicky
03-26-14, 02:50 PM
The site looks great otherwise. It's just when click post reply, post reply with quote, or attempt to edit an existing post that it looks like that.
Got it, thanks. I'll have a look. Probably something small--we ran into an issue with the editor recently (still not sure how it happened) which I had to sort of re-do manually, so this is probably related to that.
Can't view notifications on iphone and avatar is missing from the notifications area too
Avatar is back but can't look at notifications still.
Having weird problems myself similar to Rhys. Started when I tried to add an attachment to a post.
And now it says I'm posting as Chris!
TheUsualSuspect
03-26-14, 07:51 PM
DAMN YOU CHRIS!!!!!!
hahahaha.
Chris has an interesting top ten... he likes both Citizen Kane and Transformers!
TheUsualSuspect
03-26-14, 07:51 PM
Damn, I seem to be back to my regular profile.
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