Test post forum

[midcarolina]

Just thinkin....... with all the posts on can't reply. can't post, pictures won't attach and such I wonder if it wouldn't help if one of you techies put up a test forum
atleast unitl things get back to normal.......folks can test posting pics or whatever and can be easily cleaned up every so often.

 

[GA_Boater]

Portland Pudgy is just that, Mid. In the Owners Group By Manufacturers M-R. Purely a test sub-forum and anything in there is subject to deletion/moving/editing. All members are free to play in Portland Pudgy. Just be aware forum rules still apply.

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/owners-groups-by-manufacturer/m-r/portland-pudgy

 

[midcarolina]

Well dang thanks GA, I learn something new everyday.............. Of coarse I may forget that one thing tomorrow....J/K

 

[GA_Boater]

No Prob, Mid. Pudgy is full of strange stuff. :smile:

 

[achris]

Just thinkin....... with all the posts on can't reply. can't post, pictures won't attach and such I wonder if it wouldn't help if one of you techies put up a test forum
atleast unitl things get back to normal.......folks can test posting pics or whatever and can be easily cleaned up every so often.

A test forum was put up many weeks before V5 was rolled out. The mods and admin staff were given instruction... "go break it".. We tried and a few issues came up, but because of the size of iboats live forum we just couldn't simulate what would happen when it was sent live... We are working at maximum velocity on trying to get things stabilised and back to a 'normal' state of affairs.

Obvious serious problems, like database errors and pictures not working will be priorities. Things like post counts, mods and admins titles and 'cosmetics' (like the position of a button :facepalm are very minor issues... Personally I think we should all cool it and let the IT team deal with the biggies before hounding them with minor details, like post counts. iboats is committed to the forums, having bought considerable amounts of new hardware to accommodate the new software... It just takes time for the new software to become familiar (and what we have here is nothing. Remember the change from Windows XP to 7, or from 7 to 8 for that matter....)... We live in times of change, and we are going to be dragged along with that change (some of us kicking and screaming), regardless of whether we like it or not. So, let's all just settle down and let things happen, and not distract the people trying so hard to keep everybody happy.

Post counts... :facepalm:

Chris...

 

[MTboatguy]

A test forum was put up many weeks before V5 was rolled out. The mods and admin staff were given instruction... "go break it".. We tried and a few issues came up, but because of the size of iboats live forum we just couldn't simulate what would happen when it was sent live... We are working at maximum velocity on trying to get things stabilised and back to a 'normal' state of affairs.

Obvious serious problems, like database errors and pictures not working will be priorities. Things like post counts, mods and admins titles and 'cosmetics' (like the position of a button :facepalm are very minor issues... Personally I think we should all cool it and let the IT team deal with the biggies before hounding them with minor details, like post counts. iboats is committed to the forums, having bought considerable amounts of new hardware to accommodate the new software... It just takes time for the new software to become familiar (and what we have here is nothing. Remember the change from Windows XP to 7, or from 7 to 8 for that matter....)... We live in times of change, and we are going to be dragged along with that change (some of us kicking and screaming), regardless of whether we like it or not. So, let's all just settle down and let things happen, and not distract the people trying so hard to keep everybody happy.

Post counts... :facepalm:

Chris...

Exactly!

 

[midcarolina]

A test forum was put up many weeks before V5 was rolled out. The mods and admin staff were given instruction... "go break it".. We tried and a few issues came up, but because of the size of iboats live forum we just couldn't simulate what would happen when it was sent live... We are working at maximum velocity on trying to get things stabilised and back to a 'normal' state of affairs.

Obvious serious problems, like database errors and pictures not working will be priorities. Things like post counts, mods and admins titles and 'cosmetics' (like the position of a button :facepalm are very minor issues... Personally I think we should all cool it and let the IT team deal with the biggies before hounding them with minor details, like post counts. iboats is committed to the forums, having bought considerable amounts of new hardware to accommodate the new software... It just takes time for the new software to become familiar (and what we have here is nothing. Remember the change from Windows XP to 7, or from 7 to 8 for that matter....)... We live in times of change, and we are going to be dragged along with that change (some of us kicking and screaming), regardless of whether we like it or not. So, let's all just settle down and let things happen, and not distract the people trying so hard to keep everybody happy.

Post counts... :facepalm:

Chris...

Chris...... I think I either didnt explain what I meant or you misunderstood what I was trying to say..........Many forums I frequent have a test sub forum it's just a place where new members unfamiliar with the forum can stretch their legs and try thread options in a place most people wouldnt care to browse

Really just a place to give newbies confidence that their posts look as they intend.......

 

[achris]

ok.. as already said by someone else, Portland Podgy.. In the manufacturers sub-forums... But I hope the information I gave helped understand what's going on with the new software...

 

[MikDee]

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ok.. as already said by someone else, Portland Podgy.. In the manufacturers sub-forums... But I hope the information I gave helped understand what's going on with the new software...

Here Chris, is a picture of my homepage,,, See the Words!

 

[achris]

Mik, that photo is way too small for me to see. Post it to a hosting site and post the link here. BTW, Is that the forums home page, or the bookmarked page you have in your browser? And I only respond one way to sarcasm.

 

[MTboatguy]

Chris, I sent you a pm, let me know if it gets through, I was not able to respond to the one you sent but was able to send one to you.

 

[MikDee]

Disregard!

 

[achris]

Got one... Thanks... It also means I know PMs are getting through... I've been asking a member to mail me. I even sent him my email in one of the PMs, so far he's ignored me, and I'm none too pleased!

 

[MikDee]

Chris, This is the homepage I have saved in favorites.

 

[achris]

Mik, there is no image there. You need to save it to a image site (like photobucket) and post the link here. If it's from a saved bookmark, it may not be the FORUM homepage.... It might be a sub-forum index page, in which case the button has always been there....

 

[MikDee]

Mik, there is no image there. You need to save it to a image site (like photobucket) and post the link here. If it's from a saved bookmark, it may not be the FORUM homepage.... It might be a sub-forum index page, in which case the button has always been there....

You can't see the image in post #14? Anyway, you can search the net, and click on iboats, and it's the same home page I have captured here. And now, I give up for the night!

 

[achris]

You can't see the image in post #14? Anyway, you can search the net, and click on iboats, and it's the same home page I have captured here. And now, I give up for the night!

Mik, Here's what I see of the picture in post#9



And here's how I see post #14...



In both cases you have posted the pictures to the iboats server. At the moment we are having problems with images on the iboats server. Please post them to a host site, such as photobucket (there are many others, you choose)... I had the same problem. I posted a picture, it showed up perfectly on my own screen, but no one else could see it.... I am now using photobucket for everything until the issue with our own server is sorted out, may I suggest you (and everybody else) do the same....

 

[southkogs]

Hey Mike - here's a "topic" I did to try and figure out the picture posting problem: http://forums.iboats.com/forum/other/dockside-chat/7624883-anybody-tried-this-grease-out

Maybe it'll help ya' out some.

 

[MikDee]

Thanks southkogs I saw that post, but photobucket has really messed up the few hundred photo's I have there over the years, so I don't really trust them anymore. Recently I went to log on there, and it wouldn't let me, because I hadn't visited there in quite awhile, (which should never happen!) but they upgraded the site so it became quite a hassle for me to get that fixed.

 

[midcarolina]

MikDee......... I use dropbox, it's a free storage site I think 2.5 gigs for free, whats cool about it is you can synq all your computers and smart phone to it so all will update...... I can take pics with my phone and in a few seconds a little window pops up on my computer to tell me X amount of photo's where added.