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Software Update Issues

Great job getting the update in - I know this is probably already on the list of things to tinker with to get things running smoothly but thought I'd post them anyway:

1. Using the "Post Quick Reply" button sometimes gives me a "Do you want to leave the page" question, which I have to hit cancel and try again to post using Post Quick Reply. That's happened up to 3x in a row before the post actually showed up (no duplicate).

2. Posting sometimes gives me a browser error that shows it was unable to make a connection. I checked if my internet was acting up at this time and it wasn't - so I'm assuming there may be a database access connection issue with the update that may need a tweak!

Pretty minor stuff but overall loving the updates!!! Thanks for sacrificing your weekend... it's much appreciated!
 
I don't know if this is an issue or just something that I'm experiencing, but if I come back on the site and want to revisit a thread I've posted in, I will often go to the "New Posts" button at the top to see what threads have been active since I was last on and if I want to go into a thread I'll click on the green triangle next to that thread title to take me back to the last comment I posted in the thread so I can start reading from there. I've noticed today, however, that if I click the green triangle, it doesn't take me to my last post but takes me either to the next page after my last post or to the last page in the thread. It's minor and I simply have to backtrack to find my last post, but it is different from the way things were.
 
RedAkston said:
If you see an issue or something that doesn't quite look right with the new software update, please feel free to let us know. I will update the OP with current issues and the status of fixing these.

Issues
Likes button - this will eventually be moved to a "friendlier" location
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Again nothing mind boggling, but I'm not liking that a lot more clicks open new tabs instead opening in the same tab. After five minutes or so I've got a dozen open tabs to close.
 
RedAkston said:
If you see an issue or something that doesn't quite look right with the new software update, please feel free to let us know. I will update the OP with current issues and the status of fixing these.

Issues
Likes button - this will eventually be moved to a "friendlier" location
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If I click on the "Participated" tab, I go to the right page, but the "What's New" tab is the one that is highlighted.
 
PoS said:
Oh and the likes and stuff are only visible when you log in, when you're logged out they no longer show up.
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Your likes specifically? Or the like count for any post?

Perhaps the new software prevents display of likes unless logged in, somehow?
 
RedAkston said:
If you see an issue or something that doesn't quite look right with the new software update, please feel free to let us know. I will update the OP with current issues and the status of fixing these.

Issues
Likes button - this will eventually be moved to a "friendlier" location
Click to expand...

If I use my own ip address the connection to DP is unresolved. I have to get here through a vpn.
 
The Mark said:
Your likes specifically? Or the like count for any post?

Perhaps the new software prevents display of likes unless logged in, somehow?
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Looks like everybody's like counts disappear unless youre logged in.
 
Another issue I noticed this morning that wasn't occurring yesterday is that when I see a quote notification and click on it, the system doesn't take me directly to the post that quoted me but takes me to the last page of the thread in which this comment was posted. I have my system set up to have 40 posts a page and in the example this morning, the post quoting me was at the end of the first page, post number 39 but the system took me to the last page, post number 81, and I had to scroll back pages to find the post that quoted me so that I could respond to it.
 
CanadaJohn said:
I don't know if this is an issue or just something that I'm experiencing, but if I come back on the site and want to revisit a thread I've posted in, I will often go to the "New Posts" button at the top to see what threads have been active since I was last on and if I want to go into a thread I'll click on the green triangle next to that thread title to take me back to the last comment I posted in the thread so I can start reading from there. I've noticed today, however, that if I click the green triangle, it doesn't take me to my last post but takes me either to the next page after my last post or to the last page in the thread. It's minor and I simply have to backtrack to find my last post, but it is different from the way things were.
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This one seems to have been corrected, so thanks Red!!
 
When you have the chance it would be preferable that the likes page is formatted as it used to be. It just looks to be a confused mess right now. Also, clicking on the likes notifications up top now opens a new page. That is not good for everyone. At least we should have the option to stay in the same browser window.
 
And another one: since the update, the page frequently does not load fully. If I can figure out how to take screenshots on my iPad mini I will post screenshots.
 
Screenshots, note this never happened before update:

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Ack!!

Please hit refresh - looks like we have a cache issue.
 
I'm currently accessing this site from a desktop PC running Win 7 enterprise, via a Firefox browser (version 39.0).

My "likes/thanks" now display as follows:

DP Li Th.jpg

This seems less...compact than I remember the previous like system being, but it DOES provide more information for each like.

However I am curious as to whether options exist for changing how likes are displayed.
 
The likes icon and display is an ongoing project.
 
Redress's loading problem is something I used to have with my clunky antique computer. I now have a fast high-tech computer, but the same low-tech podunk download speed, so on occasion it does the same thing now.

I'm really not having any noticeable issues at all since the upgrade; I wonder if people using phones and tablets are mainly the ones having compatibility issues, because everything is running great for me at this point.
 
Updating to the latest version of whatever browser you are using will help with some of these issues but not all of them.
 
Lotta bugs in this new software..though none of them are major, just annoying.
 
RedAkston said:
Updating to the latest version of whatever browser you are using will help with some of these issues but not all of them.
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Always good advice.

DA60 said:
Lotta bugs in this new software..though none of them are major, just annoying.
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I have a ticket open for our server. Our cache system is not working correctly.
 
Since the update, I am unable to access the forum from any device at home. I've tried clearing cookies and cache. Haven't tried resetting the modem and wireless router. I am a lot more productive at home now. :mrgreen:
 
Schweddy said:
I have a ticket open for our server. Our cache system is not working correctly.
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Thanks a ton for the hard work you guys are putting in. You guys rock!

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Please send me a PM with what ISP you use... verizon, comcast etc...if you are having problems logging in from home.

Also, I think we have resolved the caching issue.

Let me know if the screen goes all funky again... (images not loading fully).

Thanks!
 
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I don't know if this is related to the update or not, but in the past two ir three days I don't seem to be able to post images. I've tried with images downloaded from the internet; no luck. I then tried images from my computer, even images I have posted previously, and now they won't load. I get a red exclamation mark when I try to upload them.

I've never had this problem before. Could it be update-related?
 
The sidebar for recent posts seems to be a few minutes slow.
 
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