| kemosabe |
| Ever since the server hiccup on Friday the 28th of May, we've lost the "87 new posts" counter on the main home page when we log in, but the MDX board still has theirs working -- can we get ours fixed??? :confused: |
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| krygny |
| I noticed that too. I was thinking of posting about it but I didn't want to start a new thread, so thanks, kemosabe. Not a gotta-have feature, but a nice-to-have, especially since it's always been there. |
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| kemosabe |
| It's definitely a nice feature -- I equate it to the mileage signs on the interstates that read, "New York City 154 miles" It kind of gives you a warm/fuzzy as to what to expect and how long it's gonna take -- same with the number of new posts: if it's 184 new posts, then I'll have to adjust my time accordingly versus 34 new posts... |
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| krygny |
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Originally posted by kemosabe
... versus 34 new posts...
Heh, it's a kind of "get-a-life" meter. If I see only 34 new posts, I know I'm spending way too much time on this site. :D |
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| admin |
Damn, they noticed ...
You are right, after last week's problems, the database got corrupted a bit, and I'm not too sure how to correct the problem.
However, here is some good news. I just purchased a brand new server. This baby is much much faster (Dual Xeon with 1G ram for those tech-savy). I will be migrating all sites to it in the next 4 weeks. I hope that during migration the problem will fix itself.
admin. |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by admin
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I hope that during migration the problem will fix itself.
admin.
Dollars to doughnuts that'll never happen. But hey, there was the Immaculate Reception.:rolleyes: Maybe the Points crap that we rejected a while back will disappear in the transition, too. ;) |
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| kemosabe |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
Dollars to doughnuts that'll never happen. But hey, there was the Immaculate Reception.:rolleyes: Maybe the Points crap that we rejected a while back will disappear in the transition, too. ;)
Can kemosabe_points keep his points? He's slowly, but surely, racking them up in that thongs thread... :22: :jester: |
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| N_Jay |
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Originally posted by admin
Damn, they noticed ...
You are right, after last week's problems, the database got corrupted a bit, and I'm not too sure how to correct the problem.
However, here is some good news. I just purchased a brand new server. This baby is much much faster (Dual Xeon with 1G ram for those tech-savy). I will be migrating all sites to it in the next 4 weeks. I hope that during migration the problem will fix itself.
admin.
I am sure you have, but did you try all those criptic "reset counters" functions in teh admin pannel?
Have you asked over at vbulletin.org? |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by N_Jay
I am sure you have, but did you try all those criptic "reset counters" functions in teh admin pannel?
Have you asked over at vbulletin.org?
It's working over at acuramdx.org. Maybe they contributed more.;) |
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| N_Jay |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
It's working over at acuramdx.org. Maybe they contributed more.;)
You must be an IT guy; "Well if you want it to work, just raise my buget!":3: |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by N_Jay
You must be an IT guy; "Well if you want it to work, just raise my buget!":3:
Not me. I just moved from the "Hey, it's free and I can't complain" camp to the "Yo, dude, I kicked in and now it broke, fix it" camp. :p |
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| jay |
Now that we're on a new server, and the new posts counter is still busted, let's have a contest to see how we can get admin's attention to fix it. :p I tried the direct approach, the subtle approach, the PM approach, and as you see above, the disgruntled contributor approach, and I'm out of ideas.
The counter works on our sister sites. Where's an Equal Rights Amendment when you need one. :p |
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| kemosabe |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
Now that we're on a new server, and the new posts counter is still busted, let's have a contest to see how we can get admin's attention to fix it. :p I tried the direct approach, the subtle approach, the PM approach, and as you see above, the disgruntled contributor approach, and I'm out of ideas.
The counter works on our sister sites. Where's an Equal Rights Amendment when you need one. :p
How about the humorous approach??? :confused:
Be careful what you ask for, though... :eek: |
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| osteome |
I am just waiting for the inevitable...."cheesy counters on the Honda Pilot site" and the inevitable comparison to the cool counters on the Subaru Legacy or Honda Accord site.
I do miss the quantify your addiction aspect to the site though. |
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| Titans Fan |
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Originally posted by osteome
I am just waiting for the inevitable...."cheesy counters on the Honda Pilot site" and the inevitable comparison to the cool counters on the Subaru Legacy or Honda Accord site.
I do miss the quantify your addiction aspect to the site though.
Don't you mean "chezy kownturs n th H P syte" :D |
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| osteome |
quote:
Originally posted by Titans Fan
Don't you mean "chezy kownturs n th H P syte" :D
Yea thts whut I meant.... sorry could not resist. :D |
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| admin |
What happened to counters is this:
At some point a few weeks ago, our database got corrupted. It got corrupted bad. I was able to salvage all the posts, except there are a few posts that are still corrupted and cause errors when performing specific queuries on them. That's why I had to remove the counter of the "new posts since your last visit".
Right now I don't want to spend too much time on it (as there are other priorities like coming up with a good backup strategy, etc), but once I get some free time, I'll look at some alternative ways of getting the counter to work. |
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| jay |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
Can kemosabe_points keep his points? He's slowly, but surely, racking them up in that thongs thread... :22: :jester:
Hey, I just noticed that any reference to points has disappeared from the site. Cool. Thanks, admin. |
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| john802 |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
Hey, I just noticed that any reference to points has disappeared from the site. Cool. Thanks, admin.
I second jay on this one. Thanks, admin. |
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| kemosabe |
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Originally posted by john802
I second jay on this one. Thanks, admin.
kemosabe is happy that the points are finally history... :29:
...but I'm sure kemosabe_points is more than a little irked about it!!! :28:
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| tim.s |
quote:
Originally posted by kemosabe
...but I'm sure kemosabe_points is more than a little irked about it!!! :28:...
Any idea how many points that guy racked up before the points counter went away? |
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| kemosabe |
quote:
Originally posted by tim.s
Any idea how many points that guy racked up before the points counter went away?
Not 100% sure, but the last time I looked closely, it was like 1800 or so...??? But don't hold me to that -- it's just a WAG!!! Not too shabby for only posting less than 10 times. :22: :jester: |
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