Technical questions about the site

[alinda]

:thumbsup::rock::thumbsup:

[Daghain]

You're welcome. And don't ask me how that happens - I have no idea. :lol:

[Matt]

Has to be local somehow or this place would explode with questions about it.

[Daghain]

That's what I'm thinking. I've had it happen a time or two, but I think it's related to my work server loading the pages r e a l l y s l o w l y sometimes. Reload and it's gone.

[LadyHitchhiker]

How do I send a screenshot? I went over to my mom's and their computer is reading the site fine.

I am running off of firefox, and still experiencing the problems but just on this website.

and mine like razz's is missing the black on the sides, and the graphics...

[Heather19]

Hit printscreen on your keyboard, and then open up the paint program on your computer. Go to edit, then paste, and it should pop up. You can then save the file, and post it as you would a regular image.

[Darkthoughts]

That won't work for me - I've tried it many times. When I hit edit, the paste option isn't highlighted so I can't click it :(

[Jean]

That won't work for me - I've tried it many times. When I hit edit, the paste option isn't highlighted so I can't click it :(
try CTRL+V. If you have something copied, it will be pasted. If you don't have anything copied, try hitting CTRL at the same time with PrintScreen, it works with me (don't know why)

[Darkthoughts]

I tried them all, still nothing :(
Maybe it's something to do with my settings?

[ManOfWesternesse]

That won't work for me - I've tried it many times. When I hit edit, the paste option isn't highlighted so I can't click it :(
try CTRL+V. If you have something copied, it will be pasted. If you don't have anything copied, try hitting CTRL at the same time with PrintScreen, it works with me (don't know why)

Try it & see, but essentially the CTRL/V is just a keystroke to carry out the same action (ie. Paste). I suspect the option is not there because there's nothing in the clipboard to paste, therefore it's the Copy that's not working.

What are you using (Mac or PC? - (I know nothing about mac's)). What's it look like on your Keyboard (is there a key marked "Prt Sc" or similar?
Try the CTRL + that key as Jean said, or also try ALT + that key (that's designed to copy the active window).

[Jean]

I tried them all, still nothing
Maybe it's something to do with my settings?
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_unsure.gif
EDITED: I hope what Brian said will work! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

[ManOfWesternesse]

.....also - try pasting it in eg. Microsoft Word or something - to see if it's Paint that's your problem?

[Darkthoughts]

My prt sc button doubles as an "insert" button...perhaps I need to press shift to print screen ? :blush:

[Darkthoughts]

Nope, none of it is working.

I don't have a mac, just a compaq laptop with windows xp.

[Jean]

My prt sc button doubles as an "insert" button...perhaps I need to press shift to print screen ? :blush:
that may very well be it! In fact, maybe I meant SHIFT when I said CTRL, I remember what I push only with my paws, not eyes. My own PrintScreen doubles as SysRq (must be System Requirements, or something equally obscure. I might never know.)

[ManOfWesternesse]

My prt sc button doubles as an "insert" button...perhaps I need to press shift to print screen ? :blush:

Ah-Ha!!!!!!
Is that a Laptop Lisa?
Can you try Function/PrtScr (ie. the "Fn" key (bottom left?) and the "PrtScr" key together *fingerscrossed*

[Darkthoughts]

Ohh! Ok...I'm going to try that now!

By the way, thanks you two :huglove:

[Jean]

Brian, you leave the bear awestruck.

One can't know that much.

In a gangster movie, you would already be killed.

[Darkthoughts]

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!

Brian, you genius!!!

*runs off to the "Show Your Desktop" thread :excited:

[ManOfWesternesse]

.....In a gangster movie, you would already be killed.

:lol: At minimum I'll check my bed for any stray horse heads tonight.


WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!

Brian, you genius!!!

*runs off to the "Show Your Desktop" thread :excited:

Glad it worked Lisa.
& I'm no genius. I happen to have a Laptop right here with the same key layout - except I almost always use it with an external Keyboard attached (I find it easier)

*runs off to the "See other's Desktop's thread"*

[Darkthoughts]

Excellent, thanks! :huglove: genius :D

[Matt]

Glad all of that is going well. The laptop thing was key for sure.

Liz--hopefully these tips have helped you. If it looks fine on another computer it is a local setting for sure.

[Woofer]

{PMS} I notice that the PMS mood is missing too.*

*Note the lack of an end code to the "tag" for PMS on. Believe me, if I could turn it off, it would be off permanently.

http://psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/evillaugh.gifhttp://psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/innocentgrin.gif

[Randall Flagg]

When you get John and Liz all fixed up, will you expalin how a member donates beam bucks to another member?

Take care of Liz and John first.
Jon found out the donate function works.:cool:

[Jon]

When you get John and Liz all fixed up, will you explain how a member donates beam bucks to another member?

Take care of Liz and John first.
Jon found out the donate function works.:cool:

What a guy what a man what a Mod What a fabulous private pilot!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Okay so if I use internet explorer I don't have a problem - except for some reason ie crashes all the time which is why I switched to firefox - but I still am having the problems with firefox...

I'll try and send a screenshot...

[LadyHitchhiker]

C:\My Documents\untitled.bmp

[LadyHitchhiker]

Okay... still can't get the screenshot on here... when I try to upload it it says "can't accept .bmp files..."

[LadyHitchhiker]

but I'm getting a newer tower soon... one with 40 gigs rather than 2 gigs... so I'll let you guys know if it's still going on then...

[Heather19]

I was having a lot of problems with IE constantly quitting on me so I switched over to firefox, but it's working fine on my end.

Liz, try converting the file to a jpeg and see if that works.

[Woofer]

LadyH, if you're trying to upload to the gallery here, it only accepts .jpg and .png formats. :couple:

[The Lady of Shadows]

hello the ptb. lately i have been getting a phishing warning from ie7 about the site. it seems to happen in select threads when i hit the reply button. here's a screen shot of what i got when i tried to reply to the ebay bs thread.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/turtlesong/phishingwarning.jpg



ETA: i'm sorry about the size. i tried to make it smaller but when i do you can't see the url or the warning. sorry. ::sorrysmiliehere::

[Daghain]

Okay, I'm missing it. Where is the phishing warning? All I see is a standard reply screen.

[The Lady of Shadows]

see how the website's url is in yellow at the top? and beside it it says "suspicious website"? well, when i clicked on that i got a box that said it was a phishing website. i went to the microsoft site and clicked the button that said you guys were a safe site but because i couldn't check the box that said i was a representative or the owner i don't think they'll pay much attention to me. :(

[The Lady of Shadows]

okay, it's still doing it so here's a screenshot with the box open
(when you click on where it says suspicious website)

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/turtlesong/phishingboxopened.jpg



here's the url when you click on report whether or not this is a phishing website (https://phishingfilter.microsoft.com/feedback.aspx?result=warn&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thedarktower.org%2fpalaver%2f newreply.php%3fdo%3dnewreply%26noquote%3d1%26p%3d2 40616)
but this url only works for the ebay bs game thread.

[jhanic]

Turtle, you seem to have a lot of tabs open. Does the same occur when you have fewer tabs. I'm only asking this because I sometimes have some troubles when I have more than five or six tabs open at a time.

John

[The Lady of Shadows]

Turtle, you seem to have a lot of tabs open. Does the same occur when you have fewer tabs. I'm only asking
this because I sometimes have some troubles when I have more than five or six tabs open at a time.

John

wow. you think that's a lot? :) i've had as many as 17 open before. i love tabs! :wub:

anyway, no it doesn't matter if i have one tab or 17 tabs. and it really hates the ebay bs game thread today for
some reason. it's like it chooses a thread to hate and then for the rest of the day (even after clearing the cookies,
the history, the cache, everything) it will mark that thread as evil.

and yes i know. a mac wouldn't do this. :rolleyes:

[Matt]

Turtlesong: I can't click the link you posted above, it says the following


phishingfilter.microsoft.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for smartscreen.microsoft.com


What I can gather about the message is that you have a program running that specifically tries to evaluate and return information on sites you visit. As with all things, your version could have its settings to be a bit sensitive. I'm not sure about that.

I open the site in Internet Explorer and do not receive a warning. I'll search a bit of information on microsoft to make sure our site is not crossing some kind of threshold. Thanks for the info but I believe its probably just a local add on you have on your copy of IE

[The Lady of Shadows]

i have the phishing filter turned on in ie7 but that's it. maybe it's just something about it not liking me making so many replies? :lol: maybe it thinks i spend too much time here? :)

maybe the server collects information? you know, statistical stuff not personal stuff? i've got the phishing filter set pretty low. and everytime i see the warning i click the link and tell them that no, palaver is not a phishing site. (i have this image of jean sitting on the side of a lake somewhere trying to catch a trout!).

anyway, say sorry that the link didn't work. mayhap it will only work from the computer that generated the warning. so long as the warnings are yellow i won't worry about them. if i get any red ones, i'll let you know. sound cool?

[Randall Flagg]

This used to happen to me/others on rare occasion and was related to a members Av or signature and the fact it was self hosted on their own personal server...I don't remember exactly, but as soon as we had the member change the Av/Sig hosting, the problem went away. Just a thought.

[The Lady of Shadows]

This used to happen to me/others on rare occasion and was related to a members Av or signature and the fact it was self hosted on their own personal server...I don't remember exactly, but as soon as we had the member change the Av/Sig hosting, the problem went away. Just a thought.

so maybe somebody in the thread is self-hosting their av or sig? cause mine are both on photobucket. that makes sense. thanks. :)

[Randall Flagg]

This used to happen to me/others on rare occasion and was related to a members Av or signature and the fact it was self hosted on their own personal server...I don't remember exactly, but as soon as we had the member change the Av/Sig hosting, the problem went away. Just a thought.

so maybe somebody in the thread is self-hosting their av or sig? cause mine are both on photobucket. that makes sense. thanks. :)
That was the problem before. I seem to recall it was Mike Beck-sadly he hasn't been here in 2 months :( (I could be wrong about the member) but it isn't you yourself, it could be some other member. It was a cumbersome problem to figure it out before (and it wasn't me who was smart enough to do so-perhaps it was Brice who figured it out) and it may not be the problem this time, but I think it is something to consider.

[Matt]

I remember that!

Thanks Jerome, great place to start. :thumbsup:

[Daghain]

Switch to Firefox. Problem will likely be solved.

Maybe it thinks DTbay is a spoof of eBay?

[The Lady of Shadows]

i swear to gan i just posted a reply in this thread and now it's disappeared.
"strange things are afoot at the circle k!"

anyway. what i wanted to say was why would it think that dtbay was a spoof of ebay? aren't we talking about the "ebay bs game" thread here? that's the one that's doing it. maybe i've had too many drugs (medicine drugs not the good kind). :(

and how weird is it that daggers is telling me just to switch browsers? did i step into an alternate dimension at some point? brice was ignoring letti, daggers was almost nice to microsoft. . .

THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING! :panic:

[Matt]

Testing something :pirate:

[Matt]

Testing again :clap:

[gsvec]

Just as FYI, I got that same "pfishing" warning message today. I was NOT on the eBay BS thread, but I can't remember which one it was - maybe Intriguing Auctions? If it happens again, a PROMISE I'll pay closer attention!

[Daghain]

I still think Microsuck thinks DTbay is a spoof of eBay, and along those lines all things called auction/-bay, etc. would alert it. Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Leave a shitload of holes in your software but alert the world to a site that is totally harmless. :lol:

And turtle, I figured if I could at least convert you to open source software, you'd be on the slippery slope to a Mac. :lol:

[Randall Flagg]

Lately I have been unable to get pictures uploaded to imageshack to work. Photobucket works fine for me.
Can someone else try to upload from http://imageshack.us/ and see if it works for them?

[Matt]

Testing

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6386/marnold1lv9.jpg


Imageshack has gone and changed something, it looks like the "direct link to image" (which is what you need to put image tags around the URL) is under "advanced linking" now.

Big red message that says not to use it on forums. I think they are really trying to get folks to use an imbedded code so the pics force you back to the site somehow.

Anyway, you can still get to it by clicking on the link at the bottom

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: Awesome!

[LadyHitchhiker]

No problems now with my new dark tower... LOL :D (my tower is a dark grey).

Just thought I'd let you guys know!!!

[gsvec]

How do I get a seller account for DTbay? I clicked on the link and got nada :(

[Daghain]

I think Matt has to set you up. :)

[gsvec]

Thankee sai! I'll shoot him a PM. :clap:

[Daghain]

No worries. :)

[taheen74]

Yay found what I was looking for. :)

[Randall Flagg]

Pages are loading painfully slow for me today.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?

[Daghain]

I wasn't earlier, but I am now. I think it's my work connection, though, because it's not just this site for me. :cry:

[jhanic]

I haven't noticed any problems today.

John

[herbertwest]

No probs with me.
Just seeing some spamm threads...

[Daghain]

LOTS of spam threads. We're on it! *wipes brow*

[jhanic]

And we ALL appreciate that!

John

[Daghain]

I think there must be a party at the Korean Internet cafe today. Man!

[gsvec]

:lol:

[herbertwest]

Recently there were a lot in the Collecting tutorials forum.
Why there? any idea?

[Daghain]

I think they're trying to outsmart us. Fat chance. :lol:

[Patrick]

The Tutorial subforum is one of the worst places to spam because it sticks out like sore thumb there, so it just jumps out for deleting.

[Daghain]

That and the Towerpedia Artwork Contest thread. I'm the only one that's supposed to be starting threads in there. :lol:

[razz]

I was wondering if you have a problem with me necroposting. I figured with the number of new members coming in each day, they probably won't be digging through the pages of each forum, so i thought it might be a good idea to revive some buried threads (at least in Gilead or the Individual DT novel threads)

[Daghain]

You are absolutely invited to revive "dead threads" so long as you have something to add to the conversation. If you're reviving them just to revive them, then I'd say no. :)

Management regularly merges similar threads with so-called "dead threads", so it's not usually an issue.

[gsvec]

Okay, this is weird. I just posted something in the Castle, and I got a screen that said the following:
Quick Reply
The following errors occurred with your submission
The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters.
This forum requires that you wait 15 seconds between posts. Please try again in 3 seconds.

I checked and my post is there...:panic:

[Jon]

"The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters."

This implies that you quoted someone but didn't make a remark of your own in the post.


"This forum requires that you wait 15 seconds between posts. Please try again in 3 seconds."

This implys that you hit the reply button twice. Your first attempt was posted and the second accidental click came 12 seconds later and activated the 15 second rule, of which you had 3 seconds left.


How they both could have happened at the same time, I am unsure.

[Jon]

Ok, does the order of the smileys change from forum to forum, or from post to post?

I like this generic one ;:cowboy: as well as this one; :D

On the advanced reply, sometimes I can find one or even both without clicking on "[More]." Sometimes I can find neither until I click on "[More]."

[gsvec]

"The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters."

This implies that you quoted someone but didn't make a remark of your own in the post.


"This forum requires that you wait 15 seconds between posts. Please try again in 3 seconds."

This implys that you hit the reply button twice. Your first attempt was posted and the second accidental click came 12 seconds later and activated the 15 second rule, of which you had 3 seconds left.


How they both could have happened at the same time, I am unsure.
I typed a 13 letter response and hit the button once. :| No big deal, just figured I should report it since I hadn't seen it before.

[Jon]

It puzzles me too. Both showing up seems like a paradox.

[jhanic]

I've had that message happen to me a few times too. Because I have a tremor in my hands, I sometimes "stutter" on the keyboard, so that I hit a key twice instead of just once. I just assumed that when I got that message that I had hit the enter key more than once.

John

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I've had that message happen to me a few times too. Because I have a tremor in my hands, I sometimes "stutter" on the keyboard, so that I hit a key twice instead of just once. I just assumed that when I got that message that I had hit the enter key more than once.

John

I've had it lots of times as well. It's because I'm an idiot and click too often.

[The Lady of Shadows]

Ok, does the order of the smileys change from forum to forum, or from post to post?

I like this generic one ;:cowboy: as well as this one; :D

On the advanced reply, sometimes I can find one or even both without clicking on "[More]." Sometimes I can find neither until I click on "[More]."

they seem to change randomly. not with every post but maybe every third or fourth post? i don't think there is a real number attached to it. basically the little fuckers are sentient and change whenever the hell they want to. :wtf:

but, to answer your question, yes. they change order. it a post thing, not a forum thing as far as i can tell. :D

[Matt]

Its a board thing actually. The smiles are set to random

[The Lady of Shadows]

Its a board thing actually. The smiles are set to random

so, what? you're saying they aren't sentient? oh matt. dear, sweet, naive matt. :wtf:

[HanzouNorak]

i tried to change my avatar, and the User CP registers that its changed, but my posts still have my old avatar. it might be my computer, if anyone replies, tell me what my avatar is. if its still the Gorn Guy, then theres a problem.

say, along with that, my sig isn't appearing......

[razz]

i see no sig, and there's this lizardy thing as your av.

[gsvec]

Did you do a preview of your sig?

[Jon]

Its a board thing actually. The smiles are set to random

So I wasn't that wasted!!

[gsvec]

Its a board thing actually. The smiles are set to random

So I wasn't that wasted!!

Yeah, Jon, you were.

[Matt]

I see the lizard guy and no sig.

I checked on the back end and it shows you have no signature.

[The Lady of Shadows]

Its a board thing actually. The smiles are set to random

So I wasn't that wasted!!


http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk95/turtlesong/smilies/coffee_spray-1.gif

[Randall Flagg]

This thread should help with adding a signature:
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/images/wow/misc/paperclip.gif (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/forumdisplay.php?f=7#) Uploading images, and adding a picture to your signature (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=302)

[HanzouNorak]

yea but the words to the sig aren't in there. the User CP previews all say its there, even though it isn't. speaking of which, my av is supposed to be the Interplay logo

[Randall Flagg]

I took the liberty of accessing your CP and had no problem changing your avatar, per the ordinary procedure.:thumbsup:

[Jon]

I sacrificed a goat and drank its blood so the Gods would help you.

[HanzouNorak]

well, its there now, i dunno what was going on before, unless, are you having some compatibility issues with IE6?

[LadyHitchhiker]

:pullhair: I'm starting to really like this smilie... even though it looks like a nest on his head..

[ksmithcats]

Question....

Not that it's a huge deal, but I'm just curious... even though I continue to post, my post count doesn't change. Any reason, or just a glitch? Thanks

[Hannah]

Posts in the off-topic areas don't count towards your total posts.

Post everywhere else do count. :D

[ksmithcats]

:doh: I used to be a really bright and interesting woman before the children came

[Hannah]

That question is asked a lot - there would be no way for you to know unless you saw it somewhere. :D

And I'm sure you're still bright and interesting - it's just that kids sap it from you on a daily basis. It's what they do to me too. :lol:

[Odetta]

:doh: I used to be a really bright and interesting woman before the children came

they rot the brain functioning thingys in the head part of your body :fairy:

[The Lady of Shadows]

:doh: I used to be a really bright and interesting woman before the children came

they rot the brain functioning thingys in the head part of your body :fairy:

which is why you keep adopting them right? :wtf:

[Jon]

This member;

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/member.php?u=286

Has such a fucked up font and color in their member name it was hard to tell their name.

How was the font and color achieved?


It appears on this page of the casino stats

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/casino.php?do=stats


http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff79/walterodim_photos/slinger.jpg

[Randall Flagg]

That is storyslinger. He is on hiatus, and is therefore a "grey". I agree it is a tough font to see.

[Matt]

Bad choice on my part. :lol:

I was fucking with shit yesterday.

[Daghain]

See, whenever you let Matt play with the colors/fonts, this is what happens. :lol:

I'm sure he'll fix it soon. :)

[Lady_Macbeth]

Hey, I can't seem to find a place where I can edit my signature. I assume it must me somewhere in the user control panel, but all I can find is a place to edit my avatar. Where can I edit my sig??

[Daghain]

The option to edit your sig is directly under the one to edit your avatar.

You must have five posts before you can do this. Currently you have two. Posts do not count in the off-topic areas.

Three more posts and you will be able to edit your sig. Please see the FAQ before posting a sig...or the sig police might getcha. :lol:

[Jon]

No real issue...just curious.

[The Lady of Shadows]

Bad choice on my part. :lol:

I was fucking with shit yesterday.

yeah in between hands of poker perhaps cap'n? :lol: (trips twice in a row my shell!) :P

[Jackie]

OoO haha, I forgot about that part Mandy, sorry about that ><

[Chap]

Hile, webslingers. (no not spider-man :P )
I'm new here, so this might be a bit nooby:

I recently posted in this (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=2223) thread, and got the message that a moderator must accept the post before it comes visible.

Is that standard procedure in many forum sections? only some threads? or how does it work?

Thankee in advance.
The Chap

[Brice]

Hile, webslingers. (no not spider-man :P )
I'm new here, so this might be a bit nooby:

I recently posted in this (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?t=2223) thread, and got the message that a moderator must accept the post before it comes visible.

Is that standard procedure in many forum sections? only some threads? or how does it work?

Thankee in advance.
The Chap

Hi! :) Welcome to the site.

The majority of posts are not moderated actively, however due to problems we've had with spammers in the past we have settings that point out certain elements in posts made by new members (I believe it's until you have ten on topic posts). If your post/s have these elements in them (such as certain images or words) the site automatically holds the posts for staff approval/denial. Unfortunately there is a gray area that legitimate nonspam posts can fall into in the process of the site's settings catching the spammers to keep them out of all of our way. I saw your post and it is fine. I'm sure by sometime in the morning (if not sooner)the staff in that area of the site will have approved it. After you have those ten posts (other than in Blue Heaven or The Dixie Pig) you shouldn't encounter that problem anymore at all. I hope this helps some.

[Chap]

ah, thanks alot Brice, that sure explains it :)

[Brice]

I'm glad to be able to help. Two more posts and you'll not have to worry about it anymore. :)

[Woofer]

Is there any reason that my post count would spontaneously decrease by 40? I only noticed because I thought "Woah! I made it over 900!"

[Matt]

No reason at all. We don't have anything on the site that would make post count go down for any reason. :(

[Woofer]

Okay. Thankee sai. I wondered if I had done something or if a bunch had been deleted for some reason.

[Matt]

I went back and checked all the moderation logs for the site over the last few days, it keeps track of any deleted posts.

I did not see any of yours that were deleted. :huglove:

[fernandito]

Now that she mentioned it, mine went down about 300. :orely:

Matt - End World was cleaned up recently and a lot of threads were moved to Bob Gray's, you don't think that could have caused the post count decrease?

[Matt]

Nope, not at all.

If we are deleting threads, then that would.

[Brice]

Nope, not at all.

If we are deleting threads, then that would.

I agree...that's how it should be, but I just moved the Person Above you Game into The Clearing as an experiment. (relax feve; I put it back) Now here's the odd result...my post count jumped UP by about two thousand posts. As soon as it went to the Clearing the site counts those posts. When I put it back my postcount dropped to normal again.

[Matt]

Well now, that makes sense then.

If we are moving threads from a place that hey count to a place where they don't (or viceversa), then that may affect it.

So post count would drop if a thread is moved into an off topic forum and would increase if a thread was moved from there to one where posts count (like the clearing).

Interesting problem.

[Brice]

So here's what I think happened: Woofer noticed her postcount before or in between a move and then noticed it after. Does that sound right?

It's not really a problem though if we agree postcounts don't really matter.

[Woofer]

So here's what I think happened: Woofer noticed her postcount before or in between a move and then noticed it after. Does that sound right?

It's not really a problem though if we agree postcounts don't really matter.

Oh, I understand that, Brice, and I agree completely. I was more concerned that I had posted some things that were inappropriate (or the like) as to why it went down. I notice my post count mainly because I do number games in my head a lot; for example, a post count of 835 would trigger me to think 8-3=5.

Thanks guys! Glad I'm not inadvertently offending.

[Brice]

You are not. :)

[Daghain]

That's very interesting. Not surprising, but interesting.

Wow, we could so much fun with that. :evil:

[Brice]

Mwahahahaha! :evil:

[BoogerSnax]

Not bad issues, just something noticed.

I see nothing directly related in the FAQ, so I'll ask about it.

Some, but not all, of my posts will be made, but pending mod approval. Are there triggers, or different forums, that make that occur due to low post count?

[BoogerSnax]

Example:
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?p=289129#post289129

I made this thread last night, and the original post popped right up. But a response, made just a few minutes ago, needed approval before it would appear.

[Matt]

That is correct. We have a bit of a problem with SPAM so members posts are evaluated for a time by an automated system.

It just has to do with posting link, pics, stuff like that.

The staff approves any legitimate posts (which are caught up sometimes) as soon as possible.

Its the lesser of two evils so we don't have horrific SPAM posts all over the site.

[BoogerSnax]

That is correct. We have a bit of a problem with SPAM so members posts are evaluated for a time by an automated system.

It just has to do with posting link, pics, stuff like that.

The staff approves any legitimate posts (which are caught up sometimes) as soon as possible.

Its the lesser of two evils so we don't have horrific SPAM posts all over the site.

I figured as much, but just wanted to make sure, as it seemed random.

Thanks.

[Matt]

It is a bit random because of the evaluation (automated)...we didn't just want to mod que all posts from new members. :lol:

I apologize if it is a pain in the ass, I think the eval period mostly stops at 10 posts because SPAMMERS don't have that kind of staying power.

[pickle]

i am having the same sort of problem, i have more then 5 posts but still cannot set my sig.

Any ideas?

[Matt]

The computer had not had a chance to change your group Pickle--try it now

[alinda]

try again,
user CP (top left of screen)
Edit Av & other opions are available.
I am sending you $500 beam bucks
then go to the thread with that name
(use the search tool to find it)
Matt will take care of the rest.
Then you can creat your own
personal member title !:D

[pickle]

Thank you Matt for your quick responce :panic:

And thank you very much alinda for the donation, very much appreciated.

[alinda]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:tzywtJLWQi_WcM:http://www.yourpimpspace.com/userpics/myspace-welcome-signs/i88815217_45579.gif

[LadyHitchhiker]

Yeah I don't like the whole mod thing... it stopped me from getting on sk's site for over a year :rofl:

But I'm finally there and I still have decided I like this site better :P

[herbertwest]

I dont recieve any notifications of Private Messages anymore, while it is ticked in my CP details....?

[Daghain]

Do you have popups blocked in your browser? That might be it.

[Matt]

That's a good start right there. :thumbsup:

[herbertwest]

there is a misunderstanding i guess :
a new popup opens itself when i get a new message.

The thing is that i dont recieve anymore emails for notifying me that i got a new private message. The option is still ticked in my profile, i checked in the spamm folder there is nothing...

Am i the only one like this or is it a general thing?

[razz]

when I sign off, i get a popup that says "undefined". Can you explain what that means?

[Matt]

Razz--it's a glitch, plain and simple. :D

herbert--I will look into it, some of the major email services are getting very particular about what emails they will allow from message boards so it could be being blocked.

[Jon]

Yeah I get the same thing Razz.It happened when the new skin was installed. I just live with it.

[herbertwest]

Razz--it's a glitch, plain and simple. :D

herbert--I will look into it, some of the major email services are getting very particular about what emails they will allow from message boards so it could be being blocked.
ok... it was working few days ago :-(

[The Lady of Shadows]

oh captain my captain?

just so you know, i'm not getting any email from the site. no notifications of new posts (from subscriptions), no notifications of private messages, nothing. the last one i got came in on friday morning at 2:04 a.m. and it was a forum notification. according to my isp nothing is being bounced by them. just thought i'd let you know.

:cry:

turtlesong

[obscurejude]

oh captain my captain?

just so you know, i'm not getting any email from the site. no notifications of new posts (from subscriptions), no notifications of private messages, nothing. the last one i got came in on friday morning at 2:04 a.m. and it was a forum notification. according to my isp nothing is being bounced by them. just thought i'd let you know.

:cry:

turtlesong

That sucks, I sent you a message containing the meaning of life. I guess it didn't go through. If only I had pressed Ctrl S.

[gsvec]

Add me to the list, too, Matt - no emails for a couple days and nothing in the spam folder. :(

[The Lady of Shadows]

oh captain my captain?

just so you know, i'm not getting any email from the site. no notifications of new posts (from subscriptions), no notifications of private messages, nothing. the last one i got came in on friday morning at 2:04 a.m. and it was a forum notification. according to my isp nothing is being bounced by them. just thought i'd let you know.

:cry:

turtlesong

That sucks, I sent you a message containing the meaning of life. I guess it didn't go through. If only I had pressed Ctrl S.

ctrl s wouldn't have helped. my spam folder automatically deletes messages from nerdy elfs. :wtf:

or whatever the hell that is in your av. :D

[obscurejude]

oh captain my captain?

just so you know, i'm not getting any email from the site. no notifications of new posts (from subscriptions), no notifications of private messages, nothing. the last one i got came in on friday morning at 2:04 a.m. and it was a forum notification. according to my isp nothing is being bounced by them. just thought i'd let you know.

:cry:

turtlesong

That sucks, I sent you a message containing the meaning of life. I guess it didn't go through. If only I had pressed Ctrl S.

ctrl s wouldn't have helped. my spam folder automatically deletes messages from nerdy elfs. :wtf:

or whatever the hell that is in your av. :D

That, madame, is from the artwork of the original Zelda II the Adventure of Link booklet.

I'm not ashamed of my love for Hyrule and its constituents. :P

[gsvec]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/Freak279/Characters%20and%20Professions/02bca0fc836047a5.gif

[The Lady of Shadows]

<snip>

That sucks, I sent you a message containing the meaning of life. I guess it didn't go through. If only I had pressed Ctrl S.

ctrl s wouldn't have helped. my spam folder automatically deletes messages from nerdy elfs. :wtf:

or whatever the hell that is in your av. :D

That, madame, is from the artwork of the original Zelda II the Adventure of Link booklet.

I'm not ashamed of my love for Hyrule and its constituents. :P

oh but you should be, you should be


okay, so i paraphrased yoda - sue me. :P




http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/Freak279/Characters%20and%20Professions/02bca0fc836047a5.gif

gretchen wtf is that? :lol:

[obscurejude]

Gretchen, that's from the 3rd Zelda game on the SNES. Zelda II was side to side scrolling madness on the original nintendo. :cool:

http://www.snesclassics.com/history/images/full/zelda2.jpg

[gsvec]

So sue me. It's Link, isn't it? :lol:

[obscurejude]

So sue me. It's Link, isn't it? :lol:

That's twice in one thread. Why does everyone want to be sued by me?

Its "a" Link, yes, but "the" Link only appeared once and it was in 1987 in 8 bit glory.

[gsvec]

Is this the wrong fairy, too? http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/Freak279/Characters%20and%20Professions/Legends_of_Zelda_Fairy_by_chunkymcf.gif

[The Lady of Shadows]

okay ryan you are a huge geek. and i mean that sincerely! :couple:

gretchen that is an awesome fairy. :)

[obscurejude]

Is this the wrong fairy, too? http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/Freak279/Characters%20and%20Professions/Legends_of_Zelda_Fairy_by_chunkymcf.gif

Yes, that's 8 bits too much. Behold, the shekinah era of gaming:

[obscurejude]

okay ryan you are a huge geek. and i mean that sincerely! :couple:



That's why I have all the ho's hollerin' :cool:

[The Lady of Shadows]

an advert for moby games? be careful ryan. the rolandbot will think you're a spammer. :lol:


ho's? did you just say ho's? :rofl:

oh, sorry. *ahem* i'm back under control now. :D

[razz]

the shekinah era of gaming:

MobyGames.com


how enlightening.

[Jean]

still on topic, everyone?

[Randall Flagg]

As I understand the problem, e-mail notifications of PM's and subscribed threads are not being received?

[razz]

yeah, that's what she said.

[Matt]

Looks like the site isn't sending them for some reason, I will call support today and try to get it fixed.

Thanks for the heads up everyone. :thumbsup:

[razz]

well i jus got a notification from the roaming bear project, so I'm getting confuzzled

[Matt]

Hmmmm...maybe it fixed itself. :rock:

**pets machine**

[The Lady of Shadows]

still on topic, everyone?

yeah, we wandered didn't we? see what happens when we're left unsupervised? :lol:


As I understand the problem, e-mail notifications of PM's and subscribed threads are not being received?

correct sir.


Hmmmm...maybe it fixed itself. :rock:

**pets machine**

:unsure: oh, matt. dear, dear matt. :P

i still have no emails from the site. it's been three days now. my inbox is lonely. :cry:

[gsvec]

I still haven't gotten any, either, and there are new postings on threads I've subscribed to. :(

[Matt]

Looks like it is still a problem. Yesterday was my parents 45th wedding anniversary so I went to see them. I will try and call support about it today from work. :grouphug:

[herbertwest]

it's not fixed ;-)

dont worry

[gsvec]

I got mail! I got mail! :excited:

[The Lady of Shadows]

i got two messages tonight. :)

[Matt]

I called support yesterday, they said someone but "thedarktowers.com" in our thingy and that was screwing stuff up. Should be fixed now.

[The Lady of Shadows]

:rock:

i've got palaver mail. lots and lots of palaver mail!

:rock:

my dark tower message board inbox is happy again!

thanks matt! :D

[Randall Flagg]

Looks like it is still a problem. Yesterday was my parents 45th wedding anniversary so I went to see them. I will try and call support about it today from work. :grouphug:
Can't you prioritize.:P

[Daghain]

:lol:

[Brice]

:rofl:


Sorry, mom and dad I know it's your anniversary and a very important day and all, but my website's having problems. :lol: I'm sure you'll understand. :grouphug:

[Matt]

Yeah, it was a tough call to be sure.

I'll leave work but not ignore my parents anniversary. :lol:

[The Lady of Shadows]

Yeah, it was a tough call to be sure.

I'll leave work to hookup with dora but not ignore my parents anniversary. :lol:


fixed that post for you matt. :innocent:

[The Lady of Shadows]

so is the site freaking out on anyone else? i log in and nothing happens but then if i hit refresh i'm logged in.

i go to a forum and read all the posts but then when i leave the forum and go to another forum, the forum i was just in doesn't show any of the posts i have *just* read as being old (it shows them all as new). but again, if i hit refresh everything gets fixed.

i read all the threads then go to the palaver page and it says i have 256 unread messages but when i click unread posts it says i have none. then when i hit the palaver link again all the forums i've just read are lit up again and the read posts are marked unread again.

i've cleared my cookies, my .tmp files, my cache, my history. fuck, i've cleared everything.

is it the server, the site, my computer? what.

[pickle]

Its not happening to me, Maybe something to do with your cookies, try deleating them.

[The Lady of Shadows]

ignore it. fucking internet explorer making it's own fucking decisions about shit. :pullhair:

[gsvec]

Did you maybe get a recent IE update or something? Tried rebooting?

[The Lady of Shadows]

update to another program that thought it would be helpful to reset all my fucking ie settings and ie let it. i manually reset everything and now the site is showing up fine again.

god help me once the mac patrol hears of this. :wtf:

[herbertwest]

use Firefox instead of (crapping) IE ;-)

[Kevin]

Agreed. It's way less of a hassle.

[fernandito]

As a former I.E user, I can third that.

[Daghain]

FIREFOX. You can't go wrong.

IE is crap.

[pickle]

Firefox is the best by far.

[The Lady of Shadows]

once again no new emails from palaver. is it tower-wide or just me?

[obscurejude]

My inbox was flooded yesterday when I checked. So far, I haven't experienced this problem.

Hope this is helpful in a paradigm shattering way.*

*didn't use a smiley on purpose.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Was there a problem with the site?
I couldn't get on for the past hour - though I was ok for all other sites.
(It may have been just something local...)

[Matt]

Nope, we had a pretty serious downage there Brian. I am going to call our hosting service and see if I can get some answers.

They have been pretty good so I won't drop the hammer too bad.

I think it may have been site wide for them because when I found out about it, I couldn't get to their home page or our webmail.

[Hannah]

I think we were having server issues for a little while there. It seems to be okay now though. :D

edit: that's why matt's the technical guy. :lol:

[Daghain]

I think it was global, I couldn't get here or to the site email either. :panic:

[obscurejude]

The server timed out for me a few times, but nothing substantial.

[Unfound One]

Alright I've got an issue. Here's my page:

Welcome, Unfound One.
30 Unread Posts since your last visit.
You last visited: Today at 04:20 PM
Your Notifications: 1

Problem is, it says that I have an Unread Profile Visitor Message when I don't.
It showed up last night when somebody *Ryan* edited a visitor message post from 5 minutes previous, and it hasn't gone away since.

Any ideas how to get rid of the notification?

[Randall Flagg]

Clear your browser. Cookies etc.
Advice only, not for sure.

[Unfound One]

No luck there... Hmm.

[Randall Flagg]

Click the check box and delete the message/comment.

[Unfound One]

There we go! Thanks RF. :)

[Jon]

Do we have a way to make a "buddy list" for PMs? I know at one time we did not and I have yet to hear otherwise. I am struggling to spell "Gunkslinger" correctly.

[turtlex]

Hey Jon, you can add them to your CONTACTS.

Also, when you're sending a PM, the address will sort of "auto-populate" with member names that match what you've started typing in. Hope this helps.

[Jon]

Hey Jon, you can add them to your CONTACTS.



Won't that hurt my eyes???

(Thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal!)


Thanks for the info.

[turtlex]

Hey Jon, you can add them to your CONTACTS.



Won't that hurt my eyes???

(Thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal!)


Thanks for the info.

We may all now refer to Jon as "Shecky" !

:D

[Jon]

Sheepy?

[turtlex]

"Shecky" you know, as in comedian Shecky Greene ? Very Las Vegas night club funny.

Oh, you're from Down Under, right?

Well, I assure you - at least one person in the US will get my reference? Where's Brice, I bet he would?

Shecky Greene
http://www.cultvegas.com/art/sheckygreen.jpg

[Brice]

Actually, he looks familiar, but I didn't get it.

[Jon]

Yes yes I know. I just thought "Sheepy" was more apropos.

[turtlex]

Oh, my. I feel so old.

[Daghain]

Don't. I know who he is, too. :lol:

[turtlex]

:couple:

Thank goodness !!!

[gsvec]

Me, too!! :couple:

But then again, I AM old! :lol:

[Daghain]

Let's just say if you are old enough to remember 70's fashion when it FIRST came out, then you have enough to be embarrassed about. :lol:

[Jon]

Let's just say if you are old enough to remember 70's fashion when it FIRST came out, then you have enough to be embarrassed about. :lol:

Remember the hairstyles? God...

[Room 217 Caretaker]

:)

Not sure what happened but it feels good to see the site back up.

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Is this site running slow for others?

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Is this site running slow for others?

Not slow for me. Seems to be running fine.

Matt, this thread can be deleted.

Thanks

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

[carlosdetweiller]

This site always runs a tad slower for me than other sites I visit.

[Clacke]

This site always runs a tad slower for me than other sites I visit.

I found that as well, but I changed recently from Explorer to Firefox and now the site runs much quicker. Might be a coincidence, but every page loads noticeably faster now.

[razz]

that's cuz IE sucks!

[Nerak]

hugs tdt.com.....never go away again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:grouphug::grouphug:

[Matt]

Me and Dora were having a "no kids date night" last night so I'm sorry it was down for a bit.

And yes, IE cannot handle the site the way Firefox can on about 1 million levels.

[Randall Flagg]

I agree about Firefox. I used IE for yeras, intil recently, and I LOVE Firefox.
I am going to merge this to the tech tread area with a 1 day redirect.

[Matt]

Site had another problem today you guys, I was out of town.

I spoke with tech support and told them this many outages is unacceptable, they are going to put it on a senior tech's desk on Monday.

[NeedfulKings]

I spoke with tech support and told them this many outages is unacceptable, they are going to put it on a senior tech's desk on Monday.

Way to go!!! :shoot::shoot::shoot::evil:

Thanks for looking out for us! :)

[razz]

are you sure you don't need my services? :)
I can't fix the blackouts but i can make sure the techies keep them from occuring
^_^

[Hannah]

Aaron called on Friday night about the outage and it was fixed rather quickly, but I agree that this shouldn't be occuring this often when we are paying them every month for it NOT to happen. <_<

[Jon]

In our user profile; what are "issues?"

In the last two weeks (maybe) when I click on my "All stats" in my profile I see these two, new options.

Find all issues with posts by Jon

Find all issues started by Jon

I click them and get a "no matches" fom the site search.

[Matt]

It's a board system we don't use Jon. :)

[Daghain]

Whew! Glad to see we all made it out alive! That was freaky yesterday!

[Jon]

It's a board system we don't use Jon. :)


Thank you.

Matt, Hannah, Aaron, Dora, have you ever seen an ad in the Admin. panel?

I saw one yesterday ( a site I help my son with) at the bottom it said "click here to order ____ pizza. It took me to the website for ___ pizza's order screen.

I was a bit pissed... on the freakin' Admin. Panel!!!???!!

[Matt]

I know there is a modification you can put on so that people can order pizza from your site. :lol:

<--hasn't gone that far

[Jon]

I know there is a modification you can put on so that people can order pizza from your site. :lol:

<--hasn't gone that far

WOW! WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN!

[Darkthoughts]

I'm switching to Firefox today :dance:

[Wuducynn]

I'm switching to Firefox today :dance:

Smart move. That's what I have on my home computer. You just can't beat it.

[Darkthoughts]

I'm officially Firefox-ed up! It's kinda cool, loads the page a bit weirdly though :unsure:

[Wuducynn]

You're just sleepy.

[Daghain]

Shhhh. I installed it at work, because IE sucks that bad. Don't tell IT! :lol:

[Darkthoughts]

Should I uninstall IE now?

[Matt]

I just left my IE on but I use it to test board add on's too.

[Daghain]

I have to keep it at work, but I never had it on my Mac. :D

[Heather19]

I'm switching to Firefox today :dance:

Enjoy, I switched over a couple of months ago because IE was giving me so many problems. I much prefer it and I think once you get used to it you will to.

I did keep IE on my computer because for some reason netflix only has their online viewing thru IE, which is rather irritating.

[Wuducynn]

Should I uninstall IE now?

You should have done so weeks ago.

[Brice]

I just left my IE on but I use it to test board add on's too.



I have firefox, IE, Safari, Opera and some others I think. :lol: I mostly use the firefox or safari on the mac and on the home computer I'm forced to use lameass IE. :(

[Daghain]

I prefer Firefox to Safari at this point. I am, however, totally pissed that Thunderbird did this whole "threaded email" crap which caused me to switch back to Mac Mail.

Seriously, WTF? If they would have at least left a way to turn it off, I would have stuck around. Threaded email pisses me off. :angry:

[Brice]

I don't use my mac mail account at all.

[Daghain]

No, Mac Mail as in the program that came with the Mac. Not a .mac account. I'm cheap. :lol: