NEW SOFTWARE & SERVER UPGRADE: Task List, bug reports, monitor this thread

WHEW, that's a relief.

For those who were curious, the server load was topping out at 20 or more during peak traffic. I doubled the CPU from 2 to 4 and it's gone down to 2-3 again.
 
spark, i clicked on home and i got this message

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As you can see, we're busy revamping the site. Please be patient as we continue to tweak and revamp everything. I appreciate ...
 
After a little more lookin around. Yes, working much better. Hope it's still like this during peak times.

I now like the new format. Thanks again, Spark!
 
Good news - this the peak time :)
 
Don't know what ya did, but things are running much more smoothly on this end now.
Forum seems faster and the facebook links arent causing me any loading trouble anymore.
The black/grey skin is great for old tired eyes and the white is growing on me, as is the new format.
You're doing a great job, man! Thank you!
 
There used to be an option to display new threads in Bold, I can't seem to find that anymore.

Unread threads are now in bold, but I can visit 10 times and they are still bold, the way I used to have it set up was so that any new post in a particular forum showed up in bold when I showed up for a new visit.
Each new visit "reset" the threads in bold.

It's very easy to go to Shop Talk for example and see what is new since the last time I checked.

Right now, posts from yesterday are bold, even though I have been to the forum a few times.

The difference between bold and regular is not as dramatic as before either, but that is a version issue I think, as every forum I frequent with the new vbulletin has that issue.
 
Just to update. I am getting used to this and things that I could not find seem to be appearing. Maybe I just missed them before, or they were not there. I have no idea.

My only complaint is I don't read the threads as easily. Not sure how to explain it, because its my eye. When I look at a sub forum its not as obvious which threads I was in already. Can the font be BOLDER for unread threads?

EDIT- I see that new or un-read threads actually are bold. So I am not sure what my issue is. Maybe its just alot of White all around.. I will get used to it.
 
Fellhoelter said:
Unread threads are now in bold, but I can visit 10 times and they are still bold,
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It's now set up so unread posts are still shown as unread until you either read them or click on forum tools and choose Mark This Forum Read. If you're sure you've read everything you're interested in, mark the forum read before you leave. :)
 
So the other option is gone for good?

I'll quit looking for it if it's not going to appear :)

I just happen to be a fan of fewer steps to accomplish a goal.
It's no biggie the way it is now though, just less convenient.
 
It's more convenient whenever you don't have time to read everything new that interests you in one session. Now you can visit Bladeforums any time you have a few minutes, without screwing up what you've read and what you haven't.
 
Cougar Allen said:
It's more convenient whenever you don't have time to read everything new that interests you in one session. Now you can visit Bladeforums any time you have a few minutes, without screwing up what you've read and what you haven't.
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Whoo-hoo! As someone who uses "New Posts"/"What's New" as my primary view, I think this is a really nice "new feature".

Thanks for your efforts Spark!

Cheers,
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Terry McG
 
on_the_edge said:
Doug, I understand how it has worked up to this time, but at some point, new hardware and software will likely not work correctly with older software/hardware. In your case, I do not think that it is a hardware issue, but rather a software issue.

First thing to do is upgrade your browser. You can either upgrade Safari or download and install Firefox. I personally would steer clear of Chrome for reasons unrelated to what's going on here. To give you an idea, the current version of Safari is 5.x, so if your version actually is what you say it is above, then you have some catching up to do. Assuming you have the inclination to stay with Safari, you may have to update it and restart your computer several times over to get it up to the current version supported by your OS. In other words, update Safari, restart your computer after the update is complete, and then update again (and keep going until there are no more updates available for Safari. Then, start updating programs potentially related to web-performance. Anything java, iTunes, security patches, and Quicktime come to mind. Some of these are going to take awhile and like the Safari update, you will likely have to download/install the update, restart your computer, and then check for more updates.

Without being there to see for myself, I cannot say for sure, but I honestly think there is a good chance that this will solve your computer issues. Also, when you go to do the updates, target specific updates rather than just do everything all in bulk. I have found that if you try to do too many updates at once, it can sometimes...for lack of a better word..."overwhelm" the system on a re-boot and some programs won't install or start-up properly.

I will also PM you my TX and if you want, we can chat tomorrow by phone. I want to be in front of my computer so I can better help if it gets to that point.
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Chris,

I want to thank you so much and apologize for not getting back to you yesterday,
my PM's were full and I couldn't delete anything.
Long story short, I downloaded an early version of firefox and it seems to be working fine.
Again Chris, Thank you so much ! :thumbup:

Spark,
Now that I can see it, love the new looks ! :cool:

Doug
 
Spark,

I always "sign on" to BF by going to : http://www.bladeforums.com/
It looks pretty much like it did, at least everything I expect to see is there, except for the list of currently active users, in alphabetical order, that used to appear on that page.
Not a huge deal, but could that be put back in place?

On the whole I am getting more used to the new look/layout.
I am interested to see the "dark theme", this one is pretty bright.
I for one would like the subforums to appear in the main category listing.

Keep up the good work!
 
Cougar Allen said:
"Mark this forum read" doesn't seem to be working. I click on it and nothing happens -- the dropdown menu doesn't disappear and the forum doesn't get marked read. Tried in TGB&U and in Service & Support.

I used it yesterday in Bernard Levine's forum and it worked.
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this same issue seems to be happening on the busse forum.
 
Did you see my next post? Seems it does work, just very slowly at times. If you click it and leave that tab open it'll work eventually. It was taking me up to several minutes a few days ago, but Spark has doubled the CPUs since then.
 
Threads being read / unread is handled by the database now instead of through cookies. Previously, 15 minutes after you logged in everything was marked read whether you read it or not. Now, a thread is marked unread until you actually read it. When you hit "mark all threads read" and it's a huge forum like the Busse or General subforums, it will take a while for the site to update EVERY thread as read.
 
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