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Captain Ewok

Jan 28 2006, 12:08 AM

Old forums can be found at http://www.visajourney.com/forums2

New Forums are here (at visajourney.com/forums)

I know this is a big "WHOAAAAAAA!!!" but it had to be done. Before you ask, old posts will remain on the old forums. Please start posting here though!!!

We can not move the old posts here automatically (keep this in mind). The server crashed corrupting data on the old forums. To be safe we had to start the new forums "clean" -- I am working like mad to move things and make it all work....

You will have full access to the old forums but I will disable new reg's there soon. In the next few days I will fix all the bugs and "pretty up" skin problems to make the new forums look as good or better than ever.

Please feel free to copy over (manually "copy / paste") posts from the old forums (forums2) if you would like. Posts will not be automatically copied over. The posts on the old forums will remain visible indefinately as a public service for archives sake. You can search them by going to "forums2". I have to take care of more things here so PM or reply to this thread if you have any Q's.

THANK you for your patience!!!!!!!

ceriserose

Jan 28 2006, 12:15 AM

Bug #1: I went to post our Canadian pinned thread links and there's no Regional forum! Of any kind. I was accessing off the main forums page.

I'm tired so if it's moved, please direct me. Thanks!

windchaser_4

Jan 28 2006, 12:18 AM

hehe i was looking for that too.

frndly1

Jan 28 2006, 12:18 AM

Where is the regional forum?

Why didn't someone warn us of the upcoming changes?

I dont see anything posted in any of the forums.

Captain Ewok

Jan 28 2006, 12:21 AM

QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jan 27 2006, 09:08 PM)

Old forums can be found at http://www.visajourney.com/forums2

New Forums is here (at visajourney.com/forums)

I know this is a big (WHOAAAAAAA!!!) but it had to be done. Before you ask old posts will remain on the old forums. Please start posting here though!!!

You will have full access to the old forums but I will disbale new reg's there soon. In the next few days I will fix all the bugs and "pretty" skin problems to make this look good.

Please feel free to copy over posts from the old forums (forums2) if you would like. Posts will not be automatically copied over. The posts on the old forums will remain visible indefinately as a public service for archives sake. You can search them by going to "forums2". I have to take care of more things hee so PM or reply to this thread if you have any Q's.

THANK you for your patience!!!!!!!

Fixed

ceriserose

Jan 28 2006, 12:22 AM

QUOTE(frndly1 @ Jan 27 2006, 09:18 PM)

Where is the regional forum?

Why didn't someone warn us of the upcoming changes?

I dont see anything posted in any of the forums.

There's been server outages for the past day or so. Capt. Ewok posted on the www.visajourney.com/forums2 site (the old forums) that he had to take this measure to save threads from disappearing, as they have been for the past day or so.

Warning can only come with a long-term plan. This was to fix potentially losing EVERY thread.

And as you can see from my post above, the regional forums got missed. Capt. Ewok will get to the problems as they're posted here. He did a tremendous amount of work in a short amount of time so I'm sure there are a few things that might have been missed.

Captain Ewok

Jan 28 2006, 12:23 AM

QUOTE(frndly1 @ Jan 27 2006, 09:18 PM)

Where is the regional forum?

Why didn't someone warn us of the upcoming changes?

I dont see anything posted in any of the forums.

Server Crash and massiv data corruption.... I am reeeeeeeeeeeealllly sorry. There was not time... I at least saved all member profiles and PM's. Calendar too. Posts will have to be started "freash" or Big long threads "restarted".

I need everyones help!

ceriserose

Jan 28 2006, 12:24 AM

QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jan 27 2006, 09:21 PM)

QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jan 27 2006, 09:08 PM)

Old forums can be found at http://www.visajourney.com/forums2

New Forums is here (at visajourney.com/forums)

I know this is a big (WHOAAAAAAA!!!) but it had to be done. Before you ask old posts will remain on the old forums. Please start posting here though!!!

You will have full access to the old forums but I will disbale new reg's there soon. In the next few days I will fix all the bugs and "pretty" skin problems to make this look good.

Please feel free to copy over posts from the old forums (forums2) if you would like. Posts will not be automatically copied over. The posts on the old forums will remain visible indefinately as a public service for archives sake. You can search them by going to "forums2". I have to take care of more things hee so PM or reply to this thread if you have any Q's.

THANK you for your patience!!!!!!!

Fixed

Thank you!

PEGGY

Jan 28 2006, 12:25 AM

Your doing a great job

frndly1

Jan 28 2006, 12:29 AM

I appreciate all that you have done. I could not figure out if it was my computer or your server having problems.

Thanks for the update.

I Quit

Jan 28 2006, 12:34 AM

Where is the Active Topics link? I'm only here to help out with the SSN problems and I'm not going to look in 15 places for threads about SSN troubles. I alway used the Active Topics link to see what was newly posted.

ceriserose

Jan 28 2006, 12:41 AM

Another bug:

Clicking on chat goes nowhere at the moment.

Captain Ewok

Jan 28 2006, 12:44 AM

QUOTE(ceriserose @ Jan 27 2006, 09:41 PM)

Another bug:

Clicking on chat goes nowhere at the moment.

I think I fixed it for the short term. Final fix will have to be later. Let me know if it works

.

ceriserose

Jan 28 2006, 12:53 AM

QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jan 27 2006, 09:44 PM)

QUOTE(ceriserose @ Jan 27 2006, 09:41 PM)

Another bug:

Clicking on chat goes nowhere at the moment.

I think I fixed it for the short term. Final fix will have to be later. Let me know if it works

.

I can get into it and type now.

aussiewench

Jan 28 2006, 12:56 AM

j&js

Jan 28 2006, 12:58 AM

So... copying and pasting something from an old post will in no way bring the corruption to the new site, will it? I was about to do that, but just wanted to double check first.
Is there anything we should avoid copying and pasting?

Thanks for all the hard work!

ladybird216

Jan 28 2006, 12:59 AM

Thought I was having an 'out of body experience' when I logged on just now...lol....however, keep up the good work Capt'n..you are doing great

bigkahuna

Jan 28 2006, 01:46 AM

appreciate all the hard work you guys do!!

aussiewench

Jan 28 2006, 02:00 AM

look look........I fixed my bug in the pics in my signature

ahhhhhhh thats better

edited cause forgot to tell ya how lol

click on your id and then edit signature.....then scroll down to the bottom.....delete all the code in the signature box and just redo it as you did when you first made your sig. Then there will be no more gray area around the pics

PEGGY

Jan 28 2006, 02:30 AM

Yeh, I just did that to mine too.

katheleen

Jan 28 2006, 02:38 AM

thanks for all of the hard work... what a nightmare

...this board has been invaluable for us..
.with deep regards for all of the incredible work

katheleen

aussiewench

Jan 28 2006, 07:12 AM

Capt'n.....I have in many of the forums linked threads directly to the archived old forum as opposed to copying and pasting. I hope thats ok

cause its taken me a long long time hahahaha

Jaylen Brit

Jan 28 2006, 07:12 AM

QUOTE(j&js @ Jan 28 2006, 05:58 AM)

So... copying and pasting something from an old post will in no way bring the corruption to the new site, will it? I was about to do that, but just wanted to double check first.
Is there anything we should avoid copying and pasting?

Thanks for all the hard work!

OK just had 2 goes at working at how the QUOTE part went,lol

No -copying and pasting just brings the WORDS over, not the encryted data from the old forum (which is buried in a posting table in MySQL) so it shouldn't hurt anything

twellspeak

Jan 28 2006, 08:31 AM

receiving the following error when trying to open the main page:

Warning: main(./forums/sources/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/spalik/public_html/index.php on line 117

this ocured at 8:33 AM EDT

sjoefl01

Jan 28 2006, 08:38 AM

This site performs a very valuable service to the community. Thank you very much!!
I am sure that everybody can be patient for a little while until you can get these problems corrected.

tawney

Jan 28 2006, 08:50 AM

I just wanted to say Thank you for all that you are doing... What a pain in the butt for you though...

I also wanted to tell you that I started a thread in the DCF area yesterday (shortly before the problems occured) & although I hear that nothing was lost, it appears as though my thread was lost. It is not in the Forums 2 (old posts) area... It's not a big deal, I will just type it again... But I wanted to let you know that it was lost... Maybe it's not the only one... ((((????))))

Thanks again for working so hard to get this all cleaned up...
Hugs
Tanya

Jaylen Brit

Jan 28 2006, 08:52 AM

Trying to sort out my signature - the little flags are showing as 'click to re-size' but i see others are using them with no 'click to resize' problems and it comes back as 'signature is too long'.
I even tried DELETING part of the sig but it STILL says 'too long' which is nuts seeing as I tired to REDUCE it, lol

ladybird216

Jan 28 2006, 09:17 AM

Not sure if it's a bug, but when I went to my control panel I got this message:-

QUOTE

Your email address has been changed because it was in use by another account. This means that all email will NOT go to your correct email address - this could include lost password notifications, etc.

Wasn't there before!

Welshcookie

Jan 28 2006, 09:24 AM

QUOTE(aussiewench @ Jan 28 2006, 07:00 AM)

look look........I fixed my bug in the pics in my signature

ahhhhhhh thats better

edited cause forgot to tell ya how lol

click on your id and then edit signature.....then scroll down to the bottom.....delete all the code in the signature box and just redo it as you did when you first made your sig. Then there will be no more gray area around the pics

QUOTE(Jaylen Brit @ Jan 28 2006, 01:52 PM)

Trying to sort out my signature - the little flags are showing as 'click to re-size' but i see others are using them with no 'click to resize' problems and it comes back as 'signature is too long'.
I even tried DELETING part of the sig but it STILL says 'too long' which is nuts seeing as I tired to REDUCE it, lol

Jay....did you try this?....I just followed what Lorelle did

Yorkie

Jan 28 2006, 09:52 AM

Our profile info does not show what people filed for, likewise location etc (on the left under member name). I know it is not a priority though.

If we can help in anyway to help restoration, please shout.

Yorkie

pax

Jan 28 2006, 09:55 AM

This had to be a hellish amount of work for you, Ewok. Kudos on finding a speedy solution, even if we're still working out some bugs!

(This happened once on another forum I posted to, and it took 3 DAYS to get everything functioning again...the VJ crew pulled it off in less than a day!)

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 09:58 AM

Lots of questions... what's the difference between Linear+ and Standard, Default?

QUOTE(pax @ Jan 28 2006, 09:55 AM)

This had to be a hellish amount of work for you, Ewok. Kudos on finding a speedy solution, even if we're still working out some bugs!

(This happened once on another forum I posted to, and it took 3 DAYS to get everything functioning again...the VJ crew pulled it off in less than a day!)

I agree, although it'll take a little adjustment, some of the new features are very nice. Thanks.

QUOTE(diadromous mermaid @ Jan 28 2006, 09:57 AM)

Lots of questions... what's the difference between Linear+ and Standard, Default?

QUOTE(pax @ Jan 28 2006, 09:55 AM)

This had to be a hellish amount of work for you, Ewok. Kudos on finding a speedy solution, even if we're still working out some bugs!

(This happened once on another forum I posted to, and it took 3 DAYS to get everything functioning again...the VJ crew pulled it off in less than a day!)

I agree, although it'll take a little adjustment, some of the new features are very nice. Thanks.

Like this for example. I'm adding to my own post. Huh?

warriors_wife

Jan 28 2006, 10:12 AM

QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jan 28 2006, 12:08 AM)

Old forums can be found at http://www.visajourney.com/forums2

New Forums are here (at visajourney.com/forums)

I know this is a big "WHOAAAAAAA!!!" but it had to be done. Before you ask, old posts will remain on the old forums. Please start posting here though!!!

We can not move the old posts here automatically (keep this in mind). The server crashed corrupting data on the old forums. To be safe we had to start the new forums "clean" -- I am working like mad to move things and make it all work....

You will have full access to the old forums but I will disable new reg's there soon. In the next few days I will fix all the bugs and "pretty up" skin problems to make the new forums look as good or better than ever.

Please feel free to copy over (manually "copy / paste") posts from the old forums (forums2) if you would like. Posts will not be automatically copied over. The posts on the old forums will remain visible indefinately as a public service for archives sake. You can search them by going to "forums2". I have to take care of more things here so PM or reply to this thread if you have any Q's.

THANK you for your patience!!!!!!!

I am wondering if everyone will find visa journey

. When I tried to open it from my favorites I got an error message and I had to use the search engine to find it again

, I do hope people come back it is a fantastic site:

pax

Jan 28 2006, 10:13 AM

So I'm guessing that, to be able to follow any old bookmarks, we'll just have to slip a "2" after the "forums" in the link? (All my VJ bookmarks are on my computer at work, so I can't test my theory right now.)

sjoefl01

Jan 28 2006, 10:16 AM

The " home button is giving me this error"

Warning: main(./forums/sources/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/spalik/public_html/index.php on line 117

Warning: main(./forums/sources/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/spalik/public_html/index.php on line 117

"Links" and "guides" don't seem to be working properly either

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 10:45 AM

The submenu, listing gallery, downloads, example forms, timelines etc, appears to have a hiccup too. First click takes you to the default forum page, where the explanation for the board redesign is discussed, then a second click takes you to the selected page in the submenu (downloads, timelines etc)

Perhaps you could add a link to the archived threads on the Global Site map page under "archive"???
http://www.visajourney.com/sitemap/

'Nother ?. Why, if a member was the last to post, does "fast reply" add the next post to the previous post? Is this intentional, almost like an edit feature?

WOOW! I LOVE this fast edit thingie

sjoefl01

Jan 28 2006, 10:51 AM

I love the graphics that have been added to the timelines. This looks like a major upgrade.

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 11:16 AM

If one tries to enter chatroom, then clicks on view recent posts above the chat screen, it takes you back to the OLD FORUM, visajourney archive forum.

Fischkoepfin

Jan 28 2006, 11:36 AM

You did a great job on this, Ewok!

I noticed two things, though. First, in the new Off Topic forum, there appear to be 257 pages, 255 of which are empty.

Second the assistant is now an internal pop-up that can't be moved out of the browser window. That might not be a problem is you have you screen is big enough but on a notebook it's bothersome because you have to move the pop-up window constantly. It also tends to stay where it was. Any way to get a separate window assistant again?

gimygirl

Jan 28 2006, 11:38 AM

QUOTE(diadromous mermaid @ Jan 28 2006, 11:16 AM)

If one tries to enter chatroom, then clicks on view recent posts above the chat screen, it takes you back to the OLD FORUM, visajourney archive forum.

same thing with the 'Guides' tab at the top of the forum.

raymaga

Jan 28 2006, 11:39 AM

Great JOB!!!!! Thanks for bringing back our "lifeline"!!!!

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 11:51 AM

QUOTE(Fischkoepfin @ Jan 28 2006, 11:36 AM)

You did a great job on this, Ewok!

I noticed two things, though. First, in the new Off Topic forum, there appear to be 257 pages, 255 of which are empty.

Second the assistant is now an internal pop-up that can't be moved out of the browser window. That might not be a problem is you have you screen is big enough but on a notebook it's bothersome because you have to move the pop-up window constantly. It also tends to stay where it was. Any way to get a separate window assistant again?

Other than the above comment, I think the new super-enhanced assistant is a huge improvement. I know I'll be using it more than before.

rebeccajo

Jan 28 2006, 12:29 PM

How to access the timelines and gallery links that used to be under the avatars?

aussiewench

Jan 28 2006, 12:36 PM

QUOTE(rebeccajo @ Jan 29 2006, 04:29 AM)

How to access the timelines and gallery links that used to be under the avatars?

Once the Capt'n gets everything stable and works out the bugs Im sure he will give us that back. Priority right now is stability and getting the site functioning and Im sure some well earned sleep

aussiewench

Jan 28 2006, 01:01 PM

Not sure if its been mentioned yet but I would say many of our members are having difficulty accessing site without an error msg when they use the address www.visajourney.com Yet can get in if they think of www.visajourney.com/forum/

MarieAnastasia

Jan 28 2006, 01:23 PM

And here I was blaming it on the raging blizzard that was going on in Newfoundland!! We blame everything on our weather

I thought I was losing my lifeline to Immigration!! This site is the greatest and I want to thank whoever started this (?) and everybody who contributes. And also great speed with the repairs

God bless each and every one of you..........{{{{HUGS}}}}

Bruce and Han

Jan 28 2006, 01:26 PM

Aussiewench, I owe you a big thanks, I would not have fourd the thread to the Vietnam posts without you. You are awsome!!

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 01:50 PM

Another bug I've noticed is that when a member that has a thumbnail in his/her signature posts a reply, or begins a thread, the MAIN thread name attaches a paper-clip. Now that's not at all bothersome, but it gives the impression that the post has an important document or download attached. It might be worhtwhile considering a change perhaps?

gimygirl

Jan 28 2006, 01:55 PM

QUOTE(diadromous mermaid @ Jan 28 2006, 01:50 PM)

Another bug I've noticed is that when a member that has a thumbnail in his/her signature posts a reply, or begins a thread, the MAIN thread name attaches a paper-clip. Now that's not at all bothersome, but it gives the impression that the post has an important document or download attached. It might be worhtwhile considering a change perhaps?

i agree and i just pm'd someone to bring that to their attention. i think we (that can) should be proactive and help those that may not be as computer literate as the rest of us.

diadromous mermaid

Jan 28 2006, 01:58 PM

Wook, a request, here. Can you put some features in green ~ either in closed, locked, poll, or no new replies buttons or something, please! Aesthetically, the forum needs a living colour.