Captain Ewok

12 hours ago, Bh_sarah said:

 

I don’t think VJ ever considered that NVC would take more than 60 days. Well, almost 90 now. Should be fixed asap so the NVC processing timeline is accurate!

yep.  Will update.

We just performed a major database update (hopefully invisible to everyone).  Let me know if you spot anything not working :)!

Check account settings under privacy. There is an option there. Note that while your account and details within it is removed your old posted content is just anonymized as guest content with no member association once the account is removed.  
 

There is no going back once this happens fwiw. 

Hopefully this has really refreshed the site to be a bit more modern and usable :). 🥳

This wont effect anyone reading this, but if you haven't visited the site in 2 years we are going to stop sending you notifications for followed topics.  Too many bounced emails after this time.  Hope this makes sense.  We need to maintain our email sender reputation :).

On 7/7/2023 at 11:45 AM, Captain Ewok said:

Note that we will be making several additional updates this weekend. This first was last night and included a smaller update to the forums. Other updates this weekend will be to bring the Reviews, Consulates, Portals and Timeline section look and feel in line with the rest of the site.  

We've updated the "wrapper" (look and feel) for the rest of VJ.  Let me know if there are any issues -- look/feel or function.  Thanks!

Note that we will be making several additional updates this weekend. This first was last night and included a smaller update to the forums. Other updates this weekend will be to bring the Reviews, Consulates, Portals and Timeline section look and feel in line with the rest of the site.  

We use Invisible reCaptcha but also have options for recaptcha v2, keycaptcha and hcaptcha.  Security questions are secondary.  We also have a crowd sourced blacklist we leverage.

TL;DR spam is up on many sites.  Some new mitigations should be avail in the near future.

The last 2 are likely why this gets triggered.  It's a safety mechanism to ensure if someone logs in on another device you get a warning.

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

I sign in to and log out from VJ nightly, from the same computer as always.  Ever since the site update, I've gotten this e-mail once daily:

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New Device Login

 

Hi TBoneTX,

 

You just logged in from a device we haven't seen you use before.

 

Device ______

Browser _______

Estimated Location _________

 

If this was you, please ignore this email. Otherwise, you should secure your account immediately.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Is there any way to keep this e-mail from arriving?

Are you using incognito mode or clearing cookies?  Do you change your IP?  etc...

This is actually an excellent issue... please highlight more :).  Prob on the P2 level (meaning a week to fix) but I want to know them all!

1 hour ago, millefleur said:

Very minor nitpick: the menu at the top is now bold, but when you click on Portal, Guides or any of the others, the menu isn't bold.

 

 

We haven't updated those pages yet :).  Hopefully will get to them by Tuesday.  Lot's of little details behind the scene being worked over the weekend.

10 minutes ago, Captain Ewok said:

Yes but I will prob bring back. We had to drop when debugging a few issues.  Thanks for the reminder. 

added back

3 hours ago, millefleur said:

I'm not seeing the gifs? Did that feature get removed?

Yes but I will prob bring back. We had to drop when debugging a few issues.  Thanks for the reminder. 

4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Another bug:

 

Typed text can't be bolded with use of typed [b]followed by[/b] now.

It works with use of the B in the formatting header.

I like the option in the first line for more control.

We dropped BB code (its being deprecated online everywhere) buy you can use the full styling option in the new editor. 

51 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:

Go to your username in the upper, right-hand corner, then User Settings, finally, go to Security and Privacy.  Authenticate with password, then it will let you do your status as "hidden".

This is now an account setting so you will stay anonymous across logins and devices... if you desire :P.

11 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

No, only number of posts will show instead of upvotes?  

Reputation (upvotes) now back!  🥳

The ads will get fixed too.  When the site layout changed Google gets confused and starts dropping ads everywhere.  I adjust it. 

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

No, only number of posts will show instead of upvotes?  

Working to fix that.

The dust may be a bit messy for a few days!

57 minutes ago, _carolinabautista said:

Here to say I finally got it! Thank you so much. 

 

 

 

Yay!!

FYI to all VJers!  If you didn't know, you can opt-in to receiving automatic alerts when a timeline similar to yours is updated.  The system automatically looks at your immigration stage and finds timelines with the same benefit type, filling location and similar filing dates.  When these timelines are updated you will get notified automatically.  This is just another way to get insights into when you may be approved as well :).

You can update your setting here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/subcriptions.php

Can you post back here if you get it tomorrow?

Items fixed / updated today:

Guides: Links fixed to the latest filing addresses @ USCIS in several guides

Forms Downloads: Links fixed for several USCIS/DOS forms

Timelines: Added Potomac Service Center Stats/Trends

Emails:  Fixed several issues where weekly process time estimates were not being sent out to users

I think I spotted the issue.  Should hopefully go out this weekend :).