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b2net 01-14-18 05:04 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Even had some server outage reports, etc

Adam Tyner 01-14-18 06:11 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Yeah, I've been getting timeouts, the occasional 'database error' message, and those CloudFlare pages too.

Alan Smithee 01-15-18 12:35 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
I use an iphone and the mobile version of the site works fine on that.

As to changing the name, it'd sort of destroy the veteran-status of the site as was already explained. Same reason stores named ------ Records never dropped the "Records" from their name, even if that's not the main thing they sell anymore.

Music 01-15-18 10:40 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Mediatalk.com

Nick Danger 02-05-18 08:52 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBtyen (Post 13224899)
Instead of removing these blank threads, can you alert us in this thread or send one of us a PM? It will help us to have a live example so we can take it to our tech team.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13262454

wishbone 02-06-18 07:16 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Was there a recent update? I noticed descender text with a hyperlink looks different this morning.

IBJoel 02-06-18 03:55 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13245862)
Other forums I’m at have PM limits of multiple thousand. Can we increase our limit here?
Sorry this slipped through the cracks. Regular users should have a PM limit of 2,000 now.

Trevor 02-06-18 04:44 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 13263720)
Sorry this slipped through the cracks. Regular users should have a PM limit of 2,000 now.
Sweet, thanks Joel. I’m still at 400 though, maybe premium members are on another setting?

Hailey G 02-06-18 05:41 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
I'm at 150

Norm de Plume 02-06-18 08:16 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
^Same here. Guess we are beneath "regular" status.

VinVega 02-06-18 08:39 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume (Post 13263892)
^Same here. Guess we are beneath "regular" status.
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3...,q_90/file.jpg

Dan 02-07-18 10:54 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume (Post 13263892)
^Same here. Guess we are beneath "regular" status.
Samesies. :sad:

Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13263748)
Sweet, thanks Joel. I’m still at 400 though, maybe premium members are on another setting?
Premium is still a thing? Huh. I paid for a few years, then stopped when no improvements were actually being made at the time. Double-:sad:

TomOpus 02-07-18 11:31 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 13263720)
Sorry this slipped through the cracks. Regular users should have a PM limit of 2,000 now.
Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Jabroni (Post 13263783)
I'm at 150
Not that I need so many but I'm still at 150, too.

davidh777 02-07-18 11:34 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Also at 400.

Rival11 02-08-18 08:05 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Wait a second, does PM mean "private messages"?

Hailey G 02-08-18 09:11 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Yup

Rival11 02-08-18 10:05 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
So I've been on this sites for years and I think I've only received a handful - does that mean I'm lame?

Hailey G 02-08-18 10:40 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Yes, the rest of us are talking about you.

;)

If you're not buying/selling/trading anything on the board or playing/running Sheep games, you probably don't have much use for PM's. That's mainly the kind of thing mine is filled with.

Rival11 02-08-18 12:06 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Gotcha - feel free to talk about me as well.....I would.

IBJoel 02-08-18 02:45 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
OK guys, after working some stuff out, Premium users should now have 1,000 messages and everyone else should have 400.

Norm de Plume 02-08-18 05:02 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
I can confirm that I do have 400 now. Thanks, IBJoel.

davidh777 02-08-18 05:20 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
And I'm up to 1000. Thanks! :up:

Nick Danger 02-28-18 07:01 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBtyen (Post 13224899)
Instead of removing these blank threads, can you alert us in this thread or send one of us a PM? It will help us to have a live example so we can take it to our tech team.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13279426

Nick Danger 08-05-18 07:34 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBtyen (Post 13224899)
Instead of removing these blank threads, can you alert us in this thread or send one of us a PM? It will help us to have a live example so we can take it to our tech team.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13384255

IBJoel 08-06-18 03:59 PM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Thanks Nick, I've deleted those threads.

Nick Danger 09-03-18 06:31 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 13385056)
Thanks Nick, I've deleted those threads.
Have you addressed the underlying problem?

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13400886

Adam Tyner 09-03-18 07:16 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Nick Danger (Post 13400899)
Have you addressed the underlying problem?

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13400886
My copy of the codebase is extremely old, but it's a simple fix. In login/post.php, instead of:

Code:
  if (is_array($dailyReviews))
  {
    ...
  }
Change it to:

Code:
  if (is_array($dailyReviews) && count($dailyReviews))
  {
    ...
  }
  else
  {
    die("Nothing to post!\n");

    // Or, alternatively, just a plain ol' exit;
  }
I get the sense that the site and forum are what they are, and unless something truly critical is getting in the way of usability, it's not going to be updated or fixed.

Trevor 09-03-18 07:17 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Why are we worried about fixing a non-problem? The blank threads are actually useful, verifying that there are no new reviews that morning.

Adam Tyner 09-03-18 07:21 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13400910)
Why are we worried about fixing a non-problem? The blank threads are actually useful, verifying that there are no new reviews that morning.
That could be better accounted for as well. Again, instead of:

Code:
  if (is_array($dailyReviews))
  {
      ...
  }
Use:

Code:
  if (is_array($dailyReviews) && count($dailyReviews))
  {
      ...
  }
  else
  {
      $post = "No new reviews have been published today.  Sorry!";
  }

Trevor 09-03-18 08:18 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Why can’t we just put Adam in charge?

story 09-03-18 09:06 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
"Why not just fix the site? (Why can’t we just put Adam in charge?)" could make for a good thread title change. :lol:

auto 09-03-18 10:58 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13400919)
Why can’t we just put Adam in charge?
I’ve been thinking this for years.

hdnmickey 09-03-18 10:58 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13400919)
Why can’t we just put Adam in charge?
Far too much liberal bias? ;)

Nick Danger 11-18-18 06:16 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 13400910)
Why are we worried about fixing a non-problem? The blank threads are actually useful, verifying that there are no new reviews that morning.
It was an experiment to see how responsive IB would be. In December 2017, IByen asked for examples so they could fix a bug that Adam says can be handled with one line of code. Today, eleven months later, another blank thread was posted.

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-review...l#post13445934

I'm done with the experiment.

Trevor 11-18-18 07:58 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Yep, dozens of those blank threads in the past year. There are almost a dozen blank threads in that forum’s first page right now. Possible easy and quite useful fix offered by Adam over two months ago. IB response?

IBJoel 11-19-18 09:56 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
The blank threads are an indication of no new reviews being posted for that day, just as Trevor said. The reason it has not been "fixed" is because it is not a bug.

Adam Tyner 11-19-18 10:01 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
As the person who originally wrote that script, it is a bug. The blank threads don’t even have titles to click on.

Noonan 11-19-18 10:02 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 13446525)
The blank threads are an indication of no new reviews being posted for that day, just as Trevor said. The reason it has not been "fixed" is because it is not a bug.
So you're saying they're a "feature"?

Trevor 11-19-18 10:10 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
The new definition of ‘facts’ is having a trickle down effect on the country. A way to fix it was detailed by Adam months ago. It’d be a nice fix for the community, and looks pretty simple. Can you either fix it, or tell us that some technical reason prohibits it?

Adam Tyner 11-19-18 10:16 AM
Re: Why not just fix the site?
 
I can stop the blank threads from being created. The cron was wiped out during a server change a few years back, so I’m executing these scripts remotely from my own server. I can’t update the code, but I control when things run. I can have a script check the RSS feed for new reviews and only execute the daily review script when needed.

That won’t fix the other issue where Ultra HD Blu-ray reviews don’t appear in the list. Maybe I can write something to simulate a login and create these threads differently.


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