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Forum Update - June 2, 2009

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Forum Update - June 2, 2009

from Demigod Forums

Hello everyone!

I just pushed an update to the forums with some heavy performance improvements done to the backend by our database engineer.  A lot of things were changed, so I don't expect this update to be perfect.  Please take a look around, and if you notice any problems or any areas that could use another performance boost, let me know here!

There were also other, minor changes made to the design and back-end structure of the forums.  Most of these are miniscule, so I won't bother to list them, but anything that seems off or wrong is definitely a bug, so be sure to let me know here or via PM!

Bara

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Reply #101 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

More coming soon...
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Strangely, on SeaMonkey (or FF3 or IE8) everything is as smooth as it ever was or still is except for the Replies counter of threads as shown on GC2 main Forum start page.

So - less coming soon please! B)

Btw, would you have a solution or a suggestion for the I-Mod-Productions.com (++) hosting paths flaw of late?

Contact Sven or Stefan, cuz even after extensive verifications with my ISP or LAN configuration, some server(s) are "blocking" some of us.

 

EDIT; (Lucky me -- the 101th reply has just proven that the page switch "error" has been fixed - too... Thanks!)

Reply #102 from WinCustomize Forums Top

How are things looking now, as far as replies and post counts are concerned?

Quoting Denryu, reply 21
I have seen a lot of threads that appear to be posting to, because they keep showing as having unread topics (and jumping up the list of topics) but I show zero replies. Also depnding on the thread I post to, sometimes it goes in and sometimes it doesn't - even posts I submitted yesterday are not in the threads.

Just wondering will the rollback delete posts back to the rollback, or will the data be maintained and just the code rolling back?
End of Denryu's quote

The data will not be affected, only the code will be rolled back.

Bara

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Reply #103 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 19
Alright guys, I'm looking into the issues now.  If I don't have the majority of the issues fixed within the next couple of hours I'll rollback.  And yes, we did do quite a bit of testing, but apparently we didn't catch everything.  Sorry about that.  More coming soon.

Bara
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Thanks Bara :) As Wintersong said, crap happens, don't worry about it.

How are things looking now, as far as replies and post counts are concerned?

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Seems to be working much, much better - dare I say, working the way it should be!

Reply #105 from Demigod Forums Top

Zyx, I see that thread in My Replies with a count of 30, which is accurate :o

Reply #106 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zyxpsilon, reply 4
Nope... this https://forums.galciv2.com/354474 still shows 4 replies and it has more & less depending on "when" the refresh occurs__ed.
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Sorry, some posts may require a reply before the count is updated.  I replied and it updated, then deleted the reply.

Bara

Reply #107 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I at least see the page #'s now.

 

Just not seeing the >'s in the my replies to take me to the last position in the post.  but its getting there.

 

I cant imagine how much work all this is, so keep up the good work, and hang in there!

Reply #108 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Bara, yours is numbered 106 (here, btw), thus the count is "differently" handled by site(s) or doesn't refresh where & when posts are registered within the DB function.

Reply #109 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RomanDA, reply 7
I at least see the page #'s now.

Just not seeing the >'s in the my replies to take me to the last position in the post.  but its getting there.

I cant imagine how much work all this is, so keep up the good work, and hang in there!
End of RomanDA's quote

Do a hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) and they will appear :)

Quoting Zyxpsilon, reply 8
Bara, yours is numbered 106 (here, btw), thus the count is "differently" handled by site(s) or doesn't refresh where & when posts are registered within the DB function.
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Not sure I understand, it says 109 at the top of the page, which is accurate.

Bara

Reply #110 from JoeUser Forums Top

In FF3, clicking on the 'go to last read reply' arrow of a post when viewing the 'My Replies' list takes you to the top of the page containing the last read reply, not to the reply itself.

Reply #111 from JoeUser Forums Top

Top of page post count seems to be refreshing correctly now.

Reply #113 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Not sure I understand, it says 109 at the top of the page, which is accurate.
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Yep, the *current* tag of that specific reply which i just quoted above has the accurate "number"... but if you look at the...

Boxed quotes such as this;

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 9

Quoting RomanDA, reply 7I at least see the page #'s now.
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(yours is listed as #9 (instead of 109!) and also gets the proper id=2240120)

Then, the presumed tags (possibly by the parser) differ which might explain why the refresh(ed) DB count couldn't or can't match some referencing process between different site(s) be it pages or recorded reply slots.

Reply #114 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 10
In FF3, clicking on the 'go to last read reply' arrow of a post when viewing the 'My Replies' list takes you to the top of the page containing the last read reply, not to the reply itself.
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I just tried it and it takes me to the proper reply without a problem.  Can you try hard refreshing (Ctrl + F5) on that page to see if it makes a difference?

Quoting Zyxpsilon, reply 13

Not sure I understand, it says 109 at the top of the page, which is accurate.
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Yep, the *current* tag of that specific reply which i just quoted above has the accurate "number"... but if you look at the...

Boxed quotes such as this;

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 9

Quoting RomanDA, reply 7I at least see the page #'s now.

(yours is listed as #9 (instead of 109!) and also gets the proper id=2240120)

Then, the presumed tags (possibly by the parser) differ which might explain why the refresh(ed) DB count couldn't or can't match some referencing process between different site(s) be it pages or recorded reply slots.
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Where do you see my reply as being #9?

Bara

Reply #115 from Demigod Forums Top

Where do you see my reply as being #9?
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On the quote box. Basically it uses the reply # on the current page, rather than the overall thread. 25 replies per page x 4 pages = 100 replies, reply #9 on page 5.

 

Reply #116 from Stardock Forums Top

I see the problem now.  Was it like this before yesterday's update or after?

Bara

Reply #117 from Demigod Forums Top

I'm pretty sure it existed before the update as well. I don't really notice it, but I remember someone brought it up in a thread.

Reply #118 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Man....the forums seem worse now than ever before. I "thought" I tried posting 3 times before but then nothing ever showed up so I just gave up.....and now here they all are..... XD

Reply #119 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 18
Man....the forums seem worse now than ever before. I "thought" I tried posting 3 times before but then nothing ever showed up so I just gave up.....and now here they all are.....
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Those problems should be fixed now.  You shouldn't see them anymore :)

Bara

Reply #120 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OK....that post actually showed up after hitting Post Reply.  :grin:

Reply #121 from Demigod Forums Top

The replies and everything work fine now. Bara fixed it up pretty quickly this morning.

Reply #122 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa,
reply 10
In FF3, clicking on the 'go to last read reply' arrow of a post when viewing the 'My Replies' list takes you to the top of the page containing the last read reply, not to the reply itself.

I just tried it and it takes me to the proper reply without a problem. Can you try hard refreshing (Ctrl + F5) on that page to see if it makes a difference?
End of quote

That now seems to be working properly again.

Thanks for all the hard work, Bara.

Reply #123 from Demigod Forums Top

Forum seems to be working well enough to leave the update as is, and continue fixing bugs from now on. Sounds paradoxal, but I mean no software rollback is necessary as far as I am concerned.

Reply #124 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes, I won't be doing a rollback, all of the major issues are fixed.  We'll still be working on performance and the like, but only if a big enough difference is noticed with this update as far as speed and server load.

Bara

Reply #125 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not only is the number of replies different but the way each one lines up beneath the previous one is way off. They're running at an angle top left to bottom right.and crowding each other. It's hard to tell what belongs to who. Refreshing the page works until after you go to the next then you have to do it all over again. Oh...BK's 'puter runs ie6.