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Last post by amethyst 23 Aug 2010 08:07
Hi everyone, finally I think the site is working as it should be.
However every now and again the site appears to drop of the face of the earth. At least for me.
So far though over the last 2 hours I have been able to work away with no problems cropping up.
So feel free to jump on the site and carry on as usual.
However please be aware that there does still seem to be a problem with the site and that not everything may work since the change of servers.
Attachments are not currently working at the moment either.
I would seriously suggest you log off the site, clear your cookies and then log back in using a fresh browser.
Let me know if you find any problems!
Yes - I found logging off and staring a new browser session worked well for me.
Cep, when I use teh Quick Reply, I get the following error:
SQL-DATABASE ERROR
But it does actually post the reply - looks like it;s the script to bring you back to the thread that is playing up.
It also happens when you use the fully reply.
Okay. My avatar isn't showing up. It's the same one I had before, but when I check on it and make sure it's selected, it says that it's too big. I don't get it.
Garnet - I am having the same issue... Maybe we have to post something for it to work?
And yup - if you post something, your avatar comes back.... coolies!
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 7 Aug 2010 20:16
So far so good for me! Thanks so much for getting things back up, Cep!
I'm just wondering... should I keep the temporary site open, in anticipation of another server move, or should I shut it down?
Maybe keep it open becaue when Cep does do the changes to the database/library there will probably be another site closure as well.
condorcandi
Gatchamaniac
posted 7 Aug 2010 21:23
Thank you, Cep and TJ!!!
ITA...thanks Cep and TJ for keeping the site going! 
SJ_SwanJun
Forum Goddess
posted 7 Aug 2010 22:30
Woohoo!!!!
Home again!
Thankee Cep.....
condorcandi
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Aug 2010 02:04
First -Cep, you don't have to fix this if you don't need to. You're doing plenty. I'm just mentioning this in case it winds up being part of a larger problem.
When I go onto the Portal page my avatar pic doesn't show up. And this would be after logging out and following all the steps you so kindly listed above.
Again, don't worry about this if you don't have to. I can live without my avatar on the Portal page.
Thank you for listening.
UnpublishedWriter
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Aug 2010 03:11
And here I'd been at Crescent Temp for the last few minutes.
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Aug 2010 03:24
So far so good for me, Cep! Everything has worked as usual! Thanks again for everything!
OK I shall make a list of currently known issues
- Avatar is missing on portal 
- Attachments do not work 
- Issue with missing rank (Seems to be Maddy only)
- Board drops off now and again (session issue)
New list here,
http://www.gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=3282&sid=
- Attachments do not work
- Issue with missing rank (Seems to be Maddy only)
- Board drops off now and again (session issue)
New list here,
http://www.gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=3282&sid=
Ok I believe I have fixed your issue Madilayn. You may need to clear your cookies and try a fresh browser again. Let me know!
Thank you for the Crescent Base site TJ, I believe it should remain open. Its pretty handv 
I'm having the exact problem as Candi. My avatar is on my posts but not the portal
I'll give it a try, Cep.....
Nope - that didn't work. Funnily enough, when I edit a post, it takes me back to the thread. It's just a new post where I get the error.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 8 Aug 2010 07:57
Originally posted by Cep Thank you for the Crescent Base site TJ, I believe it should remain open. Its pretty handvN/P Cep! I'm happy to keep it open as long as you like. Just LMK when it should be shut down.
In the meantime, of course, we'll be moving our activity back over here, to the party place! 
Thanks for all your hard work Cep! It's wonderful to be back! Woo-hoo!
Originally posted by Madilayn Cep, when I use teh Quick Reply, I get the following error: SQL-DATABASE ERROR But it does actually post the reply - looks like it;s the script to bring you back to the thread that is playing up. It also happens when you use the fully reply.I'm getting the same thing. or something similar (I cleared cookies and cache and tried with a new browser window, will try again): SQL-DATABASE ERROR
condorcandi
Gatchamaniac
posted 8 Aug 2010 15:39
Thank you for fixing the avator issue, Cep! You didn't have to!
Yay Cep! 
You didn't have to!
Yay Cep!
Ladygalactor777
Boardie
posted 8 Aug 2010 17:46
I dont know but I can see all you guys avatars...It look pretty fine to me.
Cep - that error message I get after posting when it doesn't take me back to the thread - I've tried at work as well (using IE6) and I get the same thing.
I'm using Firefox and have just been using a bookmark to go back.
By the way how are you all finding the speed of the site at the moment? Slower? Faster? No difference?
SJ_SwanJun
Forum Goddess
posted 9 Aug 2010 06:12
I'm finding it loads a lot faster, Cep!
I am not having the occasional lock-ups that I was previous.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 9 Aug 2010 07:03
I'm finding that the speed is similar, howevr, I haven't been having any of the issues Maddy and Amethyst describe.
Okay, Cep, giving it a try.
Edit:
Nope still get the error message:
SQL-DATABASE ERROR
Edit:
However, like Maddy, edit works fine. Would it matter if I'm using Windows 7 or anything? Will check on the version of Firefox, too, if that would help you.
SJ_SwanJun
Forum Goddess
posted 9 Aug 2010 09:02
Originally posted by amethyst Okay, Cep, giving it a try. Edit: Nope still get the error message: SQL-DATABASE ERROR Edit: However, like Maddy, edit works fine. Would it matter if I'm using Windows 7 or anything? Will check on the version of Firefox, too, if that would help you.Yeah .. I get the same thing when I post. Edit works perfect, but replys give me this message...
Hey, Cep, if this is just the three of us. Would it have anything to do with the glitch that happened when the forum favorites were set up or our restored rank?
While I love having my rank back (funny, I'm more concerned about the little dots under my avatar than the words), I'll go back to being rank-less to be able to post smoothly.
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 9 Aug 2010 10:08
I too am finding the speed similar to how it was before! No errors encountered, either, until now!
This is my first official time on since the site reopened and I have not noticed any problems as of yet. The speed appears to be the same and I can see all the avatars.
No errors when I post either.
The site speed is good - but yeah, still getting that error when I post.
I also gt it at work using IE6 and Windows XP. At home using Firefox and WIndows 7
Thanks Cep!
Cep-
I'm having some errors with image attachments to the messages -
Cleared cookies and cache...
I'm using XP and IE8
Error happens when I select "Add"
SQL-DATABASE ERROR
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 10 Aug 2010 15:49
Reboekah, I believe Cep mentioned in his announcement that you can not add attachments.
I used Photobucket to link to the pictures I posted in another thread.
Originally posted by clouddancer Reboekah, I believe Cep mentioned in his announcement that you can not add attachments. I used Photobucket to link to the pictures I posted in another thread.Ah.... Silly me! So many threads to read - so little time!
Thanks for the reminder Clouddancer. 
I just tried to use the search box, and got this error:
SQL-DATABASE ERROR
Ok Doke, I'll stick both of those on the list!
Thanks Cep for getting it up and running again, and TJ thank you for giving us a link to continue our contact with each other
ok, seeing what happens with my first post back
ok, seeing what happens with my first post back
Berg Katse
Pleather Goddess
posted 13 Aug 2010 22:04
My Katse-sense was tingling--I just knew something was happening over here and be damned if I didn't have 8 million other places to be this past week! But at least it's almost over (it's never over...I just keep deluding myself).
Now I've got a laptop I can keep up with this place alot easier--the city has free wifi so wherever I go, here we are! It'll definitely give me something to do when I get bored with my research work.
Anyhow, I'm babbling. Thanks for the work, Cep! (Can you fly over here and help me with my business site? I'll pay you in damn good Canadian beer!)
Katse
(Can you fly over here and help me with my business site? I'll pay you in damn good Canadian beer!)
Katse
Finally back to check the site out, I was DETERMINED NOT to come back until I fixed my Avatar. Finally did. I'm just curious, are there any plans to increase the file size of avatars. I mean 180 x 180 is great, but it was really difficult for me to compress the image down to under 30k. If the limit was changed to something like 35k instead of 28, it would sure make things easier. Just throwing that out there.
Other than that I've had no problems ^^
EDIT: Oh yeah on the old site, whenever I clicked "Preview" it still submitted the post, and I had to Edit it to fix it. That problem is still there. A minor inconvenience, but is there any way that can be fixed?
Didn't realise that problem existed. 
I'll add it to the list but don't hold your breath 
I'll add it to the list but don't hold your breath
Cep, it may be something I'm not doing that I should do, but I'm no longer receiving e-mail notification from the site, not even for PM's. I was untill sometime on the 19th I believe. Since then, I've got none.
Thought I'd let you know in case others were having the same issue.
Thanks.
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 04:37
Ooooo, were we supposed to be getting email notification about PM's? I don't think I ever got those. Is there some button I was to switch in my settings to inform me?
UnpublishedWriter
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 06:07
Look beneath the box. You'll find a selection of choices, including 'Email notification.' You have to choose it every time you write one.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 21 Aug 2010 08:06
I just have a popup window appear when I get to the site... now I'm wondering if that has been working...
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 10:58
I get the pop up window as well, and that has been working for me TJ.
I was just surprised when Garnet said she was getting email notification. I don't think I do from this site, but I do on other sites.
Thank's UW. If it is something that you have to click on every time it is not something I will use. I like the pop-up box instead. It works perfectly for me.
CD, go into your profile. From there you can set up to get email notifications for posts or for PMs. I'm still getting notices for PMs all right as of the last PM I got. Can't say about the posts as I've never gotten those.
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 11:35
Thank you Amethyst, that is what I wondered. I just needed the time to check, I am swamped right now with company. Hopefully they will be leaving tomorrow.
Originally posted by clouddancer Thank you Amethyst, that is what I wondered. I just needed the time to check, I am swamped right now with company. Hopefully they will be leaving tomorrow.Good luck with that. I've found the best deterrent to having company is living in small quarters. Having company can be fun, but it is also a lot of work.
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 11:50
I can understand that, but since this is my parents and I required their help to regrade the ground around my house they are welcome. Hopefully the storms coming in tonight will tell us if we have been successful at keeping the water out of my basement.
But it is a lot of work as well.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 21 Aug 2010 12:24
I hope all goes well with your family and with the work on your yard, CD!
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 21 Aug 2010 12:29
Thank you TJ! They are out visiting friends for lunch, which gives me a bit of time to do some clean up, and means one less meal I have to prepare.
It also gives me some time to catch up here. 
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 22 Aug 2010 05:40
Hope that, by now, things are calmer for you, CD!
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 22 Aug 2010 06:09
Not quite yet. They will be leaving this afternoon, my time. Then I will be able to settle back to my usual relaxed time.
One week left, and then I have to get back to work.
Same here, CD! I only have one week left...and I'm finding it hard to relax...having back-to-school dreams already (you know- the ones where school starts and I'm totally unprepared? LOL).
I've had a couple of meetings already, too...and I'm starting to get stressed. It's getting hard for me to think of anything besides school these days! UGH...
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 22 Aug 2010 13:12
I know how you feel Springie. I have not had the dreams yet, but I think I will be in school next week setting up. I have a meeting or two to attend as well.
And I have to have a discussion/meeting with my new teaching partner.
Originally posted by clouddancer I know how you feel Springie. I have not had the dreams yet, but I think I will be in school next week setting up. I have a meeting or two to attend as well.Good luck to you both... My first class meeting iis tomorrow! <
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 22 Aug 2010 16:38
Good luck, Boeke!
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 22 Aug 2010 17:38
Best of luck with the meeting tomorrow Boeke. I don't envy you. At least I have until the end of the week for my meetings.
It has been a busy summer, and in some ways I am looking forward to getting back, but in others I need a few more weeks so I can feel like *I* have had some time off.
Boeke, hope everything goes well for you!
and CD...you *do* need more time off! It has been a short summer for you! I think you got out of school at least a week (or maybe a week and a half) after I did!
I guess I'm ready to go back...it's kind of nice to have a fresh start every fall...but it's sooooo busy!
and CD...you *do* need more time off! It has been a short summer for you! I think you got out of school at least a week (or maybe a week and a half) after I did!
I guess I'm ready to go back...it's kind of nice to have a fresh start every fall...but it's sooooo busy!
clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 22 Aug 2010 18:32
Thanks Springie!
If only I could, but I am eagerly anticipating start up and hoping to see big changes. Especially with my school taking on full day kindergarten classes and improvements made to the playground over the summer.
I hope all goes well with you for the start of the school year Springie.
Hey, ladies, good luck! I wish I was prepping for classes right now.
Enjoy the vacation, Amethyst! 
Going back to school isn't fun for anyone, I think.
Going back to school isn't fun for anyone, I think.
Originally posted by Transmute Jun Enjoy the vacation, Amethyst!No vacation, TJ. It's unemployment. Too many English teachers and not enough jobs in this economy. I'd really rather be prepping for classes.
Oh Amethyst...I had no idea! So were you working last year, and they cut jobs?
I was afraid that might happen around here, but I'm one of the teachers that has been around the longest in my school (15 years)...so I *should* be safe!
I was released two years ago after one year in the district, just before all the big releases, but at a time when no one was hiring. I could have challenged the release at that time, but thought it was no big deal to find another job and I was not a good match for the district that I was in.
The districts around the town I live in all have middle school promotion requirements and I was teaching in a school where the freshman and sophomores I had had never never passed a single a class. I had 18 year old freshman in my sophomore English classes. It was major eye opener for me.
I could commute to larger districts, but with my kids, it is just too much and would put me back in the same situation. Can't move as my husband has over 20 years at his job and we are not leaving that in this economy.
I'm hoping to get some sub jobs this year. My first year, I had at least two a week. Last year there were none.
Wow.That reminds me of the way things were when I was looking for a job. I had to sub for about two years before I could get a foot in the door, and then i had to work as an assistant for a year (with the promise that I'd have my own classroom the following year).
I can imagine it must be tough! I hope you get lots of sub jobs this year and they lead to something permanent for you!
Thanks! That's what I'm hoping for, too. That or some miracle funding to put classes sizes back down to a realistic level.
gatchamarie
Gatchamaniac
posted 23 Aug 2010 02:32
I wish all of you the best of luck ... especially, for you, Amethyst!
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clouddancer
Gatchamaniac
posted 23 Aug 2010 04:10
Amethyst, sorry to hear about your situation. I knew jobs were hard to come by down in the States I just had not realized it had affected one of our own.
Hopefully you will find some sub jobs this year and then get your face recognized in the schools again.
Transmute Jun
Queen of the Bird Missiles
posted 23 Aug 2010 07:28
I am so sorry to hear this, Amethyst. I know how tight public money is for schools now in California. I hope you get those sub jobs. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.
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