Captain's Log

[Second Summer]

Why do my alerts disappear when I haven't logged on to check them? In this case, I was watching a thread, so I got an email notification. But when I logged on, no red bubble notification or history of the alert. Seems to me everything that I haven't checked should stay there until I log on and read it.

Yes, that is strange .... But if you click twice on the alerts button, it should still take you to a page which shows a list of alerts. Maybe try that, as a workaround.

 

[Dedalus]

When I select 'Show All' I get nothing but 'You have no recent alerts.'

 

[Dedalus]

When I select 'Show All' I get nothing but 'You have no recent alerts.'

Ah - I checked on 'Alert Preferences' and solved the mystery. I didn't have the box checked that says: 'Receive a notification when there is a reply to a watched thread.' That might be it.

 

[Second Summer]

I've jut updated the forum software to the latest version. (No new features, just bug fixes.)

 

[Second Summer]

Yesterday I lengthened the Recent Activity stream in the top right of the main page and made the scrollbar visible by default. This should hopefully make it a little bit more useful.

 

[Andy_T]

This should hopefully make it a little bit more useful.

Agreed! Good improvement! You are doing a fine job, Mr. Forum Owner....

 

[beancounter]

Agreed! Good improvement! You are doing a fine job, Mr. Forum Owner....

Hey, I found a new smiley!

 

[KLS52]

Lol


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[Andy_T]

You got me there

Just thought IS might like to hear a word of encouragement now and then ...

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[Second Summer]

Have upgraded a couple of add-ons, hopefully nothing broke in the process.

 

[Second Summer]

It seems we experienced a slight system hick-up. Looks like we're be back to normal now.

 

[shyvas]

It seems we experienced a slight system hick-up. Looks like we're be back to normal now.

Yes.

 

[Second Summer]

Looks like the website was unavailable again for a little while. I'll have to investigate to see what is going on ....

 

[Second Summer]

Looks like there might be a DDOS attack of sorts.

 

[Calliegirl]

Probably from the meat industry. Too many veg*ns plotting to get people to eat more veggies.

 

[Amy SF]

The site seems to be running a little more slowly than usual. Is it a technical problem or something on my end?

 

[Second Summer]

It's on this end, presumably. Looks OK right now, though. One of the issues I found is being sorted out, the other needs some more work.

 

[robert99]

I had problems seeing the forum about an hour ago - could not connect at all. It must be Putin's fault!

 

[Second Summer]

I had problems seeing the forum about an hour ago - could not connect at all. It must be Putin's fault!

I think it may have been unavailable for several hours. It seems the "DDOS attack" is actually a very high-traffic Spanish-language website which is hotlinking to some of the image attachments in the Walking Dead thread. I'm working on finding a way to block them.

 

[robert99]

Block that naughty ip number - or better still re-direct it to United States Cattlemen's Association - Welcome - Presenting an effective voice for America's cattle industry