Forum Performance Issues

[Bealdwine]

Ah first to post, virgin territory :D

Just a quick note about an issue I get on the site.

 

Because I tend to use the 'View New Posts' option to go directly to new content the site doesn't recognise that I don't need to be alerted to new activity in the 'containing' fora so the icons for these are still yellow if I go into the forum manually == confusing :?

 

Eg. I use View New Posts to go to the latest chat in '[REL] Skyrim Unplugged' but once I finish if I go into the main forum the icons are telling me there is unread content in /Mods, the Universe & Everything and then /Specific Mods as well. As you plan to use layers of sub-fora for organisation this is going to recur quite often.

 

Just a small glitch but might be fixable?

[Lauren]

Not sure if this is the right place or if it's been brought to your attention already, but the emails I'm getting from the forums have links without the domain/subdomain info in them, i.e.

/member.php?action=activate (just by itself)

I can figure out where to copy paste stuff like that, but if it's not just my Gmail being funky, might want to look into it :)

[stoppingby4now]

Thanks for the heads up, will look into it.

[stoppingby4now]

Should be fixed now.

[bitdman]

Just a little bity issue! When I type in my user name a password appears in the password box but it's not mine. I can type over it but it may confuse some people.

[frihyland]

This is pretty standard behavior for logging in to any sight. You may also be having issues due to your browser settings or plugins.

[bitdman]

I have a confession to make. I never read the "STEP Community Mod  Posting Guidelines" because I thought they wouldn't be any different than any other site. When I noticed the header or whatever underneath ,the " Mantra" That caught my attention and after reading it I wished I had read it sooner. Maybe do away with the term guideline and just call "S.T.E.P. Community Mantra" People (like me) might pay closer attention to it. Every website forum has the same posting guidelines people will just skip over it. 

[Farlo]

I have a confession to make. I never read the "STEP Community Mod  Posting Guidelines" because I thought they wouldn't be any different than any other site. When I noticed the header or whatever underneath ' date='the " Mantra" That caught my attention and after reading it I wished I had read it sooner. Maybe do away with the term guideline and just call "S.T.E.P. Community Mantra" People (like me) might pay closer attention to it. Every website forum has the same posting guidelines people will just skip over it. [/quote']

Good idea.  Those need an overhaul as well, I'll add it to the list.

[bitdman]

Yeah! It will probably need to be re worded when the new PDF is done anyway.

[LeetMiniWheat]

I have a confession to make. I never read the "STEP Community Mod  Posting Guidelines" because I thought they wouldn't be any different than any other site. When I noticed the header or whatever underneath ' date='the " Mantra" That caught my attention and after reading it I wished I had read it sooner. Maybe do away with the term guideline and just call "S.T.E.P. Community Mantra" People (like me) might pay closer attention to it. Every website forum has the same posting guidelines people will just skip over it. [/quote']

I read it O.o. I have to disagree, because the bolded sections really stand out so it's hard to miss. Like "What STEP is about" and "What STEP isn't about"

 

It's plastered all over the wiki too.

 

Edit: But, I do see a lot of people quoting directly from Nexus, so it's apparent that not everyone reads the rules.

[TechAngel85]

Issues with the database?

[Farlo]

Issues with the database?

 

I got the "too many connections" error as well... and then my VPN decided to die, so I'm stuck on my phone. Hopefully it was a one time thing.

[stoppingby4now]

I haven't experienced it, but I haven't been on as much due to helping clean out my Mom's house.

 

Definitely something to keep an eye on though, and continue to report if you see the problem (and what time of day, including timezone).

[Farlo]

As I said, I only saw it for a couple minutes before my VPN dropped, and I posted the above comment a couple minutes after that from my phone. This might be a topic for the admin boards, but is this something we can control or does it mostly depend on the host?

[Kelmych]

I got the "too many connections" error for a while also

[TechAngel85]

I experienced it just before my post above and it lasted 5-10mins. I'm in Central time zone.