Forum Problems -- Please Read

[bobthehobbyguy]

Dave

Thanks for the update. I've got  my fingers crossed that the update will fix this.

Thanks for Your time working on this problem and keeping the board running smoothly.

[Dave Ambrose]

Update: Started the groundwork for updating the forum software this afternoon. Part of this step is taking a much longer than expected time, so will plan our next downtime after it finishes.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Thanks Dave.

Edited November 21, 2023 by bobthehobbyguy

[Dave Van]

Thanks for update!! I see we still have page issue and like issue. I tried MS browser w/o issue. but will not use it for a number of reasons.

[Len Woodruff]

Following

[SpikeSchumacher]

Thanks for your efforts!

[Monty]

Thanks to all who've been working so hard to get the forum fully operational.  Unfortunately, I noticed that the PREV and NEXT buttons still aren't working.  Is the fix still to switch to another browser?

[Tabbysdaddy]

I remove the s from https and refresh the page. Then whatever wasn't working works.

[Dave Van]

All functions working here......many thanks to all!!!

[Brizio]

I still cannot change page. I use Chrome. Do I need to do something on my part or you guys are still working on it. Please quote me so I can see the reply. Thanks!

[ColonelKrypton]

28 minutes ago, Brizio said:

I still cannot change page. I use Chrome. Do I need to do something on my part or you guys are still working on it. Please quote me so I can see the reply. Thanks!

I think they are still working on the updates.

"Likes" and changing pages still only work for me ( using Chrome and Firefox on Windows ( 10 and 11 ) and Linux) when I connect using http:// (insecure) vs https:// (secure)

for example http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/185663-forum-problems-please-read/page/4/#comment-2804780 everything works as expected

whereas:  https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/185663-forum-problems-please-read/page/3/#comment-2795604   does not work as expected

 

cheers, Graham

 

 

 

[Dave Ambrose]

On 11/23/2023 at 8:27 AM, Brizio said:

I still cannot change page. I use Chrome. Do I need to do something on my part or you guys are still working on it. Please quote me so I can see the reply. Thanks!

The Firefox browser has been mostly working for me.

[Dave Ambrose]

Update: I'll be updating the forum software this afternoon. Hopefully, this will go very smoothly, like all the previous updates.

[Dave Ambrose]

Quick update: we now think we know what’s going on and how to fix it. In the meantime, if you access the site via http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums it should function.

I will be taking the forum offline this evening to implement this better fix. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great news.

[Dave Ambrose]

Update: I think we have it fixed. I'm having no issues using the forum with Chrome. I tested paging, activity streams, posting, and search. The fix triggered some massive index rebuilds, so searching may take a while. We have 2.5 million posts, so I suspect anything touching that resource will take a long(ish) time. 

Leave a comment here if you experience anything odd, but it really looks like this problem is fixed. 

Thank you all for your patience. This was a difficult problem to diagnose and solve.  

Nota Bene: I'm seeing some delays in saving posts. I suspect this is temporary. but I'll keep an eye on it. 

[RSchnell]

It's back to working normally for me now on Chrome and Edge. I'm able to leave likes and switch pages now. It is much appreciated!

 

 

[PatW]

I'm on Chrome in the UK, but I'm still unable to post photo's  even since the upgrade.

[GoodbuildNY]

I’m still having the same issues while trying to use this site with Bing ( no photos loading, can’t reply to topics, etc ) . Luckily I can still use DuckDuckGo as a work around 

[PatW]

1 hour ago, GoodbuildNY said:

I’m still having the same issues while trying to use this site with Bing ( no photos loading, can’t reply to topics, etc ) . Luckily I can still use DuckDuckGo as a work around 

Thanks for your comments but we don't use mobile phones so no apps.

[stitchdup]

I'm getting error messages when i try to open a topic. I get a black and white mcm logo and error this directory doesn't exist message. it opens if i click the try again link on the error message but not if i use the browser refresh.

[stitchdup]

I'm getting error messages when i try to open a topic. I get a black and white mcm logo and error this directory doesn't exist message. it opens if i click the try again link on the error message but not if i use the browser refresh. and my posts are taking a long time to post too.

[stitchdup]

and its letting me continue to edit my postsafter clicking post while its posting them as can be seen above. i only clicked once to post the first message and could edit while it was saving which didn't happen before

[Dave Ambrose]

Sorry, I should have mentioned this earlier. You will need to clear your browser cache. Some files need to be reloaded at the user's end before things work properly. 

[GoodbuildNY]

11 hours ago, PatW said:

Thanks for your comments but we don't use mobile phones so no apps.

I’m not using my mobile phone,not sure why your assuming that. I’m using an IPad and up until the update I was using Bing which is a search engine. Thankfully the DuckDuckGo APP IS working for me on my iPad . If that wasn’t working my previous method would leave me with a website not working properly ( see my previous post )