New Forums Server

[Greg]

Hello to all!

We have now completed stage1 of our server move from the old to new Database server cluster.

Please respond to this poll/thread letting us know if you've had any issues with the site at all since the move.

Cheers!

Edit: For reference, the forums have been on the new server for a period of 1 week.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I've noticed a great improvement the forums lately

my only issue is after i post a reply the forums seem to freeze for a few seconds and and the blue background turns white while it is loading up.

here's a example
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/321768d8.jpg


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and this one below this text i get this too once in a while
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/50502fa9.jpg





i've also seen a big improvemnt in how well firefox works on the forums it used to be very slow

[LoneStar1836]

I’d say they are more stable (I use Firefox) but as far as the speed goes, I can’t tell, since this past week I’ve been on dial-up but I regularly use a cable modem. Voted for the top choice anyway even though I can't tell if the forum is any faster.

[TheWarrior]

I have noticed it is alot more faster and stable using IE and Firefox.

Keep up the good work Greg :D

[Pharaoh Atem]

I have noticed it is alot more faster and stable using IE and Firefox.

Keep up the good work Greg :D

indeed

[Willow'sCat]

Well sorry to be a wet blanket but it is slower/the same for me and I have found I am clicking on the submit button numerous times before it will submit my posts, this just happened today it was fine yesterday. :S

As I said no real difference in load times for me but wasn't expecting there to be. ;)

[dipsofjazz]

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my only issue is after i post a reply the forums seem to freeze for a few seconds and and the blue background turns white while it is loading up.

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i've also seen a big improvemnt in how well firefox works on the forums it used to be very slow
I'm having the same issues when I am replying to a post. There is definitely a delay.
I'm also using Firefox, but I think that the pages load slightly slower for me, but nothing drastic.

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

I haven't noticed any changes, yet.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I'm having the same issues when I am replying to a post. There is definitely a delay.
I'm also using Firefox, but I think that the pages load slightly slower for me, but nothing drastic.

the only time i notcied a slow down is after i post a reply to a thread but it only last for a few seconds

[Eoin]

I've noticed a big change in the load up speeds..which absolutley fantastic :D

The only slow downs im getting when posting is when i use the quick reply, but apart from that everything is flying :D

[Eoin]

the forums and how well there work may depend if users are on dial up or high speed intertnet

me i'm on high speed and GW worls wonderful
lol, even the most computer illiterate(sp? lol) should know that :P

[warmbeachbrat]

For quite some time now (several weeks), I've had alot of trouble with the forum on my home computer (dial-up). I usually can get to the main page of the forum, but from there, I have to refresh two or three (or more) times before a page will come up. And posting replies is even worse. Even if those problems don't materialize, it is very, very slow in loading pages (sometimes I can't tell if it is going to load the page or if I need to refresh it). It is very frustrating....

[Pharaoh Atem]

For quite some time now (several weeks), I've had alot of trouble with the forum on my home computer (dial-up). I usually can get to the main page of the forum, but from there, I have to refresh two or three (or more) times before a page will come up. And posting replies is even worse. Even if those problems don't materialize, it is very, very slow in loading pages (sometimes I can't tell if it is going to load the page or if I need to refresh it). It is very frustrating....


well we've only been on the new servers for a week so if you go back several weeks we were on the old ones so of sourse there was going to be probelms

[warmbeachbrat]

well we've only been on the new servers for a week so if you go back several weeks we were on the old ones so of sourse there was going to be probelms

Well, but I had the same problems this morning (at home)--right now I'm at school where they have a network. But at home on dial-up--same old, same old....

[dipsofjazz]

the only time i notcied a slow down is after i post a reply to a thread but it only last for a few seconds
I agree. I didn't mean to make out that it was a great big delay. It's just that I'm noticing the slight delay, but I can live with it. :D

[Pharaoh Atem]

me 2 but that seems to be the only probelm i'm having

[Ensign M.I.T.S]

No more crash till now and really quick download

[Anubis69]

Well, but I had the same problems this morning (at home)--right now I'm at school where they have a network. But at home on dial-up--same old, same old....
Is that when it loads with the wee progress bar and then again and it just says "downloading <page>" and then just says "Done" despite no page being up? If it is, i get that sometimes as well. Only usually when i press "Refresh" though. I thought it was just my dial-up... hasn't happened as much recently though.

[warmbeachbrat]

Is that when it loads with the wee progress bar and then again and it just says "downloading <page>" and then just says "Done" despite no page being up? If it is, i get that sometimes as well. Only usually when i press "Refresh" though. I thought it was just my dial-up... hasn't happened as much recently though.

Yes, that's what I mean. For example, when replying to this post, it took over 30 seconds for the page to finally come up. I would say at least half the time, the page never does come up and I have refresh two or three times (total time to get to a new screen--probably one and a half to five minutes). I don't get very far in reading stuff on the forum, let alone responding to it, when I have to wait that long each time I try to do something. A lot of the time I just give up and wait until I'm at work or school. But I'm limited there by...well, work and school.

*sigh* Sorry for the incessant whining--it seems to be what I do best.:o

[Pharaoh Atem]

i've used different browers and it seems to work ok

ie,firefox and aol expoler 1.5 rc3

[Daniel's shadow]

I am having problems getting to the forum ever since we have change server and DNS. The machine at work is fine but at home I am not able to get into the forum at all. I have tried with the latest IE, Netscape and Firefox and no joy.

I have update all the plug ins and all the fancy doo dads (gee do I sound like O'Neill or what ;)) but not joy.

Anyone have any ideas why?

[Pharaoh Atem]

clean out your temp files and cookies then restart your pc


also greg i edited my post above http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5191811&postcount=2

with a screencap to show you the probelm i'm having

[TechnoWraith]

I am having problems getting to the forum ever since we have change server and DNS. The machine at work is fine but at home I am not able to get into the forum at all. I have tried with the latest IE, Netscape and Firefox and no joy.

I have update all the plug ins and all the fancy doo dads (gee do I sound like O'Neill or what ;)) but not joy.

Anyone have any ideas why?

Your service provider's DNS registry may not be updated to reflect the new DNS. It takes a couple days for the new DNS to propagate throughout the internet. try this: Go to a search engine and enter "GateWorld". Usually the search engine DNS registries are updated pretty quick, so try to get to gateworld through different search engines.

[Daniel's shadow]

clean out your temp files and cookies then restart your pc


also greg i edited my post above http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=5191811&postcount=2

with a screencap to show you the probelm i'm having

Yup done that since last Monday and no joy.

[Daniel's shadow]

Your service provider's DNS registry may not be updated to reflect the new DNS. It takes a couple days for the new DNS to propagate throughout the internet. try this: Go to a search engine and enter "GateWorld". Usually the search engine DNS registries are updated pretty quick, so try to get to gateworld through different search engines.

I tried this and still no joy. :S

[miju]

I notice sometimes when I try to post a reply the keyboard won't display characters and I know it's not on my end because I never have any problem locally when typing text.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I tried this and still no joy. :S
have you tried a fresh ZPM

[Daniel's shadow]

have you tried a fresh ZPM

What do you mean?

[TechnoWraith]

I tried this and still no joy. :S

Try clearing your browser's cache and deleting all your cookies and temporary internet files. Just be sure to write down usernames and passwords before doing this! It's entirely possible that your browser is pointing to the DNS in it's cache, rather than the new DNS.

[Daniel's shadow]

Try clearing your browser's cache and deleting all your cookies and temporary internet files. Just be sure to write down usernames and passwords before doing this! It's entirely possible that your browser is pointing to the DNS in it's cache, rather than the new DNS.

Yup, done all that TW and still no joy. :(

Any more ideas?

[TechnoWraith]

Yup, done all that TW and still no joy. :(

Any more ideas?
Smashing the computer comes to mind. :p

Well, you could contact your ISP and inform them that there has been a DNS change for a site you go to. You could ask them to see when the next DNS registry update will be, or whether one is in progress. Really, it's coming down to your ISP's DNS registry at this point. The DNs change occurred in the last day or so. Perhaps waiting another day, two at the most, will garner some results for you.

[Daniel's shadow]

Smashing the computer comes to mind. :p

Well, you could contact your ISP and inform them that there has been a DNS change for a site you go to. You could ask them to see when the next DNS registry update will be, or whether one is in progress. Really, it's coming down to your ISP's DNS registry at this point. The DNs change occurred in the last day or so. Perhaps waiting another day, two at the most, will garner some results for you.

Well I came close to it. LOL:)

Yeah I have contacted them and told them about the change in the DNS registry and that was a few days ago.

I tried everything including giving it a static IP and all that but no joy.

[Pharaoh Atem]

pm greg

[TechnoWraith]

Well I came close to it. LOL:)

Yeah I have contacted them and told them about the change in the DNS registry and that was a few days ago.

I tried everything including giving it a static IP and all that but no joy.

I can't really help you out, then. Capt.Mal Reynolds suggested PM-ing greg, so maybe that will help. ;)

[Pharaoh Atem]

I can't really help you out, then. Capt.Mal Reynolds suggested PM-ing greg, so maybe that will help. ;)

it's proabaly your best bet

[Daniel's shadow]

Thanks guys. :)

The funniest thing is that it is the only site that I could not access.

[Pharaoh Atem]

Thanks guys. :)

The funniest thing is that it is the only site that I could not access.

then it has to be the server transfer

[TechnoWraith]

then it has to be the server transfer
Like i said, waiting a day or so may help. Luckily Verizon updates it's DNS registry pretty frequently, as the new DNS went through overnite at Verizon.

[Greg]

I tried this and still no joy. :S

Try the following things

1) Open up command prompt (Start -> Run and type "cmd.exe") in Windows

When the black window comes up, type in "ipconfig /flushdns" without the "'s

2) Open up command prompt (as above)

Type in "nslookup forum.gateworld.net" (or gateworld.net if your having problems with that).

Post the results, they should be something like this

Z:\>nslookup forum.gateworld.net
*** Can't find server name for address 10.1.1.254: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.1.1.254

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: forum.gateworld.net
Address: 74.52.34.220


Z:\>

Ta

[Greg]

With regards to the slow quick reply problems in Firefox, i cannot replicate this. I will do some investigating on different PC's later today.

[dipsofjazz]

With regards to the slow quick reply problems in Firefox, i cannot replicate this. I will do some investigating on different PC's later today.
Thanks Greg. It doesn't seem to be happening as often to me now. :D

[TechnoWraith]

I did get a couple of WSOD's last night, but they only came up for about 5 minutes each time. :S

[Missster.Freeman]

The Quick Reply button was not working for me in Firefox the other day. It corrected itself after a while. I haven't had the problem since. Odd. :S

As for the new server, can't say I've noticed faster loading times, but it's definitely a lot more stable. Oh, I've had a few problems with avatars not loading and some graphics out of place. Although, that usually happens on other forums as well.

[Pharaoh Atem]

With regards to the slow quick reply problems in Firefox, i cannot replicate this. I will do some investigating on different PC's later today.
well of rme it's not just firefox but i have noticed it isn't happen as much

[Daniel's shadow]

Try the following things

1) Open up command prompt (Start -> Run and type "cmd.exe") in Windows

When the black window comes up, type in "ipconfig /flushdns" without the "'s

2) Open up command prompt (as above)

Type in "nslookup forum.gateworld.net" (or gateworld.net if your having problems with that).

Post the results, they should be something like this

Z:\>nslookup forum.gateworld.net
*** Can't find server name for address 10.1.1.254: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.1.1.254

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: forum.gateworld.net
Address: 74.52.34.220


Z:\>

Ta

Thanks Greg I will try it tonight when I get home.

DS

[OneillTwo"LL"s]

I don't notice to much change..

but I notice the Refresh button doesn't go to fast..

also when posting replies.. you get a GREY box in the middle of the thread, you hit refresh and then you have to wait for a bit to get rid of the Box!!

I find it slow tonight (Thursday, April 27) but that is because Photobucket is being a pain in the Mik'ta!!

Thanks for all work your doing!! Please keep it up!!

[Pharaoh Atem]

Thanks Greg I will try it tonight when I get home.

DS
any joy yet??

[Darkstar]

Just the same as some other members on here, the load waiting to post is slower but not that bad, and submit had me clicking twice. :S

[Greg]

DNS has been updated to point to the new webserver tonight; you shouldnt really notice any speed changes, but we are now fully moved over to the new cluster.

www.gateworld.net itself will be moving very soon.

[ShadowMaat]

I've been having trouble staying logged in. If I navigate away from the forum and come back or if I sit idle too long I get logged off. Or that's what I've notced so far. Transitional problem, something bigger, or is it all in my head? :P

[Ronja]

I've been having trouble staying logged in. If I navigate away from the forum and come back or if I sit idle too long I get logged off. Or that's what I've notced so far. Transitional problem, something bigger, or is it all in my head? :P
No I've noticed that too Shadow ;)

[Stricken]

Don't worry Shadow your not going mad, its happened to me as well ;)

[ShadowMaat]

Don't worry Shadow your not going mad, its happened to me as well ;)
Oh, I'm sure I'm going mad, all this means is that I happen to be right about this. :P

[Vyse]

It's much better now, pages load very fast! No trouble with posting either! Just FYI, I use Firefox, and running a Mac on OS 10.4.6. Just so you guys know it works great on Macs!

[Rodan5757]

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but I seem to be experiancing a strange forum error.

A few time now after I've posted if another post happens with the same time stamp it appears in front of my post, even if it wasn't there when my post first appeared.

Also the reply (both quick and normal) seem to be quite slow today.

[TechnoWraith]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/TechnoWraith/Stuff/Error00.jpg

I've been getting this message every time i hit the "Submit" button. My post will submit, but the error keeps coming up.

[rarocks24]

I'd like to point out that we keep getting the duplicate post/wait ten seconds screen every bloody time we hit quick reply. It's bloody annoying. Note, the comments actually do post. :mad:

[Ronja]

I'd like to point out that we keep getting the duplicate post/wait ten seconds screen every bloody time we hit quick reply. It's bloody annoying. Note, the comments actually do post. :mad:
Yep! It's very annoying :S

[rarocks24]

I haven't got the socket error thingy that is plaguing Eoin and TechnoWraith, but it's certainly buggy.

[Eoin]

Another thing to add to that...

Eachtime i use the quick reply, it brings me to the umm "long reply" (for lack of a better word) and says that i have to wait 10 seconds between my posts...funny thing is my last post could have been 5 - 10 min ago, but it still says it...
The forum is also extremely slow, some of the pages arent loading atall, i have to do a hard refresh every few min to get the pages to work

Finally but not least... While waiting for the last person to reply thread to load this

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused) in /includes/class_mail.php on line 536

appeared at the top of the page, i disappeared so fast that i barely noticed it, i had to select and copy all of the page to get it because of the speed it was disapearing

Any chance i can vote again :P

[rarocks24]

Another thing to add to that...

Eachtime i use the quick reply, it brings me to the umm "long reply" (for lack of a better word) and says that i have to wait 10 seconds between my posts...funny thing is my last post could have been 5 - 10 min ago, but it still says it...
The forum is also extremely slow, some of the pages arent loading atall, i have to do a hard refresh every few min to get the pages to work

Finally but not least... While waiting for the last person to reply thread to load this
appeared at the top of the page, i disappeared so fast that i barely noticed it, i had to select and copy all of the page to get it because of the speed it was disapearing

Any chance i can vote again :P
I haven't noticed that Eoin...but then again I wasn't looking I guess...

I tried in both Firefox and Opera. I'm checking if the issue is in IE as well...

[Eoin]

This is also happening to me, the error message and the whole page is scrambled
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Eoin087/sigh.jpg

I was using firefox at the time, well thats not hard to notice :P But the exact same thing is happening with opera and IE, just not so much in firefox (the page scarmbly thing :P)

[TechnoWraith]

This is also happening to me, the error message and the whole page is scrambled
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/Eoin087/sigh.jpg

I was using firefox at the time, well thats not hard to notice :P But the exact same thing is happening with opera and IE, just not so much in firefox (the page scarmbly thing :P)

You're getting the fopensock error too? At least i know it's not just me.

[Tiret]

Yesterday was fine, but today I'm seeing that socket-error thing with every post, along with a message something like "if moderation has been enabled, it may take a few seconds for your post to appear" but everything has been posting. Just the funny messages keep popping up. Has never happened to me before.

[rarocks24]

I'm not getting the opensock error, but I keep getting rerouted. It appears to be only on this area and on the off-topic area of the forum.

[Eoin]

You're getting the fopensock error too? At least i know it's not just me.
I think its the ori :eek: I just replied to the last person to reply thread and the "join us" that was under your sig in the pic i posted above was huge :eek:

there seems to be a problem with editing posts too :(

[ShadowMaat]

The fopensock error is getting more frequent for me.

[jonno]

Yesterday was fine, but today I'm seeing that socket-error thing with every post, along with a message something like "if moderation has been enabled, it may take a few seconds for your post to appear" but everything has been posting. Just the funny messages keep popping up. Has never happened to me before.

For Greg's referance, here's the exact message it comes up with:


Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused) in /includes/class_mail.php on line 536

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused) in /includes/class_mail.php on line 536




Redirecting...



Thank you for posting!

If moderation has been enabled, it may take a while for your post to appear.

Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you.


I tell ya what, it was difficult to higlight and copy that text in the couple of seconds it's up!

[Missster.Freeman]

I haven't had that error so far. It's strange, it looks as though something is trying to connect to port 25 (mail transport server) on your local loopback address. The connection will always be refused if there's currently no smtp server running on your PC.

I dunno why, but vBulletin must use port 25 for some kind of validation, like checking an member's email or the ISP domain they belong to.

*edit* Well, the same error has just happened to me. :P

[ShadowMaat]

You jinxed yourself. :P

I get it on almost every post.

[Tracy Jane]

My browser seems to think I'm trying to double post all the time, and I know UberSG1Fan has become AeoberSG1Fan (insert umlauts and squiggly bits)

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

I've been having trouble staying logged in. If I navigate away from the forum and come back or if I sit idle too long I get logged off. Or that's what I've notced so far. Transitional problem, something bigger, or is it all in my head? :P
I think it's in your head, becuase I'm not having that problem, yet.

[ShadowMaat]

I think it's in your head, becuase I'm not having that problem, yet.
Ah, but from the sound of it, you're just in denial. :P

[Eoin]

Can someone tell me why im seeing "+'s" next to peoples usernames in the active users viewing this thread bar?
My name has no + next to it then :S

I feel so neglected right about now :P

[ShadowMaat]

The +'s should be the people on your buddies list.

[Missster.Freeman]

Can someone tell me why im seeing "+'s" next to peoples usernames in the active users viewing this thread bar?
My name has no + next to it then :S

I feel neglected right about now :P
Uh okaaay. :confused: Would help if ye were still in here. Post a screen capture, so I can see what you're talkin about. Nevermind. :P

*edit* Ah so that's what it is. Guess I have no buddies then. :( :P

[Eoin]

The +'s should be the people on your buddies list.
oh :S....the forum is acting really strange today :S

Thanks btw :)

[Formerhost]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/TechnoWraith/Stuff/Error00.jpg

I've been getting this message every time i hit the "Submit" button. My post will submit, but the error keeps coming up.

Yup, I've just started to getting this message too :S

[Greg]

The error was because the mailserver wasnt running. It has been started and hopefully that will clear up the outstanding issues.

As far as pages not loading, i really cannot see this. It sounds like a problem with your ISP, more than the forums, as they load blazingly fast for me, and im on wireless, and in Australia!

[Skydiver]

the one error i've encountered, earlier today, was making a post, usually with quick reply, and getting the 'this is a duplicate post' message

haven't seen it lately though, so maybe it's been fixed

Greg, there are also some reports in teh mod thread, but now that this one is open, i'll send folks over here

[Arlessiar]

Greg, there are also some reports in teh mod thread, but now that this one is open, i'll send folks over here And because of that I'm posting my question here now. :)

UberSG-1Fan had to change her username, because it seems that the Umlaute can't be displayed properly any longer. I thought that this happened with the latest server glitch two days ago, and I assumed it would be ok again once the server problems are solved. But now I'm confused because of these posts:

I tried the umlaut, but unfortunately it's not working anymore. Regular U it is. Sorry!

I'm sorry but if its non english characters then i cant really help. Our server only supports the EN charset.

Does that mean it will stay this way from now on? Why? It worked perfectly before, can't it be repaired somehow? (Please excuse my technical nescience :o)

It's not only the username of one person that has changed, no, take a look at all the posts in the Sprechen sie Deutsch? (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=5742) thread, they are messed up completely because all the Umlaute and the character for the 'double s' don't work anymore. It looks as if we're all not able to write. :S
I like the German thread because it's funny and easy to talk about Stagate with fellow fans from Germany in our mother tongue. I understand that this is only one small OT thread among many, many others, but it would be so great if it worked correctly again. *pleads*

If it has to stay that way it looks now, should I post there and tell people that they'll have to use the more difficult way to write in German from now on?

Bye, A.

P.S. I just saw that the degree sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%B0) also doesn't work anymore.

[Ronja]

What wait you can't use non english characters anymore?

testing... ?, ?, ??

Edit: No! Please please change it back to the way it was! People should be allowed to type in their own language if they want! :S :(

*sigh*

[Greg]

This isnt something out of choice, it is a limitation with our webserver, and our new hardware platform. We cannot resolve it until Apache release a stable version of Apache 2.1, which may be a while off.

[Skydiver]

so i'm afraid folks will just have to adapt.

sorry folks, i know it was fun to have the non-english characters but dem's the breaks

[Greg]

I am working on some fixes for this, but it definatelly wont be overnight.

[Ronja]

I am working on some fixes for this, but it definatelly wont be overnight.
Thanks a lot for trying tho Greg! :)

[Arlessiar]

Thanks a lot for trying tho Greg! :) I second that, thanks so much for trying, Greg! That's really very nice. :)

Bye, A.

[Pharaoh Atem]

not having any probelms in the past few days or today

and greg you wrote the new web server is online, and we will be moving the forums to it over the weekend at some point.


should we expect probelms or will things run smooth and we won't notic

[ShimmeringStar]

so i'm afraid folks will just have to adapt.

sorry folks, i know it was fun to have the non-english characters but dem's the breaks
Actually Sky it's not just "non-English" characters. The system is now inserting question marks for English characters too. Most of the time if I'm making a longer post I'll compose the post in Microsoft WORD & paste it into here. No problems until now. I just posted two very lengthy posts in Mala's World in Off-Topic and damn if they weren't full of question marks where my puncuation marks formerly were. (Leading to a hell of a lot of editing...):mad:

And this very things was why I got myself a G-mail account... because Yahoo did the same thing to e-mails - even in e-mails to other Yahoo members - when things are composed in WORD and pasted in - certain characters - hypens, apostrophes, colons to name a few heavily used English punctuation marks come out as a goobledygook symbol. I've assumed it was because those symbols were trademarked by MS and that not all ISP's had agreements with them or used some other programming platform.

And quite frankly when typing up a loooong post, I *don't* like doing it all in the 'reply to thread box.' Too small, not user friendly when editing/formatting (the way WORD would be) and just trying to edit a long post in here isn't nice.... (And choosing "Plain Text" as a formatting style creates the question marks just like using the WORD default....)

So.... this unhappy camper just wanted to make Greg & everyone else it's not just 'non-English' characters. It now also seems like those of us who use WORD to compose/copy/paste are going to be S.O.L. too. :mad:

[Pharaoh Atem]

as of this posting everything is really low on the fourms

[ShadowMaat]

I'm noticing more lag time today.

And I hope the keyboard characters issue gets resolved soon.

[Greg]

Actually Sky it's not just "non-English" characters. The system is now inserting question marks for English characters too. Most of the time if I'm making a longer post I'll compose the post in Microsoft WORD & paste it into here. No problems until now. I just posted two very lengthy posts in Mala's World in Off-Topic and damn if they weren't full of question marks where my puncuation marks formerly were. (Leading to a hell of a lot of editing...):mad:

And this very things was why I got myself a G-mail account... because Yahoo did the same thing to e-mails - even in e-mails to other Yahoo members - when things are composed in WORD and pasted in - certain characters - hypens, apostrophes, colons to name a few heavily used English punctuation marks come out as a goobledygook symbol. I've assumed it was because those symbols were trademarked by MS and that not all ISP's had agreements with them or used some other programming platform.

And quite frankly when typing up a loooong post, I *don't* like doing it all in the 'reply to thread box.' Too small, not user friendly when editing/formatting (the way WORD would be) and just trying to edit a long post in here isn't nice.... (And choosing "Plain Text" as a formatting style creates the question marks just like using the WORD default....)

So.... this unhappy camper just wanted to make Greg & everyone else it's not just 'non-English' characters. It now also seems like those of us who use WORD to compose/copy/paste are going to be S.O.L. too. :mad:

Sorry, but that isnt our server, or Yahoo's - but Microsoft Office's crappy codepage adaptation.

Each font uses different "pages" for different characters. The way MS Office handles some fonts, means that if you paste a whole page load of text in one font, into another app, it may become distorted and corrupted when it is pasted into a "UTF/system" font program like notepad, or a web browser.

As for the non-english (ISO-8859-1) characters, we are working on the issue, but as i said before, its boggling us and its still a WIP.

As for the speed issue, that has been fixed.

[Skydiver]

i know this is a pain, but try typing your posts in notepad or using wordpad. Often what gets translated to funky characters are things like smart quotes.

i've run into this issue posting fic.

I always turn off smart quotes in my word processors.

[Greg]

Non-english characters have been fixified.

Now for some sleep :)

[Missster.Freeman]

LOL at the apt title under your name. Well done. You deserve a rest. :D

[Pharaoh Atem]

LOL at the apt title under your name. Well done. You deserve a rest. :D
i actaully pm'ed him once saying that Gateworld's Rodeny Mckay would had fit better yes he does need to rest

[Uber]

Non-english characters have been fixified.

Now for some sleep :)Thank you kindly.

Now could some gracious and compassionate mod revert my name back to its original glory? My U looks so naked right now. :(

It is currently: UberSG-1Fan

It SHOULD be: ÜberSG-1Fan

Thank you kindly.

:D

[Daniel's shadow]

Try the following things

1) Open up command prompt (Start -> Run and type "cmd.exe") in Windows

When the black window comes up, type in "ipconfig /flushdns" without the "'s

2) Open up command prompt (as above)

Type in "nslookup forum.gateworld.net" (or gateworld.net if your having problems with that).

Post the results, they should be something like this

Z:\>nslookup forum.gateworld.net
*** Can't find server name for address 10.1.1.254: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.1.1.254

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: forum.gateworld.net
Address: 74.52.34.220


Z:\>

Ta

Hi Greg

I did as you instructed and this is what I got.


C:\Documents and Settings\Phoenixchi.PHOENIXC-606FRM>ipconfig /flushdns
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
C:\Documents and Settings\Phoenixchi.PHOENIXC-606FRM>nslookup forum.gateworld.net

Server: dnsc1.xtra.co.nz
Address: 202.27.158.40
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: forum.gateworld.net
Address: 74.52.37.55

Can you help me? I am still unable connect to the forum at home. :(

[Arlessiar]

Non-english characters have been fixified.
Now for some sleep :) Oh wow, that was fast! Didn't you just say that it could take a while? And now it's fixed already - thanks so much!!! *happy dance* :)

Yeah, get some sleep now, you've earned it. Sweet dreams! :)

Bye, A.

[Skydiver]

Thank you kindly.

Now could some gracious and compassionate mod revert my name back to its original glory? My U looks so naked right now. :(

It is currently: UberSG-1Fan

It SHOULD be: ÜberSG-1Fan

Thank you kindly.

:D
grab darren

only he and greg can alter user names

[Greg]

Hi Greg

I did as you instructed and this is what I got.


C:\Documents and Settings\Phoenixchi.PHOENIXC-606FRM>ipconfig /flushdns
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
C:\Documents and Settings\Phoenixchi.PHOENIXC-606FRM>nslookup forum.gateworld.net

Server: dnsc1.xtra.co.nz
Address: 202.27.158.40
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: forum.gateworld.net
Address: 74.52.37.55

Can you help me? I am still unable connect to the forum at home. :(

That is very wierd.

The IP Your ISP is reporting for the gateworld forums is correct - which doesnt make any sense as to why you cant acess it. What does your browser say when you try to access the forums?

[Greg]

Oh wow, that was fast! Didn't you just say that it could take a while? And now it's fixed already - thanks so much!!! *happy dance* :)

Yeah, get some sleep now, you've earned it. Sweet dreams! :)

Bye, A.

No sleep for the wicked. Now ive got 8hrs of work ;)

[Pharaoh Atem]

new probelm i've noticed this today ads within posts


and for the record it only when i use firefox

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/48cad8c7.jpg

[Ronja]

new probelm i've noticed this today ads within posts

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/48cad8c7.jpg

I've never had this problem... and I don't see an ad now, looking at the thread. Have you checked your computer for spy/adware?

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

new probelm i've noticed this today ads within posts

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/pj111984/48cad8c7.jpg
It's almost funny isn't it.

[Pharaoh Atem]

pc's fine

i am using firefox

[Daniel's shadow]

That is very wierd.

The IP Your ISP is reporting for the gateworld forums is correct - which doesnt make any sense as to why you cant acess it. What does your browser say when you try to access the forums?

Greg it just gives me the usual DNS error message.

I just don't understand it either.

On Firefox I have the usual timed out error message.

So what you are saying Greg is that the DNS is being pointed to is correct but the problem is that it keeps on displaying the error mesage?

[ShimmeringStar]

Sorry, but that isnt our server, or Yahoo's - but Microsoft Office's crappy codepage adaptation.

Each font uses different "pages" for different characters. The way MS Office handles some fonts, means that if you paste a whole page load of text in one font, into another app, it may become distorted and corrupted when it is pasted into a "UTF/system" font program like notepad, or a web browser.

As for the non-english (ISO-8859-1) characters, we are working on the issue, but as i said before, its boggling us and its still a WIP.

As for the speed issue, that has been fixed.Thanks for the response. :)

It just seemed interesting that in 2 years of coming here and doing the same thing, there was never a problem with garbled punctuation until now. Oh well....:o :)

[Rosehawk]

Not sure if this is a server upgrade issue or not but since I am not a computer expert...

Up until Sunday I could access my smilies. Now when I click on a smilie or the "more" link to get other options, it goes no where. Stays on the message I am typing.

Smilies were working fine until this past Sunday. Have tried numerous times on different days. The disable smilies is unchecked.

Any suggestions or advice as to what the issue may be?

Someone suggested something to do with popups and I can check that out when I get back from my business trip.

[Greg]

Not sure if this is a server upgrade issue or not but since I am not a computer expert...

Up until Sunday I could access my smilies. Now when I click on a smilie or the "more" link to get other options, it goes no where. Stays on the message I am typing.

Smilies were working fine until this past Sunday. Have tried numerous times on different days. The disable smilies is unchecked.

Any suggestions or advice as to what the issue may be?

Someone suggested something to do with popups and I can check that out when I get back from my business trip.

Delete your browser cache and history and try again.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I think i speak for everyone when i say what in the heck happen :S


as of this posting everything seems ok

[Greg]

I think i speak for everyone when i say what in the heck happen :S

This thread was regarding performance of the new platform, not outages related to it.

Please either open a new thread or pm me to discuss site problems.