Christopher Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 gzip has been added to the backend, page loads and etc should be faster for everyone. Posting replies or topics should no longer hang as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Performance considerably improved here.Except for the extended answer time, when posting a new message.That one improved only partially, however the following page load is improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 I'm glad to hear it, gzip is a wonderful addition to any server and I know that it's really going to benefit people who use dialup and also our many non US members. We sure have come a long way since that faithful cold Febuary in 2004, eh jade? The lag back then was so thick you could've sliced through it with a butter knife.For what it's worth, I'm now working on the Wiki for the Equipment Browser and it should be in beta phase this weekend or early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 I have just noticed the changing graphic in my address bar next to http://forums.minidisc.....Looks good Never seen that before for a web site! Good stuff!Tis funny, because it changes from the M logo, to a face :| ... maybe have a MD or something.. but that might be to hard... looks good but! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 It was a disc to begin with, but my art guy has altered it slightly and now it should look more like a disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 I have just noticed the changing graphic in my address bar next to http://forums.minidisc.....Tis funny, because it changes from the M logo, to a face :| ... maybe have a MD or something.. but that might be to hard... looks good but!←darn, what browser r u using? I, with firefox1.04 (dutch version), can only see a static MDCF blue-'M' and with yuck-now-I-have-to-wash-my-mouth-again-after-saying-this-IE (yes, I was so desperate to see the icon change I dug up my IE again) I even won't get that!we in Belgium want our dynamic icon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 Go to http://forums.minidisc.org/favicon.ico and then refresh it a few times. I am aware that it doesn't work in IE; I will fix that a little bit later this week. Seriously though, if anyone here (not referencing you, Volta) use IE, get Firefox - IE is garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 Go to http://forums.minidisc.org/favicon.ico and then refresh it a few times. sweet, worked like a charm! this place get's better (and nicer) everyday I am aware that it doesn't work in IE; I will fix that a little bit later this week. Seriously though, if anyone here (not referencing you, Volta) use IE, get Firefox - IE is garbage.←I would say, don't fix it! just another means of pressure to get ppl to switch over to Firefox ...BTW if only windows update and trendmicro would learn to work under the Foxy-browser, then I could really get rid of that liabilty that IE is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Yeh the icon doesn't work at all under IE.What do you mean Trnd Micro doesn't work?You mean there web site doen't work? under Firefox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 yeah there's a few. the only ones that really matter are trendmicro's housecall & windows update but some online ticket vendors will only except IE .i too only use it for the these reasons, not that it's really removable from xp anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 ^^^^^^^SameBut I have actually bought the Trend Micro Product But for all Aussie people here, I hear that if you go onto the ANZ online banking... you can sign up for a yrs subscription for Mcafee internet firewall and virus checker for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 The disc is back!, instead of the covered face Looks good!It is also taking quite a while (30+secs) to reply to posts for me... Edit* After just writing the bottm line above ^^, it submitted the post very quickly... I always reply to threads in the 'Fast Reply' Section... that might be the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerodB Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 TIP: For those of you who do use Firefox, and have to revert to IE occasionally, there's an extension called "IEview" (for Firefox), which enables you to set Firefox to always automatically open certain sites/links/domains with IE. It also adds a right-click context menu item, "View this page with IE".Useful for sure, for Windows Update, etc.Oh yeah, I'm also a big fan of the funky animated favicon!!!! This forum is stylish!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 The disc is back!, instead of the covered face Looks good!It is also taking quite a while (30+secs) to reply to posts for me... Edit* After just writing the bottm line above ^^, it submitted the post very quickly... I always reply to threads in the 'Fast Reply' Section... that might be the problem?←i've been getting it at random too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 there's an extension called "IEview" (for Firefox)←this is getting a bit off topic here, but I had IE-view installed, but with the upgrade to 1.03 it didn't work anymore...haven't seen an updated version yet...BTW: if you open windowsupdater, it will find IE itself! even if you think you've thrown it off your PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 eaccelerator has been added to the backend, forum should be quite faster for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 For those curious as to how the MDCF dynamic url icon looks like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 With a fade effect inbetween, of course. Thanks for the pics, Ishii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 (edited) this is the first site i've ever seen which has a url icon with that kind of effect! Edited June 16, 2005 by skategem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 when replying, sometimes the new post gets added almost instantly, sometmes it takes forever (or about 1min in more realistic measures)... I haven't noticed any reason/factors that induce one or the other.Strange thing: it isn't the replying that takes so long, it's the redirecting to the added post. I tested this by pressing stop about ten seconds into the hibernation/waiting state, immediately scrolling up and pressing "find new posts"... I was promptly taken to the new posts and my most recent post (the one that caused the delay) was shining as the upmost one, but with the "not yet read" orange indicator still present.hope this helps to get some insight into the delays... but it's not really that big a problem (and if I'm really pressed for time, I can always press stop and check if it's added)greetings, Volta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 I've been troubleshooting that problem with Invision for the last few days, Volta. They say there is no issue. I'm going to get it fixed though, no matter what - it's quite annoying in comparison to overall navigation speed of the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Yeh I get the same prob as Volta does sorry to say Chris... It seems to only occur when I do a Fast Reply though... if I do a Add Reply... it seems to add that reply pretty quickly compared to Fast Reply, where it can takes about 40-60 secs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Some changes have been made to Refault, the default theme:The Refault theme now has a different looking "View New Posts" and is much more improved aesthetically (and has those big ol' numbers). The main index now has the grey area under the topic/posts numbers faded. Big numbers are also in the Gallery now. PM's feature the member's avatar and a snippet of the message.I have also added a very low-bandwidth theme that is black/grey called BasicX. I will add a logo in due time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 (edited) I really like the look of the Basic X theme Chris!!If you have the spare time.. some images/icons would look good! Just reading your post again Chris made me realise there arn't any pics for the purpose of it being a low bandwith theme My bad Edited July 4, 2005 by MZ-NH1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-EJ915 Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 It says that "old default" is back...hehe, I just switched to the olive one which is quite nice and gives this forum some flavour.I will check out the other themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I had to restore the forum to July 13th (yesterday) @ 11pm because dex Otaku apparently lost it and deleted more than 200 topics and posts. I'm thankful that I now have a daily backup rotation scheme in place. I apologize for this loss in topics and registrations from 11pm until now, and I'm just as surprised and confused as everyone else at this recent change in behavior. Just to make sure you understand, I had to forfeit everything from 11pm until now in favor of the topics he deleted; it was not an easy decision but I had to make this choice.Unfortunately, because of his actions, he will never be allowed here again. It's truly a disappointing loss to the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) no wonder i could not find comments i had just made.could it be that his account was cracked or something? Edited July 14, 2005 by hobgoblin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Definitely not. I spoke to him on MSN this morning and it was indeed him. Even his website has been deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Well, that's a huge loss to the forums, I'm sorry to hear about it. I hope Dex is all right, I'm sure we all wish him well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 dex will be missed... even though he might not agree with me at the moment, I think his comments and insights were very useful to a lot of ppl, most certainly including mehope he's well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 not sure he hasn't balanced what ever help offered with a little too much negative emotion. i hope for his sake that he is not being so destructive in the rest of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeclaw Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'm thankful that I now have a daily backup rotation scheme in place.Looks like, that my preaching has paid off Unfortunately, because of his actions, he will never be allowed here again. It's truly a disappointing loss to the forums.←Which was the right decision.We can't have a Mod running amok, especially on a high-traffic forum like this one.But one question remains: Why?There must be a reason, why someone ticks out like this.Especially dex, since he was one of the most considerate and fair members here.*shakes head in disbelief* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Yeh that is quite strange... a Mod just going off and deleteing topics :|Something must have happened.1 comment on ads Chris, I dunno if you mind, but when I was reading a post, the ad at the bottom of the page was an ad for Apple iPODS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breepee2 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I always liked dex, because of his refreshing outlook on MD...Gee, we're talking like he's dead! Does anyone know what exactly happened to him?BTW, BasicX looks real nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 BTW, BasicX looks real nice.←It does look very nice hey!I really like it!Was wanting some icons and stuff for it, but then found out it was for low bandwith.. oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 yep i'm on basicx now too. very sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamaxDATminidisc Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I had to restore the forum to July 13th (yesterday) @ 11pm because dex Otaku apparently lost it and deleted more than 200 topics and posts. I'm thankful that I now have a daily backup rotation scheme in place. I apologize for this loss in topics and registrations from 11pm until now, and I'm just as surprised and confused as everyone else at this recent change in behavior. Just to make sure you understand, I had to forfeit everything from 11pm until now in favor of the topics he deleted; it was not an easy decision but I had to make this choice.Unfortunately, because of his actions, he will never be allowed here again. It's truly a disappointing loss to the forums.←I'm remember will, my post that I wrote "What is LP3? It isn't existed?", but sudden my post are deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 repost the thread then BDMD. although there are existing topics on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Should a logo be added to BasicX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZ-NH1 Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Should a logo be added to BasicX?←Add as much as you can Chris!!! I love the look of it... I think a logo for sure would make it more noticable that it is a MD forum...I love it.. but haven't changed because of the non existant icons Can I also suggest that on all Skins you put a "Top" button on the line of all Forum Titles, so that if we got all the way to the bottom of the Main List, we can just click the Top button, and go back to the top... just like in threads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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