Chisoxfn Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Appreciate everyone's patience this morning. As I mentioned - we are now migrated onto a new server. The next step will be the upgrade of the software which will happen in a couple of days and will be another 4-8 hour outage. In the case of the new server - I will note that some of you may be able to access the site on your home computer or laptop but not from your phone (or vice versa). This is because everyone's internet provider is different at refreshing the DNS. If you want to accelerate - clear out the cookies and that might help. Otherwise everyone should be seeing the new server in next 24-48 hours (most should be much sooner). New server is significantly faster. Upgrade will not be significant in terms of forum software change - but should help with reliability, security, and overall run time. Appreciate everyone's patience. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 If you are running into any issues, etc - please post them here so we can work on resolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Thank you for doing this work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Any chance you can also put in for an upgrade of Jerry and/or the White Sox? TIA 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Thank goodness I was a little sad this afternoon.....a world without Soxtalk is a world without Joy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/19/2024 at 9:20 PM, wegner said: Thank goodness I was a little sad this afternoon.....a world without Soxtalk is a world without Joy. ... through shared misery. But seriously, thank you to the admins who do this as a labor of love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 First, I want to say thank you for keeping this place up and running. Second, there’s a minor issue I’ve experienced. I have to check the “Remember Me” box when I sign in, otherwise it will not log in successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 4 hours ago, Milkman delivers said: First, I want to say thank you for keeping this place up and running. Second, there’s a minor issue I’ve experienced. I have to check the “Remember Me” box when I sign in, otherwise it will not log in successfully. Interesting - I will notate that and will target a solve of that when we run the final steps on Thursday. I say final steps - Thursday is still a bit lift as we will be shifting to latest PHP version and latest forum software. May not sound big as the forum software is not a quantum leap forward (as the next evolution isn't set for another year) - but behind the scenes there should be a lot more efficiency / run-time improvements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Final steps are today - will be another outage. About 2-4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 And we are done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Is it just me or is the site flying now? Anyone else notice it is loading threads faster? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 I'm still getting the "the site is down" page daily after being on here for a few minutes. Like I can log in and read a few posts but then when I try to go back it comes up. It's really odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 34 minutes ago, Iwritecode said: I'm still getting the "the site is down" page daily after being on here for a few minutes. Like I can log in and read a few posts but then when I try to go back it comes up. It's really odd. Maybe clear your browser’s cache? I only had an issue early on due to my Pi-Hole DNS server and ad blocker not obtaining the new DNS for the site. Once that updated, the site has been flying for me with no ads or errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 4 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Maybe clear your browser’s cache? I only had an issue early on due to my Pi-Hole DNS server and ad blocker not obtaining the new DNS for the site. Once that updated, the site has been flying for me with no ads or errors. I did that several times over the past couple of days. It actually seems to be finally working today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Spoke too soon. Tired of seeing this screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Iwritecode said: Spoke too soon. Tired of seeing this screen. Are you on a PC/laptop? If so, did you try flushing your DNS? Open up a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and type in: ipconfig /flushdns And hit Enter. Edited August 23 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 11 hours ago, Iwritecode said: Spoke too soon. Tired of seeing this screen. If you clear your cache it should stop. Ultimately it seems because we all visit site so much it takes a bit longer for the memories to clear out. It should get better everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) 4 hours ago, Chisoxfn said: If you clear your cache it should stop. Ultimately it seems because we all visit site so much it takes a bit longer for the memories to clear out. It should get better everyday. I was getting the same error. I just had to reboot my Pi-Hole. But it can be just a matter of time to refresh DNS servers. Edited August 24 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) So here’s my feedback on the upgrade… It has definitely sped up the site. I noticed this immediately. I have a Pi-Hole ad blocker on my home network, so my home network was already blocking all of the site’s ads, prior to the upgrade. I then switched over to my iPhone’s data so it would be outside of my Pi-Hole ad blocker and it seems like the ads between posts are now gone. However, there is only one annoyance now… The new ad is on the bottom edge of the screen. My Pi-Hole blocks the ad but still shows a white blank block over the main website in that area. When I switch to my phone data, I can see the ads in this blocked frame at the bottom of my screen. The only reason this is a negative is because it blocks out your pop-up notifications from other posters that are either responding to your posts and/or placing an emoji on your posts. Keep in mind, this is just how it looks on my iPhone, as I have not yet tested it on a PC/laptop or iPad/tablet. I hope I explained this well enough. Otherwise, I would be happy to show @Chisoxfn what is going on. But if the ad is required for the upkeep of the site, so be it. The speed uptick and far less overall ads is already a huge improvement. But it may be better if the single ad was at the top of the screen rather than the bottom, just so you can see notifications from other users. @Chisoxfn, amazing job overall. I’m in the IT field and am well versed in testing stuff so please don’t take offense and let me know if there is anything I can help with on this great site. ❤️ Edited August 24 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I think @WhiteSox2023 shared this above, but I am also unable to close / hide ads on my Android on the bottom of the page, so I am now unable to insert quotes from other posters (the ad covers up the "quote post" button at the bottom) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWsideSoxfan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 I have an AirPad and am unable to quote posts. Quote 1 post appears at the bottom of the screen but it is not accessible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 23 hours ago, NWsideSoxfan said: I have an AirPad and am unable to quote posts. Quote 1 post appears at the bottom of the screen but it is not accessible. So I noticed this on my phone and desktop, you have to hide the ad to get to it. Click the X here. @Chisoxfn, not sure if there is a better solution to ad placement you can do or not, but this is a thing. Anytime you select a post for something, the pop up window comes up UNDER this ad, and the ad has to be Xd out to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: So I noticed this on my phone and desktop, you have to hide the ad to get to it. Click the X here. @Chisoxfn, not sure if there is a better solution to ad placement you can do or not, but this is a thing. Anytime you select a post for something, the pop up window comes up UNDER this ad, and the ad has to be Xd out to get to it. The issue I have now is that I no longer see the “x” to close out such ads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 13 minutes ago, JoeC said: The issue I have now is that I no longer see the “x” to close out such ads.. Same for me. I can’t get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 45 minutes ago, JoeC said: The issue I have now is that I no longer see the “x” to close out such ads.. I get the feeling this happens with a pop up blocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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