Pixelation

General => General Discussion => Topic started by: goat on April 17, 2007, 07:00:39 pm

Title: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: goat on April 17, 2007, 07:00:39 pm
We had a few unforseen issues getting our visual template to agree with our newly updated forum software.  You can still browse and post (almost) normally, and your messages will not be lost or compromised in any way.  We are working to restore order :p Happy pixels!

Everything should be back to "normal".  If you see anything out of the ordinary, shoot me a PM.

If you notice any weirdness going on with your login status, or if the forum seems to switch skins when you load different pages, try clearing your cookies.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Stwelin on April 17, 2007, 08:35:12 pm
I cleared my cache, cookies, etc. and for some reason i have to log in each visit.

edit: nope, still giving me problems. Are you still doing changes?
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: 9_6 on April 17, 2007, 08:50:39 pm
I had to re-log in twice but it seems to work now.
Man I thought everything went to hell when that blue clour scheme appeared, nothing worked and features began to dissappear over time.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Stwelin on April 18, 2007, 01:06:17 am
Okay, this is what i have noticed. When i first come to the site from another one, i am logged out, but if i do not log in, but navigate to another page, i am logged in, and then if i return to the homepage, by clicking the banner, i am logged out.  This is kind of annoying because usually i can just come to the main page and see what's new from the forum graphics, but now they all appear as 'read' since i am a guest when i first arrive. :\
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Xion on April 18, 2007, 01:45:35 am
Insert quote doesn't work when posting, if you click on it above the message you want to quote.

Quote
An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to load the 'quotefast' template.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Akira on April 18, 2007, 02:06:30 am
Insert quote doesn't work when posting, if you click on it above the message you want to quote.

Quote
An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to load the 'quotefast' template.

works for me :/

spell check doesn't though. and i have to keep logging in whenever i come back the the page. fixed by updating bookmarks. spell check still don't work
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: AdamAtomic on April 18, 2007, 05:26:48 am
The front page acts exactly like i'm not logged in, but if I click through to any of the categories (e.g. general discussion, pixel art, etc) i AM logged in.  I cleared all my private data already...
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: miascugh on April 18, 2007, 07:21:03 am
And something that's not exactly a bug, but a bit annoying, is the way how you're taken to the oldest thread by clicking the "previous"-link if you arrived at the latest thread. I already noticed that at the new eatpoo, who're now using the same engine. It's a bit weird, I wouldn't mind if it could be turned off somehow.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Panda on April 18, 2007, 08:18:18 am
Isn't it some kind of cookie conflict?
Previously, the url we used was http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation (which now shows you as logged out when visited) and now http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php.
It could be solved by changing both banner link and our bookmarks, I guess.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: willfaulds on April 18, 2007, 09:03:50 am
argh!

i just checked my "Click here to try all unread topics." and they've gone....  i was so close.

is this loss reversible? i was really enjoying browsing all the old threads that took place before my time.

no worries if not i really appreciate what you guys do here.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Helm on April 18, 2007, 01:23:57 pm
about cookies (in firefox, but it's similar in most good browsers):


Hopefully everything will work fine.


EDIT: wishful thinking. Apparently that only works for as long as you're on the site. Goat, there seems to be a problem.
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: goat on April 18, 2007, 03:50:51 pm
I adjusted some settings on our end to try and fix the cookie conflict, but it may still be necessary to clear your cookies again.  If anyone's still having login issues (and the steps Helm posted above aren't helping) either post here or send me a PM, I'd really like to get this resolved for you all :)

edit: some updates:

About the spell checker:  I had to contact the host for the access to get this one fixed.  Hopefully they'll give me a timely reply so that I can move on it.

Quoting: This seems to have been fixed with some of the other repairs I was making.  If anyone still has problems, I'd love to know :p
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Colonel Mustard on April 18, 2007, 04:24:40 pm
The links to newest unread post aren't working (The three squares), it takes me to the first post in the thread :(
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Panda on April 18, 2007, 04:30:15 pm
The insert quote (the one that is shown when making a reply, on the other replies) doesn't work. (Unable to load quotefast template)

Also, is there any way to go back to http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation rather than http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php ? (So that way all the links, -banner, news banners, links within pixelation etc- take you to said threads without logging you out/showing your status as logged out)
Title: Re: What's going on: (completed)
Post by: Helm on April 18, 2007, 11:11:38 pm
I adjusted some settings on our end to try and fix the cookie conflict, but it may still be necessary to clear your cookies again.  If anyone's still having login issues (and the steps Helm posted above aren't helping) either post here or send me a PM, I'd really like to get this resolved for you all :)

my steps work for me now. :)

EDIT: Bah! not every time!
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Gil on April 19, 2007, 09:07:20 am
Clearing cookies is so not working...
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Opacus on April 19, 2007, 09:19:09 am
The insert quote (the one that is shown when making a reply, on the other replies) doesn't work. (Unable to load quotefast template)

Also, is there any way to go back to http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation rather than http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php ? (So that way all the links, -banner, news banners, links within pixelation etc- take you to said threads without logging you out/showing your status as logged out)
This worked for me. Had the same problem with being logged out each re-visit.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Feron on April 19, 2007, 05:24:12 pm
i reset safari - that clears cookies cache history everything set back to factory default.  it still keeps logging me out every 10 mins.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: dragonrc on April 19, 2007, 07:41:29 pm
Also, if you got pixelation listed in your favorites, you should delete it and favorite it again. After that it worked fine for me
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: alkaline on April 19, 2007, 08:36:40 pm
Indeed. it seems to be working for me now that I changed the URL of the favorite.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Gil on April 20, 2007, 12:50:18 pm
This seems to work, always:

1. Make sure your bookmark, or favourite doesn't have "www" anywhere. I bookmarked the following:

http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php

2. Clear your cookies, or just the pixel-arts.org ones. For firefox this is:

Options > Cookies
Find and select "pixel-art.org"
Delete just this entry
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Mirre on April 20, 2007, 03:58:18 pm
When I try to use the "Mark topics as read" I get this error message:
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again.

It doesn't work after logging out and then in again though.

I have cleared my cookes and also changed the favourite.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: The B.O.B. on April 20, 2007, 04:47:06 pm
Also, the "help" button seems jacked. I clicked on it and got: "Unable to load the 'manual_above' template."

Can't find a way to change the avatar, either. The option has disappeared from my settings.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: willfaulds on April 21, 2007, 09:59:58 am
I've tried all listed solutions to the login problem but none work and now it seems my "unread posts since last visit" are not updating.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Niss on April 22, 2007, 10:06:46 am
I know that you can't change your avatar right now (right?) but why oh why do I have that photo for an avatar? I never changed that...
EDIT: Now that I think of it, that might be my fault after all. I don't use the webspace anymore that I used a few months ago - I think that's were my avvi had been. Though it would still be odd to have an image with the same url and name as the avatar... well well.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Conzeit on April 22, 2007, 11:55:43 pm
I cannot mark forum read, it always tells me "login verification failed" even after relogging
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Rydin on April 24, 2007, 04:24:27 am
The lack of splel check is driveing me crazy....but I guess its minor compared to what you are all describing.  I thought it was weird that I got logged out just from closing Firefox, but it never happened since then, so.... :-\
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Feron on April 24, 2007, 12:35:50 pm
i would appreciate if the main banner could link to "http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php"  rather than just the pixelation dir.  this is what causes me to be logged out whenever i click the banner to go back to the main page.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: ndchristie on April 25, 2007, 01:39:20 am
"latest post" always takes me to the first one in the thread all of a sudden.  not too irritating at first, but its starting to really bug me with the longer threads (my partisan, the ot's, etc)

also i tried to reregister a new account that just used my name, but it told me that i didnt type the security image letters right.  there was no image, or a place to copy it! this must be a mistake?
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: Gas 13 on April 25, 2007, 09:38:29 pm
Clicking "previous" leads me here (http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=37.0;prev_next=prev#new) in the end.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: eck on April 25, 2007, 11:31:20 pm
not sure if this ia a bug or what, but i cant seem to find where to change my avatar?
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: MrNormS on April 26, 2007, 02:47:01 am
Similar problems here.  Aforementioned fixes only seem to do anything until I restart FF.  When I hit the "Mark as Read" button I get this error "Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again."  Not sure if that's a not implemented again yet problem, or what, but I thought I'd mention it.  Oh, and as mentioned before, the last post deal doesn't work, it just takes me to the first page of the thread.  Cheers.
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: .TakaM on April 26, 2007, 09:10:12 am
yup, I have to sign in every time I come here, and I've deleted the cookies etc.. so yeh
Title: Re: What's going on: (BUG REPORTING THREAD)
Post by: ndchristie on April 26, 2007, 12:24:40 pm
clicking any forum section puts your name back, so i just always do pixel art and general discussion on the assumption that there will be at least some new posts there.

this computer keeps me logged in now if i go through favorites