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vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#412906
Hi there,

I have successfully moved the forum to the new server. I have also taken the liberty of updating the software to eliminate some of the more annoying bugs.

I have tested nearly all of the common functionality, and it seems to work. However, as we've moved locations, I've upgraded all moderators temporarily to administrators - any moderator or admin can help you reset your password if you get stuck.

If you get stuck with your password, please try:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/misc.php?action=lostpw

I've tested this function and it works for me, but the e-mail took a good few minutes to get to me.

If that does not work, please contain *any* of the moderators or admins and they can help reset your password. If all else fails, please e-mail me directly at vanderaj@greebo.net.

If you have forgotten or want the Bad Attitude password, please contact me directly, tell me your username and state that you are over 18. Remember, it's not a forum for the thin skinned or the under 18's.

thanks,
Andrew

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#412909
man this is heaps faster!!!
tssnq.com.au

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#412912
some of the adverts aren't workinf for me

ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#412919
this is a beauty good work!

VolksFolks Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,869 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#412922
All good Andrew, didnt take as long as you thought hey!

Andy
They laugh because You are different, You laugh because They are all the same.

check out www.lowlight.com.au for low lights only..

bugboymatt Custom Title Time!

1,405 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#412937
Good work that man
Da Time For The Aircooled Revolution Is Upon US.
Brothers & Sisters Lets Hit The Streets, Roll As One. And Feel The Power Of The Aircooled Storm.

dodge Fahrvergnugen

958 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#412961
hehehehehehe I like the admin options
😂
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vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413018
Everyone should check out the new gallery - http://gallery.aussieveedubbers.com

If you want to post images bigger than allowed here, that's the place to do it 🙂

Andrew

*did*

0 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#413133
u2u folders are not working for me

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413150
Okay, I'll check that out 🙂

Some statistics on our new server. It effortlessly coped with us. 🙂 Yay!

[ Edited on 29-9-2005 by vanderaj ]

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vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413151
By comparison, our old server regularly used to hover in the load 2-4 area, which means that the server has on average 4-8 processes ready to run, but can't. A load of 1.0 is fully busy.

Although the I/O's per second seem high, not all of them require disk access - most are serviced from RAM. We have plenty of RAM for us ... right now.

In an admin task we use, finding and deleting attachments with no associated posts, the server is 3.67 times faster than the old server. Gotta love that 🙂

thanks,
Andrew

[ Edited on 29-9-2005 by vanderaj ]

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413152
U2U Folders now fixed.

oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#413258
hey Andy, i think the DOWN link dont work... otherwise, it's just me...

[ Edited on 30-9-05 by oval TOFU ]
...and Robert's ya father's brother...

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413271
Oval - the down link does work for me - what browser are you using?

Andrew

oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#413292
IE6
It used to work with the old server..
I'm not fussed - i've got a dwnpg button on my keyboard!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413329
Hey, does it work any better now? IE 6 does not understand XHTML (which this software is progressively moving towards, which makes XHTML capable browsers like Firefox and Safari render faster and far more similarly) and the ID attribute for "bottom" was first, which IE can't understand. I also inserted a space in the a tag, so hopefully, IE and all its wonderous bugs might, just might work like any other decent browser.

If it doesn't work after this, I suggest upgrading to IE7 beta or Firefox.

Andrew

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#413358
vanderaj wrote:If it doesn't work after this, I suggest upgrading to IE7 beta or Firefox.
I remember one of my mentors telling me the sign of a great administrator was to make systems work for the majority of users.

oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#413359
nah, not workign still... I'll upgrade 😉
...and Robert's ya father's brother...

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413417
Hot Rod,

To a certain extent, I agree, but to comply with XHTML 1.0 Transitional (which is almost exactly like HTML 4.01), we need to make a few changes to the rendered output. As these changes are usually very minor, it is completely transparent for the most part. With these changes, all the decent compliant browsers (ie, anything BUT IE 6.0), they all see the same thing and it takes me far less time to code this application. Plus, because I force XHTML, they can use a much more modern renderer which has no "quirks" mode. This non-quirk renderer is typically a bit faster than the quirks mode browser.

IE 7 will fix the issues I have with IE 6 (appalling CSS support, mid-90's vintage HTML render engine, many more "quirks" than the others, offensively bad security - you cannot help BUT be infected by spyware if you go anywhere near a pr0n site). So I encourage all IE users to upgrade to it as soon as it is widely available. Until then, I strongly recommend for safety reasons alone to upgrade to almost ANY other browser.

Andrew

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413418
When IE 7 beta is released to the public (not long now!), you can grab it from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx

In the meantime, check out the Technical details. I'm pushing very hard in my bank to force low limits on IE < 7 customers when it comes out to encourage its adoption. IE 7 should rock your world and bring you close to Firefox 1.0's capabilities.

Andrew

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#413634
should be quicker .. the new server is a damn side bigger, faster and all ours :>


Well done Andrew
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

gull Wolfsburg Wizard

446 posts · joined Jun 2005 ·

#413925
Andrew , I can not log in to the AVD as Seagull , the email adress for you above will not allow me to send an email to you it is returned

one problem I have found there is no way to contact any one regarding a problem here unless you are loged on .

apart from this you doing a great job .

cheers seagull , neil

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#414019
Neil,

can you U2U me your e-mail address?

Andrew

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#414068
Thanks for all the hard work Andrew....


Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#414245
Thanks Lee. 🙂

In other news - if you are wondering where many of the older posts are if you are looking through the forum lists (particularly Members Rides and General Chit Chat), we have not pruned any of the forums - the new code only shows the last 30 days by default.

If you want to see all posts in a forum, change the "days" setting (which is currently set to 30) to -1 and press "Go" to see them all. It will take up to 20 times longer - 4 - 8 seconds, which is why we changed the code to restrict it to just 30 days.

thanks,
Andrew

winerot Custom Title Time!

1,340 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#414316
ah hah i noticed that in coming events it was less
very good so actually we have an archive section now
which means if idle after 30 days transfers to archive.
:thumb:thumb
wally
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seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#414724
Thanks Andrew I am back in :beer
Looking for that special lady : PM me for coffee & cake