[Sticky] New wpForo forum software.

Yes. I’m logged out what seems like almost every visit.

I get logged out every couple of days on the phone, and a couple times a week on my computer.

Is GPL slow for everyone or just me?

On game nights it is slow, and chat has a major delay. It is what it is. 

@jupiter are you able to restore my avatar?

Huh.  I do get logged out, but it happens once every several days.  I don't know if that's because I click the "keep me logged in" option on two different machines.

On a related note, someone was telling me that GPL always shows me as online, even in the middle of the night or whenever I'm definitely not browsing the site.

@gopheritall I had this issue as well for a while. Now the last week I'm logged in all the time. I didn't change a thing so who knows?

FYI…

I have zero clue how the logged in feature works or why it logs users out all the time or once a week or shows you online all the time… etc…

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@jupiter are you able to restore my avatar?

What was it again?

Posted by: @grothm01

Is GPL slow for everyone or just me?

Posted by: @the-rube

On game nights it is slow, and chat has a major delay. It is what it is. 

This is one reason why I want to move to a new host. One that is optimized for WordPress since the entire site is all Word Press now. I just want to wait for that downtime in December when the team is not playing to get that done.

Chat is one thing that kills GPL. So I am looking for other solutions. I may try to find another IRC type chat that takes all of the burden OFF GPL. Or maybe even find a low cost paid solution that also takes the burden off the GPL host.

Maybe create a Google Meets link or something, and have it "off-site." Sort of a sidebar. 

Posted by: @the-rube

Maybe create a Google Meets link or something, and have it "off-site." Sort of a sidebar. 

 

Google shut it down last week.

I just google met with Karlsson (GPL member) last night. 

Posted by: @the-rube

I just google met with Karlsson (GPL member) last night. 

Hmmmm... I thought it was just shut down. Must have been another things that Google shut down recently. Must be my old age.

Edit: They shut down "Hangouts" this week!

Posted by: @jupiter

Posted by: @the-rube

I just google met with Karlsson (GPL member) last night. 

Hmmmm... I thought it was just shut down. Must have been another things that Google shut down recently. Must be my old age.

 

Edit: They shut down "Hangouts" this week!

 

I dunno what that is, but there is the mix-up. You could also do Zoom, or I'm sure there is something else out there. Whatever, I'll roll with what is available.

See the PM I sent you

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So....google chat has an app, or if you're old school like me, send your gmail address to @Jupiter so you can get an invite, and that appears to be the new chat room. Seems to work rather nicely. 

I made some tweaks to the Portal Recent Posts block. There was some page title and description issues with that block and I needed spend a few hours to rework it.

I tried to get it to look as close as could to what it used to look like. I just removed the Forum identifier to clean it up a bit since I do not think that really matters.

But let me know if it is acting any different.

Going to upgrade the message board software to 2.1 from 2.0.9 in a bit here. So the place may look funny since after each update I need to manually tweak some code for it to work the way we want it on GPL. The actual update itself takes less than 10sec. It's the manual stuff I do that takes 5-10min or so. 

But with a bit more of a major release, it may take a bit longer to tweak the code since things may have moved or changed. So HOPEFULLY the portal page with Recent posts will not get too messed up considering that I spent 3 hours yesterday re-working it.

Update complete... Gonna be a bit slow for a day or so as the Cache for the message board gets caught up. But it will get better as time goes on. There is also a new caching system for the message board as well.

Rock solid and too slow so far.

It's slow for me... And the server is getting hit pretty hard as well.

Posted by: @jupiter

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It's slow for me... And the server is getting hit pretty hard as well.

The quote feature looks different in the main text box. It's plain text, which is fine for me. 

I do notice that the Quote now includes an arrow on the right that will bring you to the original quote.

Though not specific to the message board, I have made some Font Size tweaks to GPL. This mostly affects mobile. I increased the font size from 14px to 16px which brings us closer to what best practices are. Though I did increase the message board from 15px to 16px, which is a small tweak.

Posted by: @jupiter

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Update complete... Gonna be a bit slow for a day or so as the Cache for the message board gets caught up. But it will get better as time goes on. There is also a new caching system for the message board as well.

Did another update this morning and it is much faster now... A few widgets were causing loading issues slowing things down and dragging on the server. So things will be better now.

Posted by: @jupiter

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Update complete... Gonna be a bit slow for a day or so as the Cache for the message board gets caught up. But it will get better as time goes on. There is also a new caching system for the message board as well.

Did another update this morning and it is much faster now... A few widgets were causing loading issues slowing things down and dragging on the server. So things will be better now.

 

MUCH faster.  Thank you!!!!

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Did another update this morning and it is much faster now... A few widgets were causing loading issues slowing things down and dragging on the server. So things will be better now.

MUCH faster.  Thank you!!!!

This message board software had that major update just as I started using it. So the creator is trying different things as he improves it even more. It just happens that the update from 2.0.9 to 2.1 was a bit bumpy this week. But the feedback from users like me and many others caused him to make some tweaks and release a 2.1.1 version pretty quick.

So the software IS getting better... But there are always bumps in the road as things advance.

Is anyone else having issues with the site loading?  I keep getting a message that I'm failing to make a secure connection to the site.  It takes about 3-4 tries to get the site to load on either my laptop or phone.  I'm at work right now so maybe our connection is the issue.  I'll try later when I'm home.  Just curious if anyone else is having problems.

Posted by: @g-manpuck

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Is anyone else having issues with the site loading?  I keep getting a message that I'm failing to make a secure connection to the site.  It takes about 3-4 tries to get the site to load on either my laptop or phone.  I'm at work right now so maybe our connection is the issue.  I'll try later when I'm home.  Just curious if anyone else is having problems.

Not for me...

I have noticed this issue when on the guest wifi at Mariucci when their network is overwhelmed. (UND Series) I get that security message.

Posted by: @jupiter

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Not for me...

I have noticed this issue when on the guest wifi at Mariucci when their network is overwhelmed. (UND Series) I get that security message.

I'll let you know what happens when I try to log on when I get home tonight.

Same as with Jup for me.  The only times I ever get that are when I've got a flaky internet connection.  If you get that regularly at home, I'd suggest checking your network health in general.

I’m at home and I haven’t had a problem here. It’s weird at work that the only website that has issues is GPL.  I literally tried every other website on my bookmark bar and had no issues.  

I’ll clean some things up on my laptop tomorrow to see if that makes a difference.  Otherwise I’ll have our tech guy check out our server and network.  

Well it's definitely our network at work blocking GPL from working.  Both my laptop and cell phone can't access GPL on the wifi network at my job.  I asked we changed something with the our network security or firewall and I was told nothing has changed.   It is just weird that every other website works on the wifi network, I even tried some unsavory websites and none of them were blocked.  Kinda weird that I could watch some of that on our network but I can't access a hockey message board. 

I'll just have to change my GPL browsing habits to my phone at night and laptop on the weekend at home. 

Unsavory websites. ??

Posted by: @g-manpuck

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Well it's definitely our network at work blocking GPL from working.  Both my laptop and cell phone can't access GPL on the wifi network at my job.  I asked we changed something with the our network security or firewall and I was told nothing has changed.   It is just weird that every other website works on the wifi network, I even tried some unsavory websites and none of them were blocked.  Kinda weird that I could watch some of that on our network but I can't access a hockey message board. 

 

I'll just have to change my GPL browsing habits to my phone at night and laptop on the weekend at home. 

What could be more unsavory than this public forum of brilliant knowledge?

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Unsavory websites. ??

WhiouxSports.com

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Posted by: @cowgirl

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Unsavory websites. ??

WhiouxSports.com

 

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Posted by: @cowgirl

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Unsavory websites. ??

WhiouxSports.com

 

that was my first thought exactly!  ?

I just updated the forum software since a new version to clear up some bugs came out today...

Just noticed that it is not going to the first UNREAD post. Just to the page. Anyone else getting this?

Posted by: @jupiter

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I just updated the forum software since a new version to clear up some bugs came out today...

Just noticed that it is not going to the first UNREAD post. Just to the page. Anyone else getting this?

I was brought directly to this post when I opened the thread. 

That is good to know! I think I may need to clear the site cache. I will give that a try

It may be my computer because it works just fine on my phone. Some strange caching thing or something.

This post took me to the first page.  The other two I'd clicked on earlier took me to the first unread post, so, maybe just the system getting itself shook out again.

Posted by: @steve-mn

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This post took me to the first page.  The other two I'd clicked on earlier took me to the first unread post, so, maybe just the system getting itself shook out again.

I am just not sure... Something goofy is happening.

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Posted by: @steve-mn

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This post took me to the first page.  The other two I'd clicked on earlier took me to the first unread post, so, maybe just the system getting itself shook out again.

I am just not sure... Something goofy is happening.

 

Same thing is happening to me on my phone. Takes me to the top of the last page.

I have notified the developer... May take some time.

Posted by: @jupiter

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I have notified the developer... May take some time.

It appears the same problem is happening on the developers site too, so hopefully we get a fix in the next few days.

Sorry gang.