THIS THREAD IS FOR POSTING ANY BOARD/FORUM TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.
LOGGING IN/ERROR MESSAGES ETC.

Hi everyone,

Anyone else had problems with the board today,

I keep getting this error message:-


IPB WARNING [2] mysql_connect(): Too many connections (Line: 115 of /ips_kernel/class_db_mysql.php)


* * There appears to be an error with the database.
* * You can try to refresh the page by clicking here.


mySQL error: Too many connections
mySQL error code:
Date: Friday 29th of September 2006 10:36:53 AM


We've had it before, and it was fixed,

Also I couldn't get into the Board Announcements section,
where this should have been posted!!

Keith, Yes I tried to Report this Sex Site Thing and Got the Error Warning and would not let me Post or Send a Warning on letting this Post Stay on this Site Much Longer. :angry: Hope you get this one!!! :fear:

Bill :cowboy:

Hi Bill,

Got that, I've sent Kevin all the information,
regarding both the Bad Thread, and the error problem,

Best Wishes,

I've been getting that top message aswell, a few times in the last dayt or two.

Hi guys,

There has been a rash of these trolls that have joined to only post there garbage. This has caused me to moderate the sign up process. This will give me the chance to review all ne sign ups before their allowed to join the site.

EDIT: Some tweaking was done to the database so hopefully the error messages go away.

Kevin

Hi Kevin

I have had quite a few problems with this site today, on several occassions when I tried to access it, I was confronted with the following error message.

IPB WARNING [2] mysql_connect(): Too many connections (Line: 115 of /ips_kernel/class_db_mysql.php)

In addition to this every time I leave this site and come back to it, I am logged out and subsequently have to log back in again, even though I have selected the tick box which states 'remember me'. This is the only site where this happens,

Thanks
Robbie
:agent:



There appears to be an error with the database.
You can try to refresh the page by clicking here.

Error Returned


mySQL error: Too many connections
mySQL error code:
Date: Thursday 05th of October 2006 11:11:46 AM

We apologise for any inconvenience

Hi Robbie

yes I've just experienced that when I logged on today.

Regards

Arthur

Hi Arther

The site has been in real disarray today for some reason (I hope its not hackers again).

Another problem that has confronted me several times now is that upon loading up dukewayne.com the page is too wide and it take a while for it to revert back to normal size.

Im not quite sure what the problems are but hopefully they can be fixed.
Robbie
:agent:

Hi,

It appears to be the same problem as we had last week.
as per the link below


Technical Problems (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=3611)

Hi Keith

Thanks for pointing out that link and if its the same problem again then I afraid that trolls are to blame. Its a shame that these people can disrupt things so much, is there anything that can prevent or minimise their disruption in the future?

Robbie
:agent:

Hi Robbie,

This happened a few months ago, same error message etc.
At that time we were not experiencing any 'trolls' etc.

The bad threads, that we experienced last week, have been eliminated
mainly due to the measures, Kevin has installed at registration.

I'm on-line, all day (UK) time, most days,
and I haven't seen a violation since.
I think, therefore, it may be technical, rather
than 'trollable', if you see what I mean

I know Kevin, is aware of it.

Cheers Robbie

Hi Guys,

The issue we are experiencing is server related again. Hopefully things will settle out soon.

I'm glad its not trolls this time.

Robbie
:agent:

No trolls, well no trolls are being allowed to join. I'm currently screening new signups for possible trollers. And if I'm satisfied that the user is legit then I approve them. But there is a possibility that one could slip thru...

I think the ones we have been hit with lately are bots, it is not a real person sitting there filling these out.So adding the extra step of approving the signup should stop them.

Kevin,

If anyone slips through, we'll be waiting!!

Hi Kevin,

From Bills comments on another thread,
it would appear that no one Stateside can log -on!!
It's very quiet around here!!!

I can..

It's sunday morning here now.

Good Morning Kevin,

I notice if you click the refresh on the error page,
it does take you through,
just the matter of trying!!
Isn't it Saturday there?

Originally posted by ethanedwards@Oct 7 2006, 09:38 AM
Good Morning Kevin,

I notice if you click the refresh on the error page,
it does take you through,
just the matter of trying!!
Isn't it Saturday there?
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Nope. It 'was' Sunday morning when I posted earlier, and now it's Sunday Evening at about 9:54 pm. :)

Kevin,

For some reason, I was thinking today was Saturday also. :huh: :unsure:

Chester :newyear:

I'm afraid I'm still experiencing quite a few problems on this site. Pages wont load up and error messages are being frequently displayed.

I don't have any problems on other internet sites, so I suspect the problem is related to this board.

Thanks
Robbie
:agent:

April fools in October. :stunned:

Hi Kevin,

I its any help below in another error message that I am constantly being displayed with.

Robbie
:agent:

Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.

The error returned was:

Sorry, the board administrator has enabled search flood control. Please wait at least 20 seconds before trying again.



Useful Links

· Forgotten Password Recovery
· Register a new account
· Our help documentation
· Contact the forums administrator

Originally posted by Robbie@Oct 8 2006, 03:21 PM
Hi Kevin,

I its any help below in another error message that I am constantly being displayed with.

Robbie
:agent:

Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information.

The error returned was:

Sorry, the board administrator has enabled search flood control. Please wait at least 20 seconds before trying again.
Useful Links

· Forgotten Password Recovery
· Register a new account
· Our help documentation
· Contact the forums administrator
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That is a normal error message that will warn you if you try to do alot of searches in a short period of time. The system will do this to avoid database overloads.

Not sure what you where doing when you got this message, where doing searches?

I wasnt searching I was however attempting to view my private messages when I received this error message.

Robbie

Hi all,

As you may have noticed (or maybe you haven't noticed) The Duke message board was experiencing some database problems which was caused by an updated done on the server. Without getting technical here it has been fixed for now BUT it could happen again in the future, until there is a permanent solutions.

Thanks for your patience...

Kevin

Hi Kevin this problem has returned tonight.

Thanks
:agent:

Hi Kevin, I tried to log in using my The Ringo Kid account and my password but, everytime I try to log in, I get an error message saying I am typing in the wrong password.

I have sent you 2 pms regarding this problem. One from a few days ago and the other just a few minutes ago, and I have not heard from you so I did not know if the other PM arrived.

I would like to go back to using my The Ringo Kid account and to have this one deleted.

Thanks and best regards-_Carl.

Hi Carl,

Email sent! Sorry for the delay!

I'm don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere before, but it seems like a lot of the old links on this message board linking to other threads are wrong. They either link to the wrong threads or to threads that don't exist. I guess the the threads have changed numbers.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Hi My friend,

Yes we are aware of this, myself probably more than most, I suppose,
having posted so many inter related movie posts!!

Kevin is hoping to sort this out!

Hello Keith.

I sent a PM to Kevin at the same time. I should have mentioned this in the post so not too many people waste their time with this. And yes I noticed that a lot of your links were ruined. Hope Kevin can sort this out.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Probably all of our old links for Deep Discount DVD have gone south, as they have changed their name to "Deep Discount" and may have changed their format.

Hopefully we can update them soon.

Chester :newyear:

Not sure if I like their new layout but they combined their two sites... DeepDiscountDVD and DeepDiscountCD to DeepDiscount (http://www.deepdiscount.com/).

Not sure if I like their new layout but they combined their two sites... DeepDiscountDVD and DeepDiscountCD to DeepDiscount (http://www.deepdiscount.com/).
Ah, now I get it. I didn't realize there was a Deep Discount CD. Thanks for that, DS!

Chester :newyear:

There does seem to be a problem with, posts duplicating themselves!!

Another problem is posts showing up in a different thread than the one it was intended to be posted in.

Chester :newyear:

One problem that has arose within the past day or two is when a post is made, the user is then taken to a blank white screen, instead of being allowed to review the post on the messageboard.

:agent:

Has there been any resolution to the problem concerning the button on the top menu bar that we use to be able to see total posts day, week, month and overall? It has now been replaced by "Mark Forums Read" and "Open Buddy List"

I wondered if I was the only one seeing that... it's like the buttons disappeared and all it shows is text.

Now those buttons have changed and the total posts is still gone as well. Kevin must be making some changes to the board. Either that or there is a bug someplace.

Here's a question for the moderators,

How do you embed an image in the text of a post using the ATTACH command? I've seen ethanedwards do this in his "Pals of the Saddle" section. It seems to have an ATTACH command followed by a number followed by a /ATTACH command, like this:

ATTACH 233 /ATTACH

The image will then display right in the text of the post.

I'm assuming the number must be some sort of number the board attaches to images that have been uploaded, I'm just not sure how to do it.

Thanks,

E.J.

I can help you with that... when you click on post reply a test box appears and down below the text box there is a button that says "Manage Attachments" Click on it and it will bring up a box that tells you what type and size of items you can attach. Once you grab an item from your hard drive then you can come back to this reply box and click on "Attachments" above the typing area and the images or files you imported will be listed. Click on an item and it will put the item into your reply like it would a URL or an IMG but it will say ATTACH between [] with a number given the item by the forum and then close the attachment like a url with a / before the attach word between []. It's kinda like a built in Imageshack. The below image was done this way. It won't go into your gallery and will only be available for that specific post not for any others. I've found the easiest way is just to use my Photobucket account and place items in my posts. This way it won't take up space on the forum and the item can be used more than once.

New problem I discovered today. I wanted to change the e-mail adress since I have problems with the one I have used when registering here. When I click on the edit password and e-mail button I am only able to change the password. There is no option to change the e-mail information.

The problem with these forum is that they are rarely read by anyone so posts in them generally go unnoticed.

:agent:

I figured maybe Kevin would read them every once in a while. Anyway it seems that my problem went away since the mail service on my old e-mail account seems to be up again after a not being able to get mail there for a week.

Regards
Popol Vuh

Here's what Kevin had to share with me a few days ago, on this issue

I had to revert it to the original menu. Not sure at this point what went wrong with it. But I'll be tinkering with it as time permits.
I definitely noticed, because I used that "Quick Links" button all the time, and I miss it.

Chester :newyear:

What's the deal with the "reputation" button on the members page. For the longest time everybodies was gray, now all of a sudden gt12pak has a green one and it says "he is on whis way to being distinguished" or something like that.

i know its minor, I was just wondering.

Mine is the same way... pointing to the green button is says: "DakotaSurfer is on a distingished road" There are about 77 of us with a green button. Only thing I can see in common is that we all signed up after 12/25/2006. Maybe it has something to do with the board update and all new members?

My button says that I'm "an unknown quantity!?:tounge_smile:" - whatever that means!
Cheers - Jay:beer:

I thought everyone round here was an unknown quantity LOL. Is being on a distinguished road something we have to aspire to!!!


Mike

I am also curious to know the answer to this question as I am also an unknown quantity, but as Dakota Surfer said it may have something to do with the date on which people joined the messageboard.

:agent:

Outstanding Kevin... you must have fixed the menu. We can see the Top Posters again under Quick Links. Outstanding...

Thanks Kevin!! It finally got warm here in Atlanta today and now I am going home tomorrow. You enjoy your weather down here, it will make it up to Minnesota consistently in about 2 months.

A thousand thanks, Kevin, for fixing the Quick Links button!!

Chester :newyear:

Let me add to the others' thanks, Kevin. I really missed that feature!
Cheers - Jay:beer:

I keep trying and all I get is a blank blue screen with swirls--nothing else.

Anyone else having same problem as I am?

I got in just fine....

Same here, hopefully we can get Ringo's problem solved and have a nice chat.

Just tried it again adn still same as above?

I just got in using Firefox... you do need the latest version of Flash... the screen is blue and it asks for a login and password. Looks different from other chat rooms I've seen. And the Mods have their own room. I still think a Shoutbox would be easier for us to chat.

Yes I do like those shoutboxes. Makes life less complicated.

Hi Dakota, your correct and Kevin is (same conclusion) the library needs to update their flash program thing. I KNOW it aint going to happen though.

I just went into my UserCP and saw a couple subscribed threads. I click on unsubscribe and received this message:

vBulletin Message
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.
Date the ban will be lifted: Never

Surfer, Try unsubscribing now and let me know if you can. I finally tracked down the issue for this crazy error message.




I just went into my UserCP and saw a couple subscribed threads. I click on unsubscribe and received this message:

It does work now but I also discovered that you have automatic subscription set. When someone makes a post to any topic you automatically get subscribed. I wonder if that's part of the New Posts or another switch that's on that shouldn't be. Some people could be subscribed to a lot of posts. But to the original problem, the error message doesn't come up anymore.

It does work now but I also discovered that you have automatic subscription set. When someone makes a post to any topic you automatically get subscribed. I wonder if that's part of the New Posts or another switch that's on that shouldn't be. Some people could be subscribed to a lot of posts. But to the original problem, the error message doesn't come up anymore.


Glad to know the errors gone.

Just wondering, what is that little icon that appears on my posts that talks about "reputation points"? What the heck are reputation points, and why do I need them?

That is a feature where members can add approve or disapprove on other members posts. We are not using that here, and it was disabled before. I must has toggled it on by accident.

Thanks for asking..

Has anyone else attempted to post to the recent thread re:JW's autograph?

I've tried a couple of times but it's not taking my post.

Just wondering...

Okay, I'm beginning to get a complex. :stunned:

I also posted to the thread about JW's car but that one didn't take either.

Anyone else noticing this?

Depending on where you post, it may take a moderator to authorize the posts. Anything put under The Trading Post thread needs to be authorized.

The trading post forum is moderated. TBone I just approved your post.

Kevin,

Has something changed regarding what happenes when we reply to a post?

Seems it used to work that when you hit reply, you could still see the post you were replying to now I can't, it only shows the reply window. Has something changed or am I just crazy?

Thanks,

If I hit post reply it still shows them down below... even if you quote it still shows them. Have you checked your Control Panel? I saw your post when I did this one.

Yeah, Tbone, just scroll down and you will see previous posts. What is gone is the Post A Quick Reply option, which Kevin indicated was messing up so he disabled it for the time being.

Chester :newyear:

Ohh... I'm dum dum... :stunned:

Thanks for pointing that out guys. I didn't realize the thread was below. Duh...

Tbone, don't feel too bad. I think maybe in our old format, the previous messages might have been above the reply, because I think I've done the same as you . . . .

Chester :newyear:

Thanks Chester!

The older I get the tech challenged I seem to get.

I got a new cell phone the other day, not cause I wanted to but cause I had to, and I can't figure out half the stuff on it. :stunned:

I've got a couple things... first one of your Google ads acts up from time to time. And before we used to be able to switch when we were writing a post from a written link to the image or shown link and back again to jsut the text if we needed to fix something. Now when I add an outside image and do a preview it goes straight to showing the photo and I can't go back to change any text if I have the wrong image. There is a little button in the top right corner of this posting section that has a small "A" and a large "A" but it doesn't work anymore. I think it's called a switchmode option.

Kevin,

What is the deal with the mult-quote function? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (and I wish it did work).

Thanks for checking into it!

Chester :newyear:

Kevin,

What is the deal with the mult-quote function? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (and I wish it did work).

Thanks for checking into it!

Chester :newyear:

And while your at it, check why the "Switch Editor Mode" button doesn't work anymore? Plus it also seems like your DB is getting rather large... it is taking longer to search and list new posts. Is it time for a purge?

Kevin,

What is the deal with the mult-quote function? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (and I wish it did work).

Thanks for checking into it!

Chester :newyear:

I'll look into it but it worked for this post.

And while your at it, check why the "Switch Editor Mode" button doesn't work anymore? Plus it also seems like your DB is getting rather large... it is taking longer to search and list new posts. Is it time for a purge?

I double check the settings for the switch editor mode. And yes it maybe time for a purge or a simple optimization of the db.

I've got a couple things... first one of your Google ads acts up from time to time. And before we used to be able to switch when we were writing a post from a written link to the image or shown link and back again to jsut the text if we needed to fix something. Now when I add an outside image and do a preview it goes straight to showing the photo and I can't go back to change any text if I have the wrong image. There is a little button in the top right corner of this posting section that has a small "A" and a large "A" but it doesn't work anymore. I think it's called a switchmode option.


I'll check into this this evening. Thanks

please bring back the, quick post reply feature. Posting here was so much easier (for me) when you had that feature. :wink_smile:

And if you will be so kind as to bringing that back, I will buy you all the forums :beer: :cake: :kiwibird: :coffee: and :pizza: that you can drink/eat.

:wink_smile: I see our beloved Moderators are keeping things in proper places. :thumbs_up: Sorry about posting this in the off-topics section, I completely forgot about this area way down on the bottom of this place. :teeth_smile:

No problem, Carl, I meant to PM you and got . . . distracted . . . . I vaguely remember this coming up before, but I don't remember what Kevin's response was. Hopefully, he will see this thread and enlighten us.

Chester :newyear:

Thanks Jim/Sue, and ill be back either Sat or Tues and hopefully Kevin will have had time to think about it. :wink_smile:

Hey Carl, I'm sorry that I haven't responded, I completely missed this originally.

I have re-activated the quick reply option. The original problem that effected this has been corrected.

:thumbs_up: Thank you Sensei :teeth_smile: I greatly appreciate that and that feature. :wink_smile:

No Problem-O mate.

I have not been able to access the forum for several weeks now in my preferred web browser, Safari (Version 2.0.4 (419.3)) running on Mac OS X 10.4.10. All I get is a page with this sentence at the top: "Sorry, you must have javascript enabled to view this site." Yet Javascript *IS* enabled. As far as I am aware, nothing has changed on my end during this period.

I can access the site through Internet Exploder 5.2.3 (shudder) and Netscape 7.1 and Firefox 1.0.7. Anyone have any idea what may have happened?

--Wayne

I'll look into this, and check with the forum developers and see what's causing this.

Is is just me, or has the board "shrunk" considerably over the past two days? It no longer fills the entire width of my browser and the text is so small it is barely legible.

HI EJ,

It's fine my end!

It's good on my end also, ejgreen77. Maybe your monitor settings changed? Just an idea, I am in no way computer smart. :stunned:

Mark

Nothing has changed (that I know of) with the style of the site.

It might have something to do with being on a site with larger avatars, then coming back to this site with normal size avatars, and everything just looks smaller.:glare:

As dukefan1 mentioned, perhaps someone else in the household changed the monitor resolution. In my house, I share the 'puter with teenagers, and they are changing the resolution all the time on their desktop, and unfortunately, the setting extends across all profiles, so I end up hitting the ol' Ctrl and + key so I can read the screen.

Chester :newyear:

Well, whatever it was it's gone or been corrected. And it was definitely a problem with this site, as all the other websites I visit were displaying normally the whole time. And my computer account is password-protected, so no one messed with the settings.

BTW, I am using IE7 and Windows XP.

At any rate, I'm glad to things are "back to normal." It's tough squinting at a computer screen!!!

Strange. Nothing has been done to the site that would effect the theme/css.

I have been fine, well as fine as I could be!!!

My screen size looked much different after I replaced my moniter with a widescreen LCD. Did you happen to changed monitors or something?

Im having troubles occur again trying to stay logged in while making a long posting. It's been getting worse over the past week. Today for example, I lost two long replies was booted from the system and had to log on again. :yeaahh:

Also, many times trying to get into another thread, takes me 2,3,4, and up to 5 tries to do so.

Many thanks and best regards--Carl.

Is this the library computer?

Yep. Im not having any troubles going to other sites though. So far today, I have been to two of my email sites as well as: www.ww2f.com (http://www.ww2f.com) and www.imageentertainment.com (http://www.imageentertainment.com) and no problems there.

Anyone else have similar issues?

The only time I ever had any trouble was once when I had the board open in two separate browser windows at the same time. Got kind of screwed up there. Other then that, I haven't had any of these kind of problems.

Ringo, this won't really address the issue here, but whenever I make a long post I periodically select all the text I have entered and copy what I have typed so far. That way, if anything "weird" were to happen you could just paste what you have already typed back in instead of having to retype everything. Just a thought.

Hi Kevin, thanks for the help. Now im having a terrible time in just logging in.

Hi EJ, i'll try that cut and paste thing. I now know these computers here will allow it-im just not sure exactly how to do it.

Many thanks and best regards--Carl.

Hi Kevin, thanks for the help. Now im having a terrible time in just logging in.

Hi EJ, i'll try that cut and paste thing. I now know these computers here will allow it-im just not sure exactly how to do it.

Many thanks and best regards--Carl.

Ringo, the key command for copy is "Ctrl" + "C" and the key command for paste is "Ctrl" + "V"

In other words, press and hold the "Ctrl" key, then hit the "C" key to copy.

Press and hold the "Ctrl" key, then hit the "V" key to paste.


I hope that was clear.:fear2: :confused: :wink_smile:

Thanks for the tutorial EJ, I greatly appreciate it. ;-)) I'll try it out next chance I get.

Many thanks and best regards--Carl.

Anyone else have similar issues?
We haven't had any problems recently.

Ringo, Are any of the Librarians computer savvy? Maybe they could help.

Chester :newyear:

Hi Kevin,

In the managed attachments,
we originally had the facility,
to place the images anywhere in the text,
that's now gone, anyway it can be returned?
Now all the images appear at the bottom!

No problems, here in the UK!

Keith,

FWIW, I just put images of posters in the Back to Bataan thread and had no problem placing the images separately, wherever I wanted them to be. I played around with it a little, just to see, as I had read your question here.

Maybe it was just a momentary glitch the last time you tried to use the feature.

Chester :newyear:

Kevin

I've been having extreme difficulty logging into this site on numerous occasions, when I submit my user name and password the system brings up a message stating 'Thanks for logging in Robbie' but it then proceeds to log me out.

The only way I can access the forum is by clicking on your name on the forum homepage.
Is this an issue that can be resolved?

Thanks in advance

:agent:

Try accessing the site with the www. in front. Other than that, i'm not sure what else to tell ya. If anyone else is having login issues are welcome to post here, but I've not had any other inquiries about this.

I have been free and clear of any log in problems for along time. Sorry that doesn't help you Rob. Hope you can get it figured out.

Kevin - about 10 days ago, I was able to log on, but activating the various forums and messages found a very sluggish response. However, by the next day, everything was fine. My internet provider may have been at fault!
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Well, a new version of Safari (3.0.4) with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) seems to have solved the problem! :teeth_smile:

--Wayne

Glad it got fixed. That was what was being told to me from the vB folks.

As of today, I am having the exact same problem using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7.

I can access the board using Firefox, so that's how I am writing this.

The only thing I can think of is that I did just update my virus software today, so maybe that may have had something to do with it?

At any rate, it's highly annoying. :angry::thumbs_down:

There has been nothing changed on the site, So I'm not sure why your having issues. I'm using IE 7.0.5730.13 & XP, and I'm seeing no issues.

It could very well be related to your recent virus program updates, which could have adjusted your browser security settings.

Kevin,

The last few times I have attempted to use the search function on this site, I have encountered the following message

The search term you specified (Ron) is under the minimum word length (4) and therefore will not be found. Please make this term longer.
If this term contains a wildcard, please make this term more specific.

I was trying to do a search on "Ron Howard" and was unable to continue. Today isn't the first time I have had this happen. I have definitely searched in the past with fewer than four words, and been successful.


Can you check into this . . . please?

Thanks!

Chester :newyear:

I still can't get the multi-quote to work. Is there some setting in the User Control Panel I need to check or un-check?

I am using the Firefox browser 2.0.0.12, but I am unable to get it work in IE, either.

Thanks again!

Chester :newyear:

BTW, I really like the fact that there is a search and that similar topics are shown when you try to start a new thread. I almost started a new one for this :headbonk:

There is an issue with the multi-quote option and this theme. I turned it off until I find a fix. Sorry.

Hey Jim,

I have changed it from the default 4 to 2 as the min.

Kevin,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Searching is again effective.
:jump:

Chester :newyear:

Anyone teach me,please
I like attaching photos to my posts.
so, I am multiusing attachment function..
But,capacity exceeded the limit(1000KB?)and this function ain't be used anymore.:cry2:
this coment appers"You are currently using995.7KB to store 30 uploaded attachments"

If I delete my past attchments, What's happen? All my attached pictures will be erased?
I hope I continue using attachment function from now on.
or lift the limit or get more bigger limit.
Regards,
H.sanada

I have been reading the movie review section and when I tryed to post in The Undefeated thread the system said I could not due to the topic being an old thread

As I am new here and would like to contribute to the site, so what should I do ?

Start a new thread ?

The JW Westerns section, the 1960's, Re: The Undefeated

was were I was trying to post by the way

I have been reading the movie review section and when I tryed to post in The Undefeated thread the system said I could not due to the topic being an old thread

As I am new here and would like to contribute to the site, so what should I do ?

Start a new thread ?

John,
I ran into that same problem awhile ago so sent Kevin (the administrator) a PM asking what to do. He said there's a box that must be checked that will allow you to re-activate the thread.

Thanks Stumpy

I will try that :wink_smile:

To be a little more specific, when you try to post in a thread that hasn't seen any activity for some time, you will see a box below your reply that says something along the lines of the thread being over so many days old, but if you are sure you still want to post . . . . There should be a little box where you check that you do, indeed, want to post. When you check that box, your post will go through.

Anyone teach me,please
I like attaching photos to my posts.
so, I am multiusing attachment function..
But,capacity exceeded the limit(1000KB?)and this function ain't be used anymore.:cry2:
this coment appers"You are currently using995.7KB to store 30 uploaded attachments"

If I delete my past attchments, What's happen? All my attached pictures will be erased?
I hope I continue using attachment function from now on.
or lift the limit or get more bigger limit.
Regards,
H.sanada


I missed this post, sorry. I have doubled the attachment limit. The reason why it's limited is to control the amount of web space the message board uses.

H.sandra you should be able to continue. :teeth_smile:

Kevin,Thank you very much for your help.
From this time on,
I'm sure i will send a lot of posts with attachments .
thank you.

Regards,
H.sanada

Murray, kilo6 mentioned that on lots of the threads, the embedded link,
does not take you to the correct subject.
The reason for this is that, when these threads were posted,
(particularly in the Movie Reviews and Pals Of The Saddle)
they were made on our old style board.
When we transferred to this new board,
the links were different and did not work.
Where I can, I am hoping to update the links,
but as you can appreciate, it is a thankless task!

A thankless task, but we do thank you for taking the time to provide us with the many movie threads you have provided for us. The board would be so much less without them.

Mark

I only noticed it on one thread Keith, I did not realize the nature of the problem, thanks for the work.

Please notify the moderators when you find "dysfunctional" links, and we can spread the work load of fixing them.

I know I'd be happy to help out with that.

Chester :newyear:

Keith -
It's not a thankless task because all of us here appreciate what you have done and what you are trying to do to update the situation. As Mark said the board is so much better for what you are doing.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Please notify the moderators when you find "dysfunctional" links, and we can spread the work load of fixing them.

I know I'd be happy to help out with that.

Chester :newyear:


I second what Chester posted, please if anyone runs across a bad link please report that post by clicking on the little http://www.dukewayne.com/images/c2/buttons/report.gif image at the top right area of the post box. that will send the mods a message.

Keith, you have done a amazing job collecting and expanding the co-star forum and it is appreciated. The links didn't sort correctly back when the board was converted so that left a lot of existing internal links being screwed. I spent many hours trying to find and correct the issue with no success.

Keith,
I want to add my thanks for the great job you've done and continue to do. I don't know how you manage to keep going, putting in the hours you do on this board. Oh, you thought we wouldn't notice, didn't you? :wink_smile:
Jim

Hi Kevin,

I notice when repairing the links,
the link information is the same,
except for the last 4 numbers, which send you to the wrong thread!

They all end with showthread ...0123 etc
It is much faster to edit in just the four numbers,
thus correcting the error!

Is it possible to let me have a list of all the Movie and Pals links
and their corresponding showthread numbers?

Just as a reminder,
please let us know if any internal board links are malfunctioning,
and we will endeavour, to correct them.
As an ongoing project,
I am currently in the process of replacing them all

Hi Kevin,

I notice when repairing the links,
the link information is the same,
except for the last 4 numbers, which send you to the wrong thread!

They all end with showthread ...0123 etc
It is much faster to edit in just the four numbers,
thus correcting the error!

Is it possible to let me have a list of all the Movie and Pals links
and their corresponding showthread numbers?


There's not a way to index it this way. I used a program back when I moved to vB that was supposed to convert the old ipb board thread id's to the new vB scheme but that was a bust and it never did do it.

Thanks Kevin, for trying that.

I have sorted through all the movies,
and have now compiled a list of all the four digit showthread numbers.
I am currently inserting them into the links,
and the one's repaired, are all working fine.

I have now completed the task, of repairing
the internal board link errors, which were predominant
in the 'Pals Of The Saddle' and 'Movie Reviews'
Hopefully now, when clicking on the links,
it will take you directly to the Movie or subject intended.
However should anyone come across, one, I may have missed,
please notify me, and I'll correct it.

Thanks for your participation

I just want to say thanks to you, Keith, for taking the time to make sure all the links are correct and working smoothly. These Reviews and Pals sections are invaluable to this board, as are you. Keep up the great work. I keep learning everytime I click on a new post.

Mark

Thanks Kieth for the time and efforts you put into the Reviews & Pals areas. I know I appreciate it, and I'm sure the visitors/members here appreciate it also.

Hi Kevin,
I noticed this the other night when I logged in,
but thought it strange, but it happened again tonight.
I made a post 5 hours previously,
but when I logged on, it showed my last post,
being only one hour ago!!
The post on the thread shows correct time,
but not on the summary on 'New Posts'

Can someone tell me why when entering the site, you have to login each and every time? Used to be if you checked off the box that kept you logged in, you didn't have to do that. Now, it's every time. Getting to be a real pain.
It's like trying to get into someplace important and the doorman asks for your i.d. and a background check. Where are we at, the airport?

Clear the browser cache & cookies and try again.

This has popped up in another thread.
So for the benefit of our newer members,
please take note of this.

Dixie,
Even the links Mrs C posted since they are from 2006 a few are broken. The second and last ones just in case they didn't work for you.

Dixie and Shortgrub.
When posting external links, one is never to know
how long they will be good.

As far as links internally within this board, some do not fuction,
as they were transferred over from our old forum, and therfore,
cease to work on this board.

As far as links in the Movies, 'Pal's section,
I have spent many hours repairing them,
and hopefully, they all now function.

However, if you come across any that don't,
please PM me, with the rogue link.

You can access the chat room from several different points. You can use the link in the "Quick Links" area of the top menu bar, or from the main forum display page.
I did notice on New Year's Day that there was NOT a link to the chat room in the "Quick Links" but forgot to mention it then (although I do remember there being one there in the past). Using the Quick Links today reminded me of that, so I thought I'd just mention it here.

Chester :newyear:

Hi Kevin,

It was mentioned the other day, with regard to Jims 6th.
here on the board.
Sometime ago, like Birthdays, members aniversary
on the board was highlighted at the bottom of the forum.
Is this feature still available, or have I missed it somewhere?

For the last week or so, instead of automatically entering the board as "logged on," I've had to manually enter my user name and code word to be recognized by the board. Not a big deal, but just kinda irritating. I don't know if it's my server or what!

I'm assuming it's making you do that, despite the fact that you've checked the "Remember Me" box?

Yep! "Remember me" box is checked, etc. As I said, this started about 10 days ago. It may have something to do with my server.

Hi

Yes mine said you are not registered and I had the devils own job getting back on.

Hopefully this is all sorted.

Regards

Arthur

This situation is still ongoing but I've resigned myself to the situation.

What browser ar you using? You might have a "cookies" issue. Especially if you are running IE(Internet Explorer). Have you tried running a different browser, like Mozilla's Firefox or Google's Chrome? I am thinking that about the time this started ago you had a update where you downloaded a update to your computer and either updated your browser from IE6 to 7 or IE 7 to 8. And during that upgrade you had a flaky "cookie's" setting that is maybe the source of this.

My mozilla seems to be rejecting cookies left and right, it won't let me stay logged on anywhere once I close the window.

The computer im on this evening uses Mozilla-and no problems at this end. However, I do have an constantly occuring and constantly irritating thing happening to my account at www.wartradersguild.com Militairia site-which is-I log in onve-it shows me as being logged in-but I can't "see" any of the forums areas until I retype my info in a 2nd and sometimes 3rd time-then it finally allows me to get into the forums. Nobody there can seem to figure that one out-and I sure as all git all-have no clue why it does that?

Anyway, sorry I was "off Sites Topic" but it's still very irritating.

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."
Sure been gettin' a lot of these messages lately, Kevin. Any reason why?

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."
Sure been gettin' a lot of these messages lately, Kevin. Any reason why?

Same here, glad to know it's not just my computer throwing a tantrum.

The version number of the forum software is not displayed, so if it is not the current - 3.8.3 - it may be software bugs. Or it may be the MySQL config file needs tweaking. Does this forum run on a shared server or dedicated?

Bob

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."
Sure been gettin' a lot of these messages lately, Kevin. Any reason why?


I have been getting this message often myself.

Same here!

Ok, Now I know that I am Not The Only One Getting That Message !
:hyper:
Bill
:cowboy:

"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."
Sure been gettin' a lot of these messages lately, Kevin. Any reason why?

Same here, glad to know it's not just my computer throwing a tantrum.

I have been getting this message often myself.

Same here!

Ok, Now I know that I am Not The Only One Getting That Message !

The version number of the forum software is not displayed, so if it is not the current - 3.8.3 - it may be software bugs. Or it may be the MySQL config file needs tweaking. Does this forum run on a shared server or dedicated?
Well, guys, I don't have the answers, I can only say that I have been encountering the same message, at different times of the day. There does not seem to be a discernible pattern to it.

Hopefully, Kevin will chime in on this and let us know.

Chester :newyear:

Hey guys,

We're having some technical issue. The problem is being addressed. I'll post with updates.

Thanks

I believe the issue has been corrected. Please post in this thread if the server busy message reappears.

I just experienced that problem again.. it took 5-6 minutes before I could get anywhere. (Course I am willing to believe that Vista is at fault.)

I just experienced that problem again.. it took 5-6 minutes before I could get anywhere. (Course I am willing to believe that Vista is at fault.)

Not sure why you had that issue, but things will happen every so often. But things should be as rock solid as they where before this recent hiccup.

things should be as rock solid as they where before this recent hiccup.

We're back to the hiccups, Kevin. I got that busy server message again two times this morning.

I am Still getting it too, There must be Some One Bugging Us !
Bill

Me too.

Bob

I am Still getting it too, There must be Some One Bugging Us !


Bill


It would not surprise me in the least to learn some computer-savvy liberal, (meaning almost any Dummicrat), has launched a DNS (denial-of-service) attack on this site because of (a) their hatred of the Duke and all conservatives or (b) our derogatory posts about their favorite black president.

Stumpy,
You Hit The Nail Right On The Head !!!
:yeaahh:
Bill

I would hate to think that they would stomp all over our right to free speech..

More than likely this is not a DNS problem, if it was I suspect we wouldn't see any web page at all. This would seem to me, be more of a server issue, like a problem with the database connection... but I'm not all that savvy when it comes to servers....


Anyway, I received the "Server is to busy error" today...

We have a busy site next door that is being moved to a different server than JWMB. Once I get it off this box then thing should really settle down here.

Sounds great, hopefully that will do the trick!

Chester :newyear:

We have a busy site next door that is being moved to a different server than JWMB. Once I get it off this box then thing should really settle down here.
Kevin,

Is this forum on a *Nix server or Windows? If it is on a *Nix server and you have anything other than 0 in *NIX Server Load Limit in the ACP it will cause this 'busy' message.

Although that setting is designed to manage the server load I have found 0 is the best setting. I run a very busy forum on a dedicated server that also runs our very busy web site and photo gallery, and tried various settings, but now have it on 0 and everything is fine.

Bob

It looks like You Got It Fixed
Bill
:wink_smile:

Kevin,

Is this forum on a *Nix server or Windows? If it is on a *Nix server and you have anything other than 0 in *NIX Server Load Limit in the ACP it will cause this 'busy' message.

Although that setting is designed to manage the server load I have found 0 is the best setting. I run a very busy forum on a dedicated server that also runs our very busy web site and photo gallery, and tried various settings, but now have it on 0 and everything is fine.

Bob

Hi Bob,

I have it set to 0 now, never paid much attention to that in the past. Thanks for the heads up. And yes this on a unix box.

Glad I could help.

Bob

Had a few problems this evening. Had a MySQL error, which should have generated a message to board admin, and was unable to connect at all on several occasions. Had the browser error you get when it cannot connect to an address.

Bob

Hi guys,

I guess some of you may have noticed some downtime for the site this weekend.

At this point it appears that the issues was caused by a lack of disk space available on the server. I run nightly backups for our site, and I slipped up and didn't purge the backups before they sucked up the last available memory. :embaressed_smile:

I have cleared the backups now so that has freed up the disk space, so we should be back running smoothly.

Sorry for the problems.

Cheers,
Kevin

Thanks, Kevin. You're doing a great job.

Don't let it happen again! :))):

(wiping sweat from brow) Whew . . . I was starting to suffer serious withdrawals . . . :fear2:

Now I can sleep :sleep_1:in peace. Thanks, Kev . . . !

Mrs. C :angel1:

Thanks Kevin,

All OK this side the pond as well.

Hi Kevin,
couldn't get on here last night but all is ok now
thanks :thumbs_up:

Dave

Thanks Kevin...I was starting to worry about my computer.
wbbison

Thank God! I thought my computer was at fault.

Glad to see you're back:omg:

My computer was down for six days or so 'til now, resulting in double withdrawls!

Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness.

I'm glad you did, though :wink_smile:

Russ - aka, The Tennesseean

Just as a reminder.
From time to time, web-sites come and go
and/or change their page Urls.
Please let us know if any specific
internal, external links or images have disappeared
or malfunctioning, and we will endeavour, to correct them.

Thanks for your support.

We are back!!

There was an issue with the main node at the LA datacenter. All connectivity issue should be clearing up now.

Hopefully this downtime today has allowed you the time to clean your room, clean the gutters, and cut the grass. :glare:

Hopefully this downtime today has allowed you the time to clean your room, clean the gutters, and cut the grass. :glare:
:))): . . . yeah . . . right! Actually, we did get some stuff done around the house.

We kept trying to get on . . . we're glad to see the good ol' JWMB back online again!

Chester :newyear: and the Mrs. :angel1:

We are back!!

There was an issue with the main node at the LA datacenter. All connectivity issue should be clearing up now.

Hopefully this downtime today has allowed you the time to clean your room, clean the gutters, and cut the grass. :glare:

Nice thought Kevin, but we've had the worst storms for years!!

Anyway nice to be back

It was down again this morning for a time.

I am so glad it was on your end and not a bug in my computer.. Thanks for clearing that up.

I am so glad it was on your end and not a bug in my computer.. Thanks for clearing that up.
Funny you should mention that. We've had intermittent problems with our internet connection the past few weeks, and that was my first thought. Then Mrs. C recommended trying any other site to see, and she was right. It was (unfortunately) our site that was problematic, not our overall connection.

In any case, it's good to be back.


Chester :newyear:

Is wrong to say I had withdrawals from the site?

Is wrong to say I had withdrawals from the site?
I hope not . . . we've said the same thing!!

It's getting to be a real hit-or-miss proposition logging onto this site. Obviously, there are some serious technical problems occurring. Any ideas on how to stop these problems, Kevin?

Same here all morning!

Out here on the left coast of the US, it seems to be working fine . . . knock on wood :headbonk:!

Chester :newyear:

Hi could you please tell me how to remove old attachments I have in order that i can replace with new ones thanks

It's getting to be a real hit-or-miss proposition logging onto this site. Obviously, there are some serious technical problems occurring. Any ideas on how to stop these problems, Kevin?

Same here all morning!


I haven't experienced any issue so far, but I'll spend sometime viewing pages to see if I can get it to do something.

I haven't experienced any issue so far, but I'll spend sometime viewing pages to see if I can get it to do something.

The past day or so, I keep getting messages that say something to the effect "we're having problems with the database" but "the administrator has been informed".

2 or 3 days ago I wasn't even getting those messages - I just couldn't connect.

Hi could you please tell me how to remove old attachments I have in order that i can replace with new ones thanks

Elly,

Loook at your post and and when you click
'Edit'
you should see
'Go Advanced'
Scroll down to attachments
and you should see
'Manage Attachments'
Click on that and there should be a
'Remove'

I haven't experienced any issue so far, but I'll spend sometime viewing pages to see if I can get it to do something.

Kevin,
It was showing over here 'Database Error'
If it happens again, I'll take a screenshot.

Thanks Keith but when I go to the post it does not give me the option to edit it?

I am getting message that I have been unsubscribed from all of my threads i subscribed to? Including this one?

I am getting message that I have been unsubscribed from all of my threads i subscribed to? Including this one?


Elly,
can you message Kevin, to look into it!

Elly,
can you message Kevin, to look into it!


I cannot edit anything and am now "unsubscribed" whatever that means??

Kevin Please can you help out here thanks

Ely, Try again and see if you can remove your attachments.

Ely, Try again and see if you can remove your attachments.

Hi Kevin

Yes I can now delete the attachments thank you. Although I could not do it the wat Keith told me as still no edit button but on UserCP there was a checkbox beside each attachment with an option to delete so i did it this way.

thanks again

Yesterday I tried to see the post about Rio Bravo trying to find it by the research bar,
so I read "Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing.
If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator (http://www.dukewayne.com/sendmessage.php) and describe the action you performed before you received this error. "
What is it?:uhhuh:

Thanks °°Flaca°° for letting us know about the error. This error message pops up eveytime we do a board software update. I'll see if I can run this issue down and get it fixed.

Just as a reminder.
From time to time, web-sites come and go
and/or change their page Urls.
Please let us know if any specific
internal, external links or images have disappeared
or malfunctioning, and we will endeavour, to correct them.

Thanks for your support.

Hello mod team
I received an E mail like this.

Hello, H.sanada!
We've noticed that you've not been active on DukeWayne.com for quite some time now, and we miss you!
Could we not tempt you back?
If you don't remember your password, you can request it here: http://www.dukewayne.com/login.php?do=lostpw
We hope to see you soon
Kindest Regards
JWMB Mod Team
http://www.dukewayne.com
PS. Please note, the message board system will remove member accounts that are not used after 1 year. So please visit us today and say hello.

But I was reading JWMB site almost everyday. Sometimes has been posted.
Is this mail computer virus.I'm uneasy.

regards,
H.sanada

Taka,

I'm sorry you haven't received an answer to your question before this (and I'm not sure I can answer it).

I do know that periodically emails are generated by the message board software, to encourage those who really haven't been around for awhile, to come back and visit. You do visit quite regularly, so I (like you) am a little puzzled. I wouldn't consider you an "inactive" member.

Just as a general piece of advice, if you ever get an email from ANY entity with which you deal, that you consider suspicious, do NOT under any circumstances click on any link in that email. If it IS a phishing email (that is what it is called, when someone is trying to get information from you), clicking on that link and putting in things like passwords or other personal information will be giving some hacker your info. Open a new window and go directly to the site by typing the address in the address bar.

Hopefully, Kevin can shed some light on this. Thanks for letting us know.

BTW, has anybody else received such an email?

Chester :newyear:

Hi H.sandra,

I just saw this post (thx Chester for replying), that email is a normal email that is sent from the board to members who haven't visited recently. It shouldn't have anything attached to it, so its a safe email to receive.

Thanks for your message,Jim and Kevin
To hear normal email, I feel easy.
But still i am confused.
I think i'm not an inactive member.

Taka

But still i am confused.
I think i'm not an inactive member.

Taka
That's what confuses me as well. You certainly visit often enough to not be considered inactive. Maybe Kevin can clarify that.

I have received that email also, sometimes right after a visit to the site. There is probably a glitch in the code that sends the email...

I can read PMs but cannot send any. I get some message saying that a security token is missing and to notify the Admin. Well, I tried to notify the Admin but, it wouldnt go through.

Anyway, if anyone can please do me a favor and send GT12pak a message that I got his PM but that it wouldnt let me reply, I would greatly appreciate that ;-)) Also, that I need his phone numbers again since they were stored on my stolen cell phone.

Many thanks--Carl.

I have this same issue...

I can read PMs but cannot send any. I get some message saying that a security token is missing and to notify the Admin. Well, I tried to notify the Admin but, it wouldnt go through.

Anyway, if anyone can please do me a favor and send GT12pak a message that I got his PM but that it wouldnt let me reply, I would greatly appreciate that ;-)) Also, that I need his phone numbers again since they were stored on my stolen cell phone.

Many thanks--Carl.

Carl,
I have forwarded this on to gt.

If anyone is having problems, please send Kevin a Pm,
as he he is the only one who can solve the issue

Hi T/ Keith,

thank you Keith, I greatly appreciate it. Sorry in late reply, I just discovered this here ;-))

Carl, Hope you get my pm. Later

Cheers :cool: Hondo

I'll look into it. The problem I have is it's not happening to me. ouch,.

Hi Hondo, Kevin,

Hondo, got it and thanks also tried to reply and did give a call a try this rainy eve ;-))

Kevin, many thanks and, ditto on the message where it said to try to conact ya-I guess some pesky Mynocks are in the system ;-)) Heck, they gave Han Solo some trouble eating the wiriing on the Falcon. ;-)

I just tried sending a PM to somebody and it worked. I don't know if that means the problem is fixed, or if I didn't have it in the first place.

clancy

Hi Clancy, I just sent a long message and it looks like it went through ;-)) I think Kevin was able to solve that headache ;-))

Many thaks Kevin-best regards from a forums troublemaker ;-))

Ringo (and others) let me know if you continue to get the security token error. I just disabled some plugins & upgraded the forum to the next vB release. Hopefully, that will clear up the token thingy.

Hi Kevin, sure thain and thank you for fixing the PMs for me to send that long message ;-))

Take care-_Carl.

For some days I have not been able to Mark Forums Read from Quick Links. I get the message Your submission could not be processed because a security token was invalid
I have passed this to the administrator, along with a link to how to fix it but not heard anything back. Is anyone else getting this?

Bob

For some days I have not been able to Mark Forums Read from Quick Links. I get the message
I have passed this to the administrator, along with a link to how to fix it but not heard anything back. Is anyone else getting this?

Bob

I'm getting the same message, Bob.

Same here

Looking into this. Thanks for the heads up on this error.

Any development getting this fixed please?

Bob

I now have 5 pages of posts that I cannot clear. This (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?350975-Invalid-Security-Token-Error-on-Mark-Forums-Read) is the fix.

Bob

I've been having to put my user name and code in still since I orginally opened this topic. Coming to the JWMB and being automatically logged on is only a distant memory!

I've been having to put my user name and code in still since I orginally opened this topic. Coming to the JWMB and being automatically logged on is only a distant memory!

Jay,
Did you remember to check the box that says "Remember this user" or something like that?
Jim

check the box on occasion but it has never remembered me so im used to manually logging on.

I've had similar problems getting into another site. I put in my username and password and check off the little box to keep logged on and it won't let me on. Says I have to login again. It just keeps doing it and doing it. If I don't check off the box, I'm in but, I have to login every single time. I did the cookies thing and it didn't work. I have Comcast internet and if I want to go into my email and I login, the page keeps repeating itself over and over and over. If I'm fast enough, I can click on the email box and it might jump to my email page but, it takes a load of tries to get there.