new forum look

cigarmuscleman · #1 February 15th, 2008, 03:42 AM

I have to say that I'm diggin the new forum look. It really is inline with the masculine nature of this place.
my only complaint is that new topics are only a hair lighter than old topics, so it's sort of difficult to tell which is which.

otherwise, great decision on the layout.

BergMuscle · #2 February 15th, 2008, 07:41 PM

x2 to that. All the black is very strong and masculine. And that's what we're about, isn't it?

WhoDunIt · #3 February 15th, 2008, 09:48 PM

X3, diggin' it too!

Dan · #4 February 17th, 2008, 05:37 AM

X4, Great new look.

lurker5 · #5 February 17th, 2008, 09:23 AM

X5, like the icon revisions, everything is much clearer now

agreatguy6 · #6 February 17th, 2008, 07:31 PM

X6, amazingness! wish it were clearer to tell which ones were updated, but other than that, AWESUM!

locked_closet · #7 February 17th, 2008, 08:55 PM

x7: I have to say, It's much easier on the eyes. Makes it so much easier to read, though I don't have a problem telling the difference between new and old posts.

TheMM · #8 February 17th, 2008, 08:59 PM

x8, but only because I want the chance to thank FleX again for this wonderful update; only a few days short of this forum turning 5 years old.

Speck35 · #9 February 18th, 2008, 06:07 PM

Personally, I liked the red the best, but this is still fine.

RPM · #10 February 19th, 2008, 09:54 AM

Whoa, just got back on after a short break! Sweet design, me likey

nnnrg · #11 February 19th, 2008, 10:30 AM

Incidentally, the problems I was having with keeping logged in seem to have been fixed, or cleared themselves, not sure which.

If it was a specific change to the code, thanks, it worked beautifully

Titanousman04 · #12 February 19th, 2008, 05:04 PM

Long time lurker/reader and first time poster.

I have to agree with everything the forum looks great! and I love the new log-in preferences, not having to sign in all the time.

viamanmax · #13 February 19th, 2008, 11:32 PM

Wow, your first post after 3.5 years. Congradulations. We all invite you and anyone else to feel at home to take part here.

krt · #14 February 20th, 2008, 07:38 AM

Always excited when things get updated and of course get better.

Braun1 · #15 February 20th, 2008, 08:18 AM

I love the new look. Great Job!!!

Easier to read and it seems to be working great.

Thanks!!

chronos · #16 February 20th, 2008, 10:28 AM

I like the new look but I've noticed that there isn't an option to change avatar or am I just a retard

TheMM · #17 February 20th, 2008, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chronos

I like the new look but I've noticed that there isn't an option to change avatar or am I just a retard

I can answer that one.

I got a new avatar from Choco a day or two after the change, and tried to upload it. After failing several times, I told FleX this, and he said.....well...actually I don't remember what he said. The point is, don't worry about it.

TeknoDave · #18 February 20th, 2008, 11:55 PM

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys!

One thing that you may not have noticed tho ...

NO MORE SPAM BOTS!!

Flex was awesome at getting a patch that so far, has appeared to put those stupid things to a screeching halt.

*knock on wood*

kezzz · #19 February 21st, 2008, 03:00 PM

Nice new look and black is nice...

Side question... I noticed that my log in (cookie) isn't saved even if I have ticked "remember me" option. Perhaps the cookie is malfunction? Can you please look into that?

Secondly, after logged in, it doesn't do the normal redirection to forum front page, instead, it stucked at the "Login failed notice with something like - you've tried 1 of 5 times to login... blah blah blah" message.

fleXodus · #20 February 21st, 2008, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kezzz

I noticed that my log in (cookie) isn't saved even if I have ticked "remember me" option.

I'm getting scattered reports here and there from people who are experiencing this problem. I recommend that they clear their browser cache and cookies and that seems to clear up the problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kezzz

Secondly, after logged in, it doesn't do the normal redirection to forum front page, instead, it stucked at the "Login failed notice with something like - you've tried 1 of 5 times to login... blah blah blah" message.

Your username and password as cAse senSitive, so be sure to type it in exactly as it was when you registered. (Also try clearing your browser cache & cookies as mentioned above).

kezzz · #21 February 21st, 2008, 11:10 PM

well it is exactly as i registered. the login was successful but it showed that "failed login" page, when it should have redirected back to the forum front.

rextorres · #22 February 23rd, 2008, 05:50 AM

The new forum looks great! Don't get me wrong.

However, I do have one complaint. After a few days, I began to find the forum extremely difficult to navigate. Whenever I clicked a link, I would get a completely blank page, or I would receive the "The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."-error message. I would have to press the refresh button on my browser several times, before I could finally get the page to display. This is very annoying.

I wonder if there was some setting that was changed because this wasn't happening at first, when the forum was upgraded and the old forum never had this problem. Again, this started happening this past week. In fact, I haven't been able to post any more chapters to my story at all. Not only that, but I've had to type this post in Notepad, because my first attempt at posting it on the forum failed and I've had to type it in all over again.

Please look into the server problem. Hopefully it's a matter of changing a setting.

Thanks!

-Rex

kezzz · #23 February 26th, 2008, 02:19 PM

I think I found what the problem to my situation be... the cookie is saved for domain "www.musclegrowth.org" but I usually get to the site using "musclegrowth.org". After logging in, the cookie saved for "www.musclegrowth.org" but gets redirected to "musclegrowth.org" which showed my session not logged in.

Is it possible to rewrite the cookie session to recognise the domain with or without "www." part?

fleXodus · #24 February 26th, 2008, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kezzz

Is it possible to rewrite the cookie session to recognise the domain with or without "www." part?

I made some adjustments to the cookie domain. Can you clear out your browser cookies and try this again to see if it works?

fleXodus · #25 February 26th, 2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rextorres

Please look into the server problem. Hopefully it's a matter of changing a setting.

Hi Rex... I'll be looking into this issue. Sorry to hear about all of the problems you've been experiencing.

tallcalifornia · #26 February 26th, 2008, 04:34 PM

Thanks for checking into the cookie issue. I see a new cookie for musclegrowth.org after I cleared them and then checked "remember me" when I logged in. But it still doesn't remember me.

skumbum · #27 February 26th, 2008, 10:19 PM

fwiw i have no problem connecting with http://musclegrowth.org/forum

fleXodus · #28 February 26th, 2008, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tallcalifornia

Thanks for checking into the cookie issue. I see a new cookie for musclegrowth.org after I cleared them and then checked "remember me" when I logged in. But it still doesn't remember me.

Hi TallCalifornia:

Did you first enter the site through www.musclegrowth.org or just musclegrowth.org when you initially logged in?

Also, what browser + browser version are you using and on what computer platform?

And one last question who is your internet service provider?

There are a few people who are reporting this problem and I want to be able to figure out what the common factors are that could be related to the cookie issue. I haven't been able to replicate the problem on my end.

(Anybody else having this exact problem, please let me know this info as well).

tallcalifornia · #29 February 27th, 2008, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fleXodus

Hi TallCalifornia:

Did you first enter the site through www.musclegrowth.org or just musclegrowth.org when you initially logged in?

Also, what browser + browser version are you using and on what computer platform?

And one last question who is your internet service provider?

There are a few people who are reporting this problem and I want to be able to figure out what the common factors are that could be related to the cookie issue. I haven't been able to replicate the problem on my end.

(Anybody else having this exact problem, please let me know this info as well).

Hi Flex,

I entered through www.musclegrowth.org (I'll try it the other way to see what happens).

Browser is IE version 7.0.5730.11. ISP is AT&T (formerly SBC, formerly Pac Bell) DSL.

Thanks!

tallcalifornia · #30 February 27th, 2008, 08:51 AM

Same result if I just go through musclegrowth.org.

kezzz · #31 February 28th, 2008, 01:27 PM

Still had the same problem since you've made the tweak to the cookie... My case, Firefox 2.0.0.12.

nnnrg · #32 March 4th, 2008, 03:56 AM

I had to login again tonight, after having gone four or five days without reading the site.
This leads me to think there might be a default timeout set on the cookies.