Forum misbehaving [Archive] - Forums Atari Europe

Colster

15-05-2008, 20:06

Is it just me or does it tell you, you now need your email address to login but keep logging you out and when you log in again, tell you it doesn't recognise your email address as a valid username, then when I use my username it tells me I have clicked on an invalid thread?

..and these images are missing:

http://forums.eu.atari.com/images/style_12/uk/viewpost.gif
http://forums.eu.atari.com/images/style_12/uk/multiquote_off.gif

Nice to see Atari's testing regime is still as tight as ever :rolleyes:

Andreaz1

15-05-2008, 20:10

Nope, it works for me :) Still some buttons missing though, but I think that's pretty easy to fix?

Diablo_

15-05-2008, 20:11

The forum/site upgrade isn't finished yet, they are fixing these minor issues regarding the images and such just now. The login is still being worked on also.

kalniel

15-05-2008, 20:16

Yeah, this is one thing I *did* want them to open up for use before it was 100% polished!

Andreaz1

15-05-2008, 20:17

Will there be any skins or summat available, with this red/white, it looks like the off-topic forums

Lwsbrck

15-05-2008, 20:23

Noooooooooo, i cant log into Crazed_Dodgem :(

I had that account nearly 3 years and i got over 3k of posts :(

Ten's inbox is full (as ever) so I'm just gonna post my PM here

Hi ten, its Lwsbrck, or otherwise, Crazed Dodgem...

It would appear that there has been a mess up with my user ID, I can't log into the new system with crazed dodgem, and the email lewis_brock[at]hotmail.com doesn't have any matching users.

I've got a feeling that this is to do with teh change of name i had a while back, it appears to me that I've reverted to my american login details, as it is using my googlemail email as-well...

This account has no posts and is brand new :(

Cheers ten.

Lewis

MaddogK

15-05-2008, 20:59

Took me 4 attempts also- but use the 'login' button- don't try to post a reply before you login or you'll get an error.

not 100% polished-heh, guess it's not performance related.
:wink2:

DB9tim

15-05-2008, 21:08

I'm finally in (after it wouldn't load)

That login is too complicated for me!tonguegre

And it comes up with the same thing every time sour:

nipperredcoat

15-05-2008, 22:52

Noooooooooo, i cant log into Crazed_Dodgem :(

I had that account nearly 3 years and i got over 3k of posts :(

Ten's inbox is full (as ever) so I'm just gonna post my PM here

Same boat as you mate....

Changed username a while back, I think this is whats causing the problem with the forum, it doesn't understand haha.

LeadfootYT

16-05-2008, 00:08

Well, I managed to log into LeadfootYT... good... Interesting top thingy...

-Leadfoot

MaddogK

16-05-2008, 00:15

heh, tried to 'post' again before I hit the 'login' button on top- and got the old login screen asking for your user name and password- this doesn't work. You MUST login with the 'login' button on top using your e-mail address and correct password.

crappucino

16-05-2008, 11:22

Can seem to login ok but keep seeing when trying to edit profile:

"Your registration has not been confirmed" with the Confirm my Email option.

Click on Confirm my email and don't actually receive anything, d'oh!

Johnag4004

17-05-2008, 02:00

Not sure if it's just me, but I have tried this using both the latest versions of IE7 and Mozilla Firefox, when I try to click on the 'forum Tools' tab nothing seems to happen...

Andreaz1

17-05-2008, 12:40

Forum tools? I can't seem to find that :P

Gahh, is there some way to make the forum remember me, cause I am getting sick of having to log in every day >_>

Ooh, and just noticed new smileys?

tenebra

17-05-2008, 13:57

Hi guys, we're having some teething problems as you do with any significant upgrade as we've just had. We have 2 dedicated Super Techies who will be fixing all the bits and pieces that are not quite right yet :)

nismo_dude

17-05-2008, 15:21

tenebra

17-05-2008, 17:59

Technically, because the old cookies system has gone. I don't know why and I'll ask if it's possible to have it back, seeing I'm not the only one suffering from it ;)

M_3628905

18-05-2008, 12:57

This new login system is completely useless. I 'upgraded' my account. But now every time I login with the email address, I get taken to an account management screen, not my User CP - some other waste of time. Doesn't take me back the thread I was on - so I have to manually put the URL back in for the old page.

Also - I'm not getting half as many emails for new posts in subscribed threads. How come? Shame the TDU forum section now has the boring red/white colour scheme as the rest of the site. Uuuuggggly.

Andreaz1

18-05-2008, 16:27

This new login system is completely useless. I 'upgraded' my account. But now every time I login with the email address, I get taken to an account management screen, not my User CP - some other waste of time. Doesn't take me back the thread I was on - so I have to manually put the URL back in for the old page.

Couldn't agree with you more! I wish it could remember me, so I wouldn't have to log in every day, and if I go do something else (like go play TDU) for a couple of minutes, and don't post on the forums, it logs me out automatically! weirdblue
And then, when I have finally logged in for the fiftysecond time, atleast it could let me back to the topic I was looking at

LeadfootYT

18-05-2008, 18:03

I HATE clicking the "Reply" or "Quote" button and then having to login because it didn't remember me and then realising that it goes to the "My Atari" screen and that I have to go back to the main TDU PC Forum page, and if I don't remember the name of the thread, back to my email and then going into it again and finally posting the reply.

^Rant of the day, sorry. tonguegre

Sigpics are nice, though...

-Leadfoot

M_3628905

19-05-2008, 01:01

Sig pics are nice, too small imo, and aren't really worth the trade-off for this login system tbbh

Tobberian

19-05-2008, 12:44

Such a forum vital issue should have been attended to beforehand.
I'll stay away till it's proper, shame on someone/two.

P.S When bookmarking, the icon is now default "blank".

crappucino

19-05-2008, 18:44

Hiya Ten, I noticed the other day that the return path address set in the account email address verification and forgotten passwords emails seems to be set to the hostname of your apache server. Looks like Hotmail, probably among others may be blocking these messages as spam at their borders.

tenebra

19-05-2008, 19:05

Good point, Crappuccino, thank you :)

I'm stuck with a huge pile of work but give me a few days and I'll get my teeth into the forum properly and we'll fix what's broken ;)

Please carry on posting feedback and issues.

Johnag4004

21-05-2008, 00:45

Maybe the web-masters should have listened to that old saying "if it ain't broke, LEAVE IT ALONE"...

kalniel

21-05-2008, 09:36

Thanks for the feedback Johnag4004, however the new unified account system is needed for some things in the future.

tenebra

21-05-2008, 11:17

Maybe the web-masters should have listened to that old saying "if it ain't broke, LEAVE IT ALONE"...

As Kal said, the forum changes were not the target but the results of a very complex upgrade needed in order to launch new web functionalities...all will be revealed soon.

pyrre

21-05-2008, 11:50

Is there something wrong with the signatures? I can see mods' signatures, but not anyone else's and not mine. weirdblue

Edit: Hmm... working again.

Andreaz1

21-05-2008, 14:49

Wierd, I can see everbodys siggy

joao

21-05-2008, 21:40

Wierd, I can see everbodys siggy
Same here... Now the images are back again... 10sur10

the-new-craigie

23-05-2008, 11:52

nismo_dude

23-05-2008, 23:59

just to let you know ten, i have not been able to post on this forum since the upgrade. I have been able to log in but i "did not have permission to post".

I got the activation email this morning and it seems to be working now but it is possible that many others are suffering with the same problem and are unable to raise it as they are unable to make any contact with the forumI have been able to log in and post just fine. I just wish yall would go back to the old login system and cholor scheme. I liked the blue and white much better than the red.

nipperredcoat

25-05-2008, 13:13

I have been able to log in and post just fine. I just wish yall would go back to the old login system and cholor scheme. I liked the blue and white much better than the red.

Wasn't the blue and white scheme for the TDU Section only?

Also I am slightly annoyed that I had to 'log in' 3 times for this post...

the-new-craigie

25-05-2008, 20:37

I have been able to log in and post just fine. I just wish yall would go back to the old login system and cholor scheme. I liked the blue and white much better than the red.

Cheers for letting us know your accounts working fine but i know that mine and others are not.

And as for the colour scheme, i have a feeling the future updates will cover that and at the moment there are far bigger pressing issues

I'm angry that my accounts been reset for the 2nd time in under a month. I've gone from craigie22 => the_new_craigie => craigie => the_new_craigie and i've lost all record of my 4000+ posts

:atari:

Fluxx

25-05-2008, 20:47

i've lost all record of my 4000+ posts

Does it really, honestly matter?.....:mefiant::respect:

M_3628905

26-05-2008, 00:44

Colster

26-05-2008, 00:49

I'm under the impression that the forum activity has gone down a fair bit due to people not being bothered to log on. Haven't been getting as many emails from here. You read a post and think 'I would reply to that, but it's not important and I can't be bothered logging in to post it"

Agreed

...I was already logged in when I replied to this

kalniel

26-05-2008, 10:22

You read a post and think 'I would reply to that, but it's not important and I can't be bothered logging in to post it"You mean, we're only getting posts that people think are important? Yay lolblue:

nismo_dude

26-05-2008, 18:36

You mean, we're only getting posts that people think are important? Yay lolblue:I think that what he is trying to say is that it is hard to login and people are being discouraged to post and be active in the forums. BTW: 400th post!!!!:chapeau: BTWBTW: I love that we can get sig pics now!!!

M_3628905

27-05-2008, 01:01

Yeah I thought you'd be happy about that Kal :)

Just about the only important thread remaining on here is the Caption Game :)

Colster

30-05-2008, 09:48

Anyone else noticed that it seems to tell you a post is unread/updated (title appears in bold) but when you read it there is nothing new there?

crappucino

30-05-2008, 11:31

Anyone else noticed that it seems to tell you a post is unread/updated (title appears in bold) but when you read it there is nothing new there?

Does this happen when you were the last to post in the thread? I've noticed that this is the case whereas before the forum was upgraded I'm pretty certain that threads I posted in last were not highlighted.

Colster

30-05-2008, 11:56

Sometimes... but not always

crappucino

05-06-2008, 14:53

Lwsbrck

05-06-2008, 16:44

It would appear that I'm still LWSBRCK

Understudy contacted me over TDU:central, apparently the problem is that my email address, lewis.brock(at)googlemail.com has been used for 2 seperate accounts, and logging in only lets me onto this one.

he reckons it will need admin attention...

*hint*

cheers

Andreaz1

05-06-2008, 18:57

I'm under the impression that the forum activity has gone down a fair bit due to people not being bothered to log on. Haven't been getting as many emails from here. You read a post and think 'I would reply to that, but it's not important and I can't be bothered logging in to post it"

Couldn't agree more, I just cba to log in ( but had to do it for this :rolleyes: )
but atleast now it redirects, so might post more :bravo: Keep on the good work :)

kalniel

05-06-2008, 22:08

Redirection sometimes gets its knickers in a twist....

Andreaz1

05-06-2008, 22:14

Lol
Wierd this is, last time I clicked on linky to this thread from mail, I got redirected to log in page by your piccy xD And every time I clicked Log In up there /\ I got bumped to the bottom of this page :P

M_3628905

06-06-2008, 01:09

When you get an email in regard to a new PM - it tends to take you to the old style login page (which worked for me only once). Getting the redirection fixed up helps a bit now, but the un-expiring cookie would be preffered.

Edit- When not logged in, and clicking on Kals pic, it also showed me the old style login. I actually thought Kals pic was of the old login page which prompted the previous sentance
I'm guessing it expires because of the link to the E-Store above. It should have its own cookie that does expire, separate to the forums.

Colster

09-06-2008, 05:51

Getting a strange error now when I have been logged in for a bit... after a while (say an hour or so), the forum will show me as logged off when looking at threads but when I click to Reply or Post a new thread it will come up page cannot be displayed. If I click Log In it just reloads the existing page.

The only way round this is if I click the "Support" link at the top, it takes me to my account manangement page and shows me as logged in, then I have to click "Log Out", then go back to the post and click "Reply" and then it will take me to the log in page.

M_3628905

09-06-2008, 07:31

I had the same thing earlier too, was browsing for a bit, cookie expired, and then I couldn't login again since the Page couldn't be displayed. Closed IE for a while and came back later.

Diablo_

09-06-2008, 10:42

I've found that if you visit the forum and are not logged in click on PC/Console games and you should be logged in then click Forums and you will then also be logged into the forums. Looks like they're getting their! :)

M_3628905

09-06-2008, 10:47

They were "there" before they changed things - looks like they need to be reminded of the steps of the System Development Life Cycle - planning and testing come before implementing :)

kalniel

09-06-2008, 11:10

They were "there" before they changed things
Yes, and text based programs also worked 100% fine... :rolleyes:

If you want new features you occasionally have to take the risk of creating bugs/problems. The change to the backend of the forums is huge, just because you can't see it it doesn't mean they've just broken things for the sake of it.

And having cookies that expire too early is really a very minor (though annoying) problem compared to what else could have bugs - so in that respect the testing has worked, and it's better to have too much security than too little.

Tobberian

11-06-2008, 13:31

So no login rectification to be expected anytime soon then. :(

kalniel

12-06-2008, 11:56

Depends what you mean by soon. It's not being ignored if that's what you mean.

M_3628905

14-06-2008, 08:39

Three issues with the Quick Reply feature newly added:

1: Subscribed users do not get an email notification about the new post.

2: In the list of threads, the author of the quick reply is not shown on the right as the last person to post there.

3: (unconfirmed, but very likely) - The thread doesn't move to the top of the list under the Stickies on Page 1 as being active.

kalniel

14-06-2008, 09:43

Three issues with the Quick Reply feature newly added:

1: Subscribed users do not get an email notification about the new post. Haven't tested this.

2: In the list of threads, the author of the quick reply is not shown on the right as the last person to post there. They are for me. Did you refresh your page cache?

3: (unconfirmed, but very likely) - The thread doesn't move to the top of the list under the Stickies on Page 1 as being active.Not sure what you mean here? The thread moves up correctly.

MaddogK

16-06-2008, 22:34

Kal, The TDU login is still not working right. When you login in a thread you get the old login screen asking for user name, NOT the NEW required 'login with e-mail address' screen.
Also, is the TDU community site ever going to be fixed (put back up) ??

kalniel

17-06-2008, 09:30

Yup I've noticed that too maddog.

Colster

14-08-2008, 06:05

Is this "still" being worked on? I am still having problems staying logged in. Now it will invariably tell me I have clicked an invalid link if I click to go back or refresh a page that has been open for a while. Going back a couple more pages will usually then show ok and I will still be logged in, the other result is it will show the page ok but I will not be logged in.

Also noticed an issue if I spend a long time writing a post or leave it and come back to it later without submitting. I then get a blank page when I hit submit, when I go back a page the text has gone. I have started copying the text to the clipboard just in case now.

M_3628905

14-08-2008, 08:16

Yeah - same here

If it takes more than 2 months just to fix these issues, your webmaster should get sacked

Andreaz1

14-08-2008, 12:53

Yep, I get random error messages every day, it works if I click the link again weirdblue

GhostofAkina

14-08-2008, 19:11

Yep, I get random error messages every day, it works if I click the link again weirdblue

Do you have this site saved in your favorites? What browser are you using?

Andreaz1

14-08-2008, 21:20

Nope, I click the link in the e-mail I get when someone writes in here. I use FF on this PC and IE7 on the other, think it's the same on both.

pyrre

11-09-2008, 15:13

Ok, this is a weird one. All buttons like "new reply" etc. are blue and all the text like "user CP", "search" "post answer" etc. are in swedish. All is fine if I don't log in, but when I do it changes all of those. weirdblue

Andreaz1

11-09-2008, 19:14

What's wrong with Swedish? tonguegre Just kidding you ;) That really is a wierd one :hin:
All I get is the usual 'Invalid Forum chosen' or something like that if I don't click anything in here for a while, which is kinda annoying sour:

pyrre

11-09-2008, 19:53

What's wrong with Swedish? tonguegre Just kidding you ;) That really is a wierd one :hin:

Lol, maybe not for you. tonguegre (Although I know some swedish so there's not problem with understanding, but still annoying). Now to just klick on "Skicka svar". XD

nismo_dude

11-09-2008, 22:53

When are the forums going to go back to the way they used to be? I loved the old version much much better than this one.

crappucino

15-09-2008, 15:12

Am I being really thick and looking in the wrong place or has the option to set a custom user title been removed?

Diablo_

15-09-2008, 15:23

No you are not being thick however the option is still available but the text for the link is not as you can see by the blank section in the User CP under Edit Email & Password.

crappucino

15-09-2008, 16:01

No you are not being thick however the option is still available but the text for the link is not as you can see by the blank section in the User CP under Edit Email & Password.

Ah ta mate, I see that now. It's not too clear under IE7 as the menu table lines are quite close together. Just fired up Mac and can see it a bit clearer in Safari.

Diablo_

15-09-2008, 16:25

Ah ta mate, I see that now. It's not too clear under IE7 as the menu table lines are quite close together. Just fired up Mac and can see it a bit clearer in Safari.I thought someone of your knowledge would bin IE for Firefox. tonguegre

crappucino

15-09-2008, 16:48

I thought someone of your knowledge would bin IE for Firefox. tonguegre

We have some strange applications for work which are only compatible with IE otherwise I would never use it :)

GhostofAkina

17-09-2008, 22:42

I had trouble signing on the other day.

Colster

24-10-2008, 00:34

Oh well that's a sort of progress

In the past when I received an email notifying of a reply I could click that link and get the invalid page thingy and then return to my already open forum page and that would work ok, now the email link just shows me the thread but without logging me in and the previously open page then says invalid when I click back or another board link.

M_3628905

24-10-2008, 01:08

Well if I leave my browser at this page all day without closing it I don't have to worry about logging in - cookie doesn't expire that way for some reason.