SpursTalk - Under Construction

[timvp]

Kori and/or Timvp,
In the NBA forum (Pacers/O'Neal/Tinsley thread), I had a page that loaded incorrectly.
The info under the avatars ran into the next person's post...quite jumbled.
I got out and then got back in, and it worked fine.
I haven't noticed this in any other thread, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had the same problem.

That's just a case of your browser not loading properly. Only thing you can do is press refresh to fix it.

Running perfectly for zip 78218.

Fast again. We'll see how it is during/after Game1 Saturday.

Excellent work. And many, many thanks.

Only complaint is that it clicking on the poster's name in the left column still doesn't have on the pull-down "Add <name> to you Ignore List". I told Slomo where that add-in is. Would be very useful in the playoffs as the trolls and heads pour in.

Is there an explanation of the hardware changes for speed up?

Short answer: SpursTalk is now running on two servers instead of one. For exact specs, Slomo can post them if he wants to. I don't know the specs off the top of my head.

Is the Troll Forum done yet?
The front page isn't loading right for me, it's a jumble of red x's, just the thread le shows.
Inside the threads is mostly okay, the on/offline shows as a red x with text.

Troll Forum still isn't fixed. Expect it to happen tomorrow or the next day.

[Kori Ellis]

Is the Troll Forum done yet?

No. Slomo has to do that and he's traveling.

[duncan228]

Thanks Kori. And you too timvp.

[Horry For 3!]

Is the Fantasy Sports part of the forum comin back soon?

[timvp]

Is the Fantasy Sports part of the forum comin back soon?

Yes. Next couple days.

[timvp]

Today's Fixes:

-Top Right Navigation Reinstated
-Forum Jump Reinstated on Navigation Bar
-Signatures Again Show Once Per Page
-Thread Starter Column Reinstated

Expect the chatroom to return in time for Game 2. This chatroom will be the upgraded version of the old one. vBookie will also likely be fixed in the next day or two. Troll Forum and Fantasy Forums fixed in the next few days.

Once we get everything running properly, then the enhancements can begin . . .

[duncan228]

Thanks for all the work timvp and Kori (and Slomo).

The new features are wonderful, especially the new thread/reply ones. The more hands-on experience I have with it the more I find to like. There's a lot that just makes everything easier to do.

I wasn't aware of how much you guys customized the site. I'm glad the comforts of home are coming back. Thanks again for the time and effort, it's appreciated.

[Slomo]

Is there an explanation of the hardware changes for speed up?

As Kori and LJ said before it's now a two server setup. Both are DELL Poweredge servers. The bigger one is a 2950 with a quad core 3GHz CPU and very fast disks on a hardware RAID. It's running on FreeBSD because it's currently the fastest OS for running MySQL on (that's the database that VBulletin uses - unfortunately). That server is not connected to the internet but only to the front end HTML server via a Gb ethernet.

The front end is also a quad core server but slightly slower CPUs and disks (it's not the one doing the heavy lifting). That one runs OpenBSD because of its security features and both the html server and php are heavily optimized for VBulletin.

Muki did all the hard work on the setup and built into it all that we have learned about VBulletin in the past two years (and believe me its a lot - VBulletin is nice, but not written very nicely, although this new version is a lot better).

It's a very nice and quite expensive setup, despite our best effort to keep the cost down to a minimum.

timvp is currently configuring VBulletin back to it's former ST.com glory, and I'm working on fixing the graphic and some other minor stuff on the forum.

My first priority will be the Trolls and I'll start working on them after the game tomorrow (I just drove into SA 30 minutes ago).

Now I'm off to bed

[polandprzem]

Just my opinion

I don't like that quotation

[polandprzem]

btw. can it be done that in multiple page thread you can pick to go to the first one and the last 3 pages?

Right now it's 3 first pages and the last one


Bed must go I well as!

[Fernando TD21]

The square-box quoting style is better.

The quoted text is defined sufficiently with the background.

The italics for the quoted text adds nothing, hurts legibility.

The speed is great. Thanks a million.

I agree. And the loading speed really is much better. Thanks!

[alamo50]

Expect the chatroom to return in time for Game 2.

!
I was looking forward to the chat tonight as the game won't be on tv over here. It probably will be for game 2. Oh well, can't have it all. Keep up the good work you guys.

I'll be missing being around y'all over there in SA these upcoming weeks!

[Kori Ellis]

You can use the game blog thread for chatting for just this game. We will fix the chatroom up for game 2.

[Kori Ellis]

As for the quote style - I don't like the current version or the old version so we might make something in between.

[SpursFanFirst]

That's just a case of your browser not loading properly. Only thing you can do is press refresh to fix it.

Thanks. I haven't had that problem since. I didn't think it was a big deal, but I wanted to alert someone to it in case others were having that problem.

[SpursFanFirst]

Today's Fixes:

-Top Right Navigation Reinstated
-Forum Jump Reinstated on Navigation Bar
-Signatures Again Show Once Per Page
-Thread Starter Column Reinstated

Expect the chatroom to return in time for Game 2. This chatroom will be the upgraded version of the old one. vBookie will also likely be fixed in the next day or two. Troll Forum and Fantasy Forums fixed in the next few days.

Once we get everything running properly, then the enhancements can begin . . .

Awesome! Thanks...it sounds like you guys are putting in some long hours to get this thing back in tip-top shape! Much appreciated!

[angel_luv]

(I just drove into SA 30 minutes ago).

Yea!
Welcome!

[polandprzem]

As for the quote style - I don't like the current version or the old version so we might make something in between.

If that is possible it would be cool to add an instant quoatation.
Well I mean when marking the prhase you want and clicking the quotation button you will have (down in the quick reply) the quote and who was quoting the phrase.

I hope you did understand what I said


btw. not every icon which are on the right I can put clicking on it.

[boutons_]

I just tried to add asshole "ransome" to my ignore list, but control panel : buddy/ignore lists shows just my ignore list and one entry box, but doesn't say which list I'm adding ransome to. Whatever, I can't add ransome to my ignore list.

Welcome to SA, Slomo

[alamo50]

Cool Slomo, did you get to bring your family with you again or is it just business again?

[Slomo]

I just tried to add asshole "ransome" to my ignore list, but control panel : buddy/ignore lists shows just my ignore list and one entry box, but doesn't say which list I'm adding ransome to. Whatever, I can't add ransome to my ignore list.

Welcome to SA, Slomo

noted.

[boutons_]

Slomo, sorry. I was thrown off by the new buddy/ignore presentation.

ignore works fine,thanks

[ClingingMars]

Expect the chatroom to return in time for Game 2.

This chatroom will be the upgraded version of the old one.

:p

- Mars

[Pistons < Spurs]

Silky Smooth for the first playoff game!!!

Nice work on all the upgrades!

[Kori Ellis]

Silky Smooth for the first playoff game!!!

Nice work on all the upgrades!

Yeah it's been awesome far.

You get what you pay for, I guess.