Forum Upgrade

Chip Valecek · 26 Sept 2018, 21:12

Some of you might have noticed dropped connections yesterday and today, and I apologize for that. You might have noticed that the forums are now secure. Up until yesterday you might have received a warning that the site was not https, well now it is. Because of this change the forums were moved to a different server which in some cases might have made you login again. There was also a patch installed for maintenance on the forums.

If you used facebook as your login there may have been some issues with the authentication. I have sorted all of that out now. When you login with facebook, facebook may ask you if you are ok with the forums logging you in. This is just a security measure and it is ok.

If you are having any issues with your account, or know someone having issues with their account, please send me an email at cvalecek@cshellmedia.com and I will work with you/them. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Lisa F · 26 Sept 2018, 22:01

Thanks Chip for all you do to keep this place running! We'd be in trouble without you!

And thanks everyone for your patience, this upgrade will help improve the security of the forum for everyone Let us know if you run into any snags, we'll get it sorted out!

Whitney Simms · 26 Sept 2018, 22:48

@Chip-Valecek i like the bunny at the top.

Chip Valecek · 26 Sept 2018, 23:28

@whitney-simms I can't take credit for that, that is going to have to go to @Lisa-F for that.

Whitney Simms · 27 Sept 2018, 00:32

Thanks @Lisa-F ! Our team mascot and his cute color cheers up the forum!

Lisa F · 27 Sept 2018, 13:58

@whitney-simms Well, they didn't give us much real estate! But at least it looks a little more official now

Jonas Zavacky · 27 Sept 2018, 14:31

That is great! And I have to say that this forum has definitely on of the best user interface from the forums i know. Everything is clean and clear. I dont have problems with navigation at all thanks!

Debra Garcia · 29 Sept 2018, 12:31

Since the update, I've noticed that links won't open when clicked. I can copy them just fine and paste the link, but I can't click a link and have it load at all. I figured you'd like to know that.

Chip Valecek · 2 Oct 2018, 22:46

@debra-garcia Are you talking about links in posts? Or links in the footer of someone's post?

Sas · 29 Sept 2018, 12:59

As somebody who always forgets her password, even when changing it two minutes before, I got a bit frustrated when trying to restore my password and I just didn’t get a link in my email!
(This was three days ago.)

I blocked my account (off course ) and two hours later I suddenly knew my password. Either way, I still haven’t got a email so thought this could be mentionable.

Thanks for all your hard work!

Chip Valecek · 29 Sept 2018, 13:55

@sas Do you by chance use hotmail? For some reason hotmail has blocked all email because they think its spam.

Sas · 29 Sept 2018, 13:56

@chip-valecek Yes I do. But wouldn't it end up in my spam box then? It's not there either...

Chip Valecek · 29 Sept 2018, 13:59

@sas No, if hotmail blocks an IP thinking it is trying to spam people, it will block it for good. I have found your request to change password and this is the response back from hotmail:

550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [167.89.106.58] weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (S3140). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [CO1NAM04FT064.eop-NAM04.prod.protection.outlook.com]

Looking at all the emails I been tracking from the forum all are sent besides the ones being sent to hotmail.

Sas · 29 Sept 2018, 14:04

@chip-valecek oi! Is there a way to allow the ip to go through? Like manually putting it on the "good list"? PS. I wish they would do the same to the actual junk

Chip Valecek · 29 Sept 2018, 15:10

@sas You would have to contact hotmail some one and request to have that IP removed from the blocked list. I once had to contact my kids school, they for some reason were blocking our IP and none of the teachers would get our emails. It took a while but they finally removed the IP and everything was good. Not much I can do on our end.

Debra Garcia · 2 Oct 2018, 22:46

@chip-valecek Both in signatures and in posts.

MOO · 3 Oct 2018, 07:08

Thanks for manning the forums, Chip!

Chip Valecek · 3 Oct 2018, 11:12

@debra-garcia I have tested this and didn't have an issue with opening the links. However they do open in the same window so most of the time I will just right click on the link and say open in new tab or new window so I don't lose the page I am on.