New Specktra platform feedback and bug reporting

[InspiredBlue]

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I will chime in with the users experiencing issues with Safari on iOS (my device is an iPhone 4GS). Clicking on the "thumbs up" button takes me to the "export to wiki" page and won't add my thumb up to the post.

Replying by quoting a message is also tricky, because the message field displays the original post I'm quoting with code instead of a WYSIWYG text editor. If I just want to quote part of a message, I have to muddle through a ton of div tags -- not game-breaking, but very inconvenient.

The forums are also very, very slow now, with pages now often taking minutes to load.

I hadn't been on the forum from my iPhone 4 since the change, so I checked now and I get exactly the same problems. (The "export to wiki" think is very strange.) While I am not a fan of WYSIWYG, BBcode is a lot easier to handle than full on HTML, which is what we seem to be getting.

 

[blazeno.8]

I know that you guys have put a lot into the new site and it takes some getting used to, but there are definitely some things that I'm not digging.
Speed:
I find that it can take a very long time for a page to fully load and it is actually interfering with the rate at which other things in the same browser will load. I didn't really have this problem with the old site and it generally happens when I'm on Specktra now.

Images:
For some reason I can't take the image script or the html script from Photobucket and put it in the text field to embed an image. There is an option for importing images, but I would like to know whether this automatically saves to Specktra's image gallery. I would rather be able to use the links directly from Photobucket so that if someone starts hotlinking my images I can know about it.

Text Editing:
The text box seems to be a lot like the ones on Livejournal in that they don't allow for Firefox's spell check to function in them. When I right click I notice the only options are copy, cut, and past instead of the options for alternative spellings. Also I've had problems editing posts after clicking out of the text field and then clicking back in. Either all of my new text appears at the very top of the text field even though I clicked somewhere else, or if I try to click out of the field and click back in again, no text will appear at all. It generally takes me several tries of clicking around randomly to get the cursor positioned where I want to continue editing the post.

I'll let you know if I encounter anything else. I have to agree with some of the other users that I haven't been visiting as much since the new interface went up. I sometimes even think twice about visiting the site because I used to pop in for a quick check on things and now I know I'll have to spend more time than I'd like for any given thing to load.

 

[Ember2]

Could you please let me know where there is information regarding the new platform and profile images. Thanks.

 

[LittleMaryJane]

Just saw that little stat box on the main page--I love any kind of site stats haha

so that was a neat little find

 

[PlatinumV]

Sorry, I was away during the weekend and had not read this post. I am using the updated version of FF from a Windows XP (updated) computer. When I write in the "reply" area at the bottom of the page, if I press "submit" I don't get any error message, but the page simply reloads :-( Even if I press "post a reply". After several try, I am finally able to post the message (also now I am having problems)

 

[Camnagem]

I think the recent changes are similar to moving from one house to another. There will certainly be an adjustment period, but for the most part I'm settling in just fine and I really like it!

More specific stuff and questions:

- I love the drop down menus at the top to move around the forum, very handy!
- I'm super happy that the old smilies still work in the :xxx: format, will this be permanent? I'd really miss them if they weren't here.
- Every time I respond in a thread it gets added to my subscriptions list and I have to remove it. Is there something I can do to fix this?
- Is there a new place for the friends list, or is this feature gone?
- As a few others have already mentioned, I miss the ability to track threads from the recent "thanks" feedback page.

Most importantly though, I'd like to say thanks for the open door policy in regards to the new format! Many other places would just say "here it is, like it and shut up or leave" and as usual, the community here at Specktra is the absolute best. Your hard work is appreciated, even if the new-ness takes some getting used to.

 

[KittyKat]

I realy like the new platform

It will take some getting use to, but all the new options are very handy!

I do have a question about private messages. I don't know if this is just me being blond but every tie that I want to reply to a PM it gets send back to me as if I insert mysefl as a recipient :/ So now I don't know if the real recipient even got my message or not. Hope it's not a stupid question.

 

[GlammySammy]

So I keep going trying to "verify" my email... but it doesn't work. I go to my email.. click the link... go here.. says I'm all good... go to move away from that page and it tells me I still need to verify my email address?!

 

[peachsuns]

I think the recent changes are similar to moving from one house to another. There will certainly be an adjustment period, but for the most part I'm settling in just fine and I really like it!

More specific stuff and questions:

- I love the drop down menus at the top to move around the forum, very handy!
- I'm super happy that the old smilies still work in the :xxx: format, will this be permanent? I'd really miss them if they weren't here.
- Every time I respond in a thread it gets added to my subscriptions list and I have to remove it. Is there something I can do to fix this?
- Is there a new place for the friends list, or is this feature gone?
- As a few others have already mentioned, I miss the ability to track threads from the recent "thanks" feedback page.

Most importantly though, I'd like to say thanks for the open door policy in regards to the new format! Many other places would just say "here it is, like it and shut up or leave" and as usual, the community here at Specktra is the absolute best. Your hard work is appreciated, even if the new-ness takes some getting used to.

with everything she said.
Thank you so much for this wonderful community!

 

[Mora]

Hi

I registered this account a long time ago, but i did never receive an confirmation e-mail. tody i just tried to log in and it worked. but then came an message that i still have to confirm my email and if i did not receive an email i should click to the link. so i clicked and immediately received the confirmation mail. i clicked the link in this mail and a message with "confirmation was successfull" was shown to me. Later on i came back and logged me in again. but then it showed me still the message that i have to confirm my email-adress. but i did this already.

so i logged in an out a few times and tried to refresh, but this message doesn't go away.

help?



thanks!

 

[Meisje]

Today I tried to open the Fyrinnae swatch thread by clicking in the Master list of other swatches thread

(this link: http://www.specktra.net/forum/thread/128437/master-list-of-other-brand-swatches )

This resulted in an error page:

ERROR [IllegalArgumentException] (0)
Could not load thread
If you report this error, please include the following timestamp: 1288659649.0142



I am using Windows XP and Firefox 3.0.19

 

[Hilde]

I'm having problems replying to PM's because sometimes the white box doesn't load. Or it loads like a white square, nothing else. And when I try to write in it it disappears.

I'm using chrome, baybe it's the browser I don't know. Also the message that comes when you've received a PM, if I click cancel the page jumps up when I scroll down as if the message was still there.

I hope you'll implement some way of keeping track of thanks or thumbs up or whatever, because I thought it was fun going to my user CP and see the thanks I got.

ETA: Meisje I'm getting the same error.

Windows 7

 

[TeresitaMC]

Wow, I don't even notice a change in the background. Maybe I thought I was getting used to it. Though it is still too bright for me. It hurts my eyes -__-

I tried to submit Feedback for a user and I keep getting this message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function num_rows() on a non-object in /var/www/sites/www.specktra.net/releases/20101021235551/v2/system/database/DB_active_rec.php on line 1080

 

[elegant-one]

I hope you'll implement some way of keeping track of thanks or thumbs up or whatever, because I thought it was fun going to my user CP and see the thanks I got.

^yep I really really miss that!!! I agree. Sometimes that notified you when others posted something back to you as well.

 

[User38]

Sees Elegant! for the first time since they changed this site

I guess that's what I miss -- I can't tell who is where or when... besides that, I keep getting a huge RED

sign from my security system that I cannot pm or send a letter without being in DANGER DANGER.. this is disturbing and it makes me close the page and skip what I was going to post..


what's up with that?

TIA

 

[LittleMaryJane]

I hope you'll implement some way of keeping track of thanks or thumbs up or whatever, because I thought it was fun going to my user CP and see the thanks I got.

I agree with this also. My obsessive side likes everything like that to be kept track of and listed

 

[Meisje]

I love that you've put New Posts back on separate pages instead of using the "more" loader that was there before. Thanks!

 

[TeresitaMC]

Pretty please, any update on this? I am still getting the same message when trying to submit feedback. Thanks in advance!

I tried to submit Feedback for a user and I keep getting this message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function num_rows() on a non-object in /var/www/sites/www.specktra.net/releases/20101021235551/v2/system/database/DB_active_rec.php on line 1080

 

[purple_pumpkin]

When i get an e-mail with subscriptions, on some of the links it doesn't rederect me, it just says error. And it won't load.
Also sometimes the search doesn't work. Yesterday i tried to search for mufe foundation, and it didn't work the whole day, today it works. But when i typed something else, it worked...

 

[Meryl]

I asked this on another thread and now wonder if is should have asked about this here - ever since yesterday, I cannot load images to this forum.

I am able to add the link to the image hosting website, but no one wants to click a link to see a picture. I want to add pictures and can't. Is it me and my 2 image hosting websites or is there a bug with this forum?