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Title: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 18, 2018, 02:23:24 PM
I know what everyone at Multitool.org is getting for Christmas- a new server!

Whoey (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1068) will be moving Multitool.org to the new server some time soon, and in the off chance things do not go smoothly, I wanted to give everyone a heads up.  Things should go fine as Whoey has moved this site twice in the past and knows what he is doing, but in the off chance that anyone gets left behind or anyone sees any issues, I wanted to provide as many options to reach us and get things sorted as possible.  Here is some emergency contact info that you should save just in case:

Grant Lamontagne

Email (Also Hangouts)- grant.lamontagne@gmail.com
Skype- realdef
Phone (Also Whatsapp, call or text)- (902)233- 8888
Facebook (Messenger and the MTO FB Group)- https://www.facebook.com/grant.lamontagne and https://www.facebook.com/groups/multitoolforum/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/Multitooldotorg
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/grant.lamontagne/?hl=en
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/...grant-lamontagne-472004a/

Kev D

KevDMod@virginmedia.com

Steve C

stevec34-Mod@yahoo.com

Poncho

poncho65@yahoo.com

You can also reach out to us on Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Hangouts, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on.  We are all going to be available for any problems that may arise.

The exact timing of the change is unknown at this point, but this thread will be updated as we go- a lot has to depend on how well the test moves and things go, and we will update this thread as things happen. 

When the time comes, Whoey will close the forum and put up a page letting everyone know what is happening.  He will then back up the forum and move it to the new server and re-open everything.  The process, if all goes well should take an hour or less.  If all goes wrong it could take a lot longer, but we don't envision any problems.

I would appreciate it if everyone would post below to let me know they have seen this- I'll be posting this (and any updates) on the main site and social media outlets and sending a newsletter update to let everyone know too.

On a different note, I would like to thank everyone at Prime Relay for the years of great service, and I would be happy to stay with them forever if they weren't shutting their doors to pursue other interests.  I am sure I speak for all of us when I say we greatly appreciate all you have done for us, and we are going to miss you guys and we all wish you all the best in the future!

Def

Updates edit (whoey):
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Fuzzbucket on December 18, 2018, 02:29:58 PM
Thank you - info noted!  :salute:


:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on December 18, 2018, 02:36:08 PM
Good luck with the migration of the forum to a new server  :hatsoff:
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Post by: fred2892 on December 18, 2018, 02:37:23 PM
Spotted and logged. ‘toot’


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Post by: Reinier on December 18, 2018, 02:39:11 PM
Good luck! :tu:
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Post by: Aloha on December 18, 2018, 02:41:04 PM
Thanks  Prime Relay and best to you all in your new endeavors.  Ok here we go.............   
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Post by: Dutch_Tooler on December 18, 2018, 02:49:17 PM
Noted. Thanks and good luck to all involved.

BTW... all members to reply?  :o
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Post by: RF52 on December 18, 2018, 02:52:05 PM
Roger Ruud

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Post by: cody6268 on December 18, 2018, 02:54:43 PM
Duly noted. I sure hope everything goes as planned.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 18, 2018, 02:55:42 PM
Noted :salute:
Hope it all goes smoothly  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: sak60 on December 18, 2018, 02:58:47 PM
Thanks for the heads up. Hope all goes well.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 18, 2018, 03:03:03 PM
Noted. Thanks and good luck to all involved.

BTW... all members to reply?  :o

As many as can.  :D

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: marko14 on December 18, 2018, 03:07:47 PM
Noted,cheers.

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Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Exeter on December 18, 2018, 03:08:22 PM
 :nothingtoadd:

Good luck!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Mechanickal on December 18, 2018, 03:10:30 PM
Everyone stay calm!!


:ahhh
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Post by: jaya_man on December 18, 2018, 03:11:09 PM
Let’s roll...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 18, 2018, 03:13:24 PM
Thanks for the heads up! Hope it goes smoothly.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Steinar on December 18, 2018, 03:14:42 PM
ACK
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Harris on December 18, 2018, 03:19:38 PM
Best of luck with the move.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: twiliter on December 18, 2018, 03:19:59 PM
 :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: zepla on December 18, 2018, 03:20:30 PM
Noted. Thanks and good luck to all involved.

BTW... all members to reply?  :o

As many as can.  :D

Def

Fastening my seatbelt now.... :D

ps. yes, i am still alive  ::) ;)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Antti Lammi on December 18, 2018, 03:20:53 PM
Spotted and hope everything goes like planned

Only Tools Matters

Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gregozedobe on December 18, 2018, 03:22:22 PM
Noted.  Fingers & toes crossed hoping it all goes smoothly  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: LeaF on December 18, 2018, 03:25:21 PM
Thanks for update.


Good luck and
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Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Spence on December 18, 2018, 03:32:28 PM
Roger doge Gaffer, Wilco
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: smiller43147 on December 18, 2018, 03:42:16 PM
As a retired IT guy I understand what can go wrong, and I salute you for your transparency.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 18, 2018, 03:43:51 PM
Good luck  :cheers: :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: s1xty7 on December 18, 2018, 03:45:49 PM
Best wishes for a smooth transition!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: WaynejG on December 18, 2018, 03:57:09 PM
Noted

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Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: redmond on December 18, 2018, 04:02:54 PM
Got it. Thanks Grant!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Myron on December 18, 2018, 04:10:53 PM
Looking forward. Thanks for the heads-up.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: DEMartin on December 18, 2018, 04:11:56 PM
Noted.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Ray S on December 18, 2018, 04:32:00 PM
Read & noted
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Post by: Kev D on December 18, 2018, 04:41:07 PM
 :ahhh
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 18, 2018, 04:45:17 PM
Good luck! :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gerleatherberman on December 18, 2018, 04:51:05 PM
Thank you for the update, Grant!

Best wishes for the move. I'm sure it will be fine.  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: magentus on December 18, 2018, 04:58:11 PM
Noted Boss - See you all on the other side.  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Ron Who on December 18, 2018, 04:58:27 PM
 :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: silat on December 18, 2018, 05:00:36 PM
Got it..
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Nix on December 18, 2018, 05:08:05 PM
 :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: MadPlumbarian on December 18, 2018, 05:15:58 PM
Thanks for the heads up that I have to deal with the wife :-\
Best of luck :tu:
JR
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: koke on December 18, 2018, 05:34:20 PM

Noted  :nothingtoadd:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: JustinCase on December 18, 2018, 05:48:43 PM
Thank you for the update, Grant! Hopes everything goes smoothly :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: multiprim on December 18, 2018, 05:55:29 PM
Thank you, Grant, for all your continued patience & hard work. And, thanks to Whoey for his expertise.

Good luck with the move. Catch you on the MT flip side.

Happy Holidays to everyone.

multiprim/Jose
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: pfrsantos on December 18, 2018, 05:56:25 PM
Ready when you are, boss!

 :salute: :tu:

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Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: pfrsantos on December 18, 2018, 05:57:35 PM
(https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dtrh.png)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: pfrsantos on December 18, 2018, 06:02:02 PM
(https://media.makeameme.org/created/old-forum-new.jpg)
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Post by: SolomonKane79 on December 18, 2018, 06:02:07 PM
Read.


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Post by: Serena on December 18, 2018, 06:10:14 PM
Why did I not know there was een twitter account? OMG!!!
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Post by: billsch8 on December 18, 2018, 06:19:55 PM
Got it!
Thanks!
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Post by: inde on December 18, 2018, 06:27:16 PM

Right on  :tu:
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Post by: Boonies on December 18, 2018, 06:57:34 PM
 :climber:     :tu:
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Post by: Poncho65 on December 18, 2018, 07:15:41 PM
Thanks for all the great service Prime Relay :salute: and hope all goes very smooth :tu: Thanks for everything Grant and Whoey :cheers:

Also if anyone needs to reach me other than email they can reach me via my other alias on Facebook,  Philip Geer  :D
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Post by: VICMAN on December 18, 2018, 07:33:25 PM
Thanks for the info Grant! :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: jeflev on December 18, 2018, 07:37:59 PM
Ok, best wishes! I'll be waiting attentively!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Alan K. on December 18, 2018, 08:11:22 PM
Roger Roger. Message received and understood. :cheers:
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Post by: colt 1911 on December 18, 2018, 08:15:02 PM
Got it !


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Post by: dbeeks1 on December 18, 2018, 08:26:58 PM
Got it. Thanks!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Juan el Boricua on December 18, 2018, 09:00:11 PM
Noted! Thank you, and Happy Holidays.
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Post by: Dunc on December 18, 2018, 09:20:30 PM
See you on the other side
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Post by: badwolf on December 18, 2018, 09:25:32 PM
 :ahhh good luck and thanks for the heads up :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: greenbear on December 18, 2018, 09:42:45 PM
Yep, got it - thanks  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: clown on December 18, 2018, 10:22:53 PM
Seen it! Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: ThundahBeagle on December 18, 2018, 11:00:23 PM
Roger Dodger Milli Vanilli & Chilly Willy

Won't this thread get complicated making it hard to scroll through and find the actual updates?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Jaypeebee on December 18, 2018, 11:24:32 PM
Noted  :tu:

What's Speedy gonna do if it's down for an hour?  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
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Post by: WoodsDuck on December 18, 2018, 11:58:43 PM
Noted  :ahhh
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Post by: detron on December 19, 2018, 12:07:50 AM
Got it,  Thanks and good luck!
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Post by: jlwatso1 on December 19, 2018, 12:34:14 AM
 :salute:Thanks for the heads up!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Blackbeard on December 19, 2018, 12:46:14 AM
Thanks, guess this explains why my forum display looks like a skeleton with no skins for past 2 days, hope it clears up.
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Post by: LoopCutter on December 19, 2018, 01:35:06 AM
 :tu: :hatsoff:  Noted.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: aluminated on December 19, 2018, 01:39:43 AM
...
I would appreciate it if everyone would post below to let me know they have seen this...
Def
“Now in those days a decree went out from the most high Def, that a census be taken of all the inhabited forum.”

Well, it IS Christmas-time, after all.

Best wishes on the transfer.
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Post by: pietervn on December 19, 2018, 02:04:26 AM
Thanks for the heads-up.

Good luck for the move.

AND a big thank you for another year of fantastic MT.O reading

Happy Christmas and a Very Merry New Year

Pete
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Post by: felinevet on December 19, 2018, 02:12:46 AM
Ok, got it!  :iagree:
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Post by: ironraven on December 19, 2018, 02:29:02 AM
So if it goes sideways, we blame Whoey. AFTER he fixes it. Got it!
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Post by: Poncho65 on December 19, 2018, 02:30:25 AM
So if it goes sideways, we blame Whoey. AFTER he fixes it. Got it!

no :kirky:

 :D
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Top-Gear-24 on December 19, 2018, 02:31:00 AM
Noted  :tu:

What's Speedy gonna do if it's down for an hour?  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

He'll probably switch to post-its right away, just to keep "posting"  :D

Anyway, I've taken notice of Def's message  :salute:.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Poncho65 on December 19, 2018, 02:31:26 AM
Not seen zepla or felinevet in a while :cheers:

Hey guys :waving:
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Post by: Huntsman on December 19, 2018, 02:58:41 AM
Message received and understood

As always in life - There is a lot more going on behind the scenes than you ever realise !!

I wanna thank the Boss and Whoey for all that work !

PS Agree with comment that we really need a separate thread for progress reports and another for the 'I got it' posts

Although a simple solution if you are only looking for progress updates -  is just to look for Grant or Whoey's posts !!    :pok:     :o    :D
And ignore the rest - Expect maybe Ponch, Steve, Kev !!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Douglas on December 19, 2018, 03:27:26 AM
 :popcorn: :cheers: :cheers: :popcorn: :popcorn:
See ya' all on the other side when the time comes... :woohoo: :woohoo:
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Post by: SteveC on December 19, 2018, 05:49:26 AM
Thanks, guess this explains why my forum display looks like a skeleton with no skins for past 2 days, hope it clears up.

Nothing has happened yet so not the cause of your skeletons   ;)
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Post by: Reinier on December 19, 2018, 07:18:16 AM
Ok, got it!  :iagree:

Good to see you Tim! :cheers:
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Post by: Whoey on December 19, 2018, 10:36:06 AM
I'll update the first post with progress... seems like that's the sensible solution.
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Post by: Peyote on December 19, 2018, 12:23:47 PM
Does everyone have their moving buddy? 🚛
Hmm, what tool(s) should I bring...🤔
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 19, 2018, 12:29:41 PM
Hey, is this a trick to make us post more?  :P

Thanks for all the work you do in keeping this place online.  :hatsoff:


Does everyone have their moving buddy? 🚛
Hmm, what tool(s) should I bring...🤔

Moving buddy? I call dibbs on Buzz Lightyear!
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Post by: Yadda on December 19, 2018, 01:32:11 PM
I seed it, I seed it!
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Post by: ducttapetech on December 19, 2018, 01:52:18 PM
Got it Boss. Hope things go well for you Whoey.
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Post by: kottskrapa on December 19, 2018, 02:20:02 PM
Noted!

And thanks for the best forum and internetfamily there is!

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

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Post by: lister on December 19, 2018, 02:20:50 PM
Smoke them if you got them?  :woohoo:

 :D
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Post by: ThePeacent on December 19, 2018, 03:28:07 PM
got it,
thanks Whoey and Grant  :cheers:
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Post by: Fast Bill on December 19, 2018, 11:24:01 PM
Gotcha  :salute:
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Post by: Old Boy on December 20, 2018, 05:38:40 AM
Got it
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 20, 2018, 09:27:58 AM
 :popcorn:
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Post by: Whoey on December 20, 2018, 08:19:05 PM
a lot of progress today, still have the heavy sites to go...
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Post by: Kev D on December 20, 2018, 08:24:26 PM
Thanks Whoey, we appreciate your hard work  :cheers:
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Post by: SteveC on December 20, 2018, 08:25:43 PM
^ A big  +1
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Post by: Nix on December 20, 2018, 08:27:13 PM
 :iagree:   :clap:   :salute:
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Post by: AlephZero on December 20, 2018, 08:42:17 PM
 :salute:
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 20, 2018, 10:45:06 PM
 :salute:
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Post by: Pacu on December 20, 2018, 11:34:39 PM
 :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERYhttps://forum.multitool.org/Smi IMPORTANT
Post by: Millhouse on December 20, 2018, 11:37:28 PM
 :nothingtoadd:
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Post by: McStitchy on December 21, 2018, 01:03:37 AM
Thanks Dev and Whoey and all  :salute:
We're still here...  :ahhh
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Post by: Tsquare on December 21, 2018, 03:32:53 AM
     Message received.  Thanks for awesome year.
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Post by: Syncop8r on December 22, 2018, 11:01:22 AM
Seen, but I think it has already been done?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Mechanickal on December 22, 2018, 01:25:02 PM
Did we move? :popcorn:

Site was in maintenance mode! :ahhh
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 01:28:48 PM
I think we did, and notice we are multitool ninjas now  :pok:

https://forum.multitool.ninja
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 01:29:10 PM
Also, every embedded video is broken  :(
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Post by: Fuzzbucket on December 22, 2018, 01:34:39 PM
Is that it all done? Well done and thank you for all your hard work Whoey!  :tu: Time to make a donation I think.  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 01:38:39 PM
Might be still going on, at least some things are still broken  :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
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Post by: Fuzzbucket on December 22, 2018, 01:40:29 PM
... Well... well done anyway...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Fuzzbucket on December 22, 2018, 01:41:42 PM
Tell you what, my sig looks awesome... and really that's all that counts!  :2tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 22, 2018, 01:44:51 PM
Looks like everything went smooth enough  :cheers:
Title: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 02:00:22 PM
I think we moved. But my phone tells me the site is not safe now…

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181222/b8400b79e74c8ccfbb1775e8c07c75b0.jpg)
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Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 02:02:48 PM
Attached images are also broken  :pok:
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Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 02:04:17 PM
And Spoiler tags as well
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 02:05:03 PM
Just reporting what I see  :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 22, 2018, 02:13:39 PM
I can’t post my pics  :think:
Keep getting this message

Cannot access attachments upload path!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 22, 2018, 02:30:56 PM
I can’t find the reward badges
So I can’t request or look at any badges  :think:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: dks on December 22, 2018, 02:51:59 PM
site not safe message too

any XXX material coming in then?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 03:01:51 PM
Correct, no badges…
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 22, 2018, 03:07:22 PM
Whoey made the big move today but all the pluggins aren't enabled just yet. Don't worry all will be up and running as normal soon.

Use this address to get past the not secure warning

https://forum.multitool.ninja
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 22, 2018, 03:47:01 PM
Steve is absolutely correct.  We are in our new home, but surrounded by boxes and boxes of un-assembled addons, and damned if we remember where that bag of screws was packed...

It will take us a bit to get everything sorted and back to normal, but the bottom line is that we are online and open again- just watch your step.

Please keep adding to this thread with anything that you see out of place- we can't guarantee that we will get to it right away, but we will keep plugging away until everythign is set up just the way we like it again.

And, by "we" I mean Micah, because he is doing all of the work.  I would help, but that would significantly increase his workload, and honestly, I have to say that he is already working harder than we initially expected.

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: dks on December 22, 2018, 03:49:54 PM
Just to make it clear, me (drinking) and the members, just point things out to help, not to complain. Big move, bound to have issues but  to be better and improve MTO more !!

GO GRANT(D) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we are coming with you!!!!!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Mechanickal on December 22, 2018, 03:51:56 PM
Aaaaah, the smell of fresh paint...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 05:14:05 PM
AS I said before...

Youtube videos are just links

Image attachments are no show

Spoiler tags don't work
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 05:19:05 PM
Yep, not complaining, just pointing out what I see.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: jaya_man on December 22, 2018, 05:34:33 PM
Wow, we moved? That’s was fast... Way to go Whoey... :like: :woohoo:

Just like any mobile phone OS upgrade, let’s give this new place some time to settle down
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on December 22, 2018, 06:07:50 PM
Badges are back :woohoo:

Thanks to all doing the hard work :tu: (I guess Whoey...)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 22, 2018, 06:23:46 PM
Looks like attachments as well


Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 22, 2018, 06:32:14 PM
Posting pics works again  :woohoo:
Shame it’s dark outside now  :rofl:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: ezdog on December 22, 2018, 06:35:46 PM
Entire Forum is much faster for me too! :like:

That will never get old!

THANKS! :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 22, 2018, 06:50:33 PM
Entire Forum is much faster for me too! :like:

That will never get old!

THANKS! :cheers:

Much faster for me too. Like, crazy fast :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 22, 2018, 07:00:31 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Don Pablo on December 22, 2018, 07:15:32 PM
Thank you Whoey!  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Don Pablo on December 22, 2018, 07:15:59 PM
 :o
We have a spell check button now!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Smashie on December 22, 2018, 07:20:47 PM
Well done Micah, even though my network appliance had a meltdown over the temp cert and the ninja url  :woohoo:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 07:37:12 PM
Looks like everything's fixed, well done Micah  :salute:  :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 22, 2018, 07:38:04 PM
Oh right, what was that multitool.ninja thing?  :pok:

 :D
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 22, 2018, 07:41:10 PM
 :woohoo:

 :cheers: Cheers, guys!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 22, 2018, 07:51:33 PM
Looks like everything works again  :tu:
Thanks Whoey for all the hard work
to make this a smooth change over  :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on December 22, 2018, 08:05:17 PM
 :hatsoff: Whoey
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: MadPlumbarian on December 22, 2018, 08:07:46 PM
Looks like everything works again  :tu:
Thanks Whoey for all the hard work
to make this a smooth change over  :cheers:
Totally, I didn’t even notice a diff, until I saw spell check, which I don’t understand
JR
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Poncho65 on December 22, 2018, 08:09:52 PM
Thanks Whoey  :hatsoff: the new site is starting to look like home again :D as said before I love the new paint smell  :dd: :like:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 08:19:17 PM
I'm seeing Google Ads. Where they there before?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 22, 2018, 08:21:42 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)


I also use the old theme and yes it looks strange. The pics don't resize either so you have to scroll. I'm hoping that we can get it back but It may be too much work for Whoey
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 22, 2018, 08:23:15 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)


I also use the old theme and yes it looks strange. The pics don't resize either so you have to scroll. I'm hoping that we can get it back but It may be too much work for Whoey

I'm fine with it being a low prio thing :)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 22, 2018, 09:01:07 PM
Seen, but I think it has already been done?
Looks like I spoke too soon.

Thanks for all your hard work Whoey.  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 22, 2018, 09:52:05 PM
:hatsoff: Whoey

Happy Birthday :)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on December 22, 2018, 09:54:14 PM
:hatsoff: Whoey

Happy Birthday :)

Thanks!  :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2018, 10:08:50 PM
I think we moved. But my phone tells me the site is not safe now…

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181222/b8400b79e74c8ccfbb1775e8c07c75b0.jpg)
Yes, we could not generate a new SSL certificate until the DNS propagated to the new server, and I didn't want to switch it until I was sure everything was ok. I had some IRL stuff interfere so some things took longer than expected. Using the .ninja domain (that Grant had already) was a way for us to copy sites across and make sure they were working before disabling the old setup completely.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2018, 10:11:00 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)


I also use the old theme and yes it looks strange. The pics don't resize either so you have to scroll. I'm hoping that we can get it back but It may be too much work for Whoey
There was a bit of trouble during the migrating so I had to force feed an upgrade package over top which overwrote a lot of the customizations with the curve theme, it should be restored now?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2018, 10:14:25 PM
Entire Forum is much faster for me too! :like:

That will never get old!

THANKS! :cheers:

Much faster for me too. Like, crazy fast :tu:
old server is based in Europe, new one is central US, so that's one factor, also the new server has some other speed tweaks we didn't have previously.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 22, 2018, 10:15:25 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)


I also use the old theme and yes it looks strange. The pics don't resize either so you have to scroll. I'm hoping that we can get it back but It may be too much work for Whoey
There was a bit of trouble during the migrating so I had to force feed an upgrade package over top which overwrote a lot of the customizations with the curve theme, it should be restored now?

It looks great!
Excellent work :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 10:53:36 PM
I'm one of only a few members who use the Curve theme, boot it looks different. It's mostly blue now :)


I also use the old theme and yes it looks strange. The pics don't resize either so you have to scroll. I'm hoping that we can get it back but It may be too much work for Whoey
There was a bit of trouble during the migrating so I had to force feed an upgrade package over top which overwrote a lot of the customizations with the curve theme, it should be restored now?

It looks great!
Excellent work :salute:
Also chosen the Curve theme. Much better!!!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 22, 2018, 10:55:08 PM
Oh right, what was that multitool.ninja thing?  :pok:

 :D

Some time ago .ninja was made available as a top level domain, in addition to the .com, .org, .net etc ones that were also available.  I grabbed Multitool.ninja as a joke and it has been sitting there along with the couple dozen (or so) other domains I own, pretty much entirely unused until now.  Micah felt the best way to move things over was to use the .ninja domain and, since it wasn't doing anything else, we figured that we might as well.  :D

To be honest, I never really knew what I was going to do with it, I just got it for a laugh.  If anyone has any ideas, I am open to having more fun with it.  :D

For those keeping track, I also own swissgear-wenger.com.  :D

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 22, 2018, 10:58:57 PM
Just realized I'm not getting email notifications of private messages. 
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 22, 2018, 11:13:14 PM
Keep getting tis message.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181222/979eb786469d933ebf8dd1274c777096.jpg)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Douglas on December 23, 2018, 12:45:49 AM
What is the Curve Theam?  :dunno:  I'm not finding anything like that so now I'm curious.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 23, 2018, 12:49:17 AM
You can find it by going to

Profile>Modify Profile>Look and Layout

It should be at the top

Pretty much changes the look of the page
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 23, 2018, 01:22:58 AM
Oh right, what was that multitool.ninja thing?  :pok:

 :D

:ninja:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 23, 2018, 01:24:00 AM
Entire Forum is much faster for me too! :like:

That will never get old!

THANKS! :cheers:

Much faster for me too. Like, crazy fast :tu:
old server is based in Europe, new one is central US, so that's one factor, also the new server has some other speed tweaks we didn't have previously.

Nice!

Hopefully it's still fast for others around the world too :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Douglas on December 23, 2018, 01:33:24 AM
You can find it by going to

Profile>Modify Profile>Look and Layout

It should be at the top

Pretty much changes the look of the page
Thanks CB.  Tried it out but I think I'll stick with the normal default.
Things do seem a little faster.  :woohoo: :woohoo:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 23, 2018, 01:36:45 AM
 :cheers:

And they sure do  :woohoo:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: smiller43147 on December 23, 2018, 01:51:48 AM
I see a new Spell Check button when posting, but it only brings up an empty pop-up window.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 23, 2018, 02:00:04 AM
Same.

Also, I just noticed that the Swiss Army Knight, R&D, and Charter Member banners appear to be missing.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 23, 2018, 02:12:05 AM
Trying Curve now.... I prefer the default generally but Curve is better on my eyes with it's less bright background and gifs are working better so I might keep it on.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 23, 2018, 09:20:12 AM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 23, 2018, 09:37:24 AM
Yeah same here.
It's an improvement...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on December 23, 2018, 09:44:00 AM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 23, 2018, 10:25:45 AM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on December 23, 2018, 10:32:48 AM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)

It doesn't?
Sorry, what were you looking for then please?  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: zoidberg on December 23, 2018, 10:37:04 AM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)

It doesn't?
Sorry, what were you looking for then please?  :salute:

He was looking for the hidden words 'can you see this?'.   ;)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2018, 11:12:44 AM
hmm, I didn't actually enable the spellcheck, and it seems it needs some extra setup...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on December 23, 2018, 11:22:33 AM
All functions I tried today appear to be working now with some small exceptions - good work Whoey  :salute:

The exceptions are that banners for the Swiss Army Knights and maybe Charter Members are not visible yet.

Oh and the Spell Checker is no longer present as I type this...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Don Pablo on December 23, 2018, 11:31:42 AM
Spel check? Wee dont nead it.  8)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2018, 11:47:23 AM
All functions I tried today appear to be working now with some small exceptions - good work Whoey  :salute:

The exceptions are that banners for the Swiss Army Knights and maybe Charter Members are not visible yet.

Oh and the Spell Checker is no longer present as I type this...
well spotted, it was installed, but not enabled... I guess it reset. Seems to be working now!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on December 23, 2018, 01:28:49 PM
 :tu: :hatsoff:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 23, 2018, 01:40:21 PM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)

It doesn't?
Sorry, what were you looking for then please?  :salute:

He was looking for the hidden words 'can you see this?'.   ;)

Which you cannot see in the Curve theme :)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Aloha on December 23, 2018, 03:23:58 PM
Got booted out but I'm back in.  All seems to be working on my end.  I'm using the default as well, old dog here so  :D.

I cannot thank you enough Whoey for all the work you've done and will continue to do.   :hatsoff:  Thank you Thank you Thank you.   
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 23, 2018, 03:48:38 PM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)

It doesn't?
Sorry, what were you looking for then please?  :salute:

He was looking for the hidden words 'can you see this?'.   ;)

Which you cannot see in the Curve theme :)


Whoey will look into to it after the higher priority bugs are worked out. This is pretty low priority considering there are only 36 of us still using the old theme. 
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Reinier on December 23, 2018, 04:38:31 PM
Is this just me?
The "Show content" buttons (spoilers) stopped working. Half of pfrsantos' posts are now impossible to read. Not that that matters much ;)

Test:
Show content
Can you see this?

Spoiler seems to work now...

Your screenshot does not prove that :)

It doesn't?
Sorry, what were you looking for then please?  :salute:

He was looking for the hidden words 'can you see this?'.   ;)

Which you cannot see in the Curve theme :)


Whoey will look into to it after the higher priority bugs are worked out. This is pretty low priority considering there are only 36 of us still using the old theme. 

I totally understand!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 23, 2018, 10:07:11 PM
Whoey will look into to it after the higher priority bugs are worked out. This is pretty low priority considering there are only 36 of us still using the old theme.
37  :whistle:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 23, 2018, 10:10:31 PM
 :D :like: :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 24, 2018, 04:01:38 PM
I'm not receiving emails for the topics I'm subscribed to.
As a matter of fact, I'm also not receiving push messages from TT for mentions and stuff.
The first thing can't be a TT flaw… :think:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: zoidberg on December 25, 2018, 05:29:08 AM
I'm not receiving emails for the topics I'm subscribed to.
As a matter of fact, I'm also not receiving push messages from TT for mentions and stuff.
The first thing can't be a TT flaw… :think:

Thank you for the heads up Serena.
I'm getting TT notifications and forum emails but not all moderators (and possibly members) are.
Unfortunately I'll be afk for a couple weeks but I'm sure Whoey will sort things out after he enjoys some Christmas time to himself.
Title: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 25, 2018, 05:41:08 AM
Push is sometimes working again!!!
But didn't get a message from this quote.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: ddogu on December 25, 2018, 09:58:36 AM
fingers crossed!  :dd: :2tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Mechanickal on December 25, 2018, 10:06:02 AM
The emails are generated by TT, so it can be their issue.

I'm not receiving any push notficiations either, which happened before and lasted for months.
Contacting TT back then reveiled that the issue lays with them indeed.

:shrug:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: MadPlumbarian on December 25, 2018, 05:30:14 PM
Idk if it’s the forum or me, but one min everything’s fast but then when posting or selecting something it just freezes, takes a min then will continue, all back to fast for the next few min, but then it will do the same in a while?
JR
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 25, 2018, 05:35:34 PM
Same is happening to me as well JR.  Sometimes I've had to close and reopen my browser to get it unfrozen .
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Serena on December 25, 2018, 05:40:13 PM
Same here, even in TT.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Poncho65 on December 25, 2018, 05:49:14 PM
Hopefully that issue goes away after everything has settled and all the bugs have been worked out with the new server :cheers:

Merry Christmas all :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: SteveC on December 25, 2018, 05:49:58 PM
 :iagree: :cheers: :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: MadPlumbarian on December 25, 2018, 05:52:48 PM
Merry Xmas poncho :cheers:
JR
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on December 25, 2018, 06:06:23 PM
I have the same problem  >:(
But I am sure it will get better  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 25, 2018, 08:53:52 PM
I know there are much more important things to attend to right now, but I'm just wondering.....
 is there any chance the Member Map could work again on the new server?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Douglas on December 25, 2018, 09:22:34 PM
 :iagree:
THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: CallsignBadger on December 25, 2018, 09:28:09 PM
I know there are much more important things to attend to right now, but I'm just wondering.....
 is there any chance the Member Map could work again on the new server?

I’m going to assume it shows where we are around the world? If so, cool!
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 25, 2018, 09:45:56 PM
I wanted to see who we have in Indonesia with the tsunami and all...

Spoiler is working.  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 25, 2018, 10:03:26 PM
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,70520.msg1420184.html#msg1420184
Title: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: jaya_man on December 26, 2018, 12:54:33 PM
Hi Syncopr... That would be me among others...

Not derailing this thread,

Fortunately, the Sunda Strait Tsunami is far from where I live... And No other MTO members that I know off are affected as well...

The Tsunami came without warning, no tell tale signs (earthquakes, receeding water line) beforhand as well... Except for the minor erruptions Krakatau (child) volcano... Everybody was caught off guard... The tsunami was caused by a landslide on Krakatau and the high tides...

Were just hoping and praying that the casualty count doesn’t add up some more... Based on historical evidences, Krakatau did cause a major tsunami during the 1883 erruption...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 26, 2018, 01:00:22 PM
I have just looked and while there is an updated version of the member map, it requires an api key from google which now requires payment setup. :facepalm:

It did sort of work (just tested it) but causes 500 errors if you try and edit your profile AT ALL which is not great.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on December 26, 2018, 09:17:28 PM
Hi Syncopr... That would be me among others...
Great to hear you're OK.  :tu:
I have just looked and while there is an updated version of the member map, it requires an api key from google which now requires payment setup. :facepalm:

It did sort of work (just tested it) but causes 500 errors if you try and edit your profile AT ALL which is not great.
Thanks for taking the time to look into it.
Perhaps one day there will be a way... :dd:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on December 26, 2018, 09:20:12 PM
I think that might be API key related, I think we should be ok with the basic allowance but it seems pretty petty of Google to require a credit card to be linked to the account.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 28, 2018, 11:37:36 PM
Idk if it’s the forum or me, but one min everything’s fast but then when posting or selecting something it just freezes, takes a min then will continue, all back to fast for the next few min, but then it will do the same in a while?
JR

I've started experiencing this issue as well  :-\
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: AlephZero on December 29, 2018, 11:03:58 AM
I think the forum has been offline more since the server change, couple minutes at a time  :(
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Post by: Wspeed on December 29, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
Still got freezing going on when I post in a thread  :facepalm:
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Post by: Whoey on December 29, 2018, 01:19:20 PM
This is annoying, we aren't even maxing out our resources...
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 29, 2018, 01:31:42 PM
This is annoying, we aren't even maxing out our resources...
Smurf!  :(
Should I try using more resources then?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: gustophersmob on December 29, 2018, 08:45:06 PM
I've been getting this rather frequently since the move  :-\
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Post by: Wspeed on December 29, 2018, 08:58:12 PM
I have the same message quite often  :facepalm:
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Post by: gustophersmob on December 29, 2018, 09:54:55 PM
I will say that when it does load, everything is still lightning fast for me. Just sometimes it won't load at all.
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Post by: SteveC on December 29, 2018, 10:02:02 PM
The forum has been loading smoothly for me today  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 29, 2018, 11:45:00 PM
Micah found another piece of the server still in the box this morning.  He bolted it on and things seem like they may accidentally work now.

Hopefully.

For the most part the issues we have been experiencing are pretty well to be expected as we dial in the server settings to handle us properly.

Please keep letting us know what problems you are experiencing, if any, as it all helps us get one step closer to getting things sorted out.

Def
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Post by: SteveC on December 30, 2018, 12:12:56 AM
Glad he found the extra parts  :D  :tu:
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Post by: Poncho65 on December 30, 2018, 12:38:47 AM
What MT did he use to put the extra piece on 8) :D
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Post by: jaya_man on December 30, 2018, 10:02:39 AM
Am curious too Poncho... :cheers:
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Post by: Whoey on December 30, 2018, 11:37:53 AM
Ubuntu Bionic Beaver.

 :think:
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Post by: Chako on December 30, 2018, 12:14:40 PM
As a Canadian, I can appreciate the use of a beaver!

 :tu:

 :rofl:
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Post by: dks on December 30, 2018, 12:35:32 PM
Ten years ago, I would have posted about 20 "Beaver" pictures by now........

I am not 12 anymore..
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 30, 2018, 12:36:50 PM
Ten years ago, I would have posted about 20 "Beaver" pictures by now........

I am not 12 anymore..
Aha! Now we know your age. :pok:
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Post by: dks on December 30, 2018, 01:16:40 PM
Dog years! 
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Post by: Chako on December 30, 2018, 02:47:24 PM
I have a notion that you are not talking about Castor canadensis! :think:  :rofl:
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Post by: gustophersmob on January 01, 2019, 10:18:36 PM
Just wanted to let you know I have not gotten the "server not responding" message for the last day or so.

Every once in awhile it will load slow, but it hasn't hung up like that again.  And most of the time, it's still really fast  :tu:
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Post by: Wspeed on January 01, 2019, 10:26:16 PM
 :iagree: it’s been a lot faster
and I only had a couple of slow load ups
But a big improvement
Excellent work Whoey  :cheers: :like:
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Post by: CallsignBadger on January 01, 2019, 10:57:13 PM
 :iagree:

Its getting better each day  :cheers:
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 02, 2019, 01:55:13 AM
Great to hear!

Whoey didnt believe me when I said rubbing cheetah blood on the server would help, but here we are, just zipping along!   :D

He says it has more to do with better hardware in a managed VPN, but I know it was the blood....

Def
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Post by: SteveC on January 02, 2019, 02:53:09 AM
 :D
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Post by: Dutch_Tooler on January 02, 2019, 08:57:55 AM
The site handles like the proverbial Greased Lightning today *).
Let's see from tomorrow onwards, when the broadband provider has promised to switch me to a faster connection and after I've installed the contents of some boxes that he just sent me *HUAHAHAHHH*

*) that dates me, it does  :facepalm:
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Post by: Wspeed on January 02, 2019, 12:44:44 PM
I wonder if cheetah blood would
work for making my internet faster  :think:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 02, 2019, 03:44:16 PM
Cheetah blood works for everything.

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on January 02, 2019, 03:47:09 PM
Maybe you could start selling cheetah blood Grant  :D
Could be a good earner :tu: :rofl:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 02, 2019, 06:16:09 PM
Uncle Def brand ultra premium cheetah blood does have a nice ring to it, but it's a hell of a thing to get them to sit still long enough at the donation clinic to get it!

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on January 02, 2019, 06:46:56 PM
Yes that’s not something
cheetahs are very good at
Maybe it needs a bit more thought  :think:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 03, 2019, 02:48:19 PM
Just to keep this thread updated, it appears that our current server package may not be suitable for Multitool.org's needs.

On the up side, most of what we are getting is suitable, but as this forum keeps growing, we are maxing out certain parts of it, and so we have decided that, while everything is in disarray already, we are going to upgrade the server package now, before we hit the wall.

At some point in the next week or so we will be adding more resources, but fortunately there isn't another server move or anything that requires a huge amount of effort.  It should be relatively painless, and the only change everyone here may see is things going even faster and smoother.

Even so, if you notice anything out of the ordinary, please let us know.  After all, I have been making a decent living the last decade or so off the word should.  Comments like "This should hold, that should be enough straps, this should fit" etc have helped (indirectly) to make MTO what it is today, and so I am not one to have a lot of faith that there won't be problems!

Still, I think this major change went as smoothly as I have ever seen a move like this done, and it is all thanks to the efforts of Micah.  He may seem like the quiet sort, but the fact is we would be in very serious trouble long ago if it weren't for him.   :tu:

Def
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Post by: Wspeed on January 03, 2019, 02:57:21 PM
Thanks for letting us know Grant :tu: :like:
Apart from a few slow load ups
I haven’t had any other problems  :cheers:
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Post by: pfrsantos on January 03, 2019, 02:59:44 PM
Just to keep this thread updated, it appears that our current server package may not be suitable for Multitool.org's needs.

On the up side, most of what we are getting is suitable, but as this forum keeps growing, we are maxing out certain parts of it, and so we have decided that, while everything is in disarray already, we are going to upgrade the server package now, before we hit the wall.

At some point in the next week or so we will be adding more resources, but fortunately there isn't another server move or anything that requires a huge amount of effort.  It should be relatively painless, and the only change everyone here may see is things going even faster and smoother.

Even so, if you notice anything out of the ordinary, please let us know.  After all, I have been making a decent living the last decade or so off the word should.  Comments like "This should hold, that should be enough straps, this should fit" etc have helped (indirectly) to make MTO what it is today, and so I am not one to have a lot of faith that there won't be problems!

Still, I think this major change went as smoothly as I have ever seen a move like this done, and it is all thanks to the efforts of Micah.  He may seem like the quiet sort, but the fact is we would be in very serious trouble long ago if it weren't for him.   :tu:

Def

Major Change!

 :salute:
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Post by: Poncho65 on January 03, 2019, 03:04:35 PM
Yes, Whoey is the man 8) glad we have him for sure :tu: and I as well as everyone else sure do appreciate all he has done for MTO :salute:

Also I haven't noticed any slow downs (other than the normal ones from my below par internet service at home ::) :D ) :cheers:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Rapidray on January 03, 2019, 03:36:43 PM
Photo size change??? Mine is saying 512KB maximum...was over 1000KB. Has something changed???
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 03, 2019, 03:50:51 PM
Yes and no... many things have changed to the default setting during the move and that is one of them.

Unfortunately attachments are also an issue that we will have to address soon.  Unlike many forums that prune posts and attachments after a certain period, we try to keep them accessible to everyone.  After 13 years, you can imagine how big the attachment database has become somewhat large and remarkably expensive.   :ahhh

We are discussing options on how to deal with this, but for now at least we are leaving the image size where it is.  There are instructions on How to reduce photos (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,2305.0.html) right here on the forum that should hopefully help until we come across a more permanent solution. 

Of course, if anyone has any ideas or thoughts they want to share, please feel free.  :D

Def
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Post by: SteveC on January 03, 2019, 03:55:39 PM
Photo size change??? Mine is saying 512KB maximum...was over 1000KB. Has something changed???


People really should make an effort not to load overly large pictures anyway as all they do is make for having to scroll to see the larger picture when blown up.

Here's a great phone app that is really easy to use for resizing


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer
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Post by: Dutch_Tooler on January 03, 2019, 03:58:38 PM
Not sure this offering is on the market, but could there be a kind of second tier ("archival") storage for older pics that haven't been looked at for, say, 3 years? With slightly slower loading times than the more recently accessed ones? Users would need to be warned about those of course, but that could be doable...
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Post by: Whoey on January 03, 2019, 04:25:39 PM
The attachments system in SMF leaves a lot to be desired. Management is a very painful process (and cumbersome for the server resources) and with the approximately 40GB / 250+ thousand files it doesn't get any easier. It took several hours to sync that between our old server and new.

512k should be more than enough for an attached image, it's actually very generous. To be completely honest, images larger than 1000 pixels (on the long side) are not needed on the forum. Very few people are running higher resolutions, and more and more users are on phones and tablets with even lower resolutions and bandwidth to boot. In the case that those files are needed in high resolution (calendar selections for example) they can be stored on the MTO Gallery/sent to a mod to put on the Gallery for safekeeping. We also have some cases where someone has attached the same large image several times in different threads.

I'm looking into some mods that might help out automating some resizing but as you can imagine I'm holding off until we have more resources to not totally bog down the server. Also as Grant mentioned, there is a thread dedicated to resizing options, and there are tons of tools out there to resize images easily for free.
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Post by: Aloha on January 03, 2019, 04:32:12 PM
Thank you for that post Whoey and again for all the hard work you are doing.  The sticky on resizing photos is a great resource.  I know there still those who have had trouble so I'll leave this https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,2305.0/topicseen.html (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,2305.0/topicseen.html) here. 
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Post by: Wspeed on January 03, 2019, 04:36:09 PM
Can’t we use the MultiTool.ninja site for old files and pics  :think:
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Post by: Poncho65 on January 03, 2019, 04:40:46 PM
Photo size change??? Mine is saying 512KB maximum...was over 1000KB. Has something changed???


People really should make an effort not to load overly large pictures anyway as all they do is make for having to scroll to see the larger picture when blown up.

Here's a great phone app that is really easy to use for resizing


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer

I have even been using the resize app for my uploading to Imgur, that way it uploads much faster to their site as well :tu:

These days it really is easy to resize pics taken on mobile and for me it is even easier to upload straight from my phone :salute:
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Post by: Whoey on January 03, 2019, 04:59:24 PM
Can’t we use the MultiTool.ninja site for old files and pics  :think:
That's just a different index pointing at the same files and database

Splitting stuff out would be extremely tedious.

Again, once we sort more resources we do have a few ideas for improvements
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Wspeed on January 03, 2019, 05:02:39 PM
Can’t we use the MultiTool.ninja site for old files and pics  :think:
That's just a different index pointing at the same files and database

Splitting stuff out would be extremely tedious.

Again, once we sort more resources we do have a few ideas for improvements
Thanks for explaining Whoey
and you are doing a excellent job  :cheers: :like:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on January 03, 2019, 07:57:55 PM
The attachments system in SMF leaves a lot to be desired. Management is a very painful process (and cumbersome for the server resources) and with the approximately 40GB / 250+ thousand files it doesn't get any easier. It took several hours to sync that between our old server and new.

512k should be more than enough for an attached image, it's actually very generous. To be completely honest, images larger than 1000 pixels (on the long side) are not needed on the forum. Very few people are running higher resolutions, and more and more users are on phones and tablets with even lower resolutions and bandwidth to boot. In the case that those files are needed in high resolution (calendar selections for example) they can be stored on the MTO Gallery/sent to a mod to put on the Gallery for safekeeping. We also have some cases where someone has attached the same large image several times in different threads.

I'm looking into some mods that might help out automating some resizing but as you can imagine I'm holding off until we have more resources to not totally bog down the server. Also as Grant mentioned, there is a thread dedicated to resizing options, and there are tons of tools out there to resize images easily for free.

I do not agree with you there, that is too small for details to be seen if you don't want the object to fill the whole frame.
1mb was just enough for me.
Note, regarding the Gallery I think that needs to be payed for?  :think:

PS: Even cheaper  phones these days do about 3000x3000 and more.
I do already resize and compress my pics  :dunno:

Anyhow, good job and thanks for all Whoey  :hatsoff:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Rapidray on January 03, 2019, 08:42:11 PM
Photo size change??? Mine is saying 512KB maximum...was over 1000KB. Has something changed???


People really should make an effort not to load overly large pictures anyway as all they do is make for having to scroll to see the larger picture when blown up.

Here's a great phone app that is really easy to use for resizing


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer
So 1000 is large? I didn’t realize that. I was just getting use to cropping my photos from 12,000 to 1,000, I can crop it to 500 like I have been doing today. But think we should be looking for another solution...I think there is a program that will automatically downsize the incoming photo to the forum, and post it to a given size. Don’t know $$$
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on January 03, 2019, 10:01:55 PM
The attachments system in SMF leaves a lot to be desired. Management is a very painful process (and cumbersome for the server resources) and with the approximately 40GB / 250+ thousand files it doesn't get any easier. It took several hours to sync that between our old server and new.

512k should be more than enough for an attached image, it's actually very generous. To be completely honest, images larger than 1000 pixels (on the long side) are not needed on the forum. Very few people are running higher resolutions, and more and more users are on phones and tablets with even lower resolutions and bandwidth to boot. In the case that those files are needed in high resolution (calendar selections for example) they can be stored on the MTO Gallery/sent to a mod to put on the Gallery for safekeeping. We also have some cases where someone has attached the same large image several times in different threads.

I'm looking into some mods that might help out automating some resizing but as you can imagine I'm holding off until we have more resources to not totally bog down the server. Also as Grant mentioned, there is a thread dedicated to resizing options, and there are tons of tools out there to resize images easily for free.

I do not agree with you there, that is too small for details to be seen if you don't want the object to fill the whole frame.
1mb was just enough for me.
Note, regarding the Gallery I think that needs to be payed for?  :think:

PS: Even cheaper  phones these days do about 3000x3000 and more.
I do already resize and compress my pics  :dunno:

Anyhow, good job and thanks for all Whoey  :hatsoff:
Only my laptop has a screen with over 3000 pixels on one axis, and it's a rarity. My tablet is also odd since it's 2560x1800. Over the holidays I had to look at laptops for my nephew, and had to warn my brother in law not to buy the "HD" (1366x768) one he was looking at. :facepalm:

Cropping is also a good idea for more detail in a smaller photo. Factor in that the forum itself takes a chunk of the screen real estate too.

Any ways, it's also to do with quantity of files and the storage we have available, and overall usability on the forum. While I agree I personally prefer hi resolution photos, it's less relevant in a "what are you carrying today" type thread where many photos are attached to the thread.

Our gallery does not cost our users, but it's currently not the greatest setup as a companion to the forum, or mobile devices. Again, things are in motion, but we're still firefighting after the move.
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Post by: Syncop8r on January 03, 2019, 10:20:07 PM
Our gallery does not cost our users, but it's currently not the greatest setup as a companion to the forum...
Works good for me.  :tu:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Don Pablo on January 03, 2019, 10:50:00 PM

I do not agree with you there, that is too small for details to be seen if you don't want the object to fill the whole frame.
1mb was just enough for me.
Note, regarding the Gallery I think that needs to be payed for?  :think:

PS: Even cheaper  phones these days do about 3000x3000 and more.
I do already resize and compress my pics  :dunno:

Anyhow, good job and thanks for all Whoey  :hatsoff:
It's nice to have, but most photos don't need enough pixels to allow enough zoom to see grains of dust on the tool. :D

And cropping everything but the small area of interest to keep the size down is a good solution if you do need the HD Retina resolution.  :cheers:

IMHO and YMMV.
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Post by: CallsignBadger on January 03, 2019, 10:51:29 PM
On a different note, there have been a few slow loads/failed loads recently...
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on January 03, 2019, 11:52:01 PM
The attachments system in SMF leaves a lot to be desired. Management is a very painful process (and cumbersome for the server resources) and with the approximately 40GB / 250+ thousand files it doesn't get any easier. It took several hours to sync that between our old server and new.

512k should be more than enough for an attached image, it's actually very generous. To be completely honest, images larger than 1000 pixels (on the long side) are not needed on the forum. Very few people are running higher resolutions, and more and more users are on phones and tablets with even lower resolutions and bandwidth to boot. In the case that those files are needed in high resolution (calendar selections for example) they can be stored on the MTO Gallery/sent to a mod to put on the Gallery for safekeeping. We also have some cases where someone has attached the same large image several times in different threads.

I'm looking into some mods that might help out automating some resizing but as you can imagine I'm holding off until we have more resources to not totally bog down the server. Also as Grant mentioned, there is a thread dedicated to resizing options, and there are tons of tools out there to resize images easily for free.

I do not agree with you there, that is too small for details to be seen if you don't want the object to fill the whole frame.
1mb was just enough for me.
Note, regarding the Gallery I think that needs to be payed for?  :think:

PS: Even cheaper  phones these days do about 3000x3000 and more.
I do already resize and compress my pics  :dunno:

Anyhow, good job and thanks for all Whoey  :hatsoff:
Only my laptop has a screen with over 3000 pixels on one axis, and it's a rarity. My tablet is also odd since it's 2560x1800. Over the holidays I had to look at laptops for my nephew, and had to warn my brother in law not to buy the "HD" (1366x768) one he was looking at. :facepalm:

Cropping is also a good idea for more detail in a smaller photo. Factor in that the forum itself takes a chunk of the screen real estate too.

Any ways, it's also to do with quantity of files and the storage we have available, and overall usability on the forum. While I agree I personally prefer hi resolution photos, it's less relevant in a "what are you carrying today" type thread where many photos are attached to the thread.

Our gallery does not cost our users, but it's currently not the greatest setup as a companion to the forum, or mobile devices. Again, things are in motion, but we're still firefighting after the move.

Thanks Whoey, I do understand the troubles.
I think we're on the same page  :cheers:

Reminds me to our teenage daughter who manages to fill up 32GB internal + 32GB SD card on her phone with videos in a month easily.
Then trying to move some to Google Drive (to free up space) only to fill that to max as well, resulting in her mail account not being able to receive any mails anymore :facepalm:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on January 04, 2019, 12:01:27 AM

I do not agree with you there, that is too small for details to be seen if you don't want the object to fill the whole frame.
1mb was just enough for me.
Note, regarding the Gallery I think that needs to be payed for?  :think:

PS: Even cheaper  phones these days do about 3000x3000 and more.
I do already resize and compress my pics  :dunno:

Anyhow, good job and thanks for all Whoey  :hatsoff:
It's nice to have, but most photos don't need enough pixels to allow enough zoom to see grains of dust on the tool. :D

And cropping everything but the small area of interest to keep the size down is a good solution if you do need the HD Retina resolution.  :cheers:

IMHO and YMMV.

Still, depending on the content 512kb could need lots of compression.
The Shutter Shop will suffer... but sure could use other means available.  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: dks on January 04, 2019, 08:08:24 AM
The issue also has to do with Photobucket etc. I used to put my photographs in Photobucket, and link it to the forum. That way I could use a larger size, for the photographs that needed that.

However, since they decided to stop free hosting and despite changing their policy lately, I just find it safer to just upload them to the forum. That means that a lot more data is stored directly in  the  MTO servers.

I do think that limiting the size of uploads even more will affect the quality of the photographs. I do not know how much space it will save in the servers - whether it is actually a substantial amount.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on January 04, 2019, 08:58:33 AM
What about saving them in an album here? http://gallery.multitool.org/
I guess it's still taking up space on the server though.  :think:  :dunno:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on January 04, 2019, 10:52:08 AM
What about saving them in an album here? http://gallery.multitool.org/
I guess it's still taking up space on the server though.  :think:  :dunno:
The difference being that's much easier to manage, it resizes automatically, making easily loadable sized photos for the forum, yet retaining large size if more detail is needed.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on January 04, 2019, 11:06:34 AM
What about saving them in an album here? http://gallery.multitool.org/
I guess it's still taking up space on the server though.  :think:  :dunno:
The difference being that's much easier to manage, it resizes automatically, making easily loadable sized photos for the forum, yet retaining large size if more detail is needed.

Unfortunately I cannot login to it  :dunno:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 04, 2019, 11:22:24 AM
If you (or anyone else) needs a gallery account, please send me a PM and I will set it up for you.

Def
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Syncop8r on January 04, 2019, 11:31:06 AM
Unfortunately I cannot login to it  :dunno:
It uses a different login to the forum (but you could just use the same Username/Password when setting it up  :whistle:)
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on January 04, 2019, 11:39:15 AM
Yes, that's another reason it's not ideal.

Accounts are setup by request rather than some sort of bridged integration, but that also gives us some control over it.
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: McStitchy on January 04, 2019, 12:55:57 PM
Yes, that's another reason it's not ideal.

Accounts are setup by request rather than some sort of bridged integration, but that also gives us some control over it.

Got it, thanks  :salute:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Captain Hook on January 09, 2019, 03:54:16 AM
I thought this thread needed a babababaBUMP! :b2t:
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: ddogu on January 25, 2019, 07:53:19 PM
I noticed a speed up especially when searching.   :like:
Probably due to the server change?
Title: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE- PLEASE READ, VERY IMPORTANT
Post by: Whoey on January 25, 2019, 07:58:41 PM
possibly, we have better/faster hardware and software now