Welcome to the New PCOM (View original topic)



PUBBY

Posted 31 October 2009 - 01:11 PM

Welcome to the NEW PCOM

post your comments here


We continue to get reports of folks who are unable to navigate the new site. The most likely reason is an obsolete browser such as IE 6 or IE 7 (80 percent of the users use IE and these two versions are known to cause issues with the New Pcom as well as being known Internet security risks (reason there is an IE8). You can upgrade IE through your current Internet Explorer browser or, if you like the version you have, you may instead install one or more of the following alternative browsers.

Google Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome
FIREFOX: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Seamonkey suite: http://www.seamonkey...t.org/releases/
Opera browser: http://www.opera.com/download/





lowrider

Posted 31 October 2009 - 01:12 PM

It's definately gonna take some getting used to..........

lowrider

Posted 31 October 2009 - 01:13 PM

and it gives me an error when I hit reply, but it's obvious the reply is here


:unsure:

The Sound Guy

Posted 31 October 2009 - 01:18 PM

View Postlowrider, on 31 October 2009 - 02:13 PM, said:

and it gives me an error when I hit reply, but it's obvious the reply is here


:unsure:



Getting a database error also... at least I did on my first reply... lets see on this one...

The Sound Guy

Posted 31 October 2009 - 01:21 PM

View PostThe Sound Guy, on 31 October 2009 - 02:18 PM, said:

Getting a database error also... at least I did on my first reply... lets see on this one...



Yeppers..


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dallas2.paulding.com Driver Error
There appears to be an error with the database.

If you are seeing this page, it means there was a problem communicating with our database. Sometimes this error is temporary and will go away when you refresh the page. Sometimes the error will need to be fixed by an administrator before the site will become accessible again.

You can try to refresh the page by clicking here

Lady Raider

Posted 31 October 2009 - 02:39 PM

I think it is gonna be great. once we all get use to it.. you know I do not do well with change LOL

PUBBY

Posted 31 October 2009 - 02:52 PM

The issue is now solved. Seems there was a field missing in the database. The upgrade software was supposed to write the new field for the Search optimized topic URLS.... you can see in the URL above "http://dallas2.paulding.com/forum/index.php?/topic/228037-welcome-to-the-new-pcom/" it adds the name 'welcome-to-the-new-pcom/" to the topic's URL.

There just was not a field in the database to write it to. We fixed that and all is well in mudville ... as opposed to mudberry which is where the Hornet beat Sprayberry by a point. go Hornets.

pubby

Lady Raider

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:13 PM

mudville is looking pretty dang good right now

Subby Enterprises

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:24 PM

How much do you charge to teach me how to navigate this??? I aint got a lota' money, ya know!

decision

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:36 PM

View PostPUBBY, on 31 October 2009 - 02:11 PM, said:

Welcome to the NEW PCOM

post your comments here

its gonna just take time

Taylor's P.A.L.S.

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:50 PM

View PostPUBBY, on 31 October 2009 - 01:11 PM, said:

Welcome to the NEW PCOM

post your comments here



Is it still in the process of doing whatever it's doing??? :) I can click on a topic, but it won't let me scroll all the way down... Are y'all gonna do a tutorial for us slow learners????

MrsB

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:51 PM

help.... Please..... I am so confused. Maybe it's cause I'm on my phone???

PUBBY

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:54 PM

View PostTaylor said:

Is it still in the process of doing whatever it's doing??? :) I can click on a topic, but it won't let me scroll all the way down... Are y'all gonna do a tutorial for us slow learners????


that sounds like an IE 6 or 7 issue ... I know that those browsers were never 100 percent standard and that they've had problems.

Those who have taken this opportunity to upgrade have not been disappointed (actually, because security holes being plugged are the main reason for upgrades, you're not doing yourself a favor by holding onto an obsolete browser. )

pubby

PS: I'm going to start a topic with links to the major browsers and updates.

RaidersRock

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:55 PM

I love IE8, it is running great and loads really fast :yahoo:

KRM

Posted 31 October 2009 - 04:58 PM

I will get used to this new board... not feeling it right now, though.

Joe Sixpack

Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:06 PM

I'm liking the new look Pubby. PCom was due for a face lift . . .

Caped Crusader

Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:06 PM

Wow!

I have not been able to navigate around here on IE7 so I
upgraded to IE8 and it appears to have fixed the problem! :good:

chindog

Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:16 PM

I see some people don't have avatars showing up, so I'm posting this just to see if mine does.

Jane Doe

Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:15 PM

Looking good paulding.com! With the new website, will it have a new name? We're no longer at paulding.com, so it seems strange to call it that.

Pretty nice place here! :)

Lady Raider

Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:25 PM

Oh NO no no no we can not change the name that is to much of a change

2witty4u

Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:59 PM

Too much going on. Hate it.

Big Lee

Posted 31 October 2009 - 06:59 PM

View PostLady Raider, on 31 October 2009 - 07:25 PM, said:

Oh NO no no no we can not change the name that is to much of a change


I have to agree with you Lady Raider..Pcom is part of my daily vocabulary..well almost daily anyway

rolltidesteph

Posted 31 October 2009 - 10:23 PM

I DO NOT like it....

Just saying.

Butterfly Nanny

Posted 31 October 2009 - 10:32 PM

Trying it out, like the new colors

A Gipper Girl

Posted 01 November 2009 - 02:56 AM

I love it, Pubby! Looks great!

CreativeOne

Posted 01 November 2009 - 05:47 AM

Definitely different and a lot to figure out .... But so far so good!

Maybe someone can create a post about the new features?

CamoChick

Posted 01 November 2009 - 08:49 AM

I like the look! But it will take a while to get use to it!

tripletmom2000

Posted 01 November 2009 - 10:19 AM

Hummmm....first time on and it looks nice, but it sure is different, gonna take a while to get used to.
Kris

conehead

Posted 01 November 2009 - 10:58 AM

Since there is a lot of change going on with Pcom already, this would be a good time to go out and download Firefox for free and wean yourself off of IE.

You'll thank me later.

Anita from PAK

Posted 01 November 2009 - 03:25 PM

Hey Pubby,
I really like it - not having any problems yet, that I know of - on a Mac with FF 3.0.1 - nice work!

PUBBY

Posted 02 November 2009 - 02:09 AM

Just a little update:

We found an error in our coding of colorful premium member names that caused users of IE 8 and probably IE 7 and AOL to display enormous amounts of white space. This was due to an 'unclosed' <span> tag.

As an aside, the percentage of users logging on Pcom with IE declined about 10 percent. Firefox, which showed a 7 percent increase and Google Chrome, with about a 3 percent increase were the beneficiaries of the coding error:)

There are a few other issues that remain including custom media/bbcodes for ustream video, inclusion of the flash player and clearing up the issues with the board mailer.

pubby

Lady Raider

Posted 02 November 2009 - 07:26 AM

I think the new board is moving alone really good..

Great Job

surepip

Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:33 AM

I had Google Chrome from another hardware device I recently installed and it seems to work fine. I could get on with AOL, but the display was screwy and I got the miles of open ended posts.

Hope you get all the bugs worked out soon.

NewsJunky

Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:03 AM

View PostPUBBY, on 02 November 2009 - 02:09 AM, said:

Just a little update:

We found an error in our coding of colorful premium member names that caused users of IE 8 and probably IE 7 and AOL to display enormous amounts of white space. This was due to an 'unclosed' <span> tag.

As an aside, the percentage of users logging on Pcom with IE declined about 10 percent. Firefox, which showed a 7 percent increase and Google Chrome, with about a 3 percent increase were the beneficiaries of the coding error:)

There are a few other issues that remain including custom media/bbcodes for ustream video, inclusion of the flash player and clearing up the issues with the board mailer.

pubby


Pubby, thank you for the patience you showed with all of my pm's and complaints. It looks as though you have solved the major problems that so frustrated me. You guys are amazing!Posted Image

GeorgiaTornado

Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:38 AM

It's ok...It will just take some getting use to that's for sure.

I'm on the fence about it. I will have to try it on my iPhone