Offtopic: Forum Problem. everyone please join in.

**Sam** · 03-08-2010, 10:33 PM

Guys this is an offtopic but a very important discussion that i want to bring forward today. since yesterday asigh is facing a strage issue. he can't post msg. if he tries, all he gets is a "msg too short. please increase character length beyong 10ch" or something like this. i not creating this thread on asigh's behalf but cause more problem have been coming up in this year. firstly, increasing number of database errors. secondly if you look at thread, you'll see that new posts have been made but when entering, it'll show posts done much earlier. also the whos online list have vanished from the subsections. hardly any mods online since past few days. also the number of spammers & bots have increased so much, heres now more bots than members online.

i not know what the Digit management will do on these issues & also about me for bringing up these issues on broad daylight, but its something that needs to be taken care of soon rather than waiting for the rest of the handful members to leave also.

thanks anyone & everyone who was interested enough on entering this thread & having a look at the content. thanks again guys.

PS: asigh already told he leaving this forum cause his issue hasn't been addressed yet. even after more than 24hrs. you can understand how it feels to be a regular member since several years & suddenly kind of banned or stipped of the right to post.

Garbage · 03-08-2010, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam.Shab

also the number of spammers & bots have increased so much, heres now more bots than members online.

+1 AGREE! Too many spam threads recently.

funkysourav · 03-08-2010, 11:21 PM

i want to help in whichever way i can!
just tell me what to do.

yes, i am seeing more and more spam activity of late
have reported at least 7 of them past week.

it is quite regrettable to have no quality control of sorts..
techenclave has a very good moderator presence and no spam at all

digit should try to better it....

as i've said
i'm willing to help in any way i can!!

pulsar_swift · 04-08-2010, 12:02 AM

I am facing this message too short problem since 3 days. It is only faced when using quick reply. When we click on POST REPLY button and then type it works

**Sam** · 04-08-2010, 01:18 AM

^^ thanks for your support guys. well a new entry. mavihs facing same problem. so do rhitwick, Kalpik (mod). guys this forum need a refreshment. a serious one. and soon.

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so guys no use PMing or blaming Mods. they helpless as us memebers. just need wait till everything back n track (or will it be ever?).

but 1 thing surely, this problem doesn't get solved soon. many brilliant minds going leave. & this going hurt Digit big time.

pulsar_swift · 04-08-2010, 05:35 AM

didnt the above work around work ?

**asingh** · 04-08-2010, 08:28 AM

Ok, Am trying the POST REPLY trick. If you can read this it works....!

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Thanks Sam, for starting this. TDF has become far too buggy. It needs proper maintenance. So many DB errors, time outs, not being able to quick reply. More over, it has become a drag to post on TDF. Each time I make a post, I copy it to the clip-board, never know how TDF might react.

What surprises me the most. TDF is the digital mouth piece of India number one computer magazine. The daily audience level here is immense. Still the forum is loosing its quality and standards. Sad.

Now to copy this to the clipboard, and submit.

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This is damn pissing off.

Just wrote 5 posts, and forgot to use the reply button. Now all vanished, and am stuck with that stupid 10 character message.

Faun · 04-08-2010, 09:32 AM

Raaabo was fiddling around some days back

rhitwick · 04-08-2010, 10:09 AM

test post ksdhgk jsdgjd jsdgjs klhsg khsgasgh

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hell quick reply is not working......

good news is that I can at least post now.

pulsar_swift · 04-08-2010, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pulsar_swift

I am facing this message too short problem since 3 days. It is only faced when using quick reply. When we click on POST REPLY button and then type it works

Thanks to me.

, i found the workaround.

tarey_g · 04-08-2010, 10:31 AM

Patience of the forum members with regular fcuk-ups is amusing.

:slow claps:

**asingh** · 04-08-2010, 10:43 AM

Patience and hope. That is all we have. Kind of like our government.

Cool Buddy · 04-08-2010, 10:52 AM

Guys, this wasn't expected from experts like you. Yes it's a bug, but the solution is very simple. I faced this problem and quickly found the solution. Just click on the A/A button on the top right of the quick reply box, will solve the problem. the WYSIWYG thing is not working

**Sam** · 04-08-2010, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asigh

Thanks Sam, for starting this. TDF has become far too buggy. It needs proper maintenance. So many DB errors, time outs, not being able to quick reply. More over, it has become a drag to post on TDF. Each time I make a post, I copy it to the clip-board, never know how TDF might react.

What surprises me the most. TDF is the digital mouth piece of India number one computer magazine. The daily audience level here is immense. Still the forum is loosing its quality and standards. Sad.

Now to copy this to the clipboard, and submit.

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This is damn pissing off.

Just wrote 5 posts, and forgot to use the reply button. Now all vanished, and am stuck with that stupid 10 character message.

welcome asigh. i use that copy paste thing a lot. & it usually occurs when tying long posts or an explanation. real pain to type the whole thing again & post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichi

Raaabo was fiddling around some days back

yes. he was here. not sure what hidden features he turned on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by asigh

Patience and hope. That is all we have. Kind of like our government.

needs some kind of politician here. "ThinkDigit Assembly".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cool Buddy

Guys, this wasn't expected from experts like you. Yes it's a bug, but the solution is very simple. I faced this problem and quickly found the solution. Just click on the A/A button on the top right of the quick reply box, will solve the problem. the WYSIWYG thing is not working

still it isn't a way to post. clicking on A/A again & again. a newbie here will come >> try post >> that annoying msg

>> pass some bad words here & leave forever.even for members remembering to click A/A each & everytime isn't a easy thing.

funkysourav · 04-08-2010, 11:59 AM

well this is the fourth time i am trying to post something!!!
if someone salvages this message from the deep vestiges of a bloated database in cyberspace,
know that there was a man called sourav who didn't give up even after posting
3 dud messages in a row!!

:-P

i am trying the "post reply" option workaround,duly credited to PULSAR

guys, i think its time digit had undergone a full makeover,
opening a thread takes 15 sec in my pc,

whereas it's always under 3 sec for TE and CHIP and ERODOV!!!

i think DIGIT could do better with stricter and more vigilant moderation,
a la Tech Enclave anyone?
where new users are continually scanned by moderators to avoid spam!!!

p.s.
but there is one thing in digit which makes me come back even after the problems
the people here are close knit and always willing to help each other out!
one big happy cyber family!!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by asigh

Patience and hope. That is all we have. Kind of like our government.

yeah that's what we need to keep this beautiful forum going!!
btw,
thanks asigh for your advice in TE

**Sam** · 04-08-2010, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkysourav

p.s.
but there is one thing in digit which makes me come back even after the problems
the people here are close knit and always willing to help each other out!
one big happy cyber family!!

this only reason i registered in many forums but visit only TDF

Garbage · 04-08-2010, 12:53 PM

From my > 4 years experience with this forum, NOTHING IS GONNA CHANGE! Mind you people...

**asingh** · 04-08-2010, 01:00 PM

Well I am not going to use this work around. No offense to the person who discovered it. WHY...?

Because I do not have so much time. Quick reply is what works the best. Am so busy with office and work --- that it is clearly a pain to use that post reply button. Not boasting, but I post quite a lot. I usually write my posts back-2-back, and then submit within 30s intervals, while typing more. So I cycle through 7-8 posts/read within 2-3 minutes.

When TDF corrects this mechanism, someone update this thread. Will view this thread only. To bad for the members of this forum, who have to live up to such old age techniques.

**ico** · 04-08-2010, 01:11 PM

hmm I think we really need to "clean upgrade" to vB4. Its not even in Raaabo's hands btw.

I had also received a couple of PMs from members regarding this problem. MySQL really needs to be fixed.

What actually happens is, MySQL daemon randomly goes off and I guess it is automatically started by a script whenever it goes off. But why does it goes off at the first place is a question too.

rahul.007 · 04-08-2010, 01:40 PM

hmm.... the heat among members is increasing rapidly....

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hey but everything is working fine for me.... i am using post quick reply and also tdf opens up under 5 sec....

**Sam** · 04-08-2010, 02:05 PM

^^ me2. looks like only some members having this problem. not all.

**ico** · 04-08-2010, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam.Shab

^^ me2. looks like only some members having this problem. not all.

I had also suffered this problem, but I guess its fixed now.

Cool Buddy · 04-08-2010, 03:48 PM

I don't know why even mods are not suggesting this. I know it's a bug, but instead of just complaining, we could find a solution to this. we don't want to leave the forum just because of a small bug.
Go to edit options from quick links>scroll to the bottom> change message editor Interface to standard editor. Now everything will work fine I suppose.

Nemes!s · 04-08-2010, 04:24 PM

I'm also getting "msg too short. please increase character length beyong 10ch"

but some time it works

well there is a workaround i guess, if you put some smilies in msg then it work... I'm posting like that

Faun · 04-08-2010, 05:35 PM

lot did it work

DigitalDude · 04-08-2010, 05:59 PM

test test... is this working ??

even I was not able to reply for quite some time.

_

rahul.007 · 04-08-2010, 06:22 PM

but i guess everything is fine now.... any1 still having problems??

**asingh** · 04-08-2010, 06:24 PM

Still not working for me.

gagan007 · 04-08-2010, 06:26 PM

well everything is working fine for me...no slow speed...can reply using Quick Reply...no database error messages...can't really comment why is this happening for a few members only...

BTW I always use Chrome browser...maybe that helps